hoping for a trip to the podium. you ve got a lot to get there. and believe in yourself that i can do it. and you re going to do it. and then potential olympians of the future. young kids and extreme sports. to the parents who say you re too young to be doing this, what would you say? plus you the olympic ideal from winning the gold one way to the british runner who wouldn t give up even after tearing a hamstring. terry smiths looks at the games. and we ve got another great group assembled around our table. we ll talk politics in a moment. let s start with roundup of olympic action. team usa got its first gold right out of the gate, 19-year-old ginny thrasher making it look easy in the air rifle. this is the first u.s. gold in that competition since 2000. the american men s basketball team trumps china blowing them out by a score of 119-62. kevin durant leading the way with 25 points. the women s soccer team is moving on to the quarterfinals after beating france 1-n
special edition of today at the olympic games. with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and savannah guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to a split edition of today on a friday morning. savannah, it s great to see you. we have reached the final hours of our countdown to tonight s opening ceremony of the 2016 olympic games and i will be honest with you, i m above. you re nervous? you don t have to do a back flip, do you? no, do you know what, that s actually right. we are hosting the opening ceremony, what do we have to be nervous about? we re not competing in the olympic games. i have to tell you, savannah, you ve been to the olympics, you know sometimes in the morning when the crowd gathers here at an olympic set up wonderful little moments, unexpected moments. i had one of those a second ago, i was walking around talking to on copacabana beach and i walked up to this guy right here and i said, hey, love the tv, team u.s.a.
today at the olympic games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and savannah guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to a split edition of today on a friday morning. savannah, it s great to see you. we have reached the final hours of our countdown to tonight s opening ceremony of the 2016 olympic games. and i ll be honest with you, i m excited, i m nervous, i m all of the above. you re nervous? what? you don t have to do a back flip, do you? no, you know what, that s actually right. you know, we are hosting the opening ceremony. what do we have to be nervous about? we re not competing in the olympic games. i have to tell you, savannah, you ve been to the olympics, you know sometimes in the morning when the crowd gathers here at an olympic set, you have wonderful, little moments, unexpected moments. i had one of those a second ago. i was walking around talking to some of the people who are here on copacabana beach, and i
a trip to the podium. what you have to do is be competent and believe in yourself that i can do it and you re going to do it. then some potential olympians of the future, young kids and extreme sports. to the parents who say you re too young to be doing this, what would you say? i ll beat you to the top. plus the olympic idea from kerry strug winning on one leg and the british runner that wouldn t give up after tearing a ham stranstring hamstring. enduring cultural moments. we got another great group assembled around the table. we ll talk politics but let s start with the roundup of the olympic action from the first full day in rio. team usa got it. 19-year-old jenny thrasher making it look easy. this is the first u.s. gold in that competition since the year 2000. the american men s basketball team trumped china 119-62 kevin durant leading the way. the women s soccer team won 1-nil. tennis super star venus williams out. the australians too much for the pool. austr
today at the olympic games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and savannah guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to a split edition of today on a friday morning. savannah, it s great to see you. we have reached the final hours of our countdown to tonight s opening ceremony of the 2016 olympiga excited, i m nervous, i m all of the above. you re nervous? what? you don t have to do a back flip, do you? no, you know what, that s actually right. you know, we are hosting the opening ceremony. what do we have to be nervous about? we re not competing in the olympic games. i have to tell you, savannah, you ve been to the olympics, you know sometimes in the morning when the crowd gathers here at an olympic set, you have wonderful, little moments, unexpected moments. i had one of those a second ago. some of the people who are here on copacabana beach, and i walked up to this guy right here, and i said, hey, love the t-shirts, t