Rules wrote:
Most of the shots on the NBC feed were from the lead vehicle. You probably saw it on the BBC feed a few times. It looked like a truck with white bleachers in the back with a huge robotic arm jutting out of it. Incredibly odd looking.
Here are some points of hat exchange from the BBC feed. (Full replay still up on the BBC website.)
http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/olympics/366881490:33:06 -- Rupp already has the hat. The grabbing of the hat was not shown. What is interesting to see is that a station worker, in blue jacket and brown pants, chases away a guy in a green jacket who was trying to run on the course. That means the area around the station was not crowd controlled. The guy in green didn't seem to belong in the area. There is something black inside the hat. hard to see here. The person who handed the hat to Rupp watches him as he continues to run.
1:04:12 -- A hat exchange with the hat extend out to Rupp. You can clearly see a black item inside the hat. Maybe a gel? Rupp didn't appear to eat anything during the run. The same black item appears in other hat exchanges. It is obvious that someone is targeting those hats for Rupp.
1:34:58 -- An more elevated view than the prior ones. The black item in the hat is obvious. The person who gave the hat to Rupp immediately backs away and watches Rupp run past.
It is difficult to tell much about the person handing hats to Rupp. But it is the same person each time.