With less than six months until the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, NBC Sports presents the first-ever live coverage of the U.S. OLYMPIC MARATHON TRIALS this Saturday, Feb. 13, at 1 p.m. ET on NBC from Los Angeles, Calif., featuring simultaneous coverage of the men's and women's races (which start 16 minutes apart on the same course).
Nearly 400 athletes are expected to compete on Saturday, with the top three women and men named to the U.S. Olympic team. 2004 Olympic silver medalist Meb Keflezighi, who also owns New York City and
BOSTON MARATHON victories, headlines the men's field, along with Dathan Ritzenhein, who competed on the 2008 Olympic marathon team and returns to the Olympic Marathon Trials after finishing fourth in 2012. Galen Rupp, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the 10,000m, will make his marathon debut.
2012 Olympic marathon team members Shalane Flanagan, Desiree Linden, and Kara Goucher highlight the women's field, along with 2004 Olympic bronze medalist and American record-holder Deena Kastor, who is looking to make her fourth Olympic team.
Tom Hammond hosts coverage, joined by Craig Masback, Tim Hutchings, Lewis Johnson and Carrie Tollefson.
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THE OLYMPICS BEGIN AUGUST 5, 2016
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Having produced every Summer Olympics since Seoul in 1988 and every Winter Olympics since Salt Lake City in 2002, the networks of NBCUniversal are synonymous with the Games in the United States. NBCUniversal has the U.S. media rights on all platforms to all Olympic Games through 2032. At the conclusion of the 2032 Games, NBCUniversal will have presented 23 total Olympic Games and 17 consecutive, the most for a U.S. media company in both categories.
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USA Today said was "the best overall Olympic experience ever provided by a U.S. network."
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