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>> russia hasnt won an olympic title in skating since 2006. that changed today when team figure skating ended and the host country claimed its first gold at these games. the man who pushed them over the top, 31-year-old yevgeny plushenko, the individual gold medalist from 2006. team usa took bronze. as meryl davis and charlie white wowed the audience with an arraign of spins and lifts. in snowboarding slope style, the u.s. did even better. 23-year-old jamie anderson from south lake tahoe, califo...

We have a beautiful story to take us off the air tonight. it takes us on a journey that few of us will ever get the chance to experience during our lifetime. and its one of the peak experiences for anybody visiting russia, especially those that have the money and the time to take the longest and most beautiful train journey on this planet, the extraordinary and legendary trans-siberia railway. tonight, mary carillo takes us along for the ride.

Hometown, who anderson calls her "spirit grandmother." >> shes the sweetest. i think mid 80s, and she made it all the way out here -- and to the course. >> reporter: those jumps so huge, the worlds best snowboarder, shaun white, last week called them too intimidating and withdrew from the competition. it wasnt much better for bode miller, the superstar of the downhill. today, downcast, finishing eighth. those racers clocking in speeds of over 80 miles an hour. there to cheer on u.s. athletes lik...

"nightly news" with brian williams reporting tonight from the winter olympic games in sochi, russia. good evening. after the second full day of competition at these olympic winter games here in sochi. and the robust russian flame is burning brightly for the athletes of team usa. a strong showing today as the pace has now picked up. despite concerns about security, which, as youll hear, were back in the news today, the news from here was for the most part about the americans achievement in two ...

>> reporter: how do you do that in an olympic final? >> i dont know. thats my thought process. >> reporter: organizers suggested they do know why some of the venues look so empty, despite statements that 92s are of tickets were sold. a lot of people, they suggest, are showing up late. >> russians like to come to the event not prior by as close as possible. >> reporter: figure skating is drawing crowds and photos of ashley wagner went viral, one after her performance, the other reacting to her sc...

This is the "cbs evening news." displim good evening, im jim axelrod and this is a western edition of the broadcast. >> the first day of competition is in the books at the 22nd olympic winter games in sochi, russia. while concerns about terror attacks and human rights have dominated the run-up to the games, now the events start and olympic organizers certainly hope that the athletes will take center stage. all told, 230 u.s. athletes will go for the gold in sochi, and tonight one of them already...

John. one thing bobsledders do real well its upper body strength, and so much for the locked door. that one will have to go on our tab. still ahead for us tonight, the american skater with something to prove after she got picked over someone else to represent the u.s. here in russia.

Started to pay off. winning back-to-back national championships. endorsement deals followed from cover girl to hilton. >> be a weekender like ashley wagner. >> reporter: and although the old demons returned last month in boston, shes got one more chance for a comeback. >> i have cried and screamed and laughed, im so spent right now. just because -- i am an olympian. >> reporter: an olympian with something to prove to fans and to herself. besides the team skate, ashley is one of three american wo...

Missed jump. she wanted to quit. >> to come so close to your dreams coming true and not really achieving it is devastating. >> reporter: but the survivor in her kicked in so ashley decided to take a huge risk and move across the country to california to train with the legendary coach john nix, even though there was no guarantee he would take her on. at 19 she gave herself a year to become a national champion, and nix saw in her that fight. >> get. get it. get it! >> people who come back from def...

Some doing and it has been a difficult journey to get here, but the flame burning bright right behind our anchor location here tonight, invisible by the way for upwards of 20 miles around in the cold and clear night sky sends a bright and indelible message that these winter games are indeed under way. it is a monumental under taking considering little this was -- of this was even here in the last seven years, and $50 billion ago. millions of americans already woke up to the news this morning, it...