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A viewing guide to the XXIII Olympic WinterGames A supplement to The Intelligencer & Wheeling News-Register Wednesday, February 7, 2018 Viewing guide to the XXXIII Olympic Winter Games February 8-25, 2018 - PyeongChang, South Korea 2018 slogan expresses PyeongChang’s vision to expand winter sports PContaent psrovidsed biy othe AnP, NB.C SCportsoandnthe InOC ected. throughout all of Asia TABLE OF CONTENTS Televised events.......... 3-15 Skiing ...........................3 Speedskating ..................4 Short track .....................5 Ski jumping ....................5 Curling ..........................6 Bobsledding ...................7 Figure skating ...............8-9 The 2018 Olympic Winter Games Ice hockey ................10-11 medals are inspired by Korean Halfpipe .......................12 culture and traditions, and their design resembles the texture of Skeleton/Luge ................13 tree trunks, as the tree symbolis - Biathlon/Nordic ..............14 es the work that has gone into Cross country ................15 developing Korean culture. 14TH ANNIVERSARY SALE BEST SKI & BOARD SHOP IN THE TRI-STATE VOLKI • K2 ATOMIC It’s not just getting away... 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NBC To put it simply: She is about as close to unbeatable as 8-11:30 p.m. — Figure Skating: Team Event (LIVE), Men’s Short can be right now. Program, Pairs’ Short Program; Freestyle Skiing: Men’s & Women’s Shiffrin, a 22-year-old American, won the first five Moguls women’s World Cup races she entered in 2018, and seven NBCSN of her past eight on the circuit, competing against the best 2-6 a.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling: Canada vs. Norway, China the world has to offer and outclassing them time and again. vs. Switzerland And Shiffrin is not merely winning — she is overwhelming 6-10 a.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling: United States vs. Canada opponents, sometimes collecting victories by more than 1.5 (LIVE), China vs. South Korea; Ski Jumping: Men’s Individual seconds, a large margin in a sport often decided by hun - Normal Hill dredths. 8-11:35 p.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling: United States vs. Born in Colorado and raised in New Hampshire and Switzerland; Alpine Skiing: Men’s Downhill Training (LIVE); Luge: Vermont, Shiffrin was 18 at the 2014 Sochi Games when Men’s Training she became the youngest Olympic slalom champion in his - 11:35 p.m.-1:30 a.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling: United States tory. Her 41st career World Cup race win, which came in vs. South Korea (LIVE) January, equaled the highest total for a ski racer under 23. Lindsey Vonn is among a group of American medal FRIDAY, FEB. 9 Now she heads to Pyeongchang as an overwhelming hopefuls in the Alpine skiing events. NBC favorite to be the first to win consecutive slalom golds. 8-11 p.m. — Opening Ceremony What’s more, she will be a contender to win the giant slalom together a five-slalom winning streak. “He is just better. and combined, too , for a chance to match the Alpine record That’s the way it is,” said Henrik Kristoffersen, a Norwegian SATURDAY, FEB. 10 of three titles at one Olympics. who perpetually ends up in second place, behind Hirscher. NBC It’s possible that she could enter the super-G and down - But for everything he’s done, Hirscher has yet to win an 3-6 p.m. — Snowboarding: Men’s Slopestyle; Short Track hill, too, which would make her something never seen these Olympic gold medal, despite four top-five finishes in slalom Speedskating: Men’s 1500m Gold Medal Final; Ski Jumping: Men’s days: a five-event threat. or giant slalom at Sochi and Vancouver. Individual Normal Hill Gold Medal Final; Luge: Men’s Singles “When I go to South Korea, I’m not going to be thinking REMEMBER THESE NAMES 8-11 p.m. — Figure Skating: Team Event (LIVE), Ice Dancing about what I did in Sochi or what I did even previously in Some folks to keep an eye on who could spring a surprise Short Dance, Ladies’ Short Program; Alpine Skiing: Men’s Downhill this season,” Shiffrin said. “Hopefully, I’ll just be thinking include Petra Vlhova of Slovakia, the last person to beat Gold Medal Final about the task at hand.” Shiffrin in a slalom race before the American’s lengthy win - 6-9:30 p.m. (MST) — Figure Skating: Team Event (LIVE), Ice Here are some other things to watch on the mountains in ning streak; Sofia Goggia of Italy, who will be making her Dancing Short Dance, Ladies’ Short Program; Alpine Skiing: Men’s February: Olympic debut but won two World Cup races on the moun - Downhill Gold Medal Final VONN’S RETURN AND FAREWELL tain in South Korea in March 2017; Michael Matt of 5-8:30 p.m. (PST) — Figure Skating: Team Event (LIVE), Ice Shiffrin’s U.S. teammate Lindsey Vonn was supposed to Austria, whose older brother Mario defeated Hirscher for the Dancing Short Dance, Ladies’ Short Program; Alpine Skiing: Men’s be the one to watch at the Sochi Olympics but never got the gold in slalom four years ago; Andrew Weibrecht of the Downhill Gold Medal Final chance to defend her downhill gold medal from Vancouver U.S. (nickname: War Horse), who came out of nowhere to 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. — Figure Skating: Team Event (LIVE), in 2010 because of a knee injury. Back on the sport’s pick up medals in 2010 and 2014 and maybe — just maybe Pairs’ Free Skate biggest stage for the last time at age 33, Vonn can add to her — could do it again. NBCSN legacy as one of the all-time greatest ski racers (she owns a BYE, BODE 2-5 a.m. — Cross Country: Women’s Skiathlon Gold Medal Final women’s record 78 World Cup wins) by earning one more After a U.S.-record six Alpine medals across five Winter (LIVE); Mixed Doubles Curling: United States vs. China medal in a speed event, downhill or super-G. Games appearances, Bode Miller will not be on the slopes in 5-7:35 a.m. — Short Track Speedskating: Men’s 1500m Gold ELUSIVE GOLD Pyeongchang. Other familiar faces who’ll be absent: Tina Medal Final (LIVE) Marcel Hirscher is as dominant among the men as Maze, a Slovenian who won two golds four years ago; 7:35-11:30 a.m. — Ski Jumping: Men’s Individual Normal Hill Shiffrin is among the women. The Austrian has won an Maria Hoefl-Riesch, a German medal who collected three Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Snowboarding: Men’s Slopestyle unprecedented six consecutive overall World Cup ti tles and golds and one silver at the past two Olympics; and Ivica appears on his way to No. 7. As of mid-January, he put Kostelic, a Croatian with four Olympic silvers. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE NEED A PASSPORT? FOURTH STREET Citizens of Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania: UNITED METHODIST Come to the Jefferson County Auto Title Department or Rayland Auto Title Department. 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NBC, NBC Sports Network (NBCSN), USA, CNBC Speedskating is spicing itself up with the Olympic debut and the Olympic Channel. All broadcast times of the mass start, featuring up to 24 skaters racing 16 laps are Eastern Daylight. at the same time. That’s quite a change from the tradition - 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. — Luge: Men’s Singles al time trial format in which pairs race against the clock. 1-5 p.m. — Speedskating: Women’s 3000m Gold Medal Final; The sport’s big names — from Shani Davis to Claudia Biathlon: Women’s 7.5km Sprint Gold Medal Final; Mixed Doubles Pechstein to Sven Kramer and Ireen Wust — will toe the Curling: United States vs.