Mitch fenner gymnastics biography books

  • Mitch Fenner, who first commentated on gymnastics for the BBC in and covered every Olympics from , had been seriously ill with cancer before his death.
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    It was a Sunday morning.  I was drinking my coffee and contemplating the day ahead - a workout at the gym, shopping for groceries, an evening reading a book, or catching up on last night's episodes of crime thriller The Bridge.  How nice it was not to have to think about work for a day.

    Then I saw it - a story about the history of doping in The Observer.  Interesting reading.


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    But the story about pregnancy doping bothered me.  Hadn't that been found to be fictional?  The author began with Olga Kovalenko's allegations made in - but the rumours had started way back in with the documentary series More Than A Game.  The practice of pregnancy

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    BBC commentator accused of putting on fake Chinese accent during World Gymnastics Championships

    The BBC have reprimanded a commentator after he was accused of 'casual racism' during coverage of the World Gymnastics Championships.

    Mitch Fenner, head coach of the Dutch men's gymnastics grupp and an experienced commentator, was covering the men's team sista in Glasgow when the incident happened.

    The camera panned to two enthusiastically cheering Chinese fans raising the national flag in support.

    Fenner, who has worked for the BBC since and covered the Olympics, said in what has been acknowledged as a mock accent: "Oh wowww, they say, look at that, we're from China."

    Co-commentator Matt Baker quickly changed the subject but the comment didn't go unnoticed by TV viewers.

    "Did the commentator just put on a fake Chinese accent during #bbcsport Gymnastics coverage?", asked one.

    A BBC spokesperson said: "The commentator has been advised that the tone of his commentary on this occasi

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