GAMES OF THE XXX OLYMPIAD, THE {2012 LONDON OLYMPICS}: DAY 8 {PART 1} (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 2012 Summer Games of the XXX Olympiad from London. 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.
Costas interviews married gymnastics coaches Bela and Marta Karolyi in the studio, focusing on Kerri Strug’s injury on the vault in 1996. Also featured are Amanda Borden, USA women’s gymnastics team captain at the 1996 Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta, Dominique Moceanu, and Shannon Miller.
Sports commentators Paul Sunderland and Kevin Barnett cover women’s volleyball: the USA defeats Serbia 3-0 to clinch their group and face Turkey.
Sports commentators Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines highlight a segment about swimmer Michael Phelps (USA).
Sports commentators Ted Robinson and Cynthia Potter cover the women’s 3m springboard diving preliminaries: Wu Minxia (China) wins with a score of 387.95, He Zi (China) takes second place with a score of 363.85, and Tania Cagnotto (Italy) takes third place with a score of 349.80.
Robinson and Potter also cover the preliminary dives of Anna Lindberg (Sweden), Christina Loukas (USA), Cassidy Krug (USA), Emile Heymans (Canada), and Hannah Starling (Great Britain).
Robinson hosts a segment on the American diving team and their progress so far in London.
Robinson profiles diver Krug (USA).
Sports commentator Alex Flanagan interviews divers Krug and Loukas (USA) after they advance from the preliminaries.
Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Tom Selleck for Enterprise Rent-A-Car; Rebecca Soni for AT&T; Barack Obama for Barack Obama for President; Henry Cejudo for Tide.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: August 3, 2012
- RUNNING TIME: 01:35:30
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 112942
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 2012, Summer, London; Olympics; Sports; Volleyball, volleyball women; Diving, 3m springboard women
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - AT&T
- TV - Commercials - BMW
- TV - Commercials - Barack Obama for President
- TV - Commercials - Budweiser
- TV - Commercials - Chevrolet
- TV - Commercials - Citi
- TV - Commercials - Coca-Cola
- TV - Commercials - Enterprise
- TV - Commercials - General Electric
- TV - Commercials - Liberty Mutual
- TV - Commercials - McDonald’s
- TV - Commercials - Nationwide
- TV - Commercials - Procter & Gamble
- TV - Commercials - Target
- TV - Commercials - Tide
- TV - Commercials - United Airlines
- TV - Commercials - Visa
- TV - Commercials – Kellogg’s
CREDITS
- Bob Costas … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Paul Sunderland … Sports Commentator
- Kevin Barnett … Sports Commentator
- Dan Hicks … Sports Commentator
- Rowdy Gaines … Sports Commentator
- Ted Robinson … Sports Commentator
- Alex Flanagan … Sports Commentator
- Cynthia Potter … Sports Commentator
- Michael Phelps … Athlete
- Wu Minxia … Athlete
- He Zi … Athlete
- Tania Cagnotto … Athlete
- Anna Lindberg … Athlete
- Christina Loukas … Athlete
- Cassidy Krug … Athlete
- Emilie Heymans … Athlete
- Hannah Starling … Athlete
- Marta Karolyi … Coach
- Bela Karolyi … Coach
- Dominique Moceanu … Cameo
- Kerri Strug … Cameo
- Shannon Miller … Cameo
- Amanda Borden … Cameo
- Tom Selleck … Talent, Enterprise Commercial
- Barack Obama … Talent, Barack Obama for President
- Henry Cejudo … Talent, Tide Commercial
- Rebecca Soni … Talent, AT&T Commercial