2010 Winter Olympics Schedule: Daily Breakdown What to Watch

At the Olympics there are any number of events and disciplines going on at any one time. How can one keep track? What days are the biggest events taking place?

With 26 sports and numerous qualifying rounds going on over 16 days how is one to know when and what is the most interesting thing to tune in for? Here's some help. Here is a daily schedule of the 2010 Winter Olympics and an idea of what to watch each day.

Feb. 12 - Friday - Opening Ceremonies

What is essentially one big welcoming shindig loaded with extravagant performances and visual aids, the Opening Ceremony kicks off the games on Friday night from inside BC Place Stadium.

The first actual event occurs on Friday as well with men's ski jumping.

Feb. 13 - Saturday - Downhill Skiing Final

The first full day of competition kicks off with one of the most exciting events of the Games with the men's downhill skiing final.

The opening games of men's and women's hockey will also be on Saturday. Additionally, Apolo Anton Ohno begins his pursuit of the medals record with the 1500-meter short track speed skating final.

Saturday's events also include:

- Women's Biathlon Sprint Final
- Women's Moguls Final
- Luge qualifying round
- Men's normal hill ski jumping
- Men's 5000-meter speed skating

Feb. 14 - Sunday - Men's Luge Final

The men's luge final is one of the headlines of the day including six total finals.

The other finals include:

- Women's alpine combined
- Men's biathlon sprint
- Men's Moguls
- Men's Nordic combined, 10-kilometer
- Women's 3000-meter speed skating

Additionally, further tournament rounds of men's and women's ice hockey continue as well as the first qualifying rounds of figure skating.

Feb. 15 - Monday - 500-meter Speed Skating Final

Apolo Anton Ohno figures to take the headline again on Monday when he goes for gold in the 500-meter short track final.

Other finals include:

- Men's snowboard cross
- Figure skating pairs
- Women's 10-kilometer cross-country freestyle
- Men's 15-kilometer cross country freestyle

Ice Hockey tournament rounds continue as do qualifying rounds for women's singles luge.

Feb. 16 - Tuesday - Women's Snowboard Cross Final

Lindsey Jacobellis (pictured) gets the redemption she's waited four years for in the women's snowboard cross final. After costing herself the gold in Torino, can she put the black eye in the past and take her spot atop the podium?

Other finals include:

- Men's Alpine Combined
- Men and Women's Biathlon Pursuit
- Women's luge singles
- Women's 500-meter speed skating

Additionally, further figure skating qualifying, men and women's hockey tournament games and the opening round of curling kicks off.

Feb. 17 - Wednesday - Men's Snowboard Halfpipe Final

Shaun White tackles the halfpipe in the men's final. On the same day, Lindsey Vonn will attempt to win gold in the women's downhill and Apolo Anton Ohno goes in the 1000-meter speed skating final. Wednesday figures to be the most compelling single day for American headlines.

Other finals include:

- Men and women's cross-country sprint
- Men and women's doubles luge
- Women's 500-meter short track speed skating

Hockey and curling tournament matches round out the schedule.

Feb. 18 - Thursday - Women's Snowboard Halfpipe Final

Gretchen Bleiler will go for gold in the women's halfpipe final on Thursday. Additionally, men's figure skating will take center stage with the singles final. Americans Johnny Weir and Evan Lysacek will be in direct competition for medals.

Other finals include:

- Men's and women's individual biathlon
- Women's 1000-meter speed skating

Hockey, curling and skeleton qualifying runs fill out the days events.

Feb. 19 - Friday - Men's Super G Final

Bode Miller takes another shot at the medal in the men's super G final. It is a personal favorite of mine and should be the most scintillating events at the Olympics.

Other Finals Include:

- Women's 15-kilometer cross-country pursuit
- Men's and women's skeleton final

Ski jumping and figure skating qualifying, and hockey and curling tournament matches fill up the schedule.

Feb. 20 - Saturday - Women's Super G Final

If Lindsey Vonn makes it this far, then her participation in the Super G will really be something to watch as it is the most physically demanding alpine ski event. If she wins this, in my opinion, she etches her place in Olympic history.

Other Finals Include:

- Men's 30-kilometer cross-country pursuit
- Men's 1000-meter short track speed skating
- Women's 1500-meter short track speed skating
- Men's large hill ski jumping
- Men's 1500-meter speed skating

Bobsled gets underway with a qualifying round. There is freestyle skiing qualifiers, and of course hockey and curling continue.

Feb. 21 - Sunday - Men's Giant Slalom Final

Ted Ligety (pictured) took the bronze in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships. He looks to improve on that finish in the biggest final of the day.

Other finals include:

- Men's and Women's Mass Start Biathlon
- Men's two-man bobsled
- Men's ski-cross
- Women's 1500-meter speed skating

Hockey and curling continues, as does women's figure skating qualifying.

Feb. 22 - Monday - Ice Dancing

U.S. ice dancing pairs Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto, and Meryl Davis and Charlie White will go head-to-head for the gold medal. Davis and White took gold at the 2009 World Championships. Belbin and Agosto took silver.

Other finals include:

- Men's and women's cross-country team sprint
- Ski jumping - team large hill

Curling and ice hockey tournament matches continue.

Feb. 23 - Tuesday - Hockey Tournament Games

Ice Hockey should dominate the day as most finals are in comparatively less attractive events. Women's ice hockey should be in the semifinal round while men's hockey will heat up as it heads to the medal games.

Finals include:

- Women's biathlon relay
- Women's ski-cross
- Nordic combined 4x5-kilometer relay
- Men's 10,000-meter speed skating

Feb. 24 - Wednesday - Women's Aerial Skiing

Another personal favorite of mine, aerial skiing has a high "wow" factor to it. Tune in for one of the most creative disciplines in the Olympics. Lindsey Vonn and the U.S. Women's Alpine Ski Team go for gold in the giant slalom final.

Other Finals Include:

- Women's two-man bobsled
- Men's 4x10-kilometer cross-country relay
- Women's 3000-meter short track speed skating relay
- Women's 5000-meter speed skating

Women's hockey semifinals continue as do the curling tournament matches.

Feb. 25 - Thursday - Women's Figure Skating Final

The most watched single participant event takes center stage on Thursday in the women's figure skating finale. Korean Kim Yu-Na is the favorite. On the same day, the women's ice hockey gold medal match takes place.

Other Finals Include:

- Women's 4x5-kilometer cross-country relay
- Men's aerial skiing
- Nordic combined 10-kilometer large hill

Curling semifinal matches take place on Thursday.

Feb. 26 - Friday - Women's Slalom Final

Friday is Lindsey Vonn's last shot at a medal in the women's slalom final. As of now, Vonn is in contention for five medals. Come two weeks from now, we'll see how her injured shin has held up.

Other Finals Include:

- Men's biathlon relay
- Women's curling tournament final
- Men's 5000-meter short track speed skating
- Men's 500-meter short track speed skating
- Women's 1000-meter short-track speed skating
- Women's snowboarding parallel giant slalom

Men's Ice Hockey quarterfinals, the last men's bobsled qualifying run, and speed skating time trials wrap up the schedule.

Feb. 27 - Saturday - Men's Four-Man Bobsled Final

One of the biggest rivalries of the Olympics comes to a conclusion in the men's four-man bobsled final. Steven Holcomb leads his 2009 World Championship gold medal winning team against the two-time defending gold medal winners from Germany.

Other Finals Include:

- Men's slalom
- Women's cross-country 30-kilometer classical
- Men's curling tournament final
- Men's snowboarding parallel giant slalom
- Men's and Women's team speed skating pursuit

Men's ice hockey semifinals will also dominate the day.

Feb. 28 - Sunday - Men's Ice Hockey Final / Closing Ceremonies

In what should be the highest rated event of the Olympics, we (hopefully) get to see Team Canada and Team Russia square off in the gold medal match.

Other Finals Include:

- Men's cross-country 50-kilometer classical

Directly after the end of the men's ice hockey gold medal match will be the closing ceremonies. The events will take place at the same location as the opening ceremonies where the Olympic flag will be passed off to Sochi, Russia.