Who are the BBC Canoe Slalom commentators? Pundits at Paris 2024 Olympics

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PARIS 2024 has proved to be a huge hit, with fans tuning in from all around the world.

The BBC has sent two of their popular sports journalists to cover the Canoe Slalom events.

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Who are the Who are the BBC Canoe Slalom commentators?

Eleanor Oldroyd

Eleanor Oldroyd is an esteemed BBC reporter[/caption]

As well as covering the track cycling at Paris 2024, Eleanor Oldroyd is also one of the commentators for the Canoe Slalom events.

The broadcaster began her career on BBC Radio Shropshire, working as a sports producer.

This isn’t her first time at the Olympics as she led the coverage of the 2014 Sochi Winter Games in Russia.

Eleanor also played an important role when it came to the BBC’s coverage of the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral.

Tony Livesey

Joining Eleanor in the BBC’s commentary of Canoe Slalom at Paris 2024 is Tony Livesey.

Fans may recognise his voice from his Drive Time show on BBC Radio 5 Live.

Away from his Paris 2024 coverage, and Tony has also worked as a culture reporter for The One Show.

He has also appeared on late night shows such as Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

What medals have been won so far for Canoe Slalom?

Several medals have already been one for Canoe Slalom.

Paris 2024 Olympics medal table

Paris 2024 Olympics medal table: How many golds have Team GB and USA won?

Here are the stats as of Monday 5 August, 2024:

Australia – 3 gold
Great Britain – 2 silver, 2 bronze
Poland – 1 silver
France – 1 gold, 2 silver
Slovakia – 1 bronze
Germany – 1 silver, 1 bronze
USA – 1 bronze
Italy – 1 gold
New Zealand – 1 gold
Spain – 1 bronze

What's happening today at The Games?

WHAT TO WATCH TODAY

TODAY’S BRIT MEDAL HOPES

One of the hottest spectacles of Paris 2024 is the 1500m men’s final (7.50pm) – will it be gold for either Josh Kerr or Jakob Ingebrigtsen in their epic rivalry?

World champion Sky Brown, now 16, wants to upgrade her Tokyo bronze to Paris gold in the women’s park skateboarding final but is battling back from a dislocated shoulder (4.30pm).

Ben Maher on board Dallas Vegas Batilly is into the final of the individual jumping equestrian alongside Harry Charles and Scott Brash after coming through the 74-rider qualifying and could defend his Tokyo gold after already securing the team title in Paris (9am).

BRITS TO WATCH

Jack Laugher goes in the 3m springboard diving preliminaries with Jordan Houlden (9am) before Andrea Spendolini Sirieix goes in the 10m platform final (2pm).

Lewis Richardson is already guaranteed a bronze in the 71kg boxing but has his semi-final at Roland Garros at 8.45pm.

The women’s 200m gives Dina Asher-Smith a chance to make up for her disappointing 100m result (final 8.40pm).

Jack Carlin, Ed Lowe and Hamish Turnbull team up in the track cycling men’s team sprint today with the final at 7.10pm, hoping to wrestle back the gold they won in Beijing, London and Rio.

GLOBAL STARS TODAY

Emma Hayes’ USA women’s football team face Germany in the semi-final in Lyon (5pm).

Kellie Harrington will go for back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the ring with the Irish star’s 60kg final vs China’s Yang Wenlu at 10pm – two bouts after Imane Khelif’s 66kg semi-final.

FANCY SOMETHING DIFFERENT?

It wouldn’t be the Olympics without some wrestling would it?

There is both freestyle and Greco-Roman disciplines throughout the day at the Champ-de-Mars Arena in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower.

STATS MAD

A Hoy Where? For the first time since Atlanta 1996, the Team GB cycling track team will neither feature a certain Sir Chris Hoy nor Sir Jason Kenny. Just the 16 Olympic medals between those two legends, 13 of them gold.

Follow all the action as it unfolds with our Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE blog.

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