The U.S. broadcast coverage of the Winter Games continues on Saturday with Alpine skiing, pairs figure skating and the gold medal game in men’s hockey. All times are Eastern.
ALPINE SKIING After being postponed a day because of high winds, the mixed team event — in which men and women compete together — will broadcast live at 8 p.m. on USA Network. This is the final opportunity for the American skier Mikaela Shiffrin to win a medal in Beijing.
BOBSLED Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor have combined to win eight Olympic medals. Each will try to pick up another one in the two-woman bobsled, re-airing at 8 p.m. on NBC. Humphries is competing with Kaysha Love, and Meyers Taylor with Sylvia Hoffman. In the men’s division, catch the live broadcast of the third heat of the four-man event, featuring Jamaica’s first Olympic bobsledding team since 1998, at 8:30 p.m. on the NBC Olympic Channel. The fourth and final run will air at 10:20 p.m. NBC also airs the four-man event at 9 p.m. and 10:40 p.m.
FIGURE SKATING Medals are on the line in the pairs event, which will conclude with the free skate, re-airing at 8:30 p.m. on NBC, with additional coverage beginning at 9:30 p.m. The United States will be represented by the pairs Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, and Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc.
CURLING CNBC will carry the women’s gold medal game between Britain and Japan at 8:05 p.m.
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING The women’s 30-kilometer mass start, featuring four athletes from the United States, will air live at 10 p.m. on the NBC Olympic Channel.
SPEEDSKATING Olympic speedskating competition concludes with the men’s and women’s mass start finals, which will re-air at 10 p.m. on USA Network. For the men’s team, Joey Mantia and Ian Quinn are representing the United States, while Mia Manganello Kilburg and Giorgia Birkeland are competing for the United States in the women’s event.
HOCKEY Finland takes on Russia in the men’s gold medal game. Pregame coverage begins at 10:45 p.m. on USA Network, followed by the game at 11:10 p.m.
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