Laurie Hernandez's Olympics gymnastics commentary shines on golden night
Former Team USA gymnast Laurie Hernandez was on the call for the Americans' gold medal win at the women's team gymnastics final at the 2024 Paris Games. Her reviews thus far have been glowing.
Hernandez, 24, provided color commentary for the women's final alongside play-by-play commentator Rich Lerner. Throughout the event, fans and fellow analysts took to social media to praise the former gymnast for her abilities on the mic.
The former Olympian won the gold medal as part of Team USA's women's gymnastics team at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Various injuries left her unable to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Games, and she retired from competitive gymnastics in 2021.
Hernandez may have found her new calling with her strong performance as a color commentator during this year's Olympics. Fans said she was "funny, affable, enthusiastic ... a NATURAL" and "soooo lovely to listen to" during the women's team final as Team USA reclaimed the gold medal.
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Social media reacts to Laurie Hernandez's commentary
laurie hernandez is soooo lovely to listen to as a gymnastics commentator. the natural warmth she exuded as a gymnast translates so nicely to commentary. this should be her permanent gig !!!!
— Kelsey (@thisisnotkelsey) July 30, 2024
Y'all @LaurieHernandez is doing SO WELL as a commentator for the Olympics: she is funny, affable, enthusiastic, earnest, really knowledgeable, knows when talk, knows when to shut up — a NATURAL
— Kristin Chirico (@KristinChirico) July 30, 2024
Has NBC thought about taking away all of the current commentators and replacing them all with just Laurie Hernandez?
— Matt Gold (@mattgold71) July 1, 2024
Laurie Hernandez is such a good commentator for women’s gymnastics. She does a great job of explaining really specific technicalities of the sport while also weaving in important narratives. This is how you get people interested in the sport beyond a surface level
— Yanyan Li (@yyanyanli1) July 30, 2024
i want laurie hernandez to commentate everything even if she doesn’t know about the sport. let her react to handball
— jess (@jessichords) July 28, 2024
Laurie Hernandez crying while I'm crying and Jordan's crying and EVERYONE LET'S CRY TOGETHER IT'S GOOD FOR US
— Maggie Hendricks (@maggiehendricks) July 30, 2024
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Laurie Hernandez's Olympics gymnastics commentary gets a 10 on socials