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THE MEN TAKE THE ICE AND BODE RETURNS TUESDAY, DAY 5 OF THE TORINO GAMES ON NBC
THE MEN TAKE THE ICE AND BODE MILLER GETS ANOTHER CHANCE TO CLAIM GOLD ON TUESDAY, DAY 5 OF THE TORINO GAMES
"I Would Give Plushenko a Very Good Chance...But the Men's Event Right Now is One of the Broadest, One of the Most Diverse Competitions I've Seen in a Long Time."-Button
NBC's Tuesday Primetime Olympic Coverage Begins At 8 P.M. ET/PT
TORINO, Italy -- February 13, 2006 -- The men take to the ice and Bode Miller gets another chance for Olympic gold in the men's combined highlighting NBC's coverage continuing Tuesday on NBC, USA Network, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC HD and Universal HD. NBC's Tuesday primetime coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET/PT as figure skating resumes with the short program of the men's competition, featuring Russia's flashy Yevgeny Plushenko, the silver medalist in Salt Lake City and the gold medal favorite at these Games.
NBC's Dick Button said, "I would give Plushenko, who is-one hell of a competitor-a very good chance at the men's event, but I've got to tell you that the men's event right now is one of the broadest, one of the most diverse competitions I've seen in a long time." The Americans figure to be in the medal chase, as their team will include three-time National Champion Johnny Weir (Newark, Del.), 2005 World bronze medalist Evan Lysacek (Naperville, Ill.), and Cornell law-student-to-be Matt Savoie (Peoria, Ill.), who qualified for his first Olympic team at age 25.
Bode Miller gets a chance at redemption in Torino after finishing fifth in the downhill, with another gold medal opportunity in the men's combined (downhill and slalom.) As the 2003 World Champion in this event, the bold New England superstar looks to turn his Salt Lake silver into Torino gold.
Highlights for Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006, include:
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14
NBC
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Luge-Women's Singles Gold Medal Final
8:00 p.m.-11:30 p.m.
Figure Skating-Men's Short Program
Alpine Skiing-Men's Combined (Downhill & Slalom) Gold Medal Final
Speed Skating-Women's 500m Gold Medal Final
12:05 a.m.-1:30 a.m.
The Olympic Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Figure Skating-Men's Short Program Analysis
Cross Country-Men's Team Sprint Gold Medal Final
Medals Plaza-Awards Ceremonies
1:30 a.m.-5:00 a.m.
Primetime Replay
USA
3:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Curling-Women: USA vs. Canada (LIVE)
Cross Country-Women's Team Sprint Gold Medal Final
Biathlon-Men's 10km Sprint Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Curling-Men: USA vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
Alpine Skiing-Women's Downhill Final Timed Training
2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Hockey-Women: USA vs. Finland (LIVE)
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice
MSNBC
7:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Hockey-Women: Italy vs. Russia (LIVE)
Women: Canada vs. Sweden (LIVE)
Women: Switzerland vs. Germany (LIVE)
CNBC
5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Curling-Women: USA vs. Japan
UNIVERSAL HD
7:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Hockey-Women: Italy vs. Russia (LIVE)
Women: Canada vs. Sweden (LIVE)
Women: Switzerland vs. Germany (LIVE)
2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Hockey-Women: USA vs. Finland (LIVE)
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Figure skating resumes with the short program of the men's competition, featuring Russia's flashy Yevgeny Plushenko, silver medalist in Salt Lake City and the gold medal favorite at these Games. The Americans figure to be in the medal chase, as they team will include three-time National Champion Johnny Weir (Newark, Del.), 2005 World bronze medalist Evan Lysacek (Naperville, Ill.), and Cornell law-student-to-be Matt Savoie (Peoria, Ill.), who qualified for his first Olympic team at age 25.
The men's combined (downhill and slalom) represents another gold medal opportunity for Bode Miller, the 2003 world champion in this event. The bold New England superstar who dramatically took silver four years ago after nearly falling in men's combined, which combines the daring downhill with two runs of slalom, looks to turn his Salt Lake silver into Torino gold.
Tonight in speed skating, the fastest female skaters in the world sprint for Olympic gold in the 500m. Watch for China's Wang Manli, who was dismissed as talentless by her first childhood coach but persevered and grew into a world champion skater.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
In the women's luge gold medal final, Germany's all-world lugers are expected to dominate and sweep the medals in this event as they did in Salt Lake. However, young and improving American Courtney Zablocki (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) is determined to upend the German juggernaut.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Latenight):
The world's fastest cross-country skiers sprint for team gold on the scenic course at Pragelato.
USA HIGHLIGHTS:
Angela Ruggiero (Harper Woods, Mich.), Krissy Wendell (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and the world champion U.S. women's hockey team return to the ice LIVE with a tough match-up against a medal-contending team from Finland.
The USA's curling teams continue to sweep toward gold, with LIVE coverage of the women vs. 1998 Olympic champion Canada and the men vs. New Zealand.
In cross country's women's sprint gold medal final, the world's fastest cross-country skiers sprint for team gold on the scenic course at Pragelato.
Norwegian standout Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, who won four Olympic gold medals in 2002, looks to continue his winning ways LIVE on USA Network in the men's biathlon 10km sprint gold medal final.
Highlights for Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006, include:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15
NBC
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Nordic Combined-Team Gold Medal Final:
Ski Jumping: Large Hill Team Jumping
Cross Country: Team 4x5km Relay
8:00 p.m.-11:30 p.m.
Alpine Skiing-Women's Downhill Gold Medal Final
Freestyle Skiing-Men's Moguls Gold Medal Final
Short Track Speed Skating-Women's 500m Gold Medal Final
Men's 5000m Relay Semifinals
Men's 1000m Competition
Luge-Men's Doubles Gold Medal Final
12:05 a.m.-1:30 a.m.
The Olympic Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Speed Skating-Men's Team Pursuit Competition
Medals Plaza-Awards Ceremonies
1:30 a.m.-5:00 a.m.
Primetime Replay
USA
8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Curling-Women: USA vs. Denmark (LIVE)
3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Hockey-Men: USA vs. Latvia (LIVE)
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice
MSNBC
5:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Hockey-Men: Sweden vs. Kazakhstan (LIVE)
Men: Canada vs. Italy (LIVE)
Men: Finland vs. Switzerland (LIVE)
Men: Germany vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)
Men: Russia vs. Slovakia (LIVE)
CNBC
5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Curling-Men: USA vs. Italy
UNIVERSAL HD
5:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Hockey-Men: Sweden vs. Kazakhstan (LIVE)
Men: Canada vs. Italy (LIVE)
Men: Finland vs. Switzerland (LIVE)
Men: Germany vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)
3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Hockey-Men: USA vs. Latvia (LIVE)
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
The brightest stars on the American women's team since Picabo Street, 21-year-olds Lindsey Kildow (St. Paul, Minn.) and Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, Calif.), have been racing each other for a decade and now look to challenge the sport's reigning superstar, Croatia's brilliant Janica Kostelic, for gold in the women's downhill.
Reigning World Cup moguls champion and former University of Colorado football standout Jeremy Bloom (he was an electric return man for the Buffaloes and earned Freshman All-America honors) leads a strong group of American moguls skiers over car-sized bumps and gravity-defying jumps. His next stop after Torino: the NFL. Also watch for Toby Dawson, who was born in South Korea, abandoned as an infant, and adopted by an American couple in Vail, Colorado, where he learned how to ski.
Seattle's Apolo Anton Ohno returns to the ice as he races toward another golden opportunity in the 1000m and leads Team USA toward a medal in the thrill-and-spill-filled short track relay.
Mark Grimmette (Muskegon, Mich.) and Brian Martin (Palo Alto, Calif.), who won bronze in 1998 and silver in 2002 in the men's doubles luge competition, attempt to become the first American men ever to win medals at three different Winter Olympics.
Four years ago, Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) nearly led Team USA to its first-ever Olympic medal in nordic combined, finishing fourth-just out of the medals-in this, the team event. Lodwick is back in Torino, having refocused his efforts toward ending this medal drought.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
Catch the women in the Olympic debut of the newest speed skating event on the Olympic program, team pursuit, which is the only team race on the oval. Three skaters per team race in tandem as they attempt to advance to the head-to-head race-off round, which will ultimately determine which elite speed skating team is the fastest and deepest in the world.
Short Track is back with the sport's fastest women in the 500m semifinal, an all-out sprint to advance to the gold medal final, featuring double Salt Lake gold medalist Yang Yang (A) of China and fast-improving Americans Hyo-Jung Kim (Fullerton, Calif.) and Allison Baver (Reading, Pa.)
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Latenight):
Multi-medal threat Chad Hedrick of Houston leads the USA in speed skating's team event, the sport's latest addition to the Olympic program. Three skaters per team race in tandem as they attempt to advance to the head-to-head race-off round, which will ultimately determine which elite speed skating team is the fastest and deepest in the world.
MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
Catch LIVE coverage throughout the day as the best hockey players in the world compete for pride and country as the men's tournament begins. Nearly every team is an All-Star team as the NHL's finest begin their pursuit of Olympic gold.
USA HIGHLIGHTS:
LIVE Hockey action includes a first look at Team USA as they make their Olympic debut against Latvia, which is always boosted by some of the sport's most passionate fans.
Also, LIVE curling coverage as sisters Cassie and Jamie Johnson (Bemidji, Minn.) lead the U.S. women's team against Denmark.
CNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
Live curling features the USA's men vs. the Italians on home ice.
Listings subject to change, please check NBCOlympics.com for updates.
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