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At the coastal olympic park, spectators were told to stay inside. some areas of the park evacuated. injuries are also making headlines. in halfpipe, a terrible crash for jap japans tasuka but the 16-year-olds injuries are not serious. two team usa athletes including skier tommy gee gesmyer wont compete at training crashes. >> that rips your heart out. >> reporter: heartbreak after years of hard work. they may have missed their shot at a medal but theyre still olympians and that is no small feat....

Stay ahead of ibs-d with viberzi. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> glor: america has struck olympic gold on the mountain, thanks to a pair of 17-year-old snowboarders. red gerard, of silverthorne, colorado, was born in june of 2000. californias chloe kim is just two months older. ben tracy in pyeongchang has her remarkable story. >> chloe kim reigns supreme in south korea! oa reporter: chloe kim soared above the field, twisting and turning her way to a gold medal in her olympic debut. she even managed to twee...

>> reporter: shaun whites gravity-defying performances on the halfpipe -- >> and there it is! >> reporter: -- injected new energy and new attitude into the modern olympics. 12 years after he rose to new heights in torino, the snowboarding prodigy once known as the flying tomato is a little more grounded. as you get older, sometimes you become more conscious of your mortality and things like being hurt. >> yeah, yeah. >> you do a very dangerous sport. do you look at it differently now with maturi...

To, quote, redo and send back in proper form. congressman adam schiff is expected to meet with fbi officials soon, but its unclear tonight whether that will be enough to release that memo. david? >> pierre, thank you. next, to the winter games in south korea, team usa striking its first gold, making history, breaking records. and raising some questions -- why did one american skater turn in a nearly perfect performance, scoring lower than the other skaters who fell? abcs matt gutman is in pyeo...

What do you do now? >> ah -- >> reporter: besides graduate high school, as you said. >> yeah, thats first. >> reporter: snowboarder jamie anderson grabbing gold, defending her olympic title. the 27-year-old from california achieving that feat for the first time ever amid wind so fierce, some events had to be canceled. american chris mazdzers making history, also. hed been in a years long slump coming into the games, barely breaking the top 20. for him, it was rock bottom. >> its a breakthrough i...

Dreams. now its chloes turn to chase her olympic dream in korea. >> i can represent my familys country and like the u.s. as well and i dont think a lot of people get to do that. so im excited for that opportunity. >> reporter: if chloe can win gold in korea, well, it just doesnt get any better than that. for nbc news, orange county, california. and looking forward to seeing her perform. quick check of the medal count. you can see, team usa creeping up. now four medals including two of them g...

Always too short. >> reporter: and chloes dad new long ago he had a little daredevil on his hands. when he wanted to learn to snowboard he knew exactly who to bring along. >> good job, chloe. good job. >> my dad definitely dragged me out there. heres a snowboard. do it. you know? >> reporter: how quickly did chloe get better than you? >> right away. she was 5, she already better than me. >> he was still falling off the chair lift and i was cruising by him. >> reporter: they learned the sport tog...

>> morgan: roxana saberi in london, thank you. team u.s.a. got on the medal board this weekend at the winter olympics in south korea. a teenager became the youngest american to win an olympic snowboarding event, and a luger became the first american to win a medal at the winter games. ben tracy is there. >> red gerard now. ep reporter: hes just 17 years old and five feet five inches tall, but red gerard of silverthorne, colorado had a big olympic debut. t. nailed his final run on the slopestyle ...

The invitation to the south extended by kim jong-uns sister. and during those opening ceremonies laden with messages of peace, from giant dove shapes to john lennons "imagine." ♪ and the world will live as one ♪ >> reporter: she sat, barely an arms length away from vice president mike pence. but not a single word exchanged. another perceived american jab at the korean peace overtures, the vice president, special guest at the olympics, the father of otto warm beewarmbier young american who di...

Of high winds, lester. >> crash or gold. quote of the day. >> reporter: thats right. >> thank very much, kate. we got a taste of it in the opening ceremony, some of south koreas innovative technology on display here in pyeongchang. theres virtual reality, next generation cell phone capability, and a lot of robots as our miguel almaguer previews what may be in store for the rest of us. >> reporter: the moment an olympic torch carrying robot, symbolic for south korea, innovation walking the coun...