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Rio Olympics: Where to watch Ibtihaj Muhammad fence

By Cheryl Wassenaar

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA - JUNE 25: Ibtihaj Muhammad of the USA waits to fence during the Team Women's Sabre gold medal match against Mexico. The USA would go on to win the match 45-38 at the Pan-American Fencing Championships on June 25, 2016 at the Convention Center Vasco Nunez de Balboa in Panama City, Panama. (Photo by Devin Manky/Getty Images)
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA - JUNE 25: Ibtihaj Muhammad of the USA waits to fence during the Team Women's Sabre gold medal match against Mexico. The USA would go on to win the match 45-38 at the Pan-American Fencing Championships on June 25, 2016 at the Convention Center Vasco Nunez de Balboa in Panama City, Panama. (Photo by Devin Manky/Getty Images) /
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Here’s everything you need to know about watching Ibtihaj Muhammad in the Rio Olympics this year.

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Fencing might not get the same primetime coverage as swimming or gymnastics, but that doesn’t mean it’s not pretty buzzworthy this year. That’s because of Ibtihaj Muhammad, a fencer for Team USA who is the first American to compete while wearing a hijab.

She’ll be participating in two events for Team USA: women’s individual sabre and women’s team sabre. However, with so many channels and so many different events, it’s hard to find exactly what you’re looking for.

Here are the scheduled dates and times to see Muhammad compete, sourced from NBC’s official Olympics schedule.

Women’s individual sabre:

Monday, August 8: Muhammad will face off against Ukraine’s Olena Kravatska at 9:00 local time. NBCSN will air fencing in conjunction with field hockey. Live streams will start at 8am ET. This is part of the round of 32.

Women’s team sabre: 

Saturday, August 13: Muhammad, along with Dagmara Wozniak and two-time individual sabre gold medalist Mariel Zagunis will start in the quarterfinals with a team match against Poland. There will be medals awarded with the bronze and gold medal matches scheduled for the afternoon. NBCSN and MSNBC will split coverage of the event. A live stream of the bronze and gold medal matches will start at 4pm ET.

NBC also allows you to set reminders to tune in to these live streams, which comes in the form of an email. Simply go to the live stream links, click “remind me,” and submit your email address.

Muhammad is currently ranked 8th worldwide by the International Fencing Federation. Her teammate, Mariel Zagunis, is currently ranked 3rd.

Keep an eye on this post, which will be updated as Muhammad and the rest of the women’s sabre team progresses through the Olympics.

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