Hahnenkamm downhills in Kitzbühel highlight winter sports broadcast schedule

By OlympicTalkJan 19, 2022, 12:22 PM EST

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The most famous annual race in Alpine skiing — the Hahnenkamm downhill — happens twice this week, live on Peacock.

The world’s bravest male ski racers head to Kitzbühel, Austria, for World Cup action, two weeks before the Olympics start.

The Streif downhill track is a two-minute, two-mile test of guts: a 3,000-foot drop at an average 65 miles per hour (and maxing out much faster than that). Crashes are commonplace. A helicopter is at the ready to airlift skiers to the nearest hospital.

The last American to win the Hahnenkamm downhill was Daron Rahlves in 2003. The favorites include Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Austrians Matthias Mayer and Vincent Kriechmayr, Italian Dominik Paris and Swiss Beat Feuz.

Elsewhere, the women’s Alpine skiing World Cup has speed races at the 2026 Winter Olympic host Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Mikaela Shiffrin is not taking part, instead focusing on training ahead of the Olympics.

Alpine Skiing World Cup — Kitzbühel, Austria (Men) and Cortina, d’Ampezzo, Italy (Women)

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Platform
Friday	5:30 a.m.	Men’s Downhill	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Saturday	4:15 a.m.	Men’s Slalom Run 1	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	5:30 a.m.	Women’s Downhill	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	7:45 a.m.	Men’s Slalom Run 2	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	5:45 a.m.	Women’s Super-G	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	7:30 a.m.	Men’s Downhill	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	2 p.m.*	Men’s Downhill	CNBC

Four Continents Figure Skating Championships — Tallinn, Estonia

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Platform
Thursday	5:35 a.m.	Rhythm Dance	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	8 a.m.	Pairs’ Short	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	10:30 a.m.	Women’s Short	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	2 p.m.*	Women’s Short	E!
Friday	5:20 a.m.	Men’s Short	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	11:20 a.m.	Free Dance	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	1 p.m.*	Men’s Short	E!
	3 p.m.*	Free Dance	E!
Saturday	5:30 a.m.	Women’s Free	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	11:30 a.m.	Pairs’ Free	E! \| Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	1 p.m.*	Women’s Free	E!
Sunday	4:45 a.m.	Men’s Free	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	6 a.m.	Men’s Free	E!

Biathlon World Cup — Antholz-Anterselva, Italy

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Platform
Thursday	8:15 a.m.	Men’s Individual	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Friday	8:15 a.m.	Women’s Individual	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Saturday	6:50 a.m.	Men’s Mass Start	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	9 a.m.	Women’s Relay	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	6:15 a.m.	Men’s Relay	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
	9:15 a.m.	Women’s Mass Start	Peacock \| STREAM LINK

Ski Jumping World Cup — Titisee-Neustadt, Germany

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

Freestyle Skiing World Cup — Idre Fjäll, Sweden

Day	Time (ET)	Event	Platform
Saturday	5:15 a.m.	Ski Cross	Peacock \| STREAM LINK
Sunday	7 a.m.	Ski Cross	Peacock \| STREAM LINK

*Delayed broadcast

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2023 French Open women’s singles draw, scores

By OlympicTalkJun 2, 2023, 5:56 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, and Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, the No. 4 seed and Wimbledon champion, are the top challengers in Paris.

No. 3 Jessica Pegula, the highest-seeded American man or woman, was eliminated in the third round.

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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2023 French Open men’s singles draw, scores

By OlympicTalkJun 2, 2023, 5:56 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.

FRENCH OPEN: Broadcast Schedule | Women’s Draw

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).

No. 9 Taylor Fritz and No. 12 Frances Tiafoe are the highest-seeded Americans, 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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