19/01/2014 Ski Sunday

Welcome to Wengen and one of the biggest challenges of the season.

I can vouch for that. Don't take our word for it. Here are the

Lauberhorn's vital statistics. Fast and spectacular. Johan Clarey

broke the 100 miles per hour barrier here last year, making this

officially the quickest course on the circuit.

Speeds through the gun, 100 miles per hour.

At 2,315 metres above sea level. The Lauberhorn start gate is one of the

highest in the world. A very intimidating welcome. At almost

4,500 kilometres, it is the longest and most arduous downhill course of

them all. It's survival of the fittest up here.

And the Swiss love their ski racing. The Lauberhorn brings them out in

their droves. Up to 38,000 turn up each year to watch the men's

downhill. But on the Lauberhorn, the longest, the fastest, and one of the

toughest of all downhill courses, there is only one number that really

matters. First up, it is the men's downhill

from Wengen, who will tame the mighty Lauberhorn and write their

names into the record books of one of the world's most prestigious and

exhilarating races and did you know Britain is actually good at winter

sports? Particularly slopestyle, the new kid on the blocks at the Winter

Olympics. Team GB have world class athletes who learnt their trade in

the UK one of those is Katie Summerhayes. We get up close and

personal Sheffield lass who has one eye on Olympic glory.

The man who is sitting on top of the world downhill standings at the

moment is a nor weedge who has achieved every accolade possible in

the world of skiing. Svindal has won eight World Championship medals,

three Olympic medals, 12 two overall World Cup titles and 25 World Cup

races but, and it is a big but, he has never placed on the podium in

the famous Lauberhorn, in the shadow of the Eiger. A win here would help

cement his reputation as one of the best downhill racers of all time. I

thought that last year was going to be the time. I'm super comfortable

in the training rooms. I think I won both or at least one by decent

margins, too. My race comes and I end up in a mess. COMMENTATOR: Oh,

he is in trouble and Svindal is in the net. My word. That happens. I

have to say I think the reason I never won this race, it is a really

old school downhill. I come from the Super-G and I'm better at turning.

If I can do turn and turn and just link itting together, that's where I

can usually pull away from the rest of the guys. This course is like,

there is a turn and you just go straight for a while and two super

quick turns and then straight. There is really nowhere where you can link

it up. Explain how challenge challenging this race, the

Lauberhorn is? It's a course where you can't really make any mistakes

because you have to carry the speed all the way down because it is that

long. To be able to ski the whole course perfect, that's the trickiest

part about this course. Do you think it is a physical thing as much as it

is a technical thing? The last part is. After you have - I mean when you

come over two minutes, that's usually the downhill, two minutes,

the last 40 seconds, I would say it is also a physical thing because to

be able to ski a good turn, you need to have some power left. You also

need to be big and powerful and heavy. You are one of the most

powerful guys on the circuit. I believe that being physically fit is

the easiest thing you can do, it is just a matter of how many hours you

put in. So there is no reason to have a disadvantage. COMMENTATOR: He

leads the way by more than half a second. Brilliant I won the last one

in the last 30 seconds. So, you need to be strong. Everyone knows it, you

said it two weeks ago, Aksel Lund Svindal needs a podium, either here

in Wengen or Kitzbuehel to stamp his authority on the World Cup. He

doesn't have great memories of this course either. So there will be a

lot of pressure on him. Last season that's where his race ended. He

crashed into the nets just below the Hundschopf. Do you think he will do

it? There is a lot of pressure on and there is a lot of people who

will be fighting him for the win. Number one spot must be Erik Guay.

Definitely. He skied fast this season. Would have won in Borneo had

he not made a mistake in the final turn. What about the Swiss, this is

an incredibly partisan race and they have provided a couple of surprise

winners in Feuz and Janka And Defago in 2009. Can they do it again? A

surprise win could be Patrick Kueng. He is skiing fast this season. What

about Johan Clarey, the French mab, set the 100 miles per hour record

last year. You are banging on about confidence He will have confidence

and glide and will like these conditions. New snow has fallen.

It'll slow the force down. More of a guiding skiers' race. This is the

glide gliding snow, and this section is so sticky. How is it going to

make your course run? Very long. My legs will be burning. Time for

Graham to test out those quads. Well as much as Ed is looking

forward to seeing the look of pain on my face across the line,

unfortunately because of the strong southerlip wind they have had to

lower the start. We are starting here on the Canadian Corner, which

means most of the top section fted course is removed.

Coming into the S, the Kernen-S, it means that these turns will be

absolutely crucial. I can feel the wind, the wind is

really buffeting and blowing around on this part of the course.

It's going to make the race a little bit of a lottery, I think.

It's warmed up considerably since yesterday. The new snow that has

fallen has now been brushed away. It's quite icy and bumpy underfoot.

# -- into the S Now this is where they set the fastest speed last

year. Down the Haneggschuss. Tucking in tight. The first time I have ever

got here and had fresh legs. Through the compression. Now this is fast.

Really motoring. Heading towards the Silberhorn jump.

Over the jump. Good flight. You can really power this course. You've

never been here with such fresh legs. I'm going to nail the finish

now. Out close to the net. Hard on that right ski. Just pipped the gate

there. Whoah. I went close and wide and across the line.

I have never been so fresh coming into the finish S. I meant a little

bit mental. I might get told off because I hit one of the gates. How

is it now, with that lowered start? It could be a little bit of a

lottery on top because of the wind but it is running really fast down

the bottom. It's all going to be down to who can nail the finish S

with fresh legs. Out of breath. A little bit of aggression there for

Graham. It is now time for the Wengen unhill.

For more than 08 years this has been an important fixture and despite the

lack of iconic jumps, the race goes ahead in front of a capacity crowd

hearing to witness the 80th running of the Lauberhorn.

Matthias Mayer. Look at the crowd. They are cramped in here to witness

this wonderful sporting spectacle. Into the Kernen-S, a narrow stretch.

About the narrowest stretch on any World Cup course. 95. 5 on the way

into the Kernen-S. 75. 3 on the exit. Under the railway bridge and

on his way to the fastest part of the course, the Haneggschuss. Not as

quick as it normally is this year but still clocking 152 kilometres

per hour, plus. He hits the jump hard. 0.62.

The green light on. Matthias Mayer potentially skiing for first

position. The current leader is from Italy who

was first on the hill. Normally by now the legs would be burning but

because of the shortened course, the racers still have energy to spare.

It is a time of 1.33.10 for Matthias Mayer of Austria. A great run from

Matthias Mayer. He nailed it going into the finish S. He got airborne

and came hard down on that right ski. Carried a lot of speed through

that section. A God, early time. Romed Baumann. Number three for

Austria. A powerful start. Lifted his skis up high behind him as he

thrust his body out of the gate and into the Canadian Corner. The wind

is still strong. They are battling against the elements as well and the

aspects of this, which is normally the longest downhill course in the

world but not this year. 94. 7 in the way into the Kernen-S. Good

speed on the exit as well as Baumann plunges down the Hoon eggs schuss. A

nice, wide start. A couple of big, sweeping turns to follow. Oh, a

little off kilter as he came over the rise, that jump artificial

artificially enlarged this year just to give them an extra kick. But he

is heading close to the time of team-mate Matthias Mayer. He has the

ski side ways, coming in towards the finish. Baumann will go close.

Baumann has gone second. 16 hundredth behind team-mate Matthias

Mayer. Next to face the Lauberhorn is

Didier defag yoe. One of 16 win winners taking part today. His win

in 2010 marked a high point in his career that he has never matched.

Desperate to hit his form with the Olympic winter Games start starting

soon. The noise is great as he comes

towards the Kernen-S. Named after Bruno Kernen, the downhill World

Champion for Switzerland in '9 #. One of Defago's former team-mates.

The speed is solid. On to the railway bridge. On to the Hoon eggs

schuss. Matthias Mayer still the leader. Defago isn't far behind.

Just a little bit of air time. He did the double here a few years ago.

Won in Wengen one week and went on to Kitzbuehel and conquered there,

seven days later. The most important win for him was

in whizz letter mountain in 2010 when he took the Olympic downhill

title. Skirted with the advertising hoardings and safety netting. A ding

Russ, shaky moment for Didier Defago and is only good enough for third.

Lucky to stay on his feet. Well, defag ge was leteding it all hang

out but almost lost it a couple of times. -- well, Defago was letting

it all hang out. He almost got his sleeve caught in the net. Managed to

hang on but not good enough to take the lead. ?

STUDIO: Ready to go is Bode Miller. Olympic titlest. The past two years

has been hard for him. He has been through a custody battle and death

of his brother. He is hoping to go well at Sochi.

Will that chapter start here? Well, deep breaths and then a fast

start, skating with his skis. Driving with his very long body

shape, downhill ski poles. The crowd roaring him out of the

start gate as we watch him coming into the Kernen-S. Speed on entry.

Nice high line, solid enough. In at 92. 1. Out at 75. 9. Bode means

business here today as he dives under the bridge.

Plunging down the Hoon eggs schuss with good speed dch -- Hoon eggs

schuss. Great section this, full attack

mode. He winding down the window as he flew the Silberhorn jump. That's

a reflection of the commitment to the course. Miller makes up a huge

chunk of time in the middle of the course. The skis getting bounced

around. He has got his body twisted. Desperate measures at the bottom for

Miller but he has the lead by 9 hundredths of a second.

Oh, dear, Bode, going around that last right-hander cut into the line

too tight and had to pull his inside knees back out of the turn,

otherwise he was going to smash right into the gate. That made him

run wide at the end of the turn. Although he has the lead he could

have been so much more ahead. In the start gate, Max Franz for Austria,

number ten. Crunch time for the Austrian downhill is. --

downhillers. Selection time coming up for the Winter Olympic Games. The

Austrians have potentially seven or eight to choose from. Youngsters and

veterans alike. Max Franz is looking for a solid result here. He has got

the upper hand. Nearly half a second faster than Bode Miller. Good ski

preparation, clearly, for Max Franz. He is... The top part of the course

has been nailed. A little wobble of the silver horn jump. Hard into this

section. You just avoids coming into contact with the safety netting.

Like Bode Miller, he is a little off-balance bust has he done enough

to lead? Yes, he has. He takes it away from Bode Miller.

, he almost did a power slide. He stood really hard and just as he got

to the gate, he immediately did a quick trans -- transition. He was

able to carry the speed through the right-hander and took the lead away

from Bode Miller. Patrick Kueng for Switzerland. The host nation's best

hope today for success. Patrick Kueng, straight into his tuck

position. Listen to the noise from the mountain crowd. Immense!

Dares. Nice and light on his skis. Good on the way in. Fast on the

exit. Under the bridge. He is carrying good speed. He dives down.

Nothing wrong with this so far from Patrick Kueng, who on paper, is only

the eighth best downhiller of the season.

This is OK. He is just off the pace of Max Franz of Austria. Clear the

safety netting there. That turn was pretty tight. It is good for Patrick

Kueng. He leads the way in Wengen. A terrific run.

Patrick Kueng, just punching the air with delight, and the reason why is

because he absolutely skied the finish S to perfection. He got

himself nice and high and can't write the way to the right-hander,

accelerating to return and carried all that speed down onto the finish

pitch and across the line. Brilliant skiing. Peter Fill, the Italian

veteran, number 13 today. He has had a consistent, solid season. Sixth in

the World Cup downhill standings. The crowd really responding to that

excellent run from Patrick Kueng, who leads the way. The noise levels

turned to full volume now. 95 on the way into the S four Peter Fill. His

exits Pete, not bad at all. -- exit speed. An advantage at the first

intermediate time, four Peter Fill, who had his backside down on the

snow there for a split second. He's pulled himself back upright. It has

cost him. The mistake means that Peter Fill is .30 behind the leader.

Into the finish area. A last little roller four Peter Fill. Good enough

for fifth only. This time last year, Johan Clarey

set the record for the highest speed ever reached in a high-speed ski

race. On this year 's Snow, he will not be breaking the 100 mph mark but

he will need speed to ensure his place on France's team, for next

month 's Olympics. Johan Clarey, racer number 14. The speed record

holder. He had a really good season. Seventh in the standings. His best

result came just before Christmas, where he made it onto the World Cup

downhill podium, in third position. 96 on the way into the S. Possibly a

little high on the exit. Through the tunnel. He is up. An excellent start

for Johan Clarey from France. Now then, the visibility is difficult in

this section. He has misjudged the exit at the bottom of the

Haneggschuss. He has paid the price for that. Visibility has been

fractionally better for some of the races but it is flat and unwelcoming

for Johan Clarey. This is the quickest for Patrick Kueng. Joanne

Clary is slower. -- Johan Clarey. Listen to the noise for Feuz. They

are roaring him along. A couple of years ago, he was very much the man

to watch. Then he had a nasty injury and was in hospital for weeks on

end. Finally, he was on the comeback trail. He had a good top five result

in the early part of the season. Can he backed that up with a solid

result where it matters more to him and to the Swiss ski racing fans,

right here in Wengen? It's a good-looking start for Feuz. Nice

work so far. A solid jump from Feuz. Half a second away. Can he finished

quickly at the bottom? There's the chance for another top five, to give

him a real shot at making the trip Saatchi. The final stretch. --

Sochi. Pretty good for Feuz. The comeback continues.

Round two. The last world cup downhill... Both went to Aksel Lund

Svindal. The where's the red beard. He also leads the overall World Cup

standings, by just a handful of points. Svindal going nicely. He is

dead level with Patrick Kueng. He heads towards the forest. Excellent

speed. Hardly moving from that tuck position. A good high line. Terrific

shots these, from overhead. We are watching the Norwegian at full

tilt. Great speed. He won the world title last February, on February

nine. -- ninth. He will be desperate to

add Olympic gold to his list of achievements next month in Sochi.

That is a good jump and just behind Patrick Kueng. Will he break Swiss

hearts? A high line there. A little close to the outer blue line.

Svindal is second. Relief for the Swiss. As Aksel came into the

finish, I thought he is not going to do it. Actually, he skied it better

and only failed by seven hundredths of a second. It just shows the power

of the man. He had the power in the legs to drive the skis around the

turn. Next to go is Erik Guay. His third place next month saw him stand

on the podium more times than any other Canadian racer. He claims that

getting a bit greedy at the end of that run saw him miss out on the top

spot. Let's hope being fastest in training here do hasn't left him

ravenous. Erik Guay for Canada. Erik Guay is on the mountain now for

Canada. He was the winner... His speed is not that good. The

difference is four tenths of a second. Oh, and he is in trouble

excavation mark Erik Guay has recovered. Thankfully, he didn't hit

the safety netting but his race is over. That was unexpected. Bob be

one of the easiest turns on the course, just after the gliding

section. Erik Guay stood on his inside ski, hit a bump and just went

down and out. He is really going to start to develop a reputation for

being a choker, fastest in training and then crashing out of the race.

In the start and is Hannes Reichelt. When he's not racing down the

slopes, he relaxes by white water rafting and rock climbing. His early

successes were in Super-G and giant slalom. Podium places here and in

other places have shown he has other -- the legs for the rational

downhill. He has been second twice already

this season. He was third here 12 months ago. He

likes this course. Hannes Reichelt's speed is pretty

impressive. He is travelling quickly across the snow. He is dead level

with Patrick Kueng. Excellent top section on Wengen course. His skis

are getting bounced around. He is feeling his way to this part of the

court, sensing underfoot the little lumps and bumps which are building

up. The trees will give him better visibility, more definition on the

bottom part of the course. Nothing wrong with this so far. Now, he

looks for speed. A nice mug downhill start. He will get a couple of extra

kilometres per hour. That is pretty good. Just that first intermediate

to go on. No obvious mistakes. My and light on his edges. The last

turn and he is almost home. Hannes Reichelt goes low and crosses the

line to go second. Close, very close! Six hundredths. It is really

tight at the top and the Swiss just had to catch their breath. Hannes

Reichelt skied the finish good but not enough to do take the lead away

from the local hero. Britain's only representative was Dougie Crawford,

the beyond say of Shelley Allcock. He skied the top section well but a

mistake near the bottom and his run prematurely. So the result of a

Wengen downhill: You skied the finish S pretty well.

I think the best but not quite well enough? A couple of hundredths. I

knew it would be a tight race with a lowered start. So I tried to put

some risk into the last turn and see if that paid off. I mean I had a

good run. There are always things you can do better. But in the end it

was a tight race. I'm on the podium. You always wish you had the

hundredths on your side but that goes back and forward. I'm happy

with third. It was a really tough race. It was really bumpy and so on.

So being happy on the podium, don't be so unlucky about no victory.

Just describe the feeling of just being able it stands on top of the

podium. You did it once already in Super-G but in downhill, a very

special moment? I think this is -- this was my dream many years ago to

win here in Lauberhorn and now I stay on the podium. It is

incredible. So that lowered startp didn't

diminish any of the drama of the race. It added a whole new

dimension. It meant they were coming into the finish S with fresh legs

and they could power through those turns. Seven hundredths of a second

separated the men on the podium. They weren't just surviving that

finish section, there was aggression? Miller maybe a fraction

too aggressive otherwise he would have been up there. What about

Svindal? You said it all along, he has is hemented this reputation as

the perfect timing. Looking good for the Winter Olympics. Kueng, you

called it, where did he come from? He has been there or thereabouts for

the last couple of years. It seems that the Swiss, they love this

course and always pull out a surprise winner. Well, Patrick

Kueng, a worthy winner. No British success but I'm pleased to say it is

becoming a regular feature elsewhere in the world of winter sport. Andrew

Musgrave stunned his Norwegian rivals by winning their national

sprint freestyle race in Lillehammer. Although inn eligible

for gold as a foreign entrant he beat a packed field fighting for

places. British Paralympic prospect Kelly Gallagher, clinched a World

Cup gold in Canada. The 28-year-old visually am-paired skier from County

Down, aims to be Britain's first winter Paralympic gold medallist.

Katie Summerhayes took gold... Team GB's official announcement will be

made on Wednesday. Keep across the BBC Sport website it find out who is

on the plane to Russia and who isn't. Few selection concerns for

our women's sliders, with more success for Lizzie Yarnold and

Shelley Rudman in the skeleton World Cup. A sill very and bronze

respectively in St Moritz makes them amongst the favourites for success

in Sochi. You can see how all of skeleton athletes got on in the

latest World Cup in us a treia. There are highlights at 6.30pm

tonight on the red Button, straight after Ski Sunday Extra.

-- in Austria. There is a preconception in the UK

that skiing and snowboarding is the past-time of the privileged but

there is a group of talented youngsters who are out to prove that

preconception wrong. In the '80s there was a massive growth in the

development of dry slopes. In recent years, snow domes have been popping

up all over the UK. !

Affordable and accessible domestic facilities have seen British

freestyle skiers and snowboarders reach the top of their game. That's

handy because if we are lucky, they may bring a couple of medals back

from Sochi. If you think that British skiers and

snowboarders going to Sochi grew up riding on fresh Alpine powder,ed' be

wrong. Almost all of them started somewhere like this. No mountains

here, no snow, even. This is Halifax Ski and Snowboard centre. Jamie

Nicholls grew up riding here and it is typical of many of the dray ski

slopes around the UK. Well, this brings back a few

memories. I learned to still on Hill End in Edinburgh, one of the largest

dry ski slopes this the country. It is probably about as cold and windy

as this one. It's been about six years since I have been on dry

slopes. Time to give it a go. It doesn't run quite as fast as

snow. It goes a bit quicker when it is pours of rain. There are two

types of dry slope, Dendex, which is faster and better for Is radioing

and snow flex, this type, better for freestyle. I'm in expert at

freestyle but this man here, Tiler Harding. A member of the British

team. How old were you when you first started skiing on here? I the

staed here at about four years old. A long time ago for me. It's been so

beneficial for me. The skiers now train together with the

snowboarders. Who else on that team has grown up riding here? I grew up

with Jamie Nicholls, one of the biggest guys in the world and Katie

Omerod, who is most definitely going to the Olympics this year. We have

really good riders coming from here. Why do you think so many freestyle

snowboarders or skiers have come from Halifax or Sheffield? Halifax

because we have the jump, probably the best in Britain for snowflex.

Are you going to get your skis on and show us what you have got? Yes,

I'll get them on. It just goes to show that you don't actually need

that much. We are producing top class skiers and snowboarders from

around the country and they are all home grown, from conditions like

this around the country. If dry slopes seem a bit dated. This feels

entirely different. Just 20 miles down the read, this is Castleford,

one of six indoor snow centres in the UK. Real snow, nop wind, no rain

and when they get all the features out, this place turns into a

paradise. The indoor snow domes, I think are fantastic. What a

creation. We are here standing in a giant bridge with the ultimate

set-up to learn to ski and snowboard. Even for us, we can come

in here and progress. The rails and boxes, I do believe you can get to

such a high level where you can compete with some of the world's

best on these features. Jumps, you can learn the fundamentals, the

basics, up to a very high standard. This place is really busy for a

Friday night. It has kind of reached that critical mass. There is a real

mixture from skiers and snowboarders, different standards

and different ages. One kid will try something, another will copy. They

are all pushing each other and improving together.

It is getting ridiculous. I went up to a place and I was ripping double

corks on a dry slope. It is unbelievable. The new generation of

kids coming through will blow people's minds. There are loads of

camps popping up for people who have never been on a box or a rail

before, who have never hit a jump. It takes you right through from the

very first time, and then progress you to, potentially you could be

getting on the junior team or joining the development squad. The

fact that slopestyle ski and snowboarders have gone into the

Olympics, it is kind of like - well, we can do this in the UK now?

Absolutely. These guys have shown that is possible. All have come from

dry slope and the indoor centres, every single one of them. It is

paving the way for what can be achieved. It will 's be great to see

more kids coming through. The more successful we are in Sochi, will

really help with that. -- it'll be great to see more kids

coming through. I love this, for me this is faith repaid to all of the

dry slopes and indoor snow domes who put so much time and money into

freestyle and snowboarding. You can never replicate a half-pipe in the

UK but suddenly we have a deep seam of talent developing slope skills in

the UK? We need one of those guys to win and convert a medal and convince

UK Sport they can properly back it the way they've back backed short

skiing and skeleton. We have riches going into Sochi. You have James

Woods, Katie summer hay and Cheshire. All of these skiers and

snowboarders have done t despite the system, not because of it. With

serious backing, we could become a superpower of this discipline. Best

of luck to our free freestylers and snowboarders. It is not long now

before the pressure will be ranked up a notch. I am the dreadful

menace. The one whose will is done. The haunting chill upon your neck. I

am the conundrum. I will summon armies of wind and rain and snow. I

made the black cloud overhead. The ice like glass below.

Not you or any other can fathom what is nigh . I will tell you when to

jump and I'll dictate how high. The ones that came before you, stood

strong and tall and brave. But I stole their dreams away, those

dreams could not be saved. But now you stand before me, devoid of all

dismay. Could it be, just maybe, I'll let you have your day?

I am so excited about Russia. We've got so much talent on snow. One of

them is Sheffield's slopestyle starlet thoepg win a medal in Sochi,

Katie Summerhayes. -- starlet, she's hoping to win a

medal. Katie Summerhayes. British slopestyle skiing. I was six years

old when I first started skiing. I loved it. It was kind of a hobby at

first. I wasn't expecting it to be leading to where I am now. It is

pretty cool being a British skier on the scene. People are like - you are

from England, how can you ski? Freestyle ski something really just

jumps and rails together. We normally have three jumps and three

rails. You go down hitting any feature. You don't have any rules.

You can literally do whatever you want. It is fun and exciting. You

don't know what is going to happen when someone goes down. It is on

difficulty, execution, style. If it is a difficult trip but done with a

lot of style and made it look easy, I think you get a lot of points on

that. Normally I'm in the start gate, focussed, going through

everything. Like all the tricks I'm going to do. I was so excited when I

found out I was in the Olympics. I never thought I would be able to

become an Olympic athlete. So for people to have the opportunity to

doing the Olympics and representing Great Britain on that stage, I just

think it is amazing. Yet another British athlete to get excited about

in Russia. It seems like everyone has the Winter Olympics on their

mind right now. . This Thursday, Radio 5 Live will be broadcasting a

winter Olympic special called froedsen in time between 8.00pm and

10.00pm. It is alike back at some of the most memorable and historic

moments from Winter Olympics past. Plenty more Alpine skiing to come

between now and them. On Ski Sunday Extra after this show you can press

the red button and watch the highlights of the men's slalom. You

can watch it on the BBC Sport app, on the BBC Sport website or you can

watch the whole race on eye player. Spoilt for choice. I will be giving

a masterclass for all you speed demons out there. There is an awful

lot you can learn from the pros, whatever your level of ability. If

that's not enough for your technical fans, you can watch the men's slalom

from Kitzbuehel next be Sunday across all platforms Then the big

one, the men's downhill from Kitzbuehel. BBC2, 5.15pm. Patrick

Kueng, another surprise winner from here. Congratulations, Sir. So, from

the Lauberhorn, goodbye.