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Imtiaz Anees Provides Coverage
of the Equine Events at the 2008 Olympics!
Dear All,
I have
been asked by NBC, to provide typed commentary
including play-by-play, expert analysis, tendencies and trends for
all three Equestrian discplines. The commentary
will be posted real-time by a designated commentator based in Stamford,
CT. I will be the equestrian commentator
from Stamford,CT. This will be viewed worldwide live on the
internet www.nbcolympics.com/equestrian/index.html
I will also interview the riders. For
information on the times it will be shown on T.V. look below .
These will be highlights and replays. But for live play-by-play you
will have to get on the internet and my commentary will be typed live.
See the full Olympic television schedule on
this page and link to the Olympic news & results. Make this your
favorite page for the Equestrian Olympic coverage!
Let the Games Begin!!! Imti!
UPDATE: August 14, 2008
Follow my blog at www.SIRE-eventing.com/blog for answers to your questions
and the schedule for LIVE
Video of the Equestrian events from the 2008 Olympics.
UPDATE: August 13, 2008
Grand Prix Dressage
LIVE Video and my commentary of the 2008
Olympic Grand Prix Dressage starts at 7:15AM. Please join me.
UPDATE: August 12, 2008
Individual & Team Eventing -- Jumping Final
The standings for Individual
Eventing and Team
Eventing have been posted with the penality
scores. LIVE Video and my Commentary will begin at 7:15 AM this morning.
If you have missed any of the action you can catch up with Equestrian
Video on the NBC Olympics Web site.
UPDATE: August 10, 2008
Eventing -- Cross Country
If you missed the dressage for the 3-Day Eventing you can still catch the
video on the NBC
Web site. Tonight is the second day of the 3-Day eventing competition.
Don't miss it. The online coverage starts at 8PM. Here is a YouTube video of
the Olympic cross-country course that will be being ridden tonight. Send
me your comments on how I'm doing! We hope to have a blog up soon with
answers to your Olympic equestrian questions!
Television Coverage of the Equestrian Events at the
2008 Olympics Announced
NBC
Universal will be airing 3,600 hours of coverage of the 2008 Beijing
Olympic Games, including the equestrian events, which will be taking
place in Hong Kong. This total amount of coverage will be more than the
hours of coverage for all the Olympic Games since 1960 Rome combined.
All Broadcasts will also be in HD.
The equestrian television coverage schedule is as follows:
Date:
Program-Time (EST) on Channel
Aug. 9: Eventing: Dressage-2:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. on USA
Aug. 11: Eventing: Cross- Country- 6:00pm-8:00pm OXYGEN
Aug. 12: Eventing: Jumping Team Gold Medal Final-6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on OXYGEN
Aug. 13: Dressage-6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on OXYGEN
Aug. 14: Dressage Team Gold Medal Final-6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on OXYGEN
Aug. 15: Show Jumping-6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on OXYGEN
Aug. 16: Dressage Individual - 5:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. MSNBC
Aug. 17: Show Jumping Team Gold Medal Final 1st Round-10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m on
NBC
Aug. 18: Show Jumping Team Gold Medal Final Round- 6:00pm-8:00 p.m. OXYGEN
Aug. 19: Dressage Individual Gold Medal Final - 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on OXYGEN
Aug. 21: Show Jumping Individual Gold Medal Final- 10:00am- 1:00 pm on NBC |
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