SHORT TRACK Winter Olympics: Opening Ceremony - Media Centre - Logo of the BBC AJ Mlezcko, Analyst SPEED SKATING Yanqing, located 75km (47 miles) out of Beijing, is the home of the sliding sports - bobsleigh, skeleton and luge - and alpine skiing, while the mountains of Zhangjiakou, 180km (111 miles) away from the Chinese capital, host the freestyle skiing and snowboarding events, ski jumping, biathlon and cross-country. Valieva, who has been at the heart of a well-documented doping scandal, was favorite to win the women's singles figure skating competition after . Cates fronts Sky Sports Friday and Saturday Night Football coverage of the Premier League. Almost 3,000 athletes from 91 nations will compete to get their hands on one of 109 gold medals on offer across seven sports. 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Winter Olympics 2022 presenters on BBC | Meet the commentators | Radio BBC Sport's coverage of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games features familiar faces. 2022 Winter Olympics Bid process ( bid details) Development ( venues, torch relay) Marketing ( mascots) Broadcasters Opening ceremony ( flag bearers) Chronological summary Event calendar Medal table ( medalists) Concerns and controversies ( Russian doping scandal, withdrawals, COVID-19 cases) World and Olympic records U.S. Olympian and multi-time X Games medalistTodd Richards,2013 freestyle world ski championTom Wallischand two-time snow cross gold medalistSeth Wescottwill serve as analysts. About NBC Olympics BOBSLED/LUGE/SKELETON Fans of the Winter Games can keep up to date 24/7 by making use of BBC Sports comprehensive digital catch-up service, where there will be on demand clips and all the latest news and features. A virtual-reality studio, based at Media City UK, will provide a ski lodge setting to bring viewers their favourite events, must-see moments and live reports from the host city. Read about our approach to external linking. Chris Vosters, Play by Play Won the World Cup with West Germany in 1990 and the European Championship with Germany in 1996. The Opening Ceremony will be presented on Friday, Feb. 4, live in the morning and again in primetime on NBC and Peacock. ALPINE SKIING Snowboard cross world champion Charlotte Bankes is a favourite for gold in her event, in what will be her third Games overall but first for Team GB, having switched from France in late 2018. CONTRIBUTORS:Andy Browne, the Editorial Director of Bloomberg New Economy Forum, andJing Tsu, the John M. Schiff Professor of East Asian Studies & Comparative Literature at Yale University, will contribute to coverage of the Opening Ceremony on NBC and Peacock, as well as NBCs first night of primetime coverage on Thursday, Feb. 3. FREESTYLE SKIING/SNOWBOARDING:Trace Worthingtonreturns for his fifth Winter Olympics assignment and will be the freestyle skiing play-by-play commentator. Tara Lipinski, Analyst REPORTERS: NBC Olympics reporters will cover various venues and locations throughout the Games, and will contribute tofeatures on a variety of platforms. But these are already controversial Olympics, with protests and diplomatic boycotts over alleged human rights abuses, while the Covid-19 pandemic continues to have an impact with strict control measures in place. The 2022/23 FA Cup semi finals take place this weekend with live TV coverage on the BBC and ITV. More recently in Brazil there were demonstrations with people saying we shouldnt be spending this money on stadiums when our social care system is broken, and even in 2018 Russia had invaded Ukrainian Crimea before the tournament. Trace Worthington, Play by Play BBC Radio 5 Live coverage of the Winter Games will be led by Andy Stevenson, Gigi Salmon and Rob Hatch as they bring fans daily updates and reports. The BBC once again boasts a sprawling line-up of talent ready to bring you all the action as it happens throughout each day of the Games. Sam Brockwill serve as the big air reporter. Last updated on 4 February 20224 February 2022.From the section Winter Olympics. BOBSLED/LUGE/SKELETON:Leigh Diffeyreprises his role as bobsled/luge/skeleton play-by-play commentator, which marks his fifth overall NBC Olympics assignment after calling track & field in Tokyo. SKI JUMPING:Paul Burmeisterreprises his role as the ski jumping play-by-play commentator after making his Winter Olympics debut in 2018. Ted Robinson, Play by Play USA NETWORK, CNBC AND PEACOCK HOSTS: Johnny Spillane, Analyst Shane Bacon, Play by Play (Big Air) DAYTIME HOST: Im a little queasy about it. The likes of long-time presenters such as Hazel Irvine and Clare Balding present live and highlight. BBC Winter Olympics commentators: Full line-up of Beijing 2022 CORRESPONDENTS: . Capped 21 times by England from 2003 until 2009 and was a non-playing member of the squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Winter Olympics 2022 presenters Aimee Fuller, Ayo Akinwolere, Clare Balding, Hazel Irvine, Jeanette Kwakye, and JJ Chalmers Live coverage as the 24th Winter Olympic Games officially begin. BBC Sport online, the UKs biggest digital sport service, will offer a live stream of the action from Beijing as well as offer on-demand video clips, medal tables, live text commentaries, reports and features. BBC Olympics commentators: Full line-up of Tokyo 2020 presenters and Nbcuniversal Winter Olympics and Super Bowl Lvi Preview Presentation CONTRIBUTORS: Valieva is one of the 212 athletes competing under the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee, with Russia still banned from international competition because of doping sanctions. CROSS-COUNTRY:Steve Schlanger reprises his role as a play-by-play commentator for cross-country skiing, his sixth Olympics assignment. Jason Knapp, Play by Play Anne Thompson (Sports Desk) Their keeper had to make a couple of saves. Robin Cousins, a British ice skating legend turned Olympic commentator broke down in tears while watching a replay of Kamila Valieva's disastrous free skate routine at the Beijing Winter Olympics. NBCUniversal is presenting its 18th Olympic Games, 12th consecutive overall, and sixth straight Winter Games, all the most by any U.S. media company. 203-356-2790 Georges was part of an all-conquering Lyon side and also represented PSG prior to retiring in 2018. Sir Bradley Wiggins, Greg Rutherford and Joanna Rowsell will headline Eurosport's team of UK experts, bringing with them a wealth of Olympic experience . The former Manchester United defender represented his country at two World Cups in 2002 and 2006 and is now a pundit on BT Sport for their Premier League and Champions League coverage. Although live sport started on Wednesday with mixed doubles curling, the opening ceremony takes place on Friday, marking the official start of the 24th Winter Games. Theyre stuck with it, it was too far down the road to change it and its the same for us. With a collective reach of around 30 million, BBC Sports social media channels will post some of the best moments of the Winter Games as they happen, straight to mobile. Johnny Weir, Analyst As ever, the BBC is providing FREE coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics, and with Team GB veteran Dave Ryding on a high from his World Cup gold, there's a good bet there will be live coverage. Deas finished third behind fellow Brit Lizzy Yarnold, who took gold, while Atkin secured Team GBs first ever skiing medal in the slopestyle. "The world is turning its eyes to China and China is ready. Eurosport reveals Tokyo 2020 Olympics presenting team A former Argentina international and a World Cup runner-up after playing in the final defeat against Germany in 2014. BOBSLED/LUGE/SKELETON:Leigh Diffeyreprises his role as bobsled/luge/skeleton play-by-play commentator, which marks his fifth overall NBC Olympics assignment after calling track & field in Tokyo. Hassan, who won the 5,000m and 10,000m at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, appeared out of the women's race after dropping back early on with a hip problem, but somehow fought back. Scott is the fourth-most capped player in Englands Womens history, earning 140 over a 13-year international career and winning a bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup. 2006 U.S. Olympic ice dance silver medalist Tanith White will serve as an analyst in her fifth overall Olympic assignment with NBC Sports, andAndrea Joyce, who returns for her 12th Olympic assignment with NBC (16th overall), will serve as a figure skating and short track speed skating reporter. CURLING:Reprising their curling play-by-play roles are Jason Knapp in his sixth Olympic assignment and third consecutive Winter Olympics, Jim Kozimor in his sixth Olympic assignment, and Kenny Rice in his sixth Olympic assignment.