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Olympic badminton live stream: Watch online – August 13

By John Buhler

Aug 12, 2016; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Biao Chai and Wei Hong (CHN) face Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) during the preliminary round in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Riocentro - Pavilion 4. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 12, 2016; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Biao Chai and Wei Hong (CHN) face Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) during the preliminary round in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Riocentro - Pavilion 4. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports /
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Here’s how to watch all the Day 3 Olympic badminton action occurring in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday, August 13th via television and live stream.

Saturday, August 13th will mark the third day of Olympic badminton competition at Riocentro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as part of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

This will be the last full day of morning, afternoon, and evening scheduled events for badminton, finishing up the preliminary part of the competitions in the Men’s Doubles, the Women’s Doubles, and the Mixed Doubles.

Mixed Doubles will actually finish during the afternoon session with only a partial day of preliminary events in the Men’s Singles (morning and afternoon sessions) and one last full day of Women’s Singles prelims coming on Day 4 of the competition on Sunday.

Again, the badminton competitions will begin promptly at 7:00 AM ET, or 8:00 AM ET local time for the folks getting to watch the events live from Brazil. Though Olympic badminton will run throughout the day on Saturday, it will only be broadcasted on television in the United States for a few hours in the afternoon.

Olympic badminton can be seen on MSNBC from 1:30 PM ET to 4:00 PM ET in conjunction with a Men’s Volleyball preliminary event between two of the best in the sport: Russia and Poland. To not miss a second of Olympic badminton action on Saturday, it is probably in one’s best interest to make use of the available live stream on NBCOlympics.com.

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Date: Saturday, August 13

Start Time: 7:00 AM ET

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Arena: Riocentro

TV Info: MSNBC

Live Stream: NBCOlympics.com

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