Snowboarder Iouri Podladtchikov's Adorable Reaction to Winning Gold

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By Neha Prakash2014-02-11 21:32:26 UTC

The men's snowboard halfpipe event during the Olympics ended in a gold medal victory for Iouri Podladtchikov of Switzerland Tuesday. But it was Podladtchikov's adorable reaction to his epic performance that made us OK with seeing him win over Team USA's Shaun White.

The snowboarder, with hair as fluffy as the fresh snow, scored a 94.75 on his second run. This triggered a full-on freakout that included making snow angels, bear-hugging Shaun White, throwing his sister in the air and just displaying goofy, what-is-happening-right-now grins.

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Image: Tumblr, mulanies

Image: Tumblr, mulanies

While Podladtchikov stole the Olympic dreams away from two-time gold medalist and Team USA favorite Shaun White, we couldn't help but cheer for his Swiss competitor. After all, this is basically the happiest anyone has ever been — at least while that cold.

Image: NBC

Image: NBC

Let's hope Podladtchikov's face freezes this way.

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Topics: Entertainment, Olympics, Pics, snowboarding, Sports, Winter Games

Image: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong/Associated Press