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(Mom won! Photo: International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation)
What to watch this week
And now that we're down to the end of the Games, here are just a few of the final things we have circled in our schedules...
TODAY: 🎿 Slalom - Finishing up right now! Go watch 📺
⛸️ Short-track speedskating relay - Italy won the mixed team relay, can they repeat in the women's event? Their own Arianna Fontana will be going for a record 14th medal. But mostly you watch for the crazy skater-to-skater transitions and chaos!
THURSDAY: 🎿 Ski mountaineering - Also known as SkiMo, makes its Olympic debut. Snoop Dogg explains.
🏒 Hockey finals - Yes, it's a U.S. v. Canada gold medal game 🥇 but can Canada top a U.S. team that has so far outscored its Olympic opponents (including Canada) 31-1.
💨 Figure skating - World champ Kaori Sakamoto 🇯🇵 leads after the short program, just ahead of her teammate, with comeback kid Alysa Liu in third. But as we saw in the men's event, anything can happen.
FRIDAY: ⛷️ Ski cross - What is ski cross? Exactly what it sounds like.
SATURDAY: 🛷 Two-women bobsled - Both Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Humphreys (who took 1st and 3rd in the monobob) are scheduled to pilot U.S. sleds in the two-woman event. The final two runs of four go on Saturday.
⛷️ Freeski halfpipe - Eileen Gu, so far, has taken home two silvers and is the most decorated female freeskier in history, but will compete in arguably her best event last.
🏔️ Skimo relay - One man, one woman, four laps, many transitions up and down the mountain. Can the last-qualifier American duo give the European teams a run for the win?
SUNDAY: ❄️ Cross-country ski 50km - For the first time, the women will race the longest distance (the 50 kilometers). So far the Swedish women have dominated, but will an American or Norwegian sneak in there?!
Curling - After the sport has been rocked (pun intended) by cheating accusations, who will make it to the gold medal final on Sunday?
And then, of course, it's the closing ceremony on Sunday evening at the historic ampitheater Arena di Verona — expected to be a celebration of Italian culture 🇮🇹 — before the Paralympics start in March!
📺 HOW TO WATCH: In the U.S. you can watch on NBC (see the full schedule here). In Canada it's on CBC & CBC Gem. See the full list of broadcasters globally here.
Hit the trails with Trail Society
Trail curious? Trail expert? Either way the trio of professional trail runners and scientists Keely Henninger, Corrine Malcolm, and Hillary Allen have you covered with our podcast Trail Society.
Hear from Western States winner Abby Hall or the story of the first woman to establish a time on Norman's 13 (while dealing with endometriosis). And this week Keely and Corrine tackle the science of stress and cortisol, and what Lindsey Vonn teaches us about the double standard for female atheltes.
Listen to the episode: "Stress, the science of cortisol, and updates on the Female Athlete Triad" |
