2 l February
13 - 19, 2022
Northeast Oregon TV Weekly
BY GEORGE DICKIE
Elana Meyers Taylor
is among the athletes
expected to compete
in the 2022 Winter
Olympics Monday on
NBC and NBCUniversal
networks.
The quest for hardware continues at
the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
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There are a number of stories to watch, with
several athletes seeking multiple hardware,
as the 2022 Winter Olympics goes into its
second full week of action in Beijing. All
events air on NBC, Peacock, USA Network,
CNBC, NBCOlympics.com and NBC Sports
app.
One involves women’s bobsledding on
Monday, Feb. 14, as Elana Meyers Taylor
of the United States will team with Kaillie
Humphries, who previously competed for
Canada, in the monobob, which makes its
debut at these games. Meyers Taylor owns
three Olympic medals in the two-woman
bobsled but has never won gold, while
Humphries topped the monobob podium at
the 2021 IBSF World Championships. Meyers
Taylor and Humphries are also expected to be
in the mix for hardware in the two-woman
bobsled, which has its gold medal run on
Saturday, Feb. 19.
Also on Monday in women’s snowboarding,
two-time defending Olympic gold medalist
Jamie Anderson of the U.S. will duke it out
with two international athletes – 2021 World
Champion Eileen Gu of China and Estonia’s
Kelly Sildaru, the four-time X Games champ
– in the slopestyle final. The next night,
Anderson will go for gold in the big air event
while on Friday, Feb. 18, Sildaru and Gu will
vie for podium space with defending Olympic
gold medalist Cassie Sharpe of Canada in the
halfpipe.
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In men’s snowboarding on Saturday,
American David Wise will face a stalwart field
including fellow countryman Alex Ferreira,
Canada’s Brendan Mackay and Nico Porteous
of New Zealand in the halfpipe, an event in
which he’s won gold in the past two Olympics.
The eyes of the world will no doubt turn
to women’s hockey on Thursday, Feb. 17,
with the gold medal game. Barring any major
upsets, the United States and Canada should
once again be the opponents here. These
countries have met in the last three Olympic
finals (with Canada winning twice) and have
dominated World Championship play since its
inception in 1990.
And who can forget Mikaela Shiffrin?
Depending on how she did in her previous
events, she could be going for her fourth gold
medal of these games in the women’s downhill
on Tuesday. But she’ll face stiff competition
from fellow countrywoman Breezy Johnson,
the two-time world champion. Shiffrin
will then enter her fifth and final race of
the Olympics on Thursday with the alpine
combined, in which she won silver in 2018.
In women’s short track speed skating on
Wednesday, Feb. 16, Canada’s Kim Boutin will
defend her 2018 Olympic gold medal from a
field including American Kristen Santos in the
1,500m final. And in women’s figure skating
on Thursday, look for Russian teenagers
Kamila Valiyeva and Alexandra Trusova to vie
for hardware with Alysa Liu of the U.S. in the
conclusion of the short program.
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