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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020
2020-21 FIS ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP SEASON CONTINUES THIS WEEKEND FROM ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND, AND SANTA CATERINA VALFURVA, ITALY, ACROSS NBC SPORTS AND PEACOCK PREMIUM
Women’s Super-G and Men’s Giant Slalom Live this Saturday and Sunday on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA; Encore Presentation of Women’s Super-G on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC
Biathlon, Cross-Country Skiing, Freestyle Skiing, and World Ski Flying Championships Coverage Also Featured This Month
Peacock Premium is New Streaming Home of Winter Olympic Sports, Including Exclusive Rights to Austria Events
STAMFORD, Conn. – Dec. 2, 2020 – NBC Sports’ extensive coverage of Winter Olympic sports continues this month with the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup women’s Super-G from St. Moritz, Switzerland, this Saturday and Sunday at 5:30 a.m. ET live on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBC Sports digital platforms and Peacock Premium. An encore presentation of Sunday’s race will be presented later in the afternoon at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
Several members of a strong American women’s speed team, including two-time Olympians Alice McKennis and Jackie Wiles and 2018 Olympian Breezy Johnson, are making their season debuts this weekend in St. Moritz.
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety, two-time Olympian Tommy Ford and 2018 Olympian Ryan Cochran-Siegle are expected to compete in the men’s giant slalom this weekend in Santa Caterina Valfurva, Italy. Live coverage will begin Saturday at 7 a.m. ET and Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBC Sports digital platforms and Peacock Premium.
NBC Sports’ Steve Schlanger (play-by-play) will call the alpine skiing action alongside former U.S. ski team racer Steve Porino (analyst).
In addition to alpine skiing, NBC Sports and Peacock Premium offer extensive coverage of six additional skiing and snowboarding sports in December, including cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, Nordic combined, ski jumping and biathlon. Complete schedules can be accessed here.
Last month, it was announced that NBC Sports’ exclusive streaming of winter Olympic sports has moved from NBC Sports Gold’s “Snow Pass” to Peacock Premium, which is available at https://www.peacocktv.com/snow. Peacock Premium is also the exclusive home to all FIS events held in Austria.
In addition to live alpine skiing coverage this weekend, NBCSN will air encore presentations of the 2019 Xfinity Birds of Prey men’s giant slalom (Friday at 1 p.m. ET) and men’s downhill events (Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET) that took place in Beaver Creek, Colo., last year. Tommy Ford earned his first-ever World Cup victory in the giant slalom.
Below is NBC Sports’ December telecast schedule for its 2020-21 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup coverage (times and networks are subject to change):
| Date | Event | Time (ET) | Network |
| 12/5/2020 | Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland | 5:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Giant Slalom – Santa Caterina Valfurva, Italy | 7:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| 12/6/2020 | Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland | 5:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Giant Slalom – Santa Caterina Valfurva, Italy | 7 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland* | 4:30 p.m. | NBC | |
| 12/12/2020 | Men’s Downhill – Val d’Isere, France | 4:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Women’s Giant Slalom – Courchevel, France | 6:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| 12/13/2020 | Men’s Super-G – Val d’Isere, France | 4:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Women’s Giant Slalom – Courchevel, France | 6:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Women’s Giant Slalom – Courchevel, France* | 10 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| 12/18/2020 | Women’s Downhill – Val d’Isere, France | 4:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Super-G – Val Gardena, Italy | 5:45 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| 12/19/2020 | Women’s Downhill – Val d’Isere, France | 4:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Downhill – Val Gardena, Italy | 5:45 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Women’s Downhill – Val d’Isere, France* | 5 p.m. | NBC | |
| Women’s Downhill – Val d’Isere, France* | 9:30 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| Men’s Downhill – Val Gardena, Italy* | 10:30 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| 12/20/2020 | Women’s Super-G – Val d’Isere, France | 5 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Giant Slalom – Alta Badia, Italy | 7:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Women’s Super-G – Val d’Isere, France* | 11 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| Men’s Giant Slalom – Alta Badia, Italy* | 12:30 a.m. | NBCSN | |
| 12/21/2020 | Men’s Slalom – Alta Badia, Italy | 7 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 12/22/2020 | Men’s Slalom – Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | 2:30 p.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 12/26/2020 | Women’s Giant Slalom – Courchevel, France^ | 3 p.m. | NBC |
| 12/28/2020 | Men’s Downhill – Bormio, Italy | 5:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Downhill – Bormio, Italy* | 3 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| 12/29/2020 | Men’s Super-G – Bormio, Italy | 5:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
*Same-day delay
^Taped from Dec. 13, 2020
Note: In addition to streaming on Peacock Premium, all television coverage will stream on NBC Sports digital platforms.
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Following are NBC Sports’ television schedules for other FIS and IBU disciplines in December:
For the World Ski Flying Championships schedule, click here.
For the freestyle skiing schedule, click here.
For the cross-country skiing schedule, click here.
For the biathlon schedule, click here.
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Following is the 2020-21 winter Olympic sports schedule in December on Peacock Premium (organized by discipline, subject to change):
| EVENT | DATE |
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ALPINE SKIING |
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| Santa Caterina Valfurva, ITA | Dec. 5 – 6 |
| St. Mortiz, SUI | Dec. 5 – 6 |
| Courchevel, FRA | Dec. 12 – 13 |
| Val d’Isere, FRA | Dec. 12 – 13 |
| Val d’Isere, FRA | Dec. 18 – 20 |
| Val Gardena, ITA | Dec. 18 – 20 |
| Alta Badia, ITA | Dec. 20 – 21 |
| Madonna, ITA | Dec. 22 |
| Semmering, AUT | Dec. 28 – 29 |
| Bormio, ITA | Dec. 28 – 29 |
| CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING | |
| Davos, SUI | Dec. 12 – 13 |
| Dresden, GER | Dec. 19 – 20 |
| FREESTYLE SKIING | |
| Ruka, FIN | Dec. 5 – 6 |
| Idre Fjall, SWE | Dec. 12 – 13 |
| Arosa, SUI | Dec. 15 |
| Val Thorens, FRA | Dec. 19 – 20 |
| SNOWBOARD | |
| Cortina, ITA | Dec. 12 |
| Carezza, ITA | Dec. 17 |
| NORDIC COMBINED | |
| Ramsau, AUT | Dec. 19 – 20 |
| BIATHLON EVENTS | |
| Kontiolahti, FIN | Nov. 28 – Dec. 6 |
| Hochfilzen, AUT | Dec. 11 – 20 |
| SKI JUMPING | |
| Nizhny Tagil, RUS | Dec. 4 – 6 |
| Engelberg, SUI | Dec. 18 – 20 |
| Oberstdorf, GER | Dec. 28 – 29 |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER | Dec. 31 – Jan. 1 |
–NBC SPORTS–
