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!

Men’s Golf

*Starts at 6:30AM ET, GOLF Channel
*Since this isn’t the finals I’m only predicting who will finish 1st in the 1st round, not the Gold, Silver, Bronze.

Round 1
The Pick:  Rickie Fowler (United States)

Men’s Rugby

*4:30PM ET, NBCSN

Final and Bronze Medal Game

Gold:  Fiji
Silver:  South Africa
Bronze:  Great Britain

Women’s Archery

*2PM ET, NBCSN

Individual Final
Gold: Ki Bo-bae (South Korea)
Silver: Choi Mi-sun (South Korea)
Bronze:  Kim Yun-hee (South Korea)

Beach Volleyball

*Starts at 2PM ET, NBC

Women’s Group Stage (A) – Fendrick/Sweat (0-2) (United States) v  Birlova/Ukolova (0-2) (Russia)
The Pick: Fendrick/Sweat (United States)

Men’s Group Stage (C) –  Dalhausser/Lucena (2-0) (United States) v  Lupo/Nicolai (1-1) (Italy)
The Pick:  Dalhausser/Lucena (United States)

Women’s Gymnastics

*Starts at 3PM ET, Live Stream

Individual All-Around Final
Gold:  Simone Biles (United States)
Silver:  Aly Raisman (United States)
Bronze:  Aliya Mustafina (Russia)

Women’s Judo

*Starts at 3:40PM ET, NBCSN

78 Kg Final
Gold:  Kayla Harrison (United States)
Silver:  Mayra Aguiar (Brazil)
Bronze:  Anamari Velenšek (Slovenia)/  Audrey Tcheuméo (France)

Swimming

*Starts at 9PM ET, NBC
*In the semifinals I will only pick who I think will finish 1st in the qualifying, for the finals I will predict gold/silver/bronze

 Men’s 50m freestyle semifinals
The Pick: Florent Manaudou (France)

Men’s 100m butterfly semifinals
The Pick: Michael Phelps (United States)

Men’s 200m individual medley final
Gold: Michael Phelps (United States)
Silver: Kosuke Hagino (Japan)
Bronze: Ryan Lochte (United States)

Women’s 100m freestyle final
Gold: Cate Campbell (Australia)
Silver: Sarah Sjöström (Sweden)
Bronze: Bronte Campbell (Australia)

Men’s Volleyball

Group Stage (A) – Brazil (2-0) v United States (0-2)
The Pick: 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 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 Cycling

*Starts at 7:30AM ET, NBCSN

Road Time Trial
Gold:  Linda Villumsen (New Zealand)
Silver:  Lisa Brennauer (Germany)
Bronze:  Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands)

Men’s Cycling

*Starts at 9AM ET, NBCSN

Road Time Trial
Gold:  Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)
Silver:  Tony Martin (Germany)
Bronze: Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands)

Men’s Rugby

*Starts at 12:30PM ET, Live Stream

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

Women’s Basketball

*Starts at 2:30PM ET, NBCSN

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

Men’s Gymnastics

*Starts at 3PM ET, Live Stream

Individual All-Around Final
Gold:  Kōhei Uchimura (Japan)
Silver:  Max Whitlock (Great Britain)
Bronze:  Deng Shudi (China)

Men’s Basketball

*Starts at 6PM ET, NBCSN

Group Stage (A) –  Australia (2-0) v  United States (2-0)
The Pick: United States

Women’s Beach Volleyball

*Starts at 8PM ET, NBC

Group Stage (C) –  Ross/Walsh-Jennings (2-0) (United States) v  Forrer/Vergé-Dépré (1-1) (Switzerland)
The Pick:   Ross/Walsh-Jennings (United States)

Swimming

*Starts at 9PM ET, NBC

*For the semifinals I’m only predicting who will finish 1st in the qualifying, in the finals I predict Gold, Silver, and Bronze.

Women’s 100m freestyle semifinals
The Pick:  Sarah Sjöström (Sweeden)

Men’s 100m freestyle final
Gold:  Nathan Adrian (United States)
Silver:  Cameron McEvoy (Australia)
Bronze:  Marcelo Chierighini (Brazil)

Men’s 200m individual medley semifinals
The Pick:  Kosuke Hagino (Japan)

Women’s 4x200m freestyle final
Gold: United States
Silver:  China
Bronze:  Australia

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!

Rowing

*Starts at 8AM ET, Live Stream

*Since this is only the qualifiers for the finals I will only predict who will finish 1st, check back on the day of the finals for my silver/bronze predictions9

Women’s Rowing Quarterfinal/Semifinal
The Pick: Ekaterina Karsten (Belarus)

Canoe/Kayak

*Starts at 12PM ET, Live Stream

Men’s slalom C-1 Final
Gold:  Casey Eichfeld (United States)
Silver:  David Florence (Great Britain)
Bronze:  Benjamin Savšek (Slovenia)

Women’s Diving

*Starts at 3PM ET, Live Stream

Synchronized 10 meter platform Final
Gold:  China
Silver:  Canada
Bronze:  Mexico

Women’s Gymnastics

*Starts at 3PM ET, Live Stream

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

Men’s Rugby

*Starts at 5PM ET, CNBC

Group Stage (A) – United States v  Brazil
The Pick: United States

Women’s Soccer

*Starts at 6PM ET, NBCSN

Group Stage (G) –  United States (2-0) v  Colombia (0-2)
The Pick: United States

Swimming

*Starts at 9PM ET, NBC

*In the Men’s 100m freestyle, since only qualifying is today, I’m only going to pick who I think will finish first in qualifying, check back tomorrow before the finals for my gold, silver, and bronze picks.

Men’s 100m freestyle semifinal
The Pick: Nathan Adrian (United States)

Women’s 200m freestyle final
Gold: Katie Ledecky (United States)
Silver: Federica Pellegrini (Italy)
Bronze: Sarah Sjöström (Sweden)

Men’s 200m butterfly final
Gold: Michael Phelps (United States)
Silver: László Cseh (Hungary)
Bronze: Chad le Clos (South Africa)

Men’s 4x200m freestyle final
Gold: United States
Silver: Great Britain
Bronze:  Australia

Men’s Beach Volleyball

*Starts at 10PM ET, Live Stream

Group Stage (C) –  Dalhausser/Lucena (1-0) (United States) v  Ontiveros/Virgen (1-0) (Mexico)
The Pick  Dalhausser/Lucena (United States)

Women’s Beach Volleyball

*Starts at 11PM ET, Live Stream

Group Stage (A) –  Fendrick/Sweat (0-1) (United States) v  Larissa/Talita (1-0) (Brazil)
The Pick:  Larissa/Talita (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 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)

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 Gymnastics

*Starts 7PM ET, NBC
*This is Qualifying, I’m not picking everyone that I think will qualify, just who I think will finish #1 in qualifying

Team Qualifying
The Pick: United States

Individual All-Around Qualifying
The Pick: Simone Biles (United States)

Vault Qualifying
The Pick: Simone Biles (United States)

Floor Qualifying
The Pick: Simone Biles (United States)

Uneven Bars Qualifying
The Pick: Daria Spiridonova (Russia)

Balance Beam Qualifying
The Pick: Simone Biles (United States)

Tennis

3:45PM ET, Bravo! – Men’s Singles – Round 1 – #2 Andy Murray (Great Britain) v Viktor Troicki(Serbia)
The Pick: Andy Murray (Great Britain)

12:45PM ET, Bravo! – Men’s Singles – Round 1 – #1Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina)
The Pick: Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) [Big Upset]

Women’s Beach Volleyball

10AM ET, NBC – Group Stage (A) –  Fendrick / Sweat (United States) v Brzostek / Kołosińska (Poland)
The Pick:   Fendrick / Sweat (United States)

Women’s Basketball

11AM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (B) – United States v Senegal
The Pick:  United States

Women’s Rugby

12:30PM ET, USA – Group Stage (A) –  United States v Australia
The Pick: Australia

Men’s Beach Volleyball

3:30PM ET, MSNBC – Group Stage (C) –  Dalhausser/Lucena (United States) v Belhaj / Naceur (Tunisia)
The Pick:  Dalhausser/Lucena (United States)

Women’s Diving

4PM ET – Women’s 3 meter springboard
The Pick: Wu Minxia (China)

Swimming

9PM ET, NBC – Women’s 400 meter freestyle
The Pick: Katie Ledecky (United States)

9PM ET, NBC – Men’s 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
The Pick:  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 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!

How I did yesterday

*Technically it’s how I did 2 days ago, as there were no events yesterday, just the opening ceremony.

Men’s Soccer

Brazil v South Africa – I picked Brazil, it was a tie
Mexico v Germany – I picked Mexico, it was a tie
Portugal v Argentina – I picked a tie, Portugal won

TODAY’S PICKS

Men’s Cycling

8:30AM ET, NBC – Men’s Road Race
The Pick: Michał Kwiatkowski (Poland)

Men’s Water Polo

9:20AM ET, NBC – Group Stage (B) – United States v Croatia
The Pick: Croatia

Women’s Beach Volleyball

11PM ET, NBC – Group Stage (C) – Walsh Jennings/Ross (United States) v Artacho Del Solar/Laird (Australia
The Pick: Walsh Jennings/Ross (United States)

Men’s Gymnastics

* I am just predicting who will finish first in the qualifying for each event

Starts at 8PM ET, NBC

Team Qualifying
The Pick: Japan

Individual All-Around Qualifying
The Pick:  Kōhei Uchimura (Japan)

Vault Qualifying
The Pick: Ri Se-gwang (North Korea)

Floor Qualifying
The Pick: Max Whitlock (Great Britain)

Pommel Horse Qualifying
The Pick: Max Whitlock (Great Britain)

Rings Qualifying
The Pick:  Arthur Zanetti (Brazil)

Parallel Bars Qualifying
The Pick: Deng Shundi (China)

Horizontal Bars Qualifying
The Pick:  Kōhei Uchimura (Japan)

Boxing

*Starting at 9PM ET on NBCSN

Men’s Lightweight – Round of 32 –  Carlos Balderas (United States) v  Berik Abdrakhmanov (Kazakhstan)
The Pick:  Berik Abdrakhmanov (Kazakhstan)

Men’s Light Flyweight – Round of 32 – Nico Hernandez (United States) v Manuel Cappai (Italy)
The Pick: Nico Hernandez (United States)

Men’s Basketball

1PM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (Group A) – Australia v  France
The Pick: France

6PM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (Group A) –  United States v China
The Pick: United States

Swimming

Starts at 10:30AM ET on NBC

Men’s 400 meter freestyle
The Pick:  Sun Yang (China)

Women’s 400 meter individual medly
The Pick: Katinka Hosszú (Hungary)

Women’s Soccer

4PM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (G) – United States (1-0) vs  France (1-0)
The Pick: United States

GROUP A PREVIEW (Top 4 Advance)

1. United States
2. France
3. Serbia
4. Australia
5. China
6. Venezuela

GROUP B PREVIEW (Top 4 Advance)

1. Spain
2. Lithuania
3. Argentina
4. Brazil
5. Croatia
6. Nigeria

THE KNOCKOUT STAGE

Projected Winners of Gold Medal in Gold, Silver Medal in Silver, and Bronze Medal in Bronze

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	17 August
	United States	WIN
					19 August
	Brazil	ELIMINATED
					United States	WIN
	17 August
					Lithuania	BRONZE MEDAL GAME
	Lithuania	WIN
									21 August
	Serbia	ELIMINATED
									United States	GOLD MEDAL WINNER
	17 August
									Spain	SILVER MEDAL WINNER
	France	WIN
					19 August
	Argentina	ELIMINATED
					France	BRONZE MEDAL GAME
	17 August
					Spain	WIN			Bronze medal
	Spain	WIN
									21 August
	Australia	ELIMINATED
									Lithuania	BRONZE MEDAL WINNER
									France	ELIMINATED

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 3-5 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.  Anyway, without further ado, let’s begin!

How I did yesterday

Women’s Soccer

Sweeden v South Africa – I picked Sweeden, Sweeden won
Brazil v China – I picked Brazil, Brazil won
United State v New Zealand – I picked United States, United States won

3/3 correct

Men’s Soccer

3PM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (A) – Brazil v South Africa
The Pick: Brazil

4PM ET, USA – Group Stage (C) – Mexico v Germany
The Pick: Mexico

5PM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (D) – Portugal v Argentina
The Pick: Draw

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 3-5 each day and give my quick prediction for who will win. This isn’t supposed to necessarily be an in-depth prediction article, but it should give you a few events to watch for the day. Anyway, without further ado, let’s begin!

Women’s Soccer

12PM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (E) – Sweeden v South Africa
The Pick: Sweeden

3PM ET, USA – Group Stage (E) – Brazil v China
The Pick: Brazil

6PM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (G) – United State v New Zealand
The Pick: United States

Group A (Top 2 Advance)

1. Brazil
2. Denmark
3. South Africa
4. Iraq

Group B (Top 2 Advance)

1. Colombia
2. Sweeden
3. Japan
4. Nigeria

Group C (Top 2 Advance)

1. Mexico
2. Germany
3. South Korea
4. Fiji

Group D (Top 2 Advance)

1. Argentina
2. Portugal
3. Algeria
4. Honduras

KNOCKOUT STAGE

 

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	13 August — São Paulo
	Brazil	ADVANCE
					17 August — Rio de Janeiro
	Sweeden	ELIMINATED
					Brazil	ADVANCE
	13 August — Belo Horizonte
					Mexico	THIRD PLACE GAME
	Mexico	ADVANCE
									20 August — Rio de Janeiro
	Portugal	ELIMINATED
									Brazil	GOLD MEDAL
	13 August — Salvador
									Germany	SILVER MEDAL
	Colombia	ADVANCE
					17 August — São Paulo
	Denmark	ELIMINATED
					Colombia	THIRD PLACE GAME
	13 August — Brasília
					Germany	ADVANCE			Bronze medal match
	Argentina	ELIMINATED
									20 August — Belo Horizonte
	Germany	ADVANCE
									Mexico	BRONZE MEDAL
									Colombia	ELIMINATED