Bruce McAvaney OAM to headline ABC Radio’s Olympic Games Coverage  

Iconic sports broadcaster Bruce McAvaney OAM is joining the ABC’s commentary team for the Paris Olympics.

McAvaney has been involved in Olympic Games coverage since Los Angeles in 1984 and is the voice behind historic moments like Cathy Freeman’s gold medal triumph in Sydney.

McAvaney says “I’ve always thought the Olympics is the ultimate event for an Australian sports broadcaster and to be given this opportunity by the ABC means a great deal to me.”

Ad-free coverage of the Games will be available on ABC Radio across various capital city and regional stations from Friday 26 July.

In Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra, Darwin, Gold Coast and regional markets across the country, listeners can hear live daily Olympics coverage from 6.30pm until close of competition across ABC Radio and DAB+.

ABC SPORT’s all-star commentary team will also feature Olympians Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Sarah Ryan, Simon Orchard, Brad McGee, former Davis Cup player John Alexander and Matilda Amy Harrison along with ABC broadcasters Quentin Hull, Corbin Middlemas, Clint Wheeldon, Ben Cameron, Ned Hall, Declan Byrne, Lauren Bordin and Robin Chipperfield.

Games content includes:

• Roy & HG: People, Medals and Cheese Monday to Friday at 11am on ABC Radio and 2pm on RN and ABC listen.
• ABC Radio Adelaide Breakfast with Sonya Feldhoff and Jules Schiller Monday to Friday from 5.30am on ABC Radio and ABC listen.
• ABC SPORT Daily is daily sports conversation diving into the biggest Olympic stories of the day on ABC listen.