Shiffrin Looks to Continue Historic Alpine Skiing World Cup Success with Events in Austria; Men Compete in Slalom & Giant Slalom in Switzerland; Coverage Begins This Saturday on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and NBCSN

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA to Present More Than 40 Hours of Coverage of Youth Olympic Games; Coverage of Opening Ceremony Begins Tonight at 8 P.M. ET

Additional Olympic Sports Programming this Week Includes Cross-Country Skiing World Cup, Bobsled & Skeleton World Cup, Freestyle Skiing World Cup, Biathlon World Cup, European Speed Skating Championships, Ski Jumping World Cup & Luge World Cup

All Olympic Sports Coverage Televised and Streamed Across NBC Sports Platforms is Presented by Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA

STAMFORD, Conn. – Jan. 9, 2020 – This week’s Olympic programming across NBC Sports is highlighted by the winningest slalom skier in World Cup history Mikaela Shiffrin, and the beginning of the 2020 Youth Olympic Games.

Shiffrin is expected to headline the field competing in this weekend’s alpine skiing World Cup with a women’s combined event in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria. A three-time Olympic medalist, Shiffrin is expected to compete in Sunday’s Super-G at 3:15 a.m. ET live on NBC Sports Gold, while the women’s slalom event will take place on Sunday at 5:45 a.m. ET live on NBC Sports Gold. Shiffrin won a silver medal in women’s combined at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics.

The men’s World Cup field will be held this weekend in Adelboden, Switzerland, where two-time Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety and two-time Olympian Tommy Ford are expected to lead the American men in giant slalom. Ford, 30, won his first career World Cup race earlier this season at the Birds of Prey giant slalom in Beaver Creek, Colorado. NBC Sports Gold will present live coverage this Saturday, Jan. 11, beginning at 4 a.m. ET (streaming on OlympicChannel.com at 11 a.m. ET). NBCSN will have coverage at 11:30 p.m. ET on Saturday.

On Sunday, 22-year-old Luke Winters will lead the American men in the slalom, beginning live at 4 a.m. ET on OlympicChannel.com and NBC Sports Gold. NBCSN will present coverage of the event at midnight on Sunday.

This weekend marks the beginning of the 2020 Youth Olympic Games as NBC Olympics will present more than 40 hours of TV coverage of the event from Lausanne, Switzerland, over the next 14 days exclusively on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. Coverage begins with the Opening Ceremony tonight at 8 p.m. ET.

For more information on NBC Olympics’ coverage of the 2020 Youth Olympic Games, click here.

All coverage on NBC and NBCSN will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. All coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will stream on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app, in addition to NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Coverage of Olympic Sports on NBC Sports Group platforms is a presentation of Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.

Additional Olympic sports programming this week includes:

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING WORLD CUP – DRESDEN, GERMANY

LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS SATURDAY AT 7:20 A.M. ET ON OLYMPICCHANNEL.COM AND NBC SPORTS GOLD

The cross-country skiing World Cup season continues this weekend in Dresden, Germany. Two-time Olympian Sadie Maubet Bjornsen, who recently placed seventh in the Tour de Ski, and 2018 Olympic team sprint gold medalist Jessie Diggins currently lead the U.S. women’s team.

OlympicChannel.com and NBC Sports Gold present live coverage of the men’s and women’s sprint this Saturday at 7:20 a.m. ET. Sunday’s coverage of the men’s and women’s team sprint begins at 7:20 a.m. ET on OlympicChannel.com and NBC Sports Gold. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will have coverage on Saturday and Sunday at 11:30 a.m. ET each day.

BOBSLED & SKELETON WORLD CUP – LA PLAGNE, FRANCE

OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA PRESENTS LIVE TELEVISION COVERAGE TOMORROW AT 9:50 A.M. ET

The bobsled & skeleton World Cup season continues with a stop in La Plagne, France. The women’s team is expected to be led by Kaillie Humphries, a two-time Olympic gold medalist for Canada who switched to compete for the U.S. team during the 2019 offseason. Humphries won the first two women’s bobsled events of the season.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents live television coverage of the men’s skeleton tomorrow at 9:50 a.m. ET and will have coverage of the women’s skeleton tomorrow at 10:50 a.m. ET. On Saturday, live streaming coverage on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app begins at 4 a.m. ET. For a full schedule, click here. 

FREESTYLE SKIING WORLD CUP – FONT ROMEU, FRANCE

OLYMPIC CHANNEL.COM AND NBC SPORTS GOLD PRESENT LIVE COVERAGE SATURDAY AT 4 A.M. ET

The freestyle skiing World Cup continues with a slopestyle competition on Saturday in Font Romeu, France, where the United States is expected to be led by two-time Olympic medalist Nick Goepper.

OlympicChannel.com and NBC Sports Gold present live coverage on Saturday at 4 a.m. ET and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will show the event later in the morning at 10:30 a.m. ET.

BIATHLON WORLD CUP – OBERHOF, GERMANY

COVERAGE ON NBCSN BEGINS TONIGHT AT 6:30 P.M. ET

The Biathlon World Cup continues this week in Oberhof, Germany. The U.S. women’s team is expected to be led by two-time Olympian Susan Dunklee, and Clare Egan, who was the top American finisher in the World Cup standings last season.

NBCSN has coverage of the women’s 7.5km sprint tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and NBC Sports Gold present live coverage throughout the week, beginning tomorrow with the men’s 10km sprint at 8:30 a.m. ET. All events will be shown live on NBC Sports Gold.

EUROPEAN SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS – HEERENVEEN, NETHERLANDS

OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA PRESENTS COVERAGE OF THE THREE-DAY EVENT AT 11 P.M. ET FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Heerenveen, Netherlands, will host the ISU European Speed Skating Championships this weekend, where a total of fourteen titles will be up for grabs throughout the three-day competition.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will have coverage of the event each day at 11 p.m. ET, beginning tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 10. Each day of the competition will be shown live on NBC Sports Gold.

SKI JUMPING WORLD CUP

LIVE COVERAGE CONTINUES ON OLYMPICCHANNEL.COM AND NBC SPORTS GOLD TOMORROW AT 11:55 A.M. ET

The ski jumping World Cup season continues this weekend with both men’s and women’s competitions. The men’s competition will take place in Val di Fiemme, Italy, while women’s events will be held in Sapporo, Japan.

This weekend’s live coverage begins tomorrow with men’s qualifying beginning at 11:55 a.m. ET on OlympicChannel.com and NBC Sports Gold. For a complete schedule, click here.

LUGE WORLD CUP – ALTENBERG, GERMANY

LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS SATURDAY AT 3:25 A.M. ET ON OLYMPICCHANNEL.COM

The luge World Cup season continues in Europe with an event in Altenberg, Germany. Two-time Olympian Tucker West is the top American in the men’s singles standings so far this season, while Emily Sweeney, who has two silvers and one bronze medal in the 2019-20 season, is the top U.S. woman. This week’s live coverage begins Saturday at 3:25 a.m. ET on OlympicChannel.com. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will present daily coverage, while the women’s singles event will be shown on NBCSN on Monday, Jan. 13, at 11 p.m. ET. For a full schedule, click here.

–NBC SPORTS–

Olympic Gold Medalists Red Gerard and Jamie Anderson Highlight NBCSN’s Live Coverage of the Freestyle Skiing & Snowboarding World Cup Big Air Event from the Atlanta Braves’ SunTrust Park this Friday and Saturday at 7 P.M. ET

Alpine Skiing World Cup Continues in Across France and Italy

Additional Olympic Sports Programming this Week Includes Cross-Country Skiing World Cup, Biathlon World Cup, Ski Jumping World Cup & Cyclo-Cross World Cup

All Olympic Sports Coverage Televised and Streamed Across NBC Sports Platforms is Presented by Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA

STAMFORD, Conn. – Dec. 18, 2019 – Atlanta will host men’s and women’s Big Air events this weekend as the Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding World Cup continues, highlighting this week’s Olympic programming across NBC Sports. The event will take place in SunTrust Park, the home of baseball’s Atlanta Braves, on a 15-story steel scaffold jump structure covered with 800 tons of snow.

Two-time Olympic medalist Nick Goepper is expected to headline the American freestyle skiers, while the U.S. snowboarding team will include Olympic gold medalists Red Gerard and Jamie Anderson. NBCSN presents live coverage of the event this Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. ET.

The Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding World Cup additionally holds events this week in China and Italy. The first aerials competition of the season will be held in Shimao Lotus Mountain, China. Three-time Olympian Ashley Caldwell, who led the U.S. women’s aerials team last season, and Chris Lillis, the top American man at the 2019 World Championships, will both be in action.

Snowboard cross will be contested this week in Cervinia, Italy, while a snowboard halfpipe event will be held at Secret Garden, a 2022 Olympic venue near Beijing. Olympic silver medalist Lindsey Jacobellis currently sits fifth in the women’s snowboard cross standings following the first World Cup event of the season.

NBC Sports Gold and OlympicChannel.com will have live coverage throughout the weekend. For a full freestyle skiing and snowboarding schedule, click here.

The alpine skiing World Cup continues this week across France and Italy. Mikaela Shiffrin headlined the field in Courchevel, France (coverage today on NBCSN at 6 p.m. ET). Women’s speed events will take place this weekend in Val d’Isire, France, where two-time Olympian Alice McKennis is expected to compete.

The men’s World Cup events will take place throughout the week in Cal Gardena and Alta Badia, Italy. The U.S. men’s speed team is expected to be led by Bryce Bennett, who was the Americans’ top downhill skier last season. Men’s tech events begin with giant slalom in Alta Badia as two-time Olympian Tommy Ford leads the giant slalom World Cup standings following his win earlier this month in Beaver Creek.

NBCSN presents coverage of the women’s giant slalom today at 6 p.m. ET. Live coverage of women’s events on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and NBC Sports Gold this weekend includes downhill on Saturday at 4:15 a.m. ET and combined on Sunday at 8 a.m. ET.

Live men’s coverage begins with the Super-G this Friday at 5:30 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and NBC Sports Gold, and continues this weekend with the downhill on Saturday at 5:45 a.m. ET and giant slalom at 7 a.m. ET on Sunday.

Additionally, NBCSN has coverage of the women’s downhill this Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET and women’s combined this Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET.

All coverage on NBC and NBCSN will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. All coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will stream on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app, in addition to NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Coverage of Olympic Sports on NBC Sports Group platforms is a presentation of Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.

Additional Olympic sports programming this week includes:

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING WORLD CUP – PLANICA, SLOVENIA

LIVE COVERAGE THIS SUNDAY AT 5 A.M. ET ON OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA, NBC SPORTS GOLD AND OLYMPICCHANNEL.COM

The cross-country skiing World Cup season continues this weekend in Planica, Slovenia. 2018 Olympic team sprint gold medalist Jessie Diggins and two-time Olympian Sadie Maubet Bjornsen currently lead the U.S. women’s team, while three-time Olympian Simi Hamilton is the top American in the men’s standings.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBC Sports Gold and OlympicChannel.com have live coverage of the men’s and women’s team sprint beginning Sunday at 5 a.m. ET, while Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents coverage of the men’s and women’s sprint Saturday at 11 a.m. ET.

 

BIATHLON WORLD CUP – LE GRAND-BORNAND, FRANCE

LIVE COVERAGE ON OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA AND NBC SPORTS GOLD BEGINS THURSDAY AT 8:15 A.M. ET

The 2019-20 Biathlon World Cup continues this week with its third stop at Le Grand-Bornand Resort in France. The U.S. team will feature 2018 Olympians Sean Doherty and Leif Nordgren for the men, while the women are expected to be led by two-time Olympian Susan Dunklee and Clare Egan, who was the top American finisher in the World Cup standings last season.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBC Sports Gold and OlympicChannel.com present live coverage beginning Thursday with the men’s 10km sprint at 8:15 a.m. ET. Live coverage continues throughout the weekend, beginning Friday at 8 a.m. ET, Saturday at 7 a.m. ET and Sunday at 6 a.m. ET.

NBCSN has coverage of the women’s 7.5km sprint on Friday at 6 p.m. ET and the men’s 15km mass start on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. ET.

 

SKI JUMPING WORLD CUP – ENGELBERG, SWITZERLAND

NBC SPORTS GOLD & OLYMPICCHANNEL.COM BEGIN LIVE COVERAGE FRIDAY AT 11:50 A.M. ET

The ski jumping World Cup season continues this week with men’s competitions in Engelberg, Switzerland. 2018 Olympian Kevin Bickner, who was the top finisher for the U.S. men at the 2019 World Championships, is expected to lead the American men this season.

NBC Sports Gold and OlympicChannel.com present live coverage of the ski jumping World Cup this weekend, beginning Friday at 11:50 a.m. ET. For a full schedule, click here.

 

CYCLO-CROSS WORLD CUP – NAMUR, BELGIUM

LIVE COVERAGE THIS SUNDAY AT 9 A.M. ET ON NBC SPORTS GOLD AND OLYMPICCHANNEL.COM

The cyclo-cross World Cup season continues on Sunday with the sixth stop of the season in Namur, Belgium. Cyclo-cross, a non-Olympic discipline, combines cycling, steeplechase and NASCAR all into one, with athletes racing around a circuit course with steep hills, difficult descents, mud, grass, sand and dirt. The U.S. is currently ranked third in the overall women’s nation standings. The top-ranked individual American is Kaitie Keough on the women’s side.

Live coverage of the event begins this Sunday at 9 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Gold and OlympicChannel.com. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will present additional coverage this Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.

 

–NBC SPORTS–

Shiffrin Continues Historic Alpine Skiing World Cup Success in St. Moritz; Men Compete in Slalom & Giant Slalom at Val d’Isere; Coverage Begins This Saturday on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA

Special “Mikaela’s Masterpiece” Show on Shiffrin’s Dominant 2019 Season Airs on NBCSN This Saturday at 2 p.m. ET

U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team Faces Canada in First 2019-20 Rivalry Series Matchup Live on NBCSN Saturday at 7 p.m. ET

Additional Olympic Sports Programming this Week Includes U.S. Grand Prix, Cross-Country Skiing World Cup, World Rugby Sevens Series, World Cup Speed Skating, Freestyle Skiing & Snowboarding World Cup, Women’s World Handball Championship, Biathlon World Cup, Bobsled & Skeleton World Cup, Ski Jumping World Cup & Luge World Cup

All Olympic Sports Coverage Televised and Streamed Across NBC Sports Platforms is Presented by Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA

STAMFORD, Conn. – Dec. 12, 2019 – This week’s Olympic programming across NBC Sports is highlighted by the winningest slalom skier in World Cup history Mikaela Shiffrin, and the U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team, gold medalists at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics.

Shiffrin headlines the field competing in this weekend’s alpine skiing World Cup with women’s events in St. Moritz, Switzerland. A three-time Olympic medalist, Shiffrin won four of the five super-G races she competed in last year.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will present live coverage beginning on Saturday at 4:27 a.m. ET with the women’s super-G, and will continue coverage with the men’s slalom at 7 a.m. ET. Sunday’s live coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA begins at 6:30 a.m. ET with the presentation of the men’s giant slalom, followed by the women’s parallel slalom at 7:30 a.m. ET.

The men’s World Cup field will compete this weekend in Val d’Isere, France, where two-time Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety and two-time Olympian Tommy Ford are expected to lead the American men in giant slalom. Ford, 30, won his first career World Cup race on Sunday at the Birds of Prey giant slalom in Beaver Creek, Colorado. On Saturday, 22-year-old Luke Winters will look to earn his first World Cup points in the slalom.

In addition, a special program on Shiffrin, entitled “Mikaela’s Masterpiece”, will air on NBCSN this Saturday at 2 p.m. ET. The half-hour special showcases her biggest moments throughout the year and gives viewers an all-access look at Team Shiffrin during the 2019 campaign. The program highlights one of the greatest years in the history of alpine ski racing, when Shiffrin won 17 World Cup races, four crystal globes, and her third straight overall globe, all at the age of 24. A trailer can be viewed here.

The U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team will face Canada in Hartford, Connecticut, on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN, as part of the Team USA Champions Series presented by Xfinity. The game is the first of the 2019-20 Rivalry Series, a U.S.-Canada competition which debuted last year. Canada won two of the three meetings in the 2018-2019 series and this season’s series includes five games between now and February. The team is captained by Kendall Coyne Schofield. Play-by-play commentator John Walton and analyst AJ Mleczko will call the action.

All coverage on NBC and NBCSN will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. All coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will stream on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app, in addition to NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Coverage of Olympic Sports on NBC Sports Group platforms is a presentation of Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.

Additional Olympic sports programming this week includes:

U.S. GRAND PRIX – COPPER MOUNTAIN, COLORADO

LIVE COVERAGE TOMORROW AT 1:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN; SATURDAY AT 2:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN

The freestyle skiing and snowboarding World Cup continues with the U.S. Grand Prix in Copper Mountain, Colorado. The competition will feature snowboarding and freestyle skiing halfpipe events. 2018 Olympic silver medalist Alex Ferreira is expected to headline the freestyle skiers in Copper alongside two-time Olympic ski halfpipe gold medalist David Wise, who is expecting to return from a broken femur, which he sustained earlier in 2019. PyeongChang bronze medalist Arielle Gold and 2018 Olympian Maddie Mastro are expected to lead the U.S. snowboarders.

Live coverage will be shown on NBCSN beginning tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. ET. Action will be called by Todd Harris, Luke Van Valin and Tina Dixon. Saturday’s coverage on NBCSN will begin at 2:30 p.m. ET and will feature Harris, Dixon and Todd Richards calling the day’s events.

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING WORLD CUP – DAVOS, SWITZERLAND

LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS SATURDAY AT 8 A.M. ET ON OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA AND NBC SPORTS GOLD

The cross-country skiing World Cup season continues this weekend in Davos, Switzerland. Two-time Olympian Sadie Maubet Bjornsen and 2018 Olympic team sprint gold medalist Jessie Diggins currently lead the U.S. women’s team. Sadie’s brother Erik Bjornsen is the top American in the men’s standings.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and NBC Sports Gold have live coverage beginning Saturday at 8 a.m. ET with coverage of the men’s and women’s sprint. Sunday’s coverage will begin at 4:35 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Gold with the women’s 10km, which will also air later in the morning on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA at 9 a.m. ET. NBC Sports Gold will additionally present the men’s 15km live on Sunday at 8:55 a.m. ET.

WORLD RUGBY SEVENS SERIES – CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

ALL MATCHES SHOWN LIVE ON NBC SPORTS GOLD

The 2019-20 World Rugby Sevens Series continues this week with men’s and women’s tournaments in Cape Town, South Africa. This will mark the second of 10 events for the men, and the third of eight stops for the women this season, which runs through May. The No. 2-ranked U.S. women, who finished second behind New Zealand in last year’s series, won the opening tournament in October, defeating Australia in the final. The U.S. men, who also finished second last year, opened the season as the world’s No. 2-ranked team but suffered an early quarterfinal exit at last weekend’s tournament in Dubai.

Live television coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA starts tomorrow morning at 6:50 a.m. ET with women’s pool play. Pool play continues tomorrow with the men in action at 7 p.m. ET and Saturday at 10:45 a.m. ET. On Sunday, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents coverage of the semifinals and medal matches at 10:30 a.m. ET. All matches will be shown live on NBC Sports Gold.

WORLD CUP SPEED SKATING – NAGANO, JAPAN

NBC SPORTS GOLD PRESENTS LIVE COVERAGE AT 2:05 A.M. ET TOMORROW, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

The World Cup speed skating season continues this weekend in Nagano, Japan. Two-time Olympian and 2018 Olympic team pursuit bronze medalist Brittany Bowe and two-time Olympian and 2017 mass start world champion Joey Mantia are expected to headline the American contingent. Bowe has won two 1000m races on the World Cup circuit so far this season, including last week in Kazakhstan. Dating back to last season, she has won six straight World Cup 1000m races. Mantia, meanwhile, won the mass start last month at the World Cup in Poland.

NBC Sports Gold presents live coverage of the three-day event at 2:05 a.m. ET each day this weekend, beginning tomorrow. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will additionally present television coverage throughout the weekend, starting on Saturday at 2 a.m. ET. Jason Knapp and Joey Cheek will call the action.

FREESTYLE SKIING & SNOWBOARDING WORLD CUP

OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA AND NBC SPORTS GOLD PRESENT LIVE COVERAGE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT 12:30 A.M. ET

The freestyle skiing World Cup continues in Thaiwoo, China, with the second moguls event of the season. The United States is expected to be led by 23-year-old Jaelin Kauf, who finished second in the women’s World Cup moguls standings last season and was the top American at the season opener last week, finishing fourth. The Americans will also compete in freestyle skiing and snowboarding big air competitions in Beijing, where three-time Olympic medalist and 2018 Olympic big air silver medalist Jamie Anderson is expected to lead the U.S. team. The big air event will take place at Shougang Park, a venue that will be used in the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

NBC Sports presents coverage of big air on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN and on Sunday at 9 p.m. on NBCSN. For a full schedule, click here.

WOMEN’S WORLD HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP – KUMAMOTO, JAPAN

LIVE COVERAGE OF ALL MATCHES TO STREAM ON OLYMPIC CHANNEL.COM AND THE OLYMPIC CHANNEL APP

The Women’s World Handball Championship continues this week from Kumamoto, Japan with semifinal matchups between Russia vs. Netherlands and Norway vs. Spain, leading to the bronze and gold medal matches taking place on Sunday live on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app. The winner (second-place finisher if Olympic host Japan wins) will earn a team quota place for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

For a complete schedule of the Championships, click here.

BIATHLON WORLD CUP – HOCHFILZEN, AUSTRIA

COVERAGE ON OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA BEGINS TOMORROW AT 12:30 P.M. ET

The second stop of the Biathlon World Cup continues this week in Hochfilzen, Austria. The U.S. team will feature 2018 Olympians Sean Doherty and Leif Nordgren for the men, while the women are expected to be led by two-time Olympian Susan Dunklee, and Clare Egan, who was the top American finisher in the World Cup standings last season.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents coverage beginning tomorrow with the women’s 7.5km sprint at 12:30 p.m. ET. Coverage continues Saturday at 9:30 a.m. ET and starts on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET. All events will be shown live on NBC Sports Gold.

BOBSLED & SKELETON WORLD CUP – LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK

OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA PRESENTS LIVE TELEVISION COVERAGE TOMORROW STARTING AT 11:30 A.M. ET

The bobsled & skeleton World Cup season continues with a second straight stop in Lake Placid, New York, where the U.S. women will be without three-time Olympic medalist Elana Meyers Taylor, who is missing the 2019-20 season as she expects her first child. The women’s team is expected to be led instead by Taylor’s longtime rival, Kaillie Humphries, a two-time Olympic gold medalist for Canada who switched to compete for the U.S. team during the 2019 offseason. Humphries won the women’s bobsled event at the opening race of the season last week in Lake Placid.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents live television coverage of the women’s and men’s skeleton tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. ET, and 3:50 p.m. ET, respectively. On Saturday, live streaming coverage on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app begins at 10 a.m. ET. For a full schedule, click here.

SKI JUMPING WORLD CUP

LIVE COVERAGE CONTINUES ON NBC SPORTS GOLD TOMORROW AT 9:40 A.M. ET

The ski jumping World Cup season continues with competitions throughout Europe for both the men and the women. 2018 Olympian Kevin Bickner is expected to lead the American men this season following his success at the 2019 World Championships when he was the top finisher for the U.S. These mark the first competitions of the season for the women, who will be represented by Nina Lussi and Tara Geraghty-Moats.

This week’s live coverage continues tomorrow with men’s qualifying in Klingenthal, Germany starting at 9:40 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Gold. For a complete schedule, click here.

LUGE WORLD CUP – WHISTLER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS TOMORROW AT 6 P.M. ET ON OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA

The luge World Cup season continues in North America with an event in Whistler, British Columbia. Two-time Olympian Summer Britcher, who finished second at the first World Cup of the season, is expected to headline the American women. She enters the weekend in second place in the World Cup standings. On the men’s side, 2018 Olympic silver medalist Chris Mazdzer is competing in both singles and doubles (with two-time Olympian Jayson Terdiman); Tucker West is the top American in the men’s singles standings so far this season.

This week’s live coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA begins tomorrow at 6 p.m. ET. NBCSN presents coverage on Sunday at 10 p.m. ET. For a full schedule, click here.

–NBC SPORTS–

Shiffrin Aims for First Victory of Season; With a Win Shiffrin Breaks Tie with Ingemar Stenmark for Most Career Slalom Victories

Additional Olympic Sports Programming this Week Includes Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup, Speed Skating World Cup, Cyclo-Cross World Cup, Luge World Cup, European Curling Championships, and Ski Jumping World Cup

All Olympic Sports Coverage Televised and Streamed Across NBC Sports Platforms is Presented by Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA

STAMFORD, Conn. – Nov. 20, 2019 – Three-time Olympic medalist Mikaela Shiffrin headlines the alpine skiing World Cup, highlighting this week’s NBC Sports Olympic programming.

Shiffrin, who set a record with 17 World Cup wins last season, looks for her first victory of the 2019-20 season this weekend when men’s and women’s slalom races take place in Levi, Finland. Shiffrin has 40 career World Cup slalom wins, tied with Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark for the most all-time.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will present live television coverage at 7 a.m. ET on both Saturday and Sunday. NBC Sports Gold will present the races live on Saturday at 4 a.m. ET and 7 a.m. ET. The men’s slalom event takes place this Sunday, Nov. 24, at 4 a.m. ET and 7 a.m. ET live on NBC Sports Gold.

NBCSN presents coverage of the women’s slalom event this Saturday, Nov. 23, at 6 p.m. ET.

All coverage on NBC and NBCSN will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. All coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will stream on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app, in addition to NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Coverage of Olympic Sports on NBC Sports Group platforms is a presentation of Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.

Additional Olympic sports programming this week includes:

GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING – RUSSIA & JAPAN

LIVE COVERAGE OF GRAND PRIX JAPAN THIS THURSDAY-SATURDAY ON NBC SPORTS GOLD; NBC PRESENTS COVERAGE OF GRAND PRIX JAPAN ON SUNDAY

ENCORE OF GRAND PRIX RUSSIA CONTINUES ON OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA

NBC Sports Gold presents live coverage of Grand Prix Japan beginning this Thursday at 10:30 p.m. ET with the rhythm dance and short programs, which continue overnight until Friday at 6:40 a.m. ET. Live coverage on NBC Sports Gold continues from Friday night at 10:15 p.m. ET through Saturday morning ET with free dance and free skate programs.

NBC Sports presents coverage of Grand Prix Japan on Sunday at 4 p.m. ET on NBC. 2006 Olympic ice dance silver medalist Tanith White will call the action on NBC, alongside Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski and U.S. champion Johnny Weir.

Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu and 2014 U.S. Olympian Jason Brown highlight the men’s field in Japan, while 2018 Olympic gold medalist Alina Zagitova takes on her 16-year-old training mate, Aliona Kostornaya, in the ladies’ event.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents encore coverage of Grand Prix Russia this week featuring every skater in every discipline. Coverage continues tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 20, with the ladies’ short program at 8 p.m. ET and tomorrow, Thursday, Nov. 21, with the pairs’ short program at 8 p.m. ET and pair’s free skate at 9 p.m. ET. Andrea Joyce called the action, joined by 2014 Olympic ice dance gold medalist Charlie White.

GYMNASTICS APPARATUS WORLD CUP – COTTBUS, GERMANY

TV COVERAGE BEGINS SATURDAY, NOV. 23, AT 8:30 P.M. ET ON OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA

The fifth of eight individual apparatus World Cups, which factor into Olympic qualification, will take place this weekend in Cottbus, Germany. At the end of the apparatus World Cup series in March, the athlete with the most points on each apparatus (four for women, six for men) will qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. 2016 Olympic team alternate Donnell Whittenburg and 2018 world team member Colin Van Wicklen are expected to compete for the United States men in Cottbus.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents coverage on Saturday, Nov. 23, and Sunday, Nov. 24, at 8:30 p.m. ET. OlympicChannel.com will present live coverage of the event at 8 a.m. ET on both days.

SPEED SKATING WORLD CUP – TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI, POLAND

OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA PRESENTS TV COVERAGE BEGINNING THIS FRIDAY AT 8:30 P.M. ET

The speed skating World Cup season continues this week in Poland as two-time Olympian and 2018 Olympic team pursuit bronze medalist Brittany Bowe and two-time Olympian and 2017 mass start world champion Joey Mantia are expected to headline the American contingent. Bowe, who won at last week’s World Cup event in Minsk, Belarus, is the current world champion and world record holder in the 1000m.

NBC Sports Gold presents live coverage this Friday at 10 a.m. ET and this Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m. ET. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents television coverage of the three-day event at 8:30 p.m. ET this Friday and at 10:30 p.m. ET this Saturday and Sunday.

CYCLO-CROSS WORLD CUP – KOKSIJDE, BELGIUM

LIVE COVERAGE ON OLYMPIC CHANNEL.COM AND NBC SPORTS GOLD THIS SUNDAY BEGINNING AT 7:30 A.M. ET

The Cyclo-Cross World Cup season continues with the fifth stop of the series this weekend in Koksijde, Belgium. Cyclo-cross, a non-Olympic discipline, combines cycling, steeplechase and NASCAR all into one, with athletes racing around a circuit course with steep hills, difficult descents, mud, grass, sand and dirt. The United States is currently ranked third in the overall nation standings on both the men’s and women’s sides. American Kaitie Keough is the top-ranked American in the individual standings this season.

OlympicChannel.com and NBC Sports Gold present live coverage this Sunday, Nov. 24, with the Women’s Elite at 7:30 a.m. ET and the Men’s Elite at 9 a.m. ET. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents television coverage on Sunday beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET.

LUGE WORLD CUP – INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA

NBCSN PRESENTS COVERAGE OF WOMEN’S SINGLES EVENT THIS SUNDAY AT 4:30 P.M. ET

The luge World Cup season kicks off this weekend in Innsbruck, Austria. 2018 Olympic silver medalist Chris Mazdzer is expected to compete in both singles and doubles this season, with two-time Olympian Jayson Terdiman as his doubles teammate. Two-time Olympian Summer Britcher, who has the most World Cup singles victories (five) all-time in USA Luge history, is expected to headline the American women.

NBCSN presents coverage of the women’s singles event this Sunday at 4:30 p.m. ET. On Saturday, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents television coverage at 5:30 p.m. ET and 6:30 p.m. ET, while OlympicChannel.com will live stream events. For a full schedule, click here.

EUROPEAN CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS – HELSINGBORG, SWEDEN

LIVE COVERAGE ON OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA CONCLUDES WITH MEN’S AND WOMEN’S GOLD MEDAL GAMES THIS SATURDAY

The 2019 European Curling Championships, which will be used as a qualification event for the 2020 World Championships, conclude this weekend in Helsingborg, Sweden. Seven men’s teams (excluding Worlds host Scotland) and six women’s teams will earn berths to next year’s World Championships. Led by 2018 Olympic gold medalist Anna Hasselborg, Sweden’s women’s team won the European title last season, while Scotland won the men’s tournament.

Live coverage continues this week on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and culminates on Saturday, Nov. 23, with the men’s and women’s gold medal games on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. For a full schedule, click here.

SKI JUMPING WORLD CUP – WISLA, POLAND

OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA PRESENTS TELEVISION COVERAGE THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT 7 P.M. ET

The ski jumping World Cup season continues with men’s team and individual competitions in Wisla, Poland, this weekend. 2018 Olympian Kevin Bickner, who was the top finisher for the U.S. men at the 2019 World Championships, is expected to lead the American men this season.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents coverage this Saturday, Nov. 23, and Sunday, Nov. 24, at 7 p.m. ET on both days. NBC Sports Gold and OlympicChannel.com will also provide live coverage this weekend, beginning Friday, Nov. 22, at 11:55 a.m. ET.

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NBC Sports Continues Most Comprehensive Coverage of World Para Track & Field Championships this Week; Presenting 50 Hours of Live Coverage

Additional Olympic Sports Programming this Week Includes Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Women’s Wrestling World Cup, World Cup Speed Skating, Cyclo-Cross World Cup, and European Curling Championships

All Olympic Sports Coverage Televised and Streamed Across NBC Sports Platforms is Presented by Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA

STAMFORD, Conn. – Nov. 13, 2019 – The 2019 World Para Track & Field Championships, the final major competition heading into next year’s Paralympic Games in Tokyo, continue from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, headlining NBC Sports’ Olympic programming this week.

From the start of the event last week through the final day this Friday, Nov. 15, NBC Sports will provide its most comprehensive coverage of the event ever, with approximately 50 total hours of live coverage across NBC Sports platforms.

Two-time Paralympic gold medalist Deja Young headlines the American team as she attempts to defend her 200m T47 world titles. In total, 14 Americans are in Dubai for their world title defense. Of the 63 members on Team U.S.A., 43 have Paralympic experience and 14 are Paralympic champions, including David Brown (with guide Jerome Avery) and Roderick Townsend.

Live coverage begins at 9 a.m. ET every morning this week on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, concluding Friday, Nov. 15.

Morning sessions from Dubai will also stream live on OlympicChannel.com throughout the week. Following is the remaining World Para Track & Field Championships schedule:

DATE	TIME (ET)	NETWORK	STREAM
Nov. 13	9 a.m.	Olympic Channel
Nov. 13	11:55 p.m.		OlympicChannel.com
Nov. 14	9 a.m.	Olympic Channel
Nov. 14	11:55 p.m.		OlympicChannel.com
Nov. 15	9 a.m.	Olympic Channel

 

All coverage on NBC and NBCSN will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. All coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will stream on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app, in addition to NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Coverage of Olympic Sports on NBC Sports Group platforms is a presentation of Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.

Additional Olympic sports programming this week includes:

GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING – CHINA & RUSSIA

ENCORE PRESENTATION OF GRAND PRIX CHINA CONTINUES ON OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA

NBC PRESENTS COVERAGE OF GRAND PRIX RUSSIA ON SUNDAY

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents encore coverage of Grand Prix China this week featuring every skater in every discipline. Encore coverage continues tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 13, and tomorrow, Thursday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. ET. 2006 Olympic ice dance silver medalist Tanith White called the action, joined by her former partner Ben Agosto.

NBC Sports also presents coverage of Grand Prix Russia on Sunday at Noon ET on NBC, while NBC Sports Gold presents live coverage of the event this Friday and Saturday. Friday’s coverage on NBC Sports Gold begins at 6 a.m. ET with the men’s short program and at 5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday with the men’s free skate.

The American contingent at Grand Prix Russia is highlighted by two-time U.S. bronze medalist Mariah Bell, who will attempt to make the podium for her second straight Grand Prix event after placing third at Grand Prix France.

WOMEN’S WRESTLING WORLD CUP – NARITA, JAPAN

TV COVERAGE BEGINS SATURDAY, NOV. 16 AT 5:30 P.M. ET ON OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA

The 18th annual Women’s Wrestling World Cup begins this weekend in Narita, Japan. Teams from six different nations will compete, including the United States, which has not won the annual tournament since 2003 and hasn’t placed on the podium since finishing second to China in 2011. Host nation Japan has won each of the last four World Cups. Five-time world champion Adeline Gray (76kg) and 2019 world champion Tamyra Mensah-Stock (68kg) are expected to headline the U.S. team.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents coverage on Saturday, Nov. 16, with the United States taking on Russia at 5:30 p.m. ET. On Sunday, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will show the Bronze Medal Match at 5 p.m. ET and the Gold Medal Match at 6:30 p.m. ET.

WORLD CUP SPEED SKATING – MINSK, BELARUS

OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA PRESENTS TV COVERAGE AT 10 P.M. ET THIS FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

The World Cup speed skating season kicks off this week in Minsk, Belarus, as two-time Olympian and 2018 Olympic team pursuit bronze medalist Brittany Bowe and two-time Olympian and 2017 mass start world champion Joey Mantia are expected to headline the American contingent. Bowe is the current world champion and world record holder in the 1000m.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents television coverage of the three-day event at 10 p.m. ET this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. NBC Sports Gold additionally presents live coverage on all three days.

CYCLO-CROSS WORLD CUP – TABOR, CZECH REPUBLIC

LIVE COVERAGE ON OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA AND NBC SPORTS GOLD THIS SATURDAY BEGINS AT 7 A.M. ET

The Cyclo-Cross World Cup season continues with the fourth stop of the series in Tabor, Czech Republic. Cyclo-cross, a non-Olympic discipline, combines cycling, steeplechase and NASCAR all into one, with athletes racing around a circuit course with steep hills, difficult descents, mud, grass, sand and dirt. American Kaitie Keough is the top-ranked American in the individual standings this season, currently sitting in third place following a season-best finish at the series’ most recent stop in Bern, Switzerland.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, OlympicChannel.com and NBC Sports Gold present live coverage this Saturday, Nov. 16, with the Women’s Elite at 8 a.m. ET and the Men’s Elite at 8:30 a.m. ET.

EUROPEAN CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS – HELSINGBORG, SWEDEN

LIVE COVERAGE ON OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA BEGINS SATURDAY AT 2 P.M. ET

The 2019 European Curling Championships, which will be used as a qualification event for the 2020 World Championships, begin this weekend in Helsingborg, Sweden. Seven men’s teams (excluding Worlds host Scotland) and six women’s teams will earn berths to next year’s World Championships. Led by 2018 Olympic gold medalist Anna Hasselborg, Sweden’s women’s team won the European title last season, while Scotland won the men’s tournament.

Live coverage begins this Saturday with Sweden vs. Switzerland at 2 p.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. Coverage of the event continues over the next week and concludes next Saturday, Nov. 23, with the men’s and women’s gold medal games on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. For a full schedule, click here.

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