nathan chan took home as 1st olympic gold, metal chain delivered a rousing performance while skating to rock man by elton john dry and cheers from the limited crowd of spectators ahead of the game. chan had dominated by winning 3 world titles. and here he was able to land 5 quadruple junk living up to his nickname quad. to king chen went into the thursday. free skate with a world record score from the short program and did abuse. sports correspondent jonathan crane is covering the games for us in beijing. and he joined the aside jonathan, so you were on hand to see nathan. chad dazzled the judges and when that 1st gold metal and men figure skating, tell us what that was like. yeah, i have to say it was an absolute privilege to watch them and figure skating today, especially someone of a nascent chance character and caliber 4 years ago and young shall he buckled under the pressure he didn't even come away. where the meadow this time around here and basing, he skated without a care in the world. he was just so effortless on the ice. as you said, he danced to rocket man by alton john, an

is planning innovation also coming up at the winter olympics in beijing joy for the americans as nathan chan, rockets his way to gold, was skating to alton john. speak to our correspondent up against, plus hopes or high that coven 19. won't steal the show with the belly. now le film festival open today in the german capital will have a rundown of the festivals most anticipated. ah! i'm see me so much gone. that's good to have you with us. russia is starting joint military drills with its neighbor bellows to day. nato says it's moscow's largest deployment to the former soviet country since the cold war. and the exercises come as tensions build over what some western countries fear are. russian plans to invade ukraine. diplomacy is continuing, but the u. s. has criticized the new joint military drills as escalate tory. he had says there about a psychological pressure. russia claims the forces will return to their bases when the drills finish in 10 days time. the u. s. is also deploying more troops to eastern europe as a show of solidarity. there are bolstering nato's borders on wednesday. you,

nathan chan had a disastrous olympics in 2018, but he came out with the dominant and near flawless performance this time around his routine set, a new world record high score for the event. he currently sits in 1st place going into the metal rounds. ah austria, as mathias meyer became the 1st man to ever win an alpine ski and gold metal at 3 consecutive olympics myers place 1st and the men super g event adding to the gold medals he won. and so she and piano chung, he raced down the hill in just under one minute 20 winning by 400 of his 2nd. and reminder of the top story we're following for you. friend, president emmanuel mac one has arrived in berlin for holding talks and to you when you're pregnant, president, a lot of there's a lensky over tensions with russia. i mean, and comes a day after my ron sat down with russian president vladimir putin in moscow. as he believed there would be no further escalation in the conflict holding his visit. richardson thank so much for joining us. for a week interest. the global economy our portfolio.

nathan chan, chloe kim and eileen.il this moment to have that kind of representation these games? >> that is a great question. hopefully maybe i had some semblance of are a fraction of a percentage to do with that when athletes were looking at someone who was biracial or looks like them or had a single parent household. at the end of the day this is something that is a long time coming. representational matter where you're from where you look like and who you identify as is a really important aspect of making sure these athletes are going there to be their best. it takes a few cycles of the olympic games for example when i competed in my first two games in 2002, eight years later in 2010 there were kids who were on my olympic team started skating because they watched the 2002 olympic games. this phenomenon and dream is very real. they have some kind of background and story that resonates with us or they understand the olympic movement is pretty spectacular. it is important to recognize what is happening in terms of the

a skater nathan chan glides to go to the music of elton john the true rocket on the berlin international film festival gets ready to open its doors in person. screenings are back with some coded restrictions in place. to take a look at the most hotly tipped movies. ah, i'm fil gail, welcome to the program. or will begin with a diplomatic drive to avert a conflict in ukraine, senior officials from russia, ukraine, germany, and france. all the war talks here in berlin. massive build up of russian troops and weaponry. ukraine's border has prompted fears of an invasion which moscow denies you w's. nit conley report, just 50 kilometers from the ukrainian border. these were some tanks on what moscow says. a routine drills, same goes for missile systems, and tens of thousands of troops. estimates, put the total number of personnel as high as 130000. it's almost half the size of ukraine's army. and us intelligence reckons that the russians could significantly increase that contingent at short notice russian troops amassing on ukraine's northern and eastern borders and in annex crimea to the sout

places about the spread of on the chrome at the winter olympics in beijing joy for americans as nathan chan, rockets his way to gold while skating to elton john. we speak to our correspondent up again, and helps her. hi, that cobit 19, won't steal the show as the valley. now the film festival opens today in the german capital will have a rundown of the festivals most anticipated film. ah, i'm soon so misconduct. good to have you with us. russia is starting joint military drills with its neighbor belarus. today. nato says it's moscow's largest deployment to the former soviet countries since the cold war. the exercise has come as tensions billed over what some western countries fear our russian plans to invade ukraine. diplomacy is continuing, but the u. s. has can criticize the new joint military drills as escalator here says there about psychological pressure. russia claims the forces will return to their bases when the drills finish in 10 days time. now the u. s. is also deploying more troops to eastern europe as a show of solidarity their bolstering nato's borders. on wednesday, us troops

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and one gold medal favorite worth watching his team usa's 22-year-old figure skater nathan chan, he'sg to the ice after disappointing appearance in the 2018 winter games. since then, he's been preparing for a comeback, winning every national championship since then, while taking a full course load at yale university. he is off to a great start tonight, achieving his best ever score in the men's short program. nathan explain to lester holt when he's hoping to get out of this year's competition. >> well it's really i want to go to beijing and as clichÉ as it sounds is, enjoy that experience as much as i can. >> it's not clichÉ, a lot of athletes talk about the one of the olympics have fun. >> i think about five and ten years down the line, and look back my career and say i love that, i enjoyed every moment. >> yeah, personal best is probably fine, right? we do enjoy it will enjoy every moment so the game, just six and a half hours from now you can casual opening's ceremony live on nbc and peacock. that is our broadcast for this thursday night, with our thanks for being with us. on behal

vicki was the only male athlete representing around in beijing after the action from the games, and nathan chan, one gold of the united states, and the men's figure skating ah, performing to the music of out and john at 10 f as they landed for quadruple jumps in the free skate that followed up his wild record performance in the short program a few days ago, which had given him a huge lead. the 22 year old secured gold, 4 years after missing out on a metal impugn check. i mean, truly i never imagined i'd be able to make it as far as my career and be able to go to to olympics. and then of course, having the opportunity that i had to day and it really means the world i. so of course, on how to take a little more time to process process everything. and he wasn't the early american celebrating goad. chloe kim defended her title in the women's half pipe. she'd already done enough to win before have final jump. kim is a double olympic champion and she's still only 21 years old. is been a memorable olympics and always a cross country scared to raise a you hug. she won the 1st gold of the games in the 1