The world stage has many eyes on it, and soon we will have a connection to the Olympics with our own area athletes.
If you are interested in catching the action, here are the approximate days/times our local Olympians :
Kenny Bednarek from Rice Lake and Alicia Monson from Amery — are doing their events:
- Kenny Bednarek: Men’s 200m heats — Monday (Aug. 2), 9:05 p.m. CDT (CNBC) [semifinals are Tuesday (Aug. 3) at 6:50 a.m. CDT on nbcolympics.com, and finals are Wednesday (Aug. 4) at 7:55 a.m. CDT on nbcolympics.com]
- Alicia Monson: Women’s 10,000m final — Saturday (Aug. 7), 5:45 a.m. CDT (streaming on Peacock)