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February 11th – Sochi 2014 – Daily Preview

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What’s on tap today? Nine disciplines and competition in 11 events with eight gold medals awarded. Figure skating returns for the individual events now that the team event is done.

All times below are ET.

Biathlon

Events: Tuesday is the women’s 10 km pursuit event at 10 AM. The 60-woman field will chase the leader over the course with four rounds of shooting. Each missed shot is a 150 meter penalty loop. The field is staggered by the amount they finished behind the leader in the sprint event on Sunday. Three Americans will compete: Susan Dunklee, who might have medaled if she didn’t miss a target in the sprint event, starts in 14th starting 42 seconds after the leader, Sara Studebaker is 44th and starts 1:53 behind the leader, and finally Annelies Cook starts 2:17 behind the leader in 53rd.

When:

  • Women’s 10 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 latenight coverage from 12-1 AM ET Wednesday morning.


Cross-Country Skiing

Events: One of the more different and exciting cross-country skiing events will be held on Tuesday: the individual sprint events. These events start with qualifying rounds for the women (5 AM) and the men (5:25 AM). Every 15 seconds someone will go and start on the course (less than 1.5 km). The fastest 30 times advance to the quarterfinals (7 AM for women and 7:25 AM for the men). The quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals are six-person races with the top two in each heat advancing along with the two next best times. You can see the schedule below for those events.

On the women’s side Ida Sargent starts 2nd at 5:00:30, Kikkan Randall goes 11th at 5:02:45, Jessica Diggins is 14th at 5:03:30, and Sophie Caldwell is 19th at 5:04:45. On the men’s side Andrew Newell goes 11th at 5:27:45, Simeon Hamilton goes 15th at 5:28:45, Torin Koos goes 42nd at 5:35:30, and Erik Bjornsen goes 54th at 5:38:30.

When:

  • Women’s Sprint Free Qualification – 5 AM
  • Men’s Sprint Free Qualification – 5:25 AM
  • Women’s Sprint Free Quarterfinals – 7 AM
  • Men’s Sprint Free Quarterfinals – 7:25 AM
  • Women’s Sprint Free Semifinals – 7:56 AM
  • Men’s Sprint Free Semifinals – 8:06 AM
  • *Women’s Sprint Free Finals – 8:22 AM
  • *Men’s Sprint Free Finals – 8:30 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 cross-country skiing will be shown LIVE as part of the coverage on NBCSN from 5-10 AM ET. It will also be included in their daytime coverage from 3-5 PM ET.

Curling

Events: The US continues their curling campaigns in both the men’s and women’s side on Tuesday. The women take on Russia to start the day at 12 AM. Russia went 1-0 on day one while the US is 0-1. The women also face Great Britain on Tuesday at 10 AM. The British are one of the other 0-1 teams. The US men take on China at 5 AM. China is tied for second at 1-0 while the US is tied for eighth at 0-1.

When:

  • Women’s Round Robin – USA vs. Russia – 12 AM
  • Men’s Round Robin – USA vs. China – 5 AM
  • Women’s Round Robin – USA vs. Great Britain – 10 AM
The USA women will play twice on Tuesday with the men playing once.
Enjoy curling? You’re in luck as the USA women play twice on Tuesday with the men playing once.

Photo Credit: Chase N. via Compfight cc

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

Figure Skating

Events: While the team event was a new fun thing at the Olympics the individual competitions may be the most iconic Winter Olympic events of them all. They finally begin on Tuesday with the pairs’ short program at 10 AM. Two American couples are in the field: Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir, and Felicia Zhang and Nathan Bartholomay. The two pairs go one after the other, sixth and seventh in the event.

When:

  • Pairs’ Short Program – 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-1:30 PM ET and included in NBC’s evening coverage from 8-11:30 PM ET.

Freestyle Skiing

Events: After the US won both golds in snowboard slopestyle the question is can they continue that in ski slopestyle. We’ll find out on Tuesday during the women’s event. Things begin with a qualification round at 1 AM with 24 competitors including three Americans. The top 12 scores from the two runs move on to the final. There is no second chance semifinal.

For the US Keri Herman will be the fifth to go down the slope, Devin Logan will be the eighth to go, and Julia Krass is the 19th to go. The final will be held at 4 AM and there are two runs with the best score winning.

When:

  • Women’s Ski Slopestyle Qualification – 1 AM
  • *Women’s Ski Slopestyle Final – 4 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 freestyle skiing will be included in NBC’s daytime coverage from 3-5 PM ET and in the evening coverage from 8-11:30 PM ET.

Luge

Events: The women’s singles event wraps up on Tuesday. After day one American Erin Hamlin is in third and has a great chance to become the first American woman to medal in luge. Hamlin will start things off for the US in the 9:30 AM third run. She is thus of course the third to go down the track. Kate Hansen is in tenth and will be the tenth down while Summer Britcher is in 15th… can you guess her start order ;)? Run four is at 11:20 AM with the order in the opposite order of the standings, so the US athletes will be near the end.

When: 

  • Women’s Singles – Run 3 – 9:30 AM
  • Women’s Singles – Run 4 – 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 included in NBC’s daytime coverage from 3-5 PM ET.

Ski Jumping

Events: The women get their turn in the ski jumping on Tuesday with their normal hill event. This is the only women’s event in ski jumping and the first time it has been held. There are two rounds (12:30 PM and 1:25 PM) with each of the 30 athletes jumping in each round and the combined score of the two jumps determining the final standings.

The first woman to ever compete in ski jumping at the Olympics will be American Sarah Hendrickson who goes first. Lindsey Van will go sixth while Jessica Jerome will go 15th. The US has a real chance to medal in this event.

When: 

  • Women’s Normal Hill Individual 1st Round – 12:30 PM
  • *Women’s Normal Hill Individual Final Round – 1:25 PM

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 ski jumping will be shown LIVE on NBCSN in their coverage from 1:30-3 PM ET and included in NBC’s evening coverage from 8-11:30 PM ET.

Snowboarding

Events: Despite concerns raised over the last couple days about the condition of the halfpipe, the event is scheduled to begin at 5 AM with the qualification rounds. The field is large, 40 deep, and only 18 survive the qualification round. In each heat the top three move into the finals at 12:30 PM while four through nine get to go into the semifinals at 10 AM. In the semifinals the 12 competitors will be competing for six spots in the final. In all of the rounds of halfpipe everyone gets two rounds and their best score is all that counts.

In heat one Gregory Bretz will be the first American to go, 5th overall. Bretz is the only American in this heat. In heat two Taylor Gold will go fourth, Shaun White goes fifth, and Danny Davis goes 19th. The competition will be interesting to watch on Tuesday. No one knows exactly what will happen with the talented field and potential issues with the halfpipe.

When: 

  • Men’s Halfpipe Qualification – 5 AM
  • Men’s Halfpipe Semifinals – 10 AM
  • *Men’s Halfpipe Finals – 12:30 PM

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 evening Olympic coverage, 8-11:30 PM ET.

Speed Skating

Events: The women’s 500m event is on Tuesday at 7:45 AM. This event has two races as each athlete has to do one race on the inside and one on the outside. Race two will be at 9:34 AM. Four of the 46 competitors are American. Sugar Todd goes first on the outside in pair four before quite a break before the next American. Lauren Cholewinski is on the inside in pair 12, Heather Richardson is on the outside in pair 15, while Brittany Bowe is on the inside in pair 18. The pairings for race two are based on the reverse order of the times from race one and will be set after the first race.

When: 

  • Women’s 500m – Race 1 of 2 – 7:45 AM
  • *Women’s 500m – Race 2 of 2 – 9:34 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 6-10 AM ET. It will also be covered from 1:30-3 PM ET on NBCSN and included in NBC’s latenight coverage from 12-1 AM ET Wednesday morning.

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