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UPDATED with final Saturday and Sunday numbers: Almost all athletes talk about the thrill of being at the Olympics, but it must be extra thrilling for Canada ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, especially after last night's record-breaking performance. Going for an historic five-medal streak, the 2010 gold…

UPDATED, 2:02 PM: Heading into tonight's primetime coverage with Lindsey Vonn's XXIII Winter Games debut and men's figure skating, NBC could sure use a win – at least when it comes to viewership. With 19.3 million watching on NBC, NBC Sports Network and streaming in total audience delivery, last night's Olympics…

US women athletes fell short in their attempts to medal Thursday at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with two favorites missing out by finishing fourth in their events. Skiier Mikaela Shiffrin was denied in her attempt at a third gold medal in Alpine skiing, coming in fourth in the women’s slalom…

UPDATED, 2:13 PM: As with all things in sports, it always about the final numbers. For the first Wednesday of the XXIII Winter Games on NBC, those numbers are stumbling. On a full offering of primetime coverage of some stunning skating and skiing — including Mikaela Shiffrin's delayed debut and eventual gold-medal win…

UPDATE, 9:52 PM: There were dual delays in her XXIII Winter Olympics debut but when it came to actually hitting the slopes, Mikaela Shiffrin took the gold tonight. The American’s Women's Giant Slalom victory from the PyeongChang games came around 12:40 AM ET, almost two hours out of primetime for ratings conscious <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/nbc/" id="auto-tag_nbc"…

The 2014 slalom gold medalist is one of the marquee names of the XXIII Winter Olympics but Mikaela Shiffrin today has once again been denied her debut at PyeongChang games. Extreme weather had already pushed the skier's giant slalom effort originally scheduled start in NBC's primetime coverage on Sunday off the books…

No disrespect to the amazing Adam Rippon or Mirai Nagasu, but Team USA's star power was windswept a bit tonight for NBC's prime-time, as extreme weather hit the pause button on skier Mikaela Shiffrin's debut at the XXIII Winter Olympics. Highly promoted for the expected-to-be-well-watched first Sunday of the…