Rio 2016 Daily Update – August 10th

Only two golds on Wednesday in the Olympics as the US started the day with an early morning gold in the women’s road time trial thanks to 37-year-old Kristin Armstrong and won a gold to end the day in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay thanks to 19-year-old Katie Ledecky. While the US won two other medals in swimming they also added their second silvers in both diving and fencing.

SFC Glenn Eller 14th in Rio Games double trap

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August 10th Recap:

Archery

The last US archer to begin the individual round was Zach Garrett. Garrett defeated Haziq Kamaruddin 6-0 (28-26, 29-26, 27-26) in the round of 64 before defeating Crispin Duenas 7-3 (29-27, 29-28, 25-30, 27-27, 29-28) in the round of 32 to set up a 9:31 AM round of 16 matchup with teammate Brady Ellison. It’s unfortunate the US will be down to one archer but on the bright side they will have a quarterfinalist for sure.

Basketball

The US women continued put up one more blowout showing, though perhaps not as bad as the previous, blasting Serbia 110-84 as they locked up a quarterfinal spot and moved to 3-0 in the group. Facing the other 3-0 team in the group, Canada, next on Friday at 2:30 PM the US might face their best test of the group stage.

Speaking of the best test of the group stage the US men trailed Australia at the half before pulling away in the fourth quarter for a 98-88 win. It was good for the men to experience a close game for the first time and the win moved them to 3-0 and locked up a quarterfinal berth. 1-2 Serbia is up next on Friday at 6:30 PM.

Beach Volleyball

Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson needed a win against Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera in their final pool match to lock up a knockout round spot. They didn’t get it, losing in five sets 19–21, 21–16, 7–15 and putting their fate in others hands. In a surprising result the Qatari team that finished the pool play with the worst point ratio ended up winning their second match and finishing at 2-1. That meant the Austrian team that Gibb and Patterson were swept by in their second match was tied with the Americans and with a tiebreaker of points ratio the Americans were knocked out of the Olympics after finishing in fourth place in their pool.

On the women’s side April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings finished their pool 3-0 after beating Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Verge-Depre in their final pool match 21–13, 22–24, 15–12. The Americans are into the round of 16 but won’t know their opponent until the draw is complete.

Boxing

Nico Hernandez won a boxing medal in the men’s light flyweight division on Wednesday as he defeated Carlos Quipo in the quarterfinals 3-0 with all three judges scoring it 29-28. Hernandez has clinched a bronze medal at worst as the semifinal losers both are awarded bronzes in Olympic boxing. Hernandez will go in the semifinals against Hasanboy Dusmatov at 11:15 AM on Friday. It’s the first US medal in the light flyweight division since Michael Carbajal in 1988.

The other American fighting on Wednesday was Gary Antuanne Russell who defeated Richardson Hitchins in the light welterweight round of 32. Wuttichai Masuk is up next in the round of 16 on Sunday at 12:30 AM.

Canoe

Michal Smolen missed out on the K1 slalom finals on Wednesday as he finished 12th in the semifinals and didn’t advance to the final. He had won bronze in the event at the 2015 World Championships so it was a bit surprising that he didn’t make the final at all here.

Cycling

The US won gold early on Wednesday with Kristin Armstrong taking her third straight gold medal in the women’s road time trial. Armstrong won by just over five seconds as teammate Evelyn Stevens took tenth. In the men’s road time trial the two Americans rode nearly the same time though starting well apart in the field. Taylor Phinney was 22nd with Brent Bookwalter 23rd as both finished a little over five minutes back.

Diving

The US men’s synchronized 3m springboard diving duo of Sam Dorman and Michael Hixon had a fantastic afternoon on Wednesday in the rain in Rio. Starting slow with the seventh best dives in the first two rounds but turning it on late with the best dive in three of the last four rounds the Americans shot up the leaderboards and found themselves silver medalists at the end of the competition. The US had won bronze in London (Troy Dumais and Kristian Ipsen) but this was their best performance in the event that began in 2000. Hixon will be competing in the 3m springboard preliminaries at 2:15 PM on Monday.

Equestrian

After the first day of the individual and team dressage competitions the two Americans that have gone so far are in the top 10. Kasey Perry-Glass scored a 75.229 in her Grand Prix round performance and is in fifth while Alison Brock scored a 72.686 and is in seventh. All teams had two riders Wednesday with two to come Thursday and the US is in fourth in the team event with a 73.957 average, just over a point behind second place. The top six teams will advance to the Grand Prix Special round and if the US doesn’t advance the team any of their riders in the top eight of riders without an advancing will be able to advance as well.

Fencing

Wednesday was a busy day for individual fencers with the two disciplines that don’t have a team event in Rio taking place. Among the American women Nzingha Prescod opened with a 15-9 win against Nataly Michel but was eliminated with an 11-14 loss to Astrid Guyart in the round of 16 of foil. Lee Kiefer was even stronger in her opener defeating Mona Shaito 15-3 but was eliminated with a 9-15 loss to Liu Yongshi in the round of 16 of foil.

On the men’s side Eli Dershwitz lost to Seppe Van Holsbeke in the sabre round of 32 12-15 but Daryl Homer got rolling as he beat Ilya Mokretsov 15-11 and Max Hartung 15-12 in the opening two rounds to reach the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals Homer dispatched Matyas Szabo 15-12 before winning a last-point-takes-all matchup with Mojtaba Abedini 15-14 in the semifinals. Things didn’t go so well in the final as Homer fell behind early and lost 8-15 to Aron Szilagyi. The silver he took for the US was the first medal in the event by an American since Peter Westbrook took bronze in 1984 and the first silver since William Grebe in 1904.

Field Hockey

The US made it to 3-0 in Rio with a dominant 6-1 win over Japan on Wednesday. Katie Bam had three goals for the US while Melissa GonzalezKatie Reinprecht, and Jill Witmer scored as well for the US. The US has locked up a quarterfinal berth and lead the group with a GD of +6, just ahead of Great Britain. India is next on Thursday at 6:30 PM as the US faces the last place team in the group.

Gymnastics

Sam Mikulak and Chris Brooks competed in the men’s all-around on Wednesday with neither ending up in contention for a medal. Brooks exceeded 15 just twice, a 15.066 on the parallel bars and a 15.200 on the horizontal bar, and with a 13.200 on the pommel horse Brooks finished 14th. Mikulak managed to avoid any dreadful scores and topped 15 with a 15.133 on the horizontal bar, a 15.200 on the floor, and a 15.766 on the parallel bars. Mikulak ended up seventh. Brooks is done in Rio but Mikulak still has floor final at 1 PM on Sunday and the horizontal bar final at 2:34 PM on Tuesday.

Judo

The final male US judoka to compete in Rio was Colton Brown in the men’s 90kg division. Brown beat Iszlam Monier Suliman in the round of 32 on an ippon just seconds into the match but was beat by a waza-ari in his next match by Alexandre Iddir.

Rowing

For the second time in four days in Rio there were no racing events held due to the weather. A wash out has crowded the schedule for Thursday in particular but we’re still on track to wrap up the rowing by Saturday.

Rugby Sevens

Much like the US women the men’s medal hopes ended early in Rio despite a great effort in their last gasp effort against Fiji. Danny BarrettPerry Baker, and Nate Ebner all had tries as the US went back and forth with Fiji before ultimately losing 24-19. The US needed to lose by three or less to advance and had the ball at the end on a line out but weren’t able to retain possession.

The US did beat Brazil 24-12 in the 9th-12th semifinals to end the day with Carlin Isles taking advantage of finally getting some playing time and scoring three tries while Barrett had one as well. The US will take on Spain for ninth place at 12 PM on Thursday. It’s been an odd Olympic rugby tournament as both Australia and New Zealand missed out on medals as well.

Sailing

Caleb Paine was 21st (his worst result so far) and third in the third and fourth men’s finn races as he moved up one spot to seventh on Wednesday. Races five and six in the finn class are on Thursday starting at 12:05 PM. Charlie Buckingham was eighth and 26th (his worst finish so far and forcing a 22nd place finish to count) in the fifth and sixth men’s laser races on Wednesday. Buckingham moved up a spot to 15th overall. Races seven and eight in the laser race will come up on Friday at 12:05 PM.

The men’s 470 started on Wednesday with a tenth and seventh place finish to open the event by David Hughes and Stuart McNay. They ended the first day in eighth overall and will have races three and four on Thursday at 12:05 PM. In the women’s 470 Annie Haeger and Briana Provancha were great on the first day with a seventh and third place finish placing them third overall. Races three and four will be on Thursday at 12:05 PM.

Also beginning on Thursday was Bora Gulari and Louisa Chafee in the mixed Nacra 17 race as they finished 13th and ninth. There was supposed to be a third race but it was postponed so they will now race four times on Thursday at 12:05 PM. They are in 11th place after the first two races. Paige Railey had a big day in the women’s laser radial class as she finished second and seventh and was able to move up from tenth to seventh in the overall standings. Races seven and eight will be on Friday at 12:05 PM.

Shooting

Jay Shi and Will Brown both were up and down in the men’s 50m pistol qualifying Wednesday as they missed the final. Brown scored a 275 between the first three rounds before closing with 280 in the last three rounds. Missing out on a shoot-off for the final by a point the 89 in round two is pretty glaring in his scores. Shi started even cooler with a 272 opening three rounds before closing even stronger with 281 in his final three rounds. Brown was tenth, Shi in 14th overall, and both are done with their Olympic competition.

The other Americans competing on Wednesday were Glenn Eller and Joshua Richmond in the men’s double trap. Eller opened with a 24 and never did rise to a high enough level over the five rounds in qualification to make a push for the top six finishing with a 131 final in 14th. Richmond bottomed out with a 23 in the third round to put his qualification hopes in serious jeopardy but finished 29-29 to score a 135 and tie for sixth. He went to a shootoff but missed on #12 as he finished seventh. The man who defeated him in that shoot-off ended up going on to win the gold medal. This was the only event in Rio for Eller and Richmond.

Swimming

The US took home three medals on Wednesday night in the pool. Kevin Cordes and Josh Prenot lead off the night off in the men’s 200m breaststroke final with Prenot taking the silver in the event and Cordes finishing eighth. It was the first medal in the event since 2004 (Brendan Hansen taking bronze) and their best medal since Mike Barrowman took gold in 1992. The US didn’t get a medal in the second final as Cammille Adams and Hali Flickinger went fourth and seventh in the women’s 200m butterfly final.

The last individual final of the evening saw 2012 gold medalist Nathan Adrian get to the wall in third in the men’s 100m freestyle for a bronze. Caeleb Dressel finished sixth in the event. The night wrapped up with the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay and the US left it up to Katie Ledecky in the last leg to overcome nearly a second. She did that and nearly won it by two seconds in an incredible swim. Ledecky was joined by Allison SchmittLeah Smith, and Maya DiRado in the final. Missy FranklinMelanie Margalis, and Cierra Runge all earned gold as well as they swam in the heat earlier in the day where the US had the top time. This was the second straight gold for the US in the event.

In the events working through heats and semifinals Simone Manuel and Abbey Weitzeil both advanced to the final in the women’s 100m freestyle as Manuel was second in the heats and third in the semifinals while Weitzeil cut it closer going seventh in the heats but finishing in the final advancing spot in the semifinals. Manuel and Weitzeil will go for gold in the women’s 100m freestyle at 10:18 PM on Thursday. There was little doubt in the men’s 200m backstroke as Ryan Murphy was fourth in both the heats and semifinals while Jacob Pebley was fifth in the heats and third in the semifinals. They’ll be in the final of the men’s 200m backstroke on Thursday night at 9:26 PM.

Lilly King was 15th with Molly Hannis 12th in the women’s 200m breaststroke heats and it became clear the US might have trouble qualifying a finalist in the event. That came true as King was 12th and Hannis was 16th in the semifinals and the US will not have a finalist in the women’s 200m breaststroke. It’s the first event the US will miss out on having a finalist in since the women’s 800m freestyle in Beijing.

The final event contested on Wednesday was the men’s 200m individual medley. Ryan Lochte posted the top time in the heats with Michael Phelps in third before Phelps talked Lochte in a 1-2 finish in the semifinals. Phelps and Lochte will stage their final big duel in the final on Thursday night at 10:01 PM.

Tennis

Tennis got completely rained out on Wednesday which makes the schedule a bit more packed as we head towards the final weekend. All of the Americans will be in competition on Thursday.

Volleyball

The US women went to 3-0 in their group with a fairly convincing 25–17, 21–25, 25–18, 25–19 win over now 2-1 Serbia. The US is through to the next round and the only team left undefeated in the group at 3-0. They’ll face 0-3 Italy on Friday at 2 PM.

Water Polo

The US men got their first win in Rio over now 0-3 France, defeating them 6-3 as Josh Samuels had a trio of goals in the win. The US next faces Montenegro, also 1-2 on Friday at 10:40 AM and a win there should be enough to get the US into the quarterfinals. A loss and even with a win over 3-0 Italy to close the group stage it probably won’t be enough. That is a must win match.

August 11th Preview:

All times ET!! All events should be available online via NBC’s Olympic website and apps (assuming a cable package that gives you access). What is live in ET/CT is often tape delayed in MT/PT. Yell at NBC for their ridiculous decision to tape delay an Olympics happening one hour east of ET, it’s insane. Schedules of competition and of course TV coverage subject to change, especially if the US competitors unexpectedly advance in a competition.

Badminton

The start of the badminton event in Rio is finally here with the beginning of the group stage on Thursday. The US has one team/individual in each event and four of them will start Thursday. Phillip Chew and Jamie Subandhi start mixed doubles play at 8:35 AM against Song Hyun Ko/Ha Na Kim while Chew joins Sattawat Pongnairat to face Haifeng Fu/Nan Zhang in the men’s doubles at 2:55 PM. Iris Wang will meet Lianne Tan in women’s singles at 6:55 PM and finally Eva Lee and Paula Lynn Obanana face Kyung Eun Jung/Seung Chan Shin in women’s doubles at 7:30 PM. Only group winners advance in singles and only the top two advance in doubles so starting off quickly is important.

The Chew/Subandhi match will be on delay on USA between 10:30 AM and 1 PM with Chew/Pongnairat LIVE on USA, Wang LIVE on CNBC, and Lee/Obanana on delay on NBCSN between 8 PM and 12 AM.

Beach Volleyball

Lauren Fendrick and Brooke Sweat are 0-2 in their pool but can still advance to the knockout round by defeating Ekaterina Birlova and Evgenia Ukolova, who are also 0-2, in their final pool match at 2:30 PM. Most likely they would only reach the lucky loser playoffs where they’d face a one-off match for a spot in the round of 16, but that’d be a lot better than going home after three losses. If they do face a lucky loser match it’ll be tonight at 11 PM. Following their match will be Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena vs. Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai in their final group match at 3:30 PM. At 2-0 and with a phenomenal point ratio even with a loss there’s no reason to think Dalhausser and Lucena will not win their pool, even with a loss, but they’d love to keep their momentum rolling into the round of 16.

NBC plans to carry both matches LIVE but do not have scheduled coverage of the lucky loser match if that’s where Fendrick and Sweat end up tonight.

Canoe

The final slalom competitions in Rio are on Thursday Casey Eichfeld and Devin McEwan compete in the men’s C2 semifinals at 11:33 AM hoping to finish in the top ten and advance to the final at 1:15 PM. Later in the day it’ll be Ashley Nee at 12:33 PM going in the women’s K1 semifinals and trying to advance to the ten-woman final at 2 PM.

NBC will have delayed coverage of the final on between 2:30 and 5 PM as well as in late night between 12:35 and 1:35 AM.

Cycling

Track cycling begins on Thursday with the women’s team pursuit qualifying round. Kelly CatlinChloe DygertSarah HammerJennifer Valente, and Ruth Winder form the team for the US and are one of nine in the field. The top eight advance to the first round Saturday at 10:17 AM though only the top four have a chance to go for gold on Saturday.

Doesn’t appear to be any planned TV coverage of this event.

Equestrian

The US team in the dressage competition is in fourth place going into Thursday’s second half of the Grand Prix round. If the US team finishes in the top six they will advance to the Grand Prix Special round on Friday. The final two American riders to go are Steffen Peters at 10:54 AM and Laura Graves at 2:06 PM.

Equestrian will be covered on delay on MSNBC in their 3:45-5 PM window.

Fencing

The team event begins in fencing on Thursday with the US women’s epee team of Katharine HolesCourtney Hurley, and Kelley Hurley. The team event is a first to 45 contest with nine individual matchups between the three fencers from each country. In each individual matchup the leading team can reach no more than 5, 10, 15, 20, etc. points though the team that is behind’s fencer can score as many points as possible to catch up. Each matchup will end once the maximum point total for that round is hit. The US team takes on Romania to open in the quarterfinals at 9:30 AM. With Russia or France to follow in either the semifinals or the 5th-8th semifinals. The event plays all the way out to 7th place so the US will have three matches on Thursday for sure. A potential semifinal match would be at 12:15 PM with the bronze final at 4 PM and gold final at 5:30 PM

NBCSN has tape delayed coverage of the final between 8 PM and 12 AM.

Field Hockey

The US now at 3-0 in Rio and leading their group play for the second straight day on Thursday at 6:30 PM. Their opponent, India, is tied with Japan for the the last two places in the group at 0-1-2 with a GD of -8. A win here and the US would set up a showdown with Great Britain to win the group. India has not been to the Olympics since 1980 so they’ve never met the US in the Olympics.

CNBC will have LIVE coverage of the field hockey match.

Golf

Golf debuts in Rio on Thursday with the start of the four day men’s tournament. The format is pretty simple as it’s a standard stroke play tournament. Matt Kuchar will start things off for the US teeing off at 8:03 AM with Bubba Watson going next at 8:14 AM. The final two Americans to tee off are Patrick Reed at 9:25 AM and Rickie Fowler starts at 9:58 AM.

Where else would you go but the Golf Channel for coverage of this LIVE all day.

Gymnastics

It’ll be time for Simone Biles to live up to the hype and claim the all-around gold medal that she’s fully expected to win at 3 PM on Thursday. Biles is joined by Aly Raisman in the event and the two will rotate together on the apparatus. The Americans start on the vault and will move to the uneven bars before ending on the balance beam and with their floor routines.

You won’t see the gymnastics on TV until NBC’s tape delayed coverage between 8 PM and 12 AM.

Judo

It’s the final day of judo with the best US hope for gold, Kayla Harrison, going for gold in the women’s 78kg division. Harrison has a bye to the round of 16 where she’ll face Zhehui Zhang sometime after 9:50 AM. Her quarterfinal would be later in the morning before the repechage and semifinals begin the late afternoon session at 2:30 PM.

With Harrison the favorite for gold there will be delayed coverage of the opening rounds between 10 AM and 1:30 PM on NBCSN with the final LIVE on NBCSN.

Rowing

Starting Thursday off for the US (assuming they get to go this time) will be Grace Luczak and Felice Mueller in the women’s pair semifinals at 7:30 AM. The duo will need a top three finish to advance to the final. It’s the same qualification scenario for the Americans who came through the repechage, Kate Bertko and Devery Karz, in the women’s lightweight double sculls semifinals at 8 AM as they try to reach their final. The first American men in the lagoon on Wednesday will be Andrew Campbell and Joshua Konieczny at 8:10 AM as they row in the men’s lightweight double sculls semifinals and need a top three finish to reach the final on Friday.

At 8:30 AM we’ll see the men’s four team of Charlie ColeHenrik RummelMatt Miller, and Seth Weil in the semifinals hoping to finish in the top three and join the field for the final on Friday. The men’s eight team of Mike DiSantoSam DommerAustin HackAlex KarwoskiStephen KasprzykRob MunnGlenn OchalHans Struzyna, and Sam Ojserkis faces a repechage test on Wednesday at 9 AM but all they need to do is avoid finishing last in the five boat race to reach the final on Saturday. The very first Americans to row for gold in Rio will be Tracy EisserMegan KalmoeGrace Latz, and Adrienne Martelli in the women’s quadruple sculls final at 9:24 AM. They’ll be followed by Meghan O’Leary and Ellen Tomek in the women’s double sculls final at 10:04 AM.

Two US crews will finish out their Olympics on Thursday in a final B that will decide seventh place. Nareg Guregian and Anders Weiss compete in the men’s pair final B at 11:40 AM while Anthony FahdenEdward KingTyler Nase, and Robin Prendes go at 12:10 PM in the men’s lightweight four final B.

NBC is scheduled to cover rowing on delay during their 10 AM-12 PM coverage window and NBCSN will have some delayed between 10 AM and 1:30 PM.

Rugby Sevens

One match left for the US men as they try to finish Rio on a positive note. They’ll face Spain in a faceoff for ninth place in the tournament at 12 PM.

There’s no scheduled live coverage of this matchup.

Sailing

Caleb Paine is in seventh in the finn class with races five and six starting at 12:05 PM while David Hughes and Stuart McNay are in eighth overall with races three and four at 12:05 PM in the men’s 470. In the women’s 470 Annie Haeger and Briana Provancha are third overall with races three and four will be at 12:05 PM.

Racing four times on Thursday at 12:05 PM will be Bora Gulari and Louisa Chafee in the mixed Nacra 17 race as they are in 11th place after the first two races. Returning to racing after a day after will be Pedro Pascual with three men’s RS:X races starting at 12:05 PM as he sits in 30th overall and Marion Lepert racing three times in the women’s RS:X races starting at 12:15 PM. Lepert is in tenth after the first six races in that event.

Sailing will be covered on delay on MSNBC in their 3:45-5 PM window.

Shooting

The only event on Thursday is the women’s 50m 3 rifle which will begin qualification at 8 AM with Sarah Scherer and Ginny Thrasher, you might remember her from winning gold in the 10m air rifle, competing in the field. 20 shots in each of three different positions: prone, standing, and kneeling during qualifying with the top eight moving on to the final at 11 AM.

NBCSN is planning to show the final LIVE.

Swimming

The afternoon session will have four individual events in the heats. Nathan Adrian and Anthony Ervin will start things off at 12:20 PM in the men’s 50m freestyle heats. The Americans should be good to get into the top 16 and compete in the semifinals at 9:03/9:10 PM on Thursday night. Making the top eight and grabbing a spot in the final in those semifinals will come down to a matter of seconds. The next swimmers will be Katie Ledecky and Leah Smith in the women’s 800m freestyle heats at 1:02 PM and they’ll need to post top eight times to advance to the final on Friday night.

The final men’s event of the afternoon is the men’s 100m butterfly where Tom Shields at 1:28 PM and Michael Phelps at 1:31 PM will be competing in the heats. The top 16 will compete in the semifinals at 10:34/10:42 PM on Thursday night. The women wrap up their afternoon with the women’s 200m backstroke as Missy Franklin at 1:41 PM and Maya DiRado at 1:46 PM hoping to make the semifinals on Thursday night at 9:35/9:44 PM.

In the evening session the finals will see Ryan Murphy and Jacob Pebley compete in the men’s 200m backstroke at 9:26 PM with both looking like medal threats. Next up will be Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps in the men’s 200m individual medley final at 10:01 PM. This will be their final big duel and it will surely be one of the highlight events in Rio. The final medals of the night are awarded in the women’s 100m freestyle where Simone Manuel and Abbey Weitzeil go for gold at 10:18 PM.

NBC will have full LIVE coverage of the swimming both during the day session and during the evening session.

Tennis

Thursday will be a big day for tennis in Rio as all six Americans still competing have matches to play. Madison Keys is facing Daria Kasatkina in the quarterfinals at 10 AM and will be favored in that matchup. On the men’s side Steve Johnson will face sub-100 player Evgeny Donskoy in the round of 16 at 10 AM and be favored to reach the quarterfinals. When Johnson finishes the next on court will be Rajeev Ram and Venus Williams facing Kiki Bertens/Jean-Julien Rojer in the mixed doubles round of 16, perhaps around 11:30 AM. They’ll be followed by Johnson returning to the court to join Jack Sock in the men’s doubles semifinals as they face Florin Mergea/Horja Tecau perhaps around 1 PM. The other US team of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sock take on Johanna Konta/Jamie Murray in the mixed doubles round of 16. That matchup will not be earlier than 4 PM but doesn’t have a set court yet.

Bravo has full LIVE coverage on TV for tennis while streams of individual matches are available online.

Volleyball

The US men are in trouble in their group at 0-2 and facing the 2-0 hosts Brazil on Thursday night at 9:35 PM. Now this isn’t win or go home for the US, with 1-1 France and 0-2 Mexico still to come the US can probably advance at 2-3 with two wins to end the group but it would sure be a lot better if they win on Thursday or at least take it to five sets.

You can catch this one LIVE on NBCSN.

Water Polo

The US women opened Rio with a win on Tuesday and will go for a second at 10:40 AM when they face China. With all four teams advancing from the group it’s only about seeding and with China at 0-1 the US can ensure they finish above them with a win.

As you would expect, NBC will have LIVE coverage of the water polo.

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