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Tumbles again and down to the worst olympic showing ever. >> coy wire has the latest from pyeongchang. good morning. >> good morning, christine and alex. alex, you said it. disappointed in u.s. figure skating history. women finishing 9th, 10th and 11th. since 1992, a woman had not finishing lower than sixth. bradie tennell. she had not fallen and season and failed to execute on two ju jumps. and mirai nagasu looked absolutely unseasoned. karen chen could not put together a clean skate. it was 15...

Starting with the latest from the olympics, team usa led by john schuster is now poised for a medal after upsetting canada yesterday. it looks like usa has a chance to claim the gold. they will square off this morning against sweden. despite the loss, our neighbors to the north had a good day. they claimed six medals overall, including figure skater kaitlin osland. meanwhile, the three u.s. skaters in the same competition, they did not reach the podium. we knew that was going to happen after a...

Prevent herself from falling. and on thursday, a 15-year-old representing the olympic athletes from russia leading the way. she set a world record for her was with, dazzling the crowd in the short program, outstanding. medal count this morning -- norway has 30 medals overall. germanys in second with 23. canada in third with 20. netherlands have 14. and the u.s. tied with france for fifth place, 13 medals overall. christine, alex, one more note on vonn -- she does still have one more shot at a ...

World record in the short program. medal count for -- norway way out in front with it 1. germany in second -- with 31. germany in second with 23. canada in third with 20. this just in, the u.s. tied for fourth with netherlands, 14th medal. finally good news for the u.s. a first-ever gold medal in womens cross-country skiing. congrats to the winners of the team sprint event. there you go. good news for team usa. >> all right. moving up the count. thank you very much. nice to see you, coy wire. ...

Grandfather. and i wanted to win so much because of him. but i still think i made him proud. and our family never gives up. and i never gave up. i kept working hard, and i am proud of this medal, and i know he is, too. >> reporter: she should be proud. at 33 years old, vonn became the oldest woman ever to medal in olympic alpine skiing. what in the world happened to american women figure skaters? a spill face on the ice in the short program. the three americans sitting at 9th, 10th, and 11th, ...

Americans that were there at the downhill event when she crossed the line and saw the time. they knew how badly she wanted this. downhill, perhaps her best chance at gold. she already missed out on a medal in the super g. she cried afterwards because she was talking about how she wanted to win this so badly for her grandfather who fought here in the korean war, not far from pyeongchang. he pass the a few months ago. she was hoping hed be here. a bronze medal at the olympics, not bad. at 33 years...

W450i8 being the oldest at 33 years old. she said i wish i could keep going adding my body just probably cant take another four years. >> 33 years old. thats ancient. thats 21 years younger than me. in ice hockey the u.s.a. mens hockey team has been eliminated by the czech republic. they move onto face norway. moving onto womens short program too russian skaters stole the show setting world records

Lead after the short program. tomorrow promises to be something special. back to you. >> very cool. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. all right. so back here in the united states, before the school shooting in south florida, rapper drake decided to do something nice for the people of miami. it was all captured in the music video for his song "gods plan." ♪ gods plan, gods plan ♪ i cant do this on my own, hey ♪ >> instead of using nearly $1 million to produce the music video, drake say...

Course head on the deck and has won the world snowboard gold twice but after her final run down the course she found herself winning gold one one. up a second ahead of defending champion and a bite of austria american skiing icon lindsey vonn seemed in line to challenge until a massive air at the bottom left her tied for six place. japans using rouhani who has become the first mens figure skater to defend his olympic singles title and sixty six years on news record setting short program raising ...

Grabs. and two of the most thrilling came at almost exactly the same time. yuzuru hanyu in the ice arena and ledecky in the alpine skiing. yuzuru hanyu put in a record breaking performance. and there were big questions whether his fitness could hold out. and in the end, he did just about enough, a majestic performance that had his fans in tears. and when he finished his routine, stuffed winnie-the-pooh bears rained down from the crowd. hanyu is it a huge fan of the bear and uses it as a lucky ma...