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Pyeongchang. a song centuries long bringing a spirit of unity across the region. heres our joe fryer. >> reporter: its the song that filled the olympic stadium when athletes from south and north korea walked together during the opening ceremony. ♪ >> reporter: a folk song known across the entire peninsula. music is woven flout tthroughou winter games and will serve as the sound track for the ice dancing deoh. >> everybody in the entire country knows the song. its special to them and historic. ...

It all. >> reporter: for a snowboarder, whipping winds, the worst enemy. taking a toll on womens slope stipe, first with a delay, followed by a string of blown runs. of the 25 competitors only 5 completed their first run without falls. but u.s. favorite jamie anderson still flew high and then stayed on her feet. landing a second olympic gold medal. >> honestly, it feels unreal. >> reporter: after weather forced a schedule change in the mens downhill race, womens ji giant slalom also moved. insid...

>> thanks for joining us at 3:00. well see you at 4:00. >> bye. tonight, olympic surprises, and an american medal rush. >> she has to go right up and do it. yes! >> boom! wow. >> holy cow. history on the ice and snow as powerful winds blow the schedule up in the air. security under scrutiny as the white houses story keeps changing about how it handled the abuse allegation scandal and dozens of white house officials operating without permanent security clearances. including jared kushner. ...

He won silver. in the teen figure skating competition the u.s. advanced in mondays finals with help from brother and sister duo maia and alex shibutani. their quick footwork had the arena rocking. ( applause ) >> theres the windchill. >> reporter: but outside it was hard to move. with temperatures in the single digits, pyeongchang is putting the winter in these winter games. >> its bone chilling. s is very, very cold. >> reporter: high winds forced the mens downhill to be sstponed until next wee...

Know forget about chad forget about the male skaters keep your eye out on tests of virtue and scott and they are favored in in the ice dancing event and although canada already had one key event in the team event they still put on a stellar performance theyre always entertaining to watch and these two have been skating together since what is it for twenty years since they were little kids and if you watch them yeah the chemistry is undeniable all right were looking forward to another great day a...

>> reporter: but that dream wasnt an easy one to reach. as a child, bradie struggle with a hip program affecting her coordination and wore orthod orthodics for years. >> she struggled for years, fell on the ice, and you couldnt jump at 5 years old. >> reporter: on top of that, she fractured her back twice in 2015 and 2016, missing three months of practice each time. was there a point dealing with this broken back where you thought, this is it, im not going to be able to do this again? >> no, def...

Soundtrack carried her to the u.s. title and the olympic team. >> the fairy tale just keeps going on and on. >> reporter: this is a cinderella story? >> feels like it now. >> reporter: the rise of a skating princess who proves dreams really do come true. joe friar, nbc news, san jose. when we come back, well stay on the ice and tell you the story about an american hockey family and the sisters who find themselves competing on two different teams here in pyeo ♪ no, please, please, oh! ♪ (sh...

About some much needed change. >> reporter: a wakeup call she hopes is loud enough to prevent another panic from happening again. steve patterson, nbc news, orville, california. back in a moment with a story of a young woman who beat the odds in a long journey to these olympic games. and the wolf huffed and puffed... like you do sometimes, grandpa? well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe. it can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. so i talked to my doctor....

Cinderella story. ♪ a dream is a wish your heart makes ♪ >> reporter: clenching the championship in figure skating, the winning program was appropriately set to music from cinderella. >> i chose it because i loved the character. i loved the character for as long as i can remember at 2 years old. >> thats when her mother made her a dress for halloween, or at least that was the plan. >> she put the dress on every single day. >> reporter: bradie was 2 years old when she fell in love with skatin...

Messes with you. >> reporter: womens slope style snow boarding postponed, and mens downhill postponed as well, and on practice run, skiers put tape on the noses. >> so we dont get frostbite going 80 miles per hour. >> reporter: the forecast for the next several days is more wind and chance of snow, but team usa is on a hot streak, and chris madezer got a gold in lose. >> im going to crash or get the medal. that was the mentality. we went for it. >> reporter: on the ice, the u.s. womens hockey te...