OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 9 – AUGUST 12TH – PHELPS GOES FOR GOLD MEDAL 23, TRACK&FIELD BEGINS

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)