>> rodchenkov: during sochi games, no one. >> pelley: at sochi, athletes gave urine samples after their competitions. the samples went into these tamper-proof bottles used by the international olympic committee and the world anti-doping agency. when the cap is tightened, it locks, and to be removed, it must be destroyed. the bottles were then delivered to this high security lab on the grounds of the games. now, this area shaded in red, this is the secure area? >> rodchenkov: correct. >> pelley: the lab had a secure side and a non-secure side, separated by a locked door. >> rodchenkov: it's absolutely impossible even to touch this door. this door only for emergency exit. there are cameras from both sides. and immediately opening this door, you have alarm and the security, people sitting, controlling the whole laboratory. >> pelley: by day, rodchenkov was the director of the olympic anti-doping lab. by night, he was russia's director of doping. his accomplice was this man, evgeny blokhin. what was his job? >> rodchenkov: he was a plumber, officially, taking care about the cleaning. >> pel

gregory did all of the testing for sochi. going to test my samples through his lab in moscow. >> i was facilitating one of to the most deliberate doping in sports history. >> wait, wait. let's back up one second here. were you the mastermind that cheated the olympics? >> yes. >> and that set off this whole chain of events. >> today the world anti-doping agency suspended russia's sports drug testing lab. >> 49% of russian athletes are guilty of doping. >> it is an unimaginable level of criminality. i'll get the flight for you. holy --. >> the department of justice >> criminal investigation against you. >> i'm innocent. talk to you guys about this. >> you're recording. >> ok. well, first of all i want to thank paul for having me. t's a pleasure to be here. the original invitation was for the doctor and for reasons described he can't be here but i'll read a statement. it's a great honor to come to a congressional commission to talk about the importance of his work and specifically to talk about the critical juncture that we are

she was disqualified in each of her three events in sochi, four yea rs of her three events in sochi, four years ago and had to settle for fourth last night in pyeongchang after which she claimed she was knocked over. fonta na after which she claimed she was knocked over. fontana of italy won the gold and yara van kerkhof took the silver. i was knocked over, you know. i didn't fall on my own. but it doesn't give you any benefit in the final, when someone gets a penalty. yeah, it isjust tough. i've worked so hard for the 500, and it hasjust been, you know, taken away from me, and even in the semifinal, i got crashed, ended up in lane four. i know it is short track and i am supposed to be prepared for this, but it still hurts, you know. disappointment for elise christie, hoping for some happier scenes at the winter olympics and you can see live action on bbc one and the red button from 12:05am, curling on the way, also on the bbc sport website and app. that is all from us. coming up and app. that is all from us. coming up in and app. that is all from us. coming upina and app. that is al

four years women winning in sochi four years ago. the men were knocked out before the semifinals. eve muirhead's team did make it to the semifinals but yesterday they came up short. this is their last chance now and they face a bronze medal match and they bring britain's medal tally to m at the moment, it is that the six. at the moment, it is that the record tally of five. david ornstein with a rather magical south korean tea m with a rather magical south korean team behind you, thank you very much. senior officials at the international olympic committee are discussing whether to lift the diesussino whethertmliftihe status of russia. russian restricted status of russia. russian athletes have so far accounted for two of the failed drug tests at the winter olympics eibar and the ioc are under to maintain winter olympics eibar and the ioc are under- to maintain their are under pressure to maintain their suspension. one of the toughest suspension. one oftheioughest if not the toughest sanctions if not the toughest sanctions if not the to

she won gold in that event in sochi. but there was a scary scene in luge as american emily sweeney lost control on a challenging curve of the track. she was thrown from her sled but appeared to be okay as she walked to an ambulance. the crowd cheered her on in support. >>> in the medal count, team usa is in sixth place with six medals, half of them gold. and one of those gold medals went to snowboarding superstar chloe kim, despite her jaw-dropping high-flying performance in halfpipe, she is a surprisingly typical and grounded 17-year-old, having the time of her life. and despite big things ahead of her, still focused on the little things. >> i love what you tweeted today. you said "i hate crying, but i'll give myself a pass for this one. thank you, everyone, for the love. stoked to bring home the gold" have you had that moment yesterday? >> what moment? >> the moment to cry. >> oh. no well, i guess i cried little bit at the flower ceremony. it hasn't really sunk in yet. and i still feel like i need to go bath back out t

lift life bans on from then athletes sochi games. facebook founder mark is making sweeping changes to the newsfeed . stargazers worldwide were out in force to get a rare glimpse of the super blue blood moon. we will have all that and plenty more. stay tuned. this is live from paris. ♪ anchor: first to our top story, the french president has kicked off day two of his first state visit to tunisia and announcing more than 272 million euros of funding for the north african nation. 177 million euros in loans will bolster state sector reforms and urban development, while 50 million euros will go to the economy. has struggled since the arab spring uprising and the country has faced a string of deadly terror attacks. your challenge today is to transform this cultural and democratic spring into a political, economic, and social one. your challenge today and it is a crucial one is to continue the work you started, making it a full and complete victory for your country. for this victory to change your lives, to create a better life for middle

in sochi of course the main focus was on those sports where cheating was developed since years. cross—country skiing, biathlon, the two most important, and of course bobsled. his role in russia's remarkable doping programme became the subject of an 0scar—nominated film. were you the mastermind that cheated the olympics? yes. he said the conspiracy went right to the top and that london 2012 was also targeted. what does he say to british athletes whose games were tainted? i am very sorry that your career, your biography was broken because of this systematic and widespread cheating which was practised in the russian national team before the london games. unfortunately and i'm especially sorry i contributed... wrongly used all my knowledge and experience against clean athletes in the whole world. that is why i'm sitting here and telling you about what happened. the russian government says you are lying. you were cheating. it wasn't them, it was you. russia is a country of lying and denying, especially in sport. i give you documentation, i honestly say i give you only truth. what

he's an incredible talent who won silver in sochi, at just 15 years old. seth bennett caught up with him in denver, ahead of the games. here we go, ayumu hirano. massive. holy cow. do you feel that this is your time now, this is the time where you can be the one? translation: i have been training since the sochi 0lympics for the last four years i can get a goal in the next —— gold in the next 0lympics. i know everyone will give the best run they can possibly do. i feel that if i can read and the best runi feel that if i can read and the best run i could possibly do, ifeel that iam run i could possibly do, ifeel that i am confident enough to get a gold. double core, he is on here. can you describe how famous you are right 110w describe how famous you are right now injapan. translation: the sochi olympics is definitely put my name out there, especially the japanese people. people recognise me when i am walking around town. i try not to focus on that or pay much attention to it, just because i want to focus on snowboarding and getting the results that i a

leading into sochi was truly one of the ha rd est yea rs into sochi was truly one of the hardest years of my life. i was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis about two months before the games. i struggled for the seven months prior but was undiagnosed. there was one point where it was so bad they could not put my feet on the ground to get out of bed, it was eventful. i felt like an—year—old woman. out of bed, it was eventful. i felt like an-year-old woman. and now everything you read says you are the one to look out for? yes, i feel that i have nothing to lose going to be on chain. it would be a cherry on top of my career. —— pyeongchang. tell me about where you are from. top of my career. —— pyeongchang. tell me about where you are fromlj tell me about where you are from.” am from an island to the north of vancouver island. there are about 900 people living there, i think. i am one quarter natives. being one of the few first nations athletes, there is added pressure, but it feels good to be uplifted by such an amazing community. spencer o'brien, put it down with authority

what they concluded was an unprecedented system manipulation of the anti—doping system at the 2014 sochi winter olympics. of whistle—blower from the head of russia's collaboratively revealed how dirty samples had been swapped for a clean ones. today, the issue was reopened, upholding 28 appeals and partially upholding 28 appeals and partially upholding the remaining 11. were unanimously found the evidence put forward by the ioc to this matter did not have the same weight in each individual case. this does not mean that these 28 athletes are declared innocent, but in that case, due to insufficient evidence, the appeals upheld. as a consequence, the cleared athletes have had their lifetime bans revoked, sanctions and old and individual results the achieved in sochi reinstated. the ioc expressed both its satisfaction and disappointment at the appeals. it may have significant impact in the future fight against doping. we will consider consequences, including an appeal to the swiss federal tribunal. for now, the announcement is federal tribunal. for now, the announcement is a federal tribun

four years ago she was disqualified in each of her three events in sochi. this morning it was the 500 metres short—track speed skating final. our correspondent david ornstein reports from south korea. elise christie arrived in pyeongchang with high hopes of redemption following triple disqualification from sochi four yea rs disqualification from sochi four years ago and now a triple champion. the world record holder in this event the 500 metres. she sailed through the heat and the quarterfinal earlier today, the semifinal presented warning signs, a scrappy semifinal presented warning signs, a scrappy race and she finished second and then disaster struck in the final. not a great start and then on the penultimate lap with her in third place she slipped off, she said that she was pushed into the hoardings and left on the ice. afterwards she spoke to the bbc and she was devastated.” afterwards she spoke to the bbc and she was devastated. i was knocked over you know, i did not follow my own. five people in the final, it does not give you any benefit when so

>> reporter: after placing ninth in sochi, they are determined to reach the podium in south korea. there's only one thing they need, each other. >> when it comes down to it, as long as we're both there -- >> with our skates. >> with our skates, there's nothing that we can't take care of. >> reporter: they told me the key is that they trust each other completely, and the reason they love posting videos on youtube is because they enjoy story telling, and that's what they hope to do out on the ice tonight, lester. >> kate, looking at that old home video. how old were they when they got together as a team? >> reporter: 9 and 12 when they started ice dancing together, so all these years later, this could be their moment, lester. >> kate, we'll watch. a reminder, catch all the olympic action coming up next here on nbc. that is "nightly news" for sunday night. i'm lester holt. for us all at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. ♪ [vo]it doesn't matter if you're from a small town... [mom] it's time to go watch the race, ok? [vo]a big town... [broadcaster] welcome back to the w

when the lab was almost banned just before sochi. all of the samples would have to be sent to other labs. he was given a pass there. all of these agencies are much more forgiving than they should be. and much less skeptical the human error and incompetence and lack of independence many different pressures put on these institutions. i think that was probably what he was referring to. other questions please. if there are no other questions from the audience. give anything from facebook. i guess you are very comprehensive. in that case thank you so very much everyone. let me make mention of a hearing and that we will be having on february 28. on the legacy of boren net sauce. ink you so much. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] tonight book tv is in prime time with a look at military biographies. they are the focus of his book. our year of war. they talked on his book. eight seconds of courage. they are every able to recall the bombing missions. over the last fighter pilot. and he has interviewed on his book t

so after what a break to breathtaking run from him of course he talked about the trauma of sochi because of course it was very disappointing for him but also talk about today's victory let's have a listen stand there at sochi with the winning runs in my hands i just couldn't deliver it's like today was a it was a deja vu situation of the same thing i'm staying in there but i'm so proud to say that i've kind of like found the love of the sport again you know through my friends through my family the people that support me and i was able to stand up there and deliver the performance that i knew i could. and deliver he certainly did the germans also delivering leading the medal count aren't they are indeed some seven medals they have so far france so winning to get to one of two gold medals today he's of course the nordic combined the nordic combined as a sport which combines ski jumping and what we're seeing here which is cross-country skiing so going into this this part of the event he was fit and the cross-country skiing is his best event you do this over the winter so you know how strenu

he talked about the trauma of sochi. let's have a listen. >> to stand there in sochi with the winning runs in my hands, i just could not deliver. it was like today was a deja vu situation where i am standing there. but i am so proud to say that i have found the love of the sport again through my friends and family, people who support me. and i was able to stand up there and deliver the performance that i knew i could. sarah: and deliver he certainly did. the germans also delivering. they are leading the medal count. nick: they are. seven medals they have so far. eric winning one of two gold medals today. he is the nordic combine. the nordic combine is a sport which combines ski jumping and what we're seeing here, which is cross-country skiing. going into the event he was fifth. this is his best event. you did this over the winter. you know how strenuous this sport is. you can see how strong he is going up the hill, leaving his competitors in his wake. just about to edge over the line, retaining the gold he won four years

russian cheating reached its height at the last winter games in sochi. the mastermind, doctor grigory rodchenkov. in 2015 the former head of moscow's anti—doping lab turned whistle—blower, fleeing to the west. ever since he has been in fbi witness protection. we are on the way to meet him. for more than two years now the man at the very heart of russia's doping scandal has been living in hiding here somewhere in the united states. now finally he has agreed to speak to us, but such are the security concerns surrounding him we've not even been told we have to go. after several hours on the road we finally get a call. 0k, shall we go there now? that's it, we have our final destination. a short distance from here, and then, finally, we will get to meet doctor grigory rodchenkov for the first time. we are taken to a location that has to remain a secret along with his new identity. if you had not left russia, where would you be now? in a tomb, of course. you would be dead? yes. and if you ever returned, the same would happen? they may find some other way a

after an emotional loss in sochi, he's more determined than ever to make the podium. our stephanie gosk has his story. >> team usa's john daly. >> reporter: it was immediately clear when john daly began his final skeleton run in sochi -- >> oh, no! >> he got out of the groove. >> reporter: something had gone terribly wrong. >> had a decent push, popped out of the groove. it's a freak accident. >> reporter: the sled and a bronze medal slipped out of his hands. this is daly moments after the race. >> i do wish i could get that last run back for just one more chance. >> reporter: his teammate and friend took the podium instead. >> i'm sorry. i'm happy for him. i'm really disappointed in myself as well. >> your heart sinks. >> i remember crying. just being overwhelmed for him. >> reporter: jim daly hugged his son that day and offered up some simple advice. >> i said what happened here today will make you the man you are tomorrow. >> reporter: but the kid from long island who had a thing for ice and speed instead hung up his sled. retired and got a job in d.c. so what does

sochi in 2014. it has also meant that britain chamonix in 1924, and in sochi in 2014. it their.so meant that britain chamonix in 1924, and in sochi in 2014. it their targetant that britain chamonix in 1924, and in sochi in 2014. it their target from at britain chamonix in 1924, and in sochi in 2014. it their target from the ritain has met their target from the funding body. billy morgan fell on his training runs and his first run in competition, but then nailed his next two to win a bronze medal. it really is a fantastic story for billy morgan. three years older than anyone else in the field. you'll make i meant to anyone else in the field. you'll makei meant to snowboarding at the make a mea nttesnowboerdingatthei of make a mea nt'ta'anawbearding'atthei of 15. years had trouble with age of 15. years had trouble with his knees. he had a background in gymnastics and ease gymnastics and skateboarding. ease cause a real surprise here. some people thought he could have got a medal, but he was up against

. >>> and the american golden girl from sochi. looking to dominate again. >> yes, i'm ready! want to go, want to go now. >> mikaela shiffrin on the secrets to olympic glory. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening from pyeongchang, south korea, where the olympic flame burns brightly as we head into the first weekend of competition of the 2018 winter games. the spectacular opening ceremony here, in addition to the pomp, pageantry and excitement is also being talked about for some truly eye-opening moments in the stands, where vice president pence practically came face-to-face with the sister of north korea's kim jong-un. a chilly reminder of the nuclear standoff even as north and south korea embrace an olympic detente. and athletes from around the u.s. and the world fix their hopes and dreams on olympic glory. nbc's stephanie gosk starts us off tonight. ♪ >> reporter: it was a celebration of south korea's remarkable modern-day transformation and its history. 1200 performers together with a high-tech light show wowed the opening ceremony crowd. but t

guilt of the athlete this is the other way around with the sochi case because the i.o.c. had to show that the athletes were guilty the fact that the unable to show the guilt of an athlete doesn't mean that the actually it has nothing to do at all with the case is totally innocence this is a logical consequence and this is nothing bad about it well it's definitely bad for some people mr ried the athletes from the groups that your court had to deal with haven't been explained their wrongdoings by the out but did the international olympic committee at least provide cas with proof of their guilt is difficult for me to go into details because this case we only have the decisions without the reasons so we know the result we know the media release that i have pronounced but we don't know the full reasons for each of these thirty nine cases so the only thing i can imagine as a lawyer is that there were some evidence brought by the you see which shows some suspicion about some wrongdoings in this situation for some sorry but i thought that was the job of cas to determine whether t

. >> at 15 winning silver in sochi in the pipe and gold in the x games and then this. >> got up really early. skied one run through the half pipe. and was laying on the ground just gasping for air. and they x-rayed me and told me i had a collapsed lung. was just that thought of, why me. >> there was much worse to come. >> my mom was diagnosed with cancer when i was going into the olympic qualifying process for sochi. she was in and out of the hospital in a horrible state. >> he made it to sochi but understandably under performed way off the medals. pyeongchang is a shot at redemption and miracle he made it. >> when you are near death everyone comes to a very similar picture. >> one morning in 2014 he felt rough going out to ski. >> he goes, i can't figure out how to breathe. >> before i knew it i was being flown to a hospital in salt lake and in a medically induced parls. >> he had an infection in his liver. he had tubes in his liver, in his lungs, in his stomach, in his arteries, in his veins, in his airway. >> he an extremely rare and extremely dangerous strep infection. doctors told

. >> i walked away from sochi disappointed and upset. and when you win so frequently, that's all you want to do after you've been done. back home in utah after the game, sarah needed more surgery to clear out scar tissue in that knee. the next year, she was back in form, but then during training in the summer of 2015, hendrickson fell and tore the acl again. >> it was again, just devastation. like what am i doing wrong type thing. >> so, were you thinking at that point, maybe korea is off the table as well? >> you know, that kind of goes through the back of your head. but there was something inside of me that i knew i wasn't done, i still had more to give to the sport. set my sights on korea again and just worked my butt off to get back here. ♪ >> i know you have a clear mind when you set up. is that the win thing that could be in your head if you were still injured, like is my knee going to hang in there for me? >> that trust is something that can go away quite quickly when you have a recurring injury, your surgeons, your pts tell you

leading into sochi was one of the ha rd est yea rs leading into sochi was one of the hardest years of my life, when i was diagnosed way rheumatoid arthritis about two months before the games, andi about two months before the games, and i struggled without illness from about seven months prior but i was on diagnosed. at one point it was so bad that i couldn't put my feet on the ground to get out of bed, it was so painful, and ifelt like an 80—year—old woman. so painful, and ifelt like an 80-year-old woman. and now everything you read says you are the one to look out for. going into pyeongchang i feel like an olympic medal would be a beautiful cherry on top of my career, but it is so amazing to me to see this young group of girls coming up right now. tell me a bit about where you are from, it is not one of the big cities. i am from a small island off the top of the north of vancouver island, there is one street light andi island, there is one street light and i am island, there is one street light andiama island, there is one street light and i am a quarter native, one of few first

she won a bronze medal in sochi in 2014. she says, i still feel like a little girl, privileged and honored to be here. ♪ ♪ >> she needs this to be a triple triple, only a triple double. ♪ >> fortunate hand down there on the triple loop. carolina's strength is in the program components. in the past she has trouble technically, it will still come through on the components. at this level of competition, how strongly her main rivals have performed. she couldn't afford any mistakes. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> her skating skills, her artistry is like no other. the relationship to her music, it's beyond. she is a true artist, but there's two scores here, and this is a competition. that would have been a lovely performance at a show. >> it just does not have the technical content to compete with the current top three. yes, her skating is beautiful, yes her jumps are beautiful, it's all about now when she does those jumps. when i spoke to carolina, she said there's no way to shake the nerves. if you aren't nervous, then you don't care.

for them. 18th in the sochi, but they have done and that's good rtable. rthem. 18th in the sochi, but they have done and that's good rtable. norway 18th in the sochi, but they have done and that's good rtable. norway top| in the sochi, but they have done and that's good rtable. norway top it1 the sochi, but they have done and that's good rtable. norway top it on ie sochi, but they have done and that's good rtable. norway top it on a medal table. norway top it on a world record 38. that puts it into context by the fabulous performance from billy morgan. five medals for great britain in pyeongchang. we watch him go again. absolutely fantastic work from him. he's delighted, we are delighted. and we'll be speaking to the man himself, from pyeongchang, just after 8.30pm. a number of us companies have cut ties with the national rifle association — as consumers call for a boycott of firms linked to the powerful gun lobby. they include the car rental companies hertz and enterprise holdings, both of which have stopped offering discounts for members of the association, in the wake of the flor

. purely at sochi. fail doping tests when they were in south korea. south korea. under its flag and would be welcomed back but they could not do that. back but they could not do that. suspension and that is what has happened, the confirmation we have. happened, the confirmation we have. the book seems to have a lot more to come. come. authorities and the ioc and other governing bodies on a global scale? governing bodies on a global scale? wonder whether russia really has truly reformed. truly reformed. because it thinks it is still work to be done. to be done.

it was sochi autodrom again. and as italy's arianna fonta na went sochi autodrom again. and as italy's arianna fontana went on to clinch victory, christie once again was left in tears. can you believe it, another olympics and another tumble for elise christie. she still has two events to come, but her gaines have started in disappointment. yes, i know i'm supposed to be prepared for this, but... it i know i'm supposed to be prepared forthis, but... it still i know i'm supposed to be prepared for this, but... it still hurts, you know? obviously it's still almost a week until... so, that's a positive. and, i don't know... no, week until... so, that's a positive. and, idon't know... no, ijust can't see living with this feeling, you know? i got knocked over, and that's that. the question now, though, is whether britain's biggest medal hope can pick herself up on a day of deja vu. yes, you have to feel for elise christie. you can seejust yes, you have to feel for elise christie. you can see just how devastated she was in that interview. she feels she was knocked over by one o

very very disappointed about that and finally getting a gold again he talked about that trauma from sochi and also talked about this victory let's listen to what he has to say substandard sochi with the winning runs in my hands i just couldn't deliver it's like today was a it was a deja vu situation of the same thing i'm standing there but i'm so proud to say that i've kind of like found the love of the sport again you know through my friends through my family the people that support me and i was able to stand up there and deliver the performance that i knew i could. well got him now let's talk about germany leading the b. medal count to appear on chalk six goals in the latest was today in the us of today actually the seventh is by our expenses the us making it seven now he won seven the nordic combined as the name suggests it's a combination of two sports of ski jumping and cross-country skiing so in the ski jump he has no particular good finishing speed but then in cross country steve you see him here at number five just one of the picture he's incredibly good at his strongest event of

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they have a chance to win a bronze medal as they did in sochi four years ago. that is a tough ask, i've lost a semifinal like that and you have to play 2a hours later for the bronze like that and you have to play 2a hours laterfor the bronze medal and it's not the medal you want because you had your eyes set on gold. they just need to regroup, refocus on getting that medal. it's such an important thing to get something for the hard work and dedication they have put in. it is a big day for them. you know all about that having a silver medal yourself, which is very special from the winter 0lympics. very special from the winter olympics. i had three olympics even trying to get that silver medal and i know how hard it is because all these countries are putting so much work and time into it, just like we do, and elite sport is tough and thatis do, and elite sport is tough and that is what we must remember. literally sometimes it is just millimetres in all of these shots.|j suppose the koreans have impressed many people because they are not historically a curling nat

but david wise has defended his gold medal from sochi. >> what a day! what a day! >> crashes on run one and two. and it came done to the third and final run. and david wise gets it done. alex ferreira, the silver. nico porteous, not taking the third final run paid off to the tune of bronze. >> absolutely unbelievable day. alex ferreira coming in on the second run. and, setting a new standard. and david wise's final run in indistinguishable from his momentous occasions of greatness we have seen in the past. just absolutely coming out of the cold it would seem with the two crashes leading in. and, knocking it out of the park. so, two more medals coming to team usa. by way of david wise who defends his title from sochi. alex ferreira, picks up the silver. nico porteous of new zealand, biggest story of 16. decided not to take the third final run. stands pat on a 94.80 on run two. it was good enough for bronze. >> let's go, bruce springsteen! yeah! whoo! >> must admit, todd, any one who follows free skiing has a feeling of deep quiet satisfaction. not just with the star

this all started in two thousand and fourteen when russia hosted in top the medal tally at the sochi winter games the following year a report commissioned by the wild anti doping agency detailed a state sponsored doping program in russia in twenty sixteen a second report was released detailing an extensive doping manipulation program that was in place during those winter games in sochi over one hundred russians with then barred from competing at the rio summer olympic games and twenty seventeen the i.o.c. banned dozens of russians from the olympics for life and wiped out olympic results and medals off their own doping investigations by then ruled the russians would only be allowed to compete as neutral athletes in pyongyang without russian uniforms flags or the national anthem. meanwhile a north korean delegation has crossed the land border with the south ahead of the start of the games the group included two hundred twenty nine members of a state trained chairing group as well as officials journalists and a taekwondo demonstration team north and south korean athletes will walk toget

anderson's win four years ago in sochi made her a star. a second gold here in pyeongchang makes her a legend. jamie and i got together on a cold fight here for a "sunday sitdown." >> jamie anderson owe dominant. >> jamie anderson looking smooth. >> returning to the top of the olympic podium was even harder than jamie anderson thought it would be. ♪ with temperatures in the single digits and shifting winds whipping at 30 miles an hour, anderson stood at the top waiting for her turn and watching rider after rider crash. >> oh! goes down. >> almost had it. >> in all, 41 of the competition's 50 runs ended in a wipeout. but the defending gold medallist kept her cool and soared through what became a survivor's course. >> jamie anderson is golden once again. >> it feels unreal. i mean, i dreamed of this, i knew how amazing it would be. i didn't totally know it was possible. >> anderson is known for her zen-like calm on a snowboard. she attributes her why jet strength to yoga, meditation and mindfulne mindfulness. she feld at the snowboarding ev

the victory adds to her title from sochi four years ago and sets shiffrin up for a possible history—making medal haul with events to come. austin halewood rounds up the best of the action from day six. america's golden girl. kayla schiffer and was the face of the us tea m schiffer and was the face of the us team before the games began and with four gold medals in her sights, after a three—day medal delay, the olympics finally got under way. trailing after the first run she needed to bring things back in the second and under the pressure that comes with being favourite she didn't disappoint. the 22—year—old pushing things to the limit, but the risks paid off as she flew into the gold—medal position with just one ski to come. the italian couldn't stand the american‘s time. mikaela shiffrin‘s first gold of the games confirmed. one down, three to go. while mikaela shiffrin is a new face, aksel lund svindal has been dominating on the slope for years. treated like the rock star in his home country, the 35—year—old was looking to go out with one final flourish in the men's downhil

just think about four years ago on in sochi. now in pyeongchang, korea. a mere 50 miles away from the border of north korea. and in 2012, in beijing, china. it's a far cry away from st. moritz and the country clubs of winter olympics in europe in the '30s and '40s. >> so with this games in south korea, is there a particular political concern or at least a political outcome because of the location that you described? >> yeah, of course. as you know, north and south korea are basically in a cease-fire. they're at war. there's a demilitarized zone. it's similar to thinking about the cold war, if east and west germany in the '60s, east germany trying to field an olympic team and was only allowed to do it later in the '60s, then competed as a country. of course, north korea has sports. and the first political item on the agenda was, would they actually show up to an olympics staged in their neighbor? they will, they're sending a delegation of athletes. first they're going to have an integrated women's ice hockey team called korea. and members of the south kore

it was an eerily similar moment to his win in sochi. and the shib sibs are back, they skate for the u.s. in ice dancing's first event tonight. also coming up later tonight in prime time the two-men bobsled, that's always exciting to watch, perhaps even more exciting because one of the american competitors justin olsen had an emergency appendectomy just two weeks ago and he is competing. so you will want to watch that. >> thank you very much, gina. >>> a highly anticipated event for many people in the bay area, the women's figure skating short program that's coming up on wednesday. it will be the olympic debut of fremont's karen chen. in a news conference today chen talked about the long leadup to that performance. >> it was definitely pretty tough, but i was cheering for team u.s.a. the whole entire time. thankfully i was able to kind of get away from the village and train in chun chun at a rink there and i got a lot of really great training done there and i was really able to just focus on my skating and myself. >> okay. here is a fun

serious there is territory target and soul into more than turkey and even in sochi and also in astana in moscow if you look at the all these statements and the joint declarations you see that and yet for. unity and territory and take it off the country on the y.p. g. in the the kurdish fighters there are video has emerged recently showing american made weapons that has been captured from these kurdish fighters by the f.s.a. now these y.p. g. fighters and their allies have not only been fighting you or you have not only been fighting them inside syria but they have been phone rockets inside turkey which is not true six civilians being killed can you explain to me how it is that turkey still considers the united states as an ally if it is the united states that has made no secret of its support for kurdish fighters who are essentially killing your own civilians how is how are they considered to be an ally they're. not captured weapons those weapons they've been given by the united states to wipe each year so we have actually asked united states not to give the weapons they did we asked

you had an injury in sochi. you're in pyeongchang, and getting ready to g throuo throur run. >> in sochi, i dislocated my shoulder before i was able to compete. i wanted to focus on landing my runs. >> interesting you say that, a low bar. did you think you're going to get a medal? i knew i had some potential. i wanted to carry the confidence into my run. >> a lot of people have the families here, cheering them on. your mom doesn't like to watch you doing your things. >> is that true? >> until this season, yeah. she would sometimes go in the port port-a-potty and plug her ears. she was watching today. she's my good luck charm. >> tell us her reaction. >> she was losing her mit to go until i knew for sure. when i saw her, she was screaming and crying. she was going crazy. >> i heard you have a is psych background, that you were a psychology major. can you -- what would you visualize? what would you say to yourself? >> it was about having positive man tras. having manifest what i want to happen. visualizing the per

lizzie repeated four years later in sochi. now the first—ever british winter olympians to defend their title and win a second gold medal. i don't think who has been in the programme for 16 years and succeeded me as performance director, would have dreamt we would win half the medals on offer at these games. it truly is something very special. a huge achievement for the athletes, the coaches and all the support staff. and don parsons took a medal on thursday, let's not forget him. what makes a great skeleton athlete? the formula is quite simple. they need to be a really good athlete, fast sprinter, and you saw laura and lizzie beat two of the fastest starters in the race. it starts fast but you have to be calm and cool on the slides, make small adjustments and steers. good hand eye coordination, really good feel for the slide on the ice. the different pressures on the corner, it's quite a sensitive piece of equipment. it is highly skilled driving that the difference. that makes the difference. it looks like you are just throw

sanctions annulled and the individual results achieved in sochi reinstated. the ioc expressed both its satisfaction and disappointment at the upholding of 11 partial bans and the 28 successful appeals. this may have a serious impact on the future fight against doping. therefore, the ioc will analyse the recent decisions carefully once they are available and consider the consequences, including an appeal to the swiss federal tribunal. but for now the announcement is federal tribunal. but for now the announcement is a federal tribunal. but for now the announcement is a sweet victory for both the russian state, which has repeatedly denied any involvement in the doping, and for those cleared. translation: we have waited for the decision for a long time and we were hoping forjustice and it has prevailed. it's a matter of my life, what i do, and when you are accused like that it's very unpleasant and everything falls apart. we will hope we still make it to these olympic games. but with the games only one week away and the deadline to register past, that looks unlik