Winter Olympics 2018 Schedule: Saturday TV, Live Stream Details from Pyeongchang
The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, are in full swing following Friday's opening ceremony.
NBC has wrapped up its prime-time coverage for the spectacle, clearing the way for sports fans to spend their weekends binge-watching all the Winter Games has to offer.
The Olympics features 102 medal events across 15 sports this year. From new events like mixed-doubles curling to staples such as hockey, snowboarding and figure skating, Saturday will have plenty of action to keep fans engaged.
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There are a variety of ways to live-stream the Olympics this year, including NBCOlympics.com, NBC Sports App, BBC Sport and Eurosport Player. NBCOlympics.com is the main hub for schedules, event info, results and more. Below is a medal tracker that will update throughout the Games:
As for Saturday's TV schedule, below is a rundown of event coverage. The TV schedule for the entire Winter Games can be found at NBCOlympics.com.
NBC
3:30 a.m.-6:30 a.m. ET: Opening Ceremony encore
3 p.m.-6 p.m. ET: Short track, Ski jumping, snowboarding, luge
8 p.m.-11:30 p.m. ET: Figure skating, alpine skiing
11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET: Figure skating
NBC Sports Network
2 a.m.-3 a.m. ET: Cross-country skiing
3 a.m.-5 a.m. ET: Mixed doubles curling
3 a.m.-7:30 a.m. ET: Short track
7:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. ET: Ski jumping, snowboarding
11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. ET: Luge, speedskating, biathlon
3 p.m.-5 p.m. ET: Mixed-doubles curling
7 p.m-8 p.m. ET: Figure skating
8 p.m.-9:30 p.m. ET: Snowboarding
10 p.m.-11:30 p.m. ET: Mixed-doubles curling
11:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. ET: Snowboarding
USA
7 a.m.-9:30 a.m. ET: Women's hockey
It might seem like it would take the Olympics a while to get going, but there are a host of medal events taking place Saturday.
Cross-country skiing starts things off with the women's 15-kilometer skiathlon, in which Norway's Marit Bjoergen will look to repeat her gold-medal performance from the 2014 Sochi Games. American Jessie Diggins will look to challenge Bjoergen and make the podium, if not take make history by taking home the gold.
An early-morning adrenaline kick comes in the form of the men's 1,500-meter final in short-track speedskating. That's quickly followed up by the men's individual normal hill final in ski jumping. Short track also features a medal event in the afternoon in the women's 3,000-meter final.
Short-track speedskating is one of several sports that has been affected by Russia's ban. Canada's Charles Hamelin will be the likely favorite as he looks to repeat. Russia's Viktor Ahn, a six-time Olympic gold medalist who was considered a threat for another medal, was one of dozens of Russian athletes who lost their appeals to the International Olympic Committee, per Tariq Panja of the New York Times.
United States fans looking to someone to cheer for in the afternoon can turn to the biathlon, a combination of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. That's where Susan Dunklee will look to take home an Olympic medal in the women's 7.5-kilometer sprint. Per NPR's Melissa Block, Dunklee was essentially born for winter sports:
"Dunklee, 31, lives and trains in Craftsbury, Vt., not far from where she grew up. Her father, Stan Dunklee, was a two-time Olympic cross-country skier. She was skiing pretty much as soon as she could walk, started racing for lollipop prizes at about age 5, went on to compete in cross-country skiing at Dartmouth College and then, out of the blue, got a recruitment offer from U.S. Biathlon to join their development program."
The prime-time coverage on NBC and NBC Sports is also chock-full of medal events. Figure skating is an elegant, athletic sport that takes center stage at the Winter Olympics. On Saturday night, there will be team competition in the short dance and ladies' short programs.
Snowboarding will also see the men's slopestyle final, as boarders race down a complex course featuring multiple rams, rails and plenty of big air. Qualifying saw Canada's Max Parrot and Mark McMorris take the top two spots, with the U.S.'s Redmond Gerard coming up in third.
Alpine skiing rounds out the prime-time medal competitions, sharing the airwaves with the ever-popular figure skating.
If it seems like there is a lot to take in on just one day of Olympic competition, it's because there is. That's the beauty of having so many sporting events spread throughout the day.
A variety of long-practiced skills and talents will be on display, with athletes from around the world looking to achieve their dreams of winning Olympic gold.
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