
ETĪ meeting of the world’s top three over the last several years: world record holder Mondo Duplantis of Sweden, American Chris Nilsen, who took silver to Duplantis at the last Olympics and worlds, and American Sam Kendricks, world champion in 20. Here’s the schedule of events (all times Eastern): Here are the start lists: Los Angeles | Rabat. Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs withdrew Thursday with a minor health issue. The marquee event there is the men’s 100m including American Fred Kerley, the world champion, countryman Trayvon Bromell, the world bronze medalist, and Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala, the world’s fastest man this year. ET on CNBC, /live, the NBC Sports app and Peacock. Then on Sunday, the Diamond League resumes in Rabat, Morocco, live from 2-4 p.m.
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LA boasts more world record holders in the pole vault ( Mondo Duplantis of Sweden) and shot put (American Ryan Crouser), plus a women’s 100m that includes Sha’Carri Richardson, the world’s fastest woman this year, and most of the other top contenders for July’s USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships. The winner likely becomes the favorite for August’s world championships in Budapest. The most stacked race there is the 100m hurdles, pitting the two fastest women in history (Nigerian Tobi Amusan and American Keni Harrison) plus Olympic gold medalist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico. ET on NBC, /live, the NBC Sports app and Peacock. At the conclusion of the 2032 Games, NBCUniversal will have presented 23 total, including 17 consecutive, Olympic Games, the most for a US media company in both categories.The track and field season is beginning to heat up, and the sprints will be sizzling on Saturday and Sunday, live on NBC Sports and Peacock.įirst up is the Los Angeles Grand Prix, live on Saturday from 4:30-6 p.m.

NBCUniversal has the US media rights on all platforms to all Olympic Games through 2032. On radio, Seacrest hosts “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” and “American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest. Seacrest is about to host the final season of Fox’s singing competition “American Idol,” and also is host and executive producer of ABC’s annual New Year’s Eve program, “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.” He also has an agreement with NBCUniversal that includes on-air broadcasting and producing duties across the NBC and E! Networks, including serving as host and producer of the “E! Live from the Red Carpet” awards programs. With his 2014 assignment, Costas became US television’s first 10-time Olympic prime-time host. Costas has been primetime host for every NBC-covered Olympic Games since 1992. Mary Carillo previously hosted Olympics late-night coverage. I can’t wait to reunite with the team of broadcasters and producers for the 2016 Rio Olympics, and I look forward to hosting the live late night show.”īob Costas had served as host of primetime and late-night Olympic coverage for NBC at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, which was do-able owing to the time difference in Sochi. “I appreciate Jim Bell’s confidence, along with everyone at NBC Sports.

“Joining the NBC Olympics team at the 2012 London Games was an exhilarating experience,” added Seacrest.

“We’re thrilled to have Ryan Seacrest in the middle of it all capturing Rio’s unique flavor, talking to Olympic athletes, and telling the stories of the day.” “The late-night atmosphere will be electric,” Jim Bell, executive producer, NBC Olympics, said in Wednesday’s announcement. Those Games were the most-watched television event in US history with more than 217 million viewers tuning in at some point during the days of competition. Seacrest served as a correspondent for the 2012 London Games, and co-hosted the Closing Ceremony. Ryan Seacrest will serve as host of NBC’s live late-night coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, NBC announced with less than a year to go until the Opening Ceremony.
