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tripathy ([personal profile] tripathy) wrote2010-02-14 10:37 pm

GOLD!

Alexandre Bilodeau on men's moguls: First Canadian Olympic gold on home soil!!
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[identity profile] nightdog-barks.livejournal.com 2010-02-15 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think NBC did any real backstory -- I think they just mentioned it in passing when they were doing crowd coverage and got a shot of his brother in the mass of spectators. Something like, "And there's Bilodeau's brother, who has cerebral palsy."

And then when the cameras showed them hugging, I realized that the guy who won (Bilodeau) was the same guy with the disabled brother.

It seems as if NBC is doing a slightly better job of covering the non-American competitors than in past years, but so far it's still touch and go. ;-)