Dream Team vs. 2012 USA Team: A Look At The Numbers

2012 London Medal Count: Houston Athletes Earn 4 Olympic Medals

The London Olympics are now over and that means there is a winner in the medal count, and this summer it was the United States who earned 102 medals, 46 of them being gold, to pull away to defeat China. As for the athletes who came from Houston there were 13 athletes who had connections to Houston, and out of that group there were four medals that were won, and they came in boxing, track and field plus a swimming relay.

Here are the Houston-area athletes that left London with an Olympic medal:

• Marlen Esparza, boxing, fly weight, bronze medal
• Leo Manzano, track and field, 1500m, silver medal
• Breeja Larson, swimming, 4x100m medley relay, gold medal
• Jeneba Tarmoh, track and field, 4x100m relay, gold medal

For a complete breakdown, visit Sports Illustrated's medal count tracker.

For the latest on the 2012 London Olympic Games, check out SB Nation's dedicated Olympics hub.

2012 London Olympics Medal Count: United States Finishes On Top

The 2012 Olympics are coming to an end and the United States are coming out on top in the final medal count. After going back and forth through the early days of the Olympics, the United States pulled away from China at the end with 104 total medals including 46 Gold.

China finished second with 87 total medals and 38 golds while Russia made a late charge but fell just short with 82 total and 24 gold. Great Britain and Germany round out the top five at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Here is a the final top five in the medal count:

1. United States, 104 (46 Gold, 29 Silver, 29 Bronze)
2. China, 87 (38, 27, 22)
3. Russia, 82 (24, 25, 33)
4. Great Britain, 65 (29, 17, 19)
5. Germany, 44 (11, 19, 14)

For a complete breakdown, visit Sports Illustrated's medal count tracker.

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Olympics Closing Ceremony: TV Coverage, Streaming, Live Updates And More

The events are completed, the gold medals have been handed out and now it is time to wrap up the 2012 London Olympics. The games will come to a close Sunday with the Closing Ceremony.

The Closing Ceremony will be a star studded event with more than 4,100 performers, including some of Great Britain's most recognizable celebrities. There will be a number of musical performances including performances by The Who, Coldplay and the Spice Girls.

After 16 days of competition and more than 300 events, the Closing Ceremony will conclude the Olympics with London handing the Olympic flag over to Rio, who will host the 2016 Olympics. The final act of the 2012 Olympics will be the extinguishing of the Olympic flame.

The Closing Ceremony is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET and can be watched live at NBCOlympics.com. It will also air in primetime on NBC beginning at 7 p.m.

For the latest on the 2012 Olympic Games, check out SB Nation's dedicated Olympics hub.

2012 London Olympics Medal Count: United States Will Defeat China

The overall medal count early on was going to be decided between the United States and China. Both countries would alternate who would lead in gold medals and overall medals, but now the United States has wrapped up the overal medal count with one more day of competition left.

On Saturday, the United States won multiple medals which included winning the gold in women's basketball, men's diving, a bronze in women's cross-country mountain biking, a bronze in men's 60 kg freestyle wrestling and a silver medal in women's volleyball.

Here is how the top five looks in the latest medal count:

1. United States, 102 (44 gold, 29 silver, 29 bronze)
2. China, 87 (38, 27, 22)
3. Russia, 78 (21, 25, 32)
4. Great Britain, 62 (28, 15, 19)
5/ Germany, 44 (11, 19, 14)

For a complete breakdown, visit Sports Illustrated's medal count tracker.

For the latest on the 2012 Olympic Games, check out SB Nation's dedicated Olympics hub.

London 2012 Medal Count: United States Extends Total Lead

The United States extended its lead in the overall medal count at the 2012 London Olympics on Thursday. It also grabbed the lead in gold medals as we head into Friday's events.

The U.S. has 90 total medals, including 39 golds, while China is 10 back in total medals and two back in gold. Russia moved into third place with 56 total medals, Great Britain has 52 and Germany is in fifth with 37.

The day was highlighted by the gold won by the women's soccer team, but the U.S. grabbed four more medals in various track & field events. The women's water polo team also won a gold medal over Spain.

Here are the top five current leaders in total medals:

1. United States - 90 (39, 25, 26)
2. China - 80 (37, 24, 19)
3. Russia - 56 (12, 21, 23)
4. Great Britain - 52 (25, 13, 14)
5. Germany - 37 (10, 16, 11)

For a complete breakdown of the current medal count by country, visit Sports Illustrated's medal count tracker.

For the latest on the 2012 Olympic Games, check out SB Nation's dedicated Olympics hub.

2012 London Olympics: Houston's Diana Lopez Loses Taekwondo Preliminary

Houston's Diana Lopez entered the 2012 London Olympic Games considered to be a favorite for gold in the under-57kg class of womens taekwondo. Instead, she was knocked out in the preliminaries on Thursday by a mark of 1-0 in sudden death. Two-time world champion Hou Yuzhuo of China beat Lopez to advance to the finals.

The match went seven minutes without a score before Hou landed one front kick for the win. The pair went through regulation scoreless and playing a lot of defense, as shouts of "fight" were heard from the referee at multiple points in the match.

Even after the match, Lopez still had a chance to medal, by earning a bronze if she were to win two matches in the repechage round. However, Lopez lost her first match to Suvi Mikkonen of Finland, 9-4. Lopez won the bronze in 2008, and her brother Steven will compete in the under-70kg division on Friday.

For the latest on the 2012 Olympics, check out SB Nation's dedicated Olympics hub.

2012 Olympics Daily Preview: TV Times & Schedule For Thursday

The United States Women's National Team will get a chance to avenge their loss in the 2011 World Cup final on Thursday. The 2012 Olympic Games in London rolls on with an absolutely jam-packed day, which not only features the gold medal and bronze matches for women's soccer, but the finals in men's beach volleyball, women's platform diving, men's triple jump and the decathlon.

Here is the complete schedule for Thursday's events. All times are ET, except for the coverage televised on NBC, which will air on tape delay at the same time in all time zones. You can of course stream every event live at NBCOlympics.com.

Thursday, Aug. 9

8 a.m. - 8 p.m. (NBCSN)

• Women's Soccer: Bronze Medal Game, Canada vs. France (8 a.m.)
• Synchronized Swimming: Team Qualifying (10 a.m.)
• Women's Wrestling: Qualifying, Repechages, Gold Medal Finals (55 kg and 72 kg classes. 10:45 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m.)
  
• Women's Basketball: Semifinal (Noon)
  
• Women's Soccer: Gold Medal Match, Team USA vs. Japan (2:30 p.m.)

9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (MSNBC)

• Equestrian: Individual Dressage Final (9 a.m.)
• Men's Field Hockey: Semifinal (11 a.m.)
• Women's Handball: Semifinal (Noon)
• Taekwondo: Semifinals or Finals (1:30 p.m.)
• Women's Volleyball: Semifinals (2:30 p.m.)
• Women's Basketball: Semifinal (4 p.m.)

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (NBC)

• Women's Volleyball: Semifinal (10 a.m.)
• Swimming: Women's 10KM Marathon (11:45 a.m., 12:45 p.m.)
  
• Track & Field: Qualifying Heats (Noon)
  
• Canoe/Kayak: Sprint Discipline Finals (1 p.m.)
• Women's Water Polo: Bronze Medal Match (1:30 p.m.), Gold Medal Match (3 p.m.)
  
• Beach Volleyball: Bronze Medal Match (4 p.m.)

5 - 8 p.m. (CNBC)

• Women's Boxing: Gold Medal Bouts (flyweight, lightweight and middleweight classes)
  

8 p.m. - Midnight (NBC)

• Track & Field: Gold Medal Finals (decathlon, Men's triple jump, 200m, 800m)
  
• Women's Diving: Platform Gold Medal Final
  
• Men's Beach Volleyball: Gold Medal Final
  
• Cycling: Men's BMX Quarterfinals
  

12:35 - 1:35 a.m. (NBC)

• Rhythmic Gymnastics: Qualifying
  
• Track & Field: Women's Javelin Gold Medal Final

For the latest on the 2012 Olympics, check out SB Nation's dedicated Olympics hub.

London 2012 Medal Count: U.S. Takes Lead In Total Medals

The United States is once again the top dog in the medal count at the 2012 Olympic Games in London -- in a manner of speaking. The Unites States' 81 overall medals put them ahead of China, which has 77 total medals, but the 36 gold medals held by China outpaces the 34 gold medals held by the U.S. as Thursday's events get underway.

There are, of course, some huge events yet to finish up, like men's and women's basketball, women's soccer, women's water polo and men's decathlon. There is still plenty of time for the Unites States to walk away with the lead in both columns.

Here is what the medal count leaderboard looked like heading into Thursday's events.

1. United States - 81 (34, 22, 25)
2. China - 77 (36, 22, 19)
3. Russia - 52 (11, 19, 22)
4. Great Britain - 48 (22, 13, 13)
5. Germany - 32 (7, 15, 10)

For the latest on the 2012 Olympics, check out SB Nation's dedicated Olympics hub.

2012 Olympics Medal Count: USA Leads Overall, China Leads Gold

After an excellent day in track and field, the United States finds itself at the top of the overall medal count at the 2012 Olympics.

The USA leads the way with 81 overall medals, capturing 34 gold, 22 silver and 25 bronze medals through Wednesday's events in London.

China isn't far behind on the overall medal count. The Chinese have captured 77 medals overall, including an Olympics-high 36 gold medals. Chinese Olympians have also captured 22 silver and 19 bronze medals through Wednesday's events.

Russia is a distant third, with 52 medals overall. The Russians only have 11 golds to boot, along with 19 silver and 22 bronze.

Host nation Great Britain and Germany round out the top five. Great Britain has 48, including 22 gold, while Germany has just 32 medals -- and only seven gold.

For the latest on the 2012 Olympic Games, be sure to check out SB Nation's dedicated Olympics hub.

2012 Olympics Results: Jason Richardson Captures Silver In 110m Hurdles

The United States of America continued its dominance in track and field events at the 2012 Olympic Games, as Aries Merritt and Jason Richardson captured gold and silver medals respectively, in the 110m hurdles.

Merritt narrowly missed setting the world record en route to the gold medal, with a time of 12.92. The record, held by Cuban Dayron Robles, is 12.87. Robles, meanwhile, was disqualified from the event, and finished last.

Richardson finished with a time of 13.04, which was good enough to earn him the silver medal. Richardson, who was born in Houston, will not be competing in another event in the Olympics.

Hansle Parchment from Jamaica earned the bronze medal, finishing with a time of 13.12 -- a national record for Jamaica.

The United States now has 20 medals in track and field events, including five gold and eight silver. Russia has the second-most medals in track and field with nine.

For the latest on the 2012 Olympic Games, check out SB Nation's dedicated Olympics hub.

2012 London Olympics Medal Count: China Still Holds The Lead

The United States grabbed four medals thanks to track and field on Tuesday, but still trail the Chinese in the overall medal count as well as the gold, and hey now, check out those Brits! The usual home field advantage has paid off again, as the host Brits are in third place with 48 medals (22 gold) aided by Saturday's six-gold effort.

There's still a chance for the Americans to catch China in the home stretch, especially with the conclusion of many track and field events yet to come, but the window is beginning to close. It's possible that these Olympic Games could see a repeat of the finish in Beijing in 2008, when the Chinese boasted the most gold, but the U.S. the most medals.

Read more of our Olympic coverage at this StoryStream and SB Nation Atlanta. Also check out the 2012 London Olympics hub page for additional coverage. Be sure to subscribe to the SB Nation Youtube Channel for video commentary.

2012 London Olympics: Houston's Leo Manzano Takes Silver In 1500m

The United States took home another medal on Tuesday when Marble Falls, Texas native Leo Manzano took silver in the mens' 1500 meters. Manzano used a late surge to pull from sixth to second, and became the first American to medal in the event since 1968.

Algerian Makhloufi Taoufik finished first and took the gold with a time of 3:34.08, barely besting Manzano's time of 3.34.79. Morocco's Iguider Abdalaati took the bronze with a time of 3:35.13.

The London Olympic Games are Manzano's first. The 27-year-old University of Texas graduate won the USA Indoor Track and Field Championship in the 1500m, and placed first in the 2012 US Olympic Trials in the event.

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Olympic Gymnastics Results 2012: Houston Native Jonathan Horton Finishes Sixth In Horizontal Bar

The gold medal finals continued on Tuesday in the individual gymnastics disciplines at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Houston native Jonathan Horton was one of two United States gymnasts competing in the finals for the men's horizontal bar, but neither American was able to bring home a medal for the U.S.

Horton finished all the way down in sixth place with a score of 15.466. Right ahead of him in fifth place was fellow American Danell Leyva, who scored a 15.833.

Epke Zonderland from the Netherlands took home the gold with a score of 16.533, edging out Fabian Hambuechen of Germany, whose 16.400 took the silver medal. China's Kai Zhou captured the bronze with a score of 16.366.

For a complete breakdown of the current medal count by country, visit Sports Illustrated's medal count tracker.

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London Olympics 2012 Medal Count: United States Trails China After Monday's Events

The United States continues to trail China in the medal count after Monday's events.

China leads with 64 total medals, including 31 golds. The U.S. is one medal back and two back in the golds. Behind the top two, Russia has 41 medals, Great Britain has 40 — including 18 golds — and Japan is in fifth with 29 medals.

Among Monday's events, China picked up two medals in gymnastics, while the U.S. grabbed two in track & field. The United States women's soccer team clinched a medal, as it won its semifinal match against Canada earlier in the day.

Here are the top five current leaders in total medals:

1. China - 64 (31, 19, 14)
2. United States - 63 (29, 15, 19)
3. Russia - 41 (7, 17, 17)
4. Great Britain - 40 (18, 11, 11)
5. Japan - 29 (2, 12, 15)

For a complete breakdown of the current medal count by country, visit Sports Illustrated's medal count tracker.

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London Olympics 2012: Hungary's Krisztian Berki Wins Pommel Horse Gold, Americans Shut Out Of Medals

Hungary's Krisztian Berki topped the table with a 16.066 final score to win the Olympic gold medal in the men's gymnastics pommel horse on Sunday. Britain's pair of gymnasts in Louis Smith and Max Whitlock won the silver and bronze medal collectively.

Berki's triumph gives Hungary their third gold medal at the 2012 Olympics and their sixth medal overall in London. Britain's two medals on men's pommel horse raises their tally to 29 total medals and are in third place overall for the 2012 Olympics behind China and the United States, who are edging closer to 60 medal in total.

For a complete breakdown of the current medal count by country, visit Sports Illustrated's medal count tracker.

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London Olympics 2012: Sunday Event Schedule And TV Listings

The London Olympics continue on Sunday with a full slate of events starting in the early morning hours. Coverage for Sunday's events will be spread out across the NBC family of television networks as well as available via live streaming from NBC's official Olympics website.

Here is a look at Sunday's full schedule (all times eastern):

NBC Sports Network (4 a.m.-7 p.m.)

• Badminton: Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match (4 a.m.)
• Cycling: Track events (5 a.m.)
• Badminton: Men's Doubles Bronze Medal Match (6:30 a.m.)
• Tennis: Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Match (7 a.m.)
• Women's Volleyball: China vs. South Korea (8:30 a.m.)
• Synchronized Swimming: Duet qualifying (10 a.m.)
• Shooting: Men's Pistol Final (11:50 a.m.)
• Tennis: Women's Doubles Final (12:15 p.m.)
• Women's Beach Volleyball: Quarterfinal Match (2 p.m.)
• Badminton: Men's Singles Gold Medal Match (3 p.m.)
• Weightlifing: Women's 75kg (3:30 p.m.)
• Women's Volleyball: Italy vs. Russia (4:15 p.m.)
• Women's Volleyball: Brazil vs. Serbia (5 p.m.)

NBC (6 a.m.-6 p.m.)

• Track and Field: Women's Marathon (6 a.m.)
• Tennis: Men's Singles Gold Medal Match: Roger Federer vs. Andy Murray (9 a.m.)
• Women's Basketball: USA vs. China (11:30 a.m.)
• Equestrian: Team Jumping Final (1:30 p.m.)
• Women's Water Polo: Quarterfinal (2 p.m.)
• Women's Volleyball: USA vs. Turkey (3 p.m.)
• Cycling: Women's Track Final (4:30 p.m.)
• Women's Beach Volleyball: Quarterfinal Match (5 p.m.)

MSNBC (7 a.m.-6 p.m.)

• Tennis: Men's Bronze Medal Match: Novak Djokovic vs. Juan Martin del Potro (7 a.m.)
• Table Tennis: Men's Team Quarterfinal (9 a.m.)
• Women's Water Polo: Quarterfinals (9:45 a.m.)
• Wrestling: Greco-Roman Qualifying Matches (12:15 p.m.)
• Beach Volleyball: Women's Quarterfinal (1 p.m.)
• Men's Field Hockey: Great Britain vs. Australia (2 p.m.)
• Women's Water Polo: Quarterfinal (3:30 p.m.)
• Wrestling: Men's 55kg Finals; Men's 74kg Finals (4:20 p.m.)
• Women's Handball: Denmark vs. France (5:15 p.m.)

CNBC (8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.)

• Boxing: Women's flyweight, lightweight, and middleweight elimination bouts

CNBC (3:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.)

• Boxing: Men's bantamweight and heavyweight quarterfinals

NBC (7 p.m.-midnight)

• Track and Field: Men's 100m, Women's 400m, Men's 400M Semifinals, Men's 1500M Semifinals, Women's Triple Jump Final, Women's 400m Hurdles First Round
• Gymnastics: Men's Floor Exercise Final, Women's Vault Final, Men's Pommel Horse
• Diving: Women's 3m Springboard Final
• Beach Volleyball: Women's Quarterfinal Match

NBC (12:35 a.m.-1:35 a.m.)

• Track and Field: Men's Hammer Throw Final, Men's Steeplechase Final, Men's High Jump Qualifying Rounds
• Badminton: Men's Singles Final

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Olympic Medal Count: United States Back On Top

The United States are back on top of the overall medal count against China as they have a one medal lead 54-53. In the gold medal category, Team USA is also in the lead with 26 and 25 for the Chinese. After China it is the host country United Kingdom who is at 29 total medals and then in fourth place is Korea who has 17 medals.

Over at track and field Team USA won a silver medal in the women's 100m and Galen Rupp and one in the men's 10,000m. The third medal came in the long jump as Will Claye won bronze.

In the final day of swimming on Saturday the United States continued their relay dominance by winning a pair of gold medals in the 4x100m medley relay. The women's gold medal victory set a new world record, and the men's gold allowed Michael Phelps to win his 18th Olympic gold medal.

Here's a more complete look at the medal count:

Leaders

Total

1		United States	26	13	15	54
2		China	25	16	12	53
3		United Kingdom	14	7	8	29
4		Korea	9	3	5	17
5		France	8	6	8	22
6		Germany	5	10	6	21
7		Italy	5	5	3	13
8		Kazakhstan	5	-	-	5
9		DPR Korea	4	-	1	5
10		Russia	3	15	10	28
11		Netherlands	3	1	4	8
12		South Africa	3	1	-	4
13		New Zealand	3	-	4	7
14		Japan	2	10	12	24
15		Cuba	2	2	1	5
16		Hungary	2	1	2	5
17		Poland	2	1	1	4
18		Ukraine	2	-	5	7
19		Australia	1	12	7	20
20		Romania	1	4	2	7
21		Canada	1	3	6	10
22		Belarus	1	2	3	6
23		Denmark	1	2	2	5
24		Czech Republic	1	2	1	4
25		Brazil	1	1	4	6
26		Croatia	1	1	-	2
27		Slovenia	1	-	2	3
28		Ethiopia	1	-	1	2
28		Jamaica	1	-	1	2
30		Georgia	1	-	-	1
30		Lithuania	1	-	-	1
30		Switzerland	1	-	-	1
30		Venezuela	1	-	-	1
34		Mexico	-	3	1	4
35		Sweden	-	3	-	3
36		Colombia	-	2	1	3
36		Spain	-	2	1	3
38		Slovakia	-	1	3	4
39		India	-	1	2	3
40		Belgium	-	1	1	2
40		Indonesia	-	1	1	2
40		Kenya	-	1	1	2
40		Mongolia	-	1	1	2
40		Norway	-	1	1	2
40		Serbia	-	1	1	2
46		Egypt	-	1	-	1
46		Guatemala	-	1	-	1
46		Thailand	-	1	-	1
46		Chinese Taipei	-	1	-	1
50		Greece	-	-	2	2
50		Moldova	-	-	2	2
52		Azerbaijan	-	-	1	1
52		Hong Kong, China	-	-	1	1
52		Iran	-	-	1	1
52		Qatar	-	-	1	1
52		Singapore	-	-	1	1
52		Tunisia	-	-	1	1
52		Uzbekistan	-	-	1	1

London Olympics Power Rankings: Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Gabby Douglas, Allison Schmitt And More

SB Nation's Andrew Sharp has a very well-done power rankings list for the London Olympics so far. Of course he ranks Phelps as No. 1 because the 20-time medal winner has left us no choice. He's the man.

But it's worth noting Gabby Douglas' smile on Thursday, the emergence of Allison Schmitt through the shadows of teammate Miss Franklin, who along with Ryan Lochte could be considered one of the disappointments in London.

The rankings are funny, with a hit of some Samuel Jackson commentary in between. Nothing says Olympic Power Rankings like Samuel Jackson commentary.

That, and a Kobe Bryant/Pau Gasol photo that only gets taken in London.

A little different from the Hollywood style but it works where they are now. Seriously, with Americans going into Friday's competition with the medal lead and the end of swimming competitions approaching us, there's a lot to take in already.

Read more of our Olympic coverage at SBNation.com.

2012 London Olympics: TV Coverage And Event Schedule For Friday

The highlights for Friday include the USA women's basketball team taking on the Czech Republic, and the women's soccer team facing New Zealand. NBC's family of networks will bring both of them to you, along with a host of other events.

Here is the list of Friday's events and the networks on which they will be televised. (All times ET):

(CNBC)

Boxing (3-4 a.m.)

Boxing (8:30-11:30 a.m.)

Boxing (5-8 p.m.)

(NBCSN)

Beach volleyball (3-4 a.m.)

Women's volleyball: Brazil vs. China (5-6:30 a.m.)

Beach volleyball (6:30-7 a.m.)

Women's soccer: Sweden vs. France (7-8:45 a.m.)

Women's volleyball: Japan vs. Russia (8:45-9:30 a.m.)

Women's soccer: USA vs. New Zealand (9:30-11:15 a.m.)

Archery: Men's individual final (11:15 a.m.-noon)

Women's soccer: Brazil vs. Japan (noon-1:45 p.m.)

Shooting (1:45-2 p.m.)

Boxing (2-2:30 p.m.)

Women's soccer: Great Britain vs. Canada (2:30-4:15 p.m.)

Weightlifting (4:15-5 p.m.)

Women's basketball: USA vs. Czech Republic (5-7 p.m.)

Beach volleyball (7-8 p.m.)

(NBC)

Track & Field: Qualifying rounds (10-10:30 a.m.)

Rowing (10:30-10:45 a.m.)

Swimming: Qualifying heats (10:45-11:30 a.m.)

Track & Field: Qualifying rounds (11:30 a.m.-noon)

Beach volleyball (noon-2 p.m.)

Swimming: Qualifying heats (2-2:30 p.m.)

Women's water polo: USA vs. China (2:30-3:45p.m.)

Rowing: Four finals (3:45-4 p.m.)

Cycling: Track final (4-4:15 p.m.)

Track & Field (4:15-5 p.m.)

8 p.m.-midnight

Swimming finals: Men's 100M butterfly

Track & Field

Diving

Women's volleyball: USA vs. Serbia

Gymnastics: Men's trampoline final

(MSNBC)

Gymnastics (9-10:30 a.m.)

Women's water polo: Russia vs. Australia (10:30-11:30 a.m.)

Women's handball: Russia vs. Brazil (11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.)

Women's water polo: Spain vs. Hungary (12:45-1:45 p.m.)

Equestrian: Team dressage qualifying (1:45-2:45 p.m.)

Table Tennis: USA vs Japan (2:45-3:30 p.m.)

Badminton: Mixed doubles final: China vs. China (3:30-4 p.m.)

Beach volleyball (4-6 p.m.)

(Bravo)

Men's tennis: Semifinals (7 a.m.-3 p.m.)

2012 London Olympics Medal Count: USA Takes The Overall Lead From China

After trailing China in the overall medal count since the 2012 London Olympics began, at the conclusion of competition on Thursday, the United States finally claimed the top spot on the medal count leaderboard.

The U.S. currently is in the lead with 37 medals won (18 gold, nine silver, 10 bronze) while China currently trails with 34 total medals won (18 gold, 11 silver, 5 bronze). Korea its in third place and trails both countries by a large margin with just 14 medals won (seven gold, two silver, five bronze)

The United States swimmers are responsible for the bulk of the medals won as Ryan Lochte leads the way with five medals (two gold, two silver, one bronze) and Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time has four medals thus far (two gold, two silver).

For the women, Allison Schmitt has won four medals (two gold, one silver, one bronze) and Missy Franklin has three medals (two gold, one silver).

You can find a complete medal count and breakdown at SI.com.

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2012 London Olympics: Houston's Glenn Eller Misses Cut In Men's Double Trap

Houston native Glenn Eller failed to qualify for the finals of the men's shooting double trap event in London on Thursday, finishing 22nd with 126 points, far behind the qualifying field for the finals. Eller won gold in the same event during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The highest American finish in the field was Josh Richmond, who placed 16th with 131 points.

The London Olympic Games are Eller's fourth, after debuting in 2000 with a 12th place finish in Sydney before and then finishing 17th in Athens before winning the gold in '08. Eller is also currently serving in the U.S. military as part of Army's Marksmanship Unit in Fort Benning, Georgia.

Great Brittian's Peter Wilson led the field with a 143 point finish. Wilson also holds the current world record with 148 points.

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2012 Olympics Medal Count: China Leads Gold, Overall Medal Count

The People's Republic of China is doing quite well at the 2012 London Olympics. So well, in fact, that after Wednesday's contests, China leads both in gold medal and overall medal count. Through August 1, China has collected 17 gold medals, nine silver medals and four bronze medals -- good for 30 overall.

The United States of America isn't too far behind. The USA is second in gold medal count, with 12 to date. American Olympians have also brought home eight silver and nine bronze medals, good for 29 overall -- just one off of China's pace so far.

The Japanese have collected the third most medals thus far, with 17. Of those 17, though, only two are gold medals, as the Japanese have collected four silver and 11 bronze medals.

France and Germany are tied for fourth with 13 medals each, respectively. France has five gold, three silver and five bronze medals, while Germany has three gold, eight silver and two bronze medals.

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2012 Olympics Results: Cammile Adams Finishes Fifth In 200M Butterfly

Despite having two entrants in the 200 meter women's butterfly, the United States failed to medal. China's Jiao Liuyang added to her country's medal count, bringing home the gold medal with a time of 2:04.06 -- over a second faster than Mireia Belmonte Garcia, who won the silver medal for Spain.

20 year old Houston native Cammile Adams finished in fifth, over two and a half seconds behind Liuyang. Adams, who attends Texas A&M, finished with a time of 2:06.78. Adams also finished behind fellow American Kathleen Hersey, who finished fourth with a time of 2:05.78.

Adams did improve upon her semifinal time, which was 2:07.33. Nevertheless, her improvement wasn't enough to land her a medal.

Japan's Natsumi Hoshi finished third with a time of 2:05.48, almost a full second and a half behind Liuyang.

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London Olympics Medal Count: United States And China Still Tied For Overall Medals

After Tuesday's events at the Olympic Games in London, the score atop the medal leader board remains tied between the United States and China at 23 medals each, with the Chinese boasting a 13-9 advantage in gold medals over the Americans. Rounding out the top five is Japan, with 13 total medals, France (11 total) and South Korea (nine).

Houstonian Liezel Huber had a solid day as well, as she and partner Lisa Raymond, the United States' top seeded womens tennis doubles team, advanced to the second round of the women's Olympic double with a straight-sets victory (6-4, 7-3) over Polish sisters Agnieszka and Ursula Radwanska. Next up for Raymond and Huber will be either Germany or Slovakia.

You can find a complete medal count and breakdown at SI.com.

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2012 Olympics Medal Count: Women's Team Gymnastics Gold Has U.S. Gaining Ground On China

The United States and China continue to be locked in fierce competition for total medal count at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Now the U.S. is starting to make a dent in China's gold medal lead as well.

After the U.S. took home the gold in the women's team gymnastics on Tuesday and China failed to medal in the event, the two countries are once again tied in total medals with 19 each. The United States now has seven gold medals against 10 for China, including another gold medal in shooting that the U.S. picked up on Tuesday.

In third place for total medals is Japan with 12, while France is fourth in total medals with nine and third in gold medals with four.

You can find a complete medal count and breakdown at SI.com.

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2012 London Olympics: TV Coverage And Event Schedule For Tuesday

Day four of the 2012 London Olympics will get underway on Tuesday and as usual, the NBC family of networks has you covered.

Here is a list of the events that will take place and the networks that will televise them:

CNBC
Boxing: Elimination bouts (5 p.m. - 8 p.m.)

MSNBC
Table Tennis: Women's quarterfinals (9 a.m.)
Women's Soccer: Canada vs. Sweden (9:30 a.m.)
Men's Badminton: Qualifying match (11:15 a.m.)
Women's Soccer: France vs. Colombia (12:15 p.m.)
Women's Field Hockey: USA vs. Argentina (2 p.m.)
Women's Soccer: Great Britain vs. Brazil (3:30 p.m.)
Table Tennis: Women's semifinal (4:30 p.m.)
Archery: Individual matches (5 p.m.)
Weightlifting: Women's 63kg event, Men's 69kg event (5:30 p.m.)

NBC
Canoeing: Men's C-1 Whitewater final (10 a.m.)
Swimming: Qualifying (10:30 a.m.)
Rowing: Qualifying (11:15 a.m.)
Men's Volleyball: USA vs. Germany (11:45 a.m.)
Swimming: Qualifying (1:30 p.m.)
Rowing: Qualifying (2:15 p.m.)
Men's Water Polo: USA vs. Romania (2:40 p.m.)
Men's Beach Volleyball: Qualifying (4 p.m.)
8 p.m. - Midnight
Women's gymnastics: Team final
Diving: Women's Synchronized 10m platform final
Swimming: Women's 200m freestyle, Men's 200m butterfly, Women's 200m IM, Men's 4x200m freestyle relay

NBC Sports Network
Men's Basketball: China vs. Russia (4 a.m.)
Equestrian: Team eventing final (5:45 a.m.)
Men's Water Polo: Hungary vs. Montenegro (8:15 a.m.)
Equestrian: Individual Jumping (9:15 a.m.)
Men's Beach Volleyball: Qualifying match (10:35 a.m.)
Women's Beach Volleyball: Qualifying match (11:15 a.m.)
Women's Soccer: USA vs. North Korea (12:15 p.m.)
Boxing: Men's flyweight and light welterweight elimination bouts (2 p.m.)
Men's Basketball: France vs. Argentina (3 p.m.)
Shooting: Men's Skeet Final (4:45 p.m.)
Men's Basketball: USA vs. Tunisia (5:15 p.m.)
Men's Volleyball: Brazil vs. Russia (7:15 p.m.)

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2012 London Olympics: One Athlete With Houston Ties To Compete On Tuesday

On the fourth day of the 2012 London Olympics games, there will be only one athlete with Houston ties that will be competing on Tuesday. Liezel Huber will be competing in the women's doubles tennis event with her partner, Lisa Raymond.

It will be the first match for the pair during the games and they will take on Poland and the sister combo of Agnieszka and Urszula Radwanska. The Radwanska sisters have already competed and won a match in the Olympics on Monday against the Slovakian contingent of Dominika Cibulkova and Daniela Hantuchova in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.

Huber, who was born in South Africa, is coached by her husband, Tony, and has been playing tennis professionally since 1993.

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London Olympics Daily Recap: USA Ties China For Medal Count Lead

The Americans tied China for the overall medal count lead on Monday after a pretty decent day in the swimming pool. While Ryan Lochte was unable to live up to the expectation of winning gold in the 200-meter freestyle race, Matt Grevers and Nick Thorman took the gold and silver in the men's 100-meter backstroke, which marked the first time in these Olympics that Americans have received two medals in one event.

Take a look at the top five in the medal count right here:

China, 17 (9 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze)
United States, 17 (5, 7, 5)
Japan, 11 (1, 4, 6)
Italy, 8 (2, 4, 2)
France, 7 (3, 1, 3)

It's also worth noting the only team beyond that top five with three gold medals is North Korea; Great Britain moved into a five-way tie for ninth with its third medal.

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London Olympics 2012: American Gymnasts In 8th Place

Jake Dalton led off the U.S. gymnastics team in its third rotation on the still ring with a 15.033, 2008 Olympic veteran Jonathan Horton had a 15.266 and John Orozco, who has aspirations of winning an all-around gold medal, had a difficult showing in which the rings moved constantly. With these numbers, the Americans continued their trend of scoring a lower number than it had in qualifying.

Orozco had the team low of 14.958, even though he was last up for the U.S., in the spot where the highest score should be expected.

Through the first three rotations, the U.S. is in eighth place, more than eight points behind leading China and more than six points out of a medal position. Japan is second and Great Britain is third.

Horton is a Houston native.

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Team USA Swimming: Texas A&M's Breeja Larson Finals In 100m Breaststroke

Texas A&M's Breeja Larson has made it to the finals of the 100m breastroke and is seeded fourth and has a realistic shot of earning her first Olympic medal. Larson is competing in her first Olympics. After the prelims Larson had the fourth fastest time with a 1:06.58 to win her heat, and in the semifinals she went just slightly slower with a time of 1:06.70.

In the finals Larson will be in lane six and is 1.49 seconds behind Lithuania's Ruta Meilutyte who has the fastest time heading into the finals. Next to Larson in lane five is American teammate Rebecca Soni who qualified just .72 seconds faster.

The 100m breaststroke finals will be at 2:15 p.m. CT and as always can be streamed live online, and it will be on NBC in primetime coverage.

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2012 Olympics Medal Count: China Still In The Lead After Day 2, U.S. In Second Place

The second day is complete at the 2012 Summer Olympics and in the medal count China still leads all countries with 12 total medals with six of them being gold. The United States are keeping pace with China and currently have 11 medals and three of them being gold. Both China and the United States won six medals in Sunday's competition.

The United States and China are looking to pull away from the rest of the field if they keep up their pace.

Swimming is where the United States picked up medals on Sunday. They won a silver medal in the men's 400m free relay, a silver medal in the women's 400m freestyle Allison Schmitt, Dana Vollmer won a gold medal and set the world record in the 100m butterfly and Brendan Hansen earned a bronze medal in the 100m breast stroke.

Here is the current top five medal count by country:

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2012 Olympic Medal Count: China Leads After Day 1, U.S.A Tied For Second

The first day of the Summer Olympic Games are in the books and there were plenty of medals to be handed out, and the early medal count has China in the lead with six total medals and four of them being gold. Just behind China is Italy and the United States who each have five medals.

The one gold medal for the United States came when Ryan Lochte cruised to victory in the 400m IM. Two of China's four gold medals came in swimming, one in weightlifting and one in shooting, while Italy won a gold medal in fencing and their other came in archery with their last arrow to defeat the United States.

Here is the current top five medal count by country.

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2012 Olympics Ratings: Opening Ceremony Draws Highest Ratings For Non-US Olympics Ever

If you didn't catch the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympics in London, well, apparently you weren't in the plurality. According to NBC Sports, the overnight rating for the 2012 Opening Ceremony was the highest for a non-United States Olympics ever.

23.0/40 Overnight for Opening Ceremony on NBC best for a non-US Olympics ever;up 7% from Beijing (21.5), 28% from Athens (18.0). #Olympics

— NBCSportsPR (@NBCSportsPR) July 28, 2012

Apparently, Americans really weren't interested in the Greek ceremonies.

Snark and joking aside, this is obviously excellent news for NBC, and as a consequence, you can expect overall interest in the Olympics and the actual games to increase this year -- which is a positive, of course.

The Opening Ceremony, unfortunately though, wasn't a live event for those in the United States, as it was tape delayed for prime time consumption.

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Daily Preview 2012 London Olympics: Two Athletes With Houston Ties Set To Compete On Saturday

As the 2012 London Olympics officially begin on Saturday, two athletes with ties to the Houston area will be set to compete in their quest for gold.

First up will be Jonathan Horton who will compete in the men's qualification round of artistic gymnastics. Horton will be competing in his second Olympic games as he won a bronze and silver medal during the 2008 Beijing games.

Joining him on the first official day of competition will be Timothy Wang, another native of Houston who will be competing in the table tennis event.

Timothy Wang went from being an unknown to the face of United States table tennis players. In 2010 he won the National men's singles competition. In 2011 Wang placed third but did win the men's doubles and mixed doubles events the same year.

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USA Shooting: Glenn Eller Looks To Defend His Gold Medal In London

After winning the gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the double trap shooting event, Katy, Tx. native Glenn Eller is looking to defend his crown this summer in London.

Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony Preview: TV Schedule, Team USA Flag Bearer And More

The Opening Ceremony kicks off the 2012 London Olympics on Friday, July 27.

2012 London Olympics Viewer's Guide: Television Coverage, How To Watch Online And More

The 2012 Olympic Games are almost underway, and there are a variety of ways for fans of Team USA or anyone else to catch the action from London. NBC is the television provider for the Games, and they will be utilizing all of their networks for coverage: the flagship network, the NBC Sports Network, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, Telemundo, and special channels set up for the Basketball and Soccer events. With the games taking place in London, the live coverage for many events begins early in the morning. You can view complete listings by time or by sport at NBCOlympics.com.

NBC is providing live streaming coverage from the 2012 Olympic Games via NBC Olympics Live Extra. Fans who want to watch the Games online will need a cable or satellite subscription in order to access Live Extra. Aside from the live coverage, NBC Olympics also features video highlights, expert analysis videos and interviews with athletes that are available without a subscription.

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