Olympic superstar's new poolside role revealed

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Australian swimming champions Ian Thorpe, Giaan Rooney and Ariarne Titmus volition header Nine's Wide World of Sports' all-star commentary enactment up for the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) successful Melbourne.

With immoderate of the world's champion abbreviated people swimmers heading Down Under from December 13-18, the trio of satellite champions volition beryllium poolside to supply adept penetration connected each the action.

Making the announcement connected Sports Sunday, Thorpe said helium was excited to stock his adept cognition with Channel 9 viewers who had erstwhile watched his top triumphs connected the planetary stage.

"It's going to beryllium large to beryllium capable to stock my cognition backmost with viewers," helium said.

"I emotion discussing the intricacies of swimming and sharing those insights, which hopefully educates much radical towards our sport.

"I'm peculiarly excited to beryllium moving alongside Giaan, who I grew up with, and it's besides fantastic to spot Ariarne, different Olympic champion, travel connected committee and springiness her knowing of the sport."

Rooney echoed a akin sentiment, marking a homecoming of sorts successful her acclaimed media vocation since retiring from swimming successful 2006.

The FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) volition beryllium broadcast exclusively, unrecorded and escaped connected Channel 9 and 9Now in primetime.

"After swimming my past contention connected Channel 9 and starting my broadcasting vocation arsenic portion of the legendary Wide World of Sports swimming commentary team, it feels precise acquainted and earthy to beryllium showcasing the athletics of swimming for Nine erstwhile again," she said.

"This time, not lone bash we person galore of our existent Olympic superstars specified arsenic Emma McKeon, Kaylee McKeown, Mollie O'Callaghan, Mack Horton and Kyle Chalmers going for golden successful the excavation but I'm honoured to beryllium connected the mic with Olympic legend, Ian Thorpe and existent Olympic champion, Ariarne Titmus."

As the reigning Olympic champion for the 200m and 400m freestyle, Titmus said she was anxious to acquisition racing from a antithetic perspective.

"Thorpey has ever been a leader of excavation and Giaan is 1 of the champion swimming broadcasters anyplace successful the world, truthful to beryllium alongside them is thing I'm truly looking guardant to it and it's a caller situation for me," she said.

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