U.S. OLYMPIC MEDALISTS MIKAELA SHIFFRIN, CHLOE KIM, DAVID WISE, JOHN SHUSTER & NATHAN CHEN COMPETE THIS WEEK ACROSS MULTIPLE NBC SPORTS PLATFORMS

Two-time Olympic Gold-Medalist Mikaela Shiffrin Highlights Live Coverage of FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup Coverage, Starting This Saturday at 4 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Gold’s “Snow Pass”, OlympicChannel.com & the Olympic Channel app

2018 Olympic Gold Medalists Chloe Kim and David Wise Headline Live Coverage of the US Ski and Snowboard: Toyota US Grand Prix Beginning This Friday at 1 p.m. ET on NBCSN

PyeongChang Olympic Gold Medalist John Shuster Headlines Curling World Cup – Coverage Continues Tonight at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports App

Reigning World Champion Nathan Chen Headlines Live Coverage of Figure Skating’s Grand Prix Final Beginning Tonight at 10:45 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Gold’s “Figure Skating Pass”

Additional Events Include World Cup Coverage of Speed Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing, Bobsled & Skeleton, Luge World Cup, Short Track, and Biathlon

STAMFORD, Conn. – December 6, 2018 – NBC Sports presents wall-to-wall Olympic sports coverage this week as two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin continues her season in the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup from St. Moritz, Switzerland, Olympic gold medalists Chloe Kim and David Wise compete in the halfpipe competition at the US Ski and Snowboard: Toyota US Grand Prix in Colorado, Olympic gold-medalist John Shuster headlines the Curling World Cup from Omaha, NE, and world champion Nathan Chen takes the ice at figure skating’s Grand Prix Final in Vancouver.

Additional events this week include:

• Speed Skating World Cup – Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland – Friday to Monday on NBC Sports Gold, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports App.
• Cross-Country Skiing World Cup – Beitostolen, Norway – Saturday and Sunday on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSN, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app and NBC Sports Gold.
• Freestyle Skiing World Cup – Moguls – Ruka, Finland – Friday at 3 p.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Team of USA, OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app.
• Bobsled and Skeleton World Cup – Sigulda, Latvia – Friday to Sunday on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app.
• Luge World Cup – Calgary, Alberta – Friday and Saturday on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app.
• Short Track World Cup – Almaty, Kazakhstan – Saturday to Monday on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, and NBC Sports Gold.
• Biathlon World Cup – Pokljuka, Slovenia – Continues through Sunday, Dec. 9 on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, com, the Olympic Channel app, and NBC Sports Gold.

*All NBC Sports Gold coverage is live

Following are programming highlights from this week on NBC Sports:
FIS ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP – ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND (WOMEN’S) & VAL D’ISERE, FRANCE (MEN’S)

LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS SATURDAY AT 4 A.M. ET ON NBC SPORTS GOLD’S “SNOW PASS”, OLYMPICCHANNEL.COM & OLYMPIC CHANNEL APP

The alpine skiing World Cup season returns to Europe this weekend as the women compete in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and the men race in Val d’lsere, France. Mikaela Shiffrin won her first career World Cup super-G race last weekend at Lake Louise, becoming the 7^th woman to win World Cup races in all five major disciplines. She will compete in both super-G and parallel slalom in St. Moritz. Two-time Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety is expected to lead the American men in giant slalom.

Live coverage of the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup begins with the first run of the men’s giant slalom on Saturday at 4 a.m ET on NBC Sports Gold’s “Snow Pass”, OlympicChannel.com & Olympic Channel app.

**Same-day delay
U.S. SKI AND SNOWBOARD: TOYOTA GRAND PRIX – COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO

LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS FRIDAY AT 1 P.M. ET ON NBCSN, NBCSPORTS.COM, THE NBC SPORTS APP, AND NBC SPORTS GOLD

Olympic snowboarding gold medalist Chloe Kim is expected to headline a field at the U.S. Ski and Snowboard: Toyota Grand Prix this weekend that includes numerous Olympic medalists, including PyeongChang bronze medalist Arielle Gold in the snowboarding halfpipe. American freestyle skiing halfpipe Olympians expected to compete at Copper Mountain include gold medalist David Wise, silver medalist Alex Ferreira, bronze medalist Brita Sigourney, and gold medalist Maddie Bowman.

*Next-day delay
CURLING WORLD CUP – OMAHA, NE

LIVE COVERAGE CONTINUES TONIGHT AT 8:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN, NBCSPORTS.COM & THE NBC SPORTS APP

NBC Sports presents nearly 40 hours of the inaugural Curling World Cup this week across NBCSN, NBC Sports.com, the NBC Sports app, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, OlympicChannel.com, and the Olympic Channel app, as 2018 Olympic champion John Shuster and 2018 national champion Jamie Sinclair lead the Team USA contingent this weekend in Omaha, Neb.

Shuster led the Americans on an improbable run at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, rattling off five straight wins, capped by a 10-7 win over Sweden in the gold medal game. He skips the men’s squad in the second leg of the Curling World Cup this weekend, while 2018 national champion Jamie Sinclair skips the women’s team, and Tabitha Peterson and Joe Polo will represent Team USA in the mixed doubles competition.

All coverage that airs on NBCSN streams concurrently on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. All coverage that airs on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA streams concurrently on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app.

GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING FINAL – VANCOUVER, BC

LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS TONIGHT AT 10:45 P.M. ET ON NBC SPORTS GOLD’S “FIGURE SKATING PASS”

U.S. Olympic medalist and reigning world champion Nathan Chen headlines the American contingent in Vancouver. He faces 2018 Olympic silver medalist Shoma Uno of Japan, who placed second in last year’s Grand Prix Final after finishing 0.5 points behind Chen. The ladies’ event will feature PyeongChang Olympic champion Alina Zagitova of Russia, who aims to win her second straight Grand Prix Final, while 2018 world silver medalists Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue should lead the U.S. in ice dance. The Grand Prix Final of the Men’s and Ladies’ free skates will be televised live at 4 p.m. ET this Sunday on NBC.

Terry Gannon handles play-by-play for the NBC and NBCSN broadcasts, joined by 1998 Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski and three-time U.S. champion Johnny Weir. 2006 Olympic ice dance silver medalist Tanith White will call remaining competitions for Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, joined by Lipinski and Weir for men’s, ladies’ and pairs’ programs and Ben Agosto for ice dance.

All coverage that airs on NBCSN streams concurrently on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. All coverage that airs on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA streams concurrently on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app.

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