NBC Announcers Will Again Call Olympics From Home; Only Select Hosts to Travel

NBC Sports spokesman Greg Hughes said in a phone interview the network no longer plans to send announcing teams for Alpine skiing, figure skating and snowboarding to China. Those had been among the handful of announcers expected to travel, but NBC's plans changed over the past couple of weeks.

NBC Olympics president Gary Zenkel is one of 250 people the network already has in Beijing. Most of those are technical staff. Athletes, media and workers will be cut off from the rest of China during the Olympics, with the only places they can go being competition venues, their accommodations and transportation between the two. China plans to isolate anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 for at least two days, pending a negative result. The country also has a mandatory 21-day isolation period for anyone entering the country who isn't vaccinated.

Some reporters from NBC's sports and news divisions will be based in Beijing during the Olympics. With Beijing 13 hours ahead of Connecticut, most announcers will be up at night calling the action.

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