{"id":595077,"date":"2024-08-08T07:59:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T14:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=595077"},"modified":"2024-08-09T08:51:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:51:46","slug":"rowdy-gaines-reveals-2028-olympics-will-be-his-last-as-nbc-sports-color-commentator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-reveals-2028-olympics-will-be-his-last-as-nbc-sports-color-commentator\/","title":{"rendered":"Rowdy Gaines Reveals 2028 Olympics Will Be His Last as NBC Sports Color Commentator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rowdy Gaines Reveals 2028 Olympics Will Be His Last as NBC Sports Color Commentator<\/strong><\/p>\n

For generations,\u00a0Rowdy Gaines<\/strong> has been the voice of swimming in the United States<\/a>, the excitable analyst joining\u00a0Dan Hicks<\/strong> in the NBC Sports broadcast booth for every Olympic Games going back to 1996 in Atlanta. Hicks and Gaines have called all the Olympic races for Michael Phelps<\/strong>,\u00a0Katie Ledecky<\/strong> and every other star for the past three decades.<\/p>\n

Gaines has also been the color commentator for nearly every other national and international-level meet, including the World Championships, national championships, NCAA Championships, conference championship meets and Pro Swim Series meets.<\/p>\n

But that run will be done after the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Following the conclusion of nine days of action in the pool<\/a> at the Paris Games,<\/a> Gaines revealed on social media this week that he will leave his roles after calling a ninth Games alongside Hicks four years from now. Gaines chose LA as his final Games because he will be returning to the city where he won three Olympic gold medals, including in the 100 freestyle, at the 1984 Games.<\/p>\n

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