Let's hear it for the Spanish announcers today in Valencia. They nailed it.

I don't speak nor understand any Spanish but, it still sounded far better than any FloTrack announcers:

"So...Jared Ward...uh...have you ever raced in Spain? On a related note, do you think that more BYU guys are watching this race than NAU guys right now? Before you answer that, can Sully tell us if Kandie is even breathing hard right after that MONSTER effort? Just a MONSTER effort by Kandie. He looked very fast setting that world record with a MONSTER effort. Do ...uh...we have a time? The finish banner said world record but, I didn't get a look at the time."

I'm fluent in Spanish and I agree they did really really well. Some other Spanish commentated races I've watched were not as good either they speak a touch too fast or in some cases they're accent has too much lisp going on.

Eh they were meh

I thought they were good too.

that's how they pronounce c's and z's, it's not a lisp. That'd be like saying english speakers have a lisp when they say "that" or "them" or "thorough". not a lisp, just how they say it

Portland Hobby Jogger wrote:

I don't speak nor understand any Spanish but, it still sounded far better than any FloTrack announcers:

"So...Jared Ward...uh...have you ever raced in Spain? On a related note, do you think that more BYU guys are watching this race than NAU guys right now? Before you answer that, can Sully tell us if Kandie is even breathing hard right after that MONSTER effort? Just a MONSTER effort by Kandie. He looked very fast setting that world record with a MONSTER effort. Do ...uh...we have a time? The finish banner said world record but, I didn't get a look at the time."

Don’t forget to say “make it honest” at least 4 times throughout the race.

Do Spanish announcers ever not nail it?

Gracias Dios por el fútbol!

https://youtu.be/2JASEUO59YM?t=19

Portland Hobby Jogger wrote:

I don't speak nor understand any Spanish but, it still sounded far better than any FloTrack announcers:

"So...Jared Ward...uh...have you ever raced in Spain? On a related note, do you think that more BYU guys are watching this race than NAU guys right now? Before you answer that, can Sully tell us if Kandie is even breathing hard right after that MONSTER effort? Just a MONSTER effort by Kandie. He looked very fast setting that world record with a MONSTER effort. Do ...uh...we have a time? The finish banner said world record but, I didn't get a look at the time."

Don’t forget the call for Solinsky’s run under 27 min. *Awkward*

Larry Rawson said:

“Go down to your local track and run 100m in 16 seconds. These men are doing that 210 times in a row without stopping!”

Nice job!

Also better than ESPN's announcers for the Houston half earlier this year.

"So, uh... Running that fast... What's that like?"

I am a native spanish/english speaker and when given the chance I prefer to hear these narrators narrate races over english narrators.

These same 2 guys cover alot of the diamond league circuit races. Their spanish is the version spoken in Spain so for a non native spanish speaker learning the Mexican dialect it might be difficult to understand but for me(Mexican born / American raised) its perfectly understandable and they are extremely knowledgable.

They know times and career information from even the lower place finishers in any diamond league races and have tons of interesting anecdotes over the years I've listened to them.

There where 4 announcers.

2 are great, very knowledgeable, they do the diamond league meets.

Another one is a former Spanish olympian in 10000 and Marathon that is OK.

The last one is a soccer reporter, that knows very little about athletics, and was the whole time asking stupid questions.

viva espana guey wrote:

that's how they pronounce c's and z's, it's not a lisp. That'd be like saying english speakers have a lisp when they say "that" or "them" or "thorough". not a lisp, just how they say it

I'm fully aware of that but you got people on here that got a 5 on their Spanish exam so I'm trying to make it easier on them lol.

5 is the maximum score on the exam

Well said! As a bilingual individual I can say that Spanish commentators from Spain have a tremendous passion for sports & athletics! Fútbol is the main one but there are others such as Track & Field that are also important. I first noticed in Diamond League races and Euro & World Championships. They have a lot of knowledge and aren’t the typical NBC news reporter. They are always talking & provide a vivid representation of the race. I always get goosebumps when they commentate either a world record or championship race.