London 2012, Day 3: Complete Results From Monday's Events

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Olympics 2012 Men's Gymnastics: Team USA Fails To Medal, China Dominates

When the Unites States' men's gymnastics team finished first during the qualifying round, there were high hopes the US men could come away with a gold medal. Not only did that not happen, but the United States came away without a medal, finishing a disappointing fifth.

"There's definitely disappointment,'' US captain Jonathan Horton said, according to the Associated Press. "We are one of the best teams in the world.''

The US team got off to a rocky start, finishing seventh on the pommel horse and found themselves in last place at one point during the competition. They moved back into contention on the rings, but any chance for a medal vanished with the vault when John Orozco stumbled on his landing and fell.

Asked what happened, Orozco simply said, "I fell on my butt."

While the United States faltered, the Chinese team thrived, repeating as Olympic champions. Nine of the Chinese team's 18 scores were 15.6 or higher. To put that impressive feat in context, consider that Japan and Great Britain, the teams that finished second and third, combined for nine 15.6 or higher scores.

"Our rivals were not necessarily stronger than in previous years,'' Zhang Chenglong said, "so we kept a cool mind.'

The Great Britain team finished a surprising third, taking home the bronze medal for the host country.

"To win a medal in your home games, I'll take that any day,'' Kristian Thomas said. Louis Smith agreed, saying, "It's a beautiful day for the sport of British gymnastics.''

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Olympics 2012 Women's Volleyball: Misty May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh Jennings Still Undefeated

Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings continued their Olympic dominance Monday, winning their preliminary-round match against the Czech Republic in straight sets.

The two-time gold medalists remained undefeated in Olympic play, winning their 16th straight match. May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings knocked off the Czech team 21-14, 21-19. Now in their third Olympic games, the duo has never lost a set in Olympic play.

They were challenged Monday, trailing the Czech Republic team of Marketa Slukova and Kristyna Kolocova 18-15 at one point during the second set. The Americans rallied back to tie the match at 18 before later pulling away and winning 21-19.

They have now won their first two matches of group play and lead group C with four points. Next up, they will face the Austrian team in their final match of the preliminary round. The top 16 teams then advance to the next round.

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David Boudia And Nick McCrory Edge Out Tom Daley For Diving Bronze

Duo first American males to win Olympic diving medal since 1996, Brits miss bronze after disastrous dive

Olympics 2012 Swimming: United States Wins 4 More Medals

Heading into the 2012 London Olympics, much of the focus on the United States swimming team was on the head-to-head battle between Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. On Monday, however, it was the other members of the US team stealing the show.

The United States added four more medals to their growing medal count Monday, including two gold medals. Missy Franklin, the 17-year-old from Colorado, captured the first gold medal of her career, winning the women's 100-meter backstroke.

"Indescribable," Franklin said, according to the Associated Press. "I still can't believe that happened. I don't even know what to think. I saw my parents' reaction on the screen and I just started bawling. I can't even think right now."

Franklin set an American record in the event with a winning time of 58.33. Even more impressive, she won the race less than 15 minutes after swimming in her semifinal heat.

Franklin wasn't the only American to win gold Monday. Matt Grevers won the men's 100-meter backstroke with an Olympic record time of 52.16. It was Grevers' third career gold and fifth career Olympic medal. He won silver in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2008 Olympics but came away with gold this year.

Nick Thoman joined Grevers on the 100-meter backstroke podium, taking home the silver medal. It was Thoman's first career Olympic medal. Rebecca Soni captured the United States' fourth medal of the day, winning silver in the women's 100-meter breaststroke. Soni, who also won silver in the same event at the 2008 Olympics, narrowly missed out on gold, finishing just 0.08 behind the winner Ruta Meilutyte.

"I'm a little disappointed," Soni said. "I knew it was going to come down to the last five meters and I wish I had five more meters to get to that finish. It was a great race overall."

While those four Americans finished on the podium, Ryan Lochte did not. Lochte finished a disappointing fourth in the men's 200-meter freestyle. After opening the Olympics with gold in the 400-meter individual medley, Lochte has now missed the podium in each of his last two races.

"I did my best," Lochte said. "I guess sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. I gave it 110 percent. There's probably some things I messed up on, but you live and learn."

Phelps did not race Monday, as he chose to not race in the 200-meter freestyle in London.

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London 2012 Olympics Medal Count: United States, China Still Locked On Top

China and the United States extended their lead over everyone else in the medal count on Monday while simultaneously keeping neck-and-neck with each other. China captured gold medals in diving and men's team gymnastics, with the United States grabbing a couple medals of their own in the former event. In the latter, the United States men, who were favorites for a medal, finished a disappointing fifth. Both teams were also able to pick up medals in swimming on Monday. Here's the the top five in the medal count after Tuesday's action.

1. China, 17 (9 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze)
2. United States, 17 (5, 7, 5)
3. Japan, 11 (1, 4, 6)
4. Italy, 8 (2, 4, 2)
5. France, 7 (3, 1, 3)

NBC's primetime coverage of the Olympics, which may or may not be new to you, will feature medal rounds of men's gymnastics, diving and swimming. If you prefer your Olympics in 8-bit form, we have you covered.

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VIDEO: Shin A Lam Loses Olympic Fencing Match In Controversial Fashion

A bizarre scene unfolded in the semifinals of the women's épée fencing event at the Olympics on Monday as South Korean Shin A Lam sat alone on the piste -- the elevated surface where competition takes place -- while her match was under protest. Shin was in position to win her match against Britta Heidemann, only to see her hopes for gold fall by the wayside as a result of a confusing ruling at the end of the match.

With one second left on the clock, the match was tied -- Shin would've won on an advantage had the match ended tied. Heidemann attacked twice, and each time the touches were ruled simultaneous. On the third attempt -- the clock had not run down to zero on the previous two for some reason -- Heidemann was awarded a point after a back-and-forth exchange that surely took more than a second.

The controversy came when Heidemann was awarded the match while the South Korean coach protested the apparent clock malfunction. Because Shin could not leave the piste and still keep her right to protest, she quietly sat alone in front of the crowd, heartbroken at what just happened.

Eventually, Shin left the piste as her protest was struck down. She returned a short time later for the bronze medal match and lost, failing to medal in the event.

In one moment, she had the match in hand, and appeared to be cheated out of a win that would've guaranteed her at least a silver medal. The next, she was back on the piste for a bronze medal match, still riding an emotional wave after such a controversial decision, which perhaps factored into the second loss. Just an absolutely brutal decision that sure looked like the incorrect one.

So judge for yourself: Did more than one second elapse? And should Shin have been awarded the match? Here's the end of the match.

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2012 London Olympics Medal Count: U.S. Ties China With Swimming Haul

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China and the United States will trade the medal lead back and forth over the course of the 2012 London Olympics. Monday afternoon's swimming events helped the Americans tie China for the lead, but a couple of disappointments prevented the U.S. from taking it outright heading into Tuesday.

Matt Grevers kicked off the U.S. pool party with an Olympic record and an easy gold medal victory in the men's 100m backstroke, thoroughly outclassing the field in the race's second 50 meters. Fortunately for Team USA, though, the silver went to Nick Thoman, making the event the first time in the 2012 Olympics that the U.S. has gotten two medals from one event.

Missy Franklin also made good on being the favorite in the water, pulling away for a win in the women's 100m backstroke for her first Olympic gold medal. She'll have four more chances to add to the Team USA tally.

However, Ryan Lochte, projected to dominate these Olympics by many, surprised in the men's 200m freestyle, finishing fourth and well behind Yannick Agnel, the French star of the pool so far. Agnel has helped France get three medals in the pool, nearly doubling its lifetime total entering 2012.

And the chances of a U.S. double in the women's 100m breaststroke by Rebecca Soni and Breeja Larson were dashed in part by Lithuania's 15-year-old Ruta Meilutyte, who repeated a stunning semifinal performance by taking gold, relegating Soni to silver. Larson finished sixth in the event.

With four medals in the water, though, Team USA erased lead China had (the Chinese won just one swimming medal on Monday, Sun Yang's silver in the men's 200m freestyle), and gave itself another good chance to take the lead on Tuesday. The U.S.'s 12 swimming medals to this point are by far the most any nation has in one sport at the 2012 Olympics, and more than any other nation, save China, has won across all sports.

Team USA also accomplished a significant lifetime goal: Soni's silver was the U.S.'s 500th swimming medal in Olympic history, which only outstrips Australia's second-best tally by 333 medals.

Here's a more complete look at the medal count:

1. China, 17 (9 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze)
2. United States, 17 (5, 7, 5)
3. Japan, 11 (1, 4, 6)
4. Italy, 8 (2, 4, 2)
5. France, 7 (3, 1, 3)

Other notables: The only team beyond that top five with three gold medals is North Korea; Great Britain moved into a five-way tie for ninth with its third medal; mighty Moldova still has one bronze medal.

You can find a more viewer-friendly medal count right here:

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Women's Fencing Epee Gold Medal Match: Yana Shemyakina Of Ukraine Wins In Overtime

Following a delay, Yana Shemyakina of Ukraine took the gold medal in the women's fencing individual epee Monday, 9-8, over Germany's Britta Heidemann.

Weightlifting, Men's 62kg: North Korea's Kim Un Guk Sets World Record, Wins Gold Medal

North Korea's Kim Un Guk won gold in a competition with many record-breaking marks.

Women's 100m Breaststroke Final: 15-Year-Old Ruta Meilutyte Wins Gold, Rebecca Soni Takes Silver

Lithuania's Ruta Meilutyte became the youngest swimmer to ever win the women's 100m breaststroke, just edging out Rebecca Soni of Team USA at the wall Monday at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Fencing Controversy Causes South Korea's Shin A Lam To Protest On Piste

With a berth in the gold medal match of the women's individual epee fencing match on the line, South Korea's Shin A Lam and Germany's Britta Heidemann were tied with a second left on the clock in overtime. But a controversial finish left both fencers in the middle of the 2012 Olympics' most bizarre moment so far.

Shin had priority with :01 on the clock and the score tied in overtime, and would have, in theory, reached the gold medal final when time ran out without a clean touch. Three successive touches without a clean touch happened without the clock running out, however, and Heidemann scored on the fourth, earning her a 6-5 overtime victory and a berth in the final — but only after nearly a half-hour of deliberation by the judges.

Shin remained sitting on the piste after the decision, as leaving it would have been seen as a tacit acceptance of the ruling. And then more nuttiness happened, according to NBC:

UPDATE: The PA announcer at the ExCeL arena told the crowd at 2:39 ET, "As part of the rules it is required that the Korean official lay down a sum of money for the appeal to be valid. That procedure is now in progress."

At 3:00 ET Shin was escorted off the piste in tears. No word on the status of the appeal.

For those curious about how that all looked, Deadspin has video of the final touch of the match and Shin refusing to leave the piste.

The women's gold medal final in women's individual epee fencing has been rescheduled. Shin has since returned to the piste to fence in the bronze medal match.

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Women's 100m Backstroke Final: Missy Franklin Wins Gold Medal

Missy Franklin won the gold medal in the women's 100m backstroke final Monday at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Matt Grevers Wins Gold For Team USA In Men's 100m Backstroke Final

Matt Grevers used a massive turn to win the men's 200m backstroke going away.

Yannick Agnel Wins Gold In 200m Free, Ryan Lochte Fourth

In one of the deepest fields in any swimming event at London, Yannick Agnel dominated to win gold in the men's 200m freestyle Monday at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

China Wins Men's Team Gymnastics, USA Disappointing Fifth

China has won the gold medal in the men's gymnastics team final for a second consecutive Games, posting a score of 275.997 Monday afternoon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Japan finished second (271.952) and Great Britain finished a surprising third (271.711) to earn the host country's second bronze medal of the Games. Although, that's not how it originally ended.

The immediate results had Japan fourth and Ukraine third, which would have been the first time Japan failed to medal in men's team since 2000. But an inquiry to the judges regarding Kohei Uchimura's pommel horse was accepted, changing his score from 13.466 to a 14.166. That alteration was enough to push Japan past Ukraine.

The United States, which took bronze in 2008 and silver in 2004, finished a disappointing fifth (269.952) after a near-disastrous start in the first three rotations.

Team USA, which was aiming for gold after qualifying first heading into the finals, started slow, especially on their second rotation, pommel horse, where they finished seventh (out of eight). Halfway through the competition, the Americans found themselves in last place, with a lot of work to do.

Better showings on rings helped before a disappointing result on vault -- John Orozco sat on his attempt -- slowed the chances of a comeback and all but sealed their fate of missing the podium. They recovered to finish strong in both parallel bars and high bar (three-place scores on both), led by Orozco, Jonathan Horton and Danell Leyva (below), but it simply wasn't enough to overcome their poor opening rotations.

Men's gymnastics resumes Wednesday with the individual all-around.

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London 2012 Medal Count: China Adds More Golds On Day 3

China and the United States seem likely to do battle for the top spot in the 2012 Olympics medal count for the better part of a fortnight. On Day Three, though, the Chinese are extending their lead.

On Day Three, China was dominant in the morning and midday events, taking gold in men's 10m synchronized diving and women's 58kg weightlifting to push its gold medal tally to eight. That was as many gold medals as Italy, France, Russia, and South Korea have combined, and five more than the United States.

Then China scored a gold medal in men's team gymnastics, in a bit of an upset. The U.S. team had scored the top spot in qualifying, but finished off the podium in the event final.

The U.S. didn't fall in total medal count, though, scoring two bronze medals of its own. Marti Malloy took the U.S.'s second medal ever in women's judo, and the American team of David Boudia and Nick McCrory won bronze in men's 10m synchronized diving, giving the U.S. 13 medals, second only to China. America also leads the 2012 Olympics in bronze medals, with five, not that anyone's bragging about that.

But the American chance to overtake China will come shortly, and in the water, where it can add to its haul of eight medals. Ryan Lochte should win another medal, perhaps his second gold, in the 200m freestyle, Matt Grevers is the gold favorite in the 100m backstroke, the gold for women's 100m backstroke could end up around Missy Franklin's neck, and Breeja Larson and Rebecca Soni will likely vie with each other for gold and silver in the 100m breaststroke. Barring more upsets, the U.S. could have a slim lead in the total medal count by the end of Monday afternoon on the East Coast.

Here's a more complete look at current top five of the medal count:

1. China, 15 (9 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze)
2. United States, 13 (3, 5, 5)
3. Italy, 8 (2, 4, 2)
4. Japan, 8 (1, 4, 3)
5. France, 6 (2, 1, 3)

Other notables: Russia and South Korea are tied for sixth with five medals each, Great Britain trails the University of Florida with one silver and one bronze, pushed off the podium in men's team gymnastics, and Moldova's medal count remains one bronze.

You can find a complete medal tracker over at SI.com.

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Serena And Venus Williams Advance In Women's Doubles At London

Venus and Serena Williams have both seen their fair share of hardships since they won Olympic gold in Beijing, but they are back on the path to defend the women’s doubles crown.

The Williams began their gold medal defense with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over the Romanian team of Sorana Cirstea and Simona Halep. Venus and Serena successfully defended the four break points they faced and converted on four of six of their break opportunities. They should expect a much stiffer challenge in the second round where they are set up to face the German team of Angelique Kerber and Sabine Lisicki.

Every time the Williams sisters have teamed up at the Olympics they have come home with the gold, winning first in Sydney in 2000 and most recently in Beijing in 2008; the two did not play together at Athens in 2004 as Serena sat out with a left knee injury.

Since their 2008 gold Serena has suffered a hematoma and pulmonary embolism (in 2011) and Venus has been diagnosed with Sjogren’s Syndrome. But after those hardships the sisters seem back on track as they recently won the Wimbledon doubles crown on these same courts.

Abby Wambach Punch: FIFA Suspends Lady Andrade Of Colombia 2 Games

Colombia's Lady Andrade has been suspended two games by FIFA for punching Abby Wambach's right eye during a group game against the United States on Saturday.

2012 Olympics: China's Li Xueying Sets Olympic Records, Wins Gold In Women's 58kg Weightlifting

China continued its dominance of weightlifting with Li Xueying's gold on Monday.

Olympics 2012 Streaming: Ryan Lochte Swims For Gold In Men's 200m Freestyle

Ryan Lochte didn't pull through at the end of the men's 4x100 relay on Sunday at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He'll have a chance to redeem himself on Day Three, with an event he's favored to medal in leading off swimming's afternoon session in the Aquatics Center at 2:30 p.m. ET.

The men's 200m freestyle, which is the first of four finals, will not be shown on American TV until NBC's primetime coverage, which begins Monday night at 8 p.m. ET., but a live Olympics swimming stream is available via NBC Live Extra. Here's the schedule for the four medal finals in the pool on Monday.

• 2:43 p.m. - Men's 200m Freestyle
• 2:51 p.m. - Women's 100m Backstroke
• 2:58 p.m. - Men's 100m Backstroke
• 3:15 p.m. - Women's 100m Breaststroke

While Lochte's the reigning world champion in the event, and favored to medal in the 200m free, he's far from the only great swimmer that will be in the pool. Sun Yang of China already has a gold medal in the 400m free this Olympics, and Yannick Agnel of France beat Lochte by a full second in the anchor leg of the 4x100 relay on Sunday. Park Tae-hwan took silver in that 400m free, and South Korea's star will be looking to improve on that.

If Lochte can win gold in the event, Americans might sweep swimming gold on the day. Missy Franklin is a gold contender in the women's 100m backstroke, Matt Grevers is the favorite in the men's 100m backstroke, and Rebecca Soni and Breeja Larson may duel for gold in the women's 100m breaststroke, though Lithuania's Ruta Meilutyte swam the fastest time in the latter event this year in qualifying.

Men's 73kg Judo: Mansur Isaev Wins Gold

Russia's Mansur Isaev claims the gold medal in men's lightweight judo.

Australia Women's Basketball Needed A Half-Court Buzzer Beater To Force OT Against France, Still Lost

American Marti Malloy Wins Bronze Medal In Women's Judo 57kg

Marti Malloy won just the second American medal in women's judo ever on Monday.

Team USA Grabs Bronze in Men’s Synchronized 10m Platform

The team of David Boudia and Nick McCrory earned the bronze medal in the men’s synchronized 10m platform on Monday, earning the United States its first-ever medal in men’s synchronized diving.

The favored Chinese team of Cao and Zhang took the gold medal scoring nearly 20 points higher than the silver medalist Mexican team. The Chinese have dominated synchronized diving since its inclusion in the Olympics in 2000. This is their third consecutive gold in men’s synchronized 10m platform and their second gold in synchronized diving at the London Olympics.

Americans Boudia and McCrory will compete again in the individual 10m platform event, which begins Aug. 10. Neither are expected to medal but perhaps they can pull off another upset.

In the overall medal count table, USA and China remain tied for the lead, but China has expanded its lead in gold medals by the count of seven to three.

Men's Gymnastics: Event Schedule, TV Coverage For Monday

Men's team gymnastics will give out a medal Monday afternoon, and Team USA has a chance to make history after finishing first in preliminaries.

Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka Advance In Olympics Women's Tennis

Serena Williams continued her quest for gold at Wimbledon Monday with a 6-2, 6-3 second round victory over Poland’s Urszula Radwanska.

Williams was impressive, notching eight aces and 26 total winners to only 16 unforced errors, and was never in danger throughout the match. Williams converted on four of five break opportunities and only gave up one break herself. She will advance to take on Russia’s Vera Zvonareva in the third round.

Meanwhile top-seed Victoria Azarenka struggled in her opening-round match against Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu, dropping the second set before advancing 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. Azarenka struggled with her serve, committing 13 double faults, but breezed through the first and third sets. Azarenka will take on Spain’s Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in the second round.

Venus Williams also advanced in her first match Monday, defeating French Open runner-up and Italian Sara Errani. The Williams sisters will compete in women's doubles later on Monday.

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Andy Roddick Advances To Second Round At Olympics

Andy Roddick scored a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Serbia's Martin Klizan to move on to the second round of competition in the men's singles tennis tournament.

Roddick's first-round match was supposed to happen earlier, but -- surprise! -- it rained at Wimbledon, delaying Roddick's first action of the tournament until Day 3. Klizan committed 21 unforced errors to Roddick's five and never forced a break point; so, although Roddick was only able to convert on two out of 13 break points, he still coasted to a two-set victory. His hopes of winning in the doubles tourney are already over after his twosome with John Isner went down in the first round, but he should make some noise in the singles bracket.

Elsewhere in the bracket, Lleyton Hewitt advanced 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 over Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky, and Marin Cilic beat Austria's Jurgen Melzer. Second-round play should open later Monday, with Roger Federer facing Julien Benneteau -- who took two sets from Federer just a few weeks ago at Wimbledon -- and Isner facing the Morroccan Malek Jaziri.

Meanwhile, on the women's side, No. 1 Victoria Azarenka just dropped a set to the relative unknown Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu headed into the third. A potential upset in the making? Eh, probably not.

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American Marti Malloy Reaches Judo Semifinals, Could Earn USA's First Ever Gold

Judo has been contested in every Summer Games since 1968, but America hasn't exactly had much success. While Japan has dominated with 35 golds and 65 total medals, American contingents have never won and only earned 10 total medals.

But a victory by Marti Malloy over Portugal's Telma Monteiro -- the No. 2 ranked judoka in the women's 57 kg (126 lb) weight class -- has her one win away from a medal, which would be the first ever for the United States in that class. Malloy, who hails from Oak Harbor, Wash., and lives in San Jose, beat Monteiro in overtime of the round of 32. She proceeded to defeat Colombia's Yadinys Amaris by an ippon, a throw or pin that immediately ends the match.

Now, Malloy is in the medal round, with a win putting her in the gold medal match and a loss giving her a chance to earn one of two bronze medals against a competitor from the repechage bracket who had lost earlier in the tournament.

Malloy faces Romania's Corina Caprioriu at 9:21 a.m. ET.

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What To Watch, Day 3: Men's Gymnastics Team Final, Ryan Lochte Swims For Gold

What To Watch on Day 3 at the Summer Olympics, including men's gymnastics going for gold, Ryan Lochte looking for some redemption and everyone's favorite beach volleyball duo back in action.

Shooting, Men's 10m Air Rifle: Alin George Moldoveanu Wins Gold For Romania

Alin George Mldoveanu won the first Romanian gold of the London Olympics on the final three shots of the men's 10m air rifle competition.

2012 Olympics Swimming: Schedule, TV Coverage For Monday

Ryan Lochte will have another chance to rack up his medal count on Monday.

London 2012: Event Schedule, TV, Streaming For Monday

The 2012 London Olympics continue Monday with some high-profile team sports continuing their preliminary rounds and some big events heading for the medal stand, such as men's team gymnastics.

The events start off at 4 a.m. Eastern, 9 a.m. local time with New Zealand vs. South Korea in men's field hockey on NBC Sports Network and Croatia vs. China in women's basketball on the special Olympic Basketball channel. Some more good stuff gets going just an hour later at 5 a.m. Eastern with China vs. Switzerland in women's beach volleyball, also on NBC Sports.

As the day moves on, Bravo continues with its complete coverage of all tennis matches, played at the All England Lawn and Tennis Club -- better known as the site of Wimbledon -- from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern. Women's water polo between Spain and China begins MSNBC's Olympic schedule at 9 a.m. Eastern, while NBC Sports becomes the home of SB Nation's favorite Olympic event, equestrian, until 12:45 p.m.

Team USA starts to get some more airtime, as qualifying events in swimming -- including the 200m freestyle, one of Ryan Lochte's events -- start at 10 a.m., and the women's volleyball team takes on Brazil from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Both of those events can be seen on NBC.

Later on NBC, the U.S. women's water polo team takes on Hungary from 2:30-4 p.m. and Team USA's other men's beach volleyball team, Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal, face Poland at 4 p.m.

Women's basketball, led by Geno Auriemma and Diana Taurasi (plus about eight other UConn alumni), will face Angola at 5:15 p.m. on MSNBC. The final live women's beach volleyball event of the day, if you're into that sort of thing, will be on the specialty soccer channel at 5 p.m. between Austria and Australia.

Streaming here, among every other event live, will be the gold medal final in men's 10m platform synchronized diving, at 10 a.m. Eastern, the semifinals and finals of the women's epée in fencing at 1 p.m., the gold medal round in women's 57kg and men's 73kg in Judo at 9 a.m. and the women's 58kg weightlifting medal round at 10:30 a.m. and the men's 62kg weightlifting medal round at 2:30 p.m.

The complete TV listings for Monday's Olympic events can be found here, and the list, complete with live streaming links, of Mondays events is here.

Monday, July 30

4 a.m. - 8 p.m. (NBCSN)

• Men's Field Hockey: South Korea vs. New Zealand (4 a.m.)
• Beach Volleyball: Qualifying (5 a.m.)
  
• Badminton: USA vs. TBD (6 a.m.)
• Women's Volleyball: Serbia vs. South Korea (6:30 a.m.), Italy vs. Japan (3 p.m.)
  
• Equestrian: Eventing Cross Country (8:15 a.m.)
  
• Men's Archery: Individual Elimination Round (12:45 p.m.)
• Men's Boxing: Elimination bouts - flyweight and light heavyweight classes (1:15 p.m.)
• Men's Shooting: 10m Air Rifle Final (4:30 p.m.)
  
• Women's Basketball: USA vs. Angola (5:15 p.m.)
  

7 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Bravo)

• Tennis: Singles Second Round
  

9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (MSNBC)

• Women's Water Polo: Spain vs. China (9 a.m.), Italy vs. Australia (11:15 a.m.)
  
• Badminton: USA vs. TBD (10:15 a.m.), USA vs. Japan (3:45 p.m.)
• Beach Volleyball: Qualifying (10:30 a.m., 5 p.m.)
• Women's Basketball: Russia vs. Brazil (11:45 a.m.)
  
• Table Tennis: USA vs. TBD (1:30 p.m.)
  
• Men's Field Hockey: Great Britain vs. Argentina (2 p.m.)
  
• Weightlifting: Men's 62 kg Gold Medal Final (3:30 p.m.), Women's 58 kg Gold Medal Final (3:45 p.m.)

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (NBC)

• Swimming: Qualifying (10 a.m., 1:45 p.m.)
  
• Rowing: Qualifying (10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.)
  
• Canoe/Kayak: Canoe/whitewater Qualifying (11 a.m.)
  
• Women's Volleyball: USA vs. Brazil (11:30 a.m.)
  
• Women's Water Polo: USA vs. Hungary (2:30 p.m.)
  
• Beach Volleyball: Qualifying (4 p.m.)
  

5 - 8 p.m. (CNBC)

• Men's Boxing: Elimination bouts (flyweight and light heavyweight classes)
  

8 p.m. - Midnight (NBC)

• Swimming: Gold Medal Finals (Men's 200m freestyle, 100 m backstroke; Women's 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke)
  
• Men's Gymnastics: Team Gold Medal Final
  
• Men's Diving: Platform Synchronized Gold Medal Final

12:35 - 1:35 a.m. (NBC)

• Swimming (Women's 200m individual medley semifinals)
  
• Canoe/Kayak: Whitewater qualifying

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