Nick Goepper (Lawrenceburg, Ind.) landed a stunning run on his final attempt to take silver on a day that many considered one of the strongest slopestyle skiing contests in history. 

"Wow - today was incredible," said Goepper. "It was such a pleasure to be a part of the best slopestyle skiing contest in history. Qualifying was mind blowing and finals were two times that. To land my final run and come away with my second Olympic medal is a dream come true."

Norway's Oystein Braaten landed a 95.00 on his first run to take the gold. Goepper's 93.60 silver-medal run came on his third and final run with Canada's Alex Beaulieu-Marchand taking bronze with 92.40 on his second run.

A bronze medalist in Sochi as a part of the Team USA medals sweep, this time Goepper was on the podium alone. Teammate Gus Kenworthy (Telluride, Colo.), his body aching from training crashes, was 12th.

"It’s super disappointing to not put a run down in finals,” said Kenworthy. “I was feeling pretty good about my skiing but I had a lot of things working against me with my body after some crashes in training. But I’m honored to be a part of Team USA. I’m stoked for the boys who landed runs and will be on the podium - a crazy level of finals.”

Goepper talked about how important the 2018 Olympics were to him, knowing how tough it is to repeat. "I really just wanted to come here, lay it all out there and land a run - to feel I was accomplished. Everyone skied well. This is an incredibly fulfilling experience - even more so than Sochi."

McRae Williams (Park City, Utah) and Alex Hall (Salt Lake City) just missed finals.

RESULTS
Men's Slopestyle Skiing 
 

ALPINE
Vonn Sixth as Ledecky Stuns Super-G Favorites
One mistake cost Lindsey Vonn (Vail, Colo.) a shot at another Olympic medal. But it was one fast snowboarder who took a second Olympic super-G gold away from Austria’s Anna Veith.
Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic, the World Cup overall snowboard parallel giant slalom leader and the odds-on favorite for Olympic gold in PGS, came out of the 26th start position to win the super-G gold medal, and pick up her first-ever alpine skiing podium finish Saturday at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre Saturday. Veith, the defending Olympic super-G gold medalist took the silver, and Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein won the bronze, her first Olympic medal.
After an hour's delay due to high winds, Vonn, running bullet with bib 1, was well on her way to laying down a medal-contending run until she came in wide on the third to final gate, scrubbing precious speed before crossing the line.
“I thought running bib 1 was either going to be really great or really bad, and it didn’t quite turn out the way I’d hoped,” Vonn said. "I left it all out on the hill … I just made one mistake, and that cost me a medal. It’s ski racing, and that’s why it’s so difficult to win at the Olympics because literally, anything can happen.”
Downhill training starts Sunday leading up to Wednesday's Olympic downhill where Vonn will look to repeat her 2010 gold. … READ MORE / RESULTS

Ligety To Lead Team USA in Giant Slalom Sunday
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah) competes in his marque event, giant slalom, Sunday at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre. Ligety, the defending Olympic giant slalom gold medalist will be joined by Team USA teammates by Tommy Ford (Bend, Ore.), Tim Jitloff (Reno, Nev.) and Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt.). First run is scheduled for 10:14 a.m. KT / 8:15 p.m. EST Saturday. Second run starts at 1:45 p.m. KT / 11:45 p.m. EST Saturday.
START LIST
Men’s giant slalom

FREESKIING
Voisin Fourth, Logan 10th in Slopestyle
Maggie Voisin (Whitefish, Mont.) returned to the Olympics, finishing fourth, and Devin Logan (Mount Snow, Vt.) was 10th in slopestyle freeskiing Saturday at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
“I had an injury four years ago and wasn’t able to compete at Sochi, that day four years ago I told myself I would do whatever it takes to get back to the 2018 games and here I am," Voisin said. "It was a rollercoaster over the last four years with a lot of ups and downs. I have to find the positive in every situation and it's a win in itself to just drop in at my first Olympics.”On her final run, Switzerland's Sarah Hoefflin moved past her teammate Mathilde Gremaud to claim the gold medal, as Gremaud won the silver medal.
Voisin briefly moved into medal contention on her third run, but was surpassed by Great Britain's Isabel Atkin, who won the bronze medal. … READ MORE / RESULTS

Men’s Slopestyle Sunday
Team USA’s Gus Kenworthy (Telluride, Colo.) and Nick Goepper (Lawrenceburg, Ind.), both medalists from the 2014 Games, along with Alex Hall (Salt Lake City) and McRae Williams (Park City, Utah) compete in the men's slopestyle freeskiing at Phoenix Snow Park Sunday with the qualifying rounds at 10:00 a.m. KT / 8:00 p.m. EST Saturday. The finals begin at 1:15 p.m. KT / 11:15 p.m. EST Saturday.
START LIST
Men’s slopestyle qualifying

FREESTYLE
Lillis Advances to Medal Round
Jonathan Lillis (Pittsford, N.Y.) posted the highest score in qualifying for the final in men's aerials Saturday evening at the Phoenix Snow Park. Lillis scored 127.44 on his back full-double full-full in the first qualifying run led the field, 0.74 points ahead of China's Qi Guangpu.
“These big contests are when I seem to jump the best,” said Lillis. “I won World Championships last year, and I just wanted to keep that momentum going.”
Lillis will be the only American in Sunday's final after Mac Bohonnon (Madison, Conn.) and Eric Loughran (Pelham, N.H.) were unable to advance. Bohonnon's 112.39 ranked 17th among the competitors in the second qualification run, while Loughran was 25th with an 86.28.
The final is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 18 at 8:00 p.m. KT / 6:00 a.m. EST.
START LIST
Men’s aerials finals

CROSS COUNTRY
Olympic-Best Relay Finish For Team USA
Team USA finished fifth, in the 4x5k relay Saturday evening at the Alpensia Cross Country Skiing Centre at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
“That was our best Olympic finish ever,” said Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, Alaska), who along with her teammates Sophie Caldwell (Peru, Vt.), Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, Wash) and Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) finished 1:20.5 off the gold medal time of Team Norway. “While we tend to be really focused on the medals because we know deep in our hearts that it is possible, it’s amazing to put together four strong legs and to get that best ever result.”
Sweden took the silver medal, hitting the line exactly two seconds behind Norway, while the Olympic Athletes from Russia earned the bronze medal. ...READ MORE / RESULTS

Men’s 4x10K relay Sunday
The men compete in the 4x10k team relay Sunday at the Alpensia Cross Country Skiing Centre at 3:15 p.m. KT / 1:15 a.m. EST.  Starting for Team USA are Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, Vt.), Reese Hanneman (Anchorage, Alaska), Scott Patterson (Anchorage, Alaska), and Noah Hoffman (Aspen, Colo.).
START LIST
Men’s 4x10k relay

SKI JUMPING
Bickner Soars to 20th
Kevin Bickner (Wauconda, Ill.) soared to the best Team USA ski jumping performance since the 2002 Olympics, finishing 20th in the large hill competition Saturday night at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre. Bickner had been 18th in the normal hill round earlier in the week.
“My goal coming into the season was to be in the top 20 at the Olympics,” said Bickner. “I was expecting a better result on the large hill so that surprised me a bit. But unlike the normal hill (where he was 18th), I was able to put together two really consistent jumps together and shows the level I’m at right now.”
Bickner flew 129.5 and 124.0 meters. Poland's Kamil Stoch took gold.
Team USA will wrap up the Olympic ski jumping program on Monday night with the four-man team competition.
RESULTS
Men’s HS140 finals

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST.

SATURDAY, FEB. 17
NBC
3:00-6:00 p.m. - Men's freestyle aerials, women's 4x5k relay.
8:00-11:00 p.m. - Men's giant slalom first run (live), men's ski jumping large hill
11:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. - Men's giant slalom second run (live), men's slopestyle skiing finals

NBCSN
1:30-5:30 p.m. - Men's large hill ski jumping
7:00-10:10 p.m.- Men's slopestyle skiing (live)

Olympic Channel: Home Of Team USA
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Winter Olympics Daily with Jimmy Roberts

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
8:00-10:05 p.m. - Men's slopestyle skiing qualifying (Sunday)
8:15-10:20 p.m. - Men's giant slalom first run (Sunday)
11:15 p.m.-12:50 a.m. - Men's slopestyle skiing finals (Sunday)
11:45 p.m.-1:45 a.m. - Men's giant slalom second run (Sunday)

SUNDAY, FEB. 18
NBC
3:00-6:00 p.m. - Men's freestyle aerials finals
7:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. - Women's halfpipe skiing (live), men's 4x10k cross country relay
12:35-2:00 a.m. - Women's big air snowboarding

NBCSN
10:15 a.m.-1:00 p.m. - Men's freestyle aerials finals
1:00-5:00 p.m. - Men's 4x10k cross country relay

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
1:15-3:10 a.m. - Men's 4x10k relay
6:00-7:10 a.m. - Men's aerials finals
7:30-10:25 p.m. - Women's big air snowboarding qualifying (Monday)
8:00-9:25 p.m. - Women's halfpipe skiing qualifying (Monday)

MONDAY, FEB. 19
NBC
3:00-5:00 p.m. - Men's large hill team ski jumping finals
8:00-11:30 p.m.- Women's halfpipe skiing finals (live)
12:05-1:00 a.m. - Men's halfpipe skiing qualifying (live)

NBCSN
7:10-11:00 a.m. - Men's large hill team ski jumping final

Olympic Channel: Home Of Team USA
5:00-7:00 a.m. - Medal Ceremony (live)
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Winter Olympics Daily with Jimmy Roberts

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
7:30-9:15 a.m. - Men's large hill team ski jumping
8:30-9:55 p.m. - Women's halfpipe skiing finals (Tuesday)
11:00 p.m.-12:45 a.m. - Men's halfpipe skiing qualifying (Tuesday)

Team USA finished fifth in the 4x5k relay Saturday evening at the Alpensia Cross Country Skiing Centre at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games - an Olympic best for the women.

“That was our best Olympic finish ever,” said Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, Alaska), who along with her teammates Sophie Caldwell (Peru, Vt.), Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, Wash) and Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) finished 1:20.5 off the gold medal time of Team Norway. “While we tend to be really focused on the medals because we know deep in our hearts that it is possible, it’s amazing to put together four strong legs and to get that best ever result.”

Sweden took the silver medal, hitting the line exactly two seconds behind Norway, while the Olympic Athletes from Russia earned the bronze medal.

“Anytime you get to put on the relay socks it’s an honor and a privilege and you know your racing not just for yourself, your racing for your teammates and Team USA,” Diggins said. “It’s this really exciting rush of adrenalin and you just go out there and you leave everything you’ve got on the course.  There is more to it than just medals.”

“There is nothing I enjoy more than trying to win, and we tried that today,” head coach Matt Whitcomb said. “We worked really well as a team of athletes and staff and the result was not what we wanted.”

Team USA will have one final shot at an Olympic medal in the team sprint Wednesday.

Up next, the men compete in the 4x10k team relay Sunday at the Alpensia Cross Country Skiing Centre at 3:15 p.m. KT / 1:15 a.m. EST.  Starting for Team USA are Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, Vt.), Reese Hanneman (Anchorage, Alaska), Scott Patterson (Anchorage, Alaska), and Noah Hoffman (Aspen, Colo.).

RESULTS
Women’s 4x5k relay

START LIST
Men’s 4x10k relay

Maggie Voisin (Whitefish, Mont.) returned to the Olympics, finishing fourth, and Devin Logan (Mount Snow, Vt.) was 10th in slopestyle freeskiing Saturday at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

“I had an injury four years ago and wasn’t able to compete at Sochi, that day four years ago I told myself I would do whatever it takes to get back to the 2018 games and here I am," Voisin said. "It was a rollercoaster over the last four years with a lot of ups and downs. I have to find the positive in every situation and it's a win in itself to just drop in at my first Olympics.”

On her final run, Switzerland's Sarah Hoefflin moved past her teammate Mathilde Gremaud to claim the gold medal, as Gremaud won the silver medal.

Voisin briefly moved into medal contention on her third run, but was surpassed by Great Britain's Isabel Atkin, who won the bronze medal.

“These past four years we have pushed the sport so far and just to be a part of it is huge," Voisin said. "It’s incredible to see how far the sport has come. I saw so many tricks that inspired me today, Sarah and Mathilde doing switch double corks, just so impressive. I can’t begin to tell you how honored I am to be a part of it and ski alongside these amazing athletes.”

Although Logan was unable to podium in slopestyle, she will have a second shot in PyeongChang in halfpipe. 

“It was the run I wanted to do, it just wasn’t the cleanest, the judges don’t like that," Logan said. "I am happy to be out here skiing in the finals. I wish it could have gone better. I will live and ski another day. I have halfpipe to look forward to and I am going to use that fire and just send it.”

Team USA Athletes Caroline Claire (Manchester Center, Vt.) and Darian Stevens (Missoula, Mont.) did not qualify for the finals. However, that doesn’t mean that their trip to PyeongChang is a let down by any means. For Stevens, it is about the journey.  

“The Olympics has been a life-changing experience for me," Steven said. "Going to the Olympics has been a dream of mine since I was a little kid. I didn’t make the finals, but I made it here and that’s the hardest part. Making the U.S. Team is really tough and I was lucky enough to make it happen. In Sochi, I missed the team by one spot so it means the world just to be here."

Up next, the men's slopestyle freeskiing will take to the course at Phoenix Snow Park Sunday with the qualifying rounds at 10:00 a.m. KT / 8:00 p.m. EST Saturday. The finals begin at 1:15 p.m. KT / 11:15 p.m. EST Saturday.

RESULTS
Women’s slopestyle

One mistake may have cost Lindsey Vonn (Vail, Colo.) a shot at another Olympic medal. But it was one fast snowboarder who took a second Olympic super-G gold away from Austria’s Anna Veith.

Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic, the World Cup overall snowboard parallel giant slalom leader and the odds-on favorite for Olympic gold in PGS, came out of the 26th start position to win the super-G gold medal, and pick up her first-ever alpine skiing podium finish, Saturday at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre Saturday. Veith, the defending Olympic super-G gold medalist took the silver, and Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein won the bronze, her first Olympic medal.

After an hour's delay due to high winds, Vonn, running bullet with bib 1, was well on her way to laying down a medal-contending run until she came in wide on the third to final gate, scrubbing precious speed before crossing the line.

“I thought running bib 1 was either going to be really great or really bad, and it didn’t quite turn out the way I’d hoped,” Vonn said. "I left it all out on the hill … I just made one mistake, and that cost me a medal. It’s ski racing, and that’s why it’s so difficult to win at the Olympics because literally, anything can happen.”

Weirather, hoping to duplicate the Olympic gold medals won by her mother at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, came down bib 7 and moved atop the leaderboard by 0.01-seconds over Switzerland’s Lara Gut. Weirather’s time held until Veith came down 15th and took the lead by 0.10-seconds.

The celebration for Austria was just getting started when Ledecka gave everyone a reason to look at the venue video board. Leading at the final two splits set the stage for the upset until she caught massive air off the final jump. But after landing on the back of her skis, and rocketing across the finish line, she stunned everyone, including herself, finishing just 0.01-seconds ahead of Veith and winning the first alpine skiing gold medal for the Czech Republic.

Breezy Johnson (Victor, Idaho) finished 14th in her Olympic debut. Laurenne Ross (Bend, Ore.) was 15th, followed by Alice McKennis (Glenwood Springs, Colo.), also making her Olympic debut, in 16th.

“Our results today as a team were amazing,” McKennis said. “I feel good about my run. It wasn’t perfect. I made some mistakes. Unfortunately, one was going into the flats, which is not the best place to make a mistake, but I was pushing and had no hesitation in how I was skiing.”

Up next, the women open three scheduled days of downhill training beginning Sunday. The downhill is scheduled for Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. KT / 9:00 p.m. EST Tuesday.

RESULTS
Women’s super-G

ALPINE
Shiffrin Comes Up Short in Slalom
Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, Colo.), the defending slalom gold medalist from the 2014 Sochi Games, just missed the podium, finishing fourth, in Friday’s slalom at Yongpyong Alpine Centre.
“It’s not about the medals, it’s about how I feel on my skis,” Shiffrin said. “And today I didn’t feel like myself. Coming here today and skiing real conservative was a huge, huge disappointment.”
Shiffrin struggled to find her rhythm on her first run, finishing fourth almost a half-second off the pace set by Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener. She found her groove on the second run, only to make a costly mistake near the bottom of the course that cost her precious time.
“I know I have the best slalom turns in the world, but I didn’t put it out in the two runs where it mattered,” Shiffrin added. “Sometimes I feel like in slalom that the only one who can beat me in slalom is me. And I beat myself in the wrong way today.” … READ MORE / RESULTS

Vonn Running Bullet in Super-G
Lindsey Vonn (Vail, Colo) makes her first PyeongChang Olympic start, running bullet with bib 1, in women’s super-G Saturday, 11:00 a.m. KT / 9:00 p.m. EST Friday. Joining Vonn will be Laurenne Ross (Bend, Ore.) Alice McKennis (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) and Breezy Johnson (Victor, Idaho).
START LIST
Women’s Super-G

Cochran-Siegle 14th in Super-G
Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt.) was the top finisher in 14th for Team USA in super-G Friday afternoon at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
"This was a good day, but having me be the top finisher and no athletes in the top 10 was kind of a bummer – especially when we have had so much success in the past at this event," Cochran-Siegle said. … READ MORE / RESULTS

FREESKI
Women’s Slopestyle Saturday
Freeskiing slopestyle kicks off Saturday with women’s qualifying at 10:00 a.m. KT / 8:00 p.m. EST Friday. The finals are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. KT / 11:00 p.m. EST Friday. Starting for Team USA are Caroline Claire (Manchester Center, Vt.) , Devin Logan (West Dover, Vt.), Darian Stevens (Missoula, Mont.), Maggie Voisin (Whitefish, Mont.)

FREESTYLE
Olsen Goes Big in Medal Round
Madison Olsen (Park City, Utah) punched her ticket to the medal round in women’s aerials on Friday night. After advancing through the first and second round of finals with two lower degree of difficulty jumps, Olsen went for broke and attempted a full, double full for the first time on snow. She missed the landing, but finished an impressive sixth in her first Olympics. It was the best U.S. women’s performance Nikki Stone won in Calgary in 1998.
“That was my first time doing that jump on snow, so I was definitely really nervous,” said Olsen. “But, I figured, why not do it in the super final at the Olympics? I could have hit a little bit of a better take off. I got into my twist and when I came out to land, I was just a bit under rotated. I’ll get it next time! I was really just enjoying the moment. The adrenaline was just pumping through my body and I was just super excited to be out there jumping and having a good time. Each round I was just so excited to make it through and see what I could do.” … READ MORE / RESULTS

CROSS COUNTRY
Team USA Fired Up For 4x5k Relay
Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) will lead a strong Team USA lineup in the women's 4x5k cross country relay on Saturday. Team USA announced its team that will include Sophie Caldwell (Peru, Vt.) and Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, Wash.) on the opening two classic technique legs followed by Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) and Diggins closing out on the freestyle technique spots.
Each of the four U.S. women has been on a World Cup podium in an individual event this season. "All four athletes are clearly in top shape and we feel this team is our best chance to bring home a medal for the USA," said Head Coach Chris Grover."Relays are my all-time favorite events and a medal would be the coolest thing because it shows the depth of our team," said Diggins. "You don’t get anywhere in life alone! We have a committed team of was staff giving me this awesome opportunity. I am fired up for the relay."
The relay is set for 6:30 p.m. KT / 4:30 a.m. EST Saturday.

Patterson 19th in 15k
Scott Patterson (Anchorage, Alaska), competing in his first Olympic Winter Games, lead the way for Team USA, finishing 19th, in the men’s 15k freestyle Friday at the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre.
Erik Bjornsen (Winthrop, Wash.) was 41st, Noah Hoffman (Aspen, Colo.) 48th, and , Tyler Kornfield (Anchorage, Alaska) 74th.
RESULTS
Men’s 15k freestyle

SKI JUMPING
Two Into Large Hill Finals
Kevin Bickner (Wauconda, Ill.) and Norge Ski Club teammate Michael Glasder (Cary, Ill.) soared into Saturday’s large hill medal round in Friday night’s qualifying.
Bickner soared 122.5 meters to finish 35th. Glasder was 38th going 222.5m.
" My trial round gives me the confidence to be an underdog tomorrow in the medal round,” said Bickner.
Will Rhoads (Park City, Utah) missed finals by a mere two-tenths of a point. Casey Larson (Barrington, Ill.) was also just outside the qualification mark.
The large hill finals get underway at 9:30 p.m. KT / 7:30 a.m. EST Saturday.

SNOWBOARD
Jacobellis Just Misses SBX Medal
Lindsey Jacobellis (Roxbury, Conn.) finished fourth in women's snowboardcross Friday afternoon at Phoenix Park.
Jacobellis, the only American rider to survive the quarterfinals, took the early lead in the big final, but was overtaken on the bottom third of the course before a rider fell in front of her near the finish, which may have been the difference between fourth and a spot on the podium.
“On this course, you really don’t want to have the holeshot because someone is going to draft you,” Jacobellis said. “But that is kind of the risk you take because you don’t want to be stuck in traffic. I tried to stay in the mix and look for opportunities to pass back again. But it just didn’t pan out because we just kind of ran out of course.” … READ MORE / RESULTS

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST
FRIDAY, FEB 16
NBC
3:00-5:00 p.m. - Men's 15k freestyle cross country, men's large hill ski jumping
8:00-12:00 p.m. - Women's super-G (live), women's aerials finals

NBCSN
10:45 a.m.-2:00 p.m. - Men's large hill ski jumping

Olympic Channel: Home Of Team USA
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Winter Olympics Daily with Jimmy Roberts

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
8:00-9:40 p.m. - Women's slopestyle skiing qualifying (Saturday)
9:00-10:55 p.m.- Women's super-G (Saturday)
11:00-12:35 a.m. - Women's slopestyle skiing finals (Saturday)

SATURDAY, FEB. 17
NBC
3:00-6:00 p.m. - Men's freestyle aerials, women's 4x5k relay.
8:00-11:00 p.m. - Men's giant slalom first run (live), men's ski jumping large hill
11:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. - Men's giant slalom second run (live), men's slopestyle skiing finals

NBCSN
7:10-10:30 a.m. - Men's freestyle aerials
10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. - Women's 4x5k cross country relay
1:30-5:30 p.m. - Men's large hill ski jumping
7:00-10:10 p.m.- Men's slopestyle skiing (live)

Olympic Channel: Home Of Team USA
5:00-7:00 a.m. - Medal Ceremony (live)
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Winter Olympics Daily with Jimmy Roberts

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
4:30-5:45 a.m. - Women's 4x5k relay
6:00 - 7:15 a.m. Men’s aerials qualifying
7:30-9:15 a.m. - Men's large hill jump
8:00-10:05 p.m. - Men's slopestyle skiing qualifying (Sunday)
8:15-10:20 p.m. - Men's giant slalom first run (Sunday)
11:15 p.m.-12:50 a.m. - Men's slopestyle skiing finals (Sunday)
11:45 p.m.-1:45 a.m. - Men's giant slalom second run (Sunday)

SUNDAY, FEB. 18
NBC
3:00-6:00 p.m. - Men's freestyle aerials finals
7:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. - Women's halfpipe skiing (live), men's 4x10k cross country relay
12:35-2:00 a.m. - Women's big air snowboarding

NBCSN
10:15 a.m.-1:00 p.m. - Men's freestyle aerials finals
1:00-5:00 p.m. - Men's 4x10k cross country relay

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
1:15-3:10 a.m. - Men's 4x10k relay
6:00-7:10 a.m. - Men's aerials finals
7:30-10:25 p.m. - Women's big air snowboarding qualifying (Monday)
8:00-9:25 p.m. - Women's halfpipe skiing qualifying (Monday)

Madison Olsen (Park City, Utah) punched her ticket to the medal round in women’s aerials on Friday night. After advancing through the first and second round of finals with two lower degree of difficulty jumps, Olsen went for broke and attempted a full, double full for the first time on snow. She missed the landing, but finished an impressive sixth in her first Olympics.

“That was my first time doing that jump on snow, so I was definitely really nervous,” said Olsen. “But, I figured, why not do it in the super final at the Olympics? I could have hit a little bit of a better take off. I got into my twist and when I came out to land, I was just a bit under rotated. I’ll get it next time! I was really just enjoying the moment. The adrenaline was just pumping through my body and I was just super excited to be out there jumping and having a good time. Each round I was just so excited to make it through and see what I could do.”

Kiley McKinnon (Madison, Conn.) competed a well-executed full, full in the first round of finals, but went deep on her landing and missed making the second round of finals by one place. She finished 10th.

“I was actually really happy with my jump. In the air it was really good, it was just the landing that got me. I knew as soon as I landed that I probably wasn’t going to get the score that I wanted but, overall, I was happy. I didn’t finish the way that I wanted, but just to be here and be able to say that I’m an Olympian and that I compete on this stage is amazing.”

Belarusian Hanna Huskova took home the gold, landing a lay, full, full for a score of 96.14. Countrywomen Xin Shang and Fanyu Kong took home silver and bronze for China.

Aerials action continues Saturday February 17 and Sunday, February 18 with men’s qualifications and finals.

RESULTS
Women's Aerials

Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, Colo.), the defending slalom gold medalist from the 2014 Sochi Games, just missed the podium, finishing fourth, in Friday’s slalom at Yongpyong Alpine Centre.

“It’s not about the medals, it’s about how I feel on my skis,” Shiffrin said. “And today I didn’t feel like myself. Coming here today and skiing real conservative was a huge, huge disappointment.”

Shiffrin struggled to find her rhythm on her first run, finishing fourth almost a half-second off the pace set by Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener. She found her groove on the second run, only to make a costly mistake near the bottom of the course that cost her precious time.

“I know I have the best slalom turns in the world, but I didn’t put it out in the two runs where it mattered,” Shiffrin added. “Sometimes I feel like in slalom that the only one who can beat me in slalom is me. And I beat myself in the wrong way today.”

Sweden’s Frida Hansdotter took the gold, her first Olympic medal, as Holdener held on for the silver. Austria's Katharina Gallhuber, who went from ninth after the first run to post the fastest second run time, took the bronze.

Megan McJames (Park City, Utah.) was 36th, and Alice Merryweather, competing in her first Olympics, was 42nd.

“It was so exciting to get to start this race,” Merryweather said. “I have not skied a lot of slalom recently, but since I found out that I was going to be here, I trained four days of slalom and it’s been going pretty well. But I don’t think my (first) run today really showed all the training that I have been doing, but it was so fun and I was really determined to make it to the finish line, and I did that. So I’ll take what I can get.”

Resi Stiegler (Jackson Hole, Wyo.) straddled a gate and crashed in the first run.

Up next is the women’s super-G on Saturday, 11:00 a.m. KT / 9:00 p.m. EST Friday.

“I won’t be skiing super-G tomorrow,” Shiffrin said. “I’ll cheer on my teammates, then ski the downhill training runs and see how I feel.”

RESULTS
Women’s slalom

Lindsey Jacobellis (Roxbury, Conn.) finished fourth in women's snowboardcross Friday afternoon at Phoenix Park.

Jacobellis, the only American rider to survive the quarterfinals, took the early lead in the big final, but was overtaken on the bottom third of the course before a rider fell in front of her near the finish, which may have been the difference between fourth and a spot on the podium.

“On this course, you really don’t want to have the holeshot because someone is going to draft you,” Jacobellis said. “But that is kind of the risk you take because you don’t want to be stuck in traffic. I tried to stay in the mix and look for opportunities to pass back again. But it just didn’t pan out because we just kind of ran out of course.”

The gold medal went to Italy's Michela Moioli, while Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau of France picked up the silver. Eva Samkova of the Czech Republic took the bronze medal, crossing the line a mere 0.03-seconds ahead of Jacobellis, the silver medalist from the 2006 Torino Games.

Meghan Tierney (Edwards, Colo.) and Faye Gulini (Salt Lake City) were in the third heat of the quarterfinal round, but crashed out and did not advance to the semifinals.

RESULTS
Women’s Snowboardcross
 

Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt.) was the top finisher in 14th for Team USA in super-G Friday afternoon at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

"This was a good day, but having me be the top finisher and no athletes in the top 10 was kind of a bummer – especially when we have had so much success in the past at this event," Cochran-Siegle said. 

Matthias Mayer of Austria won the gold as Switzerland’s Beat Feuz, who won the bronze in Thursday’s downhill, earned the silver medal. Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud, the silver medalist in the downhill, won the bronze.

Jared Goldberg finished 24th. Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, N.Y.), the reigning Olympic silver medalist in the event after taking bronze at the Vancouver 2010 Games, and two-time Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah) both did not finish.

"I knew I was the dark horse coming into super-G, so I needed to take a lot of risks to even have a chance," Ligety said. "I made a dumb mistake at the bottom. My times were good, not in line with a medal position, but in line with what I wanted. Super G is really good training for me for Giant Slalom. It gives me the confidence to arch clean turns at high speeds. I will take how I skied out of today with confidence and move it forward to Sunday (in the giant slalom)." 

Up next, the men compete in giant slalom Sunday. The first run start time is 10:15 a.m. KT / 8:15 p.m. EST Saturday. The second run is scheduled for 1:45 p.m. KT / 11:45 p.m. EST.

RESULTS
Men’s super-G