“Cole Hocker has just run the race of his life!” – Leigh Diffey on Hocker winning gold in the men’s 1500m for Team USA
“From the hallways of Harvard to the history books of track & field!” – Sanya Richards-Ross on Team USA’s Gabby Thomas winning gold in women’s 200m
“This team feels free, they’re playing with joy, and they know that someone is always going to step up.” – Julie Foudy on Team USA women’s soccer advancing to gold medal match with 1-0 victory vs. Germany
Tonight’s “Primetime in Paris” at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock Includes Team USA’s Gabby Thomas in Women’s 200m Final, Cole Hocker in Men’s 1500m Final, and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in Women’s 400m Hurdles Semis
LIVE TOMORROW: Team USA Women’s Basketball Faces Nigeria in Quarterfinals Live at 3:30 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock
STAMFORD, Conn. – August 6, 2024 – NBCUniversal’s coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics continues tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock with “Primetime in Paris,” hosted by Mike Tirico and featuring in-depth storytelling and a cinematic main title sequence.
Tonight’s “Primetime in Paris” will feature Gabby Thomas in the women’s 200m final and Cole Hocker in the men’s 1500m final as they both look to add more gold to Team USA’s medal haul, as well as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone competing in the women’s 400m hurdles semifinal.
Wednesday’s coverage is headlined by track & field coverage beginning at 1 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. 2024 U.S. 400m champion Quincy Hall and 2022 world champion Michael Norman will compete in the men’s 400m and aim to win the first U.S. gold medal in the event since 2008, while Tokyo Olympic pole vault gold medalist Katie Moon looks to defend her title. Additional finals include the men’s steeplechase and men’s discus.
Also on the track, three-time 110m hurdles world champion Grant Holloway competes in the semifinals of his signature event, while Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Rai Benjamin runs in the 400m hurdles semifinals.
Led by A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart, Team USA women’s basketball takes on Nigeria in the quarterfinals live at 3:30 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock, in pursuit of its 59th consecutive Olympic win and eighth consecutive gold medal.
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Following are highlights from today’s coverage of the Paris Olympics on the platforms of NBCUniversal:
TRACK & FIELD
Leigh Diffey on Cole Hocker’s gold medal in the men’s 1500m: “Cole Hocker has just run the race of his life to beat (Jakob) Ingebrigtsen and (Josh) Kerr...In his second Olympics, Cole Hocker is an Olympic champion!”
Kara Goucher: “Cole Hocker stepped up to the challenge. His PR is slower than everyone else...but he just ran a second under the Olympic record. He was committed to it, he moved his way through that first lap, finding room, and then he rode that train. He knew what he had in his back pocket that no one else had was that final 75 meter speed.”
Diffey on Gabby Thomas winning gold in the women’s 200m: “Olympic champion...with authority!”
Sanya Richards-Ross on Thomas’ win: “From the hallways of Harvard to the history books of track & field!”
11-time Olympic medalist Allyson Felix to Mike Tirico on Thomas’ dominant win: “It was over the moment she came off of that curve…She was so determined. You saw it in her eyes before the gun went off…She knows she had it, and that’s the best feeling. Cross the line, gold medal.”
Richards-Ross on defending 400m hurdles gold medalist and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone advancing to the final with the fastest Olympic semifinal time ever: “She just makes it look so easy. It’s hard for us to explain what this young woman is doing every time she steps on the track. She’s running times that used to win championships, and she’s jogging coming home.”
BASKETBALL
Dwyane Wade on the intensity of the France-Canada men’s basketball quarterfinal: “[Dillon] Brooks just missed a free throw and Wemby [Victor Wembanyama] starts screaming like he got an and-one. The emotion that’s in this game, how much this means to these players, is real.”
Wade to Noah Eagle on France’s home-court advantage: “Partner, I’m sitting right next to you and I can barely hear you. I have no answer for the crowd either…In these Olympics, everyone has showed up and showed out.”
Bob Fitzgerald on Serbia’s Nikola Jokic: “Don’t play cards with that guy – at the bottom of the deck is the Joker!”
Bob Fitzgerald on Australian guard Patty Mills raising his level of play in international competition: “Any NBA team that signs Patty Mills – just say you’re playing for Australia – because he’s Superman! He puts the cape on and it’s green and gold.”
SOCCER
Julie Foudy on Team USA’swin against Germany in the semifinals: “You can see it in these player’s faces. There is something to this team that has been brought in this Emma Hayes era. There’s a belief, there’s no expectations, there’s no restrictions. This team feels free, they’re playing with joy, and they know that someone is always going to step up. And here they are in that gold medal match.”
Jon Champion on the resilience of Team USA: “What is it about this U.S. team? As in the quarterfinal, they always find a way.”
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ABOUT NBC OLYMPICS
The NBC broadcast network and streaming service Peacock are the company’s primary platforms for its coverage of the Olympic Games Paris 2024. NBCU owns the U.S. media rights to the Olympic Games through 2032, which are scheduled for Paris (2024), Milan Cortina (2026), Los Angeles (2028) and Brisbane (2032).
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