2 l February
6 - 12, 2022
Northeast Oregon TV Weekly
BY GEORGE DICKIE
Mikaela Shiffrin is among the athletes expected to compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics
Monday on NBC and NBCUniversal networks.
Shiffrin, Yuzuru, Kim favorites for
gold at 2022 Winter Olympics
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The 2022 Winter Olympics moves into its first
full week of competition in Beijing and with it
comes a number of high-profile sports and athletes.
All events air on NBC, Peacock, USA Network,
CNBC, NBCOlympics.com and NBC Sports app.
Probably the biggest gets underway early Monday,
Feb. 7, when Mikaela Shiffrin begins a slate of
potentially five events when she takes to the slopes
of the National Alpine Ski Center in Yanqing to
compete in the final of the women’s giant slalom, the
event she won gold in at PyeongChang in 2018.
The 26-year-old native of Vail, Colo., comes in
looking to add to her three career Olympic medals,
two of which are gold. She’s considered the favorite
in the GS but she’ll face stiff competition from Tessa
Worley of France, Petra Vlhova of Slovakia and
Italian skiers Federica Brignone and Marta Bassino.
Shiffrin will also face off with Vlhova in the slalom
on Wednesday, Feb. 9, and with Ester Ledecka of
the Czech Republic in the super-G on Thursday,
Feb. 10.
Also on Monday, men’s figure skating kicks into
gear at Capital Indoor Stadium with the short
program. Hanyu Yuzuru, the 27-year-old Japanese
skater, comes in as the two-time defending Olympic
gold medalist and has to be considered the favorite
here. His chief competition will likely come from
22-year-old American Nathan Chen, the three-time
World Champion who has yet to top a podium in
Olympic competition but could break through here.
Wednesday, Feb. 9, women’s snowboarding takes
flight at Genting Snow Park with the final in the
halfpipe, in which Chloe Kim of the United States
is the heavy favorite to win a second straight gold
medal. In 2018 at PyeongChang, Kim scored a
near-perfect 98.25 out of 100 and at 17 became the
youngest snowboarder to win a gold medal at the
Olympics. She’s also the reigning World, Olympic
and X Games champion in the halfpipe. One who
could challenge her is 17-year-old prodigy ONO
Mitsuki of Japan.
The final in the men’s halfpipe on Thursday
features a loaded field including Australia’s Scotty
James and the Japan contingent of Yuto Totsuka,
Ayumu Hirano and Ruka Hirano vying for gold
in an event that historically has been dominated
by American Shaun White, who at the advanced
snowboarding age of 35 will be vying to become the
first snowboarder to win four Olympic gold medals.
Sunday, Feb. 6, is the men’s slopestyle final, where
Red Gerard and Dusty Henricksen will look to
keep the United States’ winning streak alive. The
Americans took gold in the two previous Games
(including Gerard’s in 2018) but that won’t stop a
field that includes Canada’s Mark McMorris and
Norway’s Marcus Kleveland from challenging them
for the top spot on the podium.
Other finals to watch for this week include the
women’s slopestyle and men’s singles luge (Sunday),
the women’s freeski big air (Monday), mixed doubles
curling (Tuesday) and the 10km event in women’s
cross-country skiing (Thursday).
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