cocai karen chen along with mirai nagasu and bradie tennell. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas has our exclusive coverage. you were at that announcement this morning. take us through it. >> reporter: well, kira, figure skating has a reputation for having a lot of drama attached to it and throughout this u.s. championship, that has been no exception, leading right up to that announcement this morning. of course, the focus around here is on karen chen, who came in third in the figure skating in the competition, which didn't necessarily guarantee her a spot on the olympic team. she did not know about that until 11:30 last night. she said she got a text message letting her know she was being nominated to the u.s. team. she said she literally screamed at the moment. her mom was in the room with her and she said she was just -- tears started flowing. it was something she has dreamed about ever since she was a little girl. here's what she had to say about making the olympic team on...