Team USA men’s sevens rugby brings a 1-1 record to its biggest test yet.
Wednesday sees the Americans staring down World No. 1 Fiji, having defeated Brazil and lost to Argentina on Day 4.
The top two third-placed teams will also advance to the knockout rounds, with the third launched into the placing playoffs.
WATCH LIVE:
All matches — 10 a.m. EDT
Fiji vs USA — 12:30 p.m. EDT
Quarterfinals and placing — 3 p.m. EDT
The Vuelta a España, the cycling season’s third and final Grand Tour, airs live for every stage between NBC Sports and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA the next three weeks.
NBC Sports Gold streams live, commercial-free coverage of all 21 stages via the “Cycling Pass.”
NBCSN and Olympic Channel will combine to air daily TV coverage of the Spanish Grand Tour.
Colombian Nairo Quintana headlines the field, eyeing his third Grand Tour title and his first since the 2016 Vuelta. Perhaps the most most accomplished rider is Movistar teammate and world road race champion Alejandro Valverde.
Steven Kruijswijk, who was third at the Tour de France, and Primož Roglič, who was third at the Giro d’Italia, are other podium contenders.
Tejay van Garderen is the most accomplished of the nine U.S. riders in the field, coming back from a crash that prematurely ended his Tour de France in July.
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| 4 p.m. | Stage 1 | Olympic Channel | |
| Sun., Aug. 25 | 1 a.m. | Stage 1 | NBCSN |
| 9 a.m. | Stage 2 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold | |
| 10 a.m. | Stage 2 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| Mon, Aug. 26 | 1 a.m. | Stage 2 | NBCSN |
| 9 a.m. | Stage 3 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold | |
| 10 a.m. | Stage 3 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| Tues., Aug. 27 | 9 a.m. | Stage 4 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
| 10 a.m. | Stage 4 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| Wed., Aug. 28 | 9 a.m. | Stage 5 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
| 10 a.m. | Stage 5 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| Thurs., Aug. 29 | 9 a.m. | Stage 6 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
| 10 a.m. | Stage 6 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| 12 p.m. | Stage 6 | NBCSN | |
| Fri., Aug. 30 | 9 a.m. | Stage 7 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
| 10 a.m. | Stage 7 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| Sat., Aug. 31 | 9 a.m. | Stage 8 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
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| Sun., Sept. 1 | 9 a.m. | Stage 9 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
| 10 a.m. | Stage 9 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| Tues., Sept. 3 | 9 a.m. | Stage 10 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
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| Wed., Sept. 4 | 9 a.m. | Stage 11 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
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| Thurs., Sept. 5 | 9 a.m. | Stage 12 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
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| Fri., Sept. 6 | 9 a.m. | Stage 13 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
| 10 a.m. | Stage 13 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| Sat., Sept. 7 | 9 a.m. | Stage 14 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
| 10 a.m. | Stage 14 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| Sun., Sept. 8 | 6:35 a.m. | Stage 15 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
| 10 a.m. | Stage 15 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| Mon., Sept. 9 | 1 a.m. | Stage 15 | Olympic Channel |
| 7:05 a.m. | Stage 16 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold | |
| 10 a.m. | Stage 16 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| Wed., Sept. 11 | 9 a.m. | Stage 17 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
| 10 a.m. | Stage 17 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| 12 p.m. | Stage 17 | NBCSN | |
| Thurs., Sept. 12 | 6:05 a.m. | Stage 18 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
| 10 a.m. | Stage 18 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| Fri., Sept. 13 | 9 a.m. | Stage 19 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
| 10 a.m. | Stage 19 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| 12 p.m. | Stage 19 | NBCSN | |
| Sat., Sept. 14 | 5:40 a.m. | Stage 20 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
| 10 a.m. | Stage 20 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| Sun., Sept. 15 | 10:45 a.m. | Stage 21 (LIVE) | NBC Sports Gold |
| 1 p.m. | Stage 21 (LIVE) | Olympic Channel | |
| 3 p.m. | Madrid Challenge – Women’s Race | Olympic Channel | |
| Mon., Sept. 16 | 1 a.m. | Stage 21 | NBCSN |
The last time Noah Lyles raced a Diamond League 200m, he became the fourth-fastest man in history. His follow-up comes against a field of similar strength in Paris on Saturday
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA airs live coverage from 2-4 p.m. ET. NBC Sports Gold streams live coverage starting at noon.
Lyles could look to improve on the 19.50 he ran in Lausanne on July 5, when he moved to No. 4 on the all-time list behind Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Michael Johnson. There’s reason to believe he can, given the Swiss race was into a slight headwind.
And because most of the major players from Lausanne are back for Paris. That includes Turkey’s Ramil Guliyev, who won the 2017 World title while Lyles was out injured.
Two more notables — Olympic bronze medalist Christophe Lemaitre of France and Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru, the third-fastest man this year — are in Saturday’s field after missing the July event.
Lyles may also be looking at Paris as a lead-up to the two biggest international meets of the year — a Diamond League final in Brussels on Sept. 6 and the world championships in Doha three weeks later.
Here are the Paris entry lists. Here’s the schedule of events (all times Eastern):
12:02 p.m. — Men’s Shot Put
12:35 — Women’s Triple Jump
1:17 — Women’s Discus
1:40 — Women’s Pole Vault
2:03 — Men’s 400m Hurdles
2:09 — Men’s High Jump
2:14 — Men’s 800m
2:24 — Women’s 100m
2:32 — Men’s Triple Jump
2:35 — Men’s 1500m
2:48 — Women’s 400m
2:57 — Men’s 200m
3:06 — Women’s 800m
3:29 — Men’s 3000m Steeplechase
3:50 — Men’s 110m Hurdles
Here are five events to watch:
Women’s Pole Vault — 1:40 p.m. ET
All six women who have cleared 4.80 meters this season are here, topped by world leader and London Olympic champion Jenn Suhr. But Suhr hasn’t won a top-level meet outside the U.S. since 2012. Watch out for Rio Olympic and world champ Katerina Stefanidi, the Greek who beat Suhr in Birmingham, Great Britain, last Sunday. And Olympic and world silver medalist Sandi Morris at her first Diamond League in two months.
Women’s 100m — 2:24 p.m. ET
Olympic champ Elaine Thompson takes her No. 1 world ranking into her first Diamond League 100m in two and a half months. Thompson rebounded from a blemished 2018 to win June’s Jamaican Championships in 10.73 seconds, cementing herself as the world championships favorite. Three other women in this field have a personal best in the 10.8s, including 2018 U.S. champion Aleia Hobbs. Teahna Daniels, the surprise 2019 U.S. champ, is coming off a third-place, 11.24 finish in Birmingham against a largely unaccomplished field.
Men’s Triple Jump — 2:32 p.m. ET
Americans Christian Taylor and Will Claye go head-to-head for the 48th time in this event, according to Tilastopaja.org. Taylor, who owns five combined Olympic and world titles, has a 25-22 edge and hasn’t lost to his countryman on the Diamond League level in five years. But Claye, who owns five combined Olympic and world medals (but no gold), ranks No. 1 in the world this year with his personal-best 18.14-meter mark from June 29. The winner here is likely the favorite for worlds.
Men’s 200m — 2:57 p.m. ET
Lyles has never lost to anyone in this field in senior competition. In fact, only one man has beaten him in a 200m in the last three years, countryman Michael Norman, who is focusing on the 400m this summer. Last year, Lyles made a statement by breaking 19.8 in the 200m on four separate occasions, something only Usain Bolt had previously done. Lyles is at three sub-19.8s so far this season with at least three meets left.
Men’s 110m Hurdles — 3:50 p.m. ET
Grant Holloway, the only man to break 13 seconds this year, makes his Diamond League debut after turning professional following his junior season at Florida. He takes on the second- and third-fastest men this year, including former NCAA rival Daniel Roberts, who upset Holloway at the USATF Outdoor Championships.
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