Monday was the first time in Rio that the US failed to take home a gold medal and the six total medals were the lowest number for a single day since the first day of the games. The two biggest highlights of the day were Allyson Felix barely losing a photo finish in the women’s 400m as she took silver and Laurie Hernandez winning a silver on the balance beam as the US women’s gymnastics team has four medals through three apparatus finals.

August 15th Recap:

Beach Volleyball

The men’s beach volleyball tournament moved into the quarterfinals on Monday. Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena took on Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt in a matchup that was worthy of the semifinals. The Brazilians seemed to be propelled by the fanatical home crowd who had their backs like the wind tearing through the stadium in Rio. Dalhausser and Lucena lost the first set 14-21 but rallied to win the second set 21-12 and force a third set. They quickly fell behind in the third set and tried to rally back but lost 9-15. It’s the second straight Olympics without a men’s beach volleyball medal. The US won gold in the event the first two times it was held in 1996 and 2000 and again in 2004 but it’s increasingly looking like the American dominance in the event seems to be ending.

Boxing

The final American male to fight in the round of 16 was Antonio Vargas in the men’s flyweight division. Vargas lost the first two rounds to Shakhobidin Zoirov according to all three judges and while two of them gave him the third round it was too little too late 3-0 (30-27, 29-28, 29-28). Mikaela Mayer had her second bout in Rio but lost to Anastasiia Beliakova in the women’s lightweight quarterfinals. Mayer had fallen behind two rounds to one according to all the judges and needed to win the third to send it to the preferred winner vote. Only one of the judges thought she won the final round and she lost 2-0 (38-38, 39-37, 39-37).

Canoeing

I haven’t found any of evidence of how and Maggie Hogan got into the women’s K-1 200m sprint event on Monday, but there she was competing. Hogan qualified in the K-1 500m but from everything I’d read that was going to be her only event. My guess is she received the spot in the 200m race when one of the other athletes was suspended. Hogan’s time in the 200m wasn’t long as she was last in the heats on Monday and was eliminated. Hogan’s main race in the 500m will be on Wednesday at 8:51 AM.

Cycling

Bobby Lea was 15th entering the second day of the men’s omnium. He was 14th to start the day in the 1km time trial, 12th in the flying lap 250km time trial, and then in the points race he dropped out after being lapped twice and finished 18th overall.

Beginning the women’s omnium on Monday was Sarah Hammer. The defending silver medalist had a decent day but also lost ground to the defending Olympic champion Laura Potts in each event. Starting in the 10km scratch race both Hammer and Potts were lapped but finished with Potts in second and Hammer in fourth. In the individual pursuit race next in the day Hammer laid down a time over three seconds clear of anyone else in the field, except for Laura Potts that is. Potts was almost two seconds quicker than Hammer. Finally in the always exciting elimination race Hammer had to avoid elimination with a sprint from the back on several occasions down the stretch but manage to get into the final three. She led the final three into the second-to-last sprint but had both of them pass her coming to the line as the finished third and Potts won the event.

Through the first day Hammer sits in third and is now 10 points behind Potts with 108. Hammer will be hoping to make up some ground in the 500m time trial at 9:57 AM and the flying lap 250m time trial at 3:10 PM. The event ends at 4:05 PM with the points race. There will be occasional sprints in the points race with 5-3-2-1 awarded to the first across the line in each sprint. There will also be 20 points available to anyone who gains a lap on the pack. The riders will start with their point total from the first five events and then add to it in the points race with the leader at the end the gold medalist.

Diving

Mike Hixon and Kristian Ipsen both had no problems advancing from the men’s 3m springboard preliminary round on Monday. Ipsen was fairly consistent throughout the competition with only one dive receiving a score less than 7.5. Ipsen finished third with a 461.35 total. Hixon started off strong but had a particularly weak fourth dive and didn’t close well as he finished tenth with a 421.60 total. Both easily advanced to the semifinals on Tuesday at 9 AM with the final to follow for the top 12 at 5 PM. There will be less margin for error but you’d expect both to make the final.

Equestrian

On Monday the individual dressage event warpped up with the Grand Prix Freestyle event. Steffen Peters went first and Allison Brock went third as they posted scores of 79.393 and 76.160 that gave them finishes of 12th and 15th. Going second to last was Laura Graves who briefly was in third but was knocked off the medal stand and finished fourth with an 85.196 score.

Field Hockey

The US women were knocked out by Germany on Monday in the quarterfinals. After a 4-0 start to the Olympics the field hockey team lost their last two matches by 2-1 scores. Germany scored two goals in the first quarter and the US never mounted a sustained offensive attack not scoring their opener until there was just three minutes left. The US will now turn their attention to the World League next summer and the World Cup the summer after that.

Gymnastics

The only apparatus final on Monday was the women’s balance beam with Simone Biles and Laurie Hernandez. Biles stunned everyone with a shaky routine; even the best fall down sometimes. Biles had a major balance check and had to place her hands on the beam to prevent falling off and that counts as a fall. Her final score of 14.733 didn’t seem like enough to medal as that score would have placed fifth and eighth in the last two Olympics. Biles was passed by two of the next three gymnasts including Hernandez who had a strong routine that placed her just behind first with a 15.333. Remarkably the last two weren’t able to unseat Biles and she won bronze in the event with Hernandez taking silver.

Sailing

The conditions were not real suitable for sailing on Monday as most of the racing that was scheduled to happen had to be postponed until Tuesday. The races that did happen came in the men’s 49er and women’s 49er FX classes. In the men’s 49er Thomas Barrows III and Joseph Morria were 16th in races #7 and #8 and then 11th in race #9 as they stayed in 19th with the final three races scheduled for Tuesday at 12:05 PM. In the women’s 49er FX Paris Henken and Helena Scutt were 11th in race #7 and eighth in races #8 and #9 on Monday. They stayed in ninth overall but certainly lost ground on the top three. The final three races are scheduled for Tuesday at 12:05 PM as they will need to stay in the top ten to reach the medal races.

Postponed on Monday were races #8, #9, and #10 in the men’s 470, races #8, #9, and #10 in the women’s 470, and the medal race for the women’s laser radial featuring Paige Railey.

Swimming

While swimming is done in the pool the final events are the marathon swim races. Haley Anderson was near the front in the women’s 10km open water swim throughout the race on Monday but fell off a bit down the stretch hanging around to finish fifth almost 50 seconds behind the winner.

Synchronized Swimming

Synchronized swimming wrapped up their preliminary round on Monday with Anita Alvarez and Mairya Koroleva advancing to Tuesday’s final at 1 PM. Alvarez and Koroleva scored a 86.4612 in the preliminary technical routine to place ninth in qualifying.

Track and Field

The track and field day began with the men’s triple jump qualifications as two of the US men showed they’ll be top contenders for the gold on Tuesday morning at 8:50 AM. Will Claye had a jump of 17.05m, third best in the field, while Christian Taylor went 17.24m to lead qualifying. Chris Benard failed to qualify after a jump of 16.55m placed him 16th. In the women’s 200m first round Jenna Prandini, Deejah Stevens, and Tori Bowie all won their heats and advanced to the semifinals on Tuesday night at 9 PM.

The next event on the track was the men’s 3000m steeplechase first round. Hillary Bor, and Evan Jager each won their heat with Donald Cabral finishing third in his heat as all three advanced to the final on Wednesday morning at 10:50 AM. The men’s 3000m steeplechase first round was followed by the women’s 3000m steeplechase final. Emma Coburn ran an American record setting race in 9:07.63 and grabbed the bronze medal, the first American to medal in the steeplechase since Brian Diemer in 1984. This race was only the third women’s event in the Olympics. The other Americans in the final finished eight (Colleen Quigley) and 11th (Courtney Frerichs) as the US was the only country with three in the top eleven.

In field events on Monday morning Amber Campbell and Deanna Price competed in the women’s hammer throw final. With throws of 70.20m and 70.95m both Campbell and Price made it to the final eight but only Campbell improved her score (a throw of 72.74) as both finished well behind the medalists in sixth and eighth respectively. The world record was smashed in this event with Anita Wlodarczyk going 82.29m! That’s throwing a 16 pound object 90 yards. The fact that it is even possible blows my mind. Here’s another mind blowing stat, her throw was just 0.23m short of the American MEN’s record and would have won the men’s gold medal in London… WOW!

The final event of the morning session was the men’s 400m hurdles first round. Kerron Clement and Byron Robinson each placed third in their heat to advance to the semifinals on Tuesday night at 8:35 PM. Michael Tinsley was sixth in his heat and failed to advance.

In the evening session none of the American women were able to advance from the discus throw qualification round. Whitney Ashley wasn’t able to get a clean throw in with her three attempts while Kelsey Card was 25th with a 56.41m total while Shelbi Vaughan was 29th with a 53.33m total. In the men’s 110m hurdles Jeff Porter and Devon Allen each finished second in their heat while Ronnie Ash won his as all there advanced to the semifinals on Tuesday night at 7:40 PM with the final later in the evening on Tuesday. The final first round event of Monday night was the women’s 400m hurdles. Ashley Spencer and Dalilah Muhammad won their heats while Sydney McLaughlin was fifth in her heat and grabbed the fifth of six at-large spots into the semifinals. All three will be running again on Tuesday night at 8:10 PM in the semifinals.

In the men’s pole vault final Sam Kendricks was involved in a fantastically entertaining competition. Kendricks cleared 5.50m on the first try but had to take two tries at 5.65m and you wondered if that would cost him later on. At the next height of 5.75m he missed the first try and with three jumpers clearing it on try one he knew he couldn’t win an Olympic medal without clearing 5.85m so he passed on his final two tries. This meant he’d have just two chances at 5.85m to stay in the competition. Clearing 5.85m on the first try he had two competitors miss on their first try and pass using the same strategy he had just used at 5.75m. None of the three cleared 5.93m but with Kendricks having cleared 5.85m he was your bronze medalist.

The night wrapped up on the track with two finals. First in the men’s 800m final Clayton Murphy was third and took home a bronze. Murphy’s bronze was the first medal by an American in the event since Johnny Gray won bronze 24 years ago. Boris Berian finished eighth in final. The last event of the evening was the women’s 400m final which provided the most dramatic finish we’ve seen in track so far. Allyson Felix came down the final 100m pushing for the lead and might have won a 405m race as she was beaten to the line by a diving Shaunae Miller who faded in the final homestretch. Natasha Hastings came in fourth with Phyllis Francis right behind her in fifth. The US had won gold in this event in 2012 with Sanya Richards-Ross taking the gold.

Volleyball

The US men wrapped up their group with Mexico on Monday. A simple 3-0 sweep (25-23, 25-11, 25-19) moved the US to 3-2 in their group and locked up a spot in the quarterfinals. The US finished their group third but the volleyball tournaments randomize second and third when making matchups for the quarterfinals so the US drew Poland, second in Pool B at 4-1. That matchup will be on Wednesday at 1 PM.

Water Polo

The US women were dominant to open the knockout round against Brazil on Monday. Never letting the hosts think they were in it the US led 5-0 after eight minutes and 8-0 at the half en route to a 13-3 win. The win set up a semifinal showdown with Hungary on Wednesday at 11:20 AM. Those two met to end the group stage with the US winning 11-6 so the American will be heavy favorites again on Wednesday.

Wrestling

The last two men’s greco roman wrestlers competed for the US on Monday. Ben Provisor lost 6-3 to Rustam Assakalov in the 85kg round of 16 while Robby Smith lost 8-2 to Sabah Shariati in the 130kg round of 16. Neither of their opponents advanced to the final so both Provisor and Smith did not make the repechage bracket. The US has now failed to medal in greco-roman wrestling at consecutive Olympics.

August 16th 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.

Basketball

The US women open the knockout round against Japan on Tuesday at 5:45 PM. Japan went 3-2 in the group stage. This is Japan’s first Olympics since 2004 and only their third since 1976. These two countries last met in the Olympics in 1996 with the US beating Japan in a decently close game 108-93.

NBCSN will have LIVE coverage of the game.

Beach Volleyball

The last US beach volleyball team in Rio is the duo of April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings. Already into the semifinals they’re guaranteed two more medals and a win in either one will earn them a medal. Ross and Walsh Jennings face Ágatha Bednarczuk/Bárbara Seixas in the semifinals at 10:59 PM ET, the second straight day we’ll see a USA-Brazil beach volleyball matchup. Bednarczuk and Seixas won the world championship last year.

NBC plans to carry the match LIVE this evening.

Boxing

The US is now down to just three boxers in Rio and the two men left both face quarterfinal bouts on Tuesday. Fighting 30 minutes apart Shakur Stevenson takes on Tsendbaatar Erdenbat at 10:45 AM in the men’s bantamweight quarterfinals and then Gary Antuanne Russell faces Fazliddin Gaibnazarov at 11:15 AM in the men’s light welterweight quarterfinals. Gaibnazarov is back at his second Olympics after reaching the quarterfinals in London and winning silver in the world championships last year. This will be a really tough challenge if Russell wants to win an Olympic medal.

NBCSN will have tape delayed coverage of boxing between 7:30 and 9:15 PM.

Cycling

Finishing the women’s omnium on Tuesday will be Sarah Hammer. The defending silver medalist had a decent first day but is in third and trails defending Olympic champion Laura Potts by ten points. Hammer will be hoping to make up some ground in the 500m time trial at 9:57 AM and the flying lap 250m time trial at 3:10 PM. The event ends at 4:05 PM with the points race. There will be occasional sprints in the points race with 5-3-2-1 awarded to the first across the line in each sprint. There will also be 20 points available to anyone who gains a lap on the pack. The riders will start with their point total from the first five events and then add to it in the points race with the leader at the end the gold medalist.

Also on Tuesday will be the men’s keirin event. Matthew Baranoski is in the field competing in the fourth heat of the first round to start the day at 9:33 AM. Baranoski will need to finish in the top two of seven in his heat to reach the second round at 3:46 PM. If Baranoski does finish outside the top two there will be repechages at 10:25 AM for a second shot at the second round. The repechages will only advance one rider in each of the four heats. The second round at 3:46 PM will have two heats with the top three in each heat going to the final at 5:20 PM and the next three going to the 7-12 final at 5:14 PM.

NBCSN will have delayed coverage between 12 PM and 3 PM with LIVE coverage on CNBC from 5-7 PM.

Diving

Mike Hixon and Kristian Ipsen will be in the men’s 3m springboard semifinals on Tuesday at 9 AM with the final to follow for the top 12 at 5 PM. Having both finished in the top ten in the preliminaries you’d expect both to make the final on Tuesday and both could be medalists if they have a strong day.

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

Equestrian

On Tuesday the individual jumping second qualifier will serve as the first round of the team event as well. For the individual event the scores from the first qualifier carry over so Kent Farrington will be the one in the best shape for the US with no faults while Lucy Davis, Beezie Madden, and McLain Ward all had four faults in the first qualifier. Farrington will be the first American to go, 27th overall, so it’ll be a while after the 9 AM start before we see an American out there. Davis goes 38th, Ward 49th, and Madden 60th. If the Americans are in the top 45 individually they’ll advance to the third qualifier on Wednesday while as a team they need to be in the top eight. With four faults already if Davis, Madden, or Ward have more than four again on Tuesday they may not finish in the top 45.

NBC will have LIVE coverage between 12 PM and 1 PM.

Gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics wraps up on Tuesday with the final three apparatus finals. The US will be contesting all three with Danell Leyva leading off in the parallel bars final at 1 PM, Simone Biles going fifth and Aly Raisman going seventh in the women’s floor final at 1:47 PM, and Leyva going last and Sam Mikulak going fourth in the horizontal bar final.

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

Sailing

Tuesday will be a busy day in sailing with three medal races along with four other classes wrapping up their opening series. Medal races will start with the women’s Laser Radial featuring Paige Railey at 12:05 PM. Railey is in tenth and will not be able to medal but will be looking to finish strong. The final medal race is in mixed Nacra 17 with Bora Gulari and Louisa Chafee sitting in ninth and outside of medal contention in their race at 2:20 PM.

The other medal race is at 1:35 PM in the men’s Finn class with Caleb Paine a real threat to take bronze. Paine is fourth entering the medal race, where every position is worth double their normal points, and will need to finish three positions higher than the third place sailor right now, Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic. Max Salminen is also tied with Paine so his finishing position will be relevant as well.

Wrapping up their original series on Tuesday will be the men’s 49er with Thomas Barrows III and Joseph Morria. They are in 19th with the final three races scheduled for Tuesday at 12:05 PM. In the women’s 49er FX Paris Henken and Helena Scutt are in ninth overall and would seem to be out of medal contention but they will hope to make the medal races by finishing in the top ten overall after the final three races on Tuesday at 12:05 PM.

Also wrapping up their original course of races on Tuesday 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 Tuesday at 12:05 PM. If they can finish the day 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 Tuesday at 12:15 PM.

Sailing will be covered on delay on MSNBC in their 2-5 PM window.

Swimming

The final swimming race in Rio is the men’s open water 10km race. The US has two swimmers in the race with Sean Ryan and Jordan Wilimovsky competing in the event at 8 AM. Wilimovsky was the world champion in this event last year.

NBCSN is scheduled to have delayed coverage between 12 PM and 3 PM.

Synchronized Swimming

Synchronized swimming wraps up on Monday with Anita Alvarez and Mairya Koroleva with the final free routine. Scores have been reset but Alvarez and Koroleva will have to score better on Tuesday in the free final to have any medal hopes. Koroleva was part of the US duet in London that made the final and placed 11th which is the same spot Alvarez and Koroleva placed at the world championship last summer.

NBC is scheduled to have delayed coverage between 2:30 and 5 PM.

Track and Field

The track and field day will begin at 8:30 AM with the women’s 5000m round 1. Kim Conley and Shelby Houlihan at 8:30 AM and Abbey D’Agostino at 8:55 AM will be competing with the top five in each heat and five at-large spots into the final on Friday night. The next event on the track is the first round of the men’s 1500m. Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. will go at 9:30 AM, Robby Andrews goes at 9:39 AM and Ben Blankenship will go at 9:48 AM with the top six in each heat and the six best at-large times going to the semifinals on Thursday night.

Field events begin in the morning with the women’s pole vault qualification round. Sandi Morris and Alexis Weeks go in group A with Jennifer Suhr in group B. Both groups will have qualifying at the same time at 8:45 AM. The top 12 and anyone clearing 4.60m will be in the final. The big event in field on Tuesday morning will be the men’s triple jump final with Christian Taylor and Will Claye at 8:50 AM. Everyone gets three jumps and then the top eight will get three more attempts.

Wrapping up the morning on the track will be two final events. First will be the first round of the women’s 100m hurdles with Kristi Castlin at 10:05 AM, Nia Ali at 10:12 AM, and Brianna Rollins at 10:40 AM. The top three in each heat and six at-large spots will move into the semifinals on Wednesday night. Next in the men’s 200m first round Ameer Webb will go at 10:57 AM, Justin Gatlin will go at 11:18 AM, and LaShawn Merritt will wrap things up at 11:39 AM. They’ll need a top two finish in their heat or one of four at-large spots to move into Wednesday evening’s semifinals.

At 7:30 PM the highlight of the night in field will be the men’s high jump final with Erik Kynard competing. There’s 15 men in the final and if the event is anywhere as exciting as the pole vault final it should be an exciting one. The other jumping event in the evening session is the women’s long jump qualification at 8:05 PM with Tianna Bartoletta in group A and Janay DeLoach and Brittney Reese in group B. They’ll need a top 12 finish or to jump 6.75m to advance in this one. The final field event of the night is qualifying in the women’s javelin throw. There will be two qualification groups at separate times on Tuesday night. Brittany Borman and Maggie Malone are in group A at 7:35 PM while Kara Winger goes at 8:50 PM.

On the track things start with the men’s 110m hurdles semifinals starting at 7:40 PM. The heats have not been set but Jeff Porter, Ronnie Ash, and Devon Allen will be the three going for the US. They’ll comeback to compete in the final at 9:45 PM on Tuesday night if they finish in the top two in their heat or grab one of two at-large spots.

Next up is the 400m hurdles semifinals beginning with the women and then the men. In both events you’ll need a top two spot in your heat or one of two at-large spots. Sydney McLaughlin at 8:10 PM, Ashley Spencer at 8:18 PM, and Dalilah Muhammad at 8:26 PM will go in the women’s event hoping to make Thursday night’s final. On the men’s side it will be Kerron Clement at 8:35 PM and Byron Robinson at 8:49 PM with their final on Thursday morning.

The other two track events on Tuesday night begin with the women’s 200m semifinals. Deejah Stevens goes at 9 PM, Jenna Prandini at 9:08 PM, and Tori Bowie at 9:16 PM with the top two in each heat and two at-large spots going to the final on Wednesday night. The other event Tuesday night is the women’s 1500m final. The two Americans in this race will be Shannon Rowbury and Jennifer Simpson.

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

Volleyball

The US women begin the knockout round with Japan on Tuesday at 1 PM. The US went 5-0 in pool play while Japan went 2-3. Japan was the bronze medalists in London and last met the US in the Olympics in Beijing where the US took the match 3-1.

You can catch this one LIVE on NBC.