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Wednesday, November 21st, 2018

U.S. OLYMPIANS MIKAELA SHIFFRIN, NATHAN CHEN, AND STEVEN NYMAN COMPETE THIS WEEK ACROSS MULTIPLE NBC SPORTS PLATFORMS

Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Mikaela Shiffrin Continues FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup Season from Killington, VT and Three-Time Olympian Steven Nyman Makes Season Debut in Lake Louise, Alberta – Coverage Begins Saturday at 9:30 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Gold and NBCSports.com

Reigning World Champion Nathan Chen Headlines Live and Commercial-Free Coverage of ISU Grand Prix France on NBC Sports Gold’s “Figure Skating Pass” – Coverage Begins Friday at 9 a.m. ET with Men’s Short Program on NBC Sports Gold

Milk Life Presents, Scouting Camp: The Next Olympic Hopeful Airs Saturday at 9 p.m. ET on NBCSN and Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on NBC

STAMFORD, Conn. – November 21, 2018 – U.S. Olympians Mikaela Shiffrin, Nathan Chen, and Steven Nyman are slated to compete this week across multiple NBC Sports properties, highlighted by live, commercial-free coverage of the Alpine Skiing World Cup from Killington, VT (Women’s) and Lake Louise, Alberta (Men’s) beginning Saturday at 9:30 a.m. ET with the first run of the women’s giant slalom from the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Killington Cup on NBC Sports Gold and NBCSports.com, and continuing at 1 p.m. ET on NBCSN and NBC Sports Gold.

Reigning world champion Nathan Chen also headlines the Grand Prix France on NBC Sports Gold’s “Figure Skating Pass,” beginning Friday at 9 a.m. ET. Chen will guarantee himself a spot in December’s Grand Prix Final in Vancouver with a top-five finish in France.

Additional events this week include:

  • FIG Gymnastics World Cup – Cottbus, Germany – Arizona native Jade Carey, who won two silver medals at the 2017 World Championships, is slated to compete. Coverage airs Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
  • FIS Snowboarding World Cup – Beijing, China – Saturday at 6 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Gold; Saturday at 7 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
  • FIL Luge World Cup – Innsbruck, Austria – Saturday at 4 p.m. ET and Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA; Saturday at 10 p.m. ET on NBCSN
  • ISU World Cup Speed Skating – Tomakomai, Japan – Thursday and Friday at 10:30 p.m. PT/1:30 a.m ET, Saturday at 9:30 p.m. PT/12:30 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Gold; Friday through Sunday at 5:30 p.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
  • European Curling Championships – Tallinn, Estonia – Continues through Nov. 24 on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
  • UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup – Koksijde, Belgium – Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET (Women’s) and 9 a.m. ET (Men’s) on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
  • Curling Night in America – Friday at 11 p.m. ET on NBCSN

Coverage on NBC and NBCSN is live streamed on NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app. Coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA is available on OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app.

Following are winter sports programming highlights from this week on NBC Sports:

FIS ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP – U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD KILLINGTON CUP (WOMEN’S) AND LAKE LOUISE, ALBERTA (MEN’S)

LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS FRIDAY AT 9:30 A.M. ET ON NBC SPORTS GOLD AND NBCSPORTS.COM

NBC Olympics’ linear coverage of the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season continues Saturday at 1 p.m. ET on NBCSN, as three-time Olympic medalist Mikaela Shiffrin competes in the women’s giant slalom. She will also compete in slalom on Sunday. Shiffrin won the season-opening slalom race in Levi, Finland last weekend and is seeking her third straight World Cup overall title. Three-time Olympian Steven Nyman is expected to headline the American men’s team in his return to competition after tearing his ACL weeks before the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics.

Dan Hicks calls the women’s events from Killington, VT alongside former U.S. ski team downhill racer Steve Porino and reporter Carolyn Manno. Steve Schlanger calls the men’s events from Lake Louise, Alberta, joined by U.S. World Cup alpine ski racer Alice McKennis.

Date Time (ET) Event Platform
Sat., Nov. 24 9:30 a.m. Women’s Giant Slalom – Run 1 (LIVE) NBC Sports Gold, NBCSports.com
  1 p.m. Women’s Giant Slalom– Run 2 (LIVE) NBCSN, NBC Sports Gold
  2 p.m. Men’s Downhill (LIVE) NBCSN, NBC Sports Gold
  3 p.m. Women’s Giant Slalom NBC
Sun., Nov. 25 10 a.m. Women’s Slalom – Run 1 (LIVE) NBC Sports Gold, NBCSports.com
  1 p.m. Women’s Slalom – Run 2 (LIVE) NBC, NBC Sports Gold
  2 p.m. Men’s Super-G (LIVE) NBC Sports Gold, OlympicChannel.com & Olympic Channel app
  3 p.m. Men’s Super-G Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA

ISU GRAND PRIX FRANCE

COVERAGE BEGINS FRIDAY AT 9 A.M. ET ON NBC SPORTS GOLD’S “FIGURE SKATING PASS”

U.S. Olympic team bronze medalist Nathan Chen will compete at the Grand Prix France, the sixth and final competition of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series before the Grand Prix Final. Chen, the reigning world champion, will guarantee a spot in the Final with a top-five finish.  The 19-year-old Yale freshman looks to continue his winning streak on the Grand Prix after going undefeated on the circuit last year and winning Skate America in October.

NBC presents coverage of the men’s and ladies’ free skates this Sunday, Nov. 25, at 4 p.m. ET. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will present daily encore coverage of all programs at 8 p.m. ET from Monday, Nov. 26 – through Thursday, Nov. 29. Live coverage of all programs is available to stream on NBC Sports Gold’s “Figure Skating Pass.”

Terry Gannon handles play-by-play for the men’s and ladies’ free skates on NBC and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, joined by 1998 Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski, and three-time U.S. champion Johnny Weir. 2006 Olympic silver medalist Tanith White will call the remaining events on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, joined by her former partner Ben Agosto for the ice dance competition, and 2016 world silver medalist Ashley Wagner for the remaining competitions.

Following is NBC Sports’ Schedule for 2018 Grand Prix France:

Date Time (ET) Event Platform
Fri., Nov. 23 9 a.m. Grand Prix France: Men’s Short (LIVE) NBC Sports Gold
Fri., Nov. 23 10:45 a.m. Grand Prix France: Rhythm Dance (LIVE) NBC Sports Gold
Fri., Nov. 23 12:30 p.m. Grand Prix France: Ladies’ Short (LIVE) NBC Sports Gold
Fri., Nov. 23 2:30 p.m. Grand Prix France: Pairs’ Short (LIVE) NBC Sports Gold
Sat., Nov. 24 7:45 a.m. Grand Prix France: Men’s Free (LIVE) NBC Sports Gold
Sat., Nov. 24 10 a.m. Grand Prix France: Free Dance (LIVE) NBC Sports Gold
Sat., Nov. 24 1 p.m. Grand Prix France: Ladies’ Free (LIVE) NBC Sports Gold
Sat., Nov. 24 3 p.m. Grand Prix France: Pairs’ Free (LIVE) NBC Sports Gold
Sun., Nov. 25 4 p.m. Grand Prix France: Men’s and Ladies’ Free NBC
Mon., Nov. 26 8 p.m. Grand Prix France: Ladies’ Short Program & Men’s and Ladies’ Free Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
Tues., Nov. 27 8 p.m. Grand Prix France: Ice Dance Rhythm & Free Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
Wed., Nov. 28 8 p.m. Grand Prix France: Pairs’ Short & Free Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
Thurs., Nov. 29 8 p.m. Grand Prix France: Men’s Short  & Men’s and Ladies’ Free Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA

MILK LIFE PRESENTS, SCOUTING CAMP: THE NEXT OLYMPIC HOPEFUL

Over the holiday weekend, NBC Sports will televise the two-part USOC Productions presentation, “Milk Life presents, Scouting Camp: The Next Olympic Hopeful.” In its second season, the show highlights 90 athletes competing for eight invitations to national team camps. “Milk Life presents, Scouting Camp: The Next Olympic Hopeful” premieres Saturday, Nov. 24 at 9 p.m. ET on NBCSN, with the eight winners announced on Sunday, Nov. 25 at 3 p.m. ET on NBC.

Sat., Nov. 24 9 p.m. Scouting Camp: The Next Olympic Hopeful NBCSN
Sun., Nov. 25 3 p.m. Scouting Camp: The Next Olympic Hopeful NBC

 

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