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Originally Posted by vicphoenix13
Rod Black is the Debbie Downer of Canadian Broadcasters. After Charles Hamelin won the gold in the 500 metres, Black raises his voice and questions whether Hamelin will be disqualified. Did Black miss the end of the race? It was Apolo Ohno who put his hand on the back of Trembley while Hamelin got gold. The South Korean skater fell when he put his hand on Hamelin's skate so there was no danger of a disqualification as Black claimed. But this is all too common with Rod Black. He has this obsession with expressing a negative narrative time and time again.
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To be honest, although it looked like the Chinese guy was already going down, Hamelin's hand on him certainly didn't help, and in this sport, you never know what a ref is going to judge.
Rod Black usually isn't negative, its just his desire to try and either integrate names (the US figure skater with last name Flat - "Flat out awesome" as she finished her routine) or make a dramatic statement, in both cases sounds so contrived (so his call gets used in the highlight) as opposed to being in the moment.