2020 World Biathlon Championships TV, live stream schedule

By OlympicTalkFeb 11, 2020, 10:18 AM EST

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NBC Sports airs live coverage of every event of the world biathlon championships in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, starting this week.

Frenchman Martin Fourcade, a five-time Olympic champion, headlines the entrants at worlds, held annually outside of Olympic years.

Fourcade, after an off-year in 2019 with zero world championships medals, is back leading the World Cup standings over Norwegian rival Johannes Thingnes Bø. Bø skipped four races in January (all won by Fourcade) due to the birth of his son.

Norwegian veteran Tiril Eckhoff has taken hold of the women’s tour with six wins in 13 events. Eckhoff, 29, had five career World Cup wins before this season.

The top two female biathletes at the PyeongChang Olympics — German Laura Dahlmeier and Slovakian Anastasiya Kuzmina — retired after last season.

The U.S. contingent is led by Susan Dunklee, a two-time Olympian who in 2017 earned the first individual world medal for an American female biathlete (silver in the mass start).

Clare Egan has been the top American this season, notching a career-best sixth-place finish at a Jan. 24 World Cup individual race.

The men’s roster includes two-time Olympians Sean Doherty and Leif Nordgren.

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Date	Time (ET)	Event	Network
Feb. 13	8:45 a.m.	Mixed Relay	Olympic Channel \| STREAM
	1 p.m.*	Mixed Relay	NBCSN \| STREAM
Feb. 14	8:45 a.m.	Women’s Sprint	Olympic Channel \| STREAM
Feb. 15	2 a.m.*	Women’s Sprint	NBCSN \| STREAM
	8:45 a.m.	Men’s Sprint	Olympic Channel \| STREAM
Feb. 16	1:30 a.m.*	Men’s Sprint	NBCSN \| STREAM
	6:50 a.m.	Women’s Pursuit	NBC Sports Gold \| STREAM
	9:15 a.m.	Men’s Pursuit	Olympic Channel \| STREAM
	10:30 a.m.*	Women’s Pursuit	Olympic Channel \| STREAM
Feb. 17	12:30 a.m.*	Men’s Pursuit	NBCSN \| STREAM
Feb. 18	8:15 a.m.	Women’s Individual	Olympic Channel \| STREAM
Feb. 19	8:15 a.m.	Men’s Individual	Olympic Channel \| STREAM
Feb. 20	1:30 a.m.*	Men’s Individual	NBCSN \| STREAM
	9 a.m.	Single Mixed Relay	Olympic Channel \| STREAM
Feb. 21	1 a.m.*	Single Mixed Relay	NBCSN \| STREAM
Feb. 22	5:45 a.m.	Women’s Relay	NBC Sports Gold \| STREAM
	8:45 a.m.	Men’s Relay	Olympic Channel \| STREAM
	10:15 a.m.*	Women’s Relay	Olympic Channel \| STREAM
Feb. 23	6:30 a.m.	Women’s Mass Start	Olympic Channel \| STREAM
	9 a.m.	Men’s Mass Start	Olympic Channel \| STREAM
Feb. 24	1 p.m.*	Women’s Mass Start	NBCSN \| STREAM

*Delayed broadcast

2023 French Open women’s singles draw, scores

By OlympicTalkMay 29, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT

At the French Open, Iga Swiatek of Poland eyes a third title at Roland Garros and a fourth Grand Slam singles crown overall.

The tournament airs live on NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel through championship points in Paris.

Swiatek, the No. 1 seed from Poland, can join Serena Williams and Justine Henin as the lone women to win three or more French Opens since 2000.

Turning 22 during the tournament, she can become the youngest woman to win three French Opens since Monica Seles in 1992 and the youngest woman to win four Slams overall since Williams in 2002.

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But Swiatek is not as dominant as in 2022, when she went 16-0 in the spring clay season during an overall 37-match win streak.

She retired from her most recent match with a right thigh injury last week and said it wasn’t serious. Before that, she lost the final of another clay-court tournament to Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.

Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed, and Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, the No. 4 seed and Wimbledon champion, are the top challengers in Paris.

No. 3 Jessica Pegula and No. 6 Coco Gauff, runner-up to Swiatek last year, are the best hopes to become the first American to win a Grand Slam singles title since Sofia Kenin at the 2020 Australian Open. The 11-major drought is the longest for U.S. women since Seles won the 1996 Australian Open.

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2023 French Open men’s singles draw, scores

By OlympicTalkMay 29, 2023, 8:00 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, who lost in the French Open first round in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, is improved on clay. He won the Italian Open, the last top-level clay event before the French Open, and is the No. 2 seed ahead of Djokovic.

No. 9 Taylor Fritz, No. 12 Frances Tiafoe and No. 16 Tommy Paul are the highest-seeded Americans, all looking to become the first U.S. man to make the French Open quarterfinals since Andre Agassi in 2003. Since then, five different American men combined to make the fourth round on eight occasions.

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