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TUESDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:NHL: Boston at Edmonton, 9 p.m. (NESN)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- French Olympic ice dancer Gabriella Papadakis bravely finished her routine on Monday after the back of her outfit came undone seconds into it, leaving her exposed on live television.
Papadakis said it was her "worst nightmare happening at the Olympics."
“I told myself, 'I don't have a choice. I have to keep going,' and that's what we did,” she said. “I think we can be proud of ourselves being able to deliver a great performance with that happening.”
While the incident was broadcast live, NBC used wider camera shots as soon as it became clear what had happened. The network also used "carefully selected replays to keep the issue obscured."The rebroadcast was edited for replays on television and online.
This is not the first wardrobe malfunction at this year’s Winter Olympics.
Figure skater Yura Min, an American competing for South Korea, almost lost the top of her costume earlier in the games. She changed the routine and finished the performance without major incident.
Oopsie -- pic.twitter.com/KP2QlTisCW
— Yura Min (민유라) (@Yuraxmin)
February 11, 2018 -- An Olympic skier caught some heat instead of air after a less-than-impressive performance on the halfpipe on Monday.
American Elizabeth Swaney performed a simple routine that left many wondering how she even got to the Olympics.
How freeskier Elizabeth Swaney made it to the #WinterOlympics with this very simple halfpipe run: https://t.co/enfDyoQjGC pic.twitter.com/kHTAV7XND4
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics)
February 20, 2018 She found a loophole. She is an American citizen but had no chance of making it onto the U.S. team, so she decided to compete for her grandparents’ home country of Hungary.
She racked up enough points at international competitions to make it to the Olympics through a quota system.
People are divided over whether she is the best or worst Olympic skier.
#ElizabethSwaney (US) gamed the system, used her grandparents to join the Hungarian team. No tricks. 30/100. Last place.Which is only one place better than me! @kevinandbean pic.twitter.com/3zrgre63P3
— Kevin Ryder (@thekevinryder)
February 19, 2018 “Elizabeth Swaney has finally validated my mantra of work smarter, not harder. Godspeed, Olympian.” -- @BadLuckDanny
“Yes lets celebrate “paid for”mediocrity. I can only hope the qualification rules change to prevent this from happening again. Its a slap in the face to those that actually put in the work.” -- @mm3813
“That’s my problem with it... it’s a slap in the face to the women who have worked there whole lives to compete in this event” -- @nickscho303
“Shoutout to @ElizabethSwaney for finding the loophole and landing herself a spot in the Olympics. Beijing 2022 here I come” -- @letmeCLAREify_
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I came over a little bit early and they were nice enough to show us around. It's great for my son. It was a really cool experience for him and it's always fun for me. I mean I loved baseball growing up. Not as much as I liked basketball. But I'm a baseball fan and it's been fun following the Red Sox." --
Brad Stevens, while visiting Red Sox Spring Training camp on Monday
