Tuesday at the Olympics: American women gymasts have their eyes on the prize
The team gold is up for grabs in women's gymnastics, with coverage in prime-time on NBC (8 p.m.-midnight). The Americans haven't taken top honors since the 1996 Atlanta Games - but they're looking strong in London.
Team USA breezed into the team finals, beating the second-place team in their group, Great Britain, by more than 11 points. That's sort of like winning a football game 45-14.
But the scoring starts from scratch in the final round, and the Americans will face stiff competition from defending Olympic gold medalists China, not to mention Romania and Russia.
- It's East vs. West and a bit of a throwback to the Cold War days at the Olympics as North Korea and Team USA do battle in women's soccer (12:15 p.m. ET, NBCSN/NBC soccer channel)
- Four other American teams are in action - vs. Germany in men's volleyball (11:45 a.m. ET, NBC); vs. Argentina in women's field hockey (2 p.m. ET, MSNBC); vs. Romania in men's water polo (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC); vs. Tunisia in men's basketball (5:15 p.m. ET, NBCSN/NBC basketball channel).
- Can American Vincent Hancock win his second-straight gold medal in shooting? (4:45-5:15 p.m. ET, NBCSN)
- Jamel Herring - a Marine who served two tours in Iraq - begins his Olympic boxing competition. (5-8 p.m. ET, CNBC)
NBC PRIMETIME (8 p.m.-midnight ET): Swimming gold-medal finals in men's 200m butterfly and 4x200m freestyle relay; women's 200m freestyle and 200m IM; women's synchronized platform diving.
MORE HIGHLIGHTS
Equestrian (9:15-10:35 a.m. ET, NBCSN): Can American Beezie Madden, who won a bronze four years ago, medal in the individual jumping event?
Swimming (10:30-11:15 a.m.; 1:30-2 p.m. ET, NBC: Qualifying in several events, including Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte in the men's 4x200 freestyle relay
Men's beach volleyball (4-5 p.m. ET, NBC): Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser vs. Spain's Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira
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