Olympics Schedule
by cg. on Aug 4, 2008 1:43 PM EDT
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PrintI know we care most about the first and fourth items, but here's the complete list of (US) coverage of cycling for the Olympics. I really hope NBC narrows these down somewhat. I'm not even sure my tivo will let me schedule 12 hours straight!
| Saturday, Aug. 9 | NBC and NBC HD | 10 a.m.-6 p.m. | Men's Cycling - Road Race |
| Sunday, Aug. 10 | NBC and NBC HD | 10 a.m.-6 p.m. | Women's Cycling Road Race |
| Wednesday, Aug. 13 | NBC and NBC HD | 8 p.m.-1 a.m. | Women's Cycling - Individual Time Trial |
| Wednesday, Aug. 13 | MSNBC | 5 a.m.-5 p.m. | Men's Cycling Individual Time Trial |
| Friday, Aug. 15 | USA and USA HD | 2 a.m.-Noon | Cycling Track Events Competition |
| Saturday, Aug. 16 | NBC and NBC HD | 10 a.m.-6 p.m. | Cycling - Track Gold Medal Final |
| Saturday, Aug. 16 | USA and USA HD | 2 a.m.-2 p.m. | Cycling - Track Gold Medal Finals |
| Sunday, Aug. 17 | NBC and NBC HD | 10 a.m.-6 p.m. | Cycling - Track Gold Medal Finals |
| Sunday, Aug. 17 | USA and USA HD | 2 a.m.-2 p.m. | Cycling - Track Gold Medal Finals |
| Monday, Aug. 18 | MSNBC | 5 a.m.-5 p.m. | Cycling - Track Gold Medal Finals |
| Tuesday, Aug. 19 | NBC and NBC HD | 12:35-2 a.m. | Men's Cycling - BMX Competition (LIVE) |
| Tuesday, Aug. 19 | USA and USA HD | 2 a.m.-Noon | Cycling - Track Gold Medal Finals |
| Wednesday, Aug. 20 | NBC and NBC HD | 8 p.m.-Midnight | Cycling - BMX Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) |
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Wow... and you two are close?
I might be rethinking that… LOL!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
The 9th in China
will be the evening of the 8th for the US.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 4, 2008 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, if she's really a good friend
she’ll understand you having to skip the shower.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Link?
Do you have a link for this schedule? The only thing I can find does not list times. Are these times EDT/PDT?
I've been using
NBC’s website to get up to speed on stuff for the Olympics.
Here’s a link. If you go to the main page for schedule you can select your zip code and such.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
the times posted above are EDT US
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Excellent photos of George Hincapie from previous Olympics
George photos from past 5 Olympics. Its amazing that he has competed in so many.
I love pics! And any of him are fine by me!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
WTF is up with Zabriskie's pic!
It looks like he’s a third shifter at Bernie Kohl’s Chimney Sweep company.
Non-cycling but a bummer...
Paul Hamm has pulled out of the gymnastics team. I was looking forward to seeing him compete again. Serious talent there.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Poor guy... I loved watching him in Athens...
... and REALLY loved seeing him compete with Morgan in “Ninja Warrior” (Sasuke)
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
I love Ninja Warrior!!
...and I loved seeing Hamm compete. C’mon now..how can you not cheer for Nagano, the fisherman or Takeda , the fireman. Nice Ninja Warrior reference Dan!!
I haven't watched it since Makoto Nagano won ...
... I figured I wanted to let a few seasons slip by first… so I can watch all four nights at once. “Wipeout” is a horrific bastard stepchild by comparison. Once that first round of Ninja Warrior is over, that stuff gets seriously, seriously hard… watching Katsumi “Mr. Ninja Warrior” Yamada gripping those fist sized plastic globes made every muscle in my body hurt…and I felt really bad for him each time he couldn’t make it past either the net or the wall in the first round!
Or the triple jump Olympian guy that built the entire course in his backyard and brought all the major contenders over to practice… how he totally burned all his matches until he was just toast on the ground…
Love it…
Bueno Carlos!!!!!
Just watched 20th anniversary Sasuke shows...
and Dan you need to watch ‘em!! The course is insane!! The Americans did great…can’t wait for 21!!
Uggh. I'll be attending a computer graphics conference the whole first week
of the games. At least they have wireless in the LA Convention Center and with the time difference that helps…..
The men’s gymnastics is one of my other fav events. I’ll miss Paul Hamm too. He’s amazing.
huh?
5 a.m.-5 p.m. Men’s Cycling Individual Time Trial
10 a.m.-6 p.m. Men’s Cycling – Road Race
A twelve-hour time trial? An 8-hour road race?? Oh no, it must mean that…
...if we want to watch the men’s TT, we have to suffer through half a day of many sports, tons of athlete profiles, and loads of commercials—just to find a couple of minutes of TT updates here and there? How’s this gonna work?
I have a feeling I’ll be scouring demoinoid.com for torrents of Olympic cycling from non-U.S. sources…
-Greg
i think you're right on the coverage
I foresee 36 actual minutes of cycling being covered for the road race and 19 minutes for the TT.
Yes -
During the men’s ITT, you’ll also be treated to the following:
Baseball – USA vs. South Korea and Cuba vs. Japan; Women’s Volleyball – Cuba vs. China (LIVE); Tennis; Men’s Cycling Individual Time Trial; Greco Roman Wrestling 66kg, 74kg Competition & Gold Medal Finals; Table Tennis Team Competition; Men’s Weightlifting 77kg Competition
let's see... based on 2004
23.25 minutes of the men’s road race
32.48 minutes of the men’s time trial
13.38 of the women’s time time trial
182.57 minutes of the women’s road race
46.31 minutes of mountain biking
112.13 minutes of track coverage
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
You sure there's not a typo there?
Did they really show >3 hours of the women’s RR in 2004? Somehow, that seems unlikely…
sorry, math error on my part
not three hours… but the entire race was shown
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
2 hrs 38 mins
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
2 hrs 18 mins
dang typo
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Still seems like kind of a lot
compared to only 23 minutes of the men’s road race…
if i remember correctly, it was shown on one of those "women's" channels
lifetime, oxygen, whichever
prob oxygen, since nbc now owns that ouright
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Is there any chance CTV could buy rights to air the entire event?
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
WCSN.com?
Someone mentioned in an earlier thread that WCSN may be covering but now that I looked at their site, I can’t find anywhere that they are actually showing any Olympics. Yes, lots of story coverage but no live/recorded feeds.
Cyclingfans.com
There is mention of offering up live links if they can find them. Keep your fingers crossed.
nbc olympics website
will have over 2000 hours of live streaming for 25 sports, which includes cycling…
unfortunately, no schedule as of yet for the live streaming…
and, no, WCSN, will NOT have any olympic coverage
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
as regards to recording on tivo
it all depends on how much room your tivo unit has available to save recordings….
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Canadian coverage
I’d been researching coverage (including NBC) for the RR particularly, as I’ll be away until the 9th … was thinking about doing a post, but you beat me to it (and I hadn’t researched the track stuff yet, so thanks!)
Anyway, for any Canadians out there, or with access to Canadian TV stations, here’s what I’ve come up with so far:
Men’s RR: live time = 11 pm Aug 8 – 5:30 am ET Aug 9.
CBC Olympic Prime Show 6 pm-12 midnight ET supposedly live coverage (I’m sure mixed in between everything else) – but obviously if the race doesn’t start until 11 pm then there’s only 1 hr they could be showing there.
nothing listed for the midnight -3 am ET show on CBC.
TSN 3-6 am show – listed again, hopefully they’ll at least get the finish and the medals live …
Men’s TT: live time = 1:30-5:10 am ET Aug 13
main CBC coverage listed at 12-6 am ET on Aug 15 (!)
CBC schedule – link to pdf’s of each week at the bottom
supposedly CBC will be streaming live stuff online as well, but no schedule I can find as of yet … and it will probably be geoblocked (just as they do for hockey games I think). CBC Bold/Country Canada is showing only equestrian and sailing, no idea what they’re showing on CBC Newsworld (supposedly 145 hours of something), and I haven’t yet located any schedules for Radio-Canada (= French CBC TV).
it looks like the cbc schedule
is saying exactly which events start in a given block… so that the cycling starts at 11pm eastern, but would continue into the next broadcast block
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
ah, for the days of the big C dish and canadian channels
that’s how watched olympics 1992-2002…..
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
men's road race online
thanks to a link from cfa, the road race will be shown online on nbcolympics (you need microsoft silverlight installed—http://www.microsoft.com/SILVERLIGHT/)
time scheduled is 11pm, friday, 8 aug, to 5.30am, saturday, 9 aug
online schedule: (right click to open in new tab or new window)
http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_online_listings/zone=ET/day=1/online.html
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
oops, times listed above EDT US
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
What events is he
competing in?
"...The mind has to rule the body and tell the body, shut up and do what I tell you to do..." Jens!
Individual pursuit
4K
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Did someone say track?
I have two words for Lyne…..Arnaud Tournant!!!
http://www.velo-club.net/modules/upload/upload/6%20Jours%202006%20006.jpg
UK coverage and online streaming
Eurosport (International & British Eurosport):
Sat 9 August
07:15 (UK time) – Men’s Road Race [coverage for 45 mins]
08:15 – Men’s Road Race [120 mins]
Repeated highlights at 23:00 [75 mins]
Sun 10 August
09:30 – Women’s Road Race [45 mins]
Repeated highlights at 00:00 [60 mins]
Wed 13 August
05:15 – Women’s Time Trial [45 mins]
08:30 – Men’s Time trial [90 mins]
- * * * * * *
BBC (no ad breaks!) (Red button coverage via Satellite, Cable, Freeview Three, or streaming from BBC Sport website):
Sat 9 August
04:00 – Men’s Road Race [390 mins] Shocked Very Happy
Sun 10 August
07:00 – Women’s Road Race [120 mins]
Wed 13 August
04:30 – Women’s Time Trial [105 mins]
07:30 – Men’s Time trial [225 mins]
- * * * * * *
need the link please
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
just tried bbc....
...and could not access bbc online for US…bummer
but here are some pics of the opening ceremonies….which are very cool!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/7548773.stm
Wolverine…I was given this – http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/live_action/default.stm
seems someone screwed up the url pasting
try this.
(wasn’t the case, before. may have been intentional.)
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