RIO DE JANEIRO – August 12, 2016 – NBC Olympics’ primetime coverage of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, continued Thursday night on the networks of NBCUniversal.
Primetime host Bob Costas opened up Thursday night’s coverage on NBC from NBC Olympics’ studio located inside the International Broadcast Center in Rio. Primetime coverage on Day 6 of the Rio Games on NBC was highlighted by Michael Phelps collecting his 22nd career gold medal in the 200m IM and qualifying for the finals in the 100m butterfly; Simone Biles, who earned her first Olympic gold medal on Tuesday in the team competition, becoming the fourth consecutive American to win Olympic gold in the women’s gymnastics individual all-around, while teammate Aly Raisman captured silver; and Simone Manuel tying for gold in the 100m freestyle to become the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in swimming.
In addition, Ryan Murphy captured his second gold in Rio in the 200m backstroke, Nathan Adrian qualified for the 50m freestyle final, and Maya Dirado qualified for the 200m backstroke final.
This evening’s Olympic action also featured Fiji capturing the Olympic gold in men’s rugby against Great Britain; the U.S. women’s field hockey team’s victory over India; and Team USA defeating Brazil in men’s volleyball, all on NBCSN.