Betsy Riley - First Woman to Lead NBC Track Coverage at Olympics
Courtesy Betsy Riley Track and field reporter Lewis Johnson is live on NBC during the third day of the Olympic Track Trials in Eugene, Oregon—and he’s perched on the steeplechase barrier in front of the water jump. He explains the origins of the event, from the 1800s in England. Graphics flash on the screen, showing the specifics of the modern-day version of the steeplechase, 28 barriers over a 1.86-mile race. Johnson describes how the barriers don’t move as he tries, unsuccessfully, to hip check the one he was just sitting on. Then the segment takes a whimsical turn. He walks around...
Source: runnersworld.com