0:00:33 > 0:00:35Hello, and welcome to Pyeongchang and Day 7
0:00:35 > 0:00:40of the Winter Olympics.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43After a dramatic Men's bordercross final yesterday,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46we'll see if Lyndsey Jacobellis can finally claim that elusive gold
0:00:46 > 0:00:51in the women's event later in the programme.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53But first, we're back down to the Gangneung Ice Arena
0:00:53 > 0:00:55for the start of the men's figure skating.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Today, it's the short programme.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57But who are the favourites?
0:00:57 > 0:01:05Let's find out from Kat Downes and Robin Cousins.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18I think when it comes to the men, it will be a case of the old guard
0:01:18 > 0:01:23versus the young guns, coming up behind. You have the reigning
0:01:23 > 0:01:28Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, likely to retire soon. You
0:01:28 > 0:01:31have the Spanish superstar Javier Fernandez, who has said this is his
0:01:31 > 0:01:34last season. They will look to go out with a bang
0:01:34 > 0:01:36last season. They will look to go out with a bang but then you have
0:01:36 > 0:01:40the quad jumping superstars, coming up behind them! They will be looking
0:01:40 > 0:01:48to topple the old-timers.It will be interesting, Hanyu is coming into
0:01:48 > 0:01:51his first competition of the season at the Olympics, we know what he is
0:01:51 > 0:01:56capable of. He knows how it is to be at the top of the podium in the
0:01:56 > 0:02:01Olympics. He will do that again. His team-mate, training mate, Fernandez,
0:02:01 > 0:02:06he has been on the podium at the championships, he knows it's his
0:02:06 > 0:02:11last chance and he wants a medal. The colour will be determined on how
0:02:11 > 0:02:17he performs. He can be hit and miss but when he is on, it's a different
0:02:17 > 0:02:21style to Hanyu and I prefer it because it is more natural,
0:02:21 > 0:02:29instinctive and of the moment but it is these youngsters. It is shown in
0:02:29 > 0:02:35oh and Nathan Chen who has six triple jump is available in this
0:02:35 > 0:02:43programme, which counts for a lot of points. -- Shoma Uno. They have a
0:02:43 > 0:02:47long way and a lot to learn and they will still get scores that are
0:02:47 > 0:02:50capable of putting themselves on the podium. They could upset the apple
0:02:50 > 0:02:55cart.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00CHEERING COMMENTATOR: This guy is a real
0:03:00 > 0:03:04entertainer. The superstar of team USA, definitely.Controversial, he
0:03:04 > 0:03:08was fourth in the US championships but the US selection committee took
0:03:08 > 0:03:12into account the season as a whole and past references. They brought
0:03:12 > 0:03:18their US number one number three and number four to the games, and at
0:03:18 > 0:03:26Rippon proved in the team event that he was the right choice. The first
0:03:26 > 0:03:30openly gay winter Olympian for team USA, outspoken against the Trump
0:03:30 > 0:03:37administration, he is all over social media. Adam Rippon is going
0:03:37 > 0:03:44to let his ice skates do the talking.
0:03:44 > 0:03:53talking.No quadruple jump land in his short programme. He will want
0:03:53 > 0:04:04the triple axel and the triple Lutz to be pristine. A triple toe loop...
0:04:24 > 0:04:36The triple axel... He has got it.
0:05:03 > 0:05:10The triple Lutz... Lovely!
0:06:01 > 0:06:10And the final element... Fantastic! The spin. Not something you see in
0:06:10 > 0:06:20the men's's event that often. Phenomenal flexibility.
0:06:20 > 0:06:27It is a party on the ice. A superstar is born for team USA. Adam
0:06:27 > 0:06:33Rippon, what a showman!The red box, the triple axel was not pristine.
0:06:33 > 0:06:40The grade of execution for the judges, on the minus there.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45Everything else on the money. They differ forward, the triple axel...
0:06:45 > 0:06:58Watch this landing... And there it is. The rest of it was brilliant.Up
0:06:58 > 0:07:04to the top of the qualification, Adam Rippon of the USA. I expect we
0:07:04 > 0:07:13will be seeing an awful lot of him. Next, representing the Olympic
0:07:13 > 0:07:16athletes of Russia, winning silver in his first Europeans a couple of
0:07:16 > 0:07:30weeks ago, Dmitri Aliev. It is his first Olympic Games.
0:07:43 > 0:07:56CHEERING Beautiful.
0:07:56 > 0:08:07Beautiful. Triple Lutz, I had to verify. It rotated so fast!
0:08:07 > 0:08:13verify. It rotated so fast! A quadruple toe loop there.
0:08:45 > 0:08:51A beautiful triple axel.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08CHEERING
0:10:08 > 0:10:13Wow! Wasn't ready for that!We didn't really know what to expect,
0:10:13 > 0:10:17he suffered an ankle injury at the start of the season, hampering his
0:10:17 > 0:10:24preparations but he seems to have made up for any lost time.The
0:10:24 > 0:10:33rotation... The triple Lutz and a triple toe loop.It is a massive new
0:10:33 > 0:10:47season best for Dmitri Aliev. 98.9 eight.Patrick Chan!A superstar in
0:10:47 > 0:10:53the world of figure skating, a three-time world champion, winning a
0:10:53 > 0:10:57record-breaking tenth Canadian championship before these games. He
0:10:57 > 0:11:01goes away from Pyeongchang with a team gold for Canada. But he was the
0:11:01 > 0:11:05weakest link in that team. Not a great short programme, improvement
0:11:05 > 0:11:15is needed now.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30The quadruple toe loop, the triple toe loop is what he wants...
0:11:30 > 0:11:39CHEERING Quadruple toe loop is what he gets.
0:11:47 > 0:12:02The triple Lutz... Triple toe loop. Smart move.
0:12:32 > 0:12:40Triple axel... It is his Achilles' heel.
0:13:48 > 0:13:57APPLAUSE That's a bit like the Patrick Chan
0:13:57 > 0:14:01that won three world titles but still a mistake. How costly will
0:14:01 > 0:14:05that be?He made the rotation, I'm not sure why he wasn't wanting to do
0:14:05 > 0:14:09the combination there. Maybe tactically he was playing it safe,
0:14:09 > 0:14:17but opting for an easier triple toe loop, putting the pressure on the
0:14:17 > 0:14:21triple axel. It is the Achilles' heel. One of the Canadian
0:14:21 > 0:14:33commentators calls the triple axel Patrick Chan's virus.The deducted
0:14:33 > 0:14:41point there for hitting the ice. Listen to this... Whatever comes
0:14:41 > 0:14:49over the next 2.5 minutes, Hanyu will be carried through his
0:14:49 > 0:14:55programme on a wave of adoration. The Japanese flags there. 360
0:14:55 > 0:14:59degrees wherever he lurks in this arena. The defending Olympic and
0:14:59 > 0:15:07world champion... -- wherever he looks.
0:15:32 > 0:15:40CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Quadruple Salchow, made even more
0:15:40 > 0:15:43difficult by the entry from the spread-eagled before and after the
0:15:43 > 0:15:46jump.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56APPLAUSE
0:16:38 > 0:16:43CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Glorious triple axel.
0:17:02 > 0:17:13Quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop, there it is!And there is the roar.
0:17:54 > 0:18:01CHEERING AND APPLAUSE And the roof comes off the rink!
0:18:01 > 0:18:06Absolutely sublime from the defending Olympic champion, Yuzuru
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Hanyu, from Japan.My hands are shaking. My whole body was shaking.
0:18:10 > 0:18:18That was absolutely glorious and faultless.Look at this mass Winnie
0:18:18 > 0:18:28the Pooh sacrifice! He loves Winnie the Pooh. Look at the fans!
0:18:30 > 0:18:32the Pooh. Look at the fans!Goodness me, he delivered and it was not the
0:18:32 > 0:18:35programme he delivered, he was thinking about the quadruple loop
0:18:35 > 0:18:41but that Salchow, glorious, glorious. He is in a serial being
0:18:41 > 0:18:49when he's on the ice.It is like is from another planetnews regularly
0:18:49 > 0:18:56over 100, where today?111.68, if you need any indication of the
0:18:56 > 0:19:02quality of the man, that's it, leave the world record holder as well,
0:19:02 > 0:19:10112.72, the world record, not far it today. -- far off it. Nathan Chen of
0:19:10 > 0:19:14the USA, the first man to live five Quads in a free programme, the US
0:19:14 > 0:19:19national champion. We saw him skating in the team event but not a
0:19:19 > 0:19:22good performance, those big jumps not working for him so what can he
0:19:22 > 0:19:24do individually?
0:19:49 > 0:19:59His opening combination.He's down. Quadruple lobby macro, and down. --
0:19:59 > 0:20:06quadruple lutz.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Stepping out of the quadruple toe loop. Slightly off-kilter on the
0:21:02 > 0:21:05take-off.
0:21:11 > 0:21:24And also on the... Triple axel, gone.
0:21:24 > 0:21:34gone. Quadruple toe loop, potentially a not valid element.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Well, there's been so much attention on this young man's shoulders, just
0:22:15 > 0:22:1918, because of what he can achieve when he's at his best but you get
0:22:19 > 0:22:26the impression this might not be his Olympic Games.Definitely not. He
0:22:26 > 0:22:33wanted a quadruple lutz combination, but fell on the lutz. And I think
0:22:33 > 0:22:43the experience or lack of it is what has shown here in young Nathan Chen.
0:22:43 > 0:22:5282.27, his season's best is 104.12 so way down for Nathan Chen. Mikhail
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Kolyada, the Russian national champion, next, European bronze
0:22:54 > 0:22:59medallist as well, last month he, too, did not have a particularly
0:22:59 > 0:23:03good performance in the short programme in the team event so he
0:23:03 > 0:23:07will be looking to pull the big tricks out of the bag this time.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32Another skater who has a quadruple lutz plan and not just the triple
0:23:32 > 0:23:43lutz, then. Playing safe, there. He knows what has gone ahead of him.
0:23:43 > 0:23:51Now what will he do for the combination? Quadruple toe loop is
0:23:51 > 0:23:56what he wants but he's down.
0:24:32 > 0:24:39Is easy with the triple axel.
0:24:44 > 0:24:50Beautiful positions, there are, for the spin.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56the spin. Not wavering off the spot.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59APPLAUSE Well, another mistake in therefore
0:25:59 > 0:26:04Mikhail Kolyada. He is scratching his head, thinking, "What on earth
0:26:04 > 0:26:15went wrong, there?"It was the Quad. You can see the tension, the crooked
0:26:15 > 0:26:18body-line with the left shoulder up to the year, almost, it is not going
0:26:18 > 0:26:28to happen. Spins are exquisite, they are great, level fours for the spins
0:26:28 > 0:26:36and a step sequence, so extra points, there.86.60 nine. Here
0:26:36 > 0:26:40comes Shoma Uno, the world silver medallist, skating at his first
0:26:40 > 0:26:48Olympics at 20 years old. We saw him perform in the team event. Japan
0:26:48 > 0:26:59came fifth.I love this short programme.
0:27:02 > 0:27:14Two quadruple jumps planned in this programme.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18There is the first, the quadruple flip.
0:28:42 > 0:28:49Quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop. Fantastic stuff.
0:28:55 > 0:29:01Just the triple axel.
0:29:01 > 0:29:10Did very well to hold onto that.
0:29:30 > 0:29:37CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Shoma Uno, the dark horse of this
0:29:37 > 0:29:42Olympic competition, lays down his claim for a place on the podium.I
0:29:42 > 0:29:50do enjoy watching him skate. Quadruple toe loop, a little tight
0:29:50 > 0:29:56in the shoulders but down in the knee.Such a compact skater as well,
0:29:56 > 0:30:07short but strong looking. 104.87 is his season's best. Oh, just short of
0:30:07 > 0:30:13his season's best, 104.17 but he becomes the second skater today to
0:30:13 > 0:30:22break the 100 Mark barrier. So here is Yuzuru Hanyu's long-time rival
0:30:22 > 0:30:29and training mate, have EA Fernandez, two time world champion,
0:30:29 > 0:30:34recently winning his seventh consecutive European title and this
0:30:34 > 0:30:39is his last time at an Olympics. He has already said this is his last
0:30:39 > 0:30:46season, he's had enough at the age of 26. Retirement beckons.
0:31:01 > 0:31:08Javi will open with the quad.Toe loop... Triple toe loop. Lovely
0:31:08 > 0:31:19stuff, right in front of the judges.
0:31:20 > 0:31:31The second jump, the quadruple Salchow... Gorgeous!
0:32:05 > 0:32:17A beautiful triple axel. Jump elements done.
0:33:27 > 0:33:36Here we go!An Olympic medal. The only thing missing from his
0:33:36 > 0:33:38selection, it looks like Javier Fernandez is out to put that right
0:33:38 > 0:33:46at the last time of asking...My goodness, where do we start? A
0:33:46 > 0:33:50perfect landing position from the quad, to take the triple... Down on
0:33:50 > 0:33:56the take-off with the quadruple Soroko...
0:33:57 > 0:34:02Soroko... -- the quadruple Salchow. He didn't have the overall finesse
0:34:02 > 0:34:07of Hanyu, technically, for me.A fraction of a mark of this season's
0:34:07 > 0:34:15best. You are right, Javier Fernandez of Spain slots in behind
0:34:15 > 0:34:23Hanyu and Shoma Uno of Japan, in second place.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28second place. Next, the bronze medallist at the last two World
0:34:28 > 0:34:33Championships and 20 years old, he is the one to watch for the last few
0:34:33 > 0:34:44years... Jin Boyang the short programme.
0:34:53 > 0:35:00-- Jin Boyang, completing the short programme.Here is the first
0:35:00 > 0:35:16quadruple Lutz... A triple toe loop, and he has got it!
0:35:30 > 0:35:41Quadruple toe loop, very nice indeed!
0:36:07 > 0:36:13Triple axel...
0:37:22 > 0:37:32Don't forget me, says Jin Boyang! Don't count me out yet!Thrilling!
0:37:32 > 0:37:41It is definitely over 100. Where is he going to go?The season best is
0:37:41 > 0:37:48100.1 seven. Ballack pretty good to me, season's best material. -- that
0:37:48 > 0:37:53looked pretty good to me.
0:37:53 > 0:37:58looked pretty good to me. It is a new season's best. The breaks
0:37:58 > 0:38:05through the 100 point barrier. Let's have a look at the results from
0:38:05 > 0:38:11today.Shoma Uno in third. The two-time world champion Fernando is
0:38:11 > 0:38:16chasing his third Olympic medal. Hanyu returns from injury to his
0:38:16 > 0:38:21untouchable best, the favourite to retain his title. If the short
0:38:21 > 0:38:25programme is the building block for the gold, Hanyu has laid the surest
0:38:25 > 0:38:29foundation is down here today... Tomorrow we have extended
0:38:29 > 0:38:34highlights...
0:38:34 > 0:38:35Here on BBC4 as the men
0:38:35 > 0:38:37take to the ice in the free skate.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40From the coast to the mountains and all eyes were on Lyndsey Jacobellis
0:38:40 > 0:38:41in the Women's bordercross.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43The American has won everything there is to win,
0:38:43 > 0:38:45except the Olympic gold medal.
0:38:45 > 0:38:53Is today finally her day, at the fourth time of asking?
0:38:54 > 0:38:58This is going to be awesome... Lindsey Jacobellis, extending her
0:38:58 > 0:39:03lead at the early stage on the course. This is a lap of honour for
0:39:03 > 0:39:14Lindsey Jacobellis. Ooh! She's down! Look at this... It is incredible.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18Lindsey Jacobellis has thrown her gold medal away on the last 100
0:39:18 > 0:39:21metres. This is ridiculous!
0:39:21 > 0:39:22Well, can she finally do it?
0:39:22 > 0:39:27Over to Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood.
0:39:27 > 0:39:35So, the first of the quarterfinals... Underway.
0:39:41 > 0:39:52In a good spot on the outside there. The French racer is out in front,
0:39:52 > 0:39:57and still in contention, a very tight group in the top three there.
0:39:57 > 0:40:05Coming around the outside in the blue bib is Alexandra took over.
0:40:05 > 0:40:11It's very tight racing between the top three. Just off the pace and ten
0:40:11 > 0:40:18metres back...Keep your eye on the yellow trousers. It's a very neat
0:40:18 > 0:40:27line, and it has gained her a few metres here.She got herself back in
0:40:27 > 0:40:32the mix come on the inside! In third place, she has qualified but she has
0:40:32 > 0:40:39the defending Olympic champion behind her.She needs to be clever,
0:40:39 > 0:40:44into the final straight... Turn on those afterburners. Zoe, you can do
0:40:44 > 0:40:48it! She didn't quite squashed that jump. Nelly Moenne Loccoz is in
0:40:48 > 0:40:54front.
0:40:54 > 0:41:04front. It's the Bulgarian in first, Alexandra Jekova.What a shame! She
0:41:04 > 0:41:09did everything right, Zoe, there. It was a great race. Slap and bonds
0:41:09 > 0:41:15fall of the riders. They all did so well. And it was a clean race. It
0:41:15 > 0:41:23wasn't too tight or bunched but the lead changed a of times. Eva Samkova
0:41:23 > 0:41:30came through. Zoe wasn't able to send the jumps and low, popping a
0:41:30 > 0:41:32bit too high of the first once
0:41:32 > 0:41:35send the jumps and low, popping a bit too high of the first once, that
0:41:35 > 0:41:46was an amazing performance though, from Zoe.
0:41:46 > 0:41:52from Zoe. They advanced to the semifinals.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56semifinals. Zoe Gillings-Brier in fourth. The next quarterfinal
0:41:56 > 0:42:02contains the woman whose narrative is why most people know about
0:42:02 > 0:42:06snowboard cross, it is Lindsey Jacobellis. She is in there with
0:42:06 > 0:42:11Charlotte Banks, the Hemel Hampstead born athlete who now races for
0:42:11 > 0:42:18France. She came second at the last World Cup, and she is very powerful.
0:42:18 > 0:42:25Zoe Bergermann is in there. Charlotte Bankes is out very
0:42:25 > 0:42:33quickly! But the red bib of Lindsey Jacobellis is there. Zoe Bergermann
0:42:33 > 0:42:40is out... They've all gone down! Charlotte Bankes is up again.
0:42:42 > 0:42:47Charlotte Bankes is up again. Jacobo less... And Critchlow of Canada,
0:42:47 > 0:42:57showing a clean set of heels after an enormous crash. Tyne doesn't
0:42:57 > 0:43:00matter now for Lindsey Jacobellis. If she is smart, she would back away
0:43:00 > 0:43:07but they don't, they go neck and neck.Third place is hotly contested
0:43:07 > 0:43:11as well. That is the most important place. First and second doesn't
0:43:11 > 0:43:18matter. These two are still going at it!Keep UI on them...Lindsey
0:43:18 > 0:43:23Jacobellis
0:43:23 > 0:43:27Jacobellis is leading Critchlow -- keep your rye on them.Zoe
0:43:27 > 0:43:34Bergermann... The Canadian is still in third, and comfortably. Ahead of
0:43:34 > 0:43:44Casanova. So, Lindsey Jacobellis, from Critchlow, with Zoe Bergermann
0:43:44 > 0:43:51in third. Charlotte
0:43:51 > 0:43:55in third. Charlotte Bankes, one of the favourites taken out at the
0:43:55 > 0:44:00first turn. Bankes... It is her own fault, she goes down and then it is
0:44:00 > 0:44:14the bounce back of Bergermann taking down her opponent.
0:44:14 > 0:44:21down her opponent. Charlotte Bankes is back at the top. So...She has
0:44:21 > 0:44:25made it through?Yes, the Canadian was deemed to have gone through the
0:44:25 > 0:44:31gate when she felt. We thought we saw that.
0:44:31 > 0:44:35saw that. We will move onto the quarterfinal, number three. And it
0:44:35 > 0:44:45another big pile of names. Chloe Trespeuch, the woman with that
0:44:45 > 0:44:49enormous argument with Lindsey Jacobellis at the finish of the
0:44:49 > 0:44:54World Championships. Megan Tierney, and the first of our two Italians.
0:44:54 > 0:45:02The red bib has gone down!It has taken her out. It's another massive
0:45:02 > 0:45:12scalp. She has gone. So, the French number one seed, Trespeuch, pumping
0:45:12 > 0:45:17so hard. Starting to stretched daylight ahead of Megan Tierney. The
0:45:17 > 0:45:23fourth seed in the American team. Keep UI on the battle there. It is
0:45:23 > 0:45:32Raffaella Brutto against the Russian, Christina Paul. -- Kristina
0:45:32 > 0:45:37Paul. One of the most effervescent races here. At the moment she is
0:45:37 > 0:45:43holding off the Italian. So, Trespeuch... Very much standard
0:45:43 > 0:45:51there. The 21-year-old at her first games, Meghan Tierney, but on the
0:45:51 > 0:45:55flat section, Paul is guiding her way through. Raffaella Brutto moving
0:45:55 > 0:46:03up. It is very tight, Tierney makes a mistake. Paul is in second place.
0:46:03 > 0:46:11Brutto... Tierney rode into Tierney. She jumped straight across. I do
0:46:11 > 0:46:16think there will be a protest going on.Six of one, half a dozen of the
0:46:16 > 0:46:22other. Tierney goes down before the last jump. Regardless. Fisher in
0:46:22 > 0:46:26fourth, and here comes Tierney, going down on the last jump.I think
0:46:26 > 0:46:31it was a real and direct change in the racing line by the Italian.
0:46:31 > 0:46:37Number 19 on the shoulder.Did she closed the door on Megan Tierney?
0:46:37 > 0:46:42She really did.
0:46:44 > 0:46:49Faye Gulini, just...Could not take the compression. This is it. That is
0:46:49 > 0:46:56the knuckle. That is made in Tierney.She jumps right across.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59Raffaella Brutto did?She came straight across and slammed the
0:46:59 > 0:47:05door, look at the change online, cut straight across, clipped the air,
0:47:05 > 0:47:09how Raffaella Brutto, there are, with those stripey pants, managed to
0:47:09 > 0:47:17stay on her feet, she did incredibly well. Welcome it is deemed fair.
0:47:17 > 0:47:24Yeah, the Americans losing two of their squad in 1/4-final.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28their squad in 1/4-final.Well, it is deemed fair.Next up, the number
0:47:28 > 0:47:36one seed if you looked at the World Cup rankings, Michaela Moyer. --
0:47:36 > 0:47:40Michela Moioli. Belle Brockhoff the Australian, and the young
0:47:40 > 0:47:43Frenchwoman, 16-year-old Julia Pereira De Sousa Mabileau. Keep your
0:47:43 > 0:47:50eyes on the blue-and-white striped pants of Michela Moioli.
0:47:50 > 0:47:55She can be very quick. Brilliant start from Belle Brockhoff of
0:47:55 > 0:48:00Australia but she has lost it through the bird bath.Yes, business
0:48:00 > 0:48:06as usual for the Italian, out in front.The nominal board speed but
0:48:06 > 0:48:09being chased by Pereira De Sousa Mabileau.The young French girl
0:48:09 > 0:48:15doing very well but Belle Brockhoff is not going to let this slide.
0:48:15 > 0:48:19Gtech tears beat!Yes, she soaked it up and now she is in the fight with
0:48:19 > 0:48:25Simona Meiler.Simona Meiler had fantastic board speed in seedings so
0:48:25 > 0:48:29she will have trouble holding her. Simona Meiler will be biding her
0:48:29 > 0:48:33time in looking for passing spot as they come into the big slopestyle
0:48:33 > 0:48:37kicker, ignore must, Belle Brockhoff with good board speed, stretching
0:48:37 > 0:48:42out distant in third place. Pereira De Sousa Mabileau making a move on
0:48:42 > 0:48:50Michela Moioli.Zuzanna Smykala making it interferes, now. She has
0:48:50 > 0:48:57pushed Carle Brenneman.Someone down at the back, I think it is Carle
0:48:57 > 0:49:01Brenneman. Michela Moioli in front, Pereira De Sousa Mabileau in second,
0:49:01 > 0:49:06Belle Brockhoff in third. And then Carle Brenneman in fourth. Michela
0:49:06 > 0:49:11Moioli very comfortable, Pereira De Sousa Mabileau followed by Belle
0:49:11 > 0:49:15Brockhoff and in fourth, Carle Brenneman. Michela Moioli from the
0:49:15 > 0:49:19beginning, wasn't it? Brilliant start from Belle Brockhoff in blue,
0:49:19 > 0:49:23out first but as they came through the bird baths, the first little
0:49:23 > 0:49:28feature, she could not pump for speed. That cost her but the
0:49:28 > 0:49:3416-year-old French girl in second place.No business!Michela Moioli,
0:49:34 > 0:49:42Pereira De Sousa Mabileau, and Belle Brockhoff will advance through. So,
0:49:42 > 0:49:49keep an eye on Jacobellis in the green bib. Eva Samkova, though, the
0:49:49 > 0:49:52favourite in red, Charlotte Bankes, Nelly Moenne Loccoz, blue and
0:49:52 > 0:49:55yellow, Alexandra Jekova in white and the Blackbeard of the Canadian,
0:49:55 > 0:50:03Tess Critchlow.Here we go, semifinal number one, this will be
0:50:03 > 0:50:10good.The first three across the line advance to the finals. For the
0:50:10 > 0:50:14others, no consolation.Eva Samkova going out brilliantly in the mustard
0:50:14 > 0:50:18trousers.Charlotte Banks with a brilliant start and a terrible bird
0:50:18 > 0:50:23baths again.All going big, Jacobellis in the green.Nelly
0:50:23 > 0:50:26Moenne Loccoz leading with Jacobellis on her heels and Eva
0:50:26 > 0:50:31Samkova in fourth.The white bib proving Lucky for Alexandra Jekova
0:50:31 > 0:50:35who is making a move on the Frenchwoman.Brilliant squash from
0:50:35 > 0:50:39Jacobellis, taking the height out of the job and going long and low and
0:50:39 > 0:50:42now she has three metres out in front of Eva Samkova, Nelly Moenne
0:50:42 > 0:50:47Loccoz on the inside, Charlotte Banks back from nowhere! How did she
0:50:47 > 0:50:52get from the very back to the very front?She couldn't make it stick,
0:50:52 > 0:50:56she tried to force Jacobellis who can now apply the flush and crush on
0:50:56 > 0:51:01her, ride her right to the top of the corner.Alexandra Jekova almost
0:51:01 > 0:51:05done by Jacobellis eye to eye with Charlotte Banks and now back to back
0:51:05 > 0:51:08over jumping, Charlotte Banks is out and Eva Samkova takes advantage to
0:51:08 > 0:51:13slide into second, Alexandra Jekova in third behind Jacobellis who looks
0:51:13 > 0:51:18to be losing speed on her on the home straight.Eva Samkova, the
0:51:18 > 0:51:22Olympic champion, in a mustard trousers, can ride the final
0:51:22 > 0:51:26straight so well, Jacobellis with a nervous look over her shoulder, she
0:51:26 > 0:51:30will remain in second, she will advance but that is a warning shot
0:51:30 > 0:51:34to Jacobellis. She needs to be further ahead in the final on that
0:51:34 > 0:51:37straight if she wants to take the win because she has not got the
0:51:37 > 0:51:43speed that Eva Samkova has.Look at Charlotte Bankes in the blue, all
0:51:43 > 0:51:48the way back, suddenly, two turns later, she is at the front.Look how
0:51:48 > 0:51:53much bigger she is going.Alexandra Jekova taking out Nelly Moenne
0:51:53 > 0:52:01Loccoz, there. Look at this. This is the view. Look at Jacobellis' board
0:52:01 > 0:52:06speed, that was Eva Samkova's view. Eva Samkova looking at Jacobellis
0:52:06 > 0:52:11come here.Eva Samkova, Jacobellis and Alexandra Jekova making the
0:52:11 > 0:52:16finals, and the other three are at the back. Back up to the top again
0:52:16 > 0:52:21now for the second semifinal. There is no shortage of talent on this
0:52:21 > 0:52:25side of the draw either. Blue and white pants, straddling the red
0:52:25 > 0:52:32pants of the French, keep an eye on it.The youngster has gone out like
0:52:32 > 0:52:38a wet cat! Absolutely flying, here. She did not read the script,
0:52:38 > 0:52:45obviously.Both of the French upfront with Michela Moioli. Michela
0:52:45 > 0:52:50Moioli really flying through that section but Pereira De Sousa
0:52:50 > 0:52:54Mabileau, tucked in behind them and it is Chloe Trespeuch, now, diving
0:52:54 > 0:52:59out in front.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01out in front. Dragging but Pereira De Sousa Mabileau really
0:53:01 > 0:53:05slipstreaming in behind Michela Moioli. On this gliding section, it
0:53:05 > 0:53:10is so useful, she pops out from behind the traffic.Keep your eyes
0:53:10 > 0:53:15on the fourth placed rider, Belle Brockhoff. The experienced
0:53:15 > 0:53:22Australian, the 25-year-old.Michela Moioli diving and taking Chloe
0:53:22 > 0:53:25Trespeuch and Belle Brockhoff is struggling, she needs a turn,
0:53:25 > 0:53:28something to happen as they pull onto the home straight and it starts
0:53:28 > 0:53:32to become a pumping battle. Chloe Trespeuch in second and Belle
0:53:32 > 0:53:38Brockhoff is down! It is routine now for the first three as Michela
0:53:38 > 0:53:43Moioli goes long, Chloe Trespeuch and Pereira De Sousa Mabileau.No
0:53:43 > 0:53:48time to look behind all see that they are clear. But there we go. The
0:53:48 > 0:53:52first three finishers advancing to the final. The whole French crew
0:53:52 > 0:53:58will be beside themselves for this lady 's' snowboard cross final and
0:53:58 > 0:54:04Chloe Trespeuch you've got to say has not put an arm wrong. Smiles all
0:54:04 > 0:54:10round.Michela Moioli, so well liked and Chloe Trespeuch, a woman who is
0:54:10 > 0:54:15unrivalled in her competitiveness, will do whatever it takes for the
0:54:15 > 0:54:24win, here. Now we move onto the women 's snowboard cross final, the
0:54:24 > 0:54:27fastest six women who have battled their way through the quarters and
0:54:27 > 0:54:34the semifinals to this point. Alexandra Jekova settling herself as
0:54:34 > 0:54:39they await starters orders.This could go anyway.Yes, they are all
0:54:39 > 0:54:49very quick.Bay.Eva Samkova with a great start and Michela Moioli.Neck
0:54:49 > 0:54:52and neck!Pereira De Sousa Mabileau on the outside, the 16-year-old
0:54:52 > 0:54:57Frenchwoman may have the lead but Michela Moioli and Jacobellis, is
0:54:57 > 0:55:02it?It is, upfront with the Italian. The front lines being taken but
0:55:02 > 0:55:06Jacobellis having a little look, there. She's out in front. She needs
0:55:06 > 0:55:09to hold on and make it stick. Michela Moioli has been very fast
0:55:09 > 0:55:16and look at Pereira De Sousa Mabileau. And Chloe Trespeuch in
0:55:16 > 0:55:20second.Michela Moioli diving down but Jacobellis' board speed, Michela
0:55:20 > 0:55:26Moioli shutting the door and close dress boot. Date burlesque and
0:55:26 > 0:55:29Michela Moioli back-to-back, Michela Moioli moves ahead, Jacobellis in
0:55:29 > 0:55:33the fight of her life if she wants the gold, she has got to go, she
0:55:33 > 0:55:36slots in an Chloe Trespeuch, the most technical section of the
0:55:36 > 0:55:40course. Michela Moioli out in front. Can they get some drag on her as
0:55:40 > 0:55:45they come into this section? She is so fast all season, five World Cups
0:55:45 > 0:55:48under her belt. Look at the youngster.Pereira De Sousa Mabileau
0:55:48 > 0:55:54has come from fourth to second, the 16 brought!Eva Samkova at the
0:55:54 > 0:55:58last-minute, it is neck and neck for silver and bronze. Who is going to
0:55:58 > 0:56:03get it? They are all down! It's all over the place! No doubting who took
0:56:03 > 0:56:08the gold it is Michela Moioli. But the equipment says Pereira De Sousa
0:56:08 > 0:56:13Mabileau is in second. Look at them, they have given everything they have
0:56:13 > 0:56:21got to this course. They are laying down, Chloe Trespeuch, Jacobellis,
0:56:21 > 0:56:28none of them know, Michela Moioli is limping but celebrating. That was as
0:56:28 > 0:56:36intense as sport gets. One of the closest races, not just in Olympic
0:56:36 > 0:56:43women's snowboard cross history but of all time. Jacobellis, here,
0:56:43 > 0:56:47talking up early, just her inertia gets her out in front of the light
0:56:47 > 0:56:53bones of Pereira De Sousa Mabileau. Pereira De Sousa Mabileau goes from
0:56:53 > 0:56:58first to third in the corner, Chloe Trespeuch all over her now.This is
0:56:58 > 0:57:03on board with Eva Samkova and you get such a brilliant idea of how
0:57:03 > 0:57:06tight this racing is. Eva Samkova very smart, staying out of traffic
0:57:06 > 0:57:15on the outside.Is this the bottom jump? Yes, Chloe Trespeuch, oh, my
0:57:15 > 0:57:19goodness...I tell you what, nothing between Jacobellis and Eva Samkova,
0:57:19 > 0:57:26there.Eva Samkova on the far left, I think if Chloe Trespeuch...
0:57:26 > 0:57:34Michela Moioli, Pereira De Sousa Mabileau...It was Eva Samkova and
0:57:34 > 0:57:37Jacobellis, so Eva Samkova at the top, Jacobellis down at the bottom,
0:57:37 > 0:57:47here. Goodness, gracious, what a final! Thank you, boardercross! So
0:57:47 > 0:57:54official results are in, then from the ladies' snowboard cross final
0:57:54 > 0:57:56and that is
0:57:56 > 0:57:57That's all from us for now.
0:57:57 > 0:58:00I'll be back at midnight with live coverage of what could be a very
0:58:00 > 0:58:03very exciting day for Great Britain with genuine medal chances
0:58:03 > 0:58:05in the women's skeleton, ski slopestyle and the return
0:58:05 > 0:58:06of Elise Christie to the ice.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08"Pali pali" means "faster, faster" in Korean and that's
0:58:08 > 0:58:10what we need them all to do!
0:58:10 > 0:58:13Bye for now.
0:58:41 > 0:58:44Christie is out of it once again!