Amazing victory for speedskater Shani Davis. I don’t know how anyone can skate so fast with such a heavy chip on his shoulder.
Love the technological ability of NBC to match two skiers or ski jumpers (from individual runs) in one picture. I walked in while they were superimposing two ski jumpers and thought the Olympics had been moved to Brokeback Mountain.
Apolo Anton Ohno seemed gracious about winning just a bronze medal, but Bob Costas was awfully disappointed. If Ohno didn’t win, surely it most have been those nasty Korean tactics that denied him his due.
It would be hard to find a greater disparity in “how to handle a post-event interview” than by watching Davis and then Ohno. You’d never have thought that Davis was the one won his race while Ohno “failed.”
We did enjoy the spunkiness of Melissa Stark while interviewing Davis, though. She made several pointed comments, including asking him if he was angry. Then, when he ended the interview by saying he was just happy, she replied, “Yeah, you really look happy.”