Issue 15 DAY 12 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 CHUTING STARS

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1 CHUTING STARS

2 EYE ON THE PATH AHEAD No one could blame bobsled driver Bree Schaaf (Bremerton, Wash.) for wanting to see where she was going. When hurtling down a curvy, hard frozen chute at 90 miles per hour, some might say you re better off not seeing what s ahead. But even though Schaaf doesn t shy away from challenging experiences, seeing where she s going was a catalyst to her taking a different path. Last year, Schaaf switched from skeleton racing to women s bobsled and is already driving the No. 3 sled for the U.S. Olympic Women s Bobsled Team in Vancouver. It s nice to see where you re going when you re traveling that fast, Schaaf said of her new sports job. I enjoy the control I have in the bobsled and sitting upright. As the driver in the bobsled, she has the ability to steer the sled by sight. In skeleton, the rider is face down on the sled, traveling head first and somewhat feeling your way down the track. Schaaf compares driving the sled to a guiding a sleek sports car through traffic as opposed to herding a heavy truck along the same way. Driving a truck has been to her liking during her first year of competition. She may be the U.S. Olympic team s rookie of the year because of her record during that span. As a rookie driver, Schaaf piloted her sled to a sixth-place finish at the 2009 World Cup held on the Whistler track. U.S. sleds piloted by Erin Pac (Farmington, Conn.) and Shauna Rohbock (Orem, Utah) finished first and third, respectively, in the same event. Rohbock also guided her sled to a silver medal in Torino. And only the United States and Germany have three sleds in the Olympic women s field in Whistler. U.S. bobsled coach Sepp Plozza believes his team could do equally well or better against the Olympic competition. He d take a finish against the Germans and the rest of the Olympic competition. Schaaf barely had time to catch her breath on the way to Vancouver. Every single race was crucial to making it to the show, Schaaf said. I experienced some crazy stuff as a first-year driver. Getting to the Olympics was a huge feat for me. Schaaf believes she had gone as far as she could go in skeleton racing and not only couldn t see where she was going down the track, let alone the Olympic Winter Games on the horizon. Most drivers used to be brakeman, Schaaf said. There might be some value in having experience in skeleton, but the steering is more precise and the weight of the sled is a factor in bobsled. A skeleton racer would know some of the pressures involved in maneuverings on the track, Plozza said. But the two sports are quite different. With such success in her first year, Schaaf is thinking about continuing for some additional years. But at 29, she s thinking about growing up and reducing the challenges. She d like to dabble in broadcasting when the ride down the chute becomes too exciting. If I see something that looks like fun, I say I can do that, Schaaf said. The first time I went down a bobsled run, I thought it was incredible. I could see the turns. It has been a case of learning the physical requirements to steer the sled and the technical skills involved and both in a hurry. In her Olympic experience, she has been somewhat of a night owl. Because the bobsled run catches sun during the day, sun shades are employed to minimize any melting. Training sessions have been after dark and late at night, sometimes as late as midnight. It s not unusual to be in team meetings at 9:30 p.m.

3 VANCOUVER FORECAST HIGH/LOW Feb. 24 Showers 46/42 F Feb. 25 Few Showers 48/41 F Feb. 26 Rain 48/40 F WHISTLER FORECAST HIGH/LOW Feb. 24 Rain/Snow 39/35 F Feb. 25 Rain/Snow 39/34 F Feb. 26 Rain/Snow 44/34 F CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY February 24 Peter Frenette, Ski Jumping 18 QUOTEABLE Home soil, home country, and to be fourth was bad. This is redemption. It hasn t sunken in yet, what we ve accomplished today. -- Todd Lodwick, Nordic Combined, on winning silver after finishing fourth in the team event in Salt Lake City. Before each race, I paint my nails and I always wear pink eye shadow. We have some kind of pink on every race day. -- Erin Pac, Bobsled THE TWEET SPOT Tweets from the U.S. Olympic Team Saw that one of my fav Vancouver chefs was on the Today Show (Tojo)... sashimi and sushi in the morning? No problem. Bring it on! -- Apolo Anton Ohno, Short Track Speedskating (@ApoloOhno) Just got up to Grouse Mtn to teach Nancy Kerrigan how to snowboard for ET! Let s hope I can teach her something. -- Louie Vito, Snowboarding (@louievito) Just met Jeremy Piven!! He was the coolest guy. I am a big Entourage fanatic. -- Evan Lysacek, Figure Skating (@EvanLysacek) Follow Team USA online at and on Twitter and Facebook. Receive breaking news via Twitter. On the Cover: Women s Bobsled Photos: Getty Images REACHING IN THEIR BAG OF TRICKS The ladies aerials final event will begin Wednesday with 16-year-old Ashley Caldwell (Hamilton, Va.) jumping first of the out of 12 competitors. Also in the finals for Team USA are Lacy Schnoor (Draper, Utah) and Emily Cook (Park City, Utah), jumping seventh and eighth, respectively. While Cook returns to the Olympic lineup after competing four years ago in Torino, Caldwell and Schnoor are making their Olympic debut on Cypress Mountain. After her qualification jump Saturday, Schnoor said she was relieved to have made the finals. I m feeling great, she said. I m feeling confident going into the final...i m psyched. I have harder tricks I can complete...[and] I can get a podium with those. For her final run, Schnoor said she will do a jump with more difficulty than those in the qualifiers. I plan to do two triple twisting doubles, she said. After sitting out for the last two weeks of training with a bruised left heel, Cook said she will be relying on her training from the last few years. I m excited to be here and on my feet, she said. And despite the heel pain, Cook said she s feeling awesome. It s the Olympics, she said. You ve got to do what you ve got to do. Cook s degree of difficulty in her performance Wednesday evening will have steepened since her 2006 performance in Torino, thanks to the experience she has gained. I have a lot more training and experience under my belt, she said. I was jumping well this season and I m definitely ready to compete. Caldwell said that more than anything, she s learned about coping with her nervousness and distractions of the Games. It s day by day and I m freaking out, she said. My coach tells me to chill out, but Caldwell can t get that Oh my God, I m at the Olympics thought out of her head. The three Americans in Wednesday s final will be competing against each other, but have said that they will be happy for their teammates regardless of the outcome. We ve all learned over the years that the better Lacy and Jana and Ashley are jumping, the better I jump, Cook, 30, said of her teammates in a press conference before the Games. We support each other. We re the first to tell each other when there is something different with the speed or the jump, she added. The better the team is doing the better I do, so we re very excited when the rest of the team is jumping well. The women s aerials final competition will take place Wednesday at Cypress at 7:30 p.m. Emily Cook Ashley Caldwell

4 NOW PLAYING: JOCK JAMS, VOL. XXI There are the standard We Will Rock You, fist-pumping, ragestirring jams, the Jack Johnson types for those trying to mellow out before a run, and then the simply obscure. They ve all been in and out of the Olympians ears whether they ve been playing it for inspiration or anxiously waiting for a competition to start. Shaun White (Carlsbad, Calif.) had on Whole Wide World by Wreckless Eric before his gold-medal winning run. Prior to that, he listened to some Danzig and Black Keys. For some, the songs just need to be there. Heather McPhie (Park City, Utah) said her pump-up mix includes a lot of Katy Perry, the Black Eyed Peas, Miley Cyrus Party in the USA, Beautiful World by Collin Hay, Breakin Dishes by Rihanna and Lady Gaga s Just Dance. Before her Olympic run last week, she said that Shakira s She Wolf was playing on her ipod. I try not to listen to music that has any direct meaning to me, McPhie said. Heather McPhie On the other hand, some of the athletes don t want to cloud their focus. Men s mogul skier Patrick Deneen (Cle Elum, Wash.) said he won t even take his ipod to the hill. Medal contender for men s aerials Jeret Speedy Peterson (Boise, Idaho) said he also doesn t listen to music right before he competes. I have to focus, he said. However when not tuning his mind to only the task at hand, Peterson said that lately, he s been listening to a lot of Slightly Stoopid, and likes everything, from Tracy Chapman to country to Akon. Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom racer Chris Klug (Aspen, Colo.) said he couldn t pinpoint one song that really gets him pumped. It s not an easy choice, he said, but I thought it d be cool to pick something that s more reflective of my 20 years on the circuit...like some Offspring, or Nirvana or Linkin Park...something a little more old school. But my wife likes that Black Eyed Peas tune I Got a Feeling, so I thought that d be a good one for this Olympics. Klug s PGS teammate Tyler Jewell (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) takes in the surrounding scenery as his warmup and leaves it to nature for a tune. Hopefully there s a bird chirping, he said. That s my music. Women s ice hockey goalie Molly Schaus (Natick, Minn.) said, I listen to the song Better Days by the Goo Goo Dolls this year. We were out here in Vancouver in September for the test event, and that song came up before our first game. We had a lot of success out there so I keep listening to that song. Long track speedskater Ryan Bedford (Midland, Mich.) went with good music mojo. He was listening to Nelly s Grillz before his 10,000-meter finals skate Tuesday. It was what roommate Chad Hedrick (Spring, Texas) listened to before his 5,000m gold-medal-winning performance in It is kind of goofy but it has a good beat to it, Bedford said. Hannah Kearney (Norwich, Vt.), who won the first gold medal for Team USA in women s moguls on Feb. 13, said her pump up music is either a shuffle of her hip pop playlist or some classic rock playlists. The hip pop list includes music from Akon and Ne- Yo. The other is a mix of Journey, Tom Petty and Van Morrison. On her jock jam leading up to her gold-medal winning run: I think it was Akon s Troublemaker. Schaus hockey teammate Angela Ruggiero (Simi Valley, Calif.) said I ve been listening to Lose Yourself by Eminem. It s an oldie but goodie. He s just so passionate about his music. Pretty much any song that the writer is passionate about and the band plays with heart just gets me going. [The song] is just to throw yourself in that moment and it s your one shot, and that s the kind of comparison to what we re doing, to just go out there and achieve what you ve always wanted. What s on your playlist: Tik Tok, Kesha - Michelle Gorgone, Snowboard PGS Wiseman, Slightly Stoopid - Jeret Speedy Peterson, Freestyle skiing Troublemaker, Akon - Hannah Kearney, Freestyle skiing Grillz, Nelly - Ryan Bedford, Speedskating She Wolf, Shakira - Heather McPhie, Freestyle skiing Whole Wide World, Wreckless Eric - Shaun White, Halfpipe Lose Yourself, Eminem - Angela Ruggiero, Ice Hockey Better Days, Goo Goo Dolls - Molly Schaus, Ice Hockey

5 Brian Rafalski Mich.) and USA III with Bree Schaaf (Bremerton, Wash.) and Emily Azevedo (Chico, Calif.) both have a total time of 1: That is 0.89 seconds behind the leaders and only 0.49 behind the third-place sled, Germany II. The U.S. women solidified themselves as favorites after all three sleds finished in the top six during the Whistler World Cup event last season. Rohbock teamed with Meyers for gold, Pac and Rzepka claimed bronze, while Schaaf and Azevedo finished sixth. MEN S HOCKEY TO FACE SWITZERLAND IN QUARTERFINALS The U.S. Olympic Men s Ice Hockey Team, which earned the top seed based on its record in preliminary round play, will face-off against Switzerland in a quarterfinal game at noon Wednesday at Canada Hockey Place. The game will be televised live on NBC. Wednesday (Feb. 24) is the 30th anniversary of USA s 4-2 victory over Finland to win the 1980 Olympic gold medal in Lake Placid. The 1960 U.S. gold medal-winning team defeated Germany on Feb. 24 as well. The U.S. has never previously met Switzerland in Olympic quarterfinal play. Overall, the U.S. is 2-3 in quarterfinal play. Team USA has allowed just five goals in three games, with only two coming at even strength. The U.S. has outscored its opponents by a combined 11-2 margin at even strength. Brian Rafalski (Dearborn, Mich./Detroit Red Wing) leads the U.S. offensively with four goals and one assist (two goals, one assist vs. Canada, two goals vs. Norway). The U.S. played Switzerland in the preliminary round and earned a 3-1 victory. THREE SLEDS AMONG TOP SIX HEADING INTO FINAL TWO HEATS The women s bobsled 2010 Olympic champion will be named after the final two heats held Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the Whistler Sliding Center. The U.S. is in good position to medal with all three sleds among the top six after the first two heats. USA II with Erin Pac (Farmington, Conn.) and Elana Meyers (Douglasville, Ga.) is in second place after two of four heats. They posted a total time of 1:46.33, only 0.13 behind Canada I s 1: The other two U.S. sleds share sixth place, as USA I with Shauna Rohbock (Orem, Utah) and Michelle Rzepka (Novi, U.S. WOMEN SWITCH TO TECH EVENTS Wednesday morning marks a change of gears for U.S. women s alpine skiing as double 2010 Olympic medalists Lindsey Vonn (Vail, Colo.) and Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, Calif.) gear up for giant slalom at Whistler Creekside along with Sarah Schleper (Vail, Colo.) and Megan McJames (Park City, Utah). First run is set for 10 a.m. with a second run to follow at 1:15 p.m. Mancuso is the defending Olympic champion in giant slalom and will be Sarah Schleper sporting a specially made speed suit to honor her 2006 gold. For Vonn, it will be an opportunity to chase her first big race podium in the discipline. She has finished as high as fourth on the World Cup circuit, but has yet to climb into the top three. The start will mark the fourth Olympic Winter Games for Schleper, who missed two successive seasons following the 2006 Olympic Winter Games - the first to a torn ACL and the second to the birth of her son, Lasse, who turned two last month. It is the first Olympic race for McJames, who trained in Jackson Hole, Wyo., with the women s technical program before arriving in Vancouver. RELAY TIME AT WHISTLER OLYMPIC PARK Simi Hamilton (Aspen, Colo.), Torin Koos (Leavenworth, Wash.), Garrott Kuzzy (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, Vt.) race Wednesday for Team USA in the men s cross country skiing 4x10k relay at Whistler Olympic Park. The U.S. team will wear bib 12, with Newell starting the first leg skiing classic style, Koos follows also in classic style, and Kuzzy and Hamilton ski the last two legs in freestyle. The relay classic/free starts at 11:15 a.m. Andy Newell

6 LAMB, ROOKARD RETURN TO OVAL The last individual Olympic event for long track speedskating will begin Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Richmond Olympic Oval. The ladies 5,000m will feature two members from Team USA, Maria Lamb (River Falls, Wis.) and Jilleanne Rookard (Woodhaven, Mich.). Lamb is the current U.S. Allround Champion, skating in her second Olympic Games. Rookard comes from an inline racing background and said the longer distances suit her style of skating. My 5K is my best race so I m looking forward to this, Rookard said. I m just going to go out there and find a good rhythm. It s a slower rhythm so I have time to focus more. Starting Friday, Feb. 26, the long track team pursuit events begin. For the men, Team USA will consist of Chad Hedrick (Spring, Texas), Trevor Marsicano (Ballston Spa, N.Y.), Brian Hansen (Glenview, Ill.) and Jonathan Kuck (Champaign, Ill.). The U.S. ladies will be Roookard, Jen Rodriguez (Miami, Fla.), Catherine Raney Norman (Elm Grove, Wis.) and Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr. (Wheaton, Ill.). Allison Baver TEAM USA LADIES RELAY TEAM LOOKS TO SHINE Short track racing continues Wednesday at the Pacific Coliseum at 5:45pm as the Team USA ladies compete in the 3000m relay finals. Currently ranked third in World Cup standings, the squad - Allison Baver, (Sinking Spring, Pa.), Kimberly Derrick (Memphis, Tenn.), Alyson Dudek (Hales Corner, Wis.), Lana Gehring (Glenview, Ill.) and Katherine Reutter (Champaign, Ill.) - will look to skate to a podium finish, but face an on ice challenge from short track powerhouses China and South Korea. Four athletes will compete in the relay with the final roster confirmed 30 minutes prior to the race. The U.S. men return to the ice tomorrow for the 500m heats which will culminate at Friday night s finals. Representing Team USA are Simon Cho (Laurel, Md.), Jordan Malone (Denton, Texas) and 2010 Olympic medalist in the 1500m and 1000m, Apolo Anton Ohno (Seattle, Wash.). Ohno is the defending Olympic Champion in the 500m distance and will begin his quest for a historic eighth Olympic career medal Wednesday night. An Olympic rookie, Cho is optimistic about tomorrow s race, I m very young and I haven t had the chance to represent the USA very much. But this is a very special time at the Olympics. I hope to surprise a lot of people, Cho said. Team USA s head coach Jae-Su Chun predicts a strong showing from the men. Simon is strong in the 500 [meters]. We have some high expectations. He is a dark horse and can make the final. It should be exciting. For Jordan, 500 [meters] is not a strong distance, but he s very strong and it depends on his start. For Apolo, he is in his best condition and peak, said Chun following Tuesday s practice. ROOKIES AND A VETERAN TO FLY UNDER THE LIGHTS U.S. Olympic rookies, Lacy Schnoor (Draper, Utah) and Ashley Caldwell (Hamilton, Va.) are thrilled to be jumping in Wednesday s women s freestyle aerial finals on Cypress Mountain. Making the 2010 Olympic Team was exciting enough for these two young athletes, and jumping in the finals, which begin at 7:30 p.m., is the perfect bonus to an incredible Olympic experience. Emily Cook (Belmont, Mass.) is a two-time Olympian focused on continued success. She has prepared well. Sitting Lacy Schnoor out the last two World Cup events before arriving in Vancouver has proved a great strategy after her exceptional performance in qualifying. Now there are only two jumps between her and an Olympic medal. Baver, Derrick and Reutter will also compete in tomorrow s 1000m heats with the medal event to follow Friday night.

7 BREAKING NEWS As part of the USOC s exclusive coverage of Team USA throughout the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, there are two options to receive Breaking News alerts from the USOC -- via and/or by following us on Twitter THIS DAY IN OLYMPIC HISTORY February 25, 2006 Apolo Anton Ohno raced to gold and a new Olympic record in men s 500m short track speedskating with a time of The USOC s Breaking News Bureau keeps the media and the U.S. delegation up to the moment with breaking news about U.S. athletes and team results, advisories and updates. The Bureau editor sends s to members of the media and delegation staff on breaking news and advisories. Visit the USA Media Services office to sign up to receive the Breaking News alerts during the Games. VISITNG USA HOUSE The USA House in Vancouver will have a limited media services operation. Journalists interested in gaining access and/ or setting up interviews at Vancouver USA House should request a media day pass 24 hours in advance by sending an to: usahousemedia@usoc.org. The facility will have a small workroom and will provide some interview opportunities with U.S. athletes and officials. In addition, USA House will be an evening stop in the Managing Victory tour for U.S. medal-winning athletes. Due to size constraints, USA House in Whistler is not open to the press. USOC PRESSBOX Visit the USOC media website, www. usocpressbox.org, for up-to-date and daily coverage of Team USA. Available on the site: headshots of the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team, releases, media annoucements, press conference transcripts, bios, athlete Tweets and more. DID YOU KNOW? By winning the silver medal in team nordic combined Tuesday, Brett Camerota (Park City, Utah), Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, Colo.), Billy Demong (Vermontville, N.Y.) and Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) gave the United States its first ever Olympic medal in the event. The medal was also the 26th won by Team USA in Vancouver, which breaks the record for most medals won by a U.S. Team in an Olympic Winter Games not held in the United States. Speedskater Ryan Bedford on his unique hairstyle: I have a good buddy here in Vancouver that hooked me up with a stylist, her name is Desiree and she is one of the best in the world who does straight razor lines. She hooked me up with this one. She doesn t usually do color but she does the lines. It s something that I wanted to do, something to represent the U.S. and it turned out really good. Just got it done last night, it took three hours. The hardest part was getting my hair white. I have really thick, dark hair and it did not want to go white. My teammate and good friend, Chad Hedrick, we were joking around last week about hey, let s do something crazy for your race. You have got one shot, this is your only race at the Olympics, so let s do something crazy you know? So he came up with the idea of getting my head shaved. We weren t really thinking it was going to turn out like this, but we kinda got with one of our friends and it went from there. PEGGY FLEMING IMAGE ON U.S. OLYMPIC HALL OF FAME TRIBUTE UNVEILING WHAT: WHO: WHERE: As a part of a 17-day living art exhibit, Peggy Fleming, a member of the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, will join representatives from Allstate to help unveil her image on The Allstate Hall of Fame Tribute at the USA House in downtown Vancouver. The tribute, a three-dimensional art exhibit, is being created by world-renowned mural artist Tracy Lee Stum on the walls of the USA House. Olympic Gold Medal Figure Skater Peggy Fleming; Allstate Marketing Manager Caitlin Morse; world-renowned artist Tracy Lee Stum USA House 1022 Seymour (at the corner of Nelson) WHEN: 11:00 a.m. WHAT KEEPS TEAM USA AT THEIR BEST ON THE ROAD? The stress of training, competing and travelling may affect the stomach, which could become a distraction and impact a performance. That is why Pepto-Bismol provided each Team USA with a bottle of the new Pepto-Bismol with InstaCool for their gym bags - that s almost 6,000 tablets! This chewable tablet provides an instant cooling sensation; signifying relief for nausea, stomach upsets and other stomach problems is on the way. Now, the focus can be placed where it should be: the win! For more information on Pepto-Bismol with InstaCool, visit

8 2010 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES SCHEDULE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 TIME SPORT EVENT VENUE 10:00 Alpine Skiing Ladies Giant Slalom 1st Run Whistler Creekside U.S. Athletes: Julia Mancuso, Megan McJames, Sarah Schleper, Lindsey Vonn 11:15 Cross Country Men s 4x10 km Relay Classic/Free Whistler Olympic Park U.S. Athletes: Andy Newell, Torin Koos, Garrott Kuzzy, Simi Hamilton 12:00 Ice Hockey Men s Play-offs Quarterfinals - Game 23 Canada Hockey Place United States vs. Switzerland U.S. Athletes: David Backes, Dustin Brown, Ryan Callahan, Chris Drury, Tim Gleason, Erik Johnson, Jack Johnson, Patrick Kane, Ryan Kesler, Phil Kessel, Jamie Langenbrunner, Ryan Malone, Ryan Miller, Brooks Orpik, Zach Parise, Joe Pavelski, Jonathan Quick, Brian Rafalski, Bobby Ryan, Paul Stastny, Ryan Suter, Tim Thomas, Ryan Whitney 13:00 Speedskating Ladies 5000 m Richmond Olympic Oval U.S. Athletes: Maria Lamb, Jilleanne Rookard 13:15 Alpine Skiing Ladies Giant Slalom 2nd Run Whistler Creekside U.S. Athletes: Julia Mancuso, Megan McJames, Sarah Schleper, Lindsey Vonn 16:30 Ice Hockey Men s Play-offs Quarterfinals - Game 24: Russia vs. Canada Canada Hockey Place 17:00 Bobsled Women s Heat 3 Whistler Sliding Center U.S. Athletes: Shauna Rohbock/Michelle Rzepka, Erin Pac/Elana Meyers, Bree Schaaf/Emily Azevedo 17:00 Short Track Ladies 1000 m Heats Pacific Coliseum U.S. Athletes: Allison Baver, Kimberly Derrick, Katherine Reutter 17:47 Short Track Men s 500 m Heats Pacific Coliseum U.S. Athletes: Simon Cho, Jordan Malone, Apolo Anton Ohno 18:10* Bobsled Women s Heat 4 Whistler Sliding Center U.S. Athletes: Shauna Rohbock/Michelle Rzepka, Erin Pac/Elana Meyers, Bree Schaaf/Emily Azevedo 18:26 Short Track Ladies 3000 m Relay Finals Pacific Coliseum U.S. Athletes (Final A): Allison Baver, Kimberly Derrick, Alyson Dudek, Lana Gehring, Katherine Reutter 19:00 Ice Hockey Men s Play-offs Quarterfinals - Game 25: Finland vs. Czech Republic UBC Thunderbird Arena 19:30 Freestyle Skiing Ladies Aerials Final Cypress Mountain U.S. Athletes: Ashley Caldwell, Emily Cook, Lacy Schnoor 21:00 Ice Hockey Men s Play-offs Quarterfinals - Game 26 Canada Hockey Place (PPD) - Postponed; bold denotes medal round; *estimated start time VICTORY CEREMONIES SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 19:00 BC Place Ladies Freestyle Ski Cross Men s 10,000m Speedskating 19:00 Whistler Plaza Nordic Combined - Men s Team Relay Women s Biathlon - 4x6km relay THURSDAY, FEBRRUARY 25 19:00 BC Place Ladies 3000m Short Track Speedskating Ladies Freestyle Aerials 19:00 Whistler Plaza Nordic Combined Individual LH/10 km CC Ladies Cross Country 4x5km Relay Women s Bobsleigh MEDIA ZONE PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE VANCOUVER Date Sport Time Room February 27 USA Wrap-up 10:00 Gabriola