POSTED: Thursday August 13th 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BOLT & GAY HEADLINE NBC SPORTS LIVE COVERAGE OF WORLD TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM BERLIN BEGINNING SATURDAY

Live Streaming Webcasts on UniversalSports.com

       NEW YORK – August 13, 2009 – The fastest athletes in the world, including Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt of Jamaica and reigning world champions Tyson Gay, Bernard Lagat and Allyson Felix of the U.S., headline NBC Sports’ live coverage of the World Track & Field Championships from Berlin over the next two weekends.

TEAM USA: The 2009 Team USA squad consists of 20 Olympic medalists, 28 World Outdoor Championship medalists and 10 American record holders.  The reigning World champions on Team USA competing in Berlin includes Gay, Lagat, Felix, Jeremy Wariner, Kerron Clement, Michelle Perry, Reese Hoffa and Brad Walker.

Over the past 11 World Track and Field Championships, Team USA has won a total of 228 medals, including 110 gold. Russia places second during that span with 122 total medals (33 gold).

COVERAGE ON NBC SPORTS: NBC Sports will air eight hours of competition over two weekends beginning this Saturday from 1-3 p.m. ET (LIVE), continuing this Sunday from 2-4 p.m. ET (LIVE), August 22 from 1-3 p.m. ET (LIVE) and concluding August 23 from 2–4 p.m. ET (Same Day Tape).  Coverage highlights include:

This Saturday:          Men’s 100m Quarterfinals
                       Women’s 10,000m Final
                       Men’s Shot Put Final
This Sunday:            Men’s 100m Final
                       Women’s Shot Put Final
                       Women’s 400m Semifinal
Saturday, Aug. 22:      Men’s 4x100m Relay Final
                       Women’s 4x100m Relay Final
                       Women’s 5,000m Final
                       Men’s Long Jump Final
                       Men’s Pole Vault Final
                       Women’s Hammer Throw Final
                       Men’s Marathon
Sunday, Aug. 23 Men’s 4x400m Relay Final
                       Women’s 4x400m Relay Final
                       Men’s 800m Final
                       Women’s 1,500m Final
                       Woman’s Marathon
                       Women’s Long Jump Final
                       Men’s Javelin Final

COVERAGE ON UNIVERSALSPORTS.COM: UniversalSports.com will provide a live webcast of the morning and evening sessions from Berlin each day of the Championships, from August 15 – 23. UniversalSports.com’s Alan Abrahamson will provide daily blog posts and news updates from Berlin. The full webcast schedule, highlights, full-length videos, photos, breaking news and more is available at UniversalSports.com/trackandfield.

TEAM USA RETURNS TO BERLIN: These World Championships marks the first time that the USA Track and Field team will return to Berlin for a major international competition since the 1936 Olympic Games where Jesse Owens won four gold medals.

ANNOUNCERS: Calling the action from Berlin is NBC Sports Olympic Track and Field broadcast team of: Tom Hammond, Ato Bolden, Lewis Johnson, Dwight Stones and Bob Neumeier.

       Members of the media can get more information about NBC Universal and its programming on the NBC Universal Media Village Web site at www.nbcumv.com.

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