Day 8: Here’s what to watch in the Rio Olympics today
We’re already one week into the Rio Olympics, but there’s still plenty of competition and action ahead.
Track and field kicks into high gear today while swimming finals start to wrap up. The United States men’s volleyball team will face France on the court while the U.S. women’s water polo team will take on Hungary in the pool.
Here’s today’s TV schedule:
NBC — coverage from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., 8 p.m.-Midnight and 12:30-1:30 a.m.
- Track and Field: qualifying, Men’s discus: final
- Women’s water polo: U.S. vs. Hungary
- Beach volleyball: round of 16
- Rowing: finals
- Men’s trampoline: finals
- Men’s volleyball: U.S. vs. France
- Track and Field: Men’s long jump: final, Men’s 10k: final, Women’s 100m: semifinals and final, Women’s heptathlon;
- Swimming: Women’s 50m freestyle: final, Men’s 1500m freestyle: final, Women’s 4x100m medley relays: final, Men’s 4x100m medley relays: final
- Women’s diving: springboard semifinals
- Beach volleyball: round of 16
- Track and Field: semifinals
NBCSN — coverage from 5 a.m.-9 p.m.
- Women’s fencing: team sabre round of 16
- Track and Field: Men’s discus: final
- Men’s soccer: quarterfinal
- Men’s shooting: skeet final
- Men’s soccer: quarterfinal
- Beach volleyball: round of 16
- Men’s basketball: Spain vs. Lithuania
- Men’s weightlifting: 94kg final
- Men’s shooting: pistol final
- Men’s soccer: quarterfinal
- Boxing: elimination matches
- Men’s shooting: pistol final
MSNBC — coverage from 6 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
- Women’s fencing: team sabre quarterfinals
- Women’s water polo: China vs. Spain, Russia vs. Italy
- Women’s table tennis: team quarterfinal
- Badminton: preliminaries
- Men’s shooting: skeet final
- Women’s fencing: team sabre bronze and gold match
- Sailing
USA — coverage from 7 a.m. - noon
- Beach volleyball: round of 16
- Men’s handball: Slovenia vs. Germany
- Men’s basketball: Argentina vs. Brazil
CNBC — coverage from 2-5 p.m.
- Women’s field hockey: U.S. vs. Great Britain
- Men’s soccer: quarterfinal
GOLF CHANNEL — coverage from 3:30 a.m.-noon
- Men’s golf: 3rd round
BRAVO — coverage from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Tennis
NBC BASKETBALL CHANNEL — coverage from 8:15 a.m.-8:15 p.m.
- Men’s basketball: Argentina vs. Brazil, Argentina vs. Brazil encore, Spain vs. Lithuania, Croatia vs. Nigeria
- Women’s basketball: Australia vs. Belarus, Turkey vs. Brazil, Japan vs. France
NBC SOCCER CHANNEL — coverage from 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
- Men’s soccer: quarterfinal 1, quarterfinal 1 encore, quarterfinal 2, quarterfinal 2 encore, quarterfinal 3, quarterfinal 3 encore, quarterfinal 4, game of the day
TELEMUNDO — coverage from 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Men’s soccer: quarterfinal
- Beach volleyball: round of 16
- Men’s soccer: quarterfinal
NBC UNIVERSO — coverage from 2-5 p.m.
- Men’s soccer: quarterfinals
- Boxing: elimination matches
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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