I think the medal ceremony should be conducted instead of the flower ceremony. They can't received the medals just after the game and have to wait until the next day.
From when did flower ceremonies start? I think that it already existed at the Sochi Olympics. Did it begin many years before? I don't remember.
I was wondering what the flower ceremony is for. So I looked it up.
Some article said that,
it is because Olympics become COMMERCIAL Olympics.
First, each country prepare uniform just for a medal ceremony and the medal ceremony becomes a kind of fashion show (maker / brand show?)
Second, the number of TV programs can be increased because of the separated medal ceremonies, which means the number of CMs also can increase.
By the way, although it's called "flower" ceremony, in the PyeongChang Olympics, a stuffed tiger which is the Olympics mascot is given instead of flowers.
(Mogul Bronze medalist, Daichi Hara with the stuffed mascot
at the flower ceremony)
(from http://www.chunichi.co.jp)
The mascots of the PyeonChang Olympics are;
Left: a white tiger named Soohorang for the Olympics
Right: an Asian black bear named Bandabi for the Pralympics
(from http://olympics.nbcsports.com)
Very Cute!
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