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2023 USATF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WORLD ATHLETICS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS BATHURST23 PRESENTED THIS WEEK ACROSS NBC AND PEACOCK

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World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst23 from Australia Begins Friday at 11:30 p.m. ET on Peacock

Live Coverage of USATF Indoor Championships from Albuquerque, N.M., Begins Saturday at 4 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock

STAMFORD, Conn. – Feb. 15, 2023 – Reigning 200m world champion Noah Lyles highlights NBC Sports’ live coverage of the 2023 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships from the Albuquerque Convention Center in New Mexico this Saturday, Feb. 18, at 4 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

Lyles, who won the 60m at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston earlier this month in a personal best time of 6.51 seconds, is expected to compete in the 60m against a field including 2019 4x100m world champion Cravon Gillespie and Lyles’ younger brother, Josephus. If victorious, this would be Lyles’ first indoor national championship in the 60m.

Other notable U.S. stars expected to compete this weekend include reigning world and Olympic pole vault champion Katie Moon (née Nageotte), 2022 shot put world champion Chase Ealey, 2022 4x100m world champion Aleia Hobbs, 2016 Rio Olympic 800m bronze medalist Clayton Murphy, 2016 Rio Olympic pole vault bronze medalist Sam Kendricks, 2022 400m hurdles world bronze medalist Trevor Bassitt, and 2021 U.S. 1500m champion Cole Hocker.

NBC Sports’ Paul Swangard will call the event, joined by four-time Olympic medalist Ato Boldon, 2012 London Olympic decathlon silver medalist Trey Hardee, and two-time Olympian Kara Goucher. Lewis Johnson will serve as reporter.

How to Watch – Saturday, February 18 (all times ET):

    • TV: NBC
    • Streaming: Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
Date Time (ET) Platform
Sat., Feb. 18 4-6 p.m. NBC, Peacock (LIVE)

 

WORLD ATHLETICS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS BATHURST23

NBC Sports presents live coverage of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst23 from Mount Panorama Circuit in Australia, streaming this Friday, Feb. 17, at 11:30 p.m. ET on Peacock. This is the first time this event is being held since March 2019, with the original 2021 competition being delayed two consecutive years due to the pandemic.

Highlighting the U.S. team is 2017 steeplechase world champion Emma Coburn, making her World Cross debut. Joining her on the mixed relay team is Tokyo Olympian Heather MacLean, who won the mile in 4:23.42 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston earlier this month. 2023 U.S. cross country champions Ednah Kurgat and Emmanuel Bor are expected to lead the senior women’s and men’s teams, respectively.

On the international men’s side, two-time 10,000m world champion and 5,000m/10,000m world record holder Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) looks to defend his 2019 individual title and Uganda’s team title alongside fellow teammate and 2022 10,000m world bronze medalist Jacob Kiplimo. The two will battle a competitive field highlighted by two-time world cross country champion Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya) and Tokyo Olympic 10,000m champion Selemon Barega (Ethiopia). On the women’s side, 2022 10,000m world champion Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) headlines the field.

How to Watch – Friday, February 17 (all times ET):

    • Streaming: Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
Date Time (ET) Platform
Fri., Feb. 17 11:30 p.m. Peacock (LIVE)
Sat., Feb. 19 Noon CNBC*

*Encore presentation

–NBC SPORTS–

NOAH LYLES, RYAN CROUSER AND AJEE’ WILSON HEADLINE NBC SPORTS’ LIVE COVERAGE OF 115th MILLROSE GAMES SATURDAY AT 4 P.M. ET ON NBC AND PEACOCK

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The 115th Millrose Games Take Place at The Armory in New York, N.Y.

One of the Year’s First Stops on the Road to the 2023 World Championships in Budapest

STAMFORD, Conn. – Feb. 9, 2023 – Tokyo Olympians Noah Lyles, Ryan Crouser, and Ajee’ Wilson headline NBC Sports’ live coverage of the 115th Millrose Games from New York, N.Y., this Saturday, Feb. 11, at 4 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. The iconic meet, held at The Armory in Manhattan, doubles as a stop on the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold.

Reigning 200m world champion and American record holder Lyles is expected to compete in the men’s 60m, where he will face an elite field including 2019 100m world champion Christian Coleman. Lyles won the 60m at last weekend’s New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston in a personal best time of 6.51 seconds, beating 2022 100m world bronze medalist Trayvon Bromell.

Wilson, a seven-time Millrose winner, is expected to compete in the 600m. The 2022 800m indoor world champion has not lost a race at The Armory since 2013 and extended that streak with a victory in the 1000m at the Dr. Sander Invitational in January. She won the 800m at last weekend’s New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in a time of 2:00.45.

Two-time shot put Olympic champion and world record holder Ryan Crouser, who won his first World Championship gold medal last summer, is expected to square off against rival and two-time world champion Joe Kovacs. Newly minted pro Abby Steiner, a member of two gold medal-winning relays at the 2022 World Championships, is set to face Tokyo Olympic 4x100m silver medalist Jenna Prandini in the 300m.

The Wanamaker Mile, the Millrose Games’ signature race, boasts yet another competitive field, headlined by reigning Wanamaker Mile champion and Commonwealth Games 1500m gold medalist Ollie Hoare (Australia) in the men’s race. Joining him are 2021 U.S. 1500m champion Cole Hocker, indoor 3000m American record holder Yared Nuguse, and European 1500m bronze medalist Mario Garcia Romo (Spain). On the women’s side, Tokyo Olympic 1500m silver medalist Laura Muir (Great Britain) and 2022 U.S. 1500m champion Sinclaire Johnson lead the field.

Other notable athletes expected to compete on Saturday include reigning world and Olympic pole vault champion Katie Moon (née Nageotte), 2022 U.S. 1500m champion Cooper Teare, Tokyo Olympic 1500m bronze medalist Josh Kerr (Great Britain), and 10,000m Tokyo Olympian Alicia Monson.

NBC Sports’ Paul Swangard will call the event, joined by four-time Olympic medalist Ato Boldon, four-time Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross, and two-time Olympian Kara Goucher. Lewis Johnson will serve as reporter.

How to Watch – Saturday, February 11 (all times ET):

    • TV: NBC
    • Streaming: Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
Date Time (ET) Platform
Sat., Feb. 11 4-6 p.m. NBC, Peacock (LIVE)

 

NBC Sports’ 2023 Live Indoor Track & Field/Cross Country Schedule
All times Eastern, check local listings, subject to change.

 

Date Meet Location Time (ET) Platforms
Sat., Feb. 11 Millrose Games New York, NY 4 p.m. NBC, Peacock
Fri., Feb. 17 World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst, Australia 11:30 p.m. Peacock
Sat., Feb. 18 USATF Indoor Championships Albuquerque, NM 4 p.m. NBC, Peacock

 

 

–NBC SPORTS–

 

SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE, NOAH LYLES, SHERICKA JACKSON & GRANT HOLLOWAY HEADLINE NBC SPORTS’ LIVE COVERAGE OF NEW BALANCE INDOOR GRAND PRIX SATURDAY AT 4 P.M. ET ON NBC AND PEACOCK

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NBC Sports’ First Track & Field Meet of 2023 Season from Boston, Mass., Begins with Live Coverage Saturday at 4 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock

2023 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix is Part of the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold, a Seven-Race Series of the Best One-Day Professional Indoor Track & Field Competitions in the World

One of the Year’s First Stops on the Road to the 2023 World Championships in Budapest

STAMFORD, Conn. – Feb. 2, 2023 – Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Noah Lyles, Shericka Jackson, and Grant Holloway – all four of whom won individual gold medals at the World Track & Field Championships Oregon22 – headline NBC Sports’ live coverage of the 2023 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix from Boston, Mass., this Saturday, February 4, at 4 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. The meet, which doubles as a stop on the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold, will be held for the first time at the TRACK, a new, state-of-the-art indoor facility at New Balance’s world headquarters in Boston.

McLaughlin-Levrone, coming off a historic 2022 season that saw her win her first individual world championship and re-set her own 400m hurdles world record to 50.68, is expected to drop down in distance and race the 60m dash. The 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion, who owns six of the seven fastest times ever run in the 400m hurdles, was named World Athletics Athlete of the Year for 2022. Competing against her in the 60m is five-time Olympic medalist and reigning 200m world champion Shericka Jackson (Jamaica), who owns the second-fastest 200m time ever (21.45).

Reigning 200m world champion and American record holder Lyles is expected to compete in the men’s 60m dash after a dominant 2022 season that saw him break Michael Johnson’s 26-year-old 200m American record. In the 60m hurdles, 2022 110m hurdles world champion Grant Holloway and silver medalist Trey Cunningham are set to clash in a rematch of their world championship duel in Oregon last summer.

Other notable athletes expected to compete include reigning world and Olympic pole vault champion Katie Moon (née Nageotte), two-time Olympic medalist Gabby Thomas, 2022 100m silver medalist Marvin Bracy-Williams, and 2020 Tokyo Olympic 1500m silver medalist Laura Muir (Great Britain).

NBC Sports’ Paul Swangard will call the event, joined by four-time Olympic medalist Ato Boldon and two-time Olympian Kara Goucher. Lewis Johnson will serve as reporter.

How to Watch – Saturday. February 4 (all times ET):

    • TV: NBC
    • Streaming: Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
Date Time (ET) Platform
Sat., Feb. 4 4-6 p.m. NBC, Peacock (LIVE)

 

NBC Sports’ 2023 Live Indoor Track & Field/Cross Country Schedule
All times Eastern, check local listings, subject to change.

 

Date Meet Location Time (ET) Platforms
Sat., Feb. 4 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Boston, Mass. 4 p.m. NBC, Peacock
Sat., Feb. 11 NYRR Millrose Games New York, NY 4 p.m. NBC, Peacock
Fri., Feb. 17 World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst, Australia 11:30 p.m. Peacock
Sat., Feb. 18 USATF Indoor Championships Albuquerque, NM 4 p.m. NBC, Peacock

 

 

–NBC SPORTS–

LIVE COVERAGE OF CHICAGO MARATHON THIS SUNDAY AT 8 A.M. ET EXCLUSIVELY ON PEACOCK

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Tokyo Olympian and U.S. Champion Emily Sisson and Two-Time NCAA Champion Conner Mantz Headline Strong U.S. Field

STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 6, 2022 – NBC Sports presents live coverage of the 2022 Chicago Marathon this Sunday, Oct. 9 at 8 a.m. ET exclusively on Peacock.

The 44th running of this World Marathon Major is expected to feature a competitive field of U.S. athletes headlined by Tokyo Olympian Emily Sisson, a six-time U.S.  champion and the American half marathon record holder, as well as two-time NCAA cross country champion at BYU Conner Mantz in his marathon debut. Another notable U.S. runner is Laura Thweatt, who finished fifth at the 2020 U.S. Olympic marathon trials.

Women’s 2021 Chicago Marathon champion and 2019 marathon world champion Ruth Chepngetich (Kenya) and men’s 2021 Chicago Marathon winner Seifu Tura (Ethiopia) highlight an elite crew of international stars set to compete. 2021 Amsterdam Marathon runner-up Bernard Koech (Kenya), 2022 Daegu Marathon champion Shifera Tamru (Ethiopia), and 2019 Tokyo Marathon winner Ruti Aga (Ethiopia) are also expected to compete.

The Chicago Marathon will also feature appearances from eight-time Paralympic gold medalist Tatyana McFadden, who is the most decorated athlete in Chicago Marathon history with nine wins, as well as marathon world record holder and six-time Paralympian Manuela Schär (Switzerland). In the elite men’s races, five-time Paralympian and marathon world record holder Marcel Hug (Switzelrand) is set to compete alongside three-time Chicago Marathon champion and Paralympic gold medalist Daniel Romanchuk.

How to Watch – Sunday, October 9 (all times ET):

    • Streaming: Peacock (LIVE)

 

Date Time (ET) Platform
Sun., Oct. 9 8 a.m.-Noon Peacock

 

 

–NBC SPORTS–

NBC SPORTS TO PRESENT LIVE COVERAGE OF NEW BALANCE FIFTH AVENUE MILE THIS SUNDAY AT NOON E.T. ON NBC AND PEACOCK

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Live Coverage Begins at Noon E.T. with the Women’s Race at 12:30 p.m. ET and the Men’s Race at 12:45 p.m. ET

Highlighted By Numerous Olympians and World Championship Medalists Including Jake Wightman, Emma Coburn, Josh Kerr, Cole Hocker, Laura Muir, Cory McGee, and More

STAMFORD, Conn. – Sept. 8, 2022 – Reigning 1500m world champion Jake Wightman, 2017 steeplechase world champion Emma Coburn, Tokyo Olympic 1500m bronze medalist Josh Kerr, and 2021 U.S. 1500m champion Cole Hocker headline NBC Sports’ live coverage of the 2022 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile this Sunday, Sept. 11, at Noon E.T on NBC and Peacock.

The race – in its 41st year – stretches 20 blocks on 5th Avenue in New York City, starting at 80th street and finishing at 60th street. The women’s field is led by defending champion Jemma Reekie (Great Britain), 2022 world 1500m bronze medalist Laura Muir (Great Britain), Tokyo Olympic 1500m finalist Cory McGee, and Coburn. Reekie looks to repeat as champion in the absence of 2016 Rio Olympic 1500m bronze medalist Jenny Simpson, who won the race a record seven years in a row from 2013 to 2019.

The men’s field is led by Wightman (Great Britain), Kerr (Great Britain), Hocker, and Tokyo Olympian Jye Edwards (Australia). Wightman is coming off a breakout season that saw him win the world title in the 1500m, the European silver medal in the 800m, and Commonwealth Games bronze in the 1500m. A two-time winner of the 5th Avenue Mile, Wightman looks to become the first man to win in back-to-back years since Isaac Viciosa (Spain) won the iconic race four years in a row (1995-1998). The U.S. contingent in the men’s race is highlighted by 2019 U.S. 1500m champion Craig Engels.

NBC Sports’ Paul Swangard will call the event, joined by two-time Olympian Kara Goucher and reporter Lewis Johnson.

How to Watch – Sunday, September 11 (all times ET):

    • Streaming: Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
    • TV: NBC

 

Date Time (ET) Platform
Sun., Sept. 11 12-1 p.m. Peacock, NBC

 

 

–NBC SPORTS–

NOAH LYLES, SHELLY-ANN FRASER-PRYCE, GRANT HOLLOWAY, SHERICKA JACKSON, AND RYAN CROUSER HEADLINE LIVE DIAMOND LEAGUE FINAL TRACK & FIELD COVERAGE FROM ZURICH ON PEACOCK

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Live Meet Coverage from Zurich, Switzerland, Begins Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. ET on Peacock

Marks Final Competition of 2022 Diamond League Season – Winners of Each Event Will Be Crowned Diamond League Champions

STAMFORD, Conn. – Sept. 6, 2022 – Noah Lyles, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Grant Holloway, Shericka Jackson, and Ryan Crouser – all of whom won individual gold medals at the 2022 World Track & Field Championships in July – headline NBC Sports’ live coverage of the 2022 Diamond League Final meet from Zurich, Switzerland, this Wednesday, Sept. 7, beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET on Peacock. The second and final day of the meet will be presented live this Thursday at 1 p.m. ET on Peacock. An encore presentation will air on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Noon ET on CNBC. As this is the final Diamond League meet of the season, winners from each event will be crowned 2022 Diamond League Champion. Winners can also earn a bye to the 2023 World Track & Field Championships, which take place in Budapest next summer.

Lyles headlines an elite crew of U.S. World Championship medalists that are expected to compete at Letzigrund in Zurich. The final race of the meet, the men’s 200m, features 2022 world champion and American record holder Lyles (a three-time Diamond League champion in this event) as well as 2022 World Championship bronze medalist Erriyon Knighton, the 18-year-old phenom who is also the fifth-fastest 200m runner in history.

2022 men’s shot put world champion and world record holder Ryan Crouser and 2022 silver medalist Joe Kovacs will once again face off in their signature event, while 2022 women’s shot put world champion Chase Ealey tries to win her first Diamond League championship. Other notable U.S. stars in action will be 2022 110m hurdles world champion Grant Holloway, 2022 400m hurdles bronze medalist Dalilah Muhammad, two-time Tokyo Olympic medalist Gabby Thomas, 2022 100m world bronze medalist Trayvon Bromell, 2022 javelin world silver medalist Kara Winger, Tokyo Olympic discus champion Valarie Allman, 2017 steeplechase world champion Emma Coburn, and 2022 U.S. 5000m champion and American record holder Grant Fisher.

The Diamond League Final also has an impressive list of international stars expected to compete, highlighted by 2022 100m world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica),  who is in the midst of one of the most impressive sprinting seasons in track & field history with three medals at the 2022 World Championships and running a world-leading time of 10.62 (tied for sixth-fastest 100m in history) – and 2022 200m world champion Shericka Jackson (Jamaica), who looks to add her first Diamond League championship to her stellar resume.

Reigning 5000m world champion and 1500m world silver medalist Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) is expected to clash against defending Diamond League 1500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) in a re-match of their epic battle at the Tokyo Olympics that saw Ingebrigtsen win his first major international gold medal, while 2022 800m world champion Emmanuel Korir (Kenya) and 2022 1500m world champion Jake Wightman (Great Britain) will once again race at the half-mile distance, which Wightman won at last week’s Brussels Diamond League meet.

Other notable international athletes expected to compete include 2022 triple jump world champion and world record holder Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela), 2022 pole vault world champion and world record holder Mondo Duplantis (Sweden), 2022 1500m world champion Faith Kipyegon (Kenya), 2022 400m hurdles world champion Alison dos Santos (Brazil), six-time Olympic medalist Andre De Grasse (Canada), 2022 steeplechase world champion Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco), 2022 100m hurdles world champion and world record holder Tobi Amusan (Nigeria), 2022 5000m world champion Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia), and 2022 800m silver medalist Keely Hodgkinson (Great Britain).

NBC Sports’ Paul Swangard will call the event, joined by two-time Olympian Kara Goucher and 2012 Olympic silver medalist Trey Hardee. The three of them will be joined by four-time Olympic medalist Ato Boldon on Thursday.

How to Watch – Wednesday, September 7-Thursday, September 8 & Saturday, September 10 (all times ET):

    • Streaming: Peacock (LIVE), NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
    • TV: CNBC*

 

Date Time (ET) Platform
Wed., Sept. 7 11:30-1:30 p.m. Peacock
Thu., Sept. 8 1-4:00 p.m. Peacock
Sat., Sept. 10 12-2 p.m.* CNBC

*encore

 

–NBC SPORTS–

SHELLY-ANN FRASER-PRYCE, SHERICKA JACKSON, ERRIYON KNIGHTON, AND EMMA COBURN HEADLINE NBC SPORTS’ LIVE DIAMOND LEAGUE TRACK & FIELD COVERAGE FROM BRUSSELS ON PEACOCK

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Live Meet Coverage from Brussels, Belgium, Begins Friday at 2 p.m. ET on Peacock

Encore Presentation Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on NBC

Marks Penultimate Competition of 2022 Diamond League Season

STAMFORD, Conn. – August 31, 2022 – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson, Erriyon Knighton, and Emma Coburn – all four of whom have won individual medals at the World Track & Field Championships in their careers – headline NBC Sports’ live coverage of the 2022 Diamond League meet from Brussels, this Friday, September 2, beginning at 2 p.m. ET on Peacock. An encore presentation will air Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on NBC. This is the final Diamond League meet before the two-day final in Zurich on September 7-8.

Fraser-Pryce and Jackson headline an elite crew of World Championship medalists that are expected to compete at King Baudouin Stadium on Friday. The marquee race of the meet is expected to see the Jamaican duo of Fraser-Pryce, the 2022 100m world champion, and Jackson, the 2022 200m world champion, square off in the 100m. Fraser-Pryce is undefeated in Diamond League 100m races this summer, while Jackson ran the second-fastest 200m in history at the World Championships in July. 2021 U.S. 100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson is also expected to compete in the race.

On the American side, 200m World Championship bronze medalist Knighton, the 18-year-old phenom who is the fifth-fastest 200m runner in history, is expected to toe the line in his signature distance. Other notable American athletes expected to compete include 2022 World Championship pole vault silver medalist Chris Nilsen, 2022 javelin silver medalist Kara Winger, 2017 steeplechase world champion Emma Coburn, Tokyo Olympic steeplechase silver medalist Courtney Frerichs, 2022 U.S. 5000m champion Grant Fisher, and Tokyo Olympic 100m hurdles silver medalist Keni Harrison.

This penultimate Diamond League competition also boasts an impressive list of international stars. 2022 800m world champion Emmanuel Korir (Kenya) is expected to clash against 2022 1500m world champion Jake Wightman (Great Britain) as they meet at the half-mile distance, while 2022 400m bronze medalist Sada Williams (Barbados) will take on 2022 800m bronze medalist Mary Moraa (Kenya) in the 400m. Other notable athletes expected to compete include 2022 pole vault world champion and world record holder Mondo Duplantis (Sweden), 2022 heptathlon world champion Nafi Thiam (Belgium), 2022 400m hurdles world champion Alison dos Santos (Brazil), 2022 high jump world champion Eleanor Patterson (Australia), and Tokyo Olympic 100m hurdles gold medalist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (Puerto Rico).

NBC Sports’ Paul Swangard will call the event, joined by four-time Olympic medalist Ato Boldon, three-time Olympic gold medalist Tianna Madison, and two-time Olympian Kara Goucher.

How to Watch – Friday, September 2 & Saturday, September 3 (all times ET):

    • Streaming: Peacock (LIVE), NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
    • TV: NBC

 

Date Time (ET) Platform
Fri., Sept. 2 2-4 p.m. Peacock
Sat., Sept. 3 3-4:30 p.m.* NBC

*encore

 

–NBC SPORTS–

NOAH LYLES, SHELLY-ANN FRASER-PRYCE, MICHAEL NORMAN, GRANT HOLLOWAY AND RYAN CROUSER HEADLINE NBC SPORTS’ LIVE DIAMOND LEAGUE TRACK & FIELD COVERAGE FROM LAUSANNE ON PEACOCK

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Live Meet Coverage from Lausanne, Switzerland, Begins Friday at 2 p.m. ET on Peacock

Encore Presentation on CNBC Saturday at 1 p.m. ET

Marks Third-to-Last Competition of 2022 Diamond League Season

STAMFORD, Conn. – August 23, 2022 – Noah Lyles, Michael Norman, Grant Holloway, and Ryan Crouser – all four of whom won individual gold medals at the World Track & Field Championships Oregon22 in July – headline NBC Sports’ live coverage of the 2022 Diamond League meet from Lausanne, Switzerland, this Friday, August 26, beginning at 2 p.m. ET on Peacock. An encore presentation will air Saturday at 1 p.m. ET.

Lyles headlines an elite crew of World Championship medalists that are set to compete at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise on Friday. Lyles, who set the American record in the 200m earlier this summer, is expected to face off against 400m world champion Norman and 200m bronze medalist Erriyon Knighton in a re-match of the trio’s Diamond League race in Monaco earlier this month that saw Lyles take the win in a meet-record of 19.46.

110m hurdles world champion Grant Holloway and bronze medalist Trey Cunningham are expected to toe the line against Tokyo Olympic champion Hansle Parchment (Jamaica), while 2022 shot put world champion and world record holder Ryan Crouser will compete against fellow Americans 2022 silver medalist Joe Kovacs and bronze medalist Josh Awotunde – the three men who swept the shot put podium at the World Championships in July. Other notable Americans expected to compete include 2022 pole vault silver medalist Sandi Morris, 2022 400m hurdles bronze medalist Dalilah Muhammad, and two-time Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor

On the international side, the Jamaican trio that swept the 100m World Championship podium is back in action, with 2022 100m world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, 2022 200m world champion Shericka Jackson, and five-time Olympic gold medalist Elaine Thompson-Herah looking to continue their dominant summer in the women’s 100m. Other notable athletes expected to compete include 2022 triple jump world champion and world record holder Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela), 2022 5000m world champion and 1500m silver medalist Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway), 2022 100m hurdles world champion Tobi Amusan (Nigeria), 2022 steeplechase world champion Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco), and Olympic 5000/10,000m gold medalist Sifan Hassan (Netherlands).

NBC Sports’ Paul Swangard will call the event, joined by four-time Olympic medalist Ato Boldon and 2004 U.S. Olympian Carrie Tollefson.

How to Watch – Friday, August 26 & Saturday, August 27 (all times ET):

    • Streaming: Peacock (LIVE), NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
    • TV: CNBC

 

Date Time (ET) Platform
Fri., Aug. 26 2-4 p.m. Peacock
Sat., Aug. 27 1-3 p.m.* CNBC

*encore

 

–NBC SPORTS–

 

SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN, NOAH LYLES, MICHAEL NORMAN, AND GRANT HOLLOWAY HEADLINE NBC SPORTS’ LIVE DIAMOND LEAGUE TRACK & FIELD COVERAGE FROM SILESIA AND MONACO ON PEACOCK AND CNBC

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Live Coverage of the Silesia Diamond League Meet Begins Saturday at 10 a.m. ET on Peacock and CNBC

Live Coverage of the Monaco Diamond League Presented Next Wednesday, August 10, at 2 p.m. ET on Peacock

STAMFORD, Conn. – August 4, 2022 – Sydney McLaughlin, Noah Lyles, Michael Norman, and Grant Holloway – all four of whom won individual gold medals at the World Track & Field Championships Oregon22 in July – headline NBC Sports’ live coverage of the 2022 Diamond League track & field season this week, with the series’ ninth and tenth competitions from Silesia in Poland and Monaco. McLaughlin, fresh off breaking her own 400m hurdles world record at the World Track & Field Championships Oregon22 with a blistering 50.68, will be competing in her first Diamond League competition since 2019. McLaughlin has run the three fastest times ever in the women’s 400m hurdles.

Additional Team USA athletes who won medals at the recent World Championships include Chase Ealey, Erriyon Knighton, Sandi Morris, Kara Winger, Trayvon Bromell, and Kenny Bednarek.

Live action begins in Silesia on Saturday, August 6, at 10 a.m. ET on Peacock and CNBC. Diamond League competition continues from Monaco on Wednesday, August 10, at 2 p.m. ET on Peacock.

SILESIA DIAMOND LEAGUE – SATURDAY, AUGUST 6

2022 400m world champion and Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Michael Norman headlines an elite crew of American Olympians and World Championship medalists that are set to compete at the Silesian Stadium. Norman is expected to race 2022 World Championship silver medalist Kirani James (Grenada) in a rematch of their world championship duel in Eugene last month.

In the 100m, 2022 World Championship silver medalist Marvin Bracy-Williams, bronze medalist Trayvon Bromell, and 2019 world champion Christian Coleman are all expected to toe the line, while 2022 100m world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) looks to continue her dominant summer in the women’s race.

2022 world champion Chase Ealey, who won gold in the women’s shot put, is expected to compete, as well as 2022 World Championship silver medalist Kara Winger in the women’s javelin. On the international side, 2022 world champions Shericka Jackson (Jamaica), Alison Dos Santos (Brazil), and Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas) are all expected to race.

NBC Sports’ Paul Swangard will call the event, joined by four-time Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross and two-time Olympic marathoner Des Linden.

How to Watch – Saturday, August 6 (all times ET):

    • TV: CNBC
    • Streaming: Peacock (LIVE), NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

 

Date Time (ET) Platform
Sat., August 6 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Peacock, CNBC

 

MONACO DIAMOND LEAGUE – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10

2022 400m hurdles world champion and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin, competing in her first Diamond League competition since 2019, is expected to headline this meet for the Americans. McLaughlin ran a world record 50.68 in Eugene last month to claim her first individual world championship and has broken the world record an astonishing four times.

In the men’s 200m, it will be a world championship rematch as all three medalists are expected to toe the line – world champion Noah Lyles, silver medalist Kenny Bednarek, and bronze medalist Erriyon Knighton – along with 400m world champion Michael Norman. Other notable athletes include 2022 110m hurdles world champion Grant Holloway, who is expected to compete in his signature race, while Grant Fisher will drop down in distance and race the 3000m. 2022 World Championship pole vault silver medalist Sandi Morris looks to win her fourth Diamond League competition of the season.

On the international side, world champion and world record holder Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) and world champions Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica), Shericka Jackson (Jamaica), and Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) are all expected to compete.

Swangard will call the event, joined by Richards-Ross and Linden.

How to Watch – Wednesday, August 10 (all times ET):

    • TV: CNBC
    • Streaming: Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

 

Date Time (ET) Platform
Wed., Aug. 10 2-4 p.m. Peacock
Sat., Aug. 13* 1-3 p.m. CNBC

* Tape delay

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OREGON22 IS MOST-WATCHED WORLD TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS ON RECORD

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18.7 Million Total Viewers Across NBC Sports Platforms for 10-Day Event is Most On Record (Since 1988)

July 24 Primetime Program on NBC is Most-Watched Track & Field Event on NBC in 26 Years, Excluding Olympics and U.S. Team Trials

Powered by Sydney McLaughlin, Noah Lyles, Athing Mu, Fred Kerley, Katie Nageotte, Ryan Crouser and Many More, Team USA Sets World Track & Field Championships Record By Winning 33 Medals

STAMFORD, Conn. – July 27, 2022 – Powered by the incredible performances of superstar athletes Sydney McLaughlin, Noah Lyles, Athing Mu, Fred Kerley, Katie Nageotte, Ryan Crouser and many more, the World Track & Field Championships Oregon22 are the most-watched World Track & Field Championships on record (since 1988), reaching 18.7 million total viewers across NBC Sports platforms for the 10-day event. The 18.7 million total viewers surpass NBC Sports’ previous record for the event by 65% (London 2017, 11.3 million).

In the first-ever outdoor World Track & Field Championships held in the United States, Team USA finished with 33 total medals (13 gold), the highest ever by a single nation, breaking a 35-year-old record (31, East Germany, Rome 1987). The previous American record was 30 medals for London 2017. See below for the complete Team USA medal haul.

On the final night of competition on Sunday, July 24, NBC averaged 2.362 million TV-only viewers (9:00-11:06 p.m. ET/PT), making it the network’s most-watched track & field program in 26 years, excluding Olympics and U.S. Team Trials. Viewership peaked at 3.2 million viewers at the end of the competition night. It was also the second-most watched sports program of the weekend.

“Oregon22 was an unprecedented opportunity to engage with passionate American track & field fans and make new ones,” said Gary Zenkel, President, NBC Olympics & Paralympics. “The U.S. Track & Field team, fueled by an electric, live crowd at iconic Hayward Field, delivered on that opportunity and then some, with a dominant performance across multiple events on the track and in the field that sets the stage for a record-setting Paris 2024 Olympics.”

Additional viewership highlights:

  • Coverage for the seven NBC broadcast network programs — including four in primetime, a first for the event – averaged nearly two million TV-only viewers (1.934 million), the highest World Track & Field Championships average for the network in 15 years (2007, 2.08 million, one NBC telecast).
  • Friday night’s (July 22) primetime coverage on USA Network averaged 783,000 TV-only viewers, NBC Sports’ second-most watched track & field cable telecast on record, excluding Olympics and U.S. Team Trials. It trails only the 2018 Indoor Championships, which had a Winter Olympics lead-in (1.306 million, NBCSN, Feb. 10).
  • Across all 43 hours of television coverage (NBC/USA/CNBC), the 2022 World Track & Field Championships averaged 834,000 viewers – the highest average for the event since 2015 (1.163 million, four NBC-only telecasts). That average viewership is more than four times larger than the 2019 event in Doha (199,000 viewers).
  • The T&F World Championships set a new streaming record with more than 200 million minutes viewed, including simulstreams, exclusives, and replays, across Peacock and NBC Sports digital platforms.

NBC Sports’ record coverage of the 10-day event (July 15-24) included 43 hours of television programming across NBC, USA Network and CNBC, as well as live streaming coverage of all competition sessions on Peacock. NBC Sports digital platforms live streamed all television coverage.

Via its extensive media rights agreement with World Athletics that runs through 2029, NBC Sports will present the next four outdoor World Track & Field Championships, including Budapest 2023 and Tokyo 2025, and many other championship meets.

NBCUniversal also has exclusive U.S. media rights to the Olympic Games through 2032, including the Paris 2024 Olympic Games which begin two years from yesterday, and will feature extensive track & field coverage.

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MEDALS WON BY TEAM USA

 

GOLD (13)

  • Women’s Shot Put, 20.49m/67-2.75 (Chase Ealey)
  • Men’s 100m, 9.86 (Fred Kerley)
  • Women’s Hammer, 78.96m/259-1 (Brooke Andersen)
  • Women’s Pole Vault, 4.85m/15-11 (Katie Nageotte)
  • Men’s 110m Hurdles, 13.03 (Grant Holloway)
  • Men’s Shot Put, 22.94m/75-3.25 (Ryan Crouser)
  • Men’s 200m, 19.31 (Noah Lyles)
  • Men’s 400m, 44.29 (Michael Norman)
  • Women’s 400m Hurdles, 50.68 WR* (Sydney McLaughlin)
  • Women’s 4x100m Relay, 41.14 (Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini, TeeTee Terry)
  • Women’s 800m, 1:56.30 (Athing Mu)
  • Men’s 4x400m Relay, 2:56.17 (Elija Godwin, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon, Champion Allison)
  • Women’s 4x400m Relay, 3:17.79 (Talitha Diggs, Abby Steiner, Britton Wilson, Sydney McLaughlin)

 

SILVER (9)

  • Men’s 100m, 9.88 (Marvin Bracy-Williams)
  • Women’s Pole Vault, 4.85m/15-11 (Sandi Morris)
  • Men’s Shot Put, 22.89m/75-1.25 (Joe Kovacs)
  • Men’s 110m Hurdles, 13.08 (Trey Cunningham)
  • Men’s 400m Hurdles, 46.89 (Rai Benjamin)
  • Men’s 200m, 19.77 (Kenny Bednarek)
  • Women’s Javelin, 64.05m/210-1 (Kara Winger)
  • Men’s 4x100m Relay, 37.55 (Christian Coleman, Noah Lyles, Elijah Hall-Thompson, Marvin Bracy-Williams)
  • Men’s Pole Vault, 5.94m/19-5.75 (Chris Nilsen)

 

BRONZE (11)

  • Mixed 4x400m Relay, 3:10.16 (Elija Godwin, Allyson Felix, Vernon Norwood, Kennedy Simon)
  • Men’s 100m, 9.88 (Trayvon Bromell)
  • Women’s Hammer, 74.86m/245-7 (Janee’ Kassanavoid)
  • Men’s Shot Put, 22.29m/73-1.75 (Josh Awotunde)
  • Women’s Heptathlon, 6,755 (Anna Hall)
  • Women’s Triple Jump, 14.72m/48-3.5 (Tori Franklin)
  • Men’s 400m Hurdles, 47.39 (Trevor Bassitt)
  • Women’s Discus, 68.30m/224-1 (Valarie Allman)
  • Men’s 200m, 19.80 (Erriyon Knighton)
  • Women’s 400m Hurdles, 53.13 (Dalilah Muhammad)
  • Men’s Decathlon, 8,676 (Zach Ziemek)

 

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