men's two man bobsled and what a performance it has been from the last couple of days they were dominant ryan from the start setting a track record in their first run and also setting another track record in their third run and they were comfortable win is in the end as a finish just over half a second clear of the switzerland who are in second place was but their fun task story for the driver of examples of call fus really been that nearly manno suppose for russia claiming a silver and bronze in vancouver last time outs. here going obviously one better claim the gold brick man as well alex a boy of all days forty one of more color for personalities you probably need to know him pig see is also a professional arm wrestler. he took a break actually from. do professional arm wrestling actually intends to take up that side career after the olympics finish also he. is a very good judo specialist as well and has been on

a vegetarian diet for the last two years or so in order to try and prepare for these olympic games and obviously events diet has paid off by them getting gold well over twenty seconds russia will have a good chance one would think in the four man bobsled. it's going very well for russia where you had a number gold. unfortunately by our flown the weather has played havoc really over the last couple of days where we have brilliant sunshine for the first we formed really set in up in a row as a whole which delayed the men's mass starts are free times while the women were finally able to get underway but it really was a race to get the russian winners. could only fish twenty second and twenty fourth. claimed her gold medal at these games what was a nightmare race really for sidesaddle who fell midway through the race snapping a pole. all. valuable time while. she missed two shots on the shooting range and

this really is turning out to be a disappointing lympics really for the biathletes just a silver and a bronze so far was supposed to be one of russia's top sports the winter olympics and in terms of talking of russia's top sports of the winter olympics we couldn't go any further without talking about the ice hockey russia take on norway tomorrow big expectations both on and off the ice. obviously russia worth favors before this got underway and you can understand why with the lying seven xander of age. but things haven't really gone to plan so far the russians only managed one victory in regular time that was our first match against slovenia while the drops. to the united states are memorable matches should say shootouts and struggle really to be so i was on a shootout in norway while they might have finished bought some of all the twelve

teams here in seoul chivas certainly be a force to be reckoned with and russia shouldn't take them too lightly but also they'll be good to. run out for the russians one thing that really lacked here so far has been chemistry trying to get the lines to play well with each other and also to advance head coach. defensive system. because an coach does like to concentrate on this defense and obviously it does take time to adapt and earlier i caught up with. two time olympic gold medalist hugo laurie on earth who said russia just need more fights on the ice. doesn't always so we're going to see so. i hope these guys. are going to be in the game for the next level and the focus here for france for this to be more goals. or because he has a book or is about the russian character. was

a great result for russia's cross-country skiers on sundays they managed to claim a silver medal in the men's four by a ten kilometer relay all the warm conditions really didn't help them to march. slushy snow made it very difficult for them to ski and really affected. because managing to claim a silver behind sweden who retained their gold medal from vancouver and became the first nation to do that since the soviet union way back in and nineteen is seventy two also over was joined for alexander trade treaty cause of in the skeleton has been picked up russians made and golden matter bends also an unheralded really had come so close in olympics before picking up a bronze medal in a silver the last world championships in some areas but again just like the bobsled he was dominant really from start to finish and the results for trade to golf and i actually caught up with him just. yesterday against right here just one how

delighted he was with the results and a great result obviously for russia in the skeleton they mention there some landmark achievements do you expect any more on day eleven. while the place looked really would be. skaters had to lympics really to remember and a lot of that goes down cervix i remember in two thousand and six he was competing for south korea one for the gold for an insurer in but then had a dispute with south korean federation and moved to russia to compete two years ago and he really has brought so much to the russian team. boosting the levels of confidence of a young but talented side who haven't really had much show exposure and experience on the world stage and will actually go in his favorites events on tuesday for five hundred meters and given the form that he's been in so far in solid she one would expect her to strive and science gold medal tally bird's rid of. as of the show so far have been russians figure skaters with two gold medals and they certainly have

had an olympics to remember and saatchi. was a disappointing winter olympics for the russian team but few felt it more than the figure skaters russia and the soviet union's proud record of winning a gold medal in every game since nine hundred sixty four came to an end his face fell just short of clinching atop the podium finish in the men's event four years on and things look like they're getting back to normal as russia had a ready claim to golds on the ice veteran you give me. an teenager you need sky were inspired in the team of ends as were. a mexican trunk or of who also took gold in the pairs but of course it's not just our triumph lots of people are behind our success we really want to thank everyone who supported us we want to share this joy with the whole contractors that we are delighted to be all the

question's responsibility because it was really hard. over pollution curtain from hero to zero in the space of four days the thirty one year old looked back to his best in the team competition of the qualifying for the games of a late behind closed doors trial following two years of injuries yet just before the men's events he pulled out citing a back problem so russia had no entrance as pollution had taken the only sports meaning the country misbah chance to continue their thirty year record of claiming a medal in men's figure skating but despite baseball or so sharon trying to cause of the right behind their teammates personable i don't think his point out of the tournament is something that's really that extraordinary it's professional sport and anything can happen to solve because it's pollution coal and pollution cause and think star the whole team supports him not just the figures. skeeters guineas

a real hero it's his forces and he has already won gold and the team is on to here is. what one russian star is fading another is definitely on the rise you lose needs guy who's just fifteen came first in the women's side of a team event to help russia win gold and she says only gold will do in the individual competition vat may be a big ask going up against side of korean legend undisputed favorite uma kim nevertheless league needs to say is she's just delighted to be in sanchia no i don't feel like i'm already an olympic champion the individual event is coming up my feelings after the awards ceremony were great and it's like i'm still in the fog and don't fully realize what's happened russia isn't just having a big impact on the ice but also off it the country has produced some of the best coaches who helped revolutionize for sports over the last few decades but favorites in the ice dance americans meryl davis and charlie white's and the reigning olympic

champions of tessa virtue and scott more of canada are both coached by marina zoya and the american jewish were quick to rate the effects russian coaches have had in their career were so lucky to be able to work with marino you know we every day are able to recognize your genius and. you know her choreography first and foremost is is so impressive for us to be able to perform but then training day in and day out getting us in the right mindset getting us physically ready you know and of course we have to think russia for you know bring her to us after briefly all it seems russian figure skating is getting back to its past and with the lives of teenagers need sky and russian national champion my team. was the original choice in the men's of and the future is looking as bright as its glorious past. tante saatchi. meanwhile and i. a limping news that is the image of brother is continued

her domination in women's biathlon by winning an historic a third gold in sochi the twenty seven year old won the twelve point five kilometer mass start to become the first to feel about by athlete to win three individual gold medals in one olympics took an early lead and was never threatened governor such a lover of the czech republic took silver norway's till eckhoff made a late charge to win bronze. well meanwhile russian ski cross raised our money at common sight of a has been flown to munich for further treatment after breaking his spine in a practice session the twenty three year old had undergone six and a half hours of surgery in a sortie hospital after sustaining a fractured vertebra with a dislocation she was visited there by a president vladimir putin who calls the athletes father with an update on his daughter's progress. oh meanwhile the women's snowboard cross was won by about some kovach of the czech republic the twenty year olds dominated from qualifying

through to the final silver went to dominique play of canada with chloe grace birch off france taking bronze canadian defending champion myopic at crashed out in the quarterfinals while the three time world champion lindsey jacques about us of the usa crashed while leading her semifinal. and in the men's super g. and always gets all young as road added goal to the bronze medal he won in the downhill event while american better to mellow out became the oldest alpine skier to reach and the limpid podium the thirty six year old shared bronze with canada's young who that's after the pat finish behind american andrew why brecht though norway continue their dominance now winning the last four men's super g. and the pick events. of the of their arena the dutch again swept the podium in speedskating of the year to inter morse broke the olympic record to hold off the

favorite italian roost in the women's fifteen hundred meters with bronze going to last a fan bake the one two three means the dutch have now won sixteen speed skating medals to set a new record for winning olympic gongs in one sports. and that's all the news from the olympics but stay tuned for part two of the sports show where we'll have football time isn't boxing as the rest and the best don't go away.

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a real discussion critical issues facing. you ready to join the movement then welcome back. that's obviously one of the russian also for the continuation of nature they want to sell the american hard tech weaponry submarines missiles all the rest of it to the new countries new new markets expanding markets because most of these countries of course who are previously on served equipment. rationale is still a much more politico and. certainly economic toboggan between the europeans who wants to go with the united states remain committed to their security and the united states who was european story we now know that we are now i just i could jump in and ask you could if i could jump in and ask you i mean they want washington because they want the american taxpayer to pay for it because the united

states pays the vast majority of the bill for nato so this is free riding that's what they want do you know that they don't want they're not the security of this is really an evolution is they want someone else in times of austerity particularly now with the american taxpayer picking up the american defense industries would be more than happy to do it. welcome back to the second half of the r.t.e. sports special and let's kick off with football as buying manik warmed up for wednesday's champions league last sixteen trip to arsenal by getting sixteen points get in the board as leader with a four nil home drubbing of freiburg to find some effective pressing from the visitors the host opened after nineteen minutes diego content goes cross finding the head of done today. a quarter of an hour later it was to know it sure didn't check eric firing home vajra deflection as he did with his second gold just before

the break and with two minutes to go after a bizarre as precise finish made it for neil to buy and to stretch that unbeaten bundesliga record to forty six games private go one place above the bottom three. while second place by a late because of lost ground on the leaders after slipping up two one a time to force play shall they have got outs go with the visitors ahead after twenty eight minutes right through the second half equalized through a leaping sometimes fluke own goal however classy on point alarm soon headed in the winner i four straight victory for shaka and moved to within three points of second spot while a because and look to regain their form when the host parasite in the champions league on tuesday. while in england on tuesday manchester city has barcelona in the first ever competitive match between the two and in city's first ever madge in the champions league knockout stages manuel pellegrini's men are

third in the english top flight three points behind leaders chelsea though with a game in hand and beat the blues to nil in last saturday's f.a. cup quarter final however city go up against boss or without top scorer sergio agüero he's been out for three weeks with a hamstring injury. while rock bottom side fullam have sacked manager ran a million steen and replaced him with former by unit coach felix my doubts he becomes the first german to manage in the premier league one just four of his seventeen games in charge leaving the country just four points from safety with twelve much as to go there remains under contract with the club secure all my doubts and signed an eighteen months deal he's won the bundesliga three times as a manager most recently with mossberg in two thousand and nine but been out of work since two thousand and twelve. while canadian m.l.s. side toronto have unveiled. brazil goalkeeper julius ceasar who signed on loan from championship side queens park rangers exactly four year old is out of favor at

loftus road with still first choice people for the world cup hopes to start one of five assyria add titles with into milan as well as the champions league and club world cup in two thousand and ten he joins a former top them striker jimmy and defo adds to rondo coach by retired new zealand defender ryan nelsen. i'm moving on to outlets six and pole vault legend such a good book looked on as french olympic champion the no love will need broke the ukrainians twenty one year old world record and him because own city of donetsk walked onto the track to congratulate the twenty seven year old after he cared six point one six metres on his first attempt to go one centimeter higher than the record is that indoors in february one thousand nine hundred three and two more than the ukrainians outdoor market cheating nine hundred ninety four new heights set indoors or out or accepted as world records in the pole vault. tennis

and the mania simona halep has claimed the biggest w.-t. a title of her career by beating sixty eight and you are in straight sets to win the council have title open in doha the twenty two year old right the germans opening service going to love before going on to great full times while holding serve on route to a comprehensive six two six three victory in just sixty six minutes which. now let's change direction with some boxing not losing to reigning champion go last october russia's top heavyweights alexander can is aiming to put his title hopes back on track after signing a deal with a new promoter without onion reports. october the fifth grievously undefeated contender aleksandr povetkin in front of his home crowd loses the belt there his life divides him and the ukraine and king of the modern heavyweight boxing. that day one story of the big russian up and comer came to now

and. only to give birth to another the return of the challenger shortly after the crucial defeat of that stated he was still on a mission would have one meal to. keep close to yes there were a lot of cringes but klitschko beat me tied to glee it's my own fault i couldn't avoid them to get inside i lost the battle but i'll win the war. here but i would wait a week or so for months on the thirty four year old russian was back in the spotlight rejuvenated and a deal with a new russian boxing promotion in hand and years and years can start to get pretty good we've already worked out a plan to fulfil pull that can style mission plus a few strategic ways to achieve the goal and after his next bout will choose the faster all the longer one. sort of woman was. soon as the klitschko but it was over i was ready to get back in the ring i never stop wanting it just needed some time

to physically recover all this time i've been in the gym running doing training to keep myself in shape. according to his new three year deal the vatican will have to fight see year the next one to be held in moscow this may while the name of his next opponent will be revealed within two weeks. i feel like a need for a five base before another title shot that are many worthy fighters out there but i need all those fights to become even tougher and once again become a legitimate contender back in october last year it was farm. more than just the ball the title belt that you thousands if not millions of poor hearts will broken and one big sense of pride to require there is any sign that you want to finish. your. rematch with klitschko is the top priority with

a dart titles have never given me that kind of drive he's the man to beat the toughest one that's what motivates me. the burning no party must go. on for basketball now and in the year early top sixteen says go when joint top of group with a seventy four points to seventy one victory in an intense battle that turkey gala to answer i met some bombs to shawn early on for the hosts in a game that remained tight until the third quarter of an it together a thirteen point run to go sixty seven fifty eight ahead and they led until the dying seconds when all hines walked minutes a bouncer's three point shot then i kissed each top scored with twenty four points as the army men joined way on madrid and like to be television in a three way group lead it five and one records. andre out and shared their share of first place in group best after holding on to be looking at if the band seventy eight points to seventy four incarnate the home side trails going into the

final quarter but then rallied with ten amounts of points and tied the match at seventy four apiece however the host magical ran out as wales for the games final boss gets so here we don't really get stood tall for los blancos with sixteen points and six rebounds shing created a lay up well seconds before the final buzzer committee and now three in three. over an american n.b.a. four time most valuable player le bron james entertained his fellow players and the media with a display of dunks after team practice in phoenix the twenty nine year old proved he can sink a basket with no help while his teammate. enjoyed the show and made a couple videos. while in the n.b.a. james crowned one of his best games of the season in dramatic fashion as defending champions miami snatched a thrilling one hundred eleven to one hundred ten victory with the golden state in oakland one way to pulled out of the heat starting lineup late on with

a sore foot and the game was tight until the final buzzer stephen curry was the warriors' top scorer with twenty nine and with fourteen seconds left his shot and extra point the hosts head by two however with less than a second to go james saved his best until last sinking a three pointer to finish the night on thirty six and give the visitors victory leaving golden state line in the last day off spot. and in last weekend's sixty third n.b.a. all-star game in new orleans the east rallied to beat the west one hundred sixty three points to one hundred fifty five batman again le bron james open proceedings will be picking up a blast to race in for the first basket rights of blake griffin required with a dunk of his own on the west went on to lead eighty nine seventy six at half time early in the fourth quarter john wall flew in to trim the east deficit to a point kyrie irving added a reverse lay up and carmelo anthony set an all star record by scoring eight three

pointers to east st their first all-star victory in four while having was voted the game's most valuable player after scoring thirty one points and fourteen assists. and finally defensive lineman michael sam who could become the n.f.l.'s first openly gay player and the first in all four of north america's top sports after publicly revealing his homosexuality last week the twenty four year old completed his college career at the university of missouri in december and is expected to be drafted by an n.f.l. franchise in may. and that's all sports by phone. when i close my eyes i see people in mosques. sometimes i think itself is a face covered by a mosque. both sides of the barricades. and

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coming up on r t stop and interrogated at london's heathrow airport a legal adviser to n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden was singled out by a border agent an interview with that attorney from london straight ahead and the sochi winter olympics heat up with another day of competition russia has scored in a limpet gold in the two man of bobsled race while the u.s. and russia stand neck to neck for a total medal count the latest on the sochi games coming up. and a mixed verdict in the trial of a florida man who was shot and killed an unarmed teen will break down the verdict in the case and ask if michael dunn will face a retrial for the death of jordan davis all of that and more later in the show.