CELL RELAY
So, we set up a better system for getting medalists families to the ice after competition. However, the system went untested today when a German woman won the Women's 1500 meter. She had no family there..

We discovered a new wrinkle though: Just as the flower ceremony was about to start, a German coach (who didn't have the right passes to get very close) was desperately trying to get a cell phone to the new champion. I ran toward him, explained that he could not go up to the ice and then promised to take the phone to the skater.

I ran up the stairs to her, smiled, and handed her the phone.
"Who is it?", she asked.
And I could only say, "I have no idea."

I'm an idiot. I didn't even check to make sure the guy was her coach. It could have been anyone.
I learned that it was, indeed, her family, and I was told that she left the phone on so her folks could hear the ceremony live, with her.