COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — We have arrived at what can only be described as the best day of the Paris Olympics.
Numerous marquee sports will be in action Saturday with finals in gymnastics, swimming, and track & field along with a plethora of medal matches across a variety of sports. Here is all you need to know for the action-packed Day 8 in store from France.
Gymnastics, track, and swimming all day
The three biggest sports that shine at the Olympics are all overlapping Saturday and will hand out medals to some of its biggest athletes. First at 10:20 a.m. on NBC4, Simone Biles looks for her third gold in Paris in the vault before an onslaught of major finals in track & field and swimming.
NBC4 will be showing back-and-forth coverage of both beginning at 1:10 p.m. with track. Sha’Carri Richardson headlines the night in the 100m final while Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs duel for shot put gold and the men’s decathlon winner is declared.
At 2:30 p.m., the penultimate night of swimming begins as Katie Ledecky aims to win her ninth Olympic gold in the 800m freestyle and the American team looks to take the mixed medley relay.
Medals galore
More than 25 medal events are taking place Saturday as well as marquee USA team games. Among Saturday’s notable finals outside the gym, track, and pool include the last four rowing finals, women’s singles and men’s doubles in tennis, men’s cycling road race, and hopefully the surfing finals after multiple delays.
Meanwhile, USA women’s soccer plays its quarterfinal against Japan and USA men’s basketball ends group play against Puerto Rico on NBC4 at 11:15 a.m.
NBC4 Day 8 schedule
Bold denotes medal event. Italics denotes replay.
- 5 a.m.-6:40 a.m. – Track & Field morning session: Women’s 800m repechage, men’s 100m first round, men’s decathlon discus throw)
- 5 a.m.-7:15 a.m. – Swimming: Qualifying heats
- 5 a.m.-10:15 a.m. – Cycling: Men’s road race
- 10:20 a.m.-11 a.m. – Gymnastics: Women’s vault final
- 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. – Basketball (Men’s): USA vs. Puerto Rico
- 1:10 p.m.-3:50 p.m. – Track & Field evening session: Men’s shot put final, women’s 100m semis, women’s triple jump final, mixed 4x400m relay final, women’s 100m final, men’s decathlon 1500m)
- 2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. – Swimming finals: Men’s 100m butterfly, women’s 200m individual medley, women’s 800m freestyle, mixed 4x100m medley relay
- 3:50 p.m.-4:15 p.m. – Rowing finals: Single sculls, eights
- 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m. – Gymnastics finals: Men’s floor and pommel horse
- 8 p.m.-11:30 p.m. – NBC4 primetime (Swimming finals, track & field finals, gymnastics women’s vault final)
- 12 a.m.-1:30 a.m. – NBC4 late night (Kayak cross heats, 3×3 basketball elimination games)
Day 8 medal events
- 3:30 a.m. – Shooting: Women’s 25m pistol
- 4 a.m. – Equestrian: Team dressage
- 4:18 a.m. – Rowing: Women’s single sculls
- 4:30 a.m. – Rowing: Men’s single sculls
- 4:50 a.m. – Rowing: Women’s eights
- 5 a.m. – Cycling: Men’s road race
- 5:10 a.m. – Rowing: Men’s eights
- 8:30 a.m. – Table Tennis: Women’s singles
- 8:30 a.m. – Tennis: Women’s singles
- 8:46 a.m. – Archery: Women’s individual
- 9:30 a.m. – Gymnastics: Men’s floor exercise
- 9:30 a.m. – Shooting: Men’s skeet
- 10:10 a.m. – Badminton: Women’s doubles
- 10:20 a.m. – Gymnastics: Women’s vault
- 11 a.m. – Tennis: Men’s doubles
- 11:10 a.m. – Gymnastics: Men’s pommel horse
- 11:20 a.m. – Judo: Mixed team
- 1:35 p.m. – Track & Field: Men’s shot put
- 2 p.m. – Fencing: Women’s team sabre
- 2:20 p.m. – Track & Field: Women’s triple jump
- 2:30 p.m. – Swimming: Men’s 100m butterfly
- 2:55 p.m. – Track & Field: Mixed 4x400m relay
- 2:59 p.m. – Swimming: Women’s 200m individual medley
- 3:09 p.m. – Swimming: Women’s 800m freestyle
- 3:20 p.m. – Track & Field: Women’s 100m
- 3:33 p.m. – Swimming: Mixed 4x100m medley relay
- 3:45 p.m. – Track & Field: Men’s decathlon
- 4 p.m. – Surfing: Men’s
- 5:12 p.m. – Surfing: Women’s
Day 8 television schedule (By sport)
All events are available to be streamed live on Peacock, a platform owned by NBC and not NBC4’s parent company, Nexstar. Bold denotes medal event.
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Archery
- 7:50 a.m. – Women’s individual final (E! Network)
Badminton
- 1:30 p.m. – Women’s doubles final (CNBC)
Basketball
- 11:15 a.m. (M) – USA vs. Puerto Rico (NBC4)
- 3:05 p.m. (M) – Serbia vs. South Sudan (CNBC)
3×3 Basketball
- 12:45 p.m. – Pool games (CNBC)
- 4:05 p.m. (W) – Elimination round games (USA Network)
Beach Volleyball
- 3 a.m. (M) – Germany vs. Poland (USA Network)
- 4:45 p.m. – Lucky loser match (CNBC)
- 5 p.m. – Lucky loser match (CNBC)
Boxing
- 12:15 p.m. – Men’s quarterfinals (CNBC)
- 2:30 p.m. – Men’s quarterfinals (CNBC)
Canoeing
- 9:30 a.m. – Kayak cross heats (USA Network)
- 11:45 a.m. – Kayak cross heats (USA Network)
Cycling
- 5 a.m. – Men’s road race (NBC4 and CNBC)
Equestrian
- 3 p.m. – Team dressage final (E! Network)
Fencing
- 7 a.m. – Women’s team sabre quarterfinals (E! Network)
- 1 p.m. – Women’s team sabre final, bronze medal match (E! Network)
Field Hockey
- 7:15 a.m. (W) – USA vs. South Africa (USA Network)
Golf
- 3 a.m. – Men’s third round (Golf Channel)
Gymnastics
- 9:30 a.m. – Finals in men’s floor and pommel horse (E! Network)
- 10:20 a.m. – Women’s vault final (NBC4)
Handball
- 10 p.m. (W) – Spain vs. France (USA Network)
Rowing
- 12:30 p.m. – Finals in single sculls and eights (USA Network)
Shooting
- 11:45 a.m. – Finals in women’s 25m pistol and men’s skeet (CNBC)
Soccer
- 9 a.m. – USA vs. Japan quarterfinal (E! Network)
- 11:50 a.m. – Women’s quarterfinal (E! Network)
Swimming
- 5 a.m. – Qualifying heats (NBC4 and USA Network)
- 2:30 p.m. – Finals in men’s 100m butterfly, women’s 200m individual medley, women’s 800m freestyle, mixed 4x100m medley relay (NBC4)
Table Tennis
- 8:45 a.m. – Women’s singles final (USA Network)
Tennis
- 4 a.m. – Mixed doubles final (USA Network)
- 4:30 p.m. – Women’s singles final (USA Network)
- 12 a.m. – Men’s doubles final (USA Network)
Track & Field
- 5 a.m. – Morning session on NBC4 and E! (Men’s decathlon 110m hurdles, discus throw, and pole vault, men’s pole vault qualifying, men’s 100m prelims and first round, women’s 800m repechage)
- 1:10 p.m. – Evening session on NBC4 and USA Network (Men’s decathlon javelin throw and 1500m, men’s 1500m repechage, men’s shot put final, women’s 100m semis and final, women’s triple jump final, mixed 4x400m relay final)
Water Polo
- 10:35 a.m. (M) – USA vs. Montenegro (USA Network)