Reuters Winter Olympics Schedule at 0601 GMT on Tuesday Feb 16

Feb 16 (Reuters) - Reuters Winter Olympic schedule at 0601 GMT on Tuesday (all times GMT):

VANCOUVER - Didier Defago snapped a long run of bad luck to give Switzerland its first men's Olympic downhill title in 22 years on Monday, stealing the show from the favourites in the blue riband race of the Winter Olympics. Defago finished ahead of his powerful Swiss teammates on a course that he said suited him down to a tee. (OLYMPICS-WRAPUP 6/ (PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Janet Guttsman)

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ALPINE SKIING

WHISTLER - Downhill medalists Bode Miller and Aksel Lund Svindal look for more glory in the super combined, an event which mixes a downhill run with a slalom. Young Swiss skier Carlo Janka and Croatian slalom specialist Ivica Kostelic will also be in the frame.( OLYMPICS-ALPINE/COMBINED (downhill run 1800, reporting by Alan Baldwin, Patrick Vignal and Simon Evans, 400 words)

WHISTLER - Favourite Lindsey Vonn and her rivals take a second turn on the downhill slope ahead of Wednesday's event. (OLYMPICS-ALPINE/WOMEN, run starts at 1900, reporting by Alan Baldwin, Patrick Vignal and Simon Evans, 350 words)

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LUGE

WHISTLER - Germany are poised for an assault on the podium in women's luge with Tatjana Huefner leading after two runs. Natalie Geisenberger is third going into runs three and four which will decide th medals (OLYMPICS-LUGE/ (PIX, expect by 2345, 350 words, by Martyn Herman)

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SPEED SKATING

VANCOUVER - World record holder Jenny Wolf of Germany is among the favourites in the women's 500 metres at Richmond Olympic Oval. (OLYMPICS-SPEEDSKATING/MEDALS (PIX), race starts 2100, by Larry Fine, 350 words)

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SNOWBOARDING

VANCOUVER - It's the women's turn to hot-dog it down the mountain in the fast-paced snowboard cross competition where American American Lindsey Jacobellis will try to make up for losing gold in an apparent showboat move in the 2006 Olympics (OLYMPICS-SNOWBOARDING, medal final begins at 2045, by Deborah Charles)

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FIGURE SKATING

VANCOUVER - The most talked about figure skating competition at the Olympics will finally get underway when men's champion Yevgeny Plushenko will be aiming to hold off the challenge of Stephane Lambiel, Brian Joubert and Evan Lysacek -- all world champions. (OLYMPICS-FIGURE SKATING/MEN, pix, expect first story by 0200, by Pritha Sarkar and Sonia Oxley, 500 words)

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BIATHLON

WHISTLER - Six-times world champion and hot favourite Magdalena Neuner of Germany trails Slovakia's Anastazia Kuzmina by 1.5 seconds going into the women's 10km pursuit at Whistler Olympic Park. (OLYMPICS-BIATHLON/WOMEN-MEDALS (PIX), expect by 1910 on Tuesday, by Mark Lamport-Stokes, 400 words)

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WHISTLER - Frenchman Vincent Jay, shock winner of the 10km sprint on Sunday, will take a 12-second lead over Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen into the 12.5km pursuit at Whistler Olympic Park. (OLYMPICS-BIATHLON/MEN-MEDALS (PIX), expect by 2125 on Tuesday, by Mark Lamport-Stokes, 400 words)