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.
August 8th Recap:
Archery
The first US archer to compete in the individual events was Mackenzie Brown. Brown started off in the round of 64 with a matchup against Claudia Mandia. The matchup went all five sets with the two tieing twice and forcing a decisive fifth set which Brown won to take the match 26-27, 29-29, 28-26, 28-28, 26-22. Brown didn’t bring her best in the round of 32 averaging just 25.8 points per set and losing it in five sets 26-26, 26-28, 26-30, 26-25, 25-27 to San Yu Htwe. Has Brown posted her round of 64 scores she would have at least forced a shoot-of for the round of 16 spot but never topping 26 was not good enough to advance.
Basketball
The US men and women delivered massive wins on Monday. The US women were playing on the second straight day but that didn’t seem to phase them as they were ahead early and poured it on late to dominate Spain 103-63. Diana Taurasi led the US with 13 points (talk about a team effort!), Tina Charles had six rebounds, and Charles and Sue Bird each had five assists. The US women next take on Serbia, already 0-2 on Wednesday at 2:30 PM and will lock up a quarterfinal berth with a win (as if that’s in doubt).
The US men were actually tied with Venezuela at 18-18 after ten minutes but a dominant 30-8 second quarter allowed the US to pull away for a big lead that eventually grew to 44 by the end. Paul George led the US with 20 points while DeAndre Jordan had nine rebounds and Kyle Lowry was his teammates best friend with nine assists. The US will battle the other 2-0 team in the group, Australia, on Wednesday at 6 PM and will also lock up a quarterfinal berth with a win.
Beach Volleyball
On Monday in beach volleyball Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson lost to Alexander Huber and Robin Seidl in straight sets 18-21, 18-21. The loss brings all four teams in their pool to 1-1 so the matchup on Wednesday at 10 AM against Adrian Gavira and Pablo Herrera will be for a spot in the round of 16.
It was a much smoother day for April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings who poured it on late in a 21-16, 21-9 sweep of Wang Fan and Yue Yuan at 11 PM. They are now 2-0 in the pool and wrap things up against Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Verge-Depre at 8 PM on Wednesday.
Boxing
The US stayed undefeated in boxing in Rio on Monday as Nico Hernandez won his round of 16 bout in the light flyweight division against Vasilii Egorov. It was a tough matchup for Hernandez but he dealt with the Russian well and took the bout 29-28 according to all three judges. Hernandez faces Carlos Quipo next on Wednesday at 4:15 PM in the quarterfinals. In boxing both semifinal losers get a bronze medal so if Hernandez wins Wednesday he’ll secure an Olympic medal, the first for the US since Deontay Wilder won bronze in 2008. If you know anything about boxing you’ll know Wilder is now heavyweight champion of the world.
Canoe
Casey Eichfeld and Devin McEwan competed in the C2 slalom competition on Monday in the heats. They posted a good enough time on their first run to get into the semifinals but they were 10th of 12 competing with only one being cut on Monday. They may need to be better in the semifinals on Thursday to reach the final. Ashley Nee in the women’s K1 slalom competition didn’t have a good enough first run to qualify for the semifinals but delivered on her second in a great run that placed her ninth and gave her a spot in Thursday’s semifinals.
Diving
The US got off to a great start with a medal in their very first diving event of Rio. David Boudia and Steele Johnson were consistently strong in the men’s synchronized 10m platform as they took the second best score behind the Chinese in four of the six rounds of diving to score a 457.11 total and take silver by over 12.5 points.
Equestrian
Things didn’t go great for the US riders on Monday. Clark Montgomery had some issues on the course and was forced to withdraw while Lauren Kieffer took a fall on a gate, both horse and rider are okay, and was eliminated. With both of them out the US is out of the team competition as they no longer have three riders to score. Things are going much better though in the individual eventing as Phillip Dutton and Boyd Martin went joint sixth in the cross-country with 3.2 penalty points for each. Dutton is in fifth with 46.80 so far while Martin is sixth with 50.90. The top three all have 42 or less. With jumping coming up on Tuesday to wrap things up both will need help to medal.
Fencing
It was a bit of a disappointing day for the Americans as several prominent names exited the women’s sabre competition before the quarterfinals. Exiting in the round of 32, Dagmara Wozniak lost her opener to Vassiliki Vougiouka 8-15. Two-time gold medalist Mariel Zagunis opened with a quick round of 32 win over Eileen Grench 15-4 before losing a close round of 16 match 12-15 to Ekaterina Dyachenko. The other member of the team, Ibtihaj Muhammad, took down Olena Kravatsa 15-13 in a thrilling round of 32 matchup before losing 12-15 to Cecilia Berder.
These three will be back in the team event when they start off against Poland on Saturday at 8 AM in the quarterfinals.
Field Hockey
Something is happening it seems with this US women’s field hockey team. A second 2-1 upset to start the Olympics was in the cards on Monday as the US shocked Australia to go to second in their group and drop the Aussies to 0-2. The US got goals from Michelle Vittese and Catlin Van Sickle and while they haven’t yet clinched a spot in the quarterfinals they could lock up a top four finish in their group and that quarterfinal berth with a result against Japan in their next match on Wednesday at 4 PM. Japan is yet to win with one draw in their two matches in Rio so far.
Gymnastics
It was a disaster of a day for the US men in gymnastics as mistakes early and often knocked the US from medal contention. Alex Naddour and Sam Mikulak had bad floor routines, a devastating 13.566 from Naddour and a 14.866 from Mikulak, before Jake Dalton did right the ship a bit at 15.325. Mistakes continued on the pommel horse as the US finished below 44 as a team on the apparatus. After failing to top 15 on any of their rings routines the US had been below 15 on eight of their first nine routines. The US would rally with eight straight 15+ routines though plenty were still below what the US was capable. The US dreams came to an end with Danell Leyva missing the horizontal bar on a release and falling to the mat. It was a rough night for the Americans. All five still have another chance in Rio to try to end their Olympics on a better note.
Judo
The US is now halfway through their judo schedule in Rio after two more judoka competed on Monday. Marti Malloy had a bye to the round of 16 of the 57kg competition but lost her opener to Chen-ling Lien on shido penalties. It was a very close match with Malloy doing all she could to get a score but unable to. In the men’s 73kg division Nick Delpopolo had a round of 32 match in the 73kg division against Ahmed Goumar which he won on a late ippon to advance. Delpopolo defeated Odbayar Ganbaatar on a waza-ari to advance to the quarterfinals. Delpopolo lost the quarterfinal to Sagi Muki on an ippon but did get a repechage match to try and get a bronze medal bout. Delpopolo lost the repechage bout the same way Malloy lost her opener, on shido penalties to Miklos Ungvari in a close match.
Rowing
Things will start off for the US with Tracy Eisser, Megan Kalmoe, Grace Latz, and Adrienne Martelli competeing in the women’s quadruple sculls at 7:40 AM. In a race of five the US crew need only a top four finish to advance to the final. Ten minutes later at 7:50 AM in the women’s eight Amanda Elmore, Tessa Gobbo, Eleanor Logan, Meghan Musnicki, Amanda Polk, Emily Regan, Lauren Schmetterling, Kerry Simmonds, and Katelin Snyder will compete in the first of two heats. The top crew in the heat will go straight to the final while the rest of the boats face a repechage. The women’s eight will be followd by the men’s eight at 8:20 AM in the second of two heats. Mike DiSanto, Sam Dommer, Austin Hack, Alex Karwoski, Stephen Kasprzyk, Rob Munn, Glenn Ochal, Hans Struzyna, and Sam Ojserkis will need to win the heat to move into the final directly without stopping first in the repechage.
Repechage action will pick back up in the men’s pair at 9:30 AM with Nareg Guregian and Anders Weiss needing to finish in the top three of four to move on into the semifinals. They’ll be followed by the repechage of the women’s double sculls where Meghan O’Leary and Ellen Tomek need the same top three result to advance to the semifinals themselves in the 9:40 AM race.
Just starting on Monday at 10:10 AM will be the women’s lightweight double sculls crew of Kate Bertko and Devery Karz in the first of four heats. The top two of five in their heat will advance to the semifinals while the remaining three boats will head to the repechages. Then later in the morning at 11 AM the men’s lightweight double sculls boat of Andrew Campbell and Joshua Konieczny will be in the second heat of that event’s as it begins. The top two of the five in the heat wil head to the semifinals while the other three will have to fight through the repechages.
Beginning their competition in the third heat of the women’s pair Grace Luczak and Felice Mueller will open their Olympics at 11:50 AM. As long as the US crew is in the top three they’ll go to the semifinals. If they finish in the bottom two it’ll be the repechage. Twenty minutes later at 12:10 PM the final race of the day for the US is the first of the Olympics for Charlie Cole, Henrik Rummel, Matt Miller, and Seth Weil. The men’s four crew will be racing in the second of three heats and only need to finish above last in the four boat heat to reach the semifinals. If they do happen to finish last they still have the repechage to save their Olympics.
NBC will pick up rowing coverage LIVE during their coverage from 10 AM-2 PM while tape delayed coverage will be part of NBCSN’s coverage from 3-6 PM.
Rugby Sevens
The US really left Rio on a high note as they went 2-0 on the final day of the women’s rugby sevens competition. They started the day off avenging their Olympic opening loss to Fiji by a score of 12-7. Alev Kelter started off the scoring for the US with Richelle Stephens scoring the second try in a second half comeback win. The US pulled off the same second half comeback feat in their 5th place win over France 19-5. Kelter again got the scoring going with Jessica Javelet and Joanne Fa’avesi scoring for the US.
Sailing
Some US sailors had real success on Monday in several classes. Charlie Buckingham opened the Men’s Laser with a 20th place finish but followed it up with a seventh place finish to sit in 12th place so far. They will race two more on Tuesday. In the women’s laser radial races Paige Railey did even better with a 15th place finish followed by a second place finish. Railey is in sixth as they have two more races on Tuesday as well. The women’s laser radial races are scheduled to begin at 12:05 PM with the men’s laser races beginning at 12:15 PM.
There were three races in the men’s RS:X and Pedro Pascual wasn’t able to post any top finishes as he went 25th, 26th, and 28th and is now in 28th. There will be three races in the men’s RS:X on Tuesday as well as in the women’s RS:X where Marion Lepert went tenth, third, and tenth in their three races on Monday. Lepert is in ninth after the first day. The women’s RS:X races are scheduled for a 12:20 PM start while the men’s RS:X races are supposed to start at 12:30 PM.
Shooting
There wasn’t a ton of drama for the US shooters on Monday as the two Americans competing in the men’s 10m air rifle both were out of contention in qualifying. Lucas Kozeniesky made the better run at qualification as he finished 21st with a score of 622.3, missing the top eight by 3.2 with six pretty consistent rounds between 103.3 and 104.1. Daniel Lowe finished 34th with a score of 620. Lowe had three rounds of 104 or better including a 105 but his other three of 102.5, 102.1, and 102 were problematic and cost him any shot at the final. Lowe’s Olympics are not over yet as he will compete in the 50m three position rifle on Sunday at 8 AM.
Swimming
The US wasn’t perfect on Monday advancing four of their six swimmers from the heats through to Tuesday evening’s finals but showed up strong in the finals on Monday night winning medals in every event and going first and third in the final two events.
Townley Haas and Conor Dwyer started the finals off with the men’s 200m freestyle. Haas came in fifth in the final while Dwyer took the bronze medal. Next up in the women’s 100m backstroke final Olivia Smoliga placed sixth while Kathleen Baker kept the US medal streak going with a silver just a hundredth of a second faster than two swimmers tied for third.
The US turned it up for the final two races. In the men’s 100m backstroke Ryan Murphy and David Plummer had the top two semifinal times and raced in the center lanes. Murphy was the faster of the two in finals, just like in the semifinals, and won the race to the line while Plummer came home third. Finally to end the night we had the Russian and American battle in the women’s 100m breaststroke as Lilly King won the race after calling out the Russian who had failed drug tests in the past on Sunday. King backed up her talk about became a sensation overnight. Katie Meili came home third behind the Russian.
The US qualified both of their swimmers in the women’s 200m individual medley as Maya DiRado was fourth in the heats and third in the semifinals while Mel Margalis was third in the heats and fifth in the semifinals. They will swim in the final at 10:29 PM on Tuesday. Only one American made the final in the women’s 200m freestyle as Missy Franklin was bounced in the semifinals. Franklin had been 12th in the heats and couldn’t pick the pace up as she finished 13th in the semifinals. Katie Ledecky did advance though with the top time in the heats and the second best time in the semifinals so she’ll go for her second gold in Rio on Tuesday night at 9:19 PM. The final event of Monday was the men’s 200m butterfly. Tom Shields was eliminated in the heats after placing 20th (the first American to fail to advance in Rio) while Michael Phelps managed his day well placing fifth in the heats and second in the semifinals. Phelps will race for gold on Tuesday night at 9:28 PM. The US has now medaled in 10 straight finals in Rio, all of the events so far except the men’s 400m freestyle.
Table Tennis
Lily Zhang was the lone American left in the singles competition as she played in the third round Monday against Hyowon Suh. Zhang was competitive but only took one set in a 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 7-11, 6-11 loss. The team event still awaits Zhang as she’ll join Jennifer Wu and Zheng Jiaqi in the round of 16 against Germany on Friday at 2 PM.
Tennis
The US advanced three and lost two in tennis on Monday as the fields narrow in Rio. The two losses both came in the doubles round of 16. On the women’s side Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Coco Vandeweghe lost to Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis, yes she’s still playing, in a good match 4-6, 4-6. On the men’s side in the evening Brian Baker and Rajeev Ram went three sets against Oliver Marach and Alexander Peya but dropped the match 4-6, 7-6(2), 3-6.
The good news came for the US in few spots. Two American had challenging matches against French players but were able to advance. Madison Keys won her round of 32 singles match against Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 6-7(4), 7-6(5) in a real challenging match. The players were on the court for over three hours and every set was at close as could be. Keys will have to play Tuesday against Carla Suarez Navarro in the round of 16 and the next two days if she keeps advancing but at 21 surely that won’t be a huge problem. Serena Williams faced an opponent who has given her problems in Alize Cornet in the singles round of 32. The first set was back and forth and resulted in a tiebreak where Williams eventually pulled it out. The second set was a bit smoother for Williams in the 7-6(5), 6-2 win. Williams takes on Ekaterina Svitolina on Tuesday in the round of 16 and will play on five straight days if she advances into the semifinals and had a second match when she played doubles on Sunday.
Steve Johnson and Jack Sock are into the quarterfinals in men’s doubles after they defeated Juan-Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 6-4, 7-6(1). The American men will have two chances to win a medal if they can get by Roberto Bautista Agut/David Ferrer on Tuesday. Johnson has a singles match first so that will be a busy afternoon for him.
Volleyball
The US women didn’t make it look easy in their second group stage match against the Netherlands. Dropping the first and third sets the US had to take the long road to a comeback but pulled it out 18–25, 25–18, 21–25, 25-20, 15–8. With the two wins the US is now second in the group behind Serbia who they face on Wednesday at 2 PM.
Water Polo
The US men are now 0-2 after losing 9-10 to Spain on Monday. Winning out would still see the US finish top four and reach the quarterfinals but if they drop another game it could get really dicey. Next up for the men is France at 10:40 AM on Wednesday.
August 9th 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.
Archery
The US has two men’s archers competing in the round of 64 on Tuesday but we already know at least one of them will be gone by the end of the night. At 3:18 PM Jake Kaminski will face off with Marcus D’almeida in the round of 64 with teammate Brady Ellison facing Ali Elghrari at 3:31 PM. If the two Americans win they will move into the round of 32, with the two winners meeting at 4:10 PM. It was an unfortunate quirk of the ranking round seeds that the two Americans ended up in the same pod of four and their other teammate, Zach Garrett who goes on Wednesday, is even in the same quarter of the bracket.
It looks like the US matches should be shown LIVE on NBCSN.
Beach Volleyball
Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena open the day for the US taking on Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen in their second pool match at 10 AM. Both teams are 1-0 so the winner is in the driver’s seat for taking the group. At 3:30 PM it’s an interesting matchup as Lauren Fendrick and Brooke Sweat take on Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca. Fendrick and Sweat lost their opener and a matchup with the Brazilians will be a big challenge. They wouldn’t be eliminated at 0-2 but it would sure make the road to the round of 16 more tenuous.
NBC plans to carry the Dalhausser and Lucena match LIVE but it appears if there is any TV of Fendrick and Sweat it will be on delay on CNBC between 5 PM and 8 PM.
Boxing
There will be two US boxers going on Tuesday. First up Carlos Balderas will be facing Daisuke Narimatsu in the lightweight round of 16 at 10:15 AM. Balderas is already 1-0 in Rio. Later in the day at 5:15 PM in the middleweight round of 32 Charles Conwell will be facing off with Krishan Vikas in his Olympic opener.
NBCSN will have tape delayed boxing coverage between 9:30 PM and 12 AM.
Canoe
Casey Eichfeld will compete in the C1 slalom semifinals on Tuesday. Eichfeld will be third to go at 12:36 PM and hoping to set a high time that will stay in the top ten as the others go. If he does finish in the top ten the finals for the event are at 2:16 PM.
NBC will have delayed coverage of the final on between 3:45 and 5 PM.
Diving
The US women’s synchronized 10m platform diving duo of Amy Cozad and Jessica Parratto will try to match their teammates performance from Monday. There are five rounds of diving in the women’s competition.
You’ll see the diving delayed in the evening on NBC between 8 PM and 12 AM.
Equestrian
Phillip Dutton and Boyd Martin are both contenders going into the final day of individual eventing. Dutton is in fifth with 46.80 so far while Martin is sixth with 50.90. It’s over four points from Dutton to the third place rider so even with two perfect rides today he’d need the leaders to take some penalties to move him up the rankings. The top 25 riders after the jumping qualifier will be in the jumping final so it’s likely the US riders will take part in both. A start list is not ready yet so we don’t know when in the competitions they will go but it’s a 9 AM start for the qualifier and a 1 PM start for the final.
Equestrian will be covered LIVE on USA between 9 and 11:30 AM and 1-2:30 PM so we should see both Martin and Dutton’s rides air there.
Fencing
It’s just one fencer in the men’s epee field on Tuesday as the team failed to qualify. Jason Pryor faces Benjamin Steffen in the round of 32 at 9:45 AM to get things going. Pryor’s path forward would include a 11:30 AM round of 16 matchup, a 12:45 PM quarterfinal, the semifinals at 3:30 PM, and if he fences for a medal the bronze final at 4:15 PM and the gold final at 4:45 PM.
NBC does not have any scheduled fencing coverage on Tuesday.
Gymnastics
It’s hard to see the US women not winning gold in the team all-around on Tuesday. The Americans are so much better than their competition that it would take a terrible set of performances by the US to lose the gold. They don’t need to be flawless, just very good. The US will be paired with China, just like the men’s final. They’ll start on vault with Laurie Hernandez, Aly Raisman, and Simone Biles. Next in the uneven bars they’ll follow China and send Biles, Gabby Douglas, and Madison Kocian up. On the balance beam it will be Raisman, Hernandez, and Biles leading off. Then in the floor the US will hopefully wrap up a gold with Hernandez, Raisman, and then the signature moment belonging to Biles.
The event starts at 3 PM but you won’t see it on TV until NBC’s tape delayed coverage between 8 PM and 12 AM.
Judo
The next US judoka to compete is Travis Stevens today in the men’s 81kg division. Stevens takes on Robin Pacek in the round of 32 to start on mat 1. Judo follow a “followed by” scheduling system so the start time is not certain but might be as early as 10 AM. Wins would have Stevens in the round of 16 and quarterfinals in the morning session. If Stevens reaches the repechage (a quarterfinal loss) or semifinals that portion of the day start at 2:40 PM.
The finals are to be shown on delay on NBCSN in their coverage from 8-9:30 PM.
Rowing
While the schedule has been modified some in the lagoon after the cancellation on Sunday of all rowing things are starting to get back on track. The US day will begin at 8:10 AM with Gevvie Stone going in the quarter finals of the women’s single sculls. Stone needs a top three finish to advance to the semifinals A/B while the rest of the six boat field will go to the semifinals C/D. High stakes continue in the men’s pair at 8:50 AM as Nareg Guregian and Anders Weiss are in the semifinals. The top three move to the final A while the other three go to the final B. Twenty minutes later at 9:10 AM in the women’s doubles sculls semifinals Meghan O’Leary and Ellen Tomek will be going for a top three spot and the final A instead of the final B.
The action takes a break before Anthony Fahden, Edward King, Tyler Nase, and Robin Prendes in the men’s lightweight four face a semifinal of their own at 10 AM. Like the others the top three go to the final A, the bottom three to final B. The first repechage of the day for the US comes in the women’s lightweight double sculls as Kate Bertko and Devery Karz go at 10:20 AM. Only a top two finish will move them into the semifinals A/B while the other four boats are into the semifinals C/D.
NBC is scheduled to cover rowing on delay during their 12-2 PM coverage window.
Rugby Sevens
It’s the men’s turn in rugby sevens in Rio on Tuesday. Unlike the women’s game there are four dominant countries in men’s rugby that will make anyone who needs to beat them to medal worried. New Zealand. Australia. South Africa. Fiji. If anyone other than those three medals it will be a real surprise and the US will surely have to beat one of them to get to the semifinals. Things aren’t as hard on the first day. The US faces an opponent that is their equal in Argentina in the opener at 12 PM before being able to pad their GD in a matchup with host nation Brazil at 5 PM. If they lose the opener building a big GD to avoid being the third best third place team and still getting into the quarterfinals will be important.
NBCSN will have LIVE coverage of the first match while the second will be LIVE on CNBC.
Sailing
Caleb Paine will kick off his Olympics on Tuesday with two races starting at 12:05 PM in the men’s finn class. At the same time Paige Railey in the women’s laser radial will start the first of two races as she currently sits in sixth place. Starting 10 minutes later at 12:15 PM will be Charlie Buckingham in the men’s laser where he is 12th going into the two races on Tuesday.
Starting at 12:20 PM there will be three women’s RS:X races for Marion Lepert as she is currently in ninth and at 12:30 PM three men’s RS:X races will begin with Pedro Pascual in 28th overall.
MSNBC will have some sailing coverage on delay in their coverage from 3-5 PM.
Shooting
The only event American competing in shooting on Tuesday will be Enkelejda Shehu in the women’s 25m pistol. The event has two stages of qualifying, a precision stage and a rapid fire stage. In the precision stage at 8 AM you have time to focus on making a good shot while in the rapid fire stage at 11 AM you must fire once every three seconds in each round. There are 30 shots in each round and the top eight will advance to the semifinals at 2:30 PM. In this event the semifinal will set the matchups head-to-head for bronze (2:45 PM) and gold (2:55 PM).
There’s no planned TV coverage of the event.
Soccer
The US women will try to close out a perfect group stage as they take on Colombia at 6 PM ET on Wednesday. The American are yet to allow a goal in Rio and only need a draw to win their group. But having won their last 13 Olympic soccer matches they will be heavily favored to make it 14 in a row against the Colombians.
NBCSN will have coverage of the game LIVE.
Swimming
The US has won medals in 10 straight events contested in Rio and there’s no reason to think that streak will end on Tuesday. In addition to the three finals already set for Tuesday night three events will have heats in the afternoon and semifinals in the evening while there is also a relay that will take place on Tuesday with a semifinal in the afternoon and a final in the evening.
The afternoon will begin with the men’s 100m freestyle as both Caeleb Dressel and Nathan Adrian are in the seventh heat at 12:20 PM. The semifinals will be at 9:03/9:11 PM Tuesday evening. They’ll be followed by Cammille Adams in the third heat (12:38 PM) and Hali Flickinger in the fourth heat (12:43 PM) of the women’s 200m butterfly, with the semifinals in that event at 9:37/9:46 PM in the evening session. The final individual heats will be in the men’s 200m breaststroke. Kevin Cordes and Josh Prenot will both be in the fifth and final heat at 1:10 PM hoping to reach the 10:03/10:12 PM final on Tuesday night. The other event in the afternoon session is the semifinals for the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay. The US team will be in the first heat at 1:17 PM. A top eight finish overall will move them into the final which ends swimming for Tuesday night at 10:38 PM.
The finals in the evening for individual events will only feature four Americans between the three races. In the opening race Katie Ledecky will be going for her second Rio gold in the women’s 200m freestyle at 9:19 PM. The second event is the highly anticipated men’s 200m butterfly as Michael Phelps tries to land an individual gold in his final Olympics at 9:28 PM. The last final does have two Americans, Maya DiRado and Mel Margalis in the 200m individual medley final at 10:29 PM.
NBC will have full LIVE coverage of the swimming both during the day session and during the evening session.
Tennis
Of the four US matchups we are pretty certain when two of the matches will start while the other two are “third on court X” type matches. We know that Madison Keys will open the day on Center Court as she takes on Carla Suarez Navarro in the round of 16 at 9:45 AM. Starting the evening session on the same court eight hours later Serena Williams will face Ekaterina Svitolina in the round of 16 at 5:45 PM.
It’s less certain when Steve Johnson will take to the court for his round of 32 match against Gastao Elias. Johnson is scheduled to be second on his court so perhaps as early as 11:30 AM. Johnson will keep his day going with Jack Sock when they face Roberto Bautista Agut/David Ferrer. That match is fourth on court and could be as early as 3 PM, a fairly quick turnaround for Johnson between matches.
Bravo has full LIVE coverage on TV for tennis while streams of individual matches are available online.
Volleyball
Having lost to Canada to start the group stage 0-1 the US men will be eager to get back out on the court and try get their first win when they take on Italy. The Italians beat France to open the Olympics and are looking to go to 2-0 in this one at 2 PM ET.
You can catch this one LIVE on NBC.
Water Polo
The US women finally start their Olympics on Tuesday when they face Spain at 10:40 AM. They’ll be hoping to have more success than the men did on Monday in the same matchup. This is a rematch of the World League final that the US won a couple months ago. In the women’s group stage all eight teams advance, they are just playing for seeding, so there isn’t the pressure on the women that the men are facing right now.
The matchup will be LIVE on NBC.
