First Dates' Fred Sirieix to present BBC Olympic coverage

The former I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! contestant, whose daughter, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix is competing as a diver for Team GB, will provide commentary on the games.The guest line-up will also include the UK’s most decorated female Olympian, Laura Kenny, British long jumper Jazmin Sawyers, Olympic gold medallist Moe Sbihi, and Olympic bronze medallist Vicky Holland.

Adrian Chiles, Eleanor Oldroyd, Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman, Naga Munchetty, and Tony Livesey, will lead BBC Radio 5 Live’s coverage., Alex Kay-Jelski, director of BBC Sport, said: “For the first time since London 2012 we have an Olympic Games taking place in a European time zone, which is really exciting for UK audiences.

“We are broadcasting hundreds of hours of coverage on free-to-air platforms and our two carefully curated live feeds, and covering all the big stories online, across social media and radio, meaning audiences can keep up to date with all the best of British sporting stories by simply sitting back, relaxing and enjoying the sport.”The BBC will provide live TV coverage of all 32 Olympic events in France, including a nightly recap.

Live sports coverage will then begin at 8am on Saturday, July 27, on BBC One, with Jeanette Kwakye and JJ Chalmers before Hazel Irvine picks up proceedings at 1pm on BBC Two.

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