The first day of medals at Beijing2022 could be the start of another Norwegian gold rush. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is among the favorites in the men’s downhill, which is one of the marquee events of NBC’s prime-time coverage Saturday.
to familiarize themselves with the Rock course after test events were canceled because of the pandemic.
“For everybody it is new, us athletes as well as the coaches,” Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt said. “It’s a big challenge for the whole team to find a perfect setup.”Kilde, the World Cup leader, is dating American star Mikaela Shiffrin.The U.S. leads the powerful Russians and third-place China so far in the team competition. Chen won the men’s short program, and Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue did the same in the rhythm dance.
Up next are the women’s short program and men’s free skate. NBC is airing that part of the team event live in prime time. “We have a really strong team, so we have a lot of chess pieces to play with,” Chen said. “Whatever is the strongest piece at that time is the strongest piece at that time.”USA Network is showing men’s and women’s slopestyle live Saturday night. The final runs of the women’s competition are followed by qualifying for the men. NBC will include encore coverage of the women’s final on its late-night slate.