7's Olympic Coverage

[Russian]

From various pages at sevencorporate.com.au

Live coverage 3:30pm to 7am with a break for news

Sunrise live from Athens for 2 weeks leading up to the games. The Dream live from Athens. Hosting done from Melbourne studio with Sandy Roberts (graveyard shift), Matthew White, Johanna Griggs and Tony Squires. Kylie Gillies and Liz Ellis doing updates

Commentary (some will be called from Melbourne)
Opening and Closing Ceremonies: Bruce McAvaney, Rebecca Wilson, Ric Birch
Archery: Garry Wilkinson, Matt Gray
Athletics: McAvaney, Dave Culbert, Cathy Freeman, Raelene Boyle, Pat Welsh, Neil Kearney
Badminton: Gordon Bray, Kerryn Pratt, Peter Blackburn, Chris Dittmar
Baseball: Chris Maitland, Mark Shipley
Basketball: Basil Zempilas, David Christison, Andrew Gaze, Michelle Timms, Dittmar
Beach Volleyball: Peter Colquhoun, Dittmar, Annette Huygens Tholen, Greg Barten
Boxing: Jim Neilly, Richie Woodhall
Canoe/Kayak - Sprint: Zempilas, Nick Green
Canoe/Kayak - Slalom: Colquhoun, Jimmy Walker
Cycling: Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwen
Diving: Peter Donegan, Dean Pullar, Alisa Camplin
Equestrian: Simon Reeve, Lucinda Green
Football: Simon Hill, Mike McCann, David Smith
Gymnastics - Rythmic: Liz Chetkovich, Camplin
Gymnastics - Artistic: Simon Reeve, Chetkovich
Handball: Grant Denyer
Hockey: Christison, Culbert, Rechelle Hawkes, Bray, Dave Wansbrough
Judo: Dennis Iverson, Denyer
Rowing: Zempilas, Nick Green
Shooting: Smith
Softball: Pratt, Joyce Lester
Swimming: McAvaney, Don Talbot, Kieren Perkins, Welsh
Takewondo: Colquhoun, Lauren Burns
Tennis: Bray, Pratt
Triathlon: McAvaney, Culbert (run), Liggett (ride), Perkins (swim)
Volleyball: Graham Dawson, David Waite, Donegan, Huygens Tholan
Water Polo: McCann, Debbie Watson, Ryan Moar
Weightlifting: Wilkinson, Damian Brown
Wrestling: Denyer

Programming (all AEST)
August 12
8:30pm - men's and women's football: Australia v Tunisia and Australia v Brazil plus highlights in 2.5 hours
August 13
8:30pm - Looking back at Sydney and full replay of opening ceremony
August 14
3:30am - Live Opening Ceremony, finishing at 7:30
11am - Opening Ceremony replay
3:30pm - Live coverage begins
Next 3 weekends
Midnight-7/7:30am - Live coverage
7/7:30am-3:30pm - Highlights
3:30pm-11pm - Live coverage including news
11pm-midnight - The Dream crossing to live action as required
Next 10 weekdays:
Midnight-7am - Live coverage
7-9am - Sunrise
9-10:30am - Highlights
10:30-11am - News
11am-3:30pm - Highlights
3:30-11pm - Live coverage including news
11pm-midnight - The Dream crossing to live action as required
August 30
4am - Live Closing Ceremony
7am - Sunrise
9-10:30am - Highlights
10:30-11am - News
11am-3:30pm - Highlights
7:30-10:30pm - Closing ceremony replay

August 21
11pm-1am - Rugby Union: Australia v South Africa

Seven are responsible for all the aquatic coverage

 

[Freo Big Fella]

Why Alisa Camplin? How will a Ski Jumper provide insight into the Diving and gymnastics?

 

[Bartholin Juice]

Originally posted by Freo Big Fella
Why Alisa Camplin? How will a Ski Jumper provide insight into the Diving and gymnastics?

She won't.

 

[JUBJUB]

Originally posted by Russian

Canoe/Kayak - Slalom: Jimmy Walker

Dyn-o-mite !

 

[otaku]

she is cute though....too bad they dont do a naked news style commentary

 

[mjm28]

No Peter Landy! Was he still there for the 2000 games. He will be missed commentating the canoeing etc.

They should give Grant Denyer a few more. I like his work. And why Simon Reeve, he reads news, boring.......... I suppose his commentating the boring sports.

 

[Catman]

Originally posted by Freo Big Fella
Why Alisa Camplin? How will a Ski Jumper provide insight into the Diving and gymnastics?

A lot of the Aerial skiers have done or have a good understanding of gymnastics. When you think about that is what their sport is - gymnastics on skis.

 

[JUBJUB]

Originally posted by Catman
A lot of the Aerial skiers have done or have a good understanding of gymnastics. When you think about that is what their sport is - gymnastics on skis.

Correct.The ex-gymnast from Geelong who was at the last Olympics [or was it Commonwealth games ?],Trudy [forgot the surname] has taken up Aerial skiing because its similar to gymnastics.

 

[kretchy]

What about SBS aren't they covering some events? I'm pretty sure they are at least doing the men's road race for cycling.

 

[jikost]

Who's commentating the table tennis? I must know!

 

[choc_a_holic]

Woah Russian...where did u find all that? You didn't write it up urself did u?

 

[jikost]

Originally posted by choc_a_holic
Woah Russian...where did u find all that?

Originally posted by Russian
From sevencorporate.com.au

 

[Russian]

Originally posted by kretchy
What about SBS aren't they covering some events? I'm pretty sure they are at least doing the men's road race for cycling.

Seven produce all the coverage and give some of it to SBS to show. Don't know much about their level of coverage yet.

As for table tennis, that's the only sport that they don't say they'll cover. The others not on the list they mention but don't give commentators.

 

[Catman]

Originally posted by JUBJUB
Correct.The ex-gymnast from Geelong who was at the last Olympics [or was it Commonwealth games ?],Trudy [forgot the surname] has taken up Aerial skiing because its similar to gymnastics.

Trudy McIntosh.

 

[Russian]

SBS showing Olympics from 3:30pm to 7am

 

[JUBJUB]

Originally posted by Catman
Trudy McIntosh.

Thats it.Thanks.

 

[GOALden Hawk]

Simon Hill is the SBS soccer commentator so I presume they are doing the soccer - thank God, it's about the only thing I'll be watching.

 

[Russian]

Originally posted by GOALden Hawk
Simon Hill is the SBS soccer commentator so I presume they are doing the soccer - thank God, it's about the only thing I'll be watching.

They'll do most of it. Seven are showing the first two days Thursday in primetime and they will probably keep the other Australia games. SBS are also showing softball and the road race (all the stuff that takes forever)

 

[Arden]

Why oh why do Channel 7 persist with shoving that know-it-all wench Liz Ellis in our face?

 

[stmookeyj]

Originally posted by Arden
Why oh why do Channel 7 persist with shoving that know-it-all wench Liz Ellis in our face?

We can only take so much Johanna Griggs you know.

 

[puddingfactor]

Radio coverage for those interested will be on SEN:
http://www.sen.com.au/pages/Olympic_guide.html

 

[Russian]

Paralympics on SBS

 

[Black Panther]

7's Olympic coverage once again will be a joke with 5 minutes here, 5 minutes there and if no Aussie in it, no coverage

All the commentators bar Bruce (who has it written in his contract he must be on site) will be calling the events off the TV sitting in 7's Docklands Studios in Melbourne!

If you want to follow the actual sport - ABC Radio
If you want chopped up delayed highlights and puff pieces about 'Aussie battlers' - Seven