Live to tape on NBC

One advantage of the Olympics being in North America is that NBC is showing fewer events on tape, but some of the marquee events will be getting the "live to tape" treatment, including Lindsey Vonn's long-awaited Vancouver debut.

The women's downhill begins at 2 p.m. Eastern but won't air until NBC's prime-time broadcast tonight.

Vonn will be 16th skier (of 45) to hit the slopes.

Two of her main rivals, Sweden's Anja Pärson and Germany's Maria Riesch, will go out back-to-back in 21st and 22nd slots, respectively.

Other Americans in the event: Stacey Cook (4th), Julia Mancuso (10th) and Lindsey Conn (16th). Cook had a major fall in the opening training run late last week before it was postponed by weather, so the extra time helped her as well as Vonn.