American Ted Ligety will try and defend his gold medal in the alpine skiing giant slalom from Sochi on Saturday at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Ligety was dominant in 2014, but hasn’t consistently been on top of various world championships since then. Still, he’s the best hope for another United States gold medal on Saturday.
Olympics 2018 live stream: Men’s Alpine giant slalom start time, TV schedule, and how to watch online
American Ted Ligety will try and defend his Sochi gold in the men’s Alpine giant slalom on Saturday. Here’s how you can watch.
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The first run will take place at 8 p.m. ET and will be part of the NBC primetime coverage, along with several other events. The second runs are expected to be around 11:45 p.m., and should also be on NBC. Both will be live streamed online at NBC Olympics. FuboTV will have the NBC coverage for live streaming as well.
The giant slalom is one of the trickier technical events in the Olympics. It has fewer and wider turns than the slalom, which results in much faster speeds. Each skier makes two runs down the same slope, with the times added together. The fastest time wins, so scoring isn’t particularly difficult.
The course, however, can be, especially with the high winds at Pyeongchang of late. Anything can happen, so make sure you check out the action.
Below is all you need to know to watch.
How to watch Alpine skiing on Saturday
Date: Feb. 17, 2018
Event: Men’s giant slalom
TV: NBC
Time: 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. ET (primetime coverage)
Online Streaming: NBC Olympics event, prime time coverage | FuboTV
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