Photographers Tell Medalists To Bite And Kiss It
“A lot of people, especially the Chinese athletes, really don’t know what to do with it, so they just rub it against their lips in a very awkward way.” Although that sounds like it could be a quote about the sexual activities at the Olympic Village, it’s actually a freelance photographer telling REUTERS about athletes who pose on the podium while biting their medals.
It seems that while the pose is standard in the Western world, it’s almost unheard of in China. So when European photographers shout for them to “bite it” or “kiss it” they are understandably confused. (Apparently Paris Hilton also gets confused when she hears similar shouts while on the red carpet, but for entirely different reasons.)
