BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast with Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards will bring all of the overnight news from Beijing and they will be joined by members of Team GB throughout the show. Working as analysts alongside Diffey will be four-time OlympianErin Hamlin(luge); former U.S. National Bobsled Team memberJohn Morgan, a bobsled analyst for his 11th consecutive Winter Olympics, and 2010 Olympic bobsledder and former skeleton racerBree Schaaf(skeleton and bobsled). CURLING Mleczko, Dom Moore, Eddie Olczyk, Angela Ruggiero. As with last years Tokyo Summer Games, the BBC will be restricted to two live feeds, due to being outpriced in the bidding. How To Watch The 2022 Winter Olympics In The UK - Bustle FREESTYLE SKIING/SNOWBOARDING:Trace Worthingtonreturns for his fifth Winter Olympics assignment and will be the freestyle skiing play-by-play commentator. Katherine Adamek, Analyst Jason Knapp, Play by Play Last updated on 4 February 20224 February 2022.From the section Winter Olympics. Beijing Olympics 2022: Presenters, Reporters & Pundits . BOBSLED/LUGE/SKELETON:Leigh Diffeyreprises his role as bobsled/luge/skeleton play-by-play commentator, which marks his fifth overall NBC Olympics assignment after calling track & field in Tokyo. World Figure Skating Championships: ISU replace commentators - BBC The BBC once again boasts a sprawling line-up of talent ready to bring you all the action as it happens throughout each day of the Games. She will talk to some of the biggest names taking part in the Winter Games and some of the best UK medal prospects, delving into their training plans, diet, mindset and their Olympic goals. Team GB have taken 50. Team NBC would have finished first in the PyeongChang medal count. Winter Olympics opening ceremony coverage. Torvill and Dean, Lizzy Yarnold, Clare Balding: BBC's Winter Olympics Date: 4 February Time: 1130 GMT. BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live will host Aimee Fullers Olympic Mile Podcast where she will talk to some of the biggest names taking part in the Winter Games and some of the best UK medal prospects, delving into their training plans, diet, mindset and their Olympic goals. Lipinski and Weir are working their fifth Olympic assignments together and third Winter Games on figure skating coverage. Mike Tirico, NBC HOCKEY:Kenny Albert, who has called hockey for every Olympic Winter Games since 2002,Brendan Burke, in his second Olympics assignment,John Walton, in his second Olympics assignment, andChris Vosters,in his third Olympic assignment,will combine to provide play-by-play hockey commentary. Updates from the world of sport on TV, including news, views and how to watch it all live. NBCUniversal will provide coverage of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games from Feb. 2-20. The roster includes Olympians who have won a combined total of 40 Olympic medals, including 18 gold medals. Read about our approach to external linking. Winter Olympics LIVE: Watch Beijing Games and follow results - BBC CURLING:Reprising their curling play-by-play roles areJason Knappin his sixth Olympic assignment and third consecutive Winter Olympics,Jim Kozimorin his sixth Olympic assignment, andKenny Ricein his sixth Olympic assignment. SKI JUMPING:Paul Burmeisterreprises his role as the ski jumping play-by-play commentator after making his Winter Olympics debut in 2018. Lewis Johnson, working his 12th Olympic Games for NBC, will be the reporter for all three disciplines. Two-time Olympic medalist Katherine Adamek serves as analyst and,Andrea Joyce, in addition to figure skating,will serve as the reporter for short track speed skating. Any use, reproduction, modification, distribution, display or performance of this material without NBC Universal's prior written consent is prohibited.Use of the Website signifies your agreement to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In a sport where mistakes can have catastrophic consequences, nothing is certain. Published: Thursday, 3rd February 2022 at 9:35 am, Winter Olympics 2022 presenters on BBC: Meet the commentators and pundits, Clare Balding (Today At The Games highlights show). Carolyn Manno, CNBC Currently the secretary general of the French Football Federation. From 9.15am-12pm on BBC One Hazel Irvine leads the coverage, before JJ Chalmers takes over at 3pm on BBC Two to show extended replays of the action. Chad Salmela, Analyst You go back to 1934 and Mussolini tried to use the World Cup to promote fascism. Tina Dixon, a four times X Games medalist, will serve as an analyst/reporter, her fifth NBC Olympics assignment. BBC Olympics commentators: Full line-up of Tokyo 2020 presenters and Won the World Cup with West Germany in 1990 and the European Championship with Germany in 1996. Todd Harriswill return for his sixth consecutive Winter Games, serving as the play-by-play commentator for mens and womens snowboarding, which includes halfpipe, slopestyle, snowboard cross, and parallel giant slalom. ON-SITE & PRIME PLUS HOST (middle weekend): BBC Sport to broadcast more than 300 hours of live coverage across BBC One and BBC Two, with even more on BBC iPlayer, Red Button and BBC Sport website, New for 2022, Britains greatest Winter Olympian Lizzy Yarnold will join the BBC TV team, Hazel Irvine, Jeanette Kwakye, Ayo Akinwolere and JJ Chalmers to present the live action with Clare Balding fronting daily highlights show, Special BBC iPlayer documentary, Free Spirits, follows group of Team GB Olympians as they prepare for the biggest sporting event of their lives, Olympian Aimee Fuller to present BBC Three Extra and host new Olympic Mile Podcast on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live, Daily coverage and updates on BBC Radio 5 Live. In hosting these Games, China becomes the first nation to stage both a summer and Winter Olympics. Commentary comes from John Hunt and Gigi Salmon. Candidates: Olympic snowboarding judges Known for: Issuing oddly low scores, issuing oddly high scores, angering the Todds Why they might be jerks: On Friday morning in Beijing, Japanese. There will be daily extensive coverage on BBC Radio 5 Live with Andy Stevenson, Gigi Salmon and Rob Hatch. 2023 NBC Universal, All rights reserved. BBC World Cup commentators: Full line-up of Qatar 2022 presenters and Retired in 2020 and now features on Match of the Day. Nielsen Gracenote predicts three will be won, with golds for Bankes and the mixed curling duo of Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds, while the men's curling rink are predicted to win silver. Sam Brock will serve as the big air reporter. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been heavily criticised for awarding the Olympics to China because of the country's alleged human rights abuses. BIG AIR: Shane Bacon will serve as play-by-play commentator for big air events, alongside 2013 freestyle world ski champion Tom Wallisch and three-time Olympic medalist and 2002 halfpipe gold medalist Kelly Clark. Mike Tirico, NBC Clare Balding will bring viewers a daily highlights show on BBC Two, and Aimee Fuller will present BBC Three Extra - a daily one-hour show with extended highlights. Worthington is joined by analystHannah Kearney, a two-time Olympic moguls medalist. Most of the Fifa committee are either in jail, have been banned from football or fined. FIGURE SKATING:Terry Gannon, working his sixth Olympics, will reprise his role as lead play-by-play commentator for Olympic figure skating alongside lead analystsTara Lipinski, the 1998 Olympic gold medalist, and three-time U.S. figure skating championJohnny Weir. The International Skating Union has replaced its World Championships commentators after they made offensive remarks about Canadian former world champion Meagan Duhamel. Olympic Commentator Breaks Down in Tears Over Kamila Valieva - Insider The former Manchester United defender represented his country at two World Cups in 2002 and 2006 and is now a pundit on BT Sport for their Premier League and Champions League coverage. Join BBC Sport this February for all of the best moments from the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games across TV, radio and online. Hockey analysts includeBrian Boucher,Anson Carter,Keith Jones,Monique Lamoureux-Morando,A.J. ON-SITE & PRIME PLUS HOST (middle weekend): Jac Collinsworth, USA Network (following Super Bowl). With unique and intimate access to the athletes and those closest to them, BBC Sport follows their story on and off the slopes in the build-up to the Games. Australias all-time most capped player with 109, spanning across a 20-year international career. A footballing whirlwind in the eye of a tabloid storm Look at the actions taken as the Third Reich faces collapse in the final weeks of World War II, Watch live coverage via the BBC Red Button, Connected TV and online. Commentators: Steve Cram, Rhona Howie, Jackie Lockhart and Logan Gray, Commentators: Katherine Downes and Robin Cousins, Experts: Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, David King, Commentators: Rob Walker and Ollie Williams, Commentators: Simon Brotherton and Wilf OReilly, Experts: Lizzy Yarnold, Shelley Rudman, Nicola Minichiello, Experts: Aimee Fuller, Zoe Gillings, Ed Drake. Tom Abbott, Reporter Snowboard cross world champion Charlotte Bankes is a favourite for gold in her event, in what will be her third Games overall but first for Team GB, having switched from France in late 2018. Here are the line-ups for each event: Alpine skiing Commentator: Matt Chilton Expert pundits: Graham Bell, Chemmy Alcott Curling Commentators: Steve Cram, Rhona Howie, Jackie Lockhart, Logan. Ad Choices. Why are China's Winter Olympics so controversial? Steve Schlanger, Play by Play IOC president Thomas Bach has repeatedly defended the decision to award the Winter Olympics to Beijing and on Thursday said that in the two years leading up to the Games he had seen "the dark clouds of the growing politicisation of sport on the horizon". He will be joined by former U.S. Biathlon Team memberChad Salmela, who returns for his sixth Games as a biathlon and cross-country analyst. They will be accompanied by an expert line up of former Olympians and international Winter sports athletes to offer insight and analysis of all the daily events over the 16-day duration of the Winter Games. UK Sport believes Team GB can win between three and seven medals in Beijing, with five the team's previous best in both 2014 and 2018. SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING:Ted Robinson,at his 13th Olympics overall and 12th for NBC, will be the short track speed skating play-by-play commentator. Georges was part of an all-conquering Lyon side and also represented PSG prior to retiring in 2018. Eurosport reveals Tokyo 2020 Olympics presenting team How to get into curling - an intricate, tactical back-and-forth game on a sheet of ice, accessible to all ages. Jac Collinsworth, USA Network (following Super Bowl) BBC Winter Olympics commentators: Full line-up of Beijing 2022 presenters and pundits for every sport The studio hosts will be joined by some of the most recognisable names in Team GB's. Ayo Akinwolere. 20:00-20:55: Winter Olympics Extra - BBC . (222.8m litres) of water have been used to produce the fake snow in Yanqing alone. ALPINE SKIING From the Salford based studio a range of guests and experts will offer their analysis including the most successful British Winter Olympian and most successful Olympic skeleton athlete of all time, Lizzy Yarnold; Olympic short track speed skater and 10-time British Champion Sarah Lindsay; figure skating legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean; Graham Bell and Chemmy Alcott. Lindsey Vonn The roster includes Olympians who have won a combined total of 40 Olympic . Winter Olympics opening ceremony coverage, BBC One, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website and app, But these are already controversial Olympics, with protests and diplomatic boycotts over. [5], Indian public broadcaster Doordarshan is part of India's diplomatic boycott and will not air live the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games. 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Browse our new catalogue to inspire you with homeware, gardening tools, books and more! Winter Olympics - BBC Sport John Morgan, Bobsled Analyst Norway came out on top four years ago after an impressive run at PyeongChang . Kevin Martin, who skipped Team Canada to gold at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, 2018 Olympic gold medalistTyler George, and three-time national championJaime Sinclairwill serve as analysts. The Winter Olympics Begin This Week - 85 Commentators Join Nbc Olympics Similar to recent Winter Games, NBCs primetime Olympic coverage begins the night before the Opening Ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 3. In 2015, Discovery acquired Europe-wide rights until 2024, including the UK post-2020 rights. Terry Gannon, Play by Play Barbara Slater, Director of BBC Sport said: We are delighted to bring audiences the very best action and medal moments from Beijing. Jimmy Roberts, USA Network Browne and Tsu, making their NBC Olympics debuts, will provide a broader context of what the U.S. audience is watching in the opening days of the Games. "The world is turning its eyes to China and China is ready. OPENING CEREMONY: 'Comfortable' USA 2-0 ROC Seth Bennett BBC Sport ice hockey commentator End of the second session, a period where the US pushed and prodded the goal. Worthington is joined by analyst Hannah Kearney, a two-time Olympic moguls medalist. Joining Burmeister are three-time Olympic medalist Johnny Spillane as analyst, and Naoko Funayama, who will report on ski jumping in addition to cross-country skiing. OLYMPIC CORRESPONDENTS: SPORTS DESK:NBC NewsSam Brock, who returns for his second Olympic assignment,andAnne Thompson, making her fourth Olympic assignment, will serve as correspondents on the sports desk. Johnny Spillane, Analyst BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live will host Aimee Fullers Olympic Mile Podcast. Andrea Joyce, Reporter Theyre stuck with it, it was too far down the road to change it and its the same for us. He is also his countrys top scorer with 42 goals. In France and the United Kingdom, these are the first Games where Eurosport will be the main rightsholder; the BBC will sub-license a limited amount of coverage on free-to-air television, as part of a deal in which the BBC sold the pay-TV rights to the 2018 and 2020 Games to Eurosport. Coverage begins on Wednesday, Feb. 2, on USA Network and Peacock. Tanith White, Analyst BOBSLED/LUGE/SKELETON Read Marks interview with Gary Lineker here. Fifty athletes will fly the flag for Team GB in Beijing, with three returning medallists - Izzy Atkin (freestyle skiing), Laura Deas (skeleton) and Eve Muirhead (curling) - among them. "We are confident we are taking a more competitive team across more disciplines than ever before. Artificial snow has been used across all venues - although there was some natural snowfall in Zhangjiakou in the week leading up to the Games. Alpine skiingCommentator: Matt ChiltonExpert pundits: Graham Bell, Chemmy Alcott, CurlingCommentators: Steve Cram, Rhona Howie, Jackie Lockhart, Logan Gray, Figure skatingCommentators: Katherine Downes, Robin CousinsExpert pundits: Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, David King, Biathlon/Cross-country skiing/nordic combined/ski jumpingCommentators: Rob Walker, Ollie Williams, Speed skatingCommentators: Simon Brotherton, Wilf OReillyExpert pundit: Sarah Lindsay, Bobsleigh/Luge/SkeletonCommentators: John Hunt, John JacksonExpert pundits: Lizzy Yarnold, Shelley Rudman, Nicola Minichiello, Snowboarding/freestyle skiingCommentators: Ed Leigh, Tim WarwoodExpert pundits: Aimee Fuller, Zoe Gillings, Ed Drake, Ice hockeyCommentators: Seth Bennett, Kent Simpson. PRIME PLUS HOST: The BBC will be providing exclusive coverage from the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics right through until the end and, as ever, they have a host of big names from the world of sport signed up.