OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 5 – AUGUST 8TH – US LOOKS TO IMPROVE TO 2-0 IN MEN’S BASKETBALL AND BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Each day I’ll be previewing a few of the biggest events for the day at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Now, I won’t preview every event but I’ll pick 3-10 each day and give my quick prediction for who will win. This isn’t supposed to necessarily be an in-depth prediction article, but I will give you times and TV stations of a few events to watch for the day, with added emphasis to contests involving the US, as most of this websites viewers are from there.  Anyway, without further ado, let’s begin!

Women’s Fencing

*Starts at 8AM ET, NBCSN

Individual Sabre
Gold: Ibtihaj Muhammad​ (United States)
Silver:  Olha Kharlan (Ukraine)
Bronze:  Mariel Zagunis (United States)

Men’s Gymnastics

*Starts at 3PM ET, Online Live Stream

Team Final
Gold:  Japan
Silver:  China
Bronze: United States

Men’s Diving

*Starts at 3PM ET, Online Live Steam

Synchronized Platform Finals
Gold: China
Silver: Great Britain
Bronze: United States

Men’s Beach Volleyball

*Starts at 3:30PM ET, NBC

Group Stage (F) – Gibb/Patterson (1-0) (United States) v  Huber/Seidl (0-1) (Austria)
The Pick: Gibb/Patterson (United States)

Men’s Basketball

*Starts at 6PM ET, NBCSN

Group Stage (Group A) – United States (1-0) v  Venezuela (0-1)
The Pick: United States

Women’s Rugby

*Starts at 6PM ET, CNBC

Gold: Australia
Silver: Great Britain
Bronze: New Zealand

Swimming

*Starts at  9PM ET, NBC

Men’s 200m Freestyle Final
Gold: Sun Yang (China)
Silver: Kosuke Hagino (Japan)
Bronze: James Guy (Great Britain)

Women’s 100m Backstroke Final
Gold:  Katinka Hosszú (Hungary)
Silver:  Emily Seebohm (Australia)
Bronze: Madison Wilson (Australia)

Men’s 100m Backstroke Final
Gold: Mitch Larkin (Australia)
Silver:  Camille Lacourt (France)
Bronze:  Ryan Murphy (United States)

Women’s Beach Volleyball

*Starts at 11PM ET, NBC

Group Stage (C) –  Ross/Walsh Jennings (United States) (1-0) v  Wang/Yue (China) (1-0)
The Pick:  Ross/Walsh Jennings (United States)

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