Olympic medalists headline U.S. roster for diving worlds

By Nick ZaccardiMay 22, 2017, 11:23 AM EDT

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Three Olympic medalists headline the U.S. roster for the world diving championships, but David Boudia is absent for the first time since 2003.

Trials concluded Sunday in Indianapolis, where Olympic synchro platform silver medalist Steele Johnson made his first worlds team on the 3m springboard.

Johnson teamed in Rio with the 2012 Olympic platform champion Boudia, who is not competing this international season and may retire.

At world trials, Johnson was edged on the 3m springboard by Olympic synchro springboard silver medalist Michael Hixon, but both made the team as the U.S. can enter two divers per individual event at worlds.

Sam Dorman, who teamed with Hixon for that Rio silver, was fourth in the 3m springboard semifinals at trials and 90.9 points out of second place. With standings cumulative, he had a low chance of getting on the worlds team in the event and scratched out of finals.

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Still, Dorman previously made the worlds team in synchro springboard with Hixon. Each diver can build off his Olympic silver with a first world championships medal in Budapest in July.

Johnson qualified for three events at worlds — 1m and 3m springboard, plus the synchro platform with new partner Brandon Loschiavo. The 20-year-old Johnson previously competed at the 2015 Worlds, but not in any individual events. He finished 13th in the individual platform in Rio, one spot shy of making the finals.

Johnson took a break from the pounding of platform training after Rio but said his focus for worlds remains on the synchro platform rather than his individual springboard events.

With Dorman, Hixon and Johnson, the U.S. team at worlds boasts three Olympic men’s medalists. There are no Olympic medalists on the women’s side, but Rio Olympians Jessica Parratto (platform, synchro platform) and Kassidy Cook (synchro springboard) are back.

Perhaps the most promising member of the team is Tarrin Gilliland, a 14-year-old who will compete in both the women’s and mixed synchro platform events. Gilliland was third in the individual platform Sunday, missing the two-woman worlds team in that event by .05 of a point.

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U.S. roster for World Diving Championships

Men’s 3m Springboard
Michael Hixon (Olympian)
Steele Johnson (Olympian)

Women’s 3m Springboard
Brooke Schultz
Krysta Palmer

Men’s Platform
David Dinsmore
Jordan Windle

Women’s Platform
Jessica Parratto (Olympian)
Delaney Schnell

Men’s 1m Springboard
Michael Hixon (Olympian)
Steele Johnson (Olympian)

Women’s 1m Springboard
Maria Coburn
Alison Gibson

Men’s Synchro Springboard
Sam Dorman (Olympian)
Michael Hixon (Olympian)

Women’s Synchro Springboard
Maria Coburn
Kassidy Cook (Olympian)

Men’s Synchro Platform
Steele Johnson (Olympian)
Brandon Loschiavo

Women’s Synchro Platform
Tarrin Gilliland
Jessica Parratto (Olympian)

Mixed Synchro Springboard
Briadam Herrera
Lauren Reedy

Mixed Synchro Platform
Andrew Capobianco
Tarrin Gilliland

2023 French Open TV, live stream schedule

By OlympicTalkMay 30, 2023, 6:48 PM EDT

The French Open airs live on NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel through championship points at Roland Garros in Paris.

Tennis Channel has live daily coverage with NBC and Peacock coming back for the middle weekend, plus the men’s and women’s singles semifinals and finals.

All NBC TV coverage also streams on NBCSports.com/live and the NBC Sports app.

It’s the first French Open since 2004 without Rafael Nadal, the record 14-time champion who is out with a hip injury and hopes to return next year for a likely final time.

In his place, the favorites are top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic, who is tied with Nadal for the men’s record 22 Grand Slam singles titles.

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No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland is favored to claim a third French Open title, a year after beating American Coco Gauff in the final. She bids to join Serena Williams and Justine Henin as the lone women to win the French Open three or more times since 2000.

Two Americans are ranked in the top six in the world — No. 3 Jessica Pegula and Gauff.

The last American to win a major singles title was Sofia Kenin at the 2020 Australian Open. The 11-major drought matches the longest in history (since 1877) for American men and women combined.

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2023 French Open Broadcast Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Platform	Round
Sunday, May 28	5 a.m.-4 p.m.	Tennis Channel	First Round
	12-3 p.m.	Peacock (STREAM LINK)
Monday, May 29	5 a.m.-3 p.m.	Tennis Channel	First Round
	11 a.m.-3 p.m.	NBC (STREAM) \| Peacock (STREAM)
	3-5:30 p.m.	Peacock (STREAM LINK)
Tuesday, May 30	5 a.m.-5 p.m.	Tennis Channel	First Round
Wednesday, May 31	5 a.m.-5 p.m.	Tennis Channel	Second Round
Thursday, June 1	5 a.m.-5 p.m.	Tennis Channel	Second Round
Friday, June 2	5 a.m.-5 p.m.	Tennis Channel	Third Round
Saturday, June 3	5 a.m.-1 p.m.	Tennis Channel	Third Round
	12-3 p.m.	NBC (STREAM) \| Peacock (STREAM)
	3-5:30 p.m.	Peacock (STREAM LINK)
Sunday, June 4	5 a.m.-1 p.m.	Tennis Channel	Fourth Round
	12-3 p.m.	NBC (STREAM) \| Peacock (STREAM)
	3-5:30 p.m.	Peacock (STREAM LINK)
Monday, June 5	5 a.m.-5 p.m.	Tennis Channel	Fourth Round
Tuesday, June 6	5 a.m.-12 p.m.	Tennis Channel	Quarterfinals
	2-5 p.m.	Tennis Channel
Wednesday, June 7	5 a.m.-12 p.m.	Tennis Channel	Quarterfinals
	2-5 p.m.	Tennis Channel
Thursday, June 8	6 a.m.-2 p.m.	Tennis Channel	Women’s Semifinals
	11 a.m.-2 p.m.	NBC (STREAM) \| Peacock (STREAM)
Friday, June 9	8 a.m.-4 p.m.	Tennis Channel	Men’s Semifinals
	11 a.m.-3 p.m.	NBC (STREAM) \| Peacock (STREAM)
Saturday, June 10	9 a.m.-2 p.m.	NBC (STREAM) \| Peacock (STREAM)	Women’s Final
Sunday, June 11	9 a.m.-2 p.m.	NBC (STREAM) \| Peacock (STREAM)	Men’s Final

2023 French Open men’s singles draw, scores

By OlympicTalkMay 30, 2023, 6:45 PM EDT

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The French Open men’s singles draw is missing injured 14-time champion Rafael Nadal for the first time since 2004, leaving the Coupe des Mousquetaires ripe for the taking.

The tournament airs live on NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel through championship points in Paris.

Novak Djokovic is not only bidding for a third crown at Roland Garros, but also to lift a 23rd Grand Slam singles trophy to break his tie with Nadal for the most in men’s history.

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But the No. 1 seed is Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who won last year’s U.S. Open to become, at 19, the youngest man to win a major since Nadal’s first French Open title in 2005.

Now Alcaraz looks to become the second-youngest man to win at Roland Garros since 1989, after Nadal of course.

Alcaraz missed the Australian Open in January due to a right leg injury, but since went 30-3 with four titles. Notably, he has not faced Djokovic this year. They could meet in the semifinals.

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No. 2 seed, was upset in the first round by 172nd-ranked Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild. It marked the first time a men’s top-two seed lost in the first round of any major since 2003 Wimbledon (Ivo Karlovic d. Lleyton Hewitt).

No. 9 Taylor Fritz, No. 12 Frances Tiafoe and No. 16 Tommy Paul are the highest-seeded Americans, all looking to become the first U.S. man to make the French Open quarterfinals since Andre Agassi in 2003. Since then, five different American men combined to make the fourth round on eight occasions.

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