i like shani davis? >> shani davis, great speed skater, someone everyone should watch.emember the name julieia mancuso, always lived in the shadow of lindsey vonn. julia mancuso has had a difficult year but is what is known as a big game player, someone who shines when the light are brightest. this might be julia mancuso's olympics to shine. other folks to look out for, shaun white, who is involved in the extreme games, the x games style sports. something that really is like a niche operation, lucrative. this might be shaun white's opportunity to get into the mainstream. the mainly i really want people to remember is 19 years old sarah hen trick son, the best ski jumper in the world. arguably male or female. and this is the first time in history female ski jumping at the at the olympics. this has been a long-time movement to get women who historically have been some of the best ski jumpers on earth actually able to compete at the winter games and sarah hendrickson should be the star. >> wow, that's great. let's talk about why this thing is so expensive. it's unbelievabl

so shani davis in speed skating. the thousand meters. the history is that no u.s. man has won the same event in three consecutive games. so shani davis has won two consecutive thousand meters in the speed skating and ironically -- i shouldn't say ironically, coincidentally, a woman has done it. bone bonnie blair has done it. but you also have seth wescott. >> shaun white as well. >> he was the poster boy for snowboarding for so long. he's now like the veteran and he has an opportunity to win three consecutive golds. >> it's going to be interesting. the world goes to sochi and we'll both be there. thank you for the preview. i appreciate it. >> good to see you. happy new year. >> and to you. february 6th with the opening ceremony the next day on february 7th. let's head to tamron in the orange room. good morning. happy new year to you. >> all right, matt. it's a new year, new you. by the way, 40% of the people out there said they set new year's resolution. it's a new year so why not do it. but here's the down side. only 8% of us say we keep our new year's resolutions

days closest to me the most because it's about the road of getting there that i love so much. >> shani davisack athlete to capture individual gold at the winter games. four four years later in vancouver, he had more success in the 10000 meters. >> shani davis pushing it to the end, and he's got another gold medal! >> setting him up for another shot at history. you're going for a three-peat in sochi in the 1,000 meters. no man has ever won a three-peat. how do you feel about your chances? >> whenever i put myself on the line skating against other people, i simply want to win. things haven't changed since i was a young kid. i just want to be the fastest guy i can be, and i am still chasing that dream to this day. >> and we'll all be watching him in sochi. meanwhile, not only are you going to be there covering stories for nbc sports, you're going to be joining us on the opening ceremony, me and meredith vieira. you marched in 2002 not in torino or vancouver. what's that moment like for an athlete entering the stadium? >> it's hard to put into words, because the energy, the crowd, the buzz, it's