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All-around gold medalist Gabby Douglas and Jonathan Horton compete in individual gymnastics gold medal finals Monday night on NBC

by jmaloni

Mon, Aug 6th 2012 08:55 am

Track and field 400m hurdles gold medal finals in primetime on NBC

Team USA women's soccer quarterfinal vs. Canada live on NBC Sports Network at 2:45 p.m.; Team USA men's basketball vs. Argentina live on NBC Sports Network at 5:15 p.m.

Team gymnastics and all-around gold medalist Gabby Douglas, competes in her signature event, the uneven bars, Monday night on NBC. Also in primetime, American team captain Jonathan Horton competes on the rings. On the track, two-time Olympic champion Angelo Taylor, two-time world champion Kerron Clement and first-time Olympian Michael Tinsley race in the 400m hurdles gold medal final.

Live on NBC Sports Network, Team USA women's soccer competes in the quarterfinals vs.Canada at 2:45 p.m. Team USA men's basketball, led by Kobe Bryant and Lebron James, continues its run at the gold against Argentina, whose roster includes fellow NBA players Manu Ginobili and Luis Scola.

NBC's daytime coverage features Team USA men's water polo vs. Hungary live at 10:30 a.m. Team USA men's volleyball takes on Tunisia live on NBC at 3 p.m.

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For the full schedule of NBCUniversal's Olympic coverage, visit NBCOlympics.com.

Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted). Changes are italicized.

MONDAY, AUG. 6 (Day 10)

NBC

10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Track and Field - Qualifying Rounds

Women's 100M Hurdles

-Women's 1500M

-Women's Steeplechase Gold Medal Final

Men's Water Polo - U.S. vs. Hungary (LIVE)

Men's Volleyball - U.S. vs. Tunisia (LIVE)

Equestrian - Team Jumping Gold Medal Final

Cycling - Women's Omnium

Synchronized Swimming - Duet Qualifying Round

Canoeing - Sprint Qualifying Heats

•Key qualifying rounds in track and field including the women's 100m hurdles, where the U.S. has a very strong team, led by defending Olympic champion Dawn Harper, 2011 U.S. champion Kellie Wells and also featuring Lolo Jones, who seeks Olympic redemption after tripping on the second-to-last hurdle in Beijing.

•Live coverage of the U.S. men's volleyball team against Tunisia. The American men won their first Olympic gold in 20 years in Beijing and have been surging recently as they look to repeat as Olympic champions.

•Live coverage of the U.S. men's water polo team against three-time defending Olympic champion Hungary. The U.S. men earned a surprise silver in Beijing, but are focused on gold in London. Led by captain Tony Azevedo, the team sacrificed hundreds of thousands of dollars collectively by not playing professionally overseas this year to train together for the Olympics.

•Live coverage of track cycling, plus equestrian's team jumping final. Also, qualifying rounds in canoeing and synchronized swimming.

8 p.m. - Midnight

Gymnastics - Individual Event Gold Medal Finals

Men's Still Rings

-Men's Vault

-Women's Uneven Bars

Track and Field - Gold Medal Finals

Men's 400M

-Men's 400M Hurdles

-Women's Pole Vault

Beach Volleyball - Men's: Gibb/Rosenthal (U.S.) vs. Plavins/Smedins (Latvia)

Men's Diving - Springboard Qualifying

Cycling - Track Gold Medal Final

•Three more gold medals are up for grabs in gymnastics, with the women's uneven bars and the men's rings and vault. Gabby Douglas is one of the best bars workers in the world. On the men's side, Chinese strongman Chen Yibing, the reigning world and Olympic champion, will try to cement his status as king of the rings. American team captain Jonathan Horton, who improved dramatically in the last year in this upper body event while nursing a broken foot, is the top American. And on vault, South Korea's spring-loaded 19-year-old sensation Yang Hak-Seon showcases the world's most difficult vault.

•On the track, 19-year-old Caribbean Kirani James, the reigning world champion, is favored to win Grenada's first ever Olympic medal in the men's 400m. While in the hurdles, two-time Olympic champion Angelo Taylor and two-time world champion Kerron Clement join first-time Olympian Michael Tinsley on an ultra-deep U.S. team. And in the pole vault, Western New York's Beijing silver medalist Jenn Suhr, who is coached by her husband, Rick, renews her rivalry with two-time defending Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia.

•On the sand at majestic Horse Guards Parade, the quarterfinals of beach volleyball continue, with a single loss meaning the end of an Olympic run. Americans Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal are vying to win their first Olympic medal.

•In the Aquatics Centre, former Georgia star Chris Colwill and Texas alum Troy Dumais, the first American since Greg Louganis to compete at four Olympics, take aim at the world's best in the men's springboard.

12:35 - 1:35 a.m.

Track and Field - Gold Medal Finals

Beach Volleyball -Nummerdor/Schuil (Netherlands) vs. Nicolai/Lupo (Italy)

•Track and field's top women run for gold in the steeplechase, while Jill Camarena-Williams, who won bronze at 2011 Worlds, looks to win the first U.S. women's shot put medal in more than 50 years.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Men's Basketball - Qualifying Round (LIVE)

U.S. vs. Argentina (LIVE)

-Australia vs. Russia (LIVE)

Women's Soccer Semifinals - U.S. vs. Canada (LIVE)

Women's Field Hockey - U.S. vs. South Africa (LIVE)

Men's Volleyball - Qualifying Round

Russia vs. Serbia (LIVE)

-Italy vs. Bulgaria (LIVE)

-Brazil vs. Germany

Men's Weightlifting - 105 KG Gold Medal Final

Men's Shooting - 50M Three Positions Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Table Tennis - Women's Team Semifinal: China vs. South Korea

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

•Twenty years after the original Dream Team, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and company continue their run at gold against Manu Ginobili and medal-contending Argentina, live on NBC Sports Network. Plus, live coverage of semifinals in women's soccer. Also, live coverage of women's quarterfinals in the Olympic Boxing tournament, and the U.S. women's field hockey team against South Africa.

MSNBC

9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Beach Volleyball -

Alison/Emanuel (Brazil) vs. Fljalek/Prudel (Poland) (LIVE)

-Brink/Reckermann (Germany) vs. Cunha/Ricardo (Brazil) (LIVE)

Men's Basketball - Spain vs. Brazil (LIVE)

Men's Water Polo - Romania vs. Serbia (LIVE)

Wrestling - Greco Roman Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)

Table Tennis -

Men's Team Semifinal: China vs. Germany

Women's Field Hockey -

China vs. Japan

-New Zealand vs. Germany

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

•Live coverage of quarterfinals in beach volleyball from Horse Guards Parade in central London, and live coverage of Spain vs. Brazil in men's basketball. Plus, gold medal finals in Greco-Roman wrestling.

CNBC

5 - 8 p.m.

Men's Water Polo - Spain vs. Italy

Men and Women's Boxing Quarterfinals

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

•The men's and women's boxing tournament continues with quarterfinal matches.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Men's Basketball - Qualifying Round

U.S. vs. Argentina (LIVE)

-Australia vs. Russia (LIVE)

-Great Britain vs. China (LIVE)

-Spain vs. Brazil (LIVE)

-France vs. Nigeria (LIVE)

-Tunisia vs. Lithuania (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

Noon - Midnight

Women's Soccer - Semifinals (LIVE)

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. - 2 p.m. (ET/PT)

Track and Field - Qualifying Rounds

Men's Volleyball - Qualifying Round

Synchronized Swimming - Duet Qualifying Round

Beach Volleyball - Quarterfinals

Midnight - 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)

Track and Field - Gold Medal Finals

Gymnastics - Individual Event Gold Medal Finals

Men's Diving - Springboard Qualifying

Men's Boxing - Quarterfinals

5 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Gymnastics - Individual Event Gold Medal Final

Track and Field - Gold Medal Finals

Women's Diving - Springboard Gold Medal Final

Synchronized Swimming - Duet Qualifying Round

TUESDAY, AUG. 7 (Day 11)

NBC

10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Track and Field - Qualifying Rounds

Men's Diving - Springboard Semifinal

Beach Volleyball - Semifinal (LIVE)

Women's Volleyball - Quarterfinal (LIVE)

Women's Water Polo - Semifinal (LIVE)

Cycling - Track Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)

•Key qualifying rounds in track and field, including the women's 5000 meters and men's triple jump.

•Live coverage of beach volleyball semifinals from Horse Guards Parade in the heart of ceremonial London. Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser are the defending Olympic champions.

•Live coverage of the U.S. women's volleyball team in a crucial quarterfinal to move on to the medal round. Led by Hugh McCutcheon, who coached the U.S. men to the Olympic title in 2008, the American women are favored to win their first Olympic gold.

•Live coverage of the U.S. women's water polo team in a semifinal game. Win, and they play for gold. Lose, and the best hope is bronze. The Americans have earned a medal at each of the three Olympics since women's water polo made its Olympic debut in 2000, but have never won gold. The Americans look to have their strongest team yet in London.

•Live coverage of gold medal finals in track cycling from the Velodrome, including the women's omnium, where American Sarah Hammer should be in the medal hunt.

•Plus, men's springboard diving semifinals.

8 p.m. - Midnight

Gymnastics - Individual Event Gold Medal Finals

Men's Parallel Bars

-Men's High Bar

-Women's Balance Beam

-Women's Floor Exercise

Track and Field - Gold Medal Finals

Men's 1500M

-Men's High Jump

-Women's 100M Hurdles

Beach Volleyball - Semifinal

•The final night of gymnastics features an array of American medal hopefuls. Needham, Mass., native Aly Raisman, the senior member of Team USA at age 18, should compete for medals on her two signature events: floor exercise and balance beam. Michigan's Jordyn Wieber, the 2011 world all-around champion, is also among the contenders on floor exercise. On the men's side, Cuban-born Danell Leyva and 2008 Olympic silver medalist Jonathan Horton will compete on high bar.

•An ultra-deep stable of American hurdlers includes 2008 Olympic champion Dawn Harper, 2011 U.S. champion Kellie Wells, and Lolo Jones, who four years after her heartbreaking stumble in Beijing cost her a sure gold medal, targets redemption in London. Meanwhile, a pair of American milers aims for the first American medal in the 1500m since the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. American high jump sensation Jesse Williams, a USC alum and 2011 world champion, is among the favorites for gold.

•On the sand at majestic Horse Guards Parade, beach volleyball moves into the semifinals. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings are eyeing a golden three-peat after sweeping the competition in Athens and Beijing.

12:35 - 1:35 a.m.

Men's Diving - Springboard Gold Medal Final

Track and Field - Gold Medal Final

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Men's Soccer - Semifinals

Mexico vs. Japan (LIVE)

-South Korea vs. Brazil (LIVE)

Men's Triathlon (LIVE)

Women's Basketball - Quarterfinals (LIVE)

Men's Weightlifting - Super Heavyweight Gold Medal Final

Equestrian - Team Dressage Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Canoeing - Sprint Qualifying Heats

Men's Field Hockey - Korea vs. Netherlands (LIVE)

Women's Handball - Quarterfinals

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

•Live coverage of the men's triathlon highlights this day. Americans Hunter Kemper and Manny Huerta will look to upset British brothers Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee, who are favored to go 1-2, as the Olympic triathletes race through Hyde Park and past Buckingham Palace. Plus live coverage of semifinals in men's soccer.

MSNBC

9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Beach Volleyball - Semifinals (LIVE)

Women's Volleyball - Quarterfinals (LIVE)

Women's Water Polo - Semifinal (LIVE)

Synchronized Swimming - Duet Gold Medal Final

Wrestling - Greco Roman Gold Medal Finals

Women's Table Tennis - Team Gold Medal Final

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

•Live coverage of three key tournaments, including beach volleyball semifinals from Horse Guards Parade, women's volleyball quarterfinals and semifinal competition in women's water polo.

CNBC

5 - 8 p.m.

Men's Boxing - Quarterfinals

CNBC Highlights

•The Olympic boxing tournament moves into the quarterfinals.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Women's Basketball - Quarterfinals (LIVE)