{"id":481437,"date":"2021-07-13T15:58:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T22:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=481437"},"modified":"2021-07-19T09:16:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T16:16:59","slug":"michael-phelps-to-join-nbc-announcing-booth-for-select-races-at-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michael-phelps-to-join-nbc-announcing-booth-for-select-races-at-tokyo-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Phelps to Join NBC Announcing Booth for Select Races at Tokyo Olympics; NBC Confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Phelps to Join NBC Announcing Booth for Select Races at Tokyo Olympics<\/strong><\/p>\n

At last month’s U.S. Olympic Trials, 23-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps<\/strong> donned a headset at times over the meet’s first six days to offer commentary on the racing for NBC Sports. Now,\u00a0Phelps will join the NBC crew of\u00a0Dan Hicks\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Rowdy Gaines\u00a0<\/strong>to provide commentary for select races at the Tokyo Olympics. On an NBC Sports conference call previewing coverage of the Olympic Games, Gaines revealed that Phelps will be calling some races in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

“As most of you know, this will be the first Olympics since 1996 that we haven\u2019t had the GOAT, the greatest of all time, Michael Phelps,” Gaines said. “He will be joining Dan Hicks and (me) in the booth on a lot of races. And I know he\u2019s going to offer some incredible insight on especially those races that he has won so many gold medals in.”<\/p>\n

The Athletic’s<\/em> Richard Deitsch\u00a0<\/strong>was the first to publicly announce the news in a Tweet sent Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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Michael Phelps will serve as an NBC analyst on a number of swimming races during the Tokyo Games alongside Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines<\/p>\n
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) July 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n