[RhysJR]

No surprise that Clare will be presenting once again

It'll be interesting to see where she ends up in the schedule this year, given the highlights won't be prime time and so they'll probably go to someone else. What slot did she do during the Birmingham commonwealths a few years ago?

She was in the studio 7-10pm every night, plus ceremonies. That meant she anchored the swimming, but not onsite, whilst for a lot of the event she was basically co-hosting prime time with Gabby who was onsite at the athletics. So, for the few days they were clashing, they basically handed over to each other a lot, and then for the final few days, Clare's role was similar to that of Gary Lineker in 2012 and 2014 - in the studio talking about other sports but most of the slot was fronted by Gabby.

For some reason, Gabby only covers athletics or days that arre mainly athletics at multipsort events in recent years. I would suggest the idea of one of Gabby/Clare hosting the swimming/atheltics onsite, and the other back in the main studio, and they swap during the middle weekend, but not sure that is likely.

The full interview with Clare below with paywall.
www.telegraph.co.uk