Own. After she died during the iron man race in boulder. 34 yearold official walters was here from nebraska. When she collided with a car during rt cycling portion. Everyone out here has been working so hard. For this. To get to that finish line. But for one racer who was here today. She wont get the chance to cross it. Group. Always cheering each other on on race day. A 2 mile swim. Followed by 112 mile bike ride. And first finished with a 26 mi. One of the toughest out there. People train for years to do it. I always get emotional when i watch the races fpt theres so many people. This is a bucket list item and finish. They all come here hoping for triumph. Sunday ended in tragedy. Michelle walters. 34 waoerld from nebraska she was about 25 miles into the course. Its really sad. Really sad. It broke my heart. The road was still open to vehicles. Cyclists on the shoulder. Police say the driver wubt wasnt speeding or drinking. But havent said how it happened. Hes finishing his 13 iron m
Did he miss a class or being watched . Or was this just a window of time when he hadnt reached that first class yet and walked away . Hes safe, hes okay. We have more breaking news. The missing autistic teenager from westminister has been found safe she was at a hair salon. The great clips manager says the girl walked in and asked for a haircut. When the girl told the manager manager recognized her from the picture on the news and called 911. It makes me happy because i would want someone to do the same thing for me, having a kid something could have happened to her. The manager says that alices dog was not with her. The dog and alice went missing together. More eaking news, brace hitting northbound near 136th, thats where we spotted a 3car accident. Look at that truck on the side. We have more on this. And were at i25 and 144th avenue and traffic is backed up as far as we can see. Police have two lanes shut down and one on thesouthbound shut down also due to debris from the accident.
Making waves in rio. Team usa dominated the olympic pool sunday. Michael phelps added gold medal number 19 to his collection his 23rd one overall for his part in the mens 4by100 relay. And 19yearold Katie Ledecky won her first gold in the 400 free. She shattered her personal record in the process. Both swimming sensations will be back in the pool again today. Our team in rio is busy bringing you the latest on all things team usa. Cheryl preheim and matt renoux you a little later this morning. Denver police plans to start collecting racial information on the people they come in contact with now. Thisfollowing complaints about a lack of accountability within the department. Chief robert white says recent protests over policeinvolved shootings of black men. Show the information is necessary to keep the public informed. One of the biggest races of the year in triathlete. A competitor in the ironman died on sunday in an accident. Now a small memorial pays tribute to her. 34yearold Michelle
While you watched the event outside the olympic park in rio today, strong winds send fences flying and damaged part of the building including the swimming venue. Our team is there with that story and the rest of the big news from the olympics. Beyond anybodys control. And we have some real reminders of that here in the parking rio today. Spot you bet. Events canceled, postponed, anything outside was impacted. The wind that caused problems caused damage to one of the most beautiful venues here in the park, the swimming venue. Theres an entire Panel Missing off the side. Everything was blown away. My god. Its been written that wind does not discriminate and boy, is that apparent in orland park. When you walk that way, you go flying. It touches everything and everyone it passes. And it passed with a fury. Umbrellas were flying around. The fencing areas were being blown away. People being blown away. Reporter pe of the walls of the swimming venue, the original art on the side ripped and un
Michael phelps ansys olympic career with his 23rd gold medal. He put his team ahead tonight and they never looked back. Its the beginning of a new journey, not the end of a career. Im looking forward to that. Womens 4 x 100 relay also won goal. There when was historic. They captured the 1000 medal for the uss the the Jefferson County sheriffs looking for the person who spraypainted threats and messages of eight to cyclists riding in a charity bike raced through Jefferson County. Reporter on bric forest road , skip thurman and his bike terror mile charity bike run. We started seeing hate speech spraypainted on the road. It was disturbing. Reporter disturbing and threatening. Alongside words of encouragement are hateful messages calling for cyclists to die, pleading for cars to kill them, using antigay language. I am not gay and i am offended. We ride thousands of miles year and i have never seen that kind of hate in my life. Reporter this heat is taking place around colorado in Jefferso