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Not happened amid reports of a russian athlete testing positive for drugs. the u.s. finished second behind the russians in that event. for now, olympic officials have only said the delay is due to legal issues. norah. >> o'donnell: ah, some drama brewing. all right, jamie yuccas, thank you. still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news," how a space storm doomed dozens of internet satellites. and what caused this major flood on a perfectly sunny day in philadelphia. otezla. it's a choice you can make. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% cl...

Positive test shows, a 15-year-old athlete testing positive for a potentially harmful prohibited substance, unquote. and she's one of the youngest olympians ever to test positive for a banned substance. back to you. >> yeah, really unusual story. thank you so much for that. let's go to patrick snell now, and patrick, after a slow start team usa starting to pileup the gold medals. >> and great story lines as well around team usa. in particular i'm thinking of a snow board star lindsey jacobellis. remember it was 16 years ago in late 2006 and she was in the lead and she fell ending up with silve...

Tuesday. she, of course, is a figure skating sensation. she has been this breakout star at the beijing olympic games. and she managed to do that incredible accomplishment that we saw on monday. becoming the first woman to land those quadruple jumps during the olympic competition. and she's only 15 years old. and yet, the world is also witnessing in realtime her olympic dream turning into this olympic nightmare. and that has prompted athletes and organizations around the world to jump in and chime in not at her, but russia and its enablers. this from the global athlete movement, they write this...

You know, an athlete testing positive. in this case, she was able to continue to compete, even after the hearing because they made the discovery or it was learned once she was already there. and then you've heard the ongoing conversations involving sha'carri richardson and testing positive with marijuana use. wasn't able to compete at all. what is it going to take for whether it's the ioc, u.s. olympic team, what is it going to take for everyone to be on the same accord and all athletes being treated the same? >> i don't know that we'll ever get to everyone being on the same accord and athlete...

American athlete testing positive for covid. what are you learning about that? >> reporter: kate, this is heartbreaking. taylor crabb adds to the growing list of athletes testing positive for covid-19. these athletes, they spent their lifetime preparing for this moment. this is their one shot. for taylor crabb and others, they're testing positive after they already get to tokyo. so they had to go through all these hoops, all these pro protocols, only to have all their dreams derailed because of the positive covid-19 test. another person who is now out of these games is dutch skateboarder, and ...