knocked out of the slalom competition days after skiing out after 11 seconds. stunned, she sat on the side of the course, doubled over for more than 20 minutes. are. makes me second guess like the last 15 years, everything i thought i knew about my own skiing and slalom and racing mentality. in better news, team u.s.a. has its first gold after an incredible performance from 36-year-old snowboarder in her fifth olympics. and u.s. snowboarders kim and white defending their title thins half pipe. white is set to retire after the winter games and says he s aiming to go home with his fourth olympic gold. reporter: andrea, i would say
russians win the team event and hours before the medal ceremony which was then postponed. whether the russians lose that gold medal will be decided later. valieva if she can compete is the heavy favorite in next week s women s figure skating event. more gold for team usa yesterday, a trio of americans claimed growth in the debut of the mixed team aerials event at the winter games. the win gives the u.s. the first medals in the free style ski discipline in a dozen years. three-time gold medalist shaun white closed out the spectacular olympic career without adding another piece of hardware to his collection. the 35-year-old snowboarder missed the podium in the half pipe final last night finishing in fourth place and ending his chances at a medal and what he said are his final games. one other note from sports, the boston bruins goalie tuukka rask is retiring. and we have been tracking
mistake and i apologize. this apology comes after she posted and deleted this photo on twitter. and team u.s.a. claims its first gold medal of the 2022 beijing olympics. lindsey capturing snowboard. oldest snowboarder to with medal at the olympics and the oldest american to win gold in the olympic sports. not cracking the leader board just yet. seven total medals so far. so i guess a little good news with the olympics. sort of. ainsley: she is the oldest and she is 34. i consider that very young. [laughter] wouldn t that be great to be such a good snowboarder or anything at that level. steve: this is shaun white s last one. the x gamer is out. we thought we would give you an olympics update because nobody is watching the olympics. ainsley: i know. look at the front cover of the new york post the hamburg burglar we will tell you about
it takes great britain s medal total to six, with two days remaining. andy swiss reports. success has rarely tasted sweeter. ollie hill savouring the moment after sealing his place in paralympic history. the 32 year old used to race motorbikes but after having his right leg amputated following a car accident, he switched to snowboarding, and on his first run in the slalom his speed was plain to see. commentator: 0.47, second place! although he eventually slipped back to third, by the time he began his final run he could already start celebrating. commentator: ollie hill, all smiles. he knows he s got a medal. the only question was could he improve on bronze? well, despite his best efforts, not quite, but nothing could stop him racing into the record books written s first ever snowboarder to win a paralympic medal. britain to s first ever snowboarder.