represented them in the '98 games in nagano, japan. 110 for noe roth. >> they're the only team with three scores so far. >> switzerland kicks off this final round. third jumper, noe roth. team canada with the final jumper. right now they have a 179. this has to be massive to overtake the top spot. >> a little bonus degree of difficulty. right here. >> 192 the total after the jump.

>> only one team is not getting a medal. it's all about the gold medal. that arm is up. rotated quickly. got to get those two spins in on the first lift before doing just a single rotation on each of the second two flips. so many flips. back ariel. he did it well. it's about precise arm movements. you have to take control in the air. balance. tightness, crispness. that's exactly what that was. skis together and there's a landing being so important. 30% of the score and that's where irving has a little bit of trouble. an athlete who suffered an injury in december and has not competed yet this year until all eyes on him on the world stage at the beijing olympics.

>> move ahead of switzerland. total of 376.01 to be guaranteed at least a bronze. >> don't tuck it in. try to pull your feet. >> and 111.76. team canada, they are elated. guaranteed team bronze in this ariel. 299.8. pressure is on this man. justin schoenfeld. can he bring home gold for team u.s.a.? the third and final member. caldwell, chris lillis with a massive score.

justin schoenfeld. >> and that might do it! justin schoenfeld putting that down may have just secured team u.s.a. gold in the new sport making its debut, team ariels. >> schoenfeld did exactly what he had to do, a double full. part of the trick right there, got it out of the way and stays free in the air. he doesn't want to risk going too big. conservative trick but beautifully executed. smart, strategic play. now is not the time to try a new trick when your teammate and your whole country is relying on you to land. >> wow. putting it down and a little bit of a drag. it will be touch for the judges it went by so quick.

>> i'm not sure. secure the touch. that's not as bad as dragging the whole hand. there's quite a bit of pressure. >> 143 for justin schoenfeld! 338.34. they are in gold medal position with one team remaining. guaranteed silver! one member, one athlete left for team china to pull off a jump of a live time needs a 136.29 or greater to take over the top spot from team u.s.a. that may have done it depending on the degree of difficulty. i don't know. >> oh, boy.

>> fourth olympic appearance and no olympic medals will earn one here, we just have to await which color it will be. >> that was almost -- double full and a full and a full. so that same trick schoenfeld did but his landing was cleaner. >> striking a little bit on the head but he's going to come down to the landing. and that's the individual landing. give the gold medal to china for the better execution of the score. >> beautiful in the air. he has that experience. over 60 world cup starts, 30 world cup podiums. 14 of which were victories. the most recent one, december of

2021. he knows how to get it done. wow! china wins silver at 122.07. team u.s.a. in team ariels wins the gold! >> u.s.a. is golden. what a story. >> unbelievable. all-time high for team u.s.a. they win it here in beijing in mixed team ariels. >> congratulations, ashley

caldwell on the right-hand side. chris lillis, justin schoenfeld. china winning silver. expected to win gold tonight and team u.s.a. putting down a great show and winning gold and canada with the bronze. >> what an incredible event. each one of the members of team u.s.a. carried their team at one point or another in the competition. it really was a team effort which is so fun to watch. >> they're loving it. gold medal winner. team u.s.a. wins gold in the debut event of mixed team ariels. >> debut event, team u.s.a. with a surprising gold.

first gold. 23-year-old from salt lake city and up next, nathan chen, gold medalist. we'll take a break.

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nathan chen first got on skates at the age of 3 after the 2002 olympics were held in his hometown, salt lake city. started skating on a practice rink. and all of that came in the form of a gold medal. very excited to be joined now by the gold medalist, nathan chen. >> thank you very much for having me. >> 24 hours, what's it been like. with that new hardware around your neck? >> been unreal. i still can't believe it. been about 24 hours now. craziness. >> when you look at that 3-year-old nathan chen in the practice rink, that was the winter games in salt lake city. when you look back at it, what do you see? >> a lot of things. all of the people that have supported me throughout my career. looking back on that, knowing

that, you know, i grew up out of an olympic town in salt lake city from the 2002 olympics. >> you said something interesting. you said your strategy going into these games was to not think about beijing. it's clearly a strategy that paid off for you. how were you able to do that, to focus on the games without really overthinking it? >> i think trying to focus on things i can control especially being on the ice. you're alone on the ice. no one throwing jabs at you that you have to engage with. all in your mind how can you set up the programs that you can be the best at and do. and for me being able to recognize that this experience is something i am so fortunate and lucky to have. take that for what it is and try to enjoy it. >> i was able to watch you nail that program and win the gold and i noticed when you finished

the obvious sense of relief that seemed to be on your face. there's a video right there of you finishing that program. when you finished it did you know -- did you know in that moment, i nailed it? i've got the gold? >> you know, that was not one of the first thoughts i had. in that last spin i thought i did enough in my mind it was enough to win the gold but, yeah, a lot of emotions in that moment. just so happy. >> everyone back home obviously proud. social media, sir elton john. sir elton john posted. you used his song to win the gold. here's a tweet from elton john, congratulations, nathan chen, for winning gold skating in the finals in beijing. when you saw that, what did you

think? >> couldn't believe it was real. yeah, the fact that he knows that i am alive and i exist -- >> i think everyone knows that you're alive and you exist. >> pretty cool. >> a few years ago you got the flu after you competed. this time you're going to stick around for the next week or so, is that right? >> yeah. hopefully not get the flu again. >> how else are you going to be spending the next seven days? >> figure skating ahead of us in the next couple of weeks. it will be fun to be here. >> are you going to try to get to a hockey match as well? >> absolutely. i played hockey growing up. >> i heard that nathan chen was a hockey player. get out there? >> i haven't played in a long time but i would love to. >> the super bowl of course on sunday.

you call los angeles home. you got a score prediction for us? >> i have no idea. i think the rams are going to take it. by how much i have no idea. i live in l.a. so i've got to -- live in california so i've got to root for l.a. >> i think we have footage of you tossing. there he is. nathan chen, multi-talented. he plays hockey. he plays football. oh, by the way he figure skates as well. taking time off to focus on the gold medal. going back to europe. then what's next? what's next for nathan chen after that? >> i'm not sure. going back to school in august and two more years of school and from there we'll see what's ahead. >> well, you've made your country and a lot of folks very

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>> they're going to the super bowl. >> i have no idea what you just said. >> manobad. >> i'll be watching that now. >> that's huge. huge. here on nbc in beijing and not to mention this game of super bowl lvi in los angeles. let's take a quick look at halftime. presented by delta. right now austria leading the way with 15. silver in the super g.

team u.s.a. not far behind. after that gold medal run, four in just the last 48 hours. tomorrow on "today" we'll take a look at the ice dancing competition with medals set to be awarded sunday night after the afore mentioned super bowl as the countdown continues to the game. mike tirico is en route. olympic coverage. if you're watching on peacock, there's more ahead. for now, good night from beijing.

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won olympic gold last night in primetime. i was there live and i just sat down with him a couple of hours ago here in beijing about what's next. what's next? you're going back to school, you're going back to yale? >> yes. >> do you know what you're going to study, what you're going to

do after figure skating? >> for sure. still more thought that i had to put into that, but right now definitely enjoy the olympics and enjoy the rest of the experience the rest of this month. and head back to yale in august, so then i have two more years before i graduate. from there decide what i want to do. still -- >> do you know what you're going to major in? >> i'm majoring in statistics and data science. a lot of math, a lot of psats to come. >> you probably carried a lot of weight on your shoulders the last four years. is that weight finally gone? >> i would say yes to an extent. 2018 was not my best skate. i learned so much from that skate. it gave me so much experience and pushed me forward in a very drastic way. and without having had that experience, i don't think i would be able to make it to where i am now. of course, that ties in my coaches and my training team and just my whole team around me. and they were so supportive in that time, supported me all the way till now. without that it would have been challenging.

>> reporter: nathan chen, gold medallist. his sister actually lives in san francisco, so his parents drove in. his brother flew in. they all watched from san francisco, watched him win olympic gold last night. he called them right afterwards and he plans to spend some time with them in california when he leaves here in beijing. and then go back to yale to study, yes, statistics and data science. a quick update. women's hockey, quarter finals. it's tied 1-1. -- >> 6200 miles away, our raj mathai at sofi stadium in l.a. raj, i'm ready for some football. >> are you? so are we. good to see you out there in beijing, janelle. i don't think we've ever done a hand off like this, china to los angeles.

here we are in the super bowl city. you know what, it's about the rams and the bengals. something happened cool for the bear. the 49ers stole the show. we'll tell you why? just a minute. let's start on the red carpet. think of this as the opening night of the super bowl and, well, let's see. the oscars, right, the academy awards for the national football league. i even walked the red carpet before all the real v.i.p.s got here. this is the nfl honors, a lot of bling, green suits, glamor, a lot of faces coming together to celebrate the super bowl kicking off here down in l.a. >> the energy. i mean, it never gets old, right. i mean, just everyone, seeing -- running into people that you have known through the years as well, and then just all the excitement. >> so, raj, i coached 15 years in college, 15 years in the pros, but this is my 17th super bowl in television. i had no idea i was even going

to do this. like, what? >> i saw em it smith. haven't seen him in a couple years. a good friend. that's worth it right there, just running into curt warner. >> it's like a family reunion. >> family reunion. >> due date is mid june. this is our second. this is my wife they linda. -- melinda. >> you never know who or what you're going to see on the red carpet. good to see eric and his wife mindy expecting their second baby girl. you know what else we saw tonight? here's where the 49ers kind of stole the headlines. bryant young, remember the 49ers legend? so cool to see him. such a quiet, soft-spoken leader. but tonight he's going to the hall of fame. he just found out the big news. he'll be inducted this summer. tonight he got to find out. he spent all of his 14-year career with the 49ers, drafted back in 1994. steve young even introduced him. they were teammates. they won the super bowl together

in 1995 against the chargers down in miami. so, congratulations to b.y. we also had dig vermille and cliff branch going into the hall you fame. we'll have more of them later in the newscast. last time super bowl was in los angeles i was at the game 30 years ago. you know what stood out to me? the halftime show, michael jackson. that was the best halftime show i've seen. it might be better this sunday. we have hip-hop and rap ledge ends. we spent a little time with these guys, mary j. blige, dr. dre. i know how it is, fans don't want to watch the game. they just want to watch the halftime show. dre, snoop, mary j., kendrick lamar performing. >> hip-hop is the biggest music, the biggest genre of music on the planet right now. it's crazy that it took all of this and all of this time for us

to be recognized, you know. >> hip-hop and rap on the grand stage at the super bowl. the nfl has evolved. so, we're here in los angeles, this brand-new stadium. sofi stadium, couple years old. it is gorgeous. the question now, with sofi stadium here in l.a., the new stadium out in las vegas, where does the bay area fit into all this? will levi stadium ever get another super bowl? the 49ers executives are hoping so. remember back six years ago, super bowl l, the broncos beat the carolina panthers, hello to lady gaga. that was a great show that. whole week was spectacular. from san francisco to the peninsula to santa clara. the question is can it return? we spoke with one of the most influential people in the national football league just a short while ago. >> san francisco, the bay area, it's god's country and i mean that. so i think a lot of san francisco, it's one of the great cities of the world. and, yes, it has all the

trappings to have the super bowl. >> okay. jerry jones, who is so powerful, says yes, it's a go. the question is when. as for next year, the super bowl is in the phoenix area at glendale, arizona. after that the raiders take center stage. the super bowl will be in las vegas, followed by new orleans in 2025. so maybe 2026 or beyond we'll see it back at levi stadium. that's it for now. audrey, jessica, we'll send it back to you. i'll see you later in the newscast. >> wow, what a fun filled day, fun filled night. raj, we'll see you in a bit. kickoff is 3:30 p.m., but we'll have an entire day of super bowl coverage. that's on top of our olympics coverage this sunday. okay, tonight crews in southern california are battling a brush fire in the hills near laguna beach. that fire broke out around 4:00 this morning. they were fanned by gusty winds. evacuation orders have been lifted. at least 145 acres burned.

now 20% containment, up from just 5% this afternoon. certainly a scary sight in southern california. let's bring in meteorologist rob maeda. rob, it's so warm here, too. we've got these record-breaking temperatures that it's a little ear i. because it feels like we could be in fire season. >> yeah, they've been saying that in southern california. and it could go down as raj was about to experience, as the warmest or hottest start to the super bowl we've ever seen. we were looking at temperatures in l.a. mid to upper 80s on sunday. back in the bay area we broke all kinds of records today. 79 was the high in san jose and oakland. 78 at sfo, 78 in salinas. not only broke records for today, they broke all-time records for the month of february. we set all-time records in february. tomorrow likely as well. san francisco still in the 60s right now. few areas making a run at 80 degrees for friday. we'll have a closer look at who will be the hottest tomorrow in the forecast coming up in about 8 minutes. >> we'll see you then. thank you, rob. now, that f