Awesome moment for the US Cross Country team 'last night'/broadcast earlier/rerun tonight (2 woman Sprint Relay) . The first ever gold medal for any U.S. athlete in cross country skiing, and only the second medal. Bill Koch won a silver in '76. The pair (Diggins of Minnesota, Randall of Alaska) was expected to be in the medals, but things were totally up in the air that entire final lap between (SWE, NOR, USA).
The color guy on the NBC broadcast (Chad Salmela) was brilliant. You gotta sell Cross Country skiing to begin with, but Salmela is really knowledgable about the athletes and has great enthusiasm. He's had other great lines and calls before, but 'Here Comes Diggins!, Here Comes Diggins!' is an all-timer. It made me think of the 'Look at Mills, Look at Mills!' call of the '64 Olympics 10,000m (when Billy Mills won an impossible gold).