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Watch Mo Farah, Matthew Centrowitz go head-to-head

Olympic champions Mo Farah and Matthew Centrowitz will race head-to-head at the USATF Distance Classic on Thursday night, streaming live on NBC Sports Gold.

The Los Angeles meet, with events from 800m to 5000m, also includes Rio 1500m bronze medalist Jenny Simpson and Olympians Shannon Rowbury and Brenda Martinez.

Entry lists are here. Here’s the schedule (all times Eastern):

9:05 p.m. — Women’s 800m (4 heats)
9:30 — Men’s 800m (2 heats)
9:45 — Women’s 3000m Steeplechase (1 heat)
10 — Men’s 3000m Steeplechase (1 heat)
10:15 — Women’s 1500m (3 heats)
10:40 — Men’s 1500m (3 heats)
11:05 — Women’s 5000m (1 heat)
11:25 — Men’s 5000m (1 heat)

Farah, the 2012 and 2016 Olympic 5000m and 10,000m champion, opens the final outdoor track season of his career by racing the 1500m on Thursday.