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U.S. overnight coverage includes ice dancing and skeleton.

The U.S. broadcast coverage of the 2022 Winter Games continues on Saturday. All times are Eastern.

HOCKEY: The women’s competition continues with the quarterfinals. Finland plays Japan at 3:40 a.m. on the NBC Olympic channel.

SPEEDSKATING: The men’s 500 meters is an open field. Among the top skaters are the 2018 gold medalist Havard Lorentzen of Norway, Laurent Dubreuil of Canada, Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia and Jordan Stolz of the United States. The race starts at 3:50 a.m. on the NBC Olympic channel.

BIATHLON: Coverage of the men’s 10-kilometer sprint starts at 4:35 a.m. on USA Network. Sebastian Samuelsson of Sweden and Johannes Thingnes Boe of Norway are favored to win.

SKI JUMPING: Ryoyu Kobayashi ended Japan’s 50-year drought on the normal hill by winning gold last week. Now he will jump for a second individual Olympic title in the men’s large hill final at 5 a.m. on the NBC Olympic channel.

FIGURE SKATING: The ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France, the 2018 Olympic silver medalists, are the pair to beat in the rhythm dance portion of ice dancing. Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia and Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States may give them a run for the podium. The event begins at 6 a.m. on USA Network. Medals will be awarded on Monday after the free dance competition.

SKELETON: Jaclyn Narracott of Australia comes into the women’s final runs in the lead. Narracott is a former sprinter and bobsledder who turned to skeleton in 2012. Hannah Neise of Germany is also a contender. The third run starts at 7:20 a.m. and the fourth and final run is at 8:55 a.m. on the NBC Olympic channel.

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