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Rio Olympics Daily Preview: August 21

Basketball - Olympics: Day 14

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 19: DeAndre Jordan #6 and Kyrie Irving #10 of United States celebrate a Jordan dunk as Pau Gasol #4 of Spain looks on during the Men’s Semifinal match on Day 14 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 1 on August 19, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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It’s been real, Rio, so let’s send the Olympics off in style with a gold-medal finish to the Games.

Sunday brings us the final day, Day 16, beginning with wrestling and ending with a star-studded Closing Ceremony.

MORE: FULL Day 16 streaming schedule

USA gymnast Simone Biles will bear the flag for the Americans in the event, which hopefully sees the country throw a few more golds on the table.

That an outstanding Olympics for USA is currently set to end with the U.S. men’s basketball team scoop a gold medal is fitting for the tournament.

What to Watch: Day 16, Aug 21

7:30 a.m. EDT -- STREAM LIVE -- wrestling

USA’s Frank Molinaro (65 kg) and Kyle Snyder (97kg) go for gold after waiting til the final day to open their Olympics.


8:30 a.m. EDT -- STREAM LIVE -- Men’s marathon

American lunatics runners Galen Rupp, Mebrahtom Keflezighi, and Jared Ward hope to make their own bit of history for the USA in this grueling race.


8:30 a.m. EDT -- STREAM LIVE -- Men’s volleyball bronze

Matt Anderson and the USA hope to leave Rio with a medal. Russia stands in the way.


9:30 a.m. EDT -- STREAM LIVE -- men’s handball bronze

Poland looks for its first men’s handball medal since 1976 in a match-up against Germany.


10 a.m. EDT -- STREAM LIVE -- - rhythmic gymnastics group final


10:30 a.m. EDT -- STREAM LIVE --men’s basketball bronze

Australia has finished fourth three times, and would love its first medal. Spain, meanwhile, is hoping to make it three-straight trips to the podium in men’s hoops.


11:30 a.m. EDT -- STREAM LIVE -- men’s mountain bike final

American rider Howard Grotts starts 33rd, on the fifth line.


12:15 p.m. EDT -- STREAM LIVE -- men’s volleyball gold

Brazil will make up for a lot of stumbles if it can leave the host nation with a gold win over Ivan Zaytsev and Italy.


1 p.m. EDT -- STREAM LIVE -- boxing gold medals

USA boxer Claressa Shields looks to make it back-to-back goals when she fights the Netherlands’ Nouchka Fontijn.


1 p.m. EDT -- STREAM LIVE -- - men’s handball gold

France looks to make it three-straight Olympic golds versus a Denmark team that has never medaled, finishing fourth in 1984.


2:45 p.m. EDT -- STREAM LIVE -- - basketball gold

Klay Thompson and Team USA want to keep Olympic glory in America, having won two-straight gold and 15 of 20 overall. Standing in the way is a Serbia team who would love to etch its name in gold for the first time as an independent nation.

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