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And i felt my ankle snap. >> ouch. 13 people were treated for injuries, two treated for the broken bones including that one lady there. at one point the waves in the area were estimated to be at least 20 terrifying feet high. back now to the olympics and the mens luge competition resumes today after a georgian athlete died during a practice run. the first rounds of luge action took place on a repaired and recon figured track on saturday. the mens start began 600 feet lower down that track at t...

Well bring you pictures all morning and welcome back to "msnbc sunday." im alex witt at the half hour here are the headlines. skiing sensation lindsey vonn scheduled to hit the slopes a little later today for a practice run. she is set to compete in the womens yawn hill on wednesday. get ready for a full day of competition. todays events include the pairs figure skating short program, mens moguls and womens u.s. hockey team takes on china. slushy conditions in whistler forced officials to postpo...

Its a jam packed day of olympic competition. todays events include the mens biath lon ten kilometer sprint, pairs figure skating program and mens mogul and the usa will take on china in womens hockey and more luge, nordic combined and the womens 3,000 meter speed skate. and heres a look at the latest medal count. the united states, you see it there, leading with a total of 4. one gold, one silver and two bronze medals. next south korea with two medals, slovakias a has one gold and canada has one...

Im alex witt. here are your olympic headlines. skiing sensation lindsey vonn is scheduled to hit the slopes a little later today. this for a practice run. it is going to be her first attempt to test her bruised shin. shes set to compete in the womens downhill on wednesday. get ready for a full day of competition. todays events include the pairs figure skating short program. mens moguls and the womens u.s. hockey team takes on china. slushy conditions in whistler forced officials to postpon...

With thermocontrol™ only from stayfree®. welcome back to "msnbc sunday." here are your olympic headlines. skiing sensation lindsey vonn is scheduled to hit the slopes a little later today for a practice run. it will be her first attempt to test her bruised shin. she is set to compete in the womens downhill on wednesday. get ready for a full day of competition. today events including the pairs figure skating short program, mens moogles and the womens u.s. hockey team takes on china. and slus...

There. >> a little more than two hours before lindsey vonns taking to the slopes for her practice run. what are you hearing about her condition? >> shes getting better and seems to be in good spirits if her online social media postings are to be believed. the bottom line here is that more time is always better with a soft tissue injury. she has that shin bruise which is so critical to navigating and carving up snow. she should be in competition officially by wednesday. the snow right now is pret...

Track. >> for records. >> make the sport more extreme, set records but readers dont care so much about the insider notion of fast sliding track, they want drivers to survive, number one, and they recognize speed even if its 80 miles an hour, thats still pretty fast. >> oh, yeah. >> sort of an unnecessary gamble in a lot of readers eyes. >> i want to get to lindsey vonn, 2:00 p.m. skiing fans like myself will wonder how shes going to take when she does a practice run. what are you hearing. >> the...

Athlete there. youre seeing the accident here. but that is 21-year-old luger from the republic of georgia. what you are seeing there was his practice run. he was in the last turn of that track, that luge track, and he lost control, went flying, actually his body flew into a metal pole and they were not able to revive him. the international olympic it in xh committee says the luge track will reopen later today, saying no deficiencies were found with that track. the games have begun and the worl...

The more they will suffer. even as president obama has plans to close gitmo its reported that many will be held indefinitely, considering the war in raging in yemen. >> a tragic start to the olympics games. they are making changes on the luge tracks following the death of a luger. he was killed in an accident just hours before the games opened. he crashed during a practice run at one of the fastest points of the track when he lost control of his sled. were not going to show you the video, becaus...

Before that starts, they will have a practice run. another concern about this track is because it is the fastest in the world, some of these sliders, you know, the young man, nodar kumaritashvili, who was killed, is only 21, dont have the kind of experience to be on a track this fast. they will get in additional training runs this morning before the opening of competition. alex. >> chris, looking at that video is horrific. i literally put my hands in front of my face, so painful to watch. despit...