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Thursday, June 23rd, 2016

MICHAEL PHELPS, RYAN LOCHTE, MISSY FRANKLIN & KATIE LEDECKY HEADLINE OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS COVERAGE ON NBC & NBCSN BEGINNING THIS SUNDAY

Eight Consecutive Nights of Primetime Coverage Begins Sunday at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with Continuing Coverage at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC

NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports App to Provide Streaming Coverage

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 22, 2016 – NBC Olympics presents 15.5 hours of coverage of the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials from CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Neb., including eight consecutive nights in primetime. It begins this Sunday, June 26, at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and continues at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

Six nights of primetime coverage will air at 8 p.m. ET/PT throughout the week on NBC, with primetime coverage on Saturday, July 2, airing live at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Daily telecasts of the qualifying heats will air on NBCSN throughout the competition. Coverage culminates Sunday, July 3, with a two-hour show combining the Swimming and Track & Field Trials at 7 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs – will livestream all the action, and present supplemental digital-only coverage daily at 11 a.m. ET from Sunday, June 26, through Saturday, July 2.

Headlining the men’s field is Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time with 22 Olympic medals, and 11-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte. At the 2015 U.S. National Championships, Phelps won gold medals in the 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, and the 200m individual medley, while Lochte took home gold in the 200m medley, 4×100m medley and 4×100m mixed freestyle at the 2015 World Championships. Four-time Olympic medalist Nathan Adrian and six-time Olympic medalist Matt Grevers will each look to compete in their third Olympic Games.

Highlighting the women’s field are Missy Franklin, who won four gold and five total medals in her Olympic debut in London, and nine-time world champion Katie Ledecky. Ledecky looks to add to her medal count in Rio after stunning the field by winning gold in the 800m free in 2012 at the age of 15. At the 2015 World Championships, she won five gold medals and broke three world records. Natalie Coughlin, a 12-time Olympic medalist, and Dana Vollmer, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, will also compete for spots on the Olympic team.

In all events excluding the men’s and women’s 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle, the top two swimmers in the event make the Rio team. For the 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle, the top six athletes make the Olympic team.

NBC Olympics’ swimming commentary team of longtime NBC golf commentator Dan Hicks (play-by-play) calls the action, joined by three-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines (analyst), and NBC’s Sunday Night Football sideline reporter Michele Tafoya (reporter).

NBC Olympics presents primetime coverage of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials during an unprecedented 20 of 23 nights across NBC and NBCSN. The full schedule for this week’s coverage of the Trials, which also includes diving and men’s gymnastics, can be found here. It all leads up to the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this August on the networks of NBCUniversal.

Following is the schedule for NBC Sports Group’s Olympic Swimming Trials coverage:

Date Time Events Network
Sun., June 26 11 a.m. ET Qualifying Heats – Men’s 400m Free, Men’s & Women’s 400m IM NBCOlympics.com & the NBC Sports app
Sun., June 26 6 p.m. ET Qualifying Heats – Men’s 400m Free, Men’s & Women’s 400m IM* NBCSN
Sun., June 26 8 p.m. ET/PT Finals – Men’s 400m Free, Men’s & Women’s 400m IM NBC
Mon., June 27 11 a.m. ET Qualifying Heats – Women’s 100m Back & Breast, Men’s 200m Free NBCOlympics.com & the NBC Sports app
Mon., June 27 6:30 p.m. ET Qualifying Heats – Women’s 100m Back & Breast, Men’s 200m Free* NBCSN
Mon., June 27 8 p.m. ET/PT Finals – Women’s 100m Fly & 400m Free, Men’s 100m Breast NBC
Tues., June 28 11 a.m. ET Qualifying Heats s – Women’s 200m Free & 200m IM, Men’s 200m Fly NBCOlympics.com & the NBC Sports app
Tues., June 28 7 p.m. ET Qualifying Heats – Women’s 200m Free & 200m IM, Men’s 200m Fly NBCSN
Tues., June 28 8 p.m. ET/PT Finals – Men’s 200m Free & 100m Back, Women’s 100m Breast & 100m Back NBC
Wed., June 29 11 a.m. ET Qualifying Heats – Men’s 100m Free & 200m Breast, Women’s 200m Fly NBCOlympics.com & the NBC Sports app
Wed., June 29 7 p.m. ET Qualifying Heats – Men’s 100m Free & 200m Breast, Women’s 200m Fly NBCSN
Wed., June 29 8 p.m. ET/PT Finals – Women’s 200m IM & Free, Men’s 200m Fly NBC
Thur., June 30 11 a.m. ET Qualifying Heats – Women’s 100m Free, Men’s 200m IM & Back NBCOlympics.com & the NBC Sports app
Thur., June 30 6:30 p.m. ET Qualifying Heats – Women’s 100m Free, Men’s 200m IM & Back* NBCSN
Thur., June 30 8 p.m. ET/PT Finals – Men’s 100m Free & 200m Breast, Women’s 200m Fly NBC
Fri., July 1 11 a.m. ET Qualifying Heats – Men’s 50m Free & 100m Fly, Women’s 200m Back NBCOlympics.com & the NBC Sports app
Fri., July 1 6 p.m. ET Qualifying Heats – Men’s 50m Free & 100m Fly, Women’s 200m Back* NBCSN
Fri., July 1 8 p.m. ET/PT Finals – Women’s 200m Breast & 100m Free, Men’s 200m IM & Back NBC
Sat., July 2 11 a.m. ET Qualifying Heats – Women’s 50m Free, Men’s 1500m Free NBCOlympics.com & the NBC Sports app
Sat., July 2 5 p.m. ET Qualifying Heats  – Women’s 50m Free, Men’s 1500m Free** NBCSN
Sat., July 2 8 p.m. ET Finals – Women’s 200m Back & 800m Free, Men’s 50m Free & 100m Fly NBCSN
Sun., July 3 7 p.m. ET/PT Finals – Women’s 50m Free, Men’s 1500 Free** NBC

*coverage may include additional events

** show includes coverage of Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene, Ore.

U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS COVERAGE ON THE NBC SPORTS APP

NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will stream the Olympic Trials coverage via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. The NBC Sports app is powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire.

–RIO 2016–