As snowboarder Arielle Gold kicked off the women's halfpipe final at the Winter Olympics on Feb. 13 in Pyeongchang, former Broncos safety David Bruton Jr. tuned in from half a world away.
Bruton, who is working toward a physical therapy degree at University of Colorado Denver, was studying at Auraria Library in downtown Denver, preparing for a practical exam for his anatomy lab course, when he gave himself a break to watch his friend, one of America's top snowboarders, compete for an Olympic medal.
Her first run had ended abruptly when she failed to land an ambitious first trick, a challenging 1080-degree rotation.