Day 6, Part 1 - 9.00am to 12.00am Winter Olympics


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do you want to be big and heavy or small and slim? There is not one

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rule, but if you are big and heavy, it is an advantage. But if you hit a

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wall and you are heavier, you will slow down quicker. The German is in

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the lead, ahead of Shelley Rudman and Janine Flock. Now Michelle

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Steele from Australia. Being roared on by the crowd, what is the

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difference at the start? She is in the lead and that is good for her.

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It is a tremendous start by Steele. The power start has really put her

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in good stead. The Aussies pick phenomenal athletes and then turn

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them into sliding athletes, like the Brits. She will be pleased that she

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went faster, she got high on the wall but she has got it back under

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control. She is going well. Write down the middle and coming across to

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the left a bit like so many athletes do. -- right down the middle. She

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has wasted it, she is making big mistakes. She has lost the lead. She

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has lost it totally. She will not have a clue that she is up in the

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middle of that race. It can always give her confidence, she can look at

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the footage and try to reflect on where she went wrong. Shelley Rudman

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has stayed ahead of Michelle Steele. She chooses to do the two-handed

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start, how much quicker can you go with one hand?

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She is a small athlete, she can get a more solid push with two hands. It

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does not work for everyone. Her new husband has just flown out to sea

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and watch her, very nice, Ballantine 's data my! Indeed! -- Valentine's

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Day tomorrow. It will be interesting to see what

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Thees does here. One of the senior Germans with Huber and Griebel. That

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was pretty much the slowest time we have seen so far. She had an

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advantage of 17 one hundredths on Steele. She is one of those sliders

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who wears gets it back. She used to do a bit of luge so she has a

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different theory with how she slides. It is a shame she does not

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have the start or I would be putting her up there in medals. She is

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riding beautifully at the moment, making one or two bounces but they

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are very light. She has gone behind through the middle section, I am

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surprised. It is going to be exceptionally tight on the line.

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1:50 8.67 and she is down in seventh place. --

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Let's look at the start again. You can see when someone is powering

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away beautifully. She is not a great sprinter, she is not from that

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background. She doesn't have those fast twitch muscles but she has

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improved over the years and she trains really hard. Here is her

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team-mate, Huber, who is so powerful at the start. Huber, the bronze

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medallist in 2010. Behind Amy Williams.

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Huber is ready. Here we go. Is the start any better than it was last

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time? Well... Such was the advantage that she had over the last person,

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she has maintained it. She had an advantage over Griebel of 26

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hundredths. She is a great slider, she has the full package. She is a

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perfect specimen of a skeleton athlete. A great start, look at her

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on the sled, she is tucked in. You can see her moving her head as she

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comes out of the corner. Not fighting too much. She is 39

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hundredths up. A very consistent athlete. We're not getting given the

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speed gun but she is still over a third of a second up. It is a

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healthy lead. She comes across in 59.13, .33 of a second ahead. Huber

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is in the lead. There has never been a skeleton athlete that has won two

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medals in and Olympics. Huber could make history. No one has defended a

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title or manage to get two medals. You could always come back! I don't

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know if my body would let me do that. I wish, I would love to be

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standing on the podium. Huber slid brilliantly there. This is Sarah

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Reid, 59.14, not short of the time that Huber set on the last run. Here

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goes Sarah Reid of Canada. She has set that target. And she has beaten

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it. Wow, a good start. She is going to continue the speed through the

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top corners. You have got to stay still and bring the speed through to

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these technical sections. Three hundredths of a second, now 23

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hundredths. Oh! That was a bit sloppy! She went slow high up onto

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the roof. She will have to get it back online. The most experienced

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sliders can get the perfect line as quickly as possible to get the

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speed. She is losing speed at the moment. Crashes into the side. It is

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going to be interesting to see what sort of split she gets. 0.4 of a

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second, this is really close. It is going down to the line! 100th of a

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second, my goodness. That will give Huber confidence, that is for sure.

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I have been in races where I have won and lost between one 100th of a

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second so I know that feeling. It really proves that every hundredths

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accounts. You can lose it in tiny places. That mistake pushed her

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really late, got the wrong angle to the next corner. There was almost a

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bump, it was a little bit unusual, we did not see it in the loose. --

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in the luge. There are long fillets, entrances and exits, designed for

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the luge to be able to go on smoothly. It makes it difficult for

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the skeleton because they get pushed late. Potylitsina seem to be running

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wide but she comes back onto the sled, 0.23 of a second ahead. Will

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she slide as well? She was carrying 14 hundredths advantage. She had a

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bit of a shocking start in the first one. Potylitsina has obviously

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buried her nerves and is getting on with the job here. In the first run

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you have a lot of nerves and you want to get it over with, then you

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can almost concentrate a bit more. Potylitsina knows this track better

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than anyone and is having a beautiful run. 0.38 of a second or

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-- ahead, that is wonderful. Into the final couple of corners, over

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half a second in the league, this is brilliant. It could spell danger for

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Britain, her leg was out wide. But that is unbelievable. The Russian is

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going to be so happy with that. She had perfect lines into the uphill

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sections, she carried the speed all the way through and that is

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unbelievable, that could put her straight up into the medal zone. I

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am not sure this track is running any quicker because it is so warm.

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She has gone a quarter of a second quicker, if she does a couple more

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tomorrow and she could be on the podium. They refrigerate the tracks,

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they can turn it up to make it called on certain corners where

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there is the sun. There is Lizzy Yarnold warming up in the

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background, keeping warm, keeping her muscles hot. Here is another

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athlete who is going very well at the moment, Maria Orlova of Russia.

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It is all rush at the moment. What sort of a time how she got? It is

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quick. -- has she got? The Russians are all power starters, magnificent

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from Orlova. She is often the forgotten of the three, Nikitina is

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in the civil medal position. But she has the lead ahead of the other

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Russians. -- the silver medal position. It is gone, she is behind.

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The little clip will have lost her time. She just had to stick her leg

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out to change the angle. She is not going badly. She came off that exit

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very well indeed. She turns and crashes... You have to get through

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corners 12 and 13. 15 hundredths behind. The speed is not brilliant.

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Not as good as Potylitsina. Orlova is 0.24 behind. Potylitsina's run

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was superb. A solid run, her first Olympic Games, she is at home in

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Russia with this pressure, it is still an amazing run. Still really

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good. Four athletes to go. She is trying to shift her hips and avoid

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the tap but she took a slide and a tap. It is fine to take the tap but

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you don't want to skid at the same time. If you hit it parallel you

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will keep moving parallel. 58.83 is a very solid time and it gave Katie

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Uhlaender fourth-place after her first run. Can she bring anything

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back? Can she go into the lead? That is the most important thing. She is

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a brilliant start when she is on form. She is a chunky, powerful

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starter over 20 metres. That is a good start. She is 15 hundredths up

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on Potylitsina. She has lost just a tiny amount. Her load wasn't quite

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as quick. The Russian was doing 74.2. A quick start time, not quite

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as good. Katie uses her feet a lot. She has always slid that way and it

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is how she is comfortable. She is moving and working with her feet,

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very solid lines coming through. They certainly are. She is just

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going through... That is very close. It looks solid. Still a quarter of a

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second up. She is in fourth place so if she goes into the lead, she will

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put pressure on the others. Brilliant run by Katie, she took a

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one tap that everyone else has been taking but perfect line, straight

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ahead, no skids, she will be thrilled. She has collapsed of the

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sled, she can go to bed tonight and know she is in a ring strong

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position. Her coach was an old skeleton

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slider. He slid with me for many years and has now become a coach.

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Uhlaender powers away, the stronger woman in skeleton. She has a great

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five or ten yards on her. She let Gravity do the work at this track.

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She is quite a character. Pica space came into this -- Pikus-Pace came

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into this competition not knowing what sort of form she was in. Is

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this to be a good start? This is the first of the athletes who will be

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pressuring Yarnold for the gold medal. Just three to go, she is not

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a brilliant starter but she is so big and powerful. She has such good

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aerodynamic form. She could not just go ahead of Uhlaender... She has

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gone behind, I would be surprised if you didn't pull it out of the bag.

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Lizzie Yarnold and Noelle Pikus-Pace are very similar, big, strong girls.

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They just have to have the perfect line to pop them through. Being

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bigger, if you take a knock, you will slow down quicker, but so far,

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a really good run. She was down at the last checked point. She is still

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up, she is accelerating down the last part of the track, this is

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dramatic. She brings it back. Her compatriot in second place now.

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Noelle Pikus-Pace went well. A quarter of a second through the

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final two corners, that is what you are talking about, when you have the

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extra momentum, the slower athletes are slowing down, she flies through

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the air brilliantly, she gets the fastest top speed we have seen so

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far. These long tracks suit her, she can keep the speed going, and I am

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thrilled for her, she has had such a journey, so many crushes, she had

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her legs mashed up, and she has come back, she took years off.

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The Russian is the only athlete in the frame at the moment who is

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developing at the start and with the pace of Lizzie Yarnold. Lizzie

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Yarnold goes last, this is the Russian. What sort of a start has

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she got? She is the start record holder. She was more .06 quicker

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than Lizzie Yarnold, she has pulled it out at these Olympics. She is on

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fire at the moment. We have seen quicker through the first couple of

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corners, though. She loaded well, but she took quite a big skid at the

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top. That will take away time. She has got a bit of time to bleed away

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if she makes a mistake, but you want everything. Coming into this, she

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had 0.2 on Noelle Pikus-Pace, but she is losing it.

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The American's time is being beaten by the Russian, just. She has lost

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it, my goodness. Noelle Pikus-Pace is in the lead, with one athlete to

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go. Lizzie Donald of great written. What happened? The time is up rate

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it. The skid at the top, just when you want to be keeping calm, that

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would have lost the speed she needed for the middle section. She knows

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the track well, but she did not quite have enough to take her

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through the last corners. She just went over by a yard. You have got to

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explode and get into the Zen like state and relax. Come on, Lizzie

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Yarnold! One athlete to go, the aim, another track record. A former

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athlete, the perfect driving position, and she goes. Will she

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break the track record? Not quite, but you can see the advantage she

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has over Noelle Pikus-Pace. She had 0.25 seconds, but she annihilated

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the American's start. This a big margin. Absolutely perfect lines, no

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skits, she is keeping so still, strong, aerodynamic, they do a lot

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of work in wind tunnels, perfecting the position, so far, this is

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unbelievable. The best run we have seen so far. That is brilliant. As

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long as she does not take a big hit. A little tap, she might lose a queue

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fractions, but no more than a 10th of a second. Wow! That is just

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outside the track record. That is brilliant. Amazing, I could not be

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happier. I have been nervous all morning, waiting for this. For her

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to be leading by such a margin at the end of the first day... Her

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coach has done a great job, working on the power at the start. I

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remember Amy Williams being in the lead every step of the way! She is

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brilliant. That is her family there, her mum and sisters,

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everybody has, over. I feel like I am watching myself, the same thing

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as me, the same story. You can see the ice getting kicked

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up, she chose to take the tap, that was sensible. Yes, but she took the

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tap and kept in that position, no skits, she had the perfect line into

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the corner. What excitement we have had this

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morning. What about Lizzie Yarnold? Shelley

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Rudman is in 12th place, 11th place, rather. She moved up one

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place. Let's talk about this, Amy, more .4

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seconds, has significant is that advantage? It is huge. Normally,

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people are hundreds of a second between each other. To have 0.44

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seconds, she has more runs, it is going to be very close, you can see

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how close everybody is, but that will give her so much confidence. I

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hope she does not get freaked out, she just has to be consistent, and

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she always is. She has had the most beautiful runs to watch, it is a joy

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to watch her. I am like a bag of nerves down here! She is your logic,

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you have been involved in the build-up, obviously, but have you

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been saying to her, what will you say I had off tomorrow? It is funny,

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it is like watching me four years ago, through the eyes of her. I was

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up by over half a second in between the days, I spoke to her yesterday,

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and I told her, keep calm, keep confident, you have got to be

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consistent. Do not study all of the facts and figures, the coaches will

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study all of the areas, but she had the best line, and if she can just

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keep that, go into the final day, get a good sleep, she will come out

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here and perform, and there is no reason why she cannot win the gold

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medal. On that positive note, we will leave it there. The final runs

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are tomorrow afternoon. It is a nervous rate -- a nervous wait.

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Lizzie Yarnold on her sledge, named Mervyn, named after a colleague who

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helped finance her equipment in her early days, because she only took up

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the sport in 2010. It is looking good so far. There is so much to

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keep across here, whilst you have been getting yourself ready for work

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and everything else, we have been following the qualification system

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of the men's slopestyle, and we are building up to the final. So many

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questions to be answered, will James Woods be able to ride through the

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pain barrier? Will he get onto the podium? And how about Henrik

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Harlaut, we -- will he find a belt? All will be revealed, probably!

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Snowboarding, slopestyle, it is a blank canvas, the idea is to express

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the best you can do. Everybody gets along, everybody is good mates, as

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well as being competitive, because you have got to be capacity to get

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there. Being creative is massive, everybody has got the same course

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and features to use, the same drawing board, and there are no

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rules. Nobody is saying, you cannot do this or that. It is all about

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individuality. You have a game plan, you are nervous, because everybody

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is nervous. It is how you deal with it. Everybody will be throwing down

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the best of the best. It will be a good show.

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Your way of getting down the slope. Basically, showing off to the best

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of our ability! He is known as one of the Fridge

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Kids, because he learn to skate not on snow, but on indoor snow domes

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and on artificial slopes, but at the foot of that Extreme Park run, how

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much has James Woods got left? He damaged his hip attempting the

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triple, he has got a bruised hip socket, and while the pain is not

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that bad, and he made a slight mistake, the big question is whether

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he will been the triple necessary to get onto the podium. He put down a

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very strong technical run, just like Jenny Jones on Sunday. The judges

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have rewarded that will stop whether he goes for a triple will be the big

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question. Now, his confidence and self belief are the key factors that

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are working for him. Who has impressed you most so far? The

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American, lovely, very relaxed, he had some really nice lines. Nick

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Goepper, a lot of people speculated he was playing mind games yesterday,

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hyping up his performance, being very vocal, he has got a chance. But

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you got the impression that, having put so much of himself out there, he

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got nervous. Whether he has settled his nerves, I do not know. What

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about Henrik Harlaut and his pants? He has got the right attitude for

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this contest, he is an incredibly technical skier, but he is very

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loose at the moment. Even by our standards, those are an extremely

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baggy set of pants. Let's go to Tim Warwood in the commentary position,

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this is a big moment for all of the slopestyle skiers and four James

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Woods. While we wait for Ed Leigh to get

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back into the commentary booth, we will talk you through the start

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list. The first run of two. They run in reverse order from that which

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they qualified in. Third from last, it is James Woods.

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Andreas Hatveit I'd, and then the American. It will be the best run

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that counts. In with me and Ed Leigh, we have the British halfpipe

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free skier, Murray Buchan. Hello. How impressed I you with James Woods

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and the maturity he has shown? It is very impressive, he had a tough

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injury, he has had to get through it to compete, and he has landed a run

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in qualifying. He put one down, and he is in a really good position. He

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has probably shown a bit of maturity to pull out of the run, rather than

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go for broke. He had done enough on the first run, so he did not want to

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make it any worse, he wanted to make sure he was fine for the finals. One

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of the things I have been most impressed with is the way he has

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dealt with the pressure and expectation. From the start, Team

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GB, the snow athletes, have put him out there as the medal hope.

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Jenny's performance on Sunday has taken a bit of the pressure off.

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Hips are difficult, such a powerful part of the body, usually they are

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protected by muscle, but it is giving him a couple of problems. He

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played it down between the runs. Bobby Brown cemented his reputation

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as the choker, almost, in the first run. And a T-shirt. It shows how

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warm it actually is. -- he is just in a T-shirt. He has got a clean

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course. He will not be skiing through anybody else's bomb holes.

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He really left his hand on there. Deep into the landing.

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Whoever prepared his skis has put greased lightning on. That looked

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brutal. He is not moving yet. He is up now. Maybe the disappointment

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held him down rather than the pain. The top of the run was so good.

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Switch on, 278, switch on to the rail. He went massive of the goal.

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His run in general was pretty big. Grabbing the tale of his ski. He

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missed the grab. That is what threw him a bit. He seemed to explode in

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the landing. Like something had pained him and he just wanted to get

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off his feet. It really jilted him. That is a big crash site. Henrik

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Harlaut, undoubtedly making headlines around the world tomorrow

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for his inimitable pants style. You can see how soft it is.

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He came off the rail a little early. The judges looking for any mistake.

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Triple cork 12! That was insane! What have we just

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witnessed? From zero to hero. That run could be out. He landed as flat

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as you can go. The nose but is when you use the tips or the tale of the

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skis. Almost like a knife to spread butter.

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We need to go back to that first jump. I don't think we are going to

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get another look on that -- at that. I would love to see the replay. That

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was very strong. We do not have control of the replays. I think it

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again we are seeing that it is not quite as clean as the judges wanted.

:33:50.:33:53.

There were a couple of little landings. Yes, he got penalised on

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the first rail. Josiah Wells. One of the most experienced competitors.

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Numerous ex-games medals to his credit. -- X Games.

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He is putting extra spins on and off the rails. That is where the riders

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will pick up extra points. You saw his ski flex when he grabbed

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it. That is when you know you have got a good solid hold. Who will be a

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bit disappointed. I think the landing here sucks him

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up. He was tracking of to the right. He had to carve back to the left

:35:30.:35:33.

quite hard to actually make it back onto his line. That grab was nice.

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It is not going to be superhigh. He is going to have to pull it out for

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a run number two. The best of two runs. Aleksander Aurdal. A difficult

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first run. Pulled it out of the bag with the second.

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Untidy but he did survive the first rail. He got the second rail nice

:36:11.:36:26.

and clean. A lot of switch work. Switch means backwards.

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A Switch double Misty 12. Switch, he comes in backwards. ? he got to

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corkscrews. 1260, three .5 spins. -- double Misty, he got two corkscrews.

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Slopestyle is all about flow. You have to land your jump and go

:37:26.:37:30.

straight into your next. You have to look like you are in control and

:37:31.:37:35.

flowing through the course. Any time you learned backwards or forwards,

:37:36.:37:40.

it keeps the spin going. You do a 180 on the ground and it is not good

:37:41.:37:48.

with the judges. Second place for Aleksander Aurdal. Oystein Braaten,

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whose brother was in the snowboard slopestyle on Saturday. He didn't

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have a great run. He missed out on the medals. Can the younger brother

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make amends? 450 on, for 50 off. -- 450.

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He has put it down. Was that a Switch 14? I think it was. Yes. The

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celebration gives it away. So technical on the top section. That

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can hurt him a little bit. He used the knuckle of that little down

:39:13.:39:17.

section to bounce 180. Somewhat creative and different. That was the

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left 1260 with the tail grab. Spot the landing over the shoulder and

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then commits. Switch 1440. Big trick. The head really dipping in

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both corkscrews. It is a question of what the judges think about the top

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rail. Not the top rail, Surrey, the second rail. -- sorry. He has been

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punished. The judging criteria is open for discussion. Some people

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have speculated they are looking for a style. That suddenly becomes very

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subjective. Everyone likes different things. You cannot argue about

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execution or landings. But style is incredibly subjective. Difficult to

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see. Russell Henshaw, one of the most popular free skiers. He has

:40:30.:40:35.

been a pioneer in terms of tricks over the last six years. I think he

:40:36.:40:45.

got a good bit of contact with the poll there. No danger of speed here.

:40:46.:40:55.

He has got plenty of it. Double 12. That's new. We have not

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seen that before. The Australians already beginning to celebrate.

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Imagine spreading butter on your post with a knife. You use the tip

:41:26.:41:31.

of your knife to smear it around, and that is exactly what you are

:41:32.:41:35.

doing with your skis. You get your weight onto the slope of the skis

:41:36.:41:44.

and you slide around. You put a 180 and before you get any air. You

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leave it until the last minute. You have to be stumped up on courage for

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that one. Not an easy one to get into. The only penalty that you

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could impose there is on the grab. It is enough to go into second

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place. Henshaw currently in silver medal position. We have had six

:42:21.:42:29.

skiers down, six remaining. Alex Boley and Marshall -- Alex Bolo

:42:30.:42:49.

Marchant. I was actually going to say he is only going for a 270. From

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here the camera angle was a bit dodgy. It looked like he was coming

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across. That was nice. I don't know if he meant that! He is getting very

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lives here. That is a shame, he had a really good run on the jumps in

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the second round of colour -- qualification. That gives you an

:43:22.:43:25.

idea just how big landings are. Relatively simple. 270 on. Just

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slipped out. He hit the goal really hard with both skis. I don't know if

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he did mean that. It keeps him of centre. I think he did. Oh, well. I

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would have maybe giving him higher than five. Gus Kenworthy, second at

:44:11.:44:21.

X Games will stop just behind Nicholas Goepper. He had a beautiful

:44:22.:44:31.

running qualifying. Very smooth. You can feel the confidence. Super

:44:32.:44:39.

technical. Kills a bit of speed on his way.

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That was a blur of skis unfolds. Rationing through the rotation. --

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rattling. Switch triple. There it is! He couldn't hold it. You have

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got to say, with a switch 16 and a switch triple, you are looking at

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first place, surely? Unbelievable. Taking off backwards, four

:45:17.:45:23.

rotations. The first kicker... Forward 16, switch double ten. Four

:45:24.:45:33.

and a half spins. Right to the end of the rail. Perfect landing.

:45:34.:45:36.

Perfect take-off. That was very technical. Four and a half. My

:45:37.:45:46.

goodness. Wow. They are really stepping it up. We always knew it

:45:47.:45:52.

was going to go this way. There is the switch ten and the switch

:45:53.:45:59.

triple. He has his left arm under his knee, holding on tight, trying

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to keep the body compact and keeping me spin going. I would like to see

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him put that down. The moment you let your body open out, you kill the

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rotation. It is the old adage that because they are judging on overall

:46:19.:46:23.

impression, you make a mistake and it damages all of the score, not

:46:24.:46:30.

just that single trip. Nick Goepper. He opts to ski without

:46:31.:46:36.

poles. In the free skiing community, it is slightly frowned upon for stop

:46:37.:46:42.

everyone has their opinions. I think he had a problem with his hand or

:46:43.:46:48.

wrist so it has been difficult for him to carry poles so he is sticking

:46:49.:46:51.

with what he knows. Whatever he is doing, it is working. You can still

:46:52.:47:06.

hear the barrel reverberating. Flawless rail run. What has he got

:47:07.:47:14.

on the jumps? He only tweeted yesterday his training day was the

:47:15.:47:18.

best day ever, in his words. He opened up early on that. Really

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early. Is this the triple? Yes! Oh, my goodness. He never looked out of

:47:26.:47:32.

control with that. He was not forcing that triple. As he came into

:47:33.:47:38.

the last 360, 270, well on top of it. He knew exactly where he was

:47:39.:47:44.

throughout the whole thing. Once all the sake -- one small mistake in the

:47:45.:47:50.

second kicker. The rails Majestic. 450 out. One and a half rotations of

:47:51.:47:59.

the rail. Gus Kenworthy is more tech on that. He did not put it down and

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that is what is most important, but if he can, it is more technical.

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Look at that! Double grab. I have not seen him do that before. This is

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going to be huge. I take it back. It was not out of control. Two double

:48:17.:48:29.

ramps on that. -- grabs. That has to be first place. You called it

:48:30.:48:39.

Murray. No arguments. He did not give the judges one excuse. There

:48:40.:48:44.

was not a single flaw in that run. Like Cindy -- like Cindy Crawford's

:48:45.:48:55.

skin. Look how bombed out that is on the landing. James Woods of Great

:48:56.:49:00.

Britain dropping in for the men's slopestyle final first-run.

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Qualified in third place. He has the luxury of having seen nine of the

:49:08.:49:12.

finalists go before him. Carrying the slight hip injury but it did not

:49:13.:49:18.

affect his qualifying. Still Road really well. Woodsy one of the more

:49:19.:49:27.

technical riders, the only one we have seen fit the kink rail. Flat

:49:28.:49:36.

down with a 450 out. Perfect. Perfect rail section. Using the

:49:37.:49:42.

butter box and nice through the canon. Sat down slightly but not too

:49:43.:49:58.

bad. The right side 12. Look at the grab. He did not even land it. The

:49:59.:50:05.

earth came up to meet him! My goodness. Beautiful run from James

:50:06.:50:13.

Woods. One sit down on the first kicker. It was the first kicker. But

:50:14.:50:18.

this is gorgeous. The rail section is a masterclass. One thing we have

:50:19.:50:24.

seen from the judges, they are rewarding the rail section as highly

:50:25.:50:28.

as the jumps. It is about being flawless through the section.

:50:29.:50:34.

Amazing shot. Of the canon as well. Talk us through this, Murray. Left

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double cork 1080. The judges will not come back a little bit but he

:50:46.:50:49.

went huge so that is why he had to open out. Look at the tweak! Using

:50:50.:50:56.

all of the leverage of the skis. He is grabbing the nose of one and tail

:50:57.:51:02.

of the other and yanking his knees as to try and dislocate them. Looks

:51:03.:51:08.

like here's a human bulldog clip. Great score. Silver medal position

:51:09.:51:15.

for James Woods. Only two skiers left to drop on this first run. Team

:51:16.:51:23.

GB enjoying themselves today. Once again, the slopestyle delivering.

:51:24.:51:29.

Andreas Hatveit, 27 from Norway, one of the elder statesman of the free

:51:30.:51:38.

skiing world. 450 on, 270 off. Right into the bomb whole landing. Gets

:51:39.:51:43.

through it OK. Really nice on the rails. 450 of the second rail. Tap

:51:44.:51:53.

on the Russian doll. A little butter on the take-off. Very stylish. Big

:51:54.:52:08.

1260. Three and a half rotations. This is beautiful. Like an

:52:09.:52:13.

ambassador's hospitality, very smooth at the moment. So, I would

:52:14.:52:21.

not know how to call this. Really uncertain. It was immaculate. But

:52:22.:52:29.

not... It was technical, but not in the range that we saw from Nick

:52:30.:52:36.

Goepper. Again, we have talked about the range finding runs and Andreas

:52:37.:52:42.

Hatveit is one of those riders who potentially can lay a run like this

:52:43.:52:45.

down really cleanly and say, let us see where this one has got me. Next

:52:46.:52:51.

time, I will switch up one or two of the tricks. That is experience for

:52:52.:52:57.

you. One of the older riders. Switch double cork 180 with the double

:52:58.:53:04.

grab. Two hands, one hand on each ski. Sometimes on the same ski.

:53:05.:53:10.

Switch, taking off backwards. Then the rotation. 1080 is to re-spins.

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-- is three spins. Always smiling. Taking a bit of time with this.

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Well, Murray called it. He was giving it a second place in the

:53:32.:53:34.

booth here under his breath. Second place. Nick Goepper is still in

:53:35.:53:41.

gold. Andreas Hatveit in silver. James Woods in bronze. One rider

:53:42.:53:50.

left to drop. First-place qualifier, Joss Christensen. An

:53:51.:53:59.

unknown quantity coming in. First-place, well-deserved. Yes. A

:54:00.:54:08.

bit of an outside shout. Using the double angle of the skis to lock the

:54:09.:54:13.

rails in. That was nice. Pretzel out of that. Spins in one way and out

:54:14.:54:21.

the other. Smooth through the third element. He linked all of the

:54:22.:54:27.

sections together. Double cork 12. Finished the rotation dutifully with

:54:28.:54:31.

a metre or two to spare. Did not look likely had stalled it. Seems to

:54:32.:54:40.

have so much time in the air. Oh, my goodness. Where is this going? That

:54:41.:54:48.

was very tidy. If you are looking for a weak spot, maybe the rails at

:54:49.:54:52.

the top, not quite as technical as we saw from Nick Goepper, Andreas

:54:53.:54:58.

Hatveit or James Woods. His legs straight, looking for it. He is 270

:54:59.:55:04.

on and then coming off the opposite way. He is using the skis to such

:55:05.:55:09.

good effect on the rails. Angling them in opposite directions. He

:55:10.:55:15.

locks them onto the rail. Spots the landing. 1260. Coming in for the

:55:16.:55:23.

Switch 1080 which we saw on the last jump of collocation runs. With the

:55:24.:55:28.

benefit of hindsight, that landing was not as brutal as it looked. The

:55:29.:55:35.

triple. Wow. Triple 1260 with the safety grab. This really is computer

:55:36.:55:41.

game stuff now. Triangle, square, square, down. Can Joss Christensen

:55:42.:55:55.

up Nick Goepper? Yes, he can. After the first run, Joss Christensen

:55:56.:56:00.

maintains the status quo. He has first place. Nick Goepper, 92.4.

:56:01.:56:08.

Both of them with triples. Then Andreas Hatveit. James Woods with

:56:09.:56:15.

86.6. Then Henrik Harlaut rounding out the top five with 83.8. Russell

:56:16.:56:23.

Henshaw pushed down to sixth after Joss Christensen's run. Fantastic

:56:24.:56:28.

first run there. Hopefully Woodsy has somewhere to go for the second

:56:29.:56:29.

run. HAZEL IRVINE: Fantastic tricks from

:56:30.:56:44.

the men's slopes ski style. We will stay with this. I just want to point

:56:45.:56:47.

out the fact there is so much other action going on around Sochi. Live

:56:48.:56:54.

right now on the red button, short track speed skating. Elise Christie

:56:55.:56:57.

and Charlotte Gilmartin are about to go in the quarterfinals of the

:56:58.:57:02.

women's 500m. We will bring that to you a little later on BBC Two. We

:57:03.:57:07.

will stay with the ski slopestyle final. Second run coming up. What do

:57:08.:57:11.

you make of the quality of what we have seen so far? It has been

:57:12.:57:19.

absolutely phenomenal. I did not think Nick Goepper was going to step

:57:20.:57:23.

it up quite that far on the first run. Henrik Harlaut, James Woods,

:57:24.:57:29.

Andreas Hatveit, Nick Goepper, Joss Christensen, they are all in with a

:57:30.:57:32.

chance of a medal. This is still wide open. It is. Murray, I know you

:57:33.:57:40.

know James Woods very well. From what you know of his bag of tricks,

:57:41.:57:45.

what more might he have in his bag and what might he need to produce in

:57:46.:57:48.

this final run to get on the medal podium? I think he will be thinking

:57:49.:57:56.

about the triple. He will have a serious think about it. I know it

:57:57.:57:59.

was something he struggled with in training. He will be looking to

:58:00.:58:04.

clean up the top couple of jumps. I think he can do it. He has struggled

:58:05.:58:08.

a little bit in practice with injury. But if anyone can, it is

:58:09.:58:14.

Woodsy. Absolutely. So much expectation on this young man. What

:58:15.:58:19.

composure he has shown to perform, despite this injury we know he has

:58:20.:58:23.

been struggling with since last Friday. I know. The composure is

:58:24.:58:30.

incredible. That is something that I am so impressed with with all of

:58:31.:58:35.

these guys. Coming to the Olympics, putting on your country's jersey,

:58:36.:58:39.

certainly when I was a pro snowboarder, my granny thought I was

:58:40.:58:47.

a pro snowball. She had no idea. Woodsy has all of his friends and

:58:48.:58:50.

family watching. He has managed to stay level-headed enough to put this

:58:51.:58:59.

rundown. -- run down. We are moments away from the second run and he will

:59:00.:59:02.

have a good look at what everyone else is doing. He is going to be

:59:03.:59:07.

third last so he will have a clear idea of what he might need to

:59:08.:59:13.

produce. Here we go. Over to you three once more.

:59:14.:59:19.

Bobby Brown is going to go first in the second run again. He had a

:59:20.:59:25.

disastrous qualifier and managed to salvage it with his second run but

:59:26.:59:28.

he started the finals in exactly the same way. Had a less than glorious

:59:29.:59:39.

first run. Hopefully, he can bury his reputation. Certainly, a few

:59:40.:59:43.

people think he cannot handle the pressure of the big contest. You

:59:44.:59:46.

have only got to go online and Google Bobby Brown. You might find a

:59:47.:59:52.

different Bobby Brown! You will find some of the most amazing videos and

:59:53.:59:58.

some of the craziest tricks. But it comes back to his nerves. A lot of

:59:59.:00:02.

people say his nerves are made of tissue paper because he cannot seem

:00:03.:00:05.

to hold it together on the big stage. I cannot see anybody outside

:00:06.:00:20.

the top six threatening the podium. Certainly Henrik Harlaut, if he can

:00:21.:00:24.

tidy up is run, could have a look at the podium. We really only looking

:00:25.:00:31.

at Goepper, Joss Christensen for the gold? I don't think so. Gus

:00:32.:00:44.

Kenworthy, Josh Wells... It could be anybody's contest. Is the gold a

:00:45.:00:54.

realistic prospect for Woodsy? Think so, yes. His top two jumps are so

:00:55.:01:00.

good. If he does them the best he can, he is in with a real child. --

:01:01.:01:08.

a real shed. We saw Jamie Nicholls do the run of his life the snowboard

:01:09.:01:15.

slopestyle. Because none of them any better to get his place in the

:01:16.:01:22.

final. Woodsy needs the run of his life right here, right now. His

:01:23.:01:31.

big-game experience has given him the confidence at this level. He is

:01:32.:01:38.

not the token Brit. He is not an impostor. He is the real deal. We're

:01:39.:01:44.

not talking about somebody chanting their arm. Woodsy has the pedigree.

:01:45.:01:50.

He's the Lewis Hamilton of free skiing. But way better looking.

:01:51.:02:07.

Bobby Brown going to run first. A little bit of course maintenance

:02:08.:02:13.

between the two runs. Temperatures soaring now that the sun is high in

:02:14.:02:18.

the sky. Almost at 12 Celsius. The wind has come up, locally. These are

:02:19.:02:25.

the flags on top of the stadium. They are showing you that it is a

:02:26.:02:31.

tailwind. If anything, a crosswind is quite dangerous for the riders.

:02:32.:02:35.

But a tailwind will actually help them over the jumps. If any of them

:02:36.:02:39.

are going really big, they could go really, really big. We so Woodsy and

:02:40.:02:46.

Henrik Harlaut goal way deep into that landing. -- doorway deep. These

:02:47.:03:00.

glorious mountains that oversee the courses down here at the Rosa Khutor

:03:01.:03:05.

Extreme Park. Saatchi definitely a place worth visiting. If you want to

:03:06.:03:13.

look further afield than the Alps. Right now it is the men's slopestyle

:03:14.:03:22.

final. The second run is lining up. Bobby Brown, Gus Kenworthy and

:03:23.:03:30.

Josiah Wells are all capable of moving on the podium. Russell

:03:31.:03:38.

Henshaw in sixth. Henrik Harlaut. And, of course, Woodsy. Six skiers

:03:39.:03:44.

outside the medal position to could make life very difficult for the

:03:45.:03:56.

leaders. Bobby Brown to drop first. A lot to prove. Fairly standard. All

:03:57.:04:10.

of the spin is going the same way. He played safe. We have seen

:04:11.:04:38.

execution dominating the headlines from the judges. I don't think it is

:04:39.:04:42.

going to be a good review for a Bobby Brown. I find that quite

:04:43.:04:47.

strange because he did a triple on his first round. Unless he just did

:04:48.:04:53.

not feel like it was worth it. Going for the double grab. Getting a

:04:54.:05:14.

right hold on the right-hand ski. Just seems to drop out of the sky.

:05:15.:05:24.

You look at this, and they are eight or nine metres up on those figures.

:05:25.:05:29.

I think the tailwind is playing a part. Bobby Brown were not better at

:05:30.:05:35.

seven. That will not better seven. Worth keeping your eye on the second

:05:36.:05:52.

jump to see if we are seeing that nose butter 1260 treble. The nose

:05:53.:06:02.

butter is like using the skis as a butter knife to butter toast.

:06:03.:06:18.

Oh, my goodness! Henrik Harlaut is laying a huge market down for the

:06:19.:06:34.

gold. The marker may cost him a little bit. What a run. That was

:06:35.:06:50.

absolutely phenomenal. Triple 16, going upside down three times and

:06:51.:07:11.

spinning around 4.5. Imagine how many G-force as the octopus on his

:07:12.:07:21.

helmet was put under then? ! If you have got to pick that apart, you

:07:22.:07:24.

would say the landing on the final jump. He has got a switch right,

:07:25.:07:36.

switch left and a forward cork. The only single part... Nick Goepper's

:07:37.:07:41.

run was immaculate. He had a triple and there was not a mistake. Henrik

:07:42.:07:45.

Harlaut has given them an excuse with the landing on the third job. I

:07:46.:08:01.

am going for 93. 90. I'm going to sit on the fence. I think you are a

:08:02.:08:11.

wise man. So difficult to predict, the judging criteria.

:08:12.:08:28.

Must've been the last landing that cost him. That is such a wrath

:08:29.:08:34.

punishment on that level when you see such a technical trick landed so

:08:35.:08:44.

perfectly. Josiah Wells wondering what you have to do to impress those

:08:45.:08:52.

judges. He should just come down and give them all presents!

:08:53.:09:07.

He only just got through the double kink without giving up.

:09:08.:09:16.

He is having to improvise. His run has gone completely out the window.

:09:17.:09:24.

Such a disappointment. Such a talented skier.

:09:25.:09:44.

Josiah Wells still has the pipe left. His Olympics is not over. But

:09:45.:09:57.

I think he really would have hoped to have challenged more for a place

:09:58.:10:01.

on the podium with his second run. Who will be frustrated with that. As

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anybody would. This is the view looking down. If anybody out there

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can ski, you will appreciate the difficulty on show there. You take

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off going backwards and you land going backwards. 30 seconds or you

:10:23.:10:35.

cannot see anything apart from where you have just come from!

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Switch misty 12. Throwing himself forwards into the spin and the

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flips. Almost a front flip. A slight delay where you take off the jump.

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When you look at these rails, the skis are actually blunted below the

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ski boots, so their sharp edges cannot catch on the rails. They keep

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them nice and sharp on the tips. You have got some grip on landing.

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Underneath the boots, you have to blunt them. He got the grab really

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clean. He almost took off headfirst into the rotation. A really clean

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landing. Yes, barely moved. Two perfect ski tracks in the soft snow.

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James Woods currently in fourth. Joss Christensen in first. Oystein

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Braaten. Easily the most technical skier we have seen on the rail

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element. The question now is whether he can complement that with three

:13:08.:13:09.

big technical jumps. He missed the rail. He had gone to

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Spain onto it and he got his angled wrong. -- to Spain onto it.

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It is like his skis have got vacuum cleaners on them the way they are

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stocks -- sucking down onto the snow. The mistake in the rail is

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almost certainly going to cost Oystein Braaten. Was just thinking

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how amazing it has been. The men's and women's snowboard and ski

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slopestyle has just been an amazing addition to the Olympics. You cannot

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deny, Murray, in free skiing, this is -- the level of progression has

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been phenomenal? Yes, it has gone massive. It has been so fast. Every

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contest you will see new tricks. They will progress to the next week

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of competition. It is crazy. Still a relatively young sport. That is why

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began got so many contenders for the medals. You only need to go away and

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work in one trick. Ninth position. You only need to work on one new

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trick and then you can push yourself up the rankings. We saw Woodsy have

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the incredible run of form through 2012-2013 and then he dropped off a

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little bit. Could be at the moment that he is pushing at the right

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time. Russell Henshaw, 23, been around for so long in the world of

:15:20.:15:25.

free skiing. There are not many big event titles he does not have. You

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might see a nose butter triple from him as well. He has been thinking

:15:31.:15:34.

about it. It is just whether he wants to do it or not. Do you think,

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I am at the Olympics, I am not super solid but I will give it a go? I

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think he is fairly solid. Not as big as the other guys but he put it down

:15:50.:15:58.

cleanly. Switch 99 there. There you go. Left triple. When you are in a

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triple like that, you do not see the landing until too late. He did not

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realise how close he was to the snow until he hit it. He has set himself

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some high standards and you could almost see the disappointment in his

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body language as he walked back to his skis. That is not as clean as

:16:23.:16:27.

what we have seen from him on the hitching post. He missed the Russian

:16:28.:16:36.

doll as well. Talking about progression, he has unleashed a

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brand-new trip right there in this event. We want to see the replay.

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Did he put the nose butter on this? A little bit. It is just not quite

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as efficient as others. Modern-day gladiators. Russell Henshaw, 28.8.

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The first run will count and that is only good enough for seven. I say

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only because he would have said such high standards for himself. Alex

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Beaulieu-Marchand, the Canadian. Just 19 years old. He has come in as

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an underdog but he has made a good account of himself. Tidy out of the

:17:34.:17:44.

first rail. Nice. Pretzel out of that rail. Going against the

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inertia. 540 off the Russian doll. Spotted that landing beautifully. I

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was holding my breath. I thought he had come down with loads of time to

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spare. He drifted into the last 180 degrees so lazily. He was looking

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so, so good. The snow just a little bit too soft. He could not get a

:18:16.:18:20.

grip he wanted. The skis sank away from him. Well, we saw the men's

:18:21.:18:32.

slopestyle snowboard final peppered with Canadians. But just be one

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Canadian mail here. I do not want to get anyone to excited too early, but

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it is only Gus Kenworthy to drop below James Woods at this stage. We

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know he is one of the most talented skiers out here, Gus Kenworthy. It

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means the worst position James Woods would get is fifth. That would be an

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incredible achievement. It would. But he still has one run left to go.

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We will wait for the score for Alex Beaulieu-Marchand. 12th place for

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him. Gus Kenworthy, this run was so beautiful up to the last kick. How

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much pressure would he be under now? A huge amount. Absolutely massive.

:19:30.:19:35.

What will his coach be saying? Enjoy it. Yeah, enjoy it. None of the guys

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have ridden at this level before. You might have a TV audience of a

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million would be streaming. Suddenly they are in front of 2 billion

:19:47.:19:51.

people at the Olympics. -- with the streaming. So smooth. Surgical.

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Absolutely surgical. Hands felt crowed to his side. That is one of

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the hardest and most technical trick we have seen over the curved box.

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Immaculate. Absolutely ridiculous from him. He just needs to hold it

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together. Double cork ten. Coming in backwards for the triple 14. He is

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good. My goodness. My goodness, that was ridiculous. That was absolutely

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insane. Gus Kenworthy knows it. Look at him! He had no business landing

:20:28.:20:35.

that. 1620 and then switch 1440. That was incredible. Absolutely

:20:36.:20:41.

incredible. If he cannot get an endorsement deal with some kind of

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tumbled dryer after this run, I do not know what he can get. That is

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ridiculous! Murray, talk us through these jumps. 450 into that. Just

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enjoy that. Wow. Glorious slow motion. Double 12. Sorry, double 16.

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So composed. Look at the way he has tweaked it. Puts it down as though

:21:09.:21:15.

he has just done 180. To be so composed in such big spins, you need

:21:16.:21:22.

to be so strong to hold onto it. The head comes down as you see the

:21:23.:21:28.

landing appear. Just goes to show how difficult it is. He has both

:21:29.:21:32.

arms and his legs to keep his body topped up to keep the spin and flip

:21:33.:21:37.

going round. Gus Kenworthy, currently sat in 11th. He is going

:21:38.:21:43.

up the table. The question is just how far. I think it is all the way

:21:44.:21:48.

to the top. Could potentially be America one, two, three. It could

:21:49.:21:56.

be. Joss Christensen and Nicholas Goepper currently occupying old and

:21:57.:22:03.

silver. Could we see the podium block out? -- gold and silver. This

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has got to be goals. He goes into second behind Joss Christensen. The

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size and technicality of those jumps along with the execution... They

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have good reason to cheer. Joss Christensen from America, Gran

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Kenworthy from America and Nicholas Goepper from America all occupying

:22:27.:22:32.

medal positions -- Gus Kenworthy. You have got to say as well, Woodsy

:22:33.:22:38.

guaranteed first place. The pressure is almost off a little bit. Here we

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go. Next skier to drop, Nick Goepper. No poles. Woodsy made an

:22:48.:22:54.

interesting comment about this. If you ski with poles and you drop one,

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you do is qualified. Is that true? If you ski without poles, you're not

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as qualified, obviously. Is that true, Murray? I am not sure. I was

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under the impression you had to finish with three bits of equipment.

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You could drop one, but if you drop two, game over. Gave that a bash.

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Reverberating. Getting so busy on the rails. That was quite nasty.

:23:21.:23:27.

There was not any sliding going on. Did not actually hook up. But

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working so hard. He made the rails work for him. What has he got on the

:23:36.:23:44.

kickers? Big nine. Double backflip. Cheeky. He knows he is not improving

:23:45.:23:50.

and third place. After his second jump, he messed up a bit and gave a

:23:51.:23:55.

bit of a crowd-pleaser on the last one. To be that... I suppose you

:23:56.:24:04.

know how sensitively the judges are marking these runs. Look how much he

:24:05.:24:09.

gets on that hitching post, the barrel. Is it a right old smash. --

:24:10.:24:19.

gives it. He is on to the rail and pretzels back. Changing his rotation

:24:20.:24:24.

background to the other way which is quite a task in itself. He has got

:24:25.:24:31.

to use the skis to stop the momentum and generate the rotation back the

:24:32.:24:32.

other way. He missed the grab. That is exactly

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what you said, Murray. He knew the score was gone so we got treated to

:24:47.:24:50.

the double backflip. There is not one person who saw the trick that

:24:51.:24:55.

does not want to be able to do it. I would pay good money to be his

:24:56.:25:00.

rucksack. Imagine if you could climb on his back and join in for that.

:25:01.:25:05.

How much fun would that be? Until the landing, that would be great. He

:25:06.:25:13.

has got a smile on his face. Nick Goepper will be watching the next

:25:14.:25:17.

run very, very closely. We have both James Woods and Andreas Hatveit

:25:18.:25:24.

below him still to run. The only two men who can push out the Americans

:25:25.:25:30.

from what is at the moment the USA lock-out on the podium. Woodsy needs

:25:31.:25:38.

92.4 or better for a place on the podium. Come on, Woodsy. The whole

:25:39.:25:45.

of the UK right now is holding their breath. He gives him the nod. He has

:25:46.:25:51.

worked so hard with Woodsy of the last four years, has Pat. Just

:25:52.:26:00.

brings him in. A quick hug. He is probably so proud. Just to have got

:26:01.:26:06.

to this point. He would be enormously happy. But Woodsy... 450

:26:07.:26:21.

down the bar. Again, really solid through this rail section. 270 on,

:26:22.:26:28.

pretzel off. He is going to be feeling good through this run.

:26:29.:26:32.

Lovely. Confidence will be brimming at this point. Rail section done and

:26:33.:26:39.

tidy. Just sat down again there. It is going to be difficult to improve

:26:40.:26:44.

on this score. Unless we see a triple hear. No. Well, you have got

:26:45.:26:56.

to give him a round of applause. I think Nick Goepper just applauding

:26:57.:27:03.

probably knows that his medal is safe at least for this run. So close

:27:04.:27:09.

for Woodsy. The rail section was immaculate. Nothing you can fault

:27:10.:27:28.

here. So, so solid. But... The grab through there, the first kicker, the

:27:29.:27:31.

landing, just sits back a little bit. He goes really big. Pulls up

:27:32.:27:46.

pretty quickly. Double grab there. You can just hear the man over the

:27:47.:27:51.

PA saying, if you have not got the trouble, you will not bust into the

:27:52.:27:56.

90s. He skis are almost parallel on the last jump. Going the wrong way.

:27:57.:28:02.

That is ridiculous. Woodsy blowing a kiss to the crowd. Look at him. He

:28:03.:28:17.

is saying congratulations. 78.4. I did not think it was quite that low.

:28:18.:28:25.

86.6, his first round score, that is good enough for fifth. Considering

:28:26.:28:30.

how hard he has had to work after a painful hip injury, he will be very

:28:31.:28:35.

pleased with that result. Yes, he has done exceptionally well. Andreas

:28:36.:28:43.

Hatveit back-up at the top. Currently in fourth. The only man

:28:44.:28:45.

capable of ruining the American party on the podium.

:28:46.:28:57.

50 on, 270. He dropped in. You said he is a happy dude. We have seen

:28:58.:29:07.

smiles at the top and the bottom of this course. In the summer, when he

:29:08.:29:13.

has not got snow in his back garden, he has a dry slope and he invites

:29:14.:29:17.

everyone round. He likes the dry slopes as well. That is a man who

:29:18.:29:23.

loves his sport. Let us see if he can... Safe double 12 there. Switch

:29:24.:29:34.

14 to finish. He used the full flux of the dips to hold himself on.

:29:35.:29:43.

Switch tend to finish, excuse me. -- switch ten. It will not be enough. I

:29:44.:29:47.

don't think so. It is really difficult. It is the Americans who

:29:48.:29:55.

have led the way in the triple cork revolution today. Everyone who has

:29:56.:30:03.

landed a triple cleanly, I think apart from Henrik Harlaut, is on the

:30:04.:30:07.

podium. He was judged very harshly, in my opinion, , with 84.4. He is in

:30:08.:30:19.

sixth place. It might be worth having another look at that in a

:30:20.:30:31.

little bit. It looks like a USA one, two, three and a victory lap. That

:30:32.:30:42.

is a very impressive feat by the American to have used only one run

:30:43.:30:46.

in the final. Is he going to use it to showcases best run? You have got

:30:47.:30:54.

to, haven't you? Is either that or backflips. Out of everybody that

:30:55.:31:04.

Team GB has entered in the slopestyle so far, only one has not

:31:05.:31:08.

made the top ten. That is a phenomenal achievement. Aimee Fuller

:31:09.:31:25.

just outside the top ten. No pressure going into the halfpipe

:31:26.:31:29.

finals in a couple of days. Sorry, I apologise. Dom Harington and Belgian

:31:30.:31:41.

Kilner. -- Ben Kilner. Fourth. It locks into the existing fourth

:31:42.:31:51.

position. Just 0.6 behind Nick grabber. The Americans have done it.

:31:52.:31:56.

It is the USA lock-out on the podium. Joss Christensen, Gus

:31:57.:32:08.

Kenworthy and Nicholas grabber. -- Nicholas Goepper. That podium will

:32:09.:32:18.

not change. Joss Christensen with a lap of honour. The USA the

:32:19.:32:25.

powerhouse, really. All four of their skiers making it through to

:32:26.:32:29.

the final. Shows how strong the US team is. For someone to squeeze into

:32:30.:32:39.

the last spot to go to the Olympics and then end up taking gold.

:32:40.:33:08.

What an incredible finish to a quite spectacular day of Freestyle Skiing!

:33:09.:33:17.

The first-ever men's Olympic slopestyle contest. Huge run from

:33:18.:33:21.

Joss Christensen. Considering that he did not actually have to do that.

:33:22.:33:26.

I think that has got to be an improvement. I think it probably

:33:27.:33:31.

will be. Good on him as well for doing the run. I think he has

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bettered his run. Just cemented his gold medal really. He will be on a

:33:41.:33:52.

nondescript cereal packet. He has every right to spend some of his

:33:53.:33:56.

winnings on an enormous sound system that he can install somewhere in

:33:57.:34:02.

America in a snow park, use the microphone to tell everybody how

:34:03.:34:06.

much better he is. He is not going to do it. He is one of the most

:34:07.:34:14.

respected skiers in the game. That is your podium. The first ever free

:34:15.:34:23.

ski slopestyle Olympic contest. It has been an American one, two,

:34:24.:34:29.

three. Andreas Haatveit old of Norway just missing out, in fourth.

:34:30.:34:37.

James Woods in fifth. How much of a part of the hip injury he sustained

:34:38.:34:41.

last Friday played a part in that, we will not know until we speak to

:34:42.:34:46.

him. Still, a fantastic achievement for him. Confirmation of the result.

:34:47.:35:09.

That was the first Freestyle Skiing title not won by Canada here in

:35:10.:35:17.

Sochi. It is the USA's bail. We talked about the possibility of a

:35:18.:35:21.

one, two, three. And that is how it has transpired. The poster boy of

:35:22.:35:27.

the Great Britain Olympic team has come good today. Fifth place for

:35:28.:35:34.

James Woods. He has not disappointed us today. I think we can hear from

:35:35.:35:41.

him now. Woodsy, you must be happy with fifth

:35:42.:35:46.

place, particularly with the injury? Yes, for sure. Incredibly proud to

:35:47.:35:53.

be here. It is a little disappointing when you can't perform

:35:54.:35:56.

your best. I have to be honest, I'm incredibly proud to be here in

:35:57.:36:01.

Sochi. It is immense. It is the Olympics. And Joss Christensen is

:36:02.:36:07.

the nicest guy on the face of the earth, so I couldn't be more happy

:36:08.:36:11.

for anybody else. The three Americans through big jumps. You did

:36:12.:36:16.

not have it in your Arsenal. Was that what you were working on when

:36:17.:36:20.

you hurt yourself? Yes, I can do triples. I have got to be, you know,

:36:21.:37:08.

the world stage. I have shown everyone what I can do. It would've

:37:09.:37:11.

been lovely to bring some hardware back to the UK. That is the idea.

:37:12.:37:16.

But thanks for the from everyone. Fifth in the Olympics with four my

:37:17.:37:24.

best mate in for the bin. For a kid from Sheffield dry slopes, that is

:37:25.:37:30.

not too bad, is it? I suppose it is not. Where can the event go from

:37:31.:37:37.

here? Free skiing, snowboarding? Fantastic. I hope people see it and

:37:38.:37:43.

enjoy it. That is all we do. We never thought to make the Olympics.

:37:44.:37:49.

I think we got good reviews. They wanted to see us in. We all love

:37:50.:37:53.

what we are doing. I just want to see more people who truly love being

:37:54.:37:59.

on the skis and being honest awards. The more of that, the better. We all

:38:00.:38:07.

love what you do as well and we are incredibly proud. Thank you very

:38:08.:38:11.

much, Woodsy. Thank you. It has been great performing in front of

:38:12.:38:15.

everyone. Yet, cheers. Enjoy. Go look at some more free skiing and

:38:16.:38:22.

snowboarding. It is good! He has been a credit to himself and

:38:23.:38:27.

a credit to Great Britain. Fantastic effort from James Woods today. As he

:38:28.:38:34.

says, fantastic effort for a kid from Sheffield dry slope. We have

:38:35.:38:37.

been talking about some of the artificial facilities available in

:38:38.:38:42.

Great Britain. That is where a lot of the Great Britain team learned to

:38:43.:38:46.

love winter sport. A lot of them headed to the Scottish Highlands as

:38:47.:38:49.

well. Some fantastic facilities. I was checking out the website

:38:50.:39:01.

yesterday. Several places have amazing amounts of snow right now

:39:02.:39:04.

just in case you fancy strapping on the skis and getting up there. Get

:39:05.:39:09.

involved in this sport any where you can.

:39:10.:39:28.

If you think the British skiers and snowboarders in Sochi grew up on

:39:29.:39:34.

fresh Alpine Para, you would be wrong. Almost all of them started

:39:35.:39:38.

somewhere like this. No mountains here, no snow, even. This is Halifax

:39:39.:39:44.

ski and snowboard Centre. Jamie Nicholls gruel riding here. It is

:39:45.:39:48.

typical of many of the dry ski slopes around the UK. -- Jamie

:39:49.:39:53.

Nicholls grew up riding here. I learned to ski in Edinburgh, one of

:39:54.:40:00.

the largest dry ski slopes in the country. It is probably as cold and

:40:01.:40:04.

windy as this one. It has been about six years since I have been on a dry

:40:05.:40:06.

slope. I will give it a go. It doesn't run quite as fast as snow

:40:07.:40:27.

and if there was a bit quicker when it is pouring with rain. There are

:40:28.:40:33.

two types of dry slopes. There is Bendix, which is faster. And

:40:34.:40:37.

snowflakes, which is better for freestyle. -- snowflakes. If dry

:40:38.:40:46.

slopes seemed tired and dated, then this feels entirely different. 20

:40:47.:40:52.

miles down the road, this is Castleford, one of six indoor snow

:40:53.:41:00.

centres in the UK. Real snow, no-win, no-fee on.

:41:01.:41:12.

The indoor snow domes are fantastic. What a creation. We are standing

:41:13.:41:21.

here with the ultimate setup in learning to ski and snowboard. Even

:41:22.:41:25.

for us, we can come here and progress. I didn't believe you could

:41:26.:41:29.

get to such a high level where you could compete with some of the best.

:41:30.:41:34.

You can learn the basics of jumping. Up to very high standard. This place

:41:35.:41:43.

is very busy for a Friday night. There is a real mixture between

:41:44.:41:48.

skiers and snowboarders. Different standards and different ages. One

:41:49.:41:52.

kid will try something, another kid will copy that. They are all pushing

:41:53.:42:03.

each other and improving together. I was ripping double corks on a dry

:42:04.:42:08.

slope, which is unbelievable. The new generation are going to blow

:42:09.:42:13.

people's mines, for sure. There are loads of camps cropping up for

:42:14.:42:16.

people who have never been on a slope before. It takes you right

:42:17.:42:20.

through from the very first time and progress you to potentially getting

:42:21.:42:25.

on the junior team are joining the development squad. The fact that

:42:26.:42:31.

snowboarding has gone into the Olympics, it is a case of, all

:42:32.:42:38.

right, we can do this in the UK now? Absolutely. These guys have shown it

:42:39.:42:43.

is possible. They have come from dry slopes. It is paving the way for

:42:44.:42:47.

what can be achieved. It would be great to see more kids coming

:42:48.:42:48.

through. What a debut it has been for a the

:42:49.:43:05.

snowboard events here in Sochi. Get inspired and take up this amazing

:43:06.:43:10.

sport. One of the more traditional sports, which first made its debut

:43:11.:43:15.

in 1928, is bob skeleton. It has featured five times since. Every

:43:16.:43:19.

single time Great Britain has won a medal. We can be considered a world

:43:20.:43:24.

power. Certainly looking like that today after the first couple of runs

:43:25.:43:30.

of the women's. Lizzy Yarnold has an advantage over the field. And

:43:31.:43:36.

Shelley Rudman is 11. The deciding to runs take place tomorrow

:43:37.:43:40.

afternoon. The two girls have been speaking to Matthew Pinsent.

:43:41.:43:45.

How was your morning's worked? Not too bad. A little bit off my lines

:43:46.:43:50.

on the first run. I think it was prerace nerves. On the second I was

:43:51.:43:54.

really happy. I corrected a huge mirror -- error that I made a first

:43:55.:44:02.

run. To correct it, really happy. Have you got things that you will

:44:03.:44:09.

think about overnight? Definitely. I am pleased that my start improved so

:44:10.:44:13.

much for the second run. That was another element I wanted to work

:44:14.:44:17.

on. I corrected that. I think I just really want to flow and enjoy the

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second day. And hope to move by little bit. I should be happy

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anyway. A little bit or...? I would like to have a neat and tidy run.

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When I walk of that track, just be happy. It has been tricky to get

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here. The fact we have got here, I'm just proud. Tellers about the

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helmet? What is happening? Yellow macro that was the G-force,

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unfortunately. I have damaged it. Hopefully it can get repaired

:44:53.:45:02.

overnight. Can I just say hello to everybody back at home and everybody

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who has been watching and supporting? Thank you. See you

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tomorrow. How was your morning's work? Very good. It started pretty

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early. I was twisting and turning in my bed. So excited. I kept on having

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to go back to sleep. Now I have started the competition, I am in the

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swing of it and pleased with how it is going. The first stop was

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amazing. It was the quickest you have ever been on this track, I

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think. Yes, I think the first and second pushes worthy fastest I have

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ever been -- work the. It is only whiskers. Amy has called your runs

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beautiful to watch. Thank you. I did think of her halfway down thinking,

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I hope she is enjoying commentating. It is so good to have her support.

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And all of the support of Team GB. They are properly screaming at the

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telly. We see your mum and dad here and your sister enjoying it too. I

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could not do without them. My best friends have supported me from the

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start. They have put up with my moaning. They have been through it

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all. It means everything they can be here and it costs so much. How do

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you spend the time before coming back tomorrow? Coming from the

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heptathlon background, I like the evening part. This is where races

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can be won and lost. I love it. I can sleep like a baby eat red food

:46:40.:46:48.

and recover and stretch. -- sleep like a baby and eat good food. You

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are a head. Do you take a much notice of how ahead you? Ideally

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going into the second day, I would be in second or third position. It

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can be tricky being first off. I will have to content with that

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tomorrow. Really the race is only halfway through soap actor the

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drawing board with the coach will stop we will talk about lines and

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try and improve for tomorrow. -- with the coach will stop we will

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talk about lines. How were the nerves? As long as I keep my hands

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palm and relax, it calms my whole body. See you tomorrow.

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She has certainly got a cool head. She even had time to think of Amy

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Williams halfway down the run! A third run will be taking class

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tomorrow afternoon at 3:30pm your time. Let us hope that they sleep

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well overnight. It is time now for more action on the eyes now. It is

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short track speed skating. We will be concentrating on the women's

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quarterfinals in the 500m vent will stop a reminder of the event in

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which you have to keep your wits about you.

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Short track speed skating is a race against each other and not the

:48:23.:48:27.

clock. It is a knockout format with skaters tearing around the 111 metre

:48:28.:48:34.

oval track at speeds of up to 40 miles an hour in the hope of

:48:35.:48:39.

progressing into the next round. Tactics play a big part with

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competitors often happy to track the leader and then produced a late

:48:46.:48:48.

charge to the line. He lost it on the line. A bunch of skaters vying

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for position at high speed means crashes and discoloured vocations

:48:56.:49:01.

are frequent. -- disqualifications. This short track specialist is the

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most decorated American Winter Olympian of all time and has won

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eight medals in this event including two golds it is all taking place in

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the iceberg Palace, the venue that is shared with the figure skating

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and short track. But it is the long blades we have

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got on there this morning for the quarterfinals of the women's 500m.

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Elise Christie and Charlotte Gilmartin have both made it for the

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-- to the quarterfinals. They are both stronger in the longer events.

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This first round features Charlotte Gilmartin. It is Wilf O'Reilly and

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Hugh Porter keeping tabs on it for us.

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Ready for the first quarterfinal in the Lady's 500 metres. The line-up

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for this... We had quite a few false starts in the first round. This is a

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pure sprint. You have got to get away sharpish. We are away cleanly

:50:27.:50:34.

first time. The Canadian is away at the front. They are in the order

:50:35.:50:40.

they left the starting line. Charlotte Gilmartin is being

:50:41.:50:44.

distanced slightly. She has a lot of work to do. Still they are in the

:50:45.:50:50.

same order. Charlotte Gilmartin finding the pressure too hot to get

:50:51.:50:55.

into the contest. The penultimate lap. Lovely move by Seung-Hi Park.

:50:56.:51:11.

The win is going to go to the Korean. Marianne St-Gelais is

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second. They will go into the semifinal. Sadly, Charlotte

:51:18.:51:21.

Gilmartin could not really get involved in the race. A battle for

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first and second. There we see Yara Van Kerkhof and the Korean coach

:51:29.:51:33.

very pleased with the way Seung-Hi Park skated. Did not get away very

:51:34.:51:37.

well. I was surprised Marianne St-Gelais did not take the race from

:51:38.:51:41.

the start to the finish. Seung-Hi Park cruising up the inside between

:51:42.:51:53.

them. A bit of a battle. Very tight. Marianne St-Gelais's and crossing

:51:54.:51:59.

Yara Van Kerkhof's body, protecting her position as Seung-Hi Park comes

:52:00.:52:06.

across first. Will we hear more about that? It looked as though

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their shoulders came together and there was a hand. The board is

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showing it is going to be Seung-Hi Park and Marianne St-Gelais through.

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We'll -- will Yara Van Kerkhof get advance? I don't think so.

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Quarterfinal number two. The first and second over the line

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will go into the semifinals. Tucked in on the place is Elise Christie.

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She has made a cute move already. There is a slight gap as well. The

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young Chinese skater, second overall in the World Cup, having placed

:53:07.:53:12.

second in three of the rounds, she is tapping the rhythm at the front.

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Elise Christie is profiting from it. Elise Christie will need to be

:53:20.:53:27.

vigilant and be aware of Jessica Hewitt's presence. Jessica Hewitt

:53:28.:53:33.

has gone down. That has done Elise Christie a great favour. Elise

:53:34.:53:38.

Christie with a very controlled race finishes second and moves into the

:53:39.:53:42.

second. Very controlled indeed. She got away marvellously well from

:53:43.:53:48.

third position immediately into second. The Chinese skater led the

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race out. Elise Christie cruised along behind her. Here we see Elise

:53:59.:54:06.

coming off the third start position into second place. Very good sharp

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skating from her. That underpinned her qualification. Absolutely. The

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fact that Jessica Hewitt did go down in the last lap... We can see her

:54:17.:54:22.

flying out of the track there. It would not really have affected Elise

:54:23.:54:28.

Christie. She got there on merit. She had a game plan. She knew she

:54:29.:54:32.

had to lift herself from the third position. That is what she did. She

:54:33.:54:37.

allowed the young Chinese skater to keep the place and at the front.

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That has done her the power of good. True to the semifinal. There it is,

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confirmed for you. Looking forward now to the third of these

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quarterfinal clashes. We have got Korea represented here, Russia,

:54:58.:54:57.

China and the Netherlands. Qiuhong Liu and Alang Kim, it will

:54:58.:55:21.

be hard for the others to get level with them. A big buzz in the arena

:55:22.:55:26.

because we have got a ration competing in this. -- we have got a

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Russian. The Russian is only 16 years of age. She won the European

:55:41.:55:46.

youth Festival and they really are waxing lyrical about the future of

:55:47.:55:51.

her. She is right at the back at the moment. The youngster has a lot of

:55:52.:55:55.

work to do. It is China at the front of the contest here. Qiuhong Liu is

:55:56.:56:03.

turning the screw. Going with her, the Dutch skater. This would be a

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story if Alang Kim fails to get in. The Koreans are noted for their

:56:14.:56:17.

acceleration. There goes the Korean. No, she did not make it. Still the

:56:18.:56:25.

Netherlands are in second. Leading is Qiuhong Liu of China. That is how

:56:26.:56:30.

they crossed the line. Good skating by the Dutch skater. The winner of

:56:31.:56:36.

the third quarterfinal was Qiuhong Liu of China. Fabulous skating. The

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start position is vital. From the heats, both Chinese skaters, the

:56:44.:56:47.

winner of the last race and this race, they have drawn number one and

:56:48.:56:53.

that makes it a very, very tough next round for the semifinals. That

:56:54.:57:00.

is another Korean that has not made it through. They are not having it

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their own way. Not at all. The Koreans better known for their

:57:08.:57:12.

longer distances, the 1000m and the 1500m. Suffering here in the 500m.

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It is the one discipline that career has never won the gold medal in --

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Korea has never won the gold. China specialise at the short sprint.

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There we are. Crossing the line, the winner, Qiuhong Liu of China. We

:57:32.:57:41.

have one more quarterfinal to go. Also here Canada have failed at the

:57:42.:57:47.

moment to place in the semifinal. Marianne St-Gelais going down there.

:57:48.:57:52.

Winner of the Silver in Vancouver. Now she is out of the contest. One

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more throw of the dice and that will come in quarterfinal number four

:57:59.:58:05.

with Valerie Maltais who has drawn position number three. It will be

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interesting. Arianna Fontana has drawn position one and she will take

:58:16.:58:24.

some passing. Right alongside her is Jianrou Li of China. China have a

:58:25.:58:29.

chance of putting another skater into the semifinal.

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First. -- first false start. Only 17 years of age, the Chinese skater,

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Jianrou Li. She was the one that moved first in position number two.

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The skaters are only allowed one. -- one false start. Skater number two

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has a false start. We are away this time. Look at the power of Fontana.

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This is her speciality. She goes to the front immediately. Being pursued

:59:34.:59:39.

by Jianrou Li of China. These two turning the screw. Valerie Mull

:59:40.:59:46.

Taser in third spot cannot get into the action. -- Valerie Maltais. It

:59:47.:59:57.

is all about staying upright. Fontana still at the front.

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Concluding lap. Fontana leading. General Lee of China in second. That

:00:08.:00:22.

is how they finish. They go through. Valerie Maltais has not made it.

:00:23.:00:29.

That tells you the depth of the competition at this level. Fontana

:00:30.:00:36.

from Europe. Elise Christie from Europe. It is good to see the

:00:37.:00:45.

Europeans getting through. If you look down through the years, it was

:00:46.:00:52.

only a Bulgarian that got the silver medal in the last two medals. All of

:00:53.:01:00.

the rest have come from America, China, Korea. Absolutely. And one of

:01:01.:01:13.

them is from Great Britain! Now then, Elise Christie, is this going

:01:14.:01:16.

to be the start of her medal account? No pressure. The result

:01:17.:01:18.

confirmed. Yes, Elise Christie through to the

:01:19.:01:37.

semifinals. We will be seeing those in the next 15 minutes. Until then,

:01:38.:01:42.

time for the heats of the men's 1000 metres. Korea have won every single

:01:43.:01:49.

title except for one, 2002, Steven Bradbury of Australia was the

:01:50.:01:54.

winner. We have got three skaters in this. Back to the Palace.

:01:55.:02:13.

Nine laps of the rink. Great Britain have got Jean -- Jon Eley. This is

:02:14.:02:27.

his third Olympics. Niels Kerstholt of the Netherlands. Chris Creveling.

:02:28.:02:39.

And Schaal cornea of Canada. -- Charle Cournoyer. John Ely is in

:02:40.:02:48.

fourth at the moment. -- John Ely. The 29-year-old clinging to the

:02:49.:03:04.

back. He was a finalist in Turin. He will have to find something here. He

:03:05.:03:13.

certainly is. Only four laps left. Chris Creveling storming the pace.

:03:14.:03:20.

He is tapping the read out at the front. John Ely is going to have to

:03:21.:03:26.

find more power to get into second place. Two laps remaining. The line

:03:27.:03:36.

has fractured. I don't see him making it through. Chris Creveling

:03:37.:03:42.

is second. The head of the contest, coming up to tidy up heat one with a

:03:43.:03:48.

very good display of skating, is Charle Cournoyer of Canada. So John

:03:49.:03:58.

Ely did not make it through. He is better known for the 500. It was

:03:59.:04:07.

quite a fast race. 1:24.79. The Olympic and world record 1.23.007.

:04:08.:04:21.

You can see how soft the ice is. Really, really soft. I think they

:04:22.:04:24.

are trying to keep the temperature of the ice down.

:04:25.:04:41.

He did make a move to get involved but then of course the line

:04:42.:04:47.

fractured. We had a brace of skaters going clear. The result confirmed. A

:04:48.:04:51.

win for the Canadian. Here is the line-up for the third

:04:52.:05:13.

heat. Richard Shoebridge in his first Olympics lining up in this.

:05:14.:05:16.

Born in Johannesburg. Lives in Nottingham. 12th in the European

:05:17.:05:25.

Championship recently. He was preferred to Paul Stanley, who had

:05:26.:05:29.

skated into Olympics. He has got his opportunity to show us what he can

:05:30.:05:32.

do. He has got the inside position as well. A good starting position.

:05:33.:05:51.

A webby go. -- away we go. Richard Shoebridge controlling this race.

:05:52.:06:04.

Vladislav Bykanov comes around the outside. Richard has to be carefully

:06:05.:06:09.

does not get caught at the back. The Russian takes the lead. Yes, a huge

:06:10.:06:21.

roar in the arena. The crowd tried to lift Vladimir Grigorev. He looks

:06:22.:06:28.

comfortable. On his coat-tails, or clinging to them, is Tianyu Han from

:06:29.:06:36.

China. At the moment, Richard Shoebridge is at the back. He will

:06:37.:06:41.

have to make a move if he wants to reach the quarters. The pace has

:06:42.:06:46.

been ramped up significantly. Vladislav Bykanov on the inside.

:06:47.:06:50.

Good skating from him. He was actually born in the Ukraine. Moved

:06:51.:06:57.

to Israel in 1984. Still at the back is Richard Shoebridge. He is not

:06:58.:07:02.

going to make it through. He gets into third but they are inside the

:07:03.:07:06.

final lap and he has been distanced. It is a win for a Vladimir Grigorev

:07:07.:07:15.

Russia, and Tien -- Tianyu Han of China is second. Richard Shoebridge

:07:16.:07:21.

had to do a lot of work from the back. A lot of fighting going on

:07:22.:07:26.

between Richard Shoebridge and Vladislav Bykanov of Israel. The

:07:27.:07:32.

Russian coach, originally from France, very pleased. Very

:07:33.:07:43.

impressive performance. Vladimir Grigorev, a cool character. Prefers

:07:44.:07:49.

the 500 metres. Making it look very easy. Richard Shoebridge trying to

:07:50.:08:03.

get into third. The Russian looks so powerful over this distance. He was

:08:04.:08:09.

in very good form in the Europeans recently. He finished fifth overall.

:08:10.:08:13.

That is the distance. Jack Whelbourne goes lane five.

:08:14.:08:29.

Wenhao Liang. Eduardo Alvarez and Charles Hamelin.

:08:30.:08:44.

A false start. Great courage being shown by Jack Whelbourne in his

:08:45.:08:48.

second Olympics. To turn, I believe. -- 210, I

:08:49.:09:15.

believe. Come on, Jack. You need a good start.

:09:16.:09:37.

Jack Whelbourne squeezed into third. It is the top two that make it

:09:38.:09:43.

through. Here comes Charles Hamelin. Just beginning to ignite. Jack

:09:44.:09:49.

Whelbourne will have to do something here if he wants to qualify. He is

:09:50.:09:55.

still in touch. Charles Hamelin in first. Jack Whelbourne still at the

:09:56.:10:09.

back. The Chinese has the lead. Charles Hamelin, whose eyes are as

:10:10.:10:17.

wide as sources, in second. Jack Whelbourne is showing great

:10:18.:10:21.

courage. He is right on the coat-tails of Charles Hamelin. But

:10:22.:10:24.

Charles Hamelin goes down the inside. And Jack Whelbourne with a

:10:25.:10:27.

brilliant move the inside as well. He has been passed by Alvares. Final

:10:28.:10:34.

lap, Alvares against Jack Whelbourne for the final spot. Charles Hamelin

:10:35.:10:42.

has got its own up. Jack Whelbourne finishes third. Alvares is second.

:10:43.:10:45.

What a courageous escape by Jack Whelbourne. Incredibly courageous.

:10:46.:10:51.

It will be interesting to see what happens with Charles Hamelin. He

:10:52.:10:59.

went through the Chinese skater. There was not a lot of room. It

:11:00.:11:04.

would be interesting to see if the referees make that call and

:11:05.:11:08.

disqualified Charles Hamelin for impeding the Chinese skater. That

:11:09.:11:12.

would be an incredible story. It will not make any difference to Jack

:11:13.:11:18.

Whelbourne. It could do. That would mean that Alvares would be first and

:11:19.:11:26.

Jack Whelbourne would be second. All, right. Let's wait to see the

:11:27.:11:34.

outcome of the discussions. You can skate through skaters. There has to

:11:35.:11:38.

be some space. The Chinese skater was clearly impeded. We wait for the

:11:39.:11:47.

outcome. Tremendous skating by Jack Whelbourne. A virtuoso performance

:11:48.:11:50.

by him despite only being declared 60% fit. They are clenching their

:11:51.:12:01.

fists, the Chinese. Still no change. It is still showing Charles Hamelin

:12:02.:12:06.

as the winner. The judges did look into it but the

:12:07.:12:12.

result stored. This is live. Three laps remaining. The women's 500

:12:13.:12:18.

metres semifinals. Elise Christie will be going in the second. You --

:12:19.:12:31.

you join us in the closing lap of semifinal number-1.

:12:32.:12:53.

A superb race by song he Park of Korea. -- Seung-Hi Park. And Fontana

:12:54.:13:13.

is in the final. Marianne St-Gelais has missed out. She has indeed.

:13:14.:13:25.

There was no space to go for these skaters. Marianne St-Gelais has

:13:26.:13:35.

missed out and Jorien Ter Mors as well. It was very close. It was a

:13:36.:13:47.

late run by Fontana that challenged Seung-Hi Park. The result confirmed.

:13:48.:13:59.

Now then, we're waiting to see if Elise Christie can become the first

:14:00.:14:03.

ever British skater to make it into the medal contest in this race. This

:14:04.:14:13.

event first phase two of the final won for the fourth time. Then it was

:14:14.:14:29.

a Canadian Chinese have that I have won the last two.

:14:30.:14:46.

Three Chinese skaters against Elise Christie. The first two will go

:14:47.:14:52.

through. Not a particularly great start for Elise Christie but she has

:14:53.:14:59.

recovered. There is a for love. One of the great favourites has gone

:15:00.:15:05.

down. Elise Christie is on the front. It will be very hard for the

:15:06.:15:11.

Chinese skaters to get round her. She is fully inspired. Elise

:15:12.:15:18.

Christie has put the other two to the sword. Elise Christie within a

:15:19.:15:23.

lap of getting through to the final. This is history in the making. Yes,

:15:24.:15:29.

Elise Christie coming off the bend. She may well have finished second,

:15:30.:15:33.

actually. But that is good enough to see her into the final. She skated

:15:34.:15:41.

that really well. But the fact that Fan Kexin went down and took the

:15:42.:15:44.

pressure off. It certainly did. That was a superb skate by Elise

:15:45.:15:50.

Christie. I do not doubt for one moment that she will not be in the

:15:51.:15:57.

final. Everybody looking cautiously now at the video screen. A little

:15:58.:16:11.

bit of teams skating by the Chinese. Elise Christie capitalised on the

:16:12.:16:16.

fall going straight to the front, the place she likes to be. She led

:16:17.:16:22.

almost the last four laps of the 500m. What a support superb

:16:23.:16:30.

performance. The 23-year-old from Scotland who is now based in

:16:31.:16:36.

Nottingham becomes the first British skater in the history of the race to

:16:37.:16:40.

get into the medal contest. She is looking very good indeed and the

:16:41.:16:47.

500m is not her speciality. The 1000m is her favourite. But in this

:16:48.:16:55.

kind of form... She has got that by a whisker. Elise Christie wins

:16:56.:17:04.

semifinal number two. That is also very good because she is guaranteed

:17:05.:17:07.

at least a position number three because she won that race. There is

:17:08.:17:14.

the result confirmed. Four in the final, three medals at stake. We are

:17:15.:17:18.

all waiting to see if Elise Christie can make it to the podium. Superb

:17:19.:17:27.

skating. She is in imperious form, is Elise Christie. The final will

:17:28.:17:35.

comprise of Arianna Fontana, Park Seung-Hi, Jianrou Li and Elise

:17:36.:17:42.

Christie. I cannot wait. That final will be at 12:10pm this

:17:43.:17:49.

afternoon. That really is history in the making. Elise Christie is the

:17:50.:17:54.

first British woman ever to make it through to a short track final at

:17:55.:17:58.

the Olympic Games. Fantastic for her. It is not even her best event.

:17:59.:18:04.

The 1000m was the one that everyone was hoping for. Every chance at

:18:05.:18:10.

12:10pm. Very exciting on the sixth day of the Olympic Games. More good

:18:11.:18:15.

news. It comes from the Ice Cube Curling Center. This morning Eve

:18:16.:18:18.

Muirhead and her team work against China and this was 7-7 going into

:18:19.:18:24.

the final end. It came down to the last stone in the 10th end. Eve

:18:25.:18:35.

needed a draw. It came down to a last stone against Canada yesterday

:18:36.:18:41.

and it did not go even macro's way -- Eve's way. Sweeping kept to a

:18:42.:18:47.

minimum. In it goes. That is a beautiful shot. Dead weight. That is

:18:48.:18:54.

a win, a much-needed win for Eve Muirhead and the Great Britain team.

:18:55.:18:57.

Her next match against Japan is tomorrow. Well played, Eve, and the

:18:58.:19:04.

rest of the team. Let us hear from Eve.

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She spoke after the victory. Congratulations.

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It was a tight match. It was always going to be a tight match. They have

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been world champions. Betty got bronze at the last Olympics. It was

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all was going to be a tough game. As you say, give it to them, give it to

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us, a bit of to and fro. What about your own game? You look to be spot

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on today. Getting the weight really well. Something which you must be

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plead about -- pleased about. I felt good today. The rest of the girls

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set me up well. The last end, Vicki Adams called it great. Thankfully, I

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managed to pull it off. I had high confidence. When you have that, you

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get a run going. How difficult was it to put the defeat against Canada

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behind you? Everyone was talking about your particular shot, it is

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all about the game, we know that, but that shot took everyone's

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tension. How hard was it to put that behind you? You have to know how to

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bounce back from defeat, especially in a sport like curling. You are not

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going to go unbeaten the whole week. If you lose a game, you have to know

:20:33.:20:38.

how to move on. It sounds easy but it is not. It is always in the back

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of your mind, especially when you are at the Olympic Games, it is

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tough to be in the games when you know you had the chance to win

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them. For us to get a good solid performance, it will lift us and

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hopefully tomorrow we can continue that. We have Korea and Japan. If we

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can have another two really good games, it will be good. Very well

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played, Eve Muirhead. As she says, the work goes on. But it is much

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better. Two wins and two defeats in their round Robin campaign. We have

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a little bit of time before we had lied to the GB men playing the US in

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the curling. They are on their technical break at the moment. It

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gives us a chance to look back 30 years tomorrow to the day so when

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Torvill and Dean stated to goal in the Sarajevo Olympics with sixes

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across the board that macro skated to gold -- they skated to gold.

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As a child, I was really quite shy but I think when I was on the ice, I

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felt like somebody different, somebody else. You were in your own

:21:50.:21:55.

little world, your own space. I think over the years, it brought out

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a different personality in me and lots of confidence. The first time I

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went to the ice rink was on a score trip when I was about eight or nine.

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I really enjoyed the feeling of the glide of the ice, the speed you

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could get and just different ways that you could do things on skates.

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The ice rink where I started skating was quite an old building and a

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little bit run down, I have to say. But for me, it was a special place,

:22:31.:22:35.

magical. Even though there were lots of mice and rats. After I don't know

:22:36.:22:40.

how many weeks, I pestered my parents, could I have my own

:22:41.:22:45.

skates. They bought me a second-hand pair of skates. Also, I was allowed

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to have one lesson a week which I absolutely loved. After so many

:22:51.:22:58.

years of skating, it quickly became my priority. When I started skating

:22:59.:23:04.

with Chris, it was my life, even though at that time, we both have

:23:05.:23:06.

full-time jobs. For us to find the time to skate, it

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was outside the 9-5 hours. There was not a lot of ice time available to

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us. Chris and I were in our early 20s when we realised that we had a

:23:33.:23:39.

chance possibly of a gold medal. We made a very big decision and decided

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to give up our jobs and concentrate so that we could skate full-time.

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Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. Each year, we had to come up with

:23:55.:23:59.

something new and push ourselves. We started to get very creative in the

:24:00.:24:06.

routines we were doing. Perfect. Everything was geared around leading

:24:07.:24:12.

up to it 1984 because this was our Olympics, this was our chance.

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The dramatic bolero. It is really hard to describe the feeling of that

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performance. It feels like a dream sequence. It feels like I was

:24:30.:24:32.

looking down on someone else doing that. Luckily for us, on that

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evening, it all went well. We have our own feeling of how it went. It

:24:44.:24:47.

is when you watch it back that you actually see it for what it is or

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what it was. But the feeling you had performing it was completely

:24:53.:24:53.

different. I do remember the moment when all

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the sixes came up. They put the first lot of scores up and there was

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a roar. Then there was a massive raw. I remember looking at the score

:25:17.:25:24.

board and thinking, wow, I think we have done it. Jayne Torvill and

:25:25.:25:29.

Christopher Dean have one the gold metal of these Olympics ice dance

:25:30.:25:32.

competition -- Vic Korea the gold medal. I did not think a young girl

:25:33.:25:39.

from Clifton could ever be Olympic champion. But it just goes to show,

:25:40.:25:45.

never stop dreaming. My dream started small and got bigger and

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bigger. HAZEL IRVINE: It is an amazing

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story. You were only allowed four minutes and ten seconds for those

:25:54.:25:57.

performances and the music they managed to compress down was four

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minutes and 28 seconds so Chris devised this way of using the music

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without skating and only when you started skating did the time start.

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Hence them starting on their knees. A piece of useless information but I

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really enjoy it. We are going to more action on the ice and it is in

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the Ice Cube Curling Center now because we have seen Eve Muirhead

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achieve the good win this morning over the Chinese. Dave Murdoch and

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his men are already on the ice against the United States of

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America. Dave has had a pretty decent campaign so far with three

:26:35.:26:39.

wins and one defeat. This is the scoreline as we join them. Great

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Britain have four shots to the US's one. Let us get in there.

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Thank you. A very good position. GB have been pretty dominant from the

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beginning. The US actually started with the hammer and they could not

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use it at all. Britain took the 3-0 lead against the hammer and it just

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shows you their dominance. Then the Americans got one back in the

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fourth. Britain took another one in the and it reached halfway point

:27:15.:27:19.

with this three shot advantage. Playing very well indeed. The

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Americans skip, John Shuster. He has been making hard work of this for

:27:30.:27:31.

him and his team. That is the American lead, John Landsteiner. He

:27:32.:27:38.

has made one or two of choices that Great Britain have capitalised on.

:27:39.:27:42.

He has also made one or two Paul shots as well stop by contrast, it

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has been a good afternoon for the British team -- one or two Paul

:27:49.:27:54.

shots. By contrast, it has been a good afternoon for the British team.

:27:55.:27:58.

Playing their shots and taking advantage of the mistakes of the

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opposition. If Britain were to win this, it would be four wins out of

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five and it would put them in a very strong position will stop they have

:28:07.:28:08.

got a match against Denmark tomorrow. One of the supposedly

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weaker teams. Then a couple of tough matches, Canada and Norway. A couple

:28:19.:28:24.

of wins against the USA and Denmark, absolutely what they would

:28:25.:28:30.

want to have. Just to get five wins under your belt, would be

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marvellous. Let us not get ahead of ourselves. Still five friends to go.

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Despite their dominance, they will continue to dominate. -- still five

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end macros to go. They have been playing very confidently. Nothing

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phasing them at the minute. All of them shooting very well. Before we

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started any of this competition, Dave was asked, they thought they

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played quite defensively. They've disagreed and said they had many

:29:11.:29:15.

game plans under their belt. I would like to reiterate that the boys have

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played very well. They have played together well as a team. Scott has

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had a couple of sessions where he was not at his best. But he has been

:29:31.:29:35.

really good today. Greg Drummond has almost been the star of the show.

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Great shot there from Scott Andrews. Dovetailing really well, stepping up

:29:42.:29:44.

to the plate at different times. Good shot selection and execution.

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They have made life difficult from the start for this American quartet.

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They had terrible games in Vancouver, the USA. Shuster got a

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lot of stick back over that. He has done well to fight his way back to

:30:19.:30:22.

represent the United States again. They had to come through qualifying.

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They did not have enough world ranking points. They went to Germany

:30:26.:30:30.

in December. They won that competition.

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The other team in very close to qualifying was the Czech Republic.

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It was a tough battle. Unfortunately, they did not make it,

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and the USA did. I am mature the USA team gets enough match practice. --

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I am not so sure. The country is well populated with curlers. A bit

:31:09.:31:17.

like the rest of the European countries, they probably have to

:31:18.:31:32.

travel to get the match practice. Jeff Isaacson is struggling a little

:31:33.:31:33.

bit today. He is the one to me looks happy to

:31:34.:31:54.

be in the Olympic Games. I may be being a little harsh.

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USA, when they have had the hammer, they have not used it at all well.

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They are doing really well. They are controlling the ends when the

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Americans should be controlling them.

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They are just not building an end very well. No. Not at all. That is

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much better. Not a bad attempt. They would be wanting to sit right on top

:32:56.:33:01.

of that stone. If it had been a little further around, is more

:33:02.:33:07.

difficult to shift. But there, there is enough of an angle. You can see

:33:08.:33:17.

where the brushes. A freeze has to be right on top of the other stone.

:33:18.:33:22.

No space between it. It will make it hard for the opposition to hit it

:33:23.:33:25.

out. There is no doubt these boys can throw some heavyweight down the

:33:26.:33:32.

rink. Sometimes, even if they are jammed together, they can spin them

:33:33.:33:37.

out sideways. That should be an easy enough to take-out for David

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Murdoch. Well done. A very assured performance so far. Dave has missed

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one or two. But generally if he has not had a perfect shot, he has

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followed it up with a good one. He has not led Shuster have anything

:34:05.:34:11.

easy. Shuster is shooting 56%. That is an improvement. He was below 50%.

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I think it has been as much about his shot selection as anything else.

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I am mature his strategy has been what is required at this level of

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play. I think we mention it earlier. Sometimes it is also shot

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execution. If you don't get the shot execution and the strategy itself

:34:50.:34:57.

goes out the window. Our boys have been calling a good game and playing

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a good game. That makes all the difference. Think it is that the

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situation of setting the end up. If you use those statistics, Michael

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Goodfellow and Scott Andrews are both shooting in the 90%. To be

:35:11.:35:16.

fair, the American first two were shooting better than their back to.

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-- two. It is critical that the front end of your team plays the

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stones were the skip is looking for them. That will direct how the rest

:35:32.:35:37.

of the play goes. So a very important position to be his lead.

:35:38.:35:44.

Often very underestimated in this game of curling, since the skip gets

:35:45.:35:49.

all of the credit. But they wouldn't be anywhere without the rest of the

:35:50.:35:57.

team in front of them. Well, he is good to have did try again. He

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didn't get anything going at that end. Not making any inroads into the

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British lead. Running out of time, running out of stones. It remains

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4-1 to Great Britain after six. And these discussions, just before we

:36:22.:36:29.

joined us the chats between the teams, the Americans were very flat,

:36:30.:36:35.

very down. The coach came down. He was talking to David Murdoch. He

:36:36.:36:51.

said to him, smile and it was a must visit he was saying, take on the

:36:52.:36:59.

demeanour of a man in charge. Yet -- The Americans look William

:37:00.:37:03.

despondent. Not at all a unit. You notice our boys gathering together,

:37:04.:37:08.

planning at this end is going to go. I feel these American boys are

:37:09.:37:15.

pretty flat. I think if I was the coach I would be giving them a bit

:37:16.:37:18.

of a shake. You generally have to look at the scoreboard. They should

:37:19.:37:26.

be taking at -- looking at taking a two, forcing a one. I really feel

:37:27.:37:29.

their heart is not in this game at the minute. Our boys definitely are.

:37:30.:37:38.

Wiwa saying they were looking around at family members in the crowd. The

:37:39.:37:43.

fact that this big Russian credits during the match on the far side

:37:44.:37:47.

between Switzerland and Russia, they were kind of breaking away when

:37:48.:37:52.

there was a cheer. They almost give the demeanour that they are happy to

:37:53.:37:55.

be here rather than concentrating on winning this match. That may be

:37:56.:38:02.

because they started badly. There are plenty of stones left. If they

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all their game and put some pressure on Britain, force a two or get a

:38:08.:38:14.

steal, you're back in the game. That is how you have to think. Speaking

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of Russian Cheers... Having said all that, Steve, this

:38:18.:38:35.

game is going Great Britain's away. -- way. Four wins and one loss would

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put them at the forefront of this competition. China at four wins.

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China are not playing this afternoon. They have had four

:38:47.:38:50.

victories. It is a surprise to see them at the top. Nowhere are

:38:51.:38:54.

undefeated but they are currently trailing their Scandinavian

:38:55.:39:01.

compatriots. They are currently trailing Sweden 4-1. If Sweden were

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to close that, they would be like Britain. Canada started to assert

:39:08.:39:10.

themselves after an indifferent start to the competition. They are

:39:11.:39:20.

currently leading as well. I think five matches in, if you are at the

:39:21.:39:27.

top, you have won four and lost one, I would be delighted with that

:39:28.:39:31.

situation. They play Denmark tomorrow. Great Britain still have

:39:32.:39:37.

to face Canada. I had to say, I would probably like to have seen

:39:38.:39:42.

this match earlier in the week. They may be getting stronger as the week

:39:43.:39:45.

goes on. I think of our boys go out and perform as we know they can,

:39:46.:39:50.

they are more than capable of beating any of the teams year. --

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any of the teams here. A big cheer going up. This is Jared Zezel.

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Playing second. He is from Hibbing in Minnesota. Small town renowned

:40:11.:40:15.

for? The birthplace of Bob Dylan. Best song? Rolling Stone, maybe?

:40:16.:40:26.

Never mind! Just trying to make tenuous links, useless information.

:40:27.:40:33.

If only I could follow! I know. I am two steps ahead of you. It is like

:40:34.:40:38.

this game. I am normally about three shots behind you! Hibbing,

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Minnesota. Easy, you have learned something. The birthplace of Bob

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Dylan. I will have learned something if I can keep that in my little

:40:49.:40:53.

brain! Scott Andrews has been asked to peel off that front guard and

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hopefully roll himself leaving nothing up front. Once again, USA,

:40:57.:41:05.

because they are not putting the stones where they need to, and the

:41:06.:41:08.

scenario we have seen pretty much through this, where Britain have

:41:09.:41:15.

made the smart moves earlier on, the Americans have tended to leave

:41:16.:41:22.

guards of which Britain had built on. Then they got their scores. It

:41:23.:41:28.

seems as though changing their strategy now maybe a little bit

:41:29.:41:37.

late. I think they will change their strategy after the fifth end break.

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I'm sure the coach would have told them how they are playing. Again, it

:41:42.:41:45.

may well come down to shot execution at the end of the day. They have

:41:46.:41:50.

given themselves a little bit of a chance here. He is putting the right

:41:51.:41:56.

shots on now. It does beg the question, why didn't they start like

:41:57.:42:00.

this? The first Evans gave them a huge disadvantage. -- those first

:42:01.:42:08.

Evans. I'm not sure what he was thinking then.

:42:09.:42:18.

Greg Drummond being totally reliable again, as he has been throughout

:42:19.:42:23.

this competition. So Jeff Isaacson is going to come

:42:24.:42:41.

down with these two British stones. Yes. He would like to sit right on

:42:42.:42:53.

the face of this one. Just the red is likely to the inside. It should

:42:54.:42:59.

allow Britain to catch the corner of that yellow. I think these are the

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sort of shots that Greg Drummond loves. He has been playing them with

:43:12.:43:14.

almost complete accuracy. Let's hope he can do it here. He came off his

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own. Job completed. It was not quite totally perfect execution but the

:43:25.:43:29.

result was not bad. He is likely over through that. He got the result

:43:30.:43:35.

we were looking for. That spins right back up out of the house. We

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can sweep as much as we can. So, open house. We will try to put a

:43:44.:43:53.

guard appear. Is he going to try to use that stone? Yes, he may try to,

:43:54.:44:04.

right. -- he may try to come right. This has to be perfectly placed.

:44:05.:44:09.

Running out of ice. That is a hard shot. A really hard shot. Of course,

:44:10.:44:20.

you don't play that shot. They are playing so many shots all afternoon

:44:21.:44:23.

and all of a sudden you get asked to put one out there. They are trying

:44:24.:44:30.

tactically the right shots. But as I said earlier, shot execution is not

:44:31.:44:38.

coming off for them. So, our macro guys just going to sit one right on

:44:39.:44:40.

one foot. -- our guys. We really do not want it to go back

:44:41.:45:02.

four. Just worried him for a second that it would go right through.

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Might have been better going right through. It has left an opportunity

:45:06.:45:12.

for John Shuster to draw up to this stone and then Dave will have to try

:45:13.:45:20.

and hit it out. But if we get the perfect freeze locked on top, it

:45:21.:45:29.

does make it harder. We had to be one foot or tee high there. Quite

:45:30.:45:42.

unusual for that to slip through. These guys are going to have to work

:45:43.:46:02.

this hard. That is not even lying shot. It has been typical of his

:46:03.:46:10.

match. He has not had many opportunities, but when he has had

:46:11.:46:16.

the chance to play his shots and it has either been poor strategy or

:46:17.:46:20.

poor execution. He has been displaying both unfortunately for

:46:21.:46:22.

his team-mates. Dave Murdoch saying, he is keen to

:46:23.:46:41.

force the USA to take a one and then convert the hammer over to Great

:46:42.:46:49.

Britain in the eighth end. He has to fit this yellow stone out of the

:46:50.:46:53.

house and light sitting in second position and hope that John Shuster

:46:54.:46:58.

cannot remove two of them and has to draw to take a one. It is always an

:46:59.:47:04.

advantage to have the hammer in the eighth and the 10th if possible. He

:47:05.:47:12.

is in a good position anyway. Trying to hold the line on this. That is a

:47:13.:47:23.

nice shot there. Once again, Dave Murdoch answering the questions put

:47:24.:47:31.

to him, sitting for two now, forcing the one. That is the object of this

:47:32.:47:38.

game. Try to take the two and force the one.

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This should be a fairly straightforward shot for John

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Shuster, just to draw in inside the British stone and take his one. As I

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said, the way he has been playing, that is not a foregone conclusion.

:48:02.:48:09.

These guys should be able to guide this in. Leaving it alone. That is a

:48:10.:48:23.

nice drop. One to the US. But it is another moral victory for Great

:48:24.:48:27.

Britain. Just a one for John Shuster and his team. Narrows the gap to

:48:28.:48:33.

4-2. But after seven and is, Great Britain will have the hammer in the

:48:34.:48:38.

eighth and potentially in the 10th -- seven ends. Still very much in

:48:39.:48:43.

charge here. They are obviously... Things are

:48:44.:49:09.

going well. In the GB house, as it were. Really good to see the

:49:10.:49:20.

communication, the team making the decision on how they are going to

:49:21.:49:28.

play that end. They have got a strategy to play. I think I heard

:49:29.:49:33.

the remark that they were better recognising perhaps there has been a

:49:34.:49:40.

change in strategy from the US team, but we did respond there, made good

:49:41.:49:43.

shots at the right time. There is another shot that is not as

:49:44.:49:57.

good as it might have been. It is really hard, you can start to think

:49:58.:50:04.

it is not going your way. Instead of trying to put behind you what has

:50:05.:50:10.

gone before. You have to play each shot as a new situation. I know it

:50:11.:50:16.

is so easy. That is what every psychologist will tell you. Much

:50:17.:50:22.

easier said than done. Start to carry the weight of what has gone

:50:23.:50:25.

before. For America, it has not been good. OK. Michael Goodfellow being

:50:26.:50:38.

asked for a tip shot. He was just being asked for that but it was a

:50:39.:50:42.

bit high. You can catch the edge of it and take it across to the side of

:50:43.:50:47.

the sheet as long as it is still in the field of play. That would free

:50:48.:50:59.

up the four foot since Great Britain have the hammer here.

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Just to reiterate the point, the free grant stone -- Godstone. If

:51:13.:51:22.

they are not in the house, as long as they are beyond the pod line,

:51:23.:51:26.

they cannot be taken out by the opposition. There can be moved but

:51:27.:51:30.

they cannot be taken out of the match. Michael Goodfellow.

:51:31.:51:40.

Having another go here. The boys are having to work this hard. We really

:51:41.:51:51.

need this into the four foot. All of the hours of work in the gym paying

:51:52.:51:56.

off. Excellent sweeping can take it a lot further than it would do

:51:57.:51:59.

without any sweeping. It did not quite have enough. We would have

:52:00.:52:05.

liked to have seen that biting the top of the blue, as we see in the

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picture there. This has now given the USA the opportunity to better

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that draw of Michael Goodfellow's there. But this one as well, looks

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like they are going to have to work at it. Hard! It certainly is taking

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a big girl. We are going to catch the top -- curl. A little nudge for

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the British stone as well. Dave Murdoch should just leave that

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alone. These two yellow stone 's at the front of house will cause in the

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bother. I do not think he can manage the double Peel, just the single

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peel. Again, that is just looking at the edge of it, removing your

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shooter and removing the yellow stone that you have hit.

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Well played. Fairly straightforward shot for Scott Andrews. I know when

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we were coming in this morning, chatting to one or two of the

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support staff, almost apologising for the nature of the British win

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against Switzerland. Saying that it was not the most enthralling match.

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You and I were saying, it does not matter, it is a win. Even though

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they have control of this one very early, I would quite like to see a

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nice pouring into this. I assure the guys would, no dramas -- a nice

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boring end to this. No mistakes. The USA boys feel this has not been

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delivered well. They are not going to beat themselves up to try and

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sweep it further than they can. They actually wanted that stone in the

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house. Once again, we are going to try and

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peel off this front American shot. Starting to feel a sense of

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resignation on the American team. I suppose, the one little mistake from

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Britain is what they need. They need something to lift them, to give them

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a little bit of hope. It is important that as straightforward as

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some of these shots are, they give it the Jura tension. -- there are

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due attention. Look at the statistics there between Greg

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Drummond and Jeff Isaacson. We hear the boys calling 9-10 and

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that is a zone. As it hits the red. The button is zone seven. That has

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firmly dug in considering the boys were shouting zone nine. It has got

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to be hard for the skip. If they are not calling it right either... Very

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much so. The skip is taking direction from what the sweepers are

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calling. This does give us the opportunity to move some granite at

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the front here. We would like to... Good result. That is an excellent

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result. Well done, Greg Drummond. Things are looking good. Written

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leading 4-2. With the hammer in this one, a few more stones to go. HAZEL

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IRVINE: The curling continues on the red button. Lizzy Yarnold has taken

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a giant step towards the goal. It has been a great morning up at the

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Sankey sliding track. She went number two and she has ended number

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one after two runs at the halfway stage. She leads by almost half a

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second. Shelley Rudman is in 11th place right now.

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Elise Christie has become the first British woman to reach an Olympic

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short track speed skating final. Watch her go for it in the 500m in a

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few minutes time on BBC One. James Woods defied a hip injury to

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shine in the slopestyle skiing. He missed out on a medal. He was there.

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The gold went Joss Christensen. A great effort from Woodsy.

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And a reminder of the look and feel of the rest of this day, day six.

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You have got Elise Christie in the short track women's 500m final at

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12:10pm. Russia's ice hockey men, their first match, dude anticipation

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about that. They will play Slovakia. At 4pm, you must see this, the loose

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urine luge relay. -- the luge relay. Figure skating, another great

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Russian hope for gold. It is all happening today. The highlights at

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7:30pm. Woodsy, it was certainly great style from him, Lizzy Yarnold

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in pole position, Elise Christie still to go for it on BBC One in ten

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minutes time. Happy days at the games. Catch you tomorrow. Goodbye

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for now.

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