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Tirico will work alongside analyst <strong>Rowdy Gaines<\/strong> and reporter\u00a0<strong>Michele Tafoya<\/strong>. Tirico will replace\u00a0<strong>Dan Hicks<\/strong>, who will miss the Trials while calling the French Open tennis championship June 12-13 and the U.S. Open (golf) June 17-20.<\/p>\n<p>Tirico is entering his first Summer Olympics as NBC&#8217;s primetime host for Olympics coverage. He first filled that role at the 2018 Winter Olympics, replacing longtime host <strong>Bob Costas<\/strong>, and Tirico was a daytime host for Olympic coverage during the 2016 Rio Games.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines has called Olympic swimming at every Games since 1996 (as well as dozens of other meets including World Championships, Nationals, the NCAA championships, Pro Swim Series meets and the International Swimming League), and he has teamed with Hicks on play-by-play at all five Olympic Games and Olympic Trials during that span. 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