Mikaela Shiffrin races at home; winter sports TV, stream schedule

By OlympicTalkNov 23, 2021, 1:16 PM EST

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Mikaela Shiffrin races in the U.S. for the first time in two years, live on NBC Sports and Peacock this weekend.

Shiffrin headlines an Alpine skiing World Cup stop in Killington, Vermont, near where she honed her skills at Burke Mountain Academy as a teenager. Her best events — giant slalom and slalom — are Saturday and Sunday, live on Peacock and airing on NBC and NBCSN.

They mark the only domestic races this season for Shiffrin, who won Olympic gold in the slalom in 2014 and in the giant slalom in 2018.

Elsewhere in winter sports, the figure skating Grand Prix Series stops in Sochi, Russia, for the last of the six competitions that determine who qualifies for December’s Grand Prix Final, the biggest international competition before the Olympics.

Key skaters in Sochi include Olympic favorite Kamila Valiyeva and reigning world champions in pairs (Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov) and ice dance (Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov). The headline American is Mariah Bell.

World Cup seasons also start for cross-country skiing and biathlon.

Figure Skating Grand Prix — Sochi, Russia

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Platform
Friday	5:30 a.m.	Men’s Short	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	7:30 a.m.	Rhythm Dance	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	10 a.m.	Pairs’ Short	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	11:25 a.m.	Women’s Short	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Saturday	5:30 a.m.	Men’s Free	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	7:40 a.m.	Free Dance	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	9:30 a.m.	Pairs’ Free	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	11:10 a.m.	Women’s Free	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	3 p.m.	Highlights	NBC \| STREAM LINK

Alpine Skiing World Cup — Lake Louise, Canada (Men) and Killington, Vermont (Women)

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Platform
Friday	2 p.m.	Men’s Downhill	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Saturday	10 a.m.	Women’s Giant Slalom Run 1	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	1 p.m.	Women’s Giant Slalom Run 2	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	2:15 p.m.	Men’s Downhill	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	3 p.m.*	Women’s Giant Slalom	NBC \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	9:45 a.m.	Women’s Slalom Run 1	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	12:30 p.m.	Women’s Slalom Run 2	NBC \| Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	2:15 p.m.	Men’s Super-G	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	5:30 p.m.*	Women’s Slalom	NBCSN \| STREAM LINK

*Delayed broadcast

Short Track Speed Skating World Cup — Dordrecht, Netherlands

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Platform
Saturday	7:15 a.m.	Day 1	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	7:20 a.m.	Day 2	Peacock \| STREAM LINK

Bobsled/Skeleton World Cup — Igls, Austria

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Platform
Friday	3:55 a.m.	Men’s Skeleton	Olympics.com \| STREAM LINK
	8:25 a.m.	Women’s Skeleton	Olympics.com \| STREAM LINK
	6 p.m.*	Men’s Skeleton	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK
	7 p.m.*	Women’s Skeleton	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK
Saturday	3:55 a.m.	Women’s Monobob	Olympics.com \| STREAM LINK
	8:25 a.m.	Two-Man Bobsled	Olympics.com \| STREAM LINK
	6 p.m.*	Women’s Monobob	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK
	7 p.m.*	Two-Man Bobsled	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	4:20 a.m.	Two-Woman Bobsled	Olympics.com \| STREAM LINK
	8:25 a.m.	Four-Man Bobsled	Olympics.com \| STREAM LINK
	6 p.m.*	Two-Woman Bobsled	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK
	7 p.m.*	Four-Man Bobsled	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK

*Delayed broadcast

Biathlon World Cup — Oestersund, Sweden

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Platform
Saturday	6 a.m.	Women’s 15km Individual	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK
	9 a.m.	Men’s 20km Individual	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	5 a.m.	Women’s 7.5km Sprint	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK
	8 a.m.	Men’s 10km Sprint	Olympic Channel \| STREAM LINK

Cross-Country Skiing World Cup — Ruka, Finland

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Platform
Friday	6:30 a.m.	Men’s/Women’s Sprints	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Saturday	4:15 a.m.	Men’s 15km	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	7:30 a.m.	Women’s 10km	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	4:20 a.m.	Women’s 10km Pursuit	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	6:30 a.m.	Men’s 15km Pursuit	Peacock \| STREAM LINK

Ski Jumping World Cup — Nizhny Tagil, Russia (Women) and Ruka, Finland (Men)

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Platform
Friday	9:30 a.m.	Women	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	11:10 a.m.	Men (Qualifying)	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Saturday	6 a.m.	Women	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	10:30 a.m.	Men	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	10:15 a.m.	Men	Peacock \| STREAM LINK

Nordic Combined World Cup — Ruka, Finland

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Platform
Friday	5 a.m.	Men’s Ski Jump	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	9:10 a.m.	Men’s 5km	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Saturday	3:10 a.m.	Men’s Ski Jump	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	9:30 a.m.	Men’s 10km	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	3:10 a.m.	Men’s Ski Jump	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	9:05 a.m.	Men’s 10km	Peacock \| STREAM LINK

Freestyle Skiing World Cup — Secret Garden, China

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Platform
Saturday	1:30 a.m.	Ski Cross	Peacock \| STREAM LINK

Snowboarding World Cup — Secret Garden, China

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Platform
Sunday	1:30 a.m.	Snowboard Cross	Peacock \| STREAM LINK

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Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz exit French Open, leaving no U.S. men

Associated PressJun 3, 2023, 7:35 PM EDT

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Frances Tiafoe kept coming oh so close to extending his French Open match against Alexander Zverev: 12 times Saturday night, the American was two points from forcing things to a fifth set.

Yet the 12th-seeded Tiafoe never got closer than that.

Instead, the 22nd-seeded Zverev finished out his 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1, 7-6 (5) victory after more than 3 1/2 hours in Court Philippe Chatrier to reach the fourth round. With Tiafoe’s exit, none of the 16 men from the United States who were in the bracket at the start of the tournament are still in the field.

“I mean, for the majority of the match, I felt like I was in control,” said Tiafoe, a 25-year-old from Maryland who fell to 1-7 against Zverev.

“It’s just tough,” he said about a half-hour after his loss ended, rubbing his face with his hand. “I should be playing the fifth right now.”

Two other American men lost earlier Saturday: No. 9 seed Taylor Fritz and unseeded Marcos Giron.

No. 23 Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina beat Fritz 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5, and Nicolas Jarry of Chile eliminated Giron 6-2, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-3.

There are three U.S women remaining: No. 6 Coco Gauff, Sloane Stephens and Bernarda Pera.

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It is the second year in a row that zero men from the United States will participate in the fourth round at Roland Garros. If nothing else, it stands as a symbolic step back for the group after what seemed to be a couple of breakthrough showings at the past two majors.

For Tiafoe, getting to the fourth round is never the goal.

“I want to win the trophy,” he said.

Remember: No American man has won any Grand Slam title since Andy Roddick at the 2003 U.S. Open. The French Open has been the least successful major in that stretch with no U.S. men reaching the quarterfinals since Andre Agassi in 2003.

But Tiafoe beat Rafael Nadal in the fourth round of the U.S. Open along the way to getting to the semifinals there last September, the first time in 16 years the host nation had a representative in the men’s final four at Flushing Meadows.

Then, at the Australian Open this January, Tommy Paul, Sebastian Korda and Ben Shelton became the first trio of Americans in the men’s quarterfinals in Melbourne since 2000. Paul made it a step beyond that, to the semifinals.

After that came this benchmark: 10 Americans were ranked in the ATP’s Top 50, something that last happened in June 1995.

On Saturday, after putting aside a whiffed over-the-shoulder volley — he leaned atop the net for a moment in disbelief — Tiafoe served for the fourth set at 5-3, but couldn’t seal the deal.

In that game, and the next, and later on, too, including at 5-all in the tiebreaker, he would come within two points of owning that set.

Each time, Zverev claimed the very next point. When Tiafoe sent a forehand wide to end it, Zverev let out two big yells. Then the two, who have been pals for about 15 years, met for a warm embrace at the net, and Zverev placed his hand atop Tiafoe’s head.

“He’s one of my best friends on tour,” said Zverev, a German who twice has reached the semifinals on the red clay of Paris, “but on the court, I’m trying to win.”

At the 2022 French Open, Zverev tore ligaments in his right ankle while playing Nadal in the semifinals and had to stop.

“It’s been definitely the hardest year of my life, that’s for sure,” Zverev said. “I love tennis more than anything in the world.”

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2023 French Open women’s singles draw, scores

By OlympicTalkJun 3, 2023, 7:30 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.

Having turned 22 on Wednesday, 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.

FRENCH OPEN: Broadcast Schedule | Men’s Draw

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 last pre-French Open match with a right thigh injury 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, is her top remaining challenger in Paris.

No. 3 Jessica Pegula, the highest-seeded American man or woman, was eliminated in the third round. No. 4 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, who has three wins over Swiatek this year, withdrew before her third-round match due to illness.

No. 6 Coco Gauff, runner-up to Swiatek last year, is the best hope 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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