Figure Skating Champ Gracie Gold to Make Individual Program Debut on NBC Tomorrow

By: Feb. 18, 2014
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NBC's Primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games tomorrow, Wednesday, February 19 at 8/7c is highlighted by the short program in ladies' figure skating where reigning U.S. champion Gracie Gold makes her individual program debut after winning bronze in the team event. The program also features 2010 Olympic gold medalist Yuna Kim of South Korea, Yulia Lipnitskaya, who helped lead Russia to gold with a top performance in the team event, and two-time U.S. national champion Ashley Wagner. Also highlighting Primetime is the giant slalom gold medal final in men's alpine 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. In women's bobsled, 2010 Olympic bronze medalist Elana Meyers, who currently sits in first place, takes her final runs. Rounding out Primetime coverage is the parallel giant slalom gold medal final in men's snowboarding.

The quarterfinal round of the men's Olympic hockey tournament begins on Wednesday, as usa network hosts coverage of Team USA vs. Czech Republic, and MSNBC hosts coverage of Canada vs. Latvia, both live at Noon ET. NBCSN's live coverage on Wednesday begins at 3 a.m. ET with Sweden vs. Slovenia and continues at 7:30 a.m. ET with Finland vs. Russia.

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

Medal round curling coverage begins Wednesday with all four semifinals shown across MSNBC, usa network and CNBC. Women's curling semifinals will include Great Britain facing an undefeated Canadian team live on usa network at 5 a.m. ET and Sweden vs. Switzerland at 9 a.m. ET on MSNBC. In the men's semifinals, MSNBC hosts coverage of top seeded Sweden vs. Great Britain at 2:30 p.m. ET and CNBC hosts coverage of Canada vs. China at 5 p.m. ET.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20
NBC's programming on Thursday is highlighted by the gold medal final in women's hockey featuring Team USA vs. Canada live across all time zones at Noon ET. This will be the second meeting between USA and Canada in the 2014 Olympic women's hockey tournament, with Canada coming out on top 3-2 in the preliminary round. The two countries have combined to win all four gold medals in Olympic women's hockey history, with Canada claiming three straight since the U.S. won the inaugural Olympic women's tournament in 1998.

NBC's Primetime coverage on Thursday is highlighted by the gold medal final in women's figure skating with Gold, Kim, Lipnitskaya and Wagner all skating their free programs, which combined with the short program score determines the Olympic champion. In the women's ski halfpipe gold medal final, U.S. has a deep team of competitors, led by 20-year-old Maddie Bowman, while 2013 world bronze medalist John Teller will compete in the men's ski cross gold medal final on Thursday.

NBCSN's live coverage on Thursday begins at 3 a.m. ET and includes the gold medal final in ladies' figure skating, the live bronze medal games in women's curling and hockey after which the first curling and hockey medals will be given, and the team K-125 large hill gold medal final in Nordic combined.

Following the women's curling semifinals on Wednesday, the top two teams will Face Off in the gold medal final Thursday at 5 p.m. ET on CNBC.



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