18/02/2018 Newsround

Hello I'm Hayley and welcome

back to Newsround.

A record-breaking day for Team GB!

Plus we speak to Steve Backshall

about his greatest challenge yet.

This is Newsround.

First to PyeongChang in South Korea,

where three British women helped

deliver Team GB's most successful

day at a Winter Olympics ever!

Here's what happened.

Let's start with the skeleton.

Lizzy Yarnold was in second place

but this amazing final

run was pretty perfect

and took her straight to the top

winning her a gold medal.

Lizzy also won in the last

games in 2014 in Sochi.

That makes her the first British

woman to successfully defend

a Winter Olympic title.

Lizzy's just amazing under pressure.

Look what she's done.

She said she would come and do this

for our country and she has.

Laura Deas was competing in the same

event and she got bronze.

She was delighted because she

thought she'd come fourth.

For the first time ever,

Great Britain has two medal winners

on the same podium at the Winter

Games.

Amazing.

And one more record for you.

It was the first time Great Britain

won three medals in one day

because earlier in the day,

19-year-old Izzy Atkin won bronze

in the ski slopestyle.

It feels amazing to be an Olympic

bronze medallist.

Well done, guys.

But it wasn't all good

news for Team GB though.

James Woods missed out on a medal

in the Men's Skiing Slopestyle.

He was in bronze position

but ended up finishing 4th.

He says he's devastated,

but also very proud of himself.

And we told you yesterday

about speed skater Elise Christie -

she crashed in her 1,500 metre

semi-final just days

after crashing in the 500 metres.

She was taken to hospital and now

has her right foot in a special

boot to help it heal.

But Elise hopes to make the 1,000

metre heats on Tuesday.

Fingers crossed, Elise!

Well, we'd like your congratulations

messages for the athletes

who have won a medal.

Head to Newsround online

where you can tell us what you think

of their achievements.

Many people across the UK felt

an earthquake, which shuddered

across England and Wales yesterday.

It had a magnitude of 4.4,

so only a small one.

Nobody was hurt and there was no

damage, but people reported feeling

movement in places as far apart

as London, Cornwall and Cumbria.

It's thought the centre

was close to Swansea.

Well, we want to know

if you felt it.

Get in touch with Newsround online

and let us know what it was like.

Football, and there was

plenty of action on show

in the FA Cup competition.

Manchester United made it

through to the quarter-finals

after beating Huddersfield 2-1.

Romelu Lakaku scored both goals.

Southampton and Brighton are also

through to the quarter-finals

after wins over West Brom

and Coventry, respectively.

But Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea

will need to play again

after a goalless draw.

Next, he's known for getting up

close with the world's deadliest

animals, but now Steve Backshall has

a new challenge to face and this

one's the biggest of his life.

He'll be attempting to climb

the north face of Mount Eiger

in Switzerland, also known

as the Wall of Death.

Hayley went to meet him.

I can remember the first time that

I stood at the base of it and looked

up at this mile of vertical rock

above me and thought,

how would it feel to be

in the middle of that?

You're absolutely mad!

Is there any part of

you that's scared, petrified,

not knowing what to do?

Not now, but there is no

doubt that I will be once

I'm up there because,

you know, it's still one of the most

threatening walls on the planet.

You have this immense amount of snow

and ice and the weather

is going to be brutal.

We need it to be at least

minus 20 to even start

thinking about climbing.

So, yeah, it's a big expedition.

So what kind of training have

you had to do in order to do this?

So, I've been training

for about five months.

I've been doing a lot of stuff

that's been working on building

up my what's called strength

to body weight.

I've been losing a lot

of weight, so I've been

on a diet for five months.

Oh, gosh.

Over Christmas?!

I know.

I know, tell me about it, but,

you know, I kind of feel ready.

OK.

I know that you've dealt with a lot

of scary situations,

a lot of scary animals.

On a scale of one to ten,

how scary is this?

Probably a ten.

Oh, my goodness, that is scary.

Coming from, you that is scary.

Yeah.

I mean, if everything goes right, it

will be very physically demanding.

We're going to be exhausted,

we're going to have no

sleep for days on end,

but a great experience.

If everything goes wrong,

it's going to be horrific.

And its 4,000 metres.

How long is that going to take you?

We're hoping for three days,

that will be the ideal.

If it takes longer than that,

then we're going to run out of food.

There's only so much

we can carry on our backs.

Well, if anyone can do it,

Steve, you can do it.

You can do this.

I think you've got it!

It's nice to have you believe in me.

Thank you.

That's what we're doing, and

everything's going to be on CBBC.

You can watch CBBC online to see

all of Steve's challenge

and we will be right

behind you, Steve.

Well, I'm saying right behind you,

sort of on a sofa watching.

On a sofa back here.

But you know, we're with you.

But I will feel that

support, I'm sure.

That's it from the Newsround team.

Thanks for watching.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

I'm back in the morning.