Gold medal moments at Milan Cortina Olympics

OLYMPIC FLAME, BURNING BRIGHT. HERE IN ITALY, WHERE AMERICA. HAS WON FOUR GOLD MEDALS AT THE. GAMES. THOSE ATHLETES, JOINING A. SPECIAL CLUB OF PEOPLE, WHO. KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO. STAND ATOP THE PODIUM AND HEAR. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAY. ♪ ♪ HEARING THE FIRST NOTES. OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAY, WATCHING THE AMERICAN FLAG, SLOWLY BEGIN TO RISE. AND FEELING THE WEIGHT OF A. GOLD MEDAL, HEAVY AROUND YOUR. NECK. IT'S WHAT SO MANY YOUNG.

AMERICAN ATHLETES STREAM OF. >> WHAT'S IT LIKE TO STAND ON. THE PODIUM AND HEAR THE. NATIONAL ANTHEM? >> I THINK IT IS THE ENTIRE. BALL OF YARN OF EMOTIONS THAT. START TO UNRAVEL. >> SPEEDSKATER APOLLO WON TWO. GOLD MEDALS FOR TEAM USA. >> I REMEMBER WHEN THEY BEGAN. RAISING THE FLAG UP SLOWLY. OUR NUMBER FEELING AND. REMEMBERING THIS MOMENT OF WHEN.

MY CAREER BEGAN. >> HE SAID HE COULD IMAGINE. WHAT WAS GOING TO SPEEDSKATER. JORDAN STOLES MIND WHEN HE WON. GOLD THIS WEEK. >> JORDAN THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE. HIS FIRST TIMES WHEN HE WAS A. YOUNG KID ON THE POND IN. WISCONSIN AND HIS FATHER WENT. OUT THERE AND MADE THIS SURFACE. FOR HIM. >> HE SAID FOR ME IT WAS ABOUT. THE RELATIONSHIP I HAD WITH MY. FATHER. HE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY AND. THE TIME TO TAKE ME TO THE. AFTER SCHOOL PRACTICES. HE WOULD DRIVE OUT BEAT UP OLD. CAR, ON A MISTY SEATTLE RAIN. AND WE WOULD GO TO THESE EMPTY. PARKING LOTS AND THAT WAS THE.

INTENTIONALITY, WE DON'T HAVE. MUCH BUT WE ARE GOING TO FIGURE. OUT A WAY. >> ON THE PODIUM, YOU CAN'T SEE. THE EARLY MORNINGS, THE. PARENTS, SELFLESS SACRIFICES OR. THE LONG DAYS OF TRAINING BUT. YOU CAN SEE THE DEEP PRIDE AND. GRATITUDE OF A DREA.