2016 Rio Olympic Gold Medalists Katie Ledecky & Nathan Adrian Headline World Aquatics Championships
By: A.A. Cristi Jul. 24, 2017
Programming on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA - a partnership between the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and NBCUniversal - is highlighted this week by live coverage of the 2017 FINA World Aquatics Championships from Budapest, Hungary; FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships from Vienna, Austria; live gymnastics from the U.S. Classic in Chicago; and FIE World Fencing Championships from Leipzig, Germany.
Click here for a channel finder, and here for this week's full schedule.
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA is live streamed on OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app. Select replays and highlights will be available on these digital platforms as well as TeamUSA.org.
Following are highlights from this week's programming on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA:
FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
This week's presentation of the FINA World Aquatics Championships on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA includes swimming, diving, and water polo.
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents live daily coverage of swimming from the World Championships beginning at 3:30 a.m. ET with qualifying heats. Live coverage of the semifinals and finals will air each day at 11:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will show daily encore presentations at 8 p.m. ET.
Highlighting the field for Team USA are Katie Ledecky, who began the World Championships with two gold medals this past weekend in the women's 400m freestyle and women's 4x100m freestyle relay; two-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Manuel; and Rio 100m breaststroke champion Lilly King. The men's field features eight-time Olympic medalist Nathan Adrian and Caeleb Dressel, who led the U.S. men's team to their first world title in the 4x100m freestyle relay since 2009 on Sunday, and triple Rio gold medalist Ryan Murphy.
Live water polo coverage continues Monday with women's quarterfinals matches at 2:30 p.m. ET, followed by men's quarterfinals on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. ET and 2:30 p.m. ET. Wednesday's coverage features the U.S. vs. Russia in the women's semifinals at 2:30 p.m. ET, followed by the men's semifinals on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. ET. The women's bronze medal match takes place Friday at 9 a.m. ET, followed by the gold medal match at 2:30 p.m. ET, while the men's bronze and gold medal matches will air the same times on Saturday. The U.S. women are the two-time reigning Olympic gold medalists.
This week's diving coverage begins Saturday at 5 p.m. ET with the women's 20m high dive final, followed by the men's 27m high dive final on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET.
Todd Harris (play-by-play), analyst Rowdy Gaines and reporter Heather Cox call the swimming semis and finals, while Mike McCann (play-by-play) and Brittany MacLean (analyst) will call swimming heats coverage; Nick Gismondi (play-by-play) and Julie Swail (analyst) will provide commentary for the water polo action; Roger Tames (play-by-play) will call diving.
FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA begins its coverage of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships this week from Vienna, Austria, continuing through Aug. 5. Action begins with pool play this Friday at 11 a.m. ET, kicking off with live coverage of the opening match for two-time Olympic medalist April Ross and 2016 Olympian Lauren Fendrick of the U.S. Three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings and 2008 Olympian Nicole Branagh are slated to make their world championship debut as a team in Vienna, but a shoulder injury sustained by Walsh Jennings on Saturday could impact their status. Five American teams will compete on the men's side, led by the pair of 2008 Olympic gold medalist Phil Dalhausser and 2016 Olympian Nick Lucena, as the American men look to win gold for the first time since 2007.
Chris Marlowe (play-by-play) and Kevin Wong (analyst) will provide commentary for this week's FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships coverage.
GYMNASTICS - U.S. CLASSIC
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents live gymnastics coverage from the U.S. Classic on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET from Hoffman Estates, Ill. Seventy-three athletes from 25 states are slated to compete in the event, which serves as the final qualifying meet for the P&G Championships in August. The field is headlined by Ashton Locklear and Ragan Smith, who served as 2016 Olympic replacement athletes for Rio.
John Roethlisberger (play-by-play), Tim Daggett (analyst), and Nastia Liukin (analyst) will call the action.
FIE WORLD FENCING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA continues daily coverage of the FIE World Fencing Championshipsfrom Leipzig, Germany, airing Monday-Thursday at 12:30 p.m. ET and Monday-Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET.
Highlighting the competition for Team USA is 2016 Olympic silver medalist Daryl Homer.
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OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS - JULY 17-24
| Date | Time | Event |
| Monday, July 24 | 6:30 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Water Polo: Women's Quarterfinals* |
| 8 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Swimming Semifinals and Finals* | |
| 9:30 p.m. | FIE World Fencing Championships* | |
| Tuesday, July 25 | 3:30 a.m. | FINA World Championships - Swimming Heats (LIVE) |
| 8:30 a.m. | FINA World Championships - Water Polo: Men's Quarterfinals (LIVE) | |
| 11:30 a.m. | World Games* | |
| 2:30 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Water Polo: Men's Quarterfinals (LIVE) | |
| 6:30 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Water Polo: Men's Quarterfinals* | |
| 8 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Swimming Semifinals and Final * | |
| 10 p.m. | FIE World Fencing Championships* | |
| Wednesday, July 26 | 3:30 a.m. | FINA World Championships - Swimming Heats (LIVE) |
| 11 a.m. | World Games* | |
| 2:30 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Water Polo: Women's Semifinals - U.S. vs. Russia (LIVE) | |
| 6:30 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Water Polo: Women's Semifinals* | |
| 8 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Swimming Semifinals and Finals* | |
| 10 p.m. | FIE World Fencing Championships* | |
| Thursday, July 27 | 3:30 a.m. | FINA World Championships - Swimming Heats (LIVE) |
| 11 a.m. | World Games* | |
| 2:30 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Water Polo: Men's Semifinals (LIVE) | |
| 6:30 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Water Polo: Men's Semifinals* | |
| 8 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Swimming Semifinals and Finals* | |
| Friday, July 28 | 3:30 a.m. | FINA World Championships - Swimming Heats (LIVE) |
| 8 a.m. | World Games* | |
| 9 a.m. | FINA World Championships - Water Polo: Women's Bronze Medal Match (LIVE) | |
| 11 a.m. | FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships - Pool Play (LIVE) | |
| 2:30 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Water Polo: Women's Gold Medal Match (LIVE) | |
| 8 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Swimming Semifinals and Finals* | |
| Saturday, July 29 | 3:30 a.m. | FINA World Championships - Swimming Heats (LIVE) |
| 8 a.m. | World Games* | |
| 9 a.m. | FINA World Championships - Water Polo: Men's Bronze Medal Match (LIVE) | |
| 11 a.m. | FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships - Pool Play (LIVE) | |
| 2:30 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Water Polo: Men's Gold Medal Match (LIVE) | |
| 4 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Swimming Semifinals and Finals* | |
| 5 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Diving: Women's 20m High Dive Final* | |
| 8 p.m. | Gymnastics - U.S. Classic (LIVE) | |
| Sunday, July 30 | 8 a.m. | World Games* |
| 11 a.m. | FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships - Pool Play (LIVE) | |
| 4 p.m. | ITU World Triathlon Series - Edmonton: Women's Sprint* | |
| 5 p.m. | ITU World Triathlon Series - Edmonton: Men's Sprint* | |
| 6 p.m. | FINA World Championships - Swimming Semifinals and Finals* | |
| 8 p.m. | Final World Championships - Diving: Men's 27m High Dive Final* |
*denotes same day delay/encore presentation
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