It’s the final weekend of Olympic qualifying events and athletes will be putting it all on the line to prior next week’s U.S. Ski & Snowboard's team announcements.

FIS Ski Women’s World Cup - Cortina, ITA
Current overall, slalom and giant slalom leader Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, Colo.) returns to the World Cup circuit this weekend for a chance to extend her already sizable 800-plus-point lead. Shiffrin joins teammates Lindsey Vonn (Vail, Colo.), Laurenne Ross (Bend, Ore.), Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, Calif.) and more for a pair of downhills and a super-G Jan. 19-21. Vonn has won a staggering 11 times in Cortina, and Shiffrin was just .03 seconds off of the super-G podium under the sunshine in beautiful Cortina in 2017. The first downhill is scheduled for Jan. 19 and is a make-up race from the canceled event in Val d’Isere, France. Vonn won Wednesday’s downhill training run, with Jackie Wiles (Aurora, Ore.) third and Alice McKennis (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) fourth. Shiffrin was 13th.

FIS Ski Men’s World Cup - Kitzbuehel, AUT
Veterans Steven Nyman (Sundance, Utah) and Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, NY) return to competition to lead the American Downhillers down the Streif in the ski racing Mecca known as Kitzbuehel, Austria. Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley, Calif.) and Jared Goldberg (Holladay, Utah), who have also been showing great consistency, will also compete in the super-G and downhill events on Friday and Saturday, respectively. The weekend will culminate with slalom Sunday, where David Chodounsky (Crested Butte, Colo.) and Nolan Kasper (Warren, VT) will headline the roster for the Americans. Nyman was second in the first downhill training run Tuesday. Wednesday’s training run was canceled due to snow.

Toyota U.S. Grand Prix - Mammoth Mountain, Calif.
The Toyota U.S. Grand Prix moves to Mammoth Mountain, Calif., for the final Grand Prix event of the season with the remaining Olympic Team selections on the line in freeski and snowboard halfpipe and slopestyle. Who’s in the hunt? Check out the Mammoth Mountain preview to find out.

FIS Freeski World Cup - Nakiska, CAN
A pair of World Cup skicross events are on tap for Jan. 19-20 with four athletes representing the U.S., including Tania Prymak (Goshen, N.Y.) Tyler Wallasch (Acton, Calif.), Brant Crossan (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) and Mazie Hayden (Pittsfield, Vt.).

Putnam Investments Freestyle Cup - Lake Placid, New York
The U.S. Ski Team aerialists compete in their final two Olympic qualification contests this week at the Olympic Jumping Complex Jan. 19-20. Kiley McKinnon (Madison, Conn.) is the only U.S. athlete who has clinched her Olympic spot, so all eyes will be on Ashley Caldwell (Ashburn. Va.), Mac Bohonnon (Madison, Conn.), Jon Lillis (Rochester, N.Y.) and others as they look to land those coveted podium spots.

FIS Freestyle World Cup - Mont Tremblant, CAN
The FIS Freestyle moguls World Cup visits Mont Tremblant, Quebec this weekend for its final pre-Olympic event. The U.S. team will be laying it all on the line as athletes including Troy Murphy (Bethel, Maine), Brad Wilson (Butte, Mont.), Keaton McCargo (Telluride, Colo.) and Tess Johnson (Vail, Colo.) look to get themselves in the best position to be named to the Olympic team next week. Jaelin Kauf (Alta, Wyo.) and Morgan Schild (Rochester, N.Y.) clinched their Olympic spots last week with two podium results each at Deer Valley Resort, Utah.

FIS Cross Country World Cup - Planica, SLO
It’s a full-on classic weekend in Planica, Slovenia as the entire U.S. Ski Team comes back together. A host of athletes, including Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) and Sadie Bjornsen (Anchorage, Alaska), took last weekend off but will be back in the lineup for final Olympic preparation. World Cup selection for the Olympics has concluded with the full team announcement to come next week. A classic sprint is set for Saturday, followed by a 15k for men and 10k for women on Sunday. Each event will live streamed on OlympicChannel.com. Diggins is ranked third in the FIS World Cup overall rankings with Bjornsen seventh.

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup - Oberstdorf, GER and Zao, JPN
The men’s ski jumping team heads to Oberstdorf, Germany for the World Ski Flying Championships where Kevin Bickner will look to challenge the U.S. record of 244.5 meters he set last season. Olympic selection via the World Cup has concluded. The women’s World Cup heads to Zao, Japan for two events. Olympic selection is tight with only Sarah Hendrickson, the Olympic Trials winner, having secured a spot. Abby Ringquist’s 23rd-place finish boosted her to become the U.S. leader in World Cup rankings. Both the men’s and women’s Olympic Teams will be announced next week.

FIS Nordic Combined World Cup - Chaux-Neuve, FRA
The Olympic selection process for nordic combined will come right down to the wire. There is just one individual World Cup event remaining, this Saturday in Chaux-Neuve, France. Olympic Trials champion Bryan Fletcher (Steamboat, Colo.), the only athlete to secure a spot so far, has headed home to prepare for the Olympics in Utah. Brother Taylor Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) is skipping the World Cup to challenge for an Olympic spot through the Continental Cup with a pair of events in Rena, Norway. The final Olympic Team lineup will be announced next week. The World Cup team this weekend will include Ben Loomis, Jasper Good, Ben Berend and Stephen Schumann. The Continental Cup lineup will include Taylor Fletcher, Grant Andrews, Adam Loomis and Jared Schumate.

FIS Snowboardcross World Cup - Erzurum, TUR
With just one individual World Cup remaining, competition for spots on the men’s Olympic Team will be intense as the first races of the New Year will take place in Erzurum, which therefore becomes the first ever Turkish ski resort to host a SBX World Cup. Only one U.S. man, Jonathan Cheever, has achieved a podium in an Olympic selection event. A half dozen American men will be vying for one of the team spots in Saturday’s World Cup in Turkey. The women’s top spots have already been claimed by Lindsey Jacobellis and Faye Gulini. The snowboardcross squad will be announced with the full snowboard team next week.

HOW TO WATCH
All times EST
*subject to change

ALPINE
Jan. 19
4:00 a.m. - Women’s downhill; Cortina – Olympic Channel TV
5:30 a.m. - Men’s super-G; Kitzbuehel – Olympic Channel TV
4:00 p.m. - Men’s super-G; Kitzbuehel – NBCSN Encore (same day broadcast)

Jan. 20
4:00 a.m. - Women’s downhill; Cortina  – Olympic Channel TV
5:30 a.m. - Men’s downhill; Kitzbuehel  – Olympic Channel TV
3:00 p.m. - Men’s downhill; Kitzbuehel  – NBC (same day broadcast)
11:00 p.m. - Women’s downhill; Cortina  – NBCSN Encore (same day broadcast)
12:00 a.m. - Men’s downhill; Kitzbuehel – NBCSN Encore (same day broadcast)

Jan. 21
5:30 a.m. - Women’s super-G; Cortina  – Olympic Channel TV
7:00 a.m. - Men’s slalom; Kitzbuehel – Olympic Channel TV  
9:00 p.m. - Women’s super-G; Cortina – NBCSN Encore (same day broadcast)
10:00 p.m. - Men’s slalom; Kitzbuehel – NBCSN Encore (same day broadcast)

Jan. 23
6:30 a.m. - Women’s giant slalom; Kronplatz – Olympic Channel TV
2:30 p.m. - Men’s slalom; Schladming – Olympic Channel TV
12:00 a.m. - Men’s slalom; Schladming – NBCSN Encore (same day broadcast)

FREESTYLE
Jan. 17
4:00 p.m. Men and women’s slopestyle; Snowmass - NBCSN (re-broadcast)

Jan. 20
3:30 p.m. - Men and women’s moguls; Mont Tremblant - Olympic Channel TV

Jan. 21
8:00 p.m. - Men and women’s aerials; Lake Placid -  Olympic Channel TV (Next day delay)

FREESKI & SNOWBOARD
Toyota U.S. Grand Prix
Jan. 19
12:15 p.m – Halfpipe skiing finals; Mammoth – nbcsports.com
5:00 p.m. – Halfpipe skiing finals; Mammoth – NBCSN (same day coverage)

Jan. 20
1:00 a.m. – Halfpipe skiing finals; Mammoth – NBCSN (next day coverage)
4:00 p.m. – Slopestyle skiing + snowboarding finals; Mammoth – NBC (same day coverage)

Jan. 21
5:00 p.m. – Halfpipe snowboarding finals, Mammoth – NBC (next day coverage)

CROSS COUNTRY
Jan. 20
5:30 a.m. - Men and women’s sprint; Planica - Olympic Channel TV

Jan. 21
3:30 a.m. - Women’s 10k; Planica - Olympic Channel TV

SKI JUMPING
Jan. 21
9:30 a.m. - Women's Individual; Zao - Olympic Channel TV

With each event, more athletes are clinching spots on the Olympic Team. Full teams will be announced the week of January 22.

In moguls events Wednesday and Thursday, Jaelin Kauf and Morgan Schild earned spots. 

At the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Friday, U.S. Freeski Team member David Wise punch his ticket to South Korea for the 2018 Olympics, while U.S. Snowboard Team rider Red Gerard was officially nominated to the U.S. Olympic Team for snowboard slopestyle and big air. 

Friday in Wengen, Bryce Bennett and Ryan Cochran-Siegle clinched spots by their finishes in the final alpine combined. Earlier in the week, Resi Stiegler earned her third Olympic Team berth after the final slalom of the qualifying period.

U.S. Ski & Snowboard has named a team of 36 athletes to its squad that will compete in the International Ski Federation's (FIS) Junior Nordic World Ski Championships and U23 Cross Country World Championships Jan. 28-Feb. 3 in Goms and Kandersteg, Switzerland. 

The Junior Worlds team has a strong mix of veterans including medalists Hannah Halvorsen (Truckee, Calif./Alaska Pacific Nordic Ski Center) and Hailey Swirbul (Carbondale, Colo./Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage) from last year's cross country team and Youth Olympic Games nordic combined silver medalist from 2016 Ben Loomis (Eau Claire, Wis./Flying Eagles Ski Club).

The championships will also be a first for women's nordic combined, with a debut test event. FIS added nordic combined last spring, with subsequent addition of a U.S. Ski & Snowboard national championship. Tess Arnone, 15, of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club will enter the test event for the USA.

Cross country athletes were chosen from domestic selection events including the L.L.Bean U.S. Cross Country Championships in early January at Anchorage as well as selection events for ski jumping and nordic combined at both Steamboat Springs and the Utah Olympic Park.

The Junior Worlds cross country team is coming off a double medal last year in Utah. Remaining from that bronze medal winning relay team are Halvorsen and Swirbul. It will be Swirbul's third Junior Worlds and second for Halvorsen.

The jumping team will be led by Casey Larson (Barrington, Ill./Norge Ski Club), who scored a top 10 in last year's Junior Worlds, making his third appearance in the international event. Loomis, making his third Junior Worlds appearance, and Steven Schumann (Park City, Utah/Park City Ski & Snowboard) also had top 10s last season at Junior Worlds.

"Having proven leaders like Hannah and Hailey will be a big asset for us in showing the way for younger skiers," said U.S. Cross Country Ski Team Development Coach Bryan Fish. "We had a very strong qualifying series at U.S. Championships and the team is heading to Switzerland with confidence."

"We have seen a lot of progress from all of the women on the team this year and we feel the team is getting stronger as a whole," said USA Nordic Coach Blake Hughes. "We are excited to get over to Europe and continue their growth as international competitors." The women's team will get its first taste of World Cup experience in Ljubno, Slovenia the weekend before Junior Worlds. 

The men's jumping team has a blend of rookies and veterans. "It's great to see that Andy (Urlaub) and Hunter (Gibson) could step up their game this year and qualify for the team," added Hughes. "They are all excited to get over to Europe and compete with their international peers." Casey Larson will remain on the Continental Cup tour, meeting up with his teammates in Kandersteg. The rest of the team will stay stateside the next few weeks to compete in U.S. Cup competitions at the Flying Eagles Ski Club in Eau Claire, Wis., Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove, Ill., and Ishpeming Ski Club in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It will be the 132nd consecutive annual contest at Ishpeming's Suicide Bowl.

The World Juniors combined team has really stepped up with Loomis, Schumann and Jared Shumate (Park City, Utah/Park City Ski & Snowboard) all competing well for their age on the Continental Cup tour. The battle for fourth spot on the team was intense, with Tucker Hoefler winning a World Juniors qualifier to grab a berth on the team.

The team will do a pre-Championships camp in Oberstorf, Germany beginning January 22 then move to Kandersteg for official training that begins on January 28.

The U23 cross country team is a very seasoned group of racers with only two athletes who have not been on a past Junior Worlds team (Lydia Blanchet and Andrew Egger). The team also includes Junior Worlds medalist Julia Kern (Waltham, Mass./Stratton Mountain School). Kern has competed on the entire first period of the World Cup tour to gain experience leading up to the U23 World Championships.

Fish anticipates the freestyle sprint to be a strong event for both the U23 and Junior Worlds teams. First year U23 athlete Zak Zetterson (Bloomington, Minn./Northern Michigan University) was fourth overall at the L.L.Bean U.S. Cross Country Championships. Ian Torchia (Marquette, Mich./Northern Michigan University) should be strong in distance races. Torchia won the Silver Star NorAm Cup 15k freestyle in December and was the top U23 in the 30k classic mass start at U.S. Championships.

The event is split between Ulrichen near Goms, in the upper Valais region of south central Switzerland, for cross country and Kandersteg, in the Bernese Oberland, for ski jumping and nordic combined. The cross country venue lies at around 4,400 feet above sea level with the jump slightly lower. The famed Lötschberg jump in Kandersteg dates back 1920 and has gone through many iterations. A completely new jumping complex was built over the last decade, opening in 2016. The Goms Nordic Centre in Ulrichen is a popular trail network located in a high alpine valley along Switzerland's famous Glacier Express rail line.

All events will be streamed live through the Junior Worlds website at www.jwsc2018.ch. Also watch for content on Instagram at @jwsc2018.

The trip is partially funded by the National Nordic Foundation, an independent foundation that provides support for development programs across nordic sports, as well as USA Nordic, which manages national teams and pipeline development for ski jumping and nordic combined.

2018 FIS Nordic Junior World Championships
Goms-Kandersteg, Switzerland

Cross Country
Men
Luke Jager, 18, Anchorage, Alaska Pacific Nordic Ski Center
Ben Ogden, 17, Landgrove, Vt., Stratton Mountain School
Karl Schulz, 19, Lake Placid, N.Y., Univ. of Vermont
Gus Schumacher, 17, Anchorage, Alaska Winter Stars
Canyon Tobin, 18, Anchorage, Alaska Pacific Nordic Ski Center
Hunter Wonders, 19, Alaska Pacific Nordic Ski Center

Women
Margaret Gellert, 17, Anchorage, Alaska Winter Stars
Hannah Halvorsen, 19, Truckee, Calif., Alaska Pacific Nordic Ski Center
Kathleen O'Connell, 19, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Montana State University
Hannah Rudd, 19, Anchorage, Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage
Sofia Shomento, 18, Bozeman, Mont., Dartmouth College
Hailey Swirbul, 19, Carbondale, Colo., Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage

Nordic Combined
Men

Tucker Hoefler, 19, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski & Snowboard
Ben Loomis, 19, Eau Claire, Wis., Flying Eagles Ski Club
Stephen Schumann, 17, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski & Snowboard
Jared Shumate, 18, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski & Snowboard

Women

Tess Arnone, 15, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club

Ski Jumping
Men
Decker Dean, 17, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Patrick Gasienica, 19, Richmond, Ill., Norge Ski Club
Hunter Gibson, 16, Fox River Grove, Ill., Norge Ski Club
Casey Larson, 19, Barrington, Ill., Norge Ski Club
Andrew Urlaub 16, Eau Claire, Wis., Flying Eagles Ski Club

Women
Annika Belshaw, 15, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Anna Hoffmann, 17, Madison, Wis., Blackhawk Ski Club
Cara Larson, 17, Barrington, Ill., Norge Ski Club
Samantha Macuga, 16, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski & Snowboard
Logan Sankey, 19, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club

U23 Cross Country World Championships Team
Men
Andrew Egger, 22, Edina, Minn., Colby College
Bill Harmeyer, 20, Burlington, Vt., Univ. of Vermont
Zak Ketterson, 20, Bloomington, Minn., Northern Michigan University
Thomas O'Harra, 20, Anchorage, Alaska Pacific Nordic Ski Center
Ian Torchia, 21, Marquette, Mich., Northern Michigan University

Women
Lydia Blanchet, 20, Anchorage, Dartmouth Ski Team
Lauren Jortberg, 20, Hanover, N.H.,Dartmouth Ski Team
Julia Kern, 20, Waltham, Mass., Stratton Mountain School
Nicole Schneider, 20, Marquette, Mich., Northern Michigan University

COMPETITION SCHEDULE
Cross Country 
Sunday, January 28
Junior men’s and women’s freestyle sprints 

Monday, January 29
U23 men’s and women’s freestyle sprints 

Tuesday, January 30
Junior women’s 5k classic
Junior men’s 10k classic
Junior women's nordic combined test event (HS72/5k)
Junior men's nordic combined (HS106/10k)

Wednesday, January 31
U23 women’s 10k classic
U23 men’s 15k classic

Thursday, February 1
Junior women’s skiathlon (5k CL/5k FS)
Junior men’s skiathlon (10k CL/10k FS)
Junior men's and women's ski jumping (HS106m)
Junior men's nordic combined team event (HS106/4x5k)

Friday, February 2
U23 women’s skiathlon (7.5k CL/7.5k FS)
U23 men’s skiathlon (10k CL/10k FS)
Junior men's and women's team ski jumping (HS106)

Saturday, February 3
Junior women’s relay (4x3.3k CL/FS)
Junior men’s relay (4x5k CL/FS)
Junior men's and women's mixed team ski jumping (HS106)
Junior men's nordic combined (HS106/5k)

These are exciting times for U.S. Ski & Snowboard with the 2018 Olympic Winter Games less than a month away.

Since the start of 2018, Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, Colo.) has won all four (maybe five, we’ll know Tuesday) World Cup events. Aeralist Kiley McKinnon (Madison, Conn.) won her first-career World Cup event and achieved objective criteria to make the Olympic team, and Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) became the first U.S. skier ever to land on the Tour de Ski podium with a third-place finish. Momentum is building across the entire U.S. Ski & Snowboard team as the final competitions take place before the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

Read on to see where U.S. Ski & Snowboard athletes will be in action this week and how to watch via NBC, NBCSN and the Olympic Channel - Home of Team USA.

FIS Women’s Ski World Cup - Flachau + Bad Kleinkirchheim, AUT
Shiffrin will continue her quest for dominance in the final slalom World Cup before the Olympics on Jan. 9 in Flachau, Austria. The women’s speed team is back in action in the New Year with super-G and downhill races Jan. 13-14. The U.S. has a strong contingent of athletes expected to compete, including Lindsey Vonn (Vail, Colo.), Laurenne Ross (Bend. Ore.), Stacey Cook (Mammoth, Calif.) and Jackie Wiles (Aurora, Ore.).

FIS Men’s Ski World Cup - Wengen, SUI
Wengen, Switzerland will play host to men’s speed and tech events this coming week with an alpine combined event on Jan. 12, downhill Jan. 13 and slalom Jan. 14. Notable names on the large U.S. roster include Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah), Steven Nyman (Sundance, Utah), Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley, Calif.) and David Chodounsky (Crested Butte, Colo.).

Visa Freestyle International - Deer Valley Resort, Utah
The FIS Freestyle World Cup tour makes its first of two stops in the U.S. this week with moguls and aerials competitions Jan. 10-12 at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah. It’s the penultimate Olympic selection event, so the top U.S. Ski Team athletes will be looking to secure podiums and state their case to be named to the 2018 Olympic team. Lake Placid hosts the Putnam Investments Freestyle Cup with aerials competition Jan. 19-20.

Toyota U.S. Grand Prix - Snowmass, Colo.
U.S. Freeski and Snowboard Team athletes will compete in their third Olympic qualifier of the season this week at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix in Snowmass, Colorado. It is the first time Snowmass has hosted a Grand Prix since 1998 and despite the warmer than average weather, the mountain operations team has put a ton of effort into snowmaking and grooming to provide the athletes a world-class competition venue. Chloe Kim (Torrence, Calif.), Jamie Anderson (S. Lake Tahoe, Calif.) and Chris Corning (Silverthorne, Colo.) are the only athletes that have confirmed their nominations to the U.S. Olympic Team, so athletes across both sports will be gunning for top results and the chance to compete in PyeongChang. Finals for all competitions take place Jan. 12-14.

FIS Freestyle World Cup - Idre Fjall, SWE
Tanya Prymak (Goshen, N.Y.), Tyler Wallasch (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) and Brant Crossan (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) will represent the U.S. this weekend at the ski cross World Cup in Sweden. Qualifications take place Jan. 12 followed by competitions Jan. 13 and 14.

FIS Cross Country World Cup - Dresden, GER
The U.S. Cross Country Ski Team enters its final weekend of Olympic selection events with individual and team sprints Jan. 13-14 in Dresden, Germany. The U.S. will have nine skiers racing, including World Champion Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, Alaska), Sophie Caldwell (Stratton, Vt.), Simi Hamilton (Aspen, Colo.) and Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, Vt.).

FIS Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup - Sapporo, JPN
Newly named U.S. Olympic Team member Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, Utah) leads the U.S. into a HS100 event in Sapporo, Japan. Qualifications take place on Jan. 12 followed by World Cups on Jan. 13 and 14. Other competitors include Nita Englund (Steamboat Springs, Colo.), Abby Ringquist (Park City, Utah) and Tara Geraghty-Moats (West Fairlee, Vt.).

FIS Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup - Tauplitz/ Bad Mitterndorf, AUT
2018 Olympic Team member Michael Glasder (Cary, Ill.), along with USA Nordic teammates Will Rhoads (Park City, Utah) and Kevin Bickner (Wacounda, Ill.) will compete in the first of two ski flying World Cups this month on the HS235 hill in Austria. Qualifications take place on Jan. 12 followed by competitions on Jan. 13 and 14.

FIS Nordic Combined World Cup - Val di Fiemme, ITA
Brothers Bryan and Taylor Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) along with Ben Loomis (Eau Claire, Wis.) and Jasper Good (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) will compete in two individual and one team event in Val di Fiemme, Italy Jan. 12-14.

FIS Snowboard World Cup - Bad Gastein, AUT
The U.S. will have six athletes competing in parallel slalom and team slalom World Cups Jan. 13-14 in Bad Gastein, Austria.

U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD BROADCAST AND STREAMING SCHEDULE
All times EST
*schedules subject to change

ALPINE
Jan. 9
12:00 p.m. – Women’s slalom, run 1; Flachau – olympicchannel.com
2:30 p.m.  – Women’s slalom, run 2; Flachau  – Olympic Channel TV
5:30 p.m.  – Women’s slalom, run 2; Flachau  – NBCSN (same day coverage)

Jan. 11
6:00 p.m.  – Women’s slalom, run 2; Flachau  – NBCSN (next day coverage)

Jan. 12
4:30 a.m. – Men’s combined, downhill; Wengen – olympicchannel.com
10:00 a.m. – Men’s combined, slalom; Wengen – Olympic Channel TV

Jan. 13
4:30 a.m. – Women’s super-G; Bad Kleinkirchheim – Olympic Channel TV
6:30 a.m. – Men’s downhill; Wengen – Olympic Channel TV
10:00 p.m. – Women’s super-G; Bad Kleinkirchheim – NBCSN (same day coverage)
11:00 p.m. – Men’s downhill; Wengen – NBCSN (same day coverage)

Jan. 14
4:15 a.m. – Men’s slalom, run 1; Wengen – olympicchannel.com
5:00 a.m. – Women’s Downhill; Bad Kleinkirchheim – Olympic Channel TV
6:30 a.m. – Men’s slalom, run 2; Wengen – Olympic Channel TV

FREESTYLE
Jan. 10
8:45 p.m. – Moguls finals #1; Visa Freestyle International – nbcsports.com

Jan. 11
8:00 p.m. – Moguls finals #1; Visa Freestyle International – NBCSN (next day coverage)
8:45 p.m. – Moguls finals #2; Visa Freestyle International – nbcsports.com

Jan. 12
8:30 p.m. – Moguls finals #2; Visa Freestyle International – NBCSN (next day coverage)
9:45 p.m. – Aerials finals; Visa Freestyle International – nbcsports.com

Jan. 13
5:00 a.m. – Ski cross; Idre Fjall – olympicchannel.com
2:30 p.m. – Aerials finals; Visa Freestyle International – NBC (next day coverage)

Jan. 14
6:00 a.m. – Ski cross; Idre Fjall – olympicchannel.com

TOYOTA U.S. GRAND PRIX
Jan. 12
11:15 a.m – Slopestyle snowboarding finals – nbcsports.com
2:45 p.m – Halfpipe skiing finals – nbcsports.com
9:30 p.m – Slopestyle snowboarding finals – NBCSN (Same day coverage)
11:00 p.m. – Halfpipe skiing finals – NBCSN (Same day coverage)

Jan. 13
11:15 a.m – Slopestyle skiing finals #1 – nbcsports.com
2:45 p.m – Halfpipe snowboarding finals – nbcsports.com

Jan. 14
3:00 p.m – Slopestyle skiing finals #2 – nbcsports.com
3:00 p.m. – Halfpipe snowboarding finals – NBC (next day coverage)

Jan. 15
1:30 a.m. – Slopestyle skiing finals #1 – NBCSN

Jan. 16
12:00 a.m. – Slopestyle skiing finals #2 – NBCSN

CROSS COUNTRY
Jan. 13
6:20 a.m. – Men’s and women’s sprint – olympicchannel.com
12:00 p.m. – Men’s and women’s sprint – Olympic Channel TV (Same day coverage)

Jan. 14
5:15 a.m. – Men’s and women’s team sprint – olympicchannel.com
12:00 p.m. – Men’s and women’s team sprint – Olympic Channel TV (Same day coverage)

SKI JUMPING
Jan. 12
6:00 a.m. – Men’s HS225 Qualification; Tauplitz/ Bad Mitterndorf – olympicchannel.com
9:00 p.m. – Women’s HS100 Qualification; Sapporo – Olympic Channel TV

Jan. 13
6:00 a.m. – Men’s HS225; Tauplitz/ Bad Mitterndorf – olympicchannel.com
4:00 p.m. – Men’s HS225; Tauplitz/ Bad Mitterndorf – Olympic Channel TV (same day coverage)
9:00 p.m. – Women’s HS100; Sapporo – Olympic Channel TV

Jan. 14
8:15 a.m. – Men’s HS225; Tauplitz/ Bad Mitterndorf – olympicchannel.com
4:00 p.m. – Men’s HS225; Tauplitz/ Bad Mitterndorf – Olympic Channel TV (same day coverage)

NORDIC COMBINED
Jan. 12
3:30 a.m. – Men’s HS135 – olympicchannel.com
7:30 a.m. – Men’s individual 10k – olympicchannel.com

Jan. 13
4:00 a.m. – Men’s HS135 – olympicchannel.com
9:45 a.m. – Men’s team sprint – olympicchannel.com

Jan. 14
4:00 a.m. – Men’s HS135 – olympicchannel.com
7:45 a.m. – Men’s individual 10k – olympicchannel.com

SNOWBOARD
Jan. 12
12:00 p.m. – Men’s and women’s parallel slalom; Bad Gastein – olympicchannel.com

Jan. 13
10:30 a.m. – Men’s and women’s parallel slalom team event; Bad Gastein – olympicchannel.com

Four more cross country skiers clinched their spots on the Olympic Team Sunday following the conclusion of the final World Cup distance event of the selection period. Rosie Brennan (Park City, Utah) qualified for her first Olympic team. Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) is now set for her fifth and Liz Stephen (E. Montpelier, Vt.) will make her third appearance. Erik Bjornsen (Winthrop, Wash.) will join sister Sadie for his second Olympics. All four qualified by virtue of a top 50 ranking in the World Cup distance standings.

Selection Notes
This update is as of the noted date and subject to change through the selection period. Update includes only those athletes who have achieved the top levels of objective selection criteria, which does not guarantee a spot on the team. Final team announcements will be made the week of Jan. 22, subject to USOC approval.

Alpine (selection period runs through Jan. 22)

• Stacey Cook (top 10 downhill) *
• Tommy Ford (World Cup ranking GS) ^
• Breezy Johnson (top 10 downhill) *
• Ted Ligety (top 5 giant slalom) ^
• Megan McJames (World Cup ranking GS) ^
• Laurenne Ross (top 10 super G) *
• Mikaela Shiffrin (top 3 downhill, top 5 super G, top 3 giant slalom, top 3 slalom) ^
• Lindsey Vonn (top 3 super G) *
• Jackie Wiles (top 5 downhill) *

^ Qualified for U.S. Olympic Team
* Achieved objective qualification criteria

Cross Country (selection period runs through Jan. 15)

• Erik Bjornsen (top 50 World Cup ranking in distance, sprint) ^
• Sadie Bjornsen (top 8 in designated selection event) ^
• Rosie Brennan (top 50 World Cup ranking in distance, sprint) ^
• Sophie Caldwell (top 8 in designated selection event) ^
• Jessie Diggins (top 8 in designated selection event) ^
• Simi Hamilton (top 50 World Cup ranking in sprint) *
• Andy Newell (top 50 World Cup ranking in sprint) *
• Kikkan Randall (top 50 World Cup ranking in sprint, distance) ^
• Ida Sargent (top 50 World Cup ranking in sprint) *
• Liz Stephen (top 50 World Cup ranking in distance) ^

^ Qualified for U.S. Olympic Team
* Achieved objective qualification criteria as of rankings on Jan. 6 (rankings subject to change through Jan. 15)

Freeski (selection period runs through Jan. 21)

• None have met objective criteria yet
• Freestyle (selection period runs through Jan. 21)
• Jaelin Kauf (2 top 3 moguls) *
• Kiley McKinnon (2 top 3 aerials) *

* Achieved objective qualification criteria

Nordic Combined (selection period runs through Jan. 22)

• Bryan Fletcher (winner Olympic Trials) ^

^ Qualified for U.S. Olympic Team

Ski Jumping (selection period runs through Jan. 21)

• Mike Glasder (winner Olympic Trials) ^
• Sarah Hendrickson (winner Olympic Trials) ^

^ Qualified for U.S. Olympic Team

Snowboard (qualifying through Jan. 21)

• Jamie Anderson (mathematically clinched qualifying series points in slopestyle) ^
• Jonathan Cheever (top 3 in designated snowboardcross selection event; leading selection points) *
• Chris Corning (mathematically clinched qualifying series points in slopestyle) ^
• Faye Gulini (top 3 in designated snowboardcross selection event) ^
• Chloe Kim (mathematically clinched qualifying series points in slopestyle) ^
• Lindsey Jacobellis (top 3 in designated snowboardcross selection event) ^

^ Qualified for U.S. Olympic Team
* Achieved objective qualification criteria

Freestyle skier Kiley McKinnon (Madison, Conn.) became the first freestyle aerialist to achieve objective Olympic selection criteria. McKinnon won Saturday in Moscow for her second top three World Cup finish in designated selection events. McKinnon was second in aerials at Deer Valley last February.

With no remaining giant slaloms in the selection period, Ted Ligety, Tommy Ford and Megan McJames have clinched Olympic Team spots. Ligety has a top five, Tommy Ford a top 10 and McJames the next-best World Cup ranked athlete behind Mikaela Shiffrin.

Olympic Selection Update - Jan. 6, 2018

Selection Notes
This update is as of the noted date and subject to change through the selection period. Update includes only those athletes who have achieved the top levels of objective selection criteria, which does not guarantee a spot on the team. Final team announcements will be made the week of Jan. 22, subject to USOC approval.
 
Alpine (selection period runs through Jan. 22)
Stacey Cook (top 10 downhill) *
Tommy Ford (World Cup ranking GS) ^
Breezy Johnson (top 10 downhill) *
Ted Ligety (top 5 giant slalom) ^
Megan McJames (World Cup ranking GS) ^
Laurenne Ross (top 10 super G) *
Mikaela Shiffrin (top 3 downhill, top 5 super G, top 3 giant slalom, top 3 slalom) ^
Lindsey Vonn (top 3 super G) *
Jackie Wiles (top 5 downhill) *
^ Qualified for U.S. Olympic Team
* Achieved objective qualification criteria

Cross Country (selection period runs through Jan. 15)
Erik Bjornsen (top 50 World Cup ranking in distance, sprint) *
Sadie Bjornsen (top 8 in designated selection event) ^
Rosie Brennan (top 50 World Cup ranking in distance, sprint) *
Sophie Caldwell (top 8 in designated selection event) ^
Jessie Diggins (top 8 in designated selection event) ^
Simi Hamilton (top 50 World Cup ranking in sprint) *
Andy Newell (top 50 World Cup ranking in sprint) *
Kikkan Randall (top 50 World Cup ranking in sprint, distance) *
Ida Sargent (top 50 World Cup ranking in sprint) *
^ Qualified for U.S. Olympic Team
* Achieved objective qualification criteria as of rankings on Jan. 6 (rankings subject to change through Jan. 15)
 
Freeski (selection period runs through Jan. 21)
None have met objective criteria yet
 
Freestyle (selection period runs through Jan. 21)
Jaelin Kauf (2 top 3 moguls) *
Kiley McKinnon (2 top 3 aerials) *
* Achieved objective qualification criteria
 
Nordic Combined (selection period runs through Jan. 22)
Bryan Fletcher (winner Olympic Trials) ^
^ Qualified for U.S. Olympic Team
 
Ski Jumping (selection period runs through Jan. 21)
Mike Glasder (winner Olympic Trials) ^
Sarah Hendrickson (winner Olympic Trials) ^
^ Qualified for U.S. Olympic Team
 
Snowboard (qualifying through Jan. 21)
Jamie Anderson (mathematically clinched qualifying series points in slopestyle) ^
Jonathan Cheever (top 3 in designated snowboardcross selection event; leading selection points) *
Chris Corning (mathematically clinched qualifying series points in slopestyle) ^
Faye Gulini (top 3 in designated snowboardcross selection event) ^
Chloe Kim (mathematically clinched qualifying series points in slopestyle) ^
Lindsey Jacobellis (top 3 in designated snowboardcross selection event) ^
^ Qualified for U.S. Olympic Team
* Achieved objective qualification criteria
 

Olympic ski and snowboard spots will be on the line this weekend as the close of Olympic selection is just two weeks away. The Games begin in PyeongChang in just 34 days on Feb. 9.
 
Three skiers earned spots on the 2018 U.S. Olympic Team over New Year's Weekend at the U.S. Olympic Trials for Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined at the Utah Olympic Park.

Bryan Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) earned a spot on his second Olympic Team with a win in nordic combined. Mike Glasder (Cary, Ill.) clinched his first Olympic berth with a ski jumping victory while Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, Utah) claimed a return trip with her women's ski jumping win.
 
Freestyle World Cups this weekend in Moscow and Calgary could impact Olympic selection for aerials and moguls. Aerialist Ashley Caldwell (Ashburn, Va.) and moguls skier Troy Murphy (Bethel, Maine)  are each looking for their second podium to achieve objective criteria.
 
In cross country, there are no more selection events to achieve a top-eight finish to lock in a spot. But athletes can still move up into the top 50 in World Cup distance or sprint rankings. Liz Stephen (E. Montpelier, Vt.) is expected to make a move in the final two events of the Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy. Spots via domestic races are also on the line at the L.L.Bean U.S. Cross Country Championships in Anchorage.
 
Final team selections for all ski and snowboard Olympic teams will be announced by U.S. Ski & Snowboard the week of Jan. 22. The United States Olympic Committee will formally name Team USA in late January. The Olympic Winter Games are set for Feb. 8-25 in PyeongChang, South Korea. U.S. Ski & Snowboard anticipates a total team size of over 100 athletes across all ski and snowboard sports.
 
All selections to the U.S. Olympic Team are subject to approval by the USOC.
 
SELECTION UPDATE - Jan. 5, 2018
This update as of the noted date and subject to change through selection period. Update includes only those athletes who have achieved the top levels of objective selection criteria, which does not guarantee a spot on the team. Final team announcements will be made the week of Jan. 22, subject to USOC approval.
 
Alpine (selection period runs through Jan. 22)
Stacey Cook (top 10 downhill) *
Breezy Johnson (top 10 downhill) *
Ted Ligety (top 5 giant slalom) *
Laurenne Ross (top 10 super G) *
Mikaela Shiffrin (top 3 downhill, top 5 super G, top 3 giant slalom, top 3 slalom) ^
Lindsey Vonn (top 3 super G) *
Jackie Wiles (top 5 downhill) *
 
Cross Country (selection period runs through Jan. 15)
Erik Bjornsen (top 50 World Cup ranking in distance, sprint) *
Sadie Bjornsen (top 8 in designated selection event) ^
Rosie Brennan (top 50 World Cup ranking in distance, sprint) *
Sophie Caldwell (top 8 in designated selection event) ^
Jessie Diggins (top 8 in designated selection event) ^
Simi Hamilton (top 50 World Cup ranking in sprint) *
Andy Newell (top 50 World Cup ranking in sprint) *
Kikkan Randall (top 50 World Cup ranking in sprint, distance) *
Ida Sargent (top 50 World Cup ranking in sprint) *
^ Qualified for U.S. Olympic Team
* Achieved objective qualification criteria as of rankings on Jan. 4 (rankings subject to change through Jan. 15)
 
Freeski (selection period runs through Jan. 21)
None have met objective criteria yet
 
Freestyle (selection period runs through Jan. 21)
Jaelin Kauf (2 top 3 moguls) *
* Achieved objective qualification criteria
 
Nordic Combined (selection period runs through Jan. 22)
Bryan Fletcher (winner Olympic Trials) ^
^ Qualified for U.S. Olympic Team
 
Ski Jumping (selection period runs through Jan. 21)
Mike Glasder (winner Olympic Trials) ^
Sarah Hendrickson (winner Olympic Trials) ^
^ Qualified for U.S. Olympic Team
 
Snowboard (qualifying through Jan. 21)
Jamie Anderson (mathematically clinched qualifying series points in slopestyle) ^
Jonathan Cheever (top 3 in designated snowboardcross selection event; leading selection points) *
Chris Corning (mathematically clinched qualifying series points in slopestyle) ^
Faye Gulini (top 3 in designated snowboardcross selection event) ^
Chloe Kim (mathematically clinched qualifying series points in slopestyle) ^
Lindsey Jacobellis (top 3 in designated snowboardcross selection event) ^
^ Qualified for U.S. Olympic Team
* Achieved objective qualification criteria
 
 

Sarah Hendrickson stood at the top of the 134-meter ski jump at Holmenkollen, the city of Oslo in the distance. Japan’s Sara Takanashi had just flown 133.5 meters to take the lead. Only Hendrickson, the first jump leader, remained. She took a deep breath and pushed off the bar. Soon, she was in flight - floating down the hill before touching down in a perfect telemark landing. She pumped her fist into the air, a big smile crossing face as her teammates and friends Lindsey, Jessica, Allisa and Abby came running to greet her.

It was a joyous day - March 17, 2013. This past Sunday, New Year's Eve, that same smile came back to Sarah Hendrickson’s face, this time mixed with tears. The same friends and teammates who cheered her at Holmenkollen, were there at the Utah Olympic Park to share those tears and cheer her to win once again. More than a group of friends, these girls were pioneers who had helped shepherd their sport to its Olympic debut in Sochi.

It took 1,750 days for Sarah to find that feeling again - to simply smile about the sport she loved so much. To pump her fist into the air. To put her head in her hands and cry. To triumphantly hold her skis above her head to celebrate a victory.

Sarah Hendrickson was a winner once again. This time there was no discretionary choice to make the Olympic Team. She earned it in a hotly contested Olympic Trials that featured five women who all had a pretty equal shot at the win. She would be an Olympian again.

“My goal was to have fun and smile today,” said an emotional Hendrickson. “When I got up today, that was what I set my mind on. I love ski jumping and that’s why we’re all out here.”

Over the span of four and a half years, that love was severely tested. Hendrickson’s August 2013 training crash in Germany led to countless surgeries, each one seemingly leading to another. It resulted in three separate comebacks to the sport, each filled with optimism. Each resulting in dashed hopes. Each followed by periods of perseverance that only a world-class athlete can muster.

This time it was different.

Atop the 98 meter hill at the Utah Olympic Park, her mind raced back to that time as a 5 year old when she walked up to watch the Olympic ski jumping competition, later convincing her parents she should be able to jump like her older brother Nick.

All Sarah ever wanted to do was to fly.

She thought for a moment about her objective of the day - to just have fun and enjoy the moment. This was a chance she might not have again - to put on a show for the 7,000 hometown fans in the stadium. She didn’t think about the aches and pains or things she might have done differently. She put the fear of pain out of her mind. When you show up on competition day, you have to leave that behind.

Amidst the thousands of tense fans was her mother Nancy and her father Bill. There were friends and fans from Park City whose hearts had been aching with hers over the last four years as she pursued her relentless series of comebacks.

When she nailed her landing on that final jump the crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief. For Sarah, the world stood still. She sought a moment of solitude in the finish amidst the deafening cheers, holding her head in her hands as tears poured out of her eyes. She looked to the sky, thrusting her skis upward to the heavens. This was what she loved. This was what she had so sorely missed.

“It’s pretty emotional because the last four years have been so tough,” she said. “This gives me confidence that hard work pays off. If you keep working towards your dream you’ll get there. That is something that will stick with me for the rest of my life. It’s a really good lesson to hold with you.”

Sarah Hendrickson is going to PyeongChang.

Ski jumpers Michael Glasder (Cary, Ill.) and Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, Utah) ended up with two things in common after Sunday's Team USA Olympic Trials for ski jumping. Both came into the event to put on a smile and have fun. Now both are heading to PyeongChang. Glasder and Hendrickson each won against very balanced fields in a winner-take-all competition. The remainder of the Team USA ski jumping squad nominations will be announced the week of Jan. 22.

A crowd of over 7,000 packed the Utah Olympic Park - the largest attendance of any event at the Park since the 2002 Olympics, bringing the weekend to nearly 11,000 for the Olympic Trials, which were televised live on NBC.

Both the men's and women's fields were among the tightest in history. Glasder took his win by a mere 1.4 points over Norge Ski Club teammate Kevin Bickner (Barrington, Ill.). Local favorite Will Rhoads (Park City, Utah) was third. All three went 97.5 meters or longer. 

Hendrickson, the only Olympian in the men's or women's field, took a solid win over Abby Ringquist (Park City Utah) with Nita Englund (Florence, Wis.) third. Nina Lussi (Lake Placid, N.Y.) was a strong fourth with the long ride of the day at 98.0 meters, crashing on her second and final jump. 

On the opening jump, Bickner jumped fourth putting it down to 98.5 meters but losing points on landing style but still taking the lead. Glasder was up next, matching Bickner’s 98.5 meters but gaining strong style points for his landing to move in front by a mere 1.5 points. Rhoads closed out the round soaring 95.5 meters, falling more than six points behind Glasder.

In a pressure packed second round, Rhoads pushed it down to 97.0 meters - moving into the lead but not likely enough to hold off his teammates. With the pressure on, Bicker came down and crushed the long ride of the day at 100.0 meters.

Now the pressure shifted to Glasder, final jumper of the day. The veteran soared down the hill, punching down at 98.0 meters - two short of Bickner, but with picture perfect style. As the scores came in, Glasder’s stylish landings won the day by the narrowest of margins.

“Everyone was pumped up - anyone on our team could have won,” said Glasder. “I was the lucky one.”

Glasder had a rough start to his season but was coming off two great competitions earlier in the week in Switzerland with two strong finishes at Continental Cups in Engelberg.

“I was relaxed, feeling good and feeling that my technique was heading in the right direction - it showed today,” he added. “I’m looking to build on this heading to the Olympics.”

Glasder began jumping at age five at the Norge Ski Club in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. “People ask me, ‘where are you from?’ When I tell them I’m from the suburbs of Chicago they say, ‘hey, but there are no mountains there.’” The more than century-old club looked to revitalize itself in 2003, buying a used ski jump from Ely, Minn. Since then, the club has been one of the hottest in the country with athletes like Glasder, Bickner and junior Casey Larson knocking at the door. 

The women’s field provided a pressure packed competition from the start. Jumping sixth in a nine-athlete women’s field, Lussi ignited the competition with a 98.5 meter first jump - longest of the day - to take the early lead. Hendrickson was next going 97.5 but nailing the style to move in front. Ringquist and England came next, but could not match Hendrickson, who took a 6.3 point margin over Ringquist.

In the second round, Englund soared 96.0 meters to challenge. Lussi came back with another long jump at 97.0 meters but lost her footing on landing and crashed. She was taken from the venue and was being evaluated by medical personnel. After a lengthy delay, only Ringquist and Hendrickson were left to go.

Ringquist punched it out to 91.0 meters to move ahead of Englund. Then it all came down to Hendrickson, the 2013 World Champion who has battled surgery after surgery since a training crash in the summer of 2013. She pushed out and flew 93.5 meters, far from long ride of the day but nailing a perfect landing to win both rounds on style points.

Tears flowed freely as she experienced what was certainly her most gratifying win since she took World Championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy in 2013.

“I never really get the opportunity to jump in front of a home crowd,” said Hendrickson. “For me, my goal was to have fun and smile today. When I got up today that was what I set my mind on. I love ski jumping and that’s why we are all out here.”

Hendrickson has endured years of pain and surgery since her 2013 training crash. And she had a rough opening to the World Cup season earlier in December. “When you show up on competition day you can’t think about the aches and pains and missed training days,” she said. “I’m really happy with how I managed it mentally.”

The high caliber of the U.S. women’s field was a factor that weighed on Hendrickson and others coming into the winner-take-all event. “Honestly, we had five girls who could have won today - it was anybody’s game,” she said. “But you can’t control what the others are doing. It was a difficult field today and I’m just glad I could compete today because four years ago I couldn’t.”

As thousands of spectators flowed up to the Utah Olympic Park Sunday morning, it brought back memories for Hendrickson of the Olympics 16 years ago. “I remember when I was seven years old and walked up to watch the men’s Olympic ski jumping event - that’s when I fell in love with it. I’m a result of the 2002 Olympic legacy that Park City and Salt Lake City has continued to develop for young athletes.”

With his Olympic spot now confirmed, Glasder, who arrived late Friday afternoon from Europe, will return on New Year’s Day to prepare for the final competitions of the prestigious Springertournee - the Four Hills Tournament. Hendrickson, meanwhile, will continue training at home in Park City before heading to the final World Cups before the Olympics in Japan.

RESULTS
Men's Ski Jumping Olympic Trials 
Women's Ski Jumping Olympic Trials