Rio Olympics Tuesday TV Schedule: Michael Phelps Victorious, Ledecky's Streak, Gold-Medal Women's Gymnasts

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — Some of Team USA’s biggest names and top gold-medal contenders compete Tuesday in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. They include Simone Biles and the women’s gymnastics team, plus swimmers Michael Phelps and Katie Ledekcy.

To help you plan your TV viewing, here’s who to catch in action and the estimated time of their event. Spoiler alert: Some events happen Tuesday afternoon, so you can either watch livestream coverage online or wait for NBC’s delayed airing of big events this evening.

NBC has all U.S. broadcast rights to the Olympics, so you’ll find events on your local NBC station and some of its sister networks: USA, Bravo, Telemundo, CNBC and others. Check NBC’s TV listings for a full schedule of events, times and networks carrying competitions.

Want to sneak a peek at rugby or fencing while you’re at work? Go to NBC’s website to find livestream options.

Women’s Gymnastics

SPOILER ALERT: Reigning three-time world all-around champion Simone Biles led her team to a gold medal Tuesday afternoon. The 19-year-old from Texas has many observers saying she's the best gymnast they've ever seen.

The U.S. women's score of 184.897 was more than eight points clear of silver medalist Russia, while China placed third for the bronze.

On Sunday, Biles competed in the Woman's Qualification at the Olympics, where she scored a 16.000 on the vault, a 15.000 on the uneven bars, a 15.633 on the balance beam and a 15.733 on the floor exercise. Translation: Those are phenomenal scores. Along with her team, she qualified individually in all categories — all-around, vault, balance beam and floor exercise finals.

Biles and teammates Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Madison Kocian and Laurie Hernandez were heavy favorites to win another all-around team gold.

We’re going in as the best team in the world," Raisman said in an NBC interview before the meet. "So we should carry ourselves that way, not be scared and shaky because we have that pressure. It should be the opposite. You know, you walk in like you’re number one and I think that’s intimidating to everyone else."

Women's gymnastics team all-around final, Aug. 9

• TV: NBC, coverage starts at 8 p.m. ET (tape delay)
• Streaming: NBC Olympics (live, 3 p.m. ET)

Phelps Snags Gold No. 20

Phelps "did his thing” as he shut down the distractions of South African swimmer Chad le Clos in the 200-meter butterfly at 9:30 p.m. Four years ago, le Clos beat Phelps in the 2012 Olympics in London.

The swimmers stepped off their blocks because of too much crowd noise, but the start went smoothly and Phelps led at the halfway point over le Clos and two Hungarians. Phelps edged the field including le Clos -- who finished fourth -- and then wagged his finger up to say No. 1 and beckoned the crowd to cheer even more, pumping his fist.

"You don't poke the tiger," said NBC announcer and former Olympic swimmer Rowdy Gaines.

Phelps won by .04 of a second, the smallest victory margin in Olympic history. Japanese and Hungarian swimmers placed second and third.

The 31-year-old Maryland swimmer is the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 25 medals to his name -- 21 of them gold -- after helping Team USA swim past the French in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay on Sunday.

Bonus Phelps: Phelps swam a leg of the men's 200M freestyle relay roughly an hour after his 200M butterfly victory. The Americans had a huge lead as Ryan Lochte entered the pool for his leg of the relay, cushioning a maybe-tired Phelps wearing a bored swim cap when his ripped. But there was no sign of fatigue as he clinched gold medal No. 21 easily.

Men's 200M Butterfly, Aug. 9

• TV: NBC, coverage starts at 8 p.m. ET (tape delay)
• Streaming: NBC Olympics (live, 9:28 PM ET)

Katie Ledecky: Future of Women’s Swimming

Undefeated American swimmer Katie Ledecky, expected to haul home at least four gold medals, was also in the pool again Tuesday, winning her second gold in the 200M freestyle. Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom gave her a race, but the Maryland swimmer kept her undefeated streak in international individual races intact.

"I couldn't be happier right now," Ledecky said after the race.

Ledecky won her first individual medal — at a world record pace of 3:56:45 — in the 400 meter freestyle on Sunday.

On Saturday night, Ledekcy, 19, anchored the women's 4x100 freestyle relay that won a silver medal.

Ledecky competes in the 800 and 4x200 freestyle relay later this week.

Women's 200M freestyle

• TV: NBC, coverage starts at 8 p.m. ET (tape delay)
• Streaming: NBC Olympics (live, 9:19 PM ET)

SEE ALSO:

• U.S. Gymnast Simone Biles Going For Gold In Rio Olympics
• 'Phelps Face' Trending After Olympic Qualifier Race
• First Gold, World Record for Katie Ledecky at 2016 Rio Olympics

»Pictured, Michael Phelps, Simone Biles, Katie Ledekcy. Photo Credit: Team USA/Flickr.