--- description: Snowboarder Billy Morgan, the flag-bearer for Britain, balanced Great Britain's flag on his chin during the Olympics closing ceremonies. title: Billy Morgan Balanced Great Britain's Flag on His Chin image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt781aaf93edb370fb/698928dd656a3f3759bd3ac0/billy-morgan.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Snowboarder Billy Morgan Balanced Great Britain's Flag on His Chin During the Closing Ceremony  by [Jamie Ducharme](/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Feb 26, 2018 2:08 AM CUT  Team GB closing ceremony flag holder, bronze medal winning snowboarder Billy Morgan. Team GB closing ceremony flag holder, bronze medal winning snowboarder Billy Morgan.Ker Robertson—Getty Images,  by [Jamie Ducharme](/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Feb 26, 2018 2:08 AM CUT British snowboarder [Billy Morgan](http://time.com/3824543/billy-morgan-snowboarding-1800-quadruple-cork/ "undefined") used Sunday’s Olympic closing ceremonies to show off one last trick. Morgan, who won a bronze medal in the men’s snowboarding big air competition on Saturday, was the flag-bearer for Great Britain. He added some flair to his duties by balancing the Union Jack on his chin, attracting some admiring glances from fellow athletes and closing ceremonies officials. > [](https://twitter.com/PippaField23/status/967733805476823046) > [](https://twitter.com/ChemmySki/status/967745014041333760) Morgan’s bronze was Great Britain’s [fifth medal of the games](http://time.com/5143796/winter-olympic-medals-by-country-2018/ "undefined"), a winter Olympics record for the country. The 28-year-old reportedly celebrated accordingly, riding through the Olympic Village in a shopping cart after a night of partying, [according to the ](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/25/billy-morgan-shopping-trolley-winter-olympics "undefined")_Guardian._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5174864/billy-morgan-closing-ceremonies-flag-chin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5174864/billy-morgan-closing-ceremonies-flag-chin/"},"headline":"Snowboarder Billy Morgan Balanced Great Britain's Flag on His Chin During the Closing Ceremony","datePublished":"2018-02-26T02:08:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:54.509Z","description":"He won a bronze medal on Saturday","url":"https://time.com/5174864/billy-morgan-closing-ceremonies-flag-chin/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","onetime","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt781aaf93edb370fb/698928dd656a3f3759bd3ac0/billy-morgan.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt781aaf93edb370fb/698928dd656a3f3759bd3ac0/billy-morgan.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Around the Games: Day 16 - Winter Olympic Games","caption":"Around the Games: Day 16 - Winter Olympic Games","creditText":"Ker Robertson—Getty Images,","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5174864/billy-morgan-closing-ceremonies-flag-chin/","name":"Snowboarder Billy Morgan Balanced Great Britain's Flag on His Chin During the Closing Ceremony"}}]}] ```