Venom was going for gold.
The Marvel comedian ebook character wasn’t competing within the Olympics, after all, but it surely positive appeared like he was.
His white eyes and sharp enamel glided down the ice at superhero-like speeds due to Austin Florian of the U.S. skeleton group.
Florian, whereas competing on the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, wore a customized helmet depicting the character’s face. The 31-year-old from Connecticut completed in 12th place, however he nonetheless made headlines and went viral for his helmet.
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Annegret Hilse/Reuters through Imagn Photographs Austin Florian of United States in a males’s skeleton particular person run through the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Video games at Cortina Sliding Centre.
He’s not the one skeleton star that turned a helmet right into a murals.
There have been designs of animals, an precise skeleton, and different patriotic symbols. Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych tried to put on a helmet honoring greater than 20 of the nation’s athletes and coaches killed within the battle with Russia, however was disqualified as a result of it broke a rule in opposition to making political statements on the Olympic discipline of play.
Right here’s a take a look at another skeleton helmet designs on the Video games.
Jane Channell – Canada
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Zheng Yin – China
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Carmen Mandato/Getty Photographs
Mystique Ro – United States
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Daniel Kopatsch/VOIGT/GettyImages
Valentina Margaglio – Italy
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Nicholas Timmings – Australia
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Daniel Kopatsch/VOIGT/GettyImages
Kim Meylemans – Belgium
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Qinwei Lin – China
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Sujung Hong – South Korea
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Richard Heathcote/Getty Photographs
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Robert Michael/image alliance through Getty Photographs
Hallie Clarke – Canada
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Daniel Kopatsch/VOIGT/GettyImages
Dan Zhao – China
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Carmen Mandato/Getty Photographs
Kellie Delka – Puerto Rico
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Daniel Kopatsch/VOIGT/GettyImages
Alessandra Fumagalli – Italy
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Daniel Kopatsch/VOIGT/GettyImages
Jisoo Kim – South Korea
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Richard Heathcote/Getty Photographs
