LAURA WOODS will present Eurosport’s live TV coverage of the Olympics - with a stunning view of the Eiffel Tower in shot. Woods, 37, is the face of the channel for Paris 2024, hosting the prime-time evening show throughout the summer festival of sport . Northern Irish former triple jumper Orla Chennaoui kicks things off each morning before Reshmin Chowdhury takes the reigns during the day.
Eurosport are now the sister company of TNT Sports under the Warner Bros. Discovery umbrella - which also includes streaming platforms Discovery+ and Max. And the company have splashed out for the Olympics on an incredible set on the roof of the magnificent five-star Hotel Raphael, a stone’s throw away from the Champs-Elysees in the heart of the French capital.
In fact, the seventh-floor location is so ideal that looking out on one side is the Arc de Triomphe - and the other side is the Eiffel Tower. The iconic landmark stands proudly behind ‘Studio One’ - the main hub for Eurosport UK’s coverage. SunSport visited the Eurosport HQ - dubbed 'WBD House' - to get a behind-the-scenes look at the set for the biggest sporting event on the planet .
Warner Bros. Discovery took over the hotel guest’s perfect sunset viewing platform and 11 of the rooms to set up their camp on July 15 - a 78-tonne, 23-camera, 340-crane lift operation complete with 25km of power and broadcast cables. The rooftop set-up features four purpose-built studios - with waterproof screens ready just in case - which .