the first olympian to win back-to-back gold am men s moguls. looking ahead to today be a american shaun white goes for his third straight gold medal in the men s halfpipe snowboarding competition. i m excited, then i m not excited because i m not nervous but just kind of antsy and it builds and snowballs into other things. and it s just a lot of mixed feelings rolled up into one. reporter: american erin hamlin goes into today s women s luge final in third place. two slides away from a medal. pair s figure skating competition begins today. with americans marissa castellil and simon shnapir looking to the add to their bronze in the team competition. organizers have already canceled today s final women s downhill training session. mild temperatures in the mountains made the snow too soft to ski. abc news, moscow. a lot of criticism about the conditions there. halfpiper hannah teter said i ve seen more people fall today than i saw all season. it s just dangerous because the condition
let s go to mark mckay. he is covering the olympics for us in vancouver. you know, mark, you know these people. you watch them. you can identify any one of these athletes probably from any of the countries just country just by identifying them. when i was watching the opening ceremonies i could not tell them apart because they were all dressed the same, but you could tell shaun white from anybody else. yes, under the white hat and big bright smile, he is back and looking to make a name for himself as the halfpipe snowboarding competition is under way up at cypress mountain. it has been four years since shaun white first burst on to the scene and here he is, again, looking to defend that olympic gold medal. reporter: how does a kid from the sunny beaches of san diego become the most famous snowboarder in the world? i went under the wave right