Upcoming TV Coverage of Paralympic Related Stories
Last Updated on Friday, 21 February 2014 15:19
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
NBC, NBCSN, TeamUSA.org
NBC Olympics and the United States Olympic Committee will present an unprecedented 52 hours of coverage of the upcoming Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games across NBC and NBCSN including 27 hours of live coverage, beginning with the Opening Ceremony on March 7 at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN. A complete broadcast schedule can be found at USParalympics.org. (Click here for the press release that went out Wednesday.) In addition to the television coverage, TeamUSA.org will live stream all events from the Paralympic Winter Games. To help promote the broadcast and streaming as well as news from Sochi, Russia, please like U.S. Paralympics on Facebook and follow U.S. Paralympics on Twitter, and share our posts.
Long Way Home: The Jessica Long Story
NBC, NBCOlympics.com
U.S. Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long will be the subject of a 20-minute feature, Long Way Home: The Jessica Long Story, that will air within NBC’s Olympic coverage this weekend. Two trailers are available to view here and here. To follow and promote Long’s story on social media, viewers are encouraged to use the hashtag “#WelcomeJessicaHome”.
Ice Warriors
PBS
The training is tough as the U.S. sled hockey team prepares for the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. ICE WARRIORS, premiering Monday, February 24 at 10 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings) gives viewers an inside look at the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team as they attempt to defend their title from the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games. For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/medal-quest/.
U.S. Paralympic Alpine Skiing Team Nominated for Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, announced today that 26 athletes and four guides have been nominated to the 2014 U.S. Paralympic Alpine Skiing Team that will compete at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, March 7-16. The nominations are subject to the approval of the USOC. “We have put together a very strong team that has incredible depth on both the men’s and women’s side,” said Kevin Jardine, high performance director U.S. Paralympics alpine skiing and snowboarding. “When you look at the fact that we’ve had 16 different athletes podium in world cup events this season, and we have all five medalists returning from Vancouver, I have every reason to believe that this team can be very successful in Sochi, and I can’t wait to see what they do.” Team USA has had a strong 2013-2014 season on the International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing World Cup circuit with 70 podium finishes. Sixteen of 26 athletes nominated to the team have recorded a world cup podium since the season began in August. The team boasts seven athletes who have won 22 Paralympic alpine skiing medals over the past three Games. All five athletes who medaled at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games will be back to defend their podium positions. Those athletes are: Mark Bathum (Seattle, Wash.), Alana Nichols (Farmington, N.M.), Laurie Stephens (Wenham, Mass.), Danelle Umstead (Park City, Utah) and Stephani Victor (Park City, Utah). Chris Devlin-Young (Bethlehem, N.H.) has the most winter Games experience, with Sochi marking his fifth Games after competing in Vancouver, Torino, Salt Lake City and Lillehammer. Allison Jones, a two-sport athlete in cycling and skiing, has competed in every winter and summer Games since 2002, with Sochi marking her seventh Paralympic Games. Four of the athletes who will represent Team USA in Sochi have previously served their country in the military: Heath Calhoun (Army/Bristol, Tenn.), Devlin-Young (Coast Guard), Joel Hunt (Army/Kokomo, Ind.) and Jon Lujan (Marine Corps/Littleton, Colo.) Competition for alpine skiing will take place March 8-16, with March 12 scheduled as an off-day. Athletes will compete in five disciplines: downhill, super-G, super combined, slalom and giant slalom. A list of events entered by each athlete will be available in late February. The USOC and NBC Olympics have partnered to provide an unprecedented level of coverage to the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. NBC and NBC Sports Network will combine to air 50 hours of television, starting on March 7 with the Opening Ceremony. It will be followed by daily coverage of all five Paralympic sports in the Sochi program, before the Games' Closing Ceremony is broadcast on March 16. In addition, TeamUSA.org will live stream all events from the Paralympic Winter Games. This unprecedented 2014 Paralympic Winter Games coverage is made possible through the support of sponsors BMW, BP, Citi, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Procter & Gamble and The Hartford. U.S. Paralympic Team nominees for alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, sled hockey, snowboarding and wheelchair curling will be finalized by the USOC no later than Feb. 21, the deadline to submit Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games delegation rosters to the International Paralympic Committee. Selection procedures and dates can be found at TeamUSA.org/ParalympicGames/. 2014 U.S. Paralympic Alpine Skiing Team nominees Women Men Guides For more information, please contact Katie Branham, U.S. Paralympics, at 719-866-3302 or
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Lindsay Ball (Benton, Maine)
Stephanie Jallen (Harding, Pa.)
Allison Jones (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Staci Mannella (Randolph, N.J.)
Alana Nichols (Farmington, N.M.)
Melanie Schwartz (Aspen, Colo.)
Laurie Stephens (Wenham, Mass.)
Danelle Umstead (Park City, Utah)
Stephani Victor (Park City, Utah)
Jasmin Bambur (Granby, Colo.)
Mark Bathum (Seattle, Wash.)
Heath Calhoun (Bristol, Tenn.)
Tyler Carter (Topton, Pa.)
Chris Devlin-Young (Bethlehem, N.H.)
Ralph Green (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Gerald Hayden (Winter Park, Colo.)
Joel Hunt (Kokomo, Ind.)
Ian Jansing (Granby, Colo.)
Andrew Kurka (Palmer, Alaska)
Jon Lujan (Littleton, Colo.)
Stephen Lawler (Burlington, Va.)
Scott Meyer (Frisco, Colo.)
Pat Parnell (Columbia, Conn.)
Jamie Stanton (Oakland Township, Mich.)
Joe Tompkins (Juneau, Alaska)
Tyler Walker (Franconia, N.H.)
Diane Barras (Bethel, Maine) guide for Lindsay Ball
Kim Seevers (Averill Park, N.Y.) guide for Staci Mannella
Rob Umstead (Park City, Utah) guide for Danelle Umstead
Cade Yamamoto (Quincy, Wash.) guide for Mark Bathum
U.S. Paralympic Snowboarding Team Nominated for Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
COLORADO SPRINGS – U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, announced today that 10 athletes have been nominated to the 2014 U.S. Paralympic Team to compete in the inaugural snowboard cross competition at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, March 7-16. The nominations are subject to the approval of the USOC. In May 2012, the International Paralympic Committee announced that men’s and women’s snowboard cross for athletes with lower limb impairments would debut at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games as a part of the alpine skiing program. “This is a very exciting day to name our first-ever snowboarding team for the Paralympic Winter Games,” said Kevin Jardine, high performance director for U.S. Paralympics alpine skiing and snowboarding. “We have some of the best snowboarders in the world, and this group of 10 athletes is going to make history in Sochi. Some of these athletes have been training for this moment for years, while others found the sport more recently, but the common thread that runs throughout this team is just how dedicated and passionate they are. It is going to be an honor to work with this team in Sochi.” The U.S. enters the Games with three of the top-ranked men in the world, with Evan Strong (Nevada City, Calif.) and Mike Shea (Castaic, Calif.) sharing the current No. 1 spot on the IPC world rankings, and Keith Gabel (Ogden, Utah) is tied for third with Carl Murphy of New Zealand. Shea won four of the five world cup competitions this season, while Strong won one and earned two silver medals. On the women’s side, Amy Purdy (Las Vegas, Nev.) and Heidi Jo Duce (Ouray, Colo.) are tied for the No. 2 spot on the world rankings. Purdy and Duce have battled back-and-forth for podium positions throughout much of the season. Duce won two silver and two bronze medals in world cup competition this season, with Purdy winning two silvers and one bronze. American Nicole Roundy (Salt Lake City, Utah) is also at the top of the rankings, sitting in fifth.
Retired Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Tyler Burdick (Salt Lake City, Utah), who was wounded in Afghanistan in 2010, is the only military veteran on the team. Burdick is No. 4 on the U.S. list and ranked No. 12 in the world.
Other nominees to Team USA include: Cristina Albert (Denver, Colo.), Megan Harmon (Huntsville, Ala.) and Dan Monzo (Vernon, N.J.).
The men’s and women’s snowboard events will be held on March 14. Paralympic snowboarders compete in snowboard cross, an event where athletes race one-at-a-time down a course with features including turns, drops and berms. Each athlete completes three runs of the course with the combined time of their best two runs determining the final winner based on time.
The USOC and NBC Olympics have partnered to provide an unprecedented level of coverage for the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. NBC and NBC Sports Network will combine to air 50 hours of television, starting on March 7 with the Opening Ceremony. It will be followed by daily coverage of all five Paralympic sports in the Sochi program, before the Games' Closing Ceremony is broadcast on March 16. In addition to the unprecedented U.S. television coverage, the USOC and streaming sponsors BMW, BP, Citi, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Procter & Gamble and The Hartford will provide live online coverage at TeamUSA.org.
U.S. Paralympic Team nominees for alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, sled hockey, snowboarding and wheelchair curling will be finalized by the USOC no later than Feb. 21, the deadline to submit Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games delegation rosters to the International Paralympic Committee. Selection procedures and dates can be found at TeamUSA.org/ParalympicGames/.
2014 U.S. Paralympic Snowboarding Team nominees
Women
Cristina Albert (Denver, Colo.)
Heidi Jo Duce (Ouray, Colo.)
Megan Harmon (Huntsville, Ala.)
Amy Purdy (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Nicole Roundy (Bountiful, Utah)
Men
Tyler Burdick (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Keith Gabel (Ogden, Utah)
Dan Monzo (Vernon, N.J.)
Mike Shea (Castaic, Calif.)
Evan Strong (Nevada City, Calif.)
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