FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, March 5th, 2020
KATIE LEDECKY, CAELEB DRESSEL, SIMONE MANUEL & RYAN LOCHTE HEADLINE STAR-STUDDED TYR PRO SWIM SERIES EVENT, HIGHLIGHTING THIS WEEK’S OLYMPIC PROGRAMMING ACROSS NBC SPORTS
NBCSN Presents Live Coverage of TYR Pro Swim Series Tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. ET; Event Also Features Regan Smith, Ryan Murphy, and Lilly King
Two-Time Olympian Sam Mikulak & Two-Time World Champion Morgan Hurd Headline NBC Sports’ Live Coverage of 2020 American Cup Gymnastics
Live Coverage of Speed Skating World Cup Final Featuring Americans Brittany Bowe and Joey Mantia on NBC Sports Gold
All Olympic Sports Coverage Televised and Streamed Across NBC Sports Platforms is Presented by Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
STAMFORD, Conn. – Mar. 5, 2020 – This week’s Olympic sports programming across NBC Sports is highlighted by a star-studded field at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet in Des Moines, Iowa, live tonight on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and tomorrow on NBCSN.
Headlining the women’s field in Des Moines is five-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky, four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel, women’s 100m and 200m backstroke world record holder Regan Smith, and two-time Olympic gold medalist Lilly King. World record holder Caeleb Dressel, twelve-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte, and three-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy highlight the men’s field.
Live coverage of the event begins tonight on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and OlympicChannel.com at 7:30 p.m. ET, while NBCSN presents encore coverage of day one at 11:30 p.m. ET. NBCSN will have live coverage tomorrow, Mar. 6, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Jason Knapp will call both days alongside three-time Olympic gold medalist and U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame member Rowdy Gaines.
NBC Sports presents live coverage of the 2020 American Cup gymnastics competition this weekend from Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee, Wis. Gymnasts from 14 countries are expected to compete in the United States’ most prestigious international gymnastics event, which is part of the International Gymnastics Federation’s all-around World Cup series and plays a role in Olympic qualifying.
Live coverage of the event, which features six-time U.S. all-around champion and two-time Olympian Sam Mikulak and 2017 world all-around champion Morgan Hurd, kicks off with the women’s competition this Saturday, March 7 at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC, and continues with the men’s competition at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
In addition, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and OlympicChannel.com will present live coverage of the Nastia Liukin Cup tomorrow night at 8 p.m. ET. NBCSN will present encore coverage of the event this Sunday, Mar. 8, at 5 p.m. ET.
For more information on the American Cup and Nastia Liukin Cup, click here.
The Speed Skating season concludes this weekend with the World Cup Final from Heerenveen, Netherlands. NBC Sports Gold has live action of the two-day event this Saturday, Mar. 7, at 8:30 a.m. ET and this Sunday, Mar. 8, at 9:30 a.m. ET.
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents coverage of Day 1 this Saturday at 10 p.m. ET and coverage of Day 2 this Sunday at 6 :30 p.m. ET, while NBCSN will present additional encore coverage of Day 1 on Saturday at Midnight ET.
2018 Olympic team pursuit bronze medalist Brittany Bowe and two-time mass start world champion Joey Mantia, who won his first career 1500m world medal at February’s World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships, are expected to headline the American contingent.
NBC Sports’ coverage of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments featuring national teams in men’s and women’s competition, continues this weekend with a stop in Vancouver.
Led by 2016 Rio Olympians Carlin Isles and Perry Baker, the American men are currently seventh in the season standings after finishing fifth at last weekend’s tournament in Los Angeles.
All HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series matches are available live on NBC Sports Gold’s Rugby Pass and NBCSN will present coverage of this weekend’s tournament Monday, Mar. 9, at 1 p.m. ET.
NBC Sports’ live coverage of the cross-country skiing World Cup continues this weekend with 2018 Olympic team sprint gold medalist Jessie Diggins headlining the women’s field in Oslo, Norway.
Diggins is currently sixth in the overall women’s standings, followed by fellow American and two-time Olympian Sadie Maubet Bjornsen in seventh.
OlympicChannel.com and NBC Sports Gold have live coverage of both men’s and women’s events throughout the weekend, beginning with the women’s 30km mass start this Saturday at 6 a.m. ET and the men’s 50km mass start this Sunday at 6:30 a.m. ET. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents encore coverage Saturday at 9:30 a.m. ET and Sunday at 10 a.m. ET.
All coverage on NBC and NBCSN will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. All coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will stream on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app, in addition to NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Coverage of Olympic Sports on NBC Sports Group platforms is a presentation of Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.
Click here for more information on NBC Sports Gold programming and pricing.
Additional Olympic sports programming this week includes:
ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP – KVITFJELL, NORWAY
EVENT
-
- Men’s Downhill and Super-G
WHO
-
- Three-time Olympian Steve Nyman, PyeongChang Olympian Bryce Bennett, and 2014 Olympian Travis Ganong are expected to lead the American men.
HOW TO WATCH
-
- NBCSN presents coverage of the men’s downhill this Saturday, Mar. 7, at 10:30 p.m. ET.
- Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, OlympicChannel.com, and NBC Sports Gold present live coverage of the men’s downhill this Saturday at 4:57 a.m. ET and the men’s Super-G Sunday at 5:27 a.m. ET.
BIATHLON WORLD CUP – NOVE MESTO, CZECH REPUBLIC
WHO
-
- The U.S. women’s team is led by two-time Olympian Susan Dunklee, who won a world silver medal last month, and Clare Egan, who was the top American finisher in the World Cup standings last season.
HOW TO WATCH
-
- For a complete schedule, click here.
SNOWBOARDING WORLD CUP – SIERRA NEVADA, SPAIN
EVENT
-
- Snowboard cross.
WHO
-
- Olympic silver medalist Lindsey Jacobellis
HOW TO WATCH
-
- NBC Sports Gold and OlympicChannel.com have live coverage Saturday at 6 a.m. ET.
- Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents coverage Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET.
FREESTYLE SKIING WORLD CUP – KRASNOYARSK, RUSSIA
EVENTS
-
- Dual Moguls (Saturday) and Aerials (Sunday).
WHO
-
- Jaelin Kauf, who is coming off her first win of the season in dual moguls, and Chris Lillis, who won an aerials World Cup competition for the first time in over four years last week.
HOW TO WATCH
-
- NBC Sports Gold and OlympicChannel.com have live coverage Saturday at 7 a.m. ET and Sunday at 8 a.m. ET.
- Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents coverage Saturday at 1:30 p.m. ET and Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
NORDIC COMBINED WORLD CUP – OSLO, NORWAY
EVENT
-
- Men’s individual.
HOW TO WATCH
-
- NBC Sports Gold and OlympicChannel.com have live coverage Saturday at 4 a.m. ET and 8:20 a.m. ET.
- Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents coverage Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET.
SKI JUMPING WORLD CUP – OSLO, NORWAY
EVENTS
-
- The Raw Air Tournament includes Men’s Team (Saturday), Men’s Individual (Sunday), and Women’s Individual (Sunday) events.
HOW TO WATCH
-
- NBC Sports Gold and OlympicChannel.com have live coverage Saturday at 9:15 a.m. ET, and on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ET and 12:15 p.m. ET.
- Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents encore coverage of the Men’s Team event Saturday at 11:30 p.m. ET, Men’s Individual Sunday at 10 p.m. ET, and Women’s Individual Sunday at 11:30 p.m. ET.
OLYMPIC BOXING QUALIFICATION EVENT – AMMAN, JORDAN
EVENT
-
- The event in Jordan serves as the Tokyo 2020 boxing qualifying tournament for Asia/Oceania, with winners of all weight classes guaranteeing themselves a spot in this summer’s Olympics.
HOW TO WATCH
-
- Qualification bouts are available live on OlympicChannel.com. For more information and a complete schedule, click here.
–NBC SPORTS–
