A Figure Skater In A Panda Costume Getting Attacked By Deadpool And Sub-Zero As "Kung Fu Fighting" Plays On The Speakers Is The Kind Of Pageantry The Olympics Is Built On

USA Today- Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov won a gold medal in men's figure skating. But somehow, that might not be his biggest highlight from Milano Cortina. In the exhibition gala on Saturday, Shaidorov went all out in his homage to the 2008 movie "Kung Fu Panda" — taking to the ice in a full-body panda suit. The 21-year-old bowed to the audience, ran and spun in the air as the opening notes to the song, "Kung Fu Fighting" began to play. Fully committing to the martial arts bit, Shaidorov dueled with Deadpool and Sub Zero, initially fighting them off before they came back to beat him up. As he laid on the ground, Tenacious D's cover of the Britney Spears hit, "...Baby One More Time" started to play.

No offense to the thousands of athletes that laid it all on the line over the last couple of weeks, but that was by far the highlight of these Olympic games and the biggest moment Kazahstan has had since Borat become an international phenomenon. I went from thinking I was in a fever dream when a man in a panda suit was skating at the Olympics to realizing I was actually watching the American dream as Deadpool and Sub-Zero started kicking his ass before we got a cover of a classic Britney Spears song. Simply a perfect performance full of grace that even the notoriously evil Russian judge would have to give a 10.

P.S. My kids will fire up "Kung Fu Fighting" every few months on our Alexa and it's an instant day brightener every single time that almost always results in a dance party. All-time vibes song.