tournament John McEnroe spoke of his "outrage" that Davies had not commentated on football for eight years. Davies commentated on the Hockey tournament at the 2012 London Olympics, meaning that he had commentated on 12 Summer Olympics, overtaking the record held by David Coleman for a British sports broadcaster, but he was omitted from the BBC commentary team for the 2016 games and had no involvement with any other broadcaster. On Saturday 19 May 2012, Davies was one of the torchbearers on the opening day of the Olympic Torch Relay, carrying the torch on the outskirts of Plymouth. The invitation to participate in the relay had been issued by the International Olympic Committee in recognition of his contribution to the Olympic movement, and it was also announced that Davies would commentate on the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 London games for the Olympic Broadcasting Services television coverage. Davies appeared to be hinting at retirement in an interview with his local newspaper in May 2012 saying of the 2012 Olympics "...it will be a highlight of my career. It might even be a conclusion", but in June 2013 the BBC announced that Davies would again be commentating on that year's Wimbledon tennis championships for them, and the same announcement was made in respect of every tournament up to and including 2017, which was Davies' 32nd Wimbledon for the BBC. On 30 August 2013, Davies announced that he was stepping down as the BBC's hockey commentator, having covered the sport for 41 years. Davies returned to Match of the Day on 23 August 2014 as a one-off to celebrate the programme's 50th anniversary, and he commentated on the game between Crystal Palace and West Ham. In September 2015, Davies filled in for Jon Champion for three weeks as the commentator on Absolute Radio's live Saturday afternoon Premier League coverage whilst Champion was away covering the Rugby World Cup for ITV. In June 2018, the BBC announced that Davies was retiring at the age of 80, and 2018 would be his 33rd and final Wimbledon. To mark his career in broadcasting, the BBC screened a documentary "Barry Davies: The Man, The Voice, The Legend" in July 2018. His last commentary for the BBC's domestic audience was on 15 July 2018 when he covered the Mixed Doubles Final between Jamie Murray and Victoria Azarenka who were beaten by Alexander Peya and Nicole