filed by thirty two russian athletes against the international olympic committee it does also dismissed. yesterday by fifty and coaches against the use so the cast this engine is very good news for the international olympic committee who have been fighting the legal and political battles for months even years over the russian doping scandal. afterwards he said we welcome this decision which supports the fight against doping and brings clarity for all athletes like all of us i just want to get on with the sport now. and that sport is in full flow throughout saturday with the first medals of the guns being decided in five events one of the events is speed skating there were plenty of korean interested not but most interest of course in the unified women's hockey team from korea by mike has to be their first guy against switzerland. u.s. president are champus signed off on a spending bill ending the second the government shutdown this year although this one lasted just a few hours a day like stance funding into march the twenty third many are unhappy about spending increases and they're expected to push a budget deficit since they want tri

huge round of applause given that most russia stars weren't even invited here by the international olympic committee so basically it was mostly a team of olympic newbies but i'll tell you what did blow the mind of russian fans here in p.n. chang it is the first gold medal by their men's ice hockey team in twenty six years the final was really tough neck and neck till the last second with surprise silver medalists germany and the red machine was only able to show who's boss on it's an extra time. speaking of bosses all ice owais are won two gold medals at these olympics and the first one was no less special weapons ice skating two russian teenage girls topped the podium after breaking two world records water after another within fifteen minutes but of course you can't share one gold and thanks to one extra point from the jury. a fifteen year old girl from his desk became the champion and we were the first t.v. channel to talk to her after she got off the podium in an exclusive interview that is said in. full before competition i fully distance myself from the outside world i don't read or watch the news

huge round of applause given that most russia stars weren't even invited here by the international olympic committee so basically it was mostly a team of olympic newbies but i'll tell you what did blow the mind of russian fans here in p.r. and chang it is the first gold medal by their men's ice hockey team in twenty six years the final was really tough neck and neck till the last second with surprise silver medal as germany and the red machine was all able to show who's boss on an extra time game was very tough for the germany didn't get to the final for no reason it's great that we won that we levelled the school and then the final point in overtime i think this goal brought joy to millions of russian fans speaking of bosses on ice owais are won two gold medals at these olympics and the first one was no less rational when men's ice skating two russian teenage girls topped the podium after breaking two world records one after another within fifteen minutes but of course you can't share one gold and thanks to one extra point from the jury . of a fifteen year old girl for me jeff became the champion and

have been huge repercussions because of that one being russia being kicked out of the international olympic committee so this decision is absolutely key for the future of russia's future global sporting activities if we look at another result of the alleged doping is going. to state sponsored doping many of russia's experienced athletes in the winter olympics just gone by in china were unable to compete compete and those who were allowed to compete could only do so under the neutral flag and they weren't allowed to play the national anthem if they won medals so they were mainly newcomers and they didn't do too badly actually they were seventeen medals overall sure i mean and this isn't just a short stories i mean this is a long journey that russia has been on trying to get reinstated. looking back at the last you know russians out to compete in the pendants there so it's taken a long time hasn't it for this to finally happen yeah and there were expectations that russia actually was going to be reinstated during the games but actually what happened was two out of one hundred sixty nine of the competitors

russian athletes against the international olympic committee it does also dismissed the application filed yesterday by fifteen actually it's and coaches against the i.o.c. so the cast this isn't is very good news for the international olympic committee who have been fighting the legal and political battles for months even years over the russian doping scandal. afterwards he said we welcome this decision which supports the fight against doping and brings clarity for all athletes like all of us i just want to get on with the sport now. and that sport is in full flow throughout saturday with the first medals of the guns being decided in five events one of the events is plenty of korean interest in not but most interest of course in the unified women's hockey team from korea by mike has to be their first guy against switzerland another athlete who won't be taking part in the the olympic there's twenty fourteen snowboard halfpipe champion ilo report logic of the russian born swiss suffered a bad fall and broke his nose while competing at the x. games last month the twenty nine year old whose nickname is i pod to travel to pyong chan and trained on friday after

thirty two russian athletes against the international olympic committee it has also dismissed fired yesterday by fifty actually it's in coaches against you you see so the cast decision is very good news for the international olympic committee have been fighting the legal and political battles for months even years over the russian doping scandal. afterwards he said we welcome this decision which supports the fight against doping and brings clarity for all athletes like all of us i just want to get on with the sport now and that sport is in full flow throughout saturday with the first meadows of the games being decided in five events one of the events is plenty of korean interest in not but most interest of course in the unified women's hockey team from korea by mike has to be their first guy against switzerland. now even though the opening ceremony has not yet started some of the sports are already in action in pyongyang this includes figure skating canada are in the lead in the team event which sees the world's top ten countries compete in short programs of all four skating disciplines a strong performance by meagan duhamel and eric redford to hel

russian athletes against the international olympic committee it does also dismissed the applications filed yesterday by fifteen actually it's an coaches against the u.s. so the cast this isn't is very good news for the international olympic committee have been fighting the legal and political battles for months even years over the russian scandal. afterwards he said we welcome this decision which supports the fight against doping and brings clarity for all athletes like all of us i just want to get on with the sport now. and that sport is in full flow throughout sorts of day with the first murders of the guns being decided in five events one of the events is speed skating there were plenty of korean interested not but most interest of course in the unified women's from korea but mike has to be the first guy against switzerland. welling's reporting from pyongyang there in tatiana we back later in the news hour to talk more about the winter games and the furor over a calling toss n.p.r. in china i know you have more on that stay with us tatiana and now we're going to go over to right here mohammed a social media producer to find out what people are saying

repercussions of this have been huge one of the biggest was russia being kicked out of the international olympic committee the i.o.c. so this latest decision to reinstate it to the club is a key milestone as the head of the russian olympic committee points out. the read statement was tied to the full doping check of russian athletes who participated in the winter olympics the letter we received today says the i.o.c. is able to confirm all remaining results of the olympic athletes from russia are negative the i.o.c. has banned men to many of russia's experience their fleets were unable to compete at the winter olympics in pyongyang this meant of course that those who were allowed to compete should only do so under a neutral olympic flag and they were mainly newcomers nevertheless they won seventeen medals overall now if we go back to the events leading up to the decision to reinstate russia to the i.o.c. there were expectations that it would have happened during the winter olympics themselves but there was a problem to russian competitors failed drugs tests another consequence to those positive tests was russia being ba

international olympic committee it does also dismissed. yesterday by fifty actually it's in coaches against the u.s. so the cast decision is very good news for the international olympic committee who have been fighting the legal and political battles for months even years over the russian diapering scandal. afterwards he said we welcome this decision which supports the fight against doping and brings clarity for all athletes like all of us i just want to get on with the sport now. and that sport is in full flow throughout saturday with the first medals of the guns being decided in five events one of the events is plenty of korean interest in not but most interest of course in the unified women's hockey team from korea by mike has to be their first guy against switzerland when the first middle even starts on saturday you can expect to see plenty of golds around the mix of swedes countries traditionally one of the best performers in winter olympics and more than half of their medals have come in cross country skiing. culture behind the success. go down to the woods today in sweden's dollar county and you

competitors who are already now in pyongyang ready to compete people have criticized the international olympic committee and so one hundred sixty no it isn't that a lot and actually they will have russia somewhere on their uniforms so as you say a very messy situation and of costly this entire situation could affect more than just the winter olympics couldn't it i think it does affect far more this is wonderful no for blood vellum a putin and for russia and they have this huge push this controversial push with sport right in the center of that is the football world cup that takes place this summer there have been accusations already about russian footballers doping now when people start so accuse russia they can say well hang on just look at this we've been cleared don't jump to any conclusions about whether russian sports stars don't play thank you very much leeway in london for us. well the north korean athletes who will compete in pyongyang have arrived ahead of those games ten skaters arrived on a chartered and rad direct flight between north and south korea an agreement was reached last month between the

through with it because we're also speaking about the the safety of the athlete so what about the international olympic committee the i.o.c. what's their reaction to this criticism exactly so that question has been put forward to them and this is what they actually have to say about it let's take a listen. you know their athletes and they know the kind of conditions that they work in so i can only assume that they take all precautions this rate is safety vacillates is i know we keep saying it but it is the number one priority for us. and you know we have time there are reserved days there is plenty of time to get all the competition in so i don't think we would take any chances. as you just heard nobody wants to take responsibility of but he's just passing on the buck in-doors canada got a golden team figure skating yes they did it was a controlled environment and the team event is based in figure skating is very similar to the team event in gymnastics at the summer olympics and every country puts together they have best skaters from each this upand canada's patrick chan as you decide on the screen he took you b

going to be airing chang they were not given the invitations by the international olympic committee without providing any explanation so if you think of these two groups basically they had very little time to appeal and to defend their right to compete at the olympics so the court of arbitration for sport or casts they spent three days now looking into their cases and they promised that the announcement will come at eleven o'clock so there is there's been a little delay and i think it is beginning right now as i'm being told so i'm going to try and listen to that and i'll get back to you very soon everyone's waiting the whole world's waiting. here is well if you're trying to impeach chang thank you very much indeed thank you. well meanwhile other athletes whose participation in the games isn't in question and i will say embroiled in controversy that's after no we can state broadcaster published a list of drugs the norway's team doctor has brought in a remarkable amount of aspirin medication was noted six thousand doses containing banned substances that's ten times more assman drugs the neighboring finland brought to so

sue herrera >> good morning, everybody here's what's happening at this hour the international olympic committee says not sot it might not necessarily invite the 28 russian athletes who won their olympic doping ban appeal to compete in the winter game. not being sanctioned does not automatically confer the privilege of an invitation to the games. >>> ups announcing it ordered 4 14 boeing cargo planes and 676 aircraft to provide additional capacity for its increasing demand and this comes in addition to 14 cargo planes that they ordered back in 2016 all 32 planes will be delivered by 2022. >>> and lowe's says it's giving bonuses up to $1,000 it's the latest company to invest in the workers since the tax overhaul it will be sweetening benefits for maternity and parental leave. >>> and mitsubishi recalling 141,000 outlander suvs because the engine belt can detatch draining the battery and causing the engine to stall. it covers the 2008 through 2012. you're up to date. that's the news update back to you. jon, i'll send it to you >> thank you, sue. up next, the cfo of paypal sits down with us after the company r

possibly we will never find out for sure well i can tell you that the international olympic committee has already applauded the ruling so as the people who were. in favor of the russian bed and the first place but of course for team russia it is a complete disaster and the athletes are baffled. why how it could get that unfair some of the teams have already said that they are going to other civil courts with this and what they want to do is somehow retrieve the moral and financial damages and it's an issue that's going to go on and on if you're trying to in killing tank thank you very much. for we can now hear from investigative journalist david lindorff so we can discuss this in more detail i mean dave if you are listening to the report from me are there let's have a look at the nitty gritty of this i mean some of the people banned they have no prior doping convictions so many people therefore will struggle to get their head around this ruling by cast me do you think this decision is based on sports or politics. i think a lot of it has to be politics you know we've had other countries where there were charges nationall

reduced number of competitors from russia following decisions by the international olympic committee and the court of arbitration for sport so over doping allegations now casts overturned the lifetime olympic bans for twenty eight russian athletes at the start of february but then did a sudden u. turn saying it actually supported the i.o.c. decision not to allow the athletes to compete in the winter games our correspondent spoke exclusively with of the secretary general of cass to find out more about the conflicting decisions. after the court of arbitration for sport said no to forty seven russian athletes and coaches just as the winter games were getting underway perhaps the number one conclusion that came up on some people's mind was that presumption of innocence doesn't apply to the russian doping scandal well the cast secretary-general didn't literally say that the key law principle didn't work for cas but see for yourself how much it applied to the russians the fact that the unable to show the guilt of an athlete doesn't mean that the truth has nothing to do although with the case really in the sense this is a logical c

fifty received lifetime bans and their medals were taken away by the international olympic committee a few months ago and last week or so the very same court of arbitration for sport cancelled these lifetime bans they reinstated their podium finishes and allowed to compete again and then we get this decision which completely contradicts the previous ones so to say that the russian team is devastated is basically not to say anything they are feeling that that is a complete disaster both the athletes that are still going to compete and yung chang under the neutral flag and the athletes have been banned as well the coaches the fans they're completely baffled by what is going on but i can tell you that some have already promised that they will take this case to other court to claim financial and moral damages but even if they end up waiting this very long legal battle nobody is going to give them back their chance to win the olympic medals and counting. the limping movement does not consider me an athlete who deserves to be a part of it without even providing an explanation i've never given a reason to doubt my honesty and

neutral banner taking part as a limb pick athletes from russia or the team and so after the international olympic committee banned russia following a doping scandal over the russian flag being forbidden by the i.o.c. it still found its way into the stadium is he a potential explains. no russian flags at the opening ceremony nation's parade chang the i.o.c. said some very strict rules and promised no excuses for anyone who'd violate them so who would have thought the russian tricolor would still make it into the ceremony all thanks to a blogger by korean t.v. just as team france were walking into the arena a russian flag i can well while the zero eight our team were carrying the white a live big flag many russian flags flashed around the arena at the stands but it turned out that not only russians brought them there we spoke to one american fan who grabbed one too and i thought it would be nice to you know show a bit of support for them because they've basically worked for years for this moment to represent their countries and now they can't and so i was kind of trying to sort of you know help them feel at

part as a limb picower fleets from russia team away are as it's been termed that so after the international olympic committee banned russia following a doping scandal well over the russian flags being forbidden by the i.o.c. nonetheless it still found its way into the stadium. when i heard that russia can watch under their own flag i felt quite sorry for the athletes you know the athletes who were completely clean and had no problems but they were deprived of the right to represent their country and so i thought i would support them by putting the flag out there and partially said because you know i was looking forward to seeing the best in the world and what the russians are the best in the world a lot of things so i can't see them which is kind of sad but mostly mad because they've worked for years for these olympics and now they're being told you know they don't even have really proof they just have suspicions and now they're being sold without really a chance to properly appeal they can't compete and i just think that's really unfair so as we just heard a last minute appeal from forty five earth leads an

olympics. the head coach of the canadian team says that will be a problem. christine. >> that is all part of the sport. thanks so much. >>> the international olympic committee turning down a request from 15 banned russians to participate in the winter games. the 13 agent -- athletes and two coaches. the court of arbitration for sport said there was insufficient evidence the russians broken the rules. they applied to complete under a neutral olympic flag. the statement issued overnight, the ioc examined each case-by-case and the suspension remains. no official response from moscow. >>> the cause of the deadly train crash. sunday's collision in south carolina killed two people and injured 116. amtrak train diverted on the wrong track causing it to smash into a stationary freight train. cnn's kaylee hartung has the latest. >> reporter: the white pod wetes brought out to to dialo dialogu crash. diverting the train on the side track and squarely into the freight train. ntsb investigators have to figure out why the switch was left locked in the wrong position when the train travel along that path every day. this is a question that the csx corporation will have to

for the russians the international committee promised to lift the suspension of russia's national olympic committee if there are no further issues so that the athletes and the sports officials from russia will be given back their full rights as team russia and we won't hear about the o.e. are again then. what about finale that closing ceremony and why and while five i was time from now under a neutral flag what about those two doping cases at these games tell us what happened. well two russian ass they tested positive for doping it was alexander christian needs the curler he and his wife first one a bronze medal it was a historic medal for the russian team in this case but then that medal had to be taken away because he tested positive for plus there was female bobsledder the city gave she finished too far from the podium but still traces of a hard drug was found in his were found story in her body but it was however a knowledge that both of them weren't systemic dopers and crucial needs case was particularly unusual when most people hard about the news they just went how could be useful in a sport such as curling and i can tell yo

olympics an athlete from russia on the medal board two bronze one so far as it stands right now that's of course despite a reduced number of competitors from russia following decisions by the international olympic committee and the court of arbitration for sport over doping allegations in twenty cases the evidence collected was found to be insufficient to establish that's. a violation it was committed. to the decision this extremely disappointing. decision shows the urgent need. for reform. in the internal structure of this. division of the court of arbitration for sport this missed the application filed by thirty two rushed. athletes against the international olympic committee applicants did not demonstrate that the manner in which two special commission system by the i.o.c. was carried out in a discriminatory and fair manner there are plenty of questions left over those conflicting decisions so our correspondent has been speaking exclusively with the secretary general of the sea air here's what he found. after the court of arbitration for sport said no to forty seven russian athletes and coaches just as the winter games were getting underway perhaps the number one conclusion that came up on some people

olympics in south korea as so—called neutral athletes. it is a result of last yea r‘s neutral athletes. it is a result of last year's international olympic committeerussia that followed a long investigation into what they concluded was an unprecedented systematic manipulation of the anti— doping system at the 2014 sochi winter olympics. a whistleblower from the head of the anti— doping laboratory in russia revealed how dirty samples had been swapped for clean ones. but today the court of arbitration for sport has reopened the issue, upholding 28 appeals and partially upholding 28 appeals and partially upholding the remaining 11. the arbitrators unanimously found that the evidence moved forward by the ioc in relation to this matter did not have the same weight in each individual case. this does not mean that these 28 athletes are declared innocent, but in that case due to insufficient evidence the appeal is upheld. as a consequence, declared athletes have had their lifetime bans revoked. sanctions annulled and the individual results achieved in sochi reinstated. the ioc expressed both its satisfaction and disappointment at the upholding of 11 parti

olympics there and athletes from russia are on the medal board with two bronze and one so over us despite a reduced number of competitors from russia following decisions by the international olympic committee and the court of arbitration for sport over doping allegations. in twenty eight cases the evidence collected was found to be insufficient to establish that's an anti-doping rule violation was committed by concerned because of the decision is extremely disappointing. the decision shows the urgent need. for reform. in the internal structure of couse applicants did not demonstrates that the manner in which two special commission system study leashed by the i.o.c. was carried out in a discriminatory arbitrary or unfair meant. probably plenty of questions about the nature of those conflicting decisions are still unanswered correspondent has been speaking exclusively with the secretary general of the cia as he joins us in the olympic host city now again a lawyer got a lot of time with him did you get any more from him. call and hello well after the court of arbitration for sport said no to forty seven washing athletes and coaches just as the winter games and we're getting underway perhaps t

one hundred here so far starting february eighteenth. the international olympic committee has rejected a request to allow fifteen russians to take part in the pyong china winter olympics it comes after their life bans for doping were controversially lifted by the court of arbitration for sport last week. germany's biggest political parties have extended a decisive friend of coalition talks chancellor angela merkel's conservatives on the social democrats had hoped to conclude the negotiations at the weekend but sticking.

athletes are clean and earned the right to take part in the olympics so the russian olympic committee will send a letter to the international olympic committee suggesting they allow athletes to compete in the olympic games. despite what russia's sports minister says the international olympic committee notes cass's points a lack of evidence doesn't prove the innocence of those athletes for now the i.o.c. seems reluctant to readmit them to compete in pyongyang. the result of the caste decision does not mean that i thought leaks from the group of twenty eight will be invited to the guy not being sanctioned does not automatically confer the privilege of an invitation still provided it's not overturned on appeal the caste decision means russia has the legal momentum in a country where sport and politics often march together that's a boon for its athletes and the kremlin we challenge how does iraq oscar. time president look at the top stories here at al-jazeera the united states has accused the syrian government of continuing to use chemical weapons against its people and is seeking new ways to deliver them it follows a suspected

but already this has massively strained the relations between the international olympic committee and the court of arbitration for sport so let's hear the things that they said about each other previously. due to insufficient evidence the appears so held the sanctions and their individual results achieved in such reinstated these kinds of decision is extremely disappointing these decision shows the need. for reform. in the internal structure of her class. so again rory the moment the latest news is that a total of forty seven lawsuits and help like a shins by russian athletes who want to compete and we'll have been filed the court of arbitration for sport these people are there the hearings are underway and of course the olympics are just around the corner the opening ceremony is on february ninth so time is running out but we are here checking out everything that is happening we'll try and get word from the people as soon as they leave the room behind me so i'll tell you all about it when it happens right. there live in kong chang thank you and we'll keep you updated throughout the day here on our team at the fate of abo

team russia the ruling of cast that he announced so that's it speak forty seven russian athletes and coaches will challenge the international olympic committee at the court of arbitration for sport will miss the young chang winter games twenty eight c. so it was their last chance to make it happen but it never happened the cast secretary-general said that the process that was established by the international committee to establish the invitations list wasn't a sanction but rather an eligibility decision that means that the court was fine with the criteria the i.o.c. chose for their invitations and according to cas refusing i don't live it can be taishan for these people doesn't equal to punishment this is what this man was saying as he was talking to the media now just to remind you there are people who never missed never sorry failed doping tests including former reigning olympic champions i should say the likes of victor on when they first heard that they weren't going to be invited here's how they. acted. and. movement does not consider me an athlete who deserves to be opponents of it without even providing an explanation i've never given

evidence is insufficient so they doubt they sex at all the information they broke it down and they said that the evidence that was put forth forward by the international olympic committee that it did not have the i'm quoting them right now did not have the same weight in each individual case so i think corrective the overall i think the evidence was strong but i think when applied on a case by case basis they just didn't have it was just wasn't enough so that they couldn't really prove that these individual athletes had violated and he doping. ok terms of the very last minute for the twenty eight cleared russian athletes who will now it looks like will be competing and. it's but it's really really complicated it's still really complicated because these twenty eight athletes they can't they still have to apply for entry and that entry of course with eight days to go that entry has to be approved by the i.o.c. and now of course this puts the i.o.c. in a very difficult spot because here you have these twenty eight athletes that are basically going up to to the i.o.c. and saying look the court of arbitration of sports has basically given me the green light you know you don