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Olympics live stream: Watch women’s speedskating mass start medal online

By Shea Corrigan

GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 21: Heather Bergsma, Brittany Bowe and Mia Manganello of the United States skate to a bronze medal during the Speed Skating Ladies' Team Pursuit on day 12 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Oval on February 21, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 21: Heather Bergsma, Brittany Bowe and Mia Manganello of the United States skate to a bronze medal during the Speed Skating Ladies' Team Pursuit on day 12 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Oval on February 21, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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With its inaugural appearance at the Winter Olympics, the women’s speedskating mass start will be available to watch online and by live stream.

The women’s speedskating mass start will make its debut at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics on Saturday, Feb. 24. The races will begin at 6 a.m. ET with the semifinal, followed by another heat of the semifinal at 6:15 a.m. ET. However, the final race, for which the medals will be awarded, is expected to begin at 7:30 a.m. ET.

As many as 24 skaters participate in the mass start, which sees competitors skate 6,400-meters, or 16 laps, while actively dealing with other skaters on the track. (Long-track speedskaters are not used to skating against competitors, they’re used to competing against a clock, and sometimes another skater is on the same track at the same time.) This adds an element of strategy (drafting, bumping, etc.) to the sport and also “chaos” as speedskaters like to describe it.

Francesca Lollobrigida from Italy, Kim Bo-reum of South Korea and China’s Guo Dan are expected to take gold, silver and bronze in the women’s mass start, though the USA will have three women competing: Heather Bergsma, Mia Manganello and Carlijn Schoutens.

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NBC will provide a live stream of the races through its Olympics website and the Olympics hub on the NBC Sports App. It also has speedskating in the midnight slot with bobsled, snowboarding and Alpine skiing on that Saturday, if you want to wait to watch the mass start on TV.

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Here’s how you can watch Olympic women’s speedskating mass start medal race online.

Date: Saturday, Feb. 24
Time: 6:05 a.m. ET
Location: Pyeongchang, South Korea
Venue: Gangneung Oval
Live Stream: NBC Olympics, FuboTV

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