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Wednesday, August 8th, 2018

U.S. OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS KATIE LEDECKY & CAELEB DRESSEL HEADLINE LIVE COVERAGE OF PAN PACIFIC SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEK

Live Coverage Begins Thursday at 5 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA

Ledecky, Dressel, Simone Manuel, Ryan Murphy & Kathleen Baker Expected to Compete

NBC to Air Coverage on Saturday & Sunday at 4 p.m. ET

STAMFORD, Conn. – August 8, 2018 – Five-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky and seven-time world champion Caeleb Dressel headline live coverage of the Pan Pacific Championships this week from Tokyo, Japan – the biggest international swimming meet of the year. Live coverage begins this Thursday, August 9, at 5 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. NBC will air coverage of the event this Saturday, August 11, and Sunday, August 12, at 4 p.m. ET.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA content will be streamed via authentication on NBCSports.com, OlympicChannel.com, the NBC Sports app, and the Olympic Channel app.

The top swimmers from non-European nations will converge in Tokyo for the Pan Pacific Championships, which will help determine the roster for next year’s World Championships. Ledecky, who won three races at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships in July, and Dressel, who won the 100m butterfly, are expected to headline the field. Four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel, three-time Rio Olympic champion Ryan Murphy and 100m backstroke world record holder Kathleen Baker are also slated to compete.

Ledecky, who shattered her own world record in the 1500m freestyle in May, is expected to compete in most freestyle events, while Dressel is scheduled to compete in the men’s 100m fly on Saturday.

Dan Hicks (play-by-play) will call the action on NBC on Saturday and Sunday alongside three-time Olympic gold medalist and analyst Rowdy Gaines and reporter Ahmed Fareed.

Coverage of Olympic Sports on NBC Sports Group platforms is a presentation of the Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.      

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Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA is a partnership between the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and NBCUniversal. The TV network offers fans year-round programming of Olympic Sports from around the world, highlighting their favorite American athletes and teams. Programming emphasizes live events from a broad portfolio of summer and winter Olympic Sports. It also includes Olympic-themed original content produced by all three parties, such as original programs produced by filmmakers from around the world commissioned by the global Olympic Channel; rich archival footage from the IOC and NBCU’s libraries of Olympic features and documentaries; and original Team USA programming produced by the USOC that provides authentic, wide-ranging and athlete-focused coverage of the Olympic Movement in the United States. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA is live streamed on OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app. Select replays and highlights are available on these digital platforms as well as TeamUSA.org.

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