Here’s a list of the Olympic events you can watch today
The Olympic flame is burning over Rio De Janeiro and the opening ceremony is over. Now the Rio Olympics can kick into high gear.
Saturday’s Olympic coverage will be shown on ten channels with many of the events being broadcast live. You can also tune in online on NBCOlympics.com.
Today’s coverage will feature a lot of swimming, United States beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings returning to the sand for the first time with a new partner, the U.S. men’s basketball team taking on China, the U.S. women’s soccer team facing France and much, much more.
Here’s a full schedule of Saturday’s events:
NBC — coverage from 12:30-1:30 a.m.
- Rowing – Qualifying Heats (LIVE)
- Men’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE)
- Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Croatia (LIVE)
- Men’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE)
- Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE)
- Rowing – Qualifying Heats
- Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Patterson (U.S.) vs. Jefferson/Cherif (Qatar) (LIVE)
- Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Puerto Rico (LIVE)
- Men’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming (LIVE)
- Men’s 400m Individual Medley – Gold Medal Final
- Men’s 400m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final
- Women’s 400m Individual Medley – Gold Medal Final
- Women’s 100m Butterfly – Semifinals
- Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Semifinals
- Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Gold Medal Final
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Walsh Jennings/Ross (U.S.) vs. Artacho Del Solar/Laird (Australia) (LIVE)
Men’s Gymnastics -Team Competition
NBCSN — coverage from 9 a.m.-Midnight
- Men’s Archery – Team Round of 16 (LIVE)
- Women’s Shooting – 10m Air Rifle Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
- Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE)
- Women’s Rugby – U.S. vs. Fiji (LIVE)
- Men’s Basketball – Australia vs. France (LIVE)
- Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round
- Men’s Water Polo – Spain vs. Italy
- Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
- Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. China (LIVE)
- Judo – Gold Medal Finals
- Women’s Weightlifting – 48kg Gold Medal Final
- Women’s Soccer – Brazil vs. Sweden (LIVE)
- Table Tennis – Singles First and Second Rounds
- Boxing – Elimination Matches
MSNBC — coverage from Noon-5 p.m.
- Beach Volleyball: Preliminary Round
- Women’s Handball: Norway vs. Brazil
- Table Tennis: Singles First Round
- Men’s Archery: Team Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
USA — coverage from 3-8 p.m.
- Equestrian: Eventing, Dressage
- Women’s Field Hockey: U.S. vs. Argentina (LIVE)
- Beach Volleyball: Preliminary Round (LIVE)
- Women’s Fencing : Individual Epee Gold Medal Final, 3-8 p.m.
CNBC — coverage from 5-8 p.m.
Women’s Rugby:
- U.S. vs. Colombia (LIVE)
- Preliminary Round match TBA
Women’s Soccer:
- Germany vs. Australia (LIVE)
BRAVO — coverage from 9:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
- Tennis (LIVE)
TELEMUNDO — coverage from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Boxing: Elimination Matches
- Volleyball; Swimming: Qualifying Heats
- Beach Volleyball: Preliminary Round, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
NBC UNIVERSO — coverage from 4-8 p.m.
- Women’s Soccer: U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
- Basketball; Boxing: Elimination Matches
NBC BASKETBALL CHANNEL — coverage from 11 a.m.-1 a.m.
Men’s Basketball :
- Australia vs. France (LIVE)
- Australia vs. France Encore
- China vs. U.S. (LIVE)
- Venezuela vs. Serbia (LIVE)
Women’s Basketball:
- Turkey vs. France (LIVE)
- China vs. Canada
- Brazil vs. Australia
- Belarus vs. Japan
NBC SOCCER CHANNEL — coverage from 2 p.m.-1 a.m.
Women’s Soccer :
- Canada vs. Zimbabwe (LIVE)
- U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
- Russia vs. China (LIVE)
- Germany vs. Australia
- Brazil vs. Sweden (LIVE)
- Colombia vs. New Zealand
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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