Your favorite English-speaking TV commentators (recent)

[jaws12345]

The last two-group-coverages for the '09 Worlds on Oxygen/NBC have been updated at the Universal Sports, available in the US only.

Ladies SP and FS:

http://www.universalsports.com/media...1476&sid=13046

http://www.universalsports.com/media...1476&sid=13046

Men's SP and FS:

http://www.universalsports.com/media...1473&sid=13046

http://www.universalsports.com/media...1475&sid=13046


Free dance:

http://www.universalsports.com/media...1477&sid=13046


Pairs Free:

http://www.universalsports.com/media...1474&sid=13046

[Eurofan]

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now i like also this guy , the first one who speaks on video, can you you tell me who they are?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J47lXB7QYJQ

The first one is Terry Gannon, the second one is Peter Carruthers.

[Kasey]

Paul Wylie

[Dee4707]

I voted for Paul Wylie & Terry Gannon. Actually I grew up with Uncle Dick & Aunt Peggy so would really have voted for them.

No Scott & Sandra - NO, NO, NO

Definitly no Kurt Browning E - V - E - R !!!!!

[antmanb]

I voted for Chris and Simon though, like Buttercup, the vote is really more for Chris as Simon does very well for a non skating commentator, but Nicky just infuriates me and I'm much happier with Simon on the team!

I don't have a clue who Simon Reed and Chris Howarth are nor their credentials in the figure skating world

Not sure about Simon, but Chris is a former figure skater who now works as a coach and in other capacities related to skating. He knows what he's talking about and understands the scoring system pretty well.

As Buttercup said Chris Howarth is a former singles skater skating at the same time as Robin Cousins and couple of seasons after. I think he went to the 1980 Olympics and came 15th and the rest of his skating achievements were similar top 15 finishes at worlds and Europeans with maybe an 11th place finish at Europeans once. He is a good technical coach who went over to either Belgium or Holland to try and bring their skating programme on a bit more, then he moved to (i think) California and heads up a skating programme there (i think a GS member skates at the rink he teaches at).

Simon Reed works for Eurosport commentating on many different sports and skating is one that he's covered for a number of years now. To my knowledge he doesn't have any skating knowledge outside of commentating and gets stung now reading the planned content sheet so if the skater deviates he identifies the wrong jumps according to his crib sheet!

All I know about Simon is that he's the brother of actor Oliver Reed.

I never knew that!!

Ant