1 of 6 | U.S. speed skater Erin Jackson (L) leads teammates Austin Kleba (R) and Brittany Bowe training on Sunday at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing. Photo by Paul Hanna/UPI |
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Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Fans might not be able to buy tickets to attend live Olympic events this month in Beijing, but NBC and its broadcast partners will air a record 2,800+ hours of 2022 Winter Games coverage from Wednesday through Feb. 20.
U.S. viewers won't get much sleep if they want to catch the action live, with many events taking place in the early morning because Beijing is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.
NBC plans to air some live events and re-air many top performances in prime time, starting at 8 p.m. EST daily throughout the competition.
The 2022 Winter Games start with the curling and luge events Wednesday night in Beijing. Those events will air Wednesday morning in the United States.
The first Team USA-involved competition is a mixed curling meeting with Australia at 7:05 a.m. Wednesday on USA. Additional Olympic coverage will air on NBC, CNBC, USA, NBCOlympics.com, Peacock and the NBC Sports app over the next 16 days.
A full broadcast schedule is available at NBCOlympics.com. A record 109 sporting events are featured in the program for the 2022 Winter Games.
Competition starts Wednesday, but the 2022 Winter Games Opening Ceremony marks the official start of the Olympics, and it will air at 6 a.m. Friday on NBC.
Wednesday's Olympic schedule also features downhill training for men's alpine skiing and two women's ice hockey preliminary matches.
Team USA's defending champion women's hockey team takes the ice first for a match against Finland at 8:10 a.m. EST Thursday on USA. The men's hockey team starts with a game against China at 8:10 a.m. Feb. 10 on USA.
Other must-watch events include speed skating, alpine skiing, snowboarding, figure skating and bobsledding.
The Closing Ceremony for the 2022 Winter Games airs at 8 p.m. Feb. 20 on NBC.
Must-see live events (in EST)
Wednesday
Curling: Australia vs. USA mixed doubles at 7:05 a.m. on NBCOlympics.com, Peacock; USA vs. Italy mixed doubles at 8:05 p.m. on USA
Alpine skiing: Men's downhill training at 10 p.m. on USA
Women's hockey: Switzerland vs. Canada preliminary at 11:10 p.m. on USA
Thursday
Curling: Norway vs. USA mixed doubles at 1:05 a.m. on USA
Hockey: Finland vs. USA women's prelim at 8:10 a.m. on USA
Figure skating: Men's single skating team event at 8:55 p.m. on NBC; Ice dance, rhythm dance at 10:35 p.m. on NBC
Friday
Opening Ceremony at 6 a.m. on NBC
Figure skating: Team event, pair skating short program at 12:15 a.m. on NBCOlympics.com
Curling: Sweden vs. USA mixed doubles at 12:35 a.m. on USA
Snowboarding: Women's slopestyle qualification at 9:45 p.m. on USA
Saturday
Cross-country skiing: Women's 7.5km skiathlon at 2:45 a.m. on USA
Speed skating: Women's 3000m at 3:30 a.m. on USA
Freestyle skiing: Men's moguls final at 7:40 a.m. on NBC
Ice hockey: USA vs. Russia women's prelim at 8:10 a.m. on USA
Figure skating: Women's single skating short program at 8:30 p.m. on NBC, Men's single skating at 10:50 p.m. on NBC
Snowboarding: Women's slopestyle final at 8:30 p.m. on USA
Alpine skiing: Men's downhill at 10 p.m. on NBC
Sunday
Cross-country skiing: Men's 15km, men's 15km skiathlon at 2 a.m. on USA
Speed skating: Men's 5000m at 3:30 a.m. on USA
Ice hockey: Switzerland vs. USA women's prelim at 8:10 a.m. on USA
Figure skating: Team event, pair skating, free skating at 8:15 p.m. on NBC; Team event, women's single skating at 10:35 p.m. on NBC
Alpine skiing: Women's giant slalom at 9:15 p.m. on NBC
Snowboarding: Men's slopestyle final at 11 p.m. on NBCOlympics.com
Monday
Alpine skiing: Women's giant slalom at 12:45 a.m. on NBC; Men's Super-G at 10 p.m. on NBC
Speed skating: Women's 1500m at 3:30 a.m. on USA
Short track speed skating: Women's 500m quarterfinals at 6:30 a.m. on USA; Men's 1000m quarterfinals at 6:44 a.m. on USA; Women's 500m semifinals at 7:13 a.m. on USA; Men's 1000m semifinals at 7:20 a.m. on USA; Women's 500m finals at 7:41 a.m. on USA; Men's 1000m finals at 7:52 a.m. on USA
Freestyle skiing: Women's big air final at 9 p.m. on USA
Figure skating: Men's single skating, short program at 8:15 p.m. on NBC
Ice hockey: Canada vs. USA women's prelim at 11:10 p.m. on USA
Tuesday
Snowboarding: Women's parallel giant slalom small final at 2:36 a.m. on USA; Women's parallel giant slalom big final at 2:39 a.m. on USA; Men's parallel giant slalom small final at 2:43 a.m. on USA; Men's parallel giant slalom big final at 2:46 a.m. on USA
Biathlon: Men's 20km individual at 3:30 a.m. on USA
Speed skating: Men's 1500km at 5:30 a.m. on NBC
Cross-country skiing: Women's sprint free final at 6:47 a.m. on USA; Men's sprint free final at 7 a.m. on USA
Luge: Women's singles run at 8:35 a.m. on USA
Freestyle skiing: Men's big air final at 10 p.m. on NBC
Feb. 9
Alpine skiing: Women's slalom at 12:45 a.m. on NBC
Nordic combined at 6 a.m. on USA
Short track speed skating: Men's 1500 semifinals at 7:29 a.m. on USA; Women's 300m relay semifinals at 7:45 a.m. on USA; Men's 1500m final A at 8:20 a.m. on USA
Curling: Russia vs. USA women's round robin at 8:05 p.m. on CNBC
Figure skating: Men's single skating, free skating at 8:30 p.m. on NBC
Snowboarding: Women's SBD HP final at 8:30 p.m. on NBC
Feb. 10
Alpine skiing: Men's combined slalom at 1:15 a.m. on NBC; Women's Super-G at 10 p.m. on NBC
Cross-country skiing: Women's 10km classic at 2 a.m. on USA
Snowboarding: Men's SBX big final at 2:20 a.m. on USA; Men's SBD HP final at 8:30 p.m. on NBC
Freestyle skiing: Mixed team aerials final at 6 a.m. on USA
Ice hockey: USA vs. China men's prelim at 8:10 a.m. on USA; Women's quarterfinals at 11:10 p.m. on USA
Curling: USA vs. Great Britain at 8:05 p.m. on CBNC
Feb. 11
Cross-county skiing: Men's 15km classic at 2 a.m. on USA
Biathlon: Women's 7.5km sprint at 4 a.m. on NBC
Short track speed skating: Women's 1000m semifinals at 6:55 a.m. on USA; Men's 5000m relay at 7:04 a.m. on USA; Women's 1000m finals at 7:37 a.m. on USA; Women's 1000m final A at 7:43 a.m. on USA
Ice hockey: Women's quarterfinals at 8:10 a.m. on USA; USA vs. Canada men's prelim at 11:10 p.m. on USA; Women's quarterfinals at 11:10 p.m. on CNBC
Snowboarding: Mixed team snowboard cross final at 9:55 p.m. on NBC
Feb. 12
Cross-country skiing: Women's 4x5km relay at 2:30 a.m. on USA
Speed skating: Men's 500m at 3:53 a,m. on NBC
Biathlon: Men's 10km sprint at 4 a.m. on USA
Ski jumping: Men's LH individual at 5 a.m. on NBC; Men's LH individual final round at 7 a.m. on NBC
Figure skating: Ice dance, rhythm dance at 6 a.m. on USA
Curling: USA vs. Canada men's round robin at 8:05 p.m. on CNBC
Feb. 13
Alpine skiing: Men's giant slalom run 2 at 12:45 a.m. on NBC
Cross-country skiing: Men's 4x10km relay at 2 a.m. on USA
Biathlon: Women's 10km pursuit at 4 a.m. on USA
Short track speed skating: Women's 3000m relay finals at 6:35 a.m. on USA; Men's 500m finals at 7:09 a.m. on USA; Men's 500m final A at 7:14 a.m. on USA
Ice hockey: USA vs. Germany men's prelim at 8:10 a.m. on USA; Women's semifinals at 11:10 p.m. on USA
Speed skating: Women's 500m at 8:56 a.m. on NBC
Figure skating: Ice dance, free dance at 8:15 p.m. on USA
Freestyle skiing: Women's slopestyle final at 8:30 p.m. on NBC
Feb. 14
Free style skiing: Women's aerials final 2 at 7 a.m. on NBC
Ice hockey: Women's semifinals at 8:10 a.m. on USA; Men's qualification playoff at 11:10 p.m. on USA, CNBC
Curling: Switzerland vs. USA men's round robin at 8:05 p.m. on CNBC
Snowboarding: Women's big air final at 8:30 p.m. on NBC
Freestyle skiing: Men's slopestyle final at 8:30 p.m. on USA
Alpine skiing: Women's downhill at 10 p.m. on NBC
Feb. 15
Snowboarding: Men's big air final at midnight on NBC
Speed skating: Women's team pursuit final B at 3:22 a.m. on USA; Women's team pursuit final A at 3:28 a.m. on USA; Men's team pursuit final B at 3:41 a.m. on USA; Men's team pursuit final A at 3:47 a.m. on USA
Ice hockey: Men's qualification playoff at 3:40 a.m. on USA, 8:10 a.m. on USA; Men's quarterfinals at 11:10 p.m. on USA
Figure skating: Women's single skating, short program at 5 a.m. on USA
Bobsledding: 2-man heat 4 at 8:50 a.m. on NBC
Curling: Canada vs. USA women's round robin at 8:05 p.m. on CNBC
Feb. 16
Alpine skiing: Men's slalom run 2 at 12:45 a.m. on NBC
Ice hockey: Men's quarterfinals at 1 a.m. on USA, 3:40 a.m. on USA; Women's bronze medal game at 6:30 a.m. on NBCOlympics.com; Men's quarterfinals at 8:30 a.m. on USA; Women's gold medal game at 11:10 p.m. on NBC
Cross-country skiing: Women's team sprint classic final at 6 a.m. on USA; Men's team sprint classic final at 6:30 a.m. on USA
Freestyle skiing: Men's aerials final 2 at 7 a.m. on NBC
Short track speed skating: Men's 5000m relay finals at 7:32 a.m. on USA; Men's 5000m relay final A at 7:44 a.m. on USA; Women's 1500m final A at 8:18 a.m. on USA
Curling: Denmark vs. USA men's round robin at 8:05 p.m. on CNBC
Feb. 17
Alpine skiing: Women's combined slalom at 1 a.m. on USA
Speed skating: Women's 1000m at 3:30 a.m. on USA
Figure skating: Women single skating, free skating at 5 a.m. on USA
Nordic combined: Team Gundersen large hill/4.5km, cross-country at 6 a.m. on USA
Freestyle skiing: Women's freeski halfpipe final at 8:30 p.m. on USA
Ice hockey: Men's semifinals at 11:10 p.m. on USA
Feb. 18
Curling: Men's bronze medal game at 1:05 a.m. on USA
Freestyle skiing: Men's ski cross big final at 2:15 a.m. on NBC; Men's freeski halfpipe final at 8:30 p.m. on NBC
Speed skating: Men's 1000m at 3:30 a.m. on USA
Figure skating: Pair skating, short program at 5:30 a.m. on USA
Ice hockey: Men's semifinals at 8:10 a.m. on USA
Alpine skiing: Mixed team parallel small final at 11:37 p.m. on USA; Mixed team parallel small final run 4 at 11:37 p.m. on USA; Mixed team parallel big final at 11:46 p.m. on USA
Feb. 19
Cross-country skiing: Men's 50km mass start free at 1 a.m. on USA
Curling: Men's gold medal game at 1:05 a.m. on NBCOlympics.com; Women's gold medal game at 8:05 p.m. on CNBC
Biathlon: Women's 12.5km mass start at 4 a.m. on USA
Figure skating: Pair skating, free skating at 6 a.m. on USA
Ice hockey: Men's bronze medal game at 8:10 a.m. on USA; Men's gold medal game at 11:10 p.m. on USA
Bobsledding: 4-man heat at 10:20 p.m. on NBC
Feb. 20
Cross-country skiing: Women's 30km mass start free at 1:30 a.m. on USA
Closing Ceremony at 8 p.m. on NBC
Hannah Soar of the United States takes a training run in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Moguls. Photo by Bob Strong/UPI |
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