Category: OLYMPICS

Wrestling

Men’s Freestyle 65Kg Final
Gold:  Soslan Ramonov (Russia)
Silver:  Frank Chamizo (Italy)
Bronze:  Toghrul Asgarov (Azerbajian)

Men’s Freestyle 97Kg Final
Gold:  Kyle Snyder (United States)
Silver:  Khetag Gazyumov (Azerbajian)
Bronze:  Elizbar Odikadze (GEO)

Men’s Marathon

Final
Gold: Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya)
Silver: Stanley Kipleting Biwott (Kenya)
Bronze: Feyisa Lilesa (Ethiopia)

Men’s Volleyball

Gold Medal Match –  Brazil vs.  Italy
The Pick:  Italy

Bronze Medal Match –  United States vs.  Russia
The Pick:  Russia

Men’s Handball

Gold Medal Match –  Denmark vs.  France
The Pick:  France

Bronze Medal Match –  Poland vs.  Germany
The Pick:  Germany

Men’s Basketball

Gold Medal Match –  Serbia vs.  United States
The Pick:  United States

Bronze Medal Match –  Australia vs.  Spain
The Pick:  Spain

Men’s Mountain Bike

Cross Country Final
Gold: Nino Schurter (Switzerland)
Silver: Julien Absalon (France)
Bronze: Maxime Marotte (France)

Boxing

Women’s Middleweight Gold Medal Match –  Claressa Shields (United States) vs.  Nouchka Fontijn (Netherlands)
The Pick:  Claressa Shields (United States)

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 about 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 Golf

Final
Gold: Inbee Park (South Korea)
Silver: Lydia Ko (New Zealand)
Bronze:  Gerina Piller (United States)

Women’s Triathlon

Final
Gold: Gwen Jorgensen (United States)
Silver:  Vicky Holland (Great Britain)
Bronze:  Flora Duffy (Bermuda)

Women’s Basketball

Final –  Spain vs.  United States
The Pick:  United States

Women’s Handball

Final –  France vs.  Russia
The Pick:  France

Men’s Soccer

Final –  Brazil vs.  Germany
The Pick:  Germany

Track & Field

Women’s high jump final
Gold:  Anna Chicherova (Russia)
Silver: Blanka Vlašić (Croatia)
Bronze: Brittney Reese (United States)

Men’s 1500m final
Gold: Asbel Kiprop (Kenya)
Silver:Elijah Manangoi (Kenya)
Bronze: Ronald Kwemoi (Kenya)

Men’s 5000m final
Gold: Mo Farah (Great Britain)
Silver: Caleb Ndiku (Kenya)
Bronze:  Hagos Gebrhiwet (Ethiopia)

Women’s 4x400m relay final
Gold:  United States
Silver:  Jamaica
Bronze:  Great Britain

Women’s Volleyball

Final –  China vs.  Serbia
The Pick:  China

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 about 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 ta 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!

Men’s Taekwondo

Welterweight Final
Gold:  Mehdi Khodabakhshi (Iran)
Silver:  Aaron Cook (Moldova)
Bronze:  Tahir Güleç (Germany)

Men’s Freestyle Wrestling

74kg and under Final
Gold:  Jordan Burroughs (United States)
Silver:  Hassan Yazdani (Iran)
Bronze:  Aniuar Geduev (Russia)

Women’s Water Polo

Final –  United States vs.  Italy
The Pick:  United States

Women’s Soccer

Final –  Sweden vs.  Germany
The Pick:  Germany

Third Place –  Brazil vs.  Canada
The Pick:  Brazil

Men’s Basketball

Semifinal –  Australia vs.  Serbia
The Pick:  Australia

Semifinal –  Spain vs.  United States
The Pick:  United States

BMX Cycling

Men’s Final
Gold:  Niek Kimmann (Netherlands)
Silver:  Jelle van Gorkom (Netherlands)
Bronze:  Anthony Dean (Australia)

Women’s Final
Gold:  Mariana Pajón (Columbia)
Silver:  Caroline Buchanan (Australia)
Bronze:  Laura Smulders (Netherlands)

Men’s Diving

10m Final
Gold: Qiu Bo (China)
Silver: David Boudia (United States)
Bronze: Tom Daley (Great Britain)

Track & Field

Women’s pole vault final
Gold:  Yarisley Silva (Cuba)
Silver: Ekaterini Stefanidi (Greece)
Bronze:  Jenn Suhr (United States)

Women’s 4X100m relay final
Gold:  United States
Silver:  Jamaica
Bronze:  Trinidad and Tobago

Men’s 4x100m relay final
Gold:  Jamaica
Silver:  United States
Bronze:  China

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 about 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!

Track & Field

*Starts at 8:30AM ET, NBCSN/NBC

Women’s 4x100m relay Round 1
The Pick:  Jamaica (Jamacia)

Men’s 4x100m relay Round 1
The Pick:  Jamaica (Jamacia)

Triathlon

*Starts at 10AM ET, USA

Men’s Final
Gold:  Javier Gómez (Spain)
Silver:  Mario Mola (Spain)
Bronze:  Alistair Brownlee (Great Britain)

Women’s Wrestling

*Starts at 5:35PM ET, Live Stream

Gold Medal Match
The Pick:  Helen Maroulis (United States)

Women’s Volleyball

*Starts at Noon ET, NBC

Semifinal –  Serbia vs.  United States
The Pick:  United States

*Starts at 9:15PM ET, NBC

Semifinal –  China vs.  Netherlands
The Pick:  China

Women’s Basketball

*Starts at 2PM ET, NBCSN

Semifinal –  Spain vs.  Serbia
The Pick: Spain

*Starts at 6PM ET, NBCSN

Semifinal –  France vs.  United States
The Pick:  United States

Women’s Diving

*Starts at 3PM ET, Live Stream

10m platform final
Gold:  Qian Ren (China)
Silver:  Si Yajie (China)
Bronze:  Melissa Wu (Australia)

Track & Field

*Starts at 5:35PM ET, NBC

Decathlon Final
Gold:Ashton Eaton (United States)
Silver:Damian Warner (Canada)
Bronze:Kai Kazmirek (Germany)

Men’s 200m final
Gold: Usain Bolt  (Jamaica)
Silver: LaShawn Merritt (United States)
Bronze:  Andre De Grasse (Canada)

Men’s shot put final
Gold: Joe Kovacs (United States)
Silver: David Storl (Germany)
Bronze:  Valerie Adams (New Zealand)

Men’s Beach Volleyball

*Starts at 11PM ET, NBC

Gold Medal Match –  Lupo/Nicolai (Italy) vs  Alison/Bruno Schmidt (Brazil)
The Pick:  Alison/Bruno Schmidt (Brazil)

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 about 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!

Men’s Basketball

*Starts at 10AM ET, USA

Quarterfinal –  Australia v  Lithuania
The Pick:  Australia

*Starts at 1:30PM ET, USA

Quarterfinal –  Spain v  France
The Pick:  Spain

*Starts at 5:45PM ET, NBCSN

Quarterfinal –  United States v  Argentina
The Pick:  United States 

*Starts at 9:15PM ET, Live Stream

Quarterfinal –  Croatia v  Serbia
The Pick:  Serbia

Women’s Golf

*Starts at 6:30AM ET, GOLF Channel

Round 1
The Pick: Brooke Henderson (Canada)

Track & Field

*Starts at 8:30AM ET, NBCSN/NBC

Decathlon Day 1
The Pick: Ashton Eaton (United States)

Men’s Soccer

*Starts at Noon ET, NBCSN

Semifinal –  Brazil v  Honduras
The Pick:  Brazil

Women’s Boxing

*Starts at 2:30PM ET, Live Stream

Middleweight Quarterfinal – Claresa Shields (United States) vs. Yaroslava Yakushina (Russia)
The Pick: Claresa Shields (United States)

Track & Field

*Starts at 7:20PM ET, NBC

Men’s 200m semifinals
The Pick: Usain Bolt (Jamaica)

Women’s 200m final
Gold: Dafne Schippers (Netherlands)
Silver: Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica)
Bronze: Elaine Thompson  (Jamaica)

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 about 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!

Track & Field

*Starts at 8:30AM ET, NBCSN/NBC

Men’s triple jump final
Gold: Christian Taylor (United States)
Silver: Will Claye (United States)
Bronze:  Pedro Pablo Pichardo (Cuba)

Women’s Basketball

*Starts at 10AM ET, USA

Quarterfinal –  Australia v  Serbia
The Pick: Australia

*Starts at 2:30PM ET, Live Stream

Quarterfinal –  Spain v  Turkey
The Pick: Spain

*Starts at 6:45PM ET, NBCSN

Quarterfinal –  United States v  Japan
The Pick: United States

*Starts at 10:15PM ET, Live Stream

Quarterfinal –  France v  Canada
The Pick: France

Women’s Track Cycling

*Starts at 9:57AM ET, NBCSN; 3:10PM ET, Live Stream; 4:05PM ET, CNBC

Omnium Final
Gold:  Laura Trott (Great Britain)
Silver: Sarah Hammer (United States)
Bronze: Annette Edmondson (Australia)

Beach Volleyball

*Starts at 3PM ET, NBC

Women’s Semifinal – Larissa/Talita (Brazil) v  Ludwig/Walkenhorst (Germany)
The Pick: Larissa/Talita (Brazil)

*Starts at 4PM ET, USA

Men’s Semifinal –  Alison/Bruno Schmidt (Brazil) v  Brouwer/Meeuwsen (Netherlands)
The Pick:  Brouwer/Meeuwsen (Netherlands)

* Starts at 10PM ET, NBC

Men’s Semifinal –  Lupo/Nicolai (Italy) v  Krasilnikov/Semenov (Russia)
The Pick:  Lupo/Nicolai (Italy)

Women’s Semifinal –  Ross/Walsh Jennings (United States) v  Ágatha/Bárbara (Brazil)
The Pick:  Ross/Walsh Jennings (United States)

Gymnastics

*Starts at 1PM ET, Live Stream

Men’s parallel bar final
Gold: You Hao (China)
Silver: Oleg Vernyayev (Ukraine)
Bronze:  Deng Shudi (China)

Women’s floor final
Gold: Simone Biles (United States)
Silver: Aly Raisman (United States)
Bronze: Ksenia Afanasyeva (Russia)

Men’s high bar final
Gold:  Danell Leyva (United States)
Silver: Nile Wilson (Great Britain)
Bronze:  Epke Zonderland (Netherlands)

Synchronized Swimming

*Starts at 1PM ET, Live Stream

Women’s Duet Final
Gold:  Russia
Silver:  China
Bronze:  Japan

Men’s Diving

*Starts at 5PM ET, Live Stream

3m springboard final
Gold:  Yuan Cao (China)
Silver:  Evgeny Kuznetsov (Russia)
Bronze:  Jack Laugher (Grat Britain)

Track & Field

*Starts at 7:15PM ET, NBC

Women’s 200m semifinal
The Pick: Tori Browne

Women’s 1500m final
Gold: Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia)
Silver: Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (Kenya)
Bronze: Dawit Seyaum (Ethiopia)

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 about 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!

Track & Field

*Starts at 8:30 AM ET

Women’s 3000m Steeplechase final
Gold: Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) 
Silver:  Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia)
Bronze:  Emma Coburn (United States)

Women’s Track Cycling

*Starts at 9:59AM ET, Live Stream; 3:30PM ET, NBCSN; 5:17PM ET, Live Stream

///Only half of this event is today, I will only pick who will finish first, tomorrow I will do gold, silver, bronze///

Omnium
The Pick: Laura Trott (Great Britain)

Women’s Field Hockey

*Starts at 11:30AM ET, NBCSN

Quarterfinal –  Germany v  United States
The Pick:  United States

Gymnastics

*Starts at 1PM ET, Live Stream

Men’s rings final
Gold:  You Hao (China)
Silver:  Eleftherios Petrounias (Greece)
Bronze:  Arthur Zanetti (Brazil)

Women’s balance beam final
Gold:  Simone Biles (United States)
Silver:  Flávia Saraiva (Brazil)
Bronze:  Laurie Hernandez (United States)

Men’s vault final
Gold: Ri Se-gwang (North Korea)
Silver:  Denis Ablyazin (Russia)
Bronze:  Marian Drăgulescu (Romania)

Women’s Water Polo

*Starts at 1:10PM ET, NBC

Quarterfinal –  United States v  Brazil
The Pick:  United States

Men’s Beach Volleyball

*Starts at 3PM ET, NBC

Quarterfinal –  Dalhausser/Lucena (United States) v  Alison – Bruno Schmidt (Brazil)
The Pick:  Dalhausser/Lucena (United States)

Track & Field

*Starts at 7:15PM ET, NBC

Women’s 200m round 1
The Pick: Dafne Schippers (Netherlands)

Women’s 400m final
Gold: Allyson Felix (United States)
Silver: Shaunae Miller (Bahamas)
Bronze: Shericka Jackson (Jamaica)

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 about 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!

Men’s Golf

*Starts at 6AM ET, Golf Channel

Gold: Henrik Stenson (Sweden)
Silver Justin Rose (Great Britain)
Bronze: Bubba Watson (United States)

Track & Field

*Starts at 8:30AM ET, NBC

Women’s Marathon
Gold: Mare Dibaba (Ethiopia)
Silver:  Edna Kiplagat (Kenya)
Bronze: Helah Kiprop (Kenya)

Tennis

*Starts at 11AM ET, Bravo

Gold Medal Match –  Andy Murray (Great Britain) v   Juan Martín del Potro (Argentina)
The Pick:  Andy Murray (Great Britain)

Women’s Basketball

*Starts at 11:15AM ET, NBC

Group Stage (B) –  United States (4-0) v  China (1-3)
The Pick:  United States

Gymnastics

*Starts at 1PM ET, Live Stream

Men’s floor final
Gold: Kenzō Shirai (Japan)
Silver: Max Whitlock (Great Britain)
Bronze:  Jacob Dalton (United States)

Women’s vault final
Gold:  Simone Biles (United States)
Silver:  Maria Paseka (Russia)
Bronze:  Hong Un-jong (North Korea)

Men’s pommel horse final
Gold: Max Whitlock (Great Britain)
Silver: Louis Smith (Great Britain)
Bronze:  Harutyun Merdinyan (Armenia)

Women’s uneven bars final
Gold:  Madison Kocian (United States)
Silver:  Daria Spiridonova (Russia)
Bronze:  Fan Yilin (China)

Men’s Basketball

*Starts at 1:15PM ET, NBCSN

Group Stage (A) –  United States (4-0) v  France (3-1)
The Pick:  United States

Women’s Diving

*Starts at 3PM ET, Live Stream

3m springboard final
Gold:  Shi Tingmao (China)
Siver:  He Zi (China)
Bronze: Tania Cagnotto (Italy)

Women’s Volleyball

*Starts at 4PM ET, NBC

Group Stage (B) –  United States (4-0) v  China (2-2)
The Pick:  United States

Track & Field

*Starts at 7:15PM ET, NBC

Men’s 100m final
Gold: Justin Gatlin (United States) (UPSET ALERT)
Silver: Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
Bronze: Trayvon Bromell (United States)

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 about 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 Rowing

*Starts at 9:20AM ET, NBC

Single Sculls Final
Gold:  Kim Brennan (Australia)
Silver: Gevvie Stone (United States)
Bronze:  Emma Twigg (New Zealand)

Eight Final
Gold:  United States
Silver:  New Zealand
Bronze:  Great Britain

Men’s Soccer

*Starts at Noon ET, NBCSN

Knockout Stage – Quarterfinals –  Portugal v  Germany
The Pick: Germany

*Starts at 9PM ET, NBCSN

Knockout Stage – Quarterfinals –  Brazil v  Colombia
The Pick:  Brazil

Men’s Shooting

*Starts at 2PM ET, NBCSN

Skeet Final
Gold: Vincent Hancock (United States)
Silver: Gabriele Rossetti (Italy)
Bronze: Marcus Svensson (Sweden)

Swimming

*Starts at 9PM ET, NBC

Men’s 4×100 medley relay final
Gold:  United States
Silver:  Australia
Bronze: Great Britain

Tennis

*Starts at 11AM ET, Bravo

Women’s Finals
Gold:  Angelique Kerber (Germany)
Silver: Mónica Puig (Puerto Rico)
Bronze:  Madison Keys (United States)

Track & Field

*Starts at 10AM ET, NBC

Men’s 100m Round 1
The Pick: Usain Bolt  (Jamaica)

*Starts at 7:30PM ET, NBC

Men’s 400m semifinals
The Pick: LaShawn Merritt (United States)

Women’s 100m final
Gold: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica)
Silver: Tori Bowie (United States)
Bronze: Dafne Schippers (Netherlands)

Men’s 10,000m final
Gold: Mo Farah (Great Britain)
Silver: Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya)
Bronze: Paul Tanui (Kenya)

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 about 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!

Men’s Archery

*Starts at 3:27PM ET, msnbc

Individual
Gold: Ku Bon-Chan (South Korea)
Silver: Brady Ellison (United States)
Bronze: Lee Seung-yun (South Korea)

Men’s Basketball

*Starts at 6PM ET, NBCSN

Group Stage (A) –  United States (3-0) v  Serbia (1-2)
The Pick: United States

Men’s Field Hockey

*Starts at 12:30PM ET, Live Stream

Group Stage (B) –  Germany (3-0-1) v  Netherlands (3-0-1)
The Pick:  Netherlands

Women’s Shooting

Skeet Final
Gold: Kim Rhode (United States)
Silver: Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit (Thailand)
Bronze: Danka Barteková (Slovakia)

Track and Field

For the heats I will only predict who will finish first in qualifying, for the finals I will pick the gold, silver, and bronze.

Men’s 400m Round 1 heats
The Pick: La Shawn Merritt (United States)

Women’s 100m heats Round 1
The Pick: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica)

Women’s shot put final
Gold:  Christina Schwanitz (Germany)
Silver:  Gong Lijiao (China)
Bronze:  Valerie Adams (New Zealand)

Swimming

For the semis I will only predict who will finish first in qualifying, for the finals I will pick the gold, silver, and bronze

Men’s 100m butterfly final
Gold: Michael Phelps (United States)
Silver: Chad Le Clos (South Africa)
Bronze: László Cseh (Hungary)

Women’s 800m freestyle final
Gold: Katie Ledecky (United States)
Silver: Lotte Friis (Denmark)
Bronze: Jessica Ashwood (Australia)

Men’s 50m freestyle final
Gold: Florent Manaudou (France)
Silver: Nathan Adrian (United States)
Bronze: Bruno Fratus (Brazil)

Women’s 50m freestyle semifinals
The Pick: Ranomi Kromowidjojo (Netherlands)