Olympic sports on NBC Sports, Olympic Channel this weekend

By OlympicTalkDec 12, 2018, 2:41 PM EST

Olympic champions Ted Ligety and Jessie Diggins headline winter sports action this weekend with coverage on NBC Sports, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, and streaming on NBC Sports Gold.

Ligety, a 2006 and 2014 gold medalist, eyes his first World Cup win in three years in a giant slalom in Alta Badia, Italy, on Sunday. That follows a super-G and downhill on Friday and Saturday in Val Gardena.

Diggins, who earned team sprint gold in PyeongChang, moves with the cross-country skiing World Cup to Davos, Switzerland, for sprint and 10km races.

U.S. Olympians are also in action in biathlon, bobsled, freestyle skiing, luge, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding and speed skating World Cups, plus the world short-course swimming championships.

ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP — Val Gardena and Alta Badia, Italy

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Friday	6 a.m.	Men’s Super-G	Olympic Channel	NBC Sports Gold
Saturday	5:30 a.m.	Men’s Downhill	Olympic Channel	NBC Sports Gold
	8 p.m.*		NBCSN
Sunday	4 a.m.	Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 1)		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold
	7 a.m.	Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 2)	Olympic Channel	NBC Sports Gold
	6 p.m.*	Men’s Giant Slalom	NBCSN

*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.

BIATHLON WORLD CUP — Hochfilzen, Austria

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Live stream
Thursday	8:05 a.m.	Women’s 7.5km Sprint		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold
	12 p.m.*		Olympic Channel
Friday	8:05 a.m.	Men’s 10km Sprint		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold
	9:30 a.m.*		Olympic Channel
	12 p.m.*		NBCSN
Saturday	5:20 a.m.	Women’s 10km Pursuit		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold
	8:40 a.m.	Men’s 12.5km Pursuit		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold
	2 p.m.*	Women’s 10km Pursuit	Olympic Channel
	3 p.m.*	Men’s 12.5km Pursuit	Olympic Channel
Sunday	5:10 a.m.	Women’s 4x6km Relay		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold
	7:50 a.m.	Men’s 4×7.5km Relay		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold
	3 p.m.*	Women’s 4x6km Relay	Olympic Channel
	4 p.m.*	Men’s 4×7.5km 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.

BOBSLED/SKELETON WORLD CUP — Winterberg, Germany

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Friday	4:15 a.m.	Men’s Skeleton (Run 1)		Olympic Channel
	6 a.m.	Men’s Skeleton (Run 2)		Olympic Channel
	8 a.m.	Women’s Skeleton (Run 1)		Olympic Channel
	9:30 a.m.	Women’s Skeleton (Run 2)		Olympic Channel
	3 p.m.*	Men’s Skeleton	Olympic Channel
	4 p.m.*	Women’s Skeleton	Olympic Channel
Saturday	5:15 a.m.	Women’s Bobsled (Run 1)		Olympic Channel
	6:45 a.m.	Women’s Bobsled (Run 2)		Olympic Channel
	9 a.m.	Four-Man Bobsled (Run 1)		Olympic Channel
	10:30 a.m.	Four-Man Bobsled (Run 2)		Olympic Channel
	4 p.m.*	Women’s Bobsled	Olympic Channel
	5 p.m.*	Four-Man Bobsled	Olympic Channel
	7 p.m.*	Women’s Bobsled	NBCSN
Sunday	5:30 a.m.	Four-Man Bobsled (Run 1)		Olympic Channel
	7 a.m.	Four-Man Bobsled (Run 2)		Olympic Channel
	2 p.m.*	Four-Man Bobsled	Olympic Channel
	7 p.m.*	Four-Man Bobsled	NBCSN

*Same-day delay

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING WORLD CUP — Davos, Switzerland

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Saturday	7:30 a.m.	Men’s, Women’s Sprints	Olympic Channel	NBC Sports Gold
Sunday	3:15 a.m.	Women’s 10km Interval		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold
	5:45 a.m.	Men’s 15km Interval		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold
	9 a.m.*	Women’s 10km Interval	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.

FREESTYLE SKIING WORLD CUP — Thaiwoo, China

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Saturday	12:30 a.m.	Moguls	Olympic Channel	NBC Sports Gold
Sunday	12:30 a.m.	Dual Moguls	Olympic Channel	NBC Sports Gold

*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.

LUGE WORLD CUP — Lake Placid, N.Y.

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Saturday	9 a.m.	Men’s Singles (Run 1)		Olympic Channel
	10:45 a.m.	Men’s Singles (Run 2)		Olympic Channel
	12:15 p.m.	Doubles (Run 1)		Olympic Channel
	1:35 p.m.	Doubles (Run 2)		Olympic Channel
	9 p.m.*	Men’s Singles	Olympic Channel
	10 p.m.*	Doubles	Olympic Channel
Sunday	8:30 a.m.	Women Singles (Run 1)		Olympic Channel
	9:50 a.m.	Women Singles (Run 2)		Olympic Channel
	12 p.m.	Men’s Sprint		Olympic Channel
	12:45 p.m.	Doubles Sprint		Olympic Channel
	1:20 p.m.	Women’s Sprint		Olympic Channel
	4 p.m.*	Men’s Singles/Doubles	NBCSN
	10 p.m.*	Women’s Singles	Olympic Channel

*Delayed broadcast

SKI JUMPING WORLD CUP — Engelberg, Switzerland and Premanon, France

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Friday	11:50 a.m.	Men’s Qualifying		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold
Saturday	4:50 a.m.	Women		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold
	9:50 a.m.	Men		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold
	6 p.m.*	Women	Olympic Channel
	7:30 p.m.*	Men	Olympic Channel
Sunday	4:50 a.m.	Women		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold
	8:05 a.m.	Men		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold
	7 p.m.*	Women	Olympic Channel
	8:30 p.m.*	Men	Olympic Channel

*Same-day delay
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.

SNOWBOARD WORLD CUP — Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Saturday	10:50 a.m.	Parallel Slalom		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold
	11 a.m.	Parallel Giant Slalom		Olympic Channel \| NBC Sports Gold

*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.

SPEED SKATING WORLD CUP — Heerenveen, Netherlands

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Saturday	8:45 a.m.	Day 1		NBC Sports Gold
Sunday	8 a.m.	Day 2		NBC Sports Gold
	10:30 p.m.*	Highlights	Olympic Channel
Sunday	11 p.m.*	Highlights	Olympic Channel

*Delayed broadcast
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.

SWIMMING SHORT-COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS — Hangzhou, China

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Live stream
Thursday	6 a.m.	Day 3 Finals	Olympic Channel
	5 p.m.*		NBCSN
	8:30 p.m.	Day 4 Heats		Olympic Channel
Friday	6 a.m.	Day 4 Finals		Olympic Channel
	10:30 a.m.*		Olympic Channel
	1 p.m.*		NBCSN
	8:30 p.m.	Day 5 Heats		Olympic Channel
Saturday	6 a.m.	Day 5 Finals		Olympic Channel
	12 p.m.*		Olympic Channel
	8:30 p.m.	Day 6 Heats		Olympic Channel
	9 p.m.	Day 5 Finals	NBCSN
Sunday	5 a.m.	Day 6 Finals		Olympic Channel
	12 p.m.*		Olympic Channel
	11 p.m.*		NBCSN

*Same-day delay

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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.”

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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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