TO: open2eye@... 

FROM: US Speedskating

 

 

LIVE, Free Webcast of World Cup Short Track from Salt Lake City on Feb. 9-10

 

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Calif. --February 6, 2008- NBCOlympics.com, in conjunction with the World Championship Sports Network (WCSN), will provide LIVE coverage for the Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track event being held in Salt Lake City at the Utah Olympic Oval February 9-10. NBCOlympics.com will serve as the only place fans can watch over 160 athletes from 24 countries - including two-time Olympic gold medalist Apolo Anton Ohno - compete.  

 

NBCOlympics.com and WCSN will be there to capture all the events for the last stop of the ISU World Cup series. The free webcast starts at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday Feb. 9 with ladies and men's 500m, 1500m and Relay Sem-Finals. Coverage continues on Sunday Feb. 10 (5 p.m. ET), with the ladies and men's 500m, 1000m and Relay Finals.

 

Tom Kirkland will handle play-by-play duties with Olympic speed skating champion Andy Gabel serving as color commentator.

 

Anticipated upcoming speed skating broadcasts on WCSN TV and WCSN.com include ISU World All-round Speed Skating Championships from Berlin, Germany; ISU World Cup Speed Skating from Inzell, Germany and ISU Short Track World Championships from Gangneung, Korea. Please visit www.wcsn.com for updated schedule and more information.

 

WHAT:                                      Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track from Salt Lake City, Utah

 

WHEN:                                     February 9 (8 - 11p.m. ET)

                                                February 10 (5 - 8:30 p.m. ET)

 

ONLINE:                                   www.NBCOlympics.com

 

 

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