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the latest restrictions. plus, queen elizabeth celebrates a major milestone. how she is commemorating her platinum johannesbuubilee and h for the monarchy. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with rosemary church. >> and thanks for joining us. well, the latest diplomatic push to ease tensions between russia and ukraine will begin to play out in moscow in the next hour. that's when french president emanuel macron is set to meet with his russian counter part vladimir putin. later u.s. president joe biden will hold talks with german chancellor olaf scholes at the white house. multiple u.s. officials say russia has mustered about 70% of the troops and equipment it needs for a full-scale invasion. new satellite images show russian deployments in belarus.

they show russian camps hundreds of kilometers away from planned joint exercises and close to the ukrainian border. meanwhile, the eighth u.s. shipment of military aid arrived in ukraine on sunday, but ukraine is downplaying the threat. the foreign minister urged people not to believe in what he called apocalyptic predictions. well, cnn correspondents are tracking the developments. melissa bell is in kyiv, but first let's turn to nic robertson who joins us live from moscow, so, nic, as these diplomatic efforts move into overdrive, the french president is poised to meet with president putin in moscow next hour in an effort to find an off-ramp. what is achievable during these talks? >> reporter: not a lot. the officer-involved shooting of president macron says the kremlin describes him as a quality inter-locutor. there is so much heavy

diplomatic lifting to be done here it is unlikely to be done in a day in a single meeting. president macron has had three phone calls quite recently with president putin. one of them was quite lengthy, for a couple of hours. it does seem that there is some traction in their conversation. president macron has spoken over the past few days with president biden twice, the second time yesterday. he's spoken with the polish president, boris johnson, the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. nato secretary-general stolenberg. he promises to keep his nato allies informed and up to date. that's been the thrust of the conversations about the importance of unity. but what he's trying to achieve here today with president putin will be to try to get him to de-escalate the tensions around ukraine. now, the satellite evidence seems to point to the fact that president putin isn't inclined

to do that, and potentially even moving forces into what's considered a more threatening position. but that will be one of president macron's aims. he obviously wants to try to de-escalate the situation, but it doesn't appear as if there is very much he can put on the table to attempt president putin to do that. what president putin wants in terms of nato, he's been told that that's a no-go. president putin for his part will be looking to put pressure on president macron to use his voice, president macron, the french voice, inside the normandy 4 talks inside the minsk agreements to talk to the pro-russian separatist in the east of the country in don bass. that will be a heavy lift, too. so it's a very, very long path he's embarking on. it appears the time potentially is quite short because of the

maneuver of russian forces around ukraine at the moment. >> yeah, the world is holding its breath right now. we'll wait to see what comes of this. and, melissa, the french president also heading to ukraine tuesday, but kyiv is desperately playing down this threat. what is the latest on all of this? >> reporter: that's right. this is something ukrainian officials have been on pins to explain on and off the record, not signalling a different assessment with the united states, but a different understanding of approach and context that, of course, is better appreciated here. they believe that the threats from russia is something they've grown used to. troop movement across the border have been long-standing and haven't changed an awful lot since the spring of last year, apart from the latest movements in belarus. that's what's got everyone worried the last few days, specifically over the weekend, rosemary. it is the troop movements that we've seen both on social media showing substantial equipment

being moved towards those southern towns in belarus. now, there are joint military exercises that are underway in the country and it will continue. a second phase is due to begin later this week. the united states and nato believe that some 30,000 russian troops could be on their way to the country overall, but it is those last two days of troop movements, movements very far to the south that have particularly worried, not just washington, but the rest of the world, watching the troop movements that have taken both troops and weaponry very far south. sometimes as close as 15 kilometers just north of the ukrainian border. of course, that is a concern because the latest american intelligence assessment, rosemary, suggests that they fear that given the position that of weaponry and those men, that there could be a multi-pronged attack and kyiv could be taken very quickly with, of course, substantial human cost. that is what everyone is watching and the window of opportunity as nic was saying is narrowing even asthma chron

prepares to meet with both leaders, rosemary. >> melissa bell and nic robertson, thanks to you both. appreciate it. day three of the winter olympics is now underway in beijing. there are several more gold medals up for grabs on monday, with medal events in ski jumping, biathlon and speed skating still to come. meanwhile, we are learning how details about a meeting between the i.o.c. president and chinese tennis star peng shuai. she made headlines last year, udrih call, after accusing a top chinese official of sexual assault, then disappearing from public view. cnn's coy wire is standing by near one of today's olympic venues with the latest on all the action. but first let's go to our steven jiang who is live in beijing and joins us now. so, steven, what more are you learning about the efforts to establish the well-being of peng shuai? is >> reporter: rosemary, the long

anticipated dinner between thomas bach and peng shuai didn't really reveal anything new. bach invited himer to visit switzerland. she said she will when the pandemic is over. the spokesman said it was not up to the sporting organization to decide whether or not there should be an investigation into the allegations or whether or not peng shuai was speaking under duress. that's why what's more interesting is the rare interview she actually gave on sunday to a french sports publication. in that interview she denied ever making sexual assault allegations against former chinese vice premiere li. she did seem to acknowledge their years long affair, saying her personal life, her love life problems should not be mixed with sports and politics. she also seemed to confirm she did write the original explosive

account, saying she deleted the post herself after it attracted worldwide attention. she also confirmed that she actually personally wrote back to the head of the women's tennis association which, of course, has suspended all tournaments in china because of concerns over her safety, insisting that she's being safe, well and free during this time and she never disappeared. now, we actually spoke to one of the french interviewers who met peng shuai, and he told us she appeared a lot more relaxed when talking about tennis, but looked cautious and choosing her words very carefully and keeping her answers very short when responding to questions about the sexual allegations. now, there were chinese officials in the room, but there's no overt effort to censor her on location, and also the french reporters were able to ask questions off the script. rosemary, one thing is for sure. this dinner, this interview, it is unlikely to stop or even make

the international storm that her original post created subside during these games or even longer term. rosemary? >> absolutely. thanks for that. and, coy, what's the latest action from the winter olympics, and what have been the main highlights so far? >> reporter: there have been ski jumping, the high-flying human torpedoes, the always riveting curling as well, rosemary. moments ago in beijing, one of the greatest alpine skiers mikaela shiffrin came in with hopes of medaling in all five. the slalom champ missed the fifth gate just seconds into her run. she didn't even finish the race. she said she won't forget this. the heart break never goes away. she also said, though, that's what drives her to keep working. the next opportunity for her to medal will be in the slalom in a couple of days which she won in 2014 in sochi. and in figure skating, the

legend of a 15-year-old sensation is continuing to grow. here in beijing, camilla valieva, the russian, had become the first to score a 90 in the olympic competition. now she's become the first woman to ever land a quad jump in an olympic game. she won the free skate by more than 30 points, propelling the r.o.c. to the team event. she already set world records, now she's setting olympic records as well. finally, rosemary, oh, canada, winning its first gold at these games just a bit ago. we were there to see the men's snowboarad slopestyle event. the silver medal from pyongyang to gold in china. of the 27-year-old is a cancer survivor, diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma. had treatment before returning to competition in 2019. a bill i can't score of 90.96 was enough to hold off the field.

his teammate martin morris joined him on the podium winning his third straight olympic bronze in this event for canada. rosemary, a big moment for china. 17-year-old su ended up taking the silver. the host nation's second medal at these beijing games. he had that place rocking. we'll see if they can continue to pursue their medal count from the last olympic games which was 90. they're off to a good start. >> so exciting, and coy wire, i know you love your job. what a great location there. and steven jiang, many thanks to you as well. appreciate it to both of you. we will have much more olympic coverage live from beijing in a special edition of world sport that starts in about 30 minutes from now. and there is much more ahead as well. china orders a snap lockdown in one city after mass testing reveals more covid cases. we will have a live report from hong kong on the covid situation across the region.

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now relaxing self-isolation measures. beginning today, those who test positive, but remain asymptomatic will only be required to isolate for seven days. in the coming hours, chile will be rolling out its second booster dose to people ages 55 and up. chile has found extraordinary success with vaccine uptake. about 90% of the population is fully vaccinated. meanwhile, in the u.s., a bipartisan group of lawmakers will hold a moment of silence later today for the more than 900,000 americans who have died from the coronavirus. for more on this, i am joined now by dr. scott miskovich, president and c.e.o. of premiere medical group usa, and also a u.s. consultant for covid-19 testing. thank you, doctor, for talking with us. >> sure, rosemary. >> so, it has to be said, that

number, it is truly shocking. 900,000 americans dead from covid-19 since the start of this pandemic? and while case are trending down in many parts of the country with hospitalizations, deaths are still averaging more than 2,000 a day, and yet a recent monmouth poll shows 70% of americans think it's time to accept covid is here to stay and get on with our lives. what would you say to those people? >> well, rosemary, we're going to pass a million and we're going to pass a million, you know, within the next couple months. that's for sure. what i would say to them is it's in your hands. it's in everyone's hands right now to make a big difference by being vaccinated and now being boosted. and i do believe these people need to look at the fact that we are still really in the middle of this pandemic. we have just gone over the crest of the pandemic. look at how rapid omicron has

spread. and for people to let their guard down, you and i talked about this before. i blame it on political leaders for, you know, saying the wrong things and not being truthful, and the truth right now should be told to the people. keep your guard up. get your booster. get your vaccination. save those masks because we just went over the crest. most of us do believe we are going to see the end, but we also know we will see some more variants. so communication, trust in government, that's the big key. >> important advice there. and former fda commissioner dr. scott gottlieb says governors want clearer guidance on when mitigation efforts should be rolled back in various states to give people some hope. so what would be a useful set of metrics to use for this, do you think? >> well, some of the things we've always looked at is a number called the percent positivity. and percent positivity is definitely coming down now.

but in general, it's probably still on average across the country 15 or 20%. we want that number to start getting below 5%. that means 5% or less of every test taken in the country is positive compared to times when we are at 30 or 40. now, there's another metric that we look at, and that's the total number of people who are testing positive per 100,000. the standard epidemiology number is below 10 with the arrow going down ward. there is some push right now to say with so many people being infected, some percentage of our country as you stated already being boosted, 65 to 67%, depending on which study, those are the numbers and those are the statistics we look at. so i'm very disappointed in leadership that always turns to hospitalizations and says that's our key. no, we need to look at how much the disease is spreading and the

angle and the decline. >> right. and, doctor, as you mentioned earlier, about 60% of the u.s. population has received two covid shots so far. about 20% still haven't received their first shot. can those unvaccinated folks ever be convinced, do you think, or do we need to just accept that an 80% vaccination rate in this country might probably be the best we can do, even as other nations have been able to edge closer to the 100% rate? >> rosemary, you and i have been talking about this for 16 to 18 months, and since the vaccines have been brought on, and we know that studies have basically said that 15%, plus or minus, depending on where the state is, will never get vaccinated. so i don't believe we're going to cross over that line. it's coming true with a plus/minus 2 or 3% in some of those studies. we've also talked about the fact

that, you know, austria, that's one of the ways you'll get everybody vaccinated. as your prior piece showed, look what's going on up in canada right now where there's protests. and i don't think the united states has the tolerance or the political will or our court system will allow there to be force vaccinations. so, you know what, that is what's going to happen. and what does that mean? it means that there still will be pockets of outbreak, and it still means that those people will be susceptible as other variants come through. so i don't -- i think 20% is probably about where we're going to get to. >> unbelievable. politics has made it very difficult, of course, in this country particularly. dr. scott miskovich, thank you so much for joining. appreciate it. >> any time, rosemary. and there are new developments across the asia-pacific region where australia is now moving to welcome back visitors.

starting february 21st, fully vaccinated travelers from around the world will be allowed into the country. the prime minister announced the plans a few hours ago outside parliament. meanwhile, it's a different story in china where about 3 1/2 million people are now under a strict lockdown in the country's southwest. that move coming after officials in baise detected dozens of preliminary covid cases during mass testing on sunday. let's turn to cnn's ivan watson who joins us live now from hong kong. good to see you, ivan. so, after two years of this pandemic, australia will welcome vaccinated international travelers into the country later this month. what is the latest on all of this? >> well, we are seeing signs that asia, which has locked down its borders more than other regions of the world, i would argue, countries are starting to open up more and more. australia's prime minister scott morrison told his country's

tourism industry to get ready because the doors will open in two weeks' time. take a listen. >> it's almost two years since we took the decision to close the borders to australia. national security community cabinet has decided today australia will reopen our borders to all remaining visa holders on the 21st of february of this year. >> reporter: now, just months ago, rosemary, australia's borders were still strictly controlled. tens of thousands of australian citizens were reportedly stranded outside the country, unable to come back because of the expensive mandatory hotel quarantine that they would have to undergo. morrison is now saying that anybody with a visa can come in, provided they meet one very important condition. you have to be fully vaccinated. and he cited the case of the tennis star novak djokovic whose

visa was ripped up, effectively, by the australian government as an example of how seriously the australian government takes this important condition. there is also another country in the region that is doing this. it is thailand, which has seen its tourism industry crash since 2019 when it had about 40 million tourists, visitors, and then in 2021 when it only had a couple hundred-thousand visitors, it is creating its own kind of system that's going into effect last week where if you're fully vaccinated, you can apply to come in. you don't have to quarantine, but you do have to take two tests after arrival at a government-approved hotel, covid tests, and then you can come and visit. its hope is the tourist industry which is a huge contributor to its national economy can be revived. back to you, rosemary. >> and, ivan, china is locking

down more than 3 million people in one city. what is going on there? >> reporter: yeah. well, you have thailand and australia opening up. china has indicated that it is going to maintain its zero tolerance approach to covid, which is very strict lockdowns in any community where covid tests are -- covid cases are detected. so with the southern city of baise is the latest to have a couple dozen confirmed cases and on monday the city locking down strictly. everything has to be closed. you're not allowed to leave your house except to perhaps get groceries or mandatory covid test. nearby cities cutting off bus access to this city. and a chief epidemiologist at china's center for disease control tells the state-owned global paper china is going to stick to this. it is the best approach that the national government has to dealing with the pandemic, which i might add, was first detected

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." u.s. officials say russia has 70% of the troops and equipment in place for a full-scale invasion of ukraine. new satellite images show

russian deployments in belarus for joint exercises. some of the russian camps are close to the ukrainian border. meanwhile, french president emanuel macron is set to meet with his russian president vladimir putin in the next hour in the latest effort to diffuse the tensions. and u.s. president joe biden will hold talks later with german chancellor olaf sholz who said he is willing to send troops to lithuania. i asked david sanger to weigh in on the likelihood russian president vladimir putin will take the diplomatic part out of the crisis. >> reporter: ukraine isn't going to be admitted to nato any time soon. in fact, you could probably say not any time in the next ten, maybe 20 years, which would be putin's political lifetime, and

certainly president biden's. so you could imagine a space for that if that's what putin really wants. but it may not be all that he wants. he, of course, has talked about ending all of the eastward expansion of nato. he has talked about getting american troops out of the former soviet block states that have joined nato. he's talking about forcing the removal of all nuclear weapons from europe. if that's what he really wants, then i think it would be a hard no. if it's just about getting -- making sure that ukraine stays out of nato, i would imagine there is some room there. >> we'll see what happens there. and, of course, germany has been unwilling to this point to send ukraine weapons, a matter of concern for nato allies. what that might that signal, and what do you expect president biden will say to the new german chancellor when they meet in the coming hours, given germany relies so heavily on russia's natural gas?

>> well, we heard one of the messages earlier today from jake sullivan, the president's national security adviser, who basically said if there is an invasion one way or another, the nord stream 2 project, the pipeline that would route around ukraine and go directly from russia to germany, will be killed off. it would probably help the new chancellor if he said those words himself. there is a sense among the other european allies that germany is the most wobbly on the question of what sanctions they would put in place. and many of them are missing. angela merkel, the former chancellor who, of course, was usually the one to rally most of europe. and that's why macron is sort of stepping into that, to that role. but i think it's going to be

really difficult right now to hold the allies fully together if the russians do just a portion invasion, a cyberattack, stage a military coup. the conditions that would hold germ nil and others into the midst of nato on the sanctions would probably have to be a full-scale invasion. >> and many thanks to cnn political and national security analyst david sanger talking to me earlier. coming up here on cnn, britain's queen elizabeth used her platinum jubilee to elevate a woman at the center of the royal scandal. we'll find out how it's playing with the british people after the break. e stinging. my skin was no longer mine. my psoriatic arthritis, made m my joints stiff, swollen... painful. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...can uncover clearer skin

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the platinum jubilee for britain's queen elizabeth is being overshadowed by a surprise announcement.

the queen gave her blessing for prince charles' wife camilla to one day be called queen consort. she was originally expected to take the title of princess consort due to sensitivities surrounding charles's first wife diana princess of wales. the unexpected announcement came as queen elizabeth marked the historic milestone of 70 years on the british throne. examine for more on all of this, we want to bring in cnn royal correspondent max foster who joins us live from london. great to see you, max. how has the queen's surprise announcement been received? >> reporter: well, it's a big talking point as you can imagine. camilla still quite a divisive figure, but i think she's certainly been warmed to the heart of the british public. this is one of the reasons the queen made this gesture. she feels camilla has served the public and done a little public service in recent years. adds a reward a reward for that. also the future monarchy charles

is trying to create. the queen throwing her support behind camilla would en dere the idea to more members of the public just because the queen is so revered. we haven't seen the queen at all over the weekend simply because she is marking the beginning of her reign, but also the end of her father's reign. always spends it privately. now we're going to see celebrations take place. today there will be a 42-gun salute just by buckingham palace here to mark the queen's accession to the throne, another one in central london as well. the celebrations will start from now. it's been muted up until now, culminating, rosemary, in a big party really here, a four-day holiday weekend in june all based around the palace here. >> just amazing, isn't it? 70 years on the throne. incredible. max foster joining us live from london. thank you. well, most passports are bland and boring, but belgium is

changing it up in a flashy way, in fact. starting today belgians can personalize their passports with images of comic strip heroes. officials say it's an effort to combat combat counterfeiters as well as celebrate the comic book industry. most are taken from comic strips like the smurfs. on the moon which was first published in 1954. thank you so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. have yourselves a wonderful day. world sport with patrick snell is up next. you're watching cnn. enjoy.

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on. let's start with a name that transcends the sport of skiing. mikaela shiffrin. a day she will not soon forget. tell us what happened to her. >> reporter: yeah, not for the right reasons. one of the greatest alpine skiers of all time. hoping to medal in all five events. the slalom champ missed the fifth gate. pat, it was seconds into her run and she won't forget the race. she said she won't forget this. heart break never goes away. but that's what drives her to keep working. swedish star sarah with the win. after a devastating injury she was told she would never ski again. her she is seven years later and winning the event. she won in 2014 in sochi. >> yeah, huge setback for her. coy, we'll see how she responds

to this adversity. we shall see. history in the making for a teenage competitor representing the russian olympic committee. give us your take on what camilla valieva has achieved. >> reporter: a fascinating juxtaposition, power in a 15-year-old. her legend continues to grow. here in beijing, kamila valieva scoring in the competition. she becomes the first woman to ever land a quad in olympic competition. she won the free skate by more than 30 points, propelling the r.o.c. to gold in the figure skating team event. she is setting olympic records, too. one of the most interesting lines i had heard, pat, about the r.o.c. skaters was from u.s. figure skater karen chan who said, i simply cannot do what they do. they are that dominant. they are fun to watch. >> extraordinary accomplishment at just 15 years of age as well.

i know you've been getting out and about today. i want to hear more about that, coy. you were at the men's snowboarad slopestyle. wow, what a story we've heard there. how inspired should we all be by this particular winner? >> reporter: it's one of those stories that can lift you up, pat. in 2018, 27-year-old max of canada was diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma. completed 12 chemotherapy treatments before returning to competition in 2019. and just a bit ago here in beijing, became an olympic gold medallist. it's canada's first gold at these games. he took the silver in pyeongchang four years ago. his brilliant second run scored 90.96 was enough to hold off the field. his teammate martin morris joined him on the podium winning his third straight olympic bronze in this event for canada. patrick, big moment for china in this event. su taking silver. it's the host nation's second

medal at the beijing games. they are looking to top their medal count from the last olympic games. they are off to a very good start so far. >> absolutely. inspiring story lines coming thick and fast. i said earlier on world sport, remember the name. i said eileen gu, another teenager who is a triple gold medal threat in freestyle skiing. there is so much more to her life story. tell us all about that. >> reporter: yeah, absolute superstar in the making. could end up being the biggest name coming out of these games. she's so talented in so many facets of her life. she has to come partment lies h life in three different boxes. here's a feature we're doing on her because big things to come for eileen gu. >> let's get this thing started now. ♪ >> reporter: she's fierce. fearless, and a favorite to win gold here at the beijing winter

olympics. move over, elsa, there's a new snow princess in town. >> my name is eileen gu. i'm from san francisco, and i'm a free skier. >> reporter: the 18-year-old sensation was born in the u.s. but her mom was born in china and eileen decided to compete for china at these games. >> my family has always been super supportive of me. i come from a long line of engineers, so it definitely wasn't expected and i don't think anybody really thought that i would become a professional skier or professional athlete in general. >> reporter: she's so much more than a skiing, horseback riding, piano playing athlete. she's modelled for louis vuitton, este lauder. she's the poster child for snow sports in china starring alongside chinese actor jackson yee in an official beijing games

promo video being played throughout china. she says her decision to compete for china instead of usa stems from a strong mother/daughter bond. she taught ilene to embrace her heritage and ancestry. >> my grandma is the most motivated to win person. she has the most competitive mind-set i've ever met ever. so i think my grandma gave me that competitive drive and supported me in that way. and my mom kind of taught me the work ethic aspect. so anybody can want to win, but i think it was my mom that taught how to get there. >> reporter: now eileen wants to inspire the next generation from her mom's homeland get there, too. shees working to promote understanding, forge friendship between nations. >> pat, eileen gu made her debut a bit ago in the freestyle

skiing big air competition. afterwards she reiterated her decision to compete for china instead of team usa. she wants to inspire the next generation. she said you're never too young to make change. she doesn't believe in the concept of having to wait until you're older to make a global impact. she qualified for the final in that big air event. that's later today east coast time. tomorrow morning here in china. so it's exciting times for eileen gu. star continuing to get brighter and brighter. >> absolutely. so inspiring. we'll be watching that closely indeed. coy wire, thank you so much for joining us today. we really do appreciate it, coy. thanks, mate. all right. let's get to the very latest now. this is a story we've been following closely indeed in recent weeks here on cnn considering the chinese tennis star peng shuai, the three-time olympian, disappearing from public view after she accused a former top communist party official of sexual assault late last year. now, in december peng denying

she accused him. saying she was misunderstood. the international olympic committee confirming, bach, and kii kirstie coventry did hold a meeting with peng saturday. again denying making sexual assault allegations this, in a sit-down interview with france's la kick, returning to competition is practically impossible. ahead live on the world sport, the cup runneth over. they are celebrating an historic first at the africa cup of nations. the complete dramatic story just ahead for you this monday.

welcome back to you. congratulations to senegal celebrating their first africa cup of nations on sunday. he and the teammates overcoming egypt and senegal will feel they absolutely earned this after losing twice as finalists in 2002 and in 2019 as well. a goal is final, but full of drama. i tell you, look at this. in the first four minutes of play, senegal winning a penalty. the referee pointing to the spot now. egypt had already made some big p.m penalty saves in the tournament. muhammad with words of advice to

share about his liverpool teammate who was about to take the spot kick. not too impressed by that, i imagine. and another huge save from the keeper from preventing an early setback for the egyptians. this contest would need, you guessed it, extra time. and then after that, we go to penalties, an absolute nerve shredder. sending the can chelsea man saving, and redeeming himself from the spot kick. and that went into the back of the net. he did not hesitate, and look at those celebrations there. joy and elation unconfined for the senegalese. heart break for egypt. the africa cup of nation's champions 2022, congrats to them. well, for more reaction to this, a little earlier we did get the thoughts of the north african football expert ahmad

yusef for what was a nerve-racking sunday night of football. take a listen. >> it was a very tense game. you know, as egypt wanted to try and contain senegal in the game, it looked like from the start, however, as you mentioned, senegal got the early penalty and it was saved, the third penalty of the tournament. senegal didn't stop there. they really dominated the game. they really were the better side. egypt were hoping and holding on for penalties. this is where egypt's expertise is. before today they hadn't lost a penalty shootout since 1984. the game plan all along was to go to penalties. they got to penalties, but they unfortunately, the penalties can go either way, and sadly -- congratulations to senegal over egypt. it didn't go the way they wanted to. scoring the final penalty was good for senegal. they deserved it throughout the tournament. they have been the best side.

they're the highest ranked side. they play the best football. it's great for senegal to win their first title. any other country i would want egypt to lose to, it's senegal. i'm very happy for them. >> so senegal winning their first ever africa cup of nations title. congrats to them. egypt denied a record extending 8th title as well. that is the beautiful game of football. it has its ups and its downs. at this hour, day three at the 2022 beijing winter olympics continuing. we're following all the key developments for you right through this day and beyond over the next couple of weeks. with that in mind, you have to join us. monday's edition of world sport. coy, and our team and fine folks here in atlanta, see you next time. stay with cnn, and take care. with fragrgrance that's always fresh, never overpowering. air wick. connect to nature.e.

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