Who are the Paris Olympics 2024 presenters, pundits and commentators?

Laura Kenny of Great Britain poses with her Gold medal after her victory in the Women's Omnium at Rio Olympic Velodrome on August 16, 2016
British cycling legend Laura Kenny is on the BBC’s Olympic line-up (Picture: Getty)

Eurosport and the BBC both have a star-studded list of presenters, pundits and commentators for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Sports fans are keen to know exactly who will be across our TV screens ahead of tonight’s opening ceremony – so here is absolutely everything you need to know.

Laura Woods will be joined by diver Tom Daley, former British No.1 tennis player Laura Robson, ex-boxer Carl Frampton and Paralympic hero Ellie Simmonds.

That’s on Eurosport while the BBC have Clare Balding, track and field icon Jessica Ennis-Hill, cycling legend Laura Kenny and French TV personality Fred Sirieix.

But who else will be joining them over in Paris? Here’s every single presenter, pundit and commentator for the 2024 Olympics.

Who are the Eurosport presenters, pundits and commentators for Paris Olympics 2024?

Laura Woods, Orla Chennaoui and Craig Doyle will present the Olympic coverage on Eurosport. Woods is best known for her work across ITV and TNT Sports.

Laura Woods pictured working as a TV presenter for TNT Sports
Laura Woods is working for Eurosport at the Paris Olympics (Picture: Getty)

Tom Daley, Laura Robson, Adam Blythe, Shauna Coxsey, Carl Frampton, Stef Reid, Joanna Roswell, Ellie Simmonds, Lizzie Simmonds, Iwan Thomas and Nile Wilson are working as pundits for Eurosport.

Eurosport’s list of reporters includes Reshmin Chowdhury, Radzi Chinyanganya, Jaydee Dyer, Caroline de Moraes, Becky Ives, Rachel Stringer, Laura Winter and Matt Smith as well as columnist Kate Mason.

Who are the BBC presenters, pundits and commentators for Paris Olympics 2024?

Fred Sirieix pictured with a smile as he faces paparazzi at an awards event
Fred Sirieix will be appearing on the BBC for the Olympic Games (Picture: Getty)

The BBC have some big names on their punditry list, such as Fred Sirieix, the French maître d’hôtel who attracted fame appearing on Channel 4’s First Dates.

Other studio guests include Chris Hoy, Nicola Adams, Rebecca Adlington, Laura Kenny, Beth Tweddle, Denise Lewis, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Kate Richardson-Walsh, Katherine Grainger, Mark Foster, Michael Johnson and Tonia Couch.

The BBC have a number of presenters with Clare Balding, Gabby Logan, Isa Guha, Mark Chapman, Hazel Irvine, JJ Chalmers and Jeanette Kwakye all on the line-up.

Over on the BBC’s radio services for the Olympics is Adrian Chiles, Kelly Cates, Eleanor Oldroyd, Naga Munchetty and Tony Livesey.

What is the Olympic schedule for today (Friday, July 26), tomorrow (Saturday, July 27) and what else is to come over the next few days?

A TV screen reads 'Paris 2024' and shows the Olympic logo ahead of a press conference
The opening ceremony takes place tonight at 6.30pm UK time (Picture: Getty)

The Olympic football and rugby seven events kicked off on Wednesday, two days before tonight’s opening ceremony.

Yesterday, meanwhile, saw the start of the archery and handball – but there is plenty more action to come over the next two weeks.

The opening ceremony is the only thing on the menu for today, which starts at 6.30pm UK time. Saturday, though, will see various other events getting underway.

Saturday 27 July 2024 (14 gold medal events)

  • Artistic gymnastics: 1100-1330; 1530-1800; 2000-2230: M qualifications
  • Badminton: 0830-1200: M/W/Mixed singles & doubles group stage; 1400-1730: M/W/Mixed singles & doubles group stage; 1930-2300: M/W singles & doubles group stage
  • Basketball: 1100-1515: M group phase (2 matches); 1715-1900: M group phase (1 match); 2100-2245: M group phase (1 match)
  • Beach volleyball: 1400-1600: M/W preliminary phase (2 matches); 1800-2000: M/W preliminary phase (2 matches); 2200-0000: M/W preliminary phase (2 matches)
  • Boxing: 1530-1755: W 54kg, W 60kg, M 63.5kg, M 80kg round of 32 or round of 16; 2000-2255: W 54kg, W 60kg, M 63.5kg, M 80kg round of 32 or round of 16
  • Canoe slalom: 1500-1910: M C1 heats, W K1 heats
  • Diving: 
  • Equestrian: 0930-1830: Eventing dressage
  • Fencing: 1000-1640: W épée, M sabre through quarters; 
  • Football: 1500-2300: M group stage (8 matches)
  • Handball: 0900-1230: M preliminaries (2 matches); 1400-1730: M preliminaries (2 matches); 1900-2230: M preliminaries (2 matches)
  • Hockey: 1000-1500: M pool stage (2 matches); 1030-1530: M pool stage (2 matches); 1700-2200: M/W pool stage (2 matches); 1730-2230: M/W pool stage (2 matches)
  • Judo: 1000-1400: W -48kg, M -60kg elimination rounds; 
  • Road cycling: 
  • Rowing: 0900-1310: M single sculls, W single sculls, M double sculls, W double sculls, M quadruple sculls, W quadruple sculls heats
  • Rugby sevens: 
  • Shooting: 0900-1345: M/W 10m air pistol, Mixed team 10m air rifle qualification; 
  • Skateboard: 1200-1530: M street preliminaries; 1
  • Surfing: 1900-0430 (0700-1630 Tahiti time): M/W round 1
  • Swimming: 1100-1300: W 100m fly, W 400m free, M 100m breast, M 400m free, W 4x100m free relay, M 4x100m free relay heats;  W 100m fly semis, , M 100m breast semis, 
  • Table tennis: 1500-1800: M/W singles preliminary round, Mixed doubles round of 16; 2000-2300: M/W singles round 1
  • Tennis: 1200-1700 (Court Philippe Chartrier): M/W singles; 1900-2300 (Court Philippe Chartrier): M/W singles; 1200-1900 (Court Suzanne Lenglen): M/W singles, doubles; 1200-1900 (Court Simonne Mathieu): M/W singles, doubles; 1200-1900 (outside courts): M/W singles, doubles
  • Volleyball: 0900-1130: M preliminary round; 1300-1530: M preliminary round; 1700-1930: M preliminary round; 2100-2330: M preliminary round
  • Water polo: 1400-1700: W preliminary round (2 matches); 1830-2130: W preliminary round (2 matches)

Related Posts


This will close in 0 seconds