Shaun White begins his build-up to a potential fifth Olympics (and fourth gold medal) headlining the U.S. Grand Prix at Copper Mountain, Colorado, live this week on NBC Sports and Peacock.
White, 35, competes for the first time this season at Copper Mountain, one of the Olympic selection events for ski and snowboard halfpipe. He must advance through qualifying to reach Saturday’s final (2 p.m. ET, NBCSN and Peacock).
White is favored to make the Olympic team of up to four men later in December or January, given he was the top American in the first of four Olympic qualifiers last March. He finished fourth overall, behind two Japanese riders and a German, at a contest in Aspen, Colorado.
That was his first competition since taking his third Olympic title in PyeongChang.
The top two U.S. men and women in the world halfpipe rankings on Dec. 22 qualify for Beijing, if they’re in the top six. No American men are currently in the top six. White is ranked 70th in large part because of his lack of competitions.
After world rankings, the riders with the best single podium result among the four Olympic selection events make the team until it reaches three men and three women. A fourth rider per gender can be added via discretionary selection.
This week’s field includes four Olympic medal contenders from Japan, led by two-time silver medalist Ayumu Hirano and last season’s top rider, Yuto Totsuka.
Other Americans entered include 2014 Olympian Taylor Gold and 2018 Olympian Chase Josey.
Headliners in ski halfpipe at Copper: two-time Olympic champion David Wise, 2018 Olympic silver medalist Alex Ferreira and 2018 Olympic bronze medalist Brita Sigourney.
Top U.S. female halfpipe snowboarders Chloe Kim and Maddie Mastro are not entered, but do not need to compete to be Olympic eligible. They are ranked Nos. 4 and 5 in the world.
Elsewhere in winter sports, Mikaela Shiffrin is expected to race a pair of super-Gs in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Shiffrin is working on her speed events as she eyes racing all five individual Alpine skiing events at the Olympics for the first time.
U.S. Grand Prix -- Copper Mountain, Colorado
| Day | Time (ET) | Event | Platform |
| Friday | 2:30 p.m. | Ski Halfpipe | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| 9:30 p.m.* | Ski Halfpipe | NBCSN | STREAM LINK | |
| Saturday | 2 p.m. | Snowboard Halfpipe | NBCSN | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| 5 p.m.* | Ski Halfpipe | NBC | STREAM LINK | |
| Sunday | 1 p.m.* | Snowboard Halfpipe | NBC | STREAM LINK |
Alpine Skiing World Cup -- Val d’Isere, France (Men) and St. Moritz, Switzerland (Women)
| Day | Time (ET) | Event | Platform |
| Saturday | 3:30 a.m. | Men’s Giant Slalom Run 1 | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| 4:30 a.m. | Women’s Super-G | Olympic Channel | Peacock | |
| 7 a.m. | Men’s Giant Slalom Run 2 | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| 12:30 p.m.* | Women’s Super-G | NBCSN | STREAM LINK | |
| Sunday | 3:30 a.m. | Men’s Slalom Run 1 | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| 4:30 a.m. | Women’s Super-G | Olympic Channel | Peacock | |
| 7 a.m. | Men’s Slalom Run 2 | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| 4:30 p.m.* | Women’s Super-G | NBCSN | STREAM LINK |
Bobsled/Skeleton World Cup -- Winterberg, Germany
| Day | Time (ET) | Event | Platform |
| Friday | 4 a.m. | Men’s Skeleton | Olympics.com | STREAM LINK |
| 8:30 a.m. | Women’s Skeleton | Olympics.com | STREAM LINK | |
| 6 p.m.* | Men’s Skeleton | Olympic Channel | STREAM LINK | |
| 7 p.m.* | Women’s Skeleton | Olympic Channel | STREAM LINK | |
| Saturday | 4 a.m. | Four-Man Bobsled | Olympics.com | STREAM LINK |
| 8:30 a.m. | Women’s Monobob | Olympics.com | STREAM LINK | |
| 6 p.m.* | Four-Man Bobsled | Olympic Channel | STREAM LINK | |
| 7 p.m.* | Women’s Monobob | Olympic Channel | STREAM LINK | |
| Sunday | 3 a.m. | Two-Woman Bobsled | Olympics.com | STREAM LINK |
| 7:30 a.m. | Four-Man Bobsled | Olympics.com | STREAM LINK | |
| 6 p.m.* | Two-Woman Bobsled | Olympic Channel | STREAM LINK | |
| 7 p.m.* | Four-Man Bobsled | Olympic Channel | STREAM LINK |
Luge World Cup -- Altenberg, Germany
| Day | Time (ET) | Event | Platform |
| Saturday | 3:30 a.m. | Doubles | Olympics.com | STREAM LINK |
| 6:10 a.m. | Women | Olympics.com | STREAM LINK | |
| Sunday | 3:15 a.m. | Men | Olympics.com | STREAM LINK |
| 7 a.m. | Team Relay | Olympics.com | STREAM LINK |
Speed Skating World Cup — Calgary, Canada
| Day | Time (ET) | Event | Platform |
| Friday | 2:30 p.m. | Day 1 | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| Saturday | 2:30 p.m. | Day 2 | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| Sunday | 2:30 p.m. | Day 3 | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| 9 p.m.* | Highlights | NBCSN | STREAM LINK |
Biathlon World Cup -- Hochfilzen, Austria
| Day | Time (ET) | Event | Platform |
| Friday | 5:25 a.m. | Men’s 10km Sprint | Olympic Channel | Peacock |
| 8:15 a.m. | Women’s 7.5km Sprint | Olympic Channel | Peacock | |
| Saturday | 6:15 a.m. | Men’s 12.5km Pursuit | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| 8:15 a.m. | Women’s Relay | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| 9 a.m.* | Men’s 12.5km Pursuit | Olympic Channel | STREAM LINK | |
| 10 a.m.* | Women’s Relay | Olympic Channel | STREAM LINK | |
| 4 p.m.* | Men’s 10km Sprint | NBCSN | STREAM LINK | |
| 11 p.m.* | Men’s 12.5km Pursuit | NBCSN | STREAM LINK | |
| Sunday | 5:45 a.m. | Men’s Relay | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| 8:30 a.m. | Women’s 10km Pursuit | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| 9 a.m.* | Men’s Relay | Olympic Channel | STREAM LINK | |
| 10:30 a.m.* | Women’s 10km Pursuit | Olympic Channel | STREAM LINK | |
| 5:30 p.m.* | Men’s Relay | NBCSN | STREAM LINK | |
| 7 p.m.* | Women’s 10km Pursuit | NBCSN | STREAM LINK | |
| 8 p.m.* | Women’s 7.5km Sprint | NBCSN | STREAM LINK | |
| 11 p.m.* | Women’s Relay | NBCSN | STREAM LINK |
Cross-Country Skiing World Cup -- Davos, Switzerland
| Day | Time (ET) | Event | Platform |
| Saturday | 8:15 a.m. | Men’s/Women’s Sprints | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| Sunday | 5:40 a.m. | Men’s 15km | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| 8 a.m. | Women’s 10km | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
Ski Jumping World Cup -- Klingenthal, Germany
| Day | Time (ET) | Event | Platform |
| Friday | 9 a.m. | Women | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| 1:15 p.m. | Men Qualifying | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| Saturday | 4:30 a.m. | Women | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| 10 a.m. | Men | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| Sunday | 10 a.m. | Men | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
Nordic Combined World Cup -- Otepaa, Estonia
| Day | Time (ET) | Event | Platform |
| Saturday | 3:30 a.m. | Men’s Ski Jump | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| 5 a.m. | Women’s Ski Jump | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Men’s 10km | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Women’s 5km | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| Sunday | 6:30 a.m. | Women’s Ski Jump | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| 7:45 a.m. | Men’s Ski Jump | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Men’s 10km | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Women’s 5km | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
Freestyle Skiing World Cup -- Val Thorens, France (Ski Cross), Ruka, Finland (Aerials), Idre Fjall, Sweden (Moguls)
| Day | Time (ET) | Event | Platform |
| Friday | 3:45 a.m. | Ski Cross | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| 9:30 a.m. | Aerials | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| Saturday | 3:40 a.m. | Women’s Aerials | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| 5:30 a.m. | Ski Cross | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| 6:15 a.m. | Men’s Aerials | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| 7 a.m. | Moguls | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Team Aerials | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| Sunday | 7 a.m. | Dual Moguls | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
Snowboarding World Cup -- Montafon, Austria (Snowboard Cross) and Bannoye, Russia (Alpine)
| Day | Time (ET) | Event | Platform |
| Friday | 7 a.m. | Snowboard Cross | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| Saturday | 3 a.m. | Parallel Giant Slalom | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
| 5 a.m. | Team Snowboard Cross | Peacock | STREAM LINK | |
| Sunday | 2:30 a.m. | Parallel Slalom | Peacock | STREAM LINK |
*Delayed broadcast
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