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Nathan chen may have given the americans their best shot at gold yet. after a disappointing performance at the 2018 olympics, the three-time world champion registered a world-record score in the mens short program. >> its not 2018 anymore. >> i cant imagine being him and having to wait this long to fix what you-- what you messed up four years ago. >> reporter: emily giambalvo covers figure skating for of "the washington post." >> theres still the free skate left, but it just felt like, okay, thi...

Whether she is still a u.s. citizen. china does not allow dual citizenship. >> i definitely feel as though i am just as american as i am chinese. ive been very outspoken about my gratitude to both the u.s. and china for making me the person who i am. my mission is to use sport as a force for unity. im not trying to keep anyone happy. im an 18-year-old girl living my best life. >> reporter: tonight, team usas medal count rising with ryan cochran-siegles silver in the super g, 50 years after his m...

Its unclear whether players will try to use p.e.d.s in this period before a new agreement is in place. now, to the winter olympic action in beijing where team usa has a fourth silver medal. ryan cochran-siegle, within 0.04 of the gold medal. it is a family legacy that began with his mothers slalom gold 50 years ago at the 1972 games in sapporo japan. figure skater nathan chen is work on the first u.s. gold of the games halfway there after sit setting world record this morning in the mens short...

This morning, the 15-year-old russian skater who tested positive for a banned substance is poised to take gold in another event. kamila valiyeva leads in the short program. it was discovered she tested positive for a banned heart drug several weeks before the olympics. she now blames that failed drug test on a mix-up with her grandfathers medication. she was cleared to skate just yesterday. valiyeva entered the competition a favorite to win gold. the ioc said if valiyeva medals in a competition,...

A second gold medal in beijing. now, kamila valiyeva and her fellow russian skaters can also aim for the first podium sweep of the womens figure skating in olympic history. the event starts the short program tomorrow and concludes thursday with the free skate. now its time for the weather and bill karins, usually when the super bowl ends, we start thinking about baseball and spring training and with the lockout, who knows when we will get that. it is potentially a bleak moment on the sports la...

The ripple effect was damaging that there will be no medal ceremony for anybody if she winds up in the top three. the court of arbitration for the sport allowed her to compete in yesterdays short program despite objections from a string of organizations as well as former fabric figure skaters. >> that was the hardest event i ever had -- to and i want to thank you all for supporting the skaters that should be in this competition. whose life work is on the. line >> especially because there arent m...

Champion in figure skating, finished 11th in the womens short program, so shes ten places below valiyeva. but my goodness, what a class act. i asked in my column, who actually won this competition? because what happened is mariah bell spoke he eloquently about r play, about clean sport, about calling or texting her doctor to say, hey, i had a tylenol pm, is that okay? in other words, the diligence, the honor, the integrity of someone like mariah bell, compare that to what russia is doing. so eve...

Hockey team recorded a win over finland, but lost his star forward to an injury during the game. she will have to sit out the remainder of this olympics. beijing is 13 hours ahead of us here in the eastern time zone, so events on live tonight or actually taking place tomorrow morning in china. and one gold medal favorite worth watching his team usas 22-year-old figure skater nathan chan, hes retiring to the ice after disappointing appearance in the 2018 winter games. since then, hes been prepari...

The outcome of the matter. >> the unfortunate part is shes a remarkable figure skater, a lot of questions asked whether she knew she was given this banned substance. a lot nmore reporting to be don this but good news out of beijing for team usa, right, we added two more gold medals to the tally of the games including u.s. figure skater nathan chen. >> reporter: yeah, weve been talking about when going to show up, nathan chen the most dominant figure skater the last several years but the collisio...

For team u.s.a. three-time defending world champ landed five quadruples in an action packed long program performance. he won by more than 22 points. the new world record was set in the short program. nathan chen, student at yale now officially can say that he is -- has won his first ever individual olympic medal. japan finished two, three, four. chen talked about his remarkable journey after the big win. >> truly i never imagined i would make it this far and going to two olympics and having the ...