unlike vic wild wasn't the start of the men's parallel slalom when he married snowboarder. yet the twenty seven year old american turned russian has gone from strength to strength winning two golds at

yes history has been created yet again here in sochi vic wild has become the first snowboarder to claim two gold medals at a single winter olympics he won his second of the games and russia's tenth in the parallel slowly amounting to the gold he already won in the giant parallel slalom and i was actually a u.s. born but he became a russian citizen in two thousand and eleven after he married his russian girlfriend who incidentally also has a bronze medal to her name from these games let's see how that medal has effected the very latest medals table and you can see that russia has actually now moved up into second place they've got ten gold medals to their name that just behind norway who lead with eleven in fact it's more than a record for russia the most amount of winter olympic medals they've got in there a recent history canada and the usa complete the top four. and i gather the crowd of played a big part in yesterday's skating as well i understand. yes they they certainly did because i know the person who has been granted our russian citizenship is a victor and he's now won three gol

vic wild. the american snowboarder turned russian has won gold again. r. he is wearing two gold medals that should be around the neck of an american. now russia is on top of the leader board for medals. now the u.s. and russia is tied with the most medals, but russia has more gold. team usa has a chance to win a medal in the bronze medal game. it is not a medal we will be happy about. yesterday, the u.s. lost 1-0 to canada in the semifinals. this is the second straight olympics that canada ended the usa's gold medal dreams. the fallout is massive. a billboard in illinois made a wager for the two countries saying the loser of the game had to keep justin bieber. >> no! >> guys, this billboard has since been updated. it now reads, worst bet ever with a picture of a bald eagle rocking a gold chain with the word belieber. >> nice to be so clever about it. >> i'm sure that is all over twitter. >> victor, you are a belieber. >> no, j.b. and i go back. >> he is in hot-lanta. you can hang out with him. >> we're not that tight. >> andy scholes, thank you. >> thank

think up to seventy percent were russians themselves like that and we saw great examples of that vic wild i'm a big fan now but he was almost out in one of his hate on his route or on route to the final but he didn't panic he carried on and you could see he wanted it more than the other guy and he got it. she's also this fair share of scandals to it can be argued that it got more than it deserved indeed from western a styria over gay rights to highly debated rulings by the judges and referees of the games and assume it was because of the busy man i think the biggest controversies of these olympics joins with a you've got your top five and i says that by saying that sochi has been surrounded by more scandal than any other olympics in recent history it blew away as the games went on it is indeed someone interest russia's got ninety nine problems but the olympics is that one room. start with number five five is doping overall the olympics were very quick game special mention that the latest technology they did and it happened just lately because the latest technology can detect the smallest

snowboard association tweeted this, congrats to vic wild on his pgs gold. ia and are happy for his success in sochi. there is some success in sochi to tell but that a lot of americans have been following. and that is what about all these stray dogs? well, we learned today for the first time from the russian billionaire who has been really tracking this that he thinks that there were as many as 4,000 of them here in sochi alone. many of them who were brought and left by construction workers. and then, of course, many puppies. so i sat down with russian billionaire who also financed a number of big olympic projects like the airport. he's the one who within three weeks built a shelter for these 4,000 dogs. here's what he told me. >> i think it's great. >> yeah? >> but what's important, this area would not be able to adopt such a number. and for us i think it's important. yes, we doin' injection in terms of all the veterinarian standards. but they need to be adopted. and yes, we have a few partners on the mainland and even moscow, adoption center. >> reporter: i

but vic wild celebrated under a different red, white and blue.aised in the u.s., wild competed for russia, frustrated that training money was going to "x" game sports. his russian-born wife won bronze. >> we're going to hang out, we got our medals. >> yeah, probably sleep with them. >> reporter: with one day of competition left, russia leads the medals race. american ted ligety was within striking distance in the slalom, but was among the top 13 that didn't finish the second bronze. today, criticizing a course. set by a croatian player's dad. >> makes for a pretty unfair race. >> reporter: and a very different kind of race is on off field of play, to find homes for thousands of stray dogs. the russian billionaire who had this shelter built said sochi will need outside help. the concern obviously is that they will be put down. >> no, no, no chance. we'll try. and we have good people. >> reporter: this snowboarder tweeted her puppy is home in denver and that gus kenworthy's puppies could be on a plane next week. i asked if he considered the games a

here is our number three the new russians american snowboarder vic wild who married a siberian and joined russia's a live big team to become one of the medalist and korean born speed skater victor he won three gold for his new homeland are sensation number two is in the region biathlete all the boards and dahlan becoming the most decorated winter olympians of all time a great performance on his sixth and last winter games here in sochi and of course the top stop goes to the overall performance of the russian national team making a victorious comeback from the vancouver games winning the home of the pics with thirteen gold medals the sochi olympics have broke. lots of records and it's not just sports we're talking about almost half of the planet was watching at some point with at least three billion viewers talking about fans they set a surprising sound record during one of victor on speed skating races with cheers reaching out as one hundred ten decibels and here's another record quite an unexpected one thirty four babies were bored in sochi on the day of the opening ceremony of the city'

korean born speed skater victor on he won three golds for his new homeland an american snowboarder vic wild who married a siberian and joined russia's the olympic team to become one of the gold medalist i didn't have any good for the united states and that was a good to reach the goals that i wanted. but she was the opportunity to get people's. person station number two is norwegian biathlete although they are born by then he became the most decorated winter olympian of all time a great performance for his sixth and final winter games and of course the top stop goes to team russia for their overall performance of the host nation making a victorious comeback from the vancouver games and making it to the top of the medal table at home with thirteen gold medals thirty three overall. she has also welcomed usual competitors to for them it was about taking the podium but about enjoying the games and making everyone else happy and inspired artist paul scott has more on those athletes with a difference. for some athletes sochi twenty fourteen was simply about taking part take for example indian ill

know but kalman the most decorated olympian now many others were impressed by snowboarder of course vic wild and has a russian wife scoring medals for the host nation on the same slope then we have the national. the opening ceremony that was also like that and finally of course you couldn't help but mention the sublime performance by a russian figure skater a margin as a new star and all of. their. well a bittersweet look back there but we're also looking forward to the paralympic games starting in less than two weeks and our online scene has more on the winter games its heroes and most touching moments ahead artsy dot com. in other news after taking the reins of the ukrainian capital the former opposition is now its own order in the latest measures against the all the ministration the country's parliaments has suggested banning the once ruling party of regions and the communist party from any political activity now seventy four delegates have already withdrawn from the ruling party so the fear of reprisals the names of some members wanted for questioning have reportedly been circulated to a

much a case of keeping it in the family in the snowboard powered giant slalom event for russia now vic wilde was actually born an american but he changed his citizenship in two thousand and eleven to russian after marrying his russian girlfriend. and today there was a cause for double celebration he secured the dold medal in the men's event while she won bronze in the female competition before the game started wild explain to why he swapped allegiances. i didn't have any good funding in the united states and i wasn't going to reach the goals that i wanted. it was an opportunity to get to. you know to be able to do what i wanted to do to me he brought in you say because he's away he's way more aggressive than i am maybe a little more aggressive more like a more of a more of a boss if you if you will and. he made me engage in whatever i'm doing and do it one hundred percent. well russia have also added a silver medal to that tally that came in the cross country skiing in the men's team of the end while there's a worrying news for fans of the russian ice hockey at the moment russia playing finl

case of pretty much keeping it in the family in the snowboard parallel giant slalom for russia now vic wild is actually an american but he received russian citizenship in two thousand and eleven. and he married his russian girlfriend. another was a double reason for them to celebrate today because he won gold in the men's competition while she secured bronze in the female event before the game started while it spoke to artane explain exactly why he has swapped allegiances i didn't have any good for being in the united states and i wasn't going to reach the goals that i wanted. it was an opportunity to get the balls. to be able to do what i wanted to do to me he brought then you say because he's away he's way more aggressive than i am maybe a little more aggressive more like a more of a more of a boss if you if you will and. he made me engage in whatever i'm doing and like to do it one hundred percent. well that is the gold in the bronze medal accounted for the silver came in the cross country skiing in the men's team sprint event and i want other bit of news for you. he helped norway to win

the tally today and it's a case of keeping it in the family in the snowboard parallel giant slalom vic wild he's actually born an american but he received russian citizenship in two thousand and eleven after he married his. russian girlfriend xena and today they have a double reason to celebrate because he secured a gold medal in the men's competition while she won bronze in the mail a day before the game started while told r.t. exactly why he decided to swap allegiances. i didn't have any good for the united states and i wasn't going to reach the goals that i wanted. it was an opportunity to get the grooves. you know to be able to do what i wanted to do to me he brought then you say because he's away he's way more aggressive than i am maybe a little more aggressive more like a more of a more of a boss if you if you will and. he made me engage in whatever i'm doing and like to do it one hundred percent. well that is the gold on the bronze medal accounted for in the silver cross came in the cross-country skiing in the men's team sprint elsewhere dolling was part of the norway team that won g

now appear russia's hopes on the slopes lie with a very special married couple snowboarders and vic wild will compete in the women's and men's parallel giant slalom is actually from america but he picked up a russian passport after the pair got married three years ago and his arrival on the russian team seems to have boosted both their chances of a medal. i didn't have any good for the states and i wasn't going to reach the goals that i want to. show as an opportunity to get the balls. to be able to do what i wanted to do to me she brought a new attitude because he has a way like he's way more aggressive than i am maybe a little more aggressive more like a more of a more robust if you if you will that. he made me engage in whatever i'm doing and do it one hundred percent so fingers crossed those two and they are just two names in what is a very strong snowboarding squad for russia now hardly a day goes past when i'm not talking about russian figure skaters such is the strength and depth of them and today we will see their best and merging talent in the ladies short program fifteen year o

american justin right mattie's took the overall title in the parallel giant slalom with russia's vic wild forth and among the women switzerland is patricio cooma made it victory number for the season ahead of japan's tomoko tacky and junia dome of its of austria to ensure overall victory in three world cup snowboard disciplines russia the capital and you cannot be happy enough to get those went out in the last eight. for well meanwhile russian olympic slopestyle hope alexey some would have made a surprise guest appearance at an extreme snowboarding event in moscow which brought together thirty of the brightest talents from across the country and michael braved the cold to bring us this report. well it's a crisp minus fifteen degree celsius here in north moscow and instead of being at home there's a bunch of snowboarders that come out here to show off their skills russian style and i'm here with the brainchild of the whole event the nice lynsey of please tell me why. you know better off. came about after the play russian video came out you might know the one where american basketball star

celebration to podium finishes and the giant slalom snowboarding won by members of the same family vic wilde originally from america was and the civil and the man's paolo event the snowboarder won that gold just minutes after his russian wife alina as it was in clinched bronze in the same discipline but for women also he caught up with the lucky couple before they began their quest for the olympic podium. without any good funding in the united states and that wasn't going to reach the goals that i wanted. it was an opportunity to get. you know to be able to do what i wanted to do to me he brought the new out is also because he is away his way with more aggressive than i am maybe a little more aggressive more like a more of a more of a boss if you if you will and. he made me engage in in whatever i'm doing and do it one hundred percent. meanwhile there's only a matter of minutes before russia's ice hockey team takes to the rink for an olympic quarterfinal facing a stern test against finland mon they have come a showdown from our correspondent and her from. binion deception in the world rankin

korean born speed skater victor on he won three golds for his new homeland an american snowboarder vic wilde who married a siberian and joined russians the olympic team to become one of the gold medalist i didn't have any good for the united states. that wasn't going to reach the goals that i wanted. it was an opportunity to get people's. person station number two is norwegian biathlete although in our born die then he became the most decorated winter olympian of all time a great performance for his sixth and final winter games and of course the top stop goes to team russia for their overall performance of the host nation making a victorious comeback from the vancouver games and making it to the top of the medal table at home with thirteen gold medals thirty three overall the olympics have been tough and tiring for the medal hungry athletes and also an emotional roller coaster ride for the fans. has more now about the lucky ones who made it to sochi to support their national teams stand out from the crowd wigs schemes flags as passionate diehard fans will do anything to support that chosen c

case of keeping it in the family in the snowboard snowboard parallel giant slalom for russia now vic wilde was actually born an american but he became a russian citizen in two thousand and eleven after he married his russian girlfriend. was enough now today they have a double reason to celebrate because he secured gold in the men's competition while she won the bronze in the female event before the games wild explained to r.t. why he decided to switch allegiances. i didn't have any good funding in the united states and i wasn't going to reach the goals that i wanted. it was an opportunity to get people. to be able to do what i wanted to do to me he brought then you say because he's away he's way more aggressive than i am maybe a little more aggressive more like a more of a more of a boss if you if you will and. he made me engage in whatever i'm doing and do it one hundred percent russia also i won a silver medal today that came in the cross country skiing in the men's team sprint elsewhere one of the stars of the game so far has been fifteen year old guy she put in a display to help russia

very much a case of keeping it in the family for russia in the snowboard parallel giant slalom now vic wilde was actually born an american but he received russian citizenship in two thousand and eleven after he married his russian girlfriend. and today they have a double cause for celebration he won gold in the men's event or she picked up a bronze in the female competition before the games world explain why he did why he decided to switch allegiances. i didn't have any good funding in the united states and i wasn't going to reach the goals that i wanted. it was an opportunity. to be able to do what i wanted to do to me he brought then you say because he's away he's way more aggressive than i am maybe a little more aggressive more like a more of a more of a boss if you if you will and. he made me engage in whatever i'm doing and do it one hundred percent well elsewhere russia are looking to book their place in the last four of the men's ice hockey competition next taking on finland in the quarterfinals in the bolshoi stone that you can see behind me they currently trail two one at the end of

case of pretty much keeping it in the family in the snowboard parallel giant slalom for russia now vic wildeis actually an american but he received russian citizenship in two thousand and eleven when he married his russian girlfriend. another was a double reason for them to celebrate today because he won gold in the men's competition while she secured a bronze in the female event and before the game started while spoke to artane explain exactly why he has swapped allegiances i didn't have any good funding we had states that wasn't going to reach the goals that i wanted. to show as an opportunity to get the balls. to be able to do what i wanted to do well that's the gold in the bronze for russia the silver came in the cross country skiing in the men's team sprint event and i want to other bit of news for you. darling he helped norway to win the by athlone mixed relay they want gold and in doing so he's become the single most decorated winter olympian in history he now has thirteen medals to his name and eight of them are now gold rocketing down an icy track at speeds of more than one hundred

saturday the latest in the biathlon men's related earlier history was created yet again here in sochi vic wild becoming the first snowboarder to win two gold medals in a single olympic games he ever so narrowly won the inaugural parallel slalom outing to the gold he'd already won in the giant parallel slalom wild as u.s. born but became a russian citizen in two thousand and eleven after marrying his russian girlfriend who incidentally has a bronze medal to her name in sochi while there was also a bronze medal for russia in the speedskating in the women's perceived in the ag arena behind me so let's see how all of that affects the very latest medals table and you can see russia the hosts lead the way now with eleven gold medals that total of twenty nine medals overall is a record in the country's modern history norway in second place canada on the usa complete the top four pick to ron was the man of the moment on friday he has won three gold medals in short track speed skating here in sochi on friday he won the five hundred meters before helping russia to gold in the relay and the atmosphere in

less than 15 minutes later, wild stormed past switzerland and claimed his own medal. >> vic takes a walkion. husband and wife turned olympic stars. >> reporter: celebrating their medals with a kiss. >> his and her medals. >> now to tonight's main event, the ladies figure skating finale, stephanie gosk has more on this event. >> good morning to you. >> it certainly is exciting. good morning, savannah. it will be a night of high drama, following last night's intense opening act. the woman they call "queen" remains on her thrown a little longer after last night's near flawless performance. >> she may be one of the greatest competitors i've ever witnessed. >> no stranger to success, 23-year-old south korean yuna kim has her sights on becoming the third woman ever to win the gold back to back. >> triple lutz, triple toe loop! >> reporter: her reign began in vancouver. she's since become an international superstar and one of the highest paid female athletes, reportedly earning $14 million a year. still every queen has her weakness. showing top form last night, an injury earlier this season lef

unlike our vic wild wasn't the start of a maiden's parallel slalom when he married snowboarder. yet the twenty seven year old american turned russian has gone from strength to strength winning two golds at his home games with the first of his two top of the podium finishes coming just minutes after his wife had won bronze in the women's parallel joined slalom i didn't have any good friday we had states that i wasn't going to reach the goals that i wanted and for sure it's an opportunity to get the balls. to be able to do what i wanted to do to me she brought a new attitude say because he's a way late he's way more aggressive than i am maybe a little more impressive more like a more of a more of a boss if you if you will and. he made me engage in whatever i'm doing in life to do it one hundred percent it's been a record breaking games for russia the broken records of twenty three medals and eleven gold space one in lillehammer in one thousand nine hundred four but whose nation also has one of the youngest squads with an average age of just twenty two and a half and with the facil

think up to seventy percent were russians themselves like that and we saw great examples of that vic wild i'm a big fan now but he was almost out in one of his hate on his route or on route to the final but he didn't panic he carried on and you could see he wanted it more than the other guy and he got it thank you were how you drive your set of tires there we need to move on but thank you for talking about so the sensations as you saw them now by any measure was of blind luck we've been talking to the medalists of the russian team about their preparations and their training and they've been telling us about the lengths that the country went to to ensure that they all had the proper facilities. the minister of sports. changed everything for. good medical. care of. your world athletes you've traveled around the world surely you couldn't ignore what the western press was saying about russia about sochi ahead of these games how do you feel about that overall and do you think that people have maybe changed their stereotypes about russia. because of you know the beautiful game. is the. more. mo

now to a much brighter picture that's on the soaps the slopes of sochi orissa lympics snowboarder vic wild has just handed to russia its second gold medal putting an unforgettable show on for the fans in snowboard anything but easy for him the u.s. born wild perform what commentators call a minor miracle to get back in the race after finding myself at a severe disadvantage during the semifinals and all russia is now second medal is second in the medal rankings with the highest total haul in its modern history and as our tease and as our tease sochi team tells us it's not the only record that's been broken. russian supporters also broke a record with their vocal chords fans were so excited during the short track triumph that cheering in the arena broke a record sound levels so fans here really having something to celebrate this final weekend with lots of events and sights to keep them entertained in the olympic park and up in the mountain clusters as well fans just ecstatic like i said over that when trying to find things to do on this last olympic weekend and speaking of staying entertaine

about some of the other highlights for the day i think one of the most interesting stories was the vic wild than. you might think they're just the average winner of the snowboarding slalom he won gold a great success and she won bronze with a difference with this couple is that i just mention the word couple they're actually married so they'll be putting some new jewelry in the form of medals next to the wedding bands interestingly enough he stated that russia didn't want him the states sorry the states didn't want him he did in fact that he was actually born in america originally he married his wife two years ago and here he is competing for russia so everybody's a thumbs up for them and it really is a dream come true an icing on the top of the wedding cake very nice over here bodie miller as there is a big headliner what's the reaction to his skipping that last alpine race. that's right he skipped his last operation really it shows the reality of this competition sport he's forty years old and really he's competing against people who are in the early twenty's and he had surgically tweet i

some of the day's other main news the mood much brighter on the sochi slopes where a snowboarder vic wild has handed russia a second gold medal putting an unforgettable show on for the fans let's hear more about it now and more from marcie's paul scott live for us in sochi oh paul so i hear the second goal for vick was anything but easy tell us more. yes it's history created yet again here in sochi vick wild has become the first snowboarder to win two gold medals in a single olympic games he narrowly claimed russia's tenth gold here in sochi in the parallel slalom adding to the goat he'd already won in the giants' parallel slalom while these u.s. born became a russian citizen in two thousand and eleven after marrying his russian girlfriend who incidentally has a bronze medal to her name here in sochi let's see how all of that affects the very latest medals table and you can see that russia are now up to second place just behind norway they have ten gold medals to their name their total of twenty seven medals in all is a record in the country's moten history it's kind of the in the usa who

the mood significantly brighter on the soaps of slow cheap the slopes of sochi were a snowboarder vic wild has handed russia a second gold medal giving an unforgettable performance for the fans archy's paul scott has more from the olympic city. little while he's become the first snowboarder to win two gold medals in a single olympic games he narrowly claimed russia's tenth gold here in sochi in the parallel slalom adding to the gold he'd already won in the giants' parallel slalom while these u.s. born became a russian citizen in two thousand and eleven after marrying his russian girlfriend who incidentally has a bronze medal to her name here in sochi let's see how all of that affects the very latest medals table and you can see that russia are now up to second place just behind norway they have ten gold medals to their name that total of twenty seven medals in all is a record in the country's modern history it's kind of the in the usa to complete the top for another person to be granted russian citizenship victor and he's now won three gold medals in short track speed skating here in sochi