--- title: Watch This Olympics Reporter Reach a New Level of Excitement description: As Spanish athlete Regino Hernandez raced for bronze in the men's snowboard cross event at the Olympics, this commentator didn't hold back. canonical: https://time.com/5163434/spanish-reporter-olympics/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-16T20:36:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:44.345Z og:title: Watch This Olympics Reporter Reach a New Level of Excitement og:description: Get on this guy's excitement level og:url: https://time.com/5163434/spanish-reporter-olympics/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb838233c8e317f44/6989280abc6cfcaad33e5114/mens-snowboard-cross.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Snowboard - Winter Olympics Day 6 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Olympics Reporter Reach a New Level of Excitement twitter:description: Get on this guy's excitement level twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb838233c8e317f44/6989280abc6cfcaad33e5114/mens-snowboard-cross.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch This Spanish Reporter Completely Lose It Over His Olympic Countryman's Close Race  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 16, 2018 8:36 PM CUT  Pierre Vaultier of France (red) leads the pack during the Men's Snowboard Cross Big Final on day six of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Phoenix Snow Park on February 15, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Pierre Vaultier of France (red) leads the pack during the Men's Snowboard Cross Big Final on day six of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Phoenix Snow Park on February 15, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea.David Ramos—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 16, 2018 8:36 PM CUT José Manuel Hernández Tallada is the sports commentator you want in your corner when you’re about to win big. The Spanish [journalist](https://twitter.com/Eurosport%5FES "undefined") was filmed while commenting on the men’s [snowboard cross finals](https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018/results/en/snowboard/results-men-s-snowboard-cross-fnl-000100-.htm "undefined") in the [PyeongChang Winter Olympics](http://time.com/5151999/chloe-kim-gold-olympics-2018/ "undefined") on Thursday, and his excitement over the close race — including the ultimate success of his Spanish countryman Regino Hernandez, who snagged the bronze — is something to behold. Tallada is all of us, urging our athletes on to greatness, certain that our support from afar can be felt even as they race across the snow a continent away. After the thrilling finish, he continued emoting, standing up and jumping out of his chair for the entirety of the clip while spilling nonstop facts, including that Spain hadn’t won a medal in a Winter Olympics for 25 years and 361 days, to be precise. This also marks only the European nation’s [third medal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain%5Fat%5Fthe%5FOlympics#Medals%5Fby%5FWinter%5FGames "undefined") in all of Winter Olympic history. (In their defense, Spain is not known for its access to snow sports; this year’s delegation only includes 13 athletes.) His lyrical approach to narrating the onscreen action included suggesting that his heart was in his mouth as the finish line neared. And, finally: “Lo ha conseguido!” which translates to “He’s done it.” Indeed, they both had. The response to Ruiz has been overwhelmingly positive, with Twitter comments applauding his unbridled passion. His level of excitement is something we can all aspire to emulate from the comforts of our own couches as the Games continue. > [](https://twitter.com/fernan%5Fruiz/status/964024553428176896) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5163434/spanish-reporter-olympics/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5163434/spanish-reporter-olympics/"},"headline":"Watch This Spanish Reporter Completely Lose It Over His Olympic Countryman's Close Race","datePublished":"2018-02-16T20:36:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:44.345Z","description":"As Spanish athlete Regino Hernandez raced for bronze in the men's snowboard cross event at the Olympics, this commentator didn't hold back.","url":"https://time.com/5163434/spanish-reporter-olympics/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb838233c8e317f44/6989280abc6cfcaad33e5114/mens-snowboard-cross.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb838233c8e317f44/6989280abc6cfcaad33e5114/mens-snowboard-cross.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Snowboard - Winter Olympics Day 6","caption":"Snowboard - Winter Olympics Day 6","creditText":"David Ramos—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5163434/spanish-reporter-olympics/","name":"Watch This Spanish Reporter Completely Lose It Over His Olympic Countryman's Close Race"}}]}] ```