NBC will have coverage of men’s volleyball preliminaries between 4-6 p.m. August 13; and between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. August 15. In this way, viewers can watch virtually every Olympic event via live or replay video online at from just about anywhere.
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The first gold at the pool will come in the men’s 400m individual medley. The heats will air on NBC at 12 p.m. and the finals are broadcast at 9 p, m. First time Olympian Maya DiRado will be making her debut in the 400m individual medley, one of three swimming events she will compete in over the next two weeks including 200m individual medley and 200m backstroke.
Gymnastics: You’ll have to wait until later in the week to see Simone Biles, who has been described as the best artistic gymnast in history, make her Olympic debut. The women’s competition begins on Saturday.
Many a Torontonian is likely glued to a screen to catch a glimpse of our Canadian athletes competing at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio.
Swimming will be shown live in primetime on Saturday, with NBC broadcasting from 7 to 11 p.m. Twelve hours later, Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross take on China in beach volleyball (NBC).
The American women, compensated less than players on the men’s national team, have also made headlines off the soccer field as they fight for equal pay.
Watch live: Escape the marquee sports and enjoy freestyle wrestling (9 a.m., NBCSN), equestrian show jumping (9 a.m., NBC), men’s and women’s BMX races (12:30 p.m., NBC) and women’s soccer gold medal match (4:30 p.m., NBCSN).
Live stream: At 4 p.m. August 7 the men’s US volleyball team will go up against Canada in their first match in the preliminaries. DeAndre Jordan of the LA Clippers and Harrison Barnes of the Golden State Warriors are both making their first Olympic appearance at the 2016 games.
Below, a few highlights of the Olympic calendar as the Games kick off in full force. This is the first Olympics since 1924 that rugby has been a featured event.
United States’ Morgan Brian, second from right, celebrates with her teammates after Alex Morgan score her team’s second goal against New Zealand in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016.
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With 19-year-old star Katie Ledecky expected to participate, the team will look to pull off an upset after finishing third in 2012 behind Australia and the Netherlands.
