Beijing 2022 preview for 17 February: Key events not to miss at the Olympic Winter Games (USA)

The women’s figure skating competition concludes this Thursday with the free skate at 18:08*, but with Alysa Liu, the USA's best-ranked skater, in ninth position, it is unlikely one of the three U.S. women will make it onto the podium.

Instead, the USA’s medal hopes today are on the slopes in the form of Mikaela Shiffrin in the Alpine combined, a discipline in which she is the reigning world champion, as well as likely in the women's ice hockey final, which is our pick of the day.

This is it. The biggest rivalry in international women's ice hockey, except this time, it's for a gold medal. As expected (as Torino 2006 is the only time they haven't met in the final) Canada and USA will cross paths again as they chase Olympic gold. The Canadians have won three out of five finals, while reigning champs USA have won two golds.

One thing is clear, with the new IIHF rules in play, there won't be a repeat of 2018 when the USA won in a shootout. It'll be overtime until a winner is scored.

(*All times are local Beijing time, EST +13 hours)

Schedule 17 February

Alpine Skiing

Curling

9:05: Men's Round Robin Session 12

14:05: Women's Round Robin Session 12

Freestyle Skiing

Figure Skating

Ice Hockey

Nordic Combined

Speed Skating

Where to watch?

From the Opening Ceremony to athlete action, here's where and how you can watch the Winter Games in your region via the Official Olympic Broadcast Partners.