Despite Sleeping In Due To Watching Netflix, Teenager Red Gerard Manages To Bring Home Team USA’s First Gold Medal

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The Olympian who won the archetypal Gold medal for the US this Olympics could person missed his lawsuit wholly if his roommate didn’t aftermath him up. He was successful past spot earlier his last run, but inactive ended up winning the golden medal! What a legend.

Red Gerard, a 17-year-old from Colorado, spent the nighttime earlier his Olympic lawsuit watching Netflix, thing we are each blameworthy of from clip to time. He had to aftermath up astatine 6:00 AM to cheque successful for his event. His roommate, Kyle Mack, had to aftermath him up astatine 6:20 AM. He was disoriented and couldn’t find his jacket, truthful helium was forced to get Mack’s jacket.

Despite waking up late, helium made it to his lawsuit connected time. It didn’t look similar helium was going to triumph immoderate Olympic medals, arsenic helium was successful past spot earlier his 3rd and last run. However, helium blew distant the contention successful his last run, getting points for his originative approach. When the judges announced that helium had won, helium was flooded with emotion.

He yelled “Oh F*ck!” and NBC couldn’t censor it retired successful time!

His absorption is understandable. After all, however would you respond if you had conscionable won Olympic golden for your country.

Red Gerard said helium got a Snapchat this greeting astir 8:30 a.m. from his radical of 17 radical that is successful Pyeongchang, South Korea to enactment him for the Games: "They were each shotgunning beers connected the mode to the mountains." pic.twitter.com/JORk5m3pH5

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