The US took home nine medal on Sunday in Rio including the first ever gold and silver for one country in the same tennis event, Simone Biles’ 3rd gold of Rio, a medal in the first ever Olympic golf event, and the first US medal in 16 years in weightlifting.

August 14th Recap:

Badminton

The only American left in badminton was Iris Wang in women’s singles. Wang wrapped up her group by facing Li Xuerui, the defending Olympic champion. It was a good showing by Wang who lost 16-21, 12-21 but should be proud of her showing in Rio where she went 2-1 and was competitive with the defending Olympic champion.

Basketball

The US teams wrapped up perfect group stages on Sunday, the final time in Rio they’ll play on the same day. The US women were utterly dominant again defeating China 105-62. The US average margin of victory was 40.8 in the group and no one played them within 26 points. A fantastic showing so far. Tina Charles and Brittney Griner both led the US with 12 points, Sue Bird had nine assists, and Maya Moore had eight rebounds in Sunday’s win. The US has Japan in the quarterfinals on Tuesday at 5:45 PM.

The US men struggled to put away their opposition for the third straight game as France came close to the US in every quarter and made a run in the fourth before losing 100-97. The Americans may have gone undefeated with a +117 point differential but their final three games were wins by 10, 3, and 3. In particular the three point win over Serbia is quite surprising because Serbia didn’t even make it out of the group. The US will know their quarterfinal opponent after tomorrow wraps up the other group. All three teams are still alive and I think all of the teams other than Lithuania are possible opponents for the US depending on results.

Beach Volleyball

April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings continued to roll in beach volleyball as they moved to 5-0 with a 21-14, 21-16 win over Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy in the quarterfinals. Gauranteed two more matches in Rio now Ross and Walsh Jennings face Brazil’s Ágatha Bednarczuk/Bárbara Seixas in the semifinals. Bednarczuk and Seixas came in second in their group after losing their final match but have won all four sets in the knockout round so far. The next matchup comes on Tuesday though the start time is not set.

Boxing

Two more US boxers reached the quarterfinals on Sunday giving the US more male quarterfinalists in Rio (four) than in Beijing and London combined (three). The last time the US had more than four was in Sydney where they had seven. The good day started off with Shakur Stevenson going for his first bout in Rio. With the matched tied after two rounds the judges unanimously agreed Stevenson defeated Robenilson De Jesus in the third round as he took the match 3-0 (29-28, 29-28, 30-27). Stevens advanced to the quarterfinals of the men’s bantamweight division where he’ll face Tsendbaatar Erdenbat at 10:45 AM on Tuesday. The other American to fight on Sunday was Gary Antuanne Russell in the men’s light welterweight division. Russell defeated Wuttichai Masuk in a very close right with the third round deciding the bout and the judges disagreeing on who won. Russell won 2-1 (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) to advance to the quarterfinals on Tuesday at 11:15 AM. Stevenson and Russell will win a medal if they win their quarterfinal matchups since the semifinal losers get a bronze.

Cycling

The US has Bobby Lea competing in the men’s omnium (track cycling version of the decathlon) and the first three events were on Sunday. Lea finished 17th in the opening 15km scratch race, finished eighth in the individual pursuit at 4:23.942, and finished 11th in the elimination race. Halfway through the contest Lea is in 15th. Lea will wrap up the omnium on Monday with the 1km time trial at 9:21 AM, the flying lap 250km time trial at 3 PM, and the points race at 4:23 PM.

Diving

Abby Johnston quickly hit trouble in the 3m springboard final on Sunday. Johnston was tied for sixth after the first dive and the second worst dive on the second. But things really went downhill for her with 41.85 on her third attempt. At that point even with two perfect dives to end things she would have been out of the medals. She ended up the event in 12th.

Equestrian

On Sunday the jumping events began with the first round of the jumping individual qualifier. Kent Farrington went through with zero faults while Lucy Davis, Beezie Madden, and McLain Ward all have four faults. All four advanced to the next round of the jumping individual qualifier on Tuesday at 9 AM. That day will also be the first day of the team event where the individual riders’ scores will be used to determine the teams’ rankings.

Golf

Here’s something I wrote yesterday “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.”

Well Matt Kuchar was phenomenal on Sunday. After four holes I was looking pretty good but then Kuchar went on a ridiculous two hour tear where he birdied four out five holes before an eagle on the next. At -6 through 10 Kuchar was into bronze medal position and with no one else making a run he added birdies on #15 and #17 that actually gave him a shot at silver. Kuchar would end up leaving a putt an inch short on #18 or he would have been in a playoff for silver. Kuchar was consistent through the first three days and while he never made a run until the final day he was solid all weekend never taking himself out of contention while the other three Americans all had rough rounds.

Kuchar had the best round of Sunday but the second best actually belonged to Patrick Reed. Reed’s damage was mostly done in a back nine where he opened with six birdies in the first eight holes as he pushed his overall score down to -6 and a tie for 11th. Reed posted scores over par of 72 on Thursday and 73 on Saturday that left him out of contention on Sunday. Bubba Watson was in position to contend and did have three birdies through ten holes but he also had two bogeys and he would end up dropping just one stroke on Sunday to -7 and finish tied for eighth. Watson shot a 73 on Thursday that made his run to the top ten a challenge. Rickie Fowler couldn’t keep his momentum from the 64 on Saturday as he went back over par for a 74 on Sunday. Fowler ended up even for the tournament and tied for 37th.

Gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics returned on Sunday with the first four individual finals. The men started things off and performed about as they had in their other medal chances. Jake Dalton went fairly early in the floor routine but his score of 15.133 wasn’t enough to contend for a medal. By the time Sam Mikulak came up last it was clear he could seize gold with a repeat of his qualification performance. Mikulak wasn’t able to do that and put together a disappointing routine that placed him well behind the pack in eighth.

The women’s vault final would be a lot better for the US as Simone Biles was last to go. The space at the top for Biles to jump into was massive and after her first jump she could have won gold with all of a 14.7. She’d of course soar over that and post a 16.033 for an average of 15.966 that won her gold by over 0.7 points. Biles is the first American ever to win gold on the vault and only the fourth to medal. The US has medaled on the vault in back-to-back Olympics for the first time with McKayla Maroney having won silver in London.

Sailing

It was a downright great day of sailing for the US on Sunday. Caleb Paine finished tenth and fourth in the Finn races #9 and #10 to move up three spots to fourth and qualify for the medal race. Paine has 74 points with the bronze boat at 69 now. If Paine can finish three spots ahead of him in the medal race he could take the bronze. The medal race is Tuesday at 12:05 PM.

The other class locking in their lineup for the medal race on Sunday was the mixed Nacra 17. Bora Gulari and Louisa Chafee finished eighth, ninth, and third in races #10, #11, and #12 on Sunday. They were in 12th entering the day but moved into ninth to make the medal race. While they don’t have any chance of actually winning a medal they have rebounded well after the first five races with seven straight top nine finishes. The Nacra 17 medal race will be Tuesday at 1:05 PM.

Also on Sunday in the men’s 470 David Hughes and Stuart McNay were seventh and sixth in races #6 and #7 on Sunday. They moved up two spots to sixth and are medal contenders with races #8, #9, and #10 on Monday at 12:05 PM. If they can finish Monday in the top ten they’ll move into the medal race.

Over in the women’s 470 Annie Haeger and Briana Provancha were fifth and second in races #6 and #7. They have moved up two spots to second and are certainly in position to win gold in this event if they finish the event well. Races #8, #9, and #10 are Monday at 12:15 PM.

Shooting

The final event of shooting was the men’s 50m rifle, 3 positions. Matthew Emmons was the better of the two Americans but finished 19th with an 1169 total. Emmons was five points out of qualification position with a 378 in the standing portion the most damaging portion of the event. Emmons was a perfect 400 on the prone shooting which had given him some real hope to qualify. Daniel Lowe was 28th with a 382 total.

Synchronized Swimming

Synchronized swimming began on Sunday with Anita Alvarez and Mairya Koroleva in the preliminary free routine portion of qualifying. Alvarez and Koroleva were ninth best with a 86.4333 and are entering the technical routine on Monday at 10 AM in qualifying position (the top 12).

Tennis

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock took gold in an All-American final mixed doubles final on Sunday over Rajeev Ram and Venus Williams as the gold was decided in a super tie-break 6-7(3), 6-1, [10]-[7]. The US had won a medal in London in mixed doubles with Lisa Raymond and Mike Bryan winning bronze. This is only the second mixed doubles tennis competition in the modern era so this was first gold in event since Hazel Wightman and Richard Williams won gold in 1924, also in an all-American final.

Track and Field

The only non-evening action in track and field was the women’s marathon on Sunday morning. The US was unable to medal in the event but still managed to place three in the top nine, a remarkable feat in such a massive field. Shalane Flanagan was sixth followed by Desiree Linden in seventh and Amy Cragg in ninth.

In the evening inside the stadium the men’s high jump had their qualification round. Ricky Robertson and Bradley Adkins both needed two attempts to clear 2.26m and then failed to clear 2.29m. Erik Kynard also needed two attempts at 2.26m but cleared 2.29m on the first try. Only ten men cleared 2.29m so those who cleared 2.26m on the first try were also advanced to the final, Robertson and Adkins narrowly missing out. Kynard will be in the final on Tuesday night at 7:30 PM.

The women’s triple jump final was Sunday night with Keturah Orji competing. Orji posted an American record 14.71m mark on her first attempt and that mark nearly held on to medal throughout the night but it was knocked into fourth after three jumps and Orji couldn’t improve it. In the end her jump was just three centimeters short of the bronze distance.

In semifinal action on Sunday night Phyllis Francis, Natasha Hastings, and Allyson Felix all advanced to the women’s 400m final with Francis and Felix winning their heat and Hastings finishing second. They’ll compete in the final on Monday night at 9:45 PM. In the women’s 1500m semifinals Shannon Rowbury was third in her heat and Jennifer Simpson second in her heat as each advanced to the final on Tuesday night. Brenda Martinez was 12th in her heat and eliminated.

The men’s 100m was also on Sunday night. Marvin Bracy finished sixth in his heat and was eliminated in the semifinals. Trayvon Bromell was third in his heat on a photo finish and advanced to the final in the last at-large spot. Justin Gatlin clearly was the top contender from the US as he won his semifinal heat to advance. In the final Gatlin got off to a great start but it was no match for Usain Bolt as he pulled away to win his third straight Olympic gold. This was a bit slower of a run from Bolt than some of the past Olympics as he was at 9.81 with Gatlin at 9.89. Bromell was last in the final, a whopping quarter second behind Bolt.

The final event held on Sunday night was the men’s 400m final featuring LeShawn Merritt. Merritt came home third as Wayde Van Niekerk won the gold with a world record performance.

Volleyball

The US women finished 5-0 in the group stage after beating China on Sunday 3-1 (22–25, 25–17, 25–19, 25–19). The US did drop a set in each of their last four matches and were pushed to five sets by the Netherlands but the US is clearly one of the top medal contenders in this tournament. The US will face Japan on Tuesday night at 9:15 PM in the quarterfinals.

Water Polo

The US men had one last game to play in Rio and ended their Olympics on a positive note as they defeated Italy 10-7. It was an Olympic where the breaks often didn’t go the US way with a 0 GD that matched second place Croatia’s and was better than third place Italy’s. Ultimately it came down to the loss to Montenegro in the win-or-go-home fourth game. If the US had won that match they actually would have finished second in the group.

Weightlifting

The US had their last weightlifter on Sunday with Sarah Robles competing at +75kg. Robles had a great competition for the US posting the third best snatch of 126kg and the fourth best clean and jerk of 160kg. Robles combined total of 286kg was enough to win her a bronze medal by eight kilograms.

Wrestling

Wrestling began in Rio on Sunday with the men’s greco roman 59kg and 75kg competitions. In the 59kg competition Jesse Thielke beat El Mahadi Messaoudi in the round of 16 8-0 before losing in the quarterfinals to Rovshan Bayramov 9-0. Bayramov lost his semifinal so Thielke didn’t get a repechage chance. Andy Bisek beat Yurisandy Hernandez Rios in the 75kg round of 16 by a 1-0 score before losing to Bozo Starcevic in the quarterfinals 2-0. Starcevic lost his semifinal so Bisek didn’t get a repechage chance.

August 15th 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.

Beach Volleyball

The men’s beach volleyball tournament moves into the quarterfinals on Monday. Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena face Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt at 3 PM. Cerutti and Oscar Schmidt went 2-1 in the group stage but won both sets in their round of 16 match. Cerutti was part of the silver medal winning team in London.

NBC plans to carry the match LIVE this afternoon.

Boxing

The final American male to fight in the round of 16 will be Antonio Vargas in the men’s flyweight division. Vargas faces Shakhobidin Zoirov on Monday at 10:45 AM and if he wins it’ll be the most US boxers to reach the quarterfinals since 2000. Mikaela Mayer has her second bout in Rio when she faces Anastasiia Beliakova in the women’s lightweight quarterfinals at 4 PM Monday.

NBCSN will have tape delayed coverage between 8 and 9:30 PM.

Cycling

Bobby Lea is 15th entering the second day of the men’s omnium. He’ll wrap up the competition with the 1km time trial at 9:21 AM, the flying lap 250km time trial at 3 PM, and the points race at 4:23 PM. While Lea is finishing the men’s omnium on Monday Sarah Hammer will be beginning the women’s omnium. It’s the same basic format though some of distances are different. Hammer will start with the 10km scratch race at 9:59 AM before a break until later in the day where she’ll have the individual pursuit at 3:30 PM and the elimination race at 5:17 PM. Sarah Hammer was second in the Olympics in 2012 and is a top contender for the medals here in Rio.

MSNBC will have delayed coverage between 12 PM and 1 PM with more delayed coverage on NBCSN from 3 PM to 6 PM.

Diving

Mike Hixon and Kristian Ipsen are in the men’s 3m springboard preliminary round on Monday at 2:15 PM. Hixon and Ipsen need to finish in the top 18 of the 29-man field to reach the semifinals on Tuesday.

NBC will have delayed coverage in their primetime window between 8 PM and 12 AM.

Equestrian

On Monday the individual dressage event warps up with the Grand Prix Freestyle event. Two of the Americans will go nearly right away with Steffen Peters at 9 AM and Allison Brock at 9:20 AM. They’ll be hoping to set a score that will last a long time near the top because the final American, Laura Graves, doesn’t go until 12:10 PM and they’ll be a lot of riders who have a chance to top them. Peters was and Graves went 1-2 at the Pan American Games last summer.

USA will have LIVE coverage between 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM.

Field Hockey

The US women will have their first knockout round match on Monday when they face Germany in the quarterfinals at 11:30 AM. The Olympics have been such a bright time for the team so far but now with them as clear medal contenders a loss in the quarterfinals would be a big disappointment. These two teams met four years ago with Germany beating the US in the group stage 2-1. In 2012 only the top four advanced to the knockout round while Germany beat South Korea in a seventh-place match.

NBCSN will have LIVE coverage of the game.

Gymnastics

The only apparatus final the US will be participating in on Monday will be the women’s balance beam with Simone Biles and Laurie Hernandez at 2:46 PM. The US has won four medals in the last three Olympics in this event. Biles won gold in this event at the world championships each of the last two years.

The gymnastics will be covered on delay in prime time on NBC between 8 PM and 12 AM.

Sailing

Wrapping up their main course of races on Monday in the men’s 470 will be David Hughes and Stuart McNay. They are in sixth and are medal contenders with races #8, #9, and #10 on Monday at 12:05 PM. If they can finish Monday in the top ten they’ll move into the medal race.

Over in the women’s 470 Annie Haeger and Briana Provancha are in second and are certainly in position to win gold in this event if they finish the event well. Races #8, #9, and #10 are Monday at 12:15 PM.

Resuming their races on Monday will be Thomas Barrows III and Joseph Morria in the men’s 49er. They are in 19th with races #7, #8, and #9 to come on Monday at 12:05 PM. In the women’s 49er FX Paris Henken and Helena Scutt are in ninth with races #7, #8, and #9 on Monday at 12:05 PM.

Sailing will be covered on delay on MSNBC in their 4-5 PM window.

Swimming

While swimming is done in the pool there are still Americans left to compete in the marathon swim races. The first of these comes up on Monday with the women’s 10km. Haley Anderson will be in the race for the US and took silver in London.

NBCSN should have some coverage between 8 AM and 11:30 AM while NBC will cover it on delay between 4 and 5 PM.

Synchronized Swimming

Synchronized swimming continues on Monday with Anita Alvarez and Mairya Koroleva in the preliminary technical routine portion of qualifying at 10 AM. Alvarez and Koroleva are ninth best with a 86.4333 ahead of Monday and need to place in the top 12 to advance to the final on Tuesday.

NBC is scheduled to have delayed coverage between 4 PM and 5 PM.

Track and Field

The track and field day begins at 8:30 AM with Will Claye in group A of the men’s triple jump qualifications and Chris Benard and Christian Taylor at the same time in group B. The top 12 advance and anyone over 16.95m. The first track event is the women’s 200m first round. Jenna Prandini goes at 8:36 AM, Deejah Stevens goes at 9 AM, and Tori Bowie goes at 9:12 AM. They’ll need a top two finish in their heat or a top six at-large place to advance to the semifinals on Tuesday night.

The next event on the track is the men’s 3000m steeplechase first round. The Americans competing will need a top three finish in their heat or one of six at-large spots to make the final on Wednesday night. Hillary Bor goes at 9:25 AM, Evan Jager at 9:40 AM, and Donald Cabral at 9:55 AM. The men’s 3000m steeplechase semifinals will be followed by the women’s 3000m steeplechase final at 10:15 AM. Three Americans have made the final: Colleen Quigley, Courtney Frerichs, and  Emma Coburn.

While the steeplechases are taking place on the track the women’s hammer throw final will be taking place in the field at 9:40 AM. Amber Campbell and Deanna Price have made the final for the US with everyone getting three attempts and then the top eight getting three more attempts after that.

The final event of the morning session is the men’s 400m hurdles first round. Athletes need to take a top three spot in their heat or a top 6 at-large time to reach the semifinals on Tuesday evening. Kerron Clement will go at 10:35 AM, Byron Robinson will go at 11:03 AM, and Michael Tinsley goes at 11:10 AM.

The evening session begins at 7:30 PM with the women’s discus throw qualification round. Whitney Ashley will be in the group A that starts at this time while Kelsey Card and Shelbi Vaughan will be part of the second group going at 8:50 PM.

In the men’s pole vault final at 7:35 PM Sam Kendricks will be the only one competing for the US as he hopes to duplicate the performance that led to a silver at the world indoor championships this spring in Portland.

The men’s 110m Hurdles first round starts on Monday evening with qualifying for the semifinals an easier task than in a lot of other events. The top four in each heat and the next four best overall times all will move on. Jeffrey Porter goes at 7:40 PM, Devon Allen at 8:04 PM, and Ronnie Ash at 8:12 PM. They’ll be followed by more first round hurdles at the women’s 400m first round takes place. Sydney McLaughlin goes at 8:30 PM with Ashley Spencer at 8:46 PM, and Dalilah Muhammad at 9:02 PM. Just like the men’s first round in the morning the top three in each heat plus the six best overall times advance.

The night on the track wraps up with the men’s 800m final at 9:25 PM featuring Boris Berian and Clayton Murphy and the women’s 400m final featuring Phyllis Francis, Natasha Hastings, and Allyson Felix at 9:45 PM.

There will be some coverage on NBCSN LIVE during the 8-11:30 AM period and LIVE on NBC in their 10 AM-1 PM window. NBC will have LIVE coverage in primetime from 8 PM-12 AM.

Volleyball

The US men wrap up their group with Mexico on Monday at 10:35 AM. Mexico is already eliminated so the US is favored to win here and advanced to the quarterfinals. Tied with three other teams at 2-2 with one of them going home the US can help their cause by at least taking this five sets. The Brazil-France loser is guaranteed to be at 2-3 so if the US lost and got into a tiebreaker with them the first tiebreaker is points with teams being awarded an extra point for a five set loss. The second tiebreaker is set ratio which the US is likely to lose.

You can catch this one LIVE on NBC.

Water Polo

The US women open the knockout round against Brazil on Monday at 1:10 PM. Brazil went 0-3 in the group stage losing by six, seven, and seven. The Brazilians had never made the Olympics before and it’s hard to see them beating the US on Monday.

NBC will have LIVE coverage of the water polo.

Wrestling

The last two men’s greco roman wrestlers compete for the US on Monday. Ben Provisor faces Rustam Assakalov in the 85kg round of 16 while Robby Smith face Sabah Shariati in the 130kg round of 16. The wrestling competitions use the “followed by” scheduling system so it’s hard to tell when matches will actually be but Provisor should start after 9:20 AM with Smith after 9:25 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. 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.

MSNBC has tape delayed coverage from 1-4 PM with the finals delayed on NBCSN sometime betwen 8-9:30 PM.