NBC Olympics will showcase the UWW World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with nearly 30 hours of coverage, including more than 20 hours of live coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. Event coverage begins with men’s freestyle finals this Sunday, Oct. 21, at 1 p.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. In addition, NBCSN will provide same-day encore coverage of most of the events throughout the tournament.
Trackwrestling, an NBC Sports Group company, will live stream complete coverage of the UWW World Wrestling Championships across desktops, mobile devices, tablets and connected televisions. Users can visit http://www.trackwrestling.com/uww to watch every match live, and for live scoring and on-demand coverage, beginning this Saturday, Oct. 20, at 4:30 a.m. ET.
The World Wrestling Championships will include 30 total weight classes, 18 of which are Olympic weight classes. The U.S. men’s freestyle team, led by 2012 Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs (74kg/163 lbs) and 2016 Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder(97kg/213.75 lbs), is looking to defend its 2017 world team title with a second consecutive win in Budapest. Helen Maroulis (57kg/125.5 lbs), who in 2016 became the first American woman to win an Olympic wrestling gold medal, and three-time world champion Adeline Gray (76kg/167.5 lbs) will look to help the U.S. women improve upon last year’s second-place finish.
JORDAN BURROUGHS SEEKING SIXTH WORLD OR OLYMPIC TITLE
2012 Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs is aiming for his sixth world or Olympic title, which would tie him for most all-time among American wrestlers with John Smith, who won two Olympic gold medals and four world titles between 1987 and 1992. Burroughs is expected to compete on Sunday, October 21
NBC Olympics’ eight-day presentation of the World Championships begins this Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and concludes Sunday, Oct. 28, at 11 p.m. on NBCSN, with same-day delay coverage of Greco-Roman finals.
Coverage on NBCSN will be streamed via authentication on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA content will be streamed via authentication on NBCSports.com, OlympicChannel.com, the NBC Sports app, and the Olympic Channel app.
In addition, all matches will be streamed, live and on-demand, on Trackwrestling.com. An event subscription can be purchased here for $29.99. As part of its extensive coverage, Trackwrestling will provide pre and post-session shows, as well as live commentary of all U.S. and top international matches.
The following is a schedule of events on NBCSN & Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA:
DateTime (ET)EventNetwork
Sunday, Oct. 211:00 PMDay 1 - Men’s Freestyle FinalsOlympic Channel
12:00 AMDay 1 - Men’s Freestyle Finals^NBCSN
Monday, Oct. 2212:00 PMDay 2 - Men’s Freestyle FinalsOlympic Channel
Tuesday, Oct. 2312:00 PMDay 3 - Men’s Freestyle & Women’s FinalsOlympic Channel
6:00 PMDay 3 - Men’s Freestyle & Women’s Finals^NBCSN
Wednesday, Oct. 2412:00 PMDay 4 - Women’s FinalsOlympic Channel
12:30 AMDay 4 - Women’s Finals^NBCSN
Thursday, Oct. 2512:00 PMDay 5 - Women’s FinalsOlympic Channel
6:00 PMDay 5 - Women’s Finals^NBCSN
Friday, Oct. 2612:00 PMDay 6 - Greco-Roman FinalsOlympic Channel
6:00 PMDay 6 - Greco-Roman Finals^NBCSN
Saturday, Oct. 2712:00 PMDay 7 - Greco-Roman FinalsOlympic Channel
9:30 PMDay 7 - Greco-Roman Finals^NBCSN
Sunday, Oct. 2810:30 AMDay 8 - Greco-Roman FinalsOlympic Channel
11:00 PMDay 8 - Greco-Roman Finals^NBCSN
^same-day delay
The following is a schedule of events TrackWrestling.com:
DateSessionTime (ET)EventWeight Classes
Saturday, Oct. 20I4:30 AM - 9:30 AMQualification RoundsMen’s FS: 61-74-86-125KG
II10:45 AM - 11:45 AMSemifinalsMen’s FS: 61-74-86-125KG
Sunday, Oct. 21I4:00 AM - 9:30 AMQualification RoundsMen’s FS: 57-65-79-92KG
RepechageMen’s FS: 61-74-86-125KG
II11:45 AM - 12:45 AMSemifinalsMen’s FS: 57-65-79-92KG
Finals1:00 PM - 3:30 PMFinalsMen’s FS: 61-74-86-125KG
Monday, Oct. 22I4:30 AM - 9:30 AMQualification RoundsMen’s FS: 70-97KG
Qualification RoundsWomen’s FS: 55-59KG
RepechageMen’s FS: 57-65-79-92KG
II10:45 AM - 11:45 AMSemifinalsMen’s FS: 70-97KG
SemifinalsWomen’s FS: 55-59KG
Finals12:00 PM - 2:30 PMFinalsMen’s FS: 57-65-79-92KG
Tuesday, Oct. 23I4:30 AM - 9:30 AMRepechageMen’s FS: 70-97KG
RepechageWomen’s FS: 55-59KG
Qualification RoundsWomen’s: 65-68-72-76KG
II10:45 AM - 11:45 AMSemifinalsWomen’s: 65-68-72-76KG
Finals12:00 PM - 2:30 PMFinalsMen’s FS: 70-97KG
FinalsWomen’s FS: 55-59KG
Wednesday, Oct. 24I4:30 AM - 9:30 AMQualification RoundsWomen’s FS: 50-53-57-62KG
RepechageWomen’s FS: 65-68-72-76KG
II10:45 AM - 11:45 AMSemifinalsWomen’s FS: 50-53-57-62KG
Finals12:00 PM - 2:30 PMFinalsWomen’s FS: 65-68-72-76KG
Thursday, Oct. 25I4:30 AM - 9:30 AMQualification RoundsGreco: 55-63-72-82KG
RepechageWomen’s FS: 50-53-57-62KG
II10:45 AM - 11:45 AMSemifinalsGreco: 55-63-72-82KG
Finals12:00 AM - 2:30 PMFinalsWomen’s FS: 50-53-59-62KG
Friday, Oct. 26I4:30 AM - 9:30 AMQualification RoundsGreco: 60-67-87KG
RepechageGreco: 55-63-72-82KG
II11:00 AM - 11:45 AMSemifinalsGreco: 60-67-87KG
Finals12:00 PM - 3:00 PMFinalsGreco: 55-63-72-82KG
Saturday, Oct. 27I4:30 AM - 9:30 AMQualification RoundsGreco: 77-97-130KG
RepechageGreco: 60-67-87KG
II11:00 AM - 11:45 AMSemifinalsGreco: 77-97-130KG
Finals12:00 PM - 2:30 PMFinalsGreco: 60-67-87KG
Sunday, Oct. 28I8:30 AM - 10:15 AMRepechageGreco: 77-97-130KG
Finals10:30 PM - 1:00 PMFinalsGreco: 77-97-130KG
