Olympics fans shocked as BBC Countryfile host presents Gymnastics coverage… but there is a valid reason [Video]

MATT BAKER is the BBC’s lead gymnastics commentator for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The Countryfile and One Show star, 46, is a gymnastics fanatic – and has been providing expert analysis in Paris.

Matt Baker has been leading the BBC’s Olympic gymnastics coverageCredit: BBC

The presenter is well known for working on CountryfileCredit: Rex

Paris 2024 is the fifth Olympic Games at which Baker has worked on the gymnastics.

But fans who best know him for his work on other TV shows were still left stunned when he popped up on the coverage.

One wrote on social media: “Is Matt Baker commentating on the gymnastics? Why the are the BBC using a TV farmer?”

While a second asked: “Is that Matt Baker on the gymnastics commentary getting pre-emptively giddy about GB possibly podiuming again?”

Another mused: “Matt Baker on gymnastics commentary will always be a joy to listen to haha.”

Long before his work on The One …