John Inverdale And Steve Redgrave Look Like They're Having A Bit Of A Fall-Out On The BBC's Rio 2016 Olympics Coverage

And now even Andy Murray is giving it to Inverdale.

If you’ve been enjoying any of the BBC’s coverage of the Olympics, you’ll probably have seen John Inverdale and Sir Steve Redgrave presenting the rowing.

But it seems like things have been getting a little tense between the veteran sports presenter and the legendary Olympic rowing champion.

Last week, we first saw this terse exchange, which culminated in Redgrave giving Inverdale a good soaking with his umbrella...

This was followed later in the week by a moment where Redgrave appeared to walk away from Inverdale, with some suggesting that it was because he was irritated.

Steve Redgrave gone AWOL from the rowing coverage pic.twitter.com/BJIivt1R8z

— Chris Calver (@calvmeister3000) August 11, 2016

Finally there was an incident where Redgrave apparently interrupted Inverdale while he quizzed New Zealand rower Mahé Drysdale after he won the men’s single sculls by a hair’s breadth.

Awkward! #SteveRedgrave nicks #MaheDrysdale ahead of Kiwi TV.. then interrupts IV to give him away! #bbc #olympics pic.twitter.com/IM5ePI6PRM

— Andrew Potter (@AndrewPotterNZ) August 13, 2016

Steve Redgrave telling John Inverdale off for trying to interview Mahe Drysdale 😂 #rowing #rio2016

— Andrew Goodchild (@AndyGoodchild) August 13, 2016

John Inverdale strikes again! Thank God for Steve Redgrave letting Mahe Drysdale speak to NZ TV first

— Mallory (@MalloryOOS) August 13, 2016

@AndrewPotterNZ almost think Steve planned that in order to show up Invertdale

— Tony Homer (@colinpwitter) August 13, 2016

Redgrave insisted that New Zealand media should get the chance to speak to the rower first, sending him off to speak to journalists from his own country.

Live on camera, he told Inverdale: “Let him go and do New Zealand TV, I’m sorry I can’t allow that to happen.

“The Kiwis should get in first.”

Many viewers have also sensed there is growing tension between the two...

Good for Steve Redgrave putting John Inverdale in his place! They absolutely loathe each other, it's so obvious 😂 #bbcrio2016

— Ben (@Benjysays) August 13, 2016

And it's Day 6 in the When Will Steve Redgrave Thump John Inverdale competition. #rowing

— Andrew Brooks (@taxbod) August 13, 2016

Presumably Steve Redgrave is going to finish this Olympics by belting John Inverdale into the lake with an oar.

— John Cadigan (@johncadigan) August 13, 2016

Weird moment on BBC, where Steve Redgrave interrupts John Inverdale's interview with NZ rower because he says NZ TV should get first dibs!

— Lawrence Booth (@the_topspin) August 13, 2016

I bloody love Sir Steve Redgrave and I love how much he clearly hates John Inverdale #Rio2016

— George (@mrpig1987) August 13, 2016

So Redgrave and Inverdale dislike each other.... Always admired Sir Steve

— James Corrigan (@jcorrigangolf) August 12, 2016

Were a real-life fight to take place between Steve Redgrave and John Inverdale, the result couldn't disappoint me

— Marina Hyde (@MarinaHyde) August 13, 2016

And now it appears it’s not just Sir Steve that isn’t enjoying Inverdale’s company, with Andy Murray winning praise today for correcting the BBC man over seemingly forgetting that women also play tennis too.

John Inverdale: you're 1st person to win 2 Olympic tennis golds! Andy Murray: "Venus and Serena have won four each" pic.twitter.com/R1xU3PVulB

— Mary Mc Intyre (@Mc1988) August 15, 2016

Yet another reason to love Andy Murray... https://t.co/qWPaIIkNmx

— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) August 15, 2016

John Inverdale: you're 1st person to win 2 Olympic tennis golds! Andy Murray: "Venus and Serena have won four each" https://t.co/92ezaXPOo4

— Claire Phipps (@Claire_Phipps) August 15, 2016

presenter John Inverdale:
'You are the first person to win 2 tennis gold medals'

Andy Murray: 'Venus & Serena have won 4 each'

Thank you.

— Samira Sawlani (@samirasawlani) August 15, 2016

As if we needed more reasons to worship @andy_murray: he just reminded John Inverdale that women are people, too. https://t.co/YqTWdGsLlE

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 15, 2016

And it’s obviously not the first time Inverdale has found himself in a tennis sexism storm after he suggested 2013 Wimbledon winner Marion Bartoli was “never going to be a looker”.

His comments sparked outrage on Twitter where users branded him a “sexist dinosaur” and others called for him to be stripped of his job.

This seemed to typify the reaction to Inverdale again finding himself Twitter’s list of trending topics:

When you see John Inverdale trending........... pic.twitter.com/R6RsdYwSmz

— Chris Goldsmith (@TheTennisTalker) August 15, 2016
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