and welcome back you're watching the weekly here on our team down just days the brand new adler venue and so on she will play host to the real stars on ice when dozens of top sportsmen and women will compete for the big gold a real drama on ice with taking sprints false starts and photo finishes that's what fans can count on a tease to bung months a has been checking it out. we've just arrived here at the adler skating center this is where the speed skating competitions during the twenty fourteen winter olympic games is going to be taking place now we've been invited inside to actually take a look at the four hundred meters in length a skating rink it's very important that this ring can be maintained properly particularly for the skaters and they going to show us how they do that so let's go and see it. as you can see it's spectacular on the outside but the real beauty is how we did works on the inside no expense was spared in the creation of the venue at the olympic park and you can certainly see where the money went a crystal say speed is reflected by and you know walls and triangul

we've just arrived here at the adler skating center this is where the speed skating competitions during the twenty fourteen winter olympic games is going to be taking place now we've been invited inside to actually take a look at the four hundred meters in length a skating rink it's very important that this ring can be maintained properly particularly for the skaters and they're going to show us how they do that so let's go and see it. as you can see it's spectacular on the outside but the real beauty is how it works on the insight no expense was spared in the creation of the venue at the olympic park and you can certainly see where the money went a crystal face speed is reflected by angular walls and triangular stained glass windows the gray and white color of the building in hans's this impression even the facade is transparent so the spectators inside the rena can see out. the focus of the arena doesn't disappoint with leading sports men and women coming forward to praise the circuit it features two competition tracks and one training track all designed to provide the best possible p

the quality of eyes can make a huge difference in winning that goal and at adler quality is the main priority with optimal michael climatic conditions to show a world class surface but it's just a limp during the games every forty five minutes will have to. be on machine i'm on the circuit for a lot of the four hundred metre of the circuit it's very important that they do this because i will be a leveling up ice rink as well as making it. all week a limb pins will be skating. close on the machine is doing feats. live well up to everybody but really big games so that the libyans was beaten like and have it must be. lost. it's going to be all about being beat and beat and the endless stadium and sochi is ready to bomb a thing. or. get more of ours who are of the olympic park are to dot com and make sure you're here when the game will have special coverage on there throughout the fourteen. next two years not your usual handsome comic book hero but he's here to help down announced back on their feet this craggy face superhero dreams of beer while the people he rescues gag at his rican br

next door at adler arena, shani davis will try for a gold medal in the 1500 meters. something snowboarder shaun white tried to do last night but was unfortunately unsuccessful. also, july ya mancuso competes in the downhill competition today. you will see in prime time if she can win a fifth olympic medal tieing bode miller for the most olympic medals in u.s. alpine skiing. it's pretty warm here, snowboarders and skiiers have not complained about the conditions yet, we expect more snowfall later this week. >> and janelle, i know i'm amazed by the snowboarding story, shaun white who won two gold medals in the past finished fourth. no medal at all, no americans at all won a medal in this event. >> thank you everyone, i love you, all of my fans, i'll keep going and you know, it was a tough night, thanks for being there. >> it went to a man nicknamed ipod. iouri. >> teter won gold in 2006 and silver four years ago in vancouver. >> what's expected to be a preview of the gold medal match, team canada and team usa faced off earlier this morning, women's hockey. >> the canad

the farmer's market in the city of adler where you can find fruits and vegetables, spices, about every nut you can imagine, and delicious seafood. the venders welcome you with smiles. and free samples. the fruits, sweeter. some of the vegetables, bigger. we ran into this family from australia. >> looks a lot fresher and nicer. this is the genuine stuff. it's great. >> reporter: i was drawn over here to these colorful wax candle looking items. these are one of russia's most popular snacks. they come in all sorts of flavors. we have grape here, an cot, and even kiwi. it's fruit juice tried around nuts. another local delicacy, little dumplings. also, a popular sauce used for everything from dipping breds to flavoring meats. a taste of russia that i wish i could bring home. >> is she ever coming back home? >> i am so relieved she went to the market. >> it looked incredible. the colors and size of those carrots we all commented on. >>> jeff ranieri, you've done some olympic shopping, haven't you? >> i still have a few souvenirs of the past. get a live look here at the radar. we had some wea

. >> reporter: this is where the locals go, the farmer's market in the city of adler, you can find fresh fruits and vegetables, spices, every nut you can imagine, and delicious seafood. the vendors welcome you with a smile. offering free samples. >> delicious. >> reporter: the fruits, sweeter. some of the vegetables, bigger like these carrots. we ran into the morris family from australia. >> looks fresher and nicer. ours is too commercialized. this is genuine stuff, it's great. >> reporter: i was drawn over here to the colorful wax-candle looking items. one of russia's most popular snacks, come in all sorts of flavors, grape, apricot, persimmon and kiwi. it's fruit juice, dried around nuts. russians say it's a healthier version of candy. another local delicacy, dumplings that look like tortellini. a popular stock, used from dipping breads to flavoring meats. a taste of russia i wish i could bring home. janelle wang, "today in the bay." >> i'm bummed, i heard wish i could bring home. >>> from the biggest little city in the world. america's newest gold medalist, reno's david wise, freestyl

. >> so we're here in the adler central market, kind of a meeting place in downtown adler, about fived that the russians tend to be a surgically sort, not necessarily the most friendly. we're here with one goal, to disprove that. we will make a russian smile. >> and where are you from? i'm guessing russia. i just guessed. it was a complete stab in the dark. come on, you can do it. we're going to get you to smile. close. you got close. you are very smiley. you have not been to america. when will you come? is this the olympic snuggie? see, they smile. within ten minutes of being here, we have made not one, but three russians smile. you like american girls? we have a lot in common. go olympics. >> go olympics. >> fantastic. >> are they laughing with him or laughing at him? >> they're laughing at him. >> just throwing it out there because they looked a little bit like they're laughing at him but, you know, that's brian. >> don't forget to catch "squawk on the street" tomorrow. we will have the ceo of green mountain. >> tonight on fast freestyle, we have the coo of tony sketchers. thanks f

this is the adler arena skating center for speed skating. this venue can seat 8,000 people.he building is 25 meters high and 274 meters long. inside, there are two competition tracks and one training track. this is the iceberg skating palace for short track speed skating. seating capacity, 12,000. because two sports are sharing this venue, the ice will have to be transformed from figure skating to short track, which takes about two hours. the roof has a wave-like shape designed to resemble a floating iceberg. after the games, it will be converted for cycling. this is the ice cube curling center for curling. the seating capacity here, 3,000. the center is simplistic in its design, meant to symbolize democracy and it's a movable venue. it could be transported to another russian city. those are the five competition venues at the coastal cluster. but this is a bonus one. and it may be the most important of it all. this is the olympic stadium, capacity, 40,000. this is where the opening and closinger is mo er iceremonies place. sochi will be the host of the fifa 2018 world cup. t

this is the adler arena for speed skating. this can seat 8,000 people. inside there are two competition tracks and one training track. this is the iceberg skating palace or short track speed skating and figure skating. seating capacity, 12,000. because two sports are sharing this venue, the ice will have to be transformed from figure skating to short track, which takes about two hours. after the games it will be converted into a velodrome for cycling. this is the ice cube curling center for, what else, curling. the seating capacity here, 3,000. the curling center is simplistic in its design meant to symbolize democracy. those are the five competition venues at the coast al clus clust cluster. the stadium, capacity 40,000. this is where the opening and closing ceremonies are taking place. after the olympic games, the stadium will be a soccer venue and training center. sochi will be the host of the fifa 2018 world cup. the olympic flame has arrived in sochi after making a four-month long, 40,000 mile journey. no word yet on who will late to cal drin. >> ou

a train carrying the flame arrived at adler station near one of the main venues used for skating events of the black sea coast the torch landed in russia in october from athens greece over the last four months has traveled around sixty five thousand km from moscow to sochi. and our relay team to get to the square in front of the new arrival was celebrated with folk dancing and other events. they then moved about one two hour or two of main road where they officially live in. i see him it's really a mountain. once express how delighted we have the three hundred runners will carry the torch around the city center and malcolm in mountain areas that's before our eyes and fished olympic stadium on friday night for the opening ceremony i moaned as his line for this hour and you don't need to go from almost here and in it a whirl. thanks for joining us. it is. the us the us. ha well still get great chance. he's a good sign. ladies and business leaders acknowledged explore the whole history and beauty of the corner of the word check check and enter your peanuts and airy. it needs to get close t

now it is just two days the brand new adler venue and such he will play host to the real stars on ice when dozens of top sportsmen and women will compete for olympic gold real drum on ice with breathtaking sprints false starts in photo finishes. but fans can count on the keys to bomb of thing has been checking out the week. b b b was this the at eighteenth and said this is where the speed skating competitions during twenty fourteen winter games is need to be taking place now living in bombay inside actually take a look at the four hundred mi to invent this eighteen drink. i for one second that this thing can be maintained property to take the heat for the state is anything to show us how they do that. the next lane see it as you can see it's that tacky on the upside. but the real beauty is only two words on the inside. no expense was stated in the creation of the baby at the end of the top and the consistency with the money went. crystal face he is infected by and no walls and why i think the friend that is. the grain was kind of the building and hans is this impression. even the faca

the main olympic park is not actually in sochi, but in the town of adler about 40 minutes up the black sea coast. and the view is probably not what you'd expect at a winter olympics. the train better be nice, the olympic rails, tunnel and roads cost more than $9 billion. the final tab for sochi will ring in around $50 billion. so far, the athletes and tourists have been able to ignore the controversies. >> i feel so safe, just loving it. >> reporter: and get excited for these winter olympics, split between the mountains and the sea. richard engel, nbc news, sochi. >>> and a reminder the competition in sochi begins next thursday, february 6th. and so does olympic coverage right here on nbc. >>> and when nbc nightly news continues this saturday, new fears about whether the water in west virginia is really safe to drink following that chemical spill several weeks ago. >>> and later, what has become an irresistible alternative to watching the super bowl. even peyton manning can't bark out signals like these guys. >>> there are new concerns tonight that the water declared safe to drink in w

beautiful it's been fun we came up skiing the other day a couple days of between work and sochi and adler and corky all came together nicely when we got here is a little and then end up in a couple days a hammer it out it's really cool since no boardings inception as an established winter sport it's developed various styles each with its own specialized equipment and technique snowboarding when you became a winter sport in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight ranging from the stunts of freestyle to the fast pace racing of slope style used for both recreation and professional snowboarding it's my first time and it's not as easy as it looks but it's a little bit confusing as i've been told that i'm left footed even though i'm right handed i suddenly say three position was pushed forward and the first foot that i fell on was the direction i should go he would go wish me luck. there are around one hundred thousand risk of fractures worldwide among snowboarders each year i'm not going to be a statistic to me and my instructor says he can teach someone to be. recreational snowboarder in one o

from its opening in one nine hundred fifty seven to today the black sea is coastal airport at adler has served more than sixty million passengers today seventy domestic and thirty international flights operate from saatchi's new four hundred million dollars state of the art passenger terminal i'm here to meet. the c.e.o. of the airport's managing company basel aero this airport but i reserve the summer mr nation with their winter anything game so no everything was built around this new resort the slopes are never sing it will become they are a poor for winter and for families with all seasonal arable corning begins to also build a new v.a. peterman of the previous one the six counties neither saw the new one as apostles and square meters for the awful it's that to make their life easier we build a special cargo terminal for the deaf is going to go and it was a passports and all they're like this you know we always have extra luggage and go through the special place for this year we have a high profile events like g eight in june international such a slimy concept they're more informal a

and there's more than the shore on top of the dozens of stubbornness clubs in sochi and adler there's also the high life of the new mounting cost of trust my opinion of. this is sky club and or inspiring view over the mountains it's the perfect place mingling with fellow travelers and athletes to relax after a hard day's competing or spectating just everything here is amazing the man use an infrastructure and all athletes are very pleased. russia is renowned for its by print culture and hip and happening after hours by use of such a large no exception from the sizzling sure to the cool snowy peaks. you might covet milton andrews. just now to pumping billions of dollars into sochi russian officials been busy inspecting the city between the event a deputy prime minister. gave his take on how far the city come. infrastructures such as brand new york. city all the more than acquirements requirements at. present the war and. infrastructure. as one of the. most important russian the resorts one of the most more than european resorts as well. well we know a days it isn't pygame has been a bl

about the fact that the taxi driver is a real to take advantage of people coming here yes you fight adler which is the main you know part of the olympic cluster they're charging a thousand roubles a fifteen dollars for what is really just a ten minute journey that's why i was charged actually i must say that the thing is that in london a taxi from heathrow to the center is sixty pounds which is one hundred dollars and of course what taxi is and what business is going to take advantage of the influx of people being here in such a case of questions and people about aids how do their faulty that hangs it resemble on ours i think the average meal is around sort of six to ten dollars so if you were it all really depends what you're used to of course if you have a type. of course and what you or what you're enjoying if you live in expensive cities like london moscow scandinavia japan then obviously such is going to be cheap i came in on a super high salaries how much you going to pay to put yourself up in such obviously it depends on the stars but took me through that. got you got one star to f

in the women's three thousand meter speed skating event in the adler arena however she was powerless to stop the dutch domination in the event with us claiming gold now russian sports fans will be hoping that their first medal of these games is quickly followed up by their first gold medal of these games round six of eight in the figure skating team event is just getting underway and one of russia's most famous sporting sons you have gagne pushing is about to take to the ice in the men's free program russia currently have the overall leader in the to vent tell to no small part by fifteen year old lipnitskaya who puts in a perilous performance in the ladies' short program at the other end of the age scale forty two year old al but then he's announced his retirement at the end of these games he's hoping to go out on a high the loser is currently in second place in the final stages of the third round of the men's loos event the fourth and final round gets underway later on the saving on sunday meanwhile there's also hopes of a podium finish for russia in the women's biathlon seven and a

takes to the ice in the men's one thousand meter speedskating inside the adler arena. for a while and is the olympic spirit still burning bryant's what is the mood like there basically what i'm trying to figure out is what are we missing out on over here in moscow. while it's nice to finally be talking about the sport and sporting successes that's for sure of course of the build up to these games were plagued by controversy but here we are well into the first week now when everything touchwood is running smoothly now the atmosphere in and around the venues and the live sites is fantastic no doubt helped by the rather beautiful weather certainly down here in the coastal cluster however the mild temperatures up in the mount. causing some concerns with reports that the ice is beginning to melt however the international olympic committee said they have absolutely no concerns about the conditions at the moment meanwhile according to reports global viewing figures for these winter games are up almost ten percent from vancouver four years ago with an extra twenty five million

by air but actually by sea and the black sea that you can see behind me that it's made its way to adler actually very very close to the olympic park which you can see behind me but it didn't stop here it went straight away to the beach for mounting cluster of christ like pollyanna where various people could see the flame finally here is sort of recalling the people who carried the torch we had famous musicians famous actors sports men and women and the local people of sorts you managed to carry that flame of course the torch being in sochi everyone seeing how much the area has changed i was here myself seven years ago and really it's almost unrecognizable and earlier arty met up with the former olympic winner he won bronze and silver before in various olympics is there was a volley of water and this is what he had to say about the changing face of such a. degree with the president with your time stern ten years ago i couldn't imagine such as would host an event of such magnitude and it's very important for russian mother who. only been positive changes for soldier but it's not a world c

and there's more than assure the dozens of clubs in sochi and adler there's also the high life of the new mountain of. this is sky club and or inspiring view over the mountains it's the perfect place for mingling with fellow travelers and athletes to relax after a hard day's competing or spectating. everything here is amazing the infrastructure and very pleased russia is renowned for its vibrant nightlife culture and the hip and happening after hours values of such a are no exception from the sizzling shore to the cool snowy peaks she's night out covered. and of course next hour will bring you all of our lives as from one of the winter games most eagerly anticipated matches which is happening right now between russia and usa. the g twenty four team promises. exhilarating winter. in germany and you make the most of our local news team for sochi twenty four take. on. the world. its technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. drama. stories others who refuse to notice. faces change the world. to picture to taste not just from around the glo

and one of the major parts here of the sochi adler. and so i think those are about as secure as you're going to get let's talk about the infrastructure that has sprung up around this such a region is sochi set to become a tourist hot spot off to the games you think is going to be a legacy of tourism here while they're in better position certainly because they build new highways they've got a great train transportation now in there they're more up to date with their electricity grid and stuff like that so i think they're prepared but as with any city that's going to give birth to a modern resort you're going to have labor pains and you were up in the mountains i believe last night watching this right of course is the name because it is about this but what about the venues how they look how are they holding up to the beautiful of the ski jump we saw men's short short jump last night and i was incredible when you're going up the gondola and overlooking the ski jump there is just it's quite magnificent it was awesome it's going to be a gre

it's been fun weekend of skiing added a couple days off between work and the sochi and adler and corky all came together nice and we got here still in disarray but then end up in a couple days the hammer it out it's it's really cool now since newborns conception has stopped its winter sports it's developed various styles each with its own specialized equipment and technique. snowboarding. he became a winter sports in nineteen eighty eight ranging from the status of freestyle to foster these recent ups lifestyle use the bike recreation and professional snowboarding it's my first time. it's not as easy as it looks. well until the confusing has not been told that i'm left with anyone that i'm right on the ice of necessity position was was void of the fastball but i thought was the direction i should add you to push their luck. there are around one hundred thousand wrist fractures worldwide among snowboarders etf. i'm not going to be a statistic but to me in my instructor says he can teach someone to be a recreational snowboarder in one or two days with the ability to use all its forms con

these games went to graf she secured a bronze in the women's three thousand meter speedskating in the adler arena however undoubtedly one of the biggest of these games so far came when one of russia's most famous sporting sons pushing took to the ice in the figure skating team of a taste flawless display in the men's free program which helped russia extend their lead at the top of the overall standings so it does seem as if russia closing in on that first gold medal meanwhile forty two year old illusia. has announced his retirement from the sport at the end of these olympics they are his seventh going to games and he wants to go out on a high he's currently in second place going in to the final of the men's loos event which concludes later on sunday so let's take a look at the medals table as it stands the moment then you can see it is still norway who have a narrow lead out the top of the table but it's the united states of america and the netherlands who are not far behind so we all well to day two now of the sochi twenty fourteen winter olympics and at long last it is the athletes who ar

thirty minutes time it will rise actually not by land but on a yacht that will make its way across to adler very close to the olympic park where the opening ceremony will take place on friday. outspread left of the earth as you could say i had its way up to the beautiful mountain cluster of crescent. of course everybody is talking about who were the lucky people to carry the torch over the next few days we have russian actors comedians sports men and women and of course the main thing on everybody's lips is who will light the torch at the opening ceremony on friday lots of speculation there but in the meantime lympics flame is here in such in everybody is certainly very excited that it is finally here at the black sea resort oh absolutely as you just said the excitement is building up and we can feel that definitely for now though let's cross to paul scott who is also in sochi for us and what we see behind scott is behind paul i should say is the sporting arenas and all the buildings there were various i should say where the sporting events will be taking place and also we know that the oly

fourth place the netherlands securing another one to three completing the podium in speedskating in the adler arena germany are in the lead of the overall standings. so those looking so far the polls got those medal standings well as we already reported those goals aren't just about a limping glory but some amazing personal achievements to look at some of the latest breakthroughs are set to go down in game's history shall we the u.s. meryl davis and charlie white skated away from their rivals on monday they were awarded a hundred ninety five point five two points which sets a new world record congrats to them that it is another hero to buy the russian biathletes dariya dollars now after winning her third gold in the mass start race she became the first woman to win a biathlon three times in a single olympics well done to her as well ok well we'll have the final results from day eleven in sochi right here on r.t. when we return in the next hour so stay tuned for watch out because there's always a chance of course throughout the night of more records being broken in the story break for us to te