Day 9 of the London Olympics promises to be a busy day, with 24 gold medals up for grabs. A number of notable events and athletes will be in action on Sunday.
2012 Olympics: TV Coverage, Event Schedule For Sunday
The women’s doubles and men’s singles gold medal matches headline the Day 9 action in Tennis. Serena and Venus Williams will attempt to repeat as Olympic gold medalists in women’s doubles. The Williams sisters previously won gold in 2008 and 2000. Roger Federer will try to win his first Olympic gold medal when he faces Andy Murray.
There will be six gold medal events in track & field Sunday, with the most notable being the men’s 100m final. Usain Bolt will look to repeat as Olympic champion in the event, but he will have stiff competition from fellow countryman Yohan Blake and the American Tyson Gay among others.
NBC’s primetime coverage will include the men’s 100m dash, gymnastics finals, diving and beach volleyball. A number of other events can be watched via an online stream at NBCOlympics.com. To catch those events and the rest of the action, here are some highlights from the day’s television schedule (all times Eastern):
4 a.m. - 7 p.m. (NBCSN)
- Badminton: Men’s Singles Bronze Medal Match (4 a.m.), Men’s Doubles Bronze Medal Match (6:30 a.m.) Men’s Doubles Final (3 p.m.)
- Cycling: Track Events (5 a.m.) Tennis: Mixed Doubles Final (7 a.m.), Women’s Doubles Final (12:15 p.m.) Women’s Volleyball: China vs. South Korea (8:30 a.m.), Italy vs. Russia (4:15 p.m.) Synchronized Swimming: Duet Qualifying (10 a.m.)
- Men’s Shooting: Pistol Gold Medal Final (11:50 a.m.) Beach Volleyball: Women’s Quarterfinal (2 p.m.)
- Women’s Weightlifting: Super Heavyweight Class (3:30 p.m.)
- Women’s Volleyball: Brazil vs. Serbia (5 p.m.)
6 a.m. - 6 p.m. (NBC)
- Track & Field: Women’s Marathon (6 a.m.)
- Tennis: Men’s Singles Gold Medal Match (9 a.m.)
- Women’s Basketball: USA vs. China (11:30 a.m.)
- Equestrian: Team Jumping Gold Medal Final (1:30 p.m.)
- Women’s Water Polo Quarterfinal: USA vs. TBD (2 p.m.)
- Women’s Volleyball: USA vs. Turkey (3 p.m.) Women’s Cycling: Track Gold Medal Final (4:30 p.m.)
- Beach Volleyball: Quarterfinal (5 p.m.)
7 a.m. - 6 p.m. (MSNBC)
- Tennis: Men’s Singles Bronze Medal Match (7 a.m.)
- Table Tennis: Men’s Team Quarterfinals (9 a.m.)
- Women’s Water Polo: Quarterfinals (9:45 a.m., 11 a.m., 3:30 p.m.)
- Wrestling: Greco Roman Qualifying (12:15 p.m.), Greco Roman Gold Medal Final (4:20 p.m.)Beach Volleyball: Women’s Quarterfinal (1 p.m.) Men’s Field Hockey: Great Britain vs. Australia (2 p.m.)
- Women’s Handball: Denmark vs. France (5:15 p.m.)
8:30 - 11:30 a.m. (CNBC)
Women’s Boxing: Elimination Bouts (flyweight, lightweight, and middleweight classes)
3:30 - 5:30 p.m. (CNBC)
Men’s Boxing: Quarterfinal Round (bantamweight and heavyweight classes)
7 p.m. - Midnight (NBC)
- Women’s Gymnastics: Individual Event Gold Medal Finals (Vault)
- Men’s Gymnastics: Individual Event Gold Medal Finals (floor exercise, pommel horse) Track & Field: Gold Medal Finals (Men’s 100m dash; Women’s 400m, triple jump) Women’s Diving: Springboard Gold Medal Final
Beach Volleyball: Quarterfinal
12:35 - 1:35 a.m. (NBC)
- Track & Field: Gold Medal Finals (Men’s hammer throw, steeple chase), Qualifying (high jump) Badminton: Men’s Singles Gold Medal Final
Sports Illustrated has a complete medal tracker to keep up to date with the top nations.
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