My favorite Olympic event is Eventing, an equestrian event made up of dressage (very precise riding, where you shouldn't be able to see the rider give the horse any cues), along the lines of doing the mandatory "figures" in figure skating. I like to watch a few horses but then I get bored.), stadium jumping (jumping over higher and higher jumps in the arena) and the cross-country event (steeple chasing, by far the most dramatic, exciting and dangerous of the equestrian events).
This is a schedule for the equestrian events for the Olympics for
Goldiebug so she can set her DVR.
Schedule from
The NBC Olympics Website(All Times CT)
Friday, August 8th - TV & Online Listings - Equestrian
5:30p - 8:55p online
Equestrian Eventing: Team and individual dressage competition.
Saturday, August 9th - TV & Online Listings - Equestrian
1:00a - 6:00a USA network
Multiple Sports
The U.S. women's soccer team, playing its second game of the Olympic tournament, faces Japan (LIVE ET/CT). Also, the first gold medal awarded at the Beijing Games could come in the women's shooting air rifle final. Plus, women's fencing, first-round badminton matches, and equestrian eventing dressage.
6:00a - 10:30a USA network
Multiple Sports
Men's beach volleyball (Netherlands vs. Switzerland), women's beach volleyball (Australia vs. Russia), equestrian eventing dressage (LIVE ET/CT), and the U.S. women's basketball team opens its schedule against the Czech Republic (LIVE ET/CT).
6:15a - 9:40a online
Equestrian Eventing: Team and individual dressage competition.
5:30p - 8:55p online
Equestrian Eventing: Team and individual dressage competition.
Sunday, August 10th - TV & Online Listings - Equestrian
1:00a - 6:30a USA network
Multiple Sports
Men's basketball action features Spain vs. Greece and Lithuania vs. Argentina (LIVE ET/CT). Coverage also includes equestrian eventing dressage competition.
7:00p - 11:00p online
Eventing: Team and individual cross country competition
Monday, August 11th - TV & Online Listings - Equestrian
5:00p - 7:00p Oh! Oxygen network
Gymnastics, Equestrian
A daily look at Olympic gymnastics. Plus, equestrian coverage of the cross-country portion of the individual eventing competition.