BBC Sport has released its trailer for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
It’s also revealed how it will be covering the event across the UK.
“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,” said Alex Kay-Jelski, Director of MediaCity-based BBC Sport.
“People can tune in to live coverage morning, noon, and night, following all the biggest sporting moments as they happen. 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.”
Between 26th July and 11th August, BBC Sport will dedicate one live channel and one live stream to show the best action every day, with a total of 250 hours of live coverage over the 16 days.
A second curated live stream on iPlayer, Olympics Extra, will feature other highlights.
BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live will also get special schedules and content.
Leading the television and radio coverage are Clare Balding, Gabby Logan, Hazel Irvine, Isa Guha, Jeanette Kwakye, JJ Chalmers, Mark Chapman, Adrian Chiles, Eleanor Oldroyd, Kelly Cates, Naga Munchetty and Tony Livesey.
Guests will include Olympian Laura Kenny, TV personality Fred Sirieix (whose daughter was the youngest member of the Team GB diving team in Tokyo), British long jumper Jazmin Sawyers, Olympic gold medalist Moe Sbihi, and Olympic bronze medalist Vicky Holland.
On BBC Radio 5 Live, Munchetty and Chiles will kick off events each morning at 10am from Salford.
Chapman will be in 5 Live’s “Parisian cafe studio” in the early afternoon (hmm – it’s alright for some Chapmans), before Livesey and Oldroyd host from 3.30pm-6.30pm. Finally Cates takes over in he evening.
During 5 Live Breakfast, Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards will hear from team GB medalists, families and fans, as well as bringing all the Olympics news.
In Scotland, BBC Sport Scotland will be following the stories of Scottish athletes throughout their Olympic journeys, with regular news and updates across TV, radio and online.
BBC Radio Wales have two special programmes to coincide with the Olympic games. On 22 and 29 July Gold Rush will see Catrin Hughes meet the golden generation of Welsh athletes.
Paralympian Olivia Breen also presents her Paris Diary, giving a candid insight into being an elite athlete.
