Years of preparation by the athletes and host country alike are now about to come to fruition. The 2018 Winter Olympic Games are underway in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
A few select events actually started Wednesday and Thursday, but the opening ceremonies officially kick things off Friday. South Korea is 14 hours ahead of the Eastern Time Zone, and fans who have a cable or satellite subscription can live-stream the ceremonies on nbcolympics.com or the NBC Sports App Friday at 6 a.m. Eastern. If you can wait, the ceremonies will be broadcast in prime time, Friday at 8 p.m.
Men’s ice hockey will begin Wednesday, Feb. 14, when Garrett Roe of Vienna, Virginia, will be in action for Team USA in its first game against Slovenia. Until then, here is the schedule of events for the weekend:
Saturday, Feb. 10
NBC
3-6 p.m. — Snowboarding: Men’s Slopestyle; Short Track Speedskating: Men’s 1500m Gold Medal Final; Ski Jumping: Men’s Individual Normal Hill Gold Medal Final; Luge: Men’s Singles.
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8-11 p.m. — Figure Skating: Team Event (LIVE), Ice Dancing Short Dance, Ladies’ Short Program; Alpine Skiing: Men’s Downhill Gold Medal Final.
11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. — Figure Skating: Team Event (LIVE), Pairs’ Free Skate.
NBCSN
2-5 a.m. — Cross Country: Women’s Skiathlon Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Mixed Doubles Curling: United States vs. China.
5-7:35 a.m. — Short Track Speedskating: Men’s 1500m Gold Medal Final (LIVE).
7:35-11:30 a.m. — Ski Jumping: Men’s Individual Normal Hill Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Snowboarding: Men’s Slopestyle.
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11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. — Luge: Men’s Singles.
1-5 p.m. — Speedskating: Women’s 3000m Gold Medal Final; Biathlon: Women’s 7.5km Sprint Gold Medal Final; Mixed Doubles Curling: United States vs. Norway.
7-9:45 p.m. — Snowboarding: Men’s Slopestyle Gold Medal Final (LIVE).
9:45 p.m.-1:30 a.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling: United States vs. Finland; Snowboarding: Women’s Slopestyle (LIVE).
1:30-2:40 a.m. — Mixed Doubles Curling: Canada vs. South Korea.
USA Network
7-9:30 a.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey: Switzerland vs. South Korea (LIVE).
Sunday, Feb. 11
NBC
3-6 p.m. — Speedskating: Men’s 5000m Gold Medal Final; Biathlon: Men’s 10km Sprint Gold Medal Final; Cross Country: Men’s Skiathlon Gold Medal Final.
7-11 p.m. — Figure Skating: Team Event Gold Medal Final (LIVE), Men’s Free Skate, Ladies’ Free Skate, Ice Dancing Free Dance; Alpine Skiing: Women’s Giant Slalom (LIVE); Freestyle Skiing: Women’s Moguls Gold Medal Final; Snowboard: Women’s Slopestyle Gold Medal Final; Luge: Men’s Singles Gold Medal Final Runs.
11:35 p.m.-1 a.m. — Alpine Skiing: Women’s Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Snowboarding: Women’s Halfpipe (LIVE).
NBCSN
2:40-5 a.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey: United States vs. Finland (LIVE).
5-9 a.m. — Biathlon: Men’s 10km Sprint Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Speedskating: Men’s 5000m Gold Medal Final; Cross Country: Men’s Skiathlon Gold Medal Final.
1:30-5:30 p.m. — Curling: Mixed Doubles Tiebreaker; Luge: Men’s Singles Gold Medal Final Runs.
5:30-8 p.m. — Biathlon: Men’s 10km Sprint Gold Medal Final.
8-11:30 p.m. — Snowboarding: Women’s Slopestyle Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Curling: Mixed Doubles Semifinal.
11:30 p.m.-2:40 a.m. — Curling: Semifinal Mixed Doubles (replay); Speedskating: Men’s 5000m Gold Medal Final.
USA Network
7-9:30 a.m. — Women’s Ice Hockey: Canada vs. Olympic Athletes from Russia (LIVE).
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