What’s on tap today? Eight disciplines and competition in ten events, but just five gold medals will be awarded.
All times below are ET.
Alpine Skiing
Events: Monday the women begin their alpine skiing events with the super combined. This event is one half downhill and one half slalom. The downhill portion is at 2 AM with four Americans in the 39-woman field. Laurenne Ross will be the first American to go but goes 14th overall. Julia Mancuso goes 22nd, Leanne Smith goes 27th, and Stacey Cook goes 30th. After completing the downhill portion the athletes will compete in the slalom portion at 6 AM. The best total time wins.
Family made it to Sochi! Tomorrow is my first event. Super Combined. Lets see if I can pull it out of the hat like in Vancouver! #FastDreams
— Julia Mancuso (@JuliaMancuso) February 9, 2014
When:
- Women’s super combined – downhill – 2 AM
- Women’s super combined – slalom – 6 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 Olympic coverage, 8-11:30 PM ET.
Biathlon
Events: Monday is the men’s 12.5 km pursuit event at 10 AM. The 60 man field will chase the leader over the course with FOUR rounds of shooting scheduled. Each missed shot is a 150 meter penalty loop so there is plenty of room for catching the leader. The field is staggered by the amount they finished behind the leader in the 10 km sprint event on Saturday. Three Americans will compete: Tim Burke in 19th starting 50 seconds after the leader, Lowell Bailey in 35th and start 1:31 behind the leader, and finally Leif Nordgren who will start 1:44 behind the leader in 45th.
Considering the past few weeks, this was not a bad start for me. Now hoping to feel better with each race! #TeamUSA #Sochi2014
— Tim Burke (@tb_burke) February 8, 2014
When:
- Men’s 12.5 km pursuit – 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 included in NBC’s daytime coverage from 3-5 PM ET
Curling
Events: The US will kick off their curling campaigns in both the men’s and women’s side on Monday. The women take on Switzerland (#4 in the world) first at 5 AM while the men face off with Norway (#4 in the world) at 10 AM. There are ten teams on each side and a full round robin is played so these are the first of nine games for both teams. Would be helpful to pull an upset early on though!
Final sleep before the opening game of our 2014 Olympics. Ready and excited for tomorrow to get here. #Ready2Rock #BringOnThePants
— John Shuster (@Shoostie2010) February 9, 2014
When:
- Women’s Round Robin – USA vs. Switzerland – 5 AM
- Men’s Round Robin – USA vs. Norway – 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 women’s curling will be shown LIVE on USA from 5-8 AM ET and replayed on NBCSN from 3-5 PM ET. The men’s curling will be shown on delay from 5-8 PM ET on CNBC.
Freestyle Skiing
Events: While the women’s moguls event was held over two days the men will get it all done in one. 29 athletes are in the field, just two Americans. Things begin with a qualification round at 9 AM. The top ten runs in this round will move straight to the final. The other 19 will get a second chance at 9:50 AM in a second qualification round. In that round again the top ten runs will go to the final. Only nine athletes won’t make the final. American Patrick Deneen will go eighth in round one while Bradley Wilson will go 11th.
Once we reach the final the field gets narrowed quickly. Round one of the finals at 1 PM will narrow the field from 20 to 12 based on a single run. Round two at 1:35 PM narrows it from 12 to six on another single run. And the medals are determined on one final run in the third round of the final at 2:10 PM.
Finished last night of training. Comp tomorrow night. Yeeehaw!!!
— Brad Wilson (@Wilsfreestyle) February 9, 2014
When:
- Men’s Moguls – Qualification 1 – 9 AM
- Men’s Moguls – Qualification 2 – 9:50 AM
- Men’s Moguls – Final 1 – 1 PM
- Men’s Moguls – Final 2 – 1:35 PM
- *Men’s Moguls – Final 3 – 2:10 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 freestyle skiing will be included in NBC’s daytime coverage from 3-5 PM ET.
Ice Hockey
Events: After a 3-1 victory over Finland in their first game the US can all but clinch a quarterfinal bye with a victory over Switzerland on Monday at 5 AM. Switzerland were 5-0 losers to Canada in their first game of the tournament.
Game 2 against Switzerland tomorrow. #teamusa #Sochi2014
— Monique Lamoureux (@moniquelam7) February 9, 2014
When:
- Women’s Preliminary Round – Group A – USA vs. Switzerland – 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.
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TV Coverage: The hockey game will be shown LIVE on NBCSN from 5-7:30 AM ET.
Luge
Events: The women’s singles event starts on Monday with the first of four runs. Run one begins at 9:45 AM with three Americans in the 31-woman field. The first American will be Kate Hansen who is the 3rd down the track. Erin Hamlin will be the 11th to go while Summer Britcher will go 25th. A second run will be held at 11:20 AM with the fastest times from the first round going first.
I think my brother wins the #USA pride contest #Sochi2014 #Olympics #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/lpwAtHKYiI
— Summer Britcher (@summerbritcher) February 9, 2014
When:
- Women’s Singles – Run 1 – 9:45 AM
- Women’s Singles – Run 2 – 11:20 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 luge will be shown LIVE on NBCSN in their coverage from 11:15 AM – 3 PM ET. It will also be included in NBC’s late night coverage from 12:05-1:05 AM ET Tuesday morning.
Short Track Speed Skating
Events: Short track finally gets its Olympic start on Monday with the US competing in two events. First up at 4:45 AM the men’s 1500m heats will be held. 36 men are in the field including three Americans: J.R. Celski is in heat three, Eduardo Alvarez is in heat four, and Chris Creveling is in heat six. The top three in each heat of six move on to the semifinals at 6:04 AM. There will be three semifinals of six competitors. In each of these the top two move into the six man final that will be held at 7:05 AM.
The women’s 500m heats will also be held on Monday at 5:27 AM. There are eight different heats of four athletes a piece. The top two in each heat moves on as the field is narrowed from 32 to 16. Three Americans are in the field: Emily Scott in heat four, Alyson Dudek in heat six, and Jessica Smith in heat seven. Should any women move on they will be in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
The #family is here! #michigan #dertoit @Local4News @nbcnightlynews @4LiveInTheD @travis_840 pic.twitter.com/FZjsvKIr29
— Jessica Smith (@TheJessicaSmith) February 8, 2014
When:
- Men’s 1500m Heats – 4:45 AM
- Women’s 500m Heats – 5:27 AM
- Men’s 1500m Semifinals – 6:04 AM
- *Men’s 1500m Final – 7:05 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 short track speed skating will be included in NBC’s evening Olympic coverage, 8-11:30 PM ET and in the late night coverage from 12:05-1:05 AM ET Tuesday morning.
Speed Skating
Events: The men’s 500m event is on Monday at 8 AM. This event has two races as each athlete has to do one race on the inside and one on the outside. Four of the 40 competitors are American. Shani Davis makes his Sochi debut in the inside of the fifth pair while Brian Hansen is the outside of the sixth pair. Later on Mitchell Whitmore is the outside man on the 14th pair while Tucker Fredricks is outside on the 17th pair.
They will have the fastest inside skater go last on the outside and the fastest outside skater go last on the inside in the 2nd race at 9:55 AM. The rest of the field is set in reverse order of the times for each lane.
First Olympic race in Sochi for me tomorrow! 500 meters, pair 7 outer lane around 5:15 pm Sochi time!
— Brian Hansen (@BrianTHansen) February 9, 2014
When:
- Men’s 500m – Race 1 of 2 – 8 AM
- Men’s 500m – Race 2 of 2 – 9:55 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: Speed skating will be shown LIVE on NBCSN during their programming from 7:30 AM – 11:15 AM ET. It will also be included in NBC’s primetime coverage from 8-11:30 PM ET.
