OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XXI {2010 VANCOUVER OLYMPICS}: DAY 4 {PART 2} (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 2010 XXI Olympic Winter Games from Vancouver. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics:
Anchor sports commentator Bob Costas presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights.
Sports commentators Dan Hicks and Dan Jansen cover men's 500m speed-skating: ice machines malfunctioning cause an hour-long delay between preliminary and finals rounds, and Shani Davis (USA) withdraws after a preliminary run of 35:45.
Sports commentators Tom Hammond, Scott Hamilton, Sandra Bezic, and Andrea Joyce cover pairs figure skating. Joyce interviews Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett (USA) prior to the competition, and Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig (USA) score a combined 114.06 on short program.
Costas covers a segment on the family life and Olympic performance of men's freestyle moguls skiing gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeau (Canada). Bilodeau dedicates all his achievements to older brother Frederic Bilodeau, who is disabled with cerebral palsy. The segment is guest-narrated by renowned Paralympian Rick Hansen.
Costas covers medal ceremony for men's freestyle moguls skiing: Bryon Wilson (USA) receives the bronze medal, Dale Begg-Smith (Australia) receives the silver medal, and Bilodeau (Canada) receives the gold medal.
Hammond, Hamilton, and Bezic cover pairs figure skating: Vera Bazarova and Yuri Lariyonov (Russia) score a combined 106.96 on the short program, Anabelle Langlois and Cody Hay (Canada) perform, and Hao Zhang and Dan Zhang (China) move into first place with a combined score of 194.34 after the short program.
Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov (Russia) move into second place with a combined score of 185.79 after the short program. Hammond covers a segment profiling Yao Bin, coach of Zhang and Zhang (China).
Sports commentators Pat Parnell and Todd Richards cover the men's snowboard cross finals: Seth Wescott (USA) wins the gold medal. Nate Holland (USA) falls during the race.
Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Donald Trump for NBC; Apolo Anton Ohno for AT&T; Morgan Freeman and Julia Mancuso for Visa; Brooke Shields for Colgate.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: February 15, 2010 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:35:55
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 112887
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 2010, Winter, Vancouver; Olympics; Sports; Short Track Speed Skating, 500m men; Figure Skating, pairs mixed; Freestyle Skiing, moguls men; Snowboard, Snowboard Cross men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - AT&T
- TV - Commercials - Bank of America
- TV - Commercials - Bud Light
- TV - Commercials - Chevrolet
- TV - Commercials - Colgate
- TV - Commercials - General Electric
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's
- TV - Commercials - Powerade
- TV - Commercials - Subway
- TV - Commercials - Target
- TV - Commercials - Tide
- TV - Commercials - Visa
- TV - Promos - NBC
CREDITS
- Bob Costas … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Dan Hicks … Sports Commentator
- Dan Jansen … Sports Commentator
- Tom Hammond … Sports Commentator
- Scott Hamilton … Sports Commentator
- Pat Parnell … Sports Commentator
- Todd Richards … Sports Commentator
- Sandra Bezic … Sports Commentator
- Andrea Joyce … Sports Commentator
- Shani Davis … Athlete
- Jeremy Barrett … Athlete
- Mark Ladwig … Athlete
- Alexandre Bilodeau … Athlete
- Bryon Wilson … Athlete
- Dale Begg-Smith … Athlete
- Yuri Lariyonov … Athlete
- Cody Hay … Athlete
- Hao Zhang … Athlete
- Maxim Trankov … Athlete
- Seth Wescott … Athlete
- Nate Holland … Athlete
- Caydee Denney … Athlete
- Amanda Evora … Athlete
- Vera Bazarova … Athlete
- Anabelle Langlois … Athlete
- Dan Zhang … Athlete
- Maria Mukhortova … Athlete
- Yao Bin … Coach
- Frederic Bilodeau … Cameo
- Rick Hansen … Cameo
- Donald Trump … Talent, NBC Promo
- Apolo Anton Ohno … Talent, AT&T Commercial
- Morgan Freeman … Talent, Visa Commercial
- Julia Mancuso … Talent, Visa Commercial
- Brooke Shields … Talent, Colgate Commercial