Red Gerard (Silverthorne, Colo.) stomped the run of his life to win Team USA’s first gold medal of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games Sunday in slopestyle snowboarding.

"I’m just insanely excited right now," said Gerard, who is the youngest Olympic snowboarding gold medalist ever. "I can’t believe it all worked out. I just wanted to land a run. After falling on my second run, I was really excited for the third run."

Sitting well out of medal contention after crashing out on his first two of three runs, Gerard absolutely nailed his third run with a score of 87.16 and withstood a stout challenge from Canada's Max Parrot, whose third and final run score of 86.00 was good enough for silver. Parrot's teammate, Mark McMorris, tallied an 85.20 on his second run for his second consecutive Olympic bronze medal.

"When that score came up my jaw dropped," Gerard said. "I was like ‘this isn’t real’. I would have been happy to just land a run, but to land a run and win, it’s crazy."

Gerard’s gold medal was the second consecutive Olympic slopestyle snowboarding gold for Team USA, dating back to the 2014 Games when Sage Kotsenburg won. Jamie Anderson also won the women's slopestyle's snowboarding event at the 2014 Games, which was the sport's slopestyle Olympic debut. Anderson will defend her gold when the women's competition begins with qualifying Sunday afternoon. The women's finals are set for Monday, February 12 at 10:00 a.m. KT / 8:00 p.m. EST Sunday.

RESULTS
Men's slopestyle

Due to the strong wind and the forecast for Sunday, the jury together with POCOG has decided to reschedule the men's downhill for Thursday, February 15 at 11:00 a.m. KT/9:00 p.m. EST Wednesday.

The men's super-G will take place on Friday, February 16 at 11:00 a.m. KT/9:00 p.m. EST Thursday. Based on the official forecast, the jury has also canceled Monday’s alpine combined downhill training.

"We kind of expected this downhill to be postponed due to wind, but at the same time, the guys were charged up and ready to go," said U.S. Men's Alpine Head Coach Sasha Rearick, "With this being an outdoor sport, it is not abnormal. The excitement, the energy on the team right now is fantastic. I couldn’t be prouder of the team. Now the key is to take that energy and harness it, stay relaxed, and then be able to ramp back up. This gives us time to focus on slalom training for the combined, which is what we’ll do tomorrow.”

ALPINE
Goldberg Eighth In Final Downhill Training
Jared Goldberg (Holladay, Utah) finished eighth in the third and final downhill training run before Sunday’s race. Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley, Calif.) was ninth, followed by Thomas Biesemeyer (Keene, N.Y.) 13th; Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt.) 20th; and Wiley Maple (Aspen, Colo.) 23rd.
Starting for Team USA in Sunday’s downhill are Goldberg, Bennett, Biesemeyer and Maple. The men's downhill begins at 11 a.m. KT Sunday/9 p.m. EST Saturday.
RESULTS
Downhill training run 3
START LIST
Men’s downhill

FREESTYLE
Women’s Moguls Finals Sunday
The U.S. women’s moguls team will compete in the medal round on Sunday. Morgan Schild (Pittsford, N.Y.), Jaelin Kauf (Alta, Wyo.) and Keaton McCargo (Telluride, Colo.) qualified through to finals from the first round of qualifications. Tess Johnson (Vail, Colo.) will compete to earn a spot in finals in the second round of qualifications beginning on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. KT/5:30 a.m. EST. The finals begin at 9:00 p.m. KT/7:00 a.m. EST.

CROSS COUNTRY
Diggins Just Seconds From A Medal
Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) posted the best U.S. women’s Olympic cross country finish in history, placing fifth in the skiathlon event as the first medals of the Olympic Winter Games were awarded Saturday afternoon at the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Center.
“I’m really proud of my race. I could not have pushed harder,” said Diggins. “Being seconds away from a medal and seeing it right there - I know it’s possible, I know I have what it takes. I think I’m in a good place in these games.”
The event combined two 7.5 km legs, the first skied in the classic style with a second leg raced in the freestyle technique. Diggins was 10th at the halfway transition, 5.4 seconds off the pace. She was able to take 3.3 seconds off that lead by the halfway point of the second leg, but a grueling pace set by Sweden's Charlotte Kalla over the last three kilometers left the field fighting for silver.
Calla covered the 15 km in 40:44.9 to claim the first gold medal of the Games, 7.8 seconds ahead of silver medalist Marit Bjoergen of Norway. Finland's Krista Parmakoski won the bronze medal in 40:55.0. Diggins posted a time of 40:59.6.
Caitlin Patterson (Anchorage, Alaska) finished 34th for Team USA, while Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, Alaska) was 40th; Rosie Brennan (Anchorage, Alaska) was 58th. ...READ MORE/RESULTS

Men’s Skiathlon Sunday
Starting for Team USA in the 30k men’s skiathlon Sunday are Erik Bjornsen (Winthrop, Wash.), Scott Patterson (Anchorage, Alaska), Noah Hoffman (Aspen, Colo.), and Paddy Caldwell (Lyme Center, N.H.).
“I’m very excited and anxious to get the racing started,” Bjornsen said. “The 30k skiathlon should be a good event for me. I’d love to start things off on a high note!”
The men’s skiathlon begin at 3:15 p.m. KT Sunday/1:15 a.m. EST.

SKI JUMPING
Bickner 18th in Men’s HS109 Finals
Kevin Bickner (Wauconda, Ill.) placed 18th on the men's normal hill in ski jumping competition at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Center Saturday evening - the best U.S. Olympic result since Alan Alborn was 11th in the normal hill at 2002 Olympics.
The Norge Ski Club athlete soared to 14th after his first ride with the second longest jump of the round at 109.0 meters.
"Before I came here my goal was to have a top 20 - I've now achieved that," said Bickner. "Given the day I had, I think I can set my expectations higher. I’ll try to take my first jump tonight and transfer it over to the big hill."
His first jump was a huge motivator for Bickner. "Everything just really worked out," he said. "All the little things I was tweaking through the week came together, I got lucky with wind and I was able to throw one down to the bottom."
Germany's Andreas Wellinger took the win. One of the favored nations, Poland, was shut out of the medals as Norway's Johann Andre Forfan took silver and Robert Johansson bronze.
It was a cold, blustery night on the jumps with wind forcing multiple delays and pushing the competition to past midnight.
Ski jumping continues on Monday, Feb. 12, with the women's normal hill competition, scheduled for 8 p.m. KT/6 a.m. EST. Nita Englund (Florence, Wisc.), Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, Utah) and Abby Ringquist (Park City, Utah) will represent Team USA.
RESULTS
Men’s HS109

SNOWBOARDING
Gerard Qualifies For Medals Round
Red Gerard (Silverthorne, Colo.) earned a spot in the final round of men's snowboard slopestyle during qualifying runs Saturday at the Phoenix Sports Park.
Currently the FIS Snowboard World Cup leader, Gerard placed third among the 18 riders in the second qualifying heat Saturday, scoring 82.55 points. He trailed a pair of Canadians - Max Parrot, who led with an 87.36, and Mark McMorris, who posted an 86.83. American Kyle Mack (West Bloomfield, Mich.) finished 11th with a best score of 53.55 and did not qualify for the finals.
In the first qualifying heat, Chris Corning (Silverthorne, Colo.) and Ryan Stassel (Anchorage, Alaska) were unable to advance, finishing ninth and 17th respectively. The men's snowboard slopestyle finals begin at 10 a.m. KT Sunday/8 p.m. EST Saturday.
RESULTS
Men's slopestyle heat 1
Men's slopestyle heat 2
START LIST
Men's slopestyle finals

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST.
SATURDAY, FEB. 10
NBC
3:00-6:00 p.m. - Men's slopestyle snowboarding; men's normal hill ski jumping medal round.

NBCSN
7:00-9:45 p.m. - Men's slopestyle snowboarding finals (live)
9:45 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Women’s slopestyle snowboarding qualifying (live)

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

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
8:00-9:45 p.m. - Men's slopestyle snowboarding finals (Sunday)
9:00-11:05 p.m. - Men's downhill (Sunday)
11:30 p.m.-1:35 a.m. - Women's slopestyle snowboarding qualifying (Sunday)

SUNDAY, FEB. 11
NBC
7:00-11:00 p.m. - Women's alpine giant slalom first run (live), women's moguls, women's slopestyle snowboarding finals
11:35 p.m.-1:00 a.m. - Women's giant slalom second run (live), women's halfpipe snowboarding qualifying (live)

NBCSN
6:45 - 9:00 a.m. - Men's cross country skiathlon
8:00-11:30 p.m. - Women's slopestyle snowboarding finals (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
11:30 p.m.- 1:35 a.m. - Women's slopestyle snowboarding qualifying
1:15-3:10 a.m. - Men's cross country skiathlon
5:30-6:00 a.m. - Women's moguls qualifying
7:00-8:40 a.m. - Women's moguls finals
8:00-9:45 p.m. - Women's slopestyle snowboarding finals (Monday)
8:15-9:55 p.m. - Women's first run slalom (Monday)
11:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. - Women's halfpipe snowboarding qualifying (Monday)

MONDAY, FEB 12
NBC
3:00-5:00 p.m. - Men's freestyle moguls finals, women's ski jumping finals
8:00-11:30 p.m. - Men's alpine combined downhill (live), women's halfpipe snowboarding finals (live), men's halfpipe qualifying (live)

NBCSN
7:00-11:00 a.m. - Men's freestyle moguls finals
11:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. - Women's ski jumping finals
11:30 p.m.- 2:40 a.m. - Men's halfpipe snowboarding qualification (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
11:30 p.m.-1:00 a.m. - Women's slopestyle snowboarding qualifying
11:45 p.m.-1:35 a.m. - Women's alpine giant slalom second run
5:30-6:00 a.m. - Men's moguls finals
7:50-9:20 a.m. - Women's normal hill ski jumping finals
8:00-9:40 p.m. - Women's halfpipe snowboarding finals (Tuesday)
9:30-11:10 p.m - Men's alpine combined slalom (Tuesday)
11:00 p.m.-12:50 a.m. - Men's halfpipe snowboarding qualifying (Tuesday)
1:00-2:25 a.m. - Men's alpine combined downhill (Tuesday)

TUESDAY, FEB. 13
NBC
3:00-5:00 p.m. - Men's and women's classic sprint finals
8:00 p.m.-11:30 p.m. - Women's alpine slalom first run (live), men's halfpipe snowboarding finals (live)
12:05 a.m.-1:30 a.m. - Women's alpine second run (live)

NBCSN
5:00 a.m.-7:10 a.m. - Men's and women's classic sprint qualifying
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Men's and women's classic sprint finals

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
11:00 p.m.-12:50 a.m. - Men's halfpipe snowboarding qualifying
1:00-2:25 a.m. - Men's alpine combined downhill
3:30-4:45 a.m. - Men's and women's classic sprint qualifying
6:00-8:00 a.m. - Men's and women's classic sprint finals
8:15-9:50 p.m. - Women's alpine slalom first run (Wednesday)
8:30-10:10 p.m. - Men's halfpipe snowboarding final (Wednesday)
11:45 p.m.-1:25 a.m. - Women's alpine slalom second run (Wednesday)
 

Kevin Bickner (Wauconda, Ill.) soared to 18th Saturday night at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre on the HS109 meter normal hill jump. It was the best U.S. finish since 2002. Germany's Andreas Wellinger took gold. Poland was shut out of the medals with Norway's Johann Andre Forfang winning silver and Robert Johansson bronze.

Bickner's finish was the best U.S. Olympic showing since Alan Alborn was 11th on the normal hill at the 2002 Olympics.

On a cold, blustery night, wind delays pushed the competition until after midnight. Bickner was the only American to make the top 30 cut after the first round, but Olympic Trials winner Michael Glasder (Cary, Ill.) came close at 32nd.

"Before I came here my goal was to have a top 20 - I achieved that," said Bickner. "Given the day I had, I think I can set my expectations higher. I’ll try to take my first jump tonight and transfer it over to the big hill."

Bickner's first round jump of 109.0 meters was second longest. "Everything just really worked out," he said. "All the little things I was tweaking through the week came together, I got lucky with wind and I was able to throw one down to the bottom."

The men return Friday for large hill qualifying. The women are up next on the normal hill with their medal round Monday evening.

RESULTS
Men's HS109m Jump  
 

Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) came within seconds of a medal, opening the Olympic Winter Games finishing fifth in the skiathlon. It was the best American women’s finish ever in the Games. Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla took the win over Norway’s Marit Bjoergen with Finland’s Krista Parmakoski third.

Kalla won in 40 minutes, 44.9 seconds - a 7.8-second margin over Bjoergen. Diggins was 4.6 seconds out of a bronze medal. It set a new U.S. women's Olympic mark, ahead of the sixth-place finish from Sophie Caldwell (Peru, Vt.) in the freestyle sprint four years ago in Sochi.

“I’m really proud of my race. I could not have pushed harder,” said Diggins. “Being seconds away from a medal and seeing it right there - I know it’s possible, I know I have what it takes. I think I’m in a good place in these games.”

It was a remarkable opening Olympic race pitting the stars of the sport battling each other stride for stride from start to finish. Diggins was positioned well coming out of the start, taking a quick lead over Heidi Weng of Norway before setting into a lead pack that numbered a dozen athletes and simply could not be broken apart until Kalla attacked late in the race.

Diggins hovered between third and 10th most of the classic leg, fighting relentlessly to keep in contact with the lead into the equipment change. Despite a brutally challenging course, the field didn't separate with only four seconds across the top 10 led by Bjoergen.

Nearing the changeover, Diggins had dropped back slightly into 13th but still only six seconds out. She turned in the fastest pit time in just 27.9 seconds.

In the skating segment, the pack remained strong splintering only in the last two kilometers. Coming into the final big climb, Kalla attacked hard and kept pulling away from Bjoergen. Parmakoski, meanwhile, had woven her way through the pack to climb into medal position. On the attack, Diggins found herself in a challenging position to respond but kept charging moving up to within striking distance.

Coming down the final high-speed downhill with a sharp right turn into the stadium, Diggins put herself into a good sprint position but didn't have enough remaining real estate to catch Sweden's Ebba Andersson who took fourth.

Caitlin Patterson (Anchorage) was the next American in 34th for her first Olympic start.

The men are in action Sunday with their 30k skiathlon beginning at 3:15 p.m. KT/1:15 a.m. ET. Team USA will start Erik Bjornsen (Winthrop, Wash.), Paddy Caldwell (Lyme, N.H.), Noah Hoffman (Aspen, Colo.) and Scott Patterson (Anchorage).

Diggins' likely next race will be Tuesday's classic sprint. Starters will be announced Monday.

RESULTS
Women's 15k skiathlon 

ALPINE
Bennett Sixth in Second Downhill Training
For the second-straight day, Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley, Calif.) led Team USA in downhill training on the Jeongseon downhill track, finishing sixth, on a weather-shortened course.

“A little wind picked up today so they had to lower the start, and it changed the snow for the better - firmed it up,” Bennett said after starting from the super-G start in Friday’s training. “It’s definitely faster.”

Despite the lower start, Bennett was able to make some adjustments on the lower portion of the track in his search for speed.

“After the first training run I wanted to make some adjustments on the top of the course ... and some minor changes through the bottom,” Bennett said. “Out of Dragon Alley, you can jump a section, and it seems to be going faster, so I wanted to make that adjustment.”

The third and final training run on Saturday will offer the athletes one more opportunity to dial in their lines before Sunday’s race.

Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt.) was 24th Friday; Jared Goldberg (Holladay, Utah) 26th; Thomas Biesemeyer (Keene, N.Y.) 28th; Wiley Maple (Aspen, Colo.) 31st; and Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah), who will compete in the alpine combined event on February 13, was 33rd.

RESULTS
Downhill training run 2
START LIST
Downhill training run 3

FREESTYLE
Schild, Kauf, McCargo, Qualify For Medal Round
Team USA qualified three of its four women’s moguls skiers into Sunday night’s medal round in the first of two qualifying rounds Friday at Phoenix Park.

Morgan Schild (Pittsford, N.Y.) qualified third with a score of 77.74, 1.98 behind the leader, Perrine Laffont of France. Jaelin Kauf (Alta, Wyo.) was fifth with a 77.45, while Keaton McCargo (Telluride, Colo.) posted a 75.67, good for eighth place.

The fourth American in the field, Tess Johnson, placed 22nd with a score of 65.55. The top 10 skiers from Friday advanced to the medal round. Johnson will have another chance to make the field of 20 during a second qualifier scheduled for Sunday at 7:30 p.m. KT/5:30 a.m. EST.

RESULTS
Women’s qualification run 1

Murphy Qualifies For Medal Round
Troy Murphy (Bethel, Maine) finished fourth in the first men's freestyle skiing moguls qualification round Friday afternoon at the Phoenix Snow Park, securing a spot in Monday's medal round.

Murphy earned a score of 80.95 points, 5.12 behind the top score of 86.07, which went to Canada's Mikael Kingsbury.

Three other American skiers finished outside the top 10 and now look to earn a spot in the finals by way of Monday's second qualifying run, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. KT/5:30 a.m. EST. Casey Andringa (Boulder, Colo.) and Bradley Wilson (Butte, Mont.) each received a 75.25 to place 14th and 15th, respectively, while Emerson Smith (Dover, Vt.) was 22nd by virtue of the 72.59 he earned from the judges.

RESULTS
Men’s qualification run 1

CROSS COUNTRY
Women’s Skiathlon Kicks Off Olympics
The women’s 7.5k/7.5k skiathlon kicks off the Olympics as the first medal event. Athletes will ski 7.5k of classic technique, pull into the pits to change skis, then go another 7.5k using freestyle technique or skating. Team USA will start Rosie Brennan (Anchorage, Alaska), Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.), Caitlin Patterson (Anchorage, Alaska) and Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, Alaska). It will be the first Olympic start for Brennan and Patterson. Diggins was fifth in a 7.5k/7.5k skiathlon this past December in Lillehammer, Norway.

Start time is 4:15 p.m. KT/2:15 a.m. EST.

SKI JUMPING
Four Americans In Saturday Finals
Kevin Bickner (Wauconda, Ill.), Michael Glasder (Cary, Ill.), Will Rhoads (Park City, Utah) and Casey Larson (Barrington, Ill.) will represent Team USA in Saturday’s medal event at 9:35 p.m. KT/7:35 a.m. EST at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre.

START LIST
Men’s Round 1

SNOWBOARDING
Men’s Slopestyle Qualifying Saturday
Team USA opens competition with two rounds of qualifying Saturday, prior to Sunday’s finals. Chris Corning (Silverthorne, Colo.) and Ryan Stassel (Anchorage, Alaska) are in heat 1, while Red Gerard (Silverthorne, Colo.) and Kyle Mack (West Bloomfield, Mich.) are in heat 2.
Start time is 10:00 a.m. KT/8:00 p.m. (Friday) EST.

START LISTS
Heat 1
Heat 2

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST.

FRIDAY, FEB. 9

NBC
8:00-11:00 p.m. - Opening Ceremony

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
6:00-9:00 a.m. - Opening Ceremony
8:00 p.m.-12:30 a.m. - Men's slopestyle snowboarding qualifying
9:00-11:00 p.m. - Men's downhill training (Saturday)

SATURDAY, FEB. 10

NBC
3:00-6:00 p.m. - Men's slopestyle snowboarding; men's normal hill ski jumping medal round.

NBCSN
2:00-5:00 a.m. - Women's cross country skiathlon (live) along with men's normal hill ski jumping (live), plus men's slopestyle snowboarding qualifying.
7:00-9:45 p.m. - Men's slopestyle snowboarding finals (live)
9:45 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Women’s slopestyle snowboarding qualifying (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
2:15-3:20 a.m. - Women's cross country skiathlon
7:35-9:20 a.m. - Men's normal hill ski jumping
8:00-9:45 p.m. - Men's slopestyle snowboarding finals (Sunday)
9:00-11:05 p.m. - Men's downhill (Sunday)
11:30 p.m.-1:35 a.m. - Women's slopestyle snowboarding qualifying (Sunday)

SUNDAY, FEB. 11

NBC
7:00-11:00 p.m. - Women's alpine giant slalom first run (live), women's moguls, women's slopestyle snowboarding finals
11:35 p.m.-1:00 a.m. - Women's giant slalom second run (live), women's halfpipe snowboarding qualifying (live)

NBCSN
6:45 - 9:00 a.m. - Men's cross country skiathlon
8:00-11:30 p.m. - Women's slopestyle snowboarding finals (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
11:30 p.m.- 1:35 a.m. - Women's slopestyle snowboarding qualifying
1:15-3:10 a.m. - Men's cross country skiathlon
5:30-6:00 a.m. - Women's moguls qualifying\
7:00-8:40 a.m. - Women's moguls finals
8:00-9:45 p.m. - Women's slopestyle snowboarding finals (Monday)
8:15-9:55 a.m. - Women's first run slalom (Monday)
11:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. - Women's halfpipe snowboarding qualifying (Monday)
 

ALPINE
Bennett Leads Team USA in First Training Run
Team USA experienced its first taste of the Jeongseon downhill track in the first of three training runs Thursday. Racing under bright sunshine, and on a hard-fast, Colorado-snow-like track, Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley, Calif.) led the way in seventh. “That was so much fun!” Bennett said after his run.
Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt.) was 10th; Jared Goldberg (Squaw Valley, Calif) 11th; Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, N.Y.) 16th; Wiley Maple (Aspen, Colo.) 23rd; Thomas Biesemeyer (Keene, N.Y.) 32nd and Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah) 57th.
Downhill training runs continue Friday and Saturday ahead of Sunday’s race.
RESULTS
Downhill training run 1
START LIST
Downhill training run 2

FREESTYLE
Mogul Athletes Ready To Rip
The first round of qualifications for moguls kicks off Friday morning at Phoenix Park, and the U.S. moguls team is primed to perform. “The team looked ready to rip in today’s final training session,” said head coach Matt Gnoza. “They each came out with a plan to polish up their runs before tomorrow’s qualifications and they executed those plans to perfection. The entire team is skiing well in all three phases of the game – turns, air and speed – and we’re psyched to get in the gate and get after it.”
Competition begins at 10 a.m. KST with women’s qualifications followed by men’s at 11:45 a.m. KST. The top 10 finishers from Friday’s qualification round will advance to finals. A secondary round of qualifications for women will take place on Sunday, Feb. 11, advancing another 10 skiers for a total of 20 in finals.
START LISTS
Men’s mogul qualifying
Women’s mogul qualifying

CROSS COUNTRY
Nordic Team Chats With Couric
Training continued at the Alpensia Nordic Centre for cross country with afternoon sessions on the track. The final members of the team arrive into the region Friday with an opening press conference for Simi Hamilton (Aspen, Colo,), Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, Vt.), Sophie Caldwell (Peru, Vt.) and Liz Stephen (E. Montpelier, Vt.). Thursday Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.), Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, Wash.) and Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) spent time with NBC’s Katie Couric. Watch for the interview during Friday’s Opening Ceremony coverage on NBC.
“It was a blast sharing our sport with Katie and the NBC staff,” Ida Sargent said. “I'm really impressed with how much she already knew about cross country skiing!”

SKI JUMPING
Full Team USA in Ski Jumping Finals
For the first time since 1998, Team USA qualified all four athletes into an Olympic ski jumping medal round. Kevin Bickner (Wauconda, Ill.) led the way in Thursday’s qualifying soaring 114.0 meters to finish 25th. He will be joined in Saturday night’s  competition by teammates Michael Glasder (Cary, Ill.), Will Rhoads (Park City, Utah) and junior Casey Larson (Barrington, Ill.).
“You can definitely see the progress our team is making,” said Bickner. “It’s cool to see all four of our guys make the medal event.”
The last time Team USA had four men in a medal round was the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, before the current qualifying process was in place. Saturday’s medal event will begin at 9:35 p.m. KST at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre.
START LIST
Men’s Round 1

SNOWBOARDING
Competition Opens Monday
Shaun White, Kelly Clark, and Chloe Kim highlighted the halfpipe snowboarding team’s opening press conference at the Alpensia Main Press Center Thursday morning. In the afternoon the eight pipe athletes had a chance to get into the halfpipe for the first time. Competition opens with women’s qualifying on Monday. The slopestyle athletes had their second-straight day of training getting ready for men’s finals on Monday and women on Tuesday.

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST.
THURSDAY, FEB. 8

NBCSN
9:00-11:35 p.m. - Men's normal hill ski jumping qualifying
10:05 p.m.-1:35 a.m. - Moguls qualifying, men's downhill training

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
7:30-8:40 a.m. - Men's normal hill ski jumping qualifying
8:00-8:45 p.m. - Women's moguls qualifying (Friday)
9:45-10:30 p.m. - Men's moguls qualifying (Friday)
9:00-11:00 p.m. - Men's downhill training (Friday)

SATURDAY, FEB. 9
NBC
8:00-11:00 p.m. - Opening Ceremony

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
6:00-9:00 a.m. - Opening Ceremony
8:00 p.m.-12:30 a.m. - Men's slopestyle snowboarding qualifying
9:00-11:00 p.m. - Men's downhill training (Saturday)

SUNDAY, FEB. 10
NBC
3:00-6:00 a.m. - Men's cross country skiathlon
7:00-11:00 p.m. - Women's alpine giant slalom first run (live), women's moguls, women's slopestyle snowboarding finals
11:35 p.m.-1:00 a.m. - Women's giant slalom second run (live), women's halfpipe snowboarding qualifying (live)

NBCSN
5:00-9:00 a.m. - Men's cross country skiathlon
8:00-11:30 p.m. - Women's slopestyle snowboarding finals (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
11:30 p.m.- 1:35 a.m. - Women's slopestyle snowboarding qualifying
1:15-3:10 a.m. - Men's cross country skiathlon
5:30-6:00 a.m. - Women's moguls qualifying
7:00-8:40 a.m. - Women's moguls finals
8:00-9:45 p.m. - Women's slopestyle snowboarding finals (Monday)
8:15-9:55 a.m. - Women's first run slalom (Monday)
11:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. - Women's halfpipe snowboarding qualifying (Monday)
 

For the first time since 1998, Team USA qualified all four athletes into an Olympic ski jumping medal round. Kevin Bickner (Wauconda, Ill.) led the way in Thursday’s qualifying soaring 114.0 meters to finish 25th. He will be joined in Saturday night’s  competition by teammates Michael Glasder (Cary, Ill.), Will Rhoads (Park City, Utah) and junior Casey Larson (Barrington, Ill.).
 
“You can definitely see the progress our team is making,” said Bickner. “It’s cool to see all four of our guys make the medal event.”

The last time Team USA had four me in a medal round was the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, before the current qualifying process was in place. Saturday’s medal event will begin at 9:35 p.m. at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre.

Team USA's ski jumpers will open the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang Thursday night with the qualifying round for the normal hill competition to be held Saturday at the Alpensia Nordic Centre. The four American ski jumpers got their first taste of the HS106m hill Wednesday night. Kevin Bickner (Wauconda, Ill.) led the way with two top-10 rounds in training including a 102.5m jump on his second ride of the evening.

The view of the towering jumps at the Alpensia Nordic Centre illuminated at night is becoming the iconic look of the PyeongChang Olympics as ski jumping training began on Wednesday. Team USA skipped the morning sessions but was out on the HS106m hill Wednesday evening. Bickner was joined by teammates Michael Glasder (Cary, Ill.), Casey Larson (Barrington, Ill.) and Will Rhoads (Park City, Utah) – all first-time Olympians.  

The women will get their first look at the jumps on Thursday with veteran Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, Utah) plus new Olympians Abby Ringquist (Park City, Utah) and Nita Englund (Florence, Wisc.). The men have a final training Thursday before the qualifying round where the top 40 finishers in a single jumping round will make the field for Saturday’s medal event. They will be joined by the top 10 in the world, who are pre-qualified. 

It was a long day for Team USA with processing in Seoul and a long trip to Alpensia. “We are pretty satisfied with the first training for Team USA,” said team director Clint Jones. “All four of our athletes made some improvements over the three jumps and are starting to get comfortable on the hill.”

"Training was a bit tricky today after some long travel days en route to Pyeongchang," said Rhoads. "Our team actually started the morning at team processing in Seoul, we then traveled to the Olympic Athlete Village in PyeongChang and arrived only 30 minutes before we were set to leave to the ski jumping complex!

"Despite a little fatigue, the hills were perfectly prepared and the wind stayed calm so the training rounds went by quite well.  We are set for another official training round tomorrow morning and the qualification round Thursday night. Really excited and ready for what has to offer!"

Glasder, who won the Olympic Trials five weeks ago, was also impressed. "Even though it is my first Olympic Games I felt calm, cool, and collected," he said. "Training the last few weeks has prepared me greatly and the technique is moving in the correct direction at the right time. I was a little bit tired today due to the hectic travel schedule. I feel confident going into the qualification on the small hill tomorrow night."

The event will be streamed live on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports mobile app beginning at 7:30 a.m. EST Thursday morning.  

ALPINE
Men's Downhill Training Starts Thursday
Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley, Calif.) kicks out of the start gate with bib 2 in the first of three scheduled downhill training runs Thursday leading up to Sunday's race. Also starting the first training run for Team USA will be Jared Goldberg (Holladay, Utah); Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt.); Wiley Maple (Aspen, Colo.); Tommy Biesemeyer (Keene, N.Y.); Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, N.Y.); and Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah).
Men’s Downhill Training Run 1 start list

FREESTYLE
Moguls Qualifying Friday
Things are shaping up on the Phoenix Park Resort moguls course. The U.S. Olympic moguls team arrived in the athlete village over the weekend, participated in an opening press conference and got down to work with three productive nights of training. The team will have a morning training session on Thursday (Wednesday night in the USA) before the first rounds of qualification for men and women on Friday.
The top 10 athletes from Friday’s qualification rounds will advance to finals. 

CROSS COUNTRY
Team USA Opens Training at Alpensia
The first group of Team USA cross country athletes have hit the trails at the Alpensia Nordic Centre. It may be a golf course in the summertime, but this course layout is tough. Athletes hit the trails for the first time Tuesday and Wednesday. Most of Team USA’s 20 athletes are in Alpensia including Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.), Sadie Bjornsen (Anchorage, Alaska), Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, Alaska), Rosie Brennan (Anchorage, Alaska), Ida Sargent (Craftsbury, Vt.) and Erik Bjornsen (Anchorage, Alaska), who held a press conference Wednesday. Starters for Saturday's opening women’s skiathlon will be decided on Friday.

SKI JUMPING
Training Begins at Alpensia Nordic Centre
The view of the towering jumps at the Alpensia Nordic Centre illuminated at night is becoming the iconic look of the PyeongChang Olympics as ski jumping training began on Wednesday. Team USA skipped the morning sessions but was out on the HS106m hill Wednesday evening. Kevin Bickner (Wauconda, Ill.) led the team with two strong rounds including a 102.5m ride on his second jump. Bickner was joined by teammates Michael Glasder (Cary, Ill.), Casey Larson (Barrington, Ill.) and Will Rhoads (Park City, Utah) – all first-time Olympians.  
The women will get their first look at the jumps on Thursday with veteran Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, Utah) plus new Olympians Abby Ringquist (Park City, Utah) and Nita Englund (Florence, Wisc.). The men have a final training Thursday before the qualifying round where the top 40 finishers in a single jumping round will make the field for Saturday’s medal event. They will be joined by the top 10 in the world, who are pre-qualified.
It was a long day for Team USA with processing in Seoul and a long trip to Alpensia. “We are pretty satisfied with the first training for Team USA,” said team director Clint Jones. “ All four of our athletes made some improvements over the three jumps and are starting to get comfortable on the hill.”

SNOWBOARD
Big Features, Big Event
Team USA’s slopestyle athletes had a chance to ride the course Wednesday that includes some Olympic sized features. In Tuesday’s opening press conference, defending gold medalist Jamie Anderson’s eyes were big as she talked about the course. The team had an opportunity Tuesday for a quick course review and were hitting the jumps in Wednesday’s first full training session. The athletes will continue training daily leading up to Sunday’s opening medal event with women’s slopestyle snowboarding.  
The halfpipe snowboarding team including Shaun White (Carlsbad, Calif.), Kelly Clark Folsom, Calif.) and Chloe Kim (Torrance, Calif.) are in town and will open with a press conference Thursday before hitting the pipe at Phoenix Park. The first halfpipe event is set for Monday with women’s qualifying.

HOW TO WATCH
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7
NBCSN
11:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. - Men's downhill training - NBCSN

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
11:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. - Men's downhill training (Thursday)

THURSDAY, FEB. 8
NBCSN
9:00-11:35 p.m. - Men's normal hill ski jumping qualifying
10:05 p.m.-1:35 a.m. - Moguls qualifying, men's downhill training

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
7:30-8:40 a.m. - Men's normal hill ski jumping qualifying
8:00-8:45 p.m. - Women's moguls qualifying (Friday)
9:45-10:30 p.m. - Men's moguls qualifying (Friday)
9:00-11:00 p.m. - Men's downhill training (Friday)

SATURDAY, FEB. 9
NBC
8:00-11:00 p.m. - Opening Ceremony

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
6:00-9:00 a.m. - Opening Ceremony
8:00 p.m.-12:30 a.m. - Men's slopestyle snowboarding qualifying
9:00-11:00 p.m. - Men's downhill training (Saturday)