joey mantia in the scrum on the stretch. >> battling for bronze. >> reporter: ejd out of a medal by 0.2 seconds. >> off of the podium, for joey mantia. >> reporter: the skater saying contact from a competitor cost him the race. >> it's like the wild west in the mass start. there's no rules. hopefully they do something about it. i skated the best i could. >> reporter: the results stand, leaving mantia in fourth by a fraction. and it does really hurt your hearts, the missed medals. mikaela shiffrin, the skiing star, having a rough olympics, really missing out on medals and not finishing three of the five races. she has one more shot today, in the mixed team event, with five other americans. strong winds were gusting to 45. hopefully the ski canning get under way before the closing ceremony. >> that can still have a happy ending. >> liz, thank you. >>> a handful of athletes in northern california, will be heading back home with new hardware. that includes two figure skaters. you see karen chen and vincent zhou. both got a silver medal. and david wise is bringing home his third medal. he ba

speed skater joey mantia. falling short of bronzely .01. and elana meyers taylor going for a record fifth medal in women's bobsled. she and sylvia hoffman start the day in third place. elana meyers taylor is already a winner. >> our entire olympic team says congratulations. you will be the flag bearer. >> reporter: she has been picked to carry the flag for the closing ceremony after spending the start of the games in covid quarantine. there are reports now the u.s. women's figure skating team appealing to get the silver medal. because of the doping investigation into the gold, those medals were withheld. because it is close to the end of the games, it is unlikely it will happen. guys. >> we will watch for that. steve patterson, thank you. you can watch the closing ceremony sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on nbc. how about that weather in beijing? the conditions for the skiers? >> you look at the halfpipe. those guys are almost 20 feet off the pipe. they are getting hit by winds. windchill below zero over the course of the last couple

. >> three of us actually, joey mantia is from ocala, and he got a bronze medal a couple of days ago.ountry proud. >> thank you >> erin's going to be sticking around because brittany's going to be joining us live. >> don't walk away >> she's going to be live for the third hour so we're excited about that. >> oh, good, you guys can chat over the satellite, brittany and erin let's get a check of the weather. >> let's look at our weekend outlook, show you what we've got happening. for friday, storm will move out, a lot of winds behind it warm down in florida, plenty of sunshine out west. some snow around the great lakes. on saturday more snow showers, wn into the gulf the northeast, rain and snow in the pacific northwest, then sunday-sunday, it's a brighter day in the east, windy and warm in the midsection look for more heavy snowmaking its way from the pacific northwest into the plains. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. let's take a look at our temperatures. it's going to be very w