Mikaela Shiffrin headlines this week’s winter sports TV, live stream schedule

By OlympicTalkJan 11, 2021, 3:31 PM EST

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Mikaela Shiffrin and Nathan Chen highlight winter sports competition on NBC Sports, Olympic Channel and Peacock Premium this week.

Shiffrin races three times — a Tuesday slalom and Saturday and Sunday giant slaloms on the Alpine skiing World Cup.

Tuesday’s race in Flachau, streaming live on Peacock, is the final slalom before the world championships in February. Shiffrin last won a slalom, her trademark discipline, on Dec. 29, 2019, while Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova emerged as the world’s top slalom skier.

The men’s Alpine World Cup was to visit Wengen, Switzerland, for the classic Lauberhorn ski races, but they were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, two slaloms are scheduled for Kitzbühel, Austria.

In figure skating, Chen goes for a fifth straight national title at the U.S. Championships in Las Vegas that begin Thursday. It’s the last competition before the team for March’s world championships is announced.

Two-time U.S. champion Alysa Liu headlines the women’s field, though at 15 she is too young for the senior worlds.

Alpine Skiing World Cup — Flachau and Kranjska Gora (women), Kitzbühel (men)

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Network
Tuesday	12 p.m.	Women’s Slalom Run 1	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
	2:45 p.m.	Women’s Slalom Run 2	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
Saturday	3:30 a.m.	Men’s Slalom Run 1	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
	5 a.m.	Women’s Giant Slalom Run 1	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
	6:30 a.m.	Men’s Slalom Run 2	Olympic Channel \| Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
	8 a.m.	Women’s Giant Slalom Run 2	Olympic Channel \| Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	3:15 a.m.	Women’s Giant Slalom Run 1	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
	4:30 a.m.	Men’s Slalom Run 1	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
	6:15 a.m.	Women’s Giant Slalom Run 2	Olympic Channel \| Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
	7:45 a.m.	Men’s Slalom Run 2	Olympic Channel \| Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK

U.S. Figure Skating Championships — Las Vegas

Day	Time (ET)	Competition	Network
Thursday	6-8 p.m.	Pairs’ Short	NBCSN \| Peacock Stream
	10 p.m.-12 a.m.	Women’s Short	NBCSN \| Peacock Stream
Friday	4-6 p.m.	Rhythm Dance	NBCSN \| Peacock Stream
	8-11 p.m.	Women’s Free	NBC \| Peacock Stream
Saturday	4-6 p.m.	Men’s Short	NBC \| Peacock Stream
	9 p.m.-12 a.m.	Free Dance/Pairs’ Free	NBCSN \| Peacock Stream
Sunday	3:30-6 p.m.	Men’s Free	NBC \| Peacock Stream

Biathlon World Cup — Oberhof, Germany

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Network
Wednesday	8:30 a.m.	Men’s Sprint	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
Thursday	8:30 a.m.	Women’s Sprint	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
Friday	8:30 a.m.	Men’s Relay	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
Saturday	8:45 a.m.	Women’s Relay	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	6:30 a.m.	Men’s Mass Start	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
	9 a.m.	Women’s Mass Start	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK

Bobsled/Skeleton World Cup — St. Moritz, Switzerland

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Network
Friday	3 a.m.	Men’s Skeleton	OlympicChannel.com
	6 a.m.	Women’s Skeleton	OlympicChannel.com
	5 p.m.*	Men’s Skeleton	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK
	6 p.m.*	Women’s Skeleton	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK
Saturday	3:30 a.m.	Two-Man Bobsled	OlympicChannel.com
	7 a.m.	Women’s Monobob	OlympicChannel.com
	5 p.m.*	Two-Man Bobsled	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK
	6 p.m.*	Women’s Monobob	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	3 a.m.	Two-Woman Bobsled	OlympicChannel.com
	7 a.m.	Four-Man Bobsled	OlympicChannel.com
	5 p.m.*	Two-Woman Bobsled	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK
	6 p.m.*	Four-Man Bobsled	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK

*Delayed broadcast

Freestyle Skiing World Cup — Yaroslavl, Russia

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Network
Saturday	11:30 a.m.	Men’s and Women’s Aerials	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	11 a.m.	Team Aerials	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK

Luge World Cup — Oberhof, Germany

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Network
Saturday	3:10 a.m.	Men’s Singles	OlympicChannel.com
	6:30 a.m.	Doubles	OlympicChannel.com
Sunday	4:10 a.m.	Women’s Singles	OlympicChannel.com
Monday	12 a.m.*	Highlights	NBCSN \| STREAM LINK

Nordic Combined World Cup — Val di Fiemme, Italy

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Network
Friday	4 a.m.	Men’s Ski Jump	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
	7:45 a.m.	Men’s 10km	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
Saturday	4 a.m.	Men’s Team Ski Jump	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
	7:30 a.m.	Men’s Team 2×7.5km	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	4 a.m.	Men’s Ski Jump	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
	8:15 a.m.	Men’s 10km	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK

Ski Jumping World Cup — Zakopane, Poland

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Network
Friday	12 p.m.	Men’s Qualifying	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
Saturday	10:15 a.m.	Men’s Team	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	10 a.m.	Men’s Individual	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK

Snowboarding World Cup — Bad Gastein, Austria

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Network
Tuesday	12:40 p.m.	Parallel Slalom Finals	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK
Wednesday	7 a.m.	Team Parallel Slalom	Peacock Premium \| STREAM LINK

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Iga Swiatek sweeps into French Open final, where she faces a surprise, live on NBC

By OlympicTalkJun 9, 2023, 5:30 PM EDT

Iga Swiatek marched into the French Open final without dropping a set in six matches. All that stands between her and a third Roland Garros title is an unseeded foe.

Swiatek, the top-ranked Pole, swept 14th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil 6-2, 7-6 (7) in Thursday’s semifinal in her toughest test all tournament. Haddad Maia squandered three break points at 4-all in the second set.

Swiatek dropped just 23 games thus far, matching her total en route to her first French Open final in 2020 (which she won for her first WTA Tour title of any kind). After her semifinal, she signed a courtside camera with the hashtag #stepbystep.

“For sure I feel like I’m a better player,” than in 2020, she said. “Mentally, tactically, physically, just having the experience, everything. So, yeah, my whole life basically.”

Swiatek can become the third woman since 2000 to win three French Opens after Serena Williams and Justine Henin and, at 22, the youngest woman to win four total majors since Williams in 2002.

FRENCH OPEN DRAWS: Women | Men | Broadcast Schedule

In Saturday’s final, Swiatek gets 43rd-ranked Czech Karolina Muchova, who upset No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus to reach her first major final.

Muchova, a 26-year-old into the second week of the French Open for the first time, became the first player to take a set off the powerful Belarusian this tournament, then rallied from down 5-2 in the third set to prevail 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 7-5.

Sabalenka, who overcame previous erratic serving to win the Australian Open in January, had back-to-back double faults in her last service game.

“Lost my rhythm,” she said. “I wasn’t there.”

Muchova broke up what many expected would be a Sabalenka-Swiatek final, which would have been the first No. 1 vs. No. 2 match at the French Open since Williams beat Maria Sharapova in the 2013 final.

Muchova is unseeded, but was considered dangerous going into the tournament.

In 2021, she beat then-No. 1 Ash Barty to make the Australian Open semifinals, then reached a career-high ranking of 19. She dropped out of the top 200 last year while struggling through injuries.

“Some doctors told me maybe you’ll not do sport anymore,” Muchova said. “It’s up and downs in life all the time. Now I’m enjoying that I’m on the upper part now.”

Muchova has won all five of her matches against players ranked in the top three. She also beat Swiatek in their lone head-to-head, but that was back in 2019 when both players were unaccomplished young pros. They have since practiced together many times.

“I really like her game, honestly,” Swiatek said. “I really respect her, and she’s I feel like a player who can do anything. She has great touch. She can also speed up the game. She plays with that kind of freedom in her movements. And she has a great technique. So I watched her matches, and I feel like I know her game pretty well.”

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2023 French Open men’s singles draw

By OlympicTalkJun 9, 2023, 5:30 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. He can also become the first man to win all four majors at least three times and, at 36, the oldest French Open men’s or women’s singles champion.

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Djokovic took out No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals, advancing to a final against 2022 French Open runner-up Casper Ruud of Norway.

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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