Wednesday offers another full slate of beach volleyball at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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Day 5 of the beach volleyball tournament beings at 9:00 a.m. Eastern and lasts throughout the day until the final match starts at 11:00 p.m. USA Network will have coverage of the morning session before the tournament switches over to MSNBC and NBC at noon, followed by CNBC at 5:00 p.m.
Live streaming is also available on the NBC Sports Live app. Full details for Wednesday’s beach volleyball action are below.
Date: Saturday, August 6
Start Time: 9:00 a.m. ET
Location: Rio de Janeiro
Stadium: Beach Volleyball Arena
TV Info: NBCSN, MSNBC, Telemundo, NBC
Live Stream: NBC Live Extra
Teams will be playing their third and final match of pool play on Wednesday before the knockout stages get underway on Thursday evening. Both the men’s and women’s field will be narrowed down to 14, in addition to two “lucky losers” who must win an additional knockout match to qualify for the playoffs.
Wednesday’s slate is headlined by Americans Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross, who will go for their third straight dominating victory of pool play. The duo will take on Switzerland’s Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Verge-Depre at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.
Team USA’s Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson will also be in action against Spain at 10:00 a.m. Both teams were upset by lower ranked squads on Monday and are in need of a win to ensure qualification to the playoffs.
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Medal favorites Alison Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt of Brazil will try to bounce back after a shocking loss to Austria on Monday. The pair will be taking on Italy’s Adrian Carambula and Alex Ranghier, who have impressed in their two matches so far.