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WATCH LIVE: Rio Olympics Day 4 archery, rowing, fencing

By Nicholas MendolaAug 9, 2016, 7:25 AM EDT
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What do you say we get started with another day of Olympic action?

Rowing, archery and fencing all help start off Day 4, with quarterfinals and semifinal action in men’s and women’s single sculls among the highlights.

In archery, we’ll see men’s and women’s individual play in the Rounds of 64 and 32, while fencing sees men’s individual epee and mid-afternoon medal bouts.

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Rowing: Day 4 — 7:30 a.m. EDT

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Archery: Day 4 — 80 a.m. EDT

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Fencing: Day 4 — 8 a.m. EDT

Medal bouts: epee — 3 p.m. EDT

Adam Rippon leads Olympians in ESPN the Magazine Body Issue

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By Nick ZaccardiJun 19, 2018, 8:43 AM EDT
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Figure skater Adam Rippon is among seven Olympians announced for the 10th edition of ESPN the Magazine‘s Body Issue.

Rippon, a team event bronze medalist, is joined by fellow PyeongChang Olympian Jessie Diggins (gold, cross-country skiing) and Summer Olympians Tori Bowie (track and field), Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart (basketball) and Megan Rapinoe and Crystal Dunn (Soccer),

Non-Olympian athletes include Saquon Barkley and Jerry Rice (football), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (soccer), Greg Norman (golf), Karl-Anthony Towns (basketball), Dallas Keuchel and Yasiel Puig (baseball), Lauren Chamberlain (softball) and Charlotte Flair (WWE).

Images will be published online Monday, and the magazine hits newsstands June 29, according to ESPN.

Past Olympians in the Body Issue include Serena Williams (on the first cover in 2009), Michael Phelps, Kerri Walsh Jennings, Aly Raisman and Gus Kenworthy,

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2018 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships broadcast schedule

Matthew Centrowitz, Jenny Simpson
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By OlympicTalkJun 18, 2018, 12:32 PM EDT
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Adam Rippon leads Olympians in ESPN the Magazine Body Issue Allyson Felix among sprinters to miss USATF Outdoor Championships Caster Semenya on new IAAF rule: ‘discriminatory, irrational, unjustifiable’

NBC Sports, NBC Sports Gold and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA combine to air daily live coverage of the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships from Thursday through Sunday in Des Moines, Iowa.

Athletes will compete for national titles and spots on the team for the first Athletics World Cup in London next month. More details on Athletics World Cup qualifying here.

While veteran Olympic champions will miss the event, a new generation of sprinters headlines the entry lists. A full competition schedule is here.

Noah Lyles and Michael Norman, who were fourth and fifth in the 2016 Olympic Trials 200m as 18-year-olds, have been the most impressive U.S. male sprinters this season and go head-to-head for the first time in two years.

Sydney McLaughlin, who reached the Rio Olympic 400m hurdles semifinals as a 17-year-old, is entered in the 400m.

Olympic and world champions also scatter the distance races and field events, including Matthew Centrowitz and Jenny Simpson (1500m), Emma Coburn (3000m steeplechase), Christian Taylor (Olympic triple jump champ also entered in the 400m), Tianna Bartoletta and Jeff Henderson (long jump), Jenn Suhr (pole vault) and Michelle Carter and Ryan Crouser (shot put).

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Day Time (ET) Network Key Events
Thursday 2-11 p.m. NBC Sports Gold 100m first round, 10,000m finals
Friday 12:30-11 p.m. NBC Sports Gold 100m finals, 400m semifinals
6-9 p.m. Olympic Channel
11 p.m.-1 a.m. NBCSN, Gold
Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. NBC Sports Gold Finals: 400m, 1500m, 100m hurdles
4-6 p.m. NBC, Gold
Sunday 12:30-6 p.m. NBC Sports Gold Finals: 200m, 5000m, 110m hurdles
4-6 p.m. NBC, Gold