Category: Olympics

Tuesday marks the eleventh day of competition during the Tokyo Olympics with NBC airing the Summer Olympics across a variety of networks. The most decorated American gymnast in history and four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles returns to compete at the Tokyo Olympics in the balance beam final Tuesday in primetime on NBC. Suni Lee will join Biles in the balance beam final looking to win her fourth medal in Tokyo, having already won gold…

Monday marks the tenth day of competition during the Tokyo Olympics with NBC airing the Summer Olympics across a variety of networks. A number of American medal contenders are expected to compete in track & field finals, semifinals and qualifiers, live at 8 p.m. ET Monday on NBC and CNBC. First-time Olympian Rai Benjamin is a medal contender in the men’s 400m hurdles final. London gold medalist Brittney Reese and Tara Davis aim to win America’s third straight gold in the…

Sunday marks the ninth day of competition during the Tokyo Olympics with NBC airing the Summer Olympics across a variety of networks. Women’s gymnastics vault and uneven bars finals will be presented live Sunday morning at 4 a.m. ET on Peacock. All-around Tokyo gold medalist Suni Lee will headline the uneven bars gold medal contenders. Fellow Americans MyKayla Skinner and Jade Carey are expected to contend for medals in the vault finals. Coverage of both…

Friday marks the seventh day of competition during the Tokyo Olympics with NBC airing the Summer Olympics across a variety of networks. In a rematch of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup final (a 2-0 U.S. shutout victory), the U.S. face Netherlands in the Tokyo Olympics women’s soccer quarterfinal live Friday at 7 a.m. ET on NBCSN. On Friday evening, four-time Olympic gold medalist and men’s 100m butterfly world record holder Caeleb Dressel is a gold medal…

Thursday marks the sixth day of competition during the Tokyo Olympics with NBC airing the Summer Olympics across a variety of networks. Americans will again be well represented in the pool on Thursday in Tokyo with contenders in four medal events live in primetime on NBC: the women’s 200m breaststroke, men’s 200m backstroke, men’s 200m individual medley and women’s 100m freestyle. Two-time Olympic gold medalist Lilly King, who won a bronze medal in the women’s 100m…

Wednesday marks the fifth day of competition during the Tokyo Olympics with NBC airing the Summer Olympics across a variety of networks. Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel will look to add to their Tokyo Olympics medal count in the women’s 4x200m freestyle and men’s 100m freestyle, respectively, in primetime on Wednesday on NBC. Medals will also be awarded in the men’s 800m freestyle, men’s 200m breaststroke and women’s 200m butterfly. Brody Malone and Sam Mikulak lead Team…

Tuesday marks the fourth day of competition during the Tokyo Olympics with NBC airing the Summer Olympics across a variety of networks. The most decorated American gymnast in history and four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles will lead Team USA in the women’s gymnastics team final competition Tuesday morning live at 6:45 a.m. ET on Peacock. Joining Biles on Team USA are three women making their Olympic debuts: Suni Lee, Grace McCallum and Jordan Chiles. The competition will also air in primetime…

Monday marks the third day of competition during the Tokyo Olympics with NBC airing the Summer Olympics across a variety of networks. In the pool, swimming medals will be awarded in the men’s 200m freestyle, women’s 100m backstroke, men’s 100m backstroke and women’s 100m breaststroke live on NBC in primetime, beginning at 8 p.m. ET. Ledecky, two-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy and two-time Olympic gold medalist Lilly King will lead Team USA. U.S. Women’s Basketball begins its quest…

Sunday marks the second day of competition during the Tokyo Olympics with NBC airing the Summer Olympics across a variety of networks. The most decorated American gymnast in history and four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles leads Team USA in women’s gymnastics qualifying on Peacock Sunday morning at 2:10 a.m. ET. Biles has a chance in Tokyo to tie or break the all-time record for medals won by a U.S. woman (seven). In the pool, five-time Olympic…

Saturday marks the first full day of competition during the Tokyo Olympics with NBC airing the Summer Olympics across a variety of networks. The opening day of swimming competition will feature a number of U.S. medal contenders in preliminary action, including Rio Olympics silver medalist Chase Kalisz in the men’s 400m individual medley. Beach volleyball competition gets underway with the U.S. team of April Ross and Alix Klineman playing Xue Chen and Wang Xinxin of China live at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. The United…