We’re in for a big day from start to finish at the 2016 Olympics on Saturday. Starting early in the morning with Usain Bolt’s first run in Rio, then ending at night with what’s likely Michael Phelps’ final Olympic swim ever, this is going to be a fantastic day to be a sports fan.
Rio 2016 live stream: How to watch Saturday’s Olympic events online through NBC Sports
The first day for Usain Bolt and the last day for Michael Phelps in Rio.
NBC Sports will be streaming all of the action live, including Bolt’s early runs in the men’s 100-meter sprint. The prelims and first round of that race are set for the morning session starting at 8:30 a.m. ET, so you can get your day started early with one Olympic legend, then finish it with another.
Phelps will look to add one more medal to his record-breaking total in the men’s 4x100-meter medley relay. It’s one of several swimming finals during the evening session along with the women’s 50-meter freestyle, men’s 1,500-meter freestyle and women’s 4x100-meter medley relay.
Most likely, Phelps will get another medal. This is an event that the U.S. has simply dominated over the decades. The Americans have won eight consecutive Olympic gold medals in the race and 13 out of 14 overall. Only in 1980 when the country boycotted the Olympics in Moscow did another team, Australia, win the gold. Americans usually think of men’s basketball as the country’s most dominant Summer Olympics sport, but the men’s 4x100-meter medley relay is up there, as well.
Other major events on the schedule for Saturday include the women’s tennis singles gold medal match, the U.S. women’s water polo team’s match against Hungary and gold medal matches in fencing.
Live stream
All events will be streamed live via NBC Sports.
Key events
All times ET (click for online stream)
9:45 a.m. - Rowing, women's single sculls gold medal event, with Ameican Gevvie Stone a contender.
9:50 a.m. - Men's track and field, including the men's discus final. Estonia’s Gerd Kanter and Poland’s Piotr Malachowski are the favorites, and American Mason Finley is in the finals.
10 a.m. - Women's track and field, including the women's 400 Meters featuring Allyson Felix, a six-time Olympic medalist. She needs one Rio medal to surpass Jackie Joyner-Kersee as the most decorated U.S. women ever in track and field.
11 a.m. - Men's track and field, including the 100-meter qualifying, featuring Usain Bolt Rio's debut and Justin Gatlin, the American best positioned to unseat the Jamaican Bolt.
11 a.m. - Men's tennis, with Britain's Andy Murray playing Japan's Nei Kisikori.
12 p.m. - Men's soccer with Germany playing Portugal.
3 p.m. - Women's tennis singles finals, with Puerto Rico's Monica Puig playing Germany's Angelique Kerber.
6 p.m. - Men's soccer quarterfinals between South Korea and Honduras
7:45 p.m. - Men's long jump gold medal event, which American's have won 21 of 27 of the last gold medals, but only one bronze in the past two Olympics. American Jarrion Lawson has a good chance to put the United States back on the board for the event.
8:20 p.m. - Men's swimming gold medal event, featuring Great Britain's Mo Farah, who won both the 10,00 and 5,000 in the London Olympics in a stirring performance. He'll go for the gold medal again in Rio. Other gold medal events include Michael Phelps' last ever race in the 4x100-meter medley relay.
9 p.m. - Women's swimming, with the gold medal event in the 50-meter freestyle. Australia's Cate Campbell is the favorite but Simone Manuel stunned the 100-meter field and will try to overcome Campbell for another gold medal.
9:37 p.m. - Women's swimming gold medal event, with three American sprinters -- English Gardner, Tori Bowie and Tianna Bartoletta -- trying to deliver the first United States medal in the last 24 years.
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