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men's team has Russia tomorrow morning. Plenty to look forward to.

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The curling event will keep going through the length of the games. We

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are also looking forward and building up to the big final. Would

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you believe it? Jamie Nicholls and Billy Morgan, we saw a lot of them

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yesterday in the men's slopestyle final. They cannot stay away. They

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are there to support Jenny Jones. Matthew Pinsent caught up with them.

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Congratulations on reaching the final. What was it like? It was a

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great experience and to be in the finals with Billy, two of us making

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it into the final. It was unreal. We threw down our best tricks. It was

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an amazing experience, to be part of snowboard history. You had a massive

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performance in qualification. I qualified straight into finals which

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meant I did not have to do semifinals. Billy hat to ride to the

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semifinals and finals, which is a lot in one day. That was much

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harder? Yes, I had to be up at 6:30am and ride the semifinals in

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the dark! I do not think I have been up at 6:30am before. Maybe for a

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flight. I qualified in first and got the run solid. I was stoked to go

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through. Qualified through first and had extra energy. What was the plan

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for the final runs? I was going to go all out and put all my cards on

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the table and went for it. If I had landed on my feet, I would have done

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good. That is slopestyle. In the slopestyle finals, especially at the

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Olympics, you cannot play safe. Everybody is out there to win and

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you throw out your best run. Two people getting in touch, how do you

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describe the experience? It has been insane, these support. Everybody

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backing us. It has been incredible and pushed us and helped us a lot,

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the shore. You will be back? I hope so. I feel like a shipwreck. The

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landings were pretty big. Compared to some, you came off lightly.

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People have taken hits in training. It has been tough. That normally

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happens. It is a risky game. If it was not risky, we would not love it.

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It is part of it. They will be watching Jenny Jones of

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Great Britain, but also Torah Bright, of Australia. She is in with

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a chance of making a chunk of history. She is a halfpipe

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specialist. She won the gold medal last time. She is riding in three

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events and could be the first female snowboarder to win multiple Olympic

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titles. The last two months before the

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Vancouver games, I spent more time of the snow than on. I had two

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concussions. In hindsight, knowing what we do now about concussion, I

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should not have been cleared. I probably should not have been at the

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games. Having left the Olympics disappointed she committed herself

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to making 2010 her year. She pushed herself and learned new tricks to

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develop a world beating run. One of those was a switch backside 720.

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Incredibly difficult. Very few men can pull that off. It was while

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training for this that accident occurred. I was going to make this

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happen. The concussion brought me down a few levels. Into this switch

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back side 720. She lands it. She knows it's good. Looking back now

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what I know about concussion, there were signs I should have taken a

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break. I should have rested. And then I did. After the games, I took

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time off competing and took a low impact gym. You had to make a

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decision to get back in competition. I remember hearing you

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had got back on your board and not realising you have not been on it

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and at the time, thinking, this is really close. I did not go in the

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pipe for a little while. I was always riding. But not in the

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contest scene. To be honest, it was so great, to have a little break

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from that. I compete well. But I do not love competing. I do not need to

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compete to be fulfilled, or, to validate I am a great snowboarder. I

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always think back to win the gold medal, you have to have this

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single-minded desire to win. At all costs. Look what it did to me. I did

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have that and it was against my whole being. It did not work for me.

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Taking from my experience into the last Olympic Games and now, I am

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doing what I love. Now, I have taken on three events, trying to represent

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my country in three events at the Olympics. You have just told me you

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are not a natural competitor. You are taking on three events. Yes,

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crazy. Why not? Slopestyle and hostile come from freestyle, you do

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similar motions in the air. But the boardercross, you are into alpine

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territory and it is racing. To get into a World Cup, to have enough

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points, the journey, it was interesting. Did you go back to

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amateur level? Yes, I was lining up with young kids. I remember in the

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start gate a girl said I cannot believe I am riding with Torah

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Bright. I am like, let's race. It was a quick learning curve. I

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qualified in the top 16 into the rounds. People work going, if you

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are qualifying in the top 16, you are racing. I did not expect it to

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go that quick. Boardercross is just snowboarding, just like halfpipe and

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slopestyle, it is a combination, plus free riding.

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She does not like competing? I do not know. If you use social media,

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we like to hear from you. #bbcsochi. One person asks if they are ever

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going to sleep in. No chance. Not if you are with us. We do not want you

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to. Sage Kotsenburg was the winner in the men's event yesterday, who

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was mentioned more times than any athlete in these Olympic Games so

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far. 44,000 times. This sport has got them talking.

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Original sporting drama on the BBC. Brand-new, this Winter Olympics.

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Have you heard about slopestyle? I know nothing about it. An event that

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will blow your mind. How will it do that? On snowboard, on skis. Gnarly

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Rails. Massive jumps. It is amazing. The rule is, there are no rules.

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Really? There cannot be no rules. That does not make sense. It is

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slopestyle. Athlete, mountain, anything goes. I cannot wait to see

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this. It will be an awesome ride. I am going to watch some.

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The sport sells itself. It is time to strike gold for the second time

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today. We saw Matthias Meyer taking gold for Austria. Now, the first

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final in the women's slopestyle about to be claimed. Aimee Fuller

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was in the semifinal and she will be cheering on Jenny Jones. She is

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going to join Tim and Ed in the commentary box.

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What a fantastic setting. The women preparing themselves. Aimee Fuller,

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you have been riding over the last four days, what is the condition of

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the course? It is probably in one of the best conditions. We started out

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and it was definitely a struggle. It is big. It is fast. It is going to

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be an exciting final. There are some heavy hitters. We keep going on

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about the form girl, Silje Norendal. She sneaked in. Spencer O'Brien,

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Torah Bright, Anna Gasser, coming from nowhere. The rails impress me

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but she looks like she has the kickers. I noticed Anna Gasser a

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couple of years ago and she was slaying the rails. She has

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fine-tuned her jumping. She is probably one of the strongest in the

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field. You know, watching these ladies in the park, when they do not

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compete, you know what tricks they have got. What secrets will be

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unveiled? Anna Gasser, everybody has been talking about her and I am

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excited to see her. She has the cab double and it would be phenomenal to

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see her put that down. I would love to see that. It is about pushing

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snowboarding and progression and that is what it is about the me.

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What tactic do you think will be undertaken? It looked, yesterday,

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like they took the restraints off, the men, and went mental in the

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final. It is fantastic to see. It is the Olympics. It is the biggest show

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in the world. The biggest contest in history. Why not, fasten the hatches

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and go for it, it is the Olympics. Tim and I have described to a lot of

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people, after the controversy about because being massive and unsafe, we

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have been saying it is going through the normal process, when athletes

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comment on the course, you give feedback and they make adjustments.

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Is that the case, or do you think it was dangerous? I would say it is a

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normal procedure. Things always start sketching. The fact it is a

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new experience, everybody was shaken up. They fine-tuned it. We are

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looking good to go. Silje Norendal, one of the favourites coming in. We

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talked about confidence earlier on and she put down her earlier run at

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just the right time, because confidence is key. It is 60% of the

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sport. Cab seven. We saw her put that down in practice.

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It is going to be a big 540 and she held that grab like her life

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depended on it. It is a shame about the mistake but a good run. How

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difficult is it landing a switch in these landings? They are big and

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long soak it is hard to hold a clean line. That was really smart. She

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messed up slightly on the first jump but the rails looked solid. She had

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a good rail section. The 180 of the canon. That is good how she went cab

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one two back -- to back one. The rails, cheap quick, don't they? --

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the rails come at you quick, don't they? Probably some of the tightest

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I have ever been. The last one, one of the hardest rotation since -- in

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snowboarding, when you can't see it. We said, off the back of that win in

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the X Games, she would be full of confidence, but it has been the

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opposite. Have you spoken to since the X Games? I think she is buzzing

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since then but I would like to see her put down a good run. I have been

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riding with her since she was 13. Jenny Jones, her first run the

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finals. 50-50 on the kink rail. She is solid on the rails. Offer little

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early. -- off a little early. Getting the grab in off the 180 on

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the canon. Cab five. Not as strong as she would have liked. Backside

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360 mute grab. Is this the front seven? Yes! Nice

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and solid from Jenny Jones. How much does that mean as a rider? Putting

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that first one then solid. She has got to be buzzing, a really solid

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first run. It is great to get a good score on the board. She can just go

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for it now, she is in the finals, that was her aim. She controlled

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that so well. She got a little bit squirrel league in the take-off to

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the second rail. But completely saved it. As solid as ever, come on,

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Jones the! You are allowed to be biased. We are trying not to be. One

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thing about Jonesy, she goes way bigger than anyone else and she is

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so solid, so look for those nice deep landings. So a 73, a really

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good platform to build on. She actually looked on the front seven

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like she landed at the top of the landing, so she has somewhere to go

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with that. But the back three, that was nice and deep. Candrian from

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Switzerland. A goofy rider. Second at the slopestyle World Cup in

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Canada. She will be feeling pretty confident with herself.

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How much do you change it when you are riding under the cloud cover

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like today? This morning was better weather, because you didn't have the

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early sunrise in your face and it kept the course a bit softer, rather

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than that freeze-for action we have had. I enjoyed it more.

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The rail section wasn't that technical. She made her points in

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the semifinals on the kickers. Big backside 360. Frontside seven. Good

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melon grab. And a safe and smooth landing. Correct me if I'm wrong,

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but that was the same kicker line as Jenny ? So the difference will be

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how they score the rails. Jenny has the switchboard forwards. I think

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that is going to be a tough draw. Candrian has the front board, which

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is a technical trick. She hasn't got the rail before that. A very similar

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run to Jenny. Kevin Jones was cleaner in the top section but

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Candrian's front seven was on point. And it was a bit bigger. This is a

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good education for us, we have been struggling with some of the judging

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and we have a nice marker between two similar runs to see how they

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score them. It seems the judges have been prioritising execution, had the

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jumps are performed and any mistakes seem to come from the whole run

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rather than a particular trick. Candrian has been into the last

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couple of months, a slight problem with her back, so she must be pumped

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right now to be in the Olympic final after not even being on snow. There

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you go, just being in the Olympic final. It is the first ever women's

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slopestyle event at the Olympics and, unbelievably... There we go. So

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the size was definitely working for Sina Candrian. That bottle jumps in

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to her over the line. The ladies need to go big, that is what they

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are looking for. That is something that Sarka Pancochova didn't

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struggle with in the semifinal! She was going massive, for a woman who

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is only five foot three tall. She sent it to the moon. Great things

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come in small packages. As you said, the boxes are smaller

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and flatter and they carry slightly lower difficulty rating than a thin

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rail, which is harder to balance on. She has opted for the switch

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backside 180. Puts her into the frontside five. Landing backwards,

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coming in switch to the first jump. She was so deep. Lovely tweak on

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that, switch five. Backside 720. That was a spectacular run. She is

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happy with it as well. Two 540s and 720. That will put up there, but I'm

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a bit bemused why she is hitting the jump on the third rail section. But

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she has some of the best style in the game. You can see from the

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kickers, she pulls, tweaks everything. She makes everything

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look so easy. She is using that feature as another jump line,

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showing off one other smaller rotations. Essentially saying, look

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at me, I rule on the jump. Yes, super competent in the air. Let's

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take a look at this, do we think it is into the 90s? I would say the

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high 18s. 86 issue. Yes! How did I get bad so spot-on? -- get that. The

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judges wipe the slate clean for each round, but we were seeing scores in

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the mid-90s in the qualifying rounds. So there is a long way to go

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yet. Norendal in fourth, Jones inferred, Candrian in second and

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Pancochova... Rukajarvi is such a consistent rider. She is so elegant.

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She is one of the taller women but she is so graceful in the air. It is

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worth remembering that these ladies haven't had the luxury of riding

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this morning, like the first four. So they might be a little bit rusty.

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But they did qualify straight for the final. Rukajarvi, from the town

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of Rukajarvi. Frontside three. Massive. Absolutely beautiful.

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Bottom jump. Cab five. Nice. Solid run. And we talk about the

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importance of putting down a run and getting a score on the board, how

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important is it for a rider to lock a scoring? Mentally, it puts you in

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such a good position and you can go up and you don't have to worry about

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landing, essentially, because you are so pumped that you got on the

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board. You can throw all of your cards on the table, you have nothing

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to lose. All in for the second run, with a full house. Is it? I don't

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know. Coming up the back of that injury on the European -- at the

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European open. Another rider just really pleased to be here. She

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looked very good in qualifying and then crashed out. But she is happy

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here. We were at the X Games two weeks ago now and she couldn't even

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compete, she was walking and rehabilitating her knee in the

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athletes' ten. It seems all of these girls who have been injured are back

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on firing form. She is an amazing rider, great to see her here. Batty

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zero points 75 ahead of Jenny Jones. -- that is numeric

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I go now? She is just hanging out, look, I am at the Olympics! Do I

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have to drop in a shallow just hang out? Tell us about Ty Walker, I

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heard she was wheeled into the opening ceremony in a wheelchair. Ty

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Walker is the people's champion. She was on crutches yesterday, she could

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barely walk. I guess they have given her a magic dose of a cortisone

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injection. And she was up there today, barely even practised, really

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cool. I think she is the youngest rider in the field at 16, so she

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absolutely smashed it. Her compatriot Karly Shorr dropping in.

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Second row element, going very nicely. Yes, you have to say there

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might be a little bit of a Kotsenburg effect going on in team

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USA. Lovely. Good bit of style on that, got solid ground. Came up a

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fraction short. That was a cool grab. She has come up short. Didn't

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get enough on the take. She got hung up on her heels a little bit, you

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are always fighting a losing battle. Look at the crowd going wild, they

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are not even bothered, they are just watching these girls go of the

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biggest kickers in history. -- go off. You don't get a good

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perspective from down here, you can see how long they are in the air but

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it is not until you see the helicopter shots in slow motion that

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you realise just how far they are travelling. They are beasts, this

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jump, especially the last one. You fire off the thing and you see the

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stadium behind you. It was the Napan. So if you grab the wrong side

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of your foot, you are technically grabbing on the nose, so whatever

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grab you are aiming for, you just add the letter enter the front. So

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Japan becomes Napan. -- the letter N onto the front. The people at home

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are confused, they should try commentating on it! She has the

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second run to improve on that. Spencer O'Brien coming out of

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Canada. He must -- she must feel vindicated that having campaigned

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for women to go off the same size jumps as the men, everyone in the

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semifinal is doing this. Spencer won the World Cup qualifier in January.

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It would have done the confidence the world of good. She charges. She

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is not afraid. That 180, she didn't grab that. The switch backside five

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is perfect. The 180 at the top, it is a style thing to not grab. A

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backside seven. Are just sat down, it has cost her the third is jump.

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Not holding back, really good to see her stepping it up. I have not seen

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her put a back seven in the run before, something to watch for in

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the second run. How much pressure does it give the riders when they

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fall on the first run? Its doubles. That automatic pressure. You cannot

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describe it. Something that you want so much, to have fallen, and to have

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to do it in one run, it is tough. Even trying to imagine doing that

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feels like somebody has sewn together my liver and pancreas. And

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pulling it apart using pegs. I am glad when I do that it does not feel

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quite like that. It definitely gets the adrenaline going. I spoke to

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Torah Bright in New Zealand about this and she tried to claim she was

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not a natural competitor. She is such a lovely human. She is the

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nicest and friendliest person. We were at the World Cup qualifier, we

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were dancing at the top. Singing the Spice Girls. She is super relaxed

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and she lives for the moment. She had a good running qualifiers.

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She had the run of her life, what is now known as a Jamie Nicholls. She

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overcooked it. It is interesting to see Aimee Fuller's reaction. She

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knew what danger awaited. If you go big, the landings drop away. Are

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these the biggest jumps you have written? I would definitely say so,

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definitely in a row -- ridden. There is no time to think. You are firing

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off like a rocket. You know what they say, if you want to dance, you

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have to pay the band. Elena Just made a down payment. She is still

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flying in the air. That was a mellow fall. If you get your feet down

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first, you can take the sting out of it. The board kicked up some snow.

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Just a mellow fall. At the moment we have four riders. Four out of the

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eight to have fallen, so similar odds to the men's results. Jenny

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Jones, fourth place currently. We talked about this earlier, fourth

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place is the worst place. I would rather have fifth. Going from

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records, never mind gold medals. Torah Bright has probably been

:30:42.:30:46.

dancing. The Spice Girls. She is a happy person. She has made it clear

:30:47.:30:55.

that she is riding for the American skier, Sarah, who passed away in

:30:56.:31:06.

February 2012. Instrumental in getting slopestyle into the

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Olympics, as well. The switch cannon, it is so technical. She has

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some of the best board control out of the ladies. She held it. That is

:31:16.:31:23.

huge. The first nine we have seen landed from the women. She clipped

:31:24.:31:30.

the knuckle. She made it over. That is it. Lovely. Torah Bright. She has

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torn up the rule book. She is not even a regular competitor. I love

:31:41.:31:45.

that about Torah Bright, she is just going for it. It will have to be

:31:46.:31:56.

cleaner, and we have seen that. The switch straight air was amazing. It

:31:57.:32:01.

is such a hard trick. Sitting down slightly. The hand just dragged. We

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have seen results, tricks like that punished. What a highlight. Torah

:32:10.:32:19.

Bright going for the cab 900 in the Olympic finals. Making history. She

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will know that will have damage to score, but the smile will be on her

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face. It could help hen's eggs hatch. She cannot help but smile. If

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you have landed the first switch 900 in a women's Olympics lip style

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final, you would be smiling. Team Australia going wild. The execution

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judge has punished her. We keep saying, one mistake does not just

:32:54.:32:59.

damage the trick, it damages the run. I would love to see that, cab

:33:00.:33:09.

nine. The pipe champion on the slopestyle coursed, doing a cab

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nine. Jamie Anderson. The Queen of slopestyle, who has won everything

:33:24.:33:27.

there is to win in snowboarding slopestyle over the last four years.

:33:28.:33:32.

We did our own predictions before we came on air. Aimee Fuller went to

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Jamie in the gold medal position, as did Tim. I have gone for Anna

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Gasser. I would like to see that, Anna Gasser, that would be cool. She

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has that precocious, I do not care, approach. Let's get into Jamie

:33:56.:33:58.

Anderson. Looking so relaxed already. That was nice. Look how

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solid she is. A lot of people were loose going into that and she looked

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relaxed. Cab seven nose grab. Lovely.

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That was absolutely massive. That is why she is constantly on the podium

:34:20.:34:32.

around the world, ladies and gentlemen. She has only gone and put

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down the run of her life. 540, 540, 540, in qualification, but here, we

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see cab seven. The third jump, the way we saw Torah Bright markdown,

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this will not be a big score. She will be marked down. The first jump

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was so perfectly executed. The switch back five. She went deeper

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than the men on that. It is a shame about the last jump. She sits down

:35:09.:35:16.

in the way we saw Torah Bright doing it. She is out of control down the

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bottom. I think we will see late 60s, early 70s, again. The key in

:35:24.:35:30.

this contest is going massive and landing cleanly. No hands. Just

:35:31.:35:37.

power through the landing. The day of men's competition and then

:35:38.:35:41.

semifinals this morning, that is what we have seen. Variety,

:35:42.:35:46.

execution and massive airs. I stand corrected. I am shocked at that

:35:47.:35:54.

score. She should have been rewarded for the top two. Scuff at the

:35:55.:35:59.

bottom, if she can clean that up, we will be on the money. I am with you.

:36:00.:36:06.

I do not see the difference. Between Torah Bright's scuff. And Torah

:36:07.:36:14.

Bright was risking more. Torah Bright probably checked a little

:36:15.:36:21.

harder, but the same trend. Isabel Derungs has been killing it

:36:22.:36:27.

recently. She has manlike tricks. She goes big, she sends it. That is

:36:28.:36:33.

what I like to see. She came off the first rail early but tidied it up.

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She had a little hands down. That would have happened quickly.

:36:45.:36:56.

Scuffing the hands again. But it was a nice back seven. This is my

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favourite trick. The back site rodeo. It was a little bit short. --

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backside. Everything landed, just to the finishing touches. She looked at

:37:16.:37:21.

the hands of coming in. Speed seemed to be an issue. The backside grind.

:37:22.:37:34.

The arms are going down. She has back-to-back sevens and the back

:37:35.:37:44.

rodeo. She is going upside down. If she can get that to the feet,

:37:45.:37:51.

cleanly, it could be a winning run. There is definite potential. She has

:37:52.:37:55.

to tidy it up. Coming back to the judges, they do not like it messy.

:37:56.:38:02.

What is cool right now, in the stadium, the slopestyle riders, the

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girls, they are here, cheering on their friends. That is unique about

:38:08.:38:12.

our sport. I think most of the men are here from yesterday, as well.

:38:13.:38:17.

The promise of an amazing run, but she has two tidy it up. It is about

:38:18.:38:23.

the execution. She will go through this kink. The first Lady. She is

:38:24.:38:35.

going back to the top. She either set off early, all the marshals got

:38:36.:38:44.

it wrong. Her coach almost goes down! This is definitely one of the

:38:45.:38:55.

highlights. This is the best big I have seen. Quick, get to the top! If

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you were in any doubt this course was IC, you have seen the evidence

:39:05.:39:17.

-- icy. That is the highlight, Anna Gasser, ice skating to the top or

:39:18.:39:27.

bottom. Seriously, in the morning, the course is bullet-proof. She is

:39:28.:39:36.

one of the best snowboarders in the world. She has just had an

:39:37.:39:40.

embarrassing experience in front of, maybe, a global audience of 1

:39:41.:39:47.

billion people. How hard is it to focus again on the run? I do not

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think they have been embarrassing that. It would not bother me too

:39:55.:40:07.

much. I would just laugh. She is Austrian, German speaking. # That's

:40:08.:40:22.

why I'm easy like Sonntag morgen. She looks amazing on a snowboard.

:40:23.:40:39.

She has flared, she writes well. She has been the break-out talent of

:40:40.:40:48.

2013. That was going so deep. There was no flailing between the runs. A

:40:49.:40:57.

frontside seven. She had so much style. That is one of the best

:40:58.:41:04.

frontside sevens in women's snowboarding. I am going to claim

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it. The arms in snowboarding are not the key -- are the key indicators.

:41:15.:41:21.

With a lot of these tricks, they are done on the transition. It is about

:41:22.:41:26.

preloading the board and exploding off the lip. Look at the trailing

:41:27.:41:36.

arm, it is so relaxed. That was good to see. She is charging at it. She

:41:37.:41:55.

is going for the doll. Have you seen a face on the Russian doll? Blonde

:41:56.:42:04.

hair, she is pretty cool looking. Anna Gasser, my tip for the gold

:42:05.:42:08.

medal. The pressure is on after the first run. I wonder if she will

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asked out the cab double. -- bust out.

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Let's have a look at these standings.

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We are ready for the second runs here at the women's slopestyle.

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HAZEL IRVINE: I know everybody is enjoying it, getting huge amount of

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feedback on your commentary. A lot of people in the dark about some of

:42:50.:42:55.

the new terms. For example, I am being asked what a little bit

:42:56.:43:04.

squirrely means. It just means kind of, you know, when you are just not

:43:05.:43:12.

in control. Not so much a technical term but our interpretation of not

:43:13.:43:17.

being in control. Like when you see a squirrel flying through the air

:43:18.:43:23.

out of control. I think of it in the sense of you are quite frantic.

:43:24.:43:28.

Right, I think we are all there. That was possibly one of the

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funniest moments I have seen in the Olympic Games, Paul Anna Gasser

:43:33.:43:34.

having to try and navigate her way back up that hill. -- pool. You said

:43:35.:43:41.

she was out of breath after that experience, do you think that had a

:43:42.:43:44.

part to play in her performance in that first run?

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Undoubtedly. She was unsettled when she dropped in and it reflected in

:43:50.:43:53.

that run. The me, watching her develop over the last six or seven

:43:54.:43:57.

months has been one of the real pleasures of slopestyle being in the

:43:58.:44:02.

Olympics. She is one of those girls who may not have won any of the big

:44:03.:44:05.

competitions but she has been peeking slowly and I think she came

:44:06.:44:12.

here knowing that she has the potential to win. She means business

:44:13.:44:16.

and I would like to see her lay down all of her cards. She has that cab

:44:17.:44:21.

double in the bag. Go for it, girl. I would love to see it.

:44:22.:44:27.

HAZEL IRVINE: Amy, I am interested to know your thoughts on the fact

:44:28.:44:34.

that it is the overall performance you are all being judged on. Is

:44:35.:44:37.

there a chance going forward that you might have to put down some of

:44:38.:44:40.

the tricks you are going to try and be judged on two counts, degree of

:44:41.:44:45.

difficulty and overall impression? Or do you think that would penalise

:44:46.:44:52.

spontaneity altogether? I think the great thing about our sport is you

:44:53.:44:56.

can get as creative as you want, but it really is all about being as

:44:57.:45:01.

clean as possible. As Billy Morgan was saying yesterday, just got to go

:45:02.:45:10.

food, put everything you have got down on the table, and if you can do

:45:11.:45:15.

that, you are in for a good results -- just got to go for it. It is just

:45:16.:45:19.

fine tuning those skills you have not quite got down and just try and

:45:20.:45:24.

get everything more consistent, go big and make it look good, that is

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the key. HAZEL IRVINE: And when you think

:45:28.:45:32.

about the size of some of the jump-start the women have been

:45:33.:45:39.

tackling, and you talked about earlier on about having to push

:45:40.:45:43.

yourself. This course has asked more questions than any other. Have you

:45:44.:45:48.

had it bring something else out of you women in terms of your

:45:49.:45:53.

performances because of the cause? I think at first, everyone was a

:45:54.:45:56.

little tentative and we thought maybe we would be seeing some of the

:45:57.:46:02.

girls hold back, including myself. But we have had a couple of days on

:46:03.:46:08.

the cause, we have got to grips with it and adapted to the size of it,

:46:09.:46:12.

which is great for progression more than anything, seeing the girls

:46:13.:46:16.

write this course. We are seeing the same runs that we are seeing at the

:46:17.:46:21.

likes of the X Games, if not better. Everyone is really stepping up to

:46:22.:46:24.

the plate and I think it is fantastic to see that progression.

:46:25.:46:29.

Just going down here on the Olympic stage, it is amazing to see.

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HAZEL IRVINE: It is great to see you tackle this and to hear you up

:46:35.:46:38.

there. And Tim and Ed, in terms of the overall contest, Jenny Jones,

:46:39.:46:43.

her chances of moving up, how do you rate them?

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Personally, I think they are very good. She has laid down a great

:46:49.:46:52.

marker in her first run and we know she has a frontside nine on

:46:53.:46:59.

potentially for that last jump, so if the front part goes well and she

:47:00.:47:06.

puts the frontside nine down, there is the chance of a medal. It has got

:47:07.:47:13.

to be, please! I would love to see Jones over the front nine, it is

:47:14.:47:17.

fantastic she is in the finals. Do you think she will be at the lid off

:47:18.:47:24.

and go for it? I think so, she is buzzing to be here and why not just

:47:25.:47:27.

go for it. HAZEL IRVINE: And go for it, new

:47:28.:47:32.

three, indeed. Run two, a gold medal about to be one.

:47:33.:47:35.

-- won. Silje Norendal, she snuck in at the

:47:36.:47:44.

back end of the semifinals. It is all on the line for her. If she

:47:45.:47:49.

wants to look at the medals, she has to turn it on. A slight clip on the

:47:50.:47:52.

rail, catching her age. The cab 720. Let the knuckle, this

:47:53.:48:07.

isn't going to improve on her first score. It is unfortunate the sea had

:48:08.:48:20.

down like that. -- to see her down. I was heartbroken for Cheryl Maas,

:48:21.:48:26.

another great rider that, not only do you not get into the medals but

:48:27.:48:29.

you cannot showcase the riding you know you can do. Yes, Silje is such

:48:30.:48:37.

a progressive rider and she can throw down, so it is unfortunate to

:48:38.:48:42.

see her not to land. But there are some riders who have amazing skills

:48:43.:48:46.

in the bag, so I am confident we will see some fantastic snowboarding

:48:47.:48:50.

still to come. The showcase is unreal so far. That is what

:48:51.:48:56.

intrigues me. You get different styles of rider, and you get riders

:48:57.:49:02.

like Jamie Anderson who has skill and consistency but Silje, if you go

:49:03.:49:05.

out filming with her and give her four or five tries at things when

:49:06.:49:09.

she doesn't have to perform at that moment, she can do some of the best

:49:10.:49:15.

tricks in the world. Yes, visual, and that is the thing about

:49:16.:49:20.

snowboarding, it is not all about the competition. We travel around

:49:21.:49:23.

the world and we film and it is about having a good time on the

:49:24.:49:27.

slopes and Silje will come away from here and there is a never contest.

:49:28.:49:32.

Next up, Jenny Jones, currently lying in fit. I can't look. Someone

:49:33.:49:43.

else commentate. I have got this. Jenny's experience will come to the

:49:44.:49:49.

fore here. Nice and solid on the first rail, 50-50, front one. Great

:49:50.:49:57.

rail. Beautiful on the down rail. Great execution from the Jones.

:49:58.:50:07.

Doing little tricks. Beautiful, Jones, solid to the feed. Great

:50:08.:50:13.

grab, looking very solid for Jenny Jones. The backside 360 grabbed

:50:14.:50:18.

well. Is she going for the front nine? She went for the Severn.

:50:19.:50:27.

Solid! That was the second run of semifinals but it was laid down very

:50:28.:50:34.

cleanly. Look at the smile on her face, I am so happy to see her put

:50:35.:50:41.

that down. Israel, she slid all the way till the end. Everything was

:50:42.:50:52.

really clean -- these rail. Solid, an absolute style machine. I can

:50:53.:50:59.

feel my polls in my lower intestines. That is not your pulse.

:51:00.:51:09.

She does let go a little early to crank around that 300 and. But look

:51:10.:51:14.

at the stomp, it was solid. Look at the smile. She don't even look up. I

:51:15.:51:24.

think this is a good score we should see. It was such a clean run, we

:51:25.:51:28.

have said all along that execution and going big... There is the

:51:29.:51:35.

British team, Katie Summerhayes, Colin, look at everyone. , , Jones.

:51:36.:51:46.

She doesn't even realise her mum and dad are in the crowd, they have

:51:47.:51:51.

flown out secretly. When is the score coming in? Put the UK out of

:51:52.:51:57.

their misery. I have the shakes. Ed is going to cry. The crowd are

:51:58.:52:04.

starting to throw things at the judges. Why are they taking so long?

:52:05.:52:10.

They are not, really. It is difficult, it is the same run. We

:52:11.:52:15.

took a 306 it, you compare that to Jamie Anderson, who has got 540s and

:52:16.:52:24.

720s. But the rails. The rails were brilliant. I think they are getting

:52:25.:52:30.

a phone call from the Queen in the judges' booth. I wonder if the Queen

:52:31.:52:39.

is watching this. Hello, man, if you are. -- ma'am. That is her dad

:52:40.:52:51.

there. She has just seen her dad on the big screen. This is insane. The

:52:52.:53:03.

judges have had some big decisions but nothing has waited this long.

:53:04.:53:10.

This is actually ridiculous. There is a big argument going on in the

:53:11.:53:13.

judges' tower about where this rancid. She is into first place!

:53:14.:53:31.

Jenny Jones! 87. 25! Jenny Jones, as the second runs, in gold-medal

:53:32.:53:39.

position. Look at the smile on her face. Jenny Jones doing it the Great

:53:40.:53:48.

Britain. Let me be the dad, I'm slowing everybody down, we have a

:53:49.:53:52.

lot of riders still to go, we are live on the BBC, let's keep our

:53:53.:53:58.

composure. None of us want to be fired. There are a lot of women here

:53:59.:54:03.

who are serious threats to the gold-medal position. Sina Candrian

:54:04.:54:08.

being one of them, the Swiss snowboarder, she has a 720 in her

:54:09.:54:14.

pocket. Calm down, Tim. I can't feel my left leg, is that normal?

:54:15.:54:23.

Looking at comparisons through the rail section with Jenny's run and

:54:24.:54:27.

this is quite standard at the moment. Jenny Jones's size and

:54:28.:54:35.

execution was key and the judges have rewarded consistently with the

:54:36.:54:38.

other tricks and runs we have seen scoring big. It has sent out a clear

:54:39.:54:44.

message to all of the other competitors in the start gate. Go

:54:45.:54:46.

big. My goodness! She didn't even realise

:54:47.:54:58.

she had done that! I need to chill out, this is mental. Jenny Jones may

:54:59.:55:05.

have only occupied the gold medal spot for one run. We said there are

:55:06.:55:09.

so many riders who are looking to land big runs and Sina Candrian,

:55:10.:55:16.

straight out of the gate, come out with an absolute banger. She has

:55:17.:55:24.

just made history, a frontside 1080. We have never seen that in

:55:25.:55:30.

women's slopestyle before. It is fantastic, it is all about

:55:31.:55:37.

progression and I am buzzing. She got the cheeky grabbing. She didn't

:55:38.:55:43.

grab that one either. She has missed two grabs. Are we being a bit

:55:44.:55:50.

biased? She lets go of that grab early. That is 1080. There is a hand

:55:51.:55:59.

down when she lands. Jenny's run was super-clean, really big. That is a

:56:00.:56:03.

hand down on a trick we have never seen before, and she didn't bring it

:56:04.:56:08.

all the way round. Again, we are going to see the judges come under

:56:09.:56:17.

intense scrutiny. They are going to earn their ?6 50 and free lunch now.

:56:18.:56:25.

This is ridiculous. If they make us wait as long again, Jenny will be

:56:26.:56:34.

gone. Whatever happens, she got a frontside 1080. And that is

:56:35.:56:38.

something we see day in, day out in events. I know we have seen it in

:56:39.:56:43.

the men's downhill, the guys and girls are all congratulating each

:56:44.:56:48.

other, but isn't it good to see. Third position, is that? Don't get

:56:49.:56:58.

too excited yet. It is an absolute cliche, but from yesterday's

:56:59.:57:02.

slopestyle with the men and today here with the women, the real winner

:57:03.:57:09.

is snowboarding. I think the real winner is so cheap. Every time I

:57:10.:57:17.

come, it is harder to leave. -- Sochi. Every time it is good. Here

:57:18.:57:25.

at Khutor, there is evidence of the heart and soul. 87, it is only good

:57:26.:57:30.

enough is over. Jenny Jones still has a gold-medal position. Don't

:57:31.:57:33.

worry, there are still 30 more riders. -- 13. We have to go through

:57:34.:57:42.

13 more? There are only 12 in the final.

:57:43.:57:53.

We are seeing a clear message from the judges, that execution is key.

:57:54.:58:02.

The hand drag and she missed the grabs. We talk about execution. We

:58:03.:58:08.

have been banking our heads against the wall. Go big, experience wins

:58:09.:58:15.

every time. The pressure is cranking because there is a screen at the

:58:16.:58:27.

back that they can watch. The boxes are judged as a little bit easier

:58:28.:58:33.

than the rails. They are easier to balance on. That is the worst way to

:58:34.:58:46.

go, a heel edge landing. That is a concussion. The medics will be out.

:58:47.:59:02.

I think she is OK. That was a good hit to the head. She is a tough

:59:03.:59:08.

cookie. I am sure she will be at the party tonight. She likes to party.

:59:09.:59:15.

That is catching your edge and there is no warning. There is nothing you

:59:16.:59:20.

can do. Yesterday and today, they have made it look easy, but this is

:59:21.:59:24.

what is waiting just below the surface, if you get any tricks

:59:25.:59:29.

slightly wrong. You catch your edge and it will catapult you into the

:59:30.:59:36.

snow. It comes out of nowhere. They grab you. We call them the snow

:59:37.:59:46.

snakes. I would like to respectfully clap, as well. That was awful. It

:59:47.:59:58.

gives you the absolute insight. We have not seen many big crashes over

:59:59.:00:03.

the course of the week. You do not any more because the standard is so

:00:04.:00:09.

high. But we are at the business end of the competition. These women are

:00:10.:00:13.

starting to throw it on the line and there is a gold medal at stake.

:00:14.:00:23.

Everybody is going for broke. Such is the super technical trick. Seeing

:00:24.:00:27.

her go down like that is not a pretty sight. I am glad that she

:00:28.:00:34.

looks like she is OK. It was beautiful style. She was on top of

:00:35.:00:38.

the spends. But the impact was so happy. -- spins. I would have burst

:00:39.:00:50.

apart like a Lego man if that was me. I am clapping again. I am

:00:51.:01:01.

standing up. It is a standing ovation as Sarka Pancochova goes

:01:02.:01:07.

down. It shows what can happen in this

:01:08.:01:18.

sport. It is dangerous. The riders have respect for each other and that

:01:19.:01:23.

is why we are so close. Still towering over the four who have

:01:24.:01:32.

descended. Look at the helmet. It is completely smashed. That is why you

:01:33.:01:45.

wear a helmet. Mums and dads, on Tees and uncles, kids, you should

:01:46.:01:52.

wear a helmet on the slopes. -- aunties.

:01:53.:01:57.

It shows why you should wear a helmet. The helmet did its job. Enni

:01:58.:02:13.

Rukajarvi. We have talked about the style and technicality of this

:02:14.:02:21.

rider. The riders from Finland, a superpower for consistency. They

:02:22.:02:32.

train on sheet ice. Frontside 720. That was very nice. There was a

:02:33.:02:41.

wobble on the way in. This is a very big run. 720. That was fantastic.

:02:42.:02:58.

Backside 540, to switch 720. Really good to see her lands that run. The

:02:59.:03:15.

Finnish, they are a dominant nation in our sport. They snowboard in the

:03:16.:03:21.

dark back home. The melon grab, one of the harder ways to spend. And the

:03:22.:03:31.

switch 720. Taking off backwards and landing backwards. That was

:03:32.:03:40.

beautiful, to rail it is like that and not get the rise, when you start

:03:41.:03:44.

to bounce on the heel edge, because that is when you go down. It shows

:03:45.:03:51.

what a good snowboarders she is. Incredible board control. Looking to

:03:52.:03:59.

better Jenny Jones of Great Britain. A score of 87.25. 92.5. She

:04:00.:04:09.

moves into the gold medal position. Jenny Jones is in these silver medal

:04:10.:04:15.

position. Sina Candrian in the bronze medal position. That is a

:04:16.:04:19.

well-placed score, and well-deserved. I think the reason it

:04:20.:04:26.

took so long for Jenny Jones' score to come through is the judges wanted

:04:27.:04:32.

to set the benchmark of a good run. What does it deserve, as clean and

:04:33.:04:37.

as big as you can go on Jenny's run. It has to be special to beat

:04:38.:04:49.

that. Now, America's Karly Shorr. She has the same birthday as me, so

:04:50.:05:02.

she is obviously very cool! Another American who, like you say, as

:05:03.:05:10.

youngsters, the next... The next generation. Just 19. When she gets

:05:11.:05:18.

into the next Olympics, this experience will do her good. How

:05:19.:05:23.

good is it to experience the Olympics as an event? It is

:05:24.:05:29.

spectacular to be here, and the opening ceremony was unreal, being

:05:30.:05:36.

part of a strong team. I liked that grab.

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She held onto that. That is cool to see. Definitely a rookie going into

:05:47.:05:57.

the event and that was a belter of a run. We spoke about how good it is

:05:58.:06:04.

for them to come to the Olympics and just put down a bum and make a good

:06:05.:06:09.

account of themselves. I am here, I am one of the best, and I am in the

:06:10.:06:16.

finals. The experience gets you use to mainstream media attention so

:06:17.:06:20.

that when you come the second time, you know what to expect and you are

:06:21.:06:24.

not out of your comfort zone by being featured everywhere and

:06:25.:06:30.

everybody wanting to speak to you. It is crazy. Back in Belfast, the

:06:31.:06:34.

support I have been getting is overwhelming. I cannot thank anyone

:06:35.:06:40.

enough. It is cool to have snowboarding in the spotlight and to

:06:41.:06:43.

show everybody what the sport is about. At the moment, snowboarding

:06:44.:06:50.

in Great Britain is in a new place. Jenny Jones is in the silver medal

:06:51.:06:56.

position. It would not only be snowboarding's first Olympic medal,

:06:57.:07:00.

it would be Great Britain's first Olympic medal on snow. Can she hold

:07:01.:07:16.

it down for the Queen? Spencer O'Brien from Canada. Spencer O'Brien

:07:17.:07:24.

is a technical rider. We can see anything happen here. The box was

:07:25.:07:37.

not quite perpendicular. 180 at the cannon rail. Switch backside 540,

:07:38.:07:49.

very clean. And a lovely grab. Good control. She sat down! That is it.

:07:50.:08:03.

Spencer's Olympic dreams are over. The riders at the bottom... They

:08:04.:08:09.

breathe a sigh of relief. You do not want to say it, but they are open

:08:10.:08:14.

tenterhooks, waiting for the results to come in. When you know you have

:08:15.:08:18.

put down a good run and you have to watch everyone else come down, you

:08:19.:08:26.

probably are hoping, yes, the nicest possible bail. The bail is when you

:08:27.:08:42.

let a trip go. A couple of reverts. Five riders still to go. What does

:08:43.:08:50.

the double black -- back flip feel like? Pretty wild. You send the

:08:51.:08:58.

first one, and you are constantly looking for the landing after the

:08:59.:09:05.

second rotation. I just went for it. Spencer O'Brien will be in 11th, a

:09:06.:09:10.

disappointment for one of the biggest talents in snowboarding.

:09:11.:09:17.

Jenny Jones in silver medal decision. Awaiting the descent of

:09:18.:09:23.

the last five riders in the first women's Olympic slopestyle contest.

:09:24.:09:30.

Elena Konz of Switzerland. And a good qualifying run. Struggled on

:09:31.:09:39.

the first run of these finals. Just 24.5. She is looking for eight to

:09:40.:09:51.

seven points flats... Game over. A gentle fist pump at the bottom.

:09:52.:09:59.

There is no fist pumping going on in here. They are pacing in the

:10:00.:10:08.

finishing area. That was a lovely front seven. She should get applause

:10:09.:10:21.

for that. Disappointing. We said the same thing about the competitor

:10:22.:10:25.

laying down a switch backside slide seven when she had let her run go. I

:10:26.:10:33.

think it is cool. If you fall over, show everyone what else you have in

:10:34.:10:43.

the tank. The biggest threat to the medal position, we still have Jamie

:10:44.:10:55.

Anderson, the Queen of slopestyle. Torah Bright, arguably the woman

:10:56.:11:00.

with the best board control. One of the best in the world doing three

:11:01.:11:06.

disciplines. And Anna Gasser. Anna Gasser, our champion, that is who we

:11:07.:11:17.

are claiming. And Isabel Derungs. It is all to play for. Anything can

:11:18.:11:26.

happen. We saw it in the men's. We did, exactly this. We saw Sage

:11:27.:11:33.

Kotsenburg hold the gold medal from Jenny's position, right here. Do not

:11:34.:11:40.

say that. Torah Bright, a lot of work to do. She has the experience.

:11:41.:11:45.

This is her third Olympics. She wrote the pipe in Italy and got gold

:11:46.:11:50.

in a halfpipe in Vancouver. She has opted to go the three medals in

:11:51.:11:56.

Sochi. She is so relaxed. That is Jamie Anderson from team USA. There

:11:57.:12:04.

are not many Olympic sports where you have that camaraderie between

:12:05.:12:08.

rivals. There is good banter among the fields. it was like Spiderman

:12:09.:12:22.

and Doctor Octopus hugging. Switch. That is unreal, it is so

:12:23.:12:36.

technical. Really, really nice. The trademark of her riding... And she

:12:37.:12:42.

sits down! Which is what she did in the first run. And hearts are racing

:12:43.:12:50.

in the finish area, as they make it through another run. She is probably

:12:51.:12:57.

praying that the judges looked away just as she landed and perhaps

:12:58.:13:05.

didn't see her sit down. May be they did -- may be. So the positions

:13:06.:13:07.

remain the same. In the gold-medal position, it is

:13:08.:13:25.

Rukajarvi. Jenny Jones is in there. We still have three riders to drop.

:13:26.:13:28.

Jamie Anderson, the woman who has run everything, , Anna Gasser, the

:13:29.:13:41.

snowboarding. 66. 25, it is not going to be a medal for Torah

:13:42.:13:59.

women's pipe and boarder cross, but she will always be a firm favourite

:14:00.:14:03.

in and she will always be a firm favourite

:14:04.:14:09.

ladies. And she will still be happy, regardless of that. OK, so nerves

:14:10.:14:17.

are running very, very high here. Great Britain are in line for a

:14:18.:14:17.

silver medal as it stands, Great Britain are in line for a

:14:18.:14:30.

cabinet at the moment is probably only an Olympic medal. She has won

:14:31.:14:33.

everything from the X Games to the US Open. She has the trophies, she

:14:34.:14:41.

has done it all before. Can she do it now? Trying to settle her

:14:42.:14:47.

nerves. A huge moment in Jamie Anderson's career. Jamie is one of

:14:48.:14:53.

those riders who can literally cruise down the slope and make it

:14:54.:14:54.

look so easy. You can hear the buzz of the

:14:55.:15:05.

helicopter camera following. Like a swarm of flies. It won't be

:15:06.:15:13.

distracting her. 180 onto the Canon, 180 off. Looking very timely. --

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tidy. Cab seven. That was beautiful. Backside five. Massive. This is

:15:27.:15:35.

great. It all comes down to this. Frontside seven. Little hand down.

:15:36.:15:41.

To be fair, it was a belter of a run, super technical combos. She

:15:42.:15:45.

went off switch, she landed switch, she went switch, landed regular and

:15:46.:15:52.

finished it with a pretty good-looking frontside seven. It was

:15:53.:15:57.

a battle with nerves and she wrestled them to the floor, pin them

:15:58.:16:03.

down for the three count and delivered a beautiful run. I was

:16:04.:16:07.

nervous for her, the pressure she has on her. As we said, she has won

:16:08.:16:12.

everything except theirs. Predictions? I think it has bumped

:16:13.:16:20.

Jenny down into third. I think it is silver, I don't think it will

:16:21.:16:29.

overtake Enni. Look how big she went on the switchback five. The style is

:16:30.:16:36.

pretty flawless. We saw Jenny do a switch frontside five, but the

:16:37.:16:41.

backside five is arguably harder. If you are a skier, it is like going

:16:42.:16:45.

backwards on your skis and throwing yourself the most awkward way

:16:46.:16:55.

possible. Switchback saved five -- backside five when you initiated is

:16:56.:17:03.

hard. Well, an emphatic score from the judges to take Jamie Anderson

:17:04.:17:08.

into the gold-medal position! Rukajarvi is bumped down to silver,

:17:09.:17:12.

but Jenny Jones is still in the medals with two riders to go. Jones

:17:13.:17:24.

holding the bronze-medal position. Two riders still to drop. Even just

:17:25.:17:30.

seeing that, it is surreal. We are at the Olympics, Jenny Jones is

:17:31.:17:35.

sitting in third place. I have pins and needles in the bottom of my

:17:36.:17:38.

hands. I have lost the ability to use my arms. I think I'm going to be

:17:39.:17:47.

sick. Isabel Derungs, we were speaking to the Swiss commentator,

:17:48.:17:51.

the owner of the first-ever snowboarding gold medal from 1998

:17:52.:17:55.

and he was saying this girl is good. She is the real deal. If you wanted

:17:56.:18:02.

a seal of approval, that is it. Commentator's curse. Sliding on the

:18:03.:18:03.

backside lip. She is down. That is a terrible

:18:04.:18:14.

fall. But hearts are in mouths, Brett is being held. -- breath. I

:18:15.:18:24.

don't think I have felt like this in my life. My hand is over my eyes.

:18:25.:18:30.

Said Isabel Derungs will not take a big score out of this run, which

:18:31.:18:34.

means there is only one rider between Jenny Jones and Britain's

:18:35.:18:42.

first Olympic medal on snow. Can Jenny Jones be the first Olympic

:18:43.:18:43.

British medallist of this competition? You have got to say,

:18:44.:18:49.

more importantly, there is one rider between Jenny Jones... And an

:18:50.:18:57.

Olympic bronze medal? And history, rewriting the history books. We

:18:58.:19:01.

touched on it earlier on, but Jenny's career is a Hollywood

:19:02.:19:06.

script. She started snowboarding on a dry slope in Bristol, went to do a

:19:07.:19:11.

season as a chalet girl, entered the British Championships at the end of

:19:12.:19:18.

the season, won the big air, started a gentle rise in the late 1990s and

:19:19.:19:24.

out of nowhere, she took an X Games gold medal, repeated that feat

:19:25.:19:27.

twice, and now, on the cusp of retirement in 2012, they announced

:19:28.:19:35.

that her discipline would enter the Olympics. She has prolonged her

:19:36.:19:39.

career, battled some very serious injuries to be here, fought her way

:19:40.:19:43.

through the qualifiers and then the semifinals. And right now, with one

:19:44.:19:49.

rider to go, Jenny Jones sits in the bronze-medal position behind Enni

:19:50.:19:53.

Rukajarvi in silver and Jamie Anderson in gold. Bows are settled

:19:54.:19:59.

at this point, they are going home with a medal around their necks.

:20:00.:20:06.

What colour it is, they don't know. Anna Gasser, the Austrian, the final

:20:07.:20:12.

rider, ready to drop. She has got this cab double. It is a hard one

:20:13.:20:16.

for her. Is she going to put it down and landed? A cab double cork means

:20:17.:20:23.

she is taking off backwards and she will spin in a corkscrew fashion,

:20:24.:20:27.

the head will go under the board twice while she spins a 900 degrees

:20:28.:20:32.

flat spin axis. It is an incredibly difficult trick, never landed in

:20:33.:20:37.

slopestyle before. Never in a competition, but I think she will

:20:38.:20:42.

play it safe. If she lands her save run, she has what it takes to get on

:20:43.:20:44.

the podium. -- save run. She is so fluid through the jumps.

:20:45.:20:57.

Into the first one. Cab under Flip. She is playing it safe. Very smooth,

:20:58.:21:03.

the Austrians looking for another medal... Arles, she has gone! Can I

:21:04.:21:17.

stand my chair now? Jenny Jones has just taken Britain's first ever

:21:18.:21:26.

Olympic medal on snow! This is the crowning glory to one of Britain's

:21:27.:21:34.

finest snow athletes' career. She prolonged her career to get to this

:21:35.:21:38.

point, she did it the hard way from qualifiers all the way to the

:21:39.:21:41.

semifinals and now in the final, she has delivered one of the best runs

:21:42.:21:46.

in women's slopestyle snowboarding history and she will take home a

:21:47.:21:51.

medal. A fantastic performance, not just the Jenny Jones, but the

:21:52.:21:56.

British snowboarding. Guys, get the history books out and right this

:21:57.:22:02.

moment. I turned up your microphone because you were screaming. --I

:22:03.:22:11.

turned off. That his history, Jenny Jones has done it, the first medal

:22:12.:22:19.

of the Winter Olympics for Team GB. Let's just recap here, we have seen

:22:20.:22:22.

some breathtaking snowboarding from all other women. Of course, the

:22:23.:22:26.

standout rider here has been correctly rewarded by the judges,

:22:27.:22:35.

the USA's Jamie Anderson, so they take a gold medal in the women's as

:22:36.:22:41.

well as the men's. Enni Rukajarvi from Finland takes silver, but look

:22:42.:22:45.

at bat, Jenny Jones, Great Britain, bronze medallist. -- look at that.

:22:46.:22:54.

What a phenomenal performance. I think I might cry. You can cry,

:22:55.:23:04.

Aimee. They are crying. Now I am crying! All professionalism is going

:23:05.:23:10.

out of the window. I think we are allowed to, Jones has done it. Jamie

:23:11.:23:20.

Nicholls is going berserk! It is not just about talent. There are very

:23:21.:23:27.

few people in the world that reach the heights that Jenny Jones has

:23:28.:23:30.

reached and retained a humble modesty she has, see is such a

:23:31.:23:36.

lovely girl and to do this at this stage of her career, no one enjoys

:23:37.:23:41.

it more. And her mother and father have come over here secretly, she

:23:42.:23:43.

didn't know they were coming and they are in the crowd. I was in the

:23:44.:23:50.

stadium the other day and somebody tapped me on the shoulder and said,

:23:51.:23:55.

well done, and I said, are you Jenny's dad and he said yes, and now

:23:56.:23:58.

he is sitting with my Nan and grandad. This is Jenny's bronze

:23:59.:24:06.

medal winning run, with the frontside 720, of thing of pure

:24:07.:24:10.

beauty to finish up. This is Rukajarvi. The backside 540, so much

:24:11.:24:23.

style. A fantastic performance from Rukajarvi, crowned with this

:24:24.:24:30.

beautiful last air. And then Jamie Anderson, a masterclass in style and

:24:31.:24:37.

control. That nose grab cab seven, fantastic. Glory, cheers and hugs in

:24:38.:24:44.

the finish area, tears in the commentary box. This has been one of

:24:45.:24:50.

the most emotional events I have ever commentated on and it has been

:24:51.:24:54.

an absolute privilege to see Britain win their first ever Olympic medal

:24:55.:25:01.

on snow. Britain just dominated the slopestyle.

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HAZEL IRVINE: What a morning it has been. If you were up early and have

:25:09.:25:13.

been watching since 7am, we have had so much to show you into of the

:25:14.:25:20.

men's downhill and look at this, it is a bronze medal for Jenny Jones

:25:21.:25:23.

and as the guys have been saying, an amazing story for the 30-year-old,

:25:24.:25:29.

she had prolonged her career and had been a trailblazer in this sport. We

:25:30.:25:32.

thought the Olympics might have just come a little bit too late but in

:25:33.:25:36.

the end, it looked as though it was her experience - after all, she is

:25:37.:25:42.

at three times X Games gold medallist - she knew exactly what

:25:43.:25:46.

she had to do, she knew what the judges were looking for, execution

:25:47.:25:51.

and clean execution and she went for it. We are going to stay here to

:25:52.:25:54.

watch the pictures from the flower ceremony. She will get her medal

:25:55.:26:01.

here in the Coastal Cluster around 3:30pm UK time and we will be

:26:02.:26:04.

watching that, but as the guys have been saying, it is history. We have

:26:05.:26:11.

had 90 years of trying on snow. For many others, Alain Baxter's third

:26:12.:26:16.

place in Salt Lake City will be our first but this is it, it has come on

:26:17.:26:22.

a snowboard. Ed, how much do you think that played a part in the

:26:23.:26:28.

second run for her today? Hazel, it was a huge, huge part of

:26:29.:26:34.

it. She had a cool, calm, collected head, and Jenny physically is one of

:26:35.:26:39.

the most talented athletes, but having all of that experience, as

:26:40.:26:44.

you say, three X Games gold medals, having ridden these contests knowing

:26:45.:26:49.

exactly what it is going to take. We talked about the fact that she had a

:26:50.:26:54.

frontside 900 in her bag of tricks. She looked at what the field had

:26:55.:26:58.

done up to that point and she made the decision, I am going to get

:26:59.:27:02.

scored higher if I lay down the perfect run that I know I can do,

:27:03.:27:05.

rather than taking a risk on the last jump. And here it is, she is

:27:06.:27:11.

walking out to the podium to collect a bronze medal because of that

:27:12.:27:14.

decision. HAZEL IRVINE: And what has done this

:27:15.:27:20.

for snowboarding? Can you imagine the number of six, seven or

:27:21.:27:26.

eight-year-old that will get down to the local snowboarding place? I am

:27:27.:27:35.

really choked up about this at the moment.

:27:36.:27:42.

It shows you can get to your local dry slope. That is where Jenny Jones

:27:43.:27:49.

learned. On bristles, on toothbrushes, and she is collecting

:27:50.:27:53.

a bronze medal. She is the third best in the world. I have got my

:27:54.:27:56.

composure back. Here she goes. Look at everyone going wild with the

:27:57.:28:14.

British flags. Our first snowboarding medal. I cannot believe

:28:15.:28:20.

this. It is an honour to have witnessed this. The greatest no

:28:21.:28:27.

border from Great Britain, Jenny Jones, has produced when it

:28:28.:28:33.

mattered. Enni Rukajarvi steps up to collect the silver medal. What a

:28:34.:28:37.

podium, that is good to see. You have to say it is deserved, for

:28:38.:28:50.

this young lady, who has dominated women's snowboarding and push the

:28:51.:28:53.

boundaries of snowboarding and what it is capable of. It shows you that

:28:54.:28:59.

anything could happen. She did not land the first run and had

:29:00.:29:04.

everything to play on the last. She put it down when it counted. The

:29:05.:29:14.

gold medal to Jamie Anderson. She came back from the defeat in the X

:29:15.:29:20.

Games. She stands atop of the Olympic podium for the first ever...

:29:21.:29:30.

Jamie is one of most humble and down to earth humans you could wish to

:29:31.:29:40.

meet. A popular podium. I think exactly the same will happen here

:29:41.:29:43.

for the women's slopestyle, a fantastic event. So much drama. We

:29:44.:29:51.

have witnessed history, not just because it is the first Olympic

:29:52.:29:56.

slopestyle, but, because Britain has taken the first Olympic medal on the

:29:57.:30:02.

snow. Jenny Jones, 33 years of age, from Bristol, has proved it is never

:30:03.:30:08.

too late. She has worked tirelessly in the last three years, overcoming

:30:09.:30:12.

a huge concussion early in the season, when she was on lockdown.

:30:13.:30:21.

She could not look at phones, computers, loud noises were

:30:22.:30:24.

off-limits. She could not train for three weeks. As soon as she could,

:30:25.:30:32.

she worked on physical conditioning. And she has come out here and

:30:33.:30:39.

absolutely bossed it. She has made the right decisions. Lesley McKenna,

:30:40.:30:43.

watching at home, she is due to give birth in March. She has probably

:30:44.:30:51.

given birth. A shout out to Lesley McKenna, she has been behind us all

:30:52.:30:56.

the way, particularly Jenny and myself. She works behind the scenes,

:30:57.:31:00.

she keeps everything ticking over. I think I am going to cry again. Do

:31:01.:31:08.

you know what I can see from here? I am not sure where we will get to

:31:09.:31:12.

it, but Matthew Pinsent is hiding Jenny's mother. Imagine, travelling

:31:13.:31:24.

all the way out here. Jenny has no idea they are here. I will

:31:25.:31:30.

definitely cry at that. It is so cool. Jenny Jones, Enni Rukajarvi,

:31:31.:31:40.

Jamie Anderson, the reality begins to sink in. This is not any normal

:31:41.:31:46.

snowboard contest. They have just become the world's first female

:31:47.:31:53.

slopestyle Olympians. It was a phenomenal performance from the

:31:54.:31:55.

women, worthy of their Olympic medals. Well deserved. All three

:31:56.:32:01.

goals, fantastic. -- girls. Slow motion from the Jones. The

:32:02.:32:20.

champion of Great Britain. We have our Lady, Jenny Jones. The reason

:32:21.:32:29.

why it has broken me up, look at the reaction to the score. Sarka

:32:30.:32:35.

Pancochova managing to split her helmet into macro. Jamie Anderson,

:32:36.:32:40.

showing a deal is of the style but earned her the gold medal. Her

:32:41.:32:45.

parents in the crowd. And the three medallists, celebrating. I cannot

:32:46.:32:53.

tell you what's this means to British snowboarding. We had

:32:54.:32:56.

fantastic performances from Billy Morgan and Jamie Nicholls. But the

:32:57.:33:03.

Jenny Jones to do this, two top ten performances for the men and a

:33:04.:33:07.

bronze medal for the women. These are the foundations of a serious

:33:08.:33:13.

change in the UK. We will be seeing serious investment in this sport.

:33:14.:33:19.

Olympians, in slopestyle, in the coming seasons, should become a

:33:20.:33:28.

regular occasion. STUDIO: we hope so. Jenny Jones has done it. If you

:33:29.:33:33.

had a late morning, and you missed the important second run, we can

:33:34.:33:39.

show you what Jenny Jones puts down. A run that made Winter Olympics

:33:40.:33:42.

history for her and her country, Great Britain.

:33:43.:33:48.

Next, Jenny Jones. Currently in fifth. I cannot look. I might end up

:33:49.:33:56.

standing on my seat. I reckon I have got this. Jenny's experience will

:33:57.:34:02.

come to the fore, she has been in high-pressure situations. Nice and

:34:03.:34:11.

solid on the first rail. The best board slide we have seen. Great

:34:12.:34:17.

execution from the Jones. Talk about confidence. Beautiful Jones, solid

:34:18.:34:27.

to the feet. Looking solid the Jenny Jones. She stomped it. Is she going

:34:28.:34:36.

for the front nine? She went further seven. -- for the seven. The second

:34:37.:34:45.

run of semifinals. Lay down very clearly. It was a good-looking run.

:34:46.:34:51.

Look at the smile on her face. I am so happy. This rail especially. All

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the way to the end. Everything was really clean. She is daring the

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judges to mark her down. And check out the grab. An absolute machine. I

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can feel my pulse in my lower in testing. -- intestine! She let go a

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little bit early. But the stomp on that, that was very solid. The smile

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on the face. She dare not look up. Jenny, the first Olympic medallist

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from Britain on snow. It feels amazing, absolutely amazing. I

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cannot believe it. The guys in the commentary box were crying and we

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were crying. Have you cried yet? Not yet, I cannot believe it. I was

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waiting because I knew I would drop down and I did not know how far. I

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am just so happy right now. How difficult was it waiting with the

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runners coming behind you? It was difficult. I thought, OK, you did

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your best run, you landed it as clean as a whistle. Whatever

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happens, it is out of my control. The second run about as good as it

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could have been? With the course the way it was, I did the best run I

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could have done. What would you say to your mum and dad? I have a

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feeling they are here. I know they are here somewhere. We found them

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for you. You did it. You have never, ever

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disappointed us. We are not allowed here, really. We have got to be

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quiet. Well done. Congratulations. You did it. The boys are going mad

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at home. I am sorry, I am talking too loud. You are on the telly. You

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are allowed to. The boys are going mad. Are we live? I will see you in

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a minute. I will come to see you. OK. Are you laughing at my mum and

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dad? My mum is very northern! It brings home how much this means. I

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had an inkling my parents were here, and I do not like to know they are

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here. We heard you do not like to compete in front of your mum and

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dad. Afterwards, it is OK. I know that everyone at home would want me

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to say congratulations. We are proud of you. Can I say thank you to

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everyone who has supported me, it has meant so much. Thank you so

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much, everyone back home. Thanks to your time.

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STUDIO: well done, the history maker, Jenny Jones, and the medal

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ceremony will be at 3:30pm, your time, and we will be watching here

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will stop it will be going on behind the studio, right in front of the

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Olympic cauldron. It is an historic moment. I think the tissues have

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been out for everyone back home. It was an emotional moment with her mum

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and dad. We have shared great moments in Winter Olympics history,

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Rhona Martin among them. Amy Williams. That has to be one of the

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greatest moments I have witnessed. A wonderful breakthrough, not just the

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Jenny Jones, but for her sport, as well. Time to calm down with some

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women's ice hockey. We have one of the matches on the second day of the

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competition. It is Sweden against Japan. This action taking place

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across the way. Brent and Seth Wills helpers to calm down -- will help

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us. It is Sweden against Japan. Sweden

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were one of the powerhouses in women's ice hockey. Japan could be

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one of the emerging nations. Teams going in different directions. This

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could see one of these two teams being possibly bronze medal

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contenders, or, even more. It is an interesting test. The Swedish will

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be expected to go well, their trend is downwards. Japan come in with a

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good attitude and positive momentum. Maybe they are the team, they have

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only scored two macro goals in Olympic Games previously, maybe this

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is the tournament they can break out. The three crowns of Sweden

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against the all Black of Japan. A penalty, surely. It was a trip of

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frustration in the end. It is body control. Maybe you are right,

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searching back, not able to pursue in time. The onrushing player who

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will sit down for two minutes the tripping. I think she knew what she

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was doing with her stick. The power and speed of the Swedish team

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getting and speed of the Swedish team

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Chance number two with the player advantage is Sweden. No chance

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there. She shakes her head. Ten seconds was all that

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1-0 down, but plenty of smiles 14 Japan. -- Team Japan.

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She will maybe feels she should have put that in a slightly better place.

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Probably the best opportunity of both teams. The turnover. Put it

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into the midsection. Behind the back of the net it goes,

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a real chance. It is under a pile of bodies, everyone is coming in. Just

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wide. What a scramble that was. I thought for a second it was going to

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loop with the deflection. Japan very nearly get on the board. Listen into

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the crowd. They work it from behind, and it is an absolute scrum, a rugby

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scrum and it finally goes high. Just sits to the left of the post.

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Spigot goodness me, gave it right away. I don't think Fujimoto knew

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much about it. My really heads up play by the

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defenceman, she had space to play the created the goal-scoring

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opportunity. It was tremendous. Fujimoto does get a piece of it, but

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it is a tremendous shot coming in. I think the crowd have picked their

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corner here. The land of the rising Sun get a chance. Fired into the

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bottom of the goal-tender. Two great opportunities and Japan

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should be on the board. Back-to-back opportunities and it

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was hard to believe she was still open for the second one.

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I think the puck is underneath the catching glove. Most of the action

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-- as close to the action as you dare be. Uncertain as to where it

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is, trying to collect it underneath herself, Fujimoto. She hasn't quite

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got it, then she thinks she has. The referee is right on it and as long

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as they can keep eyesight of the play, they will allow it to

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continue. Couldn't find the finishing touch.

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Coming back the other way. Maybe this will be the opportunity Sweden

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need. Kubo has had a fantastic opportunity

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to score. This could spell trouble. But this

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is a tired stride. Japan without empty net need to get

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it then the other end. One last twist for the Japanese

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side? The pass was cut out but it is still alive.

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Sweden are going to take victory in their first group game. Sighs of

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relief, smiles on the Swedish bench. They have beaten Japan 1-0, but that

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was a very tight game. HAZEL IRVINE: That is what has been

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happening here in Sochi on the second day of the Winter Olympic

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Games. If you have had a slow start, fair enough, it is Sunday, but we

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have had the fastest start imagining. -- imaginable. We have

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had the slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor but before that, it was the

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men's downhill. You should have been up in time. Do you want to see who

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won it? You have twisted my arm. Matthias Mayer pushes out from the

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start. Into position for a couple of seconds before he has to go to work

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on the first of the big left footed terms. Let -- turns. I would say he

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has probably got the best chance for Austria and I will go out on a limb

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and say that he could get onto the podium today.

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He flies the Russian Trampoline, he looked comfortable in the air and he

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is not too far away. Jansrud, Ganong and Janka holding the medals at the

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moment. It is the best we have seen anyone skee the compression

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left-hander at the Traverse. It is a bit of a hit in transition, that is

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when your skis are light. The green light is on for Mateus

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Meyer, heading in the right direction. -- Mateus

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three hundredths is the advantage that Mayer has, not much in it. He

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is looking solid. He needs to get his head and shoulders down a touch

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more. Over the final job, Thaksin for the line and takes it by the

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10th of a second. -- talks in for the line. Mayer skis into gold-medal

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position. HAZEL IRVINE: Mayer, 23-year-old,

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the Austrians didn't think they had much of a chance but would you

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believe it, the seventh Austrian to win the coveted downhill title. It

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was his first ever downhill victory, extraordinarily, like 20 years ago

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in the Olympic downhill in Lillehammer. Thumbs down and puts it

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down to the gold medal, Austria will be kicking off. But all of Great

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Britain will be kicking off in celebration of Jenny Jones and Ed

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Leigh, who has been commentating all morning, have you stopped crying

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now? We have managed to compose ourselves now. Me, the emotion that

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builds up when you watch a scene like that, Jenny is an athlete who

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has dominated her sport for a decade and then her discipline arrives in

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the Olympics just too late for her prime, so for her to be able to

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raise their game and overcome a couple of quite serious injuries in

:51:48.:51:50.

the build-up to the Games and win a medal, it came flooding out. It sure

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did, and what you think it has done for snowboarding and freestyle

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skiing per Great Britain, the teams were there cheering her on, it must

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embolden them greatly for their events? I imagine further freestyle

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skiers, it has put pressure on them, especially the Woods, who knows

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there is expectation for him to do well in freestyle skiing, but it

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gives people a fair amount of confidence that Britain isn't just a

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token nation who have an old Winter sports history for family alpine

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skiing, we are a force to be reckoned with when it comes to these

:52:33.:52:37.

disciplines. We have developed a lot of talent and that is one of the

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reasons Jenny's medal is so important. As you saw with skeleton,

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after the medal in 2002, there has been an increased in -- investment

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in that sport and I hope to see the same thing happening for the skiers

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and snowboarding. You get a medal, you invest heavily. Jamie Nicholls,

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for one, is still quite long, at least one more Olympics in him.

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Katie Ormerod, a fantastic talent, she almost made it to these Games,

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but she's not quite ready. We can look forward to seeing her, Jamie

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and hopefully some new talent in PyeongChang in 2018. And briefly, in

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terms of young snowboarders who want to follow in Jenny's Pask, it just

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shows you that artificial slopes, having a try at things, it can lead

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to the most amazing reactions and consequences in sport. It can, and

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the joy of these things, when you hear all of these snowboarders

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speak, is that they started out for fun. It isn't a sport where you get

:53:42.:53:45.

bees did and you have to train heavily. It starts with a little bit

:53:46.:53:50.

of enjoyment and you get to grow with that. If you are enjoying

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something, it doesn't feel like work. If you speak to any of these

:53:55.:53:58.

riders, they will tell you the same thing, from the beginning to the

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elite level. It is a fantastic sport and I hope Jenny has managed to

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inspire some people. I am sure she has and I'm sure your commentary

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has, it was great to listen to. Go and have a beer, why not? We are

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just coming to the end of the transmission today, let me briefly

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tell you what is coming up, because there is so much more to enjoy. That

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was only two of the eight golds to be decided. Add to 10pm, Jonathan

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Edwards has the figure skating, and we have the ski jumping with Clare

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Balding later on. But it is Jenny Jones who has done it for Great

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Britain. The first victory on snow, she has done it in style,

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slopestyle. Goodbye for now.

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