Rio Olympics, Badminton live stream: Watch online – August 15
By John Buhler
Here is how to watch Olympic badminton online via live stream on Monday, August 15th, featuring Round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals action.
Monday, August 15th will make the fifth day of Olympic badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After trudging through the preliminary parts of all five competitions in the first four days, Monday will be the first day all five events will be out of group stage.
Men’s Singles will complete its Round of 16 on Monday, running in both the morning and evening sessions. Women’s Singles will complete its Round of 16 during the evening session at Riocentro.
As for the Doubles, the Men’s and Women’s Doubles will undergo their quarterfinals stage in the morning, while the Mixed Doubles will complete its semifinals stage on Monday evening. After days of preliminaries, Olympic badminton will be really picking up the pace this week with pivotal matches running each of the next six days.
Given that Olympic badminton has finally gotten past its lengthy group stage, twice will American television viewers have the luxury of seeing either the Round of 16s, quarterfinals, or semifinals on Monday afternoon.
USA will begin airing Olympic badminton at 12:30 PM ET in conjunction with Women’s table tennis until 2:30 PM ET. This is a great time catch Men’s Singles Round of 16 and quarterfinals action in the doubles.
At 3:00 PM ET, one can switch over from USA to MSNBC to watch some more quarterfinals play in the Olympic badminton competition. MSNBC will show Olympic badminton in conjunction with a Women’s quarterfinal in water polo and medal rounds in Olympic sailing until 5:00 PM ET.
Date: Monday, August 15th
Time: 7:00 AM ET
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Arena: Riocentro
TV Info: USA (12:30 PM ET), MSNBC (3:00 PM ET)
Live Stream: NBCOlympics.com
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With Olympic badminton now completely out of group stage, will there be any upsets in any of the sports’ five Olympic events (Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)? Find out during Monday’s action of Round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals in the badminton competitions.