How to watch overall World Cup champ Mikaela Shiffrin ski this weekend

By Nate ClarkMar 6, 2019, 12:39 PM EST

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It would seem Mikaela Shiffrin picked the best weekend of the season to take a break after every scheduled event in Sochi, Russia last week had to be cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.

Shiffrin, while training in Italy ahead of this week’s events in the Czech Republic, was still able to make headlines, when her World Cup points total allowed her to clinch her third-consecutive overall title. She has also clinched her fourth-straight slalom crystal globe, and sixth overall, after taking an insurmountable 203-point lead in the standings.

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Thank you. Simply, thank you.#weareskiing pic.twitter.com/Fm46Iw4GPl

— Mikaela Shiffrin (@MikaelaShiffrin) March 2, 2019

The women’s World Cup will attempt to get back to racing on Friday with the first run of the giant slalom scheduled for 4:30 a.m. ET. Watch the first run live on OlympicChannel.com or with an NBC Sports Gold Snow Pass. The second run can be seen live on TV and streaming on Olympic Channel and NBC Sports Gold.

After crisscrossing the globe, the ISU Speed Skating World Cup winds up in Utah for the final event of the season. The U.S.’ Brittany Bowe and Joey Mantia, both recently crowned world champions, will close out their seasons on home ice at the site of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games.

For Bowe, she returns to the track where she set the world record in the 1000m not once, but twice in her career, and is closing out a season where she has landed on 12 World Cup podiums.

Watch speed skating from Salt Lake City beginning on Friday at 11:00 p.m. on TV on Olympic Channel.

If you’re looking to thaw out from all the winter sports action, some of the best international swimmers in the world convene in Des Moines at the second stop on the TYR Pro Swim Series. Look for the U.S.’ 2016 Olympic gold medalists Caeleb Dressel and Kathleen Baker to be in the pool in Iowa. Watch the first of three days of swimming in primetime beginning on Thursday at 8:00 p.m. ET on TV and streaming on Olympic Channel.

ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP — Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic; Kranjska Gora, Slovenia

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Friday	4:30 a.m.	Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 1)		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	7:30 a.m.	Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2)	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
	12:00 p.m.	Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2)*	NBCSN
Saturday	3:30 a.m.	Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 1)		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	4:30 a.m.	Women’s Slalom (Run 1)		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	6:30 a.m.	Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) DELAYED start at 8:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
	7:30 a.m.	Women’s Slalom (Run 2)	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
	6:00 p.m.	Women’s Slalom (Run 2)*	NBCSN
Sunday	4:30 a.m.	Men’s Slalom (Run 1)		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	7:30 a.m.	Men’s Slalom (Run 2)	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold

*Same-day delay

BOBSLED AND SKELETON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS — Whistler, British Columbia

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Thursday	12:00 p.m.	Men’s Skeleton (Run 1)	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel
	1:45 p.m.	Men’s Skeleton (Run 2)	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel
	3:30 p.m.	Women’s Skeleton (Run 1)	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel
	5:00 p.m.	Women’s Skeleton (Run 2)	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel
	11:30 p.m.	Men’s and Women’s Skeleton Day 1*	NBCSN
Friday	12:00 p.m.	Men’s Skeleton (Run 3)	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel
	1:45 p.m.	Men’s Skeleton (Final Run)	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel
	3:30 p.m.	Women’s Skeleton (Run 3)	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel
	5:00 p.m.	Women’s Skeleton (Final Run)	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel
	8:00 p.m.	Four-Man Bobsled (Run 1)	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel
	9:30 p.m.	Four-Man Bobsled (Run 2)	NBCSN	NBCSN
Saturday	8:00 p.m.	Four-Man Bobsled (Run 3)	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel
	9:30 p.m.	Four-Man Bobsled (Final Run)	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel

*Same-day delay

BIATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS — Oestersund, Sweden

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Thursday	10:15 a.m.	Mixed Relay	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
	4:00 p.m.	Mixed Relay*	NBCSN
Friday	10:15 a.m.	Women’s 7.5km Sprint	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
	1:00 p.m.	Women’s 7.5km Sprint*	NBCSN
Saturday	10:30 a.m.	Men’s 10km Sprint	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
Sunday	8:45 a.m.	Women’s 10km Pursuit	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
	11:30 a.m.	Men’s 12.5km Pursuit	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold

*Same-day delay

CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP — Oslo, Norway

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Saturday	4:00 a.m.	Men’s 50km Mass Start	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel/NBC Sports Gold
Sunday	6:45 a.m.	Women’s 30km Mass Start		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	1:00 p.m.	Women’s 30km Mass Start*	Olympic Channel

*Same-day delay

FENCING GRAND PRIX — Cairo, Egypt; Budapest, Hungary

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Friday	9:00 a.m.	From Cairo, Egypt*	Olympic Channel
Sunday	4:00 p.m.	From Budapest, Hungary		OlympicChannel.com

*Pre-recorded

FREESKI AND SNOWBOARDING TOYOTA U.S. GRAND PRIX — Mammoth Lakes, California

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Friday	12:30 p.m.	Snowboarding: Slopestyle		NBCSports.com/NBC Sports Gold
	4:00 p.m.	Freeski: Halfpipe		NBCSports.com/NBC Sports Gold
Sunday	12:30 a.m.	Freeski: Halfpipe*	NBCSN
	12:30 p.m.	Freeski: Slopestyle		NBCSports.com/NBC Sports Gold
	4:00 p.m.	Snowboarding: Halfpipe		NBCSports.com/NBC Sports Gold
	11:30 p.m.	Snowboarding: Slopestyle*	NBCSN

*Encore presentation

NORDIC COMBINED WORLD CUP — Oslo, Norway

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Saturday	3:00 a.m.	Men’s HS134		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	7:30 a.m.	Men’s 10km		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold

SKI JUMPING WORLD CUP RAW AIR TOURNAMENT — Oslo, Norway

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Friday	1:30 p.m.	Men’s Qualifying		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
Saturday	8:30 a.m.	Men’s Team		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	3:00 p.m.	Men’s Team*	Olympic Channel
Sunday	5:00 a.m.	Women’s Individual		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	9:30 a.m.	Men’s Individual		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold
	3:00 p.m.	Women’s Individual*	Olympic Channel
	4:30 p.m.	Men’s Individual*	Olympic Channel

*Same-day delay

SNOWBOARDING WORLD CUP — Scuol, Switzerland

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Saturday	7:30 a.m.	Parallel Giant Slalom		OlympicChannel.com/NBC Sports Gold

SPEED SKATING WORLD CUP — Salt Lake City, Utah

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Saturday	2:20 p.m.	World Cup Final Day 1		NBC Sports Gold
	11:00 p.m.	World Cup Final Day 1*	Olympic Channel
Sunday	3:15 p.m.	World Cup Final Day 2		NBC Sports Gold
	11:00 p.m.	World Cup Final Day 2*	Olympic Channel

*Same-day delay

SHORT TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS — Sofia, Bulgaria

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Saturday	8:00 a.m.	Day 2		NBC Sports Gold
	6:00 p.m.	Day 2*	Olympic Channel
Sunday	8:00 a.m.	Day 3		NBC Sports Gold
	6:00 p.m.	Day 3*	Olympic Channel

*Same-day delay

TYR PRO SWIM SERIES — Des Moines, Iowa

Day	Time (ET)	Event	TV	Stream
Thursday	8:00 p.m.	Day 1	Olympic Channel	Olympic Channel
Friday	1:00 a.m.	Day 1*	NBCSN
	8:00 p.m.	Day 2	NBCSN	NBCSports.com
Saturday	8:00 p.m.	Day 3		NBCSports.com

*Next-day delay

Eliud Kipchoge breaks marathon world record in Berlin

By OlympicTalkSep 25, 2022, 8:18 AM EDT

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Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge broke his own world record in winning the Berlin Marathon, clocking 2:01:09 to lower the previous record time of 2:01:39 he set in the German capital in 2018.

Kipchoge, 37 and a two-time Olympic champion, earned his 15th win in 17 career marathons to bolster his claim as the greatest runner in history over 26.2 miles.

His pacing was not ideal. Kipchoge slowed in the final miles, running 61:18 for the second half after going out in an unprecedented 59:51 for the first 13.1 miles. He still won by 4:49 over Kenyan Mark Korir.

“I was planning to go through it [the halfway mark] 60:50, 60:40,” Kipchoge said. “My legs were running actually very fast. I thought, let me just try to run two hours flat, but all in all, I am happy with the performance.

“We went too fast [in the first half]. It takes energy from the muscles. … There’s still more in my legs [to possibly lower the record again].”

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Ethiopian Tigist Assefa won the women’s race in 2:15:37, the third-fastest time in history for somebody who ran one prior marathon in 2:34:01. Only Brigid Kosgei (2:14:14 in Chicago in 2019) and Paula Radcliffe (2:15:25 in London in 2003) have gone faster.

American record holder Keira D’Amato, who entered as the top seed, was sixth in 2:21:48. D’Amato, who went nearly a decade between competitive races after college, owns the American record of 2:19:12 and now also the 10th-best time in U.S. history.

“Today wasn’t my best day ever, but it was the best I could do today,” she said in a text message, according to Race Results Weekly, adding that she briefly stopped and walked late in the race.

The last eight instances the men’s marathon world record has been broken, it has come on the pancake-flat roads of Berlin. It began in 2003, when Kenyan Paul Tergat became the first man to break 2:05.

The world record was 2:02:57 — set by Kenyan Dennis Kimetto in 2014 — until Kipchoge broke it for the first time four years ago.

The following year, Kipchoge became the first person to cover 26.2 miles in under two hours, clocking 1:59:40 in a non-record-eligible showcase rather than a race.

Kipchoge’s focus going forward is trying to become the first runner to win three Olympic marathon titles in Paris in 2024. He also wants to win all six annual World Marathon Majors. He’s checked off four of them, only missing Boston (run in April) and New York City (run every November).

Kipchoge grew up on a farm in Kapsabet in Kenya’s Rift Valley, often hauling by bike several gallons of the family’s milk to sell at the local market. Raised by a nursery school teacher, he ran more than three miles to and from school. He saved for five months to get his first pair of running shoes.

At 18, he upset legends Hicham El Guerrouj and Kenenisa Bekele to win the 2003 World 5000m title on the track. He won Olympic 5000m medals (bronze in 2004 and silver in 2008), then moved to the marathon after failing to make the 2012 Olympic team on the track.

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The moment @EliudKipchoge wrote another chapter of his incredible story. 2:01:09. #BerlinMarathon #AbbottWMM pic.twitter.com/i1VwQyZ7Ex

— Abbott WMMajors (@WMMajors) September 25, 2022

2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup schedule, results

By OlympicTalkSep 25, 2022, 8:14 AM EDT

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The U.S. goes for its fourth consecutive title at the FIBA World Cup in Sydney — and eighth global gold in a row overall when including the Olympics.

A’ja Wilson, a two-time WNBA MVP, and Breanna Stewart, the Tokyo Olympic MVP, headline a U.S. roster that, for the first time since 2000, includes neither Sue Bird (retired) nor Diana Taurasi (injured).

The new-look team includes nobody over the age of 30 for the first time since 1994, before the U.S. began its dynasty at the 1996 Atlanta Games. The Americans have won 52 consecutive games between worlds and the Olympics dating to the 2006 Worlds bronze-medal game.

The field also includes host Australia, the U.S.’ former primary rival, and Olympic silver medalist Japan.

Nigeria, which played the U.S. the closest of any foe in Tokyo (losing by nine points), isn’t present after its federation withdrew the team over governance issues. Spain, ranked second in the world, failed to qualify.

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2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Round
Wed., Sept. 21	8:30 p.m.	Puerto Rico 82, Bosnia and Herzegovina 58	Group A
	9:30 p.m.	USA 87, Belgium 72	Group A
	11 p.m.	Canada 67, Serbia 60	Group B
Thurs., Sept. 22	12 a.m.	Japan 89, Mali 56	Group B
	3:30 a.m.	China 107, South Korea 44	Group A
	6:30 a.m.	France 70, Australia 57	Group B
	8:30 p.m.	USA 106, Puerto Rico 42	Group A
	10 p.m.	Serbia 69, Japan 64	Group B
	11 p.m.	Belgium 84, South Korea 61	Group A
Fri., Sept. 23	12:30 a.m.	China 98, Bosnia and Herzegovina 51	Group A
	4 a.m.	Canada 59, France 45	Group B
	6:30 a.m.	Australia 118, Mali 58	Group B
Sat., Sept. 24	12:30 a.m.	USA 77, China 63	Group A
	4 a.m.	South Korea 99, Bosnia and Herzegovina 66	Group A
	6:30 a.m.	Belgium 68, Puerto Rico 65	Group A
Sun., Sept. 25	12:30 a.m.	France 74, Mali 59	Group B
	4 a.m.	Australia 69, Serbia 54	Group B
	6:30 a.m.	Canada 70, Japan 56	Group B
	9:30 p.m.	Belgium vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina	Group A
	11:30 p.m.	Mali vs. Serbia	Group B
Mon., Sept. 26	12 a.m.	USA vs. South Korea	Group A
	2 a.m.	France vs. Japan	Group B
	3:30 a.m.	China vs. Puerto Rico	Group A
	6:30 a.m.	Australia vs. Canada	Group B
	9:30 p.m.	Puerto Rico vs. South Korea	Group A
	11:30 p.m.	Belgium vs. China	Group A
Tues., Sept. 27	12 a.m.	USA vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina	Group A
	2 a.m.	Canada vs. Mali	Group B
	3:30 a.m.	France vs. Serbia	Group B
	6:30 a.m.	Australia vs. Japan	Group B
Wed., Sept. 28	10 p.m.	Quarterfinal
Thurs., Sept. 29	12:30 a.m.	Quarterfinal
	4 a.m.	Quarterfinal
	6:30 a.m.	Quarterfinal
Fri., Sept. 30	3 .m.	Semifinal
	5:30 a.m.	Semifinal
	11 p.m.	Third-Place Game
Sat., Oct. 1	2 a.m.	Final

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