Schedule – FasterSkier.com https://fasterskier.com FasterSkier — All Things Nordic Fri, 04 Feb 2022 22:11:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 How Do I Watch the Olympic Cross-Country Ski Races? https://fasterskier.com/2022/02/what-time-are-the-olympic-races/ https://fasterskier.com/2022/02/what-time-are-the-olympic-races/#respond Fri, 04 Feb 2022 03:00:05 +0000 https://fasterskier.com/?p=200993
Screenshot from @nordic_ski_memes Instagram account.

The Olympics start soon. Really soon. Here’s your one-stop shop to help you figure out what to watch, and when.

When are the races?

In the late afternoon to evening, if you’re in Zhangjiakou competing in them, in a nod to the lucrative European viewing market. In the late evening the night before, if like half of this year’s U.S. Olympic nordic team you live or train in Alaska. Squarely in the middle of the night, if like most of the rest of the team you live or train in Vermont (or anywhere else in the Eastern Time Zone).

There’s a schedule of all this year’s cross-country races below. If you’re in different time zones than those listed, or just like to do math, China Standard Time (there is one time zone for the entire country) is eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time, or UTC, formerly known as Greenwich Mean Time. UTC is another five hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time, which is itself four hours ahead of Alaska Time. Put all those together, and China is currently 13 hours ahead of the East Coast, 17 hours ahead of Alaska. Our friends in the Hawaii–Aleutian, Pacific, Mountain, or Central time zones can do the math accordingly.

How can I watch the races?

NBC’s PeacockTV and the Olympic Channel are the primary networks that will feature live Olympic coverage, broadcasts, and event replays. Peacock currently has all cross-country events in their “Live & Upcoming” list, along with a section dedicated to “Jessie Diggins Highlights,” which sits above this season’s World Cup event replays, and another section of “Road to Beijing Highlights.”

Each event will be streamed live, presumably with a full replay available shortly thereafter, and also broadcast with commentary later in the day. A streaming and broadcast schedule for both Peacock and the Olympic Channel can be found here on the U.S. Ski & Snowboard website.

As for the commentators whose voices you’ll be hearing on air, NBC advises, “Steve Schlanger reprises his role as a play-by-play commentator for cross-country skiing, his sixth Olympics assignment. In addition to his work on biathlon, Chad Salmela will work as the cross-country analyst along with gold medalist Kikkan Randall, who makes her Olympic debut as an analyst. Naoko Funayama, in her second NBC Olympics assignment, is the reporter.”

From left, Alex Kochon, Nat Herz, and Chelsea Little were on-scene at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. Herz previously covered the 2010 Olympics for FasterSkier as well.

How can I read in-depth coverage of these races?

Nat Herz will be on the ground in Zhangjiakou throughout the Games, supporting coverage on FasterSkier and the Anchorage Daily News, and providing insights from inside the Olympic bubble. The rest of the FasterSkier staff will be working hard to provide timely and quality race coverage, per usual. Don’t touch that dial, as they say.

Expect to see these faces on the podium again this fortnight, if our experts’ picks are correct: from left, Jessie Diggins, Therese Johaug, and Frida Karlsson, following the 10 k skate in Davos earlier this season. (Photo: NordicFocus)

Who’s going to win the races?

This was the topic of much enthusiastic speculation on the final pre-Olympic episode of the Devon Kershaw Show. Here are the compiled podium picks from Kershaw and special guest Alex Harvey, based on what was known about Covid presences and absences as of last Sunday (as host Nat Herz will be on the ground reporting, he remained professionally agnostic on the question of predictions during this show). Picks are listed in medal order, i.e., gold–silver–bronze.

Women’s skiathlon:

  • Therese Johaug, Ebba Andersson, Frida Karlsson (Harvey)
  • Johaug, Karlsson, Natalya Nepryayeva (Kershaw)

Men’s skiathlon:

  • Johannes Klæbo, Alexander Bolshunov, Hans Christer Holund (Harvey)
  • Bolshunov, Holund, Sjur Røthe (Kershaw)

Women’s skate sprint:

  • Maja Dahlqvist, Nadine Fähndrich, Jessie Diggins (Harvey)
  • Dahlqvist, Diggins, Jonna Sundling (Kershaw)

Men’s skate sprint:

  • Klæbo, Richard Jouve, Sergey Ustiugov (Harvey)
  • Klæbo, Jouve, Erik Valnes (Kershaw)
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo celebrates a dominant win in the individual skate sprint in Lenzerheide, SUI. (Photo: NordicFocus)

Women’s 10 k classic:

  • Johaug, Karlsson, Krista Pärmäkoski (Harvey)
  • Johaug, Karlsson, Andersson (Kershaw)

Men’s 15 k classic:

  • Iivo Niskanen, Bolshunov, Holund (Harvey)
  • Klæbo, Niskanen, Bolshunov (Kershaw)

Women’s relay:

  • Sweden, Norway, Russia (Harvey)
  • “U.S. is winning gold,” Sweden, Russia (Kershaw)

Men’s relay:

  • Norway, Russia, France (Harvey)
  • Norway, Russia, France (Kershaw)

Men’s team sprint:

  • Norway, Russia, Finland (Harvey)
  • Norway, Russia, Finland (Kershaw)

Women’s team sprint:

  • Sweden, Russia, Norway (Harvey)
  • Sweden, Russia, Norway (Kershaw)
Hans Christer Holund races a 15k classic in Ruka, FIN. (Photo: NordicFocus)

Men’s 50 k skate:

  • Holund, Bolshunov, Røthe (Harvey)
  • Holund, Røthe, Bolshunov (Kershaw)

Women’s 30 k skate:

  • Johaug, Diggins, Andersson (Harvey)
  • Johaug, Karlsson, Diggins (Kershaw)

Who else is in these races?

You can find the American roster for cross-country skiing here. The American biathletes are here, and nordic combined athletes are here. Here are the Canadian teams for cross-country skiing, biathlon, and nordic combined. International cross-country rosters can be found on the FIS website.

What are the race courses like?

Great question. You can find a general overview of the courses and venue here, a more substantive roundup of on-the-ground reactions to the courses here, and a deep dive into the implications of the final uphill into the stadium coming on this site tomorrow.

What else is going on in world politics around these races?

Not very good things. Here’s a representative roundup of non-sports Olympics coverage from just this past week:

Vail Daily News, “Two-time Olympian Noah Hoffman advises athletes to remain silent at Beijing Olympics”

New York Times, “For Olympic Sponsors, ‘China is an Exception'”

Globe and Mail, “Beijing’s Olympic plans are already mired in politics and threatened by COVID-19. Will it all be worth it?”

The New Yorker, “How Beijing Is Playing the Olympics”

Inside the Games, “Beijing 2022 confirms 11 hospitalised with COVID as further cases reported”

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Schedule

All Times Eastern Standard Time

Saturday, February 5th
4:00am EST – Men’s and Women’s Mixed Relay – Zhangjiakou, China

Monday, February 7th
4:00am EST – Women’s 15k Individual – Zhangjiakou, China

Tuesday, February 8th
3:30am EST – Men’s 20k Individual – Zhangjiakou, China

Friday, February 11th
4:00am EST – Women’s 7.5k Sprint – Zhangjiakou, China

Saturday, February 12th
4:00am EST – Men’s 10k Sprint – Zhangjiakou, China

Sunday, February 13th
4:00am EST – Women’s 10k Pursuit – Zhangjiakou, China

5:45am EST – Men’s 12.5k Pursuit – Zhangjiakou, China

Tuesday, February 15th
4:00am EST – Men’s 4×7.5k Relay – Zhangjiakou, China

Wednesday, February 16th
2:45am EST – Women’s 4x6k Relay – Zhangjiakou, China

Friday, February 18th
4:00am EST – Men’s 15k Mass Start – Zhangjiakou, China

Saturday, February 19th
4:00am EST – Women’s 12.5k Mass Start – Zhangjiakou, China

How to Watch

 

Athletes Competing in 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games

 

United States 

Leif Nordgren (Hinesburg, Vt./National Guard Biathlon & USBA)

Joanne Reid (Grand Junction, Colo.)

Deedra Irwin (Pulaski, Wis./National Guard Biathlon & USBA).

Jake Brown (St. Paul, Minn./Craftsbury Green Racing Project & USBA)

Sean Doherty (Center Conway, N.H./National Guard Biathlon & USBA)

Susan Dunklee (Craftsbury, Vt./Craftsbury Green Racing Project & USBA)

Clare Egan (Cape Elizabeth, Maine/Craftsbury Green Racing Project & USBA)

Paul Schommer (Appleton, Wis./Team Crosscut & USBA).

Canada 

Megan Bankes (Calgary, Alta.)

Sarah Beaudry (Prince George, B.C.)

Jules Burnotte (Sherbrooke, Que.)

Emily Dickson (Burns Lake, B.C.)

Christian Gow (Calgary, Alta.)

Scott Gow (Calgary, Alta.)

Emma Lunder (Vernon, B.C.)

Adam Runnalls  (Calgary, Alta.)

 

Justin Wadsworth (Canmore, Alta.) – Head Coach

Pavel Lantsov (Canmore, Alta) – Coach

 

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Women’s Ski Jumping
Women’s Ski Jumping has one medal event at the 2022 Olympics: the Individual Normal Hill competition. The event will be two rounds. Both the first and final rounds are scheduled for Saturday, February 5.

Men’s Ski Jumping
Men’s Ski Jumping’s action-packed schedule kicks off Saturday, February 5 with the first of three medal events, the Individual Normal Hill competition, followed by the final round on Sunday, February 6. Friday, February 11 hosts the Individual Large Hill, with the final round taking place the following day. Team Ski Jumping will take place on Monday, February 14.

Men’s Nordic Combined
Men’s Nordic Combined has an action-packed schedule at the 2022 Games. The first of three medal events kick off on Wednesday, February 9, with the Individual Gunderson Normal Hill/10km competition, followed by the Individual Gunderson Large Hill/10km on Tuesday, February 15. The final event –Team Gunderson Large Hill/4x5km – is scheduled for Thursday, February 17.

How to Watch

All Times Eastern Standard Time

Saturday, February 5th
12:15am EST – Men’s Ski Jumping Normal Hill Qualification – Zhangjiakou, China

4:45am EST – Women’s Ski Jumping Normal Hill Final – Zhangjiakou, China

Sunday, February 6th
5:00am EST – Men’s Ski Jumping Normal Hill Final – Zhangjiakou, China

Wednesday, February 9th
2:00am EST – Men’s Nordic Combined Individual Normal Hill – Zhangjiakou, China

6:00am EST – Men’s Nordic Combined Individual 10km – Zhangjiakou, China

Friday, February 11th
4:45am EST – Men’s Ski Jumping Large Hill Qualification – Zhangjiakou, China

Saturday, February 12th
5:00am EST – Men’s Ski Jumping Large Hill Final – Zhangjiakou, China

Monday, February 14th
5:00am EST – Men’s Ski Jumping Team Large Hill – Zhangjiakou, China

Tuesday, February 15th
2:00am EST – Men’s Nordic Combined Individual Large Hill – Zhangjiakou, China

6:00am EST – Men’s Nordic Combined Individual 10km – Zhangjiakou, China

Thursday, February 17th
2:00am EST – Men’s Nordic Combined Team Large Hill – Zhangjiakou, China

6:00am EST – Men’s Nordic Combined Team 4×5 10km – Zhangjiakou, China

Athletes Competing in 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games

Women’s Ski Jumping – Anna Hoffmann

Men’s Ski Jumping – Kevin Bickner, Casey Larson, Patrick Gasienica, Decker Dean

Men’s Nordic Combined – Taylor Fletcher, Ben Loomis, Jared Shumate, Stephen Schumann, Jasper Good

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