So far, the United States has managed a bronze medal in the figure skating team event, but fell short of the podium in the men’s events after Nathan Chen’s struggles in the short program. The sport now moves on to ice dancing, which begins on Sunday evening with the short program and will conclude on Monday with the free dance.
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The United States have three teams that could stand on the podium, including Alex and Maia Shibutani.
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As usual, the figure skating will be front and center during NBC’s primetime television coverage beginning at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday evening. There will also be live streaming online, via NBC Olympics (enhanced, non-enhanced) or FuboTV (NBC simulcast).
Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani — the so-called “Shib sibs” — will be the team to watch for the U.S. They are scheduled to be 18th in the order, the first pair from the U.S. Maia and Alex already have a bronze medal in Pyeongchang from the team event, and also have two U.S. titles and three Worlds medals.
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Right after the Shibutanis is the American team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates. The third and final U.S. team in the program is the team of Madison Hubbell an Zachary Donohue, who will start 22nd out of 24 teams.
All three of those U.S. teams have qualified for the Grand Prix Final for three consecutive years, and all three are a threat to make it on the podium.
Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and France’s Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron both train with the team of Hubbell and Donohue, and both are threats to podium, especially the former, who took gold for Canada in the team event. Virtue and Moir are generally regarded as having a better short program than a free dance, so we’ll see where things stand after the first night of competition.
Below is all you need to know to watch the figure skating action from Pyeongchang on Sunday.
How to watch figure skating on Sunday
Date: Feb. 18, 2018
Event: Ice dance short program
TV: NBC
Time: 7 p.m. - 12 a.m. ET (primetime coverage block), 8 p.m. ET (ice dance beginning)
Online Streaming: NBC Olympics (enhanced, non-enhanced) | FuboTV
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