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College players, but the olympics has always been an obsession. >> like, mom, mom, how are they going to find me? like, who is going to find you? well, how are they going to find me for the olympics? >> reporter: after coming achingly close for sochi, she focused all the energy on pyeongchang. marissa was finishing school, planning a wedding, leaving hockey behind, but out of the blue, she got a call to try out for south koreas hockey team. >> i dont speak the language or no anyone there, so whe...

President moon. moon expressed his willingness to go under the right conditions. pences tough talks overshadowed by the historic images of the two koreas here competing as north korean fans waved their flags. at the unified korean hockey game, kim was in the stands. this north korean athlete says it was the greatest honor for me. the team lost to switzerland but their unity a golden moment. >> he wins gold. >> reporter: the host country topping the podium in the mens 1500 meter short track. as f...

The other coaches are like, phew, glad i didnt have to be the one to do that. >> slalom is mikaelas specialty. >> shes an absolute control to the finish. >> she took home gold in the event in the sochi olympics, the youngest winner ever. >> everybody asked me where my medal is. and everybody always guesses that its in my sock drawer. but its not. its in my sports bra drawer. >> shes refreshingly lindsey vonn, by comparison, had just seven at mikaelas age. >> theres more goals to be set. ♪ walk...

Ten more children have died in this flu epidemic, getting worse. tonight tips for stopping the spread to your kids. and the american golden girl from sochi. looking to dominate again. >> yes, im ready! want to go, want to go now. >> mikaela shiffrin on the secrets to olympic glory. this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. good evening from pyeongchang, south korea, where the olympic flame burns brightly as we head into the first weekend of competition of the 2018 winter games. the spec...

Congress passed it in the wee hours of the morning. the bill is set to balloon the deficit over a trillion dollars. another wild day on wall street. volatile swings ending with a late rally just before the closing bell. the dow finished up 330 points, though even with todays gains, the market has still posted the worst week in about two years. we turn our attention once again here to pyeongchang and one of the brightest stars of team usa. shes already an olympic gold medalist. she took care ...

Training to the starting gate. >> i take myself to a completely other place than this race. and then, once i feel like ive completely cleared my head, then i let myself come back to it. and then theyre like, ready, go. then im like, yes, im ready! let me go. let me go now. >> she grew up in colorado on skis at age 2. >> mikaelas doing her post olympics ice skating performance. >> there you go! >> by 16, mikaela was ready for the world cup circuit. her mom, eileen, put her nursing career on hold ...

Mikaela is always looking for ways to improve, including learning german, spoken in so many of the countries where she competes. at home she shows off her unicycle talents, a skill she learned as a child to help her balance and become a better athlete. now, shes a medal threat in four events and ready to spin her goals into gold. mikaela could actually compete in as many as six events here in pyeongchang. and shell be the flash going down one of these mountains around us. still ahead, deadly e...

18-year-old phenom struggled with his signature jumps. >> i think it was a little bit in my head and just let that get the best of me in the program. >> reporter: chen will have another shot next week. skier lindsey vonn with dog lucy at her side has waited eight years to come back to the olympics, after an injury kept her out of the sochi games. this time she brings the memory of her grandfather who served in the korean war and died just last year. >> i know that hes going to help me, and im go...

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