to run in the men's short track speed skating he won a bronze in the one virus and five hundred meters which in fact was russia's a first ever medal in short track speed skating with victory and he used it because before science career and back in two thousand and six he won a free gold medals for a maturity olympics but he switched his allegiance to russia in two thousand and thirteen has gone from strength to strength and as i said help russia win their first ever short trying to medal for russia's curlers winning colors have got their campaign underway there fancied perhaps to get a medal two thousand and twelve european championships and honestly that other side got off to the best possible start spy beating a denmark by seven at a free for going banks or day two and of course it was all of those figure skaters as the one team gold guinea pushing fifteen year already nearly steeds uncalled for so sharp and also softball of and he's a teammate. you really need as well. team getting that gold medal

well it's been all the really been a nice guy of a fifteen year old and was a prodigy a talent she has been and certainly she'll be one to watch when the individual events get underway and pollution goes well rolling back the years with her fabulous performance of thirty one year olds claim his second ever gold medal olympic games also on day two claimed silver medal in the by our floor and she was pinned by. the stands to see. back here in fact it was born in russia and his the sister of. poorly who just missed out on a medal himself on day one. also you are talking about biafran that's one of the russians favorite sports also a favorite sport of course is ice hockey the final event of the olympics is the men's gold medal match how russia is likely to do on high winds.

borussia got a great chance in the ice hockey favorites with the bookmakers in fact the n.h.l. sars getting malkin and xander of age convey flew into some she today as russia will start their practice in earnest for the ice hockey which gets underway with their first match against assad venia on the thirteenth for russia obviously very high powered in a tank with the lines of malkin does sort candidate but there are some weaknesses in defense and bats something of a legendary ice hockey goaltender but it's certainly agreed with. you would venture the biggest task for the coaching staff right now is getting the line sorted out the head coach also has to make sure that the blues are focused every single game like in the final we definitely have some problems with our defense but we're counting on our n.h.l. stars who have experience playing on the bigger ice rink to them often says definitely more of our strength though. but you know. what russia's women also got

off to the best possible start beating germany by force one they channel that much for quite a long time but came back very strong in the fourth period with four answered goals to get their campaign off to verse possible starts in what again and what games it has been so far. eighty seven nations two thousand one hundred athletes competing in fifteen disciplines and going for a record ninety eight gold medals these are the biggest winter olympics so far in the world's biggest country palos changed in the past seven years sanchia was awarded the right to host the games with dane using new to structure being built from scratch and these have received some rave reviews from the athletes who think it's more you know the village and everything it's closer to. the ice cream kids close to the olympic village so we can go by wallach and there is not

a big security so we feel we feel free and we feel confident one sportswoman who seen the progress close the most is such a local you. of over tennis star is more used to competing in the summer olympics and she's been delighted at the transformation her home city has undergone passes for time grand slam winner maria sharapova who had be on earth carrying the torch into the stadium same in the black sea and the same day as you can gather in acting out against the best clubs in the world. and no one really believes me and i am i know that everyone will be able to experience this and first of all we have role it's we have so many roles from the cd it's because before we had so much traffics now it's going to be in much way better and here it looks in the village here it looks so much so cause it's so nice i think i think what i heard from the tourists they love it the games have experienced a few teething problems to chime lympics snowboarding champion shaun white pulled

out of the slope style event after a minor wrist injury in practice and saying the course was intimidating after the norwegian medal hope thorsten whoredom go broke his collarbone however great britain's billy morgan finished tenth the role and didn't agree with the snowboarding legends they had problems with with them getting the machinery on the slope which is a common thing. if it's too warm you can get the machines on the slope but the next day it was cold enough and they got the machines on and it was it was super smooth the problem was they couldn't smooth out properly but it was all gone the next day so everyone turned up you know it was a bit scary but it was a fix it is been brilliant ever since for norway canada and the usa are likely to dominate the medal table seven nations are taking part of the first time such as the island nations of dominique are in tonga and there are also a few unlikely athletes former violin prodigy vanessa mays globally renowned for her music however thirty five year old is also

a keen skier since the age of four and will now achieve her dream to compete at the winter olympics and her father's name vanna korn she'll be skiing to thailand of a giant slalom there are days when it's rush rush rush so much to do and the violin doesn't get take it out of its case but there have been days where i have literally hopped on a plane after a race and had a show the next day and i have to say that it brings a new dimension to my music i was groomed to be a violinist from a young age and it was something that i was serious single minded about i am serious when i strap on a pair of skis but i don't put myself under the same pressure twenty second winter olympics and i went underway following a memorable opening ceremony but in sporting terms it will be results on the tracks the slopes and the rinks that these unique games will be remembered for rich of on board fleet r.t. tsotsi. and richard before we let you go i gather you've been counted out on the

slopes have you fronting to any of the athletes. yes so i was having a walk around rosa khutor ski resort and she jumped into the car bumped into say the jamaican bobsled team working a stroll around and it's really a miracle for her and she managed to get here first of all the men should qualify that wasn't the only thing they had to face they had to raise eighty thousand dollars trying to get here to someone she appealed around social networks and soldiers response and she managed to raise one hundred twenty five thousand dollars but the problems that once you stop there they've been trying to get all the way here to sort of it actually motion is by bob say on the way over here and over equipment as well but they're just delighted to be here and be able to compete. with all of the you know across all the obstacles that we're for or. not to concentrate of the obstacle that we're passable we'll concentrate on were here in sochi thank you very much richard and that was our correspondent richard downpour

fleeting thought she found from the pick of the russian team to the best of the rest after three days at the winter games french by athens star martin full card won gold in the twelve point five kilometer pursuit to earn france their first medal at the such elim takes the twenty five year old missed only one target before finishing ahead on j one of votes of the czech republic and junky zero zero basically also france norway's only i know beyond allah came forth missing out on a record of thirteenth winter olympic medal. while germany's outlined skiing start maria her fully she won her second straight a limp dick title in the women's super combined it was the twenty nine year old third a limpid gold medal in only have six waves using her slalom skills to surge ahead of her rivals austria's nichol hospital was second while american downhill lead at

julia mancuso settle for bronze to claim her fourth olympics medal. and world sprint champion miguel lol that edgecumbe patrick macon's by a hundredth of a second to win the five hundred metres speed skating gold mohurs twin brother runnels took bronze as the dominant dutch again swept the podium. one day to switzerland dario kanya made the decisive move on the final line to win gold in the thirty kilometer cross country ski affluent defending champion mark as hell not of sweden took silver with no way as martin young's rude son be sealing bronze however russia lodged an official protest claiming maxine genin was deliberately impeded on the final sprint which cost him bronze. appears myra austria was the surprise winner of the men's downhill as the big name struggled in our mind skiing signature race christoper enough of

a italy took silver and norway is here it's not the only group bronze always world champion acts alone spindle and american start bode miller finished fourth and days respectively. and poland launch hill steve young quote count in. one go limping debut in the men's normal bent with a stunning first round jump so really in world champion that took silver holding off norway's and those bottle you have to settle for bronze. and that's a part one but stay with us for part three well we'll have ice hockey and the rest of the sports from around the globe facing. this is obviously more for the ladies because it's pink. women wanted to avoid rate

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at our teen years we have a different. oh because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not like you there but i'm not how. you guys stick to the jokes will handle this stuff. welcome back to the r t sport lympics special and let's raise you with ice hockey after the american junior team won all four of their round robin matches to win the state is the annual under eighteen's ice hockey tournament just outside moscow micrograph janko reports. last year's winner is russia with the hosts as they welcome the usa sweden finland and the czech republic to the fifth annual five

nations cup held just outside the capital but it was only the american juniors side who went into the last game against the czechs having beaten everyone in their wake and scoring seventeen goals in the process. the world silver medalists knew that except for any freak mistakes over the next hour they'd be climbing the cup at the final whistle as the u.s. stole into a three nothing lead in the first period continuing their prowess in front of the net however the czechs got back into the game in the second scoring to announce the goals to make it three two and set up an exciting final period and in an edgy affair the u.s. prevailed to finish the competition with one hundred percent winning record body and we all work hard we all work hard and for it all it's a lot better than three i want and we knew that going in the game so never stuck together battled through and came out of it in the tournament final game russia took on finland as both sides knowing victory would secure a second place a world i despite that the first period was pretty subdued. but russia broke the

deadlock in the second and the game came alive the finns responded immediately to turn the game back on an ice age russia then re took the lead but again let their opponents back in with some sloppy defending and midway through the third period the hosts before the punished by finland who scored to move quick goals. russia must of the many come back later on pulling a gold back to full three but the finns hung on to claim second place ahead of the hosts. of the building is the source for words of course all our opponents during the tournaments were good so third place is also a result i want to congratulate the us because they really were stronger also congress to the finns for taking second place we lost to them in a fair fight and mistakes were made but the tournaments was gray. thanks to the organizers and fans who came out. well there is no doubt that these five nations do have a bright future however it was the u.s.

that led the way with a convincing overall display and maintaining a one hundred percent record before the teams potentially meet up again at the worlds there is a small matter all for their adult counterparts facing off at the sochi ice hockey competition which commences on the twelfth of february and all five nations will be hoping for a big lorry like of genco. the region. now let's move on to football and in germany by in munich finally trying to nail at a stubborn nurnberg to maintain a thirteen point lead at the top of the going to sleep against the run of play david a lot of us cross found mario mind you to open ninety minutes of visitors then twice a hit the wood was before making the two no four minutes after the break philip alone netted his first top flight goal since december two thousand and ten to know him by extend that unbeaten record to forty five games. meanwhile second

place while a vicar isn't kept up their champions league hopes up to winning one of the two seeming he got back this is despite a song called in the spectacular when i'm off to sixty two minutes some of your peers men then held on for a win that keeps them four points korea off the adornment home side though remain fifth for now winless in five games. and dortmund kept up the pressure on labor cruising with a five one wrong vertebrae him and the visitors robert leavened of the opened off the twenty six minutes and reckoned to tell young made it to nil just before the break and soon afterwards manuel friedrich had it in his maiden club go. out of his second round with five minutes left leavened of the second made it five no further grab a late consolation but five wanted. finished the home side worst start to the season in the thirty nine years. while former england captain david

beckham has announced his plans to reestablish a major league soccer fan shines in the city of miami the thirty eight year old midfielder retired last may and now wants to recruit some of the best players as well as build a stadium and an academy for local kids defense the new team which will be the twenty second in m.l.s. it's thought the former l.a. galaxy star purchased the franchise for the discount price of twenty five million dollars after the previous miami club folded thirteen years ago and back him says he's living a dream the support that we've had so far is really been incredible so we want to create a stadium we want to create a sort that same a football club that is the people's football club is simple is that by any chance did your friend your arctics ferguson call your text you know the ones to come and coach here maybe. funnily enough no he didn't call me insane. know boxing now and with just over two months to go manny pacquiao and timothy

bradley are gearing up for their second big w.b.i. welterweight bout in las vegas undefeated american bradley research a five year old get in the ricky fight and offer a controversial split decision almost two years ago five independent judges rescored the bout on video and off wife backyard the w b o astro rematch and also both fighters boosted their records with victories last year they intend to leave the ring is no dance this time. and i agree said miss. it i have the bonus i. had my opponent so that's why but this this far here talents are at the doubt so i will give it. while the world heavyweight boxing champion for the matrix go will defend his five titles against australian alex layer pie in germany on april twenty sixth.

i think that she is. very very motivated as much as i've heard from him i'm going to have press conference next week week with him so i will experience more of him. and i'm looking forward to a charge he's a perfect each for with you i think he's pretty forthright that for so long he's solid fighter experienced and we're there is going to be in the rink i'm going to be ready for it. but please don't blame me for those one sided fights. because i'm going to keep doing the same thing. now let's turn to a change of sport and as less six long jump start the tour an eleven ever was given a warm sendoff to the russian winter indoor tournament after the thirty seven year old announced her retirement and concert in but out of court up with the two thousand and four olympic champion to find out what's next in her eventful life. thank you david there are couldn't imagine life without

a lead it's the russian return to mesure invitation just five months up to given birth to their first daughter and then came back again to compete at the twenty twelve for wind picks up to her second daughter was born but after failing to qualify for russia's maiden world championships in moscow last summer the thirty seven year old finally decided to call it a day without glasses in the if you did i saw i spent so many years in sport and of course it's a pivotal part of my life but i don't feel sad i've achieved everything i set out to do on the other hand i imagine what lies ahead of me i now have so much sparing edgy that i can apply in my new life i'm so excited it's like a springboard to another life and i'll make the most of it using everything i've gained from sport and the live video has hardly any regrets about a glorious career she made her olympic debut in two thousand at the sydney games finishing runner up in triple jump in four years later in athens the russian not only to blunt but also won the one job in two thousand and eight should brought

home a silver from each event though failed to reach the podium at her fourth some ways and one such one gittins bored to requires not only physical ability but delta mental strength which should tributes to the support of the wall during their own indian spiritual muster serie a chain more. akin to the plight on women when you reach the pinnacle of your sport you start thinking what's next it's a turning point for every athlete i met sri chinmoy in two thousand and four his main idea is self transcendence overcoming follow ups to coast despite age or ill health he lifted me on to another friend even though he had arthritis it was such an inspiring thing you needed me forget about your problems and start looking at things differently and thanks to him i met my idol nineteen million pick champion or call us every time a live video i needed some extra motivation should change her hairstyle reading in a different color. throughout her career the three time world long term champion

even tried some new sports like gold and when she was considering retirement say the russian wasn't even invited to try out obsolete but should turn down that offer to concentrate on a career outside sport or that this was the sport some point you just get tired of the constant competition and routine of support you realise there are a lot of things to do that are not with a selfish sportsman attitude but with us to give something back create some worthwhile projects and when you succeed at that are you getting the kind of satisfaction that can be compared with winning something in sport it's like a live or do i still holds the indoor triple jump world record which she said back in two thousand and four and in two thousand and five she won the gold reject board of one million dollars donating ten percent of that sum to no funds home involved right four years later she became a representative in the city is for women and helps boost sport in the hometown she shares with overall story you know i'm leasing by work and with it where the world for interests outside where ticks it seems thirty the record breaking year will

succeed in her life after sports on sunday by the about r t. let's change tack now of basketball and high spain faces a tough an encounter with european champions france after being drawn in the challenging group a for the twenty fourteen world cup the drawer in barcelona also ensure the spanish must take on serbia and brazil as well as egypt and iran defending champions the usa will lead to twenty four teams in the fight for the title and the tournament gets underway on august the thirtieth u.s. . while it may n.b.a. george hill signed a career high of thirty seven points to leave the indiana pacers to a one hundred eighteen points to one hundred thirteen overtime victory at home to portland state top of the n.b.a. the trailblazers had led by five points at hard time thanks judy. last season's rookie of the year damien milad who finished with thirty eight points and eleven

this is showing why he'll take part next weekend all star challenges front with eight seconds left the pacers had a chance to level until went home to hit a three pointer to tie the match at one hundred countries points a pace and in the extra period the man of the match added six more points to see the faces win by five hundred proof their league best record for twenty four wins from twenty six games. and ultimo just bored and defending mo to do feature of his not market began pre-season testing where he left off the twenty year old repsol followed a riders that the fastest time on the first day of pre-season testing in malaysia former champion valentino rossi was second fastest for honda a yamaha or should say and one of those done for drives that completed the top three with fellow spaniard jorge lorenzo fourth on his yamaha the twenty fourteen moto g.p. season gets underway with the cats all grown prey on march twenty third. just

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coming up on our t.v. all eyes are on sochi as the twenty second winter olympic games are well underway the top athletes from around the world compete for gold silver and bronze it will both of the winners and losers straight. meanwhile the western media coverage of russia's so-called gay propaganda laws appears to have overshadowed the opening ceremonies from the olympics coming up next we'll take a closer look at that law and similar ones that exist right here in the united states and he's best known as a hollywood action film star but steven seagal has many more traits and accolades listed on his resume straight ahead an exclusive look at his political future and the religion that helped shape his world.