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One of the biggest stars on the first full day of the Winter Olympics is a Norwegian ski jumper's mustache

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 One of the biggest stars on the first full day of the Winter Olympics is a Norwegian ski jumper's mustache

Robert Johansson

Dominic Ebenbichler/Reuters

  • Saturday was the first full day of the Olympics and it included ski jumpers competing for their first medal in the men's normal hill jump.
  • The biggest star of the competetion was the mustache on the face of ski jumper Robert Johansson of Norway.
  • Johansson did advance to the final round, but is not expected to medal, so he will have to settle for facial-hair stardom.


The Winter Olympics hit its full stride on Saturday with the first full day of competition including the first medals of the games.

One of the biggest events on Saturday took place in ski jumping with the men's individual normal hill with medals on the line.

The biggest star of the event was actually the mustache on the face of Norwegian ski jumper Robert Johansson. That's an impressive handlebar mustache!

Robert Johannson

NBC

Getty photographer Alexander Hassenstein must have sensed the looming stardom and had Johansson pose in the days leading up to the start of the Olympics.

Wow.

Robert Johansson

Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

Johansson did advance to the final round after finishing 10th in the opening round. However, he is not expected to medal.

He will just have to settle for being a contender for winning the entire Olympics.

Robert Johansson

Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

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