coming up, in it to win it. >> triple lutz!es short program and with the final skate tonight, will there be an american medal? skating legend kristi yamaguchi weighs in live. >> and a husband and wife win medals within moments of each other, making for a memory the pair will never forget. and game, set, mismatch. jenna bush hager and i team um on the tennis court for a friendly fashion forward match against figure skaters johnny weir and tara lipinskiin today, february 20, 2014. >> hi, mom, in dallas, texas! >> hi to my fiancee in north miami beach. >> good luck to our daughter lee playing hockey tonight in the gold medal round. >> everybody, thank you so much for the support and all my friends in carson city that couldn't be here. >> go, usa! >> hi to our friends and family back at home. go usa! >> awe. good morning. back to "today." nice to have you along with us. and we're here with a few of our friends this thursday. >> i chose that song from elvis "a little less conversation, a little action" for our u.s. hockey team. >> t

we got all hot and bothered, bob lutz is with us, our guest host.llion loss. the u.s. continues to perform well. >> yes. >> in fact, it's up substantially over last year and there's a little e-mail i got from the gm guys. i'm not an active executive anymore but the miss is more than explained by tax and other special items. if you take the special items out, the situation is really pretty good. again -- >> if i tookmy credit card debt and mortgage debt off the books i'd look like a millionaire. you can't selectively remove stuff. >> if you're interested in how the ongoing business is doing, i think it's legitimate to adjust out for one kind. aren't we going to listen to the chief financial officer? he's the guy with the answers, i'm not. >> i know. but the point is, you said to us a few minutes ago that you were dealing with the europe problem when you were an active executive there. >> fritz henderson and i had a strategy to basically sell the european operation to a combination of magna and russia's spearback. it was going to be gone at one point.

. >> reporter: rachel lutz owns this nearby boutique and several shops in the area. >> my offices arenot officially located on the area of wayne state but they know that safety doesn't stop at a border. >> reporter: officers have citywide jurisdiction. >> they're always on patrol. they answer very quickly when you call them even for something minor. >> we'll send a message, we will get you no matter where you are. >> bisi onile-ere, al jazeera, detroit. >> no comment from either apple or tesla about a report saying the two companies held a high level meeting together. the san francisco chronicle reports apple's top merger and acquisitions expert met last spring with tesla' tesla's ceo,n musk. that i brings possibility of an acquisition. >>> concerns about bitcoin has sent the online currency plummeting. >>> business making money from recycling, but for some residents the old computers and cell phones are a toxic nightmare. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. here are today's headlines. in a new report, the united nations says north korea has to be held responsible

. >> you see them great ark l axe triple lutzes. you'll hear how they get out momentum. out like this with their arms and legs out far, they click the heel or the toe of their skate and then they'll do this as tight as they can. notice their legs are crossed. when you come in like this, your momentum has to stay the same but momentum depends on how much inertia you have out here. when they pull it in real tight that's when they can flip it around like you see. if i tried to skate backwards, i'd be the one withcy 100 micro-mort chance. the triple lutz totally out of the question. >> michael moyer, thanks. >> thank you. >>> up next, half a billion reasons to move west. dozens of tax free zones across new york state. move here. expand here. or start a new business here... and pay no taxes for 10 years. with new jobs, new opportunities and a new tax free plan. there's only one way for your business to go. up. find out if your business can qualify at start-upny.com ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. it's wha

long program and i had the highest difficulty with two triple triple combinations, two flips, and two lutz. i feel that i showed the judges that i can do everything. >> what's been the best part of the olympics so far beside performing? >> what i have been really enjoying is taking my family through the olympic village and seeing their reaction to everything, and it's just been fantastic. >> who are you really itching and dieing to meet and get a picture with. >> i was really hoping to meet joe pavelski here, and i did before my short program. and that was really exciting. so i'm really happy that i checked that off my list. >> anything you want to say to the bear area and your fans at home? >> thank you for your support and belief in me, and i'm so lucky to have such a great cheering crowd at home. >> what's next for you? >> i'm going back to school and get that done, and then keep training for worlds and i'm really excited to show myself even stronger there. >> you had to do homework while you were here, yet? >> yes, i had some and i have some left? >> your dad said you have a few chapte

on the other hand, david lutz, stiffle nicolaus managing director is predicting a double-digit gain for stocks in 2014. let's start with larry shover joining us from the pits of the cme. was this all janet yellen or part washington, d.c., possible debt deal? does it matter? stocks jumped today. >> i don't know, liz. this was like a six 1/2 hour bull rush. something i have not seen in years. when you consider how quickly and violently stocks dropped last week, this is quickly as violent as people came out in all senses of urgency, getting exposure to the stock market. what is striking is how quickly positioning fellas week. what that tells me is that sentiment is so stinkin' fragile. something we spoke about week after week. i still think investors at their very heart lack conviction and are afraid of this market. thus, we will continue to ratchet higher. david: well, david lutz, you look at this market, i don't see much else except for conviction right now. i'm wondering if the pullback is over, david? >> i tell you, guys, a lot of what we saw at gypping of the year was short selling. a

me, lutz, toofer, and josh are gonna go to that bar where the waiters are dressed like ninjas. in? no, i'm just gonna go to the 24-hour donut place and go home. all right. donuts and then bed. what are you depressed about or celebrating? it's this endless adoption process. it took me three months-- liz. i am totally humiliated. how could you cut diaper chicken? wait, i know. because tracy's the star. oh, brother, she's feeling neglected. how's she gonna act out this time? my ankle! ah! oh, imaginary injury. i would have said death of a voice coach. her birthday's on tuesday. maybe all that attention will make her ankle feel better. hey, jack! what are you still doing here? it's friday night. i need something to do.

. >> opening with her triple lutz combination. >> reporter: while every one of kim's 11 jumps appeared flawless, sotnikova took more risks and her combinations -- like this one -- were more difficult. watch again. so much speed required to soar into those 2-1/2 rotations, and then launch right into that triple, three spins high above the ice. sotnikova had the same number of jumps as kim, but seven of hers were in the final two minutes, when judges award bonus points because a skater's legs are so tired. enough for gold? or was there something sinister at play? of the nine judges, four are from former soviet bloc nations. russia, ukraine, estonia and slovakia, and heading up the technical panel in charge of scoring spins and jumps, the vice president of the russian figure skating committee. how is it possible that the technical controller is the vice president of the russian skating federation? >> this sport is full of conflicts of interest, and every four years it bubbles to the surface and everyone is just shocked at what they see. but this is business as usual for figure skating. >>

a triple lutz, toe loop combination. watch again. look at her shoulders and hips in perfect alignment as she sails above the ice 25 feet, from start to finish. today, kim also dazzled but looked crestfallen as the results were read. the russian upset causing some analysts to question the olympic scoring system where the judges are anonymous. >> you've got one judge who's married to the russian federation president and you've got another judge who was kicked out for a year for cheating at the nagano olympics. there's your answer. >> reporter: and today, more disappointment for yulia lipnitskaya, the 15-year-old russian rubberband some saw as a top gold medal contender. she was in fifth place after falling on the final jump of her short program. her toe seeming to slip out from underneath her after takeoff. she just can't recover. today, she fell again, crushed by the olympic pressure cooker. and falls brought disappointment for the americans. for the first time since 1936, not a single u.s. medal in men's or women's figure skating. on

interesting comment today about general motors from the automaker's one-time long-time vice-chair bob lutz. he says despite loving g.m. there is another automaker that's turning heads. >> i think by and large they're doing the best product lineup of any manufacturer globally right now in terms of value for the customer. but when you look at who's doing a great job, who's the world's biggest, who's the most profitable, who's expanding everywhere, it's got to be volkswagen. they are just hitting on all cylinders. >> in 2013, toyota was the world's top-selling auto followed by general motors volkswagen was third. >>> shares of green mountain coffee roasters percolating hire today. as we told you last night, coca-cola is taking a 10% stake in green mountain. the folks behind those keurig single serve coffee machines that many people have in their homes. investors are bullish on the partnership on the belief it could be a game changer in the at-home soda making industry. sarah eisen has more. >> reporter: k cups for coke, streit or minute maid juices thaechlt what a new partnership between gree

rob lutz, you're just back from south africa. we're all watching the emerging markets wondering when will be the time to buy this depressed area. what's your take on that? >> well, i saw some pretty constructive things in the mining sector in south africa, and i think their economy in general is going to grow at a fairly good clip, 5.5% maybe over the next 5 or 6 years. but i think the key driver for south africa and you all of africa is what's happening in china, india, and brazil, and i think china is really -- the expectations are so low today, and particularly in the market, that you really get to the point where i think you're at an extreme opportunity. actually a fellow named michael hart from meryl lirill lynch co this sector. they're the most negative they have ever been since he's been tracking the data and the cash levels are the highest. it's a good time to have some exposure to the emerging economies. i wouldn't be overextended in that group until they really recover but we're fairly optimistic this is a good place to

her signature move at last year's world championship -- a triple lutz-triple toe loop combination. watch again. launching off the ice. her shoulders and hips in complete alignment, the faster she goes, the higher she jumps. helicoptering over 25 feet from start to finish. yuna leads the pack today, going into tomorrow's final skate. american gracie gold delivering a strong performance, is in fourth place. from the skates to the slopes, where today, ted ligety became the only american ever to win two alpine skiing gold medals. watch this earlier run. ligety blazing into the turns at over 80 miles an hour. watch again, his body almost horizontal. his hips nearly brushing the snow, picking up even more speed. so what we're going to do is use that odometer to try to get down that hill and time it, see how fast we can go. it felt fast, but we clocked in at barely 25 miles an hour. woo! watch ligety here. he tells us it's all about technique. >> we're trying to stay super compact. those tenths of a second matter when you are trying to win races. >> reporter: one more big u.s. win tonight

learn to ride program where top olympians and snowboarders give lessons to adrian grenier, kellan lutzbaldwin, all festooned in oakley swag. they hope it will enhance the entire product line. >> any time we are looking at telling the technology story, it trickles down. >> i thought i was going to get to critique your snowboarding skills. >> i can critique them myself. the point is not that they have these goggles. hardly anyone will buy them. i don't imagine they will get to half a million ever, but it does position the brand as technological, something they can say. we are cutting-edge. you can buy these but they are nearly as high-tech as the high-end stuff. it's about the sunglasses company positioning itself closer to things like "bloomberg west," google, and other things in technology. >> who will actually wear the glasses? i can see construction workers using an on site or a doctor in an operating room, a teacher with lesson plans, but am i going to want to wear it walking down the street? >> you would. what will the case studies be and how will this work? there were concerns. as

me, lutz, toofer, and josh are gonna go to that bar where the waiters are dressed like ninjas.all right. donuts and then bed. what are you depressed about or celebrating?

. >> we'll talk to lutze stam who joins me now from better thane. betteberne.are you confident ths economy can do without all these people? after all, one in five workers, something like are migrants, a large of them highly skilled, pretty important i would have thought to your economy. >> sooner immigration is always important. but the immigration switzerland has had in these last years, that is above all proportions. it's. biggemany, many -- much, muchbi. starting to have a could be. [simultaneous speech] >> it is clear. it is clear. oh, and we also start to have a negative immigration. it's like the tendencies you see in germany and france and italy, et cetera, especially immigrate britain. if you have totally open borders, if you happen to be a rich country that really is your disadvantage if everybody come and too many people come. >> now it's highly likely that this referendum result on the weekend, and narrow vote for the yes campaign, is going to affect negatively switzerland's pretty close relationship with the european union, particularly

ride program, which top libyans and snowboarders give lessons to actors like adrian and modelsllen lutzland baldwin. at the end of the day, it is about reviving a technology- enhanced user experience on the mountain, one that they hope will enhance the entire oakley product line. >> anytime we look at telling our technology story, that technology story trickles down. >> i thought i was going to get to particular snowboarding skills was a pre-k's i concur to get myself -- it stinks. can critique it myself -- it stinks. hardly anybody is going to buy these. i don't imagine they will get to a half-million ever, but it really does position the oakley brand as technological. it is something they believe about their brand, but it lets an sort of say hey, we are on the cutting edge. shades,buy these $80 but they are nearly as high-tech as our high end stuff. it is about a sunglasses company positioning itself closer to things like "bloomberg west" and google and other things going on here in technology. >> who is actually going to wear wearable technologically- connected glasses? is it somethi

you might learn what a lutz is. >> the triple toe. >> you'll be, like, i knew that, i knew that. >> we'llre at 11:30. >> late show. >> bye-bye. ♪ lights, camera, access >>> fourth to gold. we know she can do that. >> and the queen has to falter. queen yuna. >> tonight is the night. will one of our girls dethrone the reigning queen? i'm billy bush. not quite as important but a lot of fun, who earns our gold, silver, and bronze for style? and just before she skates, gracie gold reaches out to her twin. >> you got a text from your sister that said "i'm afraid." what did you say in response? >> plus, was russia's defeated hockey coach -- >> look what's roaming in the hallway. ♪ lights, camera, access >>> will it be gracie gold's night to

on the other hand vladimir putin, the guy him, the guy who is hoping to achieve a pr spin triple lutzhe olympics. today, russian authorities rounded up a group of protesters that included the two most visible members of pussy riot. our favorites, maya and gnash sha. the two with madonna and yoko ono. the duo were among those carted away from a protest in moscow. details remain unclear. the pictures as you can see tell a disturbing story. sorry, mr. putin. that earns you our zero of the day. up next, we update you on the battle of the day. and our call to action this week. the student debt crisis. we asked how much you owe. and the feedback has been incredible. here's garrett who says he owes over $118,000. in student loans. more on this issue and your responses next. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ben! ♪ [ train whistle blows ] oh, that was close. you ain't lying. let quicken loans help you save your money with a mortgage that's engineered to amaze. >>> welcome back here on "ronan farrow daily." we'd like to get to you help as we report the story. that's our call to action. this week, we're diggin

david lutz joining us.will start with you because you got in your car and braved these elements. you need your sled dogs today. your take to mandy's point earlier in the show, a lot of people suggesting maybe this is a buying opportunity longer term. what's your take? >> we are early in the earnings season but what we have seen so far, we are pretty optimistic about. remember, a lot of what we do is around small caps. small caps tend to report their earnings a little bit later than the s&p 500 constituents. >> who are 100% exposed to the united states for the most part. >> but many of them do have emerging market exposure, too. on friday, we had manitoac report, a stock i own in my personal account, and shares were up 18%. that's a stock we've owned for quite some time. we also own the debt which is in the process of being refinanced hopefully at even more advantageous rates now that the ten-year's moved off the 3% range to around the 2.6% range. but they cited specific tremendous demand in -- >> it's a wis

knows a triple lutz. knows republicans are in disarray.arn about republicans over the weekend cap go >? >> that they probably watched a lot more figure getting been working on the debt ceiling. still no offer from house republicans on the table, despite the letter warning that february 27 is the day the government the borrowing authority most likely gets tapped out and the government will have 50 billion on cash at that point. that is not enough, the treasury says, in order to safely get the country during the next few days after that. andproblem is the calendar the fact that republicans are still deciding what they want to ask for in exchange, if they ask for anything. >> letty darrow -- double barrel this with the testimony of tomorrow. of the houseng's do not want a debt ceiling either. how dominant is the section of the house of representatives? >> the problem for john boehner ahmed there are 30 house republicans, give or take a few, that will not vote for any debt ceiling increase no matter what they have attached to it. that is his p

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eric holder, nation's top law enforcement official, the attorney general, basically telling his lutz to ignore the law. the attorney general is expected to have a speech at the to hour. he is expected to tell state attorney's general they can ignore same-sex marriage bans if they don't agree with those laws. raising new questions about the white house of habit of seemingly to choose what laws to enforce and what ones to ignore. coming up we take a closer look in the next hour at legality, meaning of the administration's position. >>> it was all bipartisan smiles yesterday's gathering of the governor with president obama at white house. that quickly changed after the meeting when republican louisiana governor bobby jindal took a couple of jabs at the president, just steps from the west wing office. >> i think there are things we can do instead of waving the white flag of surrender, instead of declaring this economy to be a minimum wage economy, i think our economy, i think america can do better. >> i don't know what the heck was white flag when it comes to people making $404 a beak. t

she did triple lutz is at cornell. scarlet fu is with us. and adam, led to the luge with us. as well. no, not the steve miller of rock 'n roll acclaim years ago. it's the miller our. ofo joining us, matt miller miller time. shaun white grounded. >> unbelievable. he said he was skipping his first event because it was too dangerous but everyone wanted to focus on the half pipe. >> bob costas as well. >> i have an issue with him going on television with pink eye. >> he tried to be a trooper. >> put on the glasses -- >> not something i want to watch. "bloomberg businessweek" took a look, how we are doing as far as medal standing and gdp. this is the kind of thing you see a lot. it points to the fact that you don't miss is that we need a huge gdp to win medals. norway is doing the best and their gdp is -- >> only bloomberg would do this. >> but the u.s. come we only have a total of 7 medals there. and we have $16.2 trillion. what you look back at all the metals throughout history, we still don't top the charts. >> i don't like this analysis. >> we don't have the snow. >> have you

there she is coming out of the lutz, moving into the triple axel.ou obviously don't follow jason brown's ponytail on twitter. his ponytail has a twitter? his ponytail has more followers than i do. look how shiny it is... stuck...the...landing. the judges love this. (giggles) and go! (air-horn) go, go, go, go, go, go, go! (laughter) left! right! we're going to win. (laughter) yeah! owww! oooh! (laughter) epic fail! oooh! score! (laughter) ahhh! perfect. samsung galaxy, official smartphone partner of the u.s. olympic team. for a limited time, get a samsung smartphone for zero down. only at at&t. for hollywood's biggest stars. let's have a look. who is it for? it's for becky. she must be important. [ neil ] oh, she is. now, he designs for the star in your life. becky, will you marry me? yes! neil lane bridal. uniquely beautiful, hand-crafted rings from hollywood's master of vintage glamour. at kay jewelers -- the number-one jewelry store in america. [ neil ] every woman should feel like a star. ♪ every kiss begins with kay jif whips -- whipped peanut b

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. >> she will go for the most difficult triple triple, the triple lutz, triple toe. >> edmonds and heres were very pleased with how she skated at this year's olympics, despite falling on a triple flip in the lady's long program. the 15-year-old figure skater placed 9th out of 30 competitors. that's considered a surprisingly good finish for someone at her first major senior competition. she looks so poised and will start preparing for the world championships next month in japan: the current medal count, the united states leads with a 25. russia is next with 23. the netherlanders and canada have 22, and norway has 21. >>> well the chance to be the next american idol, it has ended for a bay area contestant, brianna oakley did not make it into the top 13. however, a contestant from san francisco did make it. mk has made it. >> yep, she was the 9th of 10 finalists named just last night. the judges then invited 5 of the remaining 10 singers to perform. three of them were chosen to make the top 13. you can watch american idol right here on ktvu channel 2. it airs wednesday and thursday nights

took bronze as the massachusetts native lands her lutzes and aced the axel.ecompetition ritual nearly as impressive. >> i always listen to my music and my little party trick is that i usually juggle. >> reporter: then there's gold's u.s. teammate, ashley wagner, the feisty 22-year-old already made headlines in sochi with that look of dismay tweeted around the world during the team portion. but now the two-time u.s. champion will have to work her alchemy turning that glare into gold. so what's her secret to success? >> i have to find the little crystal before i skate. i can't be looking for it. i just have to happen to come across one and then i pick it up and i put it in my pocket. >> ah, and our best of luck to all of them coming up interview with gold medalist meryl davis and charlie white. stay with us and "play of the day" coming. ♪ [ daughter ] my dad always talks about the deal he and mom made with me when i was ten. he said, "you get the grades to go to college -- and we'll help out with the school of your choice." well, i got the grades and, with dad'

like, my combination was supposed to be triple lutz, double loop, and i had to do double toe. at the end, i was supposed to do the loop and i did the double axel because of the pain, i couldn't take off. but you know, i came here to compete, and i wasn't going to let some draescrash, you know, of derail that. >> you also weren't going to let the haters derail it. someone asked you a question -- [ cheers and applause ] there you go. someone asked you, in clutch moments, falling and something, and you were pretty pointed that, this is hard. this is more than hard what you guys are asked to do. >> absolutely. you know, i've been called a head case for many, many years, and it's just, you know, you start to buy into it for a while. and i've come to learn that i am so much stronger than people give me credit for and that i give my own self credit for, and i was fed up with it. i just wanted to be like, look, you guys haven't been in this position and it's very, very difficult. >> good for you. seriously, good for you. jason, you're 19 years old. you finished in the top ten here in

. >> rachel lutz owns several businesses in the area. >> my shops are not technically located on thenow i can call wane state university police. they understand that safety doesn't stop at a boredder. >> that's because like detroit police, wane state police officers have city wide jurisdiction. >> they're always on patrol. they answer really quickly if you call them even for something minor. >> we want to send a message out that we're going to come get you no matter where you are. >> aljazeera, detroit. >> just to put things in perspective as to how busy these cops really are, in one week in january, 46 arrests were made in that district, 36 made by the campus police alone, none of them was university related. >> check on business news, wall street back to work today after a long holiday weekend, hoping the stock market can maintain it's momentum after closing out its best week of the year last friday. dow futures are now up 20 points. the dow has gained 3% for the month so far. the s&p has wiped out nearly all of its loss for the year and stands just 10 points below its record high.

. >> triple lutz. triple toe. >> nicely landed. >> the 17-year-old overlooked by many, even in her own country. now olympic champion on home ice. >> oh. >> oh, keep pushing. >> despite a stumble, the russian's elegant and technical performance edged out south korea's yuna kim. >> a performance for the ages. >> but this morning, there's a growing chorus questioning those results, asking if the russian gold medalist got a home ice advantage. an online petition demanding an investigation already has more than 1 million supporters. >> after the competition, american ashley wagner who finished seventh blasted the judging saying, i am speechless. adding, people that want to watch a sport where you watch people fall down and somehow score above someone who goes clean. >> beautiful combination. >> taking bronze, italy's carolina kostner. american gracie gold shined in her performance but just missed the medal stand and score. yulia lipnitskaya fell again and still finished fifth. and american polina edmunds pl

well, she won the junior national last year and came back with such a strong -- that triple lutz tripleell, gracie, as we saw her skate in boston, skated very strong. a lot of confidence also here in the team competition. and if she skates like that and perhaps mistakes in the other girls she can get on the podium. she's really grown through the last few months, leading up to the olympics and i think she's really peaked at this moment. >> this is an incredible deep field. once we get beyond the americans. the defending gold medalist. how good is she? and what makes her so great? >> she is the ultimate competitor. i think she has the confidence, the experience that obviously she's bringing from vancouver. but she has the power and speed and the command on the ice. and i think she's here on a mission and she wants to defend her title and she's been skating like that all week long, like she looks pretty solid. >> i saw yulia lipnitskaya skate at the team skate and was blown away, the 15-year-old here from russia on her home turf. i mean, she could very much have a shot at that podium, as w

. >> triple lutz. triple to.. watch this go up -- >> reporter: winning the hearts of her president, her country and the world. >> pretty great moment and now, today's athlete to watch. mancuso seems to shine at marquee events. bronze in this morning's super combined. >> she's got it! she's got gold, julia mancuso. >> reporter: a gold medal moment classically mancuso. giant slalom in torino from an underdog that can't be counted out. >> easy to be in your own mental game, even if someone's beating you all the time you always have an opportunity at the olympics. >> reporter: that gold medal was followed up with a pair of silver medals in vancouver. once again, mancuso was sporting her now trademark tiara. >> i think just by winning two silvers in vancouver inspired me to try to get gold nen in sochi, and that's what i'm hoping for. >> reporter: now at 29, mancuso says she's hit her stride. >> i don't feel old at all. i feel like i'm just peaking. i feel just getting stronger and i've learned so much from the past y

go enjoy, go find something that doesn't require triple lutzes and spins, just take a walk in a garden he spun and nailed it. >> wow. >> when it was over, he got a standing ovation. >> of course he did. that is just -- >> isn't that fantastic? >> he didn't place, but he finished. >> you know what, he won. he won what mattered. won't everyone's respect and -- it was really beautiful. >> amazing. >> another guy who is kind of funny, his name is 19-year-old jason brown. he likes prince apparently. he dances to prince. he has the prince symbol on the back of his -- >> and the ponytail. so they start calling him -- he's got his pony power, but he goes straight up. that was beautiful. good for him. >> we have to show you this last bit. >> hoda likes -- >> no, i don't like this. it was the 500 meter speedskating and one woman, a british woman favored to win. so up she goes and she's out in front and then she wipes out. and when she wipes out, she takes down a few other people and suddenly the girl who was in fourth is now the gold medal winner. this girl from china was, like, what? i wasn't s