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USA U-23 Women Set For Six Nations Tournament in La Manga, Spain

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The US U-23 women’s soccer team will be challenging some of the world’s best at the Six Nations Tournament in La Manga, Spain over the next few days. While this age group is past the age of youth World Cups and the Olympics are not an U-23 tournament for the women’s teams this is still a good chance for the players to get some international experience and show why they should be considered for inclusion for the full national team in the future.

US Team

The US team is composed of both college (11) and professional (9) players.

Goalies:

  • Aubrey Bledsoe – Wake Forest
  • Abby Smith – Texas

Defenders:

  • Abby Dahlkemper – UCLA
  • Amanda Frisbie – Seattle Reign FC
  • Arin Gilliland – Kentucky
  • Jaelene Hinkle – Texas Tech
  • Kassey Kallman – FC Kansas City
  • Emily Sonnett – Virginia

Midfielders:

  • Danielle Colaprico – Virginia
  • Caprice Dydasco – UCLA 
  • Jenna Richmond – FC Kansas City 
  • Meleana Shim – Portland Thorns FC
  • Frances Silva – FC Kansas City
  • Erika Tymrak – FC Kansas City

Forwards:

  • Shea Groom – Texas A&M
  • Maya Hayes – Sky Blue FC
  • Jennifer Hoy – Chicago Red Stars
  • Kealia Ohai – Houston Dash 
  • Katie Stengel – Wake Forest
  • Chioma Ubogagu – Stanford

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US Women’s Soccer Dominates Russia 8-0 in Friendly in Snowy Atlanta

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The fans who made it to this match had to deal with some bad weather and the game being rescheduled from Wednesday to Thursday. Once they got inside the Georgia Dome though they were warm and entertained as a strong American side destroyed Russia 8-0 behind seven second half goals. Perhaps the US women watched the US men’s hockey team put up six in the second period against Slovakia in a 7-1 win and though, we can do better.

The US put out a strong lineup…

Hope Solo
Ali Krieger, Whitney Engen, Rachel Van Hollebeke, Kelly O’Hara
Heather O’Reilly, Morgan Brian, Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe
Amy Rodgriguez, Abby Wambach

and used six subs in the game: Jill Loyden, Becky Sauerbrunn, Kristie Mewis, Lauren Holiday, Sydney Leroux, and Christen Press.

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Olympic Review – August 9th

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Athletics

Entering day 2 Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee were 1-2 in the decathlon. They started the day in the 110m hurdles where Trey Hardee ran a personal best 13.54 (1035) and Ashton Eaton ran a 13.56 (1032). They continued to be 1-2 in the overall standings after the hurdles.

Then the women’s high jump qualification round started with Brigetta Barrett (1.93m) and Chaunte Lowe (1.93m) making the final while  Amy Acuff (1.90m) came up a bit short. The final will be on Saturday.

Next in the men’s decathlon discus throw Ashton Eaton threw 42.53m (716) and Trey Hardee threw 48.26m (716). Through seven events they continued to lead the decathlon.

Next up was the 1st round of the men’s 4x400m relay. The US team of Maurice Mitchell, Joshua Mance, Tony McQuay, and Bryshon Nellum easily qualified finishing 2nd in 2:58.87, a season best. This was remarkable considering that Maurice Mitchell BROKE HIS LEG halfway through his 400m. Incredibly he still finished in 46.1, 5th fastest of anyone in his leg. The team will be in the final on Friday.

Next the decathlon headed to the pole vault where Ashton Eaton cleared 5.20m (972) and Trey Hardee cleared 4.80m (849) to maintain their top two rankings with two events to go.

To start the afternoon off the decathlon headed to the javelin where Ashton Eaton threw a personal best 61.96m (767) and Trey Hardee threw a season best 66.65m (838). These scores meant Eaton and  Hardee would head to the 1500m still in the 1-2 positions they started in.

Then the men’s triple jump final will begin with Will Claye and Christian Taylor in the field.  Will Claye got out to an early lead with a 17.54m on his second jump. Christian Taylor struggled and went into his third jump needing a top eight mark to reach the final three jumps. He pulled it off with a 17.15m jump that placed him in 5th. In Taylor’s fourth jump he went 17.81m to take the lead from Claye and never relinquished it as he won gold with Claye getting silver.

Then in the women’s 800m semifinal Alice Schmidt (4th – 2:01.63) and Geena Gall (8th – 2:05.76) did not make the final while Alysia Johnson Montano (4th – 1:58.42) grabbed the final spot based on time.

Next up was the men’s 800m final where Duane Solomon (4th – 1:42.82) and Nick Symmonds (5th – 1:42.95) both ran personal bests but couldn’t medal in a race that saw the world record fall and everyone but one runner finish in a personal best. And that runner finished in a season best!

Then the women’s 4x100m relay began with the 1st round. Tianna Madison, Jeneba Tarmoh, Bianca Knight, and Lauryn Williams made up for the team for the US and finished in a season best 41.64 to head into the final on Friday the heavy favorite.

Next in the men’s 200m final Wallace Spearmon ran a season best 19.90 but came up just short of a medal with a 4th place finish just .06 seconds behind bronze.

Finally in the 1500m portion of the decathlon Ashton Easton finished in 4:33.59 (721) while Trey Hardee finished in a personal best 4:40.94 (674) to slam home any chance of falling to the bronze medal. The final result had Ashton Eaton winning gold in the decathlon with 8869 points and Trey Hardee won a silver with a season best 8671.

Basketball

In the women’s basketball semifinals the US struggled with Australia 22-20 after one quarter and 47-43 after the 1st half. A strong 3rd quarter gave them a 65-59 lead and they held on to win somewhat comfortably 86-73. The win put the US into the gold medal game against France on Saturday.

Boxing

Looking for a gold, and the first ever women’s boxing gold medal for the US, Claressa Shields beat Nazezda Torlopova of Russia 19-12 to take home a gold medal in the middlewight division. Shields, a 17-year-old became the youngest boxer to win a gold medal in 88 years. The victory gave the US a positive end to an otherwise unremarkable run in London.

Cycling

The US had three riders in the Men’s BMX quarterfinals on Thursday. Connor Fields was in the 2nd heat and won the first three runs to advance to the semifinals on Friday. David Herman and Nicholas Long were in the 3rd and heat and involved in a major crash on the 1st run. Long finished 7th and Herman came in 8th with a DNF, though both were able to continue the competition. What started then was a big push for getting back into qualifying position. Herman finished 3rd, 4th, and 1st in the next three runs while Long finished 4th, 5th, and 2nd. They went into the final run knowing it would take help to get both of them through. Long won the final run but didn’t advance as Herman finished 2nd and Roger Rinderknecht of Switzerland finished 3rd. Herman and Rinderknecht finished with 18 points and Long had 19. David Herman and Connor Fields will be in the semifinals on Friday.

Diving

The women’s 10m platform semifinal was on Thursday morning and a disappointing showing by Brittany Viola (300.50) and Katie Bell (296.80) left them both outside the top 12 with Viola finishing 15th and Bell finishing 16th.

Equestrian

The US had one last chance to medal in the grand prix freestyle portion of the individual dressage competition. Steffen Peters on Ravel finished with a 77.286% in 17th place to end that chance.

Gymnastics

In rhythmic gymnastics on Thursday Julie Zetlin competed with the ball and the hoop during the first day. She scored a 24.450 with the ball and a 23.750 with the hoop to find herself in 22nd after the 1st day. She’ll compete with the clubs and the ribbon on Friday.

Sailing

The sail-off with the Netherlands was cancelled on Thursday as the winds were non-existent. The decision was made to award the US 5th place based off their group stage performance instead of trying to make up the race later.

Soccer

The US went for their 3rd straight gold medal in women’s soccer against Japan on Thursday and behind a Carli Lloyd brace (8′ and 54′) the US got out to a 2-0 lead. Japan came back and scored in the 63rd minute and had a lot of chances to tie things up, but Hope Solo and the US held and won the game 2-1.

Swimming

In an incredible women’s 10km open water swim Haley Anderson swam stroke for stroke with the leaders and pushed with Eva Risztov of Hungary at the end to pull away. In the end Anderson came up just .4 seconds short of gold, but took a silver in an amazing event.

Taekwondo

To star the day of Terrence Jennings, in the men’s 68kg competition, lost to Servet Tazegul of Turkey 8-6 in the preliminary round. Tazegul went on to win gold so Jennings got a repechage chance. He took advance defeating Hryhorii Husarov 3-2 and Diogo Silva 8-5 to win a bronze medal!

Diana Lopez started the women’s 57 kg competition in the preliminary round losing 1-0 to Yuzhuo Hou of China. Hou made the final, taking silver, so Lopez got into the repechage bracket. Unfortunately her chance to medal ended with a 9-4 loss to Suvi Mikkonen.

Volleyball

In the women’s volleyball tournament the US moved into the final by sweeping Korea 25-20, 25-22, 25-22.  The win moved the US into a final rematch with Brazil for the gold medal.  Brazil finished 4th in the group stage, including a 25-18, 25-17, 22-25, 25-21 loss to the US, but has played well in the knockout round to reach Saturday’s final. This one should be a fantastic exciting battle.

Water Polo

The US and Spain had tied in the group stage after a late Spain rally but Thursday’s gold medal match turned out a bit differently. Backed by a 8-1 run the US took an 8-2 lead early in the 4th quarter and held on to win their first gold by defeating Spain 8-5.

Wrestling

The final day of women’s wrestling started with Ali Sue Bernard losing to Jenny Fransson of Sweeden 3-0, 3-1 in the 72kg qualification round. The other US wrestler was Kelsey Campbell who lost 1-0, 1-0 to Saori Yoshida of Japan in the 55kg round of 16. Yoshida won gold so Campbell got a repechage chance but was defeated 4-0, 1-0 by Yuliya Ratkevich of Azerbaijan in the repechage match.

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Olympic Preview – August 9th

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The day will get started at 4:15 AM when Terrence Jennings faces Servet Tazegul in the 68kg men’s taekwondo preliminary round. It ends either around 4:20 PM when the decathlon gets to the 1500m. If the US has a competitor in the taekwondo gold medal matches it would end with that.

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It appears almost everything is available LIVE online at nbcolympics.com.

All times mentioned from now on are ET.

Athletics

Entering day 2 Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee are 1-2 in the decathlon. They’ll start their second day with both of them running in the 4th heat of the 110m hurdles at 4:24 AM.  Eaton has a PB of 13.35 and a SB of 13.70 while Hardee has as a PB and SB of 13.61.

At 4:30 AM the women’s high jump qualification round starts with Brigetta Barrett (PB & SB 2.01m), Chaunte Lowe (PB 2.05m and SB 2.02m) and Amy Acuff (PB 2.01m and SB 1.95m) all competing at 4:30 AM.

In the men’s decathlon discus throw Ashton Eaton (PB 47.36m, SB 46.54m) and Trey Hardee (PB 52.68m, SB 49.05m) in the 2nd group at 6:10 AM.

Next up is the 1st round of the men’s 4x400m relay. The second heat at 6:45 AM will feature the US team which has a SB of 3:00.02 and a NR of 2:54.29.

At 7:55 AM the decathlon will head to the pole vault where Ashton Eaton (PB & SB 5.30m) and Trey Hardee (PB & SB 5.30m) will be in Group A.

To start the afternoon off the decathlon heads to the javelin where Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee will be trying to finish off the competition strong at 1:30 PM.

At 2:20 PM the men’s triple jump final will begin with Will Claye (PB&SB 17.70m) and Christian Taylor (PB 17.96m, SB 17.63m) will be in the field.  There is a real chance these two could go 1-2 in the final.

Then in the women’s 800m semifinal Alice Schmidt at 2:30 PM (PB 1:58.61, SB 1:59.46), Alysia Johnson Montano at 2:38 PM (PB 1:57.34, SB 1:57.37) and Geena Gall at 2:46 PM (PB&SB 1:59.24) will all try to finish in the top two in their heat and make the final.

Next up is the men’s 800m final at 3 PM where Duane Solomon (PB&SB 1:43.44) and Nick Symmonds (PB 1:43.76, SB 1:43.78) are looking to medal.

At 3:20 PM the women’s 4x100m relay begins with the 1st round. The US team is in heat 1 with a SB of 42.19 and a NR of 41.47.

Next at 3:55 PM the men’s 200m final will begin with Wallace Spearmon (PB 19.65, SB 19.95) the only American in the final. It will be a big challenge for him to beat Usain Bolt but he might be able to medal still.

At 4:20 PM the decathlon will end with the 1500m heats. Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee will look to wrap up medals.

NBC will cover athletics from 12-12:45 PM, and again in primetime from 8 PM – 12 AM.

4:24 AM – Men’s Athletics – Decathlon – Trey Hardee and Ashton Eaton – 110m Hurdles – Heat 4
4:30 AM – Women’s Athletics – High Jump – Qualification
6:10 AM – Men’s Athletics – Decathlon – Discus Throw
6:45 AM – Men’s Athletics – 4x400m Relay – Round 1 – Heat 2
7:55 AM – Men’s Athletics – Decathlon – Pole Vault
1:30 PM – Men’s Athletics – Decathlon – Javelin Throw
2:20 PM – Men’s Athletics – Triple Jump – Final
2:30 PM – Women’s Athletics – 800m – Alice Schmidt – Semifinal – Heat 1
2:38 PM – Women’s Athletics – 800m – Alysia Johnson Montano – Semifinal – Heat 2
2:46 PM – Women’s Athletics – 800m – Geena Gall – Semifinal – Heat 3
3 PM – Men’s Athletics – 800m – Final
3:20 PM – Women’s Athletics – 4x100m Relay – Round 1 – Heat 1
3:55 PM – Men’s Athletics – 200m – Final
4:20 PM – Men’s Athletics – Decathlon – 1500m

Basketball

At 12 PM the US women will take on Australia in the semifinals. The US beat Canada 91-48 in the quarterfinals while Australia beat China 75-60. Australia went 4-1 in the group stage while the US was undefeated.  This matchup has been a traditional gold medal matchup in past Olympics.

The basketball game will be LIVE on the NBC Sports Network from 12-2 PM.

12 PM – Women’s Basketball – Australia – Semifinals

Boxing

In the gold medal bout Claressa Shields will be facing Nazezda Torlopova of Russia. Shields is coming off a 29-15 semifinal win while Torlopova squeaked out a 12-10 semifinal win.

Boxing will be shown from 5-8 PM on CNBC.

12:15 PM – Women’s Boxing – Middleweight – Claressa Shields vs. Nadezda Torlopova – Gold Medal Final

Cycling

Connor Fields will be the first BMXer up for the US on Thursday at 10:03 AM in heat 2. The heats are held as five-run races. After each race points are given to the riders based on positions. After three runs the top-two move into the semifinals. After the next two runs the top-two again move into the semifinals. Nicholas Young and David Herman are in the 3rd heat which starts at 10:06 AM. If the heats went according to the seeding runs all three would move into the quarterfinals.

BMX will be shown on NBC’s primetime coverage from 8 PM – 12 AM.

10:03 AM – Men’s Cycling – BMX – Connor Fields – Quarterfinals – Heat 2
10:06 AM – Men’s Cycling – BMX – Nicholas Young and David Herman – Quarterfinals – Heat 3

Diving

The women’s 10m platform semifinal will start at 5 AM with Brittany Viola going 5th and Katie Bell going 10th. If they finish in the top 12 they’ll make the final later in the day at 2 PM.

NBC will cover the diving in their primetime coverage from 8 PM – 12 AM.

5 AM – Women’s Diving – 10m Platform – Semifinal
2 PM – Women’s Diving – 10m Platform – Final

Equestrian

The US has one last chance to medal in equestrian as Steffen Peters on Ravel rides at 8:45 AM in the grand prix freestyle. If Peters could have a top three ride on Thursday he would win a medal.

The final will be shown LIVE on MSNBC from 9-11 AM.

8:45 AM – Equestrian – Dressage – Steffen Peters on Ravel – Grand Prix Freestyle

Gymnastics

In rhythmic gymnastics on Thursday Julie Zetlin will be competing in the individual all-around. She’ll start 18th on rotation 1 at 7 AM with the ball and be 17th on rotation 2 at 8:18 AM on the hoop. She’ll complete the competition on Friday.

There will be no TV coverage of the gymnastics.

7 AM – Women’s Gymnastics – Rhythmic – Individual All-Around – Qualification – Rotation 1
8:18 AM – Women’s Gymnastics – Rhythmic – Individual All-Around – Qualification – Rotation 2

Sailing

The only sailing event going on for the US on Thursday is a battle against the Netherlands in the elliott 6m competition. This race will determine if the US finishes 5th/6th or 7th/8th. It’s a best of 5 competition with match 1 at 7 AM, match 2 at 7:30 AM, match 3 at 8 AM, match 4 (if necessary) at 8:30 AM, and match 5 (if necessary) at 9 AM.

There will be no TV coverage of the sailing.

7 AM – Women’s Sailing – Elliott 6m – Netherlands – Sail Off 5-8 – Match 1
7:30 AM – Women’s Sailing – Elliott 6m – Netherlands – Sail Off 5-8 – Match 2
8 AM – Women’s Sailing – Elliott 6m – Netherlands – Sail Off 5-8 – Match 3
8:30 AM – Women’s Sailing – Elliott 6m – Netherlands – Sail Off 5-8 – Match 4
9 AM – Women’s Sailing – Elliott 6m – Netherlands – Sail Off 5-8 – Match 5

Soccer

The US will be going for back-to-back-to-back gold medals in women’s soccer when they face Japan at 2:45 PM. Japan defeated the US in penalty shots last year in the world cup. Japan had a much tougher road to the final defeating Brazil 2-0 and France 2-1.  They defeated Canada 2-1 in the group stage before drawing both of their remaining matches at 0-0.

The soccer game will be shown LIVE on the NBC Sports Network from 2:30-5 PM.

2:45 PM – Women’s Soccer – Japan – Gold Medal Match

Swimming

The final event in the women’s swimming program is the 10km open water swim which begins at 7 AM. Haley Anderson is the US swimmer competing in the event.

The swimming will be shown on NBC from 11:45 AM – 12 PM and 12:45-1 PM.

7 AM – Women’s Swimming – 10km Open Water

Taekwondo

At 4:15 AM Terrence Jennings will begin the taekwondo competition for the US. Jennings is in the men’s 68kg competition and will be facing Servet Tazegul of Turkey in the preliminary round. Diana Lopez will start the women’s 57 kg competition in the preliminary round with a match against Yuzhuo Hou of China. If either wins their first match they will move into the quarterfinals around 10 AM. If they lose to a finalist at any point they will be in the repechage competition later in the day.

The semifinals will be shown on MSNBC from 1:30-2:30 PM.

4:15 AM – Men’s Taekwondo – 68kg – Terrence Jennings vs. Servet Tazegul – Preliminary Round
7:30 AM – Women’s Taekwondo – 57kg – Diana Lopez vs. Yuzhuo Hou – Preliminary Round
10 AM – Women’s Taekwondo – 57kg – Quarterfinals
10:15 AM – Men’s Taekwondo – 68kg – Quarterfinals
12 PM – Women’s Taekwondo – 57kg – Semifinals
12:15 PM – Men’s Taekwondo – 68kg – Semifinals
3 PM – Women’s Taekwondo – 57kg – Repechage & Bronze Medal Finals
3:15 PM – Men’s Taekwondo – 68kg – Repechage & Bronze Medal Finals
5:15 PM – Women’s Taekwondo – 57kg – Gold Medal Final
5:30 PM – Men’s Taekwondo – 68kg – Gold Medal Final

Volleyball

In the women’s volleyball competition the US, 3-0 victors over the Dominican Republic in the quarterfinals, will face Korea in the semifinals at 10 AM. Korea beat Italy 3-1 in the quarterfinals and lost 25-19, 25-17, 20-25, 25-21 to the US in the group stage.

They volleyball match will be shown LIVE (ET/CT) on NBC from 10-11:45 AM.

10 AM – Women’s Volleyball – Korea – Semifinals

Water Polo

In the women’s water polo gold medal final the US will take on Spain at 3 PM. The US beat Australia 11-9 in the semifinals while Spain beat Hungary 10-9 in the other semifinal. Both teams are undefeated with their group stage match ending in a 9-9 tie after the US gave up a 9-6 lead with three minutes to go.

The water polo match will be shown LIVE (ET/CT) on NBC from 3-4 PM.

3 PM – Women’s Water Polo – Spain – Gold Medal Final

Wrestling

In the final day of women’s wrestling Ali Sue Bernard will start the day off at 8:07 AM when she faces Jenny Fransson of Sweeden in the 72kg qualification round. Kelsey Campbell will go next at 8:14 AM when she faces Saori Yoshida of Japan in the 55kg round of 16. If either woman wins her match she’ll move into the next rounds which start at the times listed below. If they lose to a finalist in their tournament they will get a chance at bronze in the repechage bracket.

There will be coverage on the NBC Sports Network from 10:45 AM – 12 PM, 2-2:30 PM, and 5-6 PM.

8:07 AM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 72kg – Ali Sue Bernard vs. Jenny Fransson – Qualification
8:14 AM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 55kg – Kelsey Campbell vs. Saori Yoshida – Round of 16
9:03 AM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 72kg – Round of 16
9:10 AM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 55kg – Quarterfinals
9:38 AM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 72kg – Quarterfinals
10:06 AM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 55kg – Semifinals
10:20 AM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 72kg – Semifinals
12:45 PM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 55kg – Repechage & Bronze Finals
12:54 PM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 72kg – Repechage & Bronze Finals
2:03 PM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 55kg – Gold Final
2:48 PM – Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle – 72kg – Gold Final

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Olympic Review – August 6th

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Athletics

None of the Americans were able to make the discus throw final as Jason Young (62.18m – 18th), Jarred Rome (59.57m – 31st), and Lance Brooks (61.17m – 21st) were not able to reach the top 12 (63.55m).

In the women’s 100m hurdles 1st round Kellie Wells (12.69-1st), Dawn Harper (12.75-2nd), and Lolo Jones (12.68-1st) all advanced from their heats to the semifinals on Tuesday.

In the women’s shot put qualification round Michelle Carter advanced to the evening final as her 18.63m throw was 8th best. Jillian Camarena-Williams finished 16th (18.22m) and Tia Brooks finished 20th (17.72m).

Next in the men’s 800m 1st round Khadevis Robinson failed to advance (4th-1:47.17), while Nick Symmonds (1st-1:45.91) and Duane Solomon (1st-1:46.05) both advanced to Tuesday’s semifinals.

Then the women’s 1500m 1st round,where Shannon Rowbury (7th – 4:06.03), Jennifer Simpson (6th – 4:13.81) and Morgan Uceny (2nd – 4:06.87) all advanced to Wednesday’s semifinals.

In the women’s pole vault final next week Becky Holliday only made it to 4.45m and was eliminated there. Jennifer Suhr was excellent as the competition progressed and only missed one jump before missing all there at 4.8m. She won the gold as she and Yarisley Silva both cleared 4.75m but Silva had more misses overall.

In the women’s shot put final Michelle Carter was able to make the top eight and earn three more throws but only finished 6th with 19.42m.

In the women’s 200m 1st round heats. Allyson Felix (1st – 22.71), Carmelita Jeter (1st – 22.65), and Sanya Richards-Ross (1st – 22.48) all won their heats to advance to Tuesday’s semifinal.

Then in the semifinals of the women’s 400m hurdles. T’Erea Brown (3rd – 54.21), Lashinda Demus (1st – 54.08), and Georganne Moline (2nd – 54.74) all advanced to the final on Wednesday.

Next in the men’s 400m hurdles the US earned a medal as Michael Tinsley ran a personal best 47.91 to earn the silver. Angelo Taylor finished 5th in 48.25 and Kerron Clement finished in 8th at 49.15.

Finally in the women’s 3000m steeplechase Emma Coburn finished 9th with a a personal best 9:23.54 and Bridget Franek finished 14th in 9:45.51.

Basketball

the US finished 1st in their group and continued their mostly strong play by dominating Argentina en route to a 126-97 victory. The US now faces Australia in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Beach Volleyball

The US will not medal in beach volleyball as their final team of Jacob Gibb/Sean Rosenthal lost to Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins of Lativa in the quarterfinals 19-21, 21-18, 15-11. They nearly had the 2nd set but a late run by the Latvians tied it at one set a piece for the Latvians stormed out to an early lead in the 3rd set and never looked back.

Boxing

The Americans finally had some more success in boxing on Monday as Marlen Esparza beat Karlha Magliocco of Venezuela 24-16 in the flyweight quarterfinals while Claressa Shields beat Anna Laurell of Sweden 18-14 in the middleweight quarterfinals.

Both are now guaranteed medals as both semifinalist losers will get a bronze medal. Esparza will be in a semifinal against Cancan Ren of China while Shields will face Marina Volnova of Kazakhstan. Bout bout will be on Wednesday.

Cycling

Sarah Hammer had a fantastic first day of the omnium and finds herself in a tie for 1st place with Laura Trott of Great Britain with 12 points each as they head to the 2nd day and the final three events.  Hammer came in 5th place in the 250m “Flying Lap” time trial with a time of 14.369. She scored 25 points in the points race to finish 5th as well. Finally in the elimination race she was 2nd only to Laura Trott. Tomorrow she’ll be in the individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.

Diving

Chris Colwill and Tony Dumais were in the preliminary round of men’s 3m springboard diving on Monday and both advanced easily. Dumais finished in 3rd with 486.60 points and Chris Colwill finished 7th with 461.35 points. They are in the semifinals on Tuesday now.

Equestrian

On the 3rd day of equestrian jumping the US had both of their individual competitors slip up but still qualify for the individual jumping final. Rich Fellers on Flexible picked up 8 penalties and now is in 11th overall while McLain Ward on Antares had 8 penalties to reach 12 total and is in 26th.  Others on the team were Beezie Madden on Via Volo who had 4 more penalties to reach 8 and Reed Kessler on Cylana who had 12 penalties to finish with 20 total. The US thus ended up with 28 total penalties through the 2 days and finished 6th.

Field Hockey

The US won’t be advancing to the women’s field hockey knockout round and they finished the group stage in horrible fashion losing 7-0 to South Africa. The US ended up last in the group despite being the only team to beat 1st place Argentina they will face Belgium in the 11-12 match on Friday.

Gymnastics

In the women’s gymnastics uneven bars final Gabby Douglas had an off day and Gabby Douglas finished 8th with a score of 14.900. In the men’s gymnastics vault final Samuel Mikulak finished 5th with a score of 16.050.

Sailing

In the men’s 470 Stuart McNay/Graham Biehl finished 6th in race #7 and 18th in race #8. They are now in 17th with 97 points, 31 points behind 10th with two races left on Tuesday.

In the 49er Erik Storck/Trevor Moore finished 8th in race #14 and 17th in race #15. They finished in 15th overall with 157 points, 22 behind 10th.

Finally Paige Railey finished 6th in the laser radial medal race and ended up in 8th overall.

Shooting

In the men’s 50m rifle 3 position qualification round Matthew Emmons finished 2nd with 1172 points to make the final while Jason Parker finished 30th with 1159 points.  In the final Emmons was in silver position with one shot left when he shot a 7.6 to finish 3rd. It was another disappointment for Emmons but he does at least get a medal in the event finally.

Women’s Soccer

In the women’s soccer semifinals the US engaged in an epic semifinal with Canada. Christine Sinclair got the Canadians off to a 1-0 lead in the 22nd minute. The US would be behind for quite a while but got the 2nd half off to a good start when Megan Rapinoe scored directly from a corner kick in the 54th minute. Canada answered with a Christine Sinclair header in the 67th minute. The US struck right back when Rapinoe scored AGAIN with a great shot rifled from just inside the box. The Canadians scored a 3rd time when Sinclair completed a hat trick in the 73rd minute on another header. In the 79th minute the US got a controversial indirect free kick inside the box and drew a penalty for hand ball after they shot. Abby Wambach converted the penalty and we went to extra time tied at three. In the extra time both teams traded attacks but Alex Morgan provided the winning goal in the 3rd additional minute of the 2nd half of extra time when she headed in a cross to send the US to the gold medal final against Japan on Thursday.

Synchronized Swimming

The US duo of Mary Killman/Mariya Koroleva managed to finish in 10th and make the final, just 2 points ahead of the Brazilian duo.

Volleyball

The men’s volleyball team easily defeated Tunisia 25-15, 25-19, 25-19 to win their group in the group stage. They will now face Italy in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Water Polo

In the men’s water polo group stage the US ended their round with another disappointing performance as they lost to Hungary 11-6. They finished 4th in the group and will face undefeated Croatia in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Wrestling

The US had three wrestlers going on Monday. Edward Charles Betts took on Keitani Graham of Micronesia in the 84kg division qualification round and won 6-0, 1-0 to move on to the round of 16.  In the round of 16 he faced Pablo Enrique Shorey Hernandez 1-0, 1-0 to end his Olympics.

Ellis E Coleman took on Ivo Serafimov Angelov of Bulgaria in the 60kg division qualification round and lost 1-0, 7-1 to end his Olympics.

Dremiel Deshon Byers took on Muminjon Abdullaev of Uzbekistan in the 120kg round of 16 and won 1-0, 2-0 to move into the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals he lost to Riza Kayaalp of Turkey to end his Olympics.

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Olympic Preview – August 6th

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The day will get started at 4 AM when the men’s 50m riffle three position qualification beings. It ends at 5:15 PM with the men’s basketball game vs. Argentina.

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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.

Athletics

Athletics will start off at 5 AM with the men’s discus throw qualification. Jason Young, Jarred Rome, and Lance Brooks will compete for the US trying to reach the top 12 and make the finals. Each gets three throws.

Next is the women’s 100m hurdles with Kellie Wells (5:19 AM), Dawn Harper (5:26 AM), and Lolo Jones (5:40 AM) in separate heats in round 1. Top three finishes in their heats will give them semifinal berths.

Next at 5:45 AM the women’s shot put qualification will begin. Jillian Camarena-Williams, Michelle Carter, and Tia Brooks are in the field for the US.  Top 12 move on the finals in the afternoon. Each gets three throws.

Then on the track the men’s 800m 1st round will take place with Khadevis Robinson (5:50 AM), Nick Symmonds (6:14 AM) and Duane Solomon (6:38 PM).  Top 3 spots in the heats earn berths in the semifinals.

After that will be the women’s 1500m, again the 1st round, where Shannon Rowbury (6:50 AM), Jennifer Simpson (7:01 AM) and Morgan Uceny (7:12 AM) will all be in different heats. If they finish in the top 3 they will advance to the semifinals.

At 2 PM the women’s pole vault final will be held with Jennifer Suhr and Becky Holliday competing for the US.  Each gets three attempts at the given height as they increase the height throughout the final.

Next at 2:15 PM the women’s shot put final will be held, hopefully with a US competitor or two or three. Each competitor will get three throws. After that the top eight will get three more throws.

Then the women’s 200m begins with the round 1 heats. Allyson Felix (2:28 PM), Carmelita Jeter (2:36 PM), and Sanya Richards-Ross (2:44 PM) will all be in different heat. Top three finishes will move them into the semifinals.

After that will be the semifinals of the women’s 400m hurdles. T’Erea Brown (3:15 PM), Lashinda Demus (3:23 PM), and Georganne Moline (3:31 PM) will be competing in seperate heats with the top two moving to the finals.

Next will be the final of the men’s 400m hurdles at 3:45 PM with Kerron Clement, Angelo Taylor, and Michael Tinsley in the final for the US.

Finally the women’s 3000m steeplechase will be at 4:05 PM. Emma Coburn and Bridget Franek will be in the final for the US.

Athletics will be on NBC from 10-10:30 AM, 12:15-12:45 PM, 1:30-1:50 PM, 4:15-4:30 PM, and on NBC in primetime from 8-12 PM.

5 AM – Men’s Athletics – Discus Throw – Qualification
5:19 AM – Women’s Athletics – 100m Hurdles – Kellie Wells – Round 1 – Heat 3
5:26 AM – Women’s Athletics – 100m Hurdles – Dawn Harper – Round 1 – Heat 4
5:40 AM – Women’s Athletics – 100m Hurdles – Lolo Jones – Round 1 – Heat 6
5:45 AM – Women’s Athletics – Shot Put – Qualification
5:50 AM – Men’s Athletics – 800m – Khadevis Robinson – Round 1 – Heat 1
6:14 AM – Men’s Athletics – 800m – Nick Symmonds – Round 1 – Heat 4
6:38 AM – Men’s Athletics – 800m – Duane Solomon – Round 1 – Heat 7
6:50 AM – Women’s Athletics – 1500m – Shannon Rowbury – Round 1 – Heat 1
7:01 AM – Women’s Athletics – 1500m – Jennifer Simpson – Round 1 – Heat 2
7:12 AM – Women’s Athletics – 1500m – Morgan Uceny – Round 1 – Heat 3
2 PM – Women’s Athletics – Pole Vault – Final
2:15 PM – Women’s Athletics – Shot Put – Final
2:28 PM – Women’s Athletics – 200m – Allyson Felix – Round 1 – Heat 2
2:36 PM – Women’s Athletics – 200m – Carmelita Jeter – Round 1 – Heat 3
2:44 PM – Women’s Athletics – 200m – Sanya Richards-Ross – Round 1 – Heat 4
3:15 PM – Women’s Athletics – 400m Hurdles – T’Erea Brown – Semifinals – Heat 1
3:23 PM – Women’s Athletics – 400m Hurdles – Lashinda Demus – Semifinals – Heat 2
3:31 PM – Women’s Athletics – 400m Hurdles – Georganne Moline – Semifinals – Heat 3
3:45 PM – Men’s Athletics – 400m Hurdles – Final
4:05 PM – Women’s Athletics – 3000m Steeplechase – Final

Basketball

The US would be first in their group with a victory over Argentina at 5:15 PM. With a loss they could find themselves tied and in 2nd or 3rd with France and Argentina.

Basketball will be LIVE on NBC Sports Network and the Special Basketball channel from 5:15-7:15 PM.

5:15 PM – USA Men’s Basketball vs. Argentina

Beach Volleyball

At 2 PM the men’s beach volleyball quarterfinals will be contested between Jacob Gibb/Sean Rosenthal and Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins of Lativa. The Latvians won Group G.

The men’s beach volleyball match will be shown on NBC in primetime from 8-12 PM.

2 PM – Men’s Beach Volleyball – Jacob Gibb/Sean Rosenthal vs. Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins – Quarterfinals

Boxing

The Americans have two more boxing bouts on Monday as Marlen Esparza takes on Karlha Magliocco of Venezuela at 8:45 AM in the flyweight quarterfinals while Claressa Shields takes on Anna Laurell of Sweden in the middleweight quarterfinals at 10:45 AM.

The Marlen Esparza match will be shown LIVE on NBC Sports Network during coverage from 8:30-9:45 AM. There will be tape delayed coverage on NBC Sports Network from 2-2:30 PM and CNBC from 5-8 PM.

8:45 AM – Women’s Boxing – Flyweight – Marlen Esparza vs. Karlha Magliocco – Quarterfinals
10:45 AM – Women’s Boxing – Middleweight – Claressa Shields vs. Anna Laurell – Quarterfinals

Cycling

Sarah Hammer will be competing in the women’s omnium starting on Monday. She’ll take part in the 250km time trial at 11:08 AM, the 20km points race at 12:06 PM, and the elimination race at 1:18 PM.

There will be coverage from 2:10-2:30 PM on NBC.

11:08 AM – Women’s Cycling – Track – Omnium – 250m Time Trial (Flying Lap)
12:06 PM – Women’s Cycling – Track – Omnium – 20km Points Race
1:18 PM – Women’s Cycling – Track – Omnium – Elimination Race

Diving

Chris Colwill and Tony Dumais will be competing in the men’s diving 3m springboard preliminaries on Monday at 2 PM. If they finish in the top 18 they will move on to the semifinals on Tuesday.

Diving coverage will be on NBC in primetime from 8-12 PM.

2 PM – Men’s Diving – 3m Springboard – Preliminary Round

Equestrian

Entering Monday Rich Fellers on Flexible is in 1st with 0 penalties and McLain Ward on Antares is in 17th with 4 penalties as they enter the 3rd round of individual qualifying. The team is in 7th with 8 penalties as they enter the 2nd team round. Beezie Madden on Via Volo and Reed Kessler on Cylana will compete for the team as well. The team will have it’s final place by adding its day 2 score to the 8 from day 1. If Fellers and Ward are in the top 35 still after the 3rd round they will advance to the individual qualifying 4th round. Everything gets underway at 9 AM.

Equestrian coverage will be from 2:30-3 PM and 4:30-5 PM on NBC.

9 AM – Equestrian – Jumping – 3rd Qualifying Round/2nd Team Qualifying Round

Field Hockey

The US won’t be advancing to the women’s field hockey knockout round but they will be finishing up their group stage with a 5:45 AM match against South Africa.

The field hockey match is on NBC Sports Network LIVE from 5:45-6:15 AM.

5:45 AM – Women’s Field Hockey vs. South Africa – Group Stage

Gymnastics

The US will see Gabrielle Douglas go for the women’s uneven bars final at 9:50 AM. They will also have Samuel Mikulak in the men’s vault final at 10:41 AM.

The gymnastics will be covered on NBC in primetime from 8-12 PM.

9:50 AM – Women’s Gymnastics – Uneven Bars Final
10:41 AM – Men’s Gymnastics – Vault Final

Sailing

Stuart McNay/Graham Biehl are in 18th heading to the 7th (7 AM) and 8th (8:30 AM) races of the men’s 470 on Tuesday.

Erik Storck/Trevor Moore are still in contention for the men’s 49er as they head to race #14 (10 AM) and race #15 (11 AM). They are in  15th as they head to the final 2 races, 15 points behind the 10th spot.

Finally Paige Railey will be in 9th as she starts the laser radial medal race.

No sailing coverage on TV.

7 AM – Men’s Sailing – 470 – Race 7
8 AM – Women’s Sailing – Laser Radial – Medal Race
8:30 AM – Men’s Sailing – 470 – Race 8
10 AM – Men’s Sailing – 49er – Race 14
11 AM – Men’s Sailing – 49er – Race 15

Shooting

Matthew Emmons and Jason Parker will be in the men’s shooting 50m rifle three positions qualification starting at 4 AM. If they finish in the top 8 they will advance to the afternoon final.

There will be 50m rifle three position coverage on NBC Sports Network from 11:30AM-12 PM.

4 AM – Men’s Shooting – 50m Rifle Three Position – Qualification
8:45 AM – Men’s Shooting – 50m Rifle Three Position – Final

Women’s Soccer

The women’s soccer team will be in the semifinals on Monday when they take on Canada at 2:45 PM. The US hasn’t lost to Canada in ages and are heavy favorites to make the final.

The US Soccer game will be on NBC Sports Network LIVE from 2:45-4:45 PM.

2:45 PM – Women’s Soccer – Canada – Semifinals

Volleyball

The men’s volleyball team wraps up group stage when they play Tunisia on Monday at 3 PM. The US is a top their group right now and is looking to lock that up.

3 PM – Men’s Volleyball – Tunisia – Group Stage

Water Polo

In the men’s water polo group stage the US is currently in 2nd place behind Serbia and will wrap things up with a match against Hungary at 10:30 AM on Monday.

The men’s water polo match will be on NBC LIVE from 10:30-11:45 AM.

10:30 AM – Men’s Water Polo – Hungary – Group Stage

Wrestling

The US has three wrestlers going on Monday. Edward Charles Betts takes on Keitani Graham of Micronesia in the 84kg division qualification round at 8 AM.  Ellis E Coleman takes on Ivo Serafimov Angelov of Bulgaria in the 60kg division qualification round at 8:09 AM. Dremiel Deshon Byers takes on Muminjon Abdullaev of Uzbekistan in the 120kg round of 16.

Wrestling is on MSNBC from 11:15AM-12:15PM and LIVE on MSNBC from 2:30-3:30 PM.

8 AM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 84kg – Edward Charles Betts vs. Keitani Graham – Qualification
8:09 AM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 60kg – Ellis E Coleman vs. Ivo Serafimov Angelov – Qualification
8:27 AM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 60kg – Round of 16
8:36 AM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 84kg – Round of 16
8:54 AM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 120kg – Dremiel Deshon Byers vs. Muminjon Abdullaev – Round of 16
9:39 AM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 60kg – Quarterfinals
9:48 AM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 84kg – Quarterfinals
9:48 AM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 120kg – Quarterfinals
10:15 AM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 60kg – Semifinals
10:24 AM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 84kg – Semifinals
10:24 AM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 120kg – Semifinals
12:45 PM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 60kg – Repechage & Bronze Finals
12:45 PM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 84kg – Repechage & Bronze Finals
12:45 PM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 120kg – Repechage & Bronze Finals
1:46 PM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 60kg – Gold Final
2:21 PM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 84kg – Gold Final
2:56 PM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling – 120kg – Gold Final

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Olympic Review – July 31st

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Archery

Jacob Wukie was the first archer to begin the day for the US. He took on Jayanta Talukdar of India in the round of 64. In that match Wukie was victorious 6-0 (27-22, 30-26, 29-28). Next Wukie took on Baard Nesteng of Norway in the round of 32. Wukie took a 2-0 lead by winning the first set 28-24 but then lost 3 straight to lose 6-2 (24-28, 29-28, 29-27, 29-26).

Next up was Jennifer Nichols who took on Chekrovolu Swuro of India. The two traded sets and had to go to a shoot off to decide it. In the end Nichols won 6-5 (24-27, 27-25, 25-25, 26-29, 28-25, 9-9 (closet)). In the round of 32 Nichols faced Bishindee Urantungalag of Mongolia. Nichols ended up losing 6-4 (27-27, 26-27, 26-26, 26-25, 28-25).

Basketball

Then USA men took on Tunisia on Tuesday and was only up 21-15 at the end of the 1st quarter and 46-33 at the half. The second half, and in particular the 3rd quarter, was where the US shown and after outscoring Tunisia 39-14 in the 3rd quarter the US went on to win 110-63. Kevin Love and Carmelo Anthony led the US with 16 points a piece.

The win helped keep the US atop the table in group A where the US is the only team that is 2-0. The US will next be facing 4th place Nigeria on Thursday.

Beach Volleyball

The first match of the day saw Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers take on Gavira Collado/Herrera Allepuz of Spain. Both teams had won their set in straight sets and were fighting for the top of the group. With a 19-21, 21-16, 15-13 win the US duo moved into 1st place. They face Petr Benes/Premsyl Kubala of the Czech Republic on Thursday. If they win a single set they will guarantee they aren’t passed in the group and will advance to the quarterfinals. A win would win them the group.

In the 2nd match of the day April Ross/Jennifer Kessy took on Marleen Van Iersel /Sanne Keizer of the Netherlands. The win kept the US on top of the group by points ratio and guaranteed they will advance from the group stage. The only thing left to settle is who will win the group. Ross/Kessy or the team they play on Thursday, Elsa Baquerizo MicMillan/Liliana Fernandez Steiner of Spain.

Boxing

In the boxing competition on Tuesday Jamel Herring took on Daniya Teleussinov of Kazakhstan in the round of 32 of the men’s light welterweight competition. Jerring was behind from the start and lost 19-9 (8-5, 7-3, 4-1).

Equestrian

Tuesday was the last day of the eventing competition, both team and individual. In the first part of the day the first showjumping routines were run. Boyd Martin had to pull out of the competition after an injury to his horse was discovered.  Two of his teammates, Tiana Coudray and Will Coleman, were out of the running for the individual title. Coudray ended up with a score of 11 penalties in the jumping qualifier and a total of 88.6 penalties, placing her in 40th place. Will Coleman had a score of 2 penalties in the jumping qualifier and ended up with a score of 84.7 penalties to finish in 37th place. Philip Dutton was in contention for a spot and had a run featuring 23 penalties. He was able to advance despite his score of 70.1 being in 27th due to the limit on each country of only having three riders in the final. Karen O’Connor was in contention as well and seized the 16th spot by having a perfect ride in the qualifier, giving her 53.8 total penalties.  Coleman, Dutton, and O’Connor combined to give the US the 7th spot in the team competition with a total of 208.6.

In the eventing individual final Philip Dutton started off with a run with 11 penalties. That gave him a total of 81.10 and placed him in 23rd place. Karen O’Connor did much better and another perfect run left her in 9th with 53.8 penalties.  O’Connor was only 9 penalties off of the bronze medal.

Fencing

The first competitor to get the day underway for the US was Miles Chamley-Watson who took on Alaaeldin Abouelkassem of India in the round of 32. Chamley-Watson hung around for a while but lost 15-10 (4-2, 8-6, 3-2).  The next competitor for the US was Alexander Massialas  who faced off against Etienne Lalonde Turbide of Canada in the round of 32. Massialas had a great match and won 15-6 (11-3, 3-4). Massialas then moved on to the round of 16 where he was defeated 15-6 (8-3, 7-3) by Alexey Cheremisinov of Russia. The final competitor for the US was Race Imboden who defeated Guilherme Toldo of Brazil in the round of 32 by a score of 15-5 (12-5, 3-0). Imboden then moved on to the round of 16 where he was defeated 15-9 (9-5, 6-4) by Andrea Baldini of Italy.

Field Hockey

The US had a hugely important game against Argentina in the group stage of field hockey on Tuesday. After losing 2-1 in their first match the US needed a win to try and stay in the group. Only the top two teams advance, so there isn’t any room to spare. The US got the win they needed by defeating Argentina 1-0 in a continuation of their Pan-American rivalry. The win moved the US into a tie for 2nd with Argentina, Australia, and Germany. The US is in 4th due to goal differential. Their score will be improved a lot after they face South Africa (who Argentina defeated 7-1). The US next faces 3rd place Australia on Thursday. Another win there would give the US an even better shot at the medal round.

Gymnastics

Brilliance. Beauty. Dominance. All of those words perfectly describe the US performance in the women’s team final on Tuesday. With the Russians breathing down their necks for 3 of the 4 apparatus the US answered the questions and didn’t flinch. When Russia made mistakes on the floor routine the US didn’t back down and put up a great score to blow Russia away and win the gold by over 5 points. How dominate was the US? Consider their apparatus rankings. In vault they were first. On the uneven bars they were third. On the balance beam they were first. On the floor routine they were third.  They had the three best vault scores in the competition. The first, third and fourth best floor routines. The fourth, fifth and seventh best balance beam routines. Even on the US’s weakest apparatus, the uneven bars, they finished sixth, eight, and 11th out of 24 competitors. The US improved their score from the qualification round, even with all the pressure.  Needless to say it was a routine that will go down in history. The US’s first women’s team gold since 1996 and a set of routines that demonstrated how gold medals are meant to be won: in clear dominant fashion. There was no doubting this one, no relying on someone else to help you out. The US flat out won this medal all by themselves, no one was going to top these girls.

Judo

Travis Stevens was the US competitor in the 81kg judo competition on Tuesday. He started things off in the round of 32 by defeating Aljaz Sedej of Slovenia by getting an ippon with 45 seconds left in the match. Then in the round of 16 he defeated Avtandil Tchrikishvili by getting an ippon at the 1:37 mark of a golden score period. In the quarterfinals Stevens took on Leandro Guilheiro of Brazil and defeated him by scoring a waza-ari half way through the match and holding on to that lead til the end.

In the semifinals Travis took on Ole Bischof of Germany. The match went scoreless the entire eight minutes and the judges ruled Bischof the winner.  I’m no judo expert, so my opinion can’t say much about how close it was. However from the comments I’ve seen from Stevens and his coach and others, it was a surprise they ruled for Bischof. Stevens tried to rally for a bronze but in a match with Antoine Valois-Fortier of Canada he gave up an early yuko and never could get a score to overcome it.  It was disappointing that he couldn’t get a medal after such a good run.

Rowing

In the first rowing event of the day the women’s double sculls crew of Margot Shumway/Sarah Trowbridge were able to make the final by finishing in 2nd place of their repechage by 1.31 seconds. They will now be in the final on Friday.

In the next event the women’s lightweight double sculls crew of Kristin Hedstrom/Julie Nichols made the semifinals by finishing 1st in their heat of the repechages. They are now in the semifinals on Thursday.

Next up was the men’s single sculls quarterfinals. The US finally got some disappointment as Ken Jurkowski finished 5th, a full 16+ seconds out of 3rd and will not make the regular semifinals. Jurkowski will be in the semifinal C/D on Wednesday to help determine rankings.

In the women’s single sculls quarterfinals Genevra  Stone rowed a great race and finished 2nd in her quarterfinal to advance to the A/B semifinals on Thursday.

In the final US event on Tuesday the lightweight four crew was not able to advance to the final as they finished in 5th place, 3.5 seconds out of 3rd place. They will race in the B final on Thursday.

Sailing

In the men’s 49er event on Tuesday Erik Storck and Trevor Moore finished in 16th in race 3 before winning race 4. Their total score is now 33 points as they are in 9th place and they are only 7 points behind 3rd place. Races 5 and 6 will be on Wednesday.

In the laser radial event Paige Railey finished in 12th in race 3 and 17th in race 4. She is now in 9th place with 42 points. That places her 24 points behind the 3rd place spot.  Races 5 and 6 will be on Wednesday

In the finn event Zach Railey finished 2nd in race 5 and 8th in race 6. Zach is now in 12th place with 48 points and is 25 points behind 3rd place. Races 7 and 8 will be on Thursday.

In the men’s RS-X event Robert Willis finished in 7th in race 1 and in 10th in race 2. His combined total is 17 and that puts him in 7th place, 11 points behind 3rd place. Races 3 and 4 will be on Wednesday.

In the star event Mark Mendelblatt and Brian Fatih finished in 8th in race 5 and 9th in race 6. Their total is now 30 and that puts them in 6th place, just 13 points behind 3rd place. Races 7 and 8 will be on Thursday.

In the women’s RS-X event Farrah Hall finished in 22nd in race 1 and 18th in race 2. She is in 21st place with a total score of 40, 33 points out of 3rd. Races 3 and 4 will be on Wednesday.

In the elliott 6m event the US defeated Finland by two seconds and France by five seconds to move to 4-2 in the event. They are tied for 3rd place.  They will face 6th place New Zealand (3-3) and 3rd place Russia (5-1) tomorrow.

In the laser event Rob Crane finished race 3 in 30th place and race 4 in 28th place. His score of 135 places him 36th and is 120 out of 3rd place. He will have races 5 and 6 on Wednesday.

Shooting

Frank Thompson and Vincent Hancock competed in the qualification period of the skeet competition. Vincent Hancock set an Olympic record hitting 123 of 125 and led the group heading into the final. Frank Thompson hit 119 of 125 and was tied for 7th. Only six make the final, so he was JUST outside that group. In the final Hancock was perfect hitting 25 of 25. His total of 148 is a new Olympic record and he won gold for the 2nd straight Olympics. No man had ever won two skeet golds before, let alone in a row. An amazing accomplishment for a very talented shooter.

Soccer

The US defeated North Korea on Tuesday by a score of 1-0 led by an Ally Wambach first half goal. The result gave the US the top spot in Group G and sent them into a quarterfinal matchup with New Zealand on Friday. The US caught a big break as Sweden, France and Japan, the other three quarterfinalists in the last World Cup, along with Brazil, who the US beat in the quarterfinals of that World Cup, are all on the other half of the bracket. Beating New Zealand would earn the US a semifinal matchup with Canada or Great Britain.

Swimming

In the Men’s 100m freestyle Nathan Adrian finished 1st in the heats and Cullen Jones finished 9th, a 100th of a second behind 8th.  Adrian did great in the semifinals winning his heat and finishing 2nd overall, but Cullen Jones was only 14th, missing the final by .22 seconds. Adrian will swim in the final tomorrow.

Next in the women’s 200m butterfly Kathleen Hersey finished 1st and Cammile Adams 8th in the heats to move on to the semifinals. In the semifinals Hersey finished 1st but Cammile Adams was in a slower heat and just made the final finishing in 7th, .36 ahead of 9th. They will swim in the final on Wednesday.

Then in the men’s 200m breaststroke Clark Burckle and Scott Weltz went 6-7 in the heats to qualify for the afternoon semifinals. In the semifinals Weltz finished 4th and Burckle 6th to make the final. Weltz was .79 seconds behind leader Michael Jamieson of Great Britain in the semifinals. They will swim for gold on Wednesday.

In the women’s 200m freestyle Allison Schmitt zoomed into the lead after the 1st turn and never looked back. She blew away the field and finished 1.97 seconds ahead and set an Olympic record with a time of 1:53.61. Missy Franklin was just out touched at the wall and finished 4th by .01 seconds.

In the men’s 200m butterfly final Michael Phelps swam a great race and appeared to have it won, but was beaten to the touch by Chad le Clos of South Africa. Phelps seemed to try to coast in while le Clos finished strong. It was almost a mirror image of Beijing. Phelps did pick up the silver, just .05 seconds back, his 18th career medal, tied for the most all-time. Tyler Clary was well back in 5th place in the race.

In the women’s 200m individual medley Shiwen Ye came on in the final 50m and blew the field away and to overtake Caitlin Levernez.  Leverenz had been in 1st at the final turn but came in 3rd to win the bronze. Ariana Kukors was another .88 seconds behind her in 5th place. Ye sat an Olympic record in the event.

In the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay the US team of Charlie Houchin, Matthew McLean, Davis Tarwater, and Conor Dwyer swam a time 2.43 seconds better than the 2nd place team, France, to put the US into the final. In the final the US turned to a team of Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer, Ricky Berens, and Michael Phelps to win the gold. They led the entire race and Michael Phelps led it home to win his 19th  medal, a new Olympics record. Incredible story for Phelps, one of the greatest athletes ever.  They were over 3 seconds ahead of France at the end.

Tennis

There was some good news and some bad news for the US on Tuesday. In the women’s singles round of 32 Venus Williams defeated Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada 6-1, 6-3 to move on to a round of 16 match against 7th seed Angelique Kerber of Germany.  Varvara Lepchenko was knocked out by Julia Georges of Germany, 6-3, 7-5 in a round of 32 match.

In men’s singles Andy Roddick saw his tournament come to an end as he lost 6-2, 6-1 to 2nd-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the round of 32.

In women’s doubles top-seeded Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond defeated Agnieszka Radwanska/Urszula Radwanksa of Poland 6-4, 7-6 in the round of 16 to move on to a quarterfinal against 6th-seeded Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina of Russia tomorrow. Venus and Serena Williams were victorious over Angelique Kerber/Sabine Lisicki 6-2, 7-5 in the round of 16 to move on to a Wednesday quarterfinal against 2nd-seeded Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci of Italy.

Finally in men’s doubles top-seeded Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan defeated Nikolay Davydenko/Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in the round of 16 to move on to the quarterfinals. Their match will be on Thursday against a yet to be determined opponent.

Volleyball

The men’s volleyball team continue their dominant play as they bounced Germany in three sets (25-23, 25-26, 25-20) to stay atop the group. They and Brazil are 2-0 with all six sets won but the US has a slightly better point ratio. That tie will be broken when the two countries meet on Thursday.

Water Polo

The US men got a huge victory over Romania on Tuesday as they knocked Romania from the top of the group and moved up to 2nd. The US is only behind Serbia who has a goal differential of +18 largely thanks to beating Great Britain by 14 on Tuesday. The US will get a chance to build theirs up on Thursday when they face the British.

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Olympic Preview – July 31st

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Tuesday’s competition starts at 4 AM with the 4th round of skeet shooting qualification getting underway. It will continue for 14 hours until 6 PM when the beach volleyball duo of April Ross/Jennifer Kessy take on Van Iersel/Keizer in a group stage match.

As always follow me on twitter for the most current information and coverage.  If you have any questions feel free to shoot them my way and I will attempt to help you!

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

On Tuesday the US will have two of their top archers taking part in the individual archery competition. First at 4:13 AM #12 Jacob Wukie will take on #53 Jayanta Talukdar of India in the round of 64. If Wukie wins he will shoot again in the round of 32 at 4:52 AM.

Next up will be #15 Jennifer Nichols at 5:44 AM when she faces #50 Chekrovolu Swuro of India in the round of 64. If Nichols wins her match she will move on to the round of 32 at 6:23 AM.

There will be archery coverage on MSNBC from 5 PM-5:30 PM.

4:13 AM – Men’s Archery – #12 Jacob Wukie vs. #53 Jayanta Talukdar – Round of 64
4:52 AM – Men’s Archery – Individual – Round of 32
5:44 AM – Women’s Archery – #15 Jennifer Nichols vs. #50 Chekrovolu Swuro – Round of 64
6:23 AM – Women’s Archery – Individual – Round of 32

Basketball

The US will look to stay atop of Group A when they face Tunisia on Tuesday at 5:15 PM. Tunisia currently sits in 4th place in the group.

The US game will be shown on the Special Basketball channel and on NBC Sports Network from 5:15-7:15 PM.

5:15 PM – Men’s Basketball – Tunisia – Group Stage

Beach Volleyball

In the men’s beach volleyball competition Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers will take on Gavira Collado/Herrera Allepuz of Spain at 4 PM. The Spaniards are 2nd in the group so this match could determine the group winner.

At 6 PM April Ross/Jennifer Kessy will take on Marleen Van Iersel/Sanne Keizer in a group stage match. The US duo is currently first in their group and will be hoping to stay on top against the #3 team in their group.

The men’s beach volleyball match will be shown live on NBC from 4-5 PM while the women’s beach volleyball match will be shown during late night coverage from 12:35-1:35 AM on Wednesday.

4 PM – Men’s Beach Volleyball – Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers vs. Gavira Collado/Herrera Allepuz – Group Stage
6 PM – Women’s Beach Volleyball – April Ross/Jennifer Kessy vs. Marleen Van Iersel/Sanne Keizer – Group Stage

Boxing

In the boxing competition, at 10:30 AM Tuesday, Jamel Herring will be taking on Daniya Teleussinov of Kazakhstan in the round of 32 of the men’s light welterweight competition.

The boxing will be covered tape delayed from 5-8 PM on CNBC.

10:30 AM – Men’s Boxing – Light Welterweight – Jamel Herring vs. Daniyar Yeleussinov – Round of 32

Equestrian

In the last day of the equestrian eventing competition there will be two rounds of showjumping. The first round, starting at 5:30 AM, will determine the final team standings and help rank the individuals. After that round the top 25 individuals will jump one more time starting at 9:30 AM to determine the final individual standings.

The equestrian competition will be covered LIVE on NBC Sports Network from 5:45-8:15 AM and from 9:15-10:35 AM.

5:30 AM – Equestrian – Eventing – Jumping
9:30 AM – Equestrian – Eventing – Individual Jumping

Fencing

Men’s individual foil is the fencing event of the day for Tuesday. At 6:50 AM Miles Chamley-Watson will take on Alaaedldin Abouelkassem of Egypt in the round of 32. Next at 7:20 AM Alexander Massialas faces Etienne Lalonde Turbide of Canada, also in the round of 32. Finally at 8:20 AM Race Imboden will have his round of 32 bout against a round of 64 winner. If any of the competitors advance the rest of the rounds are on Tuesday and start at the times listed below.

Once again there is no fencing on TV Tuesday.

6:50 AM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Foil – Miles Chamley-Watson vs. Alaaedldin Abouelkassem – Round of 32
7:20 AM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Foil – Alexander Massialas vs. Etienne Lalonde Turbide – Round of 32
8:20 AM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Foil – Race Imboden vs. TBD – Round of 32
9:10 AM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Foil – Round of 16
10:30 AM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Foil – Quarterfinals
1 PM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Foil – Semifinals
2:10 PM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Foil – Bronze Medal Match
2:40 PM – Men’s Fencing – Individual Foil – Gold Medal Match

Field Hockey

After starting off with a 2-1 loss to Germany the US is now forced to face the top team in the group so far, Argentina, at 2 PM. The US and Argentina are old rivals from Pan-American type competitions so this game should be very exciting.

The field hockey match will be shown LIVE on NBC Sports Network from 2-3:30 PM.

2 PM – Women’s Field Hockey – Argentina – Group Stage

Gymnastics

The women’s gymnastics team will be looking to do what the men couldn’t do on Monday… take their 1st place qualification spot and actually medal from it! The women will start at 11:30 AM on the vault. They will rotate through the uneven bars, the balance beam and finally the floor routine. They are paired with the Russians in the rotation.

The gymnastics competition will be tape delayed and shown as part of NBC’s primetime coverage from 8 PM-12 AM

11:30 AM – Women’s Gymnastics – Team Final

Judo

After falling for judo on Monday I’m excited to see some more on Tuesday! Things will start with Travis Stevens in the round of 32 taking on Aljaz Sedej of Slovenia. If he wins he will progress through the rounds which start at the times listed below.

There will be no judo coverage on TV on Tuesday.

5:19 AM – Men’s Judo – 81kg – Travis Stevens vs. Alijaz Sedej – Round of 32
6:29 AM – Men’s Judo – 81kg – Round of 16
7:11 AM – Men’s Judo – 81kg – Quarterfinals
9:28 AM – Men’s Judo – 81kg – Repechage and Bronze
9:42 AM – Men’s Judo – 81kg – Semifinals
11:10 AM – Men’s Judo – 81kg – Gold Medal Final

Rowing

Things will start off at 4:50 AM with Margot Shumway/Sarah Trowbridge in the women’s double sculls repechage. They will have to finish in the top two to make the final and were 2nd fastest of the six boats in the heats.

In women’s lightweight double sculls the repechage will offer three boats a path to the semifinals. The US crew of Kristin Hedstrom/Julie Nichols is in repechage 2 of the event, which starts at 5:10 AM. The US was the top boat of their repechage during the heats.

In the 6 AM quarterfinals of the men’s single sculls Ken Jurkowski will attempt to make the semifinals by finishing in the top 3 of quarterfinal 3. Jurkowski was the slowest of the six boats in his quarterfinal during the opening rounds.

At 6:40 AM the quarterfinals of the women’s single sculls will take place. Generva Stone will be in quarterfinal 2 for the US, seeking to be in the top 3 to make the semifinals. Stone was 3rd best from her quarterfinal in the opening rounds.

Finally at 7:40 AM the men’s lightweight four semifinals will take place. The US is in semifinal A and needs a top 3 finish to move into the final. They had the slowest time of the six boats in the earlier rounds.

Rowing will be covered on tape delay on NBC from 11:15-11:45 AM and from 2:15-2:40 PM.

4:50 AM – Women’s Rowing – Double Sculls – Repechage
5:10 AM – Women’s Rowing – Lightweight Double Sculls – Repechage
6 AM – Men’s Rowing – Single Sculls – Quarterfinals
6:40 AM – Women’s Rowing – Single Sculls – Quarterfinals
7:40 AM – Men’s Rowing – Lightweight Four – Semifinals

Sailing

In sailing on Tuesday we’ll see lots of competition.

In 49er the US team of Erik Storck and Trevor Moore are in 7th after 2 races. In laser radial Paige Railey is in 5th after 2 races. In finn Zach Railey is in 13th after 4 races. In men’s RS-X Robert Willis will be the US competitor as the event begins. In women’s RS-X it will be Farrah Hall. In star the US crew is in 6th after 4 races. In laser Rob Crane is in 39th after 2 races. In elliott 6m the US is in 5th place at 2-2 and will be facing #5 Finland (2-2) and #3 France (3-1).

There will be no sailing on TV on Tuesday.

7 AM – Men’s Sailing – 49er – Race 3
7 AM – Women’s Sailing – Laser Radial – Race 3
7 AM – Men’s Sailing – Finn – Race 5
7 AM – Men’s Sailing – RS-X – Race 1
7:10 AM – Men’s Sailing – Star – Race 5
7:50 AM – Men’s Sailing – RS-X – Race 2
7:50 AM – Men’s Sailing – 49er – Race 4
8:30 AM – Men’s Sailing – Finn – Race 6
8:30 AM – Women’s Sailing – RS-X – Race 1
8:35 AM – Women’s Sailing – Elliott 6m – Finland – Round Robin
8:50 AM – Men’s Sailing – Star – Race 6
9 AM – Men’s Sailing – Laser – Race 3
9:10 AM – Women’s Sailing – Laser Radial – Race 4
9:20 AM – Women’s Sailing – RS-X – Race 2
10:30 AM – Men’s Sailing – Laser – Race 4
10:30 AM – Women’s Sailing – Elliott 6m – France – Round Robin

Shooting

Frank Thompson and Vincent Hancock are both in good position to make the final after day one. Hancock is 1st with 74 out of 75 while Thompson is tied for 5th with 71 of 75. The top six make the final which will be figured out after two more rounds of 25 tomorrow. The final will be another round of 25 with the highest total the winner.

There will be shooting coverage tape delayed from 4:45-5:15 PM on NBC Sports Network.

4 AM – Men’s Shooting – Skeet – Qualification – Frank Thompson – Round 4
5 AM – Men’s Shooting – Skeet – Qualification – Vincent Hancock – Round 4
6 AM – Men’s Shooting – Skeet – Qualification – Frank Thompson – Round 5
7 AM – Men’s Shooting – Skeet – Qualification – Vincent Hancock – Round 5
9 AM – Men’s Shooting – Skeet – Final

Soccer

After 2 games the US is atop their group in soccer and any point against North Korea, 3rd in the group, in their 12:15 PM match would see the US win the group.

The USA game will air LIVE on NBC Sports Network and the Special Soccer channel from 12:15-2 PM.

12:15 PM – Women’s Soccer – North Korea – Group Stage

Swimming

In the morning session we will see Nathan Adrian in heat 6 of the men’s 100m freestyle with Cullen Jones in heat 8. Top 16 move on to the evening’s semifinals.

Then in the women’s 200m butterfly Cammile Adams in heat 3 and Kathleen Hersey in heat 4 will look to finish in the top 16 and advance to that evening’s semifinals.

Next in the men’s 200m breaststroke Scott Weltz will be in heat 3 and Clark Burckle in heat 4. The top 15 will move on to the evening semifinals.

In the final session of the morning the US men’s 4x200m freestyle relay team will try to qualify for the Tuesday evening final by finishing in the top eight. The US is in heat 2.

In the evening session we will see the men’s 100m freestyle semifinals hopefully featuring Nathan Adrian and Cullen Jones. Top 8 move into Wednesday’s final.

Next in the women’s 200m freestyle final Allison Schmitt (2nd) and Missy Franklin (8th) will look to improve upon their semifinal positions and swim for the gold medal.

In the men’s 200m butterfly final Tyler Clary (5th) and Michael Phelps (4th) will look to improve on their semifinal times and win medals in the event.

Then in the women’s 200m butterfly semifinals Cammile Adams and Kathleen Hersey will try to finish in the top 8 and advance to Wednesday’s final.

Next in the men’s 200m breaststroke semifinals Scott Weltz and Clark Burckle will be vying for one of eight spots in Wednesday’s final.

After that in the women’s 200m individual medley final Caitlin Leverenz (3rd) and Ariana Kukors (4th) will try their luck at beating the amazingly fast 16-year-old, Shiwen Ye of China.

In the final session of the evening the US men’s 4x200m freestyle relay team will be swimming in the final.

There will be tape delayed heats shown from 10:30-11:15 AM and 1:30-2:15 PM on NBC. The finals will be tape delayed and shown on the primetime cover from 8 PM – 12 AM on NBC and some semifinals from 12:35-1:35 AM on Wednesday morning.

5 AM – Men’s Swimming – 100m Freestyle – Heats
5:25 AM – Women’s Swimming – 200m Butterfly – Heats
5:47 AM – Men’s Swimming – 200m Breaststroke – Heats
6:17 AM – Men’s Swimming – 4x200m Freestyle Relay – Heats
2:30 PM – Men’s Swimming – 100m Freestyle – Semifinals
2:39 PM – Women’s Swimming – 200m Freestyle – Final
2:47 PM – Men’s Swimming – 200m Butterfly – Final
2:55 PM – Women’s Swimming – 200m Butterfly – Semifinals
3:17 PM – Men’s Swimming – 200m Breaststroke – Semifinals
3:39 PM – Women’s Swimming – 200m Individual Medley – Final
3:47 PM – Men’s Swimming – 4x200m Freestyle Relay – Final

Tennis

The first match of the day for the US will feature Venus Williams taking on Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada in the round of 32 at 7 AM. Next up will be Varvara Lepchenko who will face Julia Georges of Germany in the round of 32 at 8:30 AM. Next will be some doubles matches on the women’s side. Venus and Serena Williams will take on Angelique Kerber/Sabine Lisicki of Germany while Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond will take on Agnieszka Radwanska/Urszula Radwanska of Poland, both matches starting at 10:30 AM in the round of 16.

On the men’s side Andy Roddick will take on Novak Djokovic of Serbia in a round of 32 match at 11 AM. Finally Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan will face Nikolay Davydenko/Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in a round of 16 match at 12:30 PM.

Any and all tennis coverage will be on Bravo from 7 AM – 3 PM.

7 AM – Women’s Tennis – Singles – Venus Williams vs. Aleksandra Wozniak – Round of 32
8:30 AM – Women’s Tennis – Singles – Varvara Lepchenko vs. Julia Goerges – Round of 32
10:30 AM – Women’s Tennis – Doubles – Venus Williams/Serena Williams vs. Angelique Kerber/Sabine Lisicki – Round of 16
10:30 AM – Women’s Tennis – Doubles – Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond vs. Agnieszka Radwanska/Urszula Radwanska – Round of 16
11 AM – Men’s Tennis – Singles – Andy Roddick vs. Novak Djokovic – Round of 32
12:30 PM – Men’s Tennis – Doubles – Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan vs. Nikolay Davydenko/Mikhail Youzhny – Round of 16

Volleyball

After winning game 1 the US find themselves in the 3rd spot in group B. Tomorrow might be a chance to move up as they face 5th place Germany at 11:45 AM. The US is looking to defend the gold medal in this event.

The USA-Germany match will be on NBC LIVE from 11:45 AM – 1:30 PM.

11:45 AM – Men’s Volleyball – Germany – Group Stage

Water Polo

After starting off with a win the US will be looking to fight for the top of the group with 1st place Romania when they meet at 2:40 PM. The US is ranked 3rd on goal differential so far.

The US Water Polo match will be shown live on NBC from 2:40-4 PM.

2:40 PM – Men’s Water Polo – Romania – Group Stage

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Olympic Review – July 28th

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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.

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Olympic Preview – July 28th

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As the first full day of the Olympics gets going there will be American athletes competing in events all over London.  The first athletes to start will be competing in women’s shooting at 3:15 AM ET and the last to start will be beach volleyball that won’t start until 6 PM ET, almost 15 hours later. We’ll go event by event to talk about what they will be doing.

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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 men’s team competition will take place on Saturday. As the 4th seeded team the US won’t begin competition until the quarterfinals begin at 10 AM. In the quarterfinals the US will either take on #5 Japan or #12 India, 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 #1 South Korea. 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 most likely outcome on Saturday for the US is winning in the quarterfinals, losing to an amazing Korean team in the semifinals, and then playing for the bronze against France or China.

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 11:15 AM – 12 PM and then some more at 5:45 until 7 PM.

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

Badminton

The US will see their badminton competitors get underway at 3:50 PM when Howard Bach and Tony Gunawan take on Jung Jage-sung and Lee Yong-dae of South Korea. Jae-sung/Yong-dae are the 2nd seed in the badminton tournament. The competition does begin with a group stage where the top two move on, so Bach/Gunawan will continue to have a chance even if they do suffer defeat.

MSNBC should have coverage from 4 to 4:30 PM.

3:50 PM – Howard Bach/Tony Gunawan vs. Jae-sung/Yong-dae – Group Stage

Basketball

The US women’s basketball team will be starting their group stage on Saturday as well when they take on Croatia in the first of five group stage games. Croatia is playing in their first Olympics after they finished 5th at the 2011 EuroBasket, their best ever finish. They should be an easy first win for the US as Croatia is ranked 31st in the world currently.

The match will be on NBC and the special basketball channel.

11:45 AM – Women’s Group Stage vs. Croatia

Beach Volleyball

The first competitors to get underway for the US will be Josh Gibb and Sean Rosenthal at 5 PM when they take on Chiya/Goldschmidt of South Africa. At 6 PM Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh will begin their quest for a 3rd straight gold medal when they take on Cook/Hinchley of Australia. The US teams are expected to win both of these matches.

The beach volleyball matches are available on NBC live (men’s match) and on tape delay in the evening (women’s match).

5 PM – Men’s Beach Volleyball – Josh Gibb/Sean Rosenthal vs. Chiya/Goldschmidt – Group Stage
6 PM – Women’s Beach Volleyball – Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh vs. Cook/Hinchley – Group Stage

Boxing

The draw is in for boxing. The US competitor in bantamweight, Joseph Diaz Jr., will start things off right away at 8:30 AM when he faces Pavlo Ishchenko of Ukraine.  Later in the day the middleweight contender, Terrell Gausha will take on Andranik Hakobyan of Armenia at 5:15 PM. Both competitors will be looking to move on to the round of 16 on next week.

Boxing will be taking center stage on CNBC from 8:30 til 11:30 and from 3:30 to 6:30.

8:30 AM – Men’s Bantamweight – Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. Pavlo Ishchenko – Round of 32
5:15 PM – Men’s Middleweight – Terrell Gausha vs. Andranik Hakobyan – Round of 32

Cycling

The men’s road race will start at 5 AM in The Mall in London. Timmy Duggan, Tyler Farrar. Chris Horner, Taylor Phinney and Tejay van Garderen will be the competitors for the US. Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins will be a part of the field and is expected to help push 2011 World Road Race Champion Mark Cavendish to a Great Britain gold. The race will be 250km (155.3 miles) long.

Cycling will be part of NBC’s coverage starting at 5 AM and finishing at 11 AM.

5 AM – Men’s Road Race

Equestrian

The equestrian competition gets started on Saturday at 5 AM when the first day of the dressage portion of the eventing competition begins. I don’t have any information on the order of riders, but the US will have Will Coleman, Riana Coudray, Phillip Dutton, Boyd Martin, and Karen O’Connor participating. 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 at 1:45 for an hour til 2:45.

5 AM – Eventing – Dressage Day 1

Fencing

Three fencers will see their Olympics begin on Saturday at 5:30 AM with the women’s individual foil competition taking place. Those three are Lee Kiefer, Nzingha Prescod, and Nicole Ross.  Their are only six matches in the round of 64, none of which will involve US competitors, so the US won’t see their day begin until 6:50 AM with the round of 32. We know that the Nzingha Prescod will be facing Aida Mohamed in the round of 32 at 7:20 AM and Nicole Ross will be facing Ines Boubakri at the same time. Lee Kiefer will take on the winner of Anna Bentley and Monica Peterson, the time is unclear at this point. The schedule for the further rounds are below. None of the US competitors would meet until the semifinals.  The earliest the the US competitors would face a medalists from last year’s World Fencing Championship is the quarterfinals (Nicole Ross and Nzingha Prescod) and the semifinals (Lee Kiefer).

Fencing will be covered from 9-9:30 and from 4:30-5 on MSNBC.

6:50 AM – Women’s Individual Foil – Round of 32
9:10 AM – Women’s Individual Foil – Round of 16
10:30 AM – Women’s Individual Foil – Quarterfinals
1 PM – Women’s Individual Foil – Semifinals
2:10 PM – Women’s Individual Foil – Bronze Medal Match
2:40 PM – Women’s Individual Foil – Gold Medal Match

Gymnastics

The US men have been placed into Subdivision 2 and will thus begin their round at 10:30 AM. Each of the five athletes will compete on each of the five 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 see fierce competition between the five gymnasts (Jake Dalton, Jonathan Horton, Danell Leyva, Sam Mikulak and John Orozco) for the two individual all-around final spots but should qualify for the team final with ease.

The US gymnastics round will be part of NBC’s primetime coverage on tape delay.

10:30 AM – Men’s Artistic – Qualification – Subdivision 2

Rowing

Eight of the US rowing teams will start their competition on Saturday when they compete in the heats for their events.

Things will get under way at 4:30 AM when the women’s pair competition begins. Sara Hendershot/Sarah Zelenka will be in heat 1. The best boats in that heat will qualify for the final on Wednesday while the rest will compete in a repechage on Monday.

At 4:50 AM the women’s quadruple sculls begins and the US will be in heat 1. The same scenario of only the best boats reaching the final automatically and the others competing on Monday is in play here.

In men’s eight, which starts at 5:10, the US is in heat 1 and will again face the same format as the other rowers on Saturday.

In men’s lightweight four we finally see more than two heats!  The US is once again in the first heat at 6 AM but the format is a little different. The top three boats qualify for the semifinals on Tuesday while the bottom two in the US heat will take part in the repechage on Sunday.

The men’s quadruple sculls teams will start at 6:30 AM and is in heat 1 facing the same scenario as the lightweight four team, with the repechage being on Monday and the semifinal on Wednesday.

The men’s pair team of Thomas Peszek/Silas Stafford will start at 7 AM and feature the same format as the previous event. The difference is that the pair’s team is in heat 2 which only has four competitors, so only one will be sent to the repechage instead of two.

In men’s single sculls, at 7:30 AM, Ken Jurkowski will be one of 33 competitors, so the event is quite different! Jurkowski is in heat 6 of the event and will need to finish in the top four of five to move on to the quarterfinals on Tuesday. If he finishes 5th he would head to either semifinals E/F which are used to seed finals E and F for determining placement way down the line or a repechage for a 2nd chance at the quarterfinals. The Olympic site indicates the later, but the numbers don’t make any sense for how it would work so I’m leaning towards the former. Hopefully it doesn’t matter!

Finally in women’s single sculls at 8:30 AM heat 5 will feature Gevvie Stone. In this event it seems the top four will move on to the quarterfinals on Tuesday while a couple repechages will be held on Sunday for the eight boats who don’t qualify from the heats directly.

The rowing heats will be covered on tape delay from 2:30 to 3 on NBC.

4:30 AM – Women’s Pair – Heats
4:50 AM – Women’s Quadruple Sculls – Heats
5:10 AM – Men’s Eight – Heats
6 AM – Men’s Lightweight Four – Heats
6:30 AM – Men’s Quadruple Sculls – Heats
7 AM – Men’s Pair – Heats
7:30 AM – Men’s Single Sculls – Heats
8:30 AM – Women’s Single Sculls – Heats

Shooting

Two competitions will start and two champions will be crowned on Saturday when the women’s 10m air rifle and the men’s 10m air pistol competitions take place. Daryl Szarenski and Jason Turner will take part in the 10m air pistol competition while Jamie Gray and Sarah Scherer take part in the 10m air rifle event. The qualification round will involved 60 shots in the air pistol and 40 in the air rifle. Each shot is scored to a maximum of 10 and the top 8 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.

The shooting will be covered from 6-6:45 on NBC Sports Network.

I don’t think the qualification rounds will be shown online at all, just the final rounds.

3:15 AM – Women’s 10m Air Rifle – Qualification
6 AM – Women’s 10m Air Rifle – Final
7 AM – Men’s 10m Air Pistol – Qualification
10:30 AM – Men’s 10m Air Pistol – Final

Soccer

After a successful start to their Olympic campaign, the US women will look to solidify their position atop Group G when they take on Colombia Saturday. A win by the US, which is expected, would likely lock them into the quarterfinals and move them one step closer to winning Group G and avoiding a potential matchup with Japan in the quarterfinals.

The soccer game will be available at noon on both the NBC Sports Network and the special soccer channel.

12 PM – Women’s Group Stage vs. Colombia

Swimming

The swimming competition gets off to a quick start on Saturday as six events get underway and four medals are awarded.

Starting at 5 AM, we will see the 400m Individual Medley heats. Michael Phelps will be in heat 4, Ryan Lochte in heat 5. The top eight swimmers by time from the heats will move on to the final later in the day.

Next at 5:26 AM the women’s 100m butterfly heats get going with both Claire Donahue and Dana Vollmer in heat 6. The top 16 qualify for the semifinals later in the day.

At 5:47 AM the men’s 400m freestyle begins with Conor Dwyer and Peter Vanderkaay both in heat 4. In this even the top eight will move on to the final held later in the day.

Then at 6:17 AM the women’s 400m individual medley begins and Caitlin Leverenz will hit the pool first in heat 4 followed by Elizabeth Beisel in heat 5.  Once again the top eight move on to the final later in the day.

Next at 6:52 AM the men’s 100m breaststroke gets underway with Brendan Hansen in heat 4 and Eric Shanteau in heat 5. The top 16 will move on to the semifinals held later in the day.

The morning session ends at 7:16 AM when the 4x100m freestyle relay team will take the pool featuring a combination of Natalie Coughlin, Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy, Lia Neal, Allison Schmitt, and Amanda Weir. The US will be in heat 1 and once again the top eight move on to the final later in the day.

At 2:30 PM, we will see our first medal awarded with the 400m Individual Medley final. Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte are expected to go head-to-head for the gold.

Next at 2:40 PM the women’s 100m butterfly semifinals get going with both Claire Donahue and Dana Vollmer likely involved. The top eight will move on to Sunday’s final.

At 2:49 PM the men’s 400m freestyle final begins with Conor Dwyer and Peter Vanderkaay both in contention.

Then at 3:09 PM the women’s 400m individual medley final begins. Caitlin Leverenz and Elizabeth Beisel are the two US competitors going for the gold in this event

Next at 3:30 PM the men’s 100m breaststroke semifinals gets underway with Brendan Hansen and Eric Shanteau likely competing. The top eight times qualify for Sunday’s final.

The first day will end at 3:50 PM when the 4x100m freestyle relay team will hope to swim for gold featuring a combination of Natalie Coughlin, Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy, Lia Neal, Allison Schmitt, and Amanda Weir. The US will be in heat 1 and once again the top eight move on to the final later in the day.

Swimming will be covered on tape delay from 1:30 to 2:30 (heats) and the afternoon session will be shown during primetime. All of it will be tape delayed.

5 AM – Men’s 400m Individual Medley – Heats
5:26 AM – Women’s 100m Butterfly – Heats
5:47 AM – Men’s 400m Freestyle – Heats
6:17 AM – Women’s 400m Individual Medley – Heats
6:52 AM – Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Heats
7:16 AM – Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Heats
2:30 PM – Men’s 400m Individual Medley – Final
2:40 PM – Women’s 100m Butterfly – Semifinals
2:49 PM – Men’s 400m Freestyle – Final
3:09 PM – Women’s 400m Individual Medley – Final
3:30 PM – Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Semifinals
3:50 PM – Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Final

Table Tennis

The table tennis competition will start early for the US as Timothy Wang has to play a preliminary round match at 5:30 AM to stay in the competition. Wang will be facing Kim Song Nam of North Korea. If Timothy Wang wins his preliminary round match he will play Lin Ju of the Dominican Republic in the 1st round. Lily Zhang will star her run in the women’s singles competition when she faces Molnar Cornelia of Croatia at 6:15 AM. Finally Ariel Hsing will start her competition at 10:15 AM against Silva Yadira of Mexico. It appears if Zhang wins she would face #25 Kim John Jing of North Korea. If Hsing wins she would face #19 Ni Xialian of Luxembourg in the 2nd round.

NBC Sports Network should have the Wang match live during their coverage from 5 AM to 6 AM.

5:30 AM – Timothy Wang vs. Kim Song Nam – Preliminary Round
6:15 AM – Lily Zhang vs. Molnar Cornelia – 1st Round
10:15 AM – Ariel Hsing vs. Silva Yadira – 1st Round
1:45 PM – Timothy Wang vs. Lin Ju – 1st Round (ONLY IF WINS FIRST MATCH OF DAY)
3:30 PM – Women’s Singles – 2nd Round

Tennis

The US will see three of their four men’s singles competitors get underway on Saturday. Ryan Harrison will be the first at 6:30 AM when he starts against Colombia’s Santiago Giraldo.  Next up will be John Isner at 8:30 AM when he takes on Belarus’ Olivier Rochus. Finally Donald Young will start at 10:30 AM against Italy’s Andreas Seppi.

Two of the four women’s singles competitors will play on Saturday starting with Christina McHale at 6:30 AM against Ana Ivanovic of Serbia. The other woman to start will be Serena Williams who will also take on a competitor from Serbia, Jelena Jankovic, at 9 AM

None of the US women’s doubles teams will take part in the competition on Saturday, but both of the US men’s teams will. Bob and Mike Bryan will get things underway at 12:30 PM when they start things off with a match against Bellucci/Sa of Brazil. John Isner and Andy Roddick will continue things at 2:30 PM when they face off against another Brazilian duo, Melo/Soares.

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

6:30 AM – Ryan Harrison vs. Santiago Giraldo – Round of 64
6:30 AM – Christina McHale vs. Ana Ivanovic – Round of 64
8:30 AM – John Isner vs. Olivier Rochus – Round of 64
9 AM – Serena Williams vs. Jelena Jankovic – Round of 64
10:30 AM – Donald Young vs. Andreas Seppi – Round of 64
12:30 PM – Bob Bryan/Mike Brayn vs. Bellucci/Sa – Round of 32
2:30 PM – John Isner/Andy Roddick vs. Melo/Soares – Round of 32

Volleyball

Finally the US Volleyball team will start their group stage when they take on South Korea. South Korea is back at the Olympics after missing out on Beijing. They have finished outside of the top ten at the last two Volleyball World Championships, so the US should be expected to win.

The Volleyball match will be available live on NBC from 3 PM to 5 PM.

3 PM – Women’s Group Stage vs. South Korea