As part of USA Triathlon’s Tokyo United campaign, USA Triathlon and Triathlete magazine have announced a line-up of ‘eight triathlon legends and industry leaders’ who will present pre- and post-race commentary on Facebook Live for the triathlon competitions at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Commentators include:
- Hunter Kemper, four-time US Olympian
- Barry Siff, former USA Triathlon Board of Directors President and World Triathlon Executive Board Member
- Kelly O’Mara, Triathlete Editor-In-Chief
- Joanna Zeiger, 2000 US Olympian
- Barb Lindquist, 2004 US Olympian, former USA Triathlon Collegiate Recruitment Program Manager
- Joe Maloy, 2016 US Olympian, USA Triathlon Development Manager
- Bob Babbitt, USA Triathlon and IRONMAN Hall-of-Famer, Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) Co-Founder
- Patty Collins, 2016 US Paralympian
On each race day, commentators will go live on USA Triathlon’s Facebook Page for 30 minutes pre-race to preview the races and spotlight athletes to watch and notable storylines. After the races, commentators will return to Facebook Live to share their reactions, in-depth analysis and a breakdown of the competition.
Viewers can pose questions to the commentators in real-time, and recorded versions of all conversations will be housed USA Triathlon’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.
For the Olympic races themselves, fans in the US can tune into USA Network for the live TV broadcast or NBCOlympics.com for livestreaming.
USA Triathlon and Triathlete will also provide live coverage on social media during all Olympic and Paralympic races.
- Sunday, July 25: Olympic Men’s Individual Triathlon
- Monday, July 26: Olympic Women’s Individual Triathlon
- Friday, July 30: Olympic Mixed Relay
