USOC set to honor top U.S. male, female, teams from Sochi Olympics

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The U.S. Olympic Committee is holding its first Best of U.S. Awards, fan voting that determines the best American men, women and teams from the Sochi Olympics and Paralympics.

The final day to vote is March 21. The awards show will air nationally on NBCSN on April 7 at 7 p.m. ET.

Voting is being held on the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Team Facebook pages through Friday. The USOC has more information on the Best of U.S. Awards in its final Sochi recap here.

Here are the nominees:

Male Olympian
Joss Christensen — First Olympic champion in men’s ski slopestyle
Sage Kotsenburg — First Olympic champion in snowboard slopestyle
Ted Ligety — First U.S. Olympic champion in men’s giant slalom
David Wise — First Olympic champion in ski halfpipe

Female Olympian
Jamie Anderson — First Olympic champion in women’s snowboard slopestyle
Maddie Bowman — First Olympic champion in women’s ski halfpipe
Erin Hamlin — First U.S. Olympic singles luge medalist (bronze)
Mikaela Shiffrin — Youngest Olympic champion in women’s slalom

Team Olympians
Meryl Davis/Charlie White — First U.S. Olympic ice dance champions
Elana Meyers/Lauryn Williams — Olympic bobsled silver medalists
USA-1 — Olympic four-man bobsled bronze medalists

Olympic Moment
Bode Miller becomes oldest Alpine skiing medalist
T.J. Oshie’s shootout performance against Russia
Noelle Pikus-Pace’s skeleton celebration
Men’s ski slopestyle podium sweep
U.S. short track speed skaters’ relay bronze

Male Paralympian
Mark Bathum — Two-time Alpine skiing silver medalist
Declan Farmer — Two goals, one assist in sledge hockey team’s semi win over Canada
Andy Soule — Top five in all five Nordic skiing events entered
Evan Strong — First Paralympic men’s snowboard cross champion

Female Paralympian
Stephanie Jallen — Two-time Alpine skiing bronze medalist
Oksana Masters — Two-time cross-country skiing medalist
Tatyana McFadden — Cross-country skiing silver medalist
Laurie Stephens — Two-time Alpine skiing bronze medalist

Team Paralympians
Nordic Mixed Relay — Sixth place
Sledge Hockey — Paralympic champions
Wheelchair Curling — Fifth place

Paralympic Moment
Stephanie Jallen wins bronze in her first Paralympic skiing race
Sledge hockey’s gold-medal game win over Russia
U.S. sweeps first Paralympic men’s snowboard cross event
Oksana Masters wins first U.S. Paralympic cross-country medal in 20 years
Andy Soule goes perfect in shooting in all three biathlon events

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At the French Open, Iga Swiatek of Poland eyes a third title at Roland Garros and a fourth Grand Slam singles crown overall.

The tournament airs live on NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel through championship points in Paris.

Swiatek, the No. 1 seed from Poland, can join Serena Williams and Justine Henin as the lone women to win three or more French Opens since 2000.

Turning 22 during the tournament, she can become the youngest woman to win three French Opens since Monica Seles in 1992 and the youngest woman to win four Slams overall since Williams in 2002.

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But Swiatek is not as dominant as in 2022, when she went 16-0 in the spring clay season during an overall 37-match win streak.

She retired from her most recent match with a right thigh injury last week and said it wasn’t serious. Before that, she lost the final of another clay-court tournament to Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.

Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed, and Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, the No. 4 seed and Wimbledon champion, are the top challengers in Paris.

No. 3 Jessica Pegula and No. 6 Coco Gauff, runner-up to Swiatek last year, are the best hopes to become the first American to win a Grand Slam singles title since Sofia Kenin at the 2020 Australian Open. The 11-major drought is the longest for U.S. women since Seles won the 1996 Australian Open.

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The French Open men’s singles draw is missing injured 14-time champion Rafael Nadal for the first time since 2004, leaving the Coupe des Mousquetaires ripe for the taking.

The tournament airs live on NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel through championship points in Paris.

Novak Djokovic is not only bidding for a third crown at Roland Garros, but also to lift a 23rd Grand Slam singles trophy to break his tie with Nadal for the most in men’s history.

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But the No. 1 seed is Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who won last year’s U.S. Open to become, at 19, the youngest man to win a major since Nadal’s first French Open title in 2005.

Now Alcaraz looks to become the second-youngest man to win at Roland Garros since 1989, after Nadal of course.

Alcaraz missed the Australian Open in January due to a right leg injury, but since went 30-3 with four titles. Notably, he has not faced Djokovic this year. They could meet in the semifinals.

Russian Daniil Medvedev, who lost in the French Open first round in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, is improved on clay. He won the Italian Open, the last top-level clay event before the French Open, and is the No. 2 seed ahead of Djokovic.

No. 9 Taylor Fritz, No. 12 Frances Tiafoe and No. 16 Tommy Paul are the highest-seeded Americans, all looking to become the first U.S. man to make the French Open quarterfinals since Andre Agassi in 2003. Since then, five different American men combined to make the fourth round on eight occasions.

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