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February 16th – Sochi 2014 – Daily Preview

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What’s on tap today? Nine disciplines and competition in ten events with five gold medals up for grabs. In today: Biathlon, bobsleigh (making its Sochi debut) figure skating, and snowboarding. Out today: Short track, skeleton (finished for Sochi), and ski jumping.

All times below are ET.

Alpine Skiing

Events: Four American men are in the 63-man field for the Super-G are Americans at 1 AM. After seeing the women fail to complete the course in large number it will be interesting to see how aggressive they are. Ted Ligety goes first for the US, ninth overall with Bode Miller soon behind him in 13th. The final two Americans are Travis Ganong who goes 25th and Andrew Weibrecht who goes 29th.

When:

  • *Men’s Super-G – 1 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 PM ET.

Biathlon

Events: The men’s 15km mass-start will begin at 10 AM. The 30-man field will include only two Americans, Lowell Bailey and Tim Burke as they have the final chance to earn an individual medal for the US men in Sochi.

When:

  • *Men’s mass-start 15 km – 10 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 biathlon will be shown on NBCSN from 2-3 PM ET and included in NBC’s latenight coverage from 11:35 PM – 12:35 AM ET.

Bobsleigh

Events: The US has three teams in 30 team field and all three will go early on in heat one at 11:15 AM. Team 1 of Steven Holcomb and Steven Langton go first overall with team 2 (Cory Butner and Christopher Fogt) going fifth. The final US team, United State 3, is Nick Cunningham and Dallas Robinson and they will go sixth. Heat two will be run at 12:50 PM with the order set by the times in the first heat.

When:

  • Two-man Heat 1 – 11:15 AM
  • Two-man Heat 2 – 12:50 PM

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 bobsleigh will be included in NBC’s primetime coverage from 8-11 PM ET.

Cross-Country Skiing

Events: The relay is a mass start event with 16 teams in the field. The US will leadoff with Andrew Newell followed by Erik Bjornsen. Noah Hoffman will ski third while Simeon Hamilton will bring it home. The first and second legs are skied classic style, the third and fourth legs are skied free style.

When:

  • *Men’s relay 4×10 km – 5 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 cross-country skiing will be shown LIVE on NBCSN from 5-7:15 AM ET and included as part of NBC’s daytime coverage from 3-6 PM ET.

Curling

Events: The US men enter Sunday at 2-4 and in sixth place. If they can defeat Canada (5-2 and tied for third) at 12 AM and Sweden (6-1 and tied for first) at 10 AM they would have a real shot at getting into the knockout round. If they lose either game they are probably eliminated by the end of the day. The US women have already been eliminated as they sit at 1-6 in 10th place. They face first place and undefeated (7-0) Canada at 5 AM.

When:

  • Men’s Round Robin – USA vs. Canada – 12 AM
  • Women’s Round Robin – USA vs. Canada – 5 AM
  • Men’s Round Robin – USA vs. Sweden – 10 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: Men’s curling vs. Canada will be shown on NBCSN from 3-6 AM. The women’s curling will be shown LIVE on MSNBC from 5-8 AM ET. The men’s match vs. Sweden will be shown on CNBC from 4-7 PM ET.

Figure Skating

Events: 24 couples will skate in the short dance on Sunday starting at 10 AM. The US skaters will be a bit later as Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani go second in group three (14th overall) with Madison Chock and Evan Bates going right behind them in 15th. Meryl Davis and Charlie White will skate last, 24th.

When:

  • Ice dance short dance – 10 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 figure skating will be shown LIVE on NBCSN from 10 AM-2 PM ET and included in NBC’s evening coverage from 8-11 PM ET.

Ice Hockey

Events: The US got a major win over Russia on Saturday and can now win group A with a victory over Slovenia at 7:30 Sunday morning. Since the win over Russia took OT the US would be behind Sweden (nine points) in the knockout round seeding and behind the winner of Finland-Canada (unless that went to OT) giving them the #3 seed most likely with a win. Going to OT could be a problem as Russia could jump back in front of the US if they won in regulation and had a higher GD.

When:

  • Men’s Preliminary Round – Group A – USA vs. Slovenia – 7:30 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 ice hockey game will be shown LIVE on NBCSN from 7:15-10 AM ET and replayed on NBCSN from 3-4:30 PM ET.

Snowboarding

Events: 24 women will be in the women’s snowboard cross field on Sunday. At 2 AM they will run the course twice to get seeding times. Faye Gulini goes second for the US, Jacqueline Hernandez goes sixth, and Lindsay Jacobellis goes 15th.

The 4:15 AM quarterfinals feature four heats of six. The top three in each heat move to the 4:30 AM semifinals. In the semifinals the top three from each of the two heats will move into the final which will be held at 4:45 AM.

When: 

  • Women’s Snowboard Cross Seeding – 2 AM
  • Women’s Snowboard Cross Quarterfinals – 4:15 AM
  • Women’s Snowboard Cross Semifinals – 4:30 AM
  • *Women’s Snowboard Cross Finals – 4:45 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 snowboarding will be included in NBC’s daytime coverage from 3-6 PM ET and included in NBC’s primetime coverage from 8-11 PM ET.

Speed Skating

Events: Three Americans are in the 36-woman field set for a 9 AM start with Jilleanne Rookard going in pair eight. Heather Richardson goes in pair 14 and Brittany Bowe in pair 17.

When: 

  • *Women’s 1500m – 9 AM

Live Streaming: A live stream should 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. I do not see one last right now but surely that is an oversight.

TV Coverage: The speed skating will be included in NBC’s primetime coverage from 8-11 PM ET.

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