Man with the mic

Bruce McAvaney was just 11 when his passion for the Olympics was born. It was the 1964 games and Dawn Fraser, Betty Cuthbert and Ron Clarke were all competing for Australia. Twenty years later, Bruce went to LA to call his first Games. Before Tokyo, the man they call “Mr Olympics” reflects on his time at the mic. Olympic Games July 23 to August 8. Paralympic Games August 24 to September 5. Tokyo 2020, live and free on the Seven Network and 7plus.

Los Angeles 1984 “It was like a dream, pure excitement. From that day on I thought to myself, ‘Cor blimey, I hope I’m in the position to do this again,’ and of course that transpired. The difference is that now I’m more nervous. In those days you were just fearless, you felt like you could do anything.” Barcelona 1992 “I’m sitting with [NZ athlete] John Walker. He won gold in the 1500 metres in Montreal in 1976. But sitting behind us was [TV network] NBC. O.J. Simpson was working for them and he’d come talk to us. Little did we know, two years later the police would be chasing him down a highway and NBC would be airing it!” Beijing 2008 “You can see from the notes…

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The Australian Women's Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2021

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