OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XVII {1994 LILLEHAMMER OLYMPICS}: DAY 7 {PART 5 OF 5} (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1994 XVII Olympic Winter Games from Lillehammer. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics:
Anchor sports commentator Pat O'Brien presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights.
O'Brien begins the "Olympic Late Night" show with video and musical recap of Dan Jansen (USA) men's speed-skating 1,000-meter gold medal win.
O'Brien interviews Dan Jansen (USA), 1,000-meter men's speed-skating gold medal winner. Jansen discusses his ten-year history as a speed-skater and his decision to retire from professional competition.
O'Brien highlights performances of, and interviews, Elvis Stojko (Canada), men's figure skater.
O'Brien introduces "Rock 'n' Roll Highlights", a music video montage of the day's events. Pairs figure skating, double luge, biathlon, ski jumping and men's hockey are highlighted.
O'Brien interviews sports commentators Mike Eruzione and John Davidson about the USA men's ice hockey team. Comments focus on the upcoming hockey game between USA and Sweden.
Sports commentator Jim Gray discusses news coverage of Dan Jansen (USA), men's 1,000-meter speed-skating gold medal winner.
Highlights of interview with Tonya Harding (USA), women's figure skating are shown. Questions focused on her relationship with Nancy Kerrigan (USA), women's figure skater and the rest of the USA female figuring skating team.
Sports commentator Al Trautwig recaps the women's biathlon event. Trautwig outlines the requirements for the biathlon event, cross country skiing and rifle marksmanship, and provides a retrospective on, and a recap of, Joan Guetschow (USA), women's biathlon competitor and her battle with heart illness. Recap of Joan Smith (USA), women's biathlon competitor, performance is also provided.
Highlights of the upcoming events for day eight of the Olympic Games are provided. Included are; women's 500-meter speed racing, women's downhill racing and men's figure skating.
Notable commercials and/or promos include Candice Bergen for Sprint.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: February 18, 1994 12:35 AM
- RUNNING TIME: 00:58:55
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:40076
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1994, Winter, Lillehammer; Olympics; Short Track Speed Skating, 1000m men; Figure Skating, individual men; Nordic Combined, individual, ski jumping K90 (70m) men; Short Track Speed Skating, 500m women
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
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- TV - Commercials - Diet Coke
- TV - Commercials - Goodyear
- TV - Commercials - Honda
- TV - Commercials - Kmart
- TV - Commercials - Kodak
- TV - Commercials - Lincoln Mercury
- TV - Commercials - Sprint
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CREDITS
- Pat O'Brien … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Mike Eruzione … Sports Commentator
- Jim Gray … Sports Commentator
- John Davidson … Sports Commentator
- Al Trautwig … Sports Commentator
- Elvis Stojko … Athlete
- Tonya Harding … Athlete
- Nancy Kerrigan … Athlete
- Dan Jansen … Athlete
- Joan Smith … Athlete
- Joan Guetschow … Athlete
- Candice Bergen … Talent, Sprint commercial