Summer Olympics 2016 Schedule: Rio TV, Live-Stream Coverage for Tuesday Events
Tuesday's Olympic schedule offers suspenseful medal events and teams ditching preliminary play for elimination bouts in Rio de Janeiro.
For the main attraction, American superstar Simone Biles will seek her fourth gold medal in the women's floor exercise. Despite settling for bronze in Monday's balance beam, she is favored to take home one more gold medal in Tuesday's final.
Also on the card, the U.S. women's basketball team will look to extend its dominance in the quarterfinals. While the nation's soccer squad won't get a similar opportunity, its conqueror, Sweden, will forfeit the crowd's underdog adoration against host Brazil.
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Let's break down Tuesday's TV schedule and top contests to watch. NBC Olympics will provide live-stream options for each event:
| 8 a.m. | Canoe/Kayak, Track and Field, Swimming | NBCSN |
| 9 a.m. | Women's Volleyball | USA |
| 10 a.m. | Track and Field | NBC |
| 10:45 a.m. | Women's Basketball, Men's Field Hockey | USA |
| 11:30 a.m. | Water Polo, Wrestling | NBC |
| Noon | Equestrian, Track and Field | NBC |
| Noon | Water Polo, Wrestling | MSNBC |
| Noon | Women's Soccer, Swimming, Cycling | NBCSN |
| 12:45 p.m. | Women's Handball, Badminton, Canoe/Kayak | USA |
| 1 p.m. | Women's Volleyball (USA vs. Japan) | NBC |
| 2 p.m. | Men's Water Polo, Sailing | NBC |
| 2:30 p.m. | Synchronized Swimming, Diving, Beach Volleyball | NBC |
| 3 p.m. | Women's Soccer, Badminton | NBCSN |
| 3:15 p.m. | Table Tennis, Beach Volleyball | USA |
| 5 p.m. | Cycling (Track), Women'sVolleyball | CNBC |
| 5:30 p.m. | Women's Basketball (USA vs. Japan) | NBCSN |
| 7 p.m. | Men's Field Hockey | CNBC |
| 7:30 p.m. | Weightlifting, Boxing, Wrestling | NBCSN |
| 8 p.m. | Track and Field, Gymnastics, Beach Volleyball | NBC |
| 9:15 p.m. | Women's Volleyball, Table Tennis | NBCSN |
Women's Gymnastics: Floor Exercise (Final)
Biles experienced a rare moment of mortality Thursday, nearly falling off the balance beam while landing a somersault. Even her substandard performance produced a bronze medal.
After the Netherlands' Sanne Wevers ended Biles' gold streak, the 19-year-old can no longer become the first gymnast to claim five gold medals at a single Olympics. Yet five medals of any kind would still be pretty darn good.
ESPN Stats & Info put her remarkable Rio run into perspective:
A day after finishing behind teammate Laurie Hernandez, Biles will face off against Aly Raisman, who won the floor exercise at the 2012 London Games. The Final Five's 22-year-old veteran is competing for her first individual gold in Rio after earning silver behind Biles in the individual all-around competition.
Even though the two will be rivals on the floor Tuesday, the duo's bond has not soured. Raisman illuminated Biles' team spirit after she achieved personal glory:
They might accrue one-two finishes again, which would up the team's final medal tally to nine.
Women's Soccer: Sweden vs. Brazil (Semifinals)
Last week, Sweden pulled off the upset of the Rio Games, blocking the U.S. from semifinal play for the first time ever. The reward? Brazil, the home team, which demolished Sweden in group play.
In their first match, Brazil beat Sweden in a 5-1 rout. The loser's lone goal came during the 89th minute, when Brazil probably couldn't help but plan ahead for its next match.
Now Sweden is riding high after dropping the favored U.S. in penalty kicks Friday. Later that evening, Brazil also escaped a shootout, advancing past Australia after both sides finished extra time scoreless.
Led by two goals apiece by Marta and Cristiane, Brazil boasts an Olympic-best plus-seven goal differential. Earlier in group play, the latter set a milestone, as ESPN Stats & Info noted:
Don't expect Sweden coach Pia Sundhage to change her tactics because of Hope Solo's comments. Sundhage should again implement a cautious, defensive approach against Brazil's dangerous attack, especially if her squad gains an early lead.
A raucous crowd will be decisively in Brazil's corner with a spot in the gold-medal match at stake.
Women's Basketball: USA vs. Japan (Quarterfinals)
While the U.S. men's basketball squad has engaged in a string of tight contests, the women have flattened the competition with a 40.8-point average margin of victory. According to ESPN The Magazine's Mina Kimes, they're on pace to break their own scoring record, which Team USA set in 1996.
The team's dominance has, of course, restarted the ridiculous "Are they too good?" discussion.
Head coach Geno Auriemma is having none of it. After a 81-51 victory over Canada—the only time the U.S. has fallen short of triple digits—he shot down the idea of the team's supremacy hurting the sport in a postgame press conference.
“We live in that Trumpian era where it’s OK to be sexist and degrade people that are good, just because they’re the opposite sex," Auriemma told reporters, per the Washington Post's Gene Wang. "We are what we are. We’re never going to apologize for being that good.”
The men's team performing only slightly better than everyone else has triggered panic.
Individual stars (Biles, Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky and Usain Bolt) receive no such flak for creaming everyone else.
Rather than relying on individual talent—a pitfall that has often engulfed the men's side—Team USA recorded 40 assists on 46 field goals during its 105-62 triumph over China. The Rio crowd, pulling for another grand upset, won't like it, but the U.S. is likely to put on another clinic against Japan in Tuesday's quarterfinal showdown.
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