It’s Day 2 at the Olympics, and the Games are wasting little time in giving you a full day of snowy competition -- already six events will showcase medal events on Saturday. All times eastern.
Winter Olympics Schedule, Day 2: Speed Skating And Men’s Downhill Highlight First Full Day Of Competition
WHAT TO WATCH:
2 p.m.-6 p.m. - NBC - The first medals of the 2010 Winter Olympics are awarded in Normal Hill Ski Jumping. Later in the afternoon, American medal hopeful Shani Davis goes in the Speed Skating Men’s 5000m, and the Women’s 7.5 km Sprint Biathlon champion is crowned.
3 p.m.-6 p.m. - CNBC - The 2010 Women’s Hockey Preliminary Round opens with a Group A clash: 2006 runner-up Sweden faces Switzerland.
8 p.m.-10:30 p.m. - CNBC - Women’s Hockey - Defending champion Canada takes to home ice against Slovakia in a Group A round-robin game.
8 p.m.-11:30 p.m. - NBC - It’s a night of Short Track Speed Skating, with Heats and Semifinals in the Men’s 1500m, an event in which American Apollo Anton Ohno is eying gold (finals will be broadcast live at 10:18 p.m.). The champion of the Ladies’ Moguls will also be determined, with the finals at 10:30 p.m. Additionally, NBC will air the Alpine Skiing’s fastest event, the Men’s Downhill (on tape delay). Men’s downhill has been postponed due to slushy conditions.
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Complete Day 2 Schedule:
12:45 p.m. - Ski Jumping - NH Individual 1st Round
1:45 p.m. - Ski Jumping - NH Individual Final Round (MEDAL EVENT)2:45 p.m. - Alpine Skiing - Men’s Downhill (MEDAL EVENT) POSTPONED
3:00 p.m. - Ice Hockey - Women’s Preliminary Round - Group A Game 1 - Sweden vs Switzerland
3:00 p.m. - Speed Skating - Men’s 5000 m (MEDAL EVENT)
4:00 p.m. - Biathlon - Women’s 7.5 km Sprint (MEDAL EVENT)
7:30 p.m. - Freestyle Skiing - Ladies’ Moguls Qualification
8:00 p.m. - Ice Hockey - Women’s Preliminary Round - Group A Game 2 - Canada vs Slovakia
8:00 p.m. - Luge - Men’s Singles Run 1
8:00 p.m. - Short Track - Men’s 1500 m Heats
8:42 p.m. - Short Track - Ladies’ 500 m Heats
9:18 p.m. - Short Track - Men’s 1500 m Semifinals
9:50 p.m. - Short Track - Ladies’ 3000 m Relay Semifinals
10:00 p.m. - Luge - Men’s Singles Run 2
** 10:18 p.m. - Short Track - Men’s 1500 m Finals (MEDAL EVENT) **
** 10:30 p.m. - Freestyle Skiing - Ladies’ Moguls Final (MEDAL EVENT) **
More: SB Nation’s full coverage of the Winter Olympics and complete 2010 Winter Olympics Medal Count Tracker
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