Yesterday, Telemundo Media, part of the NBCUniversal family, began its Spanish-language coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympic games in London with Olympic soccer coverage of Honduras vs. Morocco, Mexico vs. Korea, United Arab Emirates vs. Uruguay, and Egypt vs. Brazil.
And that was just the beginning, according to Telemundo, which is offering up as its self-descriptive tagline over the next few weeks: “The U.S. Home of the Olympic Games in Spanish.”
The network released its programming lineup for the first few days of the games, which will highlight a wide variety of sports of interest to Hispanics, including boxing, swimming, gymnastics and soccer. Along with yesterday’s qualifying soccer matches, Telemundo will be airing matches between Mexico and Gabon, and Spain vs. Honduras, on July 29.
Telemundo’s Olympic fans will also be able to watch highlights, reviews and extended analysis of the day’s games every night from midnight until 2:30am. Fans will also find up-to-the-minute news, analysis, videos and competition results at www.olimpiadastelemundo.com and www.deportestelemundo.com, and on Facebook at the fan page Facebook.com/olimpiadastelemundo, and on Twitter at @olimpiadastlmd.
The network also introduced “Sueña” (Dream), a song exclusively produced for Telemundo by music mogul Emilio Estefan and performed by novela star and singer Jencarlos Canela to celebrate the network’s coverage of the world’s most important sporting event across all its shows and platforms.
In addition, Telemundo announced former Olympic athletes Ramón Rivas and Nicolás Massú will join Telemundo’s award-winning team of expert commentators and analysts lead by renowned sports commentator Andres Cantor, to present the basketball and tennis matches, respectively. Rivas was the second Puerto Rican player to join the NBA, with the Boston Celtics, and represented his country at the Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games. Massú was recently named Chilean Olympic icon by the British edition of Time magazine and represented Chile in three Summer Olympics: Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. A two-time medalist, Massú is the only tennis player who has been awarded the gold medal on singles and doubles matches at the same Olympic Games.
Here is Telemundo’s schedule of Olympic coverage over the first few days:
Saturday, July 28
Starting at 8am ET; 5pm ET
• Review of the Opening Ceremony
• Swimming
• Volleyball
• Beach Volleyball
• Boxing
Sunday, July 29
Starting at 7am ET;6pm ET
Olympic Soccer
• Mexico vs. Gabon
• Senegal vs. Uruguay
• Spain vs. Honduras
• Swimming
• Men’s Basketball
• Beach Volleyball
• Boxing
• Volleyball
• Tennis
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Telemundo’s Olympic hosts, presenters, analysts and reporters:
ANDRÉS CANTOR, Main Host
JESSI LOSADA, Co-Host
MÓNICA NOGUERA, Co-Host
SAMMY SADOVNIK, Sports Presenter; Soccer, Swimming and Tennis
EDGAR LÓPEZ, Sports Presenter; Basketball, Gymnastics, Volleyball, Track & Field
RENE GIRALDO, Boxing Play by Play
VERÓNICA CONTRERAS, Sports Reporter
KARIM MENDIBURU, Lifestyle and Color Reporter
LETI COO, Lifestyle and Color Reporter
DANIELA RODRIGUEZ, Mun2 Host; Beach Volleyball and Synchronized Swimming
OMAR AMADOR, Mun2 Show Host; Beach Volleyball Analyst
GUADALUPE VENEGAS; Mun2 Co-Host
ERIK MORALES, Boxing Legend Analyst
JEFFERSON PÉREZ, Track & Field Analyst
CLAUDIA POLL, Swimming Analyst
MARA MONTERO, Olympic Specialist; Gymnastic, Diving, Track and Field and Synchronized Swimming
NICOLÁS MASSÚ, Tennis Analyst
RAMÓN RIVAS, Basketball Analyst
JESSICA ROSA ANDINO, Volleyball and Beach Volleyball Play by Play
KAZIRO AOYAMA, Dedicated Reporter for the Mexican National Team
OSCAR GUZMÁN, Sports Anchor, Football and Volleyball
LUCRECIA FRANCO, Athletes Profiles and Human Interest Reporter
FRANCISCO CUEVAS, Athletes Profiles and Human Interest Reporter