Yoder finishes fourth on parallel bars at 2014 Youth Olympic Games

Yoder finishes fourth on parallel bars at 2014 Youth Olympic Games

NANJING, China, Aug. 25, 2014 – Alec Yoder of Indianapolis, Ind./InterActive Academy, finished fourth in the parallel bars final at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. Laura Zeng of Libertyville, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics, will represent the USA in rhythmic gymnastics beginning Aug. 26. NBC, NBCSN and Universal Sports combined will air 54.5 hours of coverage of the Youth Olympic Games. In addition, fans can watch the action live at Olympic.org, Olympic.tv, YouTube.com/Olympics and the Olympic TV App. 

In the parallel bars final, Yoder posted a 13.633 and finished fourth.  Russia’s Nikita Nagornyy won the gold, followed by Botond Kardos of Hungary and Giamni Regini-Moran of Great Britain.

The gymnastics competition schedule is as follows. Nanning is 12 hours ahead of the U.S. Eastern time zone.

Aug. 26       Qualification for rhythmic gymnastics individual and group all-around: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (individual, hoop and ball),12:30-4:30 p.m. (individual, clubs and ribbon), 5-8 p.m. (group, hoop and clubs), China; 11 p.m.-1 a.m., 2:30-4:30 a.m., 7-8 a.m. ET

Aug. 27       Finals for rhythmic gymnastics individual and group all-around: 1:30-3:30 p.m. (individual), 7-7:40 p.m. (group), China; 2:30-3:40 a.m., 7-7:50 a.m. ET

Gymnastics is one of the sports that will be featured on the nightly NBCSN coverage. The nightly programming will be similar to NBC’s traditional primetime presentation for the Olympics. Other sports expected to be among those featured include swimming, track and field, beach volleyball and diving.  The complete television schedule is listed below.

Alicia Quinn (nee Sacramone) is the analyst for gymnastics.  Other commentators and analysts include:  commentators Jason Knapp, Jim Watson and Mike Corey; onsite reporters Lewis Johnson and 2006 Olympic ice dancing silver-medalist Tanith Belbin; and analysts two-time Olympic 800m runner Nick Symmonds, four-time swimming medalist Kaitlin Sandeno, 2000 diving gold-medalist Laura Wilkinson and 2000 Olympic beach volleyball player Kevin Wong.

NBC Sports Live Extra — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets — will provide streaming coverage all 2014 Youth Olympic Games coverage appearing on NBC and NBCSN. For desktops, NBC Sports Live Extra can be accessed at nbcsports.com/liveextra. The NBC Sports Live Extra app is available for Apple, Android and Microsoft mobile devices and tablets.

In addition to live online coverage of Nanjing 2014, 480 hours of video-on-demand is available at Olympic.org, Olympic.tv, YouTube.com/Olympics and the Olympic TV App, as well as in China with CNTV and CCTV apps.

The official Youth Olympic Games website is Nanjing2014.org.  Coverage of the 2014 U.S. Youth Olympic Team can be found at TeamUSA.org and Twitter.com/USOlympic utilizing the #2014YOG hashtag.

The United States is competing in 22 disciplines across 20 sports, with a 92-member U.S. Youth Olympic Team. China is hosting 3,800 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees at the second summer edition of the Youth Olympic Games. During 13 days of competition in 28 sports, 222 medal events will be spread over 27 competition venues.

The Youth Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event held in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee that take place every four years consistent with the current format of the Olympic Games. The Youth Olympic Games are designed to integrate sport with education and culture, inspiring participants to live by the Olympic values and become ambassadors of Olympism. For more information on the Games, visit Nanjing2014.com.

Based in Indianapolis, USA Gymnastics is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States. Its mission is to encourage participation and the pursuit of excellence in the sport. Its disciplines include men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, acrobatic gymnastics, and group gymnastics. For more information, log on to www.usagym.org.

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NBC, NBCSN and Universal Sports Network’s coverage of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games from Nanjing, China

Date                              Time (ET)                        Network

Mon., August 25          5-7 p.m.                            Universal Sports Network

                                       7-9 p.m.                            NBCSN

Tues., August 26         5-7 p.m.                            Universal Sports Network

                                       7-9 p.m.                            NBCSN

Wed., August 27         5-7 p.m.                            Universal Sports Network

                                       7-8 p.m.                            NBCSN

Thurs., August 28       5-7:30 p.m.                      Universal Sports Network

                                       6:30-8 p.m.**                   NBCSN

Sun., August 31          12:30-1:30 p.m.               NBC

** Closing ceremony

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