0:01:46 > 0:01:50Welcome to Ski Sunday. For the final show of the season we are heading to
0:01:50 > 0:01:55one of the last World Cup side of the winter Olympics, the city slalom
0:01:55 > 0:02:02in Stockholm.It's an event as much as a race with each skier going head
0:02:02 > 0:02:06to head in competition. The men and women's fields are here so it's
0:02:06 > 0:02:11nonstop action in the Swedish capital.Later in the programme we
0:02:11 > 0:02:14hear from Katie Ormerod who wants to emulate the success of Jenny Jones
0:02:14 > 0:02:18in bringing home the winter unfixed medal and with the game is days away
0:02:18 > 0:02:25who better to go and speak to her? It's amazing to see the progression
0:02:25 > 0:02:28of women's writing, tricks you are winning with four years ago would
0:02:28 > 0:02:37probably not even get you on the podium now.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41First it's the racing from Stockholm and the men's field includes Dave
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Ryding who has got an own excellent record in city events, he was forth
0:02:45 > 0:02:49here last year and fourth in Oslo earlier this season, beating Marcel
0:02:49 > 0:02:54Hirscher twice.
0:02:54 > 0:03:00I know you love these city events, what makes it so special?It's
0:03:00 > 0:03:06unique. Man on man. Just send it and see how you do. You need a bit of
0:03:06 > 0:03:10luck as well but you can make a bit of luck yourself.Do you go back to
0:03:10 > 0:03:13the days you are racing for England on dry slopes every weekend, you
0:03:13 > 0:03:18have got the skills.It's the same mentality. Everything is the same
0:03:18 > 0:03:23it's just slightly different. But the mentality is the same so I can
0:03:23 > 0:03:28drop on that, starch, people next. If you make time up you have to
0:03:28 > 0:03:35risk. Definite advantage.I am pleased to say Jimmy Olcott is with
0:03:35 > 0:03:41us now, this discipline is different to anything else, who doesn't suit?
0:03:41 > 0:03:46It's the only discipline where it depends on the body shape of the
0:03:46 > 0:03:51athletes so the bigger athletes, the heavier ones cross block the gate,
0:03:51 > 0:03:56go through it. Smaller athletes and especially the girls go round the
0:03:56 > 0:04:02gate. So it's really different.With that in mind why has Dave Riding
0:04:02 > 0:04:08done so well?He trained this all the way through his youth on dry
0:04:08 > 0:04:12slopes, this is what they raced every weekend so he can produce the
0:04:12 > 0:04:17short and intense burst of effort and concentrate in the start.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Question for you both, whisper quietly, could this be Britain's
0:04:20 > 0:04:25first World Cup victory?Dave has already proved himself with his
0:04:25 > 0:04:30fourth in Oslo in this discipline, he is on form in slalom. I think if
0:04:30 > 0:04:35it comes together it will be amazing for him.But in the first round he
0:04:35 > 0:04:40is up against Matthaus tag in the local hero who will have all of his
0:04:40 > 0:04:44family cheering for him so it will be a tough first round. I don't
0:04:44 > 0:04:49think is even thinking beyond that. That brings us nicely to the other
0:04:49 > 0:04:51contenders, with this ground and atmosphere you have to think it
0:04:51 > 0:04:56favours the Swedes.Marshall Hersh will be there and thereabouts but in
0:04:56 > 0:04:59the last few years Andre has got very good at the discipline and is
0:04:59 > 0:05:05good at the cross blocking technique.What about the women?It
0:05:05 > 0:05:11is slightly more open, absence tonight to focus on the Olympics.
0:05:11 > 0:05:18The local girl in the top side of the drop. It's going to be amazing.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22They are on form and will be electric.This is when traditionally
0:05:22 > 0:05:26we will give you a course run but there are two side to a parallel
0:05:26 > 0:05:30slalom luckily we have two ex-World Cup racers and it was too good an
0:05:30 > 0:05:39opportunity to miss. Who's going to win?Let me start, first of all I
0:05:39 > 0:05:43know he will use age against me that two weeks ago this incredible skier
0:05:43 > 0:05:49threw himself down with the camera. Last year I had my ACL reconstructed
0:05:49 > 0:05:54and I had a baby, how many babies did you have?I will see you at the
0:05:54 > 0:05:59start!Get up there, I am looking forward to this so much. They might
0:05:59 > 0:06:03have played it down but they both desperately want to win. The
0:06:03 > 0:06:07competitive fire burns as strongly in both of them today as it did at
0:06:07 > 0:06:11the top of their careers. I will enjoy this.
0:06:11 > 0:06:21Mind games from Chemmy.Have fun! You to!
0:06:35 > 0:06:41I think I got like the start just ahead of Chemmy.I can see him at
0:06:41 > 0:06:48the corner of my eye.Coming out of the jump! She is a gate ahead, it is
0:06:48 > 0:06:56tight here.
0:06:56 > 0:07:06Oh dear.That was so messy.Got a head out of the start but after that
0:07:06 > 0:07:11first you were away.I could hear you all the way and I was like I
0:07:11 > 0:07:17have got him! Then I got a bit confident and I thought let's go.I
0:07:17 > 0:07:22was too far back.What an amazing opportunity for us as beans to be
0:07:22 > 0:07:30able do that.Fantastic spectacle, very entertaining, time for the real
0:07:30 > 0:07:34race, 16 men and women ready to do battle. Matt Chilton has the best of
0:07:34 > 0:07:36the action from the early rounds.
0:07:40 > 0:07:46Fourth course is made up of just 18 gates. -- both courses. The time
0:07:46 > 0:07:48difference from the first-run decides when the gates open and the
0:07:48 > 0:07:53second run. In the women's draw the opening round went largely to form
0:07:53 > 0:07:57with all of the top seeds being handed victory after mistakes by
0:07:57 > 0:08:05their opponents. They barely had to break sweat in making it through to
0:08:05 > 0:08:10the last eight. Wendy did not have it all her own way, the inform third
0:08:10 > 0:08:16seed had a tough draw against the German. She has won World Cup in
0:08:16 > 0:08:21this format and took the first leg. But when they came storming back in
0:08:21 > 0:08:28the return run to make it through by just eight hundredths of a second.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31By the first leg of the quarterfinals Wendy seemed to have
0:08:31 > 0:08:44found her form, looking a strong favourite to make the semi. Big
0:08:44 > 0:08:51mistake to earn a sizeable lead in the first leg. By contrast they were
0:08:51 > 0:08:55separated by just 400 's of a second setting things up nicely. For the
0:08:55 > 0:08:58concluding runs from the women's quarterfinal.
0:09:00 > 0:09:10Time for the second run in the quarterfinal.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14quarterfinal. Half a second is the advantage after the first leg in
0:09:14 > 0:09:20favour of the Swede who starts early. She's on her way. The best
0:09:20 > 0:09:33slalom skier on the World Cup tour. Step-down, good landing. Struggling.
0:09:33 > 0:09:40Frieda has the crowd on her feet. She goes to to the semifinal. Good
0:09:40 > 0:09:51control of the jump. Made the turn in midair.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56Nina Trails by 0.3 three. A third of a second between the opening of the
0:09:56 > 0:10:02gates. The Austrian on the right-hand side in the red course
0:10:02 > 0:10:07gets away nicely.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12gets away nicely. She's almost out of the course but actually the
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Norwegian has done well, brilliant jumper. She's gained a huge amount
0:10:16 > 0:10:22of ground. She might just overturn this and she does. She is through to
0:10:22 > 0:10:30the semifinal, what a fight back. Bernadette will be disappointed she
0:10:30 > 0:10:34did not capitalise on the lead she had after the first run. Wendy's
0:10:34 > 0:10:41lead over Cristina is just over a third of a second. She is the
0:10:41 > 0:10:48favourite for this. The blue course for Switzerland. Of the role a
0:10:48 > 0:10:57little late on Wendy. Of the jump in good shape. Her opponent well and
0:10:57 > 0:11:00truly beating, excellent skiing from Wendy.
0:11:05 > 0:11:12Wasn't all plain sailing for Wendy but after the mistake at the top she
0:11:12 > 0:11:20corrected.
0:11:21 > 0:11:29The Slovakian in the red course this time, a fraction to find, next to
0:11:29 > 0:11:33nothing between these two. You will barely be able to see the difference
0:11:33 > 0:11:39in the opening of the gates. Four hundredths of a second. Got jammed
0:11:39 > 0:11:47up, terrible start. Went early. Skis got held on the side of the gate,
0:11:47 > 0:11:52cruising through to take this one. The Italian has got the race on her
0:11:52 > 0:12:01hands. Here Hamza Petra, has she done it? She has, remarkable.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05done it? She has, remarkable. Irene seriously annoyed with herself.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Petra should have lost it but the tenacity shown to get back in the
0:12:08 > 0:12:19race and win the race. In the men's draw the first round saw something
0:12:19 > 0:12:25of an upset. The 15th seed beating number two. But the defending
0:12:25 > 0:12:29champion is a specialist in the formats of his victory did not raise
0:12:29 > 0:12:36too many eyebrows. It would not have been the case had Clement backed up
0:12:36 > 0:12:43his first-round win over Marcel Hirscher. His Austrian team-mate
0:12:43 > 0:12:49appeared to be joining him, disqualified for struggling with
0:12:49 > 0:12:56gate. The third made comfortable progress as did both Swedes in the
0:12:56 > 0:13:01men's draw. Andre looked very strong against Jonathan. And Dave Ryding
0:13:01 > 0:13:06was sawn off in a very tight battle. A repeat of last year semifinal with
0:13:06 > 0:13:12the same outcome.There are no slouches, it's the top 16 in the
0:13:12 > 0:13:16world so I am up against it. It's just one of those things and I will
0:13:16 > 0:13:21come back fighting next time.In the quarterfinal first leg almost took
0:13:21 > 0:13:29out his opponent. He will have do overturn have a second deficit in
0:13:29 > 0:13:35the second run. A big advantage over Daniel, for a place in the semi
0:13:35 > 0:13:41looking likely for the big Swede. It was rivals Austria against
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Switzerland in the remaining quarterfinals and the Swiss have the
0:13:43 > 0:13:49upper hand. A third of a second behind the surprise of the
0:13:49 > 0:13:54competition, Raymond.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Work to do for the Austrian great. Quarterfinal second leg is about to
0:13:58 > 0:14:08get underway. Second run of this men's quarterfinal between Marcel
0:14:08 > 0:14:16Hirscher. Marcel Hirscher, Switzerland versus Austria. Aerni's
0:14:16 > 0:14:23gate will open fractionally ahead. Marcel Hirscher any scrap, cross
0:14:23 > 0:14:30blocking. Beautiful speed. Aerni just about in front of the jump,
0:14:30 > 0:14:35fantastic flight from Aerni. Has Marcel Hirscher done enough, I don't
0:14:35 > 0:14:41think so! He is out, beaten by Aerni by eight hundredths of a second.
0:14:41 > 0:14:51Aerni the master of the jump. Magnificent skiing from the Swiss.
0:14:51 > 0:15:01Yule trails by half a second, one of Myhrer the tallest men in the
0:15:01 > 0:15:07competition. Away they go. Punching away the paddle, cross blocking
0:15:07 > 0:15:15technique. Myhrer is a master of it and Yule has no chance here. Myhrer
0:15:15 > 0:15:27winning comfortably. Yule never got into that one. The technique arms
0:15:27 > 0:15:34raised. Punching the panel out of the way.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42A place in the semifinal up for grabs. Ramon Zenhaeusern on the
0:15:42 > 0:15:51right. Michael Matt trying to get back on level terms.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53back on level terms. Drops off the roller and squashes it with his
0:15:53 > 0:15:59knees and he opens up a wide lead and this is sensational skiing from
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Ramon Zenhaeusern who takes his place in the semifinal.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Again, the cross blocking technique.
0:16:12 > 0:16:18The second run between Mattias Hargin and Linus Strasser. Linus
0:16:18 > 0:16:23Strasser won this event 12 months ago. Target is a crowd favourite but
0:16:23 > 0:16:28he has do play catch up. Mattias Hargin trying to come from half a
0:16:28 > 0:16:33second down, hoping for a mistake from Lena Strasser but so far none
0:16:33 > 0:16:37is forthcoming -- Linus Strasser. Now he is closing the gap and he is
0:16:37 > 0:16:46alongside but he cannot get it done. Linus Strasser scrapes through.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Mattias Hargin came close but not quite good enough.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50No shortage of drama in the early
0:16:50 > 0:16:54No shortage of drama in the early rounds. It has been almost a one-man
0:16:54 > 0:16:59show for Andre Myhrer.He is looking really strong, powering through
0:16:59 > 0:17:05every heat. But interesting Marcel Hirscher started to cross blog and
0:17:05 > 0:17:09it did not work because you have to be big and tall to make it work. One
0:17:09 > 0:17:15person taller and that is Ramon Zenhaeusern and if they meet in the
0:17:15 > 0:17:19final it will be the clash of the Titans.And looking at the women, it
0:17:19 > 0:17:24is wide open.Four talented girls going forward from all quite equal
0:17:24 > 0:17:31with their skill level. The Swedes have Frida Hansdotter who has proved
0:17:31 > 0:17:35so far but now she is racing Nina Haver-Loeseth who put her out last
0:17:35 > 0:17:44year. She has the bit between her teeth. And Wendy Holdener and Petra
0:17:44 > 0:17:49Vlhova, more big talent.Time for the semifinals.
0:17:50 > 0:17:57COMMENTATOR: Nina Haver-Loeseth on the blue course, Frida Hansdotter is
0:17:57 > 0:18:02the crowd favourite from Sweden in the red. Frida Hansdotter the more
0:18:02 > 0:18:07successful on the World Cup. But a different sort of pressure now as
0:18:07 > 0:18:12they go shoulder to shoulder down this hill in Stockholm. Decent start
0:18:12 > 0:18:18from Frida Hansdotter, Nina Haver-Loeseth squashes the role and
0:18:18 > 0:18:25is late in the turn and now the jump. Nina Haver-Loeseth is right in
0:18:25 > 0:18:29this great and it's going to be tight and a narrow lead. Nine
0:18:29 > 0:18:34hundredths of a second after the first run in favour of Frida
0:18:34 > 0:18:44Hansdotter. Petra Vlhova on the blue course, Wendy Holdener in the red
0:18:44 > 0:18:48and these tee know each other well and regularly do battle in the
0:18:48 > 0:18:52classic slaloms and giant slalom is on the World Cup tour. The gates
0:18:52 > 0:19:01will open simultaneously in this first run. Vlhova in blue, off and
0:19:01 > 0:19:06running in Stockholm, a much better start from Wendy Holdener. She is in
0:19:06 > 0:19:11control. A couple of mistakes creeping in from Vlhova and then
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Wendy Holdener goes wide off the jump but manages to correct it and a
0:19:15 > 0:19:20good recovery and she takes an advantage of 0.37 into the second
0:19:20 > 0:19:25run.
0:19:25 > 0:19:35Second run between Frida Hansdotter and Nina Haver-Loeseth.
0:19:39 > 0:19:47The lights flashing. And they are released onto the course in
0:19:47 > 0:19:52Stockholm nine hundred and thicken already clawed back by Nina
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Haver-Loeseth. She is shoulder to shoulder with Frida Hansdotter and
0:19:56 > 0:20:01the pressure on Hansdotter and she has made a mistake! Haver-Loeseth
0:20:01 > 0:20:06could silence the Swedish crowd and she does! A great fightback! Nina
0:20:06 > 0:20:14Haver-Loeseth is through to the final.The crowd goes silent because
0:20:14 > 0:20:19Frida Hansdotter was the last Swede left in the competition and the
0:20:19 > 0:20:21girls side. Nina Haver-Loeseth took her down with some amazing skiing in
0:20:21 > 0:20:29the top section and that is her first podium of the season.Wendy
0:20:29 > 0:20:36Holdener is leading by 0.37 second after the first run. Will it be
0:20:36 > 0:20:44enough? Her cake is open and one third of a second later Vlhova is
0:20:44 > 0:20:50released. Holdener squashes the role perfectly, no mistakes from the
0:20:50 > 0:20:56Swiss. The pressure is on Vlhova and she is taking risks, it is smooth
0:20:56 > 0:20:59and accurate from Wendy Holdener and she gets it done to go through to
0:20:59 > 0:21:06the final by just under half a second. It will be Holdener against
0:21:06 > 0:21:11Nina Haver-Loeseth in the women's final.Holdener cruising to victory
0:21:11 > 0:21:15over Vlhova. She showed early nerves in the first round but they are now
0:21:15 > 0:21:27gone.The men's semifinal first run. Andre Myhrer of Sweden in the blue,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Luca Aerni from Switzerland in the red. The gates will open
0:21:30 > 0:21:35simultaneously.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40simultaneously. Myhrer in blue, Aerni in red. A powerful start an
0:21:40 > 0:21:43excellent forward propulsion coming out of the gate and the early
0:21:43 > 0:21:49advantage with Myhrer as he goes into this familiar high and cross
0:21:49 > 0:21:53blocking technique but Aerni is closing the gap. A little mistake
0:21:53 > 0:21:57from the Swiss and Myhrer take an early lead of almost half a second.
0:21:57 > 0:22:06That has got them on their feet. In the blue course this time is Linus
0:22:06 > 0:22:11Strasser from Germany. His opponent is the tall and powerful were among
0:22:11 > 0:22:21the
0:22:21 > 0:22:29poison -- Ramon Zenhaeusern. The first run between the German and the
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Swiss and Zenhaeusern was a little sluggish coming out at the start and
0:22:33 > 0:22:38Strasser has the early lead but now Zenhaeusern goes to work. Off the
0:22:38 > 0:22:43jump a little wide, does he have the power? Closing the gap and he might
0:22:43 > 0:22:48just get ahead and it is tight. Zenhaeusern get in front by one
0:22:48 > 0:22:52hundred of a second. Fine margins.
0:22:58 > 0:23:04Luca Aerni this time in the blue course. Andre Marriner is always a
0:23:04 > 0:23:12head gully favourite in his head to head races -- always a favourite.
0:23:12 > 0:23:19His gate will open most officer can earlier than his opponent's. Away
0:23:19 > 0:23:25goes Myhrer closely followed by Aerni who can see his opponent.
0:23:25 > 0:23:31Aerni hoping for a mistake from Andre Myhrer but he makes the
0:23:31 > 0:23:37mistake and Myhrer is in total control. Aerni tried too hard and he
0:23:37 > 0:23:41cannot overhaul the league and Myhrer is in the final. The worst he
0:23:41 > 0:23:47can finish is second now.Andre Marriner has not put a foot wrong
0:23:47 > 0:23:56tonight, absolutely impeccable skiing -- Andre Myhrer. Also
0:23:56 > 0:23:59absorbing the top role so he can carry his speed and cruising off the
0:23:59 > 0:24:06jump, that was brilliant.Ramon Zenhaeusern as the tightest possible
0:24:06 > 0:24:13advantage over the winner from last year, Linus Strasser.
0:24:13 > 0:24:19I'm not even sure that we can detect a difference in the opening times.
0:24:19 > 0:24:27They are underweight. For the second time, second run in this semifinal
0:24:27 > 0:24:31and the advantage of Zenhaeusern is just 100 and Strasser is right
0:24:31 > 0:24:35alongside, neck and neck and a German makes a mistake and it is
0:24:35 > 0:24:40clean and direct from Zenhaeusern and he takes it. He is in the final,
0:24:40 > 0:24:44the two tallest man in the competition, Zenhaeusern and Myhrer
0:24:44 > 0:24:50will go head-to-head.Ramon Zenhaeusern, the giant Swiss, the
0:24:50 > 0:24:53first time he had ever raced in this city format and he takes out the
0:24:53 > 0:24:58champion from last year and he is getting quicker and quicker with
0:24:58 > 0:25:04every run. It will be very tight between him and Myhrer in the final.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07The losers of the semifinals faced each other in the small finals to
0:25:07 > 0:25:12battle it out for the bronze. Frida Hansdotter got caught in the
0:25:12 > 0:25:16back-seat come off the jump and was left sliding down the course which
0:25:16 > 0:25:24gave Petra
0:25:24 > 0:25:28gave Petra Vlhova an advantage which she could not overhaul. Luca Aerni
0:25:28 > 0:25:33and Linus Strasser were very close in the first run and the second was
0:25:33 > 0:25:37just as competitive and it was the winner from last year, Linus
0:25:37 > 0:25:43Strasser, who took the win and the bronze medal. The women's final,
0:25:43 > 0:25:52Wendy Holdener of Switzerland and Nina Haver-Loeseth of Norway.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Nina Haver-Loeseth of Norway. The first run and the gates open at the
0:25:55 > 0:26:04same time with Holdener in blue and Haver-Loeseth in red and a slight
0:26:04 > 0:26:06mistake of the roller from Wendy Holdener but she handles the jump
0:26:06 > 0:26:12brilliantly and she has left Nina Haver-Loeseth behind. A good start
0:26:12 > 0:26:19from Holdener as she takes a lead of 0.35 into the second run.
0:26:25 > 0:26:32The two big men have finally made it through to do battle in the final.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Ramon Zenhaeusern of Switzerland starting on the blue course. Andre
0:26:36 > 0:26:42Myhrer of the host nation Sweden is in the red. The first run and away
0:26:42 > 0:26:53they go. Identical starting technique. Similar cross blocking.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56They are turn for turn, it is synchronised between them! Who is
0:26:56 > 0:27:04going to take the early lead? Unbelievable racing and Zenhaeusern
0:27:04 > 0:27:11is leading by four hundredths of a second. The last run of the day in
0:27:11 > 0:27:17the women's competition and Holdener is the early favourite. She starts
0:27:17 > 0:27:20first and Haver-Loeseth to try to claw it back. Smooth skiing in the
0:27:20 > 0:27:27early stages. Haver-Loeseth hoping for a mistake, opponent and there it
0:27:27 > 0:27:33is! And Holdener goes down and that opens the gate for Nina
0:27:33 > 0:27:40Haver-Loeseth to take her first win for three years! Haver-Loeseth
0:27:40 > 0:27:43winning in Stockholm. Wendy Holdener will be distraught. She had the
0:27:43 > 0:27:49early lead, a mistake off the jump allowed her opponent in an
0:27:49 > 0:27:54heartbreak for Wendy Holdener.That shows how much you have too focused
0:27:54 > 0:27:58to the finish line, Wendy Holdener had that in the bag and
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Haver-Loeseth chipped away at her, Wendy made a mistake and Nina took
0:28:01 > 0:28:09the victory.They have said these courses using GPS. There should be
0:28:09 > 0:28:15no discernible difference between the two courses. A tolerance of five
0:28:15 > 0:28:23millimetres allowed. And a difference of four hundredths of a
0:28:23 > 0:28:27second between these two after their first run. Zenhaeusern with the
0:28:27 > 0:28:33slight lead and he gets going fractionally in front of Myhrer who
0:28:33 > 0:28:38battles straight back into contention. Neck and neck again.
0:28:38 > 0:28:44Once again it is synchronised, a great jump from Zenhaeusern, Myhrer
0:28:44 > 0:28:49fighting back, can the Swiss silence the Swedish fans? Yes he can!
0:28:49 > 0:28:55Ramones annoys's first ever World Cup win comes in the Stockholm
0:28:55 > 0:29:00parallel slalom -- Ramon Zenhaeusern.He cross blocked the
0:29:00 > 0:29:04gate after the jump, that was maximum risk. It could all have gone
0:29:04 > 0:29:09horribly wrong but he just clung on to take the victory and silence the
0:29:09 > 0:29:13Swedish crowd. Wow.It was my
0:29:13 > 0:29:13to take the victory and silence the Swedish crowd. Wow.It was my first
0:29:13 > 0:29:18time in the city event and I tried it yesterday, my second time in my
0:29:18 > 0:29:26life trying the city event with the gate up there. It's crazy!That
0:29:26 > 0:29:31final you would have seen when the crash, did you realise you had it?
0:29:31 > 0:29:36Not really until I crossed the line but I kind of saw her and I thought
0:29:36 > 0:29:44she was in front of me a little bit. And suddenly she was gone. You don't
0:29:44 > 0:29:48really see it until you cross the finish line.What perfect timing to
0:29:48 > 0:29:52be reaching your peak in the last race before the Olympic Games?Yes,
0:29:52 > 0:29:57it has been a hard season for me so far, up and down so this little
0:29:57 > 0:30:04confidence boost, I'm going to cherish it all the way to the
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Olympics and try to send it.
0:30:10 > 0:30:17Time... To follow... The fearless.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30raised. Punching the panel out of the way.
0:30:30 > 0:30:35The Winter Olympics are just days away and the sense of anticipation
0:30:35 > 0:30:40is palpable, Jenny Jones made history winning a bronze medal in
0:30:40 > 0:30:43Sochi in snowboarding but back then in the squad was a very un-Katie
0:30:43 > 0:30:48Ormerod who narrowly missed out on travelling to Russia. But the
0:30:48 > 0:30:51heartbreak of missing out has fuelled her rise to the very top of
0:30:51 > 0:30:58the sport.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12The Olympics is unlike any other competition in snowboarding. It's so
0:31:12 > 0:31:16much bigger. Katie is only 20 so I have come to see how she is dealing
0:31:16 > 0:31:22with the pressure of being a real hope.All I have been thinking about
0:31:22 > 0:31:26is this Olympics, it's so exciting. It's really stressful now as well
0:31:26 > 0:31:32because I am trying to get the benefit between training and trying
0:31:32 > 0:31:36new tricks safely. It keeps me up at night sometimes.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50The team are just warming up this morning. Getting the speed right on
0:31:50 > 0:31:56the kickers. Usually straight and then they can progress to more
0:31:56 > 0:31:58technical trucks.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11Katie is still one of the youngest in the squad but she is part of the
0:32:11 > 0:32:17furniture. She has been with the team three years. I was thinking I
0:32:17 > 0:32:20have never been here before then I remembered this was one of the first
0:32:20 > 0:32:27foreign trips you came on.Yeah, I first came here when I was 13, I got
0:32:27 > 0:32:30sponsored and they took me out here with the rest of the European team
0:32:30 > 0:32:32and I got to go in the mountains without my parents were the first
0:32:32 > 0:32:38time so it was exciting.I remember seeing you in a dorm and I thought
0:32:38 > 0:32:44look at those little ones going around.Yes, grew up, it was really
0:32:44 > 0:32:49cool. It was that long ago. I cannot remember life without snowboarding.
0:32:49 > 0:32:55Can you remember the first time you went?It was on dry slopes, my dad
0:32:55 > 0:32:59was teaching me how to go over the big kicker for the first time, we
0:32:59 > 0:33:03saw another girl doing it and my dad said I think you can do it, we
0:33:03 > 0:33:06watched her do it a few times and then he sent me off.Did you want to
0:33:06 > 0:33:14do it?I was so excited.And you got better and better.I went whenever I
0:33:14 > 0:33:19could and loved it.Trying to qualify for the first ever Olympics
0:33:19 > 0:33:27how old were you?I was 15.So young! When did you work out you had
0:33:27 > 0:33:33not quite got in?It was when I had just done my second qualification
0:33:33 > 0:33:37run in Tibet and I knew I needed to get into the final to go and I think
0:33:37 > 0:33:42I messed up my first run so I needed it on my second one and I went the
0:33:42 > 0:33:48tiniest bit too big and hand dragged it and I knew instantly I was not
0:33:48 > 0:33:55going. I was so gutted.And it was by a really small amount wasn't it?
0:33:55 > 0:34:01I think I missed out by one or two spots. It was so close. I was really
0:34:01 > 0:34:04sad for a couple of weeks but I put it behind me and thought I want to
0:34:04 > 0:34:08watch it and see my team-mates do well. I really enjoyed watching it,
0:34:08 > 0:34:16it was cool.What were your thoughts on the Olympics after that moment
0:34:16 > 0:34:21for yourself, did you not want to know about it or was it a goal?It
0:34:21 > 0:34:25was definitely a goal because you did so well and I knew I wanted to
0:34:25 > 0:34:28go to the next Olympics so I concentrated on that, training and
0:34:28 > 0:34:35training.Still four years away at this point.It has all I have been
0:34:35 > 0:34:40thinking about.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43thinking about.Right now she's just having one of those days, every
0:34:43 > 0:34:47athlete gets them and it can be so frustrating especially when all the
0:34:47 > 0:34:52elements are there that day, you're thinking yes, game on I will get
0:34:52 > 0:34:56some tracks down and it just doesn't happen. I really feel for her
0:34:56 > 0:35:02especially as the Olympics are coming up and everyday counts. But
0:35:02 > 0:35:06Katie is really resilient. She's always been someone that dusts
0:35:06 > 0:35:09herself down and keeps going just as she did after failing to qualify for
0:35:09 > 0:35:15Sochi.After the Olympics this opportunity came up where I could go
0:35:15 > 0:35:20and try to do the first ever that the girl has done and I thought I
0:35:20 > 0:35:24will take this opportunity to redeem myself. I wanted to prove myself I
0:35:24 > 0:35:34could still do it.Just have a specific?I goal, yeah. I landed it
0:35:34 > 0:35:40and I was really stoked. I felt it was a great start, I got invites to
0:35:40 > 0:35:43bigger contests that I've not had before and I thought now I feel like
0:35:43 > 0:35:50I am in the game.You have had a few injuries. But it's part and parcel
0:35:50 > 0:35:55of snowboarding. When we came out to watch you in Sierra Nevada what
0:35:55 > 0:35:58happened?It was the World Championships and I just dropped in
0:35:58 > 0:36:01for the first rung of the second training day and got the speed
0:36:01 > 0:36:06completely wrong and caught my heel edge on a landing and went smack and
0:36:06 > 0:36:12broke my back which was not cool. And you're laughing as you say that.
0:36:12 > 0:36:18I know, it is crazy. Luckily it was minor and I got away with it and I
0:36:18 > 0:36:25am back to full strength.
0:36:25 > 0:36:30Looks like Katie is ramping up tricks. Just shows one little flick
0:36:30 > 0:36:35in the brain and things change and you are back in the game. It's
0:36:35 > 0:36:39amazing to see the progression of women's riding. Tricks you are
0:36:39 > 0:36:43winning with four years ago probably will not even get you on the podium
0:36:43 > 0:36:59now. How was that? She's happy! Last season Katie really made her mark
0:36:59 > 0:37:03winning a first World Cup event. Securing a brilliant X games bronze
0:37:03 > 0:37:09medal.The X games has always been one of the biggest contest in action
0:37:09 > 0:37:13sports, only eight girls get invited so it was a huge thing anyway and
0:37:13 > 0:37:19then to get the medal was a dream come true.Getting so close now to
0:37:19 > 0:37:24the Olympics, who would you say your closest rivals?Anna and Jamie and
0:37:24 > 0:37:32Hayley.Are you aware of the tricks they are doing?Yeah, on social
0:37:32 > 0:37:36media assume someone does a good trick they put it on straightaway.
0:37:36 > 0:37:42Do you feel there is pressure? Do you notice people think hang on,
0:37:42 > 0:37:45Katie is getting results?I think there's a bit more expectation and I
0:37:45 > 0:37:49had before because I'm getting recognised more in the street which
0:37:49 > 0:37:53is weird. But I am using it as a good thing. Trying to take the
0:37:53 > 0:37:56adrenaline and put it into my contests, hopefully it will do me
0:37:56 > 0:38:02good.Going to the Olympics this time you have slopestyle and big
0:38:02 > 0:38:09air, in my mind I think wicked, two goes to do well. Do you think you're
0:38:09 > 0:38:14stronger in one than the other.I have more big air World Cup podiums
0:38:14 > 0:38:18than slopestyle but I got bronze at the X games in slopestyle so I think
0:38:18 > 0:38:23it evens out.Say you are at the Olympics and get the results you
0:38:23 > 0:38:29want and you come away with a medal. How do you feel you will be affected
0:38:29 > 0:38:35by that?I think it will change my life a little.Are you ready for it?
0:38:35 > 0:38:40Yes I think my life will get more crazy and hectic but I am excited.
0:38:40 > 0:38:46Hopefully I will get a medal. See what the future brings.I am rooting
0:38:46 > 0:38:54for you.Thanks!
0:38:58 > 0:39:02Before we leave you we've just got time for the social, we ask for your
0:39:02 > 0:39:06pictures and videos and you never let us down. You have delivered a
0:39:06 > 0:39:15adventure, first backflip year. We have hired creativity.What are you
0:39:15 > 0:39:21doing?Skiing!Channelling his passion. We have had our faith in
0:39:21 > 0:39:28the sport we love reinforced.These twins both have ADHD and Tommy also
0:39:28 > 0:39:31has autism but skiing is a passion which gives him a sense of belonging
0:39:31 > 0:39:37like nothing else.And after last week 's slalom and what we saw
0:39:37 > 0:39:41earlier tonight we have had people asking if the racers lose time
0:39:41 > 0:39:47hitting the gates as hard as they do and I notice you don't hit them?In
0:39:47 > 0:39:51downhill you don't want to do it because at 90 mph it hurts but in
0:39:51 > 0:39:54slalom the force you need is negligible to the benefit you get
0:39:54 > 0:39:58from skiing a tighter line, if you go tighter line it's a shorter
0:39:58 > 0:40:02distance so quicker time. Also a question asking how do you know if
0:40:02 > 0:40:07you are a regular or goofy when you are learning to snowboard?There is
0:40:07 > 0:40:14an easy and fun test. Turnaround, push the person, which ever leg they
0:40:14 > 0:40:16put down to stop them should be the front leg. But increasingly people
0:40:16 > 0:40:22are setting up snowboards for beginners as Abbey stands, that way
0:40:22 > 0:40:25you get a couple of days to work it out for yourself because there are a
0:40:25 > 0:40:29lot of people who don't know if they are a regular or goofy so you have
0:40:29 > 0:40:34the advantage of maybe never making a preference and that we will always
0:40:34 > 0:40:36be symmetrical.If you want to be totally symmetrical you could just
0:40:36 > 0:40:45learn to ski.I am talking about going forward and backwards, if you
0:40:45 > 0:40:48are on skis going backward you spend your whole time trying to look over
0:40:48 > 0:40:53your bum and it is not look very symmetrical. We don't need to finish
0:40:53 > 0:40:58a perfectly amicable season up to this point by arguing.We still have
0:40:58 > 0:41:01two weeks together in Pyongyang, expecting incredible action and
0:41:01 > 0:41:06hopefully some British medals.This is the end of the series and you
0:41:06 > 0:41:11have sent in brilliant suggestions for the music for closing montage.
0:41:11 > 0:41:19We almost went with Jump but we are going to go with warm shadow
0:41:19 > 0:41:23suggested by Fergus.Stick with us for the winter Olympics which start
0:41:23 > 0:41:31on Friday, we will see you in 2019 on Ski Sunday.
0:41:31 > 0:41:42# Keep those eyes closedI have made those goggles which replicate my
0:41:42 > 0:41:54vision.I'm going to have a go down the course.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59What are you thinking now? Wishing you had not drawn that picture.This
0:41:59 > 0:42:03can be a real game changer. I am talking about this.We are ready to
0:42:03 > 0:42:12go!A few snowballs coming in. INAUDIBLE
0:42:12 > 0:42:21I will ski forever, dude.You're not really hurt when you get to 35.He's
0:42:21 > 0:42:32in trouble, that's a big hit. The German skiing to make history.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36I want to do well for myself but I want to do well for the LGBT
0:42:36 > 0:42:47community, I want to be the sports guy and get a medal.How is that?
0:42:47 > 0:42:54Here comes Dave Ryding. The crowd cheering him in.I love how free it
0:42:54 > 0:43:00feels. It's like flying, it's amazing.Let's go flying.
0:43:03 > 0:43:16You can see... Oh my word!His legs are on fire. An almost perfect run.
0:43:16 > 0:43:27That is so fun.A different class!
0:43:29 > 0:43:36LAUGHTER Absolutely huge!I have got goose
0:43:36 > 0:43:46bumps all over.Astonishing scenes! Marcel Hirscher wins again!We are
0:43:46 > 0:43:50now getting very excited about the biggest winter Olympics ever.