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APOLO OHNO & JENNIFER RODRIGUEZ BACK ON TORINO ICE WEDNESDAY ON NBC
"A Great Day for Hockey Fans to Call in Sick"-McGuire
Hockey Fans Dream Come True-Men's Quarterfinals Features Live Coverage of the 8 Best Teams in the World
TORINO, Italy--Feb. 21, 2006--Jennifer Rodriguez, "Miami Ice," and Apolo Ohno return to the ice during NBC's continuing coverage of the Torino Olympics on NBC, USA Network, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC HD and Universal HD. NBC's Wednesday primetime coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Wednesday's cable coverage is a hockey fan's dream: LIVE coverage of the eight best teams in the world in four scintillating match-ups where only the winners will advance to play for a medal.
"This is a great day for hockey fans to call in sick," said Pierre McGuire, lead Olympic hockey reporter. "The pace of the hockey in this tournament has been higher than I've ever seen before. It's been passionate, fast, skilled hockey. Watch out for the American team. Finland is the best possible matchup for them."
In the women's aerials gold medal final, "The most interesting story of this competition is that at least six women will be performing triple flips, which is the most ever in the Olympics as far as doing triple somersaults. Everyone seems to be doing triples ... the difference will be if they don't do their triples clean," said NBC's freestyle skiing analyst Trace Worthington.
In other action alpine skiing's female superstars engage in another snowy gold medal showdown in the slalom, the sport's most technically demanding event.
Highlights for Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, include:
Wednesday, February 22
NBC
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Snowboarding--Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Competition
Cross Country--Men's Sprint Gold Medal Final
8:00 p.m.-11:30 p.m.
Alpine Skiing--Women's Slalom Gold Medal Final
Freestyle Skiing--Women's Aerials Gold Medal Final
Speed Skating--Women's 1500m Gold Medal Final
Snowboarding--Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final
Short Track--Women's 3000m Relay Gold Medal Final
Men's 500m Competition
Figure Skating--Ladies Preview
12:05 a.m.-1:30 a.m.
The Olympic Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Cross Country--Women's Sprint Gold Medal Final
Medals Plaza--Awards Ceremonies
1:30 a.m.-5:00 a.m.
Primetime Replay
USA
8:00 a.m.--2:00 p.m.
Curling--Women's Semifinal: Canada vs. Switzerland (LIVE)
Hockey--Men's Quarterfinal: USA vs. Finland (LIVE)
3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Hockey--Men's Quarterfinal: Slovakia vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice
MSNBC
10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Hockey--Men's Quarterfinal: Switzerland vs. Sweden (LIVE)
2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Hockey--Men's Quarterfinal: Russia vs. Canada (LIVE)
CNBC
5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Curling--Men's Semifinal: USA vs. Canada (LIVE)
UNIVERSAL HD
11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Hockey--Men's Quarterfinal: USA vs. Finland (LIVE)
3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Hockey--Men's Quarterfinal: Slovakia vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Alpine skiing's female superstars, Janica Kostelic of Croatia and Anja Paerson of Sweden, engage in another snowy gold medal showdown in the slalom, the sport's most technically demanding event.
China has ruled the skies in women's aerials skiing of late, led by reigning world champion Li Nina, a former competitive acrobat who will attempt to become China's first ever Olympic champion in a skiing event. Also watch for the USA's Emily Cook (Belmont, Mass.), who qualified for the 2002 Olympic team, but was unable to compete after she severely injured both of her feet in a training accident just weeks before the Salt Lake Games.
Jennifer Rodriguez, the Cuban-American speed skater who Bob Costas nicknamed "Miami Ice" in Salt Lake, won two medals at the 2002 Games and skates today in the 1500m, her best event, against a loaded field, including Germany's Anni Friesinger and Canada's Cindy Klassen.
Seattle's Apolo Anton Ohno skates in his sport's fastest race, the 500m, in pursuit of a chance to add to his growing collection of Olympic medals.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (DAYTIME):
Cross-country skiing is typically about endurance and tactics--but today it's about speed as skiers sprint for Olympic gold.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Latenight):
Cross-country skiing is typically about endurance and tactics?- but today it's about speed as skiers sprint for Olympic gold.
USA & MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
Welcome to a hockey fan's dream: LIVE coverage of the eight best teams in the world in four scintillating match-ups where only the winners will advance to play for a medal.
LIVE curling coverage as the women's competition reaches the semifinals.
Highlights for Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006, include:
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23
NBC
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Snowboarding--Women's Parallel Giant Slalom Competition
8:00 p.m.-Midnight
Figure Skating--Ladies Free Skate Gold Medal Final
Freestyle Skiing--Men's Aerials Gold Medal Final
Snowboarding--Women's Parallel Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final
12:35 a.m.?2:00 a.m.
The Olympic Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Figure Skating--Ladies Free Skate Analysis
Medals Plaza--Awards Ceremonies
2:00 a.m.?5:00 a.m.
Primetime Replay
USA
6:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m.
Biathlon--Women's Relay Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
11:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Curling--Women's Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice
MSNBC
7:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Curling--Women's Bronze Medal Final (LIVE)
CNBC
5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Curling--Women's Gold Medal Final
UNIVERSAL HD
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Tonight the ladies take the ice to skate for Torino gold and the most anticipated event of the Winter Games is bursting with questions: Will Sasha Cohen (Corona Del Mar, Calif.) finally fulfill her limitless potential? Can Irina Slutskaya cap her career with the ultimate prize? Will Italy's emerging talent Carolina Kostner lift the host country's fans? Will Emily Hughes (Great Neck, N.Y.) follow her older sister Sarah as Olympic Champion? Or will Kimmie Meissner (Bel Air, Md.) emerge as the next American teen sensation and skate the program of her lifetime to produce another golden surprise? Find out tonight.
In the high-flying, soar-or-crash, acrobatic show of men's aerials, World Cup champion Jeret "Speedy" Peterson (Boise, Idaho)--whose nickname comes from the always in motion cartoon character Speed Racer--gives Team USA a chance for gold in this highly competitive event.
The snowboarding competition concludes with the gold medal final in women's parallel giant slalom, where Italian-American Michelle Gorgone (Sudbury, Mass.) is the top U.S. hopeful.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS: (Daytime):
The snowboarding competition concludes with the gold medal final in women's parallel giant slalom, where Italian-American Michelle Gorgone (Sudbury, Mass.) is the top U.S. hopeful.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS: (Latenight):
Behind-the-scenes Olympic coverage continues with an exclusive review of today's ladies' free skate.
USA & MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
The women's curling competition closes with LIVE coverage of both the gold and bronze medal matches.
Listings subject to change, please check NBCOlympics.com for updates.
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