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Thursday, February 20th, 2014

REIGNING WORLD SLALOM CHAMPION IN ALPINE SKIING MIKAELA SHIFFRIN TO COMPETE IN GOLD MEDAL FINAL, FRI., FEB. 21 AT 8/7c ON NBC

Two-Time Olympic Short Track Medalist J.R. Celski Goes for Medals in Both the 500m and 5000m Relay Finals in Primetime on NBC 

Men’s Hockey Semifinal Games LIVE on NBCSN Highlighted by Coverage of Team USA vs. Canada in a 2010 Gold Medal Rematch at 11:30 a.m. ET 

Men’s Curling Gold Medal Final Featuring Canada vs. Great Britain on CNBC at 5 p.m. ET

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

Stamford, Conn, – February 20, 2014 – NBC’s primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games tomorrow, Friday, February 21 at 8/7c is highlighted by the women’s slalom gold medal final in alpine skiing where 18-year-old phenom Mikaela Shiffrin, the reigning world and World Cup champion in slalom, takes to the Sochi course for her signature event. In men’s short track, two-time Olympic medalist J.R. Celski aims to qualify for gold medal finals in the 500m and 5000m relay. He is the world record holder in the 500m and will anchor the U.S. relay, which is ranked No. 1 in the world. Also in short track is the women’s 1000m, with the team pursuit in men’s speed skating featuring four-time Olympic medalist Shani Davis skating for Team USA rounding out primetime on NBC Friday.

NBCSN features two live men’s hockey semifinal games on Friday, as Team USA meets Canada in a rematch of the 2010 gold medal final with coverage beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET, and Finland faces Sweden with coverage beginning at 7 a.m. ET. In addition, NBCSN features the live bronze medal match in men’s curling with China vs. Sweden, and the ski cross gold medal final in women’s freestyle skiing.

CNBC hosts coverage of Canada vs. Great Britain at 5p.m. ET, with the winner taking home the gold medal in men’s curling.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22

NBC’s Saturday coverage is highlighted by the slalom gold medal final in men’s alpine skiing where Torino combined gold medalist Ted Ligety will look to earn his second medal at the Sochi Games. Ligety became the first American to win gold in the giant slalom event on Wednesday. Also highlighting primetime is the four-man bobsled competition featuring Steve Holcomb, who led Team USA to gold in the event in 2010. Holcomb and teammate Steve Langton enter the four-man competition after winning bronze in the two-man bobsled at the Sochi Games. In the team pursuit event in both men’s and women’s speed skating, the U.S. men with four-time Olympic medalist Shani Davis look to return to the podium after winning silver in Vancouver, while the women try to win their first Olympic medal in this event. After winning the silver medal at the 2013 World Championship in the snowboard parallel giant slalom, American Justin Reiter looks to reach the podium in the event in Sochi. Rounding out NBC’s primetime coverage on Saturday is the gala event in figure skating, where the top skaters from the Sochi Games return to the ice for special exhibition performances.

NBC’s primetime coverage on Saturday also includes Long Way Home: The Jessica Long Story, which profiles Jessica Long, a world-class swimmer, 12-time Paralympic gold medalist, and 21-year old American from a Baltimore suburb, who was born in Russia and adopted by American parents. For more information and two trailers, click here.

NBCSN’s coverage on Saturday begins at 3 a.m. ET and is highlighted by live coverage of the bronze medal game in men’s hockey and the 30km freestyle gold medal final in women’s cross-country. NBCSN also features coverage of the gold medal finals in men’s and women’s snowboard parallel giant slalom, and the figure skating gala.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 (DAY 14)

NBC

3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Women’s Freestyle Skiing – Ski Cross Gold Medal Final

Women’s Biathlon – 4x6km Relay Gold Medal Final

8 p.m. – 11 p.m.

Women’s Alpine Skiing – Slalom Gold Medal Final

Men’s Short Track – 500m Gold Medal Final

5000m Relay Gold Medal Final

Women’s Short Track – 1000m Gold Medal Final

Men’s Speed Skating – Team Pursuit Semifinals

12:30 a.m. – 1:30 a.m.

Women’s Speed Skating – Team Pursuit Quarterfinals

1:30 a.m. – 4:30 a.m.

Primetime Encore

NBCSN

3 a.m. – 7 a.m.

Men’s Curling – Bronze Medal Game, China vs. Sweden (LIVE)

Women’s Freestyle Skiing – Ski Cross Competition (LIVE)

7 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Men’s Hockey – Semifinal, Sweden vs. Finland (LIVE)

9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Women’s Biathlon – 4x6km Relay Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Women’s Freestyle Skiing – Ski Cross Gold Medal Final

11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Men’s Hockey – Semifinal, USA vs. Canada (LIVE)

Women’s Speed Skating – Team Pursuit Quarterfinals

3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Men’s Hockey Encore – Semifinal, Sweden vs. Finland

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Game of the Day: Men’s Hockey – Semifinal, USA vs. Canada

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Men’s Curling – Gold Medal Final, Canada vs. Great Britain

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):

  • Women’s Alpine Skiing – Women’s Slalom Gold Medal Final: 18-year-old phenom Mikaela Shiffrin, the reigning world and World Cup champion in slalom, takes to the Sochi course for her signature event. She’s bidding to win the first slalom gold for the Americans since 1972.
  • Men’s Short Track – 500m and 5000m Relay Gold Medal Finals: Two-time Olympic medalist J.R. Celski, who spent the year after Vancouver Games producing a documentary on Macklemore and the Seattle hip hop scene, could have a chance to skate for two medals on this night. He is the world record holder in the 500m and will anchor the U.S. relay, which is ranked No. 1 in the world.
  • Women’s Short Track – 1000m Gold Medal Final: Scot Elise Christie will attempt to win the first short track medal ever by a British woman. She should face a major challenge from 17-year-old South Korean prodigy Shim Suk-Hee.
  • Men’s Speed Skating – Team Pursuit: The fastest men on skates come together for speed skating’s team pursuits. Three skaters per team race in tandem in head-to-head raceoff rounds as they try to advance to the Gold Medal Final, which will ultimately determine which elite speed skating nation is the best the world.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):

  • Women’s Freestyle Skiing – Ski Cross Gold Medal Final: Switzerland’s Fanny Smith is coming off the best season of her young career, winning the 2013 World Championship and World Cup titles. At 21 years old, Smith is likely the favorite, but 37-year-old Ophelie David, the three-time world medalist, may have the necessary experience to navigate this wild, unpredictable event.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):

  • Women’s Speed Skating – Team Pursuit: The fastest women on skates come together for speed skating’s team pursuits. Three skaters per team race in tandem in head-to-head raceoff rounds as they try to advance to the Gold Medal Final, which will ultimately determine which elite speed skating nation is the best the world.

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Men’s Hockey – Semifinals USA vs. Canada (LIVE): Four years ago, Canada and Team USA met in a memorable gold medal final in Vancouver. Thanks to Sidney Crosby’s overtime winner, the Canadians thrilled the home crowd by taking gold. The two nations meet again in Sochi, but this time in the semifinals to decide which squad will have a chance at gold.
  • Men’s Hockey – Semifinals Sweden vs. Finland (LIVE): Rivals and neighbors, Sweden and Finland will decide who meets the winner of Canada-Team USA in the men’s gold medal final. Led by New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, Sweden enters the semifinals after dismantling Slovenia 5-0. Meanwhile, Finland had an impressive win over the hosts in the quarterfinals, defeating Russia 3-1.
  • Men’s Curling – Bronze Medal Game Sweden vs. China (LIVE): After finishing the round robin at the top of the standings, reigning world champion Sweden square off against upstart China.
  • Women’s Freestyle Skiing – Ski Cross Gold Medal Final: Switzerland’s Fanny Smith is coming off the best season of her young career, winning the 2013 World Championship and World Cup titles. At 21 years old, Smith is likely the favorite, but 37-year-old Ophelie David, the three-time world medalist, may have the necessary experience to navigate this wild, unpredictable event.

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Men’s Curling – Gold Medal Final Great Britain vs. Canada: Two countries with proud curling traditions, Canada and Great Britain, face off in the men’s final. Canada has won the past two Olympic gold medals, while Great Britain will be looking for its first men’s curling medal since the 1924 Winter Games.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 (DAY 15)

NBC

2:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Women’s Snowboarding – Parallel Slalom Gold Medal Final

Women’s Cross-Country – 30km Freestyle Gold Medal Final

Men’s Biathlon – 4×7.5km Relay Gold Medal Final

8 p.m. – 11:05 p.m.

Men’s Alpine Skiing – Slalom Gold Medal Final

Four-Man Bobsled – Competition

Figure Skating – Gala

Men’s Snowboarding – Parallel Slalom Gold Medal Final

Men’s Speed Skating – Team Pursuit Gold Medal Final

Women’s Speed Skating – Team Pursuit Gold Medal Final

Midnight – 1 a.m.

Figure Skating – Gala

1 a.m. – 4 a.m.

Primetime Encore

NBCSN

3 a.m. – 4:30 a.m.

Men’s Snowboarding – Parallel Slalom Competition

Women’s Snowboarding – Parallel Slalom Competition

4:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.

Women’s Cross-Country – 30km Freestyle Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Men’s Snowboarding – Parallel Slalom Gold Medal Final

Women’s Snowboarding – Parallel Slalom Gold Medal Final

10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Men’s Hockey – Bronze Medal Game (LIVE)

12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Figure Skating – Gala

6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Game of the Day: Hockey

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):

  • Men’s Alpine Skiing – Slalom Gold Medal Final: After collecting gold in the giant slalom,Torino combined gold medalist Ted Ligety will lead the American effort in this event.
  • Four-Man Bobsled – Competition: Reigning Olympic champion Steven Holcomb is back with two new crew members and the latest iteration of the Night Train sled he piloted to victory in Vancouver. The Park City pilot will have to overcome the host nation’s sentimental favorite, 39-year-old Russian Aleksandr Zubkov, whose Olympic career began as a luger in Nagano and includes two medals – but no gold – in bobsled.
  • Figure Skating – Gala: The top skaters from the Sochi Games return to the ice for special exhibition performances.
  • Men’s Snowboarding – Parallel Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final: Steamboat Springs, Colorado’s Justin Reiter, who briefly retired after narrowly missing making the 2006 and 2010 Olympic teams, is looking to repeat his medal performance from the 2013 World Championships, where he took silver.
  • Men’s and Women’s Speed Skating: The fastest men and women on skates come together for speed skating’s team pursuits. The U.S. men look to return to the podium after winning silver in Vancouver, while the women try to win their first Olympic medal in this event.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):

  • Women’s Snowboarding – Parallel Slalom Gold Medal Final: Snowboarding’s parallel slalom event makes its debut at the Games, featuring all the head-to-head match racing of giant slalom with more gates and sharper turns.
  • Women’s Cross-Country – 30km Freestyle Gold Medal Final: Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk is the reigning Olympic champion in the women’s most prestigious event, but she will face stiff competition from Norwegian star Marit Bjorgen, who looks to tie the women’s record for most medals at the Winter Olympics.

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Men’s and Women’s Snowboarding – Parallel Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final: Snowboarding’s parallel slalom event makes its debut at the Games, featuring all the head-to-head match racing of giant slalom with more gates and sharper turns. Steamboat Springs, Colorado’s Justin Reiter, who briefly retired after narrowly missing making the 2006 and 2010 Olympic teams, is looking to repeat his medal performance from the 2013 World Championships, where he took silver.
  • Men’s Hockey – Bronze Medal Game: Two of men’s hockey’s top teams vie for the final place on the podium LIVE in the bronze medal game.
  • Women’s Cross-Country – 30km Freestyle Gold Medal Final (LIVE): Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk is the reigning Olympic champion in the women’s most prestigious event, but she will face stiff competition from Norwegian star Marit Bjorgen, who looks to tie the women’s record for most medals at the Winter Olympics.

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