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About the whole night. >> evgeni plushenko had to settle for a silver despite landing a flawless quadruple jump. lindsay vonn was back on the slopes yesterday but didn't have the run she had hoped for. >> sliding down on one ski. >> she did not finish the second part of the super combined. but julia mancuso finished strong and won her second silver medal in as many days. we've got more olympics hockey action for you right here on msnbc today, the men from sweden will take on belarus. coverage begins at 3:00 p.m. eastern time followed by our live coverage. and on sunday, watch american men's ho...

He's somebody who has had tremendous problems in international competition. nailed it last night, came in sixth. could try a quad in the final thursday night. what we're going to watch for, andrea, is the scoring. the quad is a tremendous controversy here. the leader, you have evgeni plushenko named a triple, but he doesn't have a lot between the skating. the question is, what will the judges be looking for thursday night. who will try and land the quad. right now the top three skaters are separated by less than a point. this is going to be fantastic. >> chris, what's with the trash talking fr...

Do you think it will come down to who completes the quad? >> no, the overall package, whether the quad and everything else for plushenko or that means evan putting together a great program without a quad but having the intricacy in between and the great spins and fire and everything else to overtake plushenko. >> let me ask you to look ahead. women's competition the premier event. who are the ones to watch? >> kim, leaps and bounds ahead of the competition in technical strength and her scores have reflected that. but the canadian is a wonderful skater. really, really takes the time to create a...

Steps to connect the program and has the passion so you're interested in watching him. you know, ultimately, a quad is worth a set amount of points. if you do it and do it well, like plushenko does, it gives him edge over the competition. >> he's so consistent with it. >> he's wonderful with the quad. he does it well, in combination. if he can gather enough with that, does two in a long program, it's tough to beat that lead. >> this could be one of the most incredible competitions in the history of the men's olympic. johnny weir who has had trouble in international competitions skated beautifu...

You could feel it coming out at the end of the program through his footwork and spins. really brought the crowd to its feet. so happy for him. just spent a little bit of time with him before he came up to the games. he was so excited, in a good place. he said, you know, i know i'm doing everything i can every day and i have no regrets. >> it's touched off this controversy, to quad or not to quad. he does not pull a quad. evgeni plushenko coming back after several years pulled a double triple. there was controversy about what's between. there's controversy about the quad in terms of difficulty....