FINA Champions Swim Series 2019 #2 – Budapest
- May 11-12, 2019
- Budapest, Hungary
- Duna Arena
- Start Time: 8 pm Local / 2 pm ET
- Entry List
Natalie Coughlin will be featured as a commentator for the second of three stops of the FINA Champions Swim Series, set to take place this weekend in Budapest, Hungary. The news was announced Wednesday in a press release from NBC Sports.
The 12-time Olympic medalist will work in the analyst position alongside Olympic Channel play-by-play announcer Patrick Kinas.
At the first stop in Guangzhou, China, Missy Franklin notably made her debut as a broadcaster in the same role.
Coughlin has had various broadcasting roles dating back to 2017 with NBC.
The event will be featured live on the Olympic Channel app and OlympicChannel.com, along with the NBC Sports app and NBCSports.com, at 2 pm on Saturday and Sunday.
The meet uniquely features four swimmers per event in a timed final format, with a large sum of prize money on the line.
In terms of Americans competing, Michael Andrew, Anthony Ervin, Dana Vollmer and Molly Hannis all return after competing in Guangzhou, while Matt Grevers, Justin Ress, Jacob Pebley, Kevin Cordes, Josh Prenot, Chase Kalisz and Katie Meili will contest the series for the first time.
Full entries for the meet are available here.
Whoever is talking about “replacement” is missing the key word clearly stated in the article: “analyst position alongside announcer”. These women have just to say something when the leading broadcaster makes a pause to drink some water for example. It can be basically anybody. They can say whatever they want about swimming. From general knowledge or from personal experience. Doesn’t matter. The only requirement is to not comment on current race (that the leading announcer’s job) and to not say something obviously stupid.
Missy did this job well. But believe me she isn’t going to make broadcasting her way of making living.
“Analyst” sounds respectfully and is a good addition to her image. But money she will make… Read more »
Lol that last sentence
Omg dead 😂😂😂
If she can get the gig into her late 50’s/early 60’s like Rowdy has, pretty sure that’ll beat out, both in actual career interest, and money, the small amount of money she would make off a book and the mindnumbing boredom of working with an editor. A book in 2012 or even 2016 might have sold a bit, but not now.
Just so you know how “analysts” are compensated in various sports in the U.S. compared to the “leading broadcaster,” look up Tony Romo. He “just has to say something when the leading broadcaster makes a pause.”
Greatest development since chlorine. The over/under on mindless giggles just dropped from 1000.5 to .5
Missy did improve the second day. I’ll give her that. But it was the equivalent of Greg Louganis’ next dive after hitting his head
So it looks like they are doing a test to see who is the best commentating?!?
Hopefully looking for rowdy’s replacement maybe us swimming fans can vote for who’s best
@Braden Keith: that would be so cool if SwimSwam’s poll question of the week were: Whom would you select to replace Rowdy Gaines on NBC’s swim coverage?
—FRANKLIN
—COUGHLIN
—BEISEL
Beisel FTW
agreed !!!
Maybe Beisel will commentate on the third stop.
we could only be so lucky.
In Guangzhou we saw Chinese women in individual races 20 times
In Budapest we will see Hungarian women in the race 9 times.
In Indianapolis there will be 26 times American women racing for the money with the guaranteed prize of $5000.
What is it? A traveling issue or invitation issues that reflect the influence of particular national swimming association in FINA.
Is it a time already to change the name of this strange FINA’s activity of giving big money away to something more appropriate than “Champions Series”?
The Hungarian contingent increased from 7 to 10 swimmers which is presumably due to cancellation. Boglarka Kapas takes the spot of Mireia Belmonte on 200 fly (where Kapas is reigning Eu Champ), while Dominik Kozma will swim 200 free and Peter Bernek 400 free. We’ll see how they do, they could not focus on this event well in advance.
BTW with your sentence I fully agree
You’ve stated your objections so many times. Get over it. I suggest “Anything But Yozhik Series.”
Yesssss Natalie is actually really good