Day 6: Here’s what to watch today at the Rio Olympics
It’s Day Six of the Rio Olympic Games and there’s a lot happening. The United States will compete in beach volleyball, swimming, women’s gymnastics and much more.
Here’s today’s TV coverage:
NBC— coverage from 10 a.m – 5 p.m., 8 p.m. – midnight, 12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. Friday
- Rowing – Semifinals and Gold Medal Finals
- Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. China (LIVE)
- Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE)
- Women’s Beach Volleyball – Fendrick/Sweat (U.S.) vs. TBA (Russia) (LIVE)
- Men’s Beach Volleyball – Dalhausser/Lucena (U.S.) vs. Nicolai/Lupo (Italy) (LIVE)
- Canoe/Kayak – Whitewater Gold Medal Finals
- Women’s Gymnastics – Individual All-Around Gold Medal Final
- Swimming (LIVE): Men’s 50m Freestyle – Semifinals, Women’s 200m Breaststroke – Gold Medal Final, Men’s 200m Backstroke – Gold Medal Final, Women’s 200m Backstroke – Semifinals, Men’s 200m Individual Medley – Gold Medal Final, Women’s 100m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final, Men’s 100m Butterfly – Semifinals
- Women’s Gymnastics – Individual All-Around Gold Medal Final
- Canoe/Kayak – Whitewater Gold Medal Final
NBCSN — coverage from 5 a.m. – 9 p.m.
- Women’s Archery – Individuals Eliminations
- Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE)
- Women’s Fencing – Team Epee Quarterfinals (LIVE)
- Women’s Judo – 78kg Elimination Round
- Women’s Archery – Individual Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
- Men’s Rugby – Semifinals (LIVE)
- Women’s Archery – Individual Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
- Women’s Judo – 78kg Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
- Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE)
- Men’s Rugby – Bronze Medal and Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
- Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. India (LIVE)
- Boxing – Elimination Matches
- Men’s Table Tennis – Singles Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
- Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Brazil (LIVE)
- Women’s Shooting – Rifle, Three Positions Finals
USA — coverage from 6 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Women’s Water Polo – Italy vs. Australia
- Men’s Table Tennis – Singles Semifinals
- Badminton – Preliminary Round
- Men’s Basketball – Brazil vs. Croatia (LIVE)
- Badminton – Preliminary Round
- Men’s Handball – Brazil vs. Germany, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
MSNBC — coverage from midnight – 2 p.m.
- Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE)
- Women’s Water Polo – Spain vs. Hungary
- Men’s Volleyball – Poland vs. Argentina (LIVE)
- Equestrian – Team Dressage Qualifying
- Sailing
CNBC — coverage from 2 – 5 p.m.
- Women’s Fencing – Team Epee Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
- Cycling – Track Gold Medal Final
GOLF CHANNEL — coverage from 2 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Golf Central Live From the Olympics
- Men’s Golf – 1st Round (LIVE)
BRAVO — coverage from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Tennis (LIVE)
NBC BASKETBALL CHANNEL — coverage from 8:15 a.m. – 8:15 p.m.
- Men’s Basketball – Brazil vs. Croatia (LIVE), Brazil vs. Croatia encore, Nigeria vs. Spain (LIVE), Lithuania vs. Argentina (LIVE)
- Women’s Basketball – Belarus vs. Turkey (LIVE), France vs. Brazil, Japan vs. Australia
TELEMUNDO — coverage from 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
- Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round
- Boxing – Elimination Matches
- Basketball
- Boxing – Elimination Matches
NBC UNIVERSO — coverage from 3 – 8 p.m.
- Boxing – Elimination Matches
- Volleyball
- Basketball
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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