American Skier Mikaela Shiffrin to Make Olympic Debut in Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final Tomorrow

NBC's Primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games tomorrow, Tuesday, February 18 at 8/7c is highlighted by the giant slalom gold medal final in women's alpine skiing, where 18-year-old American phenom Mikaela Shiffrin makes her Olympic debut, and the most decorated woman in U.S. Olympic alpine history, Julia Mancuso (who won this event in Torino) will also vie for a medal. In freestyle skiing, top Americans David Wise and Torin Yater-Wallace should contend for gold in the men's halfpipe gold medal final. Also in primetime, two-time Olympian Nate Holland leads a deep U.S. snowboard cross team into Sochi, hoping to win a third consecutive U.S. gold medal in this event. Rounding out Primetime on Tuesday is women's bobsled featuring 2010 Olympic bronze medalist Elana Meyers and the 3000m relay gold medal final in women's short track.

NBCSN's coverage on Tuesday begins at 3 a.m. ET and is highlighted by the elimination round games in the Olympic men's hockey tournament, as the teams face do-or-die games to advance to the quarterfinals. Live coverage of the elimination round games begins at 3 a.m. ET with Slovenia vs. Austria, 7:30 a.m. ET with Russia vs. Norway, and Noon ET with Czech Republic vs. Slovakia. MSNBC hosts Switzerland vs. Latvia Tuesday, with live coverage beginning at Noon ET.

NBCSN's coverage also includes men's Nordic combined individual K-125 large hill competition; the 15km mass start gold medal final in men's biathlon; the 10,000m gold medal final in men's SPEED skating; and women's bobsled.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19

NBC's Primetime coverage on Wednesday, February 19, features the short program in ladies' figure skating where reigning U.S. champion Gracie Gold makes her individual program debut after winning bronze with USA in the team event. The program also features 2010 Olympic gold medalist Yuna Kim of South Korea, Yulia Lipnitskaya, who skates for Russia in the short program coming off of her top performance in the free program during the team event in which Russia won gold, and two-time U.S. national champion Ashley Wagner. Also highlighting Primetime is the giant slalom gold medal final in men's skiing featuring reigning world champion Ted Ligety and Bode Miller, the most decorated skier in U.S. Olympic history, who most recently earned bronze in the super-G. Rounding out Primetime coverage is women's bobsled, where Elana Meyers takes her final runs, and the parallel giant slalom gold medal final in men's snowboarding.

NBCSN's live coverage on Wednesday begins at 3 a.m. ET with the quarterfinal games in men's hockey as Sweden plays the winner of Slovenia vs. Austria. Live coverage of men's hockey continues at 7:30 a.m. ET with Finland playing the winner of Russia vs. Norway. usa network hosts coverage of Team USA men's hockey playing the winner of Czech Republic vs. Slovakia at Noon ET, and MSNBC hosts coverage of Canada playing the winner of Switzerland vs. Latvia at Noon ET.

Also highlighting NBCSN's programming Wednesday is live coverage of the short program in ladies' figure skating, the parallel giant slalom gold medal finals in men's and women's snowboarding and the team sprint gold medal final in women's cross-country.

MSNBC, usa network and CNBC will host coverage of the semifinals in men's and women's curling on Wednesday. Please see the below listings for more information.