Winners in Pyeongchang were seen holding a white tiger stuffed animal named Soohorang, the 2018 Olympics mascot. Medalists were given a doll of Soohorang wearing a gold, silver or bronze hat and a ...

Winners in Pyeongchang were seen holding a white tiger stuffed animal named Soohorang, the 2018 Olympics mascot. Medalists were given a doll of Soohorang wearing a gold, silver or bronze hat and a ...

A similar ritual unfolded at the Pyeongchang Games four years ago. There, immediately after winning gold, silver or bronze, medalists got Soohorang, a striped white tiger that served as the mascot ...

But immediately after competition, the winning athletes in Beijing receive a plush toy panda, stuffed inside a plastic shell that is meant to represent ice. Bing, in fact, means ice in Chinese.