February 14th – Sochi 2014 – Daily Preview

What’s on tap today? Just eight disciplines and competition in 10 events with six gold medals up for grabs. In today: Alpine skiing and ski jumping. Out today: Ice hockey, luge, short track, and speed skating.

All times below are ET.

Alpine Skiing

Events: Alpine skiing returns with the men’s super combined on Friday. The 50-man field starts the downhill portion at 1 AM. Four Americans are in the field and they will take to the course in a tight grouping. Ted Ligety will start 22nd, Andrew Weibrecht 23rd, Bode Miller 24th, and Jared Goldberg 28th. The slalom begins at 6:30 AM and will start in the reverse-order of the times from the downhill portion.

When:

Men’s Super Combined – Downhill – 1 AM
*Men’s Super Combined – Slalom – 6:30 AM

Live Streaming: A live stream will be available on the NBC Olympics website and on the NBC Sports Live Extra app. You will probably have to authenticate a cable subscription to watch the live streams of the Olympics.

TV Coverage: The alpine skiing will be included in NBC’s evening coverage from 8-11:30 PM ET.

Biathlon

Events: Thursday is the women’s 15 km individual event at 9 AM. The 84-woman field will start in 30-second intervals with missed targets resulting in a crucial one minute penalty added to your time. Four Americans will compete: Susan Dunklee, starts 5th at 9:02:30, Sara Studebaker starts 41st at 9:20:30, Hannah Dreissigacker starts 60th at 9:30, and finally Lanny Barnes starts 81st at 9:40:30.

When:

*Women’s individual 15 km – 9 AM

TV Coverage: The biathlon will be included in NBC’s daytime coverage from 3-5 PM ET.

Ready to go again tomorrow…Individual race starts at 6pm local/9am EST! Bib #41 #Sochi2014

— Sara Studebaker (@SaraStudebaker) February 13, 2014

Thanks for the b-day wishes everyone! Next up: Individual race tomorrow, wearing bib 5

— Susan Dunklee (@SusanDunklee) February 13, 2014

Cross-Country Skiing

Events: Much like the biathlon event the cross-country event, the men’s 15km classic at 5 AM, will feature a start staggered by 30-seconds per skiier. This race is done using the classic technique (hence the name). There are 92 women in the field, four who are Americans. Erik Bjornsen starts 12th at 5:06, Brian Gregg starts 18th at 5:09, Kris Freeman starts 23rd at 5:11:30, and Noah Hoffman starts 32nd at 5:16.

When:

*Men’s 15km Classic – 5 AM

TV Coverage: The cross-country skiing will be shown LIVE as part of the coverage on NBCSN from 5-7:30 AM ET.

Curling

Events: The US men enter what could be a make or break day in curling sitting in 7th at 1-3. 4th place is currently at 3-1 so the US needs to try to keep pace. The first opponent on Friday at 12 AM is 10th place Germany (0-4). It’s a good opponent for a must-win game to get things back on track. Then the US will take on Russia at 10 AM. Russia is currently in 8th (1-4) so that is another good opportunity for the US. 2-0 is quite doable and getting to 3-3 with three matches left would keep them in the hunt.

The women are sitting at 1-4 but with a four-way tie for fourth at 2-2 they are not finished yet. They probably need to win out to get to 5-4 and hope that the fourth place race stays tight. They’ll take on 10th place Denmark (0-5) on Friday at 5 AM and hopefully get one step closer.

When:

Men’s Round Robin – USA vs. Germany – 12 AM
Women’s Round Robin – USA vs. Denmark – 5 AM
Men’s Round Robin – USA vs. Russia – 10 AM

TV Coverage: The men’s curling vs. Germany will be shown on NBCSN from 3-5 AM ET. The women’s curling will be shown LIVE on USA from 5-8 AM ET. The men’s curling vs. Russia will be shown on CNBC from 5-8 PM ET.

Figure Skating

Events: 24 men will be part of the men’s free program on Friday at 10 AM. The race for bronze is very tight with Jason Brown sitting in 6th and in contention. Jeremy Abbott’s fall in the short program has him out of contention. Abbott will skate third in the second group, ninth overall, while Brown skates last in the final group. He’ll know exactly what he needs to do to win a medal.

When:

*Men’s Free Program – 10 AM

TV Coverage: The figure skating will be shown LIVE on NBCSN as part of their coverage from 10 AM-2:15 PM ET and included in NBC’s evening coverage from 8-11:30 PM ET.

Freestyle Skiing

Events: 23 women will take to the hill for the aerials qualification on Friday. Things start with the first round of qualification at 8:45 AM. The 23 women will each take one run with the best six scores moving into the final. The other 17 will try again at 9:30 AM with the six best scores again moving into the final. The final will begin at 12:30 PM with 12 women. They each take a run with the top eight moving into the next round. Round two at 12:55 PM will narrow it down to four women who will go for the medals at 1:12 PM.

Two Americans are in the field: Ashley Caldwell, who will be third to go in qualification round one, and Emily Cook, who will be 11th to go.

When:

Women’s Aerials Qualification 1 – 8:45 AM
Women’s Aerials Qualification 2 – 9:30 AM
Women’s Aerials Final 1 – 12:30 PM
Women’s Aerials Final 2 – 12:55 PM
*Women’s Aerials Final 3 – 1:12 PM

TV Coverage: The freestyle skiing will be included in NBC’s daytime coverage from 3-5 PM ET and the latenight coverage from 12-1 AM ET Saturday.

Great night of training under the lights and over the moon. Ready to go tomorrow. Thanks heuerg for… http://t.co/RTlg0Xt8SR

— Emily Cook (@emilycook) February 13, 2014

Skeleton

Events: The men’s competition gets underway Friday with the first heat at 7:30 AM and with there Americans in the 27-man field. Matthew Antoine will be the first to go for the US, second overall, while John Daly is ninth and Kyle Tress is 12th. They’ll also have the second heat at 9 AM with the same riders.

The women’s event then wraps up with two Americans in medal contention as heat three begins (10:40 AM). Noelle Pikus-Pace is in second and will be the second to go. While Katie Uhlaender will be the fourth to go as she sits in fourth. Heat four at 11:50 AM will be done in the reverse-order of the standings after heat three.

When:

Men’s Heat 1 – 7:30 AM
Men’s Heat 2 – 9 AM
Women’s Heat 3 – 10:40 AM
*Women’s Heat 4 – 11:50 AM

Live Streaming: A live stream will be available on the NBC Olympics website or on the NBC Sports Live Extra app. You will probably have to authenticate a cable subscription to watch the live streams of the Olympics.

TV Coverage: The skeleton will be included in the evening coverage on NBC from 8-11:30 PM ET and the latenight coverage from 12-1 AM ET Saturday.

Hair and body are both prepared for the race. Finishing up my sled now. #TeamUSA

— John Daly (@JohnDalyUSA) February 13, 2014

Ski Jumping

Events: The men are back in action in ski jumping on Friday with their large hill event. The field of 61 has ten automatic qualifiers for the final and the other 51 are vying for 40 spots in the next round on Saturday. Four Americans are among those vying for the spots. Nick Alexander is the first competitor to jump while Anders Johnson will be 13th to take off. The final two Americans will go 19th (Peter Frenette) and 20th (Nicholas Fairall).

When:

Men’s Large Hill Individual Qualification Round – 12:30 PM

TV Coverage: The ski jumping will be shown on NBCSN in their coverage from 2:15-3 PM ET.

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February 14th – Sochi 2014 – Daily Preview

Alpine Skiing

Biathlon

Cross-Country Skiing

Curling

Figure Skating

Freestyle Skiing

Skeleton

Ski Jumping

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