14/02/2018

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0:00:07 > 0:00:13Morning, guys, it's Newsround, it's Wednesday and I'm Ricky!

0:00:14 > 0:00:16Tony Abbott... Happy Valentine's Day.

0:00:16 > 0:00:16But

0:00:17 > 0:00:21did this idea actually come from the

0:00:21 > 0:00:22Coming up...

0:00:22 > 0:00:25Happy Valentine's Day - but where did this idea

0:00:25 > 0:00:26actually come from?

0:00:26 > 0:00:29Plus, the teenagers taking the Winter Olympics by storm!

0:00:31 > 0:00:33OK, guys, straight to South Korea and the Winter Olympics,

0:00:33 > 0:00:35where today is all about curling,

0:00:35 > 0:00:39which is a bit like bowls but on ice!

0:00:39 > 0:00:41Team GB's women have just won their first match

0:00:41 > 0:00:44at the Olympics after they thrashed the team of Russian athletes 10-3.

0:00:44 > 0:00:52They won bronze last time out.

0:00:53 > 0:00:55Team GB's men - who took silver fours year ago -

0:00:55 > 0:00:58played earlier and beat Switzerland in a very exciting match.

0:00:58 > 0:01:00They'll play defending champions Canada at 11 o'clock.

0:01:00 > 0:01:01And meet the "Flying Tomato", Shaun White.

0:01:01 > 0:01:04The American has become a three time Olympic champion after producing

0:01:04 > 0:01:09some outstanding twists and turns to take gold in the halfpipe final.

0:01:09 > 0:01:17But the Flying Tomato isn't the only snowboarder making headlines.

0:01:18 > 0:01:20The sport is producing some of the youngest names to rule

0:01:20 > 0:01:27the Winter Olympics.

0:01:41 > 0:01:44Meet the 17-year-old American sports stars everyone is talking about.

0:01:44 > 0:01:45First up is California girl Chloe Kim.

0:01:45 > 0:01:46is a

0:01:46 > 0:01:49Her mum and dad were born and raised in South Korea before they

0:01:49 > 0:01:51moved to the States, so where better for Chloe

0:01:51 > 0:01:56to win her first Olympic gold than in her parents' home country?

0:01:56 > 0:01:59She was amazing in the women's halfpipe snowboarding final.

0:01:59 > 0:02:02On her first run, she was already in gold place position, but by her

0:02:02 > 0:02:04third, she was ahead of her competitors by 8.5 points.

0:02:04 > 0:02:07Pretty fantastic for a 17-year-old who has been tweeting more

0:02:07 > 0:02:09about wanting to eat ice cream than win Olympic golds!

0:02:09 > 0:02:10Next up, Red Gerard.

0:02:10 > 0:02:14He's 17, from America, and happens to be amazing at slopestyle.

0:02:14 > 0:02:16But it nearly went wrong.

0:02:16 > 0:02:18He overslept on the morning of his final, missing

0:02:18 > 0:02:20his 6am wake-up call!

0:02:20 > 0:02:23But the extra 20 minutes obviously did him good.

0:02:23 > 0:02:29He went on to win.

0:02:29 > 0:02:33Not only did he claim America's first gold at the

0:02:33 > 0:02:35Winter Olympics, but he has made history as the youngest

0:02:35 > 0:02:38American man to win gold since 1928.

0:02:38 > 0:02:41And these two winning teenagers could be the tip of the iceberg.

0:02:41 > 0:02:44Keep your eyes peeled for more teen superstars

0:02:44 > 0:02:47ruling in the snow in South Korea. Nice one, guys!

0:02:52 > 0:02:55Now, it's the most loved up day of the year for some...

0:02:55 > 0:02:56Happy Valentine's Day!

0:02:56 > 0:02:59But where did it come from and why did it start?

0:02:59 > 0:03:02It's time for the Big Question.

0:03:02 > 0:03:05You caught me writing my Valentine's Day card!

0:03:05 > 0:03:08That's terribly convenient when we take a look at this week's

0:03:08 > 0:03:11Big Question.

0:03:13 > 0:03:17Who invented Valentine's Day and why?

0:03:17 > 0:03:20What a LOVE-ly Big Question.

0:03:20 > 0:03:22See what I did there?

0:03:22 > 0:03:25Sorry!

0:03:25 > 0:03:28Well, Valentine's Day actually gets its name from a famous

0:03:28 > 0:03:31Saint called Valentine.

0:03:31 > 0:03:35But there are a lots of different stories about who he was.

0:03:35 > 0:03:38The popular belief is that he was a priest from Rome in the third

0:03:38 > 0:03:41century AD.

0:03:41 > 0:03:44Emperor Claudius II had banned marriage because

0:03:44 > 0:03:47he thought married men were bad soldiers.

0:03:47 > 0:03:52Valentine thought that this was wrong, so he broke the

0:03:52 > 0:03:55rules and arranged marriages in secret.

0:03:55 > 0:03:58When the Emperor found out, he was furious!

0:03:58 > 0:04:06He threw Valentine in jail and sentenced him to death!

0:04:07 > 0:04:11But Valentine fell in love with the jailer's daughter,

0:04:11 > 0:04:15and when he was taken to be killed, he sent her a love

0:04:15 > 0:04:19letter signed, "from your Valentine".

0:04:19 > 0:04:22But why in February, you ask?

0:04:22 > 0:04:24Well, there used to be a Roman festival in

0:04:24 > 0:04:27the middle of February to mark the start of spring.

0:04:27 > 0:04:31As part of the celebrations, boys drew names of

0:04:31 > 0:04:33girls from a box.

0:04:33 > 0:04:35They would be boyfriend and girlfriend during the

0:04:35 > 0:04:39festival, and sometimes, they would get married.

0:04:39 > 0:04:41This developed into a festival in the middle of February

0:04:41 > 0:04:47to remember Saint Valentine too, and Valentine's Day was born!

0:04:47 > 0:04:53A day to express feelings to those you love.

0:04:53 > 0:05:00Finally, when I say "pig" you probably think

0:05:00 > 0:05:04about mud rather than paints and brushes -

0:05:04 > 0:05:11but THAT is about to change - watch this.

0:05:11 > 0:05:14and

0:05:14 > 0:05:19yes, this is real. There is something unusual about

0:05:19 > 0:05:28this page. This is a caso or Pig-casso! What else would she be

0:05:28 > 0:05:32called? She lives in a farm Sanctuary in a small town in South

0:05:32 > 0:05:37Africa. Their owners say she loves painting landscapes, and most

0:05:37 > 0:05:40recently tried her snout at a portrait of US President Donald

0:05:40 > 0:05:47Trump. Is it that one or this one?! She is famous around the world for

0:05:47 > 0:05:53her PE pics. Trust me, it is not hogwash! She even got her own art

0:05:53 > 0:05:59exhibition. Let's hope she does not run out of oink. I mean, Inc!

0:05:59 > 0:06:00She made