PyeongChang 2018, hat and poncho worn by Sebastián UPRIMNY (COL) at the Opening Ceremony.
The uniform also included black trousers and a blue jacket. For their country’s first Winter Games participation, the Colombian team decided to pay tribute to the high Andean plateau with a hat and poncho traditionally worn by farmers. For Sebastián Uprimny, together with Pita Taufatofua (TGA), Germán Madrazo (MEX), Yonathan
Fernandez (CHI) and Klaus Jungbluth Rodríguez (ECU), the story was one of brotherhood. “For me that was the most important part. We started last and ended
last, so we got to share a moment of solidarity. We decided to wait for Germán, the final athlete to come in, to take him on our shoulders. I think it was a very moving
moment. And Swiss winner Dario Cologna was still there to congratulate us.”
Donated by the athlete.