Why does Morning Live presenter have Commonwealth pole vault conundrum?
Gethin Jones is a familiar face to millions thanks to his television work, but at the Commonwealth Games he has a wholly different role to play for his native Wales.
Gethin Jones is getting animated. Agitated almost. "How do you move a pole vault pole around?
And where do you store them? They're massive... " The BBC Morning Live presenter stretches his arms wide open to emphasise his point, before immediately bouncing into an anecdote about hunting for hotels, then another about the importance of finding good coffee in an unfamiliar city.
The 48-year-old's mind is whirring, and little wonder. He's spent the past couple of days in Scotland amid a blizzard of seminars, presentations and workshops about subjects he knew precious little about not that long ago. But the former Blue Peter presenter appears in his element.
Sure, TV is fun. But have you ever tried to explain to someone from the Turks and Caicos Islands why representing Wales matters? The juxtaposition is not lost on Jones, who has taken a week off from his 'day job' on BBC One to be a very different kind of frontman.
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