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Monday, February 10th, 2014

SHAUN WHITE AIMS FOR THIRD STRAIGHT GOLD MEDAL IN OLYMPIC HALFPIPE TUESDAY, FEB. 11 AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC

Pairs’ Figure Skating & First Ever Gold Medal Awarded in Women’s Ski Jumping in Primetime on NBC

LIVE Men’s and Women’s Cross-Country Gold Medal Finals, Team USA Women’s Curling, and Women’s Speed Skating Gold Medal Final Begins at 3 a.m. ET on NBCSN 

LIVE Team USA vs. China in Men’s Curling on USA

All Events Live Streamed on NBCOlympics.com and NBC Sports Live Extra Mobile & Tablet App

Stamford, Conn, February 10, 2014 – NBC’s primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games continues tomorrow, Tuesday, February 11 at 8 p.m. ET, with men’s snowboard halfpipe — one of the most highly anticipated events of the Games — as action sports icon Shaun White attempts to become the first American man to win the same individual event at three Olympic Winter Games.. Primetime figure skating on NBC continues Tuesday with the pairs’ short program as reigning world champions Tatyana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov look to reinstate Russia’s Olympic dominance in the event following the 2010 Olympics, where Russia’s streak of 12 straight pairs gold medals (dating back to the Soviet era) was broken. Also in primetime are two events making their Olympic debut: women’s ski jumping, which features 2013 world champion Sarah Hendrickson; and women’s ski slopestyle.

NBCSN’s programming on Tuesday begins at 3 a.m. ET and is highlighted by live coverage of men’s and women’s cross-country individual sprint gold medal finals, where Alaska’s Kikkan Randall, the 2009 world silver medalist, is a strong medal contender in the women’s event.  NBCSN will also feature women’s curling with Team USA vs. Russia; live coverage of figure skating pairs’ short program; and live coverage of the gold medal final in women’s ski jumping. Live on USA Network at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Team USA takes on China in men’s curling. CNBC’s coverage of women’s curling begins at 5 p.m. ET Tuesday with Team USA vs. Great Britain.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12

On Wednesday, February 12, NBC’s primetime coverage features the most decorated woman in U.S. Olympic alpine history Julia Mancuso, who looks to add another medal to her collection during the women’s downhill, an event in which she won silver in 2010. Mancuso is fresh off of a bronze medal win in the super combined at the Sochi Games, bringing her total Olympic medal count to four. Also highlighting primetime is American speed skater Shani Davis as he makes a run at a trifecta of 1000m gold medals; 2002 Olympic champion Kelly Clark leads a deep U.S. team in women’s snowboard halfpipe; and the gold medal final for pairs’ figure skating.

NBCSN’s programming begins at 3 a.m. ET on Wednesday with Team USA men’s curling in a match against Denmark followed by live coverage of men’s nordic combined. Live coverage of women’s hockey begins at 7 a.m. ET on NBCSN, as Team USA meets Canada for the first time on Olympic ice since their 2010 gold medal game in which USA took silver. The gold medal final in pairs’ figure skating rounds out NBCSN’s live coverage on Wednesday.

The Olympic men’s hockey tournament begins Wednesday, with Latvia vs. Switzerland live at Noon ET on MSNBC and Czech Republic vs. Sweden live at Noon ET on USA Network.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 (DAY 4)

NBC

3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Men’s Cross-Country – Individual Sprint Gold Medal Final

Women’s Cross-Country – Individual Sprint Gold Medal Final

Women’s Luge – Gold Medal Final Runs

Women’s Freestyle Skiing – Slopestyle Competition

8 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.

Men’s Snowboarding – Halfpipe Gold Medal Final

Figure Skating – Pairs’ Short Program

Women’s Freestyle Skiing – Slopestyle Gold Medal Final

Women’s Ski Jumping – Individual K-95 Gold Medal Final

12:05 a.m. – 1:05 a.m.

Women’s Speed Skating – 500m Gold Medal Final

Women’s Biathlon – 10km Pursuit Gold Medal Final

1:05 a.m. – 4:30 a.m.

Primetime Encore

NBCSN

3 a.m. – 5 a.m.

Women’s Curling – USA vs. Russia

5 a.m. – 6 a.m.

Men’s Cross-Country – Individual Sprint Competition (LIVE)

Women’s Cross-Country – Individual Sprint Competition (LIVE)

6 a.m. – 10 a.m.

Men’s Cross-Country – Individual Sprint Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Women’s Cross-Country – Individual Sprint Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Women’s Speed Skating – 500m Race 1

10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Figure Skating – Pairs’ Short Program (LIVE)

1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Women’s Ski Jumping – Individual K-95 Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Women’s Speed Skating – 500m Gold Medal Final

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Game of the Day: Women’s Hockey – Russia vs. Japan

MSNBC

10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Women’s Hockey – Russia vs. Japan (LIVE)

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Women’s Curling – USA vs. Great Britain

USA

5 a.m. – 8 a.m.

Men’s Curling – USA vs. China (LIVE)

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):

  • Men’s Snowboarding – Halfpipe Gold Medal Final: In one of the most highly anticipated events of the Games, action sports icon Shaun White will attempt to become the first American man to win the same individual event at three Olympic Winter Games. Standing in his way will be 15-year-old Japanese phenom Ayumu Hirano and a de facto home favorite, Russian-born Swiss rider Iouri Podladtchikov. Known as “I-Pod,” Podladtchikov dubs his signature move the “YOLO flip,” which stands for “You Only Live Once.”
  • Figure Skating – Pairs’ Short Program: Reigning world champions Tatyana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov look to reinstate Russia’s Olympic dominance in pairs figure skating following the 2010 Olympics, where Russia’s streak of 12 straight pairs gold medals (dating back to the Soviet era) was broken. The duo will begin their run at the top of the podium with the pairs’ short program, but may be challenged in front of a home crowd by four-time world champions and 2010 Olympic bronze medalists Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany.
  • Women’s Freestyle Skiing – Slopestyle Gold Medal Final: Keri Herman, a 31-year-old who took up competitive skiing after growing up as a hockey player, and Devin Logan, this winter’s Dew Tour champion, are among the Americans who should compete for medals.
  • Women’s Ski Jumping – Individual K-95 Gold Medal Final: Women’s ski jumping makes its long-awaited Olympic debut. After tearing her ACL in August, 19-year-old Park City native Sarah Hendrickson, the reigning world champion, is attempting to return to full strength in time to become the event’s first gold medalist. The other top teen in the event is 17-year-old Japanese phenom Sara Takanashi, who placed second behind Hendrickson at the 2013 World Championships.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):

  • Women’s Cross-Country – Individual Sprint Gold Medal Final: This event represents the best chance for what would be only the second Olympic medal in U.S. cross-country history. It will be contested in the freestyle technique, which is the stronger technique of Alaska’s Kikkan Randall, the 2009 world silver medalist.
  • Men’s Cross-Country – Individual Sprint Gold Medal Final: Two-time Olympian Andy Newell has been the top U.S. sprinter in recent years, but he will be racing against some of the top international skiers, including Norwegian star Petter Northug.
  • Women’s Luge – Gold Medal Final Runs: Germany is hoping to slide to its fifth straight gold in this event, as competitors from several other nations try to crash the podium in Sochi. The veteran leader of the U.S. squad is 2009 world champion Erin Hamlin, a 27-year-old from the small town of Remsen, New York, who makes her third Olympic appearance in Sochi.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):

  • Women’s Speed Skating – 500m Gold Medal Final: Former inline skater Heather Richardson has the potential to win several medals in Sochi, and this event could mark her first. The North Carolina native will be chasing after reigning Olympic gold medalist, Lee Sang-Hwa of South Korea.
  • Women’s Biathlon – 10km Pursuit Gold Medal Final: There will be high hopes for the host nation, as Russian Biathlon Union president Mikhail Prokhorov, the billionaire tycoon who also owns the Brooklyn Nets, set a goal of two or three gold medals for his athletes at the Games.

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Women’s Curling – USA vs. Russia: Sixteen years after her Olympic debut in Nagano, Erika Brown returns to the Games as the skip of the U.S. women’s curling team. The U.S. women will be seeking their first Olympic curling medal after finishing fourth at the 2013 World Championships. Sweden, Great Britain and Canada are among the top international teams.
  • Men’s Cross-Country – Individual Sprint Gold Medal Final: Two-time Olympian Andy Newell has been the top U.S. sprinter in recent years, but he will be racing LIVE against some of the top international skiers, including Norwegian star Petter Northug.
  • Women’s Cross-Country – Individual Sprint Gold Medal Final: This event represents the best chance for what would be only the second Olympic medal in U.S. cross-country history. It will be contested LIVE in the freestyle technique, which is the stronger technique of Alaska’s Kikkan Randall, the 2009 world silver medalist.
  • Figure Skating – Pairs’ Short Program: Reigning world champions Tatyana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov look to reinstate Russia’s Olympic dominance in pairs figure skating following the 2010 Olympics, where Russia’s streak of 12 straight pairs gold medals (dating back to the Soviet era) was broken. The duo will begin their run at the top of the podium LIVE with the pairs’ short program, but may be challenged in front of a home crowd by four-time world champions and 2010 Olympic bronze medalists Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany.
  • Women’s Ski Jumping – Individual K-95 Gold Medal Final: LIVE coverage of women’s ski jumping, as it makes its long-awaited Olympic debut. After tearing her ACL in August, 19-year-old Park City native Sarah Hendrickson, the reigning world champion, is attempting to return to full strength in time to become the event’s first gold medalist. The other top teen in the event is 17-year-old Japanese phenom Sara Takanashi, who placed second behind Hendrickson at the 2013 World Championships.
  • Women’s Speed Skating – 500m: Former inline skater Heather Richardson has the potential to win several medals in Sochi, and this event could mark her first. The North Carolina will be chasing after reigning Olympic gold medalist, Lee Sang-Hwa of South Korea, LIVE in the 500m.

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Women’s Curling – USA vs. Great Britain: Sixteen years after her Olympic debut in Nagano, Erika Brown returns to the Games as the skip of the U.S. women’s curling team. The U.S. women will be seeking their first Olympic curling medal after finishing fourth at the 2013 World Championships. The U.S. will have a tough test against Eve Muirhead’s British squad, who won the 2013 world title representing their native Scotland. A talented golfer and bagpiper, the 23-year-old has risen to the top of her sport after collecting four world titles at the junior level.

USA HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Men’s Curling – USA vs. China (LIVE): Two-time Olympian John Shuster has the Olympic experience required to guide the U.S. team through a deep men’s field that includes favorites Canada, Sweden and Great Britain. The 31-year-old Minnesota native was part of the 2006 Olympic team that collected the first U.S. Olympic curling medal and then led the Americans in Vancouver.

 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 (DAY 5)

NBC

3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Men’s Nordic Combined – Individual K-95 Gold Medal Final

8 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.

Women’s Alpine Skiing – Downhill Gold Medal Final

Figure Skating – Pairs’ Gold Medal Final

Women’s Snowboarding – Halfpipe Gold Medal Final

Men’s Speed Skating – 1000m Gold Medal Final

12:05 a.m. – 1:05 a.m.

Luge – Doubles Gold Medal Final Runs

1:05 a.m. – 4:30 a.m.

Primetime Encore

NBCSN

3 a.m. – 7 a.m.

Men’s Curling – USA vs. Denmark

Men’s Nordic Combined – Individual K-95, Ski Jumping (LIVE)

7 a.m. – 10 a.m.

Women’s Hockey – Canada vs. USA (LIVE)

10 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Figure Skating – Pairs’ Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Men’s Nordic Combined – Individual K-95, Cross-Country

1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Luge – Doubles Gold Medal Final Runs

5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Game of the Day: Hockey

MSNBC

3 a.m. – 5:30 a.m.

Women’s Hockey – Switzerland vs. Finland (LIVE)

Noon – 2:30 p.m.

Men’s Hockey – Latvia vs. Switzerland (LIVE)

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Men’s Curling – Switzerland vs. Great Britain

USA

5 a.m. – 8 a.m.

Women’s Curling – USA vs. China (LIVE)

Noon – 3 p.m.

Men’s Hockey – Czech Republic vs. Sweden (LIVE)

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):

  • Figure Skating – Pairs’ Gold Medal Final: Reigning world champions Tatyana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov look to reinstate Russia’s Olympic dominance in pairs figure skating following the 2010 Olympics, where Russia’s streak of 12 straight pairs gold medals (dating back to the Soviet era) was snapped. The duo will perform their powerful free skate to Jesus Christ Superstar, but will be challenged by four-time world champions and main rivals Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany.
  • Women’s Alpine Skiing – Downhill Gold Medal Final: Leading a deep field of U.S. contenders for women’s downhill is Julia Mancuso, the silver medalist in Vancouver.
  • Men’s Speed Skating – 1000m Gold Medal Final: Already one of his sport’s biggest stars, Shani Davis skates for history as he attempts to become the first American man to win the same event at three Olympic Winter Games. And he might not be the only U.S. skater on the podium – fellow Chicago native Brian Hansen will look to join him.
  • Women’s Snowboarding – Halfpipe Gold Medal Final: In women’s snowboard halfpipe, the deep U.S. team – led by 2002 Olympic champion Kelly Clark – will be aiming for a podium sweep. But reigning champion Torah Bright of Australia will again be looking to crash the American party.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):

  • Men’s Nordic Combined – Individual K-95 Gold Medal Final: Bill Demong had an Olympics to remember in Vancouver, winning gold in the large hill and event and (successfully) proposing to his girlfriend. The three-time Olympian could be in contention, as could the steadily improving Fletcher brothers – Bryan and Taylor, a 2010 Olympian.

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Women’s Hockey – USA vs. Canada: A clash of the titans of women’s hockey as the U.S. and Canada, the only two nations to win gold since women’s hockey became an Olympic event in 1998, meet LIVE in a likely preview of the gold medal game. The U.S. women topped Canada in the 1998 Olympic final but lost to their rivals in 2002 and 2010 (Canada defeated Sweden for gold in 2006).
  • Figure Skating – Pairs’ Gold Medal Final: Reigning world champions Tatyana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov look to reinstate Russia’s Olympic dominance in pairs figure skating following the 2010 Olympics, where Russia’s streak of 12 straight pairs gold medals (dating back to the Soviet era) was snapped. The duo will perform their powerful free skate to Jesus Christ Superstar LIVE, but will be challenged by four-time world champions and main rivals Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany.
  • Men’s Nordic Combined – Individual K-95, Ski Jumping: Bill Demong, had an Olympics to remember in Vancouver, winning gold in the large hill and event and (successfully) proposing to his girlfriend. The three-time Olympian could be in contention, as could the steadily improving Fletcher brothers – Bryan and Taylor, a 2010 Olympian.
  • Men’s Nordic Combined – Individual K-95, Cross-Country: Bill Demong, had an Olympics to remember in Vancouver, winning gold in the large hill and event and (successfully) proposing to his girlfriend. The three-time Olympian could be in contention, as could the steadily improving Fletcher brothers – Bryan and Taylor, a 2010 Olympian.
  • Men’s Curling – USA vs. Denmark: Two-time Olympian John Shuster has the Olympic experience required to guide the U.S. team through a deep men’s field that includes favorites Canada, Sweden and Great Britain. The 31-year-old Minnesota native was part of the 2006 Olympic team that collected the first U.S. Olympic curling medal and then led the Americans in Vancouver.

USA HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Men’s Hockey – Czech Republic vs. Sweden: The men’s hockey tournament, featuring NHL stars for the fifth time, kicks off LIVE with a clash between the Czech Republic and Sweden, who have combined to win three of the last five Olympic gold medals.
  • Women’s Curling – USA vs. China (LIVE): Sixteen years after her Olympic debut in Nagano, Erika Brown returns to the Games as the skip of the U.S. women’s curling team. The U.S. women will be seeking their first Olympic curling medal after finishing fourth at the 2013 World Championships. Sweden, Great Britain and Canada are among the top international teams.

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