The Heartbeat

With less than 30 days to go to the 2014 Olympics, our winter athletes are competing around the world in preparation for or in hope of qualifying for the Games.

 Keep checking the SportCafé calendar (www.sportcafe.ca/events) for ongoing event information with links and updates. I am also in the process of adding the Olympic events to the calendar. More info to follow to help make your Olympic viewing simpler and more complete.

If you are participating in or know of an event that could be featured, please contact me: suzanne[at]sportcafe[dot]ca or via Twitter @olympichearts.

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*all times Eastern unless otherwise noted.

Upcoming Events in Canada

Olympic Block Party
January 11 2pm-5:30pm MT
Banff, AB
More info
Over 40 Olympians and music from The Arkells and The Sheepdogs

Figure Skating National Championships
January 9-15
Ottawa, ON
More info

Para-Alpine World Cup
January 8-14
Panorama, BC
More info

Cross-Country Ski NorAm
Jan 8-12
Canmore, AB
More info

Olympic Sports on Television:

Alpine Skiing
Saturday January 11 4:30am livestream cbcsports.ca Men's GS Adelboden 1st run
Saturday January 11 7:30am livestream cbcsports.ca Men's GS 2nd run
Saturday January 11 4pm CBC Men's GS Adelboden

Freestyle Skiing
Saturday January 11 5pm CBC Moguls and Halfpipe from Calgary

Bobsleigh/Skeleton St. Moritz World Cup
Friday January 10 5pm Sportsnet ONE Men's Skeleton
Saturday January 11 1pm Sportsnet ONE Women's Skeleton
Saturday January 11 2pm Sportsnet ONE Women's Bobsleigh
Saturday January 11 3pm, 7pm Sportsnet ONE 2-Man Bobsleigh
Sunday January 12 9am-noon, 8pm rebroadcast Sportsnet ONE
Monday January 13 11am Sportsnet ONE Men's Skeleton (possibly 2nd race)
Monday January 13 12noon Sportsnet ONE 4-man bobsleigh

Figure Skating National Skating Championships
Friday January 10 3pm TSN Women's & Ice Dance Short
Friday January 10 7:30pm TSN Men's & Pairs Short
Saturday January 11 4pm TSN Women's & Pairs Free
Saturday January 11 7pm TSN Men's & Ice Dance Free
rebroadcast on TSN2

Curling - All-Star Skins Game
Friday January 10 8pm TSN2 (draft) followed by last year's final
Saturday January 11 1pm TSN Semi-Final #1
Saturday January 11 9:30pm TSN Semi-Final #2
Sunday January 12 1pm TSN Final
rebroadcast on TSN2

Tennis - Australian Open
daily starting Sunday January 12 7pm TSN2

U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Saturday Jan 11 3-6pm, 8-11pm
Sunday Jan 12 3-5pm

Ski Jumping - Four Hills Tournament
Saturday January 11 3pm CBC

Objectif Sotchi 
Saturday 2pm Radio-Canada
Previous episodes can be seen here. Although in French, they do cover and interview English-only Canadian athletes.

Other Events And Livestreams 

Moguls World Cup
January 9-11
Deer Valley
More info
Click here for livestream (or here) 2pm-8:30pm MT

Freestyle Skiing World Cup - Slopestyle and Halfpipe
January 8-12
Breckenridge
More info

Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup
January 9-12
St. Moritz
More info
livestream here
television coverage on Sportsnet ONE

Aerials World Cup
January 10
Deer Valley
More info
perhaps moguls livestream will be for aerials?

Luge World Cup
January 11-12
Oberhof, GER
More info

Snowboard Cross
Jan 10-12
Andorra
More info

Parallel Slalom Snowboard World Cup
January 10-12
Austria
More info

Ski Jumping Men
January 10-12
Austria
More info

Alpine Skiing - Ladies Downhill, SC
January 11-12
Austria
More info

Ski Jumping Women
January 11-12
Japan
More info

Cross-Country Skiing World Cup
January 11-12
Czech Republic
More info

Biathlon World Cup
January 8-12
Germany
More info
livestream and videos