Who are the athletics announcers for NBC at Paris Olympics 2024? All about the broadcaster's lineup

By Animesh Pandey

Modified Aug 03, 2024 17:33 GMT

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With the track and field events commencing today at the Paris Olympics 2024, NBC has revealed its list of announcers for the athletics events. From the preliminaries to the finals, the list includes seasoned announcers like Bill Spaulding and Leigh Diffey, along with former Olympians like Sanya Richards-Ross and Kara Goucher.

There will be two teams of announcers for the track and field events at the Paris Olympics: one for the preliminary events, and one for the finals. Spaulding will be the play-by-play announcer for the preliminary events, while Diffey and Paul Swangard will be the play-by-play announcers for the primetime, as well as the final events of the track and field at the Paris Olympics.

Lewis Johnson will be at the Paris Olympics as the track and field reporter for the preliminaries and the finals. This will be his third consecutive Olympics assignment after the Rio Olympics 2016, and the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Sanya Richards-Ross, one of the main announcers for the Paris Olympics [Image Source: Getty]

Among the analysts will be Sanya Richards-Ross who has three Olympic gold medals in the 4x400m relay and a 400m gold from the London Olympics 2012. Ross also holds the USA record for the women's 400m. She will be covering the primetime events as well as the finals at the Paris Olympics 2024. This would be Richards-Ross' third assignment as the NBC analyst for the Summer Olympics.

Alongside Richards-Ross will be Kara Goucher, a long-distance runner from the USA, is a 10,000m silver medalist from the 2007 World Championships. After the Tokyo Olympics 2020, this will be her second Olympics assignment as an NBC analyst.

Ato Boldon, one of the announcers for the NBC at the Paris Olympics 2024 | Getty

Ato Boldon, who represented Trinidad and Tobago from the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 to the Athens Olympics in 2004, will be joining the NBC team for the 7th consecutive time. He won four Olympic medals, including a silver medal in the 100m at the Sydney Olympics 2000. Boldon will be covering the primetime events and the finals alongside Richards-Ross and Trey Hardee, who is an Olympic silver medalist in the decathlon from the London Olympics 2012.

Joining these four Olympians would be Dawn Harper-Nelson, the women's 100m hurdles Olympic gold medalist from the Beijing Olympics 2008, and Shannon Rowbury, a middle distance runner, who missed the podium at the Rio Olympics in the women's 1500m by a whisker. They will be covering the preliminary events.

Following is the complete list of the athletics announcers, as shared by NBC:

Preliminary Events:

1. Bill Spaulding [Play-by-Play Announcer]
2. Dawn Harper Nelson [Analyst]
3. Shannon Rowbury [Analyst]
4. Lewis Johnson [Reporter]

Primetime & Final Events:

1. Leigh Diffey [Play-by-Play Announcer]
2. Paul Swangard [Play-by-Play Announcer]
3. Ato Boldon [Analyst]
4. Sanya Richards-Ross [Analyst]
5. Kara Goucher [Analyst]
6. Trey Hardee [Analyst]

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Top USA athletes in track and field at the Paris Olympics 2024

Sha'Carri Richardson of the USA | Getty]

With the athletics competitions having commenced on August 1 with the 20 km race walk, the in-stadia action begins on August 2.

The preliminaries for events such as the men's shot put, men's decathlon, women's 100m, women's 800m, and the women's discus throw will begin tomorrow, August 2. Here are some of the top USA track and field athletes who will test their luck on August 2:

#3) Valarie Allman:

Can Valarie Allman Achieve Olympic success for a second time? [Image Source: Getty]

At the Paris Olympics, the USA's Valarie Allman will be aiming to repeat her heroics from the Tokyo Olympics 2020, where she won the gold medal in the women's discus throw. Allman won the silver medal at the 2023 World Championships, as well as the gold medal in the IAAF 2023 Diamond League.

#2) Ryan Crouser:

Can Ryan Crouser achieve the Olympic hat trick at the Paris Olympics? [Image Source: Getty]

All eyes will be on the reigning Olympic champion Ryan Crouser, who is looking for an unprecedented feat. He will be aiming to become the first shot putter in the history of the Summer Olympics to perform a hattrick of gold medals. If it's his day, no one should be surprised if he breaks his own world record.

#1) Sha'Carri Richardson:

Can Sha'Carri Richardson break the USA's medal drought at the Paris Olympics? [Image Source: Getty]

August 2 is the day for Sha'Carri Richardson to prove herself in the women's 100m at the Paris Olympics. Her competition is tough, but the American sprinter is known for springing surprises. If Richardson wins the Olympic gold medal at the Paris Olympics, she will break an almost three-decade-old drought of an Olympic gold medal, since Gail Devers last won it for the USA in this event at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.