2022 Beijing Olympics Special Section by Lawrence Journal-World

A viewing guide to the XXIV Olympic Winter Games

Viewing guide to the XXIV Olympic Winter Games February 4 through February 20, 2022 — Beijing, China

‘Together for a Shared Future’

The 2022 Olympics motto “represents the power of the Games to overcome global challenges as a community, with a shared future for humankind.”

Clap, Don’t Chant: China Seeks ‘Zero COVID’ Games

(AP) — Athletes will need to be vaccinated — or face a long quarantine — take tests daily and wear masks when not competing or training. Clapping is OK to cheer on teammates, not chanting. Anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 will be sent into isolation. Welcome to the Beijing Olympics, where strict containment measures will aim to create a virus-proof “bubble” for those few spectators allowed into venues and the athletes themselves. The prevention protocols will be similar to those at the Tokyo Games this summer, but much tighter. Here’s how the Games will work. Do athletes have to be vaccinated? Yes, and other participants including team staff and news media need to be fully vaccinated to be allowed in the designat-

ed Olympic areas without completing a 21-day quarantine. Upon arrival at the airport in Beijing, participants will have their temperatures taken and be tested with throat and nasal swabs. A bus will then take people to their designated lodging, where they’ll wait up to six hours for test results to clear them to move about in approved areas. Throat swabs for testing will be required daily for all participants. In Tokyo, participants spit into vials for antigen tests. Masks that are N95 or of a similar caliber will also be required in indoor and outdoor areas If an athlete or other participant tests positive but doesn’t have symptoms, they’ll need to go into isolation in a dedicated hotel. People with no symptoms

can leave isolation after two days of negative tests. Those who test positive and have symptoms have to go into isolation in a hospital. They’ll also need to two days of negative tests to be let loose. Even if some fans are allowed in Beijing, their presence will be muted. Everyone is being asked to clap instead of shouting or singing, as had been the plan in Tokyo. Organizers may still be able to pull off the Olympics without as much disruption as some fear. Olympic athletes are highly motivated to avoid infection so they can compete, noted Dr. Sandro Galea, a public health expert at Boston University. And even if it’s harder with omicron, he noted it’s no mystery what people need to do.

Going for The Gold

According to the International Olympic Committee, the Beijing 2022 medals — named “Tong Xin,” meaning “together as one” — are composed of five rings and a center; the design is based on Chinese ancient jade concentric circle pendants with the five rings representing the Olympic spirit to bring people together and the splendor of the Olympic TABLE OF CONTENTS Winter Games being shared all over the world. The shape is simple and clasTelevised Events .....3-15 Curling .....................6 Skeleton ................. 10 Nordic Combined ...... 14 sic, resembling the jade-inlaid Figure Skating ............3 Alpine Skiing .............7 Luge...................... 11 Cross Country........... 15 medals of the Summer Games 2008 as well as showcasShort Track................4 Ice Hockey ................8 Ski Jumping ............ 12 Freestyle Skiing ........ 15 in ing Beijing as the first “Dual Speedskating .............5 Bobsled ....................9 Snowboarding .......... 13 Olympic City” to host both Summer and Winter Games. Content provided by the Associated Press, NBC Sports and the International Olympic Committee

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Viewing guide to the XXIV Olympic Winter Games February 4 through February 20, 2022 — Beijing, China

Chen Eyes Elusive Figure Skating Gold Daily TV Schedule

(AP) — Nathan Chen has accomplished just about everything in the sport of figure skating. Six consecutive national championships, the most since two-time Olympic champion Dick Button in the 1940s and ‘50s. Three consecutive world championships, the best run by an American since Scott Hamilton in the early ‘80s. Nearly four years with only a single defeat, a run that includes three consecutive wins at the Grand Prix Final. The only thing he’s yet to accomplish? Winning Olympic gold. The 22-year-old Chen blew his chance four years ago in Pyeongchang, when an unusually poor short program cost him a chance at a medal; he rallied to finish fifth. But he’s about to get another shot in Beijing, when Chen goes toe-to-toe with two-time defending gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu and a stacked field at historic Capital Indoor Stadium. “Every season my goal is to keep improving,” Chen said. “I’m looking forward to going back and working on whatever goals I have for the Games. I’m just enjoying this moment.” The showdown between Chen and Hanyu will be the highlight of the entire Olympic program. The American comes armed with an array of quadruple jumps that rival anyone in the world, while his artistry takes him beyond being just an athlete to being a bona fide performer. The biggest question surrounding Chen is what programs he’ll unveil in Beijing. “I’m really happy with these programs,” Chen said, giving credit to choreographer Shae-Lynn Bourne, “and that’s why it’s awesome to be able to have such amazing choreographers consistently deliver great programs for me, so it’s easy to be able to go back and look through all the work she’s done with me.” Hanyu withdrew from both of his Grand Prix assignments because an injured right ankle, but he dazzled last month in winning the Japanese championship. His

Events and ceremonies will be broadcast on NBC, USA, and CNBC. All broadcast times are Eastern Daylight unless noted.

key to victory could rest in becoming the first skater ever to land the quadruple axel. Others to watch in the men’s competition include Shoma Uno, the reigning Olympic silver medalist who won the NHK Trophy last fall; Vincent Zhou, the American who beat Chen at Skate America; and the Russian star Mikhail Kolyada, who finished second at his two Grand Prix assignments this season. WOMEN’S COMPETITION It’s almost a foregone conclusion that the gold medal will be headed to Russia for a third straight Winter Games. The only question is whether it will be around the neck of world record-holder Kamila Valieva. Valieva’s score of 272.71 points at Rostelecom Cup was more than 35 points higher than anyone else. The Russians’ biggest competition will come from Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto. But keep an eye on 17-year-old Alysa Liu, who withdrew from U.S. nationals after a COVID-19 positive but whose jumping ability gives her a chance at the medal stand. PAIRS COMPETITION The U.S. only qualified one pairs for the 2018 Winter Games: Alexa Knierim and Chris Knierim. The Americans have two headed to Beijing, and one of them is Alexa Knierim and new partner Brandon Frazier; they teamed up after Chris Knierim’s retirement. The other is Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc, the first non-binary Olympic athlete. They’re unlikely to compete for medals, though. Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov of Russia are the heavy favorites.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4 NBC 5:30 a.m. - 8 a.m. — Opening Ceremony (LIVE) 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. — Olympics Preview Show 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. — Opening Ceremony USA 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. — Figure Skating - Men’s Short Program Team Event, Figure Skating - Rhythm Dance Team Event, Figure Skating - Pairs’ Short Program Team Event, Mixed Doubles Curling - U.S. vs. Sweden, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling - Switzerland vs. Sweden (LIVE) 9 p.m. - 10:50 p.m. — Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Qualifying (LIVE) 10:50 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey - Canada vs. Finland (LIVE) 12:30 a.m. - 1:25 a.m. — Men’s Ski Jumping - Individual Normal Hill Qualifying (LIVE) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5 CNBC 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling - U.S. vs. China Mixed Doubles Curling - U.S. vs. Canada 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling - U.S. vs. Czech Republic (LIVE) NBC 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. — Women’s Speed Skating - 3000m, Men’s Luge - First & Second Runs, Women’s CrossCountry Skiing - Skiathlon, Men’s Freestyle Skiing Moguls Qualifying, Women’s Ski Jumping - Normal Hill Final 7 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. — Figure Skating - Team Event (LIVE), Women’s Short Program, Men’s Free Skate, Men’s Alpine Skiing - Downhill Run (LIVE), Short Track - Mixed Relay Final 11 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Women’s Snowboard - Slopestyle Final, Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Moguls Final USA CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Viewing guide to the XXIV Olympic Winter Games February 4 through February 20, 2022 — Beijing, China

Daily TV Schedule Mixed Relay Debuts in Short Track Skating

1:45 a.m. - 6:55 a.m. — Men’s Freestyle Skiing Moguls Final (LIVE), Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Moguls Qualifying (LIVE), Women’s Speed Skating - 3000m (LIVE), Women’s Cross-Country Skiing - Skiathlon (LIVE), Men’s Ski Jumping - Individual Normal Hill Qualifying 7:10 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey - U.S. vs. Russian Olympic Committee (LIVE) 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. — Short Track - Mixed Relay Final, Short Track - Women’s 500m Qualifying, Short Track Men’s 1000m Qualifying, Men’s Luge - First & Second Runs, Biathlon - Mixed Relay, Women’s Ski Jumping Normal Hill Final 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey - U.S. vs. Russian Olympic Committee 6:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. — Women’s Snowboard - Slopestyle Final (LIVE), Men’s Snowboard - Slopestyle Qualifying (LIVE), Men’s Luge - First & Second Runs, Biathlon Mixed Relay SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6 NBC 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. — Men’s Speed Skating - 5000m, Men’s Cross-Country Skiing - Skiathlon, Men’s Ski Jumping Normal Hill Final 6 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. — Figure Skating - Team Event (LIVE) Pairs’ Free Skate, Free Dance, Women’s Free Skate, Women’s Alpine Skiing - Giant Slalom First Run (LIVE), Women’s Freestyle Skiing, Big Air Qualifying (LIVE), Moguls Final, Men’s Luge - Third & Final Runs 11 p.m. - 1 a.m. — Women’s Alpine Skiing - Giant Slalom Final Run (LIVE), Men’s Snowboard - Slopestyle Final USA 1 a.m. - 5:30 a.m. — Men’s Cross-Country Skiing Skiathlon (LIVE), Men’s Speed Skating - 5000m (LIVE), Mixed Doubles Curling - Norway vs. Sweden, Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Moguls Qualifying 5:30 a.m. - 6:55 a.m. — Women’s Freestyle Skiing Moguls Final (LIVE) 7:10 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey - U.S. vs. Switzerland (LIVE) 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling - U.S. vs. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

From left, Maame Biney, Kristen Santos, Corinne Stoddard and Julie Letai compete in the women’s 500meter finals during the U.S. Olympic short track speedskating trials.

(AP) — Short track speedskating is already thrilling with its high-speed crashes and elbows flying. Now, there’s a new event adding to the chaos with its Olympic debut in Beijing. The 2,000-meter mixed team relay features a maximum of 12 teams with four skaters each — two men and two women — battling it out over 18 laps to reach the podium. Each skater races twice in this order: woman, woman, man, man, woman, woman, man, man. Explosive starts and maximum speed will be on display. The six days of short track begin Feb. 5 with the mixed team relay final. MIXED TEAM RELAY China is ranked No. 1 in the world and set the world record at a test event in Beijing in October, making the Chinese the gold-medal favorite on home ice. The Netherlands, Hungary and the Russian Olympic Committee are in medals mix, too. INDIVIDUAL EVENTS On the men’s side, China, South Korea and Canada have strong medal contenders in the 500, 1,000 and 1,500. Ren Ziwei of China could make the podium in the 500 and 1,500. Sjinkie Knegt of the Netherlands returns for his fourth Olympics at age 32 with a shot to medal in the 1,500. Born to a Chinese father and Hungarian mother, Liu

Shaolin of Hungary is a contender in the 500. In the women’s events, eight-time Olympic medalist Arianna Fontana of Italy is the defending champion in the 500. She’s tied with Apolo Ohno and Viktor Ahn for most Olympic short track medals. Suzanne Schulting is a rare Dutch short tracker; most skaters in her country are known for their success in long track. She will be a favorite in the 500 and 1,500. U.S. CHANCES It’s been 12 years since Ohno skated in the last of his three games, becoming the most decorated American Winter Olympian with eight career medals. While his legacy burns bright, the U.S. is a long shot at these games. Kristen Santos is the lone American skater ranked in the world’s top 10 in any event. She represents the best chance for the women to win their first medal since 2010, ranking second in the world in the 1,000 and fourth in the 1,500. The only returning Olympian is Maame Biney, born in Ghana and raised in Virginia. Four years ago, she became the first Black woman to make the U.S. short track Olympic team. She finished 14th in the 500 and 31st in the 1,500 in Pyeongchang. The U.S. men have won at least one medal at the last five Olympics, but failed to qualify a relay team for the first time since 1992.

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Viewing guide to the XXIV Olympic Winter Games February 4 through February 20, 2022 — Beijing, China

Dutch Dominance in Jeopardy in Speedskating (AP) — Make room on the podium for countries other than the Netherlands at the speedskating oval in Beijing. The Dutch typically dominate in their national sport — winning seven golds and 16 medals overall four years ago — but this time the medals figure to be more evenly spread around. Host China, Japan, Canada, the Russian Olympic Committee, the United States and even Italy are in the mix. The men’s 1,000 meters seems likely to belong to the Dutch, with favorites Thomas Krol and defending champion Kjeld Nuis vying for gold. But without foreign fans allowed in the venues, the clapping and singing orange-clad Dutch fans will be missing. So will the sport’s Dutch pep band, Kleintje Pils, which has a tradition of creating a party atmosphere at the Olympic oval. Japan has medal contenders on the men’s and women’s side, including sprinters Wataru Morishige and Tatsuya Shinhama and defending women’s 500 champion Nao Kodaira and threetime medalist Miho Takagi. The bumping, drafting and strategy of the mass start returns after making its debut four years ago. Up to 24 skaters race 16 laps, with intermediate sprints thrown in. Skaters from the same countries sometimes work together to thwart the competition. Speedskating begins Feb. 5 with the women’s 3,000 meters at the Ice Ribbon. It’s the only newly built arena in the Olympic Park located on the former archery and field hockey fields used in the 2008 games. Formally known as the National Speed Skating Oval, the exterior features 22 ribbon-like light strands flowing around it. After the games, it will open to the general public. U.S. CHANCES The most successful U.S. Winter Olympic sport

has won just one medal since 2010. But the Americans have a chance to claim a handful in Beijing. Erin Jackson is the favorite to win the 500 meters and Brittany Bowe is a similar threat in the 1,000. She could also make the podium in the 1,500. No American woman has won an individual medal since 2002. On the men’s side, Joey Mantia is the gold-medal favorite in the 1,500 and his veteran presence guides the U.S. as a favorite in the team pursuit. Jackson, Bowe and Mantia are former inline skaters from Ocala, Florida. Jackson slipped at the U.S. trials and failed to make the team in the 500, but Bowe gave up her Olympic berth in the event so Jackson could compete in her second Olympics. TEEN SENSATION Keep an eye on Jordan Stolz. The skater from Wisconsin is the youngest U.S. Olympic speedskater, joining Eric Heiden and Emery Lehman, who also were 17 at their first games. Stolz won the 500 and 1,000 at the trials to earn his spot. Four-time Olympic medalist Shani Davis coached Stolz when he was 14. “He’s given me a lot of advice just to stay relaxed and focus on the technique,” Stolz said. “Everything I’ve done wrong he’s done before.” STILL SKATING At 49, Claudia Pechstein of Germany will be the oldest woman to compete at a Winter Olympics and the second athlete — and only woman — to compete in eight. She qualified in the mass start. Her career includes nine Olympic medals and a two-year doping ban, which she continues to fight in court. Pechstein will tie Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai for participating in the most Games. SO LONG SVEN Sven Kramer of the Netherlands skates in his fifth and final games. The 35-year-old is a ninetime Olympic medalist and the defending champion in the 5k, the only male speedskater to win the same event three times.

Daily TV Schedule

Switzerland, Mixed Doubles Curling - Italy vs. Sweden, Men’s Luge - Third & Final Runs, Men’s Ski Jumping Normal Hill Final 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey - U.S. vs. Switzerland 6:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. — Women’s Alpine Skiing - Giant Slalom First Run (LIVE), Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Big Air Qualifying (LIVE), Men’s Cross-Country Skiing Skiathlon, Men’s Ski Jumping - Normal Hill Final 10 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey - Canada vs. Russian Olympic Committee (LIVE) 12:30 a.m. - 1:45 a.m. — Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Big Air Qualifying (LIVE) MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7 CNBC 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling - Semifinals 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling - Semifinals NBC 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. — Women’s Biathlon - 15km Individual, Mixed Team Ski Jumping - Normal Hill 7 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. — Men’s Figure Skating Short Program (LIVE), Men’s Alpine Skiing - Super G (LIVE), Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Big Air Final (LIVE), Women’s Short Track - 500m Final, Women’s Speed Skating - 1500m 12:05 a.m. - 1 a.m. — Men’s Short Track - 1000m Final, Women’s Luge - First & Second Runs USA 1:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. — Men’s Short Track - 1000m Quarterfinal & Semifinal & Final (LIVE), Women’s Short Track - 500m Quarterfinal & Semifinal & Final (LIVE), Women’s Speed Skating - 1500m (LIVE), Women’s Luge - Second Run (LIVE), Women’s Luge - First Run, Men’s Snowboard - Slopestyle Final, Mixed Doubles Curling - U.S. vs. Great Britain, Women’s Biathlon 15km Individual, Mixed Team Ski Jumping - Normal Hill 11:30 a.m. - 7:15 p.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling - Semifinals, Women’s Speed Skating - 1500m, Ice Hockey Women’s Luge - First & Second Runs, Women’s Biathlon - 15km Individual 7:15 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. — Men’s Figure Skating - Short Program (LIVE), CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Viewing guide to the XXIV Olympic Winter Games February 4 through February 20, 2022 — Beijing, China

Daily TV Schedule Shuster Confident Heading Into Olympics

9:45 p.m. - 10:10 p.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey Pregame Show 10:10 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey - U.S. vs. Canada (LIVE) 12:30 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. — Snowboard - Parallel Giant Slalom Finals (LIVE) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 CNBC 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling - Bronze Medal Game 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling - Gold Medal Game NBC 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. — Men’s Biathlon - 20km Individual, Women’s Luge - Third & Final Runs, Men’s & Women’s Cross-Country Skiing - Individual Sprint Finals 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. — Women’s Alpine Skiing - Slalom First Run (LIVE), Women’s Snowboard - Halfpipe Qualifying (LIVE), Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Big Air Final (LIVE), Men’s Speed Skating - 1500m 10:35 p.m. - 1 a.m. — Women’s Alpine Skiing Slalom Final Run (LIVE), Men’s Snowboard - Halfpipe Qualifying (LIVE), ,Women’s Snowboard - Snowboard Cross Qualifying USA 2 a.m. - 8:20 a.m. — Men’s & Women’s Cross-Country Skiing (LIVE), Individual Sprint Qualifying, Individual Sprint Finals, Men’s Biathlon - 20km Individual (LIVE), Women’s Luge Final Run (LIVE) 8:20 a.m. - 2 p.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling - Bronze Medal Game, Men’s Speed Skating - 1500m, Snowboard - Parallel Giant Slalom Finals, Men’s Biathlon - 20km Individual 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey - U.S. vs. Canada 6:30 p.m. - 1:55 a.m. — Women’s Snowboard (LIVE), Halfpipe Qualifying, Snowboard Cross Final, Snowboard Cross Qualifying, Men’s Speed Skating - 1500m, Men’s & Women’s Cross-Country Skiing - Individual Sprint Finals WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 CNBC 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. — Men’s Curling - U.S. vs. Russian CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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(AP) — John Shuster won’t be catching anyone by surprise at these Olympics. The five-time Olympian is back to defend his curling gold medal in Beijing, and the target on his back will be almost as big as the one on the ice. Four years after surviving five straight elimination matches to win it all in Pyeongchang the Americans are among the favorites to medal again. “I definitely feel less pressure,” Shuster said after his victory in the U.S. curling trials. “The success last time for me, winning an Olympic gold, is the top of the mountain. And no matter how you finish in the other Olympics, it doesn’t matter. “I think I feel less pressure,” he said, “but I think I have supreme confidence.” Shuster won bronze in 2006 as the lead for Pete Fenson’s team — the first-ever U.S. Olympic curling medal. Then he left to form his own rink, earning a trip to Vancouver but performing so badly that he benched himself. After finishing 10th in 2010 — dead last — Shuster won the U.S. trials again four years later but managed just a ninth place in Sochi. When USA Curling put together a high performance camp of the country’s top 10 players, Shuster didn’t make the cut. So the most decorated Olympian in American curling history scraped together a foursome — calling themselves “Team Rejects” — and not only beat the federation-backed squads in the U.S. trials but won gold in Korea.

BABY BUMP Tabitha Peterson is heading to her second straight Olympics — her first as the skip of the U.S. women’s team. Peterson threw third for Nina Roth’s team in Pyeongchang. When Roth took maternity leave the following season, Peterson moved up to skip, the team captain who not only throws the last and most important stones but is also the final word on strategy throughout the match. “It definitely is different, just in terms of my role on the team,” Peterson said. “I’ve had to kind of rethink the way I think the

game, my role, my approach, my preparation. (And) what I do off the ice — there’s more strategic learning.” Roth is back at vice-skip, throwing third, with fellow 2018 holdover Becca Hamilton second. Olympic rookie Tara Peterson, Tabitha’s sister, is the lead, throwing first. DOUBLE DUTY A handful of curlers will be among the busiest athletes at the Olympics. Plys will compete in the mixed doubles event with partner Vicky Persinger before turning his attention to the men’s tournament — meaning he could be on the ice for 18 days in a row, sometimes two sessions per day. Others doing double duty are Britain’s Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat, Italy’s Amos Mosanser and Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson. BACK FOR MORE It’s not just Shuster’s squad that is trying to repeat. All of the medal-winning teams from Pyeongchang are back for another try, with some minor shuffling in the lineups. In the men’s field, Sochi b r o n z e medalist and Pyeongchang runner-up Niklas Edin is back to complete his set of Olympic prizes. The Swiss team skippered by Benoît Schwarz that won bronze in 2018 is back.

Viewing guide to the XXIV Olympic Winter Games February 4 through February 20, 2022 — Beijing, China

Daily TV Schedule

United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin competes during the first run of an alpine ski, World Cup women’s slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.

All Eyes on Mikaela Shiffrin in Alpine Run (AP) — After her first Winter Games triumph as a teenager in 2014, Mikaela Shiffrin gushed about “dreaming of the next Olympics (and) winning five gold medals” — which not only didn’t happen, of course, but wasn’t even possible because the American ended up not competing in every Alpine event four years later. Now a veteran of 26, Shiffrin aims to be in the starting gate at the Beijing Olympics for the slalom, giant slalom, super-G, downhill and combined. She knows, though, that just entering everything will be a challenge in itself, let alone claiming a haul of medals to add to the two golds and one silver she has from past Olympics, which go along with a half-dozen world championship golds and a trio of World Cup overall titles. “I have to do a lot more preparation, like, mentally — just understanding how that is going to affect me mentally and physi-

cally throughout, essentially, the three weeks that we’re there,” said Shiffrin. Shiffrin, who is from Colorado, frequently talks about what it will take to avoid feeling uncomfortable on, or even between, race days. There is a lot wrapped up in that area as she heads to her third Olympics, from the back spasms that limited her preparation in November, to the bout with COVID-19 she experienced in late December, to her first “did not finish” in a slalom in four years that came in January, to the many stress factors she sounds at ease discussing and dissecting. SURPRISE! Usually, test events are held on an Olympic hill a year or more ahead of time, giving ski racers a chance to check out the site and train and compete on the course. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, those were scrapped. THE FAVORITES

If the casual fan knows current World Cup overall leader Shiffrin’s name the best, anyone who follows ski racing closely is aware of two prominent challengers: Petra Vlhova, a 26-year-old from Slovakia, and Sofia Goggia, a 29-year-old from Italy. MEN TO WATCH Marco Odermatt, a 24-yearold from Switzerland, will head to his first Olympics as a potential star-in-the-making. Second in the overall is 2019-20 champion Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, a 29-year-old from Norway. BYE, LINDSEY AND LIGETY The U.S. ski team is now without three-time Olympic medalist Lindsey Vonn and double gold medalist Ted Ligety. Shiffrin is not the only American worth watching, though. Breezy Johnson has three second-place appearances behind Goggia in downhills this season.

Olympic Committee 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. — Women’s Curling - U.S. vs. Russian Olympic Committee (LIVE) 10 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey-Sweden vs. Latvia (LIVE) NBC 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. — Women’s Alpine Skiing - Slalom Final Run, Women’s Snowboard - Snowboard Cross Final, Doubles Luge - First & Final Runs, Men’s Nordic Combined Skiing - Individual Normal Hill & 10km 7 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. — Women’s Snowboard - Halfpipe Final (LIVE), Men’s Figure Skating - Free Skate (LIVE), Men’s Alpine Skiing - Combined, Downhill Run, Men’s Short Track - 1500m Final 12:05 a.m. - 1 a.m. — Men’s Alpine Skiing-Combined, Slalom Run (LIVE) USA 2 a.m. - 2:50 a.m. — Men’s Nordic Combined Skiing Individual Normal Hill (LIVE) 2:50 a.m. - 5 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - Russian Olympic Committee vs. Switzerland (LIVE) 5 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. — Women’s Short Track (LIVE), 1000m Qualifying, Men’s Short Track - 1500m Quarterfinals & Semifinals & Final (LIVE) 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - Czech Republic vs. Denmark (LIVE) 9:30 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. — Men’s Curling - China vs. Sweden, Doubles Luge - First & Final Runs, Men’s Nordic Combined Skiing - Individual 10km 3:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. — Ice Hockey, Men’s Nordic Combined Skiing - Individual 10km, Men’s Nordic Combined Skiing - Individual Normal Hill 7:30 p.m. - 9:20 p.m. — Men’s Figure Skating - Free Skate (LIVE) 9:20 p.m. - 1:25 a.m. — Men’s Snowboard (LIVE), Snowboard Cross Final, Snowboard Cross Qualifying, Doubles Luge - First & Final Runs, Men’s Skeleton - First & Second Runs THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10 CNBC 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. — Women’s Curling - U.S. vs. Denmark 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. — Men’s Curling - U.S. vs. Great Britain (LIVE) CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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10 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - Denmark vs. Russian Olympic Committee (LIVE) NBC 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. — Men’s Snowboard - Snowboard Cross Final, Women’s Cross-Country Skiing - 10km, Team Luge 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. — Women’s Alpine Skiing - Super G (LIVE), Men’s Snowboard - Halfpipe Final (LIVE), Mixed Team Freestyle Skiing - Aerials Final 10:35 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey Quarterfinal (LIVE), Women’s Skeleton First Run and Second Run USA 1:25 a.m. - 2:30 a.m. — Women’s Cross-Country Skiing - 10km (LIVE) 2:40 a.m. - 5 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - Finland vs. Slovakia (LIVE) 5 a.m. - 7 a.m. — Mixed Team Freestyle Skiing - Aerials Final (LIVE), Women’s Cross-Country Skiing - 10km 7 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - U.S. vs. China (LIVE) 9:30 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. — Men’s Curling - U.S. vs. Sweden, Women’s Speed Skating - 5000m 3:45 p.m. - 9:55 p.m. — Women’s Skeleton (LIVE) First Run and Second Run, Men’s Ice Hockey - U.S. vs. China, Team Luge - Relay 9:55 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey Quarterfinal (LIVE) 12:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey - Postgame Show

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(AP) — Forward Brianna Decker was unable to contain her enthusiasm in being selected to represent the United States in hockey for a third Olympics. She then bluntly declared the team’s one and only objective heading to the Beijing Games next month. “Our business isn’t finished until we come back with a gold medal,” Decker said. Though she didn’t have to say it, Canada — who else? — is standing in their way. The United States is the defending Olympic champion after beating Canada in a nail-biting 3-2 shootout win in South Korea in 2018 to end Canada’s run of four Olympic titles. And yet, Canada is the reigning world champion after punching back with a 3-2 overtime win in August. “Yeah, it’s been a while since we’ve lost to them,” FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Decker said. “It’s really a sad thing, but you know, CNBC sometimes you’ve got to lose to get a little bit more 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. — Men’s Curling - Canada vs. Switzerland out of your team and out of yourself.” 7 p.m. - 17 p.m. — Women’s Curling - Sweden vs. At first glance, Canada appears to have the advanCanada (LIVE) tage with speed and experience. The U.S. relies more 17 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey - Quarterfinal on a puck-control offensive style to set up in-close (LIVE) chances from Hilary Knight and Alex Carpenter, who NBC returns after being left off the 2018 roster. 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. — Men’s Speed Skating - 10,000m, Barring what would be considered a major upset, Men’s Cross-Country Skiing - 15km the rest of the field continues playing catchup. 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. — Snowboard - Mixed Team Cross The Finns beat Switzerland to win bronze at the Final (LIVE), Women’s Alpine Skiing - Downhill Training world championships. At the 2019 world champi(LIVE), Short Track - Women’s 1000m Final & Men’s Relay Semifinal, Men’s Short Track - 500m Qualifying, onships on home soil, Finland upset Canada in the semifinals and came a disallowed goal in overtime CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE away from beating the Americans.

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Humphries, Meyers Taylor Lead US Hopes (AP) — At the last Olympics, Kaillie Humphries was Canadian and women’s bobsledders had just one chance to win medals. A few things have changed over the last four years. Humphries holds American citizenship now, and she’ll be competing in two events at the Beijing Games, with this set to become the first Olympics where monobob is included in the medal program. And the three-time medalist is looking for more. Olympic gold is what drives her, and most bobsledders, like nothing else. The longtime star of the Canadian bobsled team began sliding for the Americans three seasons ago, needing a lengthy legal and administrative fight just to get a U.S. passport in time to compete in these Olympics. She got it, with just a few weeks to spare. Now, she has a chance at double medals. The women have their customary two-person event, plus monobob — just a driver in the sled, no brakeman — is a huge chance for some of the best pilots in the world to enhance their Olympic legacies. Humphries is the reigning world champion and fellow U.S. driver Elana Meyers Taylor has been arguably the best monobobber in the world this season. But here’s more proof that it’s all about Beijing: Meyers Taylor — also a three-time Olympic medalist, one of those coming as a push athlete — skipped a monobob race a few weeks ago, thinking more about long-term goals than short-term gains. It’ll be the usual suspects who enter the Beijing Games as medal favorites. The U.S. could get as many as four of the six medals awarded in women’s races. And on the men’s side, it’s all about Germany — which means it’s all about Francesco Friedrich. The double-gold winner from the Pyeongchang Games is the overwhelming favorite to win double gold again at these Olympics. Nobody has ever swept both men’s events in back-to-back Olympics; Germany’s Andre Lange came closest, winning fourman golds in 2002 and 2006, plus two-man golds in 2006 and 2010. His dominance has been unmatched in the sport’s history: seven consecutive world championships in two-man, four consecutive world championships in four-man, and since the Pyeongchang Games he’s

Kaillie Humphries and Lolo Jones from the United States at the start of the women’s two-women bobsleigh World Cup race in Igls, near Innsbruck, Austria.

won an absurd 82% of his international races. A three-week training stint in China this fall showed Friedrich what he has to do there to be successful in February, and his confidence is high. LOOKING FOR SIX The U.S. bobsled team is seeking to win a medal for the sixth consecutive Olympics, and frankly, it’d be a complete disaster if the Americans didn’t get at least one. A medal in six games in a row would tie the longest such streak in U.S. Olympic bobsled history; it also happened in six straight from 1928 through 1956. Switzerland has the record for medal streaks in bobsled, winning one in 11 consecutive Olympics from 1968 through 2006. MIND THE GAP Britain has only five Olympic bobsled medals and hasn’t had an on-track medal celebration since 1998; the four-man medal won in 2014 was awarded years later after the British were promoted to bronze following the disqualification of Russian sleds in a doping scandal. But Brad Hall has been a contender just about every week in World Cup races this season, and he looks like a legit challenger.

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(AP) — There wound up being five sliders chosen as part of the U.S. Olympic skeleton team that competed in the 2006 Turin Games. Of those, four are long retired. Chris Soule stopped sliding after those Olympics. Kevin Ellis stopped in 2009. Zach Lund and Eric Bernotas in 2010. The other is Katie Uhlaender. More than a decade after all her teammates hung up their sleds, she’s still going — apparently now with a finish line in sight. Uhlaender is in position to compete in her fifth, and final, Olympics. “I have worked SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13 extremely hard and NBC 7 a.m. - 11 a.m. — Women’s Speed Skating-500m (LIVE), sacrificed everything Men’s Speed Skating - Team Pursuit Qualifying (LIVE), over the last four years Short Track - Men’s 500m & Women’s 3000m Relay to pursue the Beijing Finals, Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Aerials Qualifying, Games,” Uhlaender said. “I have dedicated Men’s Cross-Country Skiing - 4x10km Relay most of my life to win9:45 p.m. - 11 p.m. — Figure Skating - Free Dance ning an Olympic medal (LIVE), Women’s Speed Skating - 500m 11:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. — Women’s Snowboard - Big Air in skeleton.” She was the first women’s Qualifying, Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Slopestyle Final skeleton athlete to compete in USA 1 a.m. - 3:40 a.m. — Men’s Cross-Country Skiing - four Olympics when she was 4x10km Relay (LIVE), Women’s Biathlon - 10km Pursuit part of the Pyeongchang Games (LIVE) in 2018 — so, obviously, 3:40 a.m. - 5 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - Finland vs. if she starts the race at these Sweden (LIVE) Beijing Games she’ll be the first 5 a.m. - 7 a.m. — Men’s Short Track - 500m (LIVE), five-timer as well. Women’s Short Track - 3000m Relay Finals (LIVE) And Uhlaender might not be a 7 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - U.S. vs. medal favorite, but it’s certainly Germany (LIVE) not far-fetched to think she can 9:30 a.m. - 7:15 p.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - U.S. get to the podium. Uhlaender is vs. Germany, Men’s Curling - U.S. vs. China, Women’s one of 11 women with at least Curling - U.S. vs. Sweden, Women’s Speed Skating - four top-10 finishes in World 500m, Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Aerials Qualifying, Cup races this season. Men’s Biathlon - 12.5km Pursuit The gold favorites, though, are clear: Kimberley Bos of the CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE Slalom, Final Run (LIVE), Men’s Speed Skating - 500m, Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Slopestyle Qualifying, Men’s Ski Jumping - Individual Large Hill Final USA 1:30 a.m. - 5 a.m. — Women’s Cross-Country Skiing 4x5km Relay (LIVE), Men’s Biathlon - 10km Sprint (LIVE) 5 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. — Figure Skating - Rhythm (LIVE) 8:45 a.m. - 8 p.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - Switzerland vs. Denmark, Men’s Curling - U.S. vs. Norway, Speed Skating - Men’s 500m & Women’s Team Pursuit Qualifying, Women’s Cross-Country Skiing - 4x5km Relay, Men’s Ski Jumping - Individual Large Hill Final, Women’s Skeleton - Third & Final Runs 8 p.m. - 1 a.m. — Women’s Alpine Skiing - Downhill Training (LIVE), Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Slopestyle Qualifying (LIVE), Women’s Monobob - First & Second Runs, Men’s Curling - Norway vs. Sweden

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sport. In Beijing it’s a completely different job. But I’m in good shape, really looking forward to it and we’ve got the process together as a team.” She won her first World Cup overall title this season. Dukurs won his 11th -- but has yet to capture Olympic gold. He doesn’t think the World Cup crown guarantees him anything at the Olympics. “This is a new competition,” Dukurs said. “Really interesting, really crazy track ... a totally dif-

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A Long, Winding Road for U.S. in Luge (AP) — Emily Sweeney is headed to the Olympics to represent USA Luge for a second time, and her plans for the next couple weeks are largely the same as the final preparations were for her debut at the Pyeongchang Games four years ago. With one minor exception. The plan this time includes a new twist: “Not getting COVID,” she said. It has not been an easy season for USA Luge. Some athletes got hurt, others never found consistent speed, there were no races on familiar ice in North America. The top doubles sled of Chris Mazdzer and Jayson Terdiman didn’t make the Olympics and Sweeney had to miss two World Cups in Russia because, as an active soldier in the U.S. Army, she wasn’t allowed to go there under current military guidelines. And, of course, there are the virus concerns, which could still thwart anyone’s plans of racing at the Beijing Games. But there is hope, perhaps especially on the women’s side where Sweeney and Summer Britcher have routinely had some of the best speeds in the world all season. Mazdzer won an Olympic silver medal in 2018 and he’ll be back for a fourth time, leading a men’s team that includes veteran Olympian Tucker West and newcomer Jonny Gustafson. Britcher, Sweeney and Olympic rookie Ashley Farquharson are the women’s sliders, and rookies Zack Di Gregorio and Sean Hollander are the doubles team that the Americans are sending. And even though some of their teammates didn’t make the Olympic cut, there has been a camaraderie that was essential this season. WOMEN’S SINGLES At least two women will break through and reach the Olympic medal stand for the first time, since two-time defending gold medalist Natalie Geisenberger of Germany is the only past medalist expected to be in this field. Dajana Eitberger, the 2018 silver medalist from Germany, didn’t qualify and 2018 bronze medalist Alex Gough of Canada retired. A third consecutive gold would only add to Geisenberger’s argument as being her sport’s greatest ever — no woman has ever gone back-to-back-

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8:15 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. — Figure Skating - Free Dance (LIVE) 9:45 p.m. - 10:10 p.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey Pregame Show 10:10 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey Semifinal (LIVE) 12:30 a.m. - 1:45 a.m. — Men’s Snowboard-Big Air Qualifying (LIVE)

Summer Britcher of the United States speeds down the track during the women’s race at the Luge World Cup in Igls near Innsbruck, Austria.

to-back at the Olympics or won an individual medal in four straight games. There are plenty of contenders: Germany’s Julia Taubitz and Austria’s Madeleine Egle have been the most consistent all year, and there’s no question that Britcher and Sweeney can both find their way to the medal stand. MEN’S SINGLES King Felix is back, seeking to reclaim his title. Felix Loch won Olympic gold in 2010 and 2014 for Germany and was the leader entering the fourth and final run of the 2018 race — then bumped a wall, lost a ton of speed and fell all the way to fifth place. Austria’s David Gleirscher prevailed, with Mazdzer second for the U.S. Loch is back and right there among the top contenders for these games. Fellow German slider Johannes Ludwig — a winner by a massive margin in the preseason race at Yanqing — will likely be the favorite, while Latvia’s Kristers Aparjods, Austria’s Wolfgang Kindl and Germany’s Max Langerhan have been consistent for most of the season. Another name to watch: Dominik Fischnaller of Italy, always a medal threat.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14 CNBC 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. — Women’s Curling - Switzerland vs. Sweden 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. — Men’s Curling - U.S. vs. Switzerland (LIVE) 10 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey-Playoff Round (LIVE) NBC 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. — Men’s Snowboard - Big Air Qualifying Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Slopestyle Final, Women’s Monobob - Third & Final Runs, Men’s Ski Jumping Team Large Hill 7 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. — Women’s Alpine Skiing Downhill Run (LIVE), Women’s Snowboard - Big Air Final (LIVE), Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Aerials Final, Two-Man Bobsled - First & Second Runs 11:05 pm. - 1 a.m. — Men’s Snowboard - Big Air Final (LIVE), Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Slopestyle Final USA 2 a.m. - 7 a.m. — Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Aerials Final (LIVE), Two-Man Bobsled - First Run (LIVE), Women’s Curling - U.S. vs. Korea 7 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey - Semifinal (LIVE) 9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey Semifinal, Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Slopestyle Qualifying, Men’s Curling - Russian Olympic Committee vs. Sweden, Two-Man Bobsled - Second Run, Men’s Ski Jumping Team Large Hill 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. — Men’s Freestyle Skiing Slopestyle Final (LIVE), Men’s Snowboard - Big Air Qualifying 10 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey-Playoff Round 12:30 a.m. - 2:55 a.m. — Speed Skating-Men’s and CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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(AP) — Even athletes who compete in ski jumping and a former Olympian paid to analyze the sport on TV have no idea who will win gold at the Beijing Games. That’s because more than a dozen men seem to have a shot. The list of contenders, though, might be reduced by one. Three-time Olympic champion Kamil Stoch has an injured left leg. Stoch won on the large hill at the 2018 Olympics, elevating his status as a superstar in a country obsessed with ski jumping. He rose to fame at the Sochi Games in 2014, when he won on the large and normal hills. If Stoch can’t compete in China, there are plenty of contenders ready to soar and take one or both of his titles. Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi is the world’s top-ranked ski jumper and Germany’s Karl Geiger is right behind him. Some talented and experienced Norwegians — including three-time Olympic medalist Robert Johansson — are expected to also contend in a wideopen competition. “Ski jumping is a sport that’s about what have you done for me lately and it’s all about who can get hot at the Olympics,” said NBC analyst Johnny Spillane, a threetime Nordic combined Olympian. Ski jumping will be held in the mountainous Zhangjiakou competition zone, about 100 miles northwest of Beijing. The men will compete individually on the normal hill Feb. 6 and on the large hill on Feb. 12. The women will go for gold on

Feb. 5 in an individual competition and for the first time, they will be part of a mixed team event with men on Feb. 7. Ski jumpers have competed at the Olympics since the first Winter Games in 1924. With technological advances in suits and skis, the fearless athletes approach 60 mph (about 100 kph) before launching themselves off a jump and soaring the length of an American football field plus the end zones. MISSING STAR Maren Lundby chose not to defend her Olympic gold in women’s ski jumping, saying she didn’t want to make the sacrifices necessary to fight her body’s natural changes and compete at a top level in Beijing. The sport has attempted to address eating disorders that have historically been a problem, with rule changes designed to make it a disadvantage to cut too much weight. The laws of physics give lighter jumpers an advantage, and some have been willing to go to extreme measures to be thin to win. “It was a bigger issue in the past, but it will always be part of the conversation,” Spillane said. “Lundby is fantastic and I’m sorry she’s taking the Olympics off.” Austria’s Marita Kramer has

been dominant on the World Cup circuit, winning events in November and December after finishing first in three consecutive competitions last March. S a r a Takanashi of Japan, who earned bronze at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, won her 61st World Cup title earlier this month to extend her record for a female or male ski jumper. “Kramer is the strongest jumper and when she’s on, she’s tough to beat,” Spillane said. “Takanashi is the winningest ski jumper of all time — among men or women — but she doesn’t have a gold medal from the Olympics yet.” STILL AT IT Swiss jumper Simon Ammann — a surprise star at the Salt Lake City Games two decades ago, when he won two gold medals — isn’t done yet at age 40. Ammann won two more golds at the Vancouver Games in 2010. He appears to be well past his prime, ranking No. 35 in the World Cup standings. But if he can somehow win a fifth Olympic gold, he would break the record he shares with the late Matti Nykanen of Finland. With any medal, Ammann would match Nykanen’s mark for the most Olympic medals in the sport’s history.

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Viewing guide to the XXIV Olympic Winter Games February 4 through February 20, 2022 — Beijing, China

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next logical step in progression four years after White won gold by drilling consecutive double cork 1440s (four twists). The increasingly high risk-reward nature of the sport adds a layer of uncertainty that the sport’s marquee event has lacked. At least on the men’s side. Things are a bit clearer on the women’s halfpipe, where American Chloe Kim will look to bookend the gold medal she captured as a fresh-faced teenager in Korea four years ago. While Kim understands the pressure she will face in China as the only one in the competition with an Olympic gold medal at home, she’s hardly out of her comfort zone. She came to Korea as the sport’s Next Big Thing and left it as a champion while

Relay 8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. — Women’s Alpine Skiing Combined, Downhill Run (LIVE), Freestyle Skiing, Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying (LIVE), Men’s Aerials Final, Short Track, Women’s 1500m Final, Men’s 5000m Relay Final 10:05 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey-Gold Medal Game (LIVE) USA 2:20 a.m. - 2:40 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - Pregame Show 2:40 a.m. - 5 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - Quarterfinals (LIVE) 5 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. — Short Track (LIVE), Women’s 1500m Quarterfinals & Semifinals & Final, Men’s 5000m Relay Final, Men’s and Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint Finals (LIVE) 7:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - Quarterfinals (LIVE) 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey - Bronze Medal Game, Men’s Curling - Great Britain vs. Russian Olympic Committee, Women’s Biathlon - 4x6km Relay, Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Aerials Final 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. — Ice Hockey 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. — Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Halfpipe Qualifying (LIVE), Men’s and Women’s CrossCountry Skiing - Team Sprint Finals 9:30 p.m. - 12:55 a.m. — Women’s Alpine Skiing Combined, Slalom Run (LIVE), Freestyle Skiing (LIVE) Men’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Women’s Ski Cross Qualifying THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17 CNBC 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. — Men’s Curling - Semifinals 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. — Men’s Curling - Semifinals NBC 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. — Women’s Alpine Skiing - Combined, Slalom Run, Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross Final, Nordic Combined Skiing, Men’s Team Large Hill, Men’s Team 4x5km Relay 7 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. — Women’s Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe Final (LIVE), Women’s Figure Skating - Free Skate, Women’s Speed Skating - 1000m 11:05 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. — Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Ski CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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navigating a white-hot spotlight courtesy of her precociousness and her Korean heritage. LINDSEY’S LONG RUN American snowboardcross star Lindsey Jacobellis will make one final push to fill the only hole on her resume when the five-time world champion makes another bid Olympic gold. JAMIE’S JOURNEY Three-time Olympic medalist Jamie Anderson will attempt to extend her reign atop women’s slopestyle when she vies for a third gold to join the ones she earned in Russia and Korea. The 31-year-old Anderson, who landed a cab double cork 1080 for the first time in competition at Mammoth Mountain in January, believes she has yet to reach her peak.

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(AP) — The nicknames are retired. The mop of red hair that once served as Shaun White’s signature look more than a decade ago is long gone. The torch the now 35-yearold snowboarding icon carried so capably for so long since his first gold-medal-winning run down the halfpipe in Torino 16 years ago has been picked up by a series of newcomers who grew up watching him. The group — led by two-time Japanese silver medalist Ayumu Hirano — will stand at the top of the pipe in Genting Snow Park looking to do what’s only been done once in the last four Games: stand atop the podium with White and the rest of the sport looking up. For the first time in his career, White will head into the Olympics not as the favorite. White didn’t lock up a spot on Team USA until the final days of qualifying and hasn’t stood atop the medal stand since that pressure-packed final with Hirano and Australia’s Scotty James in Pyeongchang. He’s back for what is almost certainly one last run, where he’ll get an up-close look at a changing of the guard. The Japanese, led by Hirano and world champion Yuto Totsuka, have dominated the halfpipe with the kind of boundary-pushing tricks that used to be White’s domain. Hirano became the first snowboarder to land a “triple cork” — three head-over-board flips — in competition in December, the

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Viewing guide to the XXIV Olympic Winter Games February 4 through February 20, 2022 — Beijing, China

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(AP) — Norway’s Jarl Magnus Riiber has been so dominant in World Cup competitions that other Nordic combined athletes are studying how he soars past the competition in ski jumping to often take a huge lead into the cross-country skiing leg of the events. They hope the homework pays off next month at the Winter Olympics in China. “I have videos of Jarl saved on my laptop,” American athlete Jared Shumate said. “Every team and every athlete in our sport is watching video of him, trying to figure out how and why he’s on another level.” Nordic combined, which was part of the first Winter Olympics FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18 in 1924, challenges athletes in a CNBC unique way. 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. — Women’s Curling - Semifinals 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. — Women’s Curling - Semifinals They need to have finesse NBC and fearlessness for ski jump1 p.m. - 4 p.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - Semifinals, Men’s ing and the strength and stamiSpeed Skating - 1000m, Men’s Biathlon - 15km Mass na necessary for a 10-kilometer Start cross-country course. 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. — Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Halfpipe The athlete who wins the Final (LIVE), Figure Skating - Pairs’ Short Program, Two- ski jumping stage starts the Woman Bobsled - First & Second Runs cross-country race in the front 10:35 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Alpine Skiing - Team Event, of the pack, followed by the rest Four-Man Bobsled - First & Second Runs of the competition in their order USA of finish. 3 a.m. - 4:30 a.m. — Men’s Speed Skating - 1000m Then it’s a race to the line for (LIVE), Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross Final gold. The team event includes 4:30 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. — Figure Skating - Pairs’ Short four teammates who jump and Program (LIVE) then head to a cross-country 7:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - Semifinals relay. (LIVE) The 24-year-old Riiber will be 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. — Curling, Men’s Bronze Medal very motivated to win in China Game, Women’s Semifinals, Two-Woman Bobsled - First after falling just short of earning & Second Runs a spot on the podium four years 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. — Ice Hockey ago, finishing fourth in the large and normal hill competitions. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE Cross Final (LIVE), Men’s Nordic Combined Skiing Team 4x5km Relay USA 1 a.m. - 4 a.m. — Women’s Speed Skating - 1000m (LIVE), Men’s Nordic Combined Skiing - Team Large Hill (LIVE), Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross Final 4 a.m. - 8 a.m. — Women’s Figure Skating - Free Skate (LIVE) 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. — Men’s Nordic Combined Skiing - Team 4x5km Relay, Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross Final, Curling, Women’s Round Robin Game, Men’s Semifinals 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey - Final 6:30 p.m. - 10:10 p.m. — Women’s Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe Final (LIVE), Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross Qualifying (LIVE), Women’s Alpine Skiing - Combined Run, Men’s Nordic Combined Skiing - Team 4x5km Relay 10:10 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey-Semifinals (LIVE) 12:30-3 a.m. — Men’s Curling - Bronze Medal Game

Jarl Magnus Riiber of Norway celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the men’s Individual Gundersen NH 15km triple competition.

GENDER INEQUITY Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport without gender equality, preventing women from competing on the world’s stage. Women broke through in ski jumping at the Sochi Games in 2014, but they will have to wait at least four more years to participate in Nordic combined at the Olympics. “There is there is no viable excuse left for the International Olympic Committee to not put women’s Nordic combined into the 2026 Olympic Games,” said Billy Demong, a five-time Olympian and executive director of USA Nordic.

THE CONTENDERS Riiber is expected to win both individual events (large and normal hill jumping, each of which is followed by its accompanying cross-country race), but will have plenty of competition. Each of the athletes who earned an Olympic medal four years ago will be competing in China, including one of the sport’s alltime greats. Germany’s Eric Frenzel won gold on the normal hill in South Korea — as he did at the Sochi Games — and earned gold in the team competition as well as a silver on the large hill, giving him six Olympic medals in his career.

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Viewing guide to the XXIV Olympic Winter Games February 4 through February 20, 2022 — Beijing, China

Wise Eyes Freestyle Three-Peat (AP) — David Wise is playing with house money. So, ask the only man to ever win Olympic gold in the halfpipe if he feels pressure bidding for a threepeat in China and the free-spirited 31-year-old freestyle skier just laughs. “I really, truly feel like I’m going to be the hardest guy (to beat) because I have nothing to prove,” Wise said after finally locking in a spot with a runner-up finish at the U.S. Grand Prix in Mammoth Mountain, California, on Jan. 7. “I just get to go out there and enjoy the ride. I’m not going to be stressed.” He figures to be in another battle with American teammates Alex Ferreira — who he narrowly edged for gold in Pyeongchang four years ago — and Aaron Blunck among others. Wise, however, knows his legacy is firmly in place no matter how it goes. That freedom makes him perhaps even more dangerous. Eileen Gu is eyeing history of a different kind. The 18-year-old California-born star — who is just as comfortable posing for Vogue as she is creating a flexible relationship with the laws of gravity — will attempt to medal in all three disciplines: halfpipe, slopestyle and Big Air. And she’ll do it while competing for China, where her mother Yan emigrated from in her 20s. It’s a decision Gu made in part to help grow the sport in a country that’s hardly a power in the Winter Games. “It’s awesome to be able to win a gold medal, there’s very few things in that moment that would feel greater,” Gu said. Gu wants to win. And if she can do it by playing a role in redefining what’s possible for her country, all the better. Gu is a heavy favorite to claim gold on the halfpipe and is a threat in slopestyle and Big Air, which will be making its Olympic debut in freestyle skiing.

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US Eager to Build on Cross Country Success in Beijing (AP) — When Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall won the United States’ first Olympic gold medal in cross country skiing in 2018, they turned a page and brought their country to the line next to the Nordic powerhouses of Norway, Russia, Sweden and Finland. Diggins’ subsequent success has proved that their success wasn’t a fluke. She was the World Cup overall champion in 2021, while teammate Rosie Brennan was fourth. Randall has since retired. Diggins and Brennan along with a revamped U.S. team head to the Beijing Games in February with a list of podium finishes and hopes for more medals. “All I can do is feel confident in the work that I’ve put in and feel confident in knowing that I know how to push hard,” Diggins said after finishing the recent Tour de Ski in Europe. “So for me going into the next Olympics, and every race between now and then, I do know that when I crossed the finish line, I’ll have given everything I have.” Norway’s Marit Bjorgen, who won five medals in Pyeongchang and a total of 15 in her career, more than any other Winter Olympian, retired after the 2018 Games. Her former teammate, Therese Johaug, has won three Olympic medals and is set to add to that tally. Heidi Weng, also from Norway, will surely be in the mix. Sweden’s top medal winner in 2018, Stina Nilsson, has switched to biathlon, but the team has dominated on the World Cup circuit this season. Maja Dahlquist has been hard to beat in the sprint races while Ebba Andersson and Frida Karlsson have collected medals in the distance races. Russia’s Natalia Nepryaeva is showing strong form after taking the gold in the six-stage FIS Tour de Ski, which started in Switzerland, moved to Germany and concluded Jan. 4 with a climb up an alpine ski slope in Italy.

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6 p.m. - 11 p.m. — Alpine Skiing - Team Event (LIVE), Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Halfpipe Final (LIVE), Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross Final, Men’s Biathlon - 15km Mass Start 11 p.m. - 2:45 a.m. — Men’s Cross-Country Skiing 50km (LIVE), Men’s Speed Skating - 1000m SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19 CNBC 7 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - Bronze Medal Game (LIVE) 7 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. — Women’s Curling - Gold Medal Game (LIVE) NBC 1:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. — Men’s and Women’s Speed Skating - Mass Start Finals, Men’s Cross-Country Skiing - 50km, Women’s Biathlon - 12.5km Mass Start 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. — Bobsled, Four-Man Final Run (LIVE), Four-Man Third Run, Two-Woman Third & Final Runs, Figure Skating - Pairs’ Free Skate 10:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Figure Skating - Gala (LIVE) USA 3 a.m. - 5 a.m. — Women’s Biathlon - 12.5km Mass Start (LIVE), Alpine Skiing - Team Event 5 a.m. - 9 a.m. — Figure Skating - Pairs’ Free Skate (LIVE), Two-Woman Bobsled - Third & Final Runs 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. — Men’s Curling-Gold Medal Game, Women’s Curling - Bronze Medal Game, Men’s and Women’s Speed Skating - Mass Start Finals, Men’s Cross-Country Skiing - 50km 9:30 p.m. - 10:10 p.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey Pregame Show 10:10 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - Gold Medal Game (LIVE) 12:30 a.m. - 2:30 a.m. — Women’s Cross-Country Skiing - 30km (LIVE) SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20 NBC 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. — Figure Skating - Gala, Women’s Cross-Country Skiing - 30km 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. — Olympic Gold 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. — Closing Ceremony USA 2:30 a.m. - 7 a.m. — Men’s Ice Hockey - Gold Medal Game, Figure Skating - Gala

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