18yearold american Mikaela Shiffrin skis her way into the record books, becoming the youngest woman ever to win olympic gold in the slalom, but not without a big scare along the way. And shes here with us live to talk about her win for the ages today, saturday, february 22nd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, at the olympic winter games, with lester holt live from olympic park in sochi, russia, and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a very special split edition of today on this saturday morning, our final broadcast from sochi. Im lester holt. Erica, jenna and dylan are holding down the fort in new york, a sight for sore eyes. Great to see you guys. What a win in the slalom for Mikaela Shiffrin. Ive got a feeling there are plenty more olympic medals in her future. She is coming up just ahead to talk about her incredible run. Plus, were going to talk to the men of the u. S. Short track Speed Skating
Good evening. Im lester holt in for brian who will be back in new york on monday. Our top story tonight comes again from this part of the world where after days of antigovernment protests and bloodshed and growing international pressure, the government of ukraine has agreed to concessions, hoping to end the violence at a dangerous standoff thats lasted months. The white house welcomed the deal, but it could be seen as a setback here in neighboring russia which wants to keep ukraine in its circle of influence. President obama and putin spoke by phone about it at length today. Meantime tonight in the ukrainian capital, protesters continue their siege of independence square, where more than 70 people have died in the past 48 hours. Our chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is there. Richard, whats the latest . Reporter good evening, lester. After so much bloodshed, a deal has been reached that could bring ukraine more democracy but it still needs to be implemented and the city remains
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