polina edmunds skate 12th, gracie gold will skate 22nd and ashley wagner, 27th. now biggest competition, champion yuna kim of south korea and mao asada of ajapan and russians have their phenom, lipnitskaia. top 24 advance and skate tomorrow in the free program or long program, as you call it. rooting for polina. she's got a big support system here. but she's got a support system, and i'm talking about her feet, her skating boots are made in the bay area. we'll have more on that in 30 minutes. coming up, 15 minutes from now, i get to chat with the latest gold medal winner from the tahoe area, reno's david wise. he won the gold med until halfpipe free skating. we chat with him in a bit. janelle wang, "today in the bay." >> so many northern californian olympians, love it. >>> olympics online starting this morning and then tv starts at 3:00 this afternoon. >> we have gold medal finals in the 5,000 meters in women's speedskating and the team sprint in men's and women's cross-country. >> tonight, prime time, starting 8:00, gold medal finals in the giant slalom in men's

and she skates last, not her favorite place to skate.tonight's lining up to be exciting. >> gracie gold, the american, came into fourth place. a couple of months ago she wasn't even considered the top u.s. skater. to me she sort of willed herself to get to this place. >> well, she willed herself and skated herself into this place. she fought for everything last night. it wasn't one of those squeaky clean performances i've seen her do. ashley wagner in sixth, polina edmunds in seven. it went totally like that. so it's really amazing what is blossoming now in the american ladies figure skating. >> do you think either gracie or ashley or polina has a chance? >> well, you look at sotnitkova, anything can happen on the podium. >> that's why they skate the free skate program. >> when you look at yulia, she struggled along. the last olympics -- now there's a new love and vitality. any one of those skaters, if they return to their past habits, anything can happen on the podium. anything can happen on the podium. >> and for yulia lipnitskaya, she

speed skating t-shirt. your green, folks, your green can help the red, white and blue bring home the gold. orange you glad? now folks, i could not make it over to sochi because my doctor said i don't want to. so i am sending someone else to be my eyes and my ears and to a lesser extent, my nose. please welcome my old friend and long time producer buddy cole. buddy, thanks so much more being here. good to see you again. (applause) so glad you could make it. >> buddy, buddy, buddy! buddy, buddy, buddy! >> stephen: buddy fever. >> it. >> stephen: thanks for being here, man. >> thank you, stephen, the pleasure is all mine. >> stephen: now buddy, you foe gay rights activists are up in arms over russia's anti-homosexual propaganda laws. but these laws are so vague. that police can arrest anyone they suspect as being gay. now of course i done worry about sending you. you are a real man's man. >> guilty as charged. >> stephen: pound it, you dog. (laughter) all right. now folks, but i am worried about my friends on

polina edmunds will skate 12th, current u.s. national champion, gracie gold skate 22nd. and ashley wagner will skate 27th. biggest competition is reigning olympic gold medal champion yuna kim. queen kim yuna and mao asada. russia has yulil alilipnitskaia. she ran into joe pawelski. both competing today here in sochi. it's wednesday, joe pawelski takes ice against the czech republic for team usa at 9:00. polina takes the ice an hour from now at the iceberg. janelle wang, "today in the bay." >> so excited. >>> sharks ice near downtown san jose. this is where polina does the ma majority of her training. our own bob redell out there on the ice this morning. a watch party. bob's going to have a live report, a report in a couple of minutes. we will be right back. >>> at 6:13, a look at today's top stories. right now, police in the ukrainian capital of kiev taking back ground from thousands of angry protesters. the death toll has climbed to 26, including 9 police officers. another 250 people were hurt. the protesters are rebelling against ukrainian president who wants the count

>> well, gracie, as we saw her skate in boston, skated very strong.ally 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 well, right? >> absolutely. she has the momentum with the audience, the hometown crowd, and she's got the wow factor. she's the shiny new toy. this incredible 15-year-old that has such poise and the emotion she brings outs. it's like where does that come from from a 15-year-old? her spins also a wow factor. i

reporting live here, bob redell. >> no matter what, she skates one more time, right? no matter what her score? >> correct, she -- not no matter what her score, but she is -- she is currently in fourth place, she definitely has enough to make it to tomorrow. not everyone will make it, but she happens to have enough points to make it. they're saying 70 was the upper end of where you want today be to be in medal contention. there was a major disappointment with one of the skaters, just a few moments ago, but a big surprise and a shot to many in the skating community, you'll see that tonight during coverage in the prime time olympics coverage, and that spoiler helps polina. >> thank you for that, bob. the short program and then the long program, so a couple chances there. >> it's fun to learn about. not something i follow, so it's fun to learn. >> i will be your helper. >> i know she is getting a lot of support around the bay area. >> yes, her boots came from a family owned company, harlick. they have other previous olympic customers as well. >> they come in and it's like

what are you enjoying watching your sister skate? >> it was great. she skated clean. what we're here for. i'm really proud of her. she did well. yeah. >> reporter: anything to say to the bay area? you know how much they love your daughter and how much they are rooting for her? have you received messages? >> we have a ton of messages, friends follow her closely and right after the performance congratulating us and everything. we've seen all of the parties down at the sharks ice and the dance studio so we know everybody is watching. having a great time. we're happy to enjoy this with them. >> you are her best friend. how long have you been friends? >> basically since i was really young. basically since i was born. >> reporter: you wanted to be here for her? >> yeah. i thought it would be a great experience to be able to see my friend compete at such a high level of ice skating. it was really great. >> reporter: i know you are classmates and i'm sure at your high school are just like crazy overjoyed. we saw the parties before she left. what are the classmates feeling? >>

you just can't beat the dutch on skates. team nether lands has 19 speed skating medals so far in these games, including four podium sweeps. that includes today's 10,000-meter race where the men of orange won gold, silver and bronze. 17-year-old emery lehman was the top u.s. finisher in tenth place. >> big crowd sending them off. >> reporter: after being delayed by fog, the men's biathlon resumed under rainy conditions. american tim burton was 21st in the 15-kilometer mass start. >> that's a good sign. >> reporter: nordic combine also kicked off in less-than-ideal conditions, with ski jumpers launching themselves into a rain storm. brothers taylor and bryan fletcher of the united states finished 20th and 22nd. it also poured on the two women's two-person bobsled teams free ski half-pipe, snow, it was just brutal out here. u.s. coach dan bylsma announced once again, l.a. kings goalie jonathan quick will get the start in goal for team usa. jessica and raj, i want to say one more thing about that speed skating team from the neth

russia's figure skating team claims the host nation's first gold as the second day of the winter games wraps up and saudi but aside from the celebration of winter olympic sports. the threat of something happening in such western media dishes out an avalanche of criticism raising questions about whether the concerns and panic are justified plus in the week's other headlines. damage control in washington after a leaked phone conversation made public the depths of the country's meddling in ukraine's political turmoil. and you know. the message reportedly coming from of the u.s. assistant secretary of state the comments were called unacceptable by german chancellor angela merkel. and switzerland votes narrowly in favor of a controversial plan to put a limit on immigration in a nationwide referendum. and it welcome you're watching r t here on our international channel but let's cross now live to our studios in sochi where kevin owen is there for us he will be bringing you the latest from the twenty second winter olympics kevin. yeah hi sean hi everyone now welcome to our final round of than

, monday night speed skating and thursday night speed skating and speed skating all day on sunday.ng. we'll have a rose bowl with guys going around and around and around and around and -- >> there's the crossover, joe. the exciting crossover. >> i forgot about that. >> they cross over each other somewhere in the middle. >> we can play it again. >> i don't know if they have it. >> bitter party of one. >> i think that the question about american not winning medals here is more about the system that you have in your country. because you have a lot of attention for a foolish sport like american football and you waste a lot of talent, athletic talent in a sport that's men the to kill each other, to injure each other. nobody in the world is competing with you at that field. when you come once in four years and you think with talent with a few lone wolves who are skating you can beat the world. there's no way you can do that. and you won't beat -- not in four years, not in eight years anymore when you don't change. >> when you criticize american football you commit blasphemy. that's injur

russia's figure skating team claims the host nation's first gold as the second day of the winter games wraps up in sochi but aside from the celebration of winter olympic sports. the threat of something happening in sochi the western media dishes out an avalanche of criticism raising questions about whether the concerns and panic are justified plus in the weeks other headlines. u.s. assistant secretary of state has apparently been caught on tape trying to direct ukraine's political future. and you know. at the same time what's believed to be victoria nuland comments have also caused outrage in you with the german chancellor calling them unacceptable. and to switzerland votes narrowly in favor of a controversial plan to put a limit on immigration in a nationwide referendum. and broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories this is our to international with the weekly. now the second day of the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics has brought to the first gold to the host nation in team figure skating russian athletes are delivered impressive pe

gold on i russian athletes skate away from their rivals in soft cheek grabbing first place in the team figure skating event with a sublime performance from a teenage rocky artes on standby for all the games highlights from arm arse hockey studio. switzerland moves to keep foreigners out as voters narrowly narrowly back a bill limiting immigration but it puts a free movement deal with the e.u. into question plus. there's a lot of us that have been forgotten they were just collateral damage americans living in central arkansas are struggling to get their lives back to normal after an oil spill disaster almost a year ago. you're watching r t international live from moscow i'm lindsey frank thanks for joining me . russia has bagged its first gold at the olympics with a series of breathtaking performances by its figure skating team the victory was secured by veteran skater you getting push and go and a teenage prodigy half his age on top of that russia's astley scored so far and bronze and other disciplines are to his pole scott has more from saatchi. force gold came in the figure skating t

athletes get away from their from their rivals and saatchi grabbing first place in the team figure skating event with a sublime performance from a teenage rocky artes on standby for all the games highlights in our very own softest studio. switzerland moves. voters narrowly back a bill limiting immigration but it puts a free movement deal with the e.u. into question plus. there's a lot of us that have been forgotten we're just collateral damage americans living in central arkansas are struggling to get their lives back to normal after an oil spill disaster which happened nearly a year ago and. they're watching our to international live from moscow i'm lindsey france thanks for joining me. russia has scored its first medals at the olympics placing it fourth in the medal table and blowing spectators away with the performance of its figure skating team and now handing over to a new son now in our studio at the heart of the winter games and softly and you so very much enough to fit witness the figure skating last night. i was feeling extremely lucky this morning to have witnessed olympic histor

russia's figure skating team claims the host nation's first gold as the second day of the winter games rides up and saw jay but aside from the celebration of winter olympic sports. something bad happening and such the western media dishes out an avalanche of criticism raising questions about whether the concerns and panic are justified. plus in the week's other headlines damage control in washington after a leak phone conversation made the depth of the countries that meddling in ukraine's political turmoil. enough on eu. the message reportedly coming from the us assistant secretary of state thomas recalled unacceptable by german chancellor angela merkel. and switzerland but narrowly in favor of a controversial plan to put a limit on immigration in a nationwide referendum the we're watching a r t here on our international channel bought let's cross now lying to our studios in such a dork ever know when is there for us. he will be bringing you the latest from the twenty second winter looks kevin. eye. yes i show everyone that welcomes will find her rather than of the day all day to hear

host nation on big guys with a bronze medal in short track that's after the russian team took figure skating gold with a commanding performance in the team event. for the sounds switzerland puts its economy at tryst by narrative approving a proposal to keep foreigners out in defiance of a long held agreement with brussels. there's a lot of us that have been forgotten and we're just collateral damage. and travels to the us state of arkansas to check on the residents of mayflower to say last chair is all spelled love them no choice but to flee the area to protect their house. hello and welcome to our international twenty four hour news live from moscow i'm jus nashbar thanks for joining us. it's day three of the winter olympics in sochi and another medal for the hosts on originally a south korean has taken bronze for the russian track team that's live to social and calls caught her standing by for the polls tell us more about this latest prongs for russia. yes well we're a tony by one of the many life sites in and around the sochi region by one of the giant screens where many spectators come t

speed skating that the u.s. team will be going back to those uniforms, those racing suits that they wore during world cup competition. they got permission to do so, and they will be wearing them in the next six races, beginning tomorrow with the 1500 meters where we will see shani davis compete. brian? >> anne thompson at the mountaintop venues above us here in sochi tonight. anne, thanks. >>> with bob costas still recovering from the most talked about eye infection in television history, tonight another friend of ours gets to make history. meredith vieira becomes the first woman to solo olympics prime time coverage, and she has a preview for us tonight. >> hey, brian. i am so excited to be a part of prime time. we're going to have figure skating from the iceberg palace. the men's free skate with medals on the line. also, american skiers bode miller and ted ligety in the men's super combined. and noelle pikus-pace in the final two runs of women's skeleton. a great evening all the way around. back to you, brian.

at 63, ria skates almost every day. >> somebody dared me to skate when i was 30 and i fell in love with it. >> reporter: but as the years went by, she felt something was missing. >> i realized that there was no program for adult skating and there were more people that looked like me and not like kids. >> reporter: she lobbied the skating organization. it took them five years to come around. this year is the 20th anniversary of the u.s. adult figure skating championships. 600 skaters are expected to compete [ inaudible ] she's 47. you're going to go back to u.s. nationals this year? >> the plan is to qualify, compete and hopefully win. >> reporter: she started skating when she was 7 and stopped when she was 17 to focus on college. she returned to the ice when she was 27. >> i fell in love with it again. where else can i wear a pretty dress, skate to beautiful music and be dripping in crystals. >> reporter: 2014 also marks the tenth anniversary of the international adult competition. >> they come from all over the world. every continent. it is just amazing. >> wow. >> she's still got it.

the host nation wins its first medals at the twenty four team with russia's figure skating team taking gold but aside from the celebration of the winter olympic sports. trend of something happening in sochi the western media dishes out and launch of criticism raising questions about whether the hype and panic a justified. in the week's top headlines on r.t. international. you know. the message reportedly coming from the u.s. assistant secretary of state leaked phone call reveals the depths of washington's true involvement in ukraine's political turmoil. in switzerland votes narrowly in favor of a controversial plan to put a limit on immigration in a nationwide referendum. it's all to international live from moscow with me. it's been a big day for russia in the sochi winter olympics that's a head over now to kevin owen and let's get the latest from our lympics headquarters. rory. rory big big celebrations going on the russian come tonight the second day of the twenty fourth the winter olympics brought the first gold to the host and that's in team figure skating russian athletes live imp

dancing is a part of figure skating.here's men's single, ladies singles, pair skating and ice dancing. and a lot of people will oftentimes ask us what is the difference between pair skating and ice dancing. >> stephen: i think i just did. >> so in pairs skating, you feel a lot more overhead lifts, you see throws and side-by-side jumps. in ice dance, you know, the choreography is much closer together, the footwork is more intricate, our lifts are a bit more acrobatic. you really see that we're trying to tell a story out there on the ice. >> stephen: what is a twiz el because i've been throwing that word around pretty carelessly. >> is this-- that's-- . >> you've got it. >> stephen: thank you, thank you. is there trash talk in olympic ice dancing like backstage are people going, you look a little chunky? or-- anything s there any-- is it a psychological game at all. >> i think sometimes you think that really hard at other people. but -- >> that's all you. >> stephen: now let's talk about the elephant in the room, charlie.

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

and if you remember, before this figure skating, the men skater, they stopped skating and they skatethank you very much and evan lysacek for supporting me. >> a great competitor. it's an honor to have you here. congratulations on all you've accomplished and done for the sport. >> thank you very much. >>> and coming up next, we are going to have a live performance on our sochi plaza from the swan brothers. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> all right. welcome back to sochi, everyone. we decided to bring a little music from back home right here to russia. >> yeah, the swan brothers were finalists in season four "the voice." now out with the debut single "later on." take it away. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ hey baby won't you tell me what you got going on a little later on tonight ♪ ♪ how about you and me get together have a couple drinks don't you think that sounds all right ♪ ♪ a good time ♪ we can't get no closer ain't no room in the middle girl what you doing a little later ♪ ♪ let's go start a fire how about you and i get this thing shaking baby telling what you're doing later on later

and relief russian fans are up to enjoy is the home team brings takes the podium in pairs figure skating while a ski jumper fell during practice gets a clean bill of health. european commission's vice president says brits are too ignorant to vote in a referendum on the e.u. membership or cast ballots in the upcoming year old parliament vote. a lot of the early on they seem to. have a fairly of the. time. right r.t. travel to south africa as the nation reels and corruption crime and poverty after the passing of iconic leader nelson mandela. midnight in moscow i'm at present going to have you with us here on our team where it's day five of the sochi winter olympics that has just wrapped up we join now our sochi studio where they are broadcasting live kevin owen joining us with all the latest. here to everybody it is kevin and here is my continuing special coverage of the twenty second winter olympic games and what tonight is playing for russia millions of fans today in just a bit earlier tonight to watch the home team take both gold and silver medals in the figure skating final an event ve

and look ahead to the next week of figure skating.scott! >> good morning. >> kind of a disappointing night last night. i mean, the gold medal winner and the silver medal winner, yuzuru hanyu and patrick chan both stumbled. is that -- >> well, they're both going for the gold medal and it's going to be one of those two, and i think they had that in mind. if they could just navigate the long program, they'd be able to win a medal. and you have to think after hanyu went down once and then tripped out of the double flip right here, the next time, you'd think that, well, okay, now it's all chan. >> right. >> chan's got it. and when you heard the score, you know, he had to think, okay, i've got this. but then he went out and he had his own mistakes, and it was just a tragic night. when you're looking at what's going to represent this four years in this olympic games, and to think that the top two men skated as poorly as they can skate, it just, you know, it's just not a great night for the sport. >> yeah, well, team usa was hoping that jason

gold and silver russian fans erupted in joy as the home team takes the podium in pairs figure skating with a record number of viewers tuning in for the games. european commission vice president says brits are too ignorant to vote in a referendum on e.u. membership or cast ballots in the upcoming euro parliament vote. a lot of the earlier city looking for a bit of a bitterly of the. crime. are to travel to south africa as the nation reels and corruption crime and poverty after the passing of iconic leader nelson mandela. eleven pm in moscow i'm at present very good to have you with us day five of the sochi winter games and we're handing it over now to our studio in the heart of the city of sochi kevin owen standing by to tell us some exciting news about the russian team kevin. yes war evening everyone what an hour is just a welcome back to make everyone here in our special coverage of the twenty second winter olympic games and this is a moment of triumph for the russians millions of fans just been cheering in to watch the pairs figure skating has just wrapped up an event very close of

biggest skating team event. from canada and the united states to take the top spot and they were helped along the way by a foolish display from one of russia's most famous sporting suns. blowing the competition away in the men's free. program a magnificent display when you consider in recent days he's been plagued by injury and has undergone surgery twelve times meanwhile a new star has been born a fifteen year old beauty a late night sky impressed in the ladies free on short programs with peerless performances i mean the procession has become the youngest ever winner of the winter olympics gold medal she is six days younger than the previous record holder american tara lipinski elsewhere on day two there were three other medal successes for russia forty two year old veteran lucia. competing in a record breaking seven and final winter olympics he missed out on a limb big gold medal but he did claim silva date olga beluga in the women's biathlon seven and a half k. sprint the more they all know for the first meda

speed skating. cnbc has learned that the sports apparelmaker has extended its exclusive partnership. that the u.s. speedskating team through 2022. they've been making this through the team since 2011. but if you've been following the winter olympics, you know that the speed skating team has come up short in the medal count, generating controversy over -- >> yesterday, we spoke with the dutch speed skating coach who said it's the suits are important, but only in terms of what the athletes thought mentally. >> that got a lot of play over in the netherlands. and i don't speak whatever -- i was looking at the headlines, and there's some word for ek september ri eccentric. this guy is known to be absolute loony tunes. and they're basically talking about how he basically -- >> he intentionally baited -- >> he took over -- they called us a huge news network and that he took it over with his crazy personality. >> he came to play. the guy knew what i was doing. it was intentionally riling and trying to bait.

the host nation wins its first medals at twenty fourteen with russia's figure skating team taking gold. from the celebration of the winter olympic sport. the western media dishes out. criticism raising questions about whether the hype and panic had justified. the week's other top headlines on international. and you know. the message reportedly coming from the u.s. assistant secretary of state as a leaked phone call reveals the depths of washington's involvement in ukraine's political turmoil. in favor of a controversial plan to put a limit on immigration this nationwide referendum. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the international live in moscow with the top headlines of today and of the week or so day two of the twenty fourteen winter olympic games in sochi has given the russian fans plenty to cheer about athletes from the host nation have won medals of all colors the most precious gold in the team figure skating tournament followed the events for us. the celebrations beginning with the fireworks behind me. from canada and the united states to take on they were helpe

chances of winning gold in the pairs skate tonight. there are high hopes are there but are also high notes for maxine frank of intensity on evolution they are within touching distance of getting that gold medal in the pairs it's the free skate tonight and i have chosen a piece of music for that which is very close to their heart says andrew lloyd webber's classic jesus christ superstar so what could possibly go wrong well the only bad omen i can think of is that a number of figure skaters have used his music in the past but none of them of won him pick gold in fact the closest any of them has first come to doing that was silver in vancouver but i don't think that's going to be a factor i think in fact i could be being a little bit stupid by suggesting this and it certainly doesn't deter the russians . but is one of our free skating programs will be andrew lloyd webber's musical juice christ superstar in fact i've been dreaming of making this happen sooner was a child a love affair in march last year we saw this musical on broadway and

the host nation wins its first medals at sochi twenty fourteen with russia's figure skating team taking gold but aside from the celebration of winter olympics on the sports. track of something happening in sochi a western media. launch of criticism raising questions about whether the hype and panic justified in the weeks other top headlines on r.t. international. and you know. the message reportedly coming from the u.s. assistant secretary of state as a leaked phone call reveals the depths of washington's true involvement in ukraine's political. and switzerland votes now really in favor of a controversial plan to put a limit on immigration this in a nationwide referendum. international news team here welcome to the program. live in moscow and down to the black sea coast we go for your latest winter olympic updates with my colleague kevin. yeah hi there rory hi everyone that day two of the twenty forty winter olympic games such as getting russian fans plenty to cheer about fireworks are certainly will all of all of a good sort as well athletes from a host nation of won medals of all colo

and we don't dance and i will say today we'll get a glimpse of the biggest skating stuff. they've also won gold in the team event earlier this week but today they will begin the pairs competition where they are also should be said that they are world and european champions at the moment despite only being together for three years and despite maxime's famous bad temper so how they managed to achieve all this success in such a short space of time will just maybe it's written in the stars. i was familiar with some of maxime straight my zodiac sign is gemini and lexeme is a libra so we get along just fine. when we first started skating together i told her that more than half of what people say about my personality is probably true as she told me she could get along with pretty much anyone. whatever people say about my or someone else's personality figure skating is a sport and what matters is the result doesn't matter what my personality is like some would say about a coach for example he's insufferable the most important thing is my training and my performance and the medals

. >>> and an ice skating shocker. the 15-year-old phenom falls as america's women are in the hunt for medals and the u.s. men's hockey team makes quick work of the czech republic. next up, o canada. and the bobsled bonanza. two u.s. teams medal in the same event as we say -- >> good morning, america. >>> we do say good morning, america. great to have josh here by my side. george is off today. ryan smith coming in off the bench. >> oh. >> thank you very much. >> you're not scared. >> no, josh taught me everything i know. >> now we're scared. hey, you know, today is a big day for the american women in the hunt for figure skating medals over there in sochi. big chills and spills there on the ice, all three americans still in contention. >> yeah, a tough day for the mother country yesterday. >>> also, more gold this morning. if that's how you want it, one winning ticket sold in the $400 million plus powerball lottery. numbers drawn wednesday night, 1, 17, 35, 49, 54 and the powerball, 34. >> oh, so close. >> someone on th

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. >> our coverage from russia will continue all morning. you can get sochi updates by signing up for our olympic news letter. >> 4:52. it's the end of an e

>> figure skating, as i said on "ew." >> jimmy: so good. >> and i like skiing, so i love to watch them shoot down that mountain. >> jimmy: anything you would like to try? >> you know, let me tell you something. winter sports is one of those -- the olympics is like, there's nothing that i could do because everything is on snow and ice. i mean, just think about the pairs, the figure skating. >> jimmy: oh no. >> you know there's a six foot man taking a 100 pound girl and slinging her across the -- i'm like, "i want no parts to that." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. i just want to make sure everyone is safe. looks really dangerous. >> you know if somebody did that i'd be like, "don't fling me across the ice like that. don't do that." >> jimmy: i'm wearing blades on my feet. >> it's like and then they got to land on one foot. no everything they do is dangerous. bobsledding. it's all just so -- no. >> jimmy: yeah, exactly. >> i just want to watch. >> jimmy: it's so much better to watch. i agree with you. the olympics are kind of the ultimate let's m

i skated light's out for myself three times, and that is awesome. >> but?would have loved to have had more points, but i always want more points. i'm a figure skater. >> every figure skater does, but in terms of the complexity of the scoring and the anonymity of the judges, is it hurting the fan base particularly in the united states where it is harder to follow? >> well, looking back we could always point to the russian or the german judge and we have had that and it did not work so well, and what it comes down to for them and the skaters, and they know it, when you go to the olympics, it is about who is going to the have the unbelievable skate and who is going to fight the hardest, because every skater is fighting with nerves and what we saw with carolina and yuna and ashley, they got tight in the program, and when they go back to look at the camera and the landing, it is not as free and clean as adelina's was. >> and let's talk about this year with you and johnny weir. what fun for you, and i know you are great friends, and it comes out of the camera, an

she skated in the free program. meryl davis and charlie white also skated incredibly.ent which is new had prepared them for their individual events which begins with pairs on wednesday. >> having a solid two skates at nationals, being able to do the free skate tonight i feel really good going into the individual and you know, our whole team was phenomenal. and i'm really glad we got to do this. and i feel really good. >> reporter: the biggest competition for gracie gold, ashley wagner and san jose's polina edmunds will be the russian phenom, yulia lipnitskaya. she helped russia win a gold medal in the team event and she earned top marks for her freeskate and short program this past weekend. the ladies have a lot of time before they skate in their medal event, next wednesday t 19th. we have heard reports they have left russia, they have left sochi to train more. we're not sure where but before the olympic games there was a report they had a training facility in austria they could use to get more time on the ice. janelle wang, nbc bay area news. >> that's new news action

we're talking figure skating at least what a star she was threshers really on her it really was too because the other star there was the fifteen year old skier who fell twice during her routines many people who don't know that's russia hopes gone but it's not the giver turns up puts in the best performance of her life and she is russia's first woman ever to win figure skating gold in the individual event after olympics amazing for her we've also got new russians to enjoy because four years ago wild victory they were on. guard amazing i'm a fantastic then i got russian passport speak wild as an american he married a siberian then got a russian passport and asked why did he come here what was the story just because it is a world he no initially he wanted funding he couldn't get the funding he needed to do his training from america and russia gave him the option but they said look you have to be a russian russian citizen how can i do that you can marry that russian girl friend of yours who happens to be a snowboarder so they did anyway so coming here he got a career and he got love dre

hungry for gold the russian fans pin their hopes on the country's record breaking figure skating duo made worries that the weather may be getting too good for the winter olympic games. european commission's vice president says brits are too ignorant to vote in a referendum on e.u. membership or cast ballots in the upcoming euro parliament election. a lot of the early on they see a little bit to their way of the. crime. party travel to south africa as the nation reels in corruption crime and poverty after the passing of iconic leader nelson mandela. ten pm in moscow i matter as i can tell you with us day five of the sochi winter olympics and we continue our expert our special exclusive coverage from the heart and heights of the resort live now to our sochi studio where kevin owen is standing by to take it over. hi there hi all nice to see again yet welcome back to sort she was me kevin owen in this is our own going special coverage of the twenty second winter olympic games here in sochi and what a moment it is right now millions of fans and as we speak to watch the figure skating we'r

coming up next on "today in the bay" a speed skating letdown in sochi. americans looking for gold end up with nothing. team usa tried to revamp its strategy. we'll take a look. >>> plus she's declared herself ready to go. san jose's pleolina edmonds arrives in sochi. we'll hear directly from the figure skater. >>> we'll let you know how long this much-needed sprinkling will last. this is "today in the day." >>> 7:00 on your saturday morning. we start with this live image from san francisco, a very inviting image. good saturday morning, thanks for joining us. i'm sam brock in for kris sanchez. some wet weather has rinsed some parts of the bay area on tap for your sunday. let's check in with rob mayeda with a look at your forecast. >> right now we're seeing clearing skies looking over towards san francisco right now. 51 degrees as the moon sets off to the west of san francisco, but still leftover moisture, more so in the south bay. you've got cloudy skies around san jose, also 51 degrees and still a few sprinkles around the hilltops east of downtown san jo

, men's free skate.nyu of japan led the way coming in, but he suffered two tough falls during the free skate. hanyu set the record straight in the short program. tonight a disappointing performance that left the door open for american jason brown. he tried to move into medal contention, but brown also fell. he finished in ninth place. mistakes didn't cost him too much. he won japan's first gold medal in men's figure skating. >>> one more olympic note for you. team usa faces russia tomorrow morning at 7:30 on nbc sports network. >>> all right. in college basketball, you cannot make up a big-time rivalry game, because the great ones are always built over time. maryland versus duke. tomorrow is the last regular season meeting between the two programs as conference opponents. coach understands exactly what this game to maryland means. >> two great programs. gary had it rolling and coach k had it rolling. teams were winning national championships and playing in final fours. had some monster games during that

course but i suppose the main surprise so far of the sonship games has been the short track speed skating russia of it only won a medal one c. in ninety two one of the c.i.s. . put in the great display here led of course by big surround who picked up gold in the men's one hundred one thousand meters get a goal of getting silver right behind him. but it's really been their favorite irons had on this score that the russians had been talented but they were lacking sort of confidence very lacking a team leader. who of course won gold medals for career in two thousand and six they have gone talismanic figure and he's really inspired the russians here in sochi and of course for quite a few more events to go over five hundred meters favorites event and of course five thousand meter relay. qualified to be in first place for so certainly hopes of more gold medals sold medals in violence from a short track speed skating one of which hadn't gone so well for the russians was very cross country skiing in which we've excelled out really over the years russia picked up a first made all in the means by t