The Winter Olympics are a bit of an enigma to most sports fans in the United States. The average person has seen hockey, the understand figure skating, and we get enough extreme sports through osmosis that the snowboard half pipe makes sense — but a lot of the events are more Euro-centric.

Paced by the ice dance duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates, closed with a dramatic finish by Alysa Liu, the United States began the first three segments of the team figure skating event with a strong performance.

Team USA star skier Lindsey Vonn takes part in her first training session at the Winter Olympics, battling a serious injury two days before her first event.

Melvin was set to travel to Italy to help with NBC's Winter Olympics coverage.

Chloe Kim has already established herself as one of the greatest snowboarders of all time. At the Milan Cortina Games, she is hoping to become the first snowboarder to win three consecutive gold medals in the women's halfpipe.