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2012 Olympics: NBC Olympics TV Schedule for Friday

Swimming finals, plus Track and Field's opening night are the highlights of Friday's Olympic TV schedule on NBC.

If you can't leap across the pond for the Olympic games, television coverage will be aired on NBC. See the full schedule of Olympic games on London2012.com.

You can also head to in Fenton where the Olympics will be featured on NBC TV  and they will be running promotions throughout the Olympic Games. Owners expect big crowds for the big events, like Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte in the swimming finals tonight.

You can bet Fenton resident Nyoka Koleda will be tuned into NBC for the Olympics. She is a huge , who said she’ll flip between the channels broadcasting the Olympics to find different events and will DVR whatever she can’t watch at the time.

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“I hope we win lots of medals,” she said.

The Friday schedule for the 2012 Olympics on NBC includes swimming, track & field, rowing, women's beach volleyball and women's water polo. Don't forget to follow additional coverage shown on NBC's family of channels, including MSNBC, NBCSN, Bravo, CNBC, Telemundo and more — check here for that schedule):

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10:00a - 10:30a Track & Field

The opening day of Track & Field kicks off with qualifying rounds, including the women’s 400m, featuring Sanya Richards-Ross, who suffered a hamstring injury during the event in Beijing that resulted in her settling for bronze.

10:30a - 10:45a Rowing

Four more medals will be up for grabs in the men’s pair, single and quardruple sculls, and the women’s double sculls.

10:45a - 11:30a Swimming

Key qualifying heats in swimming include the men’s and women’s 4x100m medley relays, the men’s 1500m freestyle and women’s 50m freestyle.

11:30a - 12:00p Track & Field

More qualifying rounds from Day 1 of Track & Field.

12:00p - 2:00p Beach Volleyball

Two elimination-round matches in Beach Volleyball.

2:00p - 2:30p Swimming

More qualifying heats in Swimming including the women's 50m free, men's 1500m free, and women's and men's 4x100m medley relay.

2:30p - 3:45p Women's Water Polo: USA vs. CHN

The United States will try to deal China a third straight loss to in the final preliminary-round match in Group A. The US gave up three late goals and settled for a 9-9 draw with Spain on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, China lost its second straight match, 11-10 to Hungary.

3:45p - 4:25p Rowing

Four more medals will be up for grabs in the men’s pair, single and quardruple sculls, and the women’s double sculls.

4:25p - 5:00p Track & Field

A runner to watch is Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot, who could be in search of her first Olympic title after sweeping the 5000m and 10,000m races at last year’s World Championships in South Korea. 

8:00p - 12:00a

Swimming finals include the men's 100m butterfly, plus Track and Field's opening night, Diving, the U.S. women's Volleyball team faces Serbia, and the men's Trampoline final.


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