Tokyo Olympics 2020 on BBC and Eurosport

[RhysJR]

Nine hour time difference so would expect live coverage from around midnight to 2pm, then "best of the rest" afternoon coverage on BBC1. Will avoid a full fantasy rota but wouldn't be surprised if Clare did both a live shift from around 11am-2pm and the evening highlights.

That would be similar to the 2018 Winter Olympics when there was an hour of highlights at 19:00 on BBC Two with extended highlights afterwrds on BBC Four, which I remember worked well enough.

Will avoid a full fantasy rota but wouldn't be surprised if Clare did both a live shift from around 11am-2pm and the evening highlights.

Once again the same happened in 2018 with the Olympics and Commonwelath Games with the lead presenter (Clare for the Olympics and Clare then Gabby for the Commonwealths) on air 1000-1400 then doing the highlights later that evening. In many ways those events have become an almost full scale test event for what this summer will be like now most probably.

Nine hour time difference so would expect live coverage from around midnight to 2pm

Those timings may be a little earlier as some events, like triathlon, are starting very early in the morning (traithlon at 06:30 Tokyo/22:30 London) to avoid the potentially dangerous heat in the middle of the day (major sporting events in extremely hot conditions looks to be a running theme for the next 18 months). The 1964 Olympics were held in October, but TV companies' demands are the important thing these days. TV (NBC) also to blame for the swimming finals to be in the Tokyo morning (middle of the night UK) not in the evening as is usual.