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Beijing Olympics 2022: Olympic medal events to watch on Wednesday, February 9th

Beijing Olympics 2022: Olympic medal events to watch on Wednesday, February 9th

We have six medal events on tap for Wednesday at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Golds will be handed out in women’s slalom, men’s freeski big air, doubles luge, cross-country individual normal hill 10km, men’s 1,500m short track speed skating and women’s snowboard cross.

The biggest question of the day is: How will Mikaela Shiffrin rebound in the women’s slalom after wiping out of the giant slalom earlier this week? She was the defending Olympic champion of that event, but she will have to recover and turn her attention to an event in which she won gold in 2014 and then was left with a heartbreaking fourth-place finish four years later.

Another well-known American female winter sports athlete will also be going for gold Wednesday: snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis. She’s a five-time Olympian who has won five world championships and 10 X Games golds in snowboard cross. However, she has just one Olympic medal — a silver in 2006 — to show for her efforts. Does she have some magic left at age 36?

You can watch all the events via live stream at NBCOlympics.com and on Peacock.

Beijing Winter Olympics: Medal events for Wednesday, February 9th

Alpine Skiing

9:15 p.m. ET (Tuesday) Women’s Slalom Run 1
12:45 a.m. ET (Wednesday) Women’s Slalom Run 2

Freestyle Skiing

10:00 p.m. ET (Tuesday) Men’s Freeski Big Air Final Run 1
10:22 p.m. ET (Tuesday) Men’s Freeski Big Air Final Run 2
10:45 p.m. ET (Tuesday) Men’s Freeski Big Air Final Run 3

Luge

7:20 a.m. ET (Wednesday) Doubles Run 1
8:35 a.m. ET (Wednesday) Doubles Run 2

Nordic Combined

6:00 a.m. ET (Wednesday) Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Cross-Country

Short Track Speed Skating

6:00 a.m. ET (Wednesday) Men’s 1500m – Quarterfinals
7:29 a.m. ET (Wednesday) Men’s 1500m – Semifinals
8:13 a.m. ET (Wednesday) Men’s 1500m – Final B
8:20 a.m. ET (Wednesday) Men’s 1500m – Final A

Snowboard

2:07 a.m. ET (Wednesday) Women’s Snowboard Cross Quarterfinals
2:28 a.m. ET (Wednesday) Women’s Snowboard Cross Semifinals
2:45 a.m. ET (Wednesday) Women’s Snowboard Cross Small Final
After Small Final (Wednesday) Women’s Snowboard Cross Big Final

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Olympics Schedule Today: How to Watch, Stream Tuesday Night’s Events

Olympics Schedule Today: How to Watch, Stream Tuesday Night's Events

Some of the biggest names on Team USA will be competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics Tuesday night.

Stars like Shaun White, Chloe Kim, Mikaela Shiffrin, John Shuster and more will take to the slopes and ice as they begin their quests for an Olympic medal.

Team USA still has not won gold in Beijing, but could that soon change? There are seven medal events coming up.

Here’s what to watch in the next 24 hours in Beijing and how you can watch it live.

Snowboarding

The women’s halfpipe qualifying event will begin at 7:30 p.m. CST and the men’s halfpipe qualifying event will begin at 10:30 p.m. CST. For the women, USA’s Chloe Kim is one to look out for, as she is trying to defend her 2018 gold medal. And for the men, three-time gold medalist Shaun White, is the highest on our radar.

Snowboarding fans can stream snowboarding events on NBCOlympics.com and on Peacock or watch live on NBC primetime and USA.

Women’s snowboard cross qualifying will also begin at 9 p.m. CST. Women’s snowboard cross finals start at 12:30 a.m. CST.

Alpine Skiing

Mikaela Shiffrin will look to rebound after exiting the women’s giant slalom faster than anyone expected. Shiffrin’s next event is the slalom, which begins Tuesday night in the United States.

Freestyle Skiing

The medal events begin with men’s big air final in freestyle skiing. That event begins at 9 p.m. CT.

Three Americans have qualified for the big air final, including Alex Hall, Mac Forehand and Colby Stevenson. At this point, all the athletes are ones to watch. Watch live on NBC primetime and Peacock or stream below.

Nordic Combined

The men’s individual normal hill for Nordic combined will take place at 1 a.m. CST with the final set to begin at 5 a.m. Germany’s Eric Frenzel is the defending gold medalist, so he is definitely the one to keep an eye on.

Skiing fans can stream skiing events on NBCOlympics.com and on Peacock.

Short Track

Next up, we have the men’s and women’s short track (1500m, 1000m and 3000m) relays, which will begin at 5 a.m. CST

Luge

All doubles runs for luge will round out the competition, taking place at 6:20 a.m. CST.

Curling

Men’s curling begins with Wisconsin stars, including U.S. flag bearer John Shuster and Matt Hamilton taking the ice for their first competition.

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Beijing Olympics 2022: Olympic medal events to watch on Monday, February 7th

Beijing Olympics 2022: Olympic medal events to watch on Monday, February 7th

The Winter Olympics continue from Beijing Monday with qualifying rounds wrapping up and the medal rounds in full swing. This is when countries will start paying attention to the medal tally and some of the biggest athletes in their respective sports will get a chance to shine.

The best events to watch for Team USA supporters will be the women’s giant slalom. Those will likely feature Mikaela Shiffrin, two of the more notable American athletes at the Games. You’ll have to stay up late Sunday night to watch Shiffrin go for gold, who will be competing about 90 minutes after midnight Monday thanks to weather conditions in Beijing altering the planned alpine skiing calendar.

Now the men’s downhill will take place between Run 1 and Run 2 of the women’s giant slalom at the National Alpine Ski Centre in Yanqing.

Beijing Winter Olympics: Medal events for Monday, February 7th

  • 11:00 p.m. ET (Sunday) Men’s downhill*
  • 1:30 a.m. ET – Women’s giant slalom*
  • 4:00 a.m. ET – Women’s 15km individual biathlon
  • 7:58 a.m. ET – Men’s 1000m speed skating
  • 7:51 a.m. ET – Ski jumping mixed team final
  • 3:30 a.m. ET – Women’s 1500m speed skating

* Updated schedule due to weather conditions

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How to Watch Figure Skating Team Event in Primetime Sunday Night

How to Watch Figure Skating Team Event in Primetime Sunday Night

Ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates – a couple on and off the ice – were chosen as co-captains of the U.S. squad for figure skating’s team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, so it’s only fitting they get to compete as part of the team.

Chock and Bates’ time finally arrives (emphasis on finally, but more on this to come) Sunday night U.S. time as they were announced by U.S. Figure Skating as the team’s entry for the free dance.

They are joined representing the red, white and blue on the third and final day of the team event by Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, who will begin the night in the pairs free skate, and Karen Chen, who ends the team event in the women’s free skate.

Watch live at 8 p.m. ET Sunday on NBC, NBCOlympics.com or Peacock.

Chen and Knierim/Frazier represented Team USA in their short programs, while Chock/Bates switch out in ice dance for Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue who won the rhythm dance.

Sunday night marks not only the debut of Chock and Bates at these Games but also their debut in any Olympic team event.

The Sochi 2014 Games marked the Olympic debut of both the team event and Chock and Bates (as a team; Bates also competed in Vancouver in 2010), but they were passed over for a spot on the U.S. team in both 2014 (to Meryl Davis and Charlie White) and 2018 (to Maia and Alex Shibutani).

Chock and Bates are ready now, though, as the 2022 U.S. champions and 2021 world fourth-place finishers, and they’ll attempt to match the win Hubbell and Donohue earned earlier in the Games.

Knierim and Frazier also look to continue their own momentum. They were third in the pairs short, behind world and Olympic medalists.

Heading into the final night, the Russian Olympic Committee leads with 45 points, followed by the U.S. (42) and Japan (39). At this point, Canada (30) and China (29) are vying for fourth.