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Competition & Broadcast Times for Olympic Games

By Kevin Farley | July 20, 2016, 2:09 p.m. (ET)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-- Team USA is ready to fight for spots on the podium at the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

There will be 10 days of competition in the sport of Weightlifting. 

Here are the scheduled lifting times for Team USA Weightlifters. Rio is 1 hour ahead of Eastern time, 4 hours ahead of Pacific time.

*Competition times have been updated as of August 4. Kendrick Farris is competing in 94kg Group B. His competition time has moved up to 2:30pm Eastern on August 13. 

Date Athlete Class Group Rio Time Mountain Eastern
Sat.
8/6
Morghan King 48kg A 7:00pm 4:00pm 6:00pm
Fri.
8/12
Jenny Arthur 75kg  A 3:30pm 12:30pm 2:30pm
Sat.
8/13
Kendrick Farris 94kg B 3:30pm 12:30pm 2:30pm
Sun.
8/14
Sarah Robles +75kg A 7:00pm 4:00pm 6:00pm

A preliminary broadcast schedule has been published. Team USA Weightlifting broadcast times are listed below. Broadcast times are subject to change.

*All times listed are in Eastern. 

Date  Athlete Time Network
Sat.
8/6
Morghan King 8:00-9:00pm NBCSN
Fri.
8/12
Jenny Arthur 11:00pm-12:00am NBCSN
Sat.
8/13 
Kendrick Farris 6:00-9:00pm NBCSN
Sun.
8/14
Sarah Robles 5:00-7:00pm NBCSN

NBCUniversal will stream Olympic events LIVE on NBCOlympics.com

You can find a full Olympic Games schedule here.