Summer Olympics 2016 Schedule: Rio TV, Live-Stream Coverage for Wednesday Events
The 2016 Summer Olympics continues Wednesday with the pressure rising in many noteworthy sports.
While medals have been given out in various events for almost two weeks, we are finally starting to see some of the team sports come to a close. After plenty of preliminary contests, each event is now in its knockout stages where one loss ends the dream of a gold medal.
Make sure you follow along through Day 12 in Rio with this schedule to see which of your favorite stars can handle the pressure.
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| 6:30 a.m. | Women's Golf | Golf Channel |
| 8 a.m. | Canoe, Track and Field | NBC Sports |
| 9 a.m. | Badminton | USA |
| 10 a.m. | Track and Field, Equestrian, Gymnastics | NBC |
| 10 a.m. | Men's Basketball Quarterfinals (AUS vs. LTH) | USA |
| 11 a.m. | Field Hockey Semifinals (NED vs. GER) | MSNBC |
| 11:30 a.m. | Women's Water Polo | USA |
| 12 p.m. | Men's Soccer Semifinals (BRA vs. HON) | NBC Sports |
| 1 p.m. | Men's Volleyball Quarterfinals (USA vs. POL) | NBC |
| 1 p.m. | Wrestling, Handball | MSNBC |
| 1:30 p.m. | Men's Basketball Quarterfinals (ESP vs. FRA) | USA |
| 2 p.m. | BMX Cycling | NBC Sports |
| 2 p.m. | Gymnastics | MSNBC |
| 3 p.m. | Canoe, Women's Water Polo, Gymnastics | NBC |
| 3 p.m. | Men's Soccer Semifinals (NIG vs. GER) | NBC Sports |
| 3:30 p.m. | Badminton, Table Tennis, Taekwondo | USA |
| 3:30 p.m. | Handball, Sailing | MSNBC |
| 5 p.m. | Volleyball, Field Hockey (NZL vs. GBR) | CNBC |
| 5:30 p.m. | Men's Basketball Quarterfinals (USA vs. ARG) | NBC Sports |
| 7:30 p.m. | Gymnastics, Wrestling, Boxing | NBC Sports |
| 8 p.m. | Track and Field, Diving, Beach Volleyball (Gold-Medal Match) | NBC |
| 9 p.m. | Beach Volleyball, Men's Basketball Quarterfinals (CRO vs. SRB) | NBC Sports |
| 11 p.m. | Taekwondo, Table Tennis | NBC Sports |
All Olympic coverage available online courtesy of NBCOlympics.com.
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Men's Basketball: United States vs. Argentina
Just about everyone expected the United States to dominate the men's basketball tournament. Even without stars like LeBron James and Stephen Curry, there is still more than enough talent on the roster to cruise to a gold medal.
However, the path has not been easy thus far. Even with a 5-0 record, there are major questions after consecutive three-point victories over Serbia and France. The 10-point win over Australia was also close.
Obviously, winning is all that matters, but it's clear this team has been humbled by the competition in the first few games.
"To start out (heading into the Olympics), I thought personally that we were going to dominate; these games were going to come easy," Paul George said after the latest win, per Sam Amick of USA Today. "But you start playing the better competition, and you see across the board that these teams are pretty good."
The problem is now that we are in the quarterfinals, there is no more room for error. Seth Davis of CBS Sports is one of many who doesn't have a great feeling going forward:
USA faces Argentina, which technically finished in fourth place in Group B, but it came as part of a four-way tie for first place at 3-2. The squad had a dramatic two-overtime win over Brazil to go with impressive victories over Nigeria and Croatia. With Manu Ginobili, Luis Scola and others leading the way, this won't be an easy opponent.
The Americans better come prepared or else they will leave Rio without a medal.
Men's Soccer: Brazil vs. Honduras
The United States men's soccer team didn't qualify for the Olympics, but the Honduras squad that took the spot is making it count. After shockingly advancing through a difficult group that included Argentina, the team kept it going with a quarterfinal win over South Korea.
As Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated noted, head coach Jorge Luis Pinto deserves a lot of credit for getting the most out of his players:
Still, it will be a major challenge trying to beat Brazil at the Maracana in Rio. Although the hosts struggled in their early matches, they have come on strong in the last two games, beating Denmark 4-0 and then moving past Colombia with a 2-0 win in the quarterfinals.
It took a little bit of time for this team to create the chemistry it needed to compete, but all of a sudden this loaded roster with Neymar and young stars Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Barbosa is once again an unstoppable force. Considering the defense has also yet to concede a goal in four matches to this point, this team is once again the favorite to win gold.
With Germany potentially looming in the other semifinal, things could get interesting.
It will come down to whether Brazil can keep its focus and perform to the best of its ability.
Track and Field Finals: Women's 200M, 100M Hurdles and Long Jump
The biggest star in the world will be back on the track as Usain Bolt competes in the 200-meter semifinals. Based on the previous preliminary races in Rio, fans shouldn't expect much of a challenge or even much of an effort near the finish line.
Ashton Eaton will also be in action as he tries to resume his claim as the world's best athlete in the decathlon. The first day of the event will see the 100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400-meter run.
Meanwhile, there are a handful of finals that should be entertaining, especially the women's 200-meter run. Allyson Felix won't be around to defend her gold medal, but American Tori Bowie will try to compete with world champion Dafne Schippers and 100-meter winner Elaine Thompson.
In the long jump, Brittney Reese is the defending Olympic champion and three-time gold medalist at the World Championships. However, her biggest competition could come from fellow American Tianna Bartoletta, who won the world title in 2015.
With the women's 100-meter hurdles semifinals and finals also set for Wednesday night, the full day from Olympic Stadium should be fun to watch.
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