Page 96 - Ski Boot News Today

Wo into words. >> reporter: in the mens ski halfpipe, david wise and alex ferreira one and two while in womens big air snowboarding jamie anderson soared to silver. in alpine combined, mikaela shiffrin taking silver after gold in giant slalom. >> to have two medals is just an incredible, incredible feeling. >> reporter: for lindsey vonn in likely her last olympics. >> lindsey vonn off course. >> reporter: a finish off the podium, but a place in history as one of the greats. as for that womens ho...

Run by toby dawson. >> reporter: to be an american and be an olympian was everything that i dreamt of as a child. >> with the medal came attention, dozens came forward claiming toby as their long lost son. >> my moms goal and dream for me was always to hit the highest stage in sport because she thought that would be the timing that would be reunited with my biological parents. and it didnt take very long. >> reporter: bus driver kim ja soo thought the famous american skier looked a long like the...

Dawson. my name is also kim bong so rs. >> reporter: hes now a coach for koreas ski team. korea is now home for toby and his own young son. >> im very grateful that my parents gave me up for adoption. i led an extraordinary life. to we able to travel around the world, to chase my dreams and represent the united states at olympics, its a dream come true. >> isnt that something? our thanks to lester for that story. and a reminder, you can catch all the olympic action right here at 8:00 eastern. th...

30 minutes. >> see you then. b ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs i my beautiful daughter im never going to see again. >> glor: inside the white house, angry and anguished parents and students plead with the president for action. >> 9/11 happened once, and they fixed everything. how many schools, how many children have to get shot? >> lets never let this happen again. evease. please. >> glor: conspiracy theorists target a shooting survivor. >> i am not a clinton ploy or an pltor. i am a witness to ...

America won its first gold medal in cross-country skiing. jessie diggins says she felt unstoppable as she blew past skiiers from norway and sweden in the final lap of the womens team sprint to claim victory in the more than five-mile race. teammate kikkan randall joined the celebration. what a scene. randall is the only mom on the u.s. olympic team. a california teenager was sentenced to six months in federal prison for smuggling contraband across the mexico border. the illegal item? a bengal ti...

Time at the olympics. this is your first time as a mom at the olympics. do you feel like youre going to be more calm? >> i dont think im going to be sweating the expectation quite as much. knowing this might be my last olympics also taking it all in. >> reporter: athletic talent is in her dna. both parents were elite skiers. >> she has surpassed everything i could ever imagine for her. weve been there and shes taken us on the best ride of our life. >> reporter: and theres not one, but two other ...

If you take certain medicines. xarelto® can cause serious, and in rare cases, fatal bleeding. get help right away for unexpected bleeding, unusual bruising, or tingling. if youve had spinal anesthesia, watch for back pain or any nerve or muscle-related signs or symptoms. do not take xarelto® if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures and before starting xarelto® about any conditions, such as kidney, liver, or bl...

Catie beck has our story. >> reporter: kikkan randall has spent her career blazing trails. >> we worked incredibly hard and we want to put the u.s. on the map. >> reporter: the cross country skier from alaska was the first american woman to win a world cup title in h the sport. shes also won 17 national championships. but one title has been just out of reach. not just for kikkan but for the entire u.s. womens cross country team. >> definitely that olympic medal is still -- still the one i want t...

Summer games? hes here competing in crosscountry skiing. >> i learned on roller skis. we found ways of how do we mimic being on snow without actually being on snow? >> reporter: he came in 114th out of 118 skiers. but these tropical trailblazers say theyre here to show where youre from does not limit how far you can go. ben tracy, cbs news, pyeongchang. >> glor: exactly. that is the cbs evening news tonight. im jeff glor. ffe news continues now on our 24-hour streaming news service, cbsn. theres...

Elizabeth seemed to enjoy the show, chatting with "vogue" editor anna wintour, who sported her trademark sunglasses while inside the hall. up next, back to the winter games where athletes are wanted, no experience with snow required. required. ♪ we the people... are defined by the things we share. and the ones we love. who never stop wondering what well do or where well go next. we the people who are better together than we are alone... are unstoppable. welcome to the entirely new expedition. ...