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Cant condone that. theres a little cigar smoking as well, questions about whether or not theyre setting the proper example. ill just tell you from my own experience, talking to some canadians last night after the game was over, including some folks i talked to at the skating, they werent too concerned about the drinking and partying. they were just celebrating the win. but the ioc officially, contessa, is looking into it. >> all right. i mean, whats a little drinking here and there? chris, thank...

18 is the legal drinking age. the ioc is investigating what happened but i can say just from my limited experience walking around town last night, nobody was too concerned about that. they were celebrating the gold medal. >> i think you are right with that observation. thank you very much, chris. well talk to you later in our 2:00 hour and theres more olympic action coming up later today on msnbc. usa speed skater chad henrik leads americans in the womens pursuit. the quarterfinals also get unde...

Olympic action right here on msnbc starting at noon eastern. in the ladies super-g, lindsey vonn to will to add to ore her medal count. peekaboo street knows what it takes. street says today, the super-g is lindsey vonns race to lose. >> shes been dominant in downhill and super-g, and so it is her race to lose today. the course is hard. its bumpy, rattley. the thing thats going to be neat at the super-g for them, its a fresh look at this piece. theyre racing on the same run, but have a whole n...

At cyprus mountain where the ski events are taking place, theyre having to truck in snow and hay to get the venue ready in time. for the athletes that means two less days of practice time on the mountains for the athletes competing there. however, olympic officials tell us it will be ready in time for competition. now the city, as i said, just crazy with excitement here and it is going to be a successful olympics from what we can tell by ticket sales. theyve sold a record number already, 1.6 mil...

So when i am scared, coming out, just them cheering for me gives me that extra push to go for it. over in thejudo, though, chelsie giles was handed a medal lifeline in the repechage after losing in the earlier rounds. a bronze was still up for grabs for the world number ten, and boy did she grab it. its all over, its all over... britains first medal of the games, at the spiritual home of her sport. the bronze medal. two medals, then, on day two for britain. what will day three bring? natalie pir...

At the makuhari messe hall, britains tae kwon do players were chasing a place in the record books. bradly sinden is the reigning world champion at 68 kilos. he was desperate to become the first british man to win an olympic title. but 19—year—old outsider ulugbek rashitov from uzbekistan wasnt here to play. and there is a kick to the head. two of them in a row. the match swung back and forth, but sinden was leading with just seconds of the match remaining. a rashitov trunk kick meant sinden ...

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I was expressing gratitude that the vaccines help us fight back as a society, he wrote... but mrjavids bullish tone reflects a government pushing on with opening up england in the face of very high infections. about 70% of adults have now had both jabs and ministers want to put pressure on younger people to vaccinated. earlier this week, the prime minister announced that vaccine passports would be used at night clubs in england from the end of september and a similar plan is being considered for...

Winning the worlds. but i know he went for gold so i know how disappointed hes going to be. but this wasnt the only upset here today. double olympic championjadejones was vying to become the first british woman to win gold at three different games, but today ended in tears. last—minute reassurance before starting her bid for history. well, they dont call her the headhunter for nothing. but the refugee teams kimia alizadeh was the rio bronze medallist and had beatenjones in the past. and shes h...

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