Industry News: Universal Sports Presents Live Coverage of Columbus Grand Prix

LOS ANGELES, California, April 1. UNIVERSAL Sports, in cooperation with USA Swimming presents a LIVE broadcast on television and online of the Columbus, Ohio stop of the USA Swimming Grand Prix Series. The LIVE broadcast featuring Olympians Eric Shanteau, and Chloe Sutton starts Thursday at 6 PM (ET).

COVERAGE ON UNIVERSAL SPORTS: Universal Sports, available in 58 million homes, presents LIVE coverage of the Columbus Grand Prix.

Date Event Time (all times ET)
April 1 COLUMBUS GRAND PRIX DAY 1 6 p.m.
April 2 COLUMBUS GRAND PRIX DAY 2 6 p.m.
April 3 COLUMBUS GRAND PRIX DAY 3 6 p.m.

ABOUT THE EVENT: The Columbus Grand Prix is the fifth stop on the USA Swimming Grand Prix Series. The swimmer with the most points at the end of the series will be the winner of the $20,000 grand prize. Mary DeScenza was the winner of the 2008-2009 Grand Prix Series and received the $20,000 purse prize. Joining Shanteau and Sutton in the pool will be US Olympians Peter Vanderkaay, Kate Ziegler, and Christine Marshall.

ABOUT UNIVERSAL SPORTS: Universal Sports, a partnership between NBC Sports and InterMedia Partners, serves as the preeminent multiplatform destination for Olympic-related and lifestyle sports programming available on television and online. Universal Sports is now available in nine of the top 10 DMAs including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas-Fort Worth and Washington, D.C. Recent expansion includes launches in Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Denver, Portland, and Jacksonville. Go to UniversalSports.com for a complete list of TV markets. Major world championship and Olympic qualifying events found on Universal Sports range from track and field, skiing, swimming, gymnastics, marathons and cycling, to volleyball, rowing, triathlon, fencing, speed skating and martial arts. UniversalSports.com delivers an immersive experience via live and on-demand competition coverage, interaction with top athletes through blogs and in-depth access to Olympic sports news and information year round. For more information on the availability of the Universal Sports 24-hour television channel, please visit UniversalSports.com

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