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Tuesday, April 24th, 2018

NBC SPORTS CONTINUES MORE THAN 20 HOURS OF LIVE WORLD MIXED DOUBLES CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE THIS WEEK

Live Coverage from Ostersund, Sweden, Continues Tomorrow with Russia-Finland at 11:45 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA

United States-Switzerland – Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA

Live Coverage of the Quarterfinals Begins Friday at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN

Live Coverage of the Gold Medal Game Saturday at 10 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA; Encore at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN

STAMFORD, Conn. – April 24, 2018 – NBC Sports continues its coverage of the 11^th World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship this week with more than 20 hours of live coverage across NBCSN, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA., NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app, and OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app.

Coverage continues Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. ET with Russia-Finland on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, and culminates on Saturday, April 28, with live coverage of the gold-medal game at 10 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. NBCSN will air an encore presentation of the gold-medal game at 7 p.m. ET.

The World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship is underway in Ostersund, Sweden, with 40 teams participating in group play. Sarah Anderson and Korey Dropkin, who finished fifth together at the 2015 World Championship, are representing the United States and are currently 5-0 in pool play.

Bill Doleman (play-by-play) and 2006 Olympic bronze medalist Pete Fenson (analyst) will provide commentary of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Friday and Saturday on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and NBCSN.

All coverage that airs on NBCSN and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will be streamed on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. All coverage airing on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will also be streamed on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app.

Coverage of Olympic Sports on NBC Sports Group platforms is a presentation of the Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.

*Same-Day Delay

NBCSPORTS.COM AND THE NBC SPORTS APP

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs – will stream World Curling Championships coverage airing on NBCSN and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. The NBC Sports app will stream coverage via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high-quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. Powered by Playmaker Media, the NBC Sports app is available on Apple iOS, Android and select Samsung devices, as well as on Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Win10, and Xbox.

ABOUT OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA is a partnership between the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and NBCUniversal. The TV network offers fans year-round programming of Olympic Sports from around the world, highlighting their favorite American athletes and teams. Programming emphasizes live events from a broad portfolio of summer and winter Olympic Sports. It also includes Olympic-themed original content produced by all three parties, such as original programs produced by filmmakers from around the world commissioned by the global Olympic Channel; rich archival footage from the IOC and NBCU’s libraries of Olympic features and documentaries; and original Team USA programming produced by the USOC that provides authentic, wide-ranging and athlete-focused coverage of the Olympic Movement in the United States. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA is live streamed on OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app. Select replays and highlights are available on these digital platforms as well as TeamUSA.org.

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