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There. >> a little more than two hours before lindsey vonn's taking to the slopes for her practice run. what are you hearing about her condition? >> she's getting better and seems to be in good spirits if her online social media postings are to be believed. the bottom line here is that more time is always better with a soft tissue injury. she has that shin bruise which is so critical to navigating and carving up snow. she should be in competition officially by wednesday. the snow right now is pretty waterlogged and they've re-arranged the schedule to make it seven events in seven days which is...

Track. >> for records. >> make the sport more extreme, set records but readers don't care so much about the insider notion of fast sliding track, they want drivers to survive, number one, and they recognize speed even if it's 80 miles an hour, that's still pretty fast. >> oh, yeah. >> sort of an unnecessary gamble in a lot of readers eyes. >> i want to get to lindsey vonn, 2:00 p.m. skiing fans like myself will wonder how she's going to take when she does a practice run. what are you hearing. >> the weather last night is still pretty bad, the snow is water logged. they've moved seven skiing ev...

Athlete there. you're seeing the accident here. but that is 21-year-old luger from the republic of georgia. what you are seeing there was his practice run. he was in the last turn of that track, that luge track, and he lost control, went flying, actually his body flew into a metal pole and they were not able to revive him. the international olympic it in xh committee says the luge track will reopen later today, saying no deficiencies were found with that track. the games have begun and the world is watching at the vancouver olympics get under way. our josh levs watching, as well, because all...

The more they will suffer. even as president obama has plans to close gitmo it's reported that many will be held indefinitely, considering the war in raging in yemen. >> a tragic start to the olympics games. they are making changes on the luge tracks following the death of a luger. he was killed in an accident just hours before the games opened. he crashed during a practice run at one of the fastest points of the track when he lost control of his sled. we're not going to show you the video, because it's so graphic. there is the sled afterwards. olympic officials say the track is not to blame b...

Before that starts, they will have a practice run. another concern about this track is because it is the fastest in the world, some of these sliders, you know, the young man, nodar kumaritashvili, who was killed, is only 21, don't have the kind of experience to be on a track this fast. they will get in additional training runs this morning before the opening of competition. alex. >> chris, looking at that video is horrific. i literally put my hands in front of my face, so painful to watch. despite this tragedy, the athletes were able to come together and celebrate the opening ceremony last nig...