Re: Eurosport coverage: Swedish commentators?

[John Erlandsson <john.erlandsson@abc.se>]

Stefan Gelow wrote:

>With the not-so-great commentator on the English Eurosport Broadcast, they
>have more than before come in focus. On this theme, have anyone of the
>Swedish members on the list (there should be about 10 of them I think) seen
>the Eurosport Nordic broadcasting with the Swedish commentator?

I've listened to the Swedish commentators since Eurosport first started
showing sumo a couple of years ago. The first pair of commentators - who
commented on the Paris jungyo - knew absolutely nothing about the sport and
actually made things up! I've still got it on video, if you don't believe me. 

The current commentator didn't know much at first, but is getting better
all the time. He still doesn't know how to pronounce some of the japanese
words, though. On a personal note, my brother happened to meet some people
from the Swedish Eurosport office a while ago. He told them about me and my
fanatical interest in the sport, and asked if they couldn't hire me as a
commentator. They haven't called yet, though...

BTW, all Swedish sumo fans - isn't it about time we arranged some kind of
get-together? E-mail me if you're interested.

John Erlandsson (aka Bakanohana)