Don't worry, they'll get their medals...eventually.
Some athletes are reaching the podium at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics ready for gold and getting — a cuddly panda.
If you've wondered why athletes are getting pandas instead of medals, don't worry, Olympic athletes will all get their medals eventually. It varies by event whether the receive medals at the venue or the medal plaza. Speed skaters have a venue ceremony where they get the panda, but they receive medals later at a victory ceremony at the medal plaza. Meanwhile Alpine skiers have their victory ceremonies, including the medals, at the venue.
This isn’t the first Olympics where medalists have received a memento before their medal. They received mascots in PyeongChang, and they received little logo figurines in Rio.
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