Olympics swimming women’s 800m freestyle final live stream – Watch online August 12th
By Matt Couden
The latest information for the live stream and viewing of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics swimming women’s 800m freestyle live stream.
The Rio 2016 Summer Games have been full of drama and excitement with Olympic swimming among the events drawing attention. For Team USA, swimmers Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky have been among the stars of the sport in Brazil. Both of these elite athletes have had strong showings in Rio and will look to continue to add to their resumes with several events on the schedule.
On Friday night, the women’s 800m freestyle finals will take place at Olympic Aquatics Stadium featuring Katie Ledecky of the United States. As of this report, Ledecky has captured four total medals in Rio, with three gold and one silver. Her gold medals came from the 200m and 400m freestyles, as well as the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay. She captured a silver in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay.
For viewers interested in watching the women as they compete in the swimming event on Friday night, the exclusive coverage comes from the NBC network. For those watching on television, the NBC affiliate stations around the country are the channels to use. In order to watch the women’s Olympic swimming live stream online, the official NBC Olympics website and associated apps will have the coverage. Here are the complete details on how to watch on Friday evening.
Date: Thursday, August 12, 2016
Start Time: 9:20 p.m. ET
TV Info: NBC
Live Stream: NBC Olympics
Friday’s competition could be another big night for Ledecky and the United States team as they look to add another medal to their lead.Other swimmers competing in the event will include fellow American Leah Smith, Germany’s Sarah Kohler, Denmark’s Lotte Friis, Great Britain’s Jazmin Carlin and Australia’s Jess Ashwood. It will certainly be an exciting event that viewers will not want to miss out on.