Scott Patterson clawed his way to the best-ever U.S. men’s Olympic Skiathlon result, finishing 11th in the 30k race Sunday at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center in Zhangjiakou, China.

“It is a good sign for my fitness, and it adds a little bit of confidence and also gets a few of those nerves out of the way,” said Patterson, who is targeting the 15k Classic Thursday, and the 50k freestyle on Saturday, Feb. 19. “It’s nice to have a good one to start.” 

Starting with bib 30 in the eight-lap mass-start race under sunny skies, light winds, and temperatures hovering in the upper teens, Patterson dropped back to 36th following the 15k classic portion of the race. After switching to freestyle thought, he posted the fourth-fastest time of the day and just missed the top 10 by three seconds.

“The first lap was interesting just trying to find a groove, not having raced a World Cup field for a long time,” Patterson said. “Then Alexander Bolshunov and Iivo Niskanen really ramped the pace up pretty early and made the classic section of the skiathlon really hard.”

The Russian Olympic Committee claimed gold and silver, with Bolshunov dominating the race to finish 1:11.0 ahead of teammate Denis Spitsovl. Finland's Niskanen won the bronze medal with a time of 1:18:10.0. Team USA’s Gus Schumacher made his Olympic debut, finishing 39th.

“I’m proud of myself for pushing the entire way and finishing,” said Schumacher, the 2020 Junior World Champion in the 10k classic. I’ll have more races and better races; I just need to be patient.”

Indeed, Schumacher is looking forward to another start on Thursday in the 15k classic. 

Up next, the Freestyle Sprint is set for Tuesday. Team USA will start eight athletes, including four athletes making their Olympic debut - Hannah Halvorsen, Ben Ogden, JC Schoonmaker, and Luke Jager. They will be joined by Jessie Diggins, Rosie Brennan, Julia Kern, and Kevin Bolger.

RESULTS
Men’s 30k skiathlon

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST

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Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022
3:00 p.m. Cross Country – Men’s 30k Skiathlon, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, Same-day delay, USA Network
7:00 p.m. Cross Country – Men’s 30k Skiathlon (re-air), Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, Same-day delay, USA Network

Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
6:00 a.m. Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies Day 3, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
2:00 p.m. Daytime Broadcast Coverage of Biatholon 15km Individual, Ski Jumping Mixed Team Event, delayed broadcast, NBC Broadcast

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022
3:00 a.m. Cross Country – Men and Women’s Freestyle Sprint, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, USA Network
5:30 a.m. Cross Country – Men and Women’s Individual Freestyle Sprint, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network
2:00 p.m. Daytime Coverage – Biathlon 20km Individual, Cross Country Men’s and Women’s Individual Sprint Finals, NBC Broadcast
4:00 p.m. Cross Country – Men and Women’s Freestyle Sprint - qualifying, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, Same-day delay, Broadcast, USA Network
6:30 p.m. Cross Country – Men and Women’s Freestyle Sprint - Finals, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, Same-day delay, Broadcast, USA Network
8:00 p.m. Primetime Broadcast – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe, Alpine Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air, NBC Broadcast
11:30 p.m. Cross Country – Men and Women’s Freestyle Sprint - Finals, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, Same-day delay, Broadcast, USA Network

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
6:30 a.m. 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies Day 5, NBC Broadcast
6:30 p.m. Cross Country Men and Women’s Freestyle Sprint - Finals, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, Next-day broadcast, USA Network

First-time Olympian Sean FitzSimons, defending Olympic gold medalist Red Gerard, and returning Olympian Chris Corning all advanced to the Olympic Winter Games slopestyle finals on Monday, Feb. 7., from Sunday's qualifiers.

The riders stepped it up in the sunny, sub-zero conditions, taking the sculpted features of the Genting Snowpark head-on. Thirty men were narrowed down to twelve, advancing in a best-of-two-run format. 

FitzSimons was the top-ranked U.S. rider in today’s qualifiers, earning third place with a score of 78.76. FitzSimons came into these Olympics after winning the Laax Open to clinch the final spot on the U.S. Men’s Slopestyle team. His confidence was undoubtedly boosted Sunday, as he looked effortless charging down the course, linking up a switch backside double cork 1260 into back-to-back 1440s. 

FitzSimons said, “Landing my first run felt really good. No pressure dropping into my second run, which almost never happens.”

He’s a fan of the Genting Snowpark course, he says, “It’s awesome, there’s a lot going on for sure especially in the rail section, I’ve been having a blast, and I had a blast on it today, it was riding as good as it had been and yeah it’s been super fun.” FitzSimons predicts that finals are shaping up to be “one of the heaviest slope contests ever.” 

Defending gold medalist Gerard finished fifth Sunday with a score of 78.20. His strategy heading into Monday’s final is to channel the mindset he brought into PyeongChang’s slopestyle final in 2018. He says, “I’ve tried to bring it back down to that scale of when I was younger and just focus on my riding. All I really want to do is just land some runs tomorrow, and I’d be happy with myself.” 

Chris Corning came back to put down a clutch performance on his second run, earning 11th place with a score of 69.30 to advance. Corning says, “I was a little nervous there, I was shaking at the top, but I’m happy that I was able to believe in myself and put a run down like that.”  

Dusty Henricksen finished seventeenth, ending his slopestyle bid, but he will return to competition for the Big Air event.  

The top qualifiers of the day were seventeen-year-old Su Yiming of China, competing in his first Olympics, followed by 2018 bronze medalist Canada’s Mark McMorris in second. 

 Monday’s finals will consist of twelve men competing in a best of a three-run final to determine who will take home an Olympic medal. Fans in North America can tune in to watch Sunday, Feb. 6. At 11 p.m. EST on NBCOlympics.com and Peacock. 

RESULTS
Men’s slopestyle qualifiers

START LIST
Men’s slopestyle finals

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST

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Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022
11:00 p.m. Snowboarding – Men's Slopestyle Final, Secret Garden, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
2:00 a.m. Snowboarding – Men's Slopestyle Final, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network
6:00 a.m. Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies Day 3, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
9:40 p.m. Snowboarding – M/W Parallel Giant Slalom Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022
6:00 a.m. 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies, Day 4 – Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
12:00 p.m. Snowboarding – Men’s and Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Finals, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network
8:00 p.m. Primetime Broadcast – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe, Alpine Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Mewn’s Big Air, NBC Broadcast
8:30 p.m. Snowboarding – Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Secret Garden, CHN, USA Network, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
10:00 p.m. Snowboarding – Women’s Snowboard Cross Qualifiers, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
11:30 p.m. Snowboarding – Men’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock, NBC Broadcast

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
1:30 a.m. Snowboarding – Women’s Snowboard Cross Finals, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
2:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
5:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
6:30 a.m. 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies Day 5, NBC Broadcast
2:00 p.m. Daytime – Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Nordic Combined Men’s Normal Hill & 10km, Snowboarding Women’s Snowboardcross Final, NBC Broadcast
8:00 p.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe, NBC Broadcast
10:15 p.m. Snowboarding – Mens’ Snowboard Cross Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
10:50 p.m. Snowboarding – Mens’ Snowboard Cross Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network

Sport-specific broadcast and streaming schedules are available below:

• Alpine
• Cross Country
• Freeski
• Freestyle
• Ski Jumping
• Nordic Combined
• Snowboard

Broadcast and streaming schedules are updated on a daily basis throughout the season.

Julia Marino put down a picture-perfect run to earn a silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022—the first Olympic medal for the U.S. in 2022.

The conditions in the Genting Snowpark were an improvement from the previous day’s qualifiers, with calm winds but continuing sub-zero conditions. After getting the jitters out on the first run, Marino came into the second run with some heat. Her silver medal run started with a half-Cab to backside 360 out on the flat rail, into a lipslide pretzel out on the down rail, into a spectacular switch boardslide underflip out on the cannon rail. Heading into the jump section, she went backside 900 melon, Cab double 900 Indy, finishing with a frontside 1080 mute on the final jump to earn a score of 87.68, which briefly landed her on top of the podium, until the last rider dropped. 

2018 bronze medalist Zoe Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand was the only rider who could knock Marino out of gold medal position, and she did so emphatically, stomping her third run to earn a score of 92.88. Tess Coady (AUS) earned the bronze medal with a score of 84.15.  

Marino showed no disappointment as she ran out to congratulate Sadowski-Synnott, initiating a joyful celebration among the competitors in the finish area—a great Olympic moment. 

Marino came into these Games with a podium performance at the 2021 Grand Prix qualifier in Aspen but hadn’t made it on a World Cup podium since. Sunday, she put it down when it counted. Marino said of her win, “I’m feeling a lot of things right now but mostly feeling a lot of happiness and excitement for everything that happened here today.” 

Of the progression on display today, Marino said, “The girls have worked really hard over the past few years and […], we all put down our best tricks linked together in a slope run which isn’t easy to do at all, so I just think it’s insanely huge for the progression of women’s snowboarding since we’re just learning day by day what we’re capable of and we’re capable of a lot.”

Of Sadowski-Synnott bumping her out of the gold medal position, Marino was gracious, “I did my best that I could do, and I couldn’t be happier with that, and she did the best she could do, and I’m so happy for her.” Elaborating on the moment she ran out to the finish area to celebrate Sadowski-Synnott’s win, Marino shared, “I was overcome with happiness for all three of us.”

Two-time defending gold medalist Jamie Anderson, a leading source of the progression on display throughout Sunday’s slopestyle, uncharacteristically did not put down her best run, earning her top score of 60.78 on her second run to finish in ninth place. She shared, “I feel, of course, so sad to not be able to put down a run, but I feel relieved that it’s over because it’s a high-stress week here, and I genuinely feel so happy for the girls.” 

Hailey Langland, in her second Olympic appearance, absolutely styled out the rails on the course but wasn’t able to get her big tricks on the lower jump section, finishing in eleventh with a score of 48.35

The U.S. women’s slopestyle snowboard team competes again in Big Air, with qualifiers slated for Monday, Feb. 14. 

RESULTS
Women’s Slopestyle finals

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST

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Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022
11:00 p.m. Snowboarding – Men's Slopestyle Final, Secret Garden, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
2:00 a.m. Snowboarding – Men's Slopestyle Final, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network
6:00 a.m. Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies Day 3, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
9:40 p.m. Snowboarding – M/W Parallel Giant Slalom Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022
6:00 a.m. 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies, Day 4 – Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
12:00 p.m. Snowboarding – Men’s and Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Finals, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network
8:00 p.m. Primetime Broadcast – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe, Alpine Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Mewn’s Big Air, NBC Broadcast
8:30 p.m. Snowboarding – Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Secret Garden, CHN, USA Network, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
10:00 p.m. Snowboarding – Women’s Snowboard Cross Qualifiers, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
11:30 p.m. Snowboarding – Men’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock, NBC Broadcast

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
1:30 a.m. Snowboarding – Women’s Snowboard Cross Finals, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
2:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
5:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
6:30 a.m. 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies Day 5, NBC Broadcast
2:00 p.m. Daytime – Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Nordic Combined Men’s Normal Hill & 10km, Snowboarding Women’s Snowboardcross Final, NBC Broadcast
8:00 p.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe, NBC Broadcast
10:15 p.m. Snowboarding – Mens’ Snowboard Cross Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
10:50 p.m. Snowboarding – Mens’ Snowboard Cross Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network

Sport-specific broadcast and streaming schedules are available below:

• Alpine
• Cross Country
• Freeski
• Freestyle
• Ski Jumping
• Nordic Combined
• Snowboard

Broadcast and streaming schedules are updated on a daily basis throughout the season.

Ski jumping at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 got under way Saturday morning at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center in Zhangiakou with the men's qualification round and the women's final normal hill jump. All four athlete's competing for the men, qualified for the final competition round set to take place on Sunday, Feb. 6. The athletes, Casey Larson, Decker Dean, Kevin Bickner, and Patrick Gasienica finished 41st, 42nd, 43rd, and 44th respectively. 

"My trainings have been really good but qualification today was not up to my standard," commented Larson. "Thankfully today was not too difficult and the whole team is through to the final. I’m really excited to get prepared for the individual tomorrow and have my best jump in competition."

The women's final competition concluded Saturday afternoon in Beijing, with Anna Hoffmann finishing 37th. Hoffmann was the sole representative of the United States women's ski jumping team, having got the call that she clinched a spot in Beijing after the Italian team withdrew a week prior to the Games.

Hoffmann, a student at the University of Utah, was not excited about her jump, but was still stoked to have had the chance to compete for her country.

"I had an amazing time competing here in Beijing and am so glad I got the chance to experience this," Hoffman said on her Olympic debut. "I'm so glad to say I have finally achieved a childhood dream. Thank you to my mom and dad for always having my back and to my coaches, Blake Hughes, Anders Johnson, and Trevor Edlund for teaching me how to be an elite athlete."

Ski jumping competition continues on Sunday, Feb. 6th. Fans in the states can tune in at 5:00 a.m. EST to catch the normal hill final live, or watch a same-day delay broadcast at 2:00 p.m. EST on the USA Network.

RESULTS 
Men's Qualification
Women's Final

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST.

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Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022
1:00 p.m. Ski Jumping – Women's Normal Hill Final, Snow Ruyi, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network
2:00 p.m. Daytime Broadcast Coverage – Cross-Country Skiing Women's Skiathlon, Ski Jumping Women's Normal Hill Final & More, delayed broadcast, NBC

Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022
5:00 a.m. Ski Jumping – Men's Normal Hill Final, Snow Ruyi, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
2:00 p.m. Ski Jumping – Men's Normal Hill Final, Snow Ruyi, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network

Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
5:00 a.m. Ski Jumping – Mixed Team Normal Hill, Snow Ruyi, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
11:00 a.m. Ski Jumping – Mixed Team Normal Hill, Snow Ruyi, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network
2:00 p.m. Daytime Broadcast Coverage of Biatholon 15km Individual, Ski Jumping Mixed Team Event, delayed broadcast, NBC Broadcast

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
2:00 a.m. Nordic Combined – Men’s Individual Event Normal Hill, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
3:00 a.m. Nordic Combined – Men’s Individual Event Normal Hill, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network
6:00 a.m. Nordic Combined – Men’s Individual Event 10km No. 1, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
10 a.m. Nordic Combined – Men’s Individual Event 10km No. 1, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network
2:00 p.m. Daytime – Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Nordic Combined Men’s Normal Hill & 10km, Snowboarding Women’s Snowboardcross Final, NBC Broadcast
7:00 p.m. Nordic Combined – Men’s Individual Event Normal Hill (re-air), Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network

Sport-specific broadcast and streaming schedules are available below:

• Alpine
• Cross Country
• Freeski
• Freestyle
• Ski Jumping
• Nordic Combined
• Snowboard

Broadcast and streaming schedules are updated on a daily basis throughout the season.

Nick Page led the U.S. men’s moguls team in his Olympic debut, pushing through the second qualifier to break in the top 5 at his first Olympics Games.

The Olympic mogul's format consists of two qualification rounds and three final rounds. Athletes must finish in the top 10 in either qualification round to make it to the finals. Then, in the first final, 20 athletes compete. The top 12 move on to final number two. From there, the top six, head into the super final to fight for a medal position. Of the three U.S. men competing in Saturday’s finals, Page was the only American to qualify for the second round in 10th. 18-year-old McDonald barely missed the top 12 in his Olympic debut, finishing 14th. Walczyk finished 16th.

Page then went on to qualify for the super final in sixth by skiing smart and slowly building upon his momentum each run. At age 19, Page’s top-five finish for the American men is a symbol of what’s to come for United States mogul skiing.

“Man, I don’t even have a word for it right now, but that was really special,” commented Page. “The last four years it’s been on my mind, that 20-second window. To think about all the work I’ve put in since last March when the season ended, and to actually get there. I was thinking on the lift, going up for that last run ‘man, this is what I’ve worked for, for so long.’ And to actually get to get in there and ski was so much fun.”

Despite a top-five finish in his Olympic debut, the Park City native is hungry for more.  

“I’m gonna sound arrogant, but I came here with the intention of winning a medal and a gold one at that,” reflects Page “But you can’t base (your results) off all that in the end, because all the things I just did, I’m really proud of. So I’m walking out of here on cloud nine.”

Men's moguls at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 has concluded. The women are slated to compete in their second qualifiers, followed by finals on Sunday, Feb. 6 in Beijing. 

RESULTS
Men’s Moguls Qualification 2
Men’s Moguls Finals

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST.

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Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022
2:00 p.m. Daytime Broadcast Coverage – Cross-Country Skiing Women's Skiathlon, Ski Jumping Women's Normal Hill Final & More, delayed broadcast, NBC

Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022
5:00 a.m. Freestyle Skiing – Women's Moguls Qualifying 2, Secret Garden, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
6:00 a.m. Freestyle Skiing – Women's Moguls Qualifying 2, Secret Garden, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network
6:30 a.m. Freestyle Skiing – Women's Moguls Finals, Secret Garden, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
6:30 a.m. 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies Day 2, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
7:00 p.m. Primetime – Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom, Freestyle Skiing Slopestyle & More, NBC Broadcast

Sport-specific broadcast and streaming schedules are available below:

• Alpine
• Cross Country
• Freeski
• Freestyle
• Ski Jumping
• Nordic Combined
• Snowboard

Broadcast and streaming schedules are updated on a daily basis throughout the season.

Jessie Diggins skied the fastest freestyle leg of Saturday’s 15k skiathlon to kick off the 2022 Olympic Winter Games and lead Team USA, finishing sixth. Rosie Brennan was 14th, followed by Hailey Swirbul in 40th, and Julia Kern in 53rd.

“I’m really happy,” Diggins said. “I wish I would have had a better classic half, but the skate half was some of the best racing of my life.”

Norway’s Therese Johaug skied away from the field to take the gold, while Natalia Nepryaaeva of Russia out-sprinted Austria’s Teresa Stadlober for the bronze.

With a strong northwest wind blowing, athletes battled a below zero wind chill, which made the classic portion of the race especially challenging. Brennan set the early pace as the lead group slowly dwindled to 15 athletes at the 2.5k mark. At the exchange, Brennan had fallen to 14th, as Diggins sat in 10th. 

Once Diggins traded classic skis for skate skis, she was off to the races, pulling back four places and finishing just 20 seconds off the podium. 

“It feels so good to have one race under my belt,” Diggins said. “I’m really, really, pumped to see what I can do the rest of the week.”

For Brennan, it was a tough battle. Still, her second career Olympic race was indeed a triumph after her 2018 Olympic Skiathlon, where she battled just to finish and was later diagnosed with mononucleosis.

“That was my first and last Olympic race,” she said. “So I had a demon in the back of my mind that I needed to get rid of. To be in a better place today - even if it wasn’t my best - was a step in the right direction, and that is something that I am proud of.”

The Olympic Winter Games continue Sunday with the men’s 30k Skiathlon. Racing for Team USA is Gus Schumacher, who will make his Olympic debut, and Scott Patterson, who finished 18th in the skiathlon at the 2018 Olympics. The race starts at 3 p.m. CST (2 a.m. EST) and streams live on NBCOlympics.com and Peacock. USA Network will provide a same-day broadcast at 3 p.m. EST.

The women return to racing in Tuesday’s freestyle sprint on Feb. 8.

RESULTS
Women’s 15k Skiathlon

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST

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Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022
3:45 p.m. Cross Country Skiing – Women’s 15k Skiathlon, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, Same-day delay, USA Network

Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022
2:00 a.m. Cross Country Skiing – Men’s 30k Skiathlon, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
6:30 a.m. 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies Day 2, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
3:00 p.m. Cross Country – Men’s 30k Skiathlon, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, Same-day delay, USA Network
7:00 p.m. Cross Country – Men’s 30k Skiathlon (re-air), Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, Same-day delay, USA Network

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022
3:00 a.m. Cross Country – Men and Women’s Freestyle Sprint, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, USA Network
5:30 a.m. Cross Country – Men and Women’s Individual Freestyle Sprint, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network
6:00 a.m. 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies, Day 4 – Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
2:00 p.m. Daytime Coverage – Biathlon 20km Individual, Cross Country Men’s and Women’s Individual Sprint Finals, NBC Broadcast
4:00 p.m. Cross Country – Men and Women’s Freestyle Sprint - qualifying, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, Same-day delay, Broadcast, USA Network
6:30 p.m. Cross Country – Men and Women’s Freestyle Sprint - Finals, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, Same-day delay, Broadcast, USA Network

Sport-specific broadcast and streaming schedules are available below:

• Alpine
• Cross Country
• Freeski
• Freestyle
• Ski Jumping
• Nordic Combined
• Snowboard

Broadcast and streaming schedules are updated on a daily basis throughout the season.

Jamie Anderson, Julia Marino, and Hailey Langland put it down when it counted to advance into Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 slopestyle finals on Sunday, Feb. 6.

The first snowboard qualifiers of these Olympic Games were an exciting and tense affair as the best-of-two-run format left little run for error. Beyond the sub-zero temps and building winds, the conditions in the sculpted Genting Snowpark allowed the women to seize the opportunity to showcase the meteoric progression in women’s slopestyle riding. The course, described as “challenging,” “technical,” and also “unique,” which was no doubt a nod to the guardhouse feature and the second “twisted sister” jump, a style not seen since Sochi 2018.

On her first run, two-time slopestyle gold medalist Anderson put down the top score for the U.S. women, earning a 74.35 and fifth place. Marino followed in sixth place with a 71.78, and Langland finished ninth with a 68.71.

Anderson said, “Today was one of the better days we’ve had, so that was a plus. The course is super challenging, as you can see. There weren’t a lot of technical runs, but I feel grateful I was able to put one down.” 

Anderson attempted to improve her score on her second run, putting down a compelling run, only to wash out on her Cab double cork 900 on the final jump, “I felt pretty pissed I couldn’t land my last run, but such is life. Highs and lows. I’m excited to send it tomorrow!”

Marino and Langland had the pressure on, needing to up their scores on their second runs just as the wind started picking up. They both rose to the occasion. 

Marino said, “I had so many nerves on that second run. Now the pressure’s off because I just wanted to make it into the finals—that was my main goal. Now I feel a little more relief that I made it through.”

Marino was unfazed by the wind, “I had tunnel vision; I just wanted to make it to the end of the course. I did not look at the flags at all. I was just like, ‘I’m going to go for my run no matter what, I don’t care about the wind. I’m going to throw down what I think is my best.’”  

Langland has a different strategy of waiting for a lull in the wind. “The wind gusts are no longer coming straight downhill, they’re now starting to swirl in between the jumps and in the rails and starting to come uphill, and that can cause some really bad consequences.” Shared Langland after finishing her second run. “The conditions are pretty gnarly, so I’m happy to be walking away in one piece.” 

Courtney Rummel, the 18-year-old out of West Bend, Wisconsin, finished in 17th with a score of 48.30, missing the cutoff to advance into finals but putting on a great show at her first Olympic Games. 

The top qualifiers of the day were Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (NZL), followed by Kokomo Murase (JPN) and Enni Rukajarvi (FIN). 

Sunday’s finals will consist of twelve women competing in a best of three run final to determine who will take home an Olympic medal. Fans in North America can tune in to watch Saturday, Feb. 5. at 8:30 p.m. EST on USA Network.

RESULTS

Women's slopestyle qualifiers

START LISTS

Women's slopestyle finals

HOW TO WATCH
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Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022
8:30 p.m. Snowboarding – Women's Slopestyle Finals (Live), Secret Garden, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network
11:00 p.m. Snowboarding – Men's Slopestyle Qualifying, Secret Garden, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022
12:00 a.m. Primetime Plus – Snowboarding Slopestyle Finals & More, NBC Broadcast
11:00 p.m. Snowboarding – Men's Slopestyle Final, Secret Garden, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Sport-specific broadcast and streaming schedules are available below:

• Alpine
• Cross Country
• Freeski
• Freestyle
• Ski Jumping
• Nordic Combined
• Snowboard

Broadcast and streaming schedules are updated on a daily basis throughout the season.

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Never before had any women, or men, been close to competing with the Scandanavian teams that dominated the cross country track for four decades. Diggins and Randall proved that with a bit of support, the Americans could hang with "the big dogs." Not only was their victory a historic moment for the U.S. women's cross country team, but the entire American contingency of the sport.

Randall retired, and Diggins continued, this time, as a country-wide role model and a "de facto captain of a team made up of men and women." 

In "Her Gold Was Four Years Ago, but She Never Stopped Leading," New York Times reporter Matthew Futterman outlines Diggins's rise to the top and how her effervescent presence has had a lasting effect on her teammates, her sport, and her country. 

Read the full story at NYTimes.com >>

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Two years after his death, NBC Olympics has released an emotional nine-minute tribute to Jeff's legacy, one which he left behind in photographs that decorate Shiffrin's home in Edwards, Colorado. Shiffrin, her brother Taylor, and her mother Eileen open up about the devastating experience and the moment she chose to continue when all she wanted was to let go.