WATCH: Figure skater in Angus Young vest performs to AC/DC at Winter Olympics
One of the dizzying zeniths of the Winter Olympics, a Hungarian figure skater performed to AC/DC today (21st February).
19-year-old Hungarian athlete Ivett Tóth took to the Gangneung Ice Arena in South Korea wearing a studded black vest emblazoned with an image of Angus Young doing a duck walk in his trademark schoolboy outfit.
Tóth proceeded to skate a Ladies Short program routine to AC/DC’s seminal classics ‘Back In Black’ and ‘Thunderstruck’.
The Budapest born skater went on to score a season’s best score of 53.22 – way short of the 82.92 world record set by Russia’s Alina Zagitova – however, she was the real winner in the viewers’ eyes.
> New favorite skater ever: Ivett Toth, who is skating to AC/DC's Back in Black and Thunderstruck. I feel like I'm at an NFL game. (Or working out in the gym.) She's wearing what looks like leather biker gear. The old judges are nearly fainting. You be yourself, girl! > > — Juliet Macur (@JulietMacur) February 21, 2018
> I know nothing about figure skating, but I’m cheering for the girl who just did a routine to @acdc Thunderstruck. ??Of course the narrow minded douche announcers buried her choice of music. #WinterOlympics > > — Frankie Kazarian (@FrankieKazarian) February 21, 2018
> There is a girl ice skating to AC/DC right now. She just made my night. > > — Wade Firaben (@WFiraben) February 21, 2018
Incredibly, she’s not the only athlete to have used a rock soundtrack to dance to – Pink Floyd, Muse, Disturbed and David Bowie have also been used at the 2018 Winter Olympics. In previous years, songs with lyrics haven’t been allowed.
You can watch 45-seconds of Tóth's performance at the Olympics together with Tóth’s entire routine at the European Figure Skating Championships (where she placed 13th) below:
> Ivett Toth #Olympics #danceskate #ACDC #heavymetalonice \m/ pic.twitter.com/DpTOtZuOl2 > > — Reiko Sinful Stuff (@Reiko_SS) February 21, 2018
The European Championships routine: