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We were warned the facilities had issues. matt, start us off with those victories tonight. >> reporter: with that first goal from arguably americas highest flying athlete, u.s. is off to a soaring start. one up. one down. daredevil sage kotsenburg flying high above these jumps as the wright brothers first flight was long. >> its definitely a big boy course. it separated the men from the boys for sure. >> reporter: those jumps so big, the officials had to shave them down last week. and in moguls....

>> reporter: the 20-year-old from park city, utah won it with one trick he had never tried before. the 1620 is a helicopter twirl which involves spinning four and a half times. hannah kearney, a 27-year-old from norwich vermont, grabbed the bronze in the womens moguls. she won gold at the 2010 winter games. americans are in fourth place in the medal count after the first day of competition. but in a games mired with controversy, even before they began, the choice of russian figure skater irina r...

>> reporter: when the difference between first, second and third can be just a hundredth of a second, the u.s. olympians hope their investment in technology will place them at the top of the podium. if you want to hit top speed, who better to ask than the people who make fighter jets. the u.s. speed skating team has partnered with lockheed martin and under armor to design the mach 39. a suit more aerodynamic than anything seen in the sport before. in order to fly farther, u.s. ski jumpers practi...

>> it was really cool standing at the top today. it felt like the olympics for sure. >> reporter: but thursday, just seconds into her moguls warmup, a terrible crash. as she was carried off the mountain, she says she knew the games were over for her before they began. and with the innocence of that young girl who wanted to represent her country for so long, she asked her parents, am i still an olympian? did you think you were not? >> i dont know. i just didnt know for sure. i felt like i had to ...

Downhill course proved to be amazing. the final jump including the american laurenne ross so high, officials stopped the practice to make changes. >> it was incredibly dangerous but probably a good decision to shave it down a little bit. >> reporter: as for karly shorr, her face held the story, a good first run until a fall on the last jump. the second run? success. and one more note from the mountain. five-time olympic medal bode miller posted the famous training run in the mens downhill today....

But she has more self-belief maybe than any teen around here. teen sensation mikaela shiffrin is just 18 too. one of the youngest champions in alpine skiing ever. >> she is the bomb in alpine skiing. >> bode miller is a bad boy veteran. >> he could either blow himself up or win the whole thing. >> reporter: want an epic rivalry? look no further than womens hockey. >> i think were ready to go, were more motivated than ever. >> reporter: and this team really does not like the canadians, at least o...

>> reporter: again, the information they have, has recently come in. it was specific only to toothpaste tubes, as for as we know. again, theyre taking it seriously. but they dont have more specifics than that at this point. >> so, at this moment, taking it seriously. i know you will be following up throughout the night. thank you, pierre. we have another note of a different kind from sochi tonight. the face of team usa, snowboarding superstar, shaun white, has pulled out of tomorrows big event...

Still being asked tonight, is sochi ready? to waving flags and cheers, the olympic torch arrived in sochi today and america named its flag bearing. the only six-time winter olympian, nordic skier todd lodwick. a lot of excitement, but drama too. one of the biggest stars of the game, snowboarder shaun white dropped out of the new slope style event. he hinted at it in a morning news conference, wanting to focus on his other event instead. >> its tough juggling both events. its not easy. its someth...

>> reporter: today, a confident vladimir putin, touring sochi. even petting a snow leopard, which later growled. but did his tour include this? seven years after winning the games, sochi is scrambling. stores, hotels. >> did not have rooms ready. they have dozens of rooms not ready for journalists or whoever. its just absolutely an embarrassment. >> reporter: key roads, still need to be fixed. crews say theyve been ordered to work around the clock. one thing they say theyre allowed to take a bre...

Doing to your body. and later, two brothers show bob costas what the olympic spirit we talk about is really all about.