Topless Tongan - = Tongan hunk Pita Taufatofua raised pulses when he peeled off for the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics. The 22-year-old adrenaline junkie, who has been christened a "miracle on snow" by Czech media, completed a historic double when, as expected, she won snowboard's parallel giant slalom to become the first woman to win gold medals in different sports at the same Winter Games. Czech 'Snow Queen' - = If Chloe Kim was week one's pin-up girl, Czech snowboarder Ester Ledecka quickly became the story with her astonishing alpine skiing gold in the super-G. Full-on Chloe-mania and, for a few days at least, the American Kim was the face of the Games. Chloe Kim, the 17-year-old snowboarding phenom with Korean parents who shreds to Lady Gaga tracks, melted hearts as she swept to halfpipe gold, roared on by locals chanting her name. Chloe Kim - = Still pining after the retirement of figure skate queen Kim Yuna, South Koreans adopted a new sporting superstar at the Pyeongchang Games - the only catch being she's American. Decked out in red tracksuits and woolly bobble hats, they clapped and chanted in perfect unison and serenaded besotted local fans with tender love songs watched closely by North Korean minders - while North Korea's athletes battled gamely, generally at the back of the field. Bobble-hat beauties - = In line with an apparent thaw in inter-Korean relations and as part of a charm offensive from the North, Pyongyang despatched its famed, 200-strong "army of beauties" cheerleaders on the Winter Games. And gay freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy said it was a moment that he "never dreamed" possible as a child after he was filmed kissing his partner on live television at the Olympics. Radford was not the only openly gay competitor in the team event, with bronze medallists the USA featuring 28-year-old Adam Rippon. The Gay Games - = Eric Radford said "he might explode with pride" after he became the first openly gay man to win Winter Games gold in the team figure skating event with Canada. The 23-year-old's army of fans have taken to greeting every performance by showering him with his favourite bear, and they did not disappoint - although for reasons related to sponsors' rights, Hanyu was unable to take his favoured Winnie The Pooh tissue box with him into the "kiss and cry" area. = A blizzard of Winnie the Pooh soft toys rained down on the Gangneung Ice Arena after Yuzuru Hanyu's breathtaking winning performance in the men's figure skating.