aleve it. and see what s possible. 57 past the hour. we re following a developing story out of beijing that has the potential to shake up the medal board. nbc reports a skater tested positive for a banned substance back in december. the international olympic committee delayed the award ceremony due to a legal issue and said they could not comment further. so far no official response from the russian olympic committee. joining me is gadi schwartz. what is the very latest? the latest is camilla is back
let s bring in cnn s coy wire live just outside beijing for us. and, coy, there was some heart break, i think, for u.s. skier mikaela shiffrin. what happened, is she completely out now? reporter: that s what she called it, isa. one of the greatest alpine skiers of all time, one of the faces for team usa. she came into the hopes of medaling in five alpine events. in her beijing debut, the defending giant slalom champ missed the fifth gate. that was seconds into her run. she didn t finish the race. she won t ever forget this. she also said that s the type of thing that drives her to keep her working. isa, it was swedish star sarah hectare for the win. she had a devastating knee injury in 2015. she was told she would never ski again. here she is in beijing winning giant slalom gold for sweden. they are at the top of the medal board. in figure skating, a legend
clinched it. as covid surges in the u.s., hundreds of thousands of bikers gather in north dakota. officials hope it won t turn into another superspreader event. plus showing their green, some europeans are happy to show their vaccine status, but others are hitting the streets to protest. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. as the final competitions of the 2020 summer olympics come to an end, a flurry of gold medals put team usa at the top of the medal board. only a couple hours remain before the closing saer ceremon. a gold medal win by the u.s.
eve . it is day two at the olympics and the u.s. is finally on the medal board. it took a little longer than usual. we had a minute there, didn t we? live to coy wire if tokyo. i know it s pretty rare we had to wait this long. i say long, it s day two. but we have never gone through a first day without a u.s. medal. reporter: yeah, good morning, christi and boris from tokyo. for the first time since 1972 games team usa were shut out of medals on opening day of competition at the summer olympics. well, things changed on day two. american men one and two in the 400 meter im, jay litter land taking silver. it was chase kalisz winning his
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