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Universal Sports to Broadcast U.S. Olympic Track Trials, Present Encore Presentations

Posted June 28th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics

Coverage of the U.S. Olympic Trials, the pressure-packed competition held every four years to select the U.S. Olympic Team, continue on the networks of NBC Universal with nearly 20 hours of swimming and track & field trials over the next two weeks including 10 straight nights of live primetime coverage on NBC and USA. Additionally Universal Sports will present encore presentations of the trials.

Tyson Gay, Allyson Felix, Jeremy Wariner, Bernard Lagat, Reese Hoffa, Sanya Richards and Lauryn Williams are among the top competitors at the historic Hayward Field at the University of Oregon looking to earn a trip to Beijing to represent the U.S. at the Olympic Games. Tom Hammond, Carol Lewis, Lewis Johnson, Ato Boldon, Dwight Stones, Ed Eyestone and Bob Neumeier report from Eugene, Ore.

Fri., June 27
Midnight-1a.m.ET/PT (USA)
Featured events:
Women’s 10,000m Final
Women’s 100m Quarterfinal

Sat., June 28
Track & Field
8-9 p.m. ET
NBC
Featured events:
Women’s 100m Final
Men’s Shot Put
Men’s 100m Quarterfinal

Sun., June 29
Track & Field
7-8 p.m. ET
NBC
Featured events:
Men’s 100m Final
Men’s 400m Hurdle Final
Woman’s 400m Hurdle Final
Men’s 400m Quarterfinal
Men’s Pole Vault

Mon., June 30
Track & Field
11 p.m.-1 a.m. ET/PT
USA
Featured events:
Men’s 5,000m Final
Men’s 400m Semifinal
Men’s and Women’s 800m Final
Women’s 400m Semifinal

Thurs., July 3
Track & Field
11 p.m.-1 a.m. ET/PT
USA
Featured events:
Women’s 400m Final
Men’s 400m Final
Men’s 1,500m Quarterfinal
Women’s Steeplechase Final

Fri., July 4
Track & Field
11 p.m.-1 a.m. ET/PT
USA
Featured events:
Men’s 1,500m Semifinal
Women’s 5000m Final
Men’s 10,000m Final

Sat., July 5
Track & Field
5-6 p.m. ET
NBC
Featured events:
Women’s 200m Semifinal
Men’s 200m Semifinal
Men’s High Jump Final

Sun., July 6
Track & Field
7-9 p.m. ET
NBC
Featured events:
Women’s 1500m Final
Men’s 200m Final
Women’s 200m Final
Women’s Pole Vault Final
Men’s Javelin
Men’s 110m Hurdle Final
Women’s 100m Hurdle Final
Men’s 1,500m Final

UNIVERSAL SPORTS COVERAGE: Universal Sports, a recently announced joint venture between NBC Sports and InterMedia Partners and formerly World Championship Sports Network (WCSN), will air encore presentations of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the following events: swimming, track and field, gymnastics, diving, softball (USA vs. China), whitewater canoeing, men’s indoor volleyball (USA vs. Argentina), women’s indoor volleyball (USA vs. Brazil), men and women’s marathon, wrestling, judo, women’s weightlifting, rowing, men’s BMX, women’s water polo (USA vs. Australia), men’s water polo (USA vs. Croatia) and boxing. WCSN has been rebranded as Universal Sports. Go to NBCOlympics.com and UniversalSports.com for up-to-date schedule information.

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