In sport and in life, some moments are too significant to expertise alone. They’re instinctively shared — captured not for perfection, however for reminiscence, connection and self-expression.
On the Olympic podium, that intuition comes into focus. After years of preparation and competitors, athletes stand facet by facet in a second that’s emotional, unfiltered and deeply human; one they wish to keep in mind as themselves and share with the individuals who supported them alongside the best way.
That perception led Samsung to introduce Victory Selfie as a part of official medal ceremony programming, bringing probably the most pure and genuine means athletes seize their lives onto the rostrum. Formed by athletes themselves, it has change into an iconic a part of the medal-winning expertise.
Now, at Milano Cortina 2026, Victory Selfie enters its subsequent chapter, powered by the Galaxy Z Flip7 Olympic Version.
Not solely is it making its Olympic Winter Video games debut, it is also increasing past particular person and pair podium moments to seize shared victory — permitting full groups to have fun facet by facet, simply as they educated, competed and earned their medals collectively.1
Since its inception at Paris 2024, Victory Selfie has helped this once-in-a-lifetime Olympic second really feel nearer and extra private. Practically 300 Victory Selfies had been taken with the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version in Paris, capturing the colourful, various personalities of the athletes on the rostrum.
From spectators seeing the second captured dwell to athletes sharing their Victory Selfie picture with household, followers and followers world wide, Samsung helps reinforce the rostrum as a cultural stage — the place sport, self-expression and shared victory come collectively and the place an iconic second continues to develop past the Olympic Winter Video games.
▲ (Above) MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 08: Gold medalists of Workforce United States, Silver medalists of Workforce Japan and Bronze medalists of Workforce Italy pose for a photograph on the rostrum by taking a victory selfie with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 Olympic Version in the course of the Medal Ceremony for the Workforce Occasion on day two of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Video games at Milano Ice Skating Enviornment on February 08, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Andreas Rentz/Getty Photos)▲ (Above) MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 08: Gold medalist Sander Eitrem of Workforce Norway, Silver medalist Metodej Jilek of Workforce Czechia and Bronze medalist Riccardo Lorello of Workforce Italy take a victory selfie with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 Olympic Version following the medal ceremony after Pace Skating Males’s 5000m on day two of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Video games at Milano Pace Skating Stadium on February 08, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Sarah Stier/Getty Photos)▲ (Above) ANTHOLZ-ANTERSELVA, ITALY – FEBRUARY 08: Bronze medalist Justus Strelow, Philipp Nawrath, Vanessa Voigt and Franziska Preuss of Workforce Germany use the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 Olympic Version to take a victory selfie with Gold medalists Eric Perrot, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Lou Jeanmonnot and Julia Simon of Workforce France in the course of the medal ceremony for the Combined Relay 4 x 6km (M+W) on day two of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Video games at Anterselva Biathlon Enviornment on February 08, 2026 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy. (Picture by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Photos)▲ (Above) LIVIGNO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 08: Gold medalist Zuzana Maderova of Workforce Czechia, Silver medalist Sabine Payer of Workforce Austria and Bronze medalist Lucia Dalmasso of Workforce Italy use the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 Olympic Version to pose for a victory selfie in the course of the medal ceremony for the Ladies’s Parallel Large Slalom on day two of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Video games at Livigno Snow Park on February 08, 2026 in Livigno, Italy. (Picture by David Ramos/Getty Photos)
