GANGNEUNG, South Korea — A group of young skaters have wowed the crowds here with their speed and agility on the ice at the Olympic figure skating venue. But they aren’t competing.
The skaters stealing the show are known as the flower kids, a team of 17 purple-clad South Korean children in charge of collecting the hundreds of toys, bouquets and other items that the crowds toss from the stands to their favorite Olympic figure skaters on the ice.
The mostly female crew (there is only one boy) was recruited from competitive ice skating programs around South Korea.