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This Guy At The Olympics Took Off His Sunglasses To Reveal He Was Wearing Another Pair And Everyone Loves Him

"I'M IN TEARS THAT WAS SO SMOOTH."

This morning, the audience cam at the Winter Olympics captured some truly incredible footage: A man wearing sunglasses turns to face the camera and removes his Olympic glasses only to reveal...another pair of sunglasses.

The video, first shared by Southern Sports Nation, quickly went viral, gaining more than 16,000 retweets and 382,000 views.

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The moment also made it to the top of r/gifs and eventually to the top of the Reddit front page.

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People absolutely loved it.

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And couldn't stop watching.

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They thought it was super smooth.

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And wanted to give him all the medals.

They declared him a new meme.

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And everyone wanted to know who he was.

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Goals.

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The man was later identified as Alex Kang-chan Kam, a 22-year-old South Korean figure skater.

Instagram: @alex_kambam

He is competing in the pair skating event with Kim Kyu-eun.

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As many pointed out, Kam was also the one who blessed us with this delightful combo dab during the opening ceremony.

Instagram: @alex_kambam

"My Korean teammates were shining so brightly on the ice that I needed two layers of shade," Kam told BuzzFeed News Tuesday.

Instagram: @alex_kambam

He said he has been preparing to become a meme "since before birth" and expected a couple of screenshots from his friends watching, but did not expect "this memesplosion."

"I've peaked. This is the single greatest achievement of my life. I can die happy now," he added.

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