![]() So I feel for the athletes whose last Games this was because their last Games is going to be remembered as just no crowd. “She knows how they can pull you along in a race. “ knows what it's like to have that crowd there,” Van Dyken said. While Van Dyken was enthused by teenagers Grimes, 15, and Jacoby, 17, she also felt for swimmers like Schmitt, in her fourth and presumably final Games at the age of 31, who were competing without fans in the stands. “I mean, this is something that people are going to talk about, right? Like, ‘Where were you when X happened?’ We will always remember where were you when Bobby Finke went 26.3 on the back end of that 800. Van Dyken’s where-were-you-when moment came when Finke roared back in the men’s 800m freestyle final, swimming a lightning fast 26.39 final 50 metres, propelling him to gold. Born in Stockport, Markovc moved to the United States with her parents at the age of two to live. In Tokyo, they're actually getting a chance to see their family right after the races right there. Todays guest is British Olympic Athlete Amy Eloise Markovc. You do the media and then you do the awards and drug testing and on and on and on. This article includes a list of hosts and commentators of the Olympic Games on NBC. “In a ‘normal’ Olympics, you don’t really see your parents. “The fact that Caeleb Dressel couldn't even speak when he was talking to his family, that was just so touching for me,” Van Dyken said, adding: “And I think that just sums up what the Olympics is all about.” For Van Dyken, several stories splashed out of the water for different reasons, including those of Americans Allison Schmitt, Katie Ledecky, Katie Grimes, Bobby Finke, Simone Manuel, Erica Sullivan and Caeleb Dressel - among others.ĭressel’s emotional moment with his family – connected via video call while he was live with NBC on the pool deck – showcased a changed Games to Van Dyken, while also highlighting what work athletes put in away from the cameras’ glare. Bruce McAvaney will be back for his fifth Commonwealth Games, broadcasting. Three of Australia’s greatest athletes Ian Thorpe, Cate Campbell and Curtis McGrath will headline the Seven Network’s commentary team in Birmingham 2022. ![]() ![]() Team USA garnered 30 medals in the pool, including 11 golds. The 2022 Commonwealth Games will run from 29 July to 8 August, airing on Channel Seven, 7mate, and 7plus. Amy Van Dyken’s fourth gold medal in Atlanta 1996 - Women’s 50m freestyle Van Dyken on spectacular Bobby Finke ![]()
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