The delayed 2020 Olympics are lastly right here. Being that Tokyo is 13 hours forward of the East Coast of the U.S., many occasions and ceremonies will probably be rebroadcast on NBC at later occasions to accommodate for the time distinction.
Right here’s all the things it is advisable to know concerning the Olympics 2021 Opening Ceremony and the start of the Tokyo Video games:
When do the 2021 Olympics begin and finish?
Competitors for soccer and softball started on July 21; the Closing Ceremony will happen on August 8.
When does the Opening Ceremony begin?
This yr’s Opening Ceremony will probably be broadcast at three totally different occasions. The dwell presentation and primetime exhibiting will happen on July 23 and the in a single day recap will start on July 24.
The dwell exhibiting of the Opening Ceremony will start at 6:55 a.m. ET and conclude at 11 a.m. ET on NBC and will probably be streamed dwell on the NBC Sports activities app and on NBCOlympics.com.
The primetime broadcast will happen from 7:30 p.m. ET till midnight. This may include extra protection of Crew USA alongside the Opening Ceremony.
The in a single day replay will happen starting at 12:35 a.m. ET till 5 a.m.
Each of those rebroadcasts may also be out there on-line and could be streamed on-line.
This will probably be NBC’s first-ever dwell morning broadcast of the Opening Ceremonies and can spearhead the community’s all-day Olympic protection. All spectators have been banned from the Summer time Video games on account of Japan’s COVID-19 state of emergency.
Learn how to watch the 2021 Olympics
The 2021 Olympics could be watched dwell on NBC, USA, NBCSN, CNBC, Olympic Channel and the Golf Channel.
Olympic occasions are ceremonies will probably be out there for streaming on Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC Sports activities App and fuboTV.
Who’re the US flag bearers?
4-time gold medalist and girls’s basketball star Sue Hen and baseball participant Eddy Alvarez will probably be Crew USA’s flag bearers. Hen, 40, is a five-time Olympian and performs for the WNBA’s Seattle Storm. Alvarez, 31, is an infielder for the Miami Marlins. Previous to his MLB profession, he was a brief monitor pace skater and gained a silver medal for the U.S. on the 2014 Winter Olympics.
