president has offered a u.s. figure skaters olympic torches as holdover gifts. while they await a resolution of the doping case that s preventing them from receiving their silver medals. the u.s. finished runner-up to the russians in a team event last week. but the outcome came into question, after revelations that kamila valiyeva tested positive for a banned substance before the games. the court of arbitration for the support ruled kamila valiyeva could still compete in this week s women s event, which she leads, after monday s short program, while her case makes its way through the anti-doping system. the case will ultimately determine the status of the medals. the silver medal winning u.s. figure skating team could end up with gold if kamila valiyeva is disqualified. the next round in the women s figure skating is later today. meanwhile the u.s. women s ice hockey team settled for silver, against canada in the gold medal game. it marked the sixth time in the
among them are the kharkiv panthers, a women s ice hockey team. they ve managed to stick together in a traumatic escape from violence. in the office space of a german startup 22 ukrainians find refuge from war. many separated from family and loved ones amid the fighting back home. but among them one group has managed to stick together. translator: it s very important to us to be together as a team. we have known each other for many years, and for me this is like a family. a second family. reporter: these are the kharkiv panthers, a women s ice hockey team from the now besieged city. some members also play on ukraine s national team. now they re a team of friends fleeing from war. translator: we fled, and it was a very difficult journey. our escape lasted four days. we re very happy to be here and we are so grateful. reporter: munich startup wirelane made the space in its offices available after the company s ceo was approached by
important to us to be together as a team. we have known each other for many years and for me, this is like a family, a second family. reporter: these are the kharkiv panthers, a women s ice hockey team from the now besieged city. some members also play on ukraine s national team. now, they re a team of friends fleeing from war. translator: we fled and it was a very difficult journey. our escape lasted four days. we re very happy to be here and we are so grateful. reporter: munich s startup wire lane made the space in its offices available at the company s ceo was approached by a friend about helping the refugees. translator: the kharkiv panthers were wonderfully pragmatic and helped with everything from the start. in total, we were able to accommodate 22 people, some of them children. there s also an 87-year-old grandmother among them. reporter: from young to old to pro athlete, the refugees settle into a temporary home, thankful for aless pete from
disprove the stereotype of north koreans being cold and militarist. there has been plenty of diplomatic gamesmanship going on around these olympics. and our paula hancocks has been following it all there live at the winter olympic games in pyeongchang, south korea. pau paula, from what you ve seen, who s winning the optics war here? is it north korea? south korea? the united states? who s in play? george, you can certainly say that north korea has come out of this fairly well. when you consider the optics, you consider the symbolic photos that we re seeing of handshakes between the president of south korea, and kim yo jong. you can see right now, there s a performance going on by the north korean arts troupe in seoul, where the south korean president is sitting next to kim jong-un s sister, enjoying the performance. and there was a women s ice hockey team last night, a joint north/south korean team that was playing, and you had once again the north korean vip delegation in the crowd
prom that now. you have the official invitation from kim jong-un. the date is unxoknown at this point. it s certainly a remarkable change of events. now, it is interesting that it was hand delivered. it was hand signed by the north korean leader. it was delivered by his sister, who is here for the pyeongchang olympics. in the coming hours a dinner for the north korean delegation. the head of state with the south korean head of state and after that, tonight, there is going to be that women s ice hockey team. the north and south korean athletes join together for that joint korean team. they will be competing for the first time in the olympics tonight. they will be playing against switzerland and we expect the south korean president and the north korean ceremonial head of