TEAM USA BASKETBALL’S NEXT FOE: VENEZUELA
After demolishing China 119-62 in their opening match, Team USA’s next opponent is a Venezuelan squad making their first Olympic appearance in the men’s tournament since 1992.
The game will feature a matchup of high school teammates as Venezuela’s best player Greivis Vasquez, a point guard for the Brooklyn Nets, and Kevin Durant square off.
How to Watch: See Team USA, including Golden State Warriors teammates Durant, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, continue their march for gold against Venezuela live on your smartphone, tablet or desktop computer. The game will also air on NBC Sports at 3 PM PT. WATCH LIVE STREAM
WITH NEW PARTNER, THREE-TIME GOLD MEDALIST WALSH JENNINGS AIMS FOR NO. 4
Three-time Gold medalist and Stanford grad Kerri Walsh Jennings and rival-turned-partner April Ross face China in the preliminary round of the women’s beach volleyball tournament. Walsh Jennings comes to Rio just a year removed from a serious shoulder injury that sidelined her most of the fall. While competing with Ross, she dislocated her right shoulder twice. She had surgery in September to repair her labrum, which had torn from the bone.
But Walsh Jennings believes the injury may ultimately be a blessing, as it forced her and Ross to learn how to rely on each other.
How to Watch: See the duo live on your smartphone or desktop computer here at 8pm PT. Or you can watch on NBC at 11pm PT. WATCH LIVE STREAM AT 8PM PT
MICHAEL PHELPS GOES FOR MORE GOLD
Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time with a record 22 medals, enters his fifth Olympic Games looking to add a few more to his treasure trove.
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His first individual event will be the 200m butterfly, an event where Phelps already possesses two gold medals and one silver. While a number of incidents plagued Phelps following the 2012 London Games, the Olympian says he’s more focused than ever and determined to leave the sport on his own terms.
“I haven’t trained like this in a decade,” Phelps told Matt Lauer in an earlier TODAY interview. “I want to retire how I want to retire and I have a great opportunity to do that.”
How to Watch: Watch Phelps' return to individual Olympic competition live on your smartphone or desktop computer at 7PM PT. The finals air at 10pm PT on NBC.
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PALO ALTO'S LILY ZHANG SPINS INTO ROUND 3
Palo Alto native Lily Zhang, whose love of table tennis began at age 7 at a Stanford laundromat, competes in round 3 of women's singles.
The 20-year-old Cal Berkeley student took the year off to train for the Rio games.
Zhang is serious about raising the profile of table tennis in the United States from backyard pastime to legitimate sport. Eventually she hopes the U.S. will regularly share the podium with current table tennis powerhouse countries like China and Japan. "Hopefully in the future it will be a sport that’s taken very seriously in America," says Zhang.
How to Watch: Watch her compete in round 3 live on your smartphone or desktop computer at 6am PT. WATCH LIVE STREAM
MUSLIM FENCER FROM NJ TO MAKE HISTORY
Ibtihaj Muhammad, the middle daughter of a retired detective and special education teacher, will make historyMonday when she become the first U.S. athlete to compete in the Olympics while wearing a hijab, the head scarf worn by some Muslim women.
The Maplewood, NJ native, ranked seventh in the world in the women’s saber, began fencing after her mother saw fencers practicing and suggested she try the sport because of its modest uniforms.
“I feel like I’ve been blessed to be in this position, to be given this platform,” said Muhammad. “When I think of my predecessors, and people who’ve spoken out against bigotry and hate, I feel like I owe it not just to myself but to my community to try and fight it.”
How to Watch: Watch live on your smartphone or desktop computer as Muhammad makes her Olympic debut at 5am PT. WATCH LIVE STREAM
