(WCMH) — The 2022 Winter Olympics start Feb. 3 and NBC is trying again at a few of the most iconic moments by U.S. athletes together with the voices of the announcers who broadcast these historic wins.
The spot begins with a clip from the 1980 Olympics males’s ice hockey match held in Lake Placid the place the Soviet Union was closely favored to win. In a dramatic upset, the U.S. bested the Soviets 4–3 in a recreation that turned often called the “Miracle on Ice.” Within the final seconds of play, legendary NBC announcer Al Michaels is heard delivering his well-known name, “Do you imagine in miracles? Sure!”
Determine skater Sarah Hughes’ 2002 gold medal second in Salt Lake Metropolis is the second competitors to be highlighted within the promotion. Because the then 16-year-old finishes her routine, announcer Tony Hammond, triumphantly proclaims, “Sarah Hughes simply introduced the home down!”
Hughes’ victory was one which got here from behind after touchdown in fourth place after her quick program. After an emotionally rousing clear free skate, Hughes ascended to the highest of the rostrum over family names Michelle Kwan, who took the bronze, and Sasha Cohen, who positioned fourth total. Russian Irina Slutskaya received silver.
The spot continues to maneuver ahead in Olympic historical past with a clip of pace skater Apolo Ohno cruising as much as the end line on the 2006 video games in Turin, as an announcer declares, “And it’s gold for Ohno!”
Ohno’s section is adopted by a snippet of alpine skier Lindsey Vonn flying down a hill in victory throughout the 2010 video games, with the announcer’s celebratory phrases, “Lindsey Vonn into the lead!”
Vonn turned the primary American lady to win an Olympic gold medal in downhill that 12 months in Vancouver.
Subsequent up is cross-country skier Jessie Diggins, coming from the skin to win in PyeongChang in 2018. In a hoarse scream an announcer calls, “Right here comes Diggins!” adopted by, “Oh, what a second!”
Together with teammate Kikkan Randall, Diggins received the primary Olympic gold medal for the U.S. in cross-country snowboarding within the ladies’s staff dash in 2018.
Then, Diggins’ victory celebration dissolves to a white display screen with the phrases “expertise historical past,” which transitions to alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin’s gold medal win at PyeongChang and a second clip of Shiffrin triumphantly holding up an American flag, as Dan Hicks is heard saying, “Gold for Mikaela Shiffrin.”
The ultimate two pictures that includes an athlete are of snowboarder Shaun White in PyeongChang. White will get some main air on the halfpipe, then in one other shot, throws up his board up and cheers at profitable gold because the announcer, utilizing dramatic pauses, states, “Shaun White takes the gold!”