POSTED: Tuesday February 23rd 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VONN & MANCUSO EACH GO FOR MEDAL NO. 3 ON DAY 13
Apolo Ohno Competes in Short Track 500m Live
USA Men’s Ice Hockey Quarterfinal Game in Daytime
NOTE: This is a daily listings document that will be distributed by the NBC Olympics press office throughout the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games.
VANCOUVER - February 23, 2010 - NBC’s Wednesday primetime coverage of the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games begins tomorrow at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Team USA has won eight of the 18 alpine skiing medals this Olympics. USA’s Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso own half of those eight and look to take home gold in the women’s giant slalom in primetime. Vonn will go for her second gold medal of this Olympics and Mancuso will defend her gold in this event from Torino. USA’s Apolo Ohno, the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian in history after earning his seventh medal in the 1000m on Saturday, skates live in the men’s short track 500m competition. Live coverage also includes the women’s aerials gold medal final, women’s bobsled gold medal final and women’s short track 3000m relay gold medal final. Primetime wraps up with the men’s cross-country 4x10km relay gold medal final. All four men’s ice hockey quarterfinals are on NBC and CNBC on Day 13. Team USA, Russia, Finland and Sweden have all advanced to the quarterfinal round and are awaiting their match-ups after today’s competition.
NBC DAYTIME:
Daytime includes coverage of the quarterfinal men’s ice hockey game featuring Team USA.
NBC LATENIGHT:
Late night is highlighted by the women’s speed skating 5000m gold medal final and women’s short track 1000m competition. Also, coverage of medals plaza and the award ceremonies.
CABLE:
CNBC has live coverage of the Russia, Finland and Sweden quarterfinal games in men’s ice hockey. Live on MSNBC is coverage of a curling tiebreaker. Teams will be determined later today.
Highlights for Wednesday, February 24 include:
Wednesday, February 24 (DAY 13)
NBC
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Men’s Ice Hockey - Quarterfinal USA vs. TBD (LIVE)
8:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Aerials Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Women’s Bobsled - Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Men’s Short Track - 500m Competition (LIVE)
Women’s Short Track - 3000m Relay Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Women’s Alpine Skiing - Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final
Men’s Cross Country - 4x10km Relay Gold Medal Final
12:05 a.m. - 1:30 a.m.
Women’s Speed Skating - 5000m Gold Medal Final
Women’s Short Track - 1000m Competition
Medal Plaza - Award Ceremonies
1:30 a.m. - 5:00 a.m.
Primetime Replay
Cable
MSNBC
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Curling - Tiebreaker (LIVE)
3:00 a.m. - 5:30 a.m.
Curling - Tiebreaker
CNBC
7:00 p.m. - 2:30 a.m.
Men’s Ice Hockey -Quarterfinal Russia vs. TBD (LIVE)
Quarterfinal Finland vs. TBD (LIVE)
Quarterfinal Sweden vs. TBD(LIVE)
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Women’s Freestyle Skiing: Aerials Gold Medal Final - China is poised to once again rule the skies in women’s aerials, LIVE. One of the sports pioneers, Australia’s Jacqui Cooper, will look to win an elusive Olympic medal in her final Olympics at age 37. Team USA’s top contender is Massachusetts native Emily Cook.
Women’s Alpine Skiing: Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final - Alpine star Lindsey Vonn (St. Paul, Minn.), who has won two medals already this Olympics, turns to the challenging technical events in her fourth race of the Games. Her teammate, Julia Mancuso, who also has earned two medals at these Games, won gold in this event in 2006.
Women’s Bobsled: Gold Medal Final - 32-year old Shauna Rohbock (Orem, Utah) piloted her sled to silver in 2006. LIVE tonight, the Army National Guard specialist has her sights on gold on the world’s newest, fastest track - the treacherous Whistler course.
Men’s Short Track: 500m Competition - Short track superstar Apolo Ohno (Seattle, Wash.) skates in his sports’ most unpredictable individual event, the all-out, anything-goes sprint that is the 500m, to secure a spot in Friday’s Gold Medal Final.
Men’s Cross-Country: Relay Gold Medal Final - This classic cross-country event has produced some of the most thrilling races in Olympic history in any sport, including three in recent years decided by less than one second after hours of racing. Traditional powers Norway - anchored by its latest superstar, the brash Petter Northug - and Italy should once again be among the favorites. But keep an eye on the Canadians - a host-country dark horse that could be poised for a popular medal surge on the picturesque Whistler course.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Men’s Ice Hockey: Quarterfinal- LIVE coverage of the playoff round continues as Team USA has the first seed and will face the winner of Switzerland and Belarus. A spot in the semifinals is at stake - winner advances, loser is out of medal contention.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Latenight):
Women’s Speed Skating: 5000m - At 37-years old, Canada’s Clara Hughes is the only athlete to win multiple medals in both the Summer and Winter Games. She was a double bronze medalist in cycling at the Atlanta 1996 Games, and won medals in this event at the last two Games - bronze in Salt Lake and gold in Torino. She has a good chance to win another medal in her final Games in front of the home nation’s fans.
Women’s Short Track: Women’s 1000m Competition - 21-year-old Katherine Reutter (Champaign, Ill.), competes in the 1000m, her favorite event, looking to secure a spot in the Gold Medal Final later in the week.
CNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
Men’s Hockey: A hockey fans’s dream: NBC Daytime has LIVE coverage of Team USA's quarterfinal game, and CNBC has LIVE coverage of the other three.
Highlights for Thursday, February 25 include:
Thursday, February 25 (DAY 14)
NBC
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Women’s Cross Country - 4x5km Relay Gold Medal Final
Ladies Figure Skating - Gold Medal Final Preview
8:00 p.m. - Midnight
Ladies Figure Skating - Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Aerials Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Nordic Combined - Individual Gold Medal Final: K125 Jumping
10km Cross-Country
12:35 a.m. - 2:00 a.m
Ladies Figure Skating - Gold Medal Final Analysis
Medals Plaza - Award Ceremonies
2:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m.
Primetime Replay
Cable
USA
Noon - 3:00 p.m.
Women’s Curling - Semifinal (LIVE)
MSNBC
2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Women’s Ice Hockey -Bronze Medal Game, Finland vs. Sweden (LIVE)
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Women’s Ice Hockey -Gold Medal Game, USA vs. Canada (LIVE)
3:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.
Women’s Curling - Semifinal
CNBC
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Men’s Curling - Semifinal (LIVE)
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Ladies Figure Skating: Free Skate Gold Medal Final - The most anticipated night of any Winter Games is the night of the ladies’ free skate, and it’s LIVE. South Korea’s Kim Yu-Na - currently the most famous celebrity in her country - is favored to claim gold. Her top challenges will come from Japan - watch for Mao Asada and her triple Axel attack - plus Canadian star Joannie Rochette and the next generation of United States women: newly-crowned national champion Rachael Flatt (Del Mar, Calif.) and the 2008 champ, Mirai Nagasu (Arcadia, Calif.).
Men’s Freestyle Skiing: Aerials Gold Medal Final - In this high-flying, soar-or-crash acrobatic aerial show, Team USA’s Jeret “Speedy” Peterson (Boise, Idaho) - who is known for attempting some of the most difficult tricks in the world - and 2009 world champion Ryan St. Onge (Winter Park, Colo.) give the USA a double chance at gold in this highly competitive event. They’ll try to out-dare the competition for gold, LIVE.
Men’s Nordic Combined: K125 Large Hill Individual Gold Medal Final - Three member’s of Team USA - world champions Bill Demong (Vermontville, N.Y.), Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) and Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, Colo.), who won Team USA's first ever Olympic Nordic combined medal, when he won silver in the Individual K95 event last week, could threaten for gold in this event.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Women’s Cross-Country: Relay Gold Medal Final - Few events can match the drama of cross-country’s relays. Watch LIVE as the women take their turn racing through the picturesque forests around Whistler for one of the sport’s classic events.
Ladies Figure Skating: Preview - An exclusive look ahead to Primetime’s main event: the LIVE ladies free skate. This is traditionally the most anticipated event of any Winter Games. South Korea’s Kim Yu-Na - currently the most famous celebrity in her country - is favored to claim gold. Her top challenges will come from Japan - watch for Mao Asada and her triple Axel attack - plus Canadian star Joannie Rochette and the next generation of USA women who emerge from the U.S. National Championships in January.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Latenight):
Exclusive coverage of the ladies’ free skate continues with all of the highlights and in depth analysis of what is traditionally the Winter Games’ most anticipated event.
MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS
Women’s Ice Hockey: Gold Medal Final - One of the great rivalries in winter sports is expected to play out LIVE in front of an electric crowd in the Gold Medal Final, with Team USA, coached by 1980 “Miracle on Ice” hero Mark Johnson, against two-time defending Olympic gold medalist Canada, in one of the most anticipated events for host country fans. Also, LIVE coverage of the bronze medal game between Finland and Sweden.
CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:
USA and CNBC have exclusive LIVE coverage of the men’s and women’s semifinals in cult-favorite curling, and in curling-mad Canada, the scene should be spectacular.
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