Emotions were high during the men?s gymnastics individual all-around final following the U.S. team?s disappointing performance during the team event. NBC mined for sap by relating Levya and Orozco?s personal narratives, tapping the Olympics sugar maple for tales of Levya?s father-son relationship with his coach/dad Yin Alvarez, and noting Orozco?s heart and determination to use gymnastics to make a better life for his parents. One of the evening?s most saccharine moments came when Orozco?s mother tearfully described her young son?s desire to help them pay their bills: ?He would hear us talking about the mortgage and paying and how we were going to make the bills, and he went to the gym and he asked, ?Can I work?? And then first paycheck, he said, ?Here, Dad. Pay the mortgage.? ?
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