at the beijing olympic games kearns swirling about security and safety of the u.s. athletes and their rights to free speech. u.s. ambassador to the united nations addressed those concerns on cnn earlier today. i can reassure u.s. athletes that the united states government will be standing with them in china and we will be there to protect them. this as the athletes focus on their events and of course bringing home hardware. cnn s coy wire has latest on the second day of the games where team usa just picked up its first medal. coy? reporter: hi, jim. i was there to see the women s snowboard slopestyle final. great energy. music playing throughout. the course huge. replica of the great wall of china for athletes to soar over. 24 pride of westport, connecticut, jumia marino putting the united states on the medal table first after an 11th place finish debut four years ago pulls off upsets and taking
tomos morgan reports. this adopted. 20 years in the makini this adopted. 20 years in the making and this adopted. 20 years in the making and recognition - this adopted. 20 years in the making and recognition is - making and recognition is finally here. the slate landscape that dominates parts of snowdonia is now on a prestigious unesco world heritage list that includes the great wall of china and machu picchu. ., , picchu. doctor david gwen was behind the picchu. doctor david gwen was behind the bed. picchu. doctor david gwen was behind the bed. i picchu. doctor david gwen was behind the bed. i felt - picchu. doctor david gwen was behind the bed. i felt it - picchu. doctor david gwen was behind the bed. i felt it would | behind the bed. i felt it would behind the bed. i felt it would be something wonderful almost magical here and i am delighted to hear now that after 20 years our ambitions have been realised. our ambitions have been realised. ~ ., , , realised. who can resist
is underway, with all eyes on masters champion hideki matsyuama for the hosts japan. simone biles is out of another olympic event. the star of the us gymnastic team explains the issues that caused her to withdraw. and, the hill sides in north wales that are now on a par with, the canals of venice, and the great wall of china. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and eight in the evening in washington where president biden is expected to announce that federal workers will soon be required to confirm they are vaccinated, orface more testing. the numbers of coronavirus
they say they are still hopeful to bring it under control on time. and most people here seem pretty optimistic about what the beijing games will bring. this area already has the feeling of a full blown winter sports place. the hope is that after the olympics there will be an explosion in china and an interest in skiing and the like and that these facilities will be used quite a lot. one of the things that the beijing olympics is going to find hard to shake is the political element. there are allegations of serious human rights abuses in this country and some are calling for a boycott of the games. well, here we are at the top of the mountain. not bad, eh? the ruins of the great wall of china