NBCUniversal’s Telemundo unit says it will have more than 40 hosts, commentators and reporters handling its Spanish-language coverage of the Paris Summer Olympics.
The talent includes former Olympians and athletes including Team USA gymnast Danell Leyva, as well as familiar voices such as Andrés Cantor, who will lead the soccer announcing team with his distinctive “gooooool” call.
Jessica Carrillo and Miguel Gurwitz will host the opening ceremony with Noticias Telemundo’s Julio Vaqueiro reporting from the River Seine live on Telemundo, Universo and Peacock on July 26.
“We are proud to unveil the network’s largest and most diverse commentary roster ever, marking Telemundo's most significant commitment to Olympic coverage in our history,” Telemundo executive VP, sports Eli Velazquez said. “We assembled this exceptional team of commentators representing the different countries and disciplines important to Latino audiences to deliver the most comprehensive and engaging coverage of Paris 2024.”
Olympians on Team Telemundo include: Manuel Sol, former midfielder who represented Mexico in the 1996 Summer Olympics; Isabella Echeverri, former midfielder on Colombia’s National Team squad in Rio 2016; Isabella Arcila, professional swimmer who represented Colombia in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020; Walter Herrmann, Argentine national basketball team member and 2004 Olympic basketball gold medalist; and Abner Mares, Mexican-American professional boxer who represented Mexico at the Athens Summer Olympics in 2004.
In addition to Gurwitz and Carillion, hosts for Telemundo’s Olympic coverage are Carlota Vizamanos and Copan Alvarez.
Jessi Losada will be returning to Telemundo as host of the network’s celebration of 20 years of Olympic coverage.
Veronica Rodriguez and Freddy Lomali will be the networks’ late-night hosts.
In addition to Cantor, Telemundo’s Olympics soccer commentary team includes Natalia Astrain, Manuel Sol, Carlos Yustis, Maxi Rodriguez, Sammy Sadovnik, Jorge Calvo, Isabella Echeverri, Diana Rincón, Diego Pessolano, Walter Roque, Luis Bucci, Jaime Macias and Carlos Ramirez. Carmen Boquin will serve as social media correspondent.
Covering other events will be Jessica Rosa Andino, Bibiana Candelas, Isabella Arcita, Jose Francisco Rivera, Walter Herrmann, Adrian Garcia Marquez, Abner Mares, Claudia Trejos, Danell Leyva, Mara Montero, Eduardo Biscayart, Jose Bauz and Karim Mendiburu.
Reporters on the scene in France for Telemundo will be Pablo Aguabella, Ariana Figuera, Frederik Oldenburg and Yazmin Jalil.
Telemundo and Universo will televise more than 315 hours of Spanish-language coverage of live competitions and recap specials.
Peacock will livestream all Telemundo and Universo programming.
Telemundo and Universo’s coverage will also be available on Telemundo App, Telemundo.com, and NBC.com via TV Everywhere for customers with pay-TV subscriptions.
