Olympic short track speedskating kicks off with the men’s 1500m on Saturday, Feb. 10. Watch online it by live stream.
Starting at the early hour of 5 a.m. ET and the much more reasonable hour of 7 p.m. KT, short track speedskating at the 2018 Winter Olympics begins with the men’s 1500m. Both the qualification rounds and the final rounds occur during this three-hour time block and medals will be awarded near 8 a.m. ET.
If you’re a short track enthusiast still jonesing from the departure of Apolo Ohno, you can live stream the 1500m courtesy of NBC, which will show the games online as well as across their network of channels (USA, CNBC, NBCSN). Cord-cutters can also watch online with cable subscription band-aids like FuboTV. The broadcast begins at 4:30 a.m. ET, with the races scheduled to begin half an hour later and run through 7:50 a.m ET.
The United States is expected to be quite good at short track. The U.S. relay team is expected to medal. Still, the favorites for the 1500m hail from other countries: hometown hero Hwang Dae-heon of South Korea, Canada’s own Charles Hamelin and Sjinke Knegt of the Netherlands. (Fun fact: Knegt became the first Dutch person to win a short track medal when he won bronze in 2014.)
Unfortunately for short track fans, the 5 a.m. ET start time is not an anomaly. All of the races in the men’s and women’s events start at the crack of dawn. At least they’re fast, right?
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Here’s how you can watch Olympic men’s short track speedskating online.
Date: Saturday, Feb. 10
Time: 5:00 a.m. ET
Location: Pyeongchang, South Korea
Venue: Gangneung Ice Arena
Live Stream: NBC Olympics, FuboTV
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