Article: It's all downhill for Visa ad

Is everybody ready for some Winter Olympics action? We hope so, because it's fewer than 100 days until the 2006 Winter Olympics commence in Turin, Italy.

That means advertisers are getting into gear to capitalize on sport's most high-profile event. Visa, of course, has been a major Olympic sponsor, so it makes sense the credit-card giant would be one of the first to break from the gate with an Olympic-themed commercial (McDonald's, another major sponsor, won't be on air for several more weeks).

Visa has a history of featuring up-and-coming Olympic athletes. "Nervous" was developed by BBDO/New York to spotlight both Lindsey Jacobellis, world champion snowboarder and Olympic hopeful, and ...

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