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From: Jennie Adams
Date: August 10, 2009 |
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Fans can follow '09 Visa
Championships on the Web, TV
This year, fans can follow artistic gymnastics the 2009 Visa
Championships on the Web, on cable TV and on broadcast
television. Here's a quick overview on how and where to catch
action in men's and women's gymnastics at the 2009 Visa
Championships are Aug. 12-15 in Dallas, Texas. Results, stories
and photos from all five disciplines will be available at
www.usa-gymnastics.org/.
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Olympic reflections and Visa Championships preview.
Entering into its third year, the first 2009 episode of "USA
Gymnastics: Behind the Team" allows fans to reconnect with
members of the 2008 Olympic Team and learn about their lives since
they left Beijing. Additionally, it sets the stage for the
gymnasts heading to the 2009 Visa Championships, the first stop on
the road to the 2009 World Championships in London. The first
episode features interviews with Nastia Liukin, the 2008 Olympic
all-around champion, and most of her silver-medal teammates; 2008
Olympic horizontal bar silver-medalist Jon Horton and the majority
of the bronze-medal team; and rising stars from both the men's and
women's program. Women's National Team Coordinator Martha Karolyi
and Men's National Team Coordinator Ron Brant also talk about
Beijing and the prospects for the coming quad. The new episode
will debut on Monday, August 10 and will be found exclusively on
att.net/teamusa
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Broadcast coverage - NBC, Universal Sports and Webcasts. NBC
Sports is broadcasting the second day of senior women's
competition live on Saturday, Aug. 15, in prime time (8 p.m. ET)
and will air a taped men's highlights show that afternoon at 3
p.m. ET. Universal Sports is providing live simulcast coverage
on cable television and the Internet of the women's first day of
competition and the men's second day of competition at 8 p.m.
ET, in addition to televising encore presentations of the NBC
Sports broadcasts and providing video-on-demand of all
broadcasts. The Web simulcasts will also be available on both
universalsports.com and usa-gymnastics.org.
NBC Sports and Universal
Sports coverage schedule
Aug. 13 - Women's first day of
competition, LIVE cable and Web coverage, 8 p.m. ET, Universal
Sports
Aug. 14 - Men's second day of
competition, LIVE cable and Web coverage, 8 p.m. ET, Universal
Sports
Aug. 15 - Men's second day of
competition recap, 3 p.m. ET, NBC Sports
Women's second day
of competition, LIVE, 8 p.m. ET, NBC Sports*
* After NBC Sports airs the live
coverage of the women's competition on Aug. 15, Universal Sports
will post the video stream on its Website.
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usa-gymnastics.org.
The place to go for all things Visa Championships is
usa-gymnastics.org/visachamps. The site will have stories, start
lists, results and photos from all five disciplines, as well as
live scoring for artistic gymnastics. In addition,
usa-gymnastics.org will carry the simulcast of Universal Sports'
live coverage of the evening session on Thursday and Friday.
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