EAGLES UP...LET'S ROLL FOR GOLD!!
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Yawn. As much fun as it is watching anti-American jerks prance around on TV I think I'll pass.
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I enjoyed last night most as it was a Clinton-free zone. I pray that will be the case throughout. If we can accomplish that, I just might believe that we are free of him, once and for all.
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TV schedule subject to change
3 - 3:45 PM ET / 12 - 12:45 PM PT
Cross-Country Skiing: Mens 30 kilometersTodays 30-kilometer cross-country event will be raced in the freestyle technique, a change from the 30km classical competition in Nagano. The first mens gold medal of the Games will go to the winner of this event. Expect Norways Thomas Alsgaard, Spains Johann Muehlegg and Swedens Per Elofsson to battle it out for the gold medal.
3:45 - 6 PM ET / 12:45 - 3 PM PT
Speed Skating: Mens 5000 metersSpeed skating debuts at the Utah Olympic Oval today with the mens 5000 meters, and there could be a familiar anthem played on the medal stand. The Netherlands Gianni Romme won gold in Nagano, but did not make a deep Dutch squad for Salt Lake. Teammates Carl Verheijen, Bob de Jong upstart Jochem Uytdehaage will pick up where Romme left off. KC Boutiette of Tacoma, Washington, makes his third Olympic appearance today. At the 1998 Nagano Games, he had three top-10 finishes.
Cross-Country Skiing: Womens 15 kilometersTodays 15-kilometer cross-country event will be raced in the freestyle technique, a change from the 15km classical competition in Nagano. Russian Yulia Tchepalova won the 30km freestyle at the 1998 Games and was the top freestyler on the World Cup circuit in 2000-2001. Look for Italian Stefania Belmondo to challenge as well.
8 - 8:30 PM ET / 7:30 - 8 PM PT
Freestyle Skiing: Womens moguls competitionDeer Valley gets its first look at Olympic freestyle skiing with the womens moguls. Featured in this segment will be American Hannah Hardaway. The New Hampshire native can win for the second time at Deer Valley. She took home the gold at the World Cup Olympic test event on this course in January 2001.
8:30 - 9:15 PM ET / 8 - 8:45 PM PT
Figure Skating: Pairs short programPairs from the former Soviet Union and Unified Team or Russia have won the last 10 Olympic gold medals. Tonights short program will feature 2001 world champions David Pelletier and Jamie Sale of Canada as they set off to break this streak. The short program counts for one-third of a pairs score and sets up the drama for Mondays free skate, which counts for the other two-thirds.
9:15 - 9:45 PM ET / 8:45 - 9:15 PM PT
Freestyle Skiing: Womens moguls finalFreestyle skiing awards its first medal tonight in womens moguls. Norways Kari Traa is the defending world champion and World Cup series champ and is looking for her first gold medal. Hot on her heels will be Americans Hannah Hardaway and Shannon Bahrke.
9:45 - 10 PM ET / 9:15 - 9:30 PM PT
Figure Skating: Pairs short program
10 - 11 PM ET / 9:30 - 10:30 PM PT
Nordic Combined: Individual, K90 competitionThe individual competition is divided into two events: ski jumping from the K90 hill and a 15-kilometer freestyle cross-country race. Each athlete takes two jumps and the scores are combined for an opening-day total. American Todd Lodwick will be featured in this segment. Competing in his third Olympic Winter Games, Lodwick has a chance to record Americas best-ever result in nordic combined. Its best finish in an individual event was ninth place at the 1932 Lake Placid Games.
11 - 11:30 PM ET / 10:30 - 11 PM PT
Figure Skating: Pairs short program
12 - 12:30 AM ET / 11:30 PM - 12 AM PT
Late Night: February 9 / Day 2Medal Ceremonies
Highlights of the day
Dave Matthews Band
TV schedule subject to change
6 - 8:45 PM ET / 3 - 5:45 PM PT
Ice Hockey: Mens game, Slovakia vs. GermanySlovakia takes on Germany in preliminary-round action today at the E Center. Slovakia was a favorite in Nagano to advance to the final round, but struggled without NHL stars such as Peter Bondra of the Washington Capitals and Ziggy Palffy of the Los Angeles Kings for the entire Olympic tournament. The Germans finished in second place in preliminary-round pool play in Nagano, just missing the final round.
8:45 - 11:25 PM ET / 5:45 - 8:25 PM PT
Ice Hockey: Mens game, Austria vs. LatviaThe preliminary round of the mens hockey tournament starts today and is comprised of eight teams seeded in two groups. The winner of each preliminary round will progress into the final round of the Olympic tournament. The Austrians, who struggled in Nagano, going 0-1-2 in preliminary play, take on Latvia at the Peaks Ice Arena in Provo. Latvia, which last competed in Olympic hockey in 1936 at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games, will be bolstered by some of the loudest fans in international hockey.
11:25 PM - 12 AM ET / 8:25 - 9 PM PT
Ice Hockey: Mens game, Belarus vs. Ukraine
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compete to competitions
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So let me get this correctly: I live in Calif. the Olympics are in Utah and "NBC's Coverage will be 2 1/2 hours OLD" by the time it reaches my living room?This means any other TV channel that has scrolling across the bottom and every Radio station is off limits to avoid finding out the results.Just thought any other Califonians would like to know that.LOL You just can't win in California.Taxes,The Governor,2 chinese sympathetizers for Senators,Lottery money not going to the schools.Thank God the Olympics are here!
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02/09/2002 1:45:09 PM PST by
Pagey
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132 posted on
02/10/2002 12:40:17 PM PST by
JAWs
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YAWN! Olympics are boring. It's been diluted by pros and overexposure of year round cable events.zzzzzzz/
135 posted on
02/10/2002 2:14:38 PM PST by
zarf
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