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NBCSN & OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA OLYMPIC PROGRAMMING, WEEK 1 – JULY 24-AUGUST 2

NBCSN and Return to the Olympic Games presented by Toyota Schedule, July 24-August 2

(All times ET unless otherwise noted, subject to change)

(* Programming description at bottom of chart)

Program descriptions:

Return to Beijing – 10^th Anniversary: 2008 Beijing Games

• • Men’s Beach Volleyball Final: USA vs. Brazil: In their Olympic debut, Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser won the gold medal in three sets, defeating the Brazilian team of Marcio Araujo and Fabio Luiz in the final. Dalhausser was named Most Outstanding Player for the men’s beach volleyball competition at the Beijing Games.
  • Men’s Volleyball Final: USA vs. Brazil: Lloy Ball and Clay Stanley led the U.S. to gold, with the pair not dropping a match throughout the Beijing Olympics. In 2008, Ball became the first U.S. male volleyball player to compete in four Olympic Games. Stanley earned MVP, Best Scorer and Best Server honors in Beijing.
  • Michael Phelps: The special showcases Michael Phelps’ historic Olympic Games performance in 2008. Phelps won all eight events he entered in Beijing, becoming the first athlete in Olympic history to win eight gold medals in a single Games. He set seven world records along the way. The eight golds gave Phelps 14 for his career, five more gold medals than any other Olympian.
  • Women’s Beach Volleyball Final: USA vs. China: Defending Olympic gold medalists Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings won their second of three straight golds in Beijing. They won all seven of their Beijing matches in straight sets.
  • Women’s Gymnastics: All-Around Final: Nastia Liukin and teammate Shawn Johnson, who came in as the reigning world all-around champion, had a 1-2 finish, becoming the first U.S. women to claim the top two spots on the podium in the women’s Olympic all-around competition.
  • Women’s Gymnastics: Team Final: The U.S. women’s gymnastics team claimed their second consecutive Olympic team silver medal in 2008. Members of the U.S. women’s team included Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson, who went on to a 1-2 finish in the Beijing all-around final and 2005 world all-around champion Chellsie Memmel, who has returned to training in 2020.
  • Women’s Soccer Final: USA vs. Brazil: The U.S. women’s team won their second consecutive Olympic gold medal and third overall in a close final against Brazil. Neither team scored in the 90 minutes of regulation time and the Americans went ahead in extra time on a Carli Lloyd goal, then held on to win the game.

Return to London: 2012 London Games

• • Men’s Diving: In one of the most stunning upsets in London, David Boudia won gold in men’s platform, where he became the first American man to win the event since Greg Louganis in 1988. In the synchronized events, the U.S. won a pair of bronze medals – synchronized platform (Boudia and Nicholas McCrory) and synchronized springboard (Troy Dumais, competing at his fourth Olympics, and partner Kristian Ipsen).
  • Men’s Gymnastics: All-Around Final: In 2012, Danell Leyva earned bronze in the all-around, a first for U.S. men’s gymnastics since Paul Hamm’s gold medal finish in Athens. Leyva’s medal was just the third by an American male in the all-around over the course of Olympic history. Fellow American John Orozco finished eighth.
  • Men’s Gymnastics: Team Final: China’s dominance continued with country’s third Olympic team gold medal in the previous four Olympics, while Japan finished second. Great Britain took bronze – 100 years after the host nation’s first (and only other) men’s team medal in 1912. After leading the field in qualifying, the U.S. finished fifth overall. Members of the U.S. team included Danell Leyva, who went on to win the all-around bronze medal in London, and Sam Mikulak.
  • Men’s Swimming (Parts 1 & 2): During these games, Michael Phelps won six medals and broke the record for most Olympic medals with 22 (at the time). Ryan Lochte earned a total of five medals in London, including his first gold medal of the games in the men’s 400m individual medley. Nathan Adrian won three medals, including gold in the men’s 100m freestyle final.
  • Women’s Beach Volleyball Final: USA vs. USA: In an all-American beach volleyball final, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings defeated Jennifer Kessy and April Ross, as the U.S. captured the gold and silver medals in London. For the third consecutive Games, May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings went undefeated, having won every match they ever played at the Games, dropping only one of 43 sets.
  • Women’s Diving: China dominated London with a clean gold medal sweep of all four disciplines. Abby Johnston and Kelci Bryant captured the silver medal in women’s synchronized springboard, becoming the first American athletes to win an Olympic diving medal since Laura Wilkinson won individual platform gold in 2000.
  • Women’s Gymnastics: All-Around & Event Finals: The U.S. women’s gymnastics team finished the all-around and event finals in London with four Olympic medals, including gold medals earned by Gabby Douglas in the all-around and Aly Raisman on floor exercise. Douglas became the fourth Olympic all-around champion in U.S. history, following Mary Lou Retton, Carly Patterson and Nastia Liukin. Raisman also won bronze on balance beam, while McKayla Maroney earned silver on vault.
  • Women’s Gymnastics: Team Final: In 2012, the U.S. women’s gymnastics team, known as the ‘Fierce Five,’ won its first women’s gymnastics team title since the ‘Magnificent Seven’ at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Members of the U.S. women’s team in London included Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, who went on to win the all-around title in London, and 2011 all-around world champion Jordyn Wieber.
  • Women’s Soccer Final: USA vs. Japan: Over 80,000 fans at Wembley Stadium watched the U.S. defeat Japan 2-1 for gold, in a rematch of the 2011 World Cup Final, which Japan won. Carli Lloyd scored both goals to lift the team to victory. This marked the third consecutive Olympic gold medal for the U.S. and fourth overall.
  • Women’s Soccer Semifinal: USA vs. Canada: In one of the greatest Olympic soccer matches of all time, the U.S. women’s soccer team battled and defeated Canada 4-3 after 122-plus minutes of play. American Abby Wambach converted a penalty kick in the 80^th minute to tie the game at 3-3, sending the game to overtime. During the 123^rd minute, Alex Morgan headed the ball into the net to lift the U.S. women into the gold medal game.
  • Women’s Swimming (Parts 1 & 2): In London, 17-year-old Missy Franklin captured five medals (four gold) in her Olympic debut. In her second Olympics, Allison Schmitt won five medals. Eight years after her first Olympics in Athens, Dana Vollmer returned to set a world record and win Olympic gold in the women’s 100m butterfly. London also marked the Olympic debut of 15-year-old Katie Ledecky, who stunned the field in the women’s 800m freestyle, winning Olympic gold for her first major international medal.
  • Women’s Water Polo Final: USA vs. Spain: A longtime powerhouse, the U.S. women’s water polo team was finally able to break through and win its first Olympic gold in London. The Americans overpowered a young Spanish team on both ends of the pool to cruise to an 8-5 victory. 19-year-old Maggie Steffens scored three goals and was named MVP of the Olympic water polo tournament.

Return to Rio: 2016 Rio Games

• • Best of Team USA: The program highlights some of the most memorable American moments and performances in Rio. At the Games, the U.S. topped the medal chart with 121 medals, including 46 gold. The U.S. also surpassed 1,000 all-time gold medals at the summer Olympics.
  • Gymnastics: Event Finals: The U.S. gymnastics team dominated event finals in Rio with nine Olympic medals. Simone Biles earned gold medals on vault and floor exercise, along with a bronze on balance beam. Biles’ four gold medals in Rio tied the Olympic record for a female gymnast in a single Olympic Games. Madison Kocian, Laurie Hernandez and Aly Raisman added individual silver medals on uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise, respectively. For the U.S. men, Danell Leyva claimed the parallel bars and high bar silver medals on the final day of competition. Alex Naddour’s bronze earned the U.S.’ first Olympic pommel horse medal since 1984 when Peter Vidmar and NBC Sports analyst Tim Daggett won gold and bronze, respectively.
  • Men’s Diving: In Rio, 2012 Olympic champion David Boudia added a pair of medals to his Olympic collection. After winning the silver medal in the men’s synchronized platform with Steele Johnson, the three-time Olympian closed out the competition with a bronze in the men’s platform. In the men’s synchronized springboard final, Americans Sam Dorman and Michael Hixon won silver.
  • Men’s Gymnastics: Team Final: Led by Kohei Uchimura, Japan captured Olympic team gold in Rio. After posting the second-highest team score in qualifying, the U.S. finished fifth in the final, less than three points from the podium. Members of the U.S. team included 2012 Olympic all-around bronze medalist Danell Leyva and two-time Olympian Sam Mikulak.
  • Men’s Swimming: Michael Phelps’ historic six-medal performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics capped off his career as the most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals (23 gold, three silver, two bronze). In his first Olympic Games, Ryan Murphy won three gold medals, sweeping the men’s backstroke events and setting a world record in the backstroke leg of the 4x100m medley relay. Nathan Adrian added four medals in Rio, including two relay golds and bronze in both the 50m and 100m freestyle. At age 35, Anthony Ervin became the oldest Olympic gold medalist in swimming history when he won the 50m free.
  • Track & Field: Men’s Sprint Events: In Rio, Usain Bolt’s triple farewell act included wins in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay events. The first athlete to win the 100m and 200m three times at the Olympics, Bolt ended his illustrious career with eight Olympic gold medals. Finishing second in the 100m, five-time Olympic medalist Justin Gatlin was the first man in history to win each medal (gold, silver and bronze) in the 100m event.
  • Women’s Diving: China’s dominance in women’s diving continued, sweeping gold medals in all four disciplines in Rio. 2012 Olympic silver medalist Abby Johnston closed out her career with a 12^th-place finish in women’s springboard. In women’s platform, American Jessica Parratto finished 10^th.
  • Women’s Gymnastics: All-Around Final: In Rio, the U.S. women had a 1-2 finish with Simone Biles winning gold and Aly Raisman with silver. This marked only the second time in history the U.S. claimed the top two spots on the podium in the women’s all-around competition, after Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson did so in 2008. Biles also gave the U.S. a fourth consecutive gold medal in the women’s all-around, following Carly Patterson, Liukin and Gabby Douglas.
  • Women’s Gymnastics: Team Final: The U.S. ‘Final Five,’ as they became known, captured gold in dominating fashion (eight-point margin), defending their 2012 gold medal from London. Led by Simone Biles and Aly Raisman, Team USA became the first to win back-to-back women’s team titles since Romania earned gold in 2000 and 2004. Members of the U.S. women’s team included Biles, Raisman, 2012 Olympic all-around champion Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, and Madison Kocian.
  • Women’s Swimming: In her second Olympics, Katie Ledecky broke two world records and earned five medals, four of them gold. Simone Manuel earned four medals in Rio, including two gold. Manuel tied with Penny Oleksiak of Canada for the gold medal in the 100m freestyle, becoming the first black woman to win Olympic swimming gold. Stanford graduate Maya DiRado won four Olympic medals, including gold in the women’s 200m backstroke. In her Olympic debut, Lilly King stunned the field by winning gold over her Russian rival Yulia Efimova in the 100m breaststroke.
  • Women’s Water Polo Final: USA vs. Italy: The U.S. made history in Rio, becoming the first team to win consecutive Olympic titles in women’s water polo after defeating Italy with a decisive 12-5 win. Kiley Neushul led all scorers with three goals in the final, while team captain Maggie Steffens was named MVP of the Olympic water polo tournament, repeating the same honor from London.