This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2016, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.

If there were an Olympic gold medal for biggest ego, Jamaica's Usain Bolt would — at the very least — be a strong contender. If his posturing and posing didn't make the clear, his statements — including "I am the greatest athlete who ever lived!" — pretty much clinches it.

He's competing (in NBC's taped prime-time coverage) for his third consecutive 200m gold medal (7-11 p.m., Ch. 5). It would be his eighth overall.

Bolt is not a humble man, but he's unquestionably one of the greatest athletes in Olympic history.

Also tonight, American Ashton Eaton will attempt to become the third man to win back-to-back Olympic decathlon gold medals.

NBC/Ch. 5 • Track & Field — Men's 400m hurdles final; Canoe/Kayak — spring finals

• Women's volleyball — USA vs. Serbia /semifinal (10 a.m.-noon)

• Women's diving — platform semifinal; Men's cycling — BMX quarterfinals (noon-1:30 p.m.)

• Men's water polo — Italy vs. Serbia/semifinal; Synchronized swimming — team qualifying (1:30-3 p.m.)

• Track & Field – Men's shot put — finals; Women's javelin — finals; Men's 1500m decathlon — final; Women's 400m hurdles — finals; Men's 200m — finals; Women's diving — platform finals; Men's beach volleyball — Brazil vs. Italy/finals (7-11 p.m)

• Men's beach volleyball — medal round (11:35 p.m.12:35 a.m.)

NBCSN • Canoe/Kayak — sprint finals; Track & Field — men's 400m hurdles final (6-9:20 a.m.)

• Men's water polo — Croatia vs. Montenegro/semifinal; Women's wrestling — freestyle qualifying; Men's field hockey — Germany vs. Netherlands/bronze medal (9:20 a.m.-noon)

• Women's basketball — Serbia vs. Spain/semifinal (noon-2 p.m.)

• Women's wrestling — freestyle finals (2-4 p.m.)

• Women's basketball — USA vs. France/semifinal (4-6 p.m.)

• Men's boxing — light heavyweight final; Men's beach volleyball — Netherlands vs. Russia/bronze medal (6-7:45 p.m.)

• Women's volleyball — China vs. Netherlands/semifinal; Taekwondo — finals (7:45-10 p.m.)

MSNBC • Sailing — finals; Women's handball — France vs. Netherlands/semifinal (noon-2 p.m.)

USA • Men's triathlon; Women's badminton — Denmark vs. Japan/doubles final (8 -11 a.m.)

CNBC • Taekwondo — quarterfinals and semifinals; Modern pentathlon — fencing (4-5 p.m.)

• Men's field hockey — Argentina vs. Belgium/final

Golf channel • Women's second round (4:30 a.m.-3 p.m.)

Basketball speciality channel • Women — Serbia vs. Spain/semifinal (noon-2 p.m.)

• Women — USA vs. France/semifinal (4-6 p.m.)