Univeral Sports To Air Winter Olympics Special

Next Monday, Universal Sports airs a documentary on the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The Today Show’s Matt Lauer will narrate the special.

Universal Sports Celebrates Great Moments of the 2010 Winter Olympics with Visions of Vancouver Premiering May 24

Documentary to feature stories of Lindsey Vonn, Shaun White, Apolo Ohno and numerous other stars

‘Today’ Show’s Matt Lauer Narrates Prime Time Special

Los Angeles: May 19, 2010:  The recent 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver produced countless heroes, highlights and human stories—both heartbreaking and uplifting—and Universal Sports takes a unique look at many of them in Visions of Vancouver, a documentary premiering on the network on Monday, May 24, at 7 p.m. ET. 

The two-hour original production will be narrated by Matt Lauer, host of NBC’s ‘Today’ show, and airs exactly 100 days after the Opening Ceremony in Vancouver.

“There are so many memorable athletes and terrific stories that came out of the Vancouver Games that this show was a natural extension for us,” says Universal Sports Executive Producer David Michaels.  “The hardest part of putting it together was deciding which great stories to tell in more depth.” 

The documentary will feature some of the prominent gold medalists to emerge from Vancouver including alpine skiers Lindsey Vonn and Bode Miller, snowboarder Shaun White, ladies figure skater Kim Yu-Na, and the Canadian men’s hockey team.

Visions of Vancouver will also highlight other memorable stories, including Apolo Ohno’s quest to become the most decorated Winter Olympian in U.S. history; Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette’s emotional performance just two days after her mother unexpectedly died in Vancouver; and freestyle skier Alexandre Bilodeau’s victory, earning him the first gold medal ever won by a Canadian on home soil.

The documentary also examines the love story of Chinese pairs figure skating gold medalists Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo; the pioneering achievements of American speed skater Shani Davis; the unforgettable disqualification of Dutch speed skating star Sven Kramer; and many more.

Visions of Vancouver:

Executive Producer ­­– David Michaels

Supervising Producer & Writer – Daniel Fleschner

Editors – Lou Angelo, Ryan Thiel

Associate Producers – Nick Gismondi, Jen Wojnar

That’s it.