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The Ice Cube will be rocking today as the first

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The Ice Cube will be rocking today believe in fate lust and Britain won

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four believe in fate lust and Britain won

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games in Chamonix and the British men took

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games in Chamonix and the British it is 12 years exactly to the date

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Men's ice hockey semifinal date with a couple of friendly rivalries on

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the agenda, Finland play Sweden then later it is the USA versus Canada.

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The final day of the women's Alpine ski programme with a slalom, Tina

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maze looking to become the second person to win gold in three games.

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Dave Murdoch and his boys go for gold in the curling.

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In terms of the timetable, so you can plan your afternoon, this is

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what it looks like. The first run of the women's slalom at 1245. The big

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aim at 1:30pm. First we are going to the ice hockey.

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This is where the fate of the Russian national team will be

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decided. He scores!

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Absolutely incredible. Wonderful finish. He silences them all. Canada

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has advanced to the semifinals. Finland are on their way to the

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semifinals as Russia crash out. Sweden will move on in their

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semifinals. Canada will play America.

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It was Finland who broke the Russians Hearts knocking them out in

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the quarterfinal stage. They are up against that quarterfinal rivals,

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Sweden. Canada came back from the dead last night to beat the United

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States in overtime. USA versus Canada at 5pm for top without any

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further ado let's head over. COMMENTATOR: Almost three minutes in

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as we see an opportunity for Daniel Sedin. That man in the centre of

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your screen, he starts this game, that is a big blow for Finland

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because their main man was taken ill overnight. He is not included. He

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has been a key component of their successful . They will have to turn

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to their number two if they are to have success against the Swedes who

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are yet to lose. How big an impact does that have?

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I don't think it does as much as you might believe, even though losing

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the number one goal-tender would seem it, as you see the shock coming

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in. There is Kari Lehtonen taking the say. If the Swedes were to lose

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Henrik Blomquist, that would be a bigger blow.

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This is a repeat of the final in 2006, where Sweden won both 3-2,

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this is held on by Kari Lehtonen, under pressure. They had to come

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from behind in that game in order to win it.

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Good work again, they get pressure in front. He shimmies that one. To

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the side of the net it goes, safety first from Kari Lehtonen who will

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hang onto that one. And there you look at Granlund. He

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played in his first winter in the games in 1992. -- winter Olympic

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games. We will have a two-minute penalty

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for hiking. -- looking. Sweeper will find themselves killing a penalty.

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It allows the Finns a chance to get themselves in the offensive zone.

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Aaltonen, quite a bit of physicality. A quick whistle,

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setting the screen out in front. This finish campaign has been built

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on discipline. They know what the coaching staff want from them. That

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is absolutely crucial. Teemu Selanne , again, just wide. Two great

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chances for Finland. He has the control of his skates. Away it goes,

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down the ice. Granlund. Teemu Selanne comes into the zone. Shows

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some good confidence there. The Finnish team are very confident and

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calm, particularly on the power play. They are right there all the

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time. That foresees Kari Lehtonen to

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handle it again. That was a nice pass. Get it back.

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Pretty close. Trying to find the range here. It may well allow the

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Swedish team to have a chance, they come forward.

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He had a chance there, Loui Eriksson.

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Sami Lepisto already has a goal in this tournament. Finland will

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continue to come forward. That was pretty close, Lundqvist's left post.

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Good spell by the Finnish team to carry some offensive momentum and

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put some pressure back against the Swedish side who have come out here

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and try to lay down dominance. A strong shot. That is claimed well

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by Kari Lehtonen. Just nicely getting himself involved

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in this one, coming up to six minutes gone in the first period, he

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has felt the pup a few times, he has been able to secure the puck. He has

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made sure that his defences remain calm.

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He doesn't find Daniel Alfredsson. Erik Karlsson has been quiet so far.

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Good interchange of passes. Tipped all the way down, high stick, going

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to be called if Alfredsson touches, which he does. We have a whistle

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here, a break in play, you are not allowed to play a high puck with the

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stick. It means you get a whistle to try to present players getting

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smashed in the face with the stick. That silly offensive zone. Teemu

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Selanne, an incredible statistic. The oldest to score a goal in the

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Olympic Games tournament. He is the leader in Olympic scoring and has 41

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points. He is the oldest to do it. He will be the oldest as he is

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looking away again to potentially win a medal. If they do not win

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today they will have a crack at it in the bronze medal match.

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Getting it done at his age. And having fun as well. Fantastic to

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see. When he has a goal-scoring opportunity, when they come his

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way, he fires them hard at the nets. Not a full building as yet. The fans

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seem to drift in very late. Potentially the appetite for the

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hockey has gone out of the competition with Russia are being

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taken out by Finland in the quarterfinal stage. There has been

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great attendance throughout the tournament for the women. This is

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probably the less sexy of the two semifinals. However, it is an

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absolute cracker and some would back the winner to come from this.

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The pair are working on the right side. That was a nice pass. It was a

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good touch by Jonathan Ericsson. Could not get enough power on it to

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cause a big problem for Finland. Finland have had to work hard. They

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have conceded three times in the power play. They do not take many

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penalties. They have taken eight in total. They have conceded three

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times. It is like a chess match watching

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these two. There is so much excitement, in the past 24 hours, in

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the women's tournament. The men have a lot to live up to. I am not sure

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they could have handled the excitement the women were generating

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if they played for the entire tournament will stop they only

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played for one day and blew the lid off.

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These sides do not look nervous. They look extremely disciplined.

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Daniel Alfredsson. A real leader on the Swedish side. He is contributing

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with two goals, two assists will stop another in the 40 years plus

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club. He moved in his attempt to try to

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win a cup. It has taken him away from his roommate, Eric Carlson, who

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still plays in Ottawa. He could be a key to success. That was tipped. It

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was a high stick from Alexander Steen. A moment of little danger.

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He went with the one time. Henrik Lundqvist was there. Alexander Steen

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has started well. That would not have counted. It was above the line

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of his shoulders. The shoulders and the crossbar, the benchmarks. He

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asked who he wanted to be assigned against in the Swedish team and he

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asked, who are the Swedes? A little bit of mind games. We know how close

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it will be. It should be a very tight game. Battling hard on the

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boards. Trying to get something done.

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That was a good shot. Leo Komarov. A glimpse of an opening. That was

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tipped by Loui Eriksson. A good save. Tremendous saves at both

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ends. The deflections are difficult to respond to. That was a

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point-blank shot. Henrik Lundqvist hat two double attempt that.

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Finland 's deep inside their own zone. That was double clutched

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again. Henrik Lundqvist did not look too solid, but there he looks a

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little better, as he throws the catching glove out to make the save.

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That was much more convincing on the second attempt. Jokinen, feeling he

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was dumped. Leo Komarov, Russian born, playing for the Finland

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national team. It was taken off what they call a cheater on the glove.

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Just protecting the wrist. Leo Komarov, more of a defensive player.

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An effective part of their defensive approach against the Russians. This

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is the other end. Loui Eriksson. He gets a touch. Lehtera comfortably

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making the save -- Kari Lehtonen. They miss Henrik Sedin without a

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doubt, Sweden. Daniel Alfredsson is the elder statesman. He will be

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counted on to lead the offensive line up.

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The face-off is in the Swedish zone and neither side has yet to trouble

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the scorers. This man could do that. Erik Karlsson.

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Icing will be called. It has been a little bit ugly so far. Not

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free-flowing and not as end-to-end as we would like up here, from a

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neutral standpoint, but they are sticking to their game plans. The

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Finland and Canada game was probably the best I have seen in the

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tournament, not necessarily the most compelling. The nature of how it was

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played and how tight it was and how they skated. So few mistakes in that

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game. Sweden tried to create something.

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That was the lines man coming in, suggesting. Since 1988, no team has

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gone undefeated has gone on to won the metal. That is a strange to to

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-- strange statistic. Niklas Kronwall Al Gore as the --

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Niklas Kronwall, he was one of the scorers last time. If you talk about

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the biggest legends in Swedish hockey history. Very clinical the

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goal that day. Inside the third period, a dropped pass will stop it

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was a one time. This man came in from the blue line and was in a

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tight space. He was able to slice it in and release an 18 foot shot to

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get the second. It was a big momentum swinger on the day.

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It is good offensive play, to cause the turnover here. Sweden trying to

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create. But another penalty. Very interesting, he got fed up with the

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player on him. Finland-not seen them in a game where they have -- I have

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not seen where they have been challenged to maintain possession in

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their own zone. He was like a bad rash all over him, not letting him

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get anywhere. He took exception. We remember him for the goal against

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the Czech Republic when the Swedes were on fire in the first period and

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he ripped one from the short side. Showing the Swedish pedigree on the

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day. Finland go on the power play, playing with one extra man for the

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next 1.45. It is their second of the period. Did that catch a Swedish

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player? He turns around and fires. Coaches in training sessions, they

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expect coaches to wear helmets during training. You need your

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safety on the bench also. I cannot imagine too many coaches would enjoy

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that. I would not have thought they would. That was a huge elbow on

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Teemu Selanne. This is going to be another penalty against the Swedes.

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They are losing discipline. His arm came up and it appeared to connect.

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But Niklas Kronwall does not like the call. He went right into him to

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compete, as soon as he lost his stick. Teemu Selanne uses his mind,

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Niklas Kronwall uses strength. They are trying to feed Teemu

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Selanne. Mikael Granlund, with a past that is

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blocked and after getting quality possession they have to reset on the

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blue line. That was a chance. The deflection

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was too much. That was a great save. Henrik Lundqvist, he somehow got his

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pad to that and kept it out. He came across and got the right pad down

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early. Teemu Selanne did not receive it cleanly. Henrik Lundqvist with

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age amend a save. -- with a tremendous save. Long rebound. Five

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four remains. He winds up, deflects off the skates. The Swedes have

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woken up in a bad mood. They are blocking shots, getting in the

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shooting lanes and disrupting a couple of great opportunities, as

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this is the one where Teemu Selanne didn't get quite what he wanted on

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it as Lundqvist gets his pad behind the post and Teemu Selanne ends up

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pushing it towards the goal rather than fire it through the shooting

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motion. A wonderful piece of netminding.

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From King Henrik as he is known in New York. Sweden are back to full

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strength. They have killed off this penalty. They have done it pretty

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well. Plenty of pressure. The real good chances, only one of them

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forced a big save out of Lundqvist. That was important.

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A very impressive penalty kill. Lundqvist, the best penalty killer.

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They were right on it. Finland tried to build out of their

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own zone. He puts the pressure on the Finns.

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Silfverberg, he snaps this one in. There are still no goals here.

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Sweden are reasoning their way back in. We haven't seen as much of Erik

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Karlsson in this period as we have throughout the tournament. He has

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been outstanding. He is leading his team in the overall point in this

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tournament. There has been so much offensive scoring from the blue

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line, as we mentioned on the onset. Those two players have been leading

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from the back. Erika Westall and, he was part of a coaching team. Head

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coach as well that day. Five players still remaining from

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that squad in Turin. That 2006 line-up. Although they have faced

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each other in Vancouver, it wasn't for a medal, it was in the group

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stages. The Swedes also winning on that day. Calm character on the

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left-hand side. He is allowing his assistance to make an emphatic point

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with the referee and linesman. The American official, had a good

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tournament. Sweden are doing a great job. They

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will put pressure on hard here. The assertion from the Swedish coaching

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staff the defence don't move well enough, they need to put the

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pressure on and see what happens. They have Olli Maatta.

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Alexander Steen. Sami Salo can make plays but he is

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on the backside of his career. Kimmo Timonen can equally make mistakes.

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They are better to play at pace. That is the style, when they played

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against the Canadians, it suited them quite well. The Swedes will

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draw you out, where you out, take them out of their comfort zone.

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They will be quite calm if it remains 0-0 at the end of the first

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period. Jonathan Eric one -- Jonathan Ericsson sends this to his

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team-mate. And now Loui Eriksson. She Nicklas Backstrom.

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Plenty of traffic just in front. Finland are finding it so hard to

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clear their lines, that is credit to Sweden who have played so well as

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Teemu Selanne East spins off. Stop start move.

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Here is Olli Maatta, kept that really well. Kept it for foreigners.

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-- far enough. He plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins, a superstar of

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the future. Two goals to assist, very much emerging as the number one

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defence player with the Finnish team.

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Working hard to get it out of the corner. Here is Olli Maatta again.

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Doesn't get it out of the zone. They go on a line change. That is held in

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again, workrate very impressive. Very impressive from Kari Lehtonen

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as well. He is wanting to get up piece of Teemu Selanne if he can.

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It is a hard-working game between these two sides. It opens all the

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way up, maybe cut the post as that one went by from the man who opened

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up the Russia game. Yulia Matty Aaltonen. Of the ball he goes. That

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was their best chance. They must do better with it. We will see on the

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replay whether or not Lundqvist gets a piece of it, but Aaltonen, he

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really missed a chance there. Into the final 30 seconds. Lundqvist

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stretches. Antti Pihlstrom again. He is a

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firework out there. , Roth is offside, that will be intentional.

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Leo Komarov. Aaltonen, we will watch that again. Lundqvist does make the

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save, it goes off his arm. Maybe he had a little bit more groom Acrobat

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room to go up top. Aaltonen denied by Lundqvist.

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Back it goes, Alexander Steen with a shot. There is a bit of push and

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shove between them all. Patrik Berglund got hit with a puck. He got

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hit in the side of the head, it looks like. It is in the mouth area.

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He is OK, but a puck in the mouth never feels good. There you see it,

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on the side of the head. He thought the play was finished. You see him

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just checking to see for blood, whether or not he has all his teeth

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still in his mouth. May well be in his mouth guard. And the first

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period, 0-0, blood being spilled on ice, but no goals.

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STUDIO: They will be back for the second period life. You can follow

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that on the red button. These things are useless. Wonderful

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shot. Are you familiar with this game? Very familiar. I was the only

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one in San Diego who used to cover kerning. -- curling. I know it was

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developed in Scotland. Would this be an oh my moment? Write down on the

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face. Lovely shot. Are you ever allowed to put a foreign substance

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on the ice, likes olive oil? No. I am getting a lot of bad advice. That

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was excellent curling. STUDIO: It was invented in Scotland,

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that was one burgundy at the real Canadian Olympic trials. You can see

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what a huge event it is in Canada. Just by way of marking your cards

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about how good this Canadian skip is, he went through those Canadian

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trials, the first skip over to do it unbeaten. 1:30pm, that final. I

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understand there is a bit of a phenomenon happening back in the UK.

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Bring a broom to work day. You have been sending in your pictures. I

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will show you one of them. I did try but unfortunately housekeeping

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caught me red-handed. If you can see, the army boys doing a great

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job. If you go onto the website you can see the best. Continue to send

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them in. We will head up to the mountain is

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now, the final ladies event in the alpine skiing, it is the slalom.

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Here is our experts to set the scene.

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Final day 's racing here for the ladies. It is the slalom, the tight

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turns, the quit feet. -- quick feet. It rained most of the morning but

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luckily it is not raining now. The conditions will be soft underfoot,

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they will look use salt to draw the Meister out of the snow to bind it a

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little bit. -- draw the moisture. It is a Canadian call setup with 61

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turning gates. I would sit day it would favour the likes of Mikaela

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Shiffrin, she trains and races in New Hampshire, she is used to these

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kind of conditions. She will be used to rain, that will not affect her.

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Who else? Let's not forget Tina Maze of Slovenia, she comes into this

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event with damage confidence after head two golds so far. And Frida

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Hansdotter has been on absolute fire and peer their home will be in the

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mix as well. We are in for a really exciting slalom race.

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We have a total of 88 due to start the first run. The top 30 are

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reversed for the second leg. That is Tina Maze. The younger sister,

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Bernadette Schild is starting. Her sister, Marlies Schild, will start

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at number seven. Bernadette Schild into this pattern of gates. A total

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of 61, set by a Canadian coach. Off to a little bit of a shaky start.

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Conditions on this course, they have worked hard, but I think we will see

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it rut up very quickly. She is settling down, wild with the upper

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body than her sister. Bernadette Schild has had the best season of

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her career so far in 2014. Still looking for her first World Cup win.

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Going in the first ten will be a certain advantage on this soft heel.

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A lot of Austrians here, to watch the slalom quartet go tonight. A

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lovely picture from behind. The left-hand guard on the snow. We will

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see a lot of that will stop when you watch the skis, they are always

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smooth. Michaela Kirchgasser will be starting number 13. Number two,

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Maria Pietila-Holmner. She got her skis locked up and did well to

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recover. This is a tight set. It is not the

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steepest slalom. You have to move quickly. I think that must have been

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a straddle. Her slalom comes to an early end. Sending the skis either

:46:31.:46:39.

side of the spring-loaded red gate and is obliged to stop. It is a

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cruel discipline. She must have been two centimetres too far to the left

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of the gate and you cannot continue. If you continue and go through the

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finish, you get a fine. That was a short day for her. Another Maria,

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Maria Hoefl-Riesch, the defending champion. She won the slalom and

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super combined gold medals in Vancouver and has already won the

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super combined this time in Sochi. She has another medal to add to the

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collection because she picked up the silver medal in the super-G. She sat

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out the giant slalom with a touch of the Louvre. Let's see if she has

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fully recovered. -- of the flu. She is tall, but it looks as if her hips

:47:37.:47:41.

are way behind her feet. Very calm with the upper body. It is a great,

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strong run so far. No mistakes. She is racing pressure free, having

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picked up a couple of medals. Now she is looking for her second gold

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medal and she has started positively. Three tenths quicker

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than Bernadette Schild. The Germans enjoyed that.

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A beautiful slow motion of the skis. Not a turn, she moves her feet from

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side to side. If you overturn, you will lose a lot of speed here.

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The second of the Swedes. Frida Hansdotter. She has had close calls

:48:39.:48:51.

in slalom races in the past couple of seasons and finally, in the race

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before the Olympic Games, the World Cup slalom, she took her first World

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Cup win and richly deserved. She is not always the most textbooks gear,

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a little bit wild with the upper body, but I love watching this kind

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of skier. She breaks the rules. The skis on the salted course will react

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differently from the normal winter snow they are used to. She is 28

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years of age. The second-ranked slalom of the World Cup season

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behind Mikaela Shiffrin, who will be racing at number six. The American

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teenager and the best slalom skier at the moment. She trails the leader

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by just under a second. I think she will be disappointed with that. We

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can expect a big charge from her for the second. Tina Maze is the next.

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She has already taken the giant slalom title. She shared the Olympic

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downhill title with Dominique is -- Dominique.

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What a ten days it has been for has so far. Smooth skiing. Maybe round

:50:23.:50:30.

and cautious on the top part, the steeper part of the course. She

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looks like she is hesitating. She has to get the skis moving from

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behind her and forward through the gate. Now this is better. Look at

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the difference. That was a big amount to pick up. She looked

:50:55.:50:59.

hesitant at the top and now coming into the last, steeper section and

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these are good terms. -- turns. Considering she was more than half a

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second down, that is a superb recovery. It was strange from Tina

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Maze, almost like she had to test the snow and feel how salted snow

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fell and when she got one third down, she felt she could let it rip.

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-- the snow felt. Mikaela Shiffrin is next. All eyes of the American

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ski racing fans are on the teenager from Colorado, who went to school on

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the east coast, where she could only train slalom, day in, day out. 15,

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20 slalom runs each day. This is what it has produced. The finest ski

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racer, in slalom, that we have seen for a long time. She is making it

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look easy. It is not just the Americans watching her, I think

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everybody wants to see what she can do. She skis as if she has no

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pressure on her shoulders and there are no mistakes so far. The skis are

:52:28.:52:37.

driving, the upper body is relaxed. She has really put one down. The

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world champion, World Cup champion, leads the Olympic slalom first run

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by just under half a second. That is how to do it. We often see Mikaela

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Shiffrin with a second run like that, but it is not often we see her

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put the hammer down like she did. The hip was almost on the ground,

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she was so low, but it means she can get great angles. The ski them

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propels into the next turn. Marlies Schild, who took the bronze

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medal in 2006 and the silver in 2010. She comes into what is

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potentially her final Winter Olympics at the age of 32, with a

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quest to win the gold medal for Austria, but she is up against it

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now because the teenager, Mikaela Shiffrin, has raised the bar. She

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was in the back-seat, heavy edge to checks on the section. She is into

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it now. It seems they are testing the snow, not sure how the skis will

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react. There has not been a straightforward top section from any

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body apart from Mikaela Shiffrin. She has two wins under her belt,

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just before the New Year, since then the focus is on winning the gold

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medal. Look at the time difference. 1.34 seconds. Marlies Schild will

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have two launch one of her trademark second run charges to get in among

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the medals this evening. She finished a lot of the turns in the

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back-seat. The gold medal seems a long way off as we head back to the

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top. Potentially the best of the French slalom skiers. Originally

:54:55.:55:08.

from Nice. Nastasia Noens. Not a bad start. A few errors. We have not

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seen many keen runs. It will get more tricky with the ruts from here

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down. Third in Borneo, another fourth, but Mikaela Shiffrin is the

:55:23.:55:25.

leader. She pushed hard through the hairpin.

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But another mistake as she came onto the flat section. Desperate to make

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the line and be involved in the second run.

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There was quite a bit of damage done. Mikaela Shiffrin is leading

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with Maria Hoefl-Riesch second and Tina Maze third. The conditions are

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unforgiving. Anna Swenn-Larsson is the third of the Swedes to go and

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this is not a good start. She is all over the place on the top section.

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It looks like her skis are almost too sharp for the snow. It is not

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icy, it is firm. I would say the skis are too sharp. She was really

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struggling. It is different. It has been raiding. They put salt down. --

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it has been raining. The best of the Swedes at the moment, Frida

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Hansdotter, but she is last of those who have finished so far. She is not

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enjoying this. She fought her way to the bottom of the hill and is the

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slowest so far. It looks like hard work. That is a horrible feeling,

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but it looked like the ski was not reacting. She is stuck on the ski.

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She could not get off the edge. It is grabbing and grippy and a

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horrible run. Something went very wrong. It looked like the ski needed

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more bevel on it but obviously she has skied on it many times. The

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Swiss flags waving. Wendy Holdener is the first of them this evening.

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She has had a good slalom season with four top ten results on the

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tour. It is not the end of the world if you are off the gate, but the

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skis must charge through it. It is evil, slalom is so cruel. The second

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skier to make an early exit and that is the Olympics done for Wendy

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Holdener. It is not the fastest discipline but a tiny error, your

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ski might be two centimetres to the wrong side of the gate and with

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these conditions, the skis are sometimes grabbing quicker than they

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expect. The 18-year-old American, Mikaela Shiffrin, leads the way.

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Wendy Holdener, seeking solitude at the side of the slalom Hill. Dark

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thoughts going through her mind right now. She is young, just 20

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years of age, she might have three more Olympic Games. This skier

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dislocated her shoulder in the super combined, but put the injury behind

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her. She has worked hard to get fit. She has amazing physical strength.

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The injury was on this course, so you can understand why she is

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apprehensive. A lot of upper body movement going on. She has been

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close to getting a World Cup win. She did win in the super combined

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just before the start of the games. Marie-Michele Gagnon of Canada, the

:00:05.:00:07.

course has been set by head coach. She has skied reasonably well. She

:00:08.:00:16.

is happy to have made it. There are some Canadian supporters here to

:00:17.:00:23.

welcome her. Next are the Austrians, Kathrin Zettel, let's see what

:00:24.:00:29.

damage she can do. She has made a pretty solid start here, in

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deteriorating course conditions will stop if you listen closely, you can

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see that scratchy noise. She will be looking to put one down today.

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The aim now for the later starters, only 11 have gone and the course is

:00:55.:01:01.

already deteriorating. This has got to be a place in the top five. Nice

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calm upper body. Everything textbook for the Austrian. Shiffrin's time,

:01:09.:01:22.

52.62. She lost a few more tenths of a second on the last eight turns.

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Just a little bit scrappy at the end, very smart through the middle.

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A beautiful, textbooks slalom. As she came into that final six gates

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she made a couple of big mistakes. The top one is that one, Mikaela

:01:37.:01:50.

Shiffrin. She leads the way with Maria Hoefl-Riesch second. The

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Austrians, Michaela Kirchgasser. Nice relaxed looking start, good so

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far from Kirchgasser. Heavy again there. Coming towards the first

:02:09.:02:19.

split. It costs you so dearly. Very unforgiving snow. She was the silver

:02:20.:02:26.

medal behind Mikaela Shiffrin at the World Championships on home snow

:02:27.:02:31.

last February. This is still looking quite positive for Kirchgasser.

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Holding her nerve, looks like she will feature in the second run.

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Little skid sideways but she is almost home. The last four gates.

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She is in ninth position. An early start might not be such a bad thing

:02:55.:02:58.

in the second run if conditions remain like this. You can hear how

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hard that is. Skiing slalom race is like going round of running track a

:03:09.:03:12.

couple of times, it is flat-out, no relaxing, tough on the lungs and

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legs. It is a long one, 61 gates, tough course, steeped in places.

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Difficult snow conditions underfoot. The former world champion, Sarka

:03:27.:03:37.

Strachova. She finished on the podium in Whistler four years ago in

:03:38.:03:42.

the Vancouver games. Not a bad start. Look at the snow when it

:03:43.:03:55.

sprays up. Mikaela Shiffrin took this cue from behind and pushed

:03:56.:03:58.

through the turn and stayed strong with the upper body. A lot of the

:03:59.:04:03.

times when the girls push the ski through the gate they end up on the

:04:04.:04:06.

back seat. When Sarka Strachova won her bronze

:04:07.:04:12.

medal in the Olympic slalom Mikaela Shiffrin, our leader, was only 14.

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That is extraordinary. Shiffrin looks unlikely to be beaten in this

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first run. That makes her the slowest of the finishes so far.

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It is a fight today. Very few turns, I would say, underscores that will

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fill mice. The girls are used to the proper winter snow. -- feel nice. It

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has been raining for most of the day. Thankfully no precipitation at

:04:53.:04:56.

the moment. She is miles off the pace. Michelle given getting ready

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to go, the sister of Dominik gives an. It is Nina Loeseth from Norway.

:05:04.:05:19.

Always exciting to watch. Another mistake there. Her body is right

:05:20.:05:30.

inside. She gets massive angles but it is a risky way to ski. Especially

:05:31.:05:34.

if conditions are the way they are today. She struggled. That ends the

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slalom for Nina Loeseth. Her sister will be starting in the 20s but it

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all ended ritually for Nina Loeseth. -- prematurely. Disappointment

:05:45.:06:01.

again. Mikaela Shiffrin has the Starts and stripes tattooed,

:06:02.:06:09.

temporarily I have, on her neck. She is pretty cool, and she has skied

:06:10.:06:13.

beautifully this evening so far, leading Maria Hoefl-Riesch by half a

:06:14.:06:15.

second. This is the one they will all be

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chasing in the second round, if it stays like this. She never tries to

:06:33.:06:44.

race, she just tries to do her best. She takes the two runs as if they

:06:45.:06:48.

were two different races. She is not going to be thinking, I am in the

:06:49.:06:52.

lead, I could win an Olympic gold, she is keen to go off, relax,

:06:53.:06:56.

sometimes she has asleep, the jewel comeback set up for a new race. In

:06:57.:07:05.

Hades at the Mountain Academy in Vermont, on the east coast, although

:07:06.:07:09.

she hails from Colorado, her parents moved to the east where she could

:07:10.:07:14.

train on slalom courses, they spent a lot of time with her working on

:07:15.:07:18.

other balance sports, in-line skating, she is amazing on a

:07:19.:07:25.

unicycle as well. This will help her along, with her balance over the

:07:26.:07:26.

skis. Some of the lesser-known racers

:07:27.:07:42.

waiting for their chance to go. More than 80 due to start. The top 30

:07:43.:07:44.

will go in reverse order. The next skier is from Finland,

:07:45.:08:05.

former training partner of Emma Carrick-Anderson, Tony Pitea nine

:08:06.:08:19.

and -- Tanya Peter Tynan. She has never won Olympic gold. She has not

:08:20.:08:25.

had such a great season so far, not a bad start. Had to make a quick

:08:26.:08:33.

manoeuvre she is such a strong woman mentally, very little faces her. She

:08:34.:08:37.

will be looking at pushing hard today. Sometimes she does push too

:08:38.:08:42.

hard. She is aggressive through the ski. Silver medallist in giant

:08:43.:09:00.

slalom back in 2000, -- 2006. I think the conditions are really

:09:01.:09:03.

deteriorating. The girls, not quite take the ideal line they would like

:09:04.:09:15.

to. -- they cannot take. Not quite the slowest, but not far

:09:16.:09:22.

off. She leaves herself an awful lot to do in the second run, where she

:09:23.:09:28.

will be one of the early starters. You see the ski drifting out there,

:09:29.:09:32.

bouncing around. She tried her best to keep things calm. If you push too

:09:33.:09:38.

hard in this note it is very aggressive. Mikaela Shiffrin keeps

:09:39.:09:46.

smiling. She is heading off for some warmth, she has done her time in the

:09:47.:09:49.

leaders enclosure, time to on the second run. The next of the Germans

:09:50.:10:03.

is ready to race. Christina Geiger. Good skiing so far. She is ready

:10:04.:10:16.

into the next one. Slalom is all about the differences in rhythms.

:10:17.:10:28.

She is making absolutely sure of giving herself a crack at the second

:10:29.:10:32.

run and a chance to move up through the rankings. It is a hefty margin

:10:33.:10:41.

but not a bad run. Pushing hard, trying to be as clean as she can. It

:10:42.:10:46.

is impossible to get close to Shiffrin's time. A massive mistake

:10:47.:10:50.

as she comes through the finish. The last three gates. Reminiscent of

:10:51.:10:56.

what happened to her compatriot who straddled the last gate in the first

:10:57.:11:03.

one of the men's giant slalom. She hadn't got quite as far as Stefan

:11:04.:11:08.

Lutz. She can see the red line that signifies the end of the course will

:11:09.:11:10.

stop this is where it all unravelled.

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More sadness, disappointing scenes there. Not here, Shiffrin giving

:11:20.:11:25.

interviews to everybody. Everybody will want a piece of her. Ciara

:11:26.:11:34.

Costanza for Italy. Tall, talented, little inconsistent. She gets pushed

:11:35.:11:48.

forward. All over the place. Another massive mistake and another one out.

:11:49.:11:53.

She is carrying on that she had to start from a standstill. She will

:11:54.:11:59.

definitely be at the bottom of the pile if she does finish. He can look

:12:00.:12:08.

so great when the course is right, and the terrain and snow are right.

:12:09.:12:13.

I don't think it is a bad course set, I just think the conditions are

:12:14.:12:17.

tough out there. The first run has been said by one of the Canadians. A

:12:18.:12:22.

Swiss coach setting the second run. Another hat. We have seen a few this

:12:23.:12:32.

week. The Italian stumbling forward and

:12:33.:12:43.

having to jam on the brakes to make sure of making the next turn. I

:12:44.:12:50.

wonder if she will be in the top 30 for the second run? Getting her feet

:12:51.:12:57.

cord together. She got caught on a few turns. Erin Mielzynski from

:12:58.:13:07.

Canada, on a course set by her coach. She became the first Canadian

:13:08.:13:16.

since 1971 to win a World Cup slalom, that was a long gap.

:13:17.:13:33.

It was a great top section. Seen a lot of the girls up there,

:13:34.:13:40.

confident, not sure about how the skis will work, she is having a

:13:41.:13:44.

cracking run so far. Watch how quick and smooth she is. This is terrific.

:13:45.:13:54.

She doesn't stay on her feet. What a shame. She goes out. She was skiing

:13:55.:14:00.

towards a place in the top five right there.

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That is a huge disappointment was I love it when you see some body come

:14:05.:14:08.

through and the conditions are difficult and she nailed course

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until there. This is where it ended, skis either

:14:14.:14:17.

side of the gate, the straddle, race over four Erin Mielzynski of Canada.

:14:18.:14:26.

Very close to achieving something robust and solid to give the

:14:27.:14:29.

Canadians a chance in the second run, heartbreak. She was looking so

:14:30.:14:36.

strong. Back to the top. Denise Feierabend

:14:37.:14:49.

of Switzerland is ready. A former junior world champion in slalom.

:14:50.:15:09.

She has not enjoyed this top section so far. I can see the flags going

:15:10.:15:19.

crazy. This is the nice thing about the slalom, unlike the downhill,

:15:20.:15:22.

when you do not hear the crowd cheering until you are almost home,

:15:23.:15:26.

you can pretty much hear them the whole way down. She will need that.

:15:27.:15:33.

She is not really enjoying the run today. Denise Feierabend, fighting

:15:34.:15:42.

against the deterioration underfoot. There is a rut massive, forming, you

:15:43.:15:56.

cannot really see it. They are here in numbers, the Swiss ski racing

:15:57.:16:04.

fans. And another one who was straight through the gate at bottom.

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Did not want to wave to the crowd, she just wants to get out of there.

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Emelie Wikstrom will be the next of Sweden. Look at the scene

:16:20.:16:23.

surrounding Mikaela Shiffrin. Everybody wants a picture, a

:16:24.:16:28.

signature, wants her to put a mark of a hat, a helmet, a glove,

:16:29.:16:32.

anything. And this is after the first run. Emily Wick striven for

:16:33.:16:51.

Sweden. -- Emelie Wikstrom. The hairpin is just moving your feet

:16:52.:16:55.

quickly from side to side, not trying to overturn. If anything, you

:16:56.:17:03.

want to be ready for the next turning gate. The top was ragged,

:17:04.:17:11.

but she is into it now. She has a wild upper body movement, similar to

:17:12.:17:18.

the skier from the Swedish men's slalom team who we will see tomorrow

:17:19.:17:24.

night. It can be effective at times. This is a respectable run.

:17:25.:17:31.

Pushing, potentially, for a place in the top ten. How close can she go?

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11th. Mikaela Shiffrin is the one to watch.

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We are going to leave this on BBC Two, I think you know why. It

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continues on the red button. Run number two is live also on the red

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button. The simple beauty of some on the

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waters of a Scottish loch. And when winter turns the water to glass,

:18:23.:18:28.

beauty comes with silence. And born of this silence, this ice. A sport.

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The harsh. -- hush, broken by the rumble of granite. With its

:18:49.:18:55.

soundtrack of silence, the growl of granite and sweeping frenzy of the

:18:56.:19:02.

slaves to the stone. And the crack of precision. The sport of a silence

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beautifully broken. CHEERING. The sport of a silence. Let the silence

:19:20.:19:30.

be golden. Back in 1924 when the British men

:19:31.:19:33.

took the gold medal in curling they were represented by the Royal

:19:34.:19:39.

Caledonian curling club, beating Sweden in the final. 38-7. It will

:19:40.:19:46.

be closer today. Behind me, the British boys are out on the sheet.

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The Canadians have been practising already. We are close to the final.

:19:51.:19:56.

By way of context, it would be fair to say the Canadian start as

:19:57.:20:02.

favourites. Given their form. And also the relative paths of the two

:20:03.:20:12.

teams to the final. It is played on the smoothest of

:20:13.:20:17.

surfaces but Dave Murdoch's journey to the match today has been a bumpy

:20:18.:20:26.

ride. On paper, five wins from six matches was a comfortable start, but

:20:27.:20:32.

they rode their luck, not least in the 7-6 win over Germany, where they

:20:33.:20:37.

needed a dreadful error in the final stone to seal a lucky win. Those

:20:38.:20:46.

early games were cagey, but we had not seen anything yet. With

:20:47.:20:51.

qualification seemingly in the bag, they lost their next three matches,

:20:52.:20:56.

including a 7-5 defeat against Canada, today's opponents. A 6-5

:20:57.:21:04.

reverse against China in the final round robin provided more drama and

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another game, because Britain needed a play-off to make the semifinals.

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No matter, Dave Murdoch held his nerve with the final stone, sending

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Britain into the medals shake-up. There was no letup in the

:21:20.:21:22.

semifinals. Once more, he held his nerve. A final stone, no problem.

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The British team have played so well and they are in the Olympic final.

:21:31.:21:37.

While Dave Murdoch made a meal of qualifying for the knockout stages,

:21:38.:21:40.

Brad Jacobs was strolling into the semifinals. They took a while to

:21:41.:21:47.

flex their muscles, losing to macro of the first three games.

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Thereafter, their brand of curling was on song. They went into the

:21:52.:21:59.

semifinals with confidence sky-high. China stood between them and a shot

:22:00.:22:04.

at the gold medal but the Canadians qualified at a canter, 10-6.

:22:05.:22:13.

Jacobs' rink had a tough act to follow given that Kevin Martin led

:22:14.:22:17.

them to the gold medal on home soil for years ago. Two contrasting

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journeys but a singular objective today, Olympic gold.

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And the Tartan Army already sinking. Curling fever is endemic. No cure

:22:35.:22:47.

has been found since 2002 -- singing. Dave Murdoch has the chance

:22:48.:22:55.

to take his team into the Olympic final for a guaranteed medal. Dave

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Murdoch has done it. And the British crowd, they are jumping up and down.

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Great Britain are in the Olympic final. What a match. It has been a

:23:09.:23:16.

long and hard journey, two campaigns that did not go to plan. We missed

:23:17.:23:25.

out in Italy by not very much. And in Vancouver we expected more. It

:23:26.:23:30.

put me into a dark place after that. And now, to finally be here, after

:23:31.:23:36.

putting in so much work with these guys, it is a dream come true. What

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do you know about the support at home? It has been fantastic. After

:23:42.:23:48.

the game last night, the phones were going crazy for hours and I want to

:23:49.:23:52.

thank everybody at home has a support. I know the whole nation is

:23:53.:23:56.

talking about curling and that is great for the sport. That does not

:23:57.:24:01.

add pressure? We are focused on winning a curling match. Knowing you

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have the nation supporting you is a great feeling. You came up against

:24:07.:24:11.

Canada in the group stage, how do you visualise playing them in the

:24:12.:24:16.

final? We are confident and we are throwing really well, we missed out

:24:17.:24:20.

by a millimetre in the round robin and if we have that chance again it

:24:21.:24:27.

could go in our favour. That is a Victor Reva Canada. It was so close.

:24:28.:24:34.

-- victory. What will the final take as a team? It will take great

:24:35.:24:42.

concentration, and just take each shot at each end as it comes and

:24:43.:24:49.

hopefully come away with a win. You have arguably the toughest job of

:24:50.:24:53.

all, waiting for one of these guys to injure themselves and you get to

:24:54.:24:59.

have a go. Watching is the hard part, playing is the easy part!

:25:00.:25:06.

There is nothing he can do now. Is he right? He has done it. A

:25:07.:25:14.

brilliant shot. Hopefully, we are six up in the last end. Can it be

:25:15.:25:22.

like that for once, please? Probably doubtful, but it would be nice. You

:25:23.:25:30.

have had two matches that have gone to the last stone. Can you prepare

:25:31.:25:34.

for the eventuality that an Olympic gold medal might go back to the last

:25:35.:25:43.

stone? That is the actual thing you hope for, to be honest. We have had

:25:44.:25:48.

a couple of nice games and trusted making that shot to win and that is

:25:49.:25:54.

what the guys talk about, we will do everything we can, we will fight to

:25:55.:26:03.

the last. A great group and alongside me is

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Eve Muirhead and Rona. Many congratulations -- Rhona Martin.

:26:09.:26:15.

Much sleep last night? I was absolutely shattered. But I did not

:26:16.:26:20.

sleep at all. We did not get back until one in the morning, after more

:26:21.:26:25.

media, and I was thinking how can I not sleep? I was shattered, but I

:26:26.:26:30.

have been buzzing since the game. These are the moments you want to

:26:31.:26:36.

cherish. You have been a high school, but a big reaction when you

:26:37.:26:44.

finally won -- ice cool. It is mentally tough. I have to think for

:26:45.:26:50.

those two and a half and three hours and one wrong decision can cost the

:26:51.:26:55.

match. At the end, it was a massive relief, to let it go and knowing we

:26:56.:27:01.

had put in so much work. To throw the last stone and make it was a

:27:02.:27:06.

massive relief. Rona Howie was saying how proud she was of you all,

:27:07.:27:14.

how you turned around from the devastation of losing to Canada in

:27:15.:27:18.

the semifinals. That was probably one of my toughest defeats of my

:27:19.:27:25.

career so far. As a team, we played fantastic. Canada were far too good

:27:26.:27:30.

on the day. It was tough to take and I would like to thank Dave and Rona

:27:31.:27:38.

for the kind words. I knew we had a chance to get a medal and in a way,

:27:39.:27:45.

what great athletes we were to bounce back and come out firing a

:27:46.:27:50.

game in the bronze medal game. I bet you did not think a bronze medal

:27:51.:27:57.

would feel so good? I think you are right. A bronze team medal is

:27:58.:28:01.

probably the toughest to get. You are always coming off the back of a

:28:02.:28:05.

defeat, losing the semifinal and to come back and get the bronze medal

:28:06.:28:11.

was extra special. I am super proud of the girls. It is a massive team

:28:12.:28:15.

effort and they put me in the position to play the last shot. And

:28:16.:28:23.

the coaches have a massive impact. You had breakfast with Dave Murdoch

:28:24.:28:29.

this morning. How is he feeling? I saw him at breakfast and he had a

:28:30.:28:34.

bowl of cornflakes and they were not going far. He was staring them. I

:28:35.:28:40.

asked if he had a few butterflies. It is natural, he is going to be

:28:41.:28:43.

feeling the nerves. He plays fantastic under the pressure. They

:28:44.:28:50.

will be feeling it, but they have a good shot at the gold medal. Dave

:28:51.:28:57.

Murdoch has been through a tough journey at the Olympic Games,

:28:58.:29:01.

winning everything else, but at the Olympics, fourth and fifth and up to

:29:02.:29:06.

-- after Vancouver he was devastated. He was, but he is in the

:29:07.:29:14.

final and he has everything to play for and they will be fired up. What

:29:15.:29:23.

about Canada? They have a match shows style of curling. What do they

:29:24.:29:34.

have to do -- macho style. They have to keep it simple and be in control

:29:35.:29:44.

of what they do. If he plays his game and concentrates on what they

:29:45.:29:52.

do, he will get them riled. This is your guide to curling. Kelling

:29:53.:30:01.

originated in 16th century Scotland and appeared in the first Winter

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Olympics aims of 1920 41 Britain won gold. Between 1928 and 1994 it was

:30:08.:30:14.

not in the Olympic programme but Britain was thankful for its range

:30:15.:30:20.

reduction in 98 as Rhona Martin won gold for years later.

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COMMENTATOR: You will never see a better stone under Great Britain.

:30:26.:30:30.

The aim is to get one or more stones closer to the centre of the house

:30:31.:30:35.

than your opponents, and sweeping is a key part. It affects the distance

:30:36.:30:40.

and direction stone travels in. There for players in each team,

:30:41.:30:46.

known as a rink, who to turns each end -- who curl two stones each end.

:30:47.:30:55.

Most matches are over ten ands. Tactics are crucial, in particular

:30:56.:30:58.

retaining last stone advantage, known as the hammer.

:30:59.:31:36.

They can come into this with a great attitude, they have gone very well

:31:37.:31:45.

to get to the final. When you have a chance to win something like this

:31:46.:31:48.

you have got the attitude to come here to win the gold. If you have

:31:49.:31:53.

got the attitude, haven't we done well to be in the final, they might

:31:54.:31:57.

get steam-rollered by Canada. They have got to be ready for this, ready

:31:58.:32:01.

to take them on. They gave them a great match, a very close match, in

:32:02.:32:06.

the round-robin competition. And yes, Canada or the favourites, and

:32:07.:32:11.

yes, they should win on paper, but it is not on paper, it is on ice. It

:32:12.:32:17.

can be unpredictable. We hope it will be exciting, but we also hope

:32:18.:32:23.

it will go right down to the wire and for Great Britain it has already

:32:24.:32:28.

been a curling competition which has brought us the success of the Bronze

:32:29.:32:33.

medal for the women, and this, the huge opportunity for Dave Murdoch

:32:34.:32:39.

and his team. Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, and Michael Goodfellow.

:32:40.:33:12.

Everybody watching as they are introduced to the crowd. And for

:33:13.:33:20.

Jackie and I, we have been through 18 British round-robin matches, we

:33:21.:33:26.

had a tie-break match, an extra one, little bonus, against Norway. The

:33:27.:33:31.

two semifinals, and the women's bronze medal match, and are you and

:33:32.:33:37.

I delighted to be sitting here for the men's final with the prospect,

:33:38.:33:43.

we have certainly got a medal, but the prospect of a gold medal. It

:33:44.:33:47.

would be an upset, most people think Canada should win this, but in

:33:48.:33:51.

turning anything can happen. It doesn't matter what has gone off

:33:52.:33:56.

before, your reputation, who is supposed to be the favourite, we

:33:57.:33:58.

could have any result here. This is a one chance came, winner

:33:59.:34:10.

takes that gold, shiny medal. The loser takes the Silver, it will be a

:34:11.:34:14.

consolation at the end of the day. Both these teams desperately wanting

:34:15.:34:21.

that gold Olympic medal. Looking forward to what should be a very

:34:22.:34:27.

exciting game. Let's hope we see some fantastic playing. We saw some

:34:28.:34:34.

fantastic shot making an early run with the Swedish and Chinese boys. I

:34:35.:34:40.

am really hoping to see something better here.

:34:41.:34:46.

Here we go. Don't go anywhere for the next two and a half hours or so.

:34:47.:34:51.

This should be a thrilling ride. It will have its peaks and troughs. It

:34:52.:34:56.

will be slow at times and it will have its dramatic moments, I am

:34:57.:35:00.

sure. Canada will start with a hammer, they have first stone, last

:35:01.:35:06.

stone advantage in the first end because they are the higher ranked

:35:07.:35:07.

team coming into this. Britain have to face the team that

:35:08.:35:20.

were top of the rankings in terms of the round-robin competition, that

:35:21.:35:26.

was Sweden. Whatever happens here we will have the same three teams

:35:27.:35:31.

winning the medals in the men's competition as have done in the

:35:32.:35:34.

women's, Canada, Great Britain and Sweden.

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The leads, with such an important job, we talked a lot about this

:35:42.:35:47.

Canadian team, let's just go through them. The brothers, they are cousins

:35:48.:35:56.

of their skip, Brad Jacobs 's. Already a little shake of the head.

:35:57.:36:02.

Just relax. And a man who they brought in recently, a couple of

:36:03.:36:06.

years ago, Ryan Fry, 35-year-old from Winnipeg to play third for

:36:07.:36:13.

them. He was what they described as the missing ingredient to form this

:36:14.:36:16.

team that took the Canadian trials by storm and got the chance to

:36:17.:36:21.

represent their country here at the Olympic Games.

:36:22.:36:25.

I am just going to return things out. Canada have one all five

:36:26.:36:33.

previous matches in the Olympic Games with Great Britain including

:36:34.:36:36.

the round-robin. They have won their last five world championship matches

:36:37.:36:43.

against Scotland, and they expect to win the gold medal having won it

:36:44.:36:48.

last time as well. Those are not statistics in our favour.

:36:49.:36:53.

They aren't, but they are not allowed to win it all the time. I

:36:54.:36:57.

think our boys down here are up for taking that title. This Canadian

:36:58.:37:08.

team, they haven't had the best championships, I know they are in

:37:09.:37:11.

the final, but they started off Ruby, lost a few games there were

:37:12.:37:16.

not expecting to lose. -- rupee. There are weaknesses on the team. I

:37:17.:37:27.

just think this game, they are going to be a little bit shaky. Once the

:37:28.:37:32.

Canadians get themselves to the finals, they grow about six inches

:37:33.:37:34.

taller. It is crucial for Britain to start

:37:35.:37:49.

well here, because I think Canada get out to the start, in the same

:37:50.:37:54.

fashion Jennifer Jones did against Eve Muirhead Acropolis team in the

:37:55.:37:58.

semifinal, they are going to be really difficult. A team that works

:37:59.:38:06.

on the intensity, confidence, they have got to try and eat away at

:38:07.:38:12.

that. They don't want to go three or four down, three down even, to

:38:13.:38:18.

early. Yes, OK, they have the hammer early on, but let's keep it close,

:38:19.:38:25.

let's keep them, stop them getting carried away, stop them getting into

:38:26.:38:29.

a position where they can control the match all the way through.

:38:30.:38:34.

We cannot afford to give them a couple of shots as a head start. For

:38:35.:38:40.

our boys, they had to play the shots they are asked for, keep the head in

:38:41.:38:48.

the game, keep as close as possible. For those of you who have been on

:38:49.:38:51.

this journey with us over the last 11 days, and you have got to know:

:38:52.:38:55.

Well all for those of you who might just have decided to tune into day,

:38:56.:39:02.

it is a sport which can be cruel at times, rewards great shotmaking, but

:39:03.:39:07.

every now and then the tension that is created out there, particularly

:39:08.:39:12.

as we move towards the end, even the best players in the world make

:39:13.:39:15.

really basic errors. We saw that in the match earlier today. Let's hope

:39:16.:39:21.

this is a match which is one with great shotmaking, and not lost with

:39:22.:39:27.

errors that come down to individuals concerned.

:39:28.:39:36.

He is taking over from his brother Ryan, and now they have come out at

:39:37.:39:46.

this very first end, sometimes we see them sending stones through to

:39:47.:39:53.

get themselves used to the ice, but they have put their guards up,

:39:54.:39:56.

responded. That was a nice shop there. -- shot.

:39:57.:40:06.

Canada have the hammer here. I wasn't sure whether we were going to

:40:07.:40:09.

see an edgy start, nobody going to take the game on. They have run the

:40:10.:40:15.

first end through and started in the second. But the Canadians have taken

:40:16.:40:22.

this on right from the word go. This is Greg Drummond. His parents

:40:23.:40:31.

are here. He has had a great Olympic Games. You cannot really pick out

:40:32.:40:39.

individuals, there tends to be those of us in the media who will keep the

:40:40.:40:45.

playing the big shots from Dave Murdoch. It is these sort of shots

:40:46.:40:53.

from Greg, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow, all working together as

:40:54.:40:57.

a team that gives Dave Murdoch the chance to get the big shots. Brad

:40:58.:41:07.

Jacobs and his team, not sure they have one too many friends in this

:41:08.:41:12.

Olympic campaign. The intensity which they play, their style, I

:41:13.:41:19.

wouldn't say a war of words, as we see Ryan Fry, their third, with his

:41:20.:41:26.

first sown. The coach has been chipping in in the media with some

:41:27.:41:29.

comments about the style of the Canadians. That was very well

:41:30.:41:37.

swept, I thought it would catch the top yellow. We watched the bronze

:41:38.:41:44.

medal game earlier on this sheet. If you play a little too much weight

:41:45.:41:48.

you get no movement but if you are down weight and anywhere near the

:41:49.:41:50.

centre line it pulls really big. Dave is choosing to ask Greg to come

:41:51.:42:04.

on and in turn. Canada sitting in there with three

:42:05.:42:29.

shots. The first end here already with some stones in the house, there

:42:30.:42:36.

are -- they are added to fearful of Dave Murdoch and his team. They

:42:37.:42:43.

cannot really afford to do that very often, particularly early on for

:42:44.:42:47.

stop they do not want to let Canada jump out to a big end at the

:42:48.:42:48.

beginning. And also they cannot keep relying on

:42:49.:43:04.

Dave Murdoch to dig them out of trouble. If you are doing that end

:43:05.:43:13.

after end, it will begin to tell and he will not be able to do it every

:43:14.:43:18.

time. Ryan Fry with another shot. Just try to follow that one in. He

:43:19.:43:25.

has got it perfect. Really impressive sweeping. Both teams have

:43:26.:43:34.

got very strong sweepers on them. Just a little bit unfortunate Greg

:43:35.:43:40.

has caught the top guard. They have been playing exceptionally well.

:43:41.:43:49.

Although we are still lying second shot, that British yellow stone is

:43:50.:44:01.

not in a great position. Looking pretty fungal bought sitting back

:44:02.:44:07.

there. This isn't the best of ends at the moment -- vulnerable. It just

:44:08.:44:14.

takes one big shot to remove several stones. Just not sure they are

:44:15.:44:25.

sitting that well. Dave will be using that front yellow, run that

:44:26.:44:31.

back into the pack, trying some damage limitation. They need to move

:44:32.:44:37.

these stones around, they may end up with one of them jamming on to the

:44:38.:44:42.

yellow at the back. Cannot afford to leave them like this. Just going to

:44:43.:44:47.

run his own yellow back into those for, see how they fall.

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