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Sunday morning was a bad time to try to drive across the Golden Gate bridge. The iconic span was taken over by approximately 29,000 runners for the 2023 San…

The Slovenian is preparing for a bid to take his fourth Vuelta just weeks after breaking two vertebrae.

Kris Lees assaults the Port Macquarie card Posted by: Ric Chapman+ at 8:45am on 4/3/2021 Despite it being wet. He will send nine horses by float to the meet and each one of them as a great chance. These are Chris Waller-like numbers. There are 8 races on the card and Lees has a great chance to land 3 winners, quite possibly 5! His best hopes are: Race 2: EXCELNESS (Exceed and Excel – Dearness). This unraced filly was cantering all the way when narrowly winning a t...

Morning, nodar kumaritashvili was killed when he lost control on his luge. >> may you carry his olympic dream on your shoulders and come people with his spirit in your hearts. >> apolo ohno will be the first to compete. the 27-year-old is hoping hes on the short track to history. hes only one shy of tieing bonn bonnie blairs. meantime, others hope the weather clears enough to see their way to the medals. and four american skier eers w the chance to rise above. as the hopes shine brightly in p va...

"5 days, mom. 10 days, mom." i think after 30 days he got tired of counting. [ male announcer ] talk to your doctor to find out if prescription chantix is right for you. as always, the united states is one of the top medal contenders at the olympic games. which one of the athletes are the top to watch? joining me, the reporter from sports illustrated. good morning. what are some of the events in the winter olympics americans have done well in the past and what should we watch out for this time...

International federation, luge federation and olympic officials though are taking precautions. they have raised the wall in that section and are also changing the profile of the ice, which as ive read it, is that it will sort of slow down the ice around that curve in that area. there have been concerns by athletes that this is certainly a fastest track that theyve been on. ever. >> yeah. okay. well see if those changes have any sort of effect there, but thank you very much. coming up, we are g...

Because this is such a high level venue, something so many people watch on a world-wide basis and its very tempting. people think if youre going to blow up something, go hurt somebody, lets do it where the entire world is watching. thats exactly what theyre trying to stop, whether vancouver or any place else you see olympic games. >> and organizers suggest those who have tickets should show up three hours early to get through all the security to the events. that kind of feels like youre going to...

Welcome back to "msnbc saturda saturday". its time for olympic headlines. the competition will continue through february 28th, but the big news this morning, nbc has confirmed the mens downhill competition has been canceled because of a slushy course. flags flew at half-staff at the opening ceremony after an athlete was killed. the mens luge will be held later today. and lindsey vonn is getting more time to let her bruised right shin heal. the training run was canceled yesterday where she had he...

The olympic games have started and were giving you a live shot of the flame. the ceremony included a special remembrance for an athlete from the republic of georgia who died after luge training. chris, good morning to you. this whole tragedy raising questions about the course and its safety. >> even before this accident happened, there were some athletes who were concerned about the safety. quite a few crashes. this is why we regard it as the fastest track in the world. the international luge fe...

Thats what i like to do. >> way up. >> there she is. thats kind of my thing. ♪ >> reporter: whats it like to fly? >> it feels so good. the mind is quiet, everything just seems so amazing, you know, because youre up in the -- up in the air. >> taking a high flying sport to brand-new heights together and who knows, maybe sweeping the podium along the way. >> thank you, kevin, for that. the world will have a chance to see how well these ladies do when they compete on thursday. you wont want to mi...