Nordic powerhouses Sweden, Norway win team sprint world titles

By Nate ClarkFeb 24, 2019, 6:45 AM EST

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Sweden’s Stina Nilsson and Maja Dahlqvist stepped to the top of the world championship podium together for the first time in either of their careers, winning gold in the women’s team sprint in Seefeld, Austria.

Joining the Swedes on the podium were Slovenia’s Katja Visnar and Anamarija Lampic with silver and Norway’s Ingvlid Flugstad Oestberg and Maiken Caspersen Falla with the bronze.

Nilsson wins her first world title in her first event back from injury, having not raced since mid-January.

The U.S.’ Sadie Bjornsen and Jessie Diggins also competed in the team sprint final. Bjornsen handed the race off to Diggins for the final lap, almost 3 seconds behind the leaders. Diggins was unable to make up the the deficit, ending the race with a fifth place finish.

Full results for the women’s team sprint are here.

Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo and teammate Emil Iversen held off the Russian team of Gleb Retivykh and Alexander Bolshunov to win their first world championship title in the men’s team sprint event. Klaebo caught Bolshunov in the final lap blowing past the Russian, and crossing the finish almost two seconds sooner to claim the gold medal.

Erik Bjornsen, Sadie’s brother, along with Simi Hamilton competed in the men’s team sprint final for the U.S. posting a eighth place finish.

Full results for the men’s team sprint are here.

Watch the men’s and women’s team sprint finals on TV at 10:30 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel, or catch the encore presentation on NBCSN tonight at 11:30 p.m. ET.

Check out the full schedule below to find out where and when to watch the 2019 Nordic World Ski Championships live on Olympic Channel, OlympicChannel.com or by using an NBC Sports Gold Snow Pass.

NORDIC WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS — Seefeld, Austria

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Sunday	7:30 a.m.	Nordic Combined: Team Sprint		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	8:45 a.m.	Ski jumping: Men’s LH Team Final*		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	9:30 a.m.	Nordic Combined: Team LH*	Olympic Channel
	10:30 a.m.	Cross-Country: M&W Team Sprint Finals*	Olympic Channel
	2 p.m.	Nordic Combined: Team Sprint*	Olympic Channel
	3 p.m.	Ski Jumping: Men’s LH Team Final	Olympic Channel
	11:30 p.m.	Cross-Country: Women’s Team Sprint Final*	NBCSN
Tuesday	9:00 a.m.	Cross-Country: Women’s 10km	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
	10:15 a.m.	Ski Jumping: Women’s NH Team Final		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	1:00 p.m.	Cross-Country: Women’s 10km*	NBCSN
	2:00 p.m.	Ski Jumping: Women’s NH Team Final*	Olympic Channel
Wednesday	8:00 a.m.	Cross-Country: Men’s 15km	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
	10:15 a.m.	Ski Jumping: Women’s NH Final	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
Thursday	1:00 a.m.	Cross-Country: Men’s 15km*	NBCSN
	2:00 a.m.	Ski Jumping: Women’s NH Final*	NBCSN
	5:00 a.m.	Nordic Combined: NH Ski Jumping	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
	7:00 a.m.	Cross-Country: Women’s 4x5km Relay	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
	9:00 a.m.	Nordic Combined: Indiv. 10km Cross-Country Ski	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
Friday	7:15 a.m.	Cross-Country: Men’s 4x10km Relay		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	7:30 a.m.	Cross-Country: Men’s 4x10km Relay*	Olympic Channel
	10:00 a.m.	Ski Jumping: Men’s NH Final	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
Saturday	5:00 a.m.	Nordic Combined: NH Team Ski Jumping		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	6:00 a.m.	Nordic Combined: NH Team Ski Jumping*	Olympic Channel
	6:15 a.m.	Cross-Country: Women’s 30km		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	7:30 a.m.	Cross-Country: Women’s 30km*	Olympic Channel
	8:30 a.m.	Nordic Combined: 4x5km Cross-Country Relay	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
	10:00 a.m.	Ski Jumping: Mixed Team Event		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	1:00 p.m.	Ski Jumping: Mixed Team Event*	Olympic Channel
Sunday	7:00 a.m.	Cross-Country: Men’s 50km	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold

*Same-day and next day delay

2023 French Open men’s singles draw, scores

By OlympicTalkJun 5, 2023, 4:59 PM EDT

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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, the No. 2 seed, was upset in the first round by 172nd-ranked Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild. It marked the first time a men’s top-two seed lost in the first round of any major since 2003 Wimbledon (Ivo Karlovic d. Lleyton Hewitt).

All of the American men lost before the fourth round. The last U.S. man to make the French Open quarterfinals was Andre Agassi in 2003.

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Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek set French Open rematch

By OlympicTalkJun 5, 2023, 3:25 PM EDT

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Coco Gauff swept into the French Open quarterfinals, where she plays Iga Swiatek in a rematch of last year’s final.

Gauff, the sixth seed, beat 100th-ranked Slovakian Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 7-5, 6-2 in the fourth round. She next plays the top seed Swiatek, who later Monday advanced after 66th-ranked Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko retired down 5-1 after taking a medical timeout due to illness.

Gauff earned a 37th consecutive win over a player ranked outside the top 50, dating to February 2022. She hasn’t faced a player in the world top 60 in four matches at Roland Garros, but the degree of difficulty ratchets up in Wednesday’s quarterfinals.

Swiatek won all 12 sets she’s played against Gauff, who at 19 is the only teenager in the top 49 in the world. Gauff said last week that there’s no point in revisiting last year’s final — a 6-1, 6-3 affair — but said Monday that she should rewatch that match because they haven’t met on clay since.

“I don’t want to make the final my biggest accomplishment,” she said. “Since last year I have been wanting to play her, especially at this tournament. I figured that it was going to happen, because I figured I was going to do well, and she was going to do well.

“The way my career has gone so far, if I see a level, and if I’m not quite there at that level, I know I have to improve, and I feel like you don’t really know what you have to improve on until you see that level.”

FRENCH OPEN DRAWS: Women | Men | Broadcast Schedule

Also Monday, No. 7 seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia dispatched 36th-ranked American Bernarda Pera 6-3, 6-1, breaking all eight of Pera’s service games.

Jabeur, runner-up at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open last year, has now reached the quarterfinals of all four majors.

Jabeur next faces 14th-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia, who won 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-5 over Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo, who played on a protected ranking of 68. Haddad Maia became the second Brazilian woman to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal in the Open Era (since 1968) after Maria Bueno, who won seven majors from 1959-1966.

Pera, a 28 year-old born in Croatia, was the oldest U.S. singles player to make the fourth round of a major for the first time since Jill Craybas at 2005 Wimbledon. Her defeat left Gauff as the lone American singles player remaining out of the 35 entered in the main draws.

The last American to win a major singles title was Sofia Kenin at the 2020 Australian Open. The 11-major drought matches the longest in history (since 1877) for American men and women combined.

In the men’s draw, 2022 French Open runner-up Casper Ruud reached the quarterfinals by beating 35th-ranked Chilean Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-5. He’ll next play sixth seed Holger Rune of Denmark, a 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7) winner over 23rd seed Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina.

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