Athletes Competing Around The World: Dec. 19-22

U.S. Ski & Snowboard athletes continued to rack up top results across the globe this past weekend, including Lindsey Vonn’s 78th career win, a surprise Olympic qualification win from young gun Jake Pates (one of 11 U.S. podiums at Dew Tour!), Faye Gulini’s first career podium and Ashley Caldwell’s first of two podiums needed to make it to PyeongChang. U.S. Snowboard Team members Chloe Kim, Chris Corning and Jamie Anderson confirmed their nominations to the U.S. Olympic snowboard team, and more spots will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Read on to see where U.S. Ski & Snowboard athletes will be in action this week and how to watch via NBC, NBCSN and the Olympic Channel - Home of Team USA.

FIS Women’s Ski World Cup - Courchevel, FRA
Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, Colo.), Nina O’Brien (Edwards, Colo.) and Tricia Mangan (Buffalo, N.Y.) will kick things off in Courchevel Dec. 19 with a giant slalom competition. They, along with Resi Steigler (Jackson Hole, Wyo.), will race in the Dec. 20 nighttime parallel slalom event.

FIS Men’s Ski World Cup - Madonna di Campiglio, ITA
The U.S. Ski Team men’s tech group takes to the slopes in Italy Dec. 22 for a nighttime slalom event. Seven athletes are expected to compete, including David Chodounsky (Crested Butte, Colo.), Mark Engel (Truckee, Calif.) and AJ Ginnis (Vouliagmeni, Greece), who scored his first World Cup points in Madonna last season.

FIS Freestyle World Cup - Thaiwoo, CHN
The moguls World Cup stops at the 2022 Olympic venue in Thaiwoo, China Dec. 21-22 for a doubleheader. Both the men’s and women’s teams are on the hunt for podiums during this crucial Olympic selection period.

FIS Freestyle World Cup - Innichen, ITA
The skicross World Cup tour ends 2017 with two races in Innichen Dec. 20 and 21. The U.S. placed three athletes in the top 30 at last week’s races in Montafon, Austria.

FIS Snowboard World Cup - Cervina, ITA
Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton, Vt.), Faye Gulini (Salt Lake City) and the rest of the U.S. Snowboard Team’s snowboardcross athletes will compete in Cervinia, Italy before the World Cup tour takes a break for the Holidays. Qualifications are on Dec. 21 with finals on Dec. 22.

U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD BROADCAST AND STREAMING SCHEDULE
All times EST
*schedules subject to change

ALPINE
Dec. 19
4:30 a.m. – Women’s giant slalom, run 1; Courchevel – olympicchannel.com
7:00 a.m. – Women’s giant slalom, run 2; Courchevel – Olympic Channel TV

Dec. 20
12:00 p.m. – Women’s parallel slalom; Courchevel – Olympic Channel TV

Dec. 22
11:45 a.m. – Men’s slalom, run 1; Madonna di Campiglio – olympicchannel.com
2:30 p.m. – Men’s slalom, run 2; Madonna di Campiglio – Olympic Channel TV

FREESTYLE
Dec. 21
12:30 a.m. – Moguls; Thaiwoo – Olympic Channel TV
7:30 a.m. – Skicross; Innichen – Olympic Channel TV

Dec. 22
12:30 a.m. – Moguls; Thaiwoo – Olympic Channel TV
7:30 a.m. – Skicross; Innichen – Olympic Channel TV

SNOWBOARD
Dec. 22
6:00 a.m. – Snowboardcross; Cervinia – olympicchannel.com