Winter Olympics 2018: Schedule for Thursday, TV channels and live stream details
THE WINTER OLYMPICS do not officially open until Friday but the events are due to get underway the day before.
The Winter Olympics schedule on Thursday includes the training runs on the luge track
PyeongChang 2018 will start when the opening ceremony gets underway at 11am UK time on Friday, but a couple of events have been scheduled to start before in order to cram them into the olympiad.
Because the day of the opening ceremony is known as Day 0, Thursday is - confusingly - listed as Day -1.
Winter Olympics 2018 TV schedule - Day -1 (Thursday February 8)
(all times UK GMT)
BBC TV coverage: “Winter Olympics: Countdown To The Games”, BBC Two, 7pm-8pm
Eurosport TV coverage: Various events throughout the day from midnight through to 1.30pm. See full schedule for details.
Winter Olympics 2018 live stream
To stream the BBC coverage, you can simply log onto the BBC Sport mobile app or watch via the BBC Sport website - although you are required to hold a valid TV licence and may have to log in.
Eurosport Player day passes cost £4.99 while an annual pass costs £29.99 and gives you access to both channels on a range of devices all year round.
Winter Olympics 2018 schedule - Day -1 (Thursday February 8)
Events: Alpine skiing, biathlon, curling, luge, ski jumping
Alpine skiing
2am: Men’s downhill first training run (Eurosport 1, 2am-4am)
Biathlon
10.45am: Men’s 10km sprint official training
Kim Jong-un addresses the PyeongChang Winter Olympics
Curling
Mixed doubles round robin
0.05am: US vs OAR (Olympic Athlete from Russia), Canada vs Norway, Korea vs Finland, China vs Switzerland (Eurosport 1, midnight-2am)
11.05am: Finland vs Switzerland, Korea vs China, OAR vs Norway, US vs Canada (Eurosport 1, 11.05am-1pm)
Luge
5.30am: Men’s singles training run
7.30am: Men’s singles training run
9.30am: Women’s singles training run
11.30am: Women’s singles training run
Ski jumping
2am: Men’s normal hill individual training run (Jump 1)
2.50am: Men’s normal hill individual training run (Jump 2)
3.40am: Men’s normal hill individual training run (Jump 3)
7.30am: Ladies’ normal hill individual training run (Jump 1)
8am: Ladies’ normal hill individual training run (Jump 2)
8.30am: Ladies’ normal hill individual training run (Jump 3)
11.15am: Men's normal hill individual trial round for qualification (Eurosport 1, 11.15am-12.15pm)
12.30pm: Men’s normal hill individual qualification (Eurosport 1, 12.15pm-1.30pm)