The 5 Best Olympic Events to Watch Today (Day 16: Sunday, August 12th)

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Team(s)/Athlete(s) of Interest: Freddie Evans

Time: 9:15 a.m.

Why You Should Watch: The Kazakhstan's Serik Sapiyev faces Great Britain's Freddie Evans in the gold medal bout. Evans, who won the 2011 European Amateur Championships, took out Taras Shelestyuk in the semi-finals and is full of confidence heading into the finals. As the first Welsh boxer to secure a medal in the Olympics, Evans can make history by winning the gold.

Team(s)/Athlete(s) of Interest: Brazil

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Why You Should Watch: After Brazil's women's team took gold in volleyball yesterday, the men's team will try to complete the sweep on the final day of competition. This will be Brazil's third straight gold medal game, and coming off of their silver medal result in Beijing, they're looking to be back on the Olympic throne. The Russians will finish better than their third place finish in Beijing, but why settle for silver when gold is within reach?

Team(s)/Athlete(s) of Interest: Vasyl Lomachenko

Time: 8:45 a.m.

Why You Should Watch: With his amateur career coming to a close after London with his recent signing, Ukraine's Vasyl Lomachenko enters his final gold medal Olympic bout. Lomachenko looks to close out his Olympic career by winning back-to-back Olympic gold medals by beating Korean Soonchul Han. Han is no pushover, but this fight will be all Lomachenko. Regarded as the best pound-for-pound amateur boxer in the world, Lomachenko shouldn't have too much difficulty in picking up that second gold medal.

Team(s)/Athlete(s) of Interest: Argentina

Time: 6:00 a.m.

Why You Should Watch: This bronze medal game will not be a constellation prize to frown at. The Russians who put up a strong fight against Spain, will take on Argentina in what will likely be Manu Ginobili's last Olympic game. Argentina's "Golden Generation" will compete in what would probably be their last Olympic game together as most of their roster is in their mid-30s, and would like to close out an Olympic career with a medal, even if it's bronze.

Team(s)/Athlete(s) of Interest: USA

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Why You Should Watch: Team USA meets Spain in the finals for the second Olympics in a row. Yeah, the nations are the same, but the two teams are vastly different from Beijing with Dwight Howard and Dwyane Wade being out for the Americans, and Ricky Rubio out for the Spaniards. The Americans will look to successfully defend their gold medal, but this isn't '08. With Tyson Chandler as their only inside defensive presence, Spain will look to take advantage of the Americans' lack of size inside. With a nimbler and more experienced Marc Gasol and brother Pau up to his usual tricks, the Americans are going to have to defend by committee and push the tempo if they want to pull this one out.