It's not speed skating, ski jumping or ice hockey that's making headlines at the Winter Olympics.
No, a very different activity has gone viral - knitting! The Finnish snowboarding coach has been spotted doing some knitting on the slopes in Pyeongchang.
The Finnish coach is KNITTING at the top of the slopestyle course. Someone please find out what this man is making!!!#PyongChang2018 #snowboard pic.twitter.com/Nr87YBJ2lf
— Shelby-Jai Flick (@ShelbyJaiFlick) February 10, 2018
Tweeters couldn't believe their eyes when they saw Antti Koskinen casually knitting while his athletes waited for their run on the slopes.
He reportedly knits to stay calm through tense moments of the competition.
Watching Olympic men’s slope style snowboarding. The Finnish coach is knitting between high fives while standing at the top of the run. Love it #knittinginpublic
— Evelyn Jensen (@Evie_Jensen) February 10, 2018
It's not the first time the coach has engaged in a spot of crafting during the Olympics. The entire Finnish team knit a scarf while participating in the Sochi games in 2014.
They later gifted it to the summer Olympics team who headed to Rio De Janeiro in 2016.
This year, they're making a blanket which will be presented to the Finnish president and his wife, who welcomed a baby boy earlier this month.
We are #knitting again ? In Sochi we made a huge scarf, this time we are knitting a blanket for our presidential couple’s newborn son. ???#olympicteamfi #knittingteamfi #pyeongchang2018 #olympics #olympialaiset #pyeongchangfi pic.twitter.com/mwKLgh1h2j
— Olympic Team Finland (@OlympicTeamFI) February 12, 2018
Amazing!
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