How to watch and follow the Olympic wrestling competition in Tokyo this week
Cody GoodwinThe wrestling competition at the Tokyo Olympics begins Saturday night (or Sunday morning in Japan), and will feature many of the world's best wrestlers in men's and women's freestyle and Greco-Roman.
We're excited for the upcoming action, so we're here to help you follow along, too.
The wrestling action runs Saturday through next Friday, and many of the United States' brightest wrestling stars are expected to contend for medals across all three disciplines. Fans from across the country and around the world will be tuning in.
Here's how you can, too:
Watch and stream Olympic wrestling
There are plenty of viewing options available.
Per USA Wrestling and NBC, Olympic wrestling competition is receiving extensive coverage on The Olympic Channel.
That means: Starting Sunday, August 1, wrestling will be on The Olympic Channel every day through August 7. Outside of August 1, wrestling will be the only sport that appears on the Olympic Channel (tennis will also be on the Olympic Channel on August 1).
Wrestling will also appear on USA Network a number of days and on CNBC another day.
That's just on TV, where some of the scheduled times will be live, and others will be replays.
Here's how you can stream the competition as it happens:
NBC's official Tokyo Olympics streaming website allows you to watch all the wrestling live from your computer, tablet or smartphone. Just log in with your TV/streaming information and you can watch individual mat cameras.
Peacock TV, which hosted and broadcasted the U.S. Olympic Trials – Wrestling back in April, will also have streaming capability. Peacock Premium is $4.99 a month, and there's an ad-free option for an additional $5 a month.
Live updates on Olympic wrestling
There are many ways to find live updates and analysis on the Olympic wrestling competition.
ON TWITTER: Des Moines Register wrestling writer Cody Goodwin (@codygoodwin) will be up late watching, covering and interacting with other wrestling diehards as the action unfolds. Stay up with him if you dare.
Elsewhere, USA Wrestling (@USAWrestling) will also provide live updates of each match, and Team USA (@TeamUSA) will chime in with the occasional update, too. United World Wrestling, the sport's international governing body, will also be a resource for Olympic wrestling updates (@wrestling).
NBC will be active on social media, too. They have an official Olympic Twitter account (@NBCOlympics) and their general NBC Sports account (@NBCSports). The Olympics also have an official Twitter account (@Olympics).
ON INSTAGRAM: All the same folks will be on the 'Gram, too.
- Des Moines Register wrestling writer Cody Goodwin (@codyjgoodwin)
- USA Wrestling (@usawrestling)
- United World Wrestling (@unitedworldwrestling)
- Team USA (@teamusa)
- NBC Olympics (@nbcolympics) and NBC Sports (@nbcsports)
- The Olympics (@olympics)
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U.S. Olympic wrestling team
Men's Freestyle
- Thomas Gilman, 57 kilograms (125 pounds)
- Kyle Dake, 74 kilograms (163 pounds)
- David Taylor, 86 kilograms (189 pounds)
- Kyle Snyder, 97 kilograms (213 pounds)
- Gable Steveson, 125 kilograms (275 pounds)
- The U.S. didn't qualify for the Olympics at 65 kilograms (143 pounds).
Women's Freestyle
- Sarah Hildebrandt, 50 kilograms (110 pounds)
- Jacarra Winchester, 53 kilograms (117 pounds)
- Helen Maroulis, 57 kilograms (125 pounds)
- Kayla Miracle, 62 kilograms (136 pounds)
- Tamyra Mensah-Stock, 68 kilograms (150 pounds)
- Adeline Gray, 76 kilograms (167 pounds)
Greco-Roman
- Ildar Hafizov, 60 kilograms (132 pounds)
- Alejandro Sancho, 67 kilograms (147 pounds)
- John Stefanowicz, 87 kilograms (191 pounds)
- G'Angelo Hancock, 97 kilograms (213 pounds)
- The U.S. didn't qualify for the Olympics at 77 (169) and 130 kilograms (286 pounds).
Olympic wrestling schedule
Below is the full, comprehensive Olympic wrestling schedule, organized by day, which weights are competing (both which weights start and which finish), which rounds and at what times. All times listed are U.S. Central time.
Saturday/Sunday, July 31/August 1
Weights competing
- Starts: Greco 60, 130; Women's FS 76
Rounds/times
- Preliminary rounds + quarterfinals (60, 130; 76), 9 p.m.
- Semifinals (60, 130; 76), 4:15 a.m.
Sunday/Monday, August 1/2
Weights competing
- Starts: Greco 77, 97; Women's FS 68
- Finishes: Greco 60, 130; Women's FS 76
Rounds/times
- Preliminary rounds + quarterfinals (77, 97; 68), 9 p.m.
- Repechage (60, 130; 76), 9 p.m.
- Semifinals (77, 97; 68), 4:15 a.m.
- Finals + medal matches (60, 130; 76), 5:30 a.m.
Monday/Tuesday, August 2/3
Weights competing
- Starts: Greco 67, 87; Women's FS 62
- Finishes: Greco 77, 97; Women's FS 68
Rounds/times
- Preliminary rounds + quarterfinals (67, 87; 62), 9 p.m.
- Repechage (77, 97; 68), 9 p.m.
- Semifinals (67, 87; 62), 4:15 a.m.
- Finals + medal matches (77, 97; 68), 5:30 a.m.
Tuesday/Wednesday, August 3/4
Weights competing
- Starts: Men's FS 57, 86; Women's FS 57
- Finishes: Greco 67, 87; Women's FS 62
Rounds/times
- Preliminary rounds + quarterfinals (57, 86; 57), 9 p.m.
- Repechage (67, 87; 62), 9 p.m.
- Semifinals (57, 86; 57), 4:15 a.m.
- Finals + medal matches (67, 87; 62), 5:30 a.m.
Wednesday/Thursday, August 4/5
Weights competing
- Starts: Men's FS 74, 125; Women's FS 53
- Finishes: Men's FS 57, 86; Women's FS 57
Rounds/times
- Preliminary rounds + quarterfinals (74, 125; 53), 9 p.m.
- Repechage (57, 86; 57), 9 p.m.
- Semifinals (74, 125; 53), 4:15 a.m.
- Finals + medal matches (57, 86; 57), 5:30 a.m.
Thursday/Friday, August 5/6
Weights competing
- Starts: Men's FS 65, 97; Women's FS 50
- Finishes: Men's FS 74, 125; Women's FS 53
Rounds/times
- Preliminary rounds + quarterfinals (65, 97; 50), 9 p.m.
- Repechage (74, 125; 53), 9 p.m.
- Semifinals (65, 97; 50), 4:15 a.m.
- Finals + medal matches (74, 125; 53), 5:30 a.m.
Friday/Saturday, August 6/7
Weights competing
- Finishes: Men's FS 65, 97; Women's FS 50
Rounds/times
- Repechage (65, 97; 50), 4:45 a.m.
- Finals + medal matches (65, 97; 50), 5:30 a.m.
Cody Goodwin covers wrestling and high school sports for the Des Moines Register. Follow him on Twitter at @codygoodwin.