team usa at the pyeongchang winter olympics. losing in overtime to slo vain ya in their first game, u.s. men s hockey team rebounded getting a victory over slovakia. team usa will next face the olympic athletes from russia in the preliminary round. after winning gold in the giant slalom the other day mikaela shiffirn failed to defend her title in the slalom coming up in fourth overall. shiffrin will also skip saturday s super g race because of a compressed schedule according to her mother and nathan chen who struggled in his opener, came up short in a shot in redemption finishing in 17th overall. meanwhile, u.s. skater adam rippon finished in 7th going into friday s free skate and will now compete for a medal.
compete at all. the most decorated female skier of all time will hit the slopes again in the super g at 33 years old. the old lady of the competition, if you can believe that. she talked earlier about what it means to go up against those young kids. doesn t intimidate you, does it? oh, no, no. i feel like at my age, i have a lot more experience. i ve been through this a few times. i ve already won olympic gold. i m not nervous. i don t feel the pressure. i know the routine. i think being older gives me a pretty big advantage. i m not worried about the young guns just yet. she s starting with the super g but has three events overall. if she medals, again, at 33, hallie, she will be the oldest ever to win an alpine medal, ever. by the way, there was this heartwarming instagram post about her grandfather. anybody who follows skiing shows the close relationship they had.
pyeongchang. the 22-year-old won gold in 2014. she will try to defend her title tomorrow, but she will no longer race in the super g saturday. the wind has changed the skiing schedule. the u.s. has won five gold me l medals in south korea. global stocks higher after wall street shook off inflation fears. global stocks higher today after wall street shook off inflation fears. that sparked the market selloff two weeks ago. stocks initially dropped after news broke of inflation. it rose 2.1% in january. americans paid more for gas, rent, health care. the federal reserve has a target of 2% inflation. any higher and investors worry it means higher interest rates faster than planned. low rates fueled the stock
it just was an emotional moment that kind of like emotions i think just live inside of you no matter. what but when you have that kind of it s just a you can feel like a ball of energy in there. i didn t really intentionally do it. but it certainly came out in that super g. to look back on it now, it probably made the difference for me between getting a medal and not. but the real part of it hits afterwards when you deal with the consequences of really living those emotions. it was really pretty raw and pretty painful. if you do think that thinking of him and that experience is what pushed you over the edge in the super g, is there a nice part of that he helped you do that? yes. and if you lose a family member, a loved one, i don t think there s anything more sort of to honor their memory than to use that memory and the love for them to do something that maybe you couldn t do otherwise. and that felt great, but it also was painful. bode miller talking to our rachel nichols.
the consequences of really living those emotions. it was really pretty raw and pretty painful. if you do think that thinking of him and that experience is what pushed you over the edge in the superg is a nice part of that he helped you do that? yes. and if you lose a family member, a loved one, i don t think there s anything more sort of to honor their memory than to use that memory and the love for them to do something that maybe you couldn t do otherwise. and that felt great, but it also was painful. bode miller talking to our rachel nichols. we ll be right back. hey guys! sorry we re late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course.