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Winter Olympics: What channel is Olympic bobsled on?

By Luke Norris

Pilot Nick Cunningham with Hakeem Abdul-Saboor, Christopher Kinney and Samuel Michener of the USA take the start of the first run of the four-man Bobsleigh event within the 2017-2018 IBSF World Cup Bobsled and Skeleton series on December 17, 2017 at the Olympic Bobsleigh Run in Innsbruck/Igls ahead of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, which will be held in February in South Korea. / AFP PHOTO / APA / Johann GRODER / Austria OUT (Photo credit should read JOHANN GRODER/AFP/Getty Images)
Pilot Nick Cunningham with Hakeem Abdul-Saboor, Christopher Kinney and Samuel Michener of the USA take the start of the first run of the four-man Bobsleigh event within the 2017-2018 IBSF World Cup Bobsled and Skeleton series on December 17, 2017 at the Olympic Bobsleigh Run in Innsbruck/Igls ahead of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, which will be held in February in South Korea. / AFP PHOTO / APA / Johann GRODER / Austria OUT (Photo credit should read JOHANN GRODER/AFP/Getty Images) /
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Here’s the how, when, where and what channel you can watch the bobsled events at the 2018 Winter Olympics from Pyeongchang, South Korea.

As it has been since the first Winter Olympics in 1924, bobsled (or bobsleigh depending on where you live) will once again be heavily featured at the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea with three separate types of events contested over six days. 130 men will compete in two-man and four-man events while 40 women will compete in two-woman races.

The men will get things going with two-man heats on Feb. 18-19 and will be followed by the women’s heats on Feb. 20-21. After a short time away, the guys are back at it to finish things out with the four-man heats on Feb. 23-24. For those Cool Runnings fans wondering, there will be no four-man Jamaican bobsled team this time around but there is plenty of history to go around in Pyeongchang, specifically in the women’s division.

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Like the historic male team did 30 years ago in Calgary, the Jamaican women are taking their turn by qualifying for the two-woman competition for the first time in history and have a real shot at a medal. Joining them will be the team from Nigeria, who will also be making history by becoming the first athletes in history to represent an African nation at the Winter Olympics. Exciting times we live in.

For those looking to catch all of these bobsled events live — just remember the 14-hour time difference between Pyeongchang and the Eastern Time Zone in the United States — you can stream them live or on-demand at NBCOlympics.com or on the NBC Sports app. Here is the full schedule of when the events will take place in South Korea (KT) and when they will air in the U.S. (ET) Things are very simple in this event. Your team gets four runs down the track over two days and the lowest combined time wins. Boom. Medal events will be in bold.

  • Sunday, Feb. 18 – Two-man bobsled runs 1-2 – 8:05 p.m. KT/6:05 a.m. ET
  • Monday, Feb. 19 – Two-man bobsled runs 3-4 – 8:15 p.m. KT/6:15 a.m. ET
  • Tuesday, Feb. 20 – Women’s bobsled runs 1-2 – 8:50 p.m. KT/6:50 a.m. ET
  • Wednesday, Feb. 21 – Women’s bobsled runs 3-4 – 8:40 p.m. KT/6:40 a.m. ET
  • Saturday, Feb. 23 – Four-man bobsled runs 1-2 – 9:30 a.m. KT/7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, February 22
  • Sunday, Feb. 24- Four-man bobsled runs 3-4 – 9:30 a.m. KT/7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, February 23

For those looking to watch the bobsledding on television, the networks of NBC Universal have plenty of options and times for you. Just remember that it may not always be live and it also may be lumped in with other events as part of one big broadcast. Here are the current times and channels to watch bobsled at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Times listed are Eastern so be sure to adjust accordingly depending on where you live.

  • Sunday, Feb. 18 – NBCSN – Bobsled – 9:30 a.m. ET
  • Sunday, Feb. 18 – NBC – Bobsled, Speed Skating, Freestyle, Figure Skating – 7:00 p.m ET – Primetime Encore at 2:00 a.m. ET on Monday
  • Monday, Feb. 19 – NBCSN – Bobsled, Speed Skating – 11:00 a.m. ET
  • Monday, Feb. 19 – NBC – Bobsled, Freestyle Skiing, Figure Skating – 8:00 p.m. ET – Primetime Encore at 1:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday
  • Tuesday, Feb. 20 – NBC – Snowboarding, Bobsled, Alpine, Figure Skating – 8:00 p.m. ET – Primetime Encore at 2:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday
  • Wednesday, Feb. 21 – NBCSN- Bobsled – 9:30 a.m. ET
  • Wednesday, Feb. 21 – NBC – Freestyle Skiing, Bobsled, Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country – 8:00 p.m. ET –  Primetime Encore at 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday
  • Friday, Feb. 23 – NBC – Bobsled, Speed Skating, Snowboarding, Alpine – 8:00 p.m. ET – Primetime Encore at 1:00 a.m. ET on Saturday
  • Saturday, Feb. 24 – NBC – Bobsled, Figure Skating Gala – 8:00 p.m. ET – Primetime Encore at 12:30 a.m. ET on Sunday

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Which bobsled events will you be tuning in to watch? Be sure to check back in with FanSided each and every day for continuing coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics from Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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