PyeongChang Paralympics TV, streaming schedule

By OlympicTalkMar 6, 2018, 7:17 PM EST

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NBC, NBCSN, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and the NBC Sports app will combine to air and stream more than 250 hours of coverage of the PyeongChang Paralympics, a record for a single Paralympics.

Coverage starts with the Opening Ceremony, live on NBCSN and streaming on NBCSports.com/live and the NBC Sports app on Friday at 6 a.m. ET.

The Paralympics run through the Closing Ceremony on March 18.

Coverage includes 94 hours on TV, with Carolyn Manno returning as host. On most days, NBCSN will air daytime programming from 2-5 p.m. ET.

Highlights include live coverage of the sled hockey gold-medal game on March 17 at 11 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

All NBC and NBCSN TV coverage will also stream on NBCSports.com/live and the NBC Sports app. All Olympic Channel TV coverage will also stream on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app.

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Date	Time (ET)	Event	Network
March 9	6 a.m.	Opening Ceremony	NBCSN \| STREAM
	7:30 p.m.	Alpine Skiing	Olympic Chan. \| STREAM
	8 p.m.	Biathlon (Sitting)	STREAM
	9:45 p.m.	Biathlon (Standing)	STREAM
	10 p.m.	Sled Hockey: Norway-Italy	STREAM
	11 p.m.	Biathlon, Alpine Skiing	NBCSN \| STREAM
March 10	12:35 a.m.	Curling: USA-South Korea	STREAM
	1:30 a.m.	Hockey: South Korea-Japan	STREAM
	5 a.m.	Hockey: Canada-Sweden	STREAM
	1 p.m.	Biathlon, Alpine Skiing	NBC \| STREAM
	7:30 p.m.	Alpine Skiing	Olympic Chan. \| STREAM
	7:30 p.m.	Alpine Skiing	STREAM
	7:35 p.m.	Curling: USA-Germany	STREAM
	8 p.m.	Cross-Country Skiing	STREAM
	10 p.m.	Hockey, Curling	NBCSN \| STREAM
	10 p.m.	Hockey: USA-Japan	STREAM
March 11	1:30 a.m.	Hockey: South Korea-Czech Republic	STREAM
	6 a.m.	Hockey: Canada-Italy	STREAM
	6:35 a.m.	Curling: USA-Sweden	STREAM
	9 p.m.	Cross-Country Skiing	Olympic Chan. \| STREAM
	9 p.m.	Cross-Country Skiing	STREAM
	9:30 p.m.	Snowboard Cross	STREAM
	11 p.m.	Hockey: USA-Czech Republic	STREAM
	11:30 p.m.	Snowboarding, Hockey	NBCSN \| STREAM
March 12	1:35 a.m.	Curling: USA-Finland	STREAM
	2:30 a.m.	Hockey: Canada-Norway	STREAM
	6 a.m.	Hockey: Italy-Sweden	STREAM
	6:35 a.m.	Curling: USA-Neutral Athletes	STREAM
	Noon	Hockey, Curling, Snowboarding	NBCSN \| STREAM
	8:30 p.m.	Alpine Skiing	STREAM
	9 p.m.	Alpine Skiing, Hockey	NBCSN \| STREAM
	9 p.m.	Biathlon (Sitting)	STREAM
	11 p.m.	Hockey: USA-South Korea	STREAM
	11:30 p.m.	Biathlon (Standing)	STREAM
March 13	1:35 a.m.	Curling: USA-China	STREAM
	2 a.m.	Alpine Skiing	STREAM
	2:30 a.m.	Hockey: Norway-Sweden	STREAM
	6 a.m.	Hockey: Czech Republic-Japan	STREAM
	6:35 a.m.	Curling: USA-Canada	STREAM
	2 p.m.	Hockey, Curling	NBCSN \| STREAM
	8:30 p.m.	Curling	Olympic Chan. \| STREAM
	8:30 p.m.	Alpine Skiing	STREAM
	8:35 p.m.	Curling: USA-Switzerland	STREAM
	9 p.m.	Cross-Country Skiing (Qualifying)	STREAM
	11 p.m.	Cross-Country Skiing (Finals)	STREAM
March 14	12 a.m.	Alpine Skiing, Curling	NBCSN \| STREAM
	1 a.m.	Alpine Skiing	STREAM
	1:35 a.m.	Curling: USA-Great Britain	STREAM
	3 a.m.	Hockey (5th-8th Playoffs)	STREAM
	7 a.m.	Hockey (5th-8th Playoffs)	STREAM
	2 p.m.	Hockey Playoffs, Curling	NBCSN \| STREAM

	8:35 p.m.	Curling: USA-Norway	STREAM
	9 p.m.	Curling	Olympic Chan. \| STREAM
	11 p.m.	Hockey Semifinal 1	NBCSN \| STREAM

March 15	1 a.m.	Alpine Skiing, Hockey	NBCSN \| STREAM
	6:35 a.m.	Curling: USA-Slovakia	STREAM
	7 a.m.	Hockey Semifinal 2	STREAM
	2 p.m.	Hockey Semifinal (Encore)	NBCSN \| STREAM
	8:35 p.m.	Curling Tiebreak	STREAM
	9 p.m.	Curling	Olympic Chan. \| STREAM
	9 p.m.	Biathlon (Sitting)	STREAM
	9:30 p.m.	Snowboarding	STREAM
	11 p.m.	Biathlon (Standing)	STREAM
March 16	1 a.m.	Snowboarding, Biathlon	NBCSN \| STREAM
	2:35 a.m.	Curling Semifinal 1	STREAM
	2:35 a.m.	Curling Semifinal 2	STREAM
	3 a.m.	Hockey 7th Place Game	STREAM
	7 a.m.	Hockey 5th Place Game	STREAM
	7 p.m.	Alpine Skiing, Hockey	NBCSN \| STREAM
	8:30 p.m.	Alpine Skiing	STREAM
	8:35 p.m.	Curling Bronze-Medal Game	STREAM
	9 p.m.	Cross-Country Skiing (Standing)	STREAM
	11 p.m.	Hockey Bronze-Medal Game	STREAM
	11:40 p.m.	Cross-Country Skiing (Sitting)	STREAM
March 17	1 a.m.	Alpine Skiing	STREAM
	2 a.m.	Curling Final	Olympic Chan. \| STREAM
	8:30 p.m.	Hockey, Curling	NBCSN \| STREAM
	8:30 p.m.	Alpine Skiing	STREAM
	9 p.m.	Cross-Country Skiing (Mixed Relay)	STREAM
	10 p.m.	Cross-Country Skiing (Open Relay)	STREAM
	11 p.m.	Hockey Final	NBCSN \| STREAM
	11:30 p.m.	Alpine Skiing	STREAM
March 18	7 a.m.	Closing Ceremony	STREAM
	12 p.m.	Alpine, Cross-Country Skiing	Olympic Chan. \| STREAM
	4:30 p.m.	Sled Hockey	NBCSN \| STREAM
	11:30 p.m.	Closing Ceremony	NBCSN \| STREAM
March 24	1 p.m.	Highlight Show	NBC \| STREAM

*All dates and times subject to change

World Athletics excludes transgender women, tightens DSD athlete restrictions, extends ban on Russia, Belarus

By OlympicTalkMar 23, 2023, 7:19 PM EDT

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World Athletics is excluding male-to-female transgender athletes from top-level international track and field and increasing restrictions for athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD).

Also Thursday, World Athletics lifted its ban on Russia’s track and field federation that dated to 2015 over doping violations, but Russia and Belarus athletes and officials remain banned due to the war in Ukraine. More on that here.

Regarding transgender athletes, the World Athletics council “decided to prioritize fairness and the integrity of the female competition before inclusion,” according to a press release.

The decision was made after a two-month consultation with national federations, athletes, coaches, the IOC and representatives from transgender and human rights groups.

“Decisions are always difficult when they involve conflicting needs and rights between different groups, but we continue to take the view that we must maintain fairness for female athletes above all other considerations,” World Athletics President Seb Coe said in the release. “We will be guided in this by the science around physical performance and male advantage which will inevitably develop over the coming years. As more evidence becomes available, we will review our position, but we believe the integrity of the female category in athletics is paramount.”

A working group, which will include a transgender athlete, will “further consider the issue of transgender inclusion” for 12 months.

There are no transgender athletes currently competing in top-level international track and field, according to World Athletics.

World Athletics also increased restrictions on DSD athletes.

Previously, DSD athletes were eligible to compete in women’s track and field events without having to suppress testosterone, except for running distances from the 400m through the mile. For 400m through the mile, athletes were eligible if their testosterone levels were capped at five nanomoles per liter. World Athletics said that no female athletes would have a level above the cap unless they had a DSD or a tumor.

Starting March 31, all women’s events will have a stricter limit of two and a half nanomoles per liter.

World Athletics said it made the decision based on “more than 10 years of research and evidence of the physical advantages that DSD athletes bring to the female category.”

All DSD athletes who have been competing outside of the 400m through the mile must suppress their testosterone levels below two and a half nanomoles per liter for six months before being eligible to compete again. This makes them ineligible to compete through the world championships in August, but they can come back and qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Testosterone must be suppressed for two years for events from 400m through the mile and for DSD athletes who have not already been competing.

Notable athletes who previously said they were affected by the DSD rules include South African Caster Semenya, the Olympic 800m champion in 2012 and 2016 who moved up to the 5000m rather than suppress testosterone to remain in the 800m. Semenya, 32, was eliminated in the 5000m heats at last summer’s world championships.

Also Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi, who took 2016 Olympic 800m silver behind Semenya and also moved up to longer-distance events. She won the 2021 Diamond League 5000m title and missed last year’s worlds due to a foot injury.

Christine Mboma of Namibia took silver in the Tokyo Olympic 200m after being ruled ineligible to race the 400m due to the testosterone cap. Mboma, 19, missed last year’s worlds after tearing a thigh muscle.

Niger’s Aminatou Seyni finished fourth in the 200m at last year’s worlds after dropping down from the 400m due to the rule.

Athlete Ally, a nonprofit LGBTQ athletic advocacy group, called the new policies discriminatory.

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2023 World Figure Skating Championships TV, live stream schedule

By OlympicTalkMar 23, 2023, 2:30 PM EDT

The world figure skating championships from Saitama, Japan, air live on USA Network and Peacock this week.

The U.S. has medal contenders in all four disciplines, one year after winning a medal in all four events for the first time since 1967 (note Russia’s ban, and China sent no skaters).

In the pairs’ event that starts Tuesday night (U.S. time), Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier can become the first U.S. duo to win multiple world titles, one year after becoming the first American pair to take gold since 1979.

They rank second in the world this season behind Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, last year’s silver medalists who look to earn Japan’s first pairs’ world title.

Japan has the world’s top two women’s singles skaters in reigning world champion Kaori Sakamoto and Grand Prix Final winner Mai Mihara.

Isabeau Levito, a 16-year-old American who won last year’s world junior title, ranks fourth in the field by best score this season. She can become the youngest world medalist since 2014.

Ilia Malinin, an 18-year-old American who this season became the first skater to land a quadruple Axel, is seeded second in the men’s field behind Shoma Uno, the reigning world champion from Japan.

In ice dance, Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates posted the world’s top score this season at last month’s Four Continents Championships in Colorado Springs. After 12 seasons together, their goal is to win their first world title after silver in 2015, bronze in 2016 and bronze in 2022.

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2023 World Figure Skating Championships Broadcast Schedule

Day	Competition	Time (ET)	Network
Tuesday	Pairs’ Short	10 p.m.-2 a.m.	Peacock \| LIVE STREAM \| Skate Order
Wednesday	Women’s Short	2:45-8 a.m.	Peacock \| LIVE STREAM \| Skate Order
	Women’s Short	6-8 a.m.	USA \| LIVE STREAM \| Peacock
	Pairs’ Free	10 p.m.-2 a.m.	Peacock \| LIVE STREAM \| Skate Order
Thursday	Men’s Short	2:45-8 a.m.	Peacock \| LIVE STREAM \| Skate Order
	Men’s Short	6-8 a.m.	USA \| LIVE STREAM \| Peacock
	Pairs’ Free	8-10 a.m.*	USA \| STREAM LINK
	Rhythm Dance	10 p.m.-3:30 a.m.	Peacock \| LIVE STREAM \| Skate Order
Friday	Women’s Free	4:15-8:30 a.m.	Peacock \| LIVE STREAM \| Skate Order
	Women’s Free	6:30-8:30 a.m.	USA \| LIVE STREAM \| Peacock
	Free Dance	11:30 p.m.-3 a.m.	Peacock \| LIVE STREAM
Saturday	Men’s Free	4:15-8:30 a.m.	Peacock \| LIVE STREAM \| Skate Order
	Men’s Free	6:30-8:30 a.m.	USA \| LIVE STREAM \| Peacock
	Highlights	8-10 p.m.*	NBC \| STREAM LINK

*Delayed broadcast.

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