Top 10 Olympic Bloopers by NBC Commentators

While a proven source of these ‘bloopers’ is rather tough to pin down, these Olympic ‘bloopers’ have been in circulation for nearly six years now. Yet their ‘glory’ has continued to rise, even be refined, revised and recycled to the point they are generally believed to be authentic.

But I can assure you that these were not uttered during the Beijing 2008 Olympics, except for the last, No. 11 by Venezuelan sportscaster Willie Oviedo on Micheal Phelps.

1. Weightlifting commentator: “This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing.”

2. Dressage commentator: “This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother.”

3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: “I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.”

4. Boxing Analyst: “Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious.”

5. Softball announcer: “If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.”

6. Basketball analyst: “He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn’t like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces.”

7. At the rowing medal ceremony: “Ah, isn’t that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging Cox of the British crew.”

8. Soccer commentator: “Julian Dicks is everywhere. It’s like they’ve got eleven Dicks on the field.”

9. Tennis commentator: “One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them… Oh my God, what have I just said?”

10. At the diving competitions: “Look at that… you aren’t getting anything between those legs.”

And the prize catch:

11. TV commentator Venezuelan sportscaster Willie Oviedo on TVes during the 2008 Olympics:

“Never in the Olympic Games has any mortal, any living being been able to win eight gold medals. Only Michael Phelps in the Olympic Games of Munich in the year 1972, over there in the Germany of Hitler, where he refused to give him the medals himself back then.” Duh.

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