Category: Olympics

NBC Gymnastics commentators

No Nastia.

Terry Gannon, Play-by-Play (Primetime Show)

  • 7th overall NBC Olympics assignment and second consecutive for gymnastics

Tim Daggett, Analyst (Primetime Show)

  • 10th overall NBC Olympics assignment; 9th time serving as NBC Olympics’ gymnastics analyst
  • Two-time Olympic medalist at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, including gold in the team event

Samantha Peszek, Analyst (Primetime Show)

  • Makes NBC Olympic broadcast debut
  • Member of silver medal-winning U.S. women’s gymnastics team at 2008 Beijing Olympics; member of gold medal-winning U.S. team at 2007 World Championships
  • Three-time NCAA champion at UCLA

John Roethlisberger, Analyst/Reporter (Primetime Show)

  • 2nd Olympic assignment after debuting in Tokyo
  • Three-time U.S. Olympic gymnast (1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney), four-time U.S. all-around champion, and four-time U.S. pommel horse champion

Zora Stephenson, Reporter (Live Daytime and Primetime Show)

  • 3rd Olympics with NBC Sports, previously serving as social media host for 2022 Beijing Olympics and basketball reporter at Tokyo Olympics in 2021; also working as sideline reporter for second week of Team USA Men’s and Women’s Olympic basketball games this summer

Rich Lerner, Play-by-Play (Live Daytime)

  • 4th NBC Olympics assignment after debuting in Rio

Laurie Hernandez, Analyst (Live Daytime)

  • 2nd NBC Olympics assignment after debuting in Tokyo
  • Part of gold medal-winning “Final Five” team at 2016 Rio Olympics, where she also won silver medal on balance beam

Justin Spring, Analyst (Live Daytime)

  • Makes NBC Olympics debut
  • Member of bronze medal-winning U.S. men’s gymnastics team at 2008 Beijing Olympics; four-time NCAA individual champion at Illinois

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Fred Richard – remember the name

If you’re looking for Frederick Richard on the University of Michigan’s campus, the odds are pretty good that you’ll find him at the Newt Loken Training Center. That’s where he spends most of his time these days.

Inside the walls of the chalk-filled training gym, Richard starts his day at 10 a.m. with physical therapy, followed by yoga – to keep his flexibility on point, of course. Then he heads to practice with his Michigan teammates for the next four hours, followed by one or two hours of social media content planning and filming. …

Following the Olympics, Richard will join four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and a star-studded cast on a 30-city tour designed to celebrate the sport of gymnastics. 

It all helps Richard’s mission to make men’s gymnastics relevant in a country where the women have garnered much of the attention for decades. …

Frederick Richard wants you to remember his name – and his sport


U.S. gymnasts competing Olympics for other nations

You probably recall the disaster that was Nellie Kim, President of the FIG Women’s Technical Committee, pushing for American Kylie Dickson to compete for Belarus in Rio.

It was one of Nellie Kim’s many ethical disasters.

But I’d argue that — more often than not — having a gymnast from a bigger nation represent a smaller nation DOES help Gymnastics there. For example, I fully expect WAG to boom over the next couple of Olympic cycles in Philippines.

Should these athletes have qualified to Paris?

  1. Phillipines – Aleah Finnegan
  2. Phillipines – Emma Malabuyo
  3. Phillipines – Levi Jung-Ruivivar
  4. Colombia – Luisa Blanco
  5. Haiti – Lynnzee Brown
  6. Syria – Lais Naijjar (MAG)
  7. Bulgaria – Kevin Penev

Read a thoughtful article by Caroline Price in Forbes:

Americans In Paris: Nationality Changes Shaping Olympic Gymnastics

2024 Olympics Paris

British Olympic Teams

 Max Whitlock OBE, Joe Fraser, Jake Jarman, Harry Hepworth and Luke Whitehouse.

Reserves James Hall, Courtney Tulloch.

Alice Kinsella, Becky Downie MBE, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Ruby Evans and Abigail Martin.

Reserves Ruby Stacey, Charlotte Booth and Corey Walkes.

And your Team GB Paris 2024 gymnasts are…


Nagorny sanctioned by USA

The gymnast most active in supporting Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is Nikita Nagorny.

He’s top of the list to be sanctioned.

Support Lynnzee Brown’s Olympic Journey

Former NCAA great Lynnzee Brown was delighted and surprised to be selected to represent Haiti at the Paris Olympics.

NOW she is trying to find a way to pay for that representation. Unsurprisingly, Haiti has no discretionary funds for Olympians right now.

Check out her GoFundMe.

Aurélie Tran, Ellie Black to Paris

Top 2 in the AA from Canadian National Championships will be nominated to the Olympic team.

The rest of the team is yet to be determined.

Ellie Black 110.066
Aurélie Tran 108.131
Ava Stewart 106.781
Rose Woo 104.332
Sydney Turner 104.198
Gabrielle Black 103.431
Emma Spence 103.099
Frédérique Scarbossa 102.898
Laurie Denommée 101.432
Audrey Rousseau 101.048

Ellie Black collected her 7th Sr. women’s national all-around title.

Age-28, she’s still one of the best in the world heading into her 4th Olympics

Isabella Brett NOT approved for Olympics

As we feared …

New Zealand was not SMART enough to confirm Isabella to the Olympics after she earned the Olympic berth through Continental qualification.

Obviously to ME … the benefits of a smaller nation having one more Olympian far outweighs the downside of Isabella not finishing high in the rankings.

Félix Dolci 2024 Canadian Champ

Félix Dolci is your 2024 All-Around Champion.

René Cournoyer takes home silver, William Émard bronze.

Gymnastics Canada

Félix and René now selected for Paris. Rest of the team yet to be named.

Results look for William, Sam Zakutney in 4th. And Zach Clay in 7th who has a BIG Pommel Horse number.

Ellie Black leads Canadian Nationals

Day 1

Shallon Olsen leads Vault.

Full results.

Olympic team selection is competitive.

IF you ASSuME that Ellie and Aurélie will go for the AA, there are many different combinations that could results in the highest potential team score.