0:00:06 > 0:00:07Morning, guys!
0:00:07 > 0:00:11It's Monday, I'm Martin and this is Newsround.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Loads coming up today...
0:00:13 > 0:00:15We catch up with two of Team GB'S Winter Olympics hopefuls.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19The tiger cubs showing their faces for the first time.
0:00:19 > 0:00:27And, Minnie Mouse gets a long-overdue award.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43First, if you're a big fan of sports like skiing, snowboarding,
0:00:43 > 0:00:45and ice hockey then you'll probably be very excited that
0:00:45 > 0:00:47there's now just 17 days until the Winter Olympics begins
0:00:47 > 0:00:48in South Korea.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51And this morning we've caught up with two of Team
0:00:51 > 0:00:52GB's skeleton racers.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53But what is skeleton?
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Well, reigning Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold
0:00:55 > 0:00:56and first-timer Laura Deas, who are both heading
0:00:56 > 0:00:57to the Games, explained.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00The skeleton sled is what we lie on to go down the track.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04It weighs about 30 kilos so it's really heavy,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07and it's about this tall from the ground, so it's quite big.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10And it's called the skeleton because inside there
0:01:10 > 0:01:13is a basic steel structure, a bar at the top and two
0:01:13 > 0:01:16bars down the side.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19The top one's like your shoulders, the sides ones are like your spine,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22then there's a bar at the bottom, like a human skeleton.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27You both did different sports before skeleton -
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Lizzie, I think you did heptathlon and, Laura, you were equestrian?
0:01:30 > 0:01:38How do you go from that to being on the ice?
0:01:42 > 0:01:45We both came through a UK Sport scheme called Girls For Gold
0:01:45 > 0:01:48in 2009, which was designed to find athletes who might be suitable
0:01:48 > 0:01:50for several different Olympic sports and skeleton was one of them,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53so we both went through selection trials not necessarily knowing
0:01:53 > 0:01:56what we might be best suited for, then we were asked to try skeleton
0:01:56 > 0:02:01and went from there, really.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Laura, this is your first Olympics, how are you feeling?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06It's really exciting, because I've been doing this sport
0:02:06 > 0:02:08for nine years now and this has always been my goal,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11so to finally be on the plane to Pyeongchang next week
0:02:11 > 0:02:14is really exciting.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Lizzie, how are you feeling?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18It's crazy, because if you told ten-year-old me that I would be
0:02:18 > 0:02:20selected for my second Winter Olympic Games,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22I would not have believed you!
0:02:22 > 0:02:25So I can't wait to go out there, defend my title and do my absolute
0:02:25 > 0:02:30best, and enjoy the Winter Olympics.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Thank you for coming in, good luck!
0:02:33 > 0:02:35And if you want to know more about what's happening
0:02:35 > 0:02:37at the Winter Olympics, head to Newsround online,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40where you can find out everything you need to know about the Games,
0:02:40 > 0:02:42the mascots, and plenty of info about the differernt
0:02:42 > 0:02:46sports involved.
0:02:46 > 0:02:53Say hello to five Manchurian tiger cubs.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55These cuties were born in a tiger shelter in China.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58It's very rare for five cubs to be born all together,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01and they need to be keept close to mum so she can feed them
0:03:01 > 0:03:04all the milk they need to grow strong and healthy.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Next up, we have a big question for you -
0:03:06 > 0:03:07who invented the selfie?
0:03:07 > 0:03:08Whitney's been finding out.
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Watch this.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12The selfie.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14We all take them, some of us more than others,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17but the big question is, who invented the selfie and why?
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Now, that's a really good question, John.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24A really good big question, so I've done some research and come
0:03:24 > 0:03:28up with a few answers.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Lots of people claim to have invented the first selfie.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Last year, celebrity Paris Hilton claimed that this picture
0:03:34 > 0:03:36was the first selfie ever taken.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Social media were not happy about this -
0:03:38 > 0:03:40they concluded that maybe that was a bit crazy,
0:03:40 > 0:03:42and of course that she didn't.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45I can now reveal the first selfie was taken by a man named...
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Robert Cornelius.
0:03:48 > 0:03:54The 30-year-old took it outside his lamp shop in America in 1839,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57so that is who invented the selfie.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01But the word 'selfie' has a different history.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05So let's fast-forward to 2002, when the word 'selfie' was born.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09A guy in Australia took a photo of his lip that he had cut
0:04:09 > 0:04:17and wrote, "Sorry about the focus, it was a selfie."
0:04:17 > 0:04:20In Australia, I'm not sure if you know, but they tend to add
0:04:20 > 0:04:22'ies' at the end of their sentences, ie barbies, sunnies,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24so it's not that surprising, is it?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26By 2012, the word 'selfie' became widespread, and by 2013 it entered
0:04:26 > 0:04:31the dictionary and became the word of the year.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34It even has its own day in June, National Selfie Day.
0:04:34 > 0:04:42So remember that the next time you're taking a selfie.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46A bit of tennis now, and Kyle Edmund is getting ready
0:04:46 > 0:04:48for his first ever Grand Slam quarter-final after he beat
0:04:48 > 0:04:53Italy's Andreas Seppi at the Australian Open this weekend.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55The British number two got off to a slow start.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Edmund trailed by a set but recovered well, finding his form
0:04:58 > 0:05:01and smashing 25 aces to win the match.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06He will face Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria tonight.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10And did you know that Kyle was just ten years old when he first
0:05:10 > 0:05:11started playing tennis?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13For more facts about the British tennis star, head on over
0:05:22 > 0:05:23to Newsround online.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25And there's big news for one of Disney's most famous stars.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Minnie Mouse is finally due to receive a star
0:05:28 > 0:05:29on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32She's been in entertainment for 90 years, and many fans have
0:05:32 > 0:05:34said her star should have been there ages ago.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Mickey got his star 40 years ago and Donald Duck,
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Tinker Bell, Winnie the Pooh, Snow White and Kermit
0:05:43 > 0:05:44the Frog have one.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45Miss Piggy still doesn't have one, though.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48That's all your news from me for this morning.
0:05:48 > 0:05:48Ricky's back at 4.20pm.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Have a great day at school, and don't forget to head
0:05:51 > 0:05:54to Newsround online to check out all the rest of the
0:05:54 > 0:06:02day's big stories!