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U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS FOR SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING PRESENTED LIVE THIS WEEKEND ON NBC, NBCSN AND PEACOCK

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Kristen Santos, 2018 Olympian Maame Biney and Brandon Kim Headline Field of Olympic Hopefuls

Four-and-a-Half Hours of Live Coverage Presented Friday-Sunday From the Utah Olympic Oval

STAMFORD, Conn. – Dec. 15, 2021 – Exclusive live coverage of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Short Track is presented this weekend on NBC, NBCSN, and Peacock from the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah. All three individual Olympic distances (500m, 1000m, 1500m) will be contested twice at the Trials with the results determining the Olympic team. The U.S. earned qualifying spots for five women and two men at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The field of Olympic hopefuls includes Kristen Santos, who is ranked second in the world in the women’s 1000m and fourth in the 1500m, 2018 Olympian Maame Biney, who became the first Black woman to compete for the U.S. in Olympic short track, and 20-year-old rising star Brandon Kim on the men’s side.

Opening night coverage on Friday features the men’s and women’s 500m live at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN and Peacock. Saturday’s live coverage gets underway at 5:30 p.m. ET with the men’s and women’s 1500m on NBCSN and Peacock. The men’s and women’s 1000m mark the final events of Trials competition airing Sunday live at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

Ted Robinson will call the Trials from Utah, alongside two-time Olympic medalist Katherine Adamek (analyst), and Andrea Joyce (reporter).

Coverage on NBC and NBCSN is live streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app.

Below is the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Short Track coverage schedule on NBC, NBCSN, NBC Sports digital platforms and Peacock (dates and times subject to change):

Date Coverage Network/Platform Time (ET)
Fri., Dec. 17 Men’s and Women’s 500m NBCSN, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC Sports app 8:30 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 18 Men’s and Women’s 1500m NBCSN, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC Sports app 5:30 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 19 Men’s and Women’s 1000m NBC, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC Sports app 4:30 p.m.


Short Track Trials coverage is part of NBC Olympics’ comprehensive 2022 Winter Olympics U.S. Olympic Team Trials telecast coverage across NBC, NBCSN, USA Network, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, and Peacock. Additional programming information surrounding NBC Olympics’ U.S. Olympic Team Trials telecast coverage for the Games of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games will be announced soon.

—U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS—

PEACOCK PREMIUM BECOMES EXCLUSIVE STREAMING HOME OF NBC SPORTS’ SPEED SKATING COVERAGE FOR 2021 INTERNATIONAL SKATING SEASON

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Speed Skating on Peacock Premium Includes Live, Commercial-Free Coverage of ISU World Cup Events, ISU World Short Track Championships & More

STAMFORD, Conn. – Jan. 14, 2021 – NBC Sports’ exclusive speed skating streaming coverage, offering fans extensive live and commercial-free events, will move from NBC Sports Gold’s “Speed Skating Pass” to Peacock Premium beginning with the start of the 2021 season this Saturday, Jan. 16. Peacock Premium is available for $4.99 per month.

Speed skating on Peacock Premium features comprehensive coverage of major 2021 international competitions, including the World Speed Skating Championships and World Short Track Championships. Coverage begins with European Speed Skating Championships this Saturday and culminates with the 2021 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships from March 6-7.

Coverage includes access to 75 hours of live, commercial-free speed skating events. Click here for more information.

Following is the schedule for Peacock Premium’s 2021 Speed Skating coverage:

    • European Speed Skating Championships: January 16-17
    • World Cup Speed Skating: January 23-24 and January 30-31
    • European Short Track Speed Skating Championships: January 23-24
    • World Speed Skating Championships: February 11-14
    • World Short Track Speed Skating Championships: March 6-7

 

Speed skating is the most recent addition to live sports on Peacock. Upcoming live sports on Peacock includes coverage of Premier League, Supercross, Pro Motocross, and select events from the upcoming Tokyo and Beijing Olympics. Fans can also watch on demand replays of events like Triple Crown horse races, daily highlights from NBC Sports, and hundreds of hours of sports series, documentaries and films such as Tiger Woods: Chasing History; 1968; I Am Ali; Dream Team; Being Evel; Feherty; Willie; and Peacock Originals Lost Speedways and In Deep with Ryan Lochte.

Viewers can sign up for Peacock at peacocktv.com. Peacock is currently available on the Roku platform; Apple devices including iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD; Google platforms and devices including Android™, Android TV™ devices, Chromecast and Chromecast built-in devices; Microsoft’s Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox One S and Xbox One X; Sony PlayStation4 and PlayStation 4 Pro; and VIZIO SmartCast™ TVs and LG Smart TVs. Comcast’s eligible Xfinity X1 and Flex customers, as well as eligible Cox Contour customers, enjoy Peacock Premium included with their service at no additional cost.