Morning News Olympics Edition – Day 1

July 28, 2012

Calling London, Going For Gold! (NBC)

Welcome to Day 1 0f On My DVR’s coverage of the XXX Olympiad!

UPDATED FOR RESULTS …

We will endeavor to bring you all of the news you care about on as real time a basis as life allows (so check back often each day!) including details on where you can catch the best events and the medal count because everyone cares about who brings home the gold!

Saturday, July 28, 2012 Today is the first day we get to see superstar swimmer, Michael Phelps, in the pool as well as his erstwhile competitor Ryan Lochte! And Gold will be on the line! Also, Natalie Coughlin begins her quest to become the most decorated American female in the history of the Olympics and gymnastics preliminary rounds begin!! Certain sports are not being televised; in such a case, we have directed you to NBC’s live web streaming service.

Medal Events - TV Station (air time)

Archery, Men’s Team – NBC SN (4am-9am; 9am-8pm)

Gold – Italy
Silver – USA
Bronze – South Korea

Cycling, Men’s Road Race – NBC (5am-9am; 9am-6pm)

Gold – Alexandr Vinokurov, KAZ
Silver – Rigoberto Uran Uran, COL
Bronze – Alexander Kristoff, NOR

Fencing, Women’s Individual Foil – MSNBC (2:45-3:45)

Gold – Elisa Di Francisca, ITA
Silver - Arianna Errigo, ITA
Bronze – Valentina Vezzali, ITA

Judo, Women’s 48kg – Live Web Steaming at 10am (http://www.nbcolympics.com/liveextra/help/index.html)

Gold – Sarah Menezes, BRA

Judo, Men’s 60kg – Live Web Steaming at 10am (http://www.nbcolympics.com/liveextra/help/index.html)

Gold – Arsen Galstyan, RUS

Shooting, Women’s 10m Air Rifle – NBC SN (4am-9am; 9am-8pm)

Gold – Siling Yi, CHN
Silver – Sylwia Bogacka, POL
Bronze – Dan Yu, CHN

Shooting, Men’s 10m Air Pistol – NBC SN (4am-9am; 9am-8pm)

Gold – Jongoh Jin, KOR
Silver – Luca Tesconi, ITA
Bronze – Andrija Zlatic, SRB

Swimming, Men’s 400m Individual Medley – NBC (8pm-midnight)

Gold – Ryan Lochte, USA
Silver – Thiago Pereira, BRA
Bronze – Kosuke Hagino, JPN

Swimming, Men’s 400m Individual Freestyle – NBC (8pm-midnight)

Gold – Yang Sun, CHN
Silver - Taehwan Park, KOR
Bronze – Peter Vanderkaay, USA

Swimming, Women’s 400m Individual Medley – NBC (8pm-midnight)

Gold – Shiwen Ye, CHN
Silver – Elizabeth Beisel, USA
Bronze – Xuanxu Li, CHN

Swimming, Women’s 4x100m Freestyle – NBC (8pm-midnight)

Gold – Australia
Silver – Netherlands
Bronze – USA

Weightlifting, Women’s 48kg/106lbs – NBC (12:30am-1:30am)

Gold – Mingiuan Wang, CHN
Silver – Hiromi Miyake, JPN
Bronze – Chun Hwa Ryang, PRK

Other Notable Events – TV Station (air times)

Tennis, Women’s Singles (1st Round) – USA’s Serena Williams def. SRB’s Jelena Jankovic, 6-3, 6-1
Tennis, Women’s Doubles (1st Round) – Bravo (7am-3pm)
Swimming, Women’s 100m Butterfly (Heats, Semifinals) – NBC (5am-9am; 9am-6pm; 8pm-midnight)
Swimming, Men’s 100m Breaststroke (Heats, Semifinals) – NBC (5am-9am; 9am-6pm; 8pm-midnight)
Gymnastics, Men’s (qualifications) – After Qualifications in Team All Around, USA is ranked 1; RUS is 2; and GBR is 3.
Beach Volleyball, Women’s – USA’s M. May-Treanor/ K. Walsh def. AUS’s N. Cook/ T. Hinchley