medal. he shed a few tears. he had a tough year since losing his younger brother in april. after the flower ceremony miller tweeted, quote, thanks for all the support. today was one of the most emotional days of my life. i miss my brother. apparently he died about ten months ago from a brain seizure. all right. so we go now to the sanku sliding center. jamaica currently sits in dead last. nearly 4.5 seconds behind the record-setting pace of russia. two american teams, neither finished in the top ten. so we move onto the medal count where the u.s. is tied for second place in total medals with 16, four of them gold. the netherlands is on top with 17. germany has 12 total medals but has the most gold. seven in all. now let me give you a look ahead to what you can watch today. catch this in primetime tonight. you ll be able to see the women s alpine skiing, speed skating and bobsled while the
runner, kicked out of the olympics monday for not giving his all in the 800 meters. turned out he had a knee injury and wasn t supposed to be in the event. he s allowed back in the games and takes the gold in the 1500 meters ahead of the american. tom rivers, abc news, london. and in case you are wondering what is on tap today, the men s 400 meter hurdles, women s 200 meter. both are finals. other medal events. women s beach volleyball, two american teams will go for the gold. i don t know. the usa is going to take the top two medals, i don t know. that s right. i want to get, us to the top of the medal board. that s true. catch china. that s good. helps our numbers out. coming up next, an extended the skinny, this morning, with claims rihanna is a little too sexy.
and how about the algerian runner, kicked out of the olympics monday for not giving his all in the 800 meters. turned out he had a knee injury and wasn t supposed to be in the event. he s allowed back in the games and takes the gold in the 1500 meters ahead of the american. tom rivers, abc news, london. and in case you are wondering what is on tap today, the men s 400 meter hurdles, women s 200 meter. both are finals. other medal events. women s beach volleyball, two american teams will go for the gold. i don t know. the usa is going to take the top two medals, i don t know. that s right. i want to get, us to the top of the medal board. that s true. catch china. that s good. helps our numbers out. coming up next, an extended the skinny, this morning, with claims rihanna is a little too sexy. a new picture of jay-z on beyonce s body. guess where it is? that s next. announcer: abc s world news
homes mid to late week to a waterlogged home. it s unfortunate that happens on a year to year basis. they blame a dam that is located north 15 miles as the crow flies from us in new jersey. army corps of engineers to figure out exactly why it happens every year. those results are expected in about six months. gregg: what a tragedy for those folks. great reporting. heather: assistance is arriving all over the world to japan. two american teams, they are in region. experts from nuclear regulatory commission are also there to help prevent another disaster, the damaged nuclear power plants. doug joins us from the d.c. bureau on how americans are helping japan through the growing crisis.