OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 10 – AUGUST 13TH – USAIN BOLT BEGINS JOURNEY, WOMEN’S TENNIS FINALS

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: NetherlandsDafne Schippers (Netherlands)

Men’s 10,000m final
Gold: United KingdomMo Farah (Great Britain)
Silver: KenyaGeoffrey Kamworor (Kenya)
Bronze: KenyaPaul Tanui (Kenya)

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