it s definitely been an emotional week. you know, brandon, cnn s christine brennan reported earlier this week that the hotel where skaters including you are staying was full of unmasked people, not taking the same precautions as athletes and press. are you concerned not enough steps were taken to protect athletes this week? not at all. to be honest, u.s. figure skating has been holding for almost two years now safe events during covid. i felt as safe as i have in the previous events. you know, especially last year after october when the surges were at an all-time high at that time. so, you know, i felt like everyone was doing exactly what they needed to do to be safe. it s just a spike right now, covid times. people are getting sick, and i just really wish everyone can do everything they can to help each other out. you know alexa, do you have a positive
slalom in more than four years. a streak including 30 races. but she should still get a handful of chances over the next two weeks to become the first al bine pine ski racer from the u.s. to win three olympic golds. team usa is off to a slow start having captured just three silver medals at the games so far. one in figure skating in the figure skating team event of the pandemic is jeopardizing the hopes of one member of that team for the first individual medal. u.s. figure skating announced that vincent zhou tested positive for coronavirus after a routine screening for competitors. officials are still holding out hope that it will be a false positive so zhou can return for the start of the men s short program later today. let s finish up by bringing it statewide to california for the pebble beach pro am turmts tournament and this is one of the most dramatic golf shots you
and it has been an action packed day at the beijing winter olympics full of highs and lows. canada s hockey team is celebrating after beating team u.s.a. after winning 3-2. michaela shiffrin s crash down the alpine slalom event. first, two events. the president of the international olympic committee met with the u.s. figure skating team to discuss the ongoing medal event. valiyeva is set to compete in the women s free skate event in the next hour. she s currently at the center of a doping scandal. team coverage all angles. first let s go to beijing where peter jiang has more on the russian doping scandal. steven, we are expecting wonders
know, train as if we were, like, called upon because in a time like this, anything can happen. and we of course are all rooting for you. christine, going forward, how lasting of an impact does this have, not only for the olympics, but this sport in particular, which arguably is the most popular and most viewed during the winter olympics? we ll see. we ll see if sponsors start to talk about this, and say, you know, the ones writing the checks, maybe they get to the point where they were upset with what they saw yesterday. and maybe they say enough is enough. because that would be a huge development. the international olympic committee has basically just kicked the can down the road with the russians over the last eight years. are they going to be tough and finally kick them out of the olympics? and jessica s story is a cautionary tale and it is so sad because, of course, she did everything right, and she also accepted her suspension, because the united states and u.s. figure skating
let s get to patrick in atlanta. patrick, meantime on the slopes, i believe it s been a pretty rough day for mikaela shiffrin. disappointment for her no doubt? reporter: once again a winter olympic day to forget. the 26-year-old two-time olympic gold medalist. she did not finish the slalom of the alpine combined event sliding off course having entered that slalom portion in fifth place. looking good up to that point. then came from the fall. this was shiffrin s fifth ol olympic event. just to recap worldwide, what was a major shock the american did not finish either in her favorite disciplines, namely the giant slalom and slalom. she is expected to compete in the mixed team event, sixth and final event on saturday. the american describing what happened today as mind boggling adding 60% of her did not finish