BACKGROUND Alpine skiing at the 2018 Olympics
Berlin (dpa) - Alpine skiing events at the Pyeongchang Olympics, with day and time (in GMT), 2014 champions and athletes to watch.Sunday, February 11, 0200: men‘s downhill (Matthias Mayer, Austria) Monday, February 12, 0115/0445: women‘s giant slalom (Tina Maze, Slovenia) Tuesday, February 13, 0230/0600: men‘s alpine combined (Sandro Viletta, Switzerland) Wednesday, February 14, 0115/0445: women‘s slalom (Mikaela Shiffrin, United States) Thursday, February 15, 0200: men‘s super-g (Kjetil Jansrud, Norway) Saturday, February 17, 0200: women‘s super-g (Anna Fenninger, Austria) Sunday, February 18, 0115/0445: men‘s giant slalom (Ted Ligety, United States) Wednesday, February 21, 0200: women‘s downhill (Tina Maze, Slovenia/Dominique Gisin, Switzerland) Thursday, February 22, 0115/0445: men‘s slalom (Mario Matt, Austria) Friday, February 23, 0200/0530: women‘s alpine combined (Maria Hoefl-Riesch, Germany) Saturday, February 24, 0200: team event (new event)-----Athletes to watch: Marcel Hirscher (Austria), Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway), Henrik Kristoffersen (Norway), Alexis Pinturault (France); Mikaela Shiffrin (United States), Lindsey Vonn (United States), Tessa Worley (France), Tina Weirather (Liechetenstein)