Live stream info and how to watch the Olympics athletics competition getting underway from the 2016 Rio Olympics online
Despite all of the fantastic action that fans have been able to enjoy over the first week from the 2016 Rio Olympics, the one thing that’s been missing has been the Olympics Athletics competition. The track and field events are always a thrill to watch, but they also take part on the back-end of the Olympic Games as a whole. However, that glorious day has finally arrived as the Olympics athletics events and competition will begin on Day 7 on Friday, August 12.
Yes that means we’re still a day away from track and field and athletics, but there will be a huge numbers of events that will start their qualifying heats and everything getting the ball rolling toward the medal events. From the discus throw, to the shot put, to the heptathlon, and to everything else, there are so many events that will finally be getting going in Olympics Athletics starting on Day 7. That being said, there’s no denying the fact that the main events of the day are the three medal events of the day.
Rio 2016 will see the first Olympics athletics medal be handed out for a race that begins at 10:10 a.m. ET. Running will be the Women’s 10,000m as the best distance runners in the world begin to trek across the host nation in the interest of Olympic glory. It’ll be an exceptionally long race, but should be exciting nonetheless. It’ll be another niche Olympics athletics event with a medal on the line at 1:30 p.m. ET with the Men’s 20km Race Walk competition coming to light. Though it may be odd to some, it should be an exciting race nonetheless.
Fans will then have a long wait until the final medal in Olympics athletics will be handed out as the Women’s Shot Put final will take place starting at 9:00 p.m. ET. These women will be competing all throughout the day, so it’ll be interesting to see how they perform in an event that requires such power at the end of it all. It should be quite fascinating to watch who will be victorious.
Details for the Olympics athletics events are below:
Date: Friday, August 12
Start Time: 8:30 a.m. ET
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Arena: Olympic Stadium
TV Info: NBC, NBCSN
Live Stream: NBCOlympics.com
As is the case with all of the events from Rio 2016, live streaming for the Olympics athletics events from Rio will be available on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app. You can access both using a cable or satellite subscription. Many events can also be seen on either NBC or NBCSN throughout the day.