26th Gemini Awards

Veteran Sportscaster Scott Russell Gives an Interview on Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games

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Friday, February 11, 2022

Veteran CBC Network sportscaster, Scott Russell took a few moments to speak about staging of the Games in the middle of a pandemic and how both athletes and organizers are going to deal with the pandemic in Beijing.

Key Points: 
  • Veteran CBC Network sportscaster, Scott Russell took a few moments to speak about staging of the Games in the middle of a pandemic and how both athletes and organizers are going to deal with the pandemic in Beijing.
  • Scott Russell has been a prime-time host of the Winter Olympics in Sochi and Pyeongchang and the Summer Games in Rio and Beijing.
  • He has covered 15 Olympic Games, including the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games.
  • When asked about the 2008 Beijing Summer Games, Russell described it as the most colossal Games he'd ever seen, and an 'over the top spectacle'.