Winter Olympics: What to watch/stream

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It’s the final few days of Olympic action, and the snowboarding competition is wrapping up. Mark McMorris of Canada continues his remarkable comeback ever since his life-threatening crash last year. The Canadian, who won the silver in the slopestyle, will be trying to do one better in the big air.

The four-man bobsled race also begins tonight as the Germans and Latvians battle it out for gold. There’s bound to be emotion on the track for the U.S. men’s bobsled team, whose member Steve Holcomb passed away last year. They will be piloted by Justin Olsen.

Continue reading below to check out the full schedule of tonight’s events


Snowboarding

Three Americans feature in the men’s big air final. Red Gerard, slopestyle gold medalist, barely made it through the qualifying phase. One notable absentee, though, is Marcus Kleveland. The 18-year old Norwegian failed to make it out of qualifying despite being a medal favorite, which now leaves the door open for an outsider.

Keep an eye on Carlos Garcia Knight from New Zealand. The Kiwi had a very strong slopestyle run and also performed well during the qualifying. Canada’s Max Parrot and Mark McMorris are favorites to claim the top two spots.

Ester Ledecka, who came out of nowhere to win the women’s giant slalom last week, is the big name to look out for in the snowboard parallel runs. Can she walk away with both a skiing and a snowboarding medal?

Men’s Big Air Final Stream Live Here 8:00p.m. EST / 5:00p.m. PST

Men’s and Women’s Parallel Slalom Qualifying Stream Live Here 7:00p.m. EST / 4:00p.m. PST

Men’s and Women’s Parallel Slalom Elimination Runs Stream Live Here 11:30p.m. EST / 8:30p.m. PST

Bobsled

German sleds crowded the top of the standings in the men’s two-man bobsled races earlier this week, and a potential sweep is at stake here. The most likely teams to challenge the Germans for a spot on the podium will be Canada and Latvia.

The U.S. bobsled will be piloted by Justin Olsen, whose Olympics were in doubt a few weeks ago when he had an appendectomy. The American sleds finished in the middle of the pack in the two-man bobsled, but still far away from contending for a medal.

Full four-man bobsled preview available here 

Four Man Bobsled Runs 1-2 Stream Live Here 7:30p.m. EST / 4:30p.m. PST

Alpine Skiing

Team Event Stream Live Here 9:00p.m. EST / 6:00p.m. PST

 

2023 French Open women’s singles draw, scores

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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.

Main draw play began Sunday, live on Peacock.

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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2023 French Open men’s singles draw, scores

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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.

Main draw play began Sunday, live on Peacock.

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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