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Won gold after producing a dominant display in the showjumping finale at tokyo equestrian park. display in the showjumping finale the trio of oliver townend, display in the showjumping finale laura collett and tom mcewen led by 17.9 penalties following their outstanding cross—country rounds yesterday. its nearly 50 years since team gb won gold in an olympic three—day eventing. 1972, at the munich games. so, its been a long time coming and our team went over there with huge help. we feel they...

Hypoglycemia. in other words, your blood sodium levels drops to be very dangerous, it could cause cardiac areas mia, brain swelling, other injuries. >> nbc news senior medical correspondent dr. jon torres, says another risk effective running this marathon is muscle fat, even breakdown. something kostelnick says he has experienced before. >> i had a year where i could not even finish the base, because my legs were cramping up so bad i could not even, you know, walk. >> kostelnick says he fights t...

Tomorrow to give a true tribute to neil armstrong. >> you can never forget that moment. >> charles zuk, he was on the support crew for the apollo 11 mission, and got to be the 10th man to walk on the moon in the apollo 15 mission in 1972. duke, good to have you with us. 45 years ago, neil armstrong, houston tranquility base here, the eagle has landed. and it was you that responded, roger tranquility, we copy you on the ground. you got a bunch of guys about to turn blue, were breathing again. do ...

The headphones. >> mary, were talking about day 38, though. it seems like that sounds simple maybe when you have a couple of weeks or a couple of days and now youre talking day 38. is there going to be a concern or worry that you have to find more personnel to swap out, to change these schedules? >> well, i think that is true and there are also some hints about what is coming next when united states sent in and agreed to provide a logistic ship, the "cesar chavez" and thats kind of a big gas sta...

Five years. we want to do continue to help the families of our friends still serving. >> youre going to be riding 450 miles a day. i know youve done a lot of riding before, but you know youll hit a wall. do you have a support crew, but when you hit that wall, how important is your training and experience as a marine going to be? >> we certainly trained a lot and it will fall right into fold for us. weve all hit walls before, certainly our military careers. well lean on each other. well need to o...

That sank her hopes of making the same journey twice last year. >> i was ready to do this. i am standing in front of you after a pretty grueling set of hours out there. nothing was easy. i feel fine. >> reporter: this time, nyad faced even more treacherous waters, sharks encircling part of the day. hours before that the sky exploded over her, her support crew of 63 saying "all hell broke loose." the squall dumped so much rain it sent nyad back six hours. her straight line to florida at one point...

keep us posted throughout the afternoon. the battle for election delegates kicking into high gear today in the state of maine. republican voters have been kaw cu -- caucusing there for weeks and tonight we find out the winner. lets go to shannon travis where mitt romney and ron paul are campaigning today. so whats the feeling as to how these caucuses just might turn out? >> yeah, i mean the feeling about how they might turn out, ron paul seems to have a bit of an edge there. you reme...

Nyad suffered the same issues that sank her hopes of making the same journey twice last year. >> i was ready to do this. i am standing in front of you after a pretty grueling set of hours out there. nothing was easy. i feel fine. >> reporter: this time, nyad faced even more treacherous waters, sharks encircling part of the day. hours before that the sky exploded over her, her support crew of 63 saying "all hell broke loose." the squall dumped so much rain it sent nyad back six hours. her straigh...

>> for the condition hes in, hes doing -- hes doing okay. i mean, personally hes a very strong individual. he know hes doing much better than i or anyone i know would do mentally. you know, it is taking its toll as it would with anybody, and we just keep, you know, trying to make sure he has food and water and encouraging letters and that he can read to, you know, let him know how much hes loved back home and how everyone knows hes innocent. >> are you concerned about his health? the prison wher...