The US wrapped up a remarkable Olympics in the pool where the US won HALF of the events and 33 medals in 32 events. In addition on Saturday there was a gold in rowing and a gold in the long jump. Swimming is done but track and field is kicking into full speed going into a Sunday that features two marquee events in the 100m and the 400m.

August 12th Recap:

Badminton

The US has had little true success in Rio in badminton but it’s worth remembering that this is a sport where the US only qualified in two of the five events in London and had won only two matches in the Olympics since 2000. Only Iris Wang has won matches in Rio but the women’s singles player will finish with a winning record and is in a match to decide a four person group on Sunday. Pretty impressive. Even in the losing matches the US has been decently competitive with the US athletes pushing 12 of the 24 sets they have lost to at least a 14-21 score. It’s all about progress for the US as they hope to someday compete for medals but aren’t quite there yet.

Wrapping up on Saturday were four American teams/individuals competing. Phillip Chew and Sattawat Pongnairat lost to Michael Fuchs/Johannes Schoettler in men’s doubles 14-21, 14-21 to end their Olympics. Howard Shu was swept by Osleni Guerrero 16-21, 15-21 as he went 0-2 in his three-man group. Chew and Jamie Subandhi lost 15-21, 19-21 to Jacco Arends/Selena Piek in mixed doubles while Eva Lee and Paula Lynn Obanana were swept 14-21, 15-21 by Ying Luo/Yu Luo in women’s doubles.

Look at that scores and again you see that the US athletes were very competitive in their final matches in Rio even if they didn’t get any wins.

Beach Volleyball

The US men’s team of Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena started the knockout round on Saturday against Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl with a 21-14, 21-15 sweep. Dalhausser and Lucena were comfortably ahead in both sets as they advanced to the quarterfinals on Monday at a yet to be determined time. Their opponent in the next round will be the Brazilians Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt in what should be a memorable showdown.

Boxing

The only US boxer on Saturday was Antonio Vargas against Juliao Neto in the men’s flyweight round of 32. Vargas fights at 10:30 AM and will attempt to become the fifth American to open with a win in Rio against the home country favorite. Vargas won the match on two of the judges scorecards to win the fight though the third had it going the other way until a one-point deduction in the final set turned that one into a draw. With the 2-0 win (30-26, 29-27, 28-28) Vargas is into the round of 16 against Shakhobidin Zoirov on Monday at 10:45 AM.

Cycling

The US team of Kelly Catlin, Chloe Dygert, Sarah Hammer, and Jennifer Valente had a fascinating day in the women’s team pursuit event. They advanced to the gold final by smashing Australia in the first round with a world record time of 4:12.282. That world record wouldn’t last long though as Great Britain went out and beat it in the next first round match to set up an incredible final. It didn’t quite live up to the hype in terms of competitiveness as Great Britain beat their world record mark again and beat the Americans by over two seconds. This was only the second Olympics to contest the event and the US has come in second to Great Britain in both contests.

Diving

After a good showing in the preliminaries Kassidy Cook and Abby Johnston competed in the women’s 3m springboard semifinals on Saturday. Neither diver was able to match their preliminaries performance but Johnston stayed closest to it posting a 324.75 that was fifth best. Cook on the other hand had one dive that just was too far off the mark, a 41.85 on dive #2 that was the second worst of the 90 total dives in the semifinals. Despite that terrible mark she got within four points of advancing in 13th place with a 304.35. Johnston competes in the final at 3 PM.

Fencing

Fencing has wrapped up in Rio for the US with the women’s sabre team of Ibtihaj Muhammad, Dagmara Wozniak, Mariel Zagunis, and Monica Aksamit going on Saturday. The US started off with a hard fought 45-53 win in their quarterfinal matchup with Poland. Their semifinal matchup with Russia was a back and forth affair with the US making a huge comeback to take the lead before Russia pulled back in front for a 45-42 win to send the US to the bronze medal match. Just like their men’s foil counterparts it was Italy in their way. The Americans dominated that matchup to win bronze by a score of 45-30. This was the second time that women’s team sabre has been held in the Olympics with the US winning bronze in both occasions.

Field Hockey

The final group stage match of Rio resulted in their first loss as the US dropped a 2-1 match to Great Britain because of two goals allowed in the final seven minutes. The loss meant the US finishes second in their group and will face Germany in the quarter finals at 11:30 AM.

Golf

There’s a reason we didn’t talk yesterday about Rickie Fowler being a medal contender for the US. It’s because he clearly wasn’t at +4 overall and tied for 50th. But after a 29 on the first nine Fowler carded a -7 64 on Saturday to make a major move up the leaderboard. Now don’t oversell his medal chances, he needs another round like Saturday and some help to have any chance, but the fact that we’re even talking about that at all is incredible for someone who opened this tournament with a 75 in the first round. Also the two badly missed putts inside five feet on the first hole are very noteworthy at this point as he would be in a tie for seventh and four shots behind bronze instead of tied for 14th at -3. Patrick Reed had the worst third round for the Americans as he was +2 and fell to +1 overall and tied for 36th. Bubba Watson was mostly up with a couple of bogeys on Saturday as a -4 67 for the second straight day has gotten him into contention at -6 and tied for fourth. Watson is three shots back of the top three (who will all play together in the final group) so he probably needs a big round and some help but he’s got the best chances of any American to pull this off. Finally Matt Kuchar had a -2 day and is now -5 as the only American to be under par in each round. Kuchar hasn’t shown off any ability to shoot a really low round and as he finds himself in a tie for seventh and four strokes back of the bronze he may need to go really low to contend on Sunday.

Gymnastics

In gymnastics on Saturday it was the men’s trampoline event. Logan Dooley put up scores of 47.885 on his compulsory routine and a 58.170 on his voluntary routine. Dooley’s total of 106.055 placed him 11th as he was barely a point out of the top eight who moved on to the final.

Rowing

Great day to end Rio in the lagoon for the US rowing teams as two of the three US boats that competed in the finals won a medal. Gevvie Stone started things off in the women’s single sculls final where she won a silver medal. Stone’s silver matches the best ever result by a US athlete in that event as she is the fifth American to take silver and the first since Michelle Guerette in 2008. The only gold of Rio in rowing came to the women’s eight team of Amanda Elmore, Tessa Gobbo, Eleanor Logan, Meghan Musnicki, Amanda Polk, Emily Regan, Lauren Schmetterling, Kerry Simmonds, and Katelin Snyder. The team was behind at the halfway point but pulled away going to the end for a clear win. This is the third gold in the event for the US.

The only Americans not to medal on Saturday was the men’s eight team of Mike DiSanto, Sam Dommer, Austin Hack, Alex Karwoski, Stephen Kasprzyk, Rob Munn, Glenn Ochal, Hans Struzyna, and Sam Ojserkis. The men’s team finished fourth as they were unable to keep up with the top three over the final 1000m.

Sailing

One US competitor wrapped up his Olympics on Saturday while one other became the first American to make the medal races. In the men’s Laser Charlie Buckingham nearly did enough to make the medal race finishing races #9 and #10 in tenth and sixth but he ended up finishing in a tie for the tenth and final spot but missed out due to the tiebreaker. In the women’s Laser Radial Paige Railey was 25th in the ninth race and needed a major result in her final race and got it, a fourth place finish in race #10 that moved her back up to tenth and into the medal race on Monday at 12:05 PM. The scores do not reset though the values for each spot are doubled so there is a bit more of a chance to make a move. Still there’s no way Railey will medal here but earning a top ten finish was a great accomplishment.

Nearing the end of his competition in the men’s Finn is Caleb Paine. Paine was 17th in race #7 but seventh in race #8. Paine moved up to seventh overall and has a medal shot. He’ll need strong finishes in races #9 and #10 Sunday at 12:05 PM to stay in contention for a medal though any results that keep him in the top ten will move him into the medal race. In the mixed Nacra 17 with Bora Gulari and Louisa Chafee had an incredible day going ninth, second, and eighth in races #7, #8, and #9 on Saturday. They moved up four spots to 12th with three races left but are very close to making the top ten and the medal race. Races #10, #11, and #12 are on Sunday at 12:05 PM.

In the men’s 49er Thomas Barrows III and Joseph Morria were 14th in races #3 and #4, were disqualified in race #5, and 11th in race #6. They had finished in fourth in the fifth race so it was a devastating disqualification. They are 19th overall going into races #7, #8, and #9 on Monday at 12:05 PM. In the women’s 49er FX Paris Henken and Helena Scutt were 14th in race #3 on Saturday but then rebounded to finish fifth in race #4, win race #5, and finish fourth in race #6. The strong day allowed them to move up to ninth with races #7, #8, and #9 coming up on Monday at 12:05 PM.

Shooting

Two events wrapped up their two day qualifying on Saturday but no Americans were able to advance. Vincent Hancock and Frank Thompson finished up men’s skeet with their final 50 targets on Saturday. Each hit 48 with Hancock ending up in 15th with a 119 total and Thompson in 21st with a 117 total. The shoot-off for the last final spots came at 121 so Thompson was out of it before Saturday while Hancock needed a perfect day.

In the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol first stage of qualification Emil Milev finished with a 578 total in 12th while Keith Sanderson finished in 10th with a 580 total.

Swimming

Swimming wrapped up in Rio with four more medals and two more golds in the final four races. 100m freestyle champion Simone Manuel started the night off taking silver in the 50m freestyle final. That was followed up by the very different men’s 1500m freestyle where Connor Jaeger won silver and Jordan Wilimovsky finishing fourth. The night wrapped up with Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer, and Simone Manuel winning gold in the women’s 4x100m medley relay and then Ryan Murphy, Cody Miller, Michael Phelps, and Nathan Adrian winning gold in the men’s 4x100m medley relay. The US won 16 of the 32 events in Rio and took home eight silver and nine bronze medal as well.

Tennis

Madison Keys lost her second chance at a medal on Saturday when she lost to Petra Kvitova in the women’s singles bronze final 5-7, 6-2, 2-6. Keys was great in Rio and will surely be back in Tokyo and a favorite to medal. In mixed doubles both American teams won their semifinal matchups and will now meet for gold on Sunday Rajeev Ram and Venus Williams beat Sania Mirza/Rohan Bopanna 2-6, 6-2, [10-3] while Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock beat Lucie Hradecka/Radek Stepanek 6-4, 7-6(3). They’ll meet on Sunday as early as 1 PM when center court clears from the first match. Mattek-Sands and Sock are probably the favorites as they have avoided a single set loss in their three matches while Ram and Williams have twice needed to go to the super tie-break.

Track and Field

The second day of track and field began with the women’s triple jump qualification round. Christina Epps jumped 14.01m and finished 15th while Andrea Geubelle jumped 13.93m and finished 21st. Keturah Orji hit a jump of 14.08m to grab to the final spot advancing to Sunday night’s final at 7:55 PM. In the women’s 3000m steeplechase first round all three Americans were able to advance. Colleen Quigley was fourth in her heat but was quick enough to grab one of six at-large spots in the final while automatically qualifying were Emma Coburn in second in her heat, and Courtney Frerichs in third in her heat. They’ll all compete in the final on Monday at 10:15 AM.

Mason Finley competed in the men’s discus throw final on Saturday morning and was 11th in the final hitting a total of 62.05m. In the women’s 400m first round on Saturday morning all three Americans advanced by winning their heat. Allyson Felix, Natasha Hastings, and Phyllis Francis will all be in the semifinals on Sunday night at 7:35 PM.

The women’s heptathlon wrapped up on Saturday. Barbara Nwaba was the top American in 12th with 6309 points as she finished the long jump at 5.81m for 792 points, had a 46.85m throw in the javelin for 799 points, and finished the 800m in 2:11.61 for 941 points. Kendell Williams finished in 17th with 6221 points as she finished the long jump at 6.31m for 946 points, had a 40.93m throw in the javelin for 685 points, and finished the 800m in 2:16.24 for 875 points. Heather Miller-Koch finished in 18th with 6213 points as she finished the long jump at 6.16m for 899 points, had a 40.25m throw in the javelin for 672 points, and finished the 800m in 2:06.82 for 1012 points.

The final event of the morning was the men’s 100m first round. Justin Gatlin won his heat and Trayvon Bromell was second in his heat as both were automatic qualifiers for the semifinals. Marvin Bracy was third in his heat but grabbed an at-large spot in the semifinals. Sunday night they’ll be in the semifinals at 8 PM with the final later in the night at 9:25 PM.

In the evening session in the pole vault qualification round Sam Kendricks cleared 5.70m to qualify for the final on Monday night at 7:35 PM. Logan Cunningham and Cale Simmons both failed to clear 5.45m and were eliminated with 5.30m as their top height cleared. In the men’s 400m semifinals LeShawn Merritt was second in his heat to advance to the final while David Verburg was fifth in his heat and Gil Roberts was fourth in his heat as they were both eliminated. Merritt will be in the final Sunday night at 9 PM.

The men’s long jump final was a fantastic showdown with each round bringing more drama than the next. Both Jeff Henderson and Jarrion Lawson held leads at various times but were passed before the final round and out of medal position. Henderson jumped a new leading mark of 8.38m on his final jump to move into first. Lawson had the final jump of the competition and nearly won it but his hand hit behind his body as he was landing and so his mark was well behind where he (mostly) landed. He ended up fourth while Henderson took the gold.

In the 10,000m men’s final Galen Rupp was fifth in 27:08.92, Leonard Korir was 14th in 27:35.65, and Shadrack Kipchirchir was 19th in 27:58.32. In the women’s 100m Tori Bowie won her heat to reach the final while English Gardner was second in her heat as they both moved on to the final. Tianna Bartoletta was fourth in her heat and eliminated. In the final Gardner placed seventh while Bowie finished second in 10.83 to win silver. Gardner was just 0.08 back of bronze in an event where the margins are slim but the results are clear.

The final event of the night was the men’s 800m semifinals. Both Boris Berian and Clayton Murphy were second in their semifinal heats and now are in the final Monday night at 9:25 PM.

Volleyball

The US men got an important win against France on Saturday 3-1 (25–22, 25–22, 14–25, 25–22). The US is now one of four 2-2 teams going into the final group match. The US has 0-4 Mexico on Monday at 10:35 AM. It will be the first group match of the day so the US will know no more about what they need to do to advance going in. The US is certainly in with a win. If they lose and need to win a tiebreaker for fourth it will start with points. In volleyball you get no points for a loss, unless it’s in five sets in which case you get a point. So taking Mexico to five sets would be enough to advance as well if Brazil-France doesn’t go five sets. If both teams were still level on points set ratio is the next and the US is decently likely to lose that tiebreaker. So just win baby.

Water Polo

The US women were dominant again over Hungary pulling away in the second quarter and were comfortably ahead throughout the second half in an 11-6 win. Maggie Steffens led the US with four goals. The US will face Brazil in the quarterfinals at 5:20 PM on Monday.

Weightlifting

The US had their only male weightlifter on Saturday with Kendrick Farris competing at 94kg. Farris was 11th in snatch and clean and jerk and finished 11th overall as well. Farris completed 160kg in snatch, 197kg in clean and jerk, and 357kg total.

August 12th 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 only American left is Iris Wang in women’s singles going against Li Xuerui in their final group match at 2:55 PM ET. Both are 2-0 so the winner will be moving on while the Olympics will be over for the loser. Li Xuerui is the defending Olympic champion and #3 seed so it will be interesting to see how well Wang can compete in such a big match.

CNBC will have the match on tape delay between 4 and 7 PM.

Basketball

The US teams wrap up their group stages on Sunday. The US women start the day with China at 11:15 AM with the men following them at 1:15 PM against France. The women have already won their group and know they will face Japan in the quarterfinals at 5:45 PM on Tuesday. The men will surely win their group but if they lose to France and Australia beat Venezuela it will come down to point differential. The US is at +114, France at +48, and Australia at +51. As you can see there’s no realistic way the US gets passed in that category. Assuming the men win they will be in the quarterfinals on Wednesday at 10 AM, certainly not NBC’s preferred game time.

NBC will have LIVE coverage of the women’s game with the men’s game LIVE on NBCSN.

Beach Volleyball

The beach volleyball tournament moves into the quarterfinals with the women going first on Sunday. The US team of  April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings faces Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy at 10:59 PM. Bawden/Clancy won their match on Saturday night so they’ve had less rest than the Americans. Both teams are 4-0 in Rio.

NBC plans to carry the match LIVE tonight.

Boxing

Two US boxers will fight on Sunday in the round of 16. The US has only had three men’s boxers reach the quarterfinals in the last two Olympics combined and if either of the Americans advance on Sunday they’ll match that number in Rio here alone. Shakur Stevenson is the last American male to start and he will face Robenilson De Jesus at 11:15 AM in the men’s bantamweight division. At 12:30 PM in the men’s light welterweight division Gary Antuanne Russell will face Wuttichai Masuk.

NBCSN will have tape delayed coverage between 7:45 and 12 AM.

Cycling

The US has Bobby Lea competing in the men’s omnium (track cycling version of the decathlon) on Sunday with the first three events being held. The order and format of the omnium has changed since London so it’ll be a little different with the new system. In the new scoring system you get 40 points for a win, 38 for second, 36 for third and so on. Anyone 21st or below would receive one point though there are only 18 riders in Rio. The first event held is the men’s 15km scratch race at 3:40 PM. It is just a simple 15km race with everyone starting at once. The next event is the individual pursuit at 4:50 PM. The riders will race in groups of two over 4km to try and the field is ranked on their times. The final event of day one is the elimination race. This race starts at 6:15 PM with the whole field at once but once the field is up to speed the last place rider every two laps will be eliminated until one last rider is left.

NBCSN will have some LIVE coverage between 5 PM and 7:45 PM but I’m not sure that will contain the omnium.

Diving

With only one American left it’ll be up to Abby Johnston to try and get the US on the medal stand in the 3m springboard final on Sunday at 3 PM. Each competitor has six dives in the final with the highest total winning.

NBC will have delayed coverage of the final in their primetime window.

Equestrian

On Sunday the jumping events begin with four Americans in the field. Lucy Davis, Kent Farrington, Beezie Madden, and McLain Ward will all go on Sunday with the individual and team competitions intertwining. The top 60 individuals will move on to Tuesday’s next round while the teams are only battling for the order they will go on Tuesday. If an individual fails to move on they will still compete in the team event.

NBC will have delayed coverage between 1 and 3 PM.

Golf

One American is certainly out of contention while three others have varying chances of winning a medal as the men’s golf tournament begins the fourth round on Sunday. Patrick Reed had the worst third round for the Americans and tees off in round four at 7:22 AM in a tie for 36th at +1 overall. Ten shots back of bronze even with an incredible round there’s no way he’ll get himself into the mix. That’s not the case for Rickie Fowler who made a move on Saturday with a -7 and got himself up to a tie for 14th at -3. If he could put together another round like that and get to -10 on Sunday he’ll at least be in the conversation for a medal if the leaders don’t pull away. Fowler tees off at 8:55 AM and will need to get going quickly. I’d actually rate Fowler’s chances of a medal as better than that of Matt Kuchar who is actually ahead of him at -5 and tied for seventh. Kuchar tees off at 9:17 AM but with three rounds of -2 or -1 so far it’s harder to see the 65 or lower from Kuchar on Sunday that he probably needs than it is to see Fowler doing so. The best American medal chance is clearly from Bubba Watson though. He’s at -6 and tied for fourth, but three strokes back of the bronze. Watson tees off at 9:28 AM with only the top three after him.

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

Gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics return on Sunday as the individual events start. The US will have Jake Dalton and Sam Mikulak in the men’s floor final at 1 PM, Simone Biles in the women’s vault final at 1:47 PM, Alex Naddour in the men’s pommel horse final at 2:34 PM, and Gabby Douglas and Madison Kocian in the uneven bars final at 3:21 PM. In all of the events other than the vault you only get one routine, best score wins. The vault final is two attempts with the best average winning.

The gymnastics will be covered on delay in prime time. Because it’s not like anyone is sitting at home on a Sunday afternoon and might want to watch live sports. No successful sport could ever show their competitions at that time.

Sailing

Sunday will be the end of the main races in the men’s Finn class with races #9 and #10. Caleb Paine is seventh overall and has a medal shot. He’ll need strong finishes in races #9 and #10 Sunday at 12:05 PM to stay in contention for a medal though any results that keep him in the top ten will move him into the medal race. In the mixed Nacra 17 with Bora Gulari and Louisa Chafee are 12th with three races left but are very close to making the top ten and the medal race. Races #10, #11, and #12 are on Sunday at 12:05 PM.

Returning to competition are the women’s 470 and the men’s 470. David Hughes and Stuart McNay in the men’s 470 are eighth overall. They’ll have races #6, #7, and #8 on Sunday at 12:15 PM. In the women’s 470 Annie Haeger and Briana Provancha are fourth overall. They have races #6, #7, and #8 on Sunday at 12:05 PM.

Sailing will be covered on delay on MSNBC in their 3:30-5 PM window.

Shooting

The final day of shooting is here with the men’s 50m rifle, 3 positions as the final event. Matthew Emmons and Daniel Lowe will be in the qualification round at 8 AM with 20 shots each in prone, standing, and kneeling positions. If they finish in the top eight they’ll make the final later in the day at 12 PM.

USA is planning to show the final LIVE.

Synchronized Swimming

The only synchronized swimming competitors for the US get into competition on Sunday. Anita Alvarez and Mairya Koroleva will be 23rd to go in the preliminary free routine portion of qualifying on Sunday with the event starting at 10 AM. There will be a technical portion of the qualifying on Monday with the scores combined to determine the 12 finalists.

NBC is scheduled to have delayed coverage between 1 PM and 3 PM.

Tennis

Rajeev Ram and Venus Williams will face Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock in an All-American final mixed doubles final on Sunday as early as 1 PM when center court clears from the first match. Mattek-Sands and Sock are probably the favorites as they have avoided a single set loss in their three matches while Ram and Williams have twice needed to go to the super tie-break. This will be the first time a country has taken gold and silver in a tennis event in the Olympics in the modern era.

Bravo has full LIVE coverage on TV.

Track and Field

There’s no morning session in track and field other than the women’s marathon at 8:30 AM. Amy Cragg, Shalane Flanagan, and Desiree Linden are the three in the mix for the US. The night in track and field begins with the men’s high jump qualification round at 7:30 PM. Ricky Robertson will be in group A while Erik Kynard and Bradley Adkins are in group B as both groups will go as well. The other field event on Sunday night is the women’s triple jump final at 7:55 PM with Keturah Orji.

In semifinal action on Sunday night Phyllis Francis at 7:35 PM, Natasha Hastings at 7:42 PM, and Allyson Felix at 7:49 PM will compete in the women’s 400m semifinals. The top two in each heat plus the top two at-large times will advance to Monday night’s final. In the women’s 1500m semifinals Brenda Martinez and Shannon Rowbury will go at 8:30 PM and Jennifer Simpson goes at 8:41 PM. In this even the top five in each heat advance along with the best two at-large times. The final in the event is Tuesday night.

The men’s 100m wraps up on Sunday night. Trayvon Bromell goes at 8:07 PM and at 8:14 PM it will be Justin Gatlin in the semifinals. The top two in each heat plus the top two overall advance to the 100m final ALSO ON SUNDAY NIGHT at 9:25 PM. The last event of the night is the men’s 400m final featuring LeShawn Merritt at 9 PM.

NBC will have LIVE coverage in primetime from 8 PM-12 AM.

Volleyball

The US women have already locked up a quarterfinal spot before their matchup with China at 4:05 PM. With a loss they would probably finish second to the Serbia-Netherlands winner. The US will be last to play in their group so they’ll know what they need to do to win the group going into the match.

You can catch this one LIVE on NBC.

Water Polo

The US men face a game with only pride on the line on Sunday against Italy as they wrap up their Olympics with a match against Italy at 2:30 PM. Italy is one of three teams at 3-1 so they’ll be very motivated to try and improve their group standing.

NBCSN will have LIVE coverage of the water polo.

Weightlifting

The US has their last weightlifter on Sunday with Sarah Robles competing at +75kg. Robles will compete in the event at 6 PM.

NBCSN has live coverage of the event in their 5-745 PM session.

Wrestling

Wrestling will begin in Rio on Sunday with the men’s greco roman 59kg and 75kg competitions. In the 59kg competition Jesse Thielke faces El Mahadi Messaoudi in the round of 16 while Andy Bisek faces Yurisandy Hernandez Rios in the 75kg round of 16. The wrestling competitions use the “followed by” scheduling system so it’s hard to tell when matches will actually be but Thielke should start around 9:25 AM with Bisek around 9:30 AM. The quarterfinals and semifinals follow in the morning session. At 3 PM the repechage rounds happen with every wrestler that lost to the two finalists allowed to compete to make the bronze medal matches. Yes, matches plural as there will be two awarded. The two repechage brackets are kept separate so the only time a fighter from the top half of the bracket will meet one from the bottom half would be in the gold medal match. The medal matches begin at 4 PM.

USA will have LIVE coverage between 11 AM and 1 PM. While NBCSN has live coverage of the finals at 5 PM