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As we take a look at the olympic flame in vancouver, let's get to the top stories coming out of there. the rivalry is heating up between evan lysacek and evgeni plushenko. during an interview, he said a quadruple jump is necessary to be a tru men's champion. lysacek said it's not right for the russian to discredit the field. shani davis is going for another gold. he and chad hedrick will return today. and apolo ohno's looking to become the most decorated winter u.s. olympic athlete after tieing bonnie blair. he'll compete in the short track live in prime time tonight. and the usa women's hoc...

So bad up there. we've had a lot of fog over the last day or so, but it looks a little better. the combination of snow and precipitation has made them push back the men's downhill competition so bode miller's return is going to have to wait, and then you have, of course, the men's speed track 5000 meters and 1500 meters and we're all waiting to see what happens with apolo anton ohno skating for olympic immortality, he'd like to day bonnie blair's record for the most winter medals ever in the winter olympics and chad hedrick and shani davis take together ice tonight as well in the 5000. alex? >...

Some changes after the georgian athlete was killed during a practice run yesterday and several star athletes from the u.s. are scheduled to compete and among them apolo ohno kits the rink for the 1500 meter short strak atrack and shani da chad hedrick will compete in the 500 later today. michele franzen what are you hearing following the tragic death of the georgian athlete and changes forthcoming? >> reporter: certainly some changes but the international luge federation ruled that crash was accidental, that there didn't seem to be a defect with the track itself, with the ice itself. the olymp...

Apolo ohno competes in the men's 1500 meter short track. that takes place at 5:00, the semifinals an hour after that and finals after that. shani davis and chad hedrick will compete at the men's 5000 meter today. bright red mittens are not just any hand warmers, we'll give you details in a live report coming up next. but the politics of terror now, this week big questions about how the 9/11 terror trial will be prosecuted at one point the obama administration said it would be in civilian court, now it looks like it may be a military affair, and republicans are threatening a vote in the sen...

Killed during a practice run yesterday. several star athletes from the u.s. scheduled to compete today, apolo ohno for the men's 1500 meter short track. shoni davis and chad hedrick also today. which athletes are the ones to watch? joining me pablo torres for "sports illustrated." >> why do american athletes shine? >> the more key ones, speed skating, alpine skiing. >> uh-huh. >> the last one is snowboarding, the more recent edition but shaun white is fantastic in those. america in the top three middle count behind canada and germany. germany first, canada second and the u.s. in third, 27 me...