to china. eileen gu s final run stole the show falling to her needs when she heard the score. that was the best moment of my life i can t believe what just happened. reporter: gu was born and raised in the u.s. but wanted to compete for her mother s homeland to support female athletes. in the stands today some political stagecraft. the head of the ioc sat next to chinese player peng shuai. stephanie, after our story last night i think a lot of us have been thinking about casey dawson, the speed skater who was sprinting across the globe in this crazy journey to make his race. how did that turn out? reporter: lester, to say he made it by the skin of his teeth would be an understatement. he crambled to get on that flight to beijing only to find out his