How to watch winter sports on NBC Sports this weekend

By OlympicTalkDec 5, 2018, 11:33 AM EST

Chloe Kim, Nathan Chen and Mikaela Shiffrin headline action across more than a dozen winter sports with coverage on NBC Sports, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and streaming on NBC Sports Gold this weekend.

Kim competes for the first time this season at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Copper Mountain, Colo., against a field including Olympic bronze medalist Arielle Gold. Also dropping in at Copper are Olympic champion halfpipe skiers David Wise and Maddie Bowman and medalists Alex Ferreira and Brita Sigourney.

Chen is the favorite at Vancouver’s Grand Prix Final, the second-biggest international figure skating competition this season after March’s world championships. The world champion will face Olympic silver medalist Shoma Uno, while Olympic gold medalist Alina Zagitova and world silver medalists Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue lead the women’s and ice dance events.

Shiffrin, fresh off her first World Cup super-G win, can move into sole position of fourth place on the women’s career wins list in St. Moritz, Switzerland with a victory in either Saturday’s super-G or Sunday’s parallel slalom. The men race a giant slalom and slalom in Val d’Isere, France, featuring Olympic champions Ted Ligety and Marcel Hirscher.

U.S. Olympians are also in action in bobsled, biathlon, cross-country skiing, curling, freestyle skiing, luge, short track, skeleton and speed skating World Cups.

GRAND PRIX FINAL PREVIEWS: Men | Women

FIGURE SKATING GRAND PRIX FINAL

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Thursday	10:45 p.m.	Men’s Short		NBC Sports Gold
Friday	12 a.m.	Women’s Short		NBC Sports Gold
	10 p.m.	Rhythm Dance		NBC Sports Gold
	11:15 p.m.	Pairs’ Short	NBCSN
Saturday	12:30 a.m.	Men’s Free	NBCSN
	4:45 p.m.	Women’s Free		NBC Sports Gold
	10 p.m.	Free Dance		NBC Sports Gold
	11:15 p.m.	Pairs’ Free		NBC Sports Gold
	11:30 p.m.*	Women’s Free Skate	NBCSN
Sunday	4 p.m.*	Men’s, Women’s Free Skates	NBC

*Delayed broadcast

ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Saturday	3:45 a.m.	Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 1)		Olympic Channel
	4 a.m.	Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 1)		NBC Sports Gold
	5 a.m.	Women’s Super-G	Olympic Channel
	7 a.m.	Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 2)	Olympic Channel
Sunday	12:30 a.m.*	Women’s Super-G	NBCSN
	3:15 a.m.	Men’s Slalom (Run 1)		Olympic Channel
	3:30 a.m.	Men’s Slalom (Run 1)		NBC Sports Gold
	6:30 a.m.	Men’s Slalom (Run 2)	Olympic Channel
	7:30 a.m.	Women’s Parallel Slalom	Olympic Channel
	5 p.m.*	Women’s Parallel Slalom	NBCSN

*Delayed broadcast
All races stream live on NBC Sports Gold for “Snow Pass” subscribers and will have a replay of the event. Click here for more info.

FREESTYLE SKIING/SNOWBOARD WORLD CUP

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Friday	1 p.m.	Ski Halfpipe	NBCSN
	3 p.m.*	Moguls	Olympic Channel
Saturday	1 p.m.	Snowboard Halfpipe		NBC Sports
	4:30 p.m.*	Ski Halfpipe	NBCSN
Sunday	12:30 p.m.*	Ski Halfpipe	NBCSN

*Delayed broadcast
All events stream live on NBC Sports Gold for “Snow Pass” subscribers and will have a replay of the event. Click here for more info.

BIATHLON WORLD CUP

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Live stream
Friday	12 p.m.*	Women’s 15km Individual	NBCSN
	11 p.m.*	Men’s 10km Sprint	Olympic Channel
Saturday	8:05 a.m.	Women’s 7.5km Sprint		Olympic Channel
	10 a.m.*	Women’s 7.5km Sprint	Olympic Channel
Sunday	5:35 p.m.	Men’s 12.5km Pursuit		Olympic Channel
	8 p.m.*	Men’s 12.5km Pursuit	Olympic Channel
	8:35 p.m.	Women’s 10km Pursuit		Olympic Channel
	9 p.m.*	Women’s 10km Pursuit	Olympic Channel

*Delayed broadcast
All races stream live on NBC Sports Gold for “Snow Pass” subscribers and will have a replay of the event. Click here for more info.

BOBSLED/SKELETON WORLD CUP

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Friday	4 p.m.*	Women’s Bobsled	Olympic Channel
Saturday	1:30 a.m.*	Women’s Bobsled	NBCSN
	2:30 a.m.	Men’s skeleton Run 1		Olympic Channel
	4:15 a.m.	Men’s skeleton Run 2		Olympic Channel
	6 a.m.	Two-man bobsled run 1		Olympic Channel
	7:30 a.m.	Two-man bobsled run 2		Olympic Channel
	2:30 p.m.*	Men’s Skeleton	Olympic Channel
	3:30 p.m.*	Two-Man Bobsled (1)	Olympic Channel
Sunday	2:30 a.m.	Women’s Skeleton run 1		Olympic Channel
	4 a.m.	Women’s Skeleton run 2		Olympic Channel
	6 a.m.	Two-man bobsled run 1		Olympic Channel
	7:30 a.m.	Two-man bobsled run 2		Olympic Channel
	11:30 a.m.*	Women’s Skeleton	Olympic Channel
	10 p.m.*	Two-Man Bobsled (2)	Olympic Channel
	11 p.m.*	Two-Man Bobsled (2)	NBCSN

*Delayed broadcast

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING WORLD CUP

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Saturday	3:20 a.m.	Women’s 15km Interval		Olympic Channel
	6:05 a.m.	Men’s 30km Interval		Olympic Channel
	8:30 a.m.*	Women’s 15km	Olympic Channel
Sunday	4:20 am	Women’s Relay		Olympic Channel
	7:20 a.m.	Men’s Relay		Olympic Channel
	4 p.m.*	Women’s Relay	Olympic Channel

*Same-day delay
All races stream live on NBC Sports Gold for “Snow Pass” subscribers and will have a replay of the event. Click here for more info.

CURLING WORLD CUP

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Wednesday	7:30 p.m.	Mixed Doubles: USA-NOR	Olympic Channel
	10 p.m.	Men: USA-CHN	Olympic Channel
Thursday	9:30 a.m.	Mixed Doubles: USA-CHN	Olympic Channel
	1 p.m.	Women: USA-RUS	Olympic Channel
	8:30 p.m.	Men: USA-CAN	Olympic Channel
Friday	9:30 a.m.	Women: USA-CAN	Olympic Channel
	5 p.m.	Women: USA-KOR	Olympic Channel
	8:30 p.m.	Mixed Doubles: USA-CHN	Olympic Channel
Saturday	5 p.m.	Men: USA-CAN	Olympic Channel
	8:30 p.m.	Women: USA-CAN		NBC Sports
	9:30 p.m.	Women: USA-CAN	NBCSN
Sunday	9:30 a.m.	Mixed Doubles: Final	Olympic Channel
	1 p.m.	Women: Final	Olympic Channel
	5 p.m.	Men: Final	Olympic Channel
	8 p.m.	Highlights	NBCSN

LUGE WORLD CUP

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Friday	Noon	Doubles Run No. 1		Olympic Channel
	1:20 p.m.	Doubles Run No. 2		Olympic Channel
	2:40 p.m.	Men’s singles No. 1		Olympic Channel
	4:15 p.m.	Men’s singles No. 1		Olympic Channel
	9:30 p.m.*	Doubles	Olympic Channel
	10 p.m.*	Men	Olympic Channel
Saturday	11:40 a.m.	Women Singles No. 1		Olympic Channel
	1:05 p.m.	Women Singles No. 2		Olympic Channel
	3 p.m.	Team Relay		Olympic Channel
	11:30 p.m.*	Women	Olympic Channel
Sunday	6 p.m.	Highlights	NBCSN

*Delayed broadcast

SPEED SKATING WORLD CUP

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Friday	8 p.m.*	Long Track Highlights	Olympic Channel
	8 p.m.*	Long Track Highlights	Olympic Channel
Monday	6 p.m.	Long Track Highlights	Olympic Channel
SHORT TRACK
Saturday	11:30 a.m.*	Short Track Highlights	Olympic Channel
Monday	4 p.m.	Short Track Highlights	Olympic Channel

*Same-day delay
All races stream live on NBC Sports Gold for “Speed Skating Pass” subscribers and will have a replay of the event. Click here for more info.

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French Open: Daniil Medvedev stunned by 172nd-ranked qualifier

By OlympicTalkMay 30, 2023, 1:43 PM EDT

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No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev was eliminated by 172nd-ranked Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild at the French Open, the first time a top-two men’s seed lost in the first round of a major in 20 years.

Seyboth Wild, a 23-year-old in his second-ever Grand Slam main draw match, prevailed 7-6 (5), 6-7 (8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in more than four hours on Court Philippe-Chatrier.

“I’ve watched Daniil play for, like, my entire junior career until today, and I’ve always dreamed about playing on this court, playing these kind of players,” he said. “In my best dreams, I’ve beaten them, so it’s a dream come true.”

Seyboth Wild overcame the ranking disparity, the experience deficit (it was his first five-set match) and cramps. He began feeling them in the second set, and it affected his serve. Medvedev’s serve was affected by windy conditions. He had 15 double faults.

“I’m not going to look at it back on TV, but my feeling was that he played well,” he said. “I don’t think I played that bad, but he played well.”

FRENCH OPEN DRAWS: Women | Men | Broadcast Schedule

Seyboth Wild, who had strictly played in qualifying and lower-level Challenger events dating to February 2022, became the first man to take out a top-two seed at a Slam since Ivo Karlovic upset Lleyton Hewitt at 2003 Wimbledon, which ended up being the first major won by a member of the Big Three.

The last time it happened at the French Open was in 2000, when Mark Philippoussis ousted No. 2 Pete Sampras.

It’s the most seismic win by a Brazilian at the French Open — and perhaps any major — since the nation’s most successful man, Gustavo Kuerten, won his third Roland Garros title in 2001.

Tuesday marked the 26th anniversary of Kuerten’s first big splash in Paris, a third-round win over 1995 French Open champion Thomas Muster en route to his first Roland Garros title.

As a junior, Seyboth Wild won the 2018 U.S. Open and reached a best ranking of eighth in the world. Since, he played eight Grand Slam qualifying tournaments with a 1-8 record before advancing through qualifying last week.

The 2021 U.S. Open champion Medvedev entered the French Open having won the first clay tournament title of his career at the Italian Open, the last top-level event before Roland Garros.

“Because wind, dry court, I had a mouthful of clay since probably third game of the match, and I don’t like it,” he said. “I don’t know if people like to eat clay, to have clay in their bags, in their shoes, the socks, white socks, you can throw them to garbage after clay season. Maybe some people like it. I don’t.”

Medvedev’s defeat leaves no major champions in the bottom half of the men’s draw. The top seeds left are No. 4 Casper Ruud, last year’s French Open and U.S. Open runner-up, and No. 6 Holger Rune. No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz and No. 3 Novak Djokovic play their second-round matches in the top half on Wednesday.

Women’s seeds to advance Tuesday included No. 6 Coco Gauff, who rallied past 71st-ranked Spaniard Rebeka Masarova 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, plus No. 1 Iga Swiatek, No. 4 Elena Rybakina and No. 7 Ons Jabeur in straight sets.

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Olympians, Paralympians star on Top Chef World All-Stars in Paris

By OlympicTalkMay 30, 2023, 11:34 AM EDT

U.S. Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls get a taste of Paris in this week’s episode of Top Chef World All-Stars, premiering Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.

Olympic medalists Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Suni Lee and Paralympic medalists Mallory Weggemann and Hunter Woodhall team up with contestants for a cooking challenge in front of the Eiffel Tower, one year before the French capital hosts the Games.

Olympians have appeared on Top Chef before.

A 2020 episode set at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Coliseum included Diana Taurasi, Rai Benjamin, Nastia Liukin, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Christian Coleman and Kerri Walsh Jennings.

A January 2018 episode featured figure skater Meryl Davis, freeskier Gus Kenworthy and skeleton slider John Daly, one month before the PyeongChang Winter Games.

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