Say double axel, figure skaters.
Sports photographers have given the Internet the great gift of perfectly-timed photos from the figure skating competition on Thursday. Without them, we'd never get to see the epic faces of figure skaters mid-move at the Winter Olympics.
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Competing at the Olympics brings out a gold level of fierceness. Which you can see all over these athletes' faces.