NBC to offer coverage of wrestling online and on TV throughout Olympics

When Greco-Roman wrestling competition at 55 kg and 60 kg kicks off on August 12 at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, NBC Universal will provide coverage.

Tune into MSNBC to see Greco-Roman action between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST, or visit NBCOlympics.com to see live action. Both these media outlets will carry Greco-Roman and men's and women's freestyle action throughout the Olympic Games, as well as select other channels.

For a complete listing of NBC Universal's coverage of wrestling at the 2008 Olympics please refer below to the information below. All times shown are ET.

In honor of the Chinese lucky number eight, NBC Universal wanted to share eight things about their coverage plan:

1. OLYMPIC WRESTLING ANYTIME, ANYWHERE THIS AUGUST: We will have live streaming of WRESTLING matches from Beijing as part of 2,200 hours of coverage on NBCOlympics.com.
2. UNMATCHED ATHLETE ACCESS: Full coverage on NBCOlympics.com of all the storylines as gold medals are on the line for Team USA's top hopes including Daniel Cormier in the 96 kg weight class, Steve Mocco at 120 kg, and Henry Cejudo at 55 kg.
3. 24-HOUR COVERAGE: The seven networks: NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen, Telemundo, and Universal HD will offer the most in depth Olympic coverage in history with over 3,600 hours of coverage.
4. MISSED SOMETHING OR YOU JUST NEED TO SEE IT AGAIN: More than 3,000 hours of on-demand access to full-event replays and extensive highlights, including daily recaps of key events, best-of montages, commentator analysis, and athlete-specific clips and interviews will be available anytime on NBCOlympics.com.
5. LOCALIZE WITH OLYMPIC ZONE: Go to NBCOlympics.com and enter your zip code to receive localized TV schedule listings that you can sort by sport, network, day and time.
6. GET MOBILE: NBC Olympics Mobile will provide alerts for every Olympic wrestling fan, including breaking news, top stories, medal results, athlete alerts, and TV reminders. Go to < a href="http://www.nbcolympics.com/mobile" target="_blank">NBC Olympics Mobile to sign up now.
7. CALLING ALL FACEBOOK FRIENDS: Check out NBC's new Olympics application "Pass the Baton" at Facebook Application and start spreading the word among your friends that the Beijing Games begin on 8.08.08.
8. JOIN FORCES WITH NBCOLYMPICS.COM AND BECOME OUR WEBSITE PARTNER: We want to share NBC's exclusive Olympic content including news, videos and photos with you and your visitors. For more information, go to NBC Olympics Widgets and follow the instructions.

For more information or for complete listings for the Olympics, visit NBCOlympics.com.

BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES - Wrestling Coverage

- Subject to Change -

- These listings, which are subject to change, offer daily highlights of the 24-Hour 2008 Beijing Olympic programming on NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen, Universal HD & Telemundo. During the Olympic Games, please consult NBCOlympics.com for the most complete daily listings.
- For NBC primetime and late night, all times listed are ET/PT. NBC weekday daytime show airs at same time in all time zones. For USA, MSNBC and CNBC all time listed are ET. For Oxygen all times listed are ET/PT.
- For the latest Olympic TV schedule information, go to NBCOlympics.com

MONDAY, AUGUST 11

NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Wrestling - Greco Roman Competition
Also includes: Archery, Badminton, Fencing, Judo, Sailing, Shooting, Basketball, Canoeing, Handball, Rowing, Tennis, Weightlifting, Softball, and Water Polo

TUESDAY, AUGUST 12

MSNBC
5:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Men's Basketball - China vs. Spain (LIVE)
Women's Soccer - USA vs. New Zealand (LIVE), Nigeria vs. Brazil
Men's Wrestling - Greco Roman, 55kg & 60kg Competition & Finals
Men's Volleyball - Serbia vs. Brazil
Tennis
Badminton - Round of 16 Competition
Men's Weightlifting - 69kg Competition
Men's Water Polo - Serbia vs. Croatia

NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Wrestling - Greco Roman Competition & Gold Medal Finals
Also includes: Archery, Badminton, Fencing, Field Hockey, Judo, Sailing, Shooting, Baseball, Basketball, Canoeing, Equestrian, Handball, Rowing, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Weightlifting, Cycling, Table Tennis, and Water Polo

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13

MSNBC
5:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Baseball - USA vs. South Korea, Cuba vs. Japan
Women's Volleyball - Cuba vs. China (LIVE)
Tennis
Men's Cycling - Individual Time Trial
Men's Wrestling - Greco Roman, 66kg, 74kg Competition & Gold Medal Finals
Table Tennis - Team Competition
Men's Weightlifting - 77kg Competition

NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Wrestling - Greco Roman Gold Medal Finals & Competition
Also includes: Archery, Badminton, Baseball, Fencing, Field Hockey, Judo, Sailing, Shooting, Basketball, Canoeing, Cycling, Equestrian, Handball, Rowing, Soccer, Softball, Table Tennis, Tennis, Weightlifting, and Water Polo

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14

MSNBC
5:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Men's Basketball - Argentina Game (LIVE), Russia vs. Lithuania (LIVE)
Men's Volleyball - China vs. Japan (LIVE), Brazil vs. Russia
Men's Wrestling - Greco Roman 84kg, 96kg, 120kg Competition & Gold Medal Finals
Beach Volleyball
Men's Handball - France vs. Croatia
Men's Water Polo - Hungary vs. Spain
Badminton
Table Tennis - Team Competition

NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Wrestling - Greco Roman Gold Medal Finals
Also includes: Archery, Badminton, Baseball, Fencing, Field Hockey, Judo, Sailing, Shooting, Basketball, Canoeing, Equestrian, Handball, Rowing, Softball, Table Tennis, Tennis, and Weightlifting

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
- Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight gold is at stake as Dremiel Byers wrestles on this day. Byers is competing in his first Olympics after years battling his longtime teammate, rival and training partner, Sydney Olympic gold medalist Rulon Gardner. Gardner, new as an NBC Olympic analyst, will call the match.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15

NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Women's Wrestling - Freestyle 48kg, 55kg Competition
Also includes: Archery, Badminton, Baseball, Fencing, Field Hockey, Judo, Sailing, Shooting, Basketball, Cycling, Equestrian, Handball, Soccer, Softball, Table Tennis, Tennis, and Weightlifting

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16

MSNBC
5:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Men's Soccer - Quarterfinals (LIVE)
Baseball - USA vs. Canada
Women's Wrestling - 48kg, 55kg Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball
Men's Badminton - Doubles Gold Medal Final
Equestrian - Individual Dressage

NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Women's Wrestling - Freestyle 48kg, 55kg Gold Medal Finals, Freestyle 63kg, 72kg
Also includes: Badminton, Baseball, Field Hockey, Sailing, Shooting, Fencing, Basketball, Cycling, Equestrian, Handball, Rowing, Soccer, Softball, Table Tennis, Tennis, and Weightlifting

SUNDAY, AUGUST 17

MSNBC
5:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Softball - USA vs. Netherlands (LIVE)
Women's Wrestling - 63kg, 72kg Gold Medal Finals
Women's Table Tennis - Team Bronze
Badminton - Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Final
Men's Fencing - Team Sabre Gold Medal Final
Men's Badminton - Singles Gold Medal Final
Men's Weightlifting - 94kg Competition
Women's Basketball - Australia vs. Russia
Women's Volleyball - Italy vs. Brazil
Women's Water Polo - Quarterfinal

NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Women's Wrestling - Freestyle 63kg, 72kg Gold Medal Final
Also includes: Badminton, Baseball, Field Hockey, Sailing, Fencing, Basketball, Cycling, Equestrian, Handball, Rowing, Softball, Table Tennis, Tennis, Weightlifting, and Triathlon

MONDAY, AUGUST 18

NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Men's Wrestling - Freestyle 55kg, 60kg
Also includes: Baseball, Field Hockey, Sailing, Basketball, Canoeing, Cycling, Equestrian, Handball, Soccer, Softball, Table Tennis, Weightlifting, and Triathlon

TUESDAY, AUGUST 19

CNBC and CNBC HD
Midnight - 2:00 a.m.
Wrestling - Freestyle, 55kg, 60kg Competition (LIVE)
Table Tennis - Singles, First Round Competition (LIVE)
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Boxing - 48kg, 60kg, 81kg Quarterfinals

MSNBC
5:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Men's Soccer - Semifinals (LIVE)
Men's Wrestling - Freestyle, 55kg, 60kg Gold Medal Finals
Weightlifting - Super Heavyweight Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Baseball - USA vs. Chinese Taipei
Women's Volleyball - Quarterfinals

NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Men's Wrestling - Freestyle 55kg, 60kg Gold Medal Finals, Freestyle 66kg, 74kg
Also includes: Baseball, Field Hockey, Sailing, Taekwondo, Basketball, Canoeing, Cycling, Equestrian, Handball, Soccer, Table Tennis, Weightlifting, Softball, and Swimming

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
- In freestyle wrestling's lightest weight class (55kg/121 lbs), watch for USA's Henry Cejudo, a 21-year-old phenom. Also this day: Freestyle 60kg.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20

MSNBC
5:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Softball - Bronze Medal (LIVE)
Men's Volleyball
Baseball - USA vs. Japan
Men's Wrestling - Freestyle 66kg, 74kg Gold Medal Finals
Table Tennis
Men's Handball - Quarterfinal

NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Men's Wrestling - Freestyle 66kg, 74kg Gold Medal Finals, Freestyle 84kg, 96kg,120kg Competition
Also includes: Baseball, Field Hockey, Sailing, Taekwondo, Modern Pentathlon, Basketball, Canoeing, Handball, Table Tennis, Softball, and Swimming

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
- Iowa's Doug Schwab and Missouri's Ben Askren, each making their Olympic debut in Beijing, hope to compete for medals in freestyle wrestling.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21

CNBC and CNBC HD
Midnight - 2:00 a.m.
Women's Track & Field - 20k Walk
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Men's Wrestling - Freestyle 84kg, 96kg, 120kg Gold Medal Finals

USA and USA HD
2:00 a.m. - Noon
Women's Soccer - Gold Medal Match (LIVE)
Softball - Gold Medal Game (LIVE)
Canoeing - Semifinals (LIVE)
Men's Wrestling - Freestyle 84kg, 96kg, 120kg Competition
Women's Table Tennis - Quarterfinals
Men's Table Tennis

NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Men's Wrestling - Freestyle 84kg, 96kg, 120kg
Also includes: Baseball, Field Hockey, Sailing, Taekwondo, Modern Pentathlon, Basketball, Canoeing, Handball, Table Tennis, Softball, Equestrian, and Soccer

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
- Gold medals are on the line as the big men take the mat in Freestyle Wrestling's 84kg, 96kg and 120kg Finals. Daniel Cormier, in the 96kg class, is one of Team USA's top hopes, and New Jersey's Steve Mocco makes his Olympic debut in the 120kg class, representing a family of athletes.