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The 2016 Rio Olympic Games are finally ready to commence. Yes, some events have already begun, but until the Opening Ceremony, the Olympics never feel like they"ve truly started.
But with Friday"s ceremony behind us, it"s now time to truly kick off the Games in style. Below you"ll find information of the events, streaming options and a few predictions for Saturday"s action.
Saturday Schedule Rio Olympics: Saturday Television Schedule NBC 8 a.m. Rowing Qualifying Heats Live NBC 8 a.m. Mens Cycling Road Race Live NBC 8 a.m. Mens Water Polo United States vs. Croatia Live NBCSN 9 a.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Round Live NBCSN 9 a.m. Mens Archery Team Round of 16 Live NBCSN 9 a.m. Womens Shooting 10m Air Rifle Final Live Bravo 9:30 a.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live NBC 10: 30 a.m. Mens Cycling Road Race Live NBC 10: 30 a.m. Swimming Qualifying Heats Live OBC 11 a.m. Womens Basketball Turkey vs. France Live Telemundo 11 a.m. Boxing Elimination Matches TBD Telemundo 11 a.m. Volleyball TBD TBD Telemundo 11 a.m. Swimming Qualifying Heats TBD Telemundo 11 a.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Round TBD NBCSN Noon Womens Rugby United States vs. Fiji Live NBCSN Noon Womens Rugby Preliminary Round Live MSNBC Noon Beach Volleyball Preliminary Rounds Tape MSNBC Noon Womens Handball Norway vs. Brazil Tape (live stream at 8:30 a.m.) Bravo 12:30 p.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live NBCSN 1 p.m. Mens Basketball Australia vs. France Live OSC 2 p.m. Womens Soccer Canada vs. Zimbabwe Live Telemundo 2 p.m. Boxing Elimination Matches Tape Telemundo 2 p.m. Volleyball TBD Tape (live stream at 8:30 a.m.) MSNBC 2:15 p.m. Table Tennis Singles, First Round Live MSNBC 2:15 p.m. Mens Archery Team Final Live NBC 2:30 p.m. Rowing Qualifying Heats Tape (live stream at 7:30 a.m.) NBC 2:30 p.m. Mens Beach Volleyball USA (Gibb/Patterson) v. Qatar (Jefferson/Cherif) Live NBCSN 3 p.m. Mens Water Polo TBD Tape NBCSN 3 p.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Rounds Tape USA 3 p.m. Equestrian Eventing, Dressage Tape (live stream at 9 a.m., 12:30 p.m.) OBC 3 p.m. Womens Basketball China vs. Canada Tape (live stream at 1:15 p.m.) Bravo 3:30 p.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live USA 4 p.m. Womens Field Hockey United States vs. Argentina Live NBCSN, NBC Universo, OSC 4 p.m. Womens Soccer United States vs. France Live NBC 4:15 p.m. Womens Volleyball United States vs. Puerto Rico Live CNBC 5 p.m. Womens Rugby United States vs. Colombia Live CNBC 5 p.m. Womens Rugby Preliminary Round Tape (live stream at 10 a.m., 3 p.m.) CNBC 5 p.m. Womens Soccer Germany vs. Australia Live USA 5:30 p.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Round Live Bravo 5:45 p.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live NBCSN, OBC 6 p.m. Men"s Basketball United States vs. China Live OSC 6 p.m. Womens Soccer Russia vs. China Live NBC Universo 6 p.m. Basketball TBD TBD NBC Universo 6 p.m. Boxing Elimination Matches TBD USA 6:30 p.m. Women"s Fencing Individual Epee Final Tape (live stream at 3 p.m.) OBC 7:45 p.m. Womens Basketball Brazil vs. Australia Tape (live stream at 4:45 p.m.) NBC 8 p.m. Womens Beach Volleyball USA (Walsh Jennings/Ross) vs. Australia (Del Solar/Laird) Live NBC 8 p.m. Swimming Finals: Mens 400m Individual Medley, Mens 400m Freestyle, Womens 400m Individual Medley, Womens 4x100m Freestyle Relay; Semis: Womens 100m Butterfuly, Mens 100m Breaststroke Live NBC 8 p.m. Mens Gymnastics Team Competition Tape (live streams at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.) NBCSN 8 p.m. Judo Final Tape (live stream at 2:30 p.m.) NBCSN 8 p.m. Womens Weightlifting 48kg Final Tape (live stream at 6 p.m.) OSC 8 p.m. Womens Soccer Germany vs. Australia Tape (live stream at 5 p.m.) NBCSN, OSC 9 p.m. Women"s Soccer Brazil vs. Sweden Live OBC 9:30 p.m. Men"s Basketball Venezuela vs. Serbia Live NBCSN 11 p.m. Table Tennis Singles, First and Second Rounds Tape (live stream at 8 a.m., 6 p.m.) NBCSN 11 p.m. Boxing Elimination Matches Tape (live stream at 10 a.m., 4 p.m.) OSC 11 p.m. Womens Soccer Colombia vs. New Zealand Tape (live stream at 7 p.m.) OBC 11:15 p.m. Womens Basketball Belarus vs. Japan Tape (live stream at 6:45 p.m.)Source: Sports Media Watch
Sports Media Watch compiled the full schedule of events and television information.
StreamingYou can watch the Olympics online via NBC Sports and the NBC Sports app.
Saturday PredictionsOne of the marquee events on Saturday will be the United States women"s soccer team taking on France. The match will be the defending World Cup champion"s second contest after opening the tournament on Wednesday, Aug. 3 (before the Opening Ceremony that Friday) against New Zealand.
The United States is the prohibitive favorite to win the tournament and become the first country to follow up a World Cup win on the women"s side with a gold medal, especially after Japan failed to even qualify for the tournament, but France is a real contender.
The three-time defending Olympic champions will beat the French, but it won"t be easy. Louisa Necib, Camille Abily, Elodie Thomis, Marie-Laure Delie, Eugenie Le Sommer and Amandine Henryform an elite core of players for the French, and perhaps only the Germans are strong contenders outside of the United States.
Of course, the United States counter withCarli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Hope Solo,Becky Sauerbrunn andJulie Johnston, among others. It"s hard to find too many weaknesses on this team.
Look for the United States to sneak away with a tough 2-1 win.
Marta and Brazil will take on a solid Swedish side that same day. The Brazilians will escape with a 1-0 win.
In gymnastics, the men will open the qualification round. A few things are guaranteed:
- Japan"s Kohei Uchimura will put himself in the running to win the all-around competition once again.
- Cuban Manrique Larduet will be hot on his heels.
- Great Britain"s Louis Smith will be the favorite on pommel horse.
- The United States will have a solid team, but the medals once the competition continues won"t come easy.
That"s true for the team"s top performer,Sam Mikulak, who has yet to medal in the Olympics.
"It"s time for me to show what I can do on the international stage," he told the Associated Press (h/t NBCOlympics.com). "I think if I can go out there with my mind clear, I"ll be OK."
Meanwhile, the tennis tournament will begin. While no medals will be won on the day, Serbia"s Novak Djokovic and the United States" Serena Williams are theprohibitivefavorites for the men and women, respectively, and certainly won"t lose in theopening round.
The United States will open its play in men"s basketball, meanwhile, with a contest against China. Seeing as the former annihilated the latter twice in exhibition games before the Olympics, it"s hard to imagine the Chinese coming close against them.
Never mind that China lack an answer for players like Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson or Kyrie Irving, among others, they simply can"t deal with the United States" defensive intensity or the team"s dominance in the post, with centers DeMarcus Cousins and DeAndre Jordan.
The United States will beat China, and they"ll beat them big, 111-62.
Kerri Walsh-Jennings, looking for her fourth Olympic gold, will open her beach volleyball tournament with April Ross for the U.S. againstArtacho Del Solar and Nicole Laird of Australia.Walsh-Jennings and Ross are among the best team in the world, so they won"t be losing so early in this tournament.
The team"s chemistry will play an important role in their quest for the gold, as Walsh-Jennings toldVytas Mazeika of the San Jose Mercury News:
April and I had chemistry from the beginning and we built upon it. It"s been really amazing. As you go, you start with a level of trust, but you have to develop the trust and develop the energy and the partnership and the synergy. And we"ve been building upon it since the first day through crucial matches. Training is one thing, competing is another. And every single match we"re using it to get better.
That trust will make them tough to top for the gold.
In the men"s 400-metre individual medley swimming,Japan"s Kosuke Hagino and Daiya Seto will be the favorites and should each get on the medal stand, but the United State"sChase Kalisz will join them in what should be a fantastic race. Look for Hagino to take gold, Seto silver andKalisz the bronze.
"Those guys are awesome, and I"ve got to improve what I just did there to be competitive with those guys," Kalisz said of the Japanese pair, per Childs Walker of the Baltimore Sun. "Those guys are certainly the two best in the world, and they"re the favorites, so I"ve got to be sharp going into Rio."
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