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British gold winners were guilded. patrick grew up in austria, went to the university of new mexico but hes the only athlete representing, wait for it, asier bijon. >> they pay you a lot of money. >> really. have to go training. >> reporter: in the end most dont do it for the money. >> we do this because we love our sport. we do this because we love our country and the money helps us pay back bills and maybe go on a nice vacation. >> well deserved vacation. when we come back, well meet an americ...

Finally tonight, the demanding sport of biath lon has been compared to racing up the stairs and trying to threads a needle. americans have never won a medal but could that change with a four time olympian who almost called it quits. kevin caught up with him. >> reporter: theres a jack rabbit in the woods outside of lake placid. swift and steady, loyle has gold in his sights. >> do you like the winter? >> in my line of work you have to love winter. >> reporter: that line of work, biathlon. nothin...

Kilometers course to become the first american biathlete. >> world champion. >> reporter: to capture world championship gold. celebrating with wife erica and his daughter. >> i will always remember cresting that hill and erica running next to me with ophelia on her chest and yelling youre winning. youre winning. youre winning. >> reporter: when hes not competing, you can find him chilling with his family or on his wifes family cattle ranch moving hay bales. >> you ever break a sweat? >> oh, yeah...

Brutal. go full out cross country skiing only to stop, grab your rifle and hit five targets 165 feet away. all with your heart pumping around 170 beats per minute. >> its mind control. >> its the ability to block out the myriad of distractions that arise on the shooting range. >> mind over body? >> yep. >> reporter: american loyle bailey headed for home. at 36 this was his fourth olympics. that wasnt always the plan. he almost quit this 2016. >> i was planning on retiring and it was really a pho...

>> tonight a sea of mourning as funerals begin for teenagers who had their whole lives ahead of them. here in pa pyeongchang, the american ski racer back after a year of wild ups and downs. were with lindsey vonn before tonight she goes for gold. this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. good evening, and welcome on this busy friday. we start with the bombshell dropped in the mueller russia investigation. the justice department today naming names and issuing criminal indictments against...

Were back here in pyeongchang. american ski racing superstar lindsey vonn is making her long awaited return to the olympics. tonight if the weather cooperates vonn will compete in first of several events here. as nbcs mike tirico explains, the four-time olympian is dedicating her races to someone close to her heart. >> reporter: lindsey vonn has stared down formidable mountains thousands of times. >> i dont have any fear. and i always attack every course 110%. and i never give up. >> lindsey von...

In wisconsin last august. >> we have a lot of memories here. grandpa and grandma would teach me how to ski and i would chase everyone down the mountain. >> reporter: in november don kildow passed away at age 88. >> i want to win for my grandpa. thats all i want to do. >> reporter: vonn has suffered broken bones and survived a broken heart, but from the time she was first on skis at age 3 -- >> say, hi, lindsey, hello. >> reporter: -- nothing has been able to break her will to succeed. >> go on, ...

Which is called the hurricane. >> i didnt know about this. >> reporter: youre shaking your head. >> thats awesome. >> reporter: a missed hurricane is less painful in the water if only slightly. you might be looking at this and thinking, wow, that must be fun, water slide, jump into the pool. then you climb up here five stories and you look down that ramp and realize, oh, my. this is absolutely terrifying. the pair have excelled. in 2015 making history by both becoming world cup champions. >> i h...

Shiffrin. the ski racer revealed that she took a power nap between her two runs and with one of the busiest competition schedules here at the games, who could blame her? for mikaela shiffrin, the wait was worth it. after three days of wind delay, shiffrin finally got to do what she does best and nabbed her first gold of these games. >> and giant slalom gold for mikaela shiffrin in pyeongchang. >> i really fought until the finish. and so i knew it was going to be hard to beat. >> reporter: the 22...

Skiers. not just one but two. >> i got into the sport pretty much because of him. >> pretty much? >> reporter: you are almost gloating. >> look at him. >> reporter: mac and kiley mackinnon grew up together. same first grade class. both were natural athletes. kyrie mastering a bike at three. >> look at her go, daddy. >> reporter: mac flipping on the backyard trampoline. both families loved to ski. >> nice, guys. >> all right, mackie! >> reporter: before long mac started flipping on the slopes. >>...