Aussie flagbearer Brendan Kerry takes to the ice in the Men’s Figure Skating Short Program, 34 years after his mother Monica MacDonald competed in Ice Dance at the Olympic Winter Games Calgary 1988
18-year-old international superstar China’s Eileen Gu continues her bid for her first Olympic gold medal in the Women’s Freestyle Big Air Final
20 years after Steven Bradbury’s iconic gold medal win at Salt Lake City 2002, he will call the Men’s 1500m Speed Skate Final
Six Australians including Casey Wright, Jessica Eaton, Seve de Campo and Phil Bellingham line up for the Sprint Free Cross-Country Skiing
Day
12.15pm Figure Skating | Men’s Figure Skating Short Program featuring Aussie Brendan Kerry and American Nathan Chen|
1.00pm Women’s Freestyle Big Air Final | Featuring international superstar China’s Eileen Gu
2.00pm Alpine Skiing Super G | Men’s Final
Night
7.30pm Cross-Country Skiing | Six Aussies in the Men’s and Women’s Sprint Free Qualification
9.30pm Men’s Speed Skating | Men’s 1500m Speed Skate Final
10.50pm Women’s Luge | Women’s Singles Run 3 and Singles Run 4 Gold Medal Event
Yeah I was really disappointed with seven and what they did for the commonwealth games. They had a great opportunity to have an OB right in the heart of the GC like Nine for the AO but decided otherwise
The cauldron was assembled during the Opening Ceremony and was moved outside the stadium since Saturday at the Medals Plaza. Quite an interesting looking cauldron and one of the most unique ones. 2008’s is on permanent display outside the Bird’s Nest but not lit up.
It’s an interesting sculpture but sticking a regular torch in the middle does not make it a cauldron. That was a complete anti-climax.
Re: NBC. Think they’re sets are rather ugly myself but good to see it’s not just the BBC who have turned down the heating and making their presenters dress up for winter.
Global superstar, three-time world champion and Olympic bronze medallist, Aussie Scotty James, is hunting gold at his fourth Games as he takes on the legendary Shaun White (USA) in his fifth and final Olympics in the Men’s Halfpipe. Add in Aussie young gun, 16-year-old Valentino Guseli, lining up against his heroes in his Olympic debut. Bring it on!
World Champion Belle Brockhoff and fellow Aussie teammate and rising star Josie Baff headline the Women’s Snowboard Cross.
Emily Arthur steps into her hero Torah Bright’s boots when she represents the green and gold in the Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe
Day
12.30pm Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe | Emily Arthur in the Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe Qualifying Run|
2.00pm Women’s Snowboard Cross | Belle Brockhoff and Josie Baff in the Women’s Snowboard Cross Qualifying Run, before the Finals at 5.30pm
3.30pm Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe | Scotty James and Shaun White go head to head, alongside young gun Valentino Guseli in the Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe Qualifying Run
Night
7.30pm The best action of Day 5 | All the thrills and spills from Day 5, with homegrown heroes Scotty James, Valentino Guseli, Belle Brockhoff, Josie Baff and Emily Arthur
10.00pm Men’s Short Track Speed Skate | Men’s Short Track Speed Skate 1500m Finals
11.30pm Men’s Double Luge | Qualifying Run 1 and 2 before the Men’s Double Luge Final
I notice that during Nine News (4pm and 6pm) that the Nine watermark is removed for the duration of their reporting even when the sourse isn’t Seven’s coverage.
That’s interesting. I wonder if something happened off-air or if Nine are just being extra cautious (knowing what Seven are like )
I do find it disappointing though, how (initially before stopping) Seven Sydney were showing Australian Open vision without Nine’s watermark (even though they hold exclusive rights). Yet, even though IOC is obviously very different, when it’s this other way around Nine do everything by the book and play fair, and then some.
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