17/02/2018 Newsround

Hello, Hayley here with your

Saturday Newsround.

First to the Winter Olympics

in South Korea, where there's been

huge drama and disapointment today

for Team GB speed-skater

Elise Christie.

Take a look.

British short-track skater

Elise Christie was in tears

as she was taken to hospital

after crashing out of

the 1500m semifinal.

She collided with China's Li Jinyu

on the final lap as she tried

to finish in the top two.

This is the fifth time that Elise

has crashed out of her Olympic runs,

after she was disqualified in three

events at Sochi 2014,

then missed out on a medal

in the 500m a few days ago.

Team GB have said that the injury

isn't serious and she's been taken

to hospital as a precaution.

And hudreds of well wishers have

taken to social media

to send tehir best wishes.

-- their best wishes.

Everyone is hoping that Elise

will be back on her feet later this

week as she has one more chance

to take back the reigns

in the 1000 meters.

It's not all looking glum

for the British team though

because there's a chance for more

medals in the next hour.

Lizzy Yarnold and Laura

Deas are in second

and fourth place respectively

going into the final

run of the skeleton.

Tune in tomorrow to

see how they got on.

Fingers crossed, ladies!

But someone who has already got

a medal in the bag for Team GB

is teenager Izzy Atkin.

She won bronze in the ski

slopestyle competition

and here's how she did it.

This is the face of history.

Great Britain's first ever

Olympic medal on skis.

Slopestyle is about nailing

the rails and avoiding

the bumps on the jumps.

And 19-year-old Izzy

Atkin does it in style.

Born and raised in the United States

to a British father and a Malaysian

mother, Izzy perfected her skills

on the slopes of Maine

when she was just three.

Before her final run,

Atkin was sitting in fourth place

so this had to be flawless.

Biggest run of her life starts now.

Every twist, every jump,

pushing it to the limit,

she laid down a score good enough

for third but could anyone else take

a medal away from her?

Oh no!

She's down.

Great Britain's Izzy

Atkin takes the bronze.

There were tonnes of big names

in the field, you know,

it could have been anyone's.

I was standing at the bottom

after my third and final run

and I knew I had skied the best

I could and I was just waiting

for those last three or four girls

to drop and my heart was racing.

But yeah, I can't believe it.

Well, believe it, Izzy!

You're an Olympic bronze medallist.

The illegal hunting of animals,

or poaching, is a big problem

for wildlife in Africa.

Now, British soldiers

are being to be sent to Africa

to help protect animals

like elephants, lions and rhinos.

The aim is for them to help train

rangers in Malawi after a succesfull

trial of the scheme last year.

Another animal who needs some help

right now is the orangutan.

Now, a team from Chester Zoo

is trying to save the animals

in the country of Borneo

in south-east Asia.

They're doing it by repairing

bits of the forest that

have been damaged.

The BBC's Victoria Gill has

been finding out more.

Zoo programmes like this

preserve small populations

of Bornean orangutans

but in the wild, they're being

pushed rapidly towards extinction.

Their rainforest home

continues to be cleared

for agriculture and mining.

Scientists estimate that

deforestation alone

could wipe out another 45,000

orangutans here in

the next three decades.

But this bridge building project

is a much-needed sign of hope.

Where the forest is fragmented,

a team from Chester zoo

and the Malaysian charity Hutan

is physically reconnecting it

with tough polyester straps.

This remarkable footage captured

by a tourist is the project's

first sign of success.

To actually see them using them

and see them moving more

freely across a habitat

that is so fragmented

is a really positive sign.

This is very much

a short-term solution.

The long-term solution

is to reforest the area.

Happy new year!

Because today is the start

of the Chinese New year.

Is also known as the lunar New Year.

It's the Year Of The Dog

and celebrations all over the world

will kick off tonight.

Aysha has been finding out more.

Xinnian kuaile!

Or - Happy Chinese New Year!

Now, you may be thinking,

hang on a minute, we've

already had New Year.

But Chinese New Year is a bit

different to the one

we celebrate on January one.

-- January 1st.

In China, they use a traditional

calendar, which follows

the movements of the moon

and Chinese New Year celebrates

the start of a new moon.

Each year is represented

by one of 12 animals

from the Chinese Zodiac and every 12

years, this loops back

around and start again.

This year is the year of the dog.

But what are the qualities

of a person who was born

in the year of the dog?

Well, dog people are considered

to be kind, loyal and honest.

However, they're also

thought to be stubborn,

easy to anger and fussy.

Famous people who were born

in the year of the dog include

Madonna, Justin Bieber

and Donald Trump.

So, if you're celebrating this

year, Xinnian kuaile.

That's all from me,

we'll be back tomorrow.

We will have all the sporting action

from this afternoon as well as all

of the news from the Winter Olympics

for you so see you in the morning.

Bye!