Who is Iain Carter? BBC golf commentator for the Olympics at Le National in Paris
THE Olympics are in full swing, with competitors from all around the world hoping to scoop one of the coveted gold medals.
Paris 2024 features a whole range of sports, including golf, which is being covered by Iain Carter for the BBC.
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Who is Iain Carter?
Iain Carter has been covering sport for the BBC for over twenty years.
Since 2003 he has been the voice of Radio Five Live’s golfing coverage.
He is known for covering all the major golf tournaments, which includes him leading the Paris 2024 coverage.
Iain joins a whole host of top sports pundits who are in the French capital for the Olympics.
You can keep up-to-date with Iain’s journey at Paris 2024 on his X/Twitter handle @iaincartergolf.
Throughout his career on the course, Iain has had the opportunity to interview the sport’s leading players like Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus.
Along with covering golf tournaments, Iain has also lent his voice to tennis and rugby.
What else does Iain Carter do for a living?
Iain is also a writer and is the author of Showdown: The inside story of the Gleneagles Ryder Cup, published in October 2014.
In 2010, he published Monty’s Manor Colin Montgomerie and the Ryder Cup.
Iain is also well known as an after dinner speaker, where he thrills audiences with his golf anecdotes.
How to watch the Olympics
Paris Olympic 2024 is being broadcast on the BBC and Eurosport in the UK.
You can live stream all of the action from the discovery+ app, which is available for download onto your mobile or tablet device.
The BBC iPlayer and BBC Red Button will also stream some of the action alongside their coverage on BBC One and Two.
What’s happening today at The Games?
WHAT TO WATCH TODAY..
TODAY’S BRIT MEDAL HOPES
Jack Laugher, Olympic champ in Rio, teams up with Anthony Harding for the 3m synchro diving (10am).
It is the semi-finals and final (8.35pm) of the BMX racing with Beth Shriever and Kye Whyte both in contention.
Back-to-back world champion lightweight scullers Emily Craig and Imogen Grant can make amends for Tokyo heartache, missing a medal by 0.01 seconds, by winning gold (11.22am).
Bryony Page will look for a medal in the women’s trampolining, too (12.50pm).
BRITS TO WATCH
In athletics, Dina Asher-Smith has her 100m heat (10.50am), Josh Kerr has his in the 1,500m (10.10am) and then Keely Hodgkinson’s 800m opener is at 6.45pm.
Adam Burgess, Joe Clarke, Mallory Franklin and Kimblery Woods have their time trials for the new kayak cross event (2.30pm).
And it is the team jumping final of the equestrian at 1pm with Team GB in contention.
GLOBAL STARS TODAY
Leon Marchand is taking his home Olympics by storm and can add the 200m individual medley to his growing collection (7.49pm) – and is eyeing a world record, too.
Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda and Ethiopian Selemon Barega will battle it out for the men’s 10,000m gold – the only medal up for grabs on the opening night of the athletics (8.20pm).
FANCY SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
It is the final day of the windsurfing down in Marseille – the new class, iQFoil replaces the old RS:X and makes for brilliant viewing. Emma Wilson could bag a medal.
STATS MAD
154 – French judoxa Teddy Riner is going for a record-equally three individual gold medals in the 100+kg category (4.50pm). He won a staggering 154 contests in a row between September 2010 and February 2020.
Follow all the action as it unfolds with our Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE blog.
