"Olympics broadcaster Chad Salmela is celebrating his seventh Winter Games as NBC's man on the ground for biathlon and cross-country skiing coverage. By "on the ground," I mean "hunkered down inside NBC Sports' International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Connecticut," where he will spend the next two weeks remotely providing his trademark rousing analysis for two of the more obscure Winter Olympics sports."
"Salmela is a former U.S. Biathlon Team member, and his call-"Here comes Diggins! Here comes Diggins! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Gold!"-of Jessie Diggins' thrilling come-from-behind victory in the team sprint event at the Pyeongchang Games is one of the most iconic American broadcast moments in Winter Olympics history. (Diggins' gold medal, which she shared with team sprint teammate Kikkan Randall, was America's first-ever cross-country skiing gold.)"
Chad Salmela serves as NBC's on-the-ground analyst for biathlon and cross-country skiing at his seventh Winter Games while broadcasting remotely from NBC Sports' International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Connecticut. A former U.S. Biathlon Team member, Salmela is known for his exuberant call of Jessie Diggins' come-from-behind Pyeongchang team sprint victory, the United States' first cross-country skiing gold shared with Kikkan Randall. For Milan Cortina, Salmela will co-analyze cross-country alongside Randall and join play-by-play commentator Steve Schlanger. Jessie Diggins has announced these Games will be her final Olympics, adding emotional significance to the coverage. Salmela balances extensive network minutes covering both sports with coaching men's and women's cross-country at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota.
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