Winter Olympics 2014 TV schedule: What to watch Monday
Olympic action continues today with marquee races in women鈥檚 alpine skiing, men鈥檚 freestyle ski moguls, and the start of short and long track speed skating.聽
US speed skating stars Shani Davis and J.R. Celski make their debut in Sochi today and Norwegian Ole Einar Bjoerndalen looks to break the record for the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time by medaling in the men鈥檚 12.5 km biathalon.聽
NBC will air an afternoon tape-delayed broadcast from 3 p.m. 鈥� 5 p.m. EST and a primetime broadcast at 8 p.m. Its affiliate networks, NBC Sports, USA, MSNBC, and CNBC will air coverage , and all events will be streamed live for cable-subscribers at .
Here are today's top events:
Women鈥檚 alpine skiing super-combined
Women鈥檚 downhill skiing makes its debut at these Games with the super-combined downhill and slalom. The event 鈥� a combination of runs on the downhill course and the slalom (a course ) 鈥� tests the all-around skills of the skiers. Germany鈥檚 Maria Hoefl-Riesch, the current world champion and defending Olympic champion in the event is the one to beat. Look out for Canadian Marie-Michele Gagnon, who won the final World Cup race of the season and for American Julia Mancuso, who won silver in the event in Vancouver.
The event aired live at 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. EST this morning and will be replayed on NBC鈥檚 primetime broadcast. See the .
Men鈥檚 freestyle skiing moguls
Canadians Alex Bilodeau and Mikael Kingsbury will try to match Canada鈥檚 one-two finish in the women鈥檚 freestyle moguls as they continue their battle for supremacy in the sport. The Canadians each have three World Cup victories under their belts this year and will look for the Olympics final to be the tie breaker. Patrick Deeneen of the US will look for redemption after falling on his final jump in Vancouver. Bradley Wilson, the brother of Bryon Wilson, the Vancouver bronze medalist in the event, will also compete for Team USA.
The event will be streamed live at 1 p.m. EST and replayed on NBC鈥檚 afternoon and primetime broadcasts.聽
Biathlon
Norway鈥檚 Bjoerndalen already made history Saturday when he by a single athlete (12) and became the oldest Winter Olympic champion in his gold-medal winning race in the biathlon 10-km sprint. Today he has a chance to break the record with a medal of any color. Biathlon is the only Winter Olympic sport that the US has never medaled in. American Tim Burke, who won World Cup bronze in this event earlier this year, will try and change that.聽
Biathlon is a聽combination of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting and has been a Winter Olympic event since 1960, according to .
The event will be streamed live at 10 a.m. EST and replayed on NBC鈥檚 afternoon broadcast.聽
Men鈥檚 short track speed skating
The big question of these Games is who will step up to take Apolo Anton Ohno鈥檚 place as the face of the sport. Ohno retired from the sport after winning his eighth career Olympic medal in Vancouver and becoming the most decorated American Winter Olympian. Ohno鈥檚 US teammate J.R. Celski, who won bronze in this event in Vancouver, looks to step up today. Also keep an eye out for Victor Ahn, the former Olympic champion for Korea who now skates for Russia. The South Koreans field a deep team and have a chance for multiple medals.聽
No medals will be awarded in women鈥檚 short track today; the women鈥檚 3,000-meter relay semifinals begins.
Men鈥檚 short track was streamed live at 7:15 am this morning and will be replayed on NBC primetime.聽
Men鈥檚 speed skating 5,000-meter
US skater Shani Davis skates for the first time today. Davis is looking to make history later in the Games by being the first American to win three straight gold medals in the same event in the Winter Olympics, but that event 鈥� the 1,000 meters 鈥� is scheduled for later this week. Davis isn鈥檛 favored in this event,which is speed skating鈥檚 shortest. The favorites are Korea鈥檚 Tae Bum Mo, Holland鈥檚 Michel Mulder, and Japan鈥檚 Joji Kato.
The event will be streamed live at 10 a.m. EST and replayed on NBC primetime.聽
What else is on:
NBC 3 p.m: Biathlon (Men鈥檚 12.5 km pursuit), freestyle skiing (men鈥檚 moguls)
NBC 8 p.m: Alpine skiing (women鈥檚 super-combined), speed skating (men鈥檚 500 m), short track (men鈥檚 1500 m)
NBC 12:30 am: Short track (women鈥檚 500m, women鈥檚 relay), luge (women鈥檚 singles)
NBC Sports network: Curling, women's ice hockey preliminary rounds
