16/02/2018 Winter Olympics Extra

Hello, and welcome to

Pyeongchang and Day 7

of the Winter Olympics.

After a dramatic Men's

bordercross final yesterday,

we'll see if Lyndsey Jacobellis can

finally claim that elusive gold

in the women's event

later in the programme.

But first, we're back down

to the Gangneung Ice Arena

for the start of the

men's figure skating.

Today, it's the short programme.

But who are the favourites?

Let's find out from Kat Downes

and Robin Cousins.

I think when it comes to the men, it

will be a case of the old guard

versus the young guns, coming up

behind. You have the reigning

Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu of

Japan, likely to retire soon. You

have the Spanish superstar Javier

Fernandez, who has said this is his

last season. They will look to go

out with a bang

last season. They will look to go

out with a bang but then you have

the quad jumping superstars, coming

up behind them! They will be looking

to topple the old-timers.

It will be

interesting, Hanyu is coming into

his first competition of the season

at the Olympics, we know what he is

capable of. He knows how it is to be

at the top of the podium in the

Olympics. He will do that again. His

team-mate, training mate, Fernandez,

he has been on the podium at the

championships, he knows it's his

last chance and he wants a medal.

The colour will be determined on how

he performs. He can be hit and miss

but when he is on, it's a different

style to Hanyu and I prefer it

because it is more natural,

instinctive and of the moment but it

is these youngsters. It is shown in

oh and Nathan Chen who has six

triple jump is available in this

programme, which counts for a lot of

points. -- Shoma Uno. They have a

long way and a lot to learn and they

will still get scores that are

capable of putting themselves on the

podium. They could upset the apple

cart.

CHEERING

COMMENTATOR: This guy is a real

entertainer. The superstar of team

USA, definitely.

Controversial, he

was fourth in the US championships

but the US selection committee took

into account the season as a whole

and past references. They brought

their US number one number three and

number four to the games, and at

Rippon proved in the team event that

he was the right choice. The first

openly gay winter Olympian for team

USA, outspoken against the Trump

administration, he is all over

social media. Adam Rippon is going

to let his ice skates do the

talking.

talking.

No quadruple jump land in

his short programme. He will want

the triple axel and the triple Lutz

to be pristine. A triple toe loop...

The triple axel... He has got it.

The triple Lutz... Lovely!

And the final element... Fantastic!

The spin. Not something you see in

the men's's event that often.

Phenomenal flexibility.

It is a party on the ice. A

superstar is born for team USA. Adam

Rippon, what a showman!

The red box,

the triple axel was not pristine.

The grade of execution for the

judges, on the minus there.

Everything else on the money. They

differ forward, the triple axel...

Watch this landing... And there it

is. The rest of it was brilliant.

Up

to the top of the qualification,

Adam Rippon of the USA. I expect we

will be seeing an awful lot of him.

Next, representing the Olympic

athletes of Russia, winning silver

in his first Europeans a couple of

weeks ago, Dmitri Aliev. It is his

first Olympic Games.

CHEERING

Beautiful.

Beautiful. Triple Lutz, I had to

verify. It rotated so fast!

verify. It rotated so fast! A

quadruple toe loop there.

A beautiful triple axel.

CHEERING

Wow! Wasn't ready for that!

We

didn't really know what to expect,

he suffered an ankle injury at the

start of the season, hampering his

preparations but he seems to have

made up for any lost time.

The

rotation... The triple Lutz and a

triple toe loop.

It is a massive new

season best for Dmitri Aliev. 98.9

eight.

Patrick Chan!

A superstar in

the world of figure skating, a

three-time world champion, winning a

record-breaking tenth Canadian

championship before these games. He

goes away from Pyeongchang with a

team gold for Canada. But he was the

weakest link in that team. Not a

great short programme, improvement

is needed now.

The quadruple toe loop, the triple

toe loop is what he wants...

CHEERING

Quadruple toe loop is what he gets.

The triple Lutz... Triple toe loop.

Smart move.

Triple axel... It is his Achilles'

heel.

APPLAUSE

That's a bit like the Patrick Chan

that won three world titles but

still a mistake. How costly will

that be?

He made the rotation, I'm

not sure why he wasn't wanting to do

the combination there. Maybe

tactically he was playing it safe,

but opting for an easier triple toe

loop, putting the pressure on the

triple axel. It is the Achilles'

heel. One of the Canadian

commentators calls the triple axel

Patrick Chan's virus.

The deducted

point there for hitting the ice.

Listen to this... Whatever comes

over the next 2.5 minutes, Hanyu

will be carried through his

programme on a wave of adoration.

The Japanese flags there. 360

degrees wherever he lurks in this

arena. The defending Olympic and

world champion... -- wherever he

looks.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Quadruple Salchow, made even more

difficult by the entry from the

spread-eagled before and after the

jump.

APPLAUSE

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Glorious triple axel.

Quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop,

there it is!

And there is the roar.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

And the roof comes off the rink!

Absolutely sublime from the

defending Olympic champion, Yuzuru

Hanyu, from Japan.

My hands are

shaking. My whole body was shaking.

That was absolutely glorious and

faultless.

Look at this mass Winnie

the Pooh sacrifice! He loves Winnie

the Pooh. Look at the fans!

the Pooh. Look at the fans!

Goodness

me, he delivered and it was not the

programme he delivered, he was

thinking about the quadruple loop

but that Salchow, glorious,

glorious. He is in a serial being

when he's on the ice.

It is like is

from another planet

news regularly

over 100, where today?

111.68, if

you need any indication of the

quality of the man, that's it, leave

the world record holder as well,

112.72, the world record, not far it

today. -- far off it. Nathan Chen of

the USA, the first man to live five

Quads in a free programme, the US

national champion. We saw him

skating in the team event but not a

good performance, those big jumps

not working for him so what can he

do individually?

His opening combination.

He's down.

Quadruple lobby macro, and down. --

quadruple lutz.

Stepping out of the quadruple toe

loop. Slightly off-kilter on the

take-off.

And also on the... Triple axel,

gone.

gone. Quadruple toe loop,

potentially a not valid element.

Well, there's been so much attention

on this young man's shoulders, just

18, because of what he can achieve

when he's at his best but you get

the impression this might not be his

Olympic Games.

Definitely not. He

wanted a quadruple lutz combination,

but fell on the lutz. And I think

the experience or lack of it is what

has shown here in young Nathan Chen.

82.27, his season's best is 104.12

so way down for Nathan Chen. Mikhail

Kolyada, the Russian national

champion, next, European bronze

medallist as well, last month he,

too, did not have a particularly

good performance in the short

programme in the team event so he

will be looking to pull the big

tricks out of the bag this time.

Another skater who has a quadruple

lutz plan and not just the triple

lutz, then. Playing safe, there. He

knows what has gone ahead of him.

Now what will he do for the

combination? Quadruple toe loop is

what he wants but he's down.

Is easy with the triple axel.

Beautiful positions, there are, for

the spin.

the spin. Not wavering off the spot.

APPLAUSE

Well, another mistake in therefore

Mikhail Kolyada. He is scratching

his head, thinking, "What on earth

went wrong, there?"

It was the Quad.

You can see the tension, the crooked

body-line with the left shoulder up

to the year, almost, it is not going

to happen. Spins are exquisite, they

are great, level fours for the spins

and a step sequence, so extra

points, there.

86.60 nine. Here

comes Shoma Uno, the world silver

medallist, skating at his first

Olympics at 20 years old. We saw him

perform in the team event. Japan

came fifth.

I love this short

programme.

Two quadruple jumps planned in this

programme.

There is the first, the quadruple

flip.

Quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop.

Fantastic stuff.

Just the triple axel.

Did very well to hold onto that.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Shoma Uno, the dark horse of this

Olympic competition, lays down his

claim for a place on the podium.

I

do enjoy watching him skate.

Quadruple toe loop, a little tight

in the shoulders but down in the

knee.

Such a compact skater as well,

short but strong looking. 104.87 is

his season's best. Oh, just short of

his season's best, 104.17 but he

becomes the second skater today to

break the 100 Mark barrier. So here

is Yuzuru Hanyu's long-time rival

and training mate, have EA

Fernandez, two time world champion,

recently winning his seventh

consecutive European title and this

is his last time at an Olympics. He

has already said this is his last

season, he's had enough at the age

of 26. Retirement beckons.

Javi will open with the quad.

Toe

loop... Triple toe loop. Lovely

stuff, right in front of the judges.

The second jump, the quadruple

Salchow... Gorgeous!

A beautiful triple axel. Jump

elements done.

Here we go!

An Olympic medal. The

only thing missing from his

selection, it looks like Javier

Fernandez is out to put that right

at the last time of asking...

My

goodness, where do we start? A

perfect landing position from the

quad, to take the triple... Down on

the take-off with the quadruple

Soroko...

Soroko... -- the quadruple Salchow.

He didn't have the overall finesse

of Hanyu, technically, for me.

A

fraction of a mark of this season's

best. You are right, Javier

Fernandez of Spain slots in behind

Hanyu and Shoma Uno of Japan, in

second place.

second place. Next, the bronze

medallist at the last two World

Championships and 20 years old, he

is the one to watch for the last few

years... Jin Boyang the short

programme.

-- Jin Boyang, completing the short

programme.

Here is the first

quadruple Lutz... A triple toe loop,

and he has got it!

Quadruple toe loop, very nice

indeed!

Triple axel...

Don't forget me, says Jin Boyang!

Don't count me out yet!

Thrilling!

It is definitely over 100. Where is

he going to go?

The season best is

100.1 seven. Ballack pretty good to

me, season's best material. -- that

looked pretty good to me.

looked pretty good to me. It is a

new season's best. The breaks

through the 100 point barrier. Let's

have a look at the results from

today.

Shoma Uno in third. The

two-time world champion Fernando is

chasing his third Olympic medal.

Hanyu returns from injury to his

untouchable best, the favourite to

retain his title. If the short

programme is the building block for

the gold, Hanyu has laid the surest

foundation is down here today...

Tomorrow we have extended

highlights...

Here on BBC4 as the men

take to the ice in the free skate.

From the coast to the mountains and

all eyes were on Lyndsey Jacobellis

in the Women's bordercross.

The American has won

everything there is to win,

except the Olympic gold medal.

Is today finally her day,

at the fourth time of asking?

This is going to be awesome...

Lindsey Jacobellis, extending her

lead at the early stage on the

course. This is a lap of honour for

Lindsey Jacobellis. Ooh! She's down!

Look at this... It is incredible.

Lindsey Jacobellis has thrown her

gold medal away on the last 100

metres. This is ridiculous!

Well, can she finally do it?

Over to Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood.

So, the first of the

quarterfinals... Underway.

In a good spot on the outside there.

The French racer is out in front,

and still in contention, a very

tight group in the top three there.

Coming around the outside in the

blue bib is Alexandra took over.

It's very tight racing between the

top three. Just off the pace and ten

metres back...

Keep your eye on the

yellow trousers. It's a very neat

line, and it has gained her a few

metres here.

She got herself back in

the mix come on the inside! In third

place, she has qualified but she has

the defending Olympic champion

behind her.

She needs to be clever,

into the final straight... Turn on

those afterburners. Zoe, you can do

it! She didn't quite squashed that

jump. Nelly Moenne Loccoz is in

front.

front. It's the Bulgarian in first,

Alexandra Jekova.

What a shame! She

did everything right, Zoe, there. It

was a great race. Slap and bonds

fall of the riders. They all did so

well. And it was a clean race. It

wasn't too tight or bunched but the

lead changed a of times. Eva Samkova

came through. Zoe wasn't able to

send the jumps and low, popping a

bit too high of the first once

send the jumps and low, popping a

bit too high of the first once, that

was an amazing performance though,

from Zoe.

from Zoe. They advanced to the

semifinals.

semifinals. Zoe Gillings-Brier in

fourth. The next quarterfinal

contains the woman whose narrative

is why most people know about

snowboard cross, it is Lindsey

Jacobellis. She is in there with

Charlotte Banks, the Hemel Hampstead

born athlete who now races for

France. She came second at the last

World Cup, and she is very powerful.

Zoe Bergermann is in there.

Charlotte Bankes is out very

quickly! But the red bib of Lindsey

Jacobellis is there. Zoe Bergermann

is out... They've all gone down!

Charlotte Bankes is up again.

Charlotte Bankes is up again. Jacobo

less... And Critchlow of Canada,

showing a clean set of heels after

an enormous crash. Tyne doesn't

matter now for Lindsey Jacobellis.

If she is smart, she would back away

but they don't, they go neck and

neck.

Third place is hotly contested

as well. That is the most important

place. First and second doesn't

matter. These two are still going at

it!

Keep UI on them...

Lindsey

Jacobellis

Jacobellis is leading Critchlow --

keep your rye on them.

Zoe

Bergermann... The Canadian is still

in third, and comfortably. Ahead of

Casanova. So, Lindsey Jacobellis,

from Critchlow, with Zoe Bergermann

in third. Charlotte

in third. Charlotte Bankes, one of

the favourites taken out at the

first turn. Bankes... It is her own

fault, she goes down and then it is

the bounce back of Bergermann taking

down her opponent.

down her opponent. Charlotte Bankes

is back at the top. So...

She has

made it through?

Yes, the Canadian

was deemed to have gone through the

gate when she felt. We thought we

saw that.

saw that. We will move onto the

quarterfinal, number three. And it

another big pile of names. Chloe

Trespeuch, the woman with that

enormous argument with Lindsey

Jacobellis at the finish of the

World Championships. Megan Tierney,

and the first of our two Italians.

The red bib has gone down!

It has

taken her out. It's another massive

scalp. She has gone. So, the French

number one seed, Trespeuch, pumping

so hard. Starting to stretched

daylight ahead of Megan Tierney. The

fourth seed in the American team.

Keep UI on the battle there. It is

Raffaella Brutto against the

Russian, Christina Paul. -- Kristina

Paul. One of the most effervescent

races here. At the moment she is

holding off the Italian. So,

Trespeuch... Very much standard

there. The 21-year-old at her first

games, Meghan Tierney, but on the

flat section, Paul is guiding her

way through. Raffaella Brutto moving

up. It is very tight, Tierney makes

a mistake. Paul is in second place.

Brutto... Tierney rode into Tierney.

She jumped straight across. I do

think there will be a protest going

on.

Six of one, half a dozen of the

other. Tierney goes down before the

last jump. Regardless. Fisher in

fourth, and here comes Tierney,

going down on the last jump.

I think

it was a real and direct change in

the racing line by the Italian.

Number 19 on the shoulder.

Did she

closed the door on Megan Tierney?

She really did.

Faye Gulini, just...

Could not take

the compression. This is it. That is

the knuckle. That is made in

Tierney.

She jumps right across.

Raffaella Brutto did?

She came

straight across and slammed the

door, look at the change online, cut

straight across, clipped the air,

how Raffaella Brutto, there are,

with those stripey pants, managed to

stay on her feet, she did incredibly

well. Welcome it is deemed fair.

Yeah, the Americans losing two of

their squad in 1/4-final.

their squad in 1/4-final.

Well, it

is deemed fair.

Next up, the number

one seed if you looked at the World

Cup rankings, Michaela Moyer. --

Michela Moioli. Belle Brockhoff the

Australian, and the young

Frenchwoman, 16-year-old Julia

Pereira De Sousa Mabileau. Keep your

eyes on the blue-and-white striped

pants of Michela Moioli.

She can be very quick. Brilliant

start from Belle Brockhoff of

Australia but she has lost it

through the bird bath.

Yes, business

as usual for the Italian, out in

front.

The nominal board speed but

being chased by Pereira De Sousa

Mabileau.

The young French girl

doing very well but Belle Brockhoff

is not going to let this slide.

Gtech tears beat!

Yes, she soaked it

up and now she is in the fight with

Simona Meiler.

Simona Meiler had

fantastic board speed in seedings so

she will have trouble holding her.

Simona Meiler will be biding her

time in looking for passing spot as

they come into the big slopestyle

kicker, ignore must, Belle Brockhoff

with good board speed, stretching

out distant in third place. Pereira

De Sousa Mabileau making a move on

Michela Moioli.

Zuzanna Smykala

making it interferes, now. She has

pushed Carle Brenneman.

Someone down

at the back, I think it is Carle

Brenneman. Michela Moioli in front,

Pereira De Sousa Mabileau in second,

Belle Brockhoff in third. And then

Carle Brenneman in fourth. Michela

Moioli very comfortable, Pereira De

Sousa Mabileau followed by Belle

Brockhoff and in fourth, Carle

Brenneman. Michela Moioli from the

beginning, wasn't it? Brilliant

start from Belle Brockhoff in blue,

out first but as they came through

the bird baths, the first little

feature, she could not pump for

speed. That cost her but the

16-year-old French girl in second

place.

No business!

Michela Moioli,

Pereira De Sousa Mabileau, and Belle

Brockhoff will advance through. So,

keep an eye on Jacobellis in the

green bib. Eva Samkova, though, the

favourite in red, Charlotte Bankes,

Nelly Moenne Loccoz, blue and

yellow, Alexandra Jekova in white

and the Blackbeard of the Canadian,

Tess Critchlow.

Here we go,

semifinal number one, this will be

good.

The first three across the

line advance to the finals. For the

others, no consolation.

Eva Samkova

going out brilliantly in the mustard

trousers.

Charlotte Banks with a

brilliant start and a terrible bird

baths again.

All going big,

Jacobellis in the green.

Nelly

Moenne Loccoz leading with

Jacobellis on her heels and Eva

Samkova in fourth.

The white bib

proving Lucky for Alexandra Jekova

who is making a move on the

Frenchwoman.

Brilliant squash from

Jacobellis, taking the height out of

the job and going long and low and

now she has three metres out in

front of Eva Samkova, Nelly Moenne

Loccoz on the inside, Charlotte

Banks back from nowhere! How did she

get from the very back to the very

front?

She couldn't make it stick,

she tried to force Jacobellis who

can now apply the flush and crush on

her, ride her right to the top of

the corner.

Alexandra Jekova almost

done by Jacobellis eye to eye with

Charlotte Banks and now back to back

over jumping, Charlotte Banks is out

and Eva Samkova takes advantage to

slide into second, Alexandra Jekova

in third behind Jacobellis who looks

to be losing speed on her on the

home straight.

Eva Samkova, the

Olympic champion, in a mustard

trousers, can ride the final

straight so well, Jacobellis with a

nervous look over her shoulder, she

will remain in second, she will

advance but that is a warning shot

to Jacobellis. She needs to be

further ahead in the final on that

straight if she wants to take the

win because she has not got the

speed that Eva Samkova has.

Look at

Charlotte Bankes in the blue, all

the way back, suddenly, two turns

later, she is at the front.

Look how

much bigger she is going.

Alexandra

Jekova taking out Nelly Moenne

Loccoz, there. Look at this. This is

the view. Look at Jacobellis' board

speed, that was Eva Samkova's view.

Eva Samkova looking at Jacobellis

come here.

Eva Samkova, Jacobellis

and Alexandra Jekova making the

finals, and the other three are at

the back. Back up to the top again

now for the second semifinal. There

is no shortage of talent on this

side of the draw either. Blue and

white pants, straddling the red

pants of the French, keep an eye on

it.

The youngster has gone out like

a wet cat! Absolutely flying, here.

She did not read the script,

obviously.

Both of the French

upfront with Michela Moioli. Michela

Moioli really flying through that

section but Pereira De Sousa

Mabileau, tucked in behind them and

it is Chloe Trespeuch, now, diving

out in front.

out in front. Dragging but Pereira

De Sousa Mabileau really

slipstreaming in behind Michela

Moioli. On this gliding section, it

is so useful, she pops out from

behind the traffic.

Keep your eyes

on the fourth placed rider, Belle

Brockhoff. The experienced

Australian, the 25-year-old.

Michela

Moioli diving and taking Chloe

Trespeuch and Belle Brockhoff is

struggling, she needs a turn,

something to happen as they pull

onto the home straight and it starts

to become a pumping battle. Chloe

Trespeuch in second and Belle

Brockhoff is down! It is routine now

for the first three as Michela

Moioli goes long, Chloe Trespeuch

and Pereira De Sousa Mabileau.

No

time to look behind all see that

they are clear. But there we go. The

first three finishers advancing to

the final. The whole French crew

will be beside themselves for this

lady 's' snowboard cross final and

Chloe Trespeuch you've got to say

has not put an arm wrong. Smiles all

round.

Michela Moioli, so well liked

and Chloe Trespeuch, a woman who is

unrivalled in her competitiveness,

will do whatever it takes for the

win, here. Now we move onto the

women 's snowboard cross final, the

fastest six women who have battled

their way through the quarters and

the semifinals to this point.

Alexandra Jekova settling herself as

they await starters orders.

This

could go anyway.

Yes, they are all

very quick.

Bay.

Eva Samkova with a

great start and Michela Moioli.

Neck

and neck!

Pereira De Sousa Mabileau

on the outside, the 16-year-old

Frenchwoman may have the lead but

Michela Moioli and Jacobellis, is

it?

It is, upfront with the Italian.

The front lines being taken but

Jacobellis having a little look,

there. She's out in front. She needs

to hold on and make it stick.

Michela Moioli has been very fast

and look at Pereira De Sousa

Mabileau. And Chloe Trespeuch in

second.

Michela Moioli diving down

but Jacobellis' board speed, Michela

Moioli shutting the door and close

dress boot. Date burlesque and

Michela Moioli back-to-back, Michela

Moioli moves ahead, Jacobellis in

the fight of her life if she wants

the gold, she has got to go, she

slots in an Chloe Trespeuch, the

most technical section of the

course. Michela Moioli out in front.

Can they get some drag on her as

they come into this section? She is

so fast all season, five World Cups

under her belt. Look at the

youngster.

Pereira De Sousa Mabileau

has come from fourth to second, the

16 brought!

Eva Samkova at the

last-minute, it is neck and neck for

silver and bronze. Who is going to

get it? They are all down! It's all

over the place! No doubting who took

the gold it is Michela Moioli. But

the equipment says Pereira De Sousa

Mabileau is in second. Look at them,

they have given everything they have

got to this course. They are laying

down, Chloe Trespeuch, Jacobellis,

none of them know, Michela Moioli is

limping but celebrating. That was as

intense as sport gets. One of the

closest races, not just in Olympic

women's snowboard cross history but

of all time. Jacobellis, here,

talking up early, just her inertia

gets her out in front of the light

bones of Pereira De Sousa Mabileau.

Pereira De Sousa Mabileau goes from

first to third in the corner, Chloe

Trespeuch all over her now.

This is

on board with Eva Samkova and you

get such a brilliant idea of how

tight this racing is. Eva Samkova

very smart, staying out of traffic

on the outside.

Is this the bottom

jump? Yes, Chloe Trespeuch, oh, my

goodness...

I tell you what, nothing

between Jacobellis and Eva Samkova,

there.

Eva Samkova on the far left,

I think if Chloe Trespeuch...

Michela Moioli, Pereira De Sousa

Mabileau...

It was Eva Samkova and

Jacobellis, so Eva Samkova at the

top, Jacobellis down at the bottom,

here. Goodness, gracious, what a

final! Thank you, boardercross! So

official results are in, then from

the ladies' snowboard cross final

and that is

That's all from us for now.

I'll be back at midnight with live

coverage of what could be a very

very exciting day for Great Britain

with genuine medal chances

in the women's skeleton,

ski slopestyle and the return

of Elise Christie to the ice.

"Pali pali" means "faster,

faster" in Korean and that's

what we need them all to do!

Bye for now.

Christie is out of it once again!