Neilson was in tears at the finish as she celebrated with her team-mates, Angie Malone, Jim Gault, Gregor Ewan and alternate Bob McPherson.
The other alternate, Will Schoenmaker, said, "I can't feel bad for anybody in this case".
Only he and the second alternate, Chris Stroud, have been spotted on the grounds.
The French alternate, Boris Sanson, stood close by, knowing he almost stepped in for Touya.
Suddenly, the 15-year-old alternate, Tasha Schwikert, was put on the spot.
He was replaced by the alternate Gary Wolstenholme of England, a 47-year-old amateur.
As the alternate, Aksamit would never go in Olympic history as a member of this team.
The first alternate, Richard H. Lee, got in when Alex Cejka pulled out of the tournament because of an elbow injury.
The alternate Chris Plys was promoted to the skip spot, and the vice skip, Jason Smith, threw the last rock.
In some of these sketches, that alternate Amy is a self-obsessed monster, but in others she's vulnerable.
But he discovered a superior replacement, Alternate Realities, a hole in the wall in a Scarsdale strip mall.
