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We are also learning more about officer swasey's passion for his skating. before becoming a police officer, swasey was a champion ice dancer and he was skating partners with a former u.s. national champion nancy kerrigan. the two were childhood friends growing up in massachusetts and kerrigan says she is heartbroken by his death and said "he was like a little brother." >> a true friend, just very loyal and loving, caring person. good listener. he was sort of passionate about everything. everything was done with great big giant smile and he had fun in life. so sad, he's got two young kids that ...

Stephanie elam for us in colorado springs, thanks so much. before becoming a six-year campus police veteran, one of officers swasey's first love was ice skating. he was skating partners with former u.s. national champion nancy kerrigan and the two were childhood friends growing up in massachusetts and she says she is just heart broken by his death saying he was like a little brother to her. >> a true friend. just very loyal, and loving, caring person. good listener. he was sort of passionate about everything. everything was done with great big giant smile and he had fun in life. so sad. he h...

>> nbc's brian shactman. we have to do this again. this was fun. >> it is fun. i will tell you one thing, women's bobsledding, we are talking about it. the fact that it is compelling event means bringing the track stars in as a -- is a eli good idea because it is bringing so much attention to a sport we would previously ignore. >> good point. brian, talk to you soon. thanks. an olympic ice dancing duo more than just teammates in addition to being skating partners, team saumt's -- team u.s.'s alex and maia shibutani. >> meeting other members of teechlt usa has been so exciting for us. >> you ...

Andrew weibrecht won bronze in the super-g, but much like the women's downhill on wednesday, there were jaw-dropping crashes for the men, including this one involving a swedish skier who suffered a mild concussion. in the women's skeleton friday, american mom pikus-pace finished hard for a win. late friday night, american hopefuls to the ice for the ice dancing competition. that's the pair to watch. belbin and agosto. best friends and skating partners for 12 years. >> thank you very much. we've got plenty of olympics programming for you on msnbc. sunday, team usa takes on canada in men's hocke...