Highlights of Day 7 Events On Friday evening, world record holder Caeleb Dressel is a gold medal favorite in the men’s 100m butterfly. The women’s 800m freestyle will mark the final time that Katie Ledecky will face Ariarne Titmus of Australia in individual competition in Tokyo, with both vying for gold. Dressel is also expected […]
Highlights of Day 6 Events 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 […]
Highlights of Day 5 Events Katie Ledecky and Caleb Dressel will look to add to their Tokyo Olympics medal count in the women’s 4x200m freestyle and the men’s 100m freestyle, respectively. Medals will also be awarded in the men’s 800m freestyle, men’s 200m breaststroke and women’s 200m butterfly. Rio silver medalist Michael Hixon and Andrew […]
Highlights of Day 4 Events Biles leads Team USA in the women’s gymnastics team final joined by three women making their Olympic debut: Suni Lee, Grace McCallum and Jordan Chiles, presented live at 6:45 a.m. ET on Peacock and later in the evening at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. The U.S. has won nine team […]
Highlights of Day 3 Events 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 […]
Highlights of Day 2 Events SWIMMING Finals (9:30 p.m., NBC) Katie Ledecky enters Tokyo ranked second in the world this year in the 400m free, which she won in Rio in a world record that still stands. Australian Ariarne Titmus is reigning world champion and is 2.35 seconds faster than Ledecky this year after posting […]
NBC airs its first-ever live morning broadcast of an Olympic Opening Ceremony, live from the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. The Parade of Nations — with delegations encouraged to have one male and one female flag bearer — will have a slightly tweaked order. Greece, which always goes first as the Olympics’ birthplace, will be followed […]
NBCUniversal’s coverage of the Tokyo Olympics begins on NBCSN a full three days before the Opening Ceremony with live softball on Tuesday, July 20. Beth Mowins, who has called 27 Women’s College World Series in softball, makes her NBC Olympics debut handling play-by-play of the sport, alongside analyst Michele Smith, a two-time U.S. Olympic softball […]
The Summer Olympics soon arrives in Tokyo, and with it, the Opening Ceremony on July 23 will display the pageantry, pomp and circumstance showcasing Japanese culture. The entire spectacle is meant to be a representation of global unity. The irony is it will all unfold in front of a sparse amount of people inside the […]
