Highlights

:00:00. > :00:13.Welcome to the beautiful Salzburg in Germany for the Bobsleigh and

:00:14. > :00:19.Skeleton World Championships. We were supposed to be in Sochi but

:00:20. > :00:23.exactly what went on in the Winter Olympics there in 2014 has sent

:00:24. > :00:26.reverberations throughout world sport. Just before Christmas, the

:00:27. > :00:32.championships were taken away from Russia and awarded to the track here

:00:33. > :00:36.in Konigssee and with just a year to go until the next Winter Olympics in

:00:37. > :00:44.South Korea there's a lot to be decided for the British team are

:00:45. > :00:50.both off and on the ice. People say it's like a roller-coaster. It's

:00:51. > :00:56.not. Such a massive challenge. You love speed. You're going faster than

:00:57. > :01:02.an Olympic sprinter. There is no plan B. You've got to get together

:01:03. > :01:07.make something happen. At first, it's horrific and terrifying. There

:01:08. > :01:14.was no escape. I love the people they work with. Eye and minute

:01:15. > :01:20.because they want to win. I am in it because I want to win. I want to be

:01:21. > :01:29.the best. Totally dedicated and committed. That's what it takes.

:01:30. > :01:35.Joining me for analysis this weekend is Amy Williams. Talking about

:01:36. > :01:39.changes, there's no hiding the change you have had since your

:01:40. > :01:45.career has ended. I am only four weeks away before first child, so we

:01:46. > :01:51.are keeping it locked inside. If anyone is listening, all in good

:01:52. > :01:55.time. Having made the right decision by moving the championships from

:01:56. > :01:58.Russia? I think they have. A lot of the athletes, it was playing on

:01:59. > :02:04.their minds and until this whole drugs issue is sorted out, however

:02:05. > :02:10.many months to come, it needed to be changed, and the fact it's come to

:02:11. > :02:13.Germany, Konigssee, it's brilliant. It's a track everybody's experienced

:02:14. > :02:17.at, everybody knows, it's part of the regular circuit, so for Great

:02:18. > :02:22.Britain, we spend a lot of time here. They know how to put on a good

:02:23. > :02:25.event. They've been able to do it really quickly. Germany as a

:02:26. > :02:29.professional at doing that so it's a good choice. You mention the British

:02:30. > :02:35.team. When you look at the athletes beating in skeleton and bobsleigh,

:02:36. > :02:38.what are our chances? All eyes will be on Lizzy Yarnold. She's had time

:02:39. > :02:42.off and now it's the end of the season. Everyone will be looking to

:02:43. > :02:46.see how well she does. We've had highs and lows in results, maybe not

:02:47. > :02:50.quite as good last season from the athletes, but it's always the year

:02:51. > :02:53.before the Olympics, people are testing out equipment. You are doing

:02:54. > :03:01.things you know you won't do in the Olympic season. The bobsleigh guys,

:03:02. > :03:04.the four-man have been playing around with different crews,

:03:05. > :03:07.different formations with the four guys in each bobsleigh, so I'm

:03:08. > :03:13.looking forward to seeing how they actually do compete and who they

:03:14. > :03:19.choose to go in which 1's. A lots of racing coming up for the British in

:03:20. > :03:24.the next couple of hours. As we've heard, Lizzy Yarnold is back. A year

:03:25. > :03:32.away from the ice, how will she get on in the Women's Skeleton? I didn't

:03:33. > :03:38.realise how much of a toll was taking. Ilott this board but I and

:03:39. > :03:48.minute because I want to win the. So close to 12 months ago, Britain's

:03:49. > :03:52.men get on the podium. -- you can be in position and drop back. We've

:03:53. > :03:55.come down from the mountain is down to track-side. The last few training

:03:56. > :04:00.runs for the skeleton is taking place. Gary Anderson, performance

:04:01. > :04:05.director of British bobsleigh, what has this move been like for you? It

:04:06. > :04:08.came as a shock that we moved to Konigssee, but I think it's the

:04:09. > :04:13.right decision. With all the problems with the doping issues in

:04:14. > :04:17.Sochi, I think the IBSF made the right decision to come to Konigssee.

:04:18. > :04:20.You have athletes waiting on all sorts of positions now and looking

:04:21. > :04:26.back on that Winter Olympics, did you have any hint at the time that

:04:27. > :04:29.so much was going so wrong? Not at the time, no. There was always a

:04:30. > :04:35.suspicion but at the time we thought it would blow over and we are

:04:36. > :04:39.obviously now looking for the IBSF and the IOC to do the right thing.

:04:40. > :04:44.You have athletes waiting on that decision so could we have a bronze

:04:45. > :04:50.medal for the 4-Man Bob? We are supporting their process, and we

:04:51. > :04:53.just want it done as quickly as possible. What hopes for Great

:04:54. > :05:00.Britain this weekend? Last year we came fourth in the 2-Man Bob. Bruce

:05:01. > :05:05.and Joel again hoping to do well for Great Britain. And in the 4-Man Bob,

:05:06. > :05:10.we have two strong crews. How does the ranking work? We want to work

:05:11. > :05:15.out what is going to be the best in training, so straight after, we have

:05:16. > :05:19.the Olympic test event and we will test more things they're. You have

:05:20. > :05:26.two quite different pilots in the 4-Man Bob. We have the seasoned

:05:27. > :05:32.pilot and the former Olympian, looking at moving up the rankings

:05:33. > :05:36.and also we have Bradley Hall who and 40 missed the start of the

:05:37. > :05:41.season by having an operation on his hand but he showing people what you

:05:42. > :05:45.can do. How important is it with a year to go before the Winter

:05:46. > :05:49.Olympics to put a marker down? It certainly is. We have waited for a

:05:50. > :05:52.while to have two good pilots. Bradley has come on the scene now

:05:53. > :05:58.and they will push each other right to the final line before we get

:05:59. > :06:02.chosen. We will start with the Women's Skeleton, an event rate

:06:03. > :06:06.button has a proud history of the World Championships and of course

:06:07. > :06:09.the Olympic Games. After a year away, Lizzy Yarnold is back and

:06:10. > :06:17.preparing to defend her Olympic title next February. Nick Hope has

:06:18. > :06:23.been catching up with her. Three years ago, I'd probably just arrived

:06:24. > :06:27.in Sochi. You couldn't ask for anything more from Lizzy Yarnold. I

:06:28. > :06:32.put down another track record on my third run so I had my sled in front

:06:33. > :06:35.of me and I'd put my forehead against it and look down and

:06:36. > :06:40.thought, I think I've almost got this. One more run the. Lizzy

:06:41. > :06:50.Yarnold goes for gold for Great Britain. She is down, in control of.

:06:51. > :06:55.She could crash now. She is going to do it! Lizzy Yarnold is the Olympic

:06:56. > :06:58.champion. Oh my goodness expiration Mark one I saw everyone, that

:06:59. > :07:08.moment, it had to be what I had achieved. It's a brilliant.

:07:09. > :07:12.Unbelievable. Pretty quickly I set myself the goal of trying to become

:07:13. > :07:16.world champion, trying to become European champion which I'd never

:07:17. > :07:20.done before, but, in the same breath, I was really pushing myself

:07:21. > :07:26.and expecting a lot of myself and it drove me to a point of physical and

:07:27. > :07:32.mental exhaustion. Lizzy Yarnold! She saves the best till last. Trying

:07:33. > :07:36.to get the best out of every training run with the process and

:07:37. > :07:41.determination to win, I can't even explain how exhausting it is, but I

:07:42. > :07:44.didn't realise how much of a toll it was taking. I mean, I love this

:07:45. > :07:50.sport, but I and minute because they want to win, so there is no kind of

:07:51. > :07:55.plan B. Lizzy Yarnold is the Olympic and world champion expiration Mark

:07:56. > :07:58.you decided to take a year off and it is a risk taking a break from

:07:59. > :08:03.training and things but you felt you needed it? I've felt at the time

:08:04. > :08:07.after the World Championships I needed to have a choice as to

:08:08. > :08:11.whether I was going to take a break or not but in the end I'd took a

:08:12. > :08:15.season off competing in travelling around and unpacking and packing,

:08:16. > :08:21.that life. Slowly but surely I came back to the gym by myself and

:08:22. > :08:26.writing my own sessions, sometimes easy, sometimes very hard, and

:08:27. > :08:29.enjoying it. I knew I wanted to get to Pyeongchang. It is the question

:08:30. > :08:34.of how to get that in the best possible way to retain my title. So

:08:35. > :08:38.nice to lift about. Even though my results this season have not been as

:08:39. > :08:42.good as they should have been, haven't been as good as I'd hoped

:08:43. > :08:46.they would comment this season has actually been very successful. I am

:08:47. > :08:50.talking to my coach and remembering how I can communicate with a look of

:08:51. > :08:55.my eyes all the movement of my hands, the things which are the

:08:56. > :09:00.foundation of what will mean everything when you look at the

:09:01. > :09:04.Olympic track in a year's time. How much was the reason for coming back

:09:05. > :09:08.wanting to make more history? Trying to be the first British Olympian to

:09:09. > :09:14.defend my title is a huge juicy goal that does get me out of bed every

:09:15. > :09:19.day. But that is still quite a far way off goal. I have you set myself

:09:20. > :09:23.smaller goals every day, going to the gym, horrible session to get

:09:24. > :09:26.through, so it's all about the detail every day. How important are

:09:27. > :09:30.these World Championships in the context of next year's Winter

:09:31. > :09:35.Olympics? It's inevitably going to be a really important standpoint.

:09:36. > :09:41.I'm going to be honest and set my expectations high, and I would love

:09:42. > :09:44.to get a medal. I'm going to try to win but it's a year off so as long

:09:45. > :09:48.as I'm learning and getting better, I'm going to be pleased with my

:09:49. > :09:51.performance. I think you can tell from my expression as soon as they

:09:52. > :09:57.crossed the finish line, you will know. So, we have heard from Lizzy

:09:58. > :10:03.Yarnold, a mixed season to put it mildly. Yes, she's had some highs

:10:04. > :10:07.and lows this season. Working things out with her sled, injuries, not

:10:08. > :10:11.quite the performance she wanted however we are here at the World

:10:12. > :10:14.Championships and she always increases the mark when it comes to

:10:15. > :10:18.the World Championships and performs well and thrives off that. The last

:10:19. > :10:22.day of training yesterday, we didn't have the Germans training but then

:10:23. > :10:26.she was there with the fastest two runs and looked comfortable and

:10:27. > :10:35.relaxed. I really think that's going to come out today. Two more British

:10:36. > :10:38.beside her. We have Laura and Donna. Laura came seventh in last year's

:10:39. > :10:43.World Championships so she is going to want to get at least within the

:10:44. > :10:48.top six. A good strong push and we have a lot of experience on this

:10:49. > :10:51.track. Donna has been one of the most experienced sliders in the

:10:52. > :10:55.field, a lot of years under her belt, and has wanted to put in a

:10:56. > :10:59.good performance in these championships. A German chat, you

:11:00. > :11:05.don't look far past the other Germans in the field. We have some

:11:06. > :11:08.strong is German girls who took the last day of training off, very

:11:09. > :11:12.confident Fulston I would be surprised if we didn't have two

:11:13. > :11:19.Germans and the Canadian in the top mix but let's hope Lizzy Yarnold can

:11:20. > :11:22.do well as well. World Cup leader Jacqueline Loelling is that the

:11:23. > :11:25.early pace on her own course. Local favourite wasn't the cricket out of

:11:26. > :11:34.the start gate but looked impressive all the way down. Tina Hermann came

:11:35. > :11:41.close but was not to be, just 61 hundredths separating them after run

:11:42. > :11:45.one of. Canadian Elisabeth Vathje was 14th in the World Cup but for

:11:46. > :11:52.weeks on, looked much more at home. Quick out of the starting blocks,

:11:53. > :11:56.she moved into third. Jeanine flock had struggled to get the challenge

:11:57. > :12:01.middle section of this course and it caused her problems again. First of

:12:02. > :12:06.the British was Laura Dees, who has been consistently inside the top ten

:12:07. > :12:12.on the World Cup circuit this season but she has struggled as conditions

:12:13. > :12:20.worsened. Then it was time for Lizzy Yarnold to make a comeback. Here she

:12:21. > :12:23.goes. Yet to claim a gold medal, but this is what we are looking at, she

:12:24. > :12:31.might get away before the snow really returns. She has got the

:12:32. > :12:35.knowledge, the experience. She looks so comfortable. The last day of

:12:36. > :12:39.training yesterday she put down one of the acrid to fastest runs. She

:12:40. > :12:44.really thrives in these World Championships. She is cool, calm and

:12:45. > :12:49.looking good on her sled. In great form. Let's see if she can come back

:12:50. > :12:54.up into form. She hasn't had the best season on and off, working her

:12:55. > :13:00.way back, but she is still going to want a medal here.

:13:01. > :13:12.This is going to be close. Tina Hermann and Jacqueline Loelling, she

:13:13. > :13:20.will be third. No, fourth. Well done. She will be very happy with

:13:21. > :13:24.that. What a good solid run. The third of the British riders was way

:13:25. > :13:31.off the pace and finished the first session down in 22nd.

:13:32. > :13:41.The second run started under cold but clear skies. Laura Dees took

:13:42. > :13:46.first to spot early on. After Jane Channel from Canada took the lead in

:13:47. > :13:50.the next run, a blizzard descended and flipped the competition on its

:13:51. > :13:55.head. The leaders struggled with a worsening conditions. If you are at

:13:56. > :13:59.the start now, you know you're going to lose positions and that's not a

:14:00. > :14:03.fair race. The Julie now need to decide if they will allow this

:14:04. > :14:08.heated to continue any longer. Lizzy Yarnold, who was in fourth place,

:14:09. > :14:14.found more mistakes cost her dearly, slipping to 12th. Heat one leader

:14:15. > :14:17.Jacqueline Loelling dealt with us know best, only slipping from first

:14:18. > :14:24.down to third but after protests by the German, about the worsening

:14:25. > :14:28.state of the track, racing for the day was cancelled. All the result

:14:29. > :14:33.being scrapped. A blow for Laura, but better news for Lizzy Yarnold,

:14:34. > :14:37.who maintains her fourth position. You never know what's going to

:14:38. > :14:45.happen, that's why it's such a good sport. Now my mind is reset. I'm 27

:14:46. > :14:48.one hundredths behind the leader, Jacqueline Loelling. So, yeah, I

:14:49. > :14:52.need to go back tonight and review everything. It's a really short

:14:53. > :14:54.track so it's important to find the speed and then be as aerodynamic to

:14:55. > :15:04.not lose the speed. Run two has come to an end, perhaps

:15:05. > :15:10.the run that never was, in the bin now. Yes, half the field did their

:15:11. > :15:15.run. Unpredictability. It was clear for the top runners, and then when

:15:16. > :15:20.the very fastest girls went, thick snow started. Get to that point,

:15:21. > :15:24.what are the jury going to do? They decided with a few people putting in

:15:25. > :15:28.protests, if the leader is over one second behind her own time, German

:15:29. > :15:33.on a German track, it clearly is the weather. Bitter disappointment

:15:34. > :15:38.because Laura was therein second. I've been in races, within one hour

:15:39. > :15:42.you've had snow, you've had rain, you've had son and it hasn't been

:15:43. > :15:46.cancelled. But maybe this is the new thing. That's it, second run

:15:47. > :15:50.scrapped, first one stands and you have to go in tomorrow with a fresh

:15:51. > :16:03.and clear mind, not let it worry them and come out fighting to move

:16:04. > :16:07.up spaces. COMMENTATOR: Jacqueline Loelling is the overnight leader by

:16:08. > :16:10.six hundredths of a second. The woman who set a new track record

:16:11. > :16:20.last Saturday evening, can she do it again? Let's see what her start time

:16:21. > :16:27.was. 5:20 one. She doesn't have the fastest start, Jacqueline. But she

:16:28. > :16:32.knows how to drive a sled. She knows where to get the speed from every

:16:33. > :16:36.single one of these corners. Coming down this slightly wonky straight,

:16:37. > :16:45.they just have two absolutely nailed it. Able to make it through that

:16:46. > :16:48.bottom half of the straight. This is the big 360. Getting out of here is

:16:49. > :16:59.crucial for speed to the bottom of the track, and she nailed that. We

:17:00. > :17:05.can hear scraping, Helmut on the ice with the pressure and GeForce is

:17:06. > :17:11.some of athletes come through. 51:74. Half a second away from a

:17:12. > :17:18.track record. Maybe it is just a little frosty still in this first

:17:19. > :17:24.heat. In the next heat she may have the chance to go quicker. The world

:17:25. > :17:30.champion, Tina Hermann claimed the title last year in Innsbruck.

:17:31. > :17:40.Shortest track. Despite having one of the poorest start in the field.

:17:41. > :17:45.Hermann is a real threat. She is tied for the lead as she lies down.

:17:46. > :17:49.Yeah, the start is so important in skeleton. You spend your whole

:17:50. > :17:54.summer becoming powerful, training, and then you have to put it onto the

:17:55. > :17:56.circuit, pushing the sled. But you've got to be able to drive and

:17:57. > :18:02.these Germans will know exactly where the speed is in each corner.

:18:03. > :18:12.Hermann still in the lead, Goodspeed, 68.5. Herman is behind.

:18:13. > :18:17.She had a great season last time. Hasn't quite managed to get the same

:18:18. > :18:21.results this year. She may have been testing some different things. This

:18:22. > :18:27.is where Loelling is so awesome because Tina has just dropped down

:18:28. > :18:34.behind her team-mates. Six hundredths after one heat becomes 15

:18:35. > :18:40.hundredths of a second deficit. Elisabeth Vathje. She is a quarter

:18:41. > :18:44.of a second behind the German duo, but to hundredths behind her is

:18:45. > :18:52.reigning Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold. Already got two gold medals

:18:53. > :18:57.this season. She's got an incredibly fast start, so her start will be

:18:58. > :19:02.faster than the Germans. This is definitely where she can move. 5/15,

:19:03. > :19:07.not quite as fast as her start times yesterday. If she can keep her head

:19:08. > :19:11.together she is really chomping on the bit to get in front of one of

:19:12. > :19:16.those German girls. She has had a strong season. Last year, off her

:19:17. > :19:19.rookie season it all went wrong, this year started with a win in

:19:20. > :19:27.Whistler and her season has been on a real up. She's in the red, behind

:19:28. > :19:31.the leader. 1900 sat the start, very Goodspeed. Quite high on the second

:19:32. > :19:36.oscillation but controlled it well to miss out on the hips. She got a

:19:37. > :19:42.bronze medal last year in the championships, so for her... Two

:19:43. > :19:47.years ago, I'm sorry. For her to be able to get a medal this year is

:19:48. > :19:55.really important. For these girls, and their personal fundings, it is a

:19:56. > :20:00.big deal. 52:15 is the slide. She's got from 2700th overnight from one

:20:01. > :20:05.run to 66 hundredths behind. That is how good the Germans are, that is

:20:06. > :20:10.how good local knowledge is. The right setup and then the girls know

:20:11. > :20:14.how to slide this track superbly as well. Lizzy Yarnold of Great

:20:15. > :20:18.Britain. Here is the Olympic champion after one year away. Can

:20:19. > :20:23.she put herself back in the medals at this year 's World Championships?

:20:24. > :20:29.That's another strong start from Lizzie. Fastest in the field so far.

:20:30. > :20:34.Yes, Lizzie always steps up to these big events, so let's see how she

:20:35. > :20:40.comes out of these S-bends. She's got her little fan club at the

:20:41. > :20:44.bottom. You can just see that perfect body position. The head is

:20:45. > :20:50.not moving, the toes are not moving, almost nothing happening and that

:20:51. > :20:53.means the steers are so right. She is definitely chasing down Elisabeth

:20:54. > :20:58.Vathje here. On the looks of it definitely going to move up in the

:20:59. > :21:01.third if not one better. She has blown by Elizabeth Thatcher. --

:21:02. > :21:11.Elizabeth that. Wow! Blown by Elisabeth Vathje by

:21:12. > :21:17.four tenths of a second and she is nine hundredths behind Tina Hermann,

:21:18. > :21:20.quarter of a second from winning this. In the final heat there will

:21:21. > :21:27.still be everything to play. Yellow that isn't awesome run by Lizzie,

:21:28. > :21:33.that time was 51:71, actually beating Jacqueline Loelling. Things

:21:34. > :21:41.can change around in skeleton. Can Laura Dees do the same?

:21:42. > :21:49.She is just seven hundredths behind chain after the first heat, another

:21:50. > :21:52.excellent getaway. Doesn't that the disappointment of yesterday get to

:21:53. > :21:58.her, she knows she needs a good run this morning. Laura here was very

:21:59. > :22:04.disappointed with how yesterday went. She's really going to want to

:22:05. > :22:11.move on up. She's got an awesome start. She looks good on the sled.

:22:12. > :22:18.Head a little bit high. Using her feet to steer. A little thing on the

:22:19. > :22:22.wall, 12th position. Don't forget she was 13th, behind Jane Channel

:22:23. > :22:29.and Kendall Westonbirt after the first heat. Helmut dragging on the

:22:30. > :22:35.ice. She is up to 11th place. Going to move up two spots at the moment.

:22:36. > :22:42.She does move up two spots and she is two tenths away. One more run in

:22:43. > :22:48.the women's skeleton to decide the medals, too soon to be excited for

:22:49. > :22:52.Lizzie? I mean she is 24 hundredths behind Jacqueline Loelling. She had

:22:53. > :22:57.the fastest run of the day so far. I was expecting more from Jacqueline.

:22:58. > :23:02.Yes she is still in first place with Tina Hermann squashed into second.

:23:03. > :23:03.If Lizzie puts down another really solid, fast run, she could easily

:23:04. > :23:15.move up into that silver position. COMMENTATOR: Laura Deas lying in

:23:16. > :23:27.11th position after our first three heats, 25 hundredths ahead of Jane

:23:28. > :23:32.Channell of Canada. Targeting Alina Nikitina of Russia, lying in tenth

:23:33. > :23:38.position. She has a great start time. That's the fastest she has so

:23:39. > :23:41.far pushed. She had a better run down. She has been improving in

:23:42. > :23:46.every single run she has done. If she really wants to get into that

:23:47. > :23:51.top ten and move on up a fume oppositions. Let's hope the nerves

:23:52. > :23:54.will not to her. Tenth fastest run in the third heat. Her family and

:23:55. > :24:00.friends down at the bottom of the track waiting to welcome her.

:24:01. > :24:07.Fastest speed we've seen here. Gets a decent enough exit. 43 hundredths

:24:08. > :24:12.up. Could this move her into a top ten finish in the World

:24:13. > :24:18.Championships? Helmut dragging on the ice, she's not steering hard.

:24:19. > :24:31.She's got Goodspeed. Second fastest across the line. Kim Meylemans of

:24:32. > :24:38.Belgium. She went to school here with Tina Hermann. When she grew to

:24:39. > :24:44.be a senior she started sliding for Belgium. And the little Belgian, as

:24:45. > :24:49.she calls herself, is an absolute flyer on this track. She knows all

:24:50. > :24:53.the German secret. You can see her sliding. She's had her fastest push

:24:54. > :24:58.of this competition. She almost looks like a German on the slope.

:24:59. > :25:05.You can see she knows the little secrets. Can she do it? She's got

:25:06. > :25:09.really decent speed, there. Will she come out well? Yeah, really good

:25:10. > :25:17.exit. Carrying it through. She has doubled their advantage. Matching

:25:18. > :25:25.the fastest speed, she's going to roar away from the Latvian girl,

:25:26. > :25:30.what a run, 52:07. That is the fifth fastest slide of the day. Only the

:25:31. > :25:38.top four in the first heat have gone below 52:07. Elizabeth actually of

:25:39. > :25:46.Canada, fifth into the final heat now, any chance she could move up

:25:47. > :25:51.into fourth place ahead of Germany's Anna Fernstaedt? She needs the run

:25:52. > :25:56.of her week next. Yeah, there you are. Good push from her, fastest so

:25:57. > :26:01.far in this competition. She didn't have the best third slide earlier

:26:02. > :26:06.today, so she really needs to move on up. Third fastest overnight. As

:26:07. > :26:11.we say, only sixth quickest of the first round. Long skid off this

:26:12. > :26:17.corner, taking speed out of the sled. She's really going to have to

:26:18. > :26:22.find her speed out of here and have the perfect exit if she wants to

:26:23. > :26:27.move up any places. Equal fastest in that section but all undone as she

:26:28. > :26:31.drills the wall on exit. Yes, not what she wanted. She'll be kicking

:26:32. > :26:35.herself because of that. She's gone into the bend and she hasn't got the

:26:36. > :26:46.speed. Unfortunately I think we will see her drop and I think Kim will

:26:47. > :26:54.stay on the first spot. Vathje second, with one to go. For sleds,

:26:55. > :26:59.three Germans left in the women's World Championships. Three weeks ago

:27:00. > :27:03.Germany swept the podium, Anna Fernstaedt took the bronze. She will

:27:04. > :27:08.have to fight her way past Lizzy Yarnold, Olympic champion, to get a

:27:09. > :27:12.medal to date. She must have had those first heat nerves, that just

:27:13. > :27:16.didn't allow her to have the best run. This is her first World

:27:17. > :27:20.Championships so it is understandable that you might have

:27:21. > :27:26.extra nerves. But you've got to get rid of them, forget about it, treat

:27:27. > :27:31.it like any other race. She was born and bred in Prague but grew up and

:27:32. > :27:37.went to winter school here, where she now lives, so this is her home

:27:38. > :27:42.track. She and Kim Meylemans, the currently do, who also went to

:27:43. > :27:45.school here. Beautiful exit. She had third place here a few weeks ago in

:27:46. > :27:50.the World Cup and that was her first World Cup podium. Into the lead,

:27:51. > :27:59.sneaks past at the bottom of the track. She is in the lead with three

:28:00. > :28:06.to go. Delighted with that from Anna Fernstaedt, her coach. But she has

:28:07. > :28:11.not yet got her hand on a medal. Three to go in the women's skeleton

:28:12. > :28:16.World Championships. Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold is lying in

:28:17. > :28:23.third spot. 24 hundredths cover the top three. The medals are all up for

:28:24. > :28:27.grabs. Here we go. I think Lizzie will give it all here. She has the

:28:28. > :28:33.best start out of these top four girls, a lot quicker than the

:28:34. > :28:39.Germans. Let's see what she can do. 20 hundredths quicker than Anna

:28:40. > :28:43.Fernstaedt who she was ahead of by 65 hundredths anyway. Lizzie's

:28:44. > :28:50.focuses all about the top step of the podium. She's got to stay calm,

:28:51. > :28:56.remain still on the sled, which is a massive strength of Lizzie. Perfect

:28:57. > :29:01.straight, there. So far she has always nailed this exit. Hasn't got

:29:02. > :29:05.quite as high a speed but she's got a lot of time to play with. 68

:29:06. > :29:10.hundreds in hand over Anna Fernstaedt. She will take a medal

:29:11. > :29:18.here. She is one mile per hour than the top speed at the bottom. She may

:29:19. > :29:25.not win this race but she will take a World Championship medal. 52:08,

:29:26. > :29:31.four hundredths of a second quicker. The cumulative time takes her onto

:29:32. > :29:39.the podium. Germany's Tina Hermann where's the red vest of the

:29:40. > :29:42.defending world champion. Can she overhaul her team-mate and archrival

:29:43. > :29:47.Jacqueline Loelling to take gold? Can she hold off the charging Lizzy

:29:48. > :29:51.Yarnold to hold silver? We've got 52 seconds to find out.

:29:52. > :29:59.She needs to hold it together. It is a crazy place, being up there,

:30:00. > :30:03.knowing that you are one of the last people at the top of the track and

:30:04. > :30:09.you have to hold your nerves together. It's a psychological game.

:30:10. > :30:15.Last years World Cup champion with a four wins and two Silvers. This year

:30:16. > :30:22.she has only been in the medals in the World Cup. One winner. Top

:30:23. > :30:27.speed, 10.4. She is a little bit behind, still got a slender

:30:28. > :30:32.advantage over Lizzy Yarnold, and that will help her ad eight tenths

:30:33. > :30:41.to her advantage. She will stay in front of the British yes, she had a

:30:42. > :30:50.big speed, the fastest so far. Stunning speed. She goes 40 81

:30:51. > :30:55.hundredths into the lead, 51.69. That is the fastest run down the

:30:56. > :31:02.track in this World Championships. That is her bid to retain her World

:31:03. > :31:08.Championship. Jacqueline Loelling, can she focus and held off the world

:31:09. > :31:13.champion to take her first World Championship gold medal? She needs

:31:14. > :31:18.to hold it together. She is the World Cup leader. She won gold here

:31:19. > :31:22.a few weeks ago. It is the mental game for her. Has she ever been in

:31:23. > :31:29.that position being last of knowing she is now doing the run to get that

:31:30. > :31:33.gold medal? She is exactly like one of the ex-German sliders. She

:31:34. > :31:41.doesn't have the best start, quite a bad start and yet she can drive, but

:31:42. > :31:47.she just made a tiny mistake. She needs to have a high-speed here. She

:31:48. > :31:53.does. 111, the best so far going in. Can she held it together on this

:31:54. > :31:57.bottom corner? She has been a youth Olympic gold medallist, a junior

:31:58. > :32:02.world champion, nine hundredths in front. Is nearly got the same speed

:32:03. > :32:10.and the gap opens up. Jacqueline Loelling from Germany is the 2017

:32:11. > :32:17.skeleton world champion! She held her nerve, she holds her line and

:32:18. > :32:24.she extends her lead over team-mate Tina Hermann. Took a tenth out of

:32:25. > :32:30.her in that run, to confirm that she is the golden girl of women's

:32:31. > :32:36.skeleton in Germany. Lizzy Yarnold take the bronze medal. Great

:32:37. > :32:42.Britain. It's what the whole two years has been about, coming back,

:32:43. > :32:45.and it's a major stepping stone towards Pyeongchang and I'm feeling

:32:46. > :32:50.really strange at the moment, on the verge of crying, but it means more

:32:51. > :32:56.than eye can ever explain. Your results since Christmas have been up

:32:57. > :33:00.and down, to put it like that. Yes, I've had a few head issues and back

:33:01. > :33:05.issues. Three weeks ago today I could not walk, so just to be back

:33:06. > :33:11.on the track, I'd physically would not be here without my physio, and

:33:12. > :33:15.then we have a whole team, amazing coaches and my family, everyone is

:33:16. > :33:21.giving you that but extra but this is exactly where I need to be.

:33:22. > :33:27.A fantastic result, medal performance gain from Lizzy.

:33:28. > :33:31.Unbelievable. She just loves these big World Championships. You can see

:33:32. > :33:35.her with the crowd, she is really, really enjoying it and it shows how

:33:36. > :33:41.she lies on the sled and she is relaxed, confident and has had great

:33:42. > :33:46.starts. Look at her. She comes down in third place, medal position, and

:33:47. > :33:48.well done to her. With one year before the Olympics, including

:33:49. > :33:54.Laura's performance, are you happy with what you seek from the skeleton

:33:55. > :33:57.women? I think Laura Deas will be disappointed, she has crept into the

:33:58. > :34:01.top ten, that we were expecting more from that and I'm sure she was

:34:02. > :34:06.expecting more herself, but she seems mentally in that good kind of

:34:07. > :34:11.state to go one through for the next summer, and Lizzy I think is very

:34:12. > :34:15.happy. She has got her Mojo back, confidence, and is buzzing now, and

:34:16. > :34:19.wants to go into this last World Cup in Pyeongchang and learn the track

:34:20. > :34:22.and go into a great summer training, hopefully completely injury free to

:34:23. > :34:30.come back fighting for the Olympic season. Now last weekend was the

:34:31. > :34:33.turn of both the women's and the men's 2-Man Bob. 12 months ago it

:34:34. > :34:40.was a case of so near that so far for the men's team, Joel and Bruce.

:34:41. > :34:43.Great Britain had not won a medal in this event for nearly 50 years, and

:34:44. > :34:52.that almost changed. Almost. Pay attention back home in Great

:34:53. > :35:00.Britain. The Brits are in fifth position, two hundredths away from

:35:01. > :35:07.fourth. This could be the best British outings since 1965.

:35:08. > :35:17.The biggest surprise of the competition, no doubt. Bruce Tasker.

:35:18. > :35:28.The fastest in the competition so far. What a round. 51.62! He knows

:35:29. > :35:35.that was a good one. The fourth fastest sled.

:35:36. > :35:42.So it was nearly but not quite for Bruce and jailed 12 months ago as

:35:43. > :35:51.they had to settle for a fourth place finish. Can they go one better

:35:52. > :35:52.today? -- Joel. Bradley Hall and Sam Blanchette, a former professional

:35:53. > :36:01.rugby player are in number to. Unsurprisingly, Germany were the

:36:02. > :36:09.clear favourites going into these championships. All three of their

:36:10. > :36:15.crew looking for medals. First up, Germany, and there pilot Francesco

:36:16. > :36:19.Friedrich going for his fourth world title, and seventh in the overall

:36:20. > :36:21.World Cup standings, Germany were impressive on their home track

:36:22. > :36:30.having won the World Cup here last month. But the real surprise was the

:36:31. > :36:34.Canadian pairing of Jesse and Justin, starting in 11th after their

:36:35. > :36:41.high standards. They set the second quickest time in the first session.

:36:42. > :36:43.Olympic champions Steve Holcomb is second overall this year but a

:36:44. > :36:50.disappointing start for the American duo who were off the pace. Joel and

:36:51. > :37:00.Bruce looked solid in the opening round. Nice. Getting a handle on the

:37:01. > :37:04.driving. Sam Blanchette and Bradley Hall were off the pace in the early

:37:05. > :37:13.stages in GB two, after starting way down the field. There was a big

:37:14. > :37:17.improvement in run two. A much better slide further down the

:37:18. > :37:23.course, outperforming their poor start and moving them slowly up the

:37:24. > :37:27.field. He's slower in his second run than first-run. They were looking

:37:28. > :37:35.good on the second run also moving up one place to eights overnight.

:37:36. > :37:42.Johannes Lochner lay down another consistent effort to leave Germany

:37:43. > :37:47.in a strong position. The Canadians continued to impress. All three

:37:48. > :37:54.Canadians in the top dozen in a field of 36. But another quick run

:37:55. > :38:03.left them over half a second clear of the field coming into the two.

:38:04. > :38:07.The stands were followed for the penultimate run as the local crowd

:38:08. > :38:12.gathered to see which of their home crews would win the title. Latvians,

:38:13. > :38:16.who had struggled on day one, looked like a good nights sleep and goat,

:38:17. > :38:21.an impressive third run and they moved into a potential podium

:38:22. > :38:25.position. But, at the top, it was a tight battle between the Germans.

:38:26. > :38:26.Which crew would it be and could the fast improving Canadians ruin the

:38:27. > :38:45.party? Over to our commentators. COMMENTATOR: What about the Brits?

:38:46. > :38:50.He raced the John Jackson to fourth in the World Championships, Sam. He

:38:51. > :38:59.drove himself to fourth last year in the two-man. Joel had the fastest

:39:00. > :39:02.ever 200 metres last summer, just too late to go to Rio in the 100

:39:03. > :39:09.metres squad. There's only a couple of hundreds separating Bruce Tasker

:39:10. > :39:22.and Rudy Rinaldi coming down the track here. Joel is a speed monster.

:39:23. > :39:24.Now Bruce Tasker, a rookie driver, going from the back seat to the

:39:25. > :39:31.front seat after a couple of years. Fourth place last year for Bruce

:39:32. > :39:38.Tasker. It's the best British finish in 50 years. Seven hundredths of a

:39:39. > :39:48.second, the gap has come down. It is going to be unbelievably tight. A

:39:49. > :39:51.little tap there. Who's going to go behind? Rudy Rinaldi will move up

:39:52. > :40:02.the leaderboard again. 100th of a second. After three minutes. And 19

:40:03. > :40:06.seconds. The thrill of victory and defeat of this sport, we will see a

:40:07. > :40:12.few more of these hundreds of seconds and ties in the next eight

:40:13. > :40:18.races. The top three, top four, brother, covered by eight hundredths

:40:19. > :40:25.of a second. Two fantastic athletes. Look at him jump in there. Joel

:40:26. > :40:33.Fearon. I like that technique, jumping into the sled. It worked.

:40:34. > :40:40.Going down for Steve Holcomb. Here's out driving his starter all season

:40:41. > :40:45.long. He is getting back to fitness. With Carlo Valdes behind him, he

:40:46. > :40:56.will hopefully move up a couple of spots and into the medal zone. 31st

:40:57. > :41:00.best start, 32nd best start in the second heat. 18th best start in the

:41:01. > :41:09.third heat. That is the best start they have had for Carlos Valdes, the

:41:10. > :41:15.field athlete from UCLA. He has got a quad issue and spent three weeks

:41:16. > :41:21.in the UK last year mending and then went for some specialist therapy and

:41:22. > :41:25.they say he still not 100%, that he can still use his eyes and his

:41:26. > :41:35.hands. He has the best ability of anybody. Losing ground now. Three

:41:36. > :41:44.heats, he is 17 hundredths back. He need superhuman speed from the BMW

:41:45. > :41:51.sled. It's not enough. Look at this. What a comeback. 17 down. Look at

:41:52. > :41:58.Steve Holcomb comeback like that. The start was not bad. If he had

:41:59. > :42:06.that start for weeks ago, he would be challenging for a medal. Stevie,

:42:07. > :42:15.watch what he does here. The people love him. There is a long high-5

:42:16. > :42:27.line for him. A different amount of metres here. Look, this is what he

:42:28. > :42:35.does. That is a long line, look. They have to stop the race for that.

:42:36. > :42:38.Oskars Kibermanis was sixth overnight and jumped two to go forth

:42:39. > :42:45.and how far away as he from a shock result? The answer is 16 hundredths

:42:46. > :42:52.of a second out of the medals. Is it possible? Second place in the third

:42:53. > :43:03.run? He had the best start, 479. He may be going for that again. 479,

:43:04. > :43:05.best start, both runs. But, of course, Francesco Friedrich might

:43:06. > :43:11.have something to say about that coming up. He has stepped out of the

:43:12. > :43:16.shadows here. Two bronze medals in the 2-Man Bob. Versus good. That

:43:17. > :43:24.might have sealed his place. He has got better speed than that. That was

:43:25. > :43:34.going into the curve. Only nine hundredths in hand. The Latvians

:43:35. > :43:47.have had trouble maintaining speed. Oh no. Just enough. Oskars Melbardis

:43:48. > :43:51.on the left punching the air for his team-mate. He's never won a medal

:43:52. > :44:01.before this year. A gold-medal in 4-Man Bob. 100th of a second. 33

:44:02. > :44:08.centimetres at the speed they are doing on the final clock. That is a

:44:09. > :44:15.foot. Those skids almost cost him his place, but he finished no worse

:44:16. > :44:21.than fourth. Look at that. So meticulous down there. You have to

:44:22. > :44:25.do the right to the itch. Into the medals, then, overnight, in the

:44:26. > :44:36.bronze, he solidified that position. His third heat. Joshua Bloom and the

:44:37. > :44:38.Bavarian hope, third, fourth and fifth. Listen to the crowd.

:44:39. > :44:48.CROWD CHEERS His father and his uncle Rudy, world

:44:49. > :44:55.champion inbox late for Germany still live. The tenth best start.

:44:56. > :44:58.It's been his nemesis. He has a respiratory problem and won this

:44:59. > :45:02.event two weeks ago with a much better start time and has not had a

:45:03. > :45:08.chance to train, and I've think he will be very happy with that.

:45:09. > :45:21.Going away by half a second three weeks ago. He has struggled here.

:45:22. > :45:24.His father in the crowd watching. Nine hundredths, the gap growing,

:45:25. > :45:31.this is going to be a medal for Johannesburg Lock. The Bavarian will

:45:32. > :45:43.take a medal. Watched the crowd at the finish. Like a football stadium

:45:44. > :45:49.down here. The physical trainer, there. They have the first medal.

:45:50. > :45:56.The Bavarians are in at least gold medal position. Considering what he

:45:57. > :46:00.has been through with his health issues, not training on Thursday,

:46:01. > :46:05.family, friends, he lives half a mile down the street. Look at all

:46:06. > :46:10.the Bavarian hats, blue and white checks. His mum is down there with a

:46:11. > :46:18.banner, with a red coat on. The start wasn't that good. Couple of

:46:19. > :46:23.hits may be in the bend around. Had the best speed we've seen yet.

:46:24. > :46:35.Needed it, with the tenth best start. Two to go. Canadians in the

:46:36. > :46:41.top three, Canadian and a German sled still to go. Justin Kripps has

:46:42. > :46:46.been second from the moment he sat down in the first of our four heats.

:46:47. > :46:55.Can he take the silver medal here? Really good team. Likes to get in,

:46:56. > :47:01.great technique. Third-best velocity, fifth best start, so

:47:02. > :47:04.that's positive. Now the guy because the international man of mystery

:47:05. > :47:10.comedy hasn't done anything all season, hasn't sniffed a podium. He

:47:11. > :47:16.won this event two years ago, had a bronze medal last season. The

:47:17. > :47:30.Canadians have always liked this track. 16 hundred in the bank. The

:47:31. > :47:41.gap is coming down, is it going to be enough? Seven fastest speed up

:47:42. > :47:44.the line. 49:36, his team-mates go off to congratulate. Two Canadians

:47:45. > :47:55.that will finish in the top half-dozen. What a performance from

:47:56. > :48:03.Kripps and Jesse Lumsden. Didn't have enough. Look at the slide, not

:48:04. > :48:10.a perfect entry. Silver medal for Justin Kripps and Jesse Lumsden. At

:48:11. > :48:19.least. And so we get one step closer to all-time greatness. Francesco

:48:20. > :48:26.Friedrich and Thorsten Margis. They have eight gold medals at World

:48:27. > :48:30.Championship, Junior, senior. 4:77, tying the start record, I think.

:48:31. > :48:35.Yes. Enlisted by a hundredth yesterday. Straight World

:48:36. > :48:42.Championships in the late 50s and 60s. Francesco Friedrich on target

:48:43. > :48:49.for his fourth. Unbelievable, he is blowing the field away like this.

:48:50. > :48:53.This athlete started winning his world temping chips when he was 22

:48:54. > :49:03.years old. We are looking at greatness, here. 125 kilometres an

:49:04. > :49:14.hour. It's ridiculous. 1.1 seconds going away, and Thorsten Margis...

:49:15. > :49:18.Ridiculous! Yesterday it was three hundredths. Standing up in

:49:19. > :49:28.jubilation before the sled even gets stopped. You think they like their

:49:29. > :49:35.bobsledding here? The only sub 49 second run in the competition. He

:49:36. > :49:40.saved the very best to last. Unbelievable, Francesco Friedrich

:49:41. > :49:46.and Thorsten Margis. And tears of joy from the family and friends.

:49:47. > :49:55.What the team they are together. Four straight seasons. These guys,

:49:56. > :50:00.Whistler 2019 World Championships, that's the chance to tie the record.

:50:01. > :50:07.And he won the Whistler event in December. We saw greatness today.

:50:08. > :50:13.And on a short track he wins by over one second. There's the rest of the

:50:14. > :50:16.field and then there's Francesco Friedrich. I brought my book of

:50:17. > :50:24.superlatives but we've used them all already on him. He's in a different

:50:25. > :50:25.orbit here to anybody else, and Germany go 1-3. Canada, silver

:50:26. > :50:33.medal. We are about to get showered with

:50:34. > :50:37.ice but we are going to look back on the men's, what did you make of the

:50:38. > :50:40.performance? On paper it looks like a disappointing result, last year

:50:41. > :50:46.they were forth, and this year they have come ninth, hit by the ice,

:50:47. > :50:51.there. It is different circumstances. It was a massive

:50:52. > :50:58.pushes track, which we are strong at. Joel has been suffering with his

:50:59. > :51:02.back. Here we are in Germany, the German groups are so, so strong. I

:51:03. > :51:06.think they will be happy with ninth place even though it doesn't quite

:51:07. > :51:10.look as good. We will still see them having a go in the four-man as well.

:51:11. > :51:18.In the meantime let's see how the women got on in their bobsledding.

:51:19. > :51:25.In the first run both American crews set the early standard. And the USA,

:51:26. > :51:29.finished second, closely followed by the Canadian Olympic gold medallist

:51:30. > :51:38.Kaylee Humphreys and break woman Melissa get also. It was USA one

:51:39. > :51:42.with the 2015 world champion Alana Mae as Taylor in the championship

:51:43. > :51:50.that took an early lead after making the fastest start. The defending

:51:51. > :52:03.world champion or so looked like challenging for a medal. And Great

:52:04. > :52:09.Britain's Moore an Neil made an excellent start. Not everybody made

:52:10. > :52:15.down safely. Russia to crashed out in dramatic fashion.

:52:16. > :52:24.Sliding in reverse order for the second run, American crews went

:52:25. > :52:38.head-to-head, USA 2 coming out on top. Jamie Greubel Poser enjoying

:52:39. > :52:43.the technical track. The Canadians put in another consistent effort.

:52:44. > :52:47.Began covering the top three was only five hundredths comment we now

:52:48. > :52:51.have three hundredths first to second. Some mistakes by the German

:52:52. > :52:58.home favourite saw their chance of a medal fade away. The reigning world

:52:59. > :53:03.junior champion is, it was an afternoon to forget after their

:53:04. > :53:07.impressive start. A mistake on the technical exit seeing them drop down

:53:08. > :53:18.the field. Big disappointment, only the 12th fastest time. The junior

:53:19. > :53:24.world champion knows she needs to relax and the speed is there.

:53:25. > :53:28.Another messy effort by the Brits, well off the pace after a promising

:53:29. > :53:31.start and it looked like being a straight shoot out between the three

:53:32. > :53:40.North American crews for the title, but who would come out on top? Will

:53:41. > :53:55.it be a case of what might have been for Great Britain's junior world

:53:56. > :53:59.champion, Mica McNeill? She is the reigning junior bobsled world

:54:00. > :54:05.champion but she has got to just relaxing to this final run and let

:54:06. > :54:15.the speed,. She needs to forget what has happened. Nice. Like every

:54:16. > :54:20.sport, it is all happening between the years. She goes straight around

:54:21. > :54:24.here, did she give down? This is the same problem she had in the previous

:54:25. > :54:30.heat. Could be in trouble here. Watch out! How did she do that? Not

:54:31. > :54:36.quite as dramatic as the first run today. How that sled stayed up...

:54:37. > :54:46.She's going to lose a couple of spots here. Mica McNeill will have

:54:47. > :54:48.to go away and rebuild from this. The junior world champion, what a

:54:49. > :54:55.horror story the last two days have been. Are a few more people coming

:54:56. > :55:00.down have had the same issue. Watch her dip down, come way down, and go

:55:01. > :55:03.way back up. She did the same thing the previous heat and then the

:55:04. > :55:08.corner dictates where you come off. It's early and goes to the other

:55:09. > :55:13.side, comes back to this site, now she is too late. Now she's at the

:55:14. > :55:21.mercy of what the track to do with her. This isn't as bad as it was in

:55:22. > :55:28.the first run. I'm sure it felt as bad in the back-seat, I'm sure she

:55:29. > :55:32.feared they were going over again. A weekend to forget I am afraid.

:55:33. > :55:41.Four slips to go in the women's bobsled world champions. The last

:55:42. > :55:56.shot Germany has at a medal rests with our defending champion Annika

:55:57. > :56:01.Drazek and her new driver Mariama Jamanka. The 11th placed second run

:56:02. > :56:09.took her out of medal contention perhaps. They would need the perfect

:56:10. > :56:19.start time and drive to have any chance. As it, the world champion

:56:20. > :56:25.brakeman, she is some female specimen on the back of the sled.

:56:26. > :56:33.She can run. Now they need the driver to have a perfect drive down

:56:34. > :56:44.here. 16 hundredths. Now watched the speed. Speed is not that good. The

:56:45. > :56:49.fastest sled there was 70.3 mph. Still has the lead by 13 hundredths,

:56:50. > :56:54.Mariama Jamanka. Maybe not enough for a medal but she will hold her

:56:55. > :57:00.position. Think she will have enough. She should just have it at

:57:01. > :57:04.the line, and she does. 100 quicker than Christina hangs that.

:57:05. > :57:15.There's no victory laps coming up either on this track. Three sled is

:57:16. > :57:18.coming up. Second year in the top flight for Annika Drazek, she will

:57:19. > :57:26.only continue to improve, especially with this team and break woman

:57:27. > :57:33.behind her. Here out of the games, these girls have got to be medal

:57:34. > :57:38.contenders. Sneaking down the left of our screen, gets away with it.

:57:39. > :57:48.The back end gets away coming in here a little bit. Now things get

:57:49. > :57:59.tight. Two horse race for the gold, surely. Jamie Greubel Poser remains

:58:00. > :58:05.in third place. Parents flew in unexpectedly. Her husband is a

:58:06. > :58:10.member of the German bobsled team. He said he was so nervous last night

:58:11. > :58:15.he could not sleep. More nervous than when he is competing himself.

:58:16. > :58:18.He is right behind us in the grandstands watching his wife

:58:19. > :58:24.hopefully do what she did in the Olympic Games three years ago and

:58:25. > :58:38.take a bronze medal with Aja Evans. That's pretty good speed. Excellent.

:58:39. > :58:50.One more albatross at the exit. Took a lot of ice, there. Three tenths

:58:51. > :58:53.up, heading for the medals. Aja Evans, Olympic bronze medallist with

:58:54. > :59:03.Aja Evans, will also be a medallist in the World Championships. I think

:59:04. > :59:07.that extinguished the slight hope of Jamanka. She took too much of this

:59:08. > :59:14.cross right to left. Nice transition all the way in. There's your top

:59:15. > :59:19.three, two to go. Three hundredths of a second covered the top two sled

:59:20. > :59:27.in the women's World Championships after three of four runs. Kaylee

:59:28. > :59:39.Humphreys reeling in Meyers Taylor as she did in Saatchi.

:59:40. > :59:45.They are the 2015, and 2013 world champion. She was second in the

:59:46. > :59:50.first run, second in the second run, second in the third round and she is

:59:51. > :59:55.in position now to throw a great run down.

:59:56. > :00:02.This is only about World Championship gold for Kelly

:00:03. > :00:08.Humphries. Good speed. We've not seen this kind of speed since the

:00:09. > :00:18.Japanese sled. 20 to 100th the gap is coming down. Don't forget, she's

:00:19. > :00:24.in the same BMW sled as Alana Miles Taylor. She guarantees herself at

:00:25. > :00:31.least a silver medal. This is such deja vu from the Olympic Games. Does

:00:32. > :00:40.she cross over here? I mean, this is the most experienced and successful

:00:41. > :00:44.pilot in the sport. They lead with one sled to go. Guaranteed at least

:00:45. > :00:51.a silver. Can they take a World Championship gold? The woman who is

:00:52. > :00:55.finally on the track has just won the last four World Cup races,

:00:56. > :01:01.including here three weeks ago, and also won the last two races on this

:01:02. > :01:06.track. Last year and this year. Her husband Nick Taylor waiting at the

:01:07. > :01:10.bottom of the track for her. Alana Miles Taylor, the shortest woman in

:01:11. > :01:19.the competition. Terry Jones behind her. A new record. She knows it's

:01:20. > :01:28.important. What a pocket rocket. Let's stop looking for tall women

:01:29. > :01:34.and go for women around the five foot Mark. The speed into the run.

:01:35. > :01:41.She doesn't have the speed. 70 miles an hour. Don't forget, they were

:01:42. > :01:45.three hundredths apart after three runs and the gap is down to 12

:01:46. > :01:53.hundredths. They need to get it down a bit more. It's going to be close.

:01:54. > :01:59.A hundredth of a second. But in the World Championship. She matches

:02:00. > :02:05.Kelly Humphries to the one hundredths of a second on that run

:02:06. > :02:10.and wins by three hundredths. Her husband and team-mates congratulate

:02:11. > :02:17.her. A new record and a second World Championship victory for Alana Miles

:02:18. > :02:27.Taylor. This time, her break woman, Kerry Jones. She has now won five

:02:28. > :02:33.straight races since Christmas. Three on this track with Kerry

:02:34. > :02:37.Jones. Look at this pocket rocket, five foot one. What speed that girl

:02:38. > :02:47.develops. Unbelievable. What an athlete she is. By three hundredths

:02:48. > :02:50.from Humphries. She poses her first medal with the bronze.

:02:51. > :02:58.Amy, what did you think of the Women's Bobsleigh performance? I

:02:59. > :03:02.think 16th in the World Championship was good. They were junior champions

:03:03. > :03:07.last year and I'd just think it goes to show that you can't come into the

:03:08. > :03:10.big stage here and expect exactly the same results. Some of the

:03:11. > :03:15.drivers here have been driving for 15 or 20 years, so I've think when

:03:16. > :03:19.they change it around, different combinations, there's more to come

:03:20. > :03:27.from these girls. OK, let's turn our attention to the Men's Skeleton.

:03:28. > :03:31.Alexander Tretiakov only finished off the podium once this season and

:03:32. > :03:34.he made the fastest start to give them an early lead in very

:03:35. > :03:41.changeable conditions. He was followed down by Alexander Gassner

:03:42. > :03:46.who comes from nearby Winter Berg, another famous German sliding track.

:03:47. > :03:51.Looks like he enjoys life just as well, going quickest overall.

:03:52. > :03:56.Dominic Edward Parsons racing for Great Britain. Mainly top ten

:03:57. > :04:03.finishes and he laid down a solid run to leave him in ninth. But all

:04:04. > :04:08.eyes were on the Latvian, Martins Dukurs. He has dominated the podium

:04:09. > :04:14.all season. And he flew down the track to put him well clear of the

:04:15. > :04:22.field. After winning here last month, he looked good in the early

:04:23. > :04:29.stages, the Russian, are Alexander Tretiakov. Jack Thompson made their

:04:30. > :04:33.debut, 17th after his opening attempt with Thomas, finishing back

:04:34. > :04:38.in 20th. They will both be hoping to improve through the competition. And

:04:39. > :04:47.he may have been rock bottom of the pack, but the competitor from Dana

:04:48. > :04:53.was enjoying the ice if not quite the journey to the bottom. Positions

:04:54. > :04:56.were reversed in the second run. Early start for the two British

:04:57. > :05:03.competitors after their first outing. Jeremy who are still to race

:05:04. > :05:10.at world level, slipped down to 18th overall with Jack Thomas also moving

:05:11. > :05:13.down to 21st. Dom Parsons, consistent game, maintaining his

:05:14. > :05:22.ninth spot and, despite being one of the slow starters, found some speed

:05:23. > :05:24.at the bottom of the course. Axel Jungk is third overall this season

:05:25. > :05:27.and after a disappointing first run which saw him down the field, he

:05:28. > :05:32.improved significantly second time-out. His start was not the

:05:33. > :05:36.quickest but he looked impressive as he flew down the track looking up

:05:37. > :05:43.some serious speed to leave him in third. The Russians also went faster

:05:44. > :05:49.in their second attempt, Alexander Tretiakov maintaining a second base

:05:50. > :05:53.overall with Alexander Kasjanov quickest yet to gain. Both sliders

:05:54. > :05:59.looking likely to be amongst the medals after Sunday's fourth and

:06:00. > :06:02.final run. But it was that man Martins Dukurs who extended his lead

:06:03. > :06:07.to over seven tenths with 24 hours off within a second run and the

:06:08. > :06:09.final two efforts on Sunday. The Latvian really is the man to beat.

:06:10. > :06:19.So halfway through the Men's Skeleton and to be honest as anyone

:06:20. > :06:23.name on everyone's lifts. Yes, other leader, Martins Dukurs, almost two

:06:24. > :06:28.seconds in front, incredible. He still found more speed and increase

:06:29. > :06:32.the distance so phenomenal, and then we've got the young Germans snapping

:06:33. > :06:40.at his heels and a young Russian, who has been the Russian all-time

:06:41. > :06:43.favourite. Dominic Parsons, our number one in ninth place will be

:06:44. > :06:48.disappointed with that. He had a good solid run but maybe is he

:06:49. > :06:52.trying a bit too hard? Too much tension? He will want to be in the

:06:53. > :06:58.top six but it's a big difference in time and then a la bookies are Jerry

:06:59. > :07:03.Rice in 18th place and Jack Thomas in 21st. Jack will want to get into

:07:04. > :07:07.the top 20 and Jerry is a bit more tense. His head and shoulders were

:07:08. > :07:10.coming up but it's a major championships, and the first one for

:07:11. > :07:14.them, so they are doing well but will want to move on that. They have

:07:15. > :07:18.got a night to go home and have a day off tomorrow and then come out

:07:19. > :07:21.fresh. We've not had the best competition today but the snow and

:07:22. > :07:25.ice this morning would have affected the quality of the ice, so let's

:07:26. > :07:28.hope the second day of racing they will come out and just moved up that

:07:29. > :07:42.little bit more. Martins Dukurs, the red vest, here's

:07:43. > :07:48.the champion. He gets the final day of action underway in the Men's

:07:49. > :07:52.Skeleton World Championships. A great start from him there. You can

:07:53. > :08:00.just see how beautiful the ice is today. It is -0.5 with the air at 2

:08:01. > :08:02.degrees. Everyone has taken the temperatures. Look at him coming

:08:03. > :08:13.down the straight through the S-bend. Bulleting his way through.

:08:14. > :08:17.Barely using his feet to steer. You want a really clean exit here. Just

:08:18. > :08:23.clip fits but then he is getting through without any other problems.

:08:24. > :08:29.Carrying the speed into these bottom corners. 115.7, that's incredibly

:08:30. > :08:36.fast. 72 miles an hour headfirst and accelerating up towards the line, a

:08:37. > :08:41.50.60 slide. Six tenths of a second away from a track record set last

:08:42. > :08:45.weekend in the team competition. That should be enough, three tenths

:08:46. > :08:51.quicker than even he managed to go in Friday's race. Can Nikita

:08:52. > :08:55.Tregybov stay within a second of the leader? A man who finished in sixth

:08:56. > :09:00.place in the Winter games three years ago in Sochi. His home track.

:09:01. > :09:08.21 years old. The triple junior world champion. And an electrifying

:09:09. > :09:12.powerhouse at the start. He starts quite short and drops away fast so

:09:13. > :09:17.it might not give him all the benefit of those superhuman speeds.

:09:18. > :09:28.He has got to try to hang onto the silver medal at least. Yes, 466, it

:09:29. > :09:31.matches one of his speeds yesterday. You only have a little tiny bit

:09:32. > :09:36.before you have to get on the sled as fast as possible and get into

:09:37. > :09:41.position and stay calm, take a deep breath and get right into those

:09:42. > :09:47.S-bends. Almost copying the exact line of Martins Dukurs before him.

:09:48. > :09:54.You need the video of your slide and a video of Justin Olsen and then you

:09:55. > :09:59.can compare and contrast. He had a better exit because the speed was a

:10:00. > :10:06.bit lower going in. This is like a big race between the two Russians.

:10:07. > :10:14.Is he going to take top spot? He closes onto the course. He is now 57

:10:15. > :10:18.hundredths behind. Martins Dukurs says he will test equipment at every

:10:19. > :10:25.race all year long with next year's Olympic Games in his sights. Now,

:10:26. > :10:29.has he set his runners and his sled for what conditions they expect a

:10:30. > :10:36.little later in the day for the final run? Or is he testing

:10:37. > :10:40.something different? Axel Jungk, bronze overnight, was livid with

:10:41. > :10:47.himself after his first heat. Less cross after the second. Only one

:10:48. > :10:51.tenth behind Nikita Tregybov. He tied his speed in the third heat of

:10:52. > :10:58.the second heat, rather, so let's see if he can move closer to the

:10:59. > :11:00.leader, as well. Yes, he's only for hundreds in front of Alexander

:11:01. > :11:07.Tretiakov so it's very close between third and fourth from yesterday

:11:08. > :11:11.standings. Really beautiful lines. These Germans know exactly where to

:11:12. > :11:16.get the speed from these tracks. We saw that in the girls race and the

:11:17. > :11:22.first lot of the bobsleigh. A little scared. Again, throwing his leg out

:11:23. > :11:31.to correct the slide down the straight. 11.86. The highest speed

:11:32. > :11:36.we have seen into the band. Beautiful line coming out there.

:11:37. > :11:41.Easy steering. You can oversteer, but this German knows that tracks

:11:42. > :11:48.so, so well. Got to avoid the walls. Is quite steep uphill now to the

:11:49. > :11:56.finish line. Across the line, 50.50. He takes a tenth of a second out of

:11:57. > :11:59.Martins Dukurs but loses nine hundredths to Nikita Tregybov. The

:12:00. > :12:06.first manned and did not get the best run so far. The danger perhaps

:12:07. > :12:11.is this man. The Olympic champion. Alexander Tretiakov, owner of the

:12:12. > :12:14.fastest start on the planet, four hundredths of a second behind after

:12:15. > :12:23.two heats. Canny move into the medals? 456, quicker than even he

:12:24. > :12:30.went yesterday -- can he move into the medals? Yes, here's definitely

:12:31. > :12:36.dubbed the Russian rocket. We know how quickly is on that start. A tall

:12:37. > :12:41.guy, long legs. He separate court here in Germany which he won. That

:12:42. > :12:47.gap is coming down to Nikita Tregybov as well. He's controlling

:12:48. > :12:54.that as well. Three oscillations, so those athletes have two steer those

:12:55. > :12:58.in exactly the right moment. Even quicker, he was nine tenths behind

:12:59. > :13:03.and is now eight tenths behind. He could move up into the medals.

:13:04. > :13:08.Here's ahead of Axel Jungk on the line and he is in a better position.

:13:09. > :13:15.Five hundredths in front of the German. Each slide that now seems to

:13:16. > :13:22.be going quicker. 50.41 exactly to the time set by his team-mate. The

:13:23. > :13:32.door could be open to overhaul the Latvian. A great looking new helmet

:13:33. > :13:39.design. Martins Dukurs started well. Dominic will give away a few

:13:40. > :13:43.hundredths of a second to him. That more comfortable than anything he

:13:44. > :13:47.produced yesterday. He could easily move up a spot. Versus his fourth

:13:48. > :13:52.World Championships. Tenth in the Cup rankings which I've think you

:13:53. > :13:59.would expect him to be a bit higher. One of our most experienced sliders.

:14:00. > :14:05.Looking very comfortable here. 111.1. Decent speed. 69.6. He needs

:14:06. > :14:16.to get the line right, not bad at all. Are a lot of heights, having to

:14:17. > :14:24.work quite hard coming out. Here's ahead of Martins Dukurs. He moves up

:14:25. > :14:29.to eighth position. How close will he get to Martins Dukurs? A good

:14:30. > :14:31.move from Don Parsons. They are happy with that. He should be as

:14:32. > :14:43.well, 51.15. Great Jack Thomas gets the form in the

:14:44. > :14:48.fourth one and get underway in the World Championships. 14th fastest in

:14:49. > :14:53.the 30 and he needed to drag himself into the top ten. 468 getaway, his

:14:54. > :14:59.family are watching at the finish and that is comfortable in its best

:15:00. > :15:03.run of the weekend. He had a little bit of nerves, was really, really

:15:04. > :15:04.desperate to get into the top 20 and has done that and hopefully that

:15:05. > :15:06.will relax him. in position now to throw a great run

:15:07. > :15:17.down. He is looking chilled on the sled

:15:18. > :15:23.and he will want to maintain that position. This is a really good,

:15:24. > :15:30.solid run from Jack. He made his first ever World Cup start a year

:15:31. > :15:43.ago today, they tied in the first heat. He comes across the line with

:15:44. > :15:45.a 51:20 six. He is really pumped with that as he comes passed his

:15:46. > :16:04.family. Lets see how he can do here. He's

:16:05. > :16:10.come down in ninth, seventh and ninth in the heats, very consistent.

:16:11. > :16:14.He will still want to move on up. His fourth World Championships, very

:16:15. > :16:20.experienced at this two different days of racing but he will need to

:16:21. > :16:24.keep the speed. Looking good so far. Seven tenths in front for the first

:16:25. > :16:33.heat. Not quite as quick as the Italians. He has added to his

:16:34. > :16:37.advantage. Good, clean exit, allowing the sled to run. Fastest

:16:38. > :16:45.speed at the bottom. Parsons will stay in the lead and challenge,

:16:46. > :16:51.maybe, to move up further. 51:18. Finally someone goes quicker than

:16:52. > :16:58.Jack Thomas. His team-mate now has the second fastest trip in this

:16:59. > :17:03.heat. Germany next up, we will have a German leader, will we, can we

:17:04. > :17:09.have a German medallist hearing can exceed? A lot of noise beside our

:17:10. > :17:15.commentary position. Alex Jonker lives in Dresden. Third in the World

:17:16. > :17:28.Cup rankings. First heat has let him down, he's

:17:29. > :17:32.been second and third quickest in the others, what can he do now?

:17:33. > :17:40.Matches his best start of the competition. He knows it's now or

:17:41. > :17:44.never for medal. Sometimes when the tension leaves your body you relax a

:17:45. > :17:51.bit more. You can get a little more out of your start. Great run. That's

:17:52. > :18:00.exactly how would you want to do this straight. Half a mile an hour

:18:01. > :18:06.quicker than anybody. Bumps the wall, still a good run through the

:18:07. > :18:12.labyrinth. Half a second up on Gassner. This is about challenging

:18:13. > :18:15.for the medals. The Germans will want a medal from this championship,

:18:16. > :18:23.and he does come he's in first place. 50:54, fastest so far. Not as

:18:24. > :18:31.quick as his first heat, a 55:0. Is it enough? Is it starting to slow?

:18:32. > :18:40.Is it starting to sag? Will he get a medal? We will find out in two

:18:41. > :18:44.minutes. The Olympic champion from 2014, Alexander Tretiakov. Three

:18:45. > :18:51.weeks ago he took the gold medal here. He is in third place after

:18:52. > :18:57.moving up overnight. His team-mate lies 17 under in front. The gold

:18:58. > :19:00.medal is over seven tenths away. This is a battle between two

:19:01. > :19:07.Russians for who will be the best of the rest. These two Russian athletes

:19:08. > :19:13.now fighting had exactly the same time in their third run. How will

:19:14. > :19:19.his fourth and final run go? Can tricky both keep it together? Seen

:19:20. > :19:23.some mistakes. A lot of pressure knowing his younger team-mate is in

:19:24. > :19:28.front of him. His speed is not as good. He's going back, behind Axel

:19:29. > :19:32.Jungk by three hundredths of a second. Does he know how to find

:19:33. > :19:38.speed at the bottom the way the Germans do? He's not going to take a

:19:39. > :19:44.medal, the Olympic champion, the 2013 world champion is out, and look

:19:45. > :19:52.who is in the medals. The Germans get a medal. How happy is he? How

:19:53. > :19:55.the domain of Axel Jungk has changed from the first heat when he could

:19:56. > :20:00.barely contain his rage at himself. Now he is in the medals, and chatty

:20:01. > :20:11.occult, win here three weeks ago, may not get a medal at all -- and

:20:12. > :20:18.Tretiakov. The 21-year-old Russian, his best World Championship result

:20:19. > :20:25.has been fourth place two years ago. Both starts that really favour a

:20:26. > :20:30.quick get away. He is the fastest starter in the field, can he take a

:20:31. > :20:35.medal? Tretiakov has been the top Russian for six years. Can this

:20:36. > :20:41.young lad come on through and change the guard? Can he be top ranked

:20:42. > :20:46.Russian? Again Tretiakov has Alp started him. Tregybov has a lead

:20:47. > :20:53.over Axel Jungk. It's only 12 hundredths. Out to 18 because of the

:20:54. > :20:58.start and it's coming down. A much better straight than his team-mate.

:20:59. > :21:04.Controlled that better. One mile an hour slower than Axel Jungk. He's

:21:05. > :21:07.got to be perfect now. Has he got the speed in the sled? Axel Jungk

:21:08. > :21:15.could move up. He is going to move out. Tregybov, will he take a medal

:21:16. > :21:20.or drop behind Tretiakov? He's going to take a medal but Axel Jungk can't

:21:21. > :21:31.believe it, cannot believe it, he's going to take at least a silver

:21:32. > :21:36.medal. One the slider to go, surely the thinkable cannot happen. Four

:21:37. > :21:42.times already a world champion, Martins Dukurs won the last two

:21:43. > :21:48.years. He's now going for a historic third straight men's gold medal. Can

:21:49. > :21:57.he keep it together? Didn't have the best exit from his third run. He's

:21:58. > :22:04.going to want to absolutely perfect that if he wants to keep his gold

:22:05. > :22:09.medal position. His advantage over Axel Jungk was three quarters of a

:22:10. > :22:19.second. Makes three hits on the bend away. Nine tenths in front. 67.9.

:22:20. > :22:22.Axel Jungk had 69 and a half. The gap is still 68 hundredths but he

:22:23. > :22:27.avoids drama where he has crashed out before. He is going to win a

:22:28. > :22:32.third straight World Championship gold medal. The gap has come down.

:22:33. > :22:37.He will not have the fastest run but he is our new world champion. 50.93

:22:38. > :22:43.run is enough. Wasn't great but it was good enough. And again,

:22:44. > :22:51.Superman, the greatest skeleton slider this sport has ever seen, set

:22:52. > :22:55.another new record. Triple consecutive world champion. Yeah,

:22:56. > :23:00.phenomenal. That is Martins Dukurs for you. Absolutely phenomenal

:23:01. > :23:06.skeleton slider. One of the best people to watch. And you know, he

:23:07. > :23:10.kept it together. Did get a better exit, and he had such a big lead.

:23:11. > :23:13.Something quite drastic had to happen for him to have lost.

:23:14. > :23:22.How do you look back on that one? A little bit disappointed with how I

:23:23. > :23:27.performed, but I guess I got a little lucky that Thomas messed up

:23:28. > :23:32.the last two runs. I can take the positive, but disappointed with my

:23:33. > :23:36.performance. First World Championships for both of you, how

:23:37. > :23:41.was that overall? It was awesome and I loved every minute. A bit

:23:42. > :23:47.disappointed at the end but still a great experience. So much fun with

:23:48. > :23:53.Jack. Talk us through it, Jack, did it feel as good as it looked?

:23:54. > :23:57.Obviously yesterday I had a bit of a nightmare, struggling to make it

:23:58. > :24:05.into the top 20. My voice is going from the shouting. Today we got a

:24:06. > :24:10.bit more of a grip. The last run, I don't know where that has been

:24:11. > :24:13.hiding. I've been pushing terribly in these World Championships and all

:24:14. > :24:19.of a sudden I pulled it out the back. What is realistic for you both

:24:20. > :24:24.in one year's time? I think we are both capable of challenging the top

:24:25. > :24:30.ten. And then anything can happen at the Olympic Games. Doing it with one

:24:31. > :24:35.of my best mates. So, all done for the men's skeleton, that was quite

:24:36. > :24:38.exciting for those young Brits. It was very exciting. I literally had

:24:39. > :24:44.butterflies in my stomach. Jack Thomas coming down, 20th after that

:24:45. > :24:50.third run, put down a phenomenal run. You could just see the tension

:24:51. > :24:55.had left him, he was enjoying it, and he put down the seventh fastest

:24:56. > :24:58.run and he finished off in 16th place. Dominic Parsons finished in

:24:59. > :25:03.eighth place, moving up a little bit. He probably will have mixed

:25:04. > :25:07.feelings, great result but he probably wanted to move up. The

:25:08. > :25:13.Latvian, my goodness, Martins Dukurs, brilliant. Three straight

:25:14. > :25:17.championship golds. Bit of a battle between the Russians, the new

:25:18. > :25:22.Russian came through, and axle, the German, they got the medal and were

:25:23. > :25:28.absolutely thrilled. We will finish today that the noisiest and most

:25:29. > :25:31.dramatic event at the World Championships, the four-man

:25:32. > :25:35.bobsleigh. For the two Team GB line-ups it has been a topsy-turvy

:25:36. > :25:39.season. Lots of changes of personnel as the coaches try to work out their

:25:40. > :25:46.best line-up for next year 's Winter Olympics in South Korea. To top it

:25:47. > :25:47.all the 2014 crew could yet win an Olympic medal if the Russian results

:25:48. > :25:59.are invalidated. It's testing times. Talk to me about Sochi as an

:26:00. > :26:04.experience, first major games. Obviously my first games, amazing

:26:05. > :26:08.experience to be there. As the runs progressed, realised we were not

:26:09. > :26:13.just there to take part, we were there to be competitive, lifelong

:26:14. > :26:17.dream for me. That is remarkable, absolutely brilliant. We finished

:26:18. > :26:23.fifth and you could see that we were ecstatic. When the dust settled

:26:24. > :26:29.afterwards we thought we were that close to a medal, so it did think in

:26:30. > :26:34.a little bit, slightly disappointing. The worst doping

:26:35. > :26:38.scandal in history. Laid bare how Russia cheated. Russian Secret

:26:39. > :26:42.Service agent. We knew it was how bad, we found out how bad. Russian

:26:43. > :26:50.track and field athletes banned. Been cheating from 2011 to 2015. Now

:26:51. > :26:54.we know Sochi 2015 was a sham. Obviously the results have been

:26:55. > :27:01.looked at again, do you feel like you are the bronze medallists? I

:27:02. > :27:05.suppose I kind of do. We know that we competed clean. We don't have the

:27:06. > :27:09.medal but we will have a wait and see. Would have been a great thing

:27:10. > :27:13.for my mum, wife and children to see me on the podium. Whatever truth

:27:14. > :27:18.comes out of it will be more important than receiving the medal

:27:19. > :27:21.itself. Last year World Championships, going incredibly well

:27:22. > :27:28.for the first two runs, showed just how much potential, then said didn't

:27:29. > :27:33.quite happen, talk me through it. Going into the third heat we were on

:27:34. > :27:39.target, definitely minimum of going second. It was never my strongest

:27:40. > :27:43.point, I would always lose 100th here or there. I tried something

:27:44. > :27:54.different, tried to let it fly and it literally did. Just one fraction

:27:55. > :28:00.too much and rolls it. Lamin Deen trying to let it fly. It was a

:28:01. > :28:04.mistake trying to go faster. Good to see all the boys are out uninjured.

:28:05. > :28:08.This season the form has been up and down, changing the squad and Cruz,

:28:09. > :28:13.what has been the theory behind that? You have to discover a crew.

:28:14. > :28:16.We have so much talent in the squad at the moment, everybody is of such

:28:17. > :28:20.a standard it is simply a case of finding a combination that works

:28:21. > :28:24.well together. You've got butterfingers, come on. Three

:28:25. > :28:30.crewmembers, having that cohesion is so important. We have got so much

:28:31. > :28:34.depth at the moment it is unreal. Once upon a time we didn't have many

:28:35. > :28:39.to choose from, we had what we had and we would make it work. Now we

:28:40. > :28:44.have so many guys, real elite athletes. We've got a fantastic team

:28:45. > :28:49.now. We could pick ranked from number one all the way to 17 and you

:28:50. > :28:55.would still have a world-class team. Leading the guys at the moment is no

:28:56. > :28:58.problem. There's a really good feeling about being part of the team

:28:59. > :29:04.and knowing, when you are in a crew, three other guys completely having

:29:05. > :29:09.your back, it is a different sort of reward, definitely. When you have a

:29:10. > :29:12.real bond with the team, you are all doing it for each other, everybody

:29:13. > :29:18.trying to make the other guide proud, nobody wants to let anybody

:29:19. > :29:25.down. We have definitely got people capable of winning a medal in this

:29:26. > :29:29.team, no doubt about it. So, two Team GB crews, first piloted by

:29:30. > :29:33.Lamin Deen, and the second by the newcomer Bradley Hall, who looked

:29:34. > :29:39.impressive in training. But this is where the German bobsled is meant

:29:40. > :29:44.two spent most of the year, expect quick times from them. After

:29:45. > :29:48.finishing third last weekend on his home track in the two-man event,

:29:49. > :29:55.Janice Lochner had a point to prove, and wow, did he do that. Raking the

:29:56. > :30:01.course record in his first run. A very definite marker laid down for

:30:02. > :30:05.the rest of the field. His German team-mate rose to the challenge,

:30:06. > :30:09.Nicole water, and was super quick at the start, but a mistake cost him

:30:10. > :30:13.and he ended up two tenths behind. Francesco Friedrich, already a world

:30:14. > :30:18.champion having won the two-man event, he and his crew had the

:30:19. > :30:25.fastest start ever on this track but they couldn't keep it up.

:30:26. > :30:33.One tenth of Johannes Lochner after Heat 1. The surprise was the Latvian

:30:34. > :30:37.crew. Oskars Melbardis missed the start of the season with an injury.

:30:38. > :30:41.He broke the track record set earlier in the session by Francesco

:30:42. > :30:49.Friedrich to go third. It was mixed fortunes for the British. Lamin Deen

:30:50. > :30:53.who have struggled badly struggling with a track all week was ranked

:30:54. > :30:58.11th coming into the championships and only managed 21st spot. But for

:30:59. > :31:04.newcomer Bradley Hall and his crew, it was a very different story. They

:31:05. > :31:09.moved from the start position of 28 into 13th place with a super quick

:31:10. > :31:16.start and a solid run down the track. So no surprise for the

:31:17. > :31:21.four-man bobsleigh that the stands are absolutely packed. This is on

:31:22. > :31:24.the German crowd love to see. They absolutely love it. 4-Man Bob is a

:31:25. > :31:31.spectacle and of course the Germans are so, so strong here having

:31:32. > :31:36.already smashed the start record at the track record. And what about the

:31:37. > :31:40.British? What did you make of the first run? Bradley Hall has done

:31:41. > :31:45.phenomenally, from 28th moved up into 13th place. Their posh time was

:31:46. > :31:51.two tenths of the original start record, so I've think he will be

:31:52. > :32:01.very happy and thrilled and if he can just edge on up, they are not

:32:02. > :32:04.the same as Lamin Deen who has not quite got the same results but it's

:32:05. > :32:10.very very close between the whole group and I've think calm your

:32:11. > :32:16.nerves and come out looking definitely to move on up a couple of

:32:17. > :32:19.spaces. Hopes were high for the British led piloted by Bradley Hall

:32:20. > :32:25.after that impressive first outing. Click at the top, they look to

:32:26. > :32:29.challenge the top ten. But he overcooked it and a skid led to the

:32:30. > :32:40.first crash of the Men's Bobsleigh event. He's in trouble! You could

:32:41. > :32:46.see when he came out, too late! Bruised and battered, there was

:32:47. > :32:54.clear disappointment for the young crew after such a good start. Is

:32:55. > :32:58.everyone OK? We are all OK physically. Nothing wrong with us.

:32:59. > :33:08.It's not the result we wanted in the end. What went wrong? What went

:33:09. > :33:12.wrong. Well, it was going well. I thought we might have been on the

:33:13. > :33:20.wrong line, I've pulled down a bit too early, had a tap and you can't

:33:21. > :33:24.resave those things. Once you are in trouble, it's hard to fix. Bruce, as

:33:25. > :33:29.one of the taller members of the crew, when it's beginning to unravel

:33:30. > :33:32.like that, there's not much you can do but to duck down even further.

:33:33. > :33:38.That's right, there's no place to hide relief. I've got to take it and

:33:39. > :33:42.just count down the seconds until it is over. Some horrendous pictures of

:33:43. > :33:47.crash helmet on ice all the way down and then back as well. Not present

:33:48. > :33:52.for anybody. Not at all and that's why we wear them. Going backwards is

:33:53. > :33:56.far worse, when you are trapped tightly and it's difficult to

:33:57. > :34:00.breathe and its claustrophobic. How good was the championships open to

:34:01. > :34:06.that point? Really good, really positive. The team got together. We

:34:07. > :34:11.were excited about racing. It's a shame what happened but definitely

:34:12. > :34:16.shows there's big things to come so I'm really excited about the future.

:34:17. > :34:22.Let's throw Brad a bit of a life ring. How good could he be? Mates,

:34:23. > :34:26.the potential is massive. In that sort of situation, in this

:34:27. > :34:31.environment, he showed some really, really, really great things to come,

:34:32. > :34:37.so I'm excited about the future. How important is for you to pull

:34:38. > :34:41.together as a team a year before Pyeongchang next weekend, and a lot

:34:42. > :34:45.of work to do. Definitely but as soon as we finished the crash, we

:34:46. > :34:48.were all around him together, and it's natural for us to be together.

:34:49. > :34:56.We are friends outside anyway and I've think it shows we are a brand

:34:57. > :35:00.new crew. It's bittersweet because it's a shame we've gone out so early

:35:01. > :35:05.but, at the same time, like, the bits we could smash we smashed, so

:35:06. > :35:11.we are pretty happy and we can't wait to go to 2018. For the

:35:12. > :35:14.Americans, piloted by Steve Holcomb, they moved into fourth and looking

:35:15. > :35:21.good to challenge for a potential podium place. Nico Walther could not

:35:22. > :35:25.build on his early efforts. That mistake clearly still playing on his

:35:26. > :35:33.mind. His crew drop down to fifth. The Latvian pilot Oskars Melbardis

:35:34. > :35:36.has found real speed in Konigssee and was quicker at the start taking

:35:37. > :35:43.another one hundredths off his record time from Heat 1. The two

:35:44. > :35:46.German crews who battled it out in the 2-Man Bob work looking like the

:35:47. > :35:49.ones to beat. Francesco Friedrich was quick at the top and set the

:35:50. > :35:55.quickest time of the second run that, despite MSc second effort on

:35:56. > :36:02.his home track from Johannes Lochner, he a leader going into heat

:36:03. > :36:06.three and heat for. And for Lamin Deen and the Brits, having watched

:36:07. > :36:14.their team mate crash out, there was an improvement, moving up two places

:36:15. > :36:18.from 23rd. Halfway through the 4-Man Bob come petition and that was not

:36:19. > :36:24.pleasant viewing if you work British. It wasn't. Oh my word, my

:36:25. > :36:29.heart went out to Bradley Hall. He was so excited after having a really

:36:30. > :36:33.good solid first run but you know what, he's so inexperienced, and

:36:34. > :36:39.that was his first ever crash. To do it on a world stage like that, you

:36:40. > :36:44.know, bruised ego, pride, but it's very, very hard. They pushed grade,

:36:45. > :36:48.speeds will be different, but nerves, the environment in which you

:36:49. > :36:52.are in, and where he actually crashed is a very narrow but. If

:36:53. > :36:58.you're going to crash on this track, it's probably going to be exactly

:36:59. > :37:02.there, so you go out and it's not what they wanted but actually it's a

:37:03. > :37:08.huge learning experience having only just driven for under 12 months. And

:37:09. > :37:12.Lamin Deen loitering around the cut-off, third run absolutely vital

:37:13. > :37:14.for them to move up a bit. Yes, he will be disappointed. Is just

:37:15. > :37:19.outside the top 20 and they were hoping to be those that towards the

:37:20. > :37:24.top ten. But hopefully tomorrow he will come out and push a bit harder.

:37:25. > :37:28.Three hundredths of a second out of the top 20 and they are definitely

:37:29. > :37:37.going to want to move on up a few more places.

:37:38. > :37:44.Germany get the second day of competition underway in 4-Man Bob

:37:45. > :37:48.World Championships. Three hundredths of a second lead and

:37:49. > :37:53.spent yesterday studying video to try to find out where that time is

:37:54. > :37:59.escaping him. He lost a lot of time in the second run. It's amazing he

:38:00. > :38:03.is able to do that and still have the lead. Versus his home track

:38:04. > :38:13.where he learned to drive. His father lives down the street. Speed

:38:14. > :38:20.72.1 miles an hour. It will be vital he nails it. A little bump on the

:38:21. > :38:25.exit. Versus the graveyard of time, the uphill section of the track. We

:38:26. > :38:32.saw Steve Holcomb lose lots of time day yesterday. 48.64, slower than he

:38:33. > :38:39.was yesterday. The track was very quick this morning. Very hard. But

:38:40. > :38:45.maybe not so quick this afternoon. He's done enough to take the lead

:38:46. > :38:49.into the third-rate, we will find out in two minutes. Francesco

:38:50. > :38:55.Friedrich took the gold for the fourth straight time a week ago. A

:38:56. > :39:05.year ago, he nearly doubled up with a 4-Man Bob. They can't

:39:06. > :39:14.underestimate how much of a threat they are. They had a track record at

:39:15. > :39:19.the start. Before they broke the track record again, Oskars

:39:20. > :39:26.Melbardis. Slower than yesterday. They matched it both times, 475.

:39:27. > :39:30.Three hundredths behind in the first heat leading by 500 courtesy of

:39:31. > :39:33.their fastest start. This looks pretty clean but he should have more

:39:34. > :39:42.time than that. Luck how clean through here. Remember, 117, four

:39:43. > :39:47.kilometres better than Johannes Lochner.

:39:48. > :39:59.I think here's going to get it. 125.7 is what Johannes Lochner had.

:40:00. > :40:07.Not the best speed. 100. These guys are going to go head to head. Oskars

:40:08. > :40:12.Melbardis could say something about that coming up but these are Germans

:40:13. > :40:16.are separated by 100th of a second. The World Championships. The world

:40:17. > :40:28.champion, Oskars Melbardis from Latvia. A huge man, trying to get

:40:29. > :40:36.476-7. Two hundredths better than Francesco Friedrich. 57.8. Huge

:40:37. > :40:39.velocity at the start. Seven hundredths behind Francesco

:40:40. > :40:47.Friedrich after the first two runs. The gap is down to 51 hundredths.

:40:48. > :40:52.Canny move into the lead? Bad skid. That will not out a chance for

:40:53. > :40:59.medals -- can he move into the lead. A good run from the reigning world

:41:00. > :41:03.champion. He will fall way back. Nico Walther will probably slipped

:41:04. > :41:08.ahead of him into the bronze medal position. This is the danger in the

:41:09. > :41:14.4-Man Bob. One loose run can cost you everything. He is third. He

:41:15. > :41:22.knows that that huge skid all the way down the straight is going to

:41:23. > :41:29.cost him dearly. And that opens up a medal opportunity for this manner.

:41:30. > :41:39.The redoubtable Steve Holcomb. Carlo Valdes gave hope of a great start.

:41:40. > :41:45.Low 80s. Lacayo gently they get in. If the velocity. They have matched

:41:46. > :41:49.it. They get in in the slow motion and carry that momentum. Steve

:41:50. > :41:56.Holcomb with his start time is lethal and this is what he does. He

:41:57. > :42:02.made a big mistake yesterday. This is good speed. 169, not great speed,

:42:03. > :42:09.though. Two tenths of a mile an hour after fastest, Johannes Lochner.

:42:10. > :42:14.Good run through the labyrinth and this is exactly what he needed. This

:42:15. > :42:18.is where he did the mistake. This time he is perfect, bringing it

:42:19. > :42:22.back. He is ahead of Oskars Melbardis. This is what he does on

:42:23. > :42:33.the bottom part of the track. The Germans went 48 point 60, 48.64, and

:42:34. > :42:41.he is learning this sled fast. So Nico Walther, what does the slip by

:42:42. > :42:47.Oskars Melbardis offer this man? The giant behind him. They were two

:42:48. > :42:54.hundredths behind Steve Holcomb and could shoot for a medal. Spectacular

:42:55. > :43:01.start time yesterday. The leader of the pack there. But the driver, Nico

:43:02. > :43:07.Walther, he had a terrible exit. That's a good start for him. Here's

:43:08. > :43:10.a great pilot. He just did not deliver the goods yesterday,

:43:11. > :43:20.especially in the exit coming up right here. Not perfect. Gets away

:43:21. > :43:29.with it. He was two tenths behind after two trips. Speed, way off.

:43:30. > :43:34.72.3. Half a mile an hour down. The gap is opening up. Steve Holcomb was

:43:35. > :43:43.only 21 hundredths behind at the line. This is the latest as they had

:43:44. > :43:49.tested. Good speed. He is close to third place. Very close indeed.

:43:50. > :43:56.Second-best time! He has moved into the medals. Oh my Lord! He did that

:43:57. > :44:05.yesterday. He would then be up there sniffing the gold medal. It's now go

:44:06. > :44:11.fast all go home. Lamin Deen knows the pressure. He's had a lot to

:44:12. > :44:16.think about. He's alongside Andy Matthews. After the first two heat

:44:17. > :44:21.they were 15 one hundredths behind the Germans but a random drive from

:44:22. > :44:28.the world champion leaves a cracker daylight. Lamin Deen has got to get

:44:29. > :44:36.in it. 46, 47 yesterday. These four great athlete and have got to get 45

:44:37. > :44:41.at least. 489. I keep saying it, but you know was good as I'd do, these

:44:42. > :44:48.are four great athletes. They have not come together as a team yet.

:44:49. > :44:58.Right now it is down to Lamin Deen. Yesterday Brad Hogg crashed out of

:44:59. > :45:02.what might have been a top ten run. Right now Lamin Deen is not on

:45:03. > :45:08.target, 20 First Place on the split times. Better lines than the

:45:09. > :45:14.Germans. They had some drift in the graveyard section. It is going to be

:45:15. > :45:21.very, very close at the line, is he in or out? Needs to be 20th, he is

:45:22. > :45:24.not. So Lamin Deen doesn't make the final run. No British sleds in the

:45:25. > :45:31.top 20. Disappointing not to make the last

:45:32. > :45:38.run? Disappointing, and unfamiliar territory for us as a squad, this is

:45:39. > :45:42.the Olympic squad. However we have been trying a lot of different

:45:43. > :45:46.things this year. This is the year to try different sleds, runners,

:45:47. > :45:50.cruise, mixing it up. We have found out some certain things. Hopefully

:45:51. > :45:57.we can take that into the Olympic track that we are going to next week

:45:58. > :46:02.and to next year. So guys, how much more can we expect from you next

:46:03. > :46:06.weekend and beyond? Yeah, I think things are going to improve. We are

:46:07. > :46:10.going to jail more. There has been a lot of moving around this year,

:46:11. > :46:13.different crews and equipment. I think it's time to actually get

:46:14. > :46:17.together and worked as a team and start improving and moving up the

:46:18. > :46:26.ranks, as simple as that. Back to the drawing board. Cooler, calm,

:46:27. > :46:33.focused, look at Lascelles Brown on the backline. Jesse Lumsden on his

:46:34. > :46:40.left, Alexander Kopacz on his right, Justin Kripps the driver. Got quite

:46:41. > :46:54.a team here. Kopacz, they put him in to replace Kirkpatrick. Look at the

:46:55. > :46:58.ranking. Start times, 4:79 the last time, fourth best start. I bet you

:46:59. > :47:09.they try and bust at least a 4:79 out here again. Speed though, great

:47:10. > :47:14.velocity. Again, those four huge man load like they are featherlight into

:47:15. > :47:18.the sled. This is the first weekend these four guys have been working

:47:19. > :47:25.together. 300s of a second in hand over Benjamin Maier. Great lines!

:47:26. > :47:31.Got through there without tapping everything. Great straight. Not too

:47:32. > :47:34.many sleds get through the straightaway without tapping. What

:47:35. > :47:42.about here. Down to four hundredths of a second. Maybe he steered too

:47:43. > :47:46.much. Going to be very tight. Only six fastest. Benjamin Maier was

:47:47. > :47:50.fastest of all. How close will it be? My goodness, he does it, same

:47:51. > :47:57.time, identical run in time to Benjamin Maier. 300th in his back

:47:58. > :48:03.pocket and that is enough for top six after claiming a two-man medal

:48:04. > :48:08.last weekend. Five sleds remain in the 2017 BMW IBS F World

:48:09. > :48:15.Championships. In these next five sleds will come our medals. Oskars

:48:16. > :48:19.Melbardis is the world champion. He and Daumants Dreiskens coming back

:48:20. > :48:25.from injury, you wouldn't know it after three fastest start including

:48:26. > :48:29.a new record yesterday. 4:73 again! They matched it. He had a disastrous

:48:30. > :48:36.third run, his sled was sideways all the way down the straightaway. He

:48:37. > :48:44.went from medal contention to just a slight chance of a medal only if

:48:45. > :48:52.someone else falters. Had a huge slide all the way down. Second

:48:53. > :48:56.fastest sled we've seen in the Chrysler. He's got a huge lead, this

:48:57. > :49:00.is what you expected out of him. Is it enough to get into medal

:49:01. > :49:11.contention? He is the reigning world champion. Good run. This has got to

:49:12. > :49:16.be the best. That's huge. In a sport where we are dealing with hundreds

:49:17. > :49:22.of second coming he is half a second ahead. His first run today was a

:49:23. > :49:32.48.90 one. What a catastrophe that was. 100th of a second out of the

:49:33. > :49:41.medals for Team USA. Brand-new sled that they never raced before this

:49:42. > :49:46.week. They've had some good success with their starts. Six best start in

:49:47. > :49:51.the third run. Steven Holcomb had his best art in the past years.

:49:52. > :49:55.Fastest they've managed all weekend. Second-best speed of anybody. They

:49:56. > :50:00.know it's important, every hundredth could win a medal. This is the first

:50:01. > :50:09.time he's driven a non-American made sled. Made a big mistake, there,

:50:10. > :50:18.that might cost them. The speed is great, though. And he's so fast at

:50:19. > :50:21.the bottom. He is two hundredths behind comic is going to have to

:50:22. > :50:28.turn it on, here. Only one hundredth out of a medal. Got the best speed,

:50:29. > :50:37.though. Top speed, is it enough out of the final corner? Not enough.

:50:38. > :50:43.Oskars Melbardis is leading with three to go. He can't believe what

:50:44. > :50:50.is going on. Steven Holcomb made a mistake, he'll know it. Two great

:50:51. > :50:54.runs, two average runs. Three sleds to go, all German. Will we have a

:50:55. > :51:01.German world champion? Seems highly likely, but who? Will it be 26 old

:51:02. > :51:04.Nico Walther, will it be 26-year-old Francesco Friedrich, will it be

:51:05. > :51:11.26-year-old Johan Goosen lock mirror.

:51:12. > :51:28.Kevin Kuske on the left side of our screen. And they need the start. He

:51:29. > :51:33.needs everything. 4:70 nine. Speed on the left, fifth best speed.

:51:34. > :51:36.Walter had a disastrous first run, he was on the wrong side of the

:51:37. > :51:48.straightaway. Let's see if that costs him on the exit. A little bit.

:51:49. > :51:56.Second quickest in the field. Goodspeed. This is the brand-new

:51:57. > :52:01.sled, every bell and whistle they can empty into it. He's got about

:52:02. > :52:09.eight trips with it. This is the bronze. Nico Walther will do it.

:52:10. > :52:21.He's had a very subpar season but today he gets at least bronze medal.

:52:22. > :52:27.Two sleds, three runs, one hundredth of a second

:52:28. > :52:32.separating them. Here is the local hero Johannes Lochner. His uncle

:52:33. > :52:40.Rudy was a world champion in Bob sled. He is one hundredth away from

:52:41. > :52:46.winning this. Disqualified in the last race at Eagles. This is the

:52:47. > :52:53.biggest heat of his young competitive life. Eighth best

:52:54. > :52:58.velocity. He also drifted to the right of our screen. Lead of 17

:52:59. > :53:08.hundredths on his team-mate, Nico Walther. Lead at the end of the

:53:09. > :53:21.first run. One hit, two, three. Speed is below 116. Walther had

:53:22. > :53:26.better speed. Is he straight? Right here through the graveyard, yes.

:53:27. > :53:29.This is going to be the leader, at least silver medal. So the hometown

:53:30. > :53:46.boy delivers. Whether that is going to be good

:53:47. > :53:50.enough, now they've got to sit and wait, their destiny not in their

:53:51. > :53:55.hands. Francesco Friedrich lead into the final run of last year 's

:53:56. > :54:01.four-man World Championships at Innsbruck only to lose in the last

:54:02. > :54:06.heat. He is a four-time two-man world champion, four-time

:54:07. > :54:14.consecutive two-man world champion. And he could be 48 seconds from a

:54:15. > :54:17.Gold double weekend. 4:75, matches their best time when they broke the

:54:18. > :54:28.track record in the first heat. He also drifts to the right. Exit here,

:54:29. > :54:41.can he get out clean? Not really. Big skid. Double tapped, three hits.

:54:42. > :54:52.Goodspeed, though. It now comes down to the labyrinth. This could be in

:54:53. > :55:00.single digits. And high, there. Still with the lead. He was 100th in

:55:01. > :55:04.front at the start. Double gold! Double gold medal. And that,

:55:05. > :55:10.perhaps, is the fairest result in the four-man World Championship.

:55:11. > :55:22.Everybody wins here in Germany. That's unbelievable. Gold, gold,

:55:23. > :55:27.bronze, for Germany. And hard to imagine a fairer result than an

:55:28. > :55:30.absolute dead heat between Francesco Friedrich and Johannes Lochner.

:55:31. > :55:36.We had to step away from the track-side at the end of that

:55:37. > :55:39.competition. Germany, Germany, Germany, demonstration in how to win

:55:40. > :55:46.the competition. Yes, three strong teams. Plus they are here on their

:55:47. > :55:48.home track, home advantage. But how amazing, I have never known in a

:55:49. > :55:54.World Championships over four runs to get down in the exact same time.

:55:55. > :56:01.Absolutely phenomenal performance. Even more German gold medallists in

:56:02. > :56:06.this championship. Yes, first, second and third, two firsts, one

:56:07. > :56:12.third, I've never known it. Slightly less happy news for the Brits. Yeah,

:56:13. > :56:16.it's disappointing in one sense for Lamin Deen, not quite getting the

:56:17. > :56:20.forefront, just out of the top 20. They've been playing around with

:56:21. > :56:25.different crews, not quite settled, didn't quite get on with this track

:56:26. > :56:28.and has struggled the whole time. Doesn't really matter because they

:56:29. > :56:31.need to nail it for next year. They've got the whole summer

:56:32. > :56:36.together training hard and going into the next winter season. We've

:56:37. > :56:41.obviously got our young one coming up behind you unfortunately did

:56:42. > :56:44.crash but he was in 13th place up until then. So he's really got to

:56:45. > :56:48.take the positives from that and realise he's got a bright future.

:56:49. > :56:52.When you cast your mind back over the whole Championships, what do you

:56:53. > :56:56.make of the British performance? They aimed to get a medal and we got

:56:57. > :57:00.one. Lizzy Yarnold got her medal in the skeleton and I think that's

:57:01. > :57:04.brilliant. We knew she could do it, we knew she'd stepped up and she

:57:05. > :57:10.always thrives on these big championships. So that's really

:57:11. > :57:14.positive. Dominic Parsons and Laura Deas, yes, they just got into the

:57:15. > :57:18.top ten. They are going to be a bit disappointed, they want to creep up.

:57:19. > :57:22.There are lessons to learn and it is a long year ahead. They are all

:57:23. > :57:26.going to Korea now, where they will get excited and learn about the

:57:27. > :57:30.track and go into a really good summer of training and comeback

:57:31. > :57:34.signing. From all our winter sports there is quite a bit of expectation

:57:35. > :57:39.on sliding, Bobsleigh and skeleton in Korea, is it too much to expect

:57:40. > :57:44.them to produce more than one medal? I think we will vividly get a medal,

:57:45. > :57:49.particularly in skeleton, Lizzy has every chance. There are just the top

:57:50. > :57:54.few girls that are really strong at the moment. Laura will be wanting to

:57:55. > :57:59.fight her hardest. When things click into place I think it could happen

:58:00. > :58:04.for her. Don't miss the same. Is it going to happen? He really needs to

:58:05. > :58:09.shift up. Sochi needs to sort out the team, they need to go away and

:58:10. > :58:12.focus on who works well -- Lamin Deen needs to sort out the team.

:58:13. > :58:18.They need to practice and build up a really strong bond. They've got a

:58:19. > :58:24.lot less years experience than four example this Germany 1-2- three. Our

:58:25. > :58:29.boys have been going a lot less, so a long way to go. I think the future

:58:30. > :58:33.is still positive. Brilliant, been great working with you this weekend.

:58:34. > :58:39.So thank you, that's it for the World Championships from skeleton

:58:40. > :58:41.and Bobsleigh, so until next time, from the thick of us, it's goodbye.