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First ever gold. >> does it shine a little brighter when its this historic? >> its so surreal. we all keep waiting to wake up. >> reporter: the moment of the match right here. all those yellow stones in the middle, five huge points. >> its like having like a four touch down lead. >> reporter: john is the skipper. four time olympian who was sidelined after a disappointing performance in sochi in 2014. >> everybody has a choice to write their story and my choice to write my story started four year...

Paralympic games. >> whats your physical condition? >> i look pretty norm normal. i have two arms, two legs. i have an amputation in my pelvis where they took out bones. i suffer from this disease that swells my leg. i have limited control of some muscles in there. >> what do we need to know about? >> everybody with a disability has a different struggle and we all support that. yes we want to be there to compete and beat each other. at the end of the day i think our community has more grateful a...

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Grabbing silver. norway won 38 medals. topping the u.s.s haul of 37 in vancouver. for the u.s. its the quality of wins, not the quantity. who would have guessed curling would have been one of the most exciting of them all? team usa has a couple more chances for medals in the bobsled and cross country. they are long shots in both. as we have seen the last couple of weeks theres also room for more surprises. >> yep. love curling. thanks so much. one more note. what may be the most impressive displ...

>> reporter: those high-flying thrills can sometimes lead to hard landings. in pyeongchang a week and a half of competition has shown winter sports can be painfully unpredictable. >> and down goes vaneer. >> we do triple back flips in the air. its scary and dangerous, with ybut its also something we practice for. >> reporter: a feat thats landed her a world championship, although its come at a high cost. >> i thought i was the strongest kid out there, you know? that i couldnt get injured. >> rep...

Gold medal drought and a heart stopper that went into overtime and a shoot-out. nbcs miguel almaguer with the story. >> reporter: 60 minutes of regulation -- >> she scores. >> reporter: -- just wasnt enough. >> 2-1 canada. >> reporter: this rematch of rivals. >> she scores! >> reporter: -- was still tied at the end of overtime. so it went to a nail-biting shoot-out. >> scores, scores, kessel scores. >> reporter: came down to one last dazzling goal. >> thats electrifying. as good as youll see any...

As lester holt tells us now, how he got here is a remarkable journey of discovery. >> reporter: he was just a little boy when he was lost and ended up in a korean orphanage in 1981. a year later he was adopted by mike and debby dawson, ski instructors from vail. they named the boy toby. >> this is one of my favorites. this is what toby came in when he got off the plane from korea. >> by age 4, toebs was on skis. he was a natural earning the nickname awesome dawson. >> everyone would egg me on. g...

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...

Now i have less diabetic nerve pain. and i love grooming the next generation. ask your doctor about lyrica. here in pyeongchang, weve seen more than a dozen athletes get injured while going for gold. as the tricks have gotten bigger, experts say so have the risks. gadi schwartz has our report. >> oh, no.

Slopestyle and cross. >> its one of the big challenges. what you did yesterday will not be enough to win tomorrow. >> reporter: troy taylor is a scientist with the ski and snowboard association. is 20% an acceptable rate? >> i think the only acceptable level is as small as possible. we certainly work extremely hard to really understand how do those injuries happen. >> reporter: this is what its like to be an olympic skier, huh? taylors team is using virtual reality to determine when athletes are...