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Rio 2016 Daily Update – August 12th

Another incredible night for the US in the pool capped off a Friday that featured a medal in fencing that hadn’t happened in 84 years, tennis bronze, a medal for the sixth straight Olympics by a shotgun athlete, and an equestrian bronze. The US also took home medals in archery and boxing on perhaps the most diverse and busiest day of the games for the US. Continue reading Rio 2016 Daily Update – August 12th

Rio 2016 Daily Update – August 11th

Thursday may be remembered as the day that three Americans who are the greatest Americans ever in their sport, had their signature moment. Kayla Harrison on the judo mat is now not only the only American to ever win gold, she’s won it twice in a row. Simone Biles became the first American woman to win the Olympics all-around and the World Championships all-around (and she has three of those!). And finally in the pool Michael Phelps became the first swimmer ever to win the same event in four straight Olympics and has *22* gold medals now.

JUDOCA KAYLA HARRISON É OURO NA RIO 2016

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Rio 2016 Daily Update – August 8th

Sunday was another strong day for the US with US coming close to gold in both fencing and shotgun before picking up medals. Cycling teased the country with a US rider not even a quarter kilometer from gold, and then swimming brought the house down in the evening with four pairs of swimmers reaching tomorrow night’s finals and, two gold medals, and three other medal. The weather was not great in Rio affecting several events and cancelling the rowing entirely for the day. Catch up on it all and preview Monday in our daily update.

Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Day 3
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Rio 2016 Daily Update – August 7th

Sunday was another strong day for the US with US coming close to gold in both fencing and shotgun before picking up medals. Cycling teased the country with a US rider not even a quarter kilometer from gold, and then swimming brought the house down in the evening with four pairs of swimmers reaching tomorrow night’s finals and, two gold medals, and three other medal. The weather was not great in Rio affecting several events and cancelling the rowing entirely for the day. Catch up on it all and preview Monday in our daily update.

Olympic Megastore had to close due to wind (it's basically a big tent) Rio 2016
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Rio 2016 Daily Update – August 6th

In a busy day on Saturday US athletes got their Olympics underway in a large range of sports. Medals were up for grabs in a few one-day events and the US didn’t wait long to win their first gold. The first medal of the Olympics for the US was gold and it belonged to Ginny Thrasher, a 19-year-old West Virginia sophomore who had won NCAA championships this spring and ended an incredible six month by winning Olympic gold in the women’s 10m air rifle on the first day of the Olympics. The US would have more chances at gold later in the day but would only take home silver in three swimming events as well as men’s team archery. Continue reading Rio 2016 Daily Update – August 6th

Rio 2016 Daily Update – August 5th

Friday was the end of the three day lead-in to the Olympics where a couple of sports get underway but not very much is happening. From beginning to end the US action on Friday lasted only about six hours with a good break in there was well. On Saturday the action will be nearly nonstop from 7:30 AM to 8 PM with a bonus beach volleyball night cap three hours later.

August 5th Recap:

Archery

On the last day before the Olympics really swing into action there was just one event going on in Rio. The archery competitors all participated in a 72-arrow ranking round to set the seedings for the individual and team events to be held over the next week. The men went first and Brady Ellison was in top form posting a 690 that was second only to a world record 700 from Kim Woo-Jin of Korea. Finishing 15th with a 674 was Zach Garrett while Jake Kaminski ended up 31st with a 660.

Now if you focus on those seeds.. #2, #15, #31… you may quickly realize that they are closely bunched on the bracket. Indeed if Ellison and Kaminski both win their first matches they will face off in the second round. And the winner of that would face Garrett if he wins his first two matches. Unfortunately the US has three of the eight in one eighth of the bracket and thus only one will be able to reach the quarterfinals and try to medal. As far as matchups go it’s Kaminski vs. Marcus D’Almeida on Tuesday at 3:18 PM, Ellison vs. Ali Elghrari on Tuesday at 3:31 PM, and Garrett vs. Haziq Kamaruddin on Wednesday at 3:18 PM. I believe the round of 32 matches for all of them would be later on those days.

In the meantime the three will team up to try and secure a medal in the team event on Saturday. The US is seeded second after posting a score of 2024 and has a bye to the quarterfinals where they will face Chinese Taipei or Indonesia at 2:15 PM. The entire team competition is tomorrow so they will keep competing as the day progress if they advance.

On the women’s side the only one competing is Mackenzie Brown who was up and down at times in her ranking round but finished 19th with a 641 score. She’ll face Claudia Mandia in the first knockout round on Monday at 8:26 AM.

Team USA's Brady Ellison in action

August 6th 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.

Archery

As mentioned previously, Brady EllisonJake Kaminski, and Zach Garrett will begin the men’s team event at 2:15 PM against Indonesia or Chinese Taipei. Semifinals and a bronze or gold medal final will follow if the US advances. The archery matches should be live as part of MSNBC’s coverage from 2:15-5 PM.

Basketball

The first of many beatdowns of the Olympics is expected on Saturday when the US men face China at 6 PM. This matchup doesn’t feature much intrigue as these two sides met twice in warmups for the Olympics with the US winning by 50 and 49 points. The game will be shown live on NBCSN.

Beach Volleyball

It won’t be until 3:30 PM before beach volleyball gets underway for any Americans when Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson take on Jefferson Pereira and Cherif Younousse to open up their pool play. The sport will keep us up late on several occasions though and Saturday is one of them as April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings won’t hit the sand until 11 PM when they face Mariafe Artacho and Nicole Laird. The Gibb/Patterson match will air live on NBC as will Ross/Walsh Jennings later in the evening.

Boxing

Two Americans will enter the ring for round of 32 matches on Saturday. Carlos Balderas starts the lightweight division with a match against Berik Abdrakhmanov at 11:15 AM while Nico Hernandez has a late afternoon 4:30 PM matchup with Manuel Cappai in the light flyweight division. You might be able to catch the Balderas fight live on Telemundo while NBCSN will have them tape delayed as part of their coverage from 9 PM-12 AM.

Cycling

Cycling will begin on Saurday with the men’s road race, only 150.1 miles. Brent Bookwalter and Taylor Phinney will be racing for the US and the race will include Tour de France winner Chris Froome of Great Britain. It begins at 8:30 AM. The road race will be covered live by NBC during their coverage from 8-10:30 AM and by NBCSN in their coverage between 10:30 AM and 3 PM.

Equestrian

The start of the eventing competition will take two days to get through all of the dressage programs but two Americans are in the ring tomorrow. Boyd Martin is the first American out at 10:36 AM while Clark Montgomery goes at 3:14 PM. You’ll be able to catch the equestrian coverage on USA between 3 and 4 PM. One would think they might get Montgomery’s on live, but that’s not certain.

Fencing

The first gold of Rio in fencing will be handed out on Saturday in the women’s individual epee event and two American sisters are in contention. Courtney Hurley will start in the round of 32 at 9:45 AM against Yana Shemyakina while Kelley Hurley faces Nathalie Moellhausen at 10:15 AM in the same round. The other American is Katharine Holmes and she takes on Erika Kirpu at 9:45 AM as well. The round of 16 and quarterfinals proceed pretty quickly after the round of 32 before the semifinals and finals come later in the day. You won’t get much fencing coverage on TV tomorrow as the only scheduled coverage is the final on tape delay during CNBC’s coverage from 5-8 PM.

Field Hockey

Competing in the third straight Olympics for the first time the US hopes to build on a competitive showing in London as they open up with a must win matchup against Argentina at 4 PM. The US has defeated them in the Olympics four years ago as well as in the Pan American games so it’s a winnable matchup and with the top four in the group of six advancing a win in this one could be a difference maker in the quest for the quarterfinals where anything could happen. This one will be shown live on USA.

Gymnastics

While there isn’t really and drama about how the US team will do in qualifying for the men’s event (hint – they’ll make it) the real question on Saturday is how individuals do overall and in each event because Saturday’s qualifying round is what will determine who gets to compete for individual all-around titles as well as individual event titles. The US competes in the second group to take to the apparatus at 1:30 PM. Chris BrooksJake DaltonDanell LeyvaSam Mikulak, and Alex Naddour make up the team this year. Looking to watch it live? Your only chance will be online as NBC will delay their coverage until the evening telecast from 8 PM-12 AM.

Rowing

No medals at stake in rowing tomorrow as all we will see is the opening heats of several events. Gevvie Stone is in the second heat of the women’s single sculls which begins at 8:30 AM. In the men’s pair at 9:30 AM Nareg Guregian and Anders Weiss are in the first heat. Meghan O’Leary and Ellen Tomek will be in the second heat of the women’s double sculls at 10 AM while Anthony FahdenEdward KingTyler Nase, and Robin Prendes in the men’s lightweight four will have to wait to the third and final heat of the 11 AM event. Finally in the 11:50 AM women’s quadruple sculls Tracy EisserMegan KalmoeGrace Latz, and Adrienne Martelli will be in the second heat. Rowing will be covered in two places tomorrow, live on NBC between 8 and 10:30 AM and delayed on NBC between 3 and 4:15 PM.

Rugby Sevens

Rugby makes its return to the Olympics on Saturday with the beginning of the women’s event. The US will compete twice on Saturday, opening at 12 PM against Fiji and closing the day against Colombia at 5 PM. The Fiji match will be shown live on NBCSN while the Colombia match will be live on CNBC.

Shooting

The shooting events get underway with two events beginning and being decided on Saturday. Sarah Scherer and Virginia Thrasher will take part in the women’s 10m air rifle qualification round at 7:30 AM with hopes of advancing to the final at 9:30 AM. The other event being held is the men’s 10m air pistol with the qualification round at 12 PM featuring Will Brown and Jay Shi and that event’s final at 2:30 PM. The women’s rifle final will be live on NBCSN but there is no planned TV coverage of the men’s pistol event.

Soccer

Having already secured a win over New Zealand on Wednesday the US could more or less lock up the group by beating France on Saturday in their 4 PM game. The matchup of the #1 and #3 teams in the world according to the FIFA rankings could be a final four preview and was a great contest in 2012 when the US went down 2-0 early but rallied for a 4-2 win. NBCSN will be your destination for this game.

Swimming

Six events begin on Saturday with four of those ending later in the day and two more moving into evening semifinals. Things start off at 12:02 PM with Chase Kalisz and Jay Litherland in the fourth and final heat of the men’s 400m individual medley. Next up is Dana Vollmer in the fourth heat and Kelsi Worrell in the fifth heat of the women’s 100m butterfly at 12:28 PM. Starting at 12:48 PM Connor Jaeger takes part in the sixth heat with Conor Dwyer in the seventh heat of the men’s 400m freestlye. That’ll take a little while and it’s not until 1:32 PM that we’ll see Maya DiRado in the fourth heat and Elizabeth Beisel in the fifth heat of the the women’s 400m individual medley. The final individual event to start is the 2:04 PM men’s 100m breaststroke where Kevin Cordes and Cody Miller are together at the center of the fourth heat. The afternoon will wrap up with the US 4x100m freestyle relay team competing in the second heat of that 2:15 PM event.

In the evening we’ll see finals of men’s and women’s individual medley events as well as the men’s 400m freestyle and the women’s 4x100m freestyle. With no semifinals in those events swimmers will need a top eight time in the heats. In the other events it’ll be an evening semifinal so the heats in the afternoon only require a top 16 time to advance. The swimming events will all be live for ET and CT with afternoon heat coverage on NBC as well as the evening coverage.

Table Tennis

One of the more interesting potential storylines on Saturday will be that of 16-year-old Kanak Jha in the table tennis event. He starts the men’s singles competition with a matchup against Nima Alamian at 9:30 AM and would expect to have one more match later in the day if he wins. Jha is supposed to be a potential star but this is certainly not the Olympics where he will be in his prime. Lily Zhang opens her women’s singles competition by taking on Gremlis Arvelo at 10:15 AM while Jennifer Wu faces Eva Odorova at 11 AM. Much later in the day Yijun Feng is the last of the individuals to start as he faces Zhiwen He in the first round of the men’s singles event. NBCSN is planning to show the Zhang match on delay during their coverage from 1-4 PM while Jha’s and Wu’s matches will be on delay on MSNBC’s coverage from 2:15-5 PM. Any second round matches the US athletes would compete in would be shown on delay on NBCSN between 9 PM and 12 AM.

Tennis

It’s hard to talk about exact start times in tennis since matches do vary in length quite a bit and they don’t make any promises that you won’t be on an hour after the match before you started if it goes quickly, but we do know that Madison Keys will lead off the day with her singles match against Danka Kovinic. It’s a busy day for the US on the tennis court as in addition to Keys we’ll see Jack Sock take on Taro Daniel around 11:30 AM, Sloane Stephens take on Eugenie Bouchard in a tantalizing North American matchup around 2:30 PM, and three men’s matches around 1 PM: Brian Baker against Yuichi Sugita, Steve Johnson against Darian King, and Denis Kudla against Andrej Martin. Later in the day, not before 5:45 PM, Venus Williams will face Kirsten Flipkens. If it’s tennis you want it’s all live and on Bravo, though you’ll only get a single match at a time of course.

Volleyball

The US will start their quest to take home gold for the first time by battling potential 51st state Puerto Rico in their Olympic opener at 4:05 PM. Puerto Rico has never been to the Olympics so this will be a big moment for them. Telemundo will have coverage from the start while NBC will have most of it live but won’t have the very start.

Water Polo

Water polo will get underway with the US men taking on defending gold medalists Croatia at 9:20 AM. With four of the six teams in the group moving to the knockout round it’s certainly no must win for the US but it would be a great way to start their Olympics. The match will be live on NBC.

Weightlifting

The US only has four athletes competing in weightlifting in Rio and one of them will get it over with on the very first day. Morghan King will take part in the women’s 48kg competition at 6 PM. There is only one group of competitors in that weight class. Coverage of the event will be delayed on NBCSN between 8 and 9 PM.

Rio 2016 – Table Tennis Preview

Table Tennis has been in the Olympics since 1988 with equal men’s and women’s events throughout its history. In Rio it’ll be contested in the Riocentro, an exhibition center from the 70’s in the Barra zone. The US qualified their two men and two women through regional competitions while the teams qualified as the highest ranked country in North America. Continue reading Rio 2016 – Table Tennis Preview

Olympic Review – July 29th

Archery

In the women’s team competition on Sunday the US women started off by facing China in the quarterfinals. That is where their day ended as they were upset 218-213. It was a disappointing outing for a US after a 2nd place team qualification. The women will now focus on the individual competitions, beginning on Monday.

Badminton

In badminton Howard Bach and Tony Gunawan had their 2nd group stage match as they facted Koo/Tan of Malyasia. Koo/Tan won 21-12, 21-14. That combined with Jae-sung/Yong-dae’s victory on Sunday means the US has been eliminated from the competition. They will have one final match tomorrow against Kawamae/Sato of Japan. Both teams are 0-2.

Basketball

The US men’s basketball team only led by a point after the 1st quarter but led by 16 at the half and went on to win 98-71. Kevin Durant led the way with 22 points and the US put themselves atop the group with a point differential of +27, 4 better than Argentina. They will next face Tunisia. 4th in the group, on Tuesday.

Beach Volleyball

The US women’s duo of Jennifer Kessy/April Ross won their match 21-11, 21-18 over Gallay/Zonta of Argentina. The US went into the group lead since they won in straight sets while Baquerizo/Fernandez won in three sets. They will next face Keizer/van Iersel (currently 3rd) of the Netherlands on Tuesday.

The men’s pair of Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers won 21-15, 21-16 over Asahi/Shiratori of Japan. The US men are in 1st on points ratio and will face 2nd place Gavira/Herrera of Spain on Tuesday.

Boxing

In lightweight boxing, Jose Ramirez had a strong bout against Rachid Azzedine of France and hung on in the last round to win 21-20 and advance to a round of 16 bout with Fazliddin Gaibnazarov of Uzbekistan on Thursday.

Errol Spence messed around a little less and was dominant against Myke Ribeiro de Carvalho of Brazil, winning 16-10 and advancing to a round of 16 bout with Krishan Vikas of India on Friday.

The US is now 4-0 in boxing and has just two men left in the round of 32. Ten boxers are in the round of 16 for the US in the various competitions.

Canoeing

In the men’s C1 Casey Eichfeld put up a run of 97.04 in his 1st run but saw that time slide back as run 2 went on. He needed to improve on it but couldn’t and that run ended up being the 14th best, so he missed out on the semifinals by 2 spots.

In the men’s K1 Scott Parsons saw a similar fate develop. A good first run was getting passed and a mistake on the 2nd kept him from improving it. He finished 16th in the end and only the top 15 moved to the semifinals.

Cycling

The women’s road race saw the US nearly get a medal again with Shelley Olds falling a bit short in 7th place. Evelyn Stevens finished 24th, Kristin Armstrong 35th and Amber Neben 36th.

Diving

Diving was an amazing event for the US today as Kelci Bryant/Abigail Johnston had a great afternoon and exceeded expectations with a score of 321.9 and picked up the silver medal, the first US medal in diving since 2000.

Equestrian

In the equestrian the US wrapped up the dressage portion of the eventing competition on Sunday. Will Coleman scored a 46.3 to finish in 26th while Phillip Dutton led the way with a 44.3 to finish 19th. Of the competitors from Saturday Karen O’Connor’s was best with her 48.2 placing 29th. Those three combined to score 138.8 placing the US in 7th as a team. The other two competitors were Boyd Martin who is in 36th with a 50.7 and Tiana Coudray who is 42nd with a 52.

All competitors will take part in the cross country portion tomorrow.

Fencing

The US had three men going in the individual sabre competition today. James Williams lost to Nikolay Kovalev of Russia 15-12 in the round of 32. Daryl Homer won his round of 32 bout 15-11 over Tiberiu Dolniceanu of Romania and won his round of 16 bout 15-14 over Aleksey Yakimenko of Russia. In the quarterfinals Homer lost 15-13 to Rares Dumitrescu of Romania.

Tim Morehouse won his round of 32 bout 15-6 over Veniamin Reshetnikov of Russia before beating Dmitry Lapkes of Belarus 15-13 in the round of 16. In the quarterfinals Morehouse was beaten 15-9 by Diego Occhiuzzi of Italy.

These three will be back in the team sabre competition on Friday.

Field Hockey

In field hockey the US had a tough evening but still played pretty valiantly losing 2-1 to Germany after being down 2-0 21 minutes in. The US now finds themselves 4th in their group heading into a match with group leader Argentina on Tuesday.

Gymnastics

The US was superb in the women’s qualification round and placed 1st overall with a score of 181.863. The Russians came in second just over 1.4 points behind, China a distant 5th. The ramification of this was a extraordinarily tight race between the three main gymnasts for the two indvidual all around spots. The first spot went to Alexandra Raisman (60.391) who finished 2nd overall behind Victoria Komova (60.632). The 2nd spot went to Gabby Douglas who is 3rd overall (60.265). That meant that despite finishing 4th overall Jordyn Wieber (60.032) will not be in the individual all around final. The defending world champion is OUT!

In the vault McKayla Maroney, in her only event, blew the field away with a score of 15.8 she’ll be in the vault final and looks the heavy favorite to win gold. On the uneven bars Gabrielle Douglas scored a 15.333 and was the 6th qualifier for the uneven bars final. Douglas also qualified for the balance beam final with a score of 15.266, good for 3rd place. Alexandra Raisman will join her after finishing 5th and posting a score of 15.1. Kyla Ross lost out to her teammate despite finishing 6th with a score of 15.075. On the floor routine Alexandra Raisman led the way with a score of 15.325 while Jordyn Wieber finished 6th with a 14.666 mark. Both of them will be in the final.

Rowing

The men’s lightweight four crew had a great Sunday as they improved upon their time from yesterday and smoked the field to qualify for Tuesday’s semifinals out of their repechage.

The women’s lightweight double sculls got underway with the US finishing 3rd in their heat. Unfortunately only the top two go straight to the finals so they will face a repechage on Tuesday.

Finally the women’s eight crew had a great race and finished 1st in their heat to qualify directly for Wednesday’s final.

Sailing

Zach Railey finished 10th and 15th in the first two finn races. That combined score of 25 leaves him in 15th at this point. He will have races three and four on Monday.

Mark Mendelblatt and Brian Fatih finished 5th and 14th in their two star races. Their combined score of 19 ranks them 10th. Races three and four will be on Monday.

The US women’s elliott 6m crew beat Denmark by 5 seconds before losing to Spain by a minute and five seconds. The US is one of five crews tied for 4th at 1-1 after the first day. The US will face Portugal (0-1) and Australia (2-0) on Monday.

Shooting

The women’s 10m air pistol for Sandra Uptagrafft saw her finish 28th in the qualification round with a score of 378. She was only seven points out of qualification despite a 91 in her 2nd set of 10 shots.

On the other hand was Kimberly Rhode. She set an Olympic record hitting 74 of 75 in the skeet qualification round. The final was never really in doubt and she hit all 25 shots to win the gold with a Olympic record score of 99. That tied the world record. She has now won a medal in her 5th straight Olympics and has three golds over two different events. When they took away the double trap after 2004, where she won gold, she turned her attention towards skeet. She moved from 5th (91) in 2004 to 2nd (93) in 2008 and then to gold this year (99). Amazing athlete.

Swimming

The swimming competition will be busy on Sunday with eight events going, four of them ending in medals.

First at 5 AM the women’s 100m backstroke will get us underway with Rachel Bootsma in heat 5 and Missy Franklin in heat 6. They will be looking to be in the top 16 to advance to the afternoon semifinals.

Next at 5:20 AM the men’s 200m freestyle will feature Ricky Berens and Ryan Lochte head-to-heat in heat 5 both just needing a top 16 spot to move on to the afternoon semifinals.

Then at 5:43 AM the women’s 100m breaststroke will start. American Breeja Larson is in heat 5, and American Rebecca Soni is in heat 6. Again in this competition all that is necessary is a top 16 for a spot in the afternoon semifinals.

A similar story is true at 6:03 AM when Nick Thoman in heat 4 and Matthew Grevers in heat 6 will look for the top 16 spots to advance to the afternoon semifinals in the men’s 100m backstroke.

Finally a more urgent race will take place at 6:23 AM when the women’s 400m freestyle heats take place. Chloe Sutton is in heat 3 and Allison Schmitt is in heat 5. Only the top eight move on to the afternoon final.

The morning session will end with the dazzling men’s 4x100m freestyle relays. The US is in heat 2 and will be looking to finish in the top eight to lock up a spot in the afternoon final.

In the afternoon at 2:30 PM the women’s 100m butterfly final will take place with Claire Donahue and Dana Vollmer both in the final. Vollmer has been dominant so far and is the gold medal favorite.

Next at 2:37 PM we’ll see the men’s 200m freestyle semifinals, likely featuring Ricky Berens and Ryan Lochte. The top eight will move on to the final on Monday.

Then at 2:50 PM we’ll see the women’s 100m breaststroke semifinals with Breeja Larson and Rebecca Soni the Americans in competition. The top eight will move on to the final on Monday.

At 3:11 PM we’ll see another final as the men’s 100m breaststroke will take place with American Brendan Hansen just squeaking into the field.

Next at 3:18 PM the women’s 400m freestyle final will start possibly featuring Americans Chloe Sutton and Allison Schmitt.

The first of 2 more semifinal events will start at 3:28 PM with the men’s 100m backstroke, Nick Thoman and Matthew Grevers the Americans vying for a top eight spot and a trip to Monday’s final.

The second is the women’s 100m backstroke held at 3:49 PM. This is where Missy Franklin might shine and Rachel Bootsma should also be in the field. The top eight will move on to Monday’s final.

The afternoon will end with the 4 PM final of the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay. It should be an incredibly fast race and will be very entertaining.

Swimming will be covered on tape delay from 11-11:45 AM and 1:30-2 PM (heats) and the afternoon session will be shown during primetime 7 PM-12 AM. All of it will be tape delayed.

Women’s 100m Backstroke – Rachel Bootsma finished 11th and Missy Franklin 2nd in both the heats and the semifinals. Bootsma did not move on to the final but Missy Franklin did advance to Monday’s final.
Men’s 200m Freestyle – Ricky Berens qualified 8th and Ryan Lochte 2nd for the semifinal. In the semifinals Lochte advanced in 5th position but Ricky Berens finished 9th, just missing Monday’s final.
Women’s 100m Breaststroke – Rebecca Soni and Breeja Larson went 2-4 in both the heats and the semifinals to advance easily to Monday’s final.
Men’s 100m Backstroke – Matt Grevers and Nick Thoman went 1-3 in the heats and 1-5 in the semifinals to qualify for Monday’s final.
Women’s 400m Freestyle – Chloe Sutton missed out on the final finishing 10th in the morning but Allison Schmitt qualified in 2nd. In the final Schimtt lost out on the gold but set an American record while grabbing the silver.
Men’s 4x100m Freestyle – After qualifying in 2nd the men’s team had the lead most of the way during the final but gave it up in the final 50m to lose the gold to the French. US settles for silver.
Women’s 100m Butterfly – In the final it was Claire Donahue in 7th, but the headlines belong to Dana Vollmer who finally smashed the world record and took home the gold medal.
Men’s 100m Breaststroke – After qualifying for the final in 8th Brendan Hansen swam an amazing race in what might be his final individual race to win the bronze and improving his time by .29 seconds over the semifinals.

Table Tennis

Ariel Hsing was able to advance in her first match of the day in the 2nd round, beating Ni Xialian of Luxembourg 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5, 10-12, 12-10. In the 3rd round she faced #2 Li Xiaoxia of China and really gave it a great fight before losing 11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9.

All the singles are out for the US but the women’s team will start play against Japan on Friday.

Tennis

Only one match actually started for the US. Varvara Lepchenko took on Veronica Cepede Royg and won set 1 7-5 before losing set 2 7-6 (8-6 tiebreaker). She will have to finish the match on Monday, the time unclear but probably sometime around 6:30 AM. All the other matches were rained out without beginning.

Volleyball

The US men won their first match against Serbia 25-17, 25-22, 25-21 but are only in 3rd in their group because Russia and Brazil had more dominant wins (point ratio). The US will next take on 5th place Germany on Tuesday.

Water Polo

The US water polo team won 8-7 over Montenegro on Sunday. They took a 4-2 lead to the half and hung on late to get the win. They are currently 3rd in their group by goal differential. They next face Romania on Tuesday. Romania currently leads the group.

Olympic Review – July 28th

Archery

The men’s team competition was a huge success for the US on Saturday. In the quarterfinals they fell behind Japan but rallied to win 220-219. Then in the semifinals they pulled off a huge upset as the Koreans faltered and the US took advantage to win 224-219. The clutch shooting down the stretch in the semifinal was amazing to watch.

In the final the US fell behind to Italy and rallied late to have a chance at winning. It came down to the final arrow and Italy hit a ten to win the gold medal 219-218. It was tough to lose the gold after knocking off Korea, but the silver was a good result for the US still.

Badminton

In badminton the US team of Howard Bach/Tony Gunawan lost their doubles match to Jae-sung/Yong-dae of Korea 21-14, 21-19. The result leaves the US team in 3rd in their group of four (top two advance).

The next badminton match is against Koo/Tan of Malaysia on Sunday.

Basketball

The US women’s basketball team won their first game against Croatia 81-56 and now is sitting atop the group thanks to the 25 point margin of victory.

The next basketball game is against Angola on Monday. Angola lost 72-50 to Turkey on Saturday and is 2nd to last in the group.

Beach Volleyball

In beach volleyball the pair of Josh Gibb/Sean Rosenthal defeated Chiya/Goldschmidt 21-10, 21-11 to start off their group stage. The pair of Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh had a much closer match but defeated Cook/Hinchley 21-18, 21-19 to start their group stage.

Gibb/Rosenthall next face Fijalek/Prudel of Poland while May-Treanor/Walsh face Kolocova/Slukova of the Czech Republic, both matches on Monday.

Boxing

In boxing Joseph Diaz Jr. started off his bout with Pavlo Ishchenko with an early lead and dominated throughout to win 19-9.  Later in the day the middleweight contender, Terrell Gausha took on Andranik Hakobyan. After a couple of rounds where Gausha was just behind Hakobyan he came out firing in the 3rd and with 10 seconds left took complete control knocking Hakobyan down twice and leading to the bout being stopped. Diaz Jr. advances to face Lazaro Alvarez of Cuba on Wednesday while Terrell Gausha will face Vijender Singh of India on Wednesday.

Cycling

In the men’s road race Taylor Phinney nearly got a medal as he finished in 4th. The rest of the competitors were back in the field. Timmy Duggan-88th, Tyler Farrar-33rd, Chris Horner-93rd, and Tejay van Garderen-104th.

Equestrian

In the 1st day of Equestrian Eventing Karen O’Connor was the top US competitor with a score or 48.2. Boyd Martin was next with a score of 50.7, and Tiana Courdray was after that with a score of 52. Those scores are on the better half of scores so far.

Fencing

In women’s individual foil the US saw Nzingha Prescod fall 15-10 to Aida Mohamed and Nicole Ross fall 15-8 to Ines Boubakri, both in the round of 32. Lee Kiefer knocked off Monica Patterson of Canada 15-10 in the round of 32 and Gil Ok Jung of Korea 15-13 in the round of 16. Kiefer lost to Arianna Errigo 15-10 in the quarterfinals.

Gymnastics

The US men had a great afternoon in gymnastics and qualified 1st for the team finals with a score of 275.342. Danell Leyva qualified for the individual all-around in 1st with a score of 91.265 while John Orozco was 4th with a score of 90.597. Four Americans made individual apparatus finals: Jake Dalton in floor, Jonathan Horton in horizontal bar, Danell Leyva in horizontal bar and Sam Mikulak in vault.

Rowing

In rowing the US had mixed success.
Men’s Single Sculls – Ken Jurkowski qualified for the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Men’s Pair – Tom Peszek/Silas Stafford failed to qualify for the semifinals and are in the repechage on Monday.
Men’s Lightweight Four – The crew failed to qualify for the semifinals and are in the repechage on Sunday.
Men’s Quadruple Sculls – The crew failed to qualify for the semifinals and are in the repechage on Monday.
Men’s Eight – The crew won their heat and qualified for the final on Wednesday.
Women’s Single Sculls – Generva Stone qualified for the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Women’s Pair – Sara Hendershot/Sarah Zelenka qualified for the final on Wednesday.
Women’s Quadruple Sculls – The crew failed to qualify for the final and are in the repechage on Monday.

Shooting

In the men’s 10m air pistol competition neither competitor made the final. Daryl Szarenski finished 23rd with 575 points and Jason Turner finished 34th with 569 points.

In the women’s 10m air rifle position both competitors finished with 397 points and qualified for the final. In the final Jamie Gray performed slightly better and finished 5th with a score of 499.7. Sarah Scherer finished 7th with a score of 499.

Soccer

The US dominated Colombia and won 3-0 behind goals by Rapinoe, Wambach, and Lloyd. This puts the US atop the group with six points and a goal differential of +5. The US has locked up a spot in the quarterfinals, but could still finish 2nd or 3rd in the group if North Korea beats them and France wins. Then it would come down to goal differential to rank the teams.

Next up is North Korea on Tuesday.

Swimming

Men’s 400m Individual Medley – Ryan Lochte grabbed the gold while Michael Phelps missed out on a medal in 4th.
Women’s 100m Butterfly – Dana Vollmer set an Olympic record in the heats and qualified first for the final. Claire Donahue qualified for the final in 5th.
Men’s 400m Freestyle – Peter Vanderkaay finished with the bronze medal while Conor Dwyer finished 5th.
Women’s 400m Individual Medley – Elizabeth Beisel set an American record while grabbing the silver, Caitlin Leverenz finished 6th.
Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Brendan Hansen grabbed the 8th qualifying spot for the final, Eric Shanteau didn’t advance to the final.
Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – The US finished with the bronze medal.

Table Tennis

In table tennis Timothy Wang’s tournament ended in the preliminary round with a loss to Kim Song-Nam 11-5, 11-4, 11-7, 11-4. Lily Zhang lost her match in the 1st round to Cornelia Molnar 11-6, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5.

Ariel Hsing won her 1st round match over Yadira Silva 11-5, 11-8, 11-3, 11-5 and will face Ni Xialian of Luxembourg on Sunday in the 2nd round.

Tennis

Ryan Harrison – lost 7-5, 6-3 to Santiago Giraldo
John Isner – won 7-6, 6-4 over Olivier Rochus, will face Malek Jaziri next in round of 32
Donald Young – lost 6-4, 6-4 to Andreas Seppi
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan – won 7-6, 6-7, 6-3 over Bellucci/Sa
Andy Roddick/John Isner – lost 6-2, 6-4 to Melo/Soares
Christina McHale – lost 6-4, 7-5 to Ana Ivanovic
Serena Williams – won 6-3, 6-1 over Jelena Jankovic, will face Urszula Radwanska next in round of 32

Volleyball

The US beat Korea 25-19, 25-17, 20-25, 25-21. They are 2nd in the group behind China based off of points won ratio (1.338 to 1.159). They next face Brazil on Monday.

Olympic Preview – July 29th

Sunday’s competitions will start at 4 AM ET with the qualification rounds for the women’s skeet shooting and the women’s 10m air pistol shooting. It won’t wrap up until Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers wrap up their beach volleyball match that won’t start until 5 PM ET.

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It appears almost everything is available online at nbcolympics.com with the exception of the qualifying rounds for shooting.

All times mentioned from now on are ET.

Archery

The wommen’s team competition will take place on Sunday, and the US is in great position as the 2nd seeded team. The US won’t begin competition until the quarterfinals begin at 10 AM. In the quarterfinals the US will either take on #7 China or #10 Italy, depending on who wins the round of 16 matchup. If the US wins they will move on to the semifinals at 11:40 AM, likely against #3 Taipei. If the US were to lose in the semifinals they would play in the bronze medal match at 12:33 PM. If they were to win the semifinal they would play for gold at 1:01 PM.

The format will involve each team of three athletes shooting four sets of six arrows (two per person). Highest total over 24 arrows wins. The tiebreaker is a three-arrow sudden death shoot-off. If that is tied the closest arrow to the middle is the winner.

NBC Sports Network will show archery from 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM.

10 AM – Women’s Team Archery – Quarterfinals
11:40 AM – Women’s Team Archery – Semifinals
12:33 PM – Women’s Team Archery – Bronze Medal Match
1:01 PM – Women’s Team Archery – Gold Medal Match

Badminton

The US will see their badminton men’s doubles pair continue their tournament at 9:15 AM when Howard Bach and Tony Gunawan take on Koo/Tan of Malyasia. Koo/Tan won their match on Saturday so they are tied for first in the group while Bach/Gunawan are in 3rd. If they want to advance from the group this is probably a must-win match.

NBC Sports Network should have coverage from 1:50 to 2:15 PM.

9:15 AM – Men’s Badminton – Howard Bach/Tony Gunawan vs. Koo/Tan – Group Stage

Basketball

The US men’s basketball team will be starting their group stage on Sunday when they take on France in the first of five group stage games. France is a team with some NBA talent including Tony Parker. Unfortunately the 2nd group of “stars” is Boris Diaw and Ronny Turiaf. France just doesn’t seem to have the talent to hang with the US, so expect a pretty good US exhibition.

The match will be on NBC Sports Network and the special basketball channel from 9:30-11:45 AM. It will be replayed on the specialty channel from 1:30 to 3 PM.

9:30 AM – USA Men’s Basketball vs. France

Beach Volleyball

The 2nd day of beach volleyball will see April Ross/Jennifer Kessy get things going at 4 PM when they face Zonta/Galay of Argentina and Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers start their gold medal defense at 5 PM when they fave Asahi/Shiatroi of Japan. The US will hope to have a day as strong as Saturday when their pairs both won in two sets.

The beach volleyball matches are available on NBC, live, from 4 to 6 PM.

4 PM – Women’s Beach Volleyball – April Ross/Jennifer Kessy vs. Zonta/Gallay – Group Stage
5 PM – Men’s Beach Volleyball – Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers vs. Asahi/Shiratori – Group Stage

Boxing

In Lightweight boxing, US-boxer Jose Ramirez will start things off with a bout against Rachid Azzedine of France in the round of 32 at 4:30 PM. Then at 5 PM the welterweight fighter, Errol Spence, takes on Myke Ribeiro de Carvalho of Brazil in the round of 32. After a great day of boxing for the US on Saturday they will be looking to move two more boxers into the round of 16 on Sunday.

Boxing will be taking center stage on CNBC from 8:30 til 11:30 AM and from 3:30 to 6:30 PM. So both US matches will be available live on there.

4:30 PM – Men’s Boxing – Lightweight – Jose Ramirez vs. Rachid Azzedine – Round of 32
5 PM – Men’s Boxing – Welterweight – Errol Spence vs. Myke Ribeiro de Carvalho – Round of 32

Canoeing

Canoeing will get started on Sunday with some slalom competition and the US has competitors in both of the events. In these events the 12 best combined times from the two heats advance. At 8:30 AM the C-1 heats will begin with Casey Eichfeld in the mix. He’ll have his first run at 8:42 AM and his 2nd run at 10:59 AM. At 9:30 AM the K-1 heats begin with Scott Parsons the US competitor. His first run is at 10:01 AM and his 2nd run will be at 12:18 PM.

Canoeing will be featured on NBC’s late night coverage from 12:35 PM to 1:35 AM Sunday night.

8:42 AM – Men’s Canoeing – Slalom – C-1 – Heats – Casey Eichfeld – Run 1
10:01 AM – Men’s Canoeing – Slalom – K-1 – Heats – Scott Parsons – Run 1
10:59 AM – Men’s Canoeing – Slalom – C-1 – Heats – Casey Eichfeld – Run 2
12:18 PM – Men’s Canoeing – Slalom – K-1 – Heats – Scott Parsons – Run 2

Cycling

The women’s road race will start at 5 AM in The Mall in London. Kristin Armstrong, Amber Neben, Shelley Olds, and Evelyn Stevens will be the competitors for the US. The race will be 140km (87 miles) long.

Cycling will be part of NBC’s coverage starting at 7 AM and finishing at 11 AM.

7 AM – Women’s Cycling – Road – Road Race

Diving

The diving competition gets underway with the women’s synchronized 3m springboard competition at 10 AM. With only eight competitors they will head straight to the final. Kelci Bryant/Abigail Johnston is the team for the US. There will be five rounds of diving with the highest total score being the winner.

NBC will be covering the diving tape-delayed during their primetime coverage from 7 PM to 12 PM.

10 AM – Women’s Diving – Synchronized 3m Springboard – Final

Equestrian

The equestrian competition continues on Saturday with the second day of the dressage portion of the eventing competition. The US will have Will Coleman going at 6:20 AM and Phillip Dutton going at 9:38 AM.

The dressage portion will involve scores between zero and ten for ten required elements. An average of the judges will be taken to give a score between zero and a hundred. The number of penalties is equal to 1.5 times the gap between the score and a perfect 100. The three best riders during the eventing competition will be combined to form the team score so we will begin to see how that comes together as well.

Equestrian coverage will be available on NBC Sports Network from 2:15-3 PM.

6:20 AM – Equestrian – Eventing – Dressage Day 2 – Will Coleman
9:38 AM – Equestrian – Eventing – Dressage Day 2 – Phillip Dutton

Fencing

The individual sabre competition is tomorrow and the US will start things off at 7:10 when James Williams faces Nikolay Kovalev and Daryl Homer faces Tiberiu Dolniceanu in the round of 32. Twenty minutes later Tim Morehouse gets his competition underway in a matchup with Veniamin Reshetnikov. The men will be hoping to advance through the competition which takes place in its entirety tomorrow. The starting times for the various rounds can be found below.

There is no scheduled fencing coverage on TV.

7:10 AM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Sabre – James Williams vs. Nikolay Kovalev – Round of 32
7:10 AM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Sabre – Daryl Homer vs. Tiberiu Dolniceanu – Round of 32
7:30 AM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Sabre – Tim Morehouse vs. Veniamin Reshetnikov – Round of 32
8:10 AM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Sabre – Round of 16
9:10 AM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Sabre – Quarterfinals
1 PM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Sabre – Semifinals
1:50 PM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Sabre – Bronze Medal Match
2:10 PM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Sabre – Gold Medal Match

Field Hockey

The women’s field hockey competition starts tomorrow when the Americans face off in a tough starting match with the Germans tomorrow at 4:15 PM. The Americans have continued to grow their field hockey team, but a challenge like Germany will be a tough way to start the games.

This game will be live on NBC Sports Network from 4:15-5:45 PM.

4:15 PM – Women’s Field Hockey vs. Germany – Group Stage

Gymnastics

The US women have been placed into Subdivision 3 and will begin their round at 9:45 AM. Four of the five athletes will compete on each of the four apparatus. The top eight total team scores advance to the team final, the top 24 individual total scores advance to the individual all-around final (maximum of two per country), and the top eight on each apparatus advance to the individual apparatus final (maximum of two per country). The US will have no problem qualifying for the team final and Gabrielle Douglas and Jordyn Wieber should be the two in the individual-all around final. The apparatus final spots will be the most hotly contested.

The US gymnastics round will be part of NBC’s primetime coverage from 7 PM – 12 AM on tape delay.

9:45 AM – Women’s Artistic Gymnastics – Qualification – Subdivision 3

Rowing

Their will be only three events for the US in rowing on Sunday. First up at 4:40 AM the men’s lightweight four crew will face a repechage to try and grab one of three spots left in the semifinals. Their competitors will be Italy, Czech Republic, and Poland. Based off of the times from the heats, the US would not qualify as they were a full six seconds behind the 2nd-worst time. Expect a much much better performance tomorrow.

At 5:40 AM the women’s lightweight double sculls heats will begin with Kristin Hedstrom/Julie Nichols in heat 2. It appears only the top two will advance to the semifinals while the repechages will take the rest.

Finally at 6:50 AM the women’s eight heats will begin. The US is in heat 1 and should be a strong competitor. They will need to win their heat to advance directly to the final.

The rowing heats will be covered on tape delay from 3:40-4 PM on NBC.

4:40 AM – Men’s Rowing – Lightweight Four – Repechage
5:40 AM – Women’s Rowing – Lightweight Double Sculls – Heats
6:50 AM – Women’s Rowing – Eight – Heats

Sailing

Sailing will start on Sunday and the US has several teams who will begin. First at 7 AM Zach Railey will begin his quest in the finn competition with race 1 and will continue with race 2 at 8:40 AM. Next at 8:30 AM we will see Brian Faith and Mark Mendelblatt begin the star competition with race 1, followed by race 2 at 10:10 AM.

The final event of the day will be the first round robin race for Debbie Capozzi, Anna Tunnicliffe and Molly Vandemoer in the elliot 6m event. They will face off against a crew from Denmark at 10:35 AM.

NBC will not be covering any of the sailing on TV.

7 AM – Men’s Sailing – Finn – Race 1
8:30 AM – Men’s Sailing – Star – Race 1
8:40 AM – Men’s Sailing – Finn – Race 2
10:10 AM – Men’s Sailing – Star – Race 2
10:35 AM – Women’s Sailing – Elliott 6m – Denmark – Round Robin

Shooting

Two competitions will start and two champions will be crowned on Saturday when the women’s 10m air pistol and the women’s skeet competitions take place. Kimberly Rhode will be in the skeet competition while Sandra Uptagrafft is the competitor in the 10m air pistol.

The qualification round will involve 40 shots in the air pistol. Each shot is scored to a maximum of 10 and the top eight shooters move on to the final. In the final there are only 10 additional shots (these scored to a maximum of 10.9) and the score is added to the qualification score to provide the final score.

In the skeet competition the qualifier is three rounds of 25 shots with the top six moving on. The final will be another 25 shots with the top combined score being the winner. In skeet you either hit the target or you don’t.

The shooting will be covered from 1:30-1:50 on NBC Sports Network.

This is one event where the qualification rounds will not be shown online at all, just the final rounds.

4 AM – Women’s Shooting – Skeet – Qualification
4 AM – Women’s Shooting – 10m Air Pistol – Qualification
6:45 AM – Women’s Shooting – 10m Air Pistol – Final
9 AM – Women’s Shooting – Skeet – Final

Swimming

The swimming competition will be busy on Sunday with eight events going, four of them ending in medals.

First at 5 AM the women’s 100m backstroke will get us underway with Rachel Bootsma in heat 5 and Missy Franklin in heat 6. They will be looking to be in the top 16 to advance to the afternoon semifinals.

Next at 5:20 AM the men’s 200m freestyle will feature Ricky Berens and Ryan Lochte head-to-heat in heat 5 both just needing a top 16 spot to move on to the afternoon semifinals.

Then at 5:43 AM the women’s 100m breaststroke will start. American Breeja Larson is in heat 5, and American Rebecca Soni is in heat 6. Again in this competition all that is necessary is a top 16 for a spot in the afternoon semifinals.

A similar story is true at 6:03 AM when Nick Thoman in heat 4 and Matthew Grevers in heat 6 will look for the top 16 spots to advance to the afternoon semifinals in the men’s 100m backstroke.

Finally a more urgent race will take place at 6:23 AM when the women’s 400m freestyle heats take place. Chloe Sutton is in heat 3 and Allison Schmitt is in heat 5. Only the top eight move on to the afternoon final.

The morning session will end with the dazzling men’s 4x100m freestyle relays. The US is in heat 2 and will be looking to finish in the top eight to lock up a spot in the afternoon final.

In the afternoon at 2:30 PM the women’s 100m butterfly final will take place with Claire Donahue and Dana Vollmer both in the final. Vollmer has been dominant so far and is the gold medal favorite.

Next at 2:37 PM we’ll see the men’s 200m freestyle semifinals, likely featuring Ricky Berens and Ryan Lochte. The top eight will move on to the final on Monday.

Then at 2:50 PM we’ll see the women’s 100m breaststroke semifinals with Breeja Larson and Rebecca Soni the Americans in competition. The top eight will move on to the final on Monday.

At 3:11 PM we’ll see another final as the men’s 100m breaststroke will take place with American Brendan Hansen just squeaking into the field.

Next at 3:18 PM the women’s 400m freestyle final will start possibly featuring Americans Chloe Sutton and Allison Schmitt.

The first of 2 more semifinal events will start at 3:28 PM with the men’s 100m backstroke, Nick Thoman and Matthew Grevers the Americans vying for a top eight spot and a trip to Monday’s final.

The second is the women’s 100m backstroke held at 3:49 PM. This is where Missy Franklin might shine and Rachel Bootsma should also be in the field. The top eight will move on to Monday’s final.

The afternoon will end with the 4 PM final of the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay. It should be an incredibly fast race and will be very entertaining.

Swimming will be covered on tape delay from 11-11:45 AM and 1:30-2 PM (heats) and the afternoon session will be shown during primetime 7 PM-12 AM. All of it will be tape delayed.

5 AM – Women’s Swimming – 100m Backstroke – Heats
5:20 AM – Men’s Swimming – 200m Freestyle – Heats
5:43 AM – Women’s Swimming – 100m Breaststroke – Heats
6:03 AM – Men’s Swimming – 100m Backstroke – Heats
6:23 AM – Women’s Swimming – 400m Freestyle – Heats
6:56 AM – Men’s Swimming – 4x100m Freestyle – Heats
2:30 PM – Women’s Swimming – 100m Butterfly – Final
2:37 PM – Men’s Swimming – 200m Freestyle – Semifinals
2:50 PM – Women’s Swimming – 100m Breaststroke – Semifinals
3:11 PM – Men’s Swimming – 100m Breaststroke – Final
3:18 PM – Women’s Swimming – 400m Freestyle – Final
3:28 PM – Men’s Swimming – 100m Backstroke – Semifinals
3:49 PM – Women’s Swimming – 100m Backstroke – Semifinals
4 PM – Men’s Swimming – 4x100m Freestyle – Final

Table Tennis

The table tennis competition for the US is down to one individual, Ariel Hsing. She will have her 2nd round match against Xia Lian Ni of Luxembourg at 5 AM. If she wins that match she will face Li Xiaoxia of China in the 3rd round at 4 PM.

There will be no table tennis on TV on Sunday.

5 AM – Women’s Table Tennis – Singles – Ariel Hsing vs. Xia Lian Ni – 2nd Round
4 PM – Women’s Table Tennis – Singles – 3rd Round

Tennis

The first match of the day will feature Varvara Lepchenko taking on Veronica Cepede Royg of Paraguay in the round of 64 at 6:30 AM. Next up the final men’s singles player, Andy Roddick, will take on Martin Klizan of Slovakia in the round of 64 at 8:30 AM.

Then at 9 AM the women’s singles competition will feature Venus Williams taking on Sara Errani of Italy in the round of 64. Finally at 12:30 PM Venus Williams will be back on the court with Serena Williams in the doubles competition taking on Cristea/Halep of Romania in the round of 32.

Bravo is the home for tennis coverage and will be on live from 7 AM to 3 PM.

6:30 AM – Women’s Tennis – Singles – Varvara Lepchenko vs. Veronica Cepede Royg – Round of 64
8:30 AM – Men’s Tennis – Singles – Andy Roddick vs. Martin Klizan – Round of 64
9 AM – Women’s Tennis – Singles – Venus Williams vs. Sara Errani – Round of 64
12:30 PM – Women’s Tennis – Doubles – Venus and Serena Williams vs. Cirstea/Halep – Round of 32

Volleyball

The men’s US Volleyball team will start their group stage when they take on Serbia in their first game of the group stage. The US men are looking to defend their gold medal from Beijing.

The Volleyball match will be available live on NBC from 11:45 AM – 1:30 PM.

11:45 AM – USA Men’s Volleyball vs. Serbia

Water Polo

The US men will start their group stage with a match against Montenegro at 2:40 PM.

The game will be televised on NBC from 2:40-3:40 PM.

2:40 PM – USA Men’s Water Polo vs. Montenegro – Group Stage