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Zoi sadowski-synnott won slopestyle. >> a huge, huge -- >> oh, my! wow! >> reporter: even her fellow competitors couldnt help but jump for joy. it was a more predictable but no less breath taking moment of excellence in the figure skating team competition 15-year-old russian kamila valieva makes the near impossible look effortless. >> a talent like this comes along once in a lifetime. >> reporter: her short program helped put the russian team in first place. the u.s. slipping to second with two ...

Case? >> reporter: its tight. sunday beijing team, 7:30 in the morning eastern time for us on sunday, is when this hearing is going to begin. they probably wont come to a conclusion until monday, and then as you say, she goes again in the short program on tuesday. of course she tested positive for this banned heart drug back in december. but we didnt hear about this until recently. the russian anti-doping agency overturned her provisional suspension, but now three separate organizations are tryi...

An athlete able to overcome defeat and it was just four years ago, kate, at the 2018 olympic games where in the short program, he was a medal favorite then as a teenager, and he finished 17th in the short program. 17th. it was terrible. had a great long program, and was fifth overall. its been a story of redemption and coming back and with one goal, one purpose, to meet the moment to have the greatest performance of his life at the most important moment of his life. he did that in the short prog...

♪ ♪ it has been an exciting day of competition for team u.s.a. at the beijing winter olympics. nathan chen claims gold in mens figure skating hanging onto the league after setting a world record with the short program. it was a huge day for another american athlete. snowboarder chloe kim wins gold in the womens halfpipe. lets start with coy wire. lets start, first of all, with what was a fantastic day and flawless performance for nathan chen. >> reporter: isa, i dont know if you saw it but...

Record in the short program. heres more from beijing. >> reporter: so, you know, i had the opportunity to interview nathan chen before the south korea olympics. everyone was pulling for him to get the gold and he was the favor toot win the gold and then heartbreak. he had such a hard time in his short program. although he had a record-breaking free skate in those olympics, he didnt even medal. now four years later, he has a score to settle and he is almost there with this record-breaking perform...

States to have leverage over russia in the event of an incursion into ukraine. so that i think is the primary reason not to impose sanctions at this point in time. >> some nervous days ahead, colonel. but were glad youre with us. thank you very much, sir. >> you bet, john. absolutely. russian figure skater kamila valieva will soon know if her participation at the winter olympics will be cut short. right now she is listed as competing in tuesdays single skating short program despite revelation ...

Testing positive for a banned heart drug in december. her defense, her attorney now claims the test was contaminated with a drug her grandfather was taking. whatever happened, the ioc says if she wins no one gets a medal until a full investigation is complete. of course bad news for all the other skaters who will not get their podium moment in beijing, including american alysa liu who is in eighth place and uggs favorite karen chen, who, despite falling in the short program, will look for a big ...

Russian team to keep the gold medal. >> whats the point of having having penalties christine lets talk about good news. there is good news on the american side. nathan chen takes home the gold after his commanding performance. and its just been unbelievable to watch. i mean, he has been just, you know, shattering records and, you know, just setting this sport on fire. what do you make of his performance? >> jim, ive known nathan since he was a little kid start out in the sport. this is a story o...

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Queens park rangers, also 2—0 in that one. and it finished goal less between sheffield united and hull. and one game to tell you about in the scottish premiership — the managerless aberdeen salvaged a point with a contentious penalty to prevent stjohnstone moving off the foot of the table. 1—1 it finised there. russian figure skater who failed a drug test in december returned to theice drug test in december returned to the ice at the winter olympics gas afternoon atop the standings in the ...