0:00:34 > 0:00:37We've reached the halfway stage of the Winter Olympics...
0:00:37 > 0:00:43Welcome to Pyeongchang and Day 8.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Coming up later in the programme, we'll find out how Great Britain's
0:00:53 > 0:00:58Katie Summerhayes and Izzy Atkin got on in the Women's Ski Slopestyle.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01But first, we'll see the Men's Free Dance and find out
0:01:01 > 0:01:06who claimed the third figure skating gold medal of these Games.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Over to Kat Downes and Robin Cousins who are in the commentary
0:01:09 > 0:01:12box for this one...
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Now, young Nathan Chen, which Nathan are we going to see today? Just 18,
0:01:21 > 0:01:26so much pressure on his shoulders, he's received a lashing in the
0:01:26 > 0:01:29American press over the last few days because of huge mistakes in
0:01:29 > 0:01:34short programmes in both the team event and the individual, but this
0:01:34 > 0:01:43could be great. The pressure is off.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Absolutely glorious, that, to open.
0:02:16 > 0:02:29The second quad, quadruple flip, double toe loop.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48Another quad flip, hands down, rotation.
0:04:05 > 0:04:11Quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18And another.
0:04:40 > 0:04:49And another. Quadruple salco, that time.
0:05:07 > 0:05:17This is the performance he needed to give.
0:05:59 > 0:06:08CHEERING I'll show you, says Nathan Chen.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Write me off as a flash in the pan at your peril. He answers his
0:06:12 > 0:06:20critics with some whopping quads. History had been made, one, two,
0:06:20 > 0:06:27three, four, five, six quadruple jumps. That's the one with the hand
0:06:27 > 0:06:31down, and the rotation, no question about him getting around their in
0:06:31 > 0:06:39that programme, and a score of around 127, a whopping 83.09 points
0:06:39 > 0:06:45from those quadruple jumps alone.So Nathan Chen the first man to lead
0:06:45 > 0:06:48five quadruple jumps in a free skate, now the first man to land six
0:06:48 > 0:07:02and at the Olympics as well. Wow! 215.08.That is a new world record,
0:07:02 > 0:07:06I believe, for that free skate school.A 40 point lead at the top
0:07:06 > 0:07:15of the standings. Jin Boyang, a World Championship bronze medallist
0:07:15 > 0:07:18last year, and a great short programme from him and kept him in
0:07:18 > 0:07:26the mix. He'll be looking to keep the pressure on Shoma Uno, Javier
0:07:26 > 0:07:33Fernandez, even. His programme, shooting for the stars.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Four quadruple jumps planned in this programme.
0:07:47 > 0:07:56First one, the Lutz.You almost get the edge.It was glorious, but how
0:07:56 > 0:08:07close was that to the wall? -- he almost hit the edge.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12almost hit the edge. Second planned one is the quadruple Salchow. He has
0:08:12 > 0:08:14got that as well.
0:08:28 > 0:08:39Triple axel loop, triple Salchow.
0:09:52 > 0:10:02Quadruple toe loop. Completely off kilter on take-off of that.
0:10:10 > 0:10:21Another one planned, so can he do it in the combination? Yes, he can, but
0:10:21 > 0:10:24just with the double toe loop.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Triple axel.
0:10:48 > 0:11:04Triple Lutz, triple toe loop. Triple flip.
0:11:59 > 0:12:07Going Galactic, Jin Boyang rocketing into the medals for now.It doesn't
0:12:07 > 0:12:14inspire as an overall performance. Under rotated on the quad. It hasn't
0:12:14 > 0:12:20come up as under rotated, but they haven't had a chance to see that
0:12:20 > 0:12:30slow Mo, but I would call that under.194.45. Enough just to knock
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Nathan Chen off the gold medal position for now. But how
0:12:34 > 0:12:36comfortable will the weight of history sit on the shoulders of this
0:12:36 > 0:12:45man? The reigning Olympic and world champion, Yuzuru Hanyu, looking to
0:12:45 > 0:12:49be the first man to win consecutive gold medals at the Olympics in 66
0:12:49 > 0:13:01years since the American take Button in 1948 and 1952.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08in 1948 and 1952. -- Dick Button. Opening jump is the quadruple
0:13:08 > 0:13:17Salchow.He's got it.It may not have appeared three times in the
0:13:17 > 0:13:20warm up, but it appeared when it needed to happen. Write a in the
0:13:20 > 0:13:26opening of his free programme. -- right here in the opening. Second
0:13:26 > 0:13:40quad planned. And there it is. Exquisite quadruple toe loop.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Triple flip.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25The quadruple Salchow, triple toe loop combination. He is absolutely
0:15:25 > 0:15:33on the money.
0:16:02 > 0:16:13The triple axel loop, the triple Salchow.
0:16:23 > 0:16:34Saved on the triple Lutz.
0:17:24 > 0:17:30CHEERING APPLAUSE
0:17:31 > 0:17:36Hanyu with sales on his skates. That surely is enough for him to retain
0:17:36 > 0:17:42his Olympic title? There were some mistakes in there. It wasn't in my
0:17:45 > 0:17:51-- it wasn't the mind blowing performance of the short programme.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56He gets a credit for the quad. They needed to be a combination. Lutz, he
0:17:56 > 0:18:06is leaning. Don't put your hand down!In the free programme, Hanyu
0:18:06 > 0:18:10has earned... CHEERING
0:18:10 > 0:18:15A new season best. 20 points clear at the top of the leaderboard.
0:18:15 > 0:18:25Surely, ladies and gentlemen, that is the 2018 Olympic champion? The
0:18:25 > 0:18:29two-time world champion Javier Fernandez, with his sixth
0:18:29 > 0:18:34consecutive European title just last month. He is only three points
0:18:34 > 0:18:38behind Hanyu after the short programme. This is his last
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Olympics. He will retire at the end of the season and would dearly love
0:18:42 > 0:18:48to finish with a medal.And if he goes clean and all of the quads, he
0:18:48 > 0:18:54could do it...
0:18:55 > 0:19:01could do it... The quadruple toe loop to open.
0:19:14 > 0:19:20The second quad in combination he wants... Quadruple Salchow. Double
0:19:20 > 0:19:28toe loop. A right quad triple.
0:19:42 > 0:19:48For triple axel, a triple toe loop.
0:20:48 > 0:20:56He needs this second quadruple Salchow, and just a double...
0:21:23 > 0:21:26A triple axel... Lovely!
0:23:10 > 0:23:13CHEERING APPLAUSE
0:23:13 > 0:23:17Guts and glory for Fernandez. He has Big Blue the World Championship
0:23:17 > 0:23:24twice but never an Olympic medal. Surely he will be coming away from
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Pyeongchang with one? But what colour?I think he needed the quad
0:23:28 > 0:23:34if he was going to be pushing for the gold but the performance is
0:23:34 > 0:23:41glorious. He is so at home Alabama. He loves it, and he delivers.-- he
0:23:41 > 0:23:47is so at home here.
0:23:47 > 0:23:53is so at home here. It is the season's burst. 197.6 X, but it is
0:23:53 > 0:24:01not enough for a gold medal.
0:24:01 > 0:24:07not enough for a gold medal. Schomer is no knows that he must go
0:24:09 > 0:24:14perfectly -- Shoma Uno knows that he needs to go perfect, less than one
0:24:14 > 0:24:23point ahead of Jin Boyang.
0:24:23 > 0:24:29point ahead of Jin Boyang.I absolutely love this programme! Uno
0:24:29 > 0:24:40didn't have a great warm up. Down on the first of his quads, the quad
0:24:40 > 0:24:48loop.Could that mean a medal gone? Three more planned. The programme,
0:24:48 > 0:24:54collectively, is so strong. He will not want to make another mistake.
0:24:54 > 0:25:05The second quad is the flip... And he has it!
0:26:54 > 0:27:00And into the triple axel...
0:27:16 > 0:27:22The quadruple toe loop, the double toe loop, not the best landing on
0:27:22 > 0:27:29the double. Two feet down.
0:27:47 > 0:28:00That was the fourth quadruple toe loop. And, it was the best one.
0:28:01 > 0:28:10This may be crucial... The triple axel loop, triple flip, that may
0:28:10 > 0:28:16well be the bronze medal, right there.
0:28:17 > 0:28:29there. The triple Salchow, double toe loop...
0:28:53 > 0:29:01Less than one point between Uno and no medal at all. Has he done enough
0:29:01 > 0:29:09to hang onto the bronze medal position?A deduction for the fall.
0:29:09 > 0:29:16That drops by four points. The last quad was the best of them all but he
0:29:16 > 0:29:20delivers such a strong performance. I would like to think that the
0:29:20 > 0:29:31component scores are working in his favour...He has bumped Javier
0:29:31 > 0:29:37Fernandez. It is a Japanese one and two. Javier Fernandez has too subtle
0:29:37 > 0:29:47for a bronze medal.It is phenomenal for Javier Fernandez.History made!
0:29:47 > 0:29:52Back Olympic titles. Those are the tears of a champion. Let's have a
0:29:52 > 0:29:56look at the final combination. Javier Fernandez, not the fairy tale
0:29:56 > 0:30:01gold with which you wanted to end his career, pipped into bronze medal
0:30:01 > 0:30:05position by Uno. Then Hanyu, back-to-back Olympic titles. He
0:30:05 > 0:30:09surely will go down as one of the greatest skaters there has ever
0:30:09 > 0:30:16been.You have made history, the first man in over 60 years to win
0:30:16 > 0:30:18back-to-back gold medals. How are
0:30:18 > 0:30:19first man in over 60 years to win back-to-back gold medals. How are
0:30:19 > 0:30:27you feeling now?Just happy. I cannot... Aah! I cannot think of any
0:30:27 > 0:30:35more words. I just want to say I'm happy.It feels good. It wasn't a
0:30:35 > 0:30:39gold or a silver but it was an Olympic medal and something I always
0:30:39 > 0:30:44wanted. My family and me put a lot of work in today. Definitely super
0:30:44 > 0:30:49happy that I got it today.I know you are very good friends with
0:30:49 > 0:30:54Hanyu. What did it mean to share the podium with him?It meant a lot. We
0:30:54 > 0:31:01work every day almost together. And we see how hard it is. We put in a
0:31:01 > 0:31:10lot of effort. To have both of us on the podium, it makes a super happy.
0:31:10 > 0:31:17He's an amazing skater, really talented.Those screams are for
0:31:17 > 0:31:22Hanyu, the back-to-back Olympic champion. Retaining his title from
0:31:22 > 0:31:26four years ago. What a competition it was. He was not played perfect
0:31:26 > 0:31:32but he did not need to be?They were all on fire and delivered what they
0:31:32 > 0:31:37could. For Hanyu, he had some leeway in the bag with the short programme
0:31:37 > 0:31:40but he delivered those quads and skated beautifully. This is the
0:31:40 > 0:31:46perfect podium, and it is exactly right.Uno jumping above Javier
0:31:46 > 0:31:52Fernandez to snatch a silver medal. A brilliant skate from him. We'll
0:31:52 > 0:31:57Javier be disappointed
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Javier be disappointed with a bronze medal? He has never won an Olympic
0:32:01 > 0:32:04medal before. He retires at the end of the season. It could have been a
0:32:04 > 0:32:08sober? I think he will be slightly disappointed but happy enough --
0:32:08 > 0:32:14could it have been a silver? For me, Uno delivered the last couple of
0:32:14 > 0:32:18jumping passes and for me he definitely got the bronze. Possibly
0:32:18 > 0:32:23come he could get into a silver position. Last week I told you that
0:32:23 > 0:32:28he was my dark horse, and it was the three best performers on the day on
0:32:28 > 0:32:29the podium.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32There's a day off for the figure skaters tomorrow
0:32:32 > 0:32:34but we'll have extended highlights of the Ice Dance event on Monday.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland in action for Team GB.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Earlier, their British team-mates Izzy Atkin and Katie Summerhayes
0:32:39 > 0:32:42were both trying to get to the final of the Women's Ski Slopestyle.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Izzy won a silver medal at the X-Games last month
0:32:45 > 0:32:48and is in with a real chance of a medal.
0:32:48 > 0:32:54She's been speaking to Tim Warwood.
0:32:56 > 0:33:05I'm Izzy Atkin. I'm 19. And I may free skate.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08free skate. -- I am a free skate. I was born in the United States and I
0:33:08 > 0:33:12chose to be part of the GB team. I'll be competing in slopestyle at
0:33:12 > 0:33:18the Winter Olympics.What is your connection to the UK, your dad is
0:33:18 > 0:33:26from... ?Birmingham. We grew up there. He went to America for grad
0:33:26 > 0:33:28school. Before coming out here, we went to visit my grandfather who
0:33:28 > 0:33:34still lives in Birmingham.I hear that Tamworth is your favourite
0:33:34 > 0:33:41place to be in the UK.It's really fun.It's good. When did you decide
0:33:41 > 0:33:48ski slopestyle was for you?I used to do pipe and slope and when I was
0:33:48 > 0:33:5415 I decided pipe was too scary, and is decided to stick with slopestyle.
0:33:54 > 0:34:04It made sense to me.Next step was to meet patch Sharples, the coach.
0:34:04 > 0:34:09After spotting her talent, she became a member of the GB squad.I
0:34:09 > 0:34:14went to visit him in England and he was keen to get me on the team. I
0:34:14 > 0:34:20went to my first training camp and met the rest of the team.To be
0:34:20 > 0:34:26training alongside Katie and the others, it must be a good setup for
0:34:26 > 0:34:33you.It's awesome, we'll push each other and it's a fun crew.Practice
0:34:33 > 0:34:37makes perfect. Last year, not only did Izzy become the first British
0:34:37 > 0:34:41woman to win gold at world ski slopestyle competition, but she did
0:34:41 > 0:34:47us proud at the World Championships in the Sierra Nevada, Spain. A
0:34:47 > 0:34:50really tightly run, and this is looking very good indeed. And she
0:34:50 > 0:34:58claims it! It's about action. The bronze medal.
0:34:58 > 0:35:03I was happy to come away with a good result.That confidence is carried
0:35:03 > 0:35:09forward into this season. In January, Izzy won World Cup bronze
0:35:09 > 0:35:15in Aspen and followed that up with silver at the X games. What is your
0:35:15 > 0:35:18mindset?Feeling good, trying not to put too much pressure on myself,
0:35:18 > 0:35:24just want to scheme my best.What it's going to take to get on the
0:35:24 > 0:35:29podium, any idea?Learning some new tricks, a lot of other girls are
0:35:29 > 0:35:36loaning them as well, so it's going to be a challenge, but I'm looking
0:35:36 > 0:35:43forward to it.The format is simple, three runs and her best one will
0:35:43 > 0:35:52count. This paste qualify, Mathilde Gremaud. Really nice. Not as tidy as
0:35:52 > 0:35:57qualifying, but still very technical.That was a silky 900.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58qualifying, but still very technical.That was a silky 900.It
0:35:58 > 0:36:08was, very smooth. First of the double courts. There is!I don't
0:36:08 > 0:36:11think it will be any surprise to see Mathilde Gremaud moving into the top
0:36:11 > 0:36:21spot.Very good.Team-mate, Sarah Hoefflin, put down a strong run and
0:36:21 > 0:36:28was sitting in silver medal after that. Katie and Izzy landed their
0:36:28 > 0:36:31runs, but both had room for improvement going into Ron two.
0:36:31 > 0:36:38Katie Summerhayes, Sheffield steel, she's been told by the GB physio it
0:36:38 > 0:36:42may not be in her best interests to ride, her ankle is giving her a lot
0:36:42 > 0:36:44of pain.
0:36:46 > 0:36:53And there is the 450 out, that is nice, really solid rails from
0:36:53 > 0:37:02Summerhays. She's got that slide nicely, locking those two together.
0:37:02 > 0:37:13And a big 900. She punches the air. Come on, Katie Summerhayes!
0:37:14 > 0:37:17Come on, Katie Summerhayes! 71.4. A little nod of the head. It pushes
0:37:17 > 0:37:27her in to fourth position. Next to drop, Isabel Atkin.
0:37:27 > 0:37:32drop, Isabel Atkin. Lovely 450 off. Really nice.Landed much cleaner
0:37:32 > 0:37:38than last time.Judges looking for subunit in different directions.
0:37:38 > 0:37:46Right, left side spins. Now switch. 900 on the bottom job.And it is a
0:37:46 > 0:38:01very tidy... 79.4. Izzy Atkin moves into the third and final runs in
0:38:01 > 0:38:06bronze position.Izzy Atkin remained in third. Sarah Hoefflin was in
0:38:06 > 0:38:14silver medal position and Mathilde Gremaud was in first.Maggie Voisin.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18She's looked this good on the rails every time. The last jump has eluded
0:38:18 > 0:38:28her. Now the focus and the pressure boils down to the kickers. Lovely
0:38:28 > 0:38:37nine on the first hit.Really nice 900.She's got that one. Can she
0:38:37 > 0:38:44hold it together now when it matters?She's gone big.Yes, she
0:38:44 > 0:38:54can, a very clean run. 81.2. So third place, she bumps Izzy Atkin
0:38:54 > 0:39:05down into fourth. Hoefflin as the run, the consistency, the style and
0:39:05 > 0:39:10technicality to take the top spot. Very tidy, maybe not the cleanest
0:39:10 > 0:39:12rail jumps, but no mistakes.
0:39:16 > 0:39:28Lovely style.Big grab, really scratching at the 1080.She went
0:39:28 > 0:39:35huge on that.It was the 900, oh, and she gets it round!Sarah
0:39:35 > 0:39:41Hoefflin, a very strong run.
0:39:42 > 0:39:48Hoefflin, a very strong run. 91.2, putting her in gold medal position.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52Katie Summerhayes was clearly struggling with an injured ankle and
0:39:52 > 0:39:58wasn't able to improve on her second run score.Isabel Atkin, watch as --
0:39:58 > 0:40:06what has she got in her run? Pat Sharples just said, you are a boss,
0:40:06 > 0:40:14skiing amazing.Just cleared this run up, the biggest run of her life
0:40:14 > 0:40:23starts now.Mechanical with the 450, laid it down heatedly.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26laid it down heatedly. -- beautifully. Locks that in
0:40:26 > 0:40:29beautifully, coming up from the site and tilting the skis into it. Gap
0:40:29 > 0:40:39over. This run is flowing for love. Dare I say it, the best rails we've
0:40:39 > 0:40:47seen from Earth. 720 is there. Come on, Izzy Atkin. 900 is there. Final
0:40:47 > 0:40:49jump.
0:40:52 > 0:41:02Super-clean.A bigger and clean it run from Izzy, it might back into
0:41:02 > 0:41:10the medals.Third-place! 84.6. With three left, Izzy Atkin is in bronze
0:41:10 > 0:41:18position.Johanne Killi put them a solid run, pushing Katie
0:41:18 > 0:41:24interceptions, but it didn't score a highly enough to trouble 93 macro --
0:41:24 > 0:41:35Izzy.Two skiers left to drop. Christiansen, currently on 24. She
0:41:35 > 0:41:38has put very clean runs down, but hasn't managed to put her last trip
0:41:38 > 0:41:49down. Can she make amends? Second of the new wage and -- the Norwegians.
0:41:49 > 0:41:56You don't get a sense of how high that rail is from that camera angle.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Last jump, really short.
0:42:05 > 0:42:13Very difficult to call it. Izzy Atkin can't work.No, she's gone.
0:42:13 > 0:42:1960.4. Now only one score away from a bronze medal here at the women's ski
0:42:19 > 0:42:24slopestyle, with the third placed qualifier, Emma Dahlstrom, yet to
0:42:24 > 0:42:29drop. She looked so relaxed in qualifying, but the pressure is
0:42:29 > 0:42:34telling on the third and final run. She is yet to land a run. Can she do
0:42:34 > 0:42:41it now? The 450, exactly the same as Izzy Atkin.I feel like I've been in
0:42:41 > 0:42:48this place for, four years ago, the women's snowboard slopestyle.She's
0:42:48 > 0:42:54down! And that, ladies and gentlemen, confirms the medals.
0:42:54 > 0:43:01Great Britain's Izzy Atkin takes a bronze. Mathilde Gremaud and Sarah
0:43:01 > 0:43:11Hoefflin make it a one, two in silver and gold for Switzerland.You
0:43:11 > 0:43:16know you be first on speed to do this.Yes, amazing, it hasn't sunk
0:43:16 > 0:43:23in, but I'm really proud and happy to be part of Team GB.A bit of a
0:43:23 > 0:43:27perfectionist, and that's what she did today, putting her tricks
0:43:27 > 0:43:33together and as clean as possible, and she claimed that last run.We
0:43:33 > 0:43:37have Izzy's parents and sister. First, how are you feeling?Very
0:43:37 > 0:43:47happy. And a bit in shock, but very happy.We were not expecting a
0:43:47 > 0:43:54medal, frankly, hoping it might be possible, so we are extraordinarily
0:43:54 > 0:44:01delighted.How is it to have two girls in the top ten and a medal in
0:44:01 > 0:44:05ski slopestyle for the first time? In lots of ways, it's something I
0:44:05 > 0:44:10would have dreamt as the best case scenario, but every time I thought
0:44:10 > 0:44:13it was possible, I thought, no, keep your eye on the ball.How might you
0:44:13 > 0:44:23celebrate?Karaoke bars!What will be your song of choice?It's usually
0:44:23 > 0:44:28Katy Perry, some pop song. Congratulations, Izzy.
0:44:28 > 0:44:29That's all from us for now.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32I'll be back at midnight with live coverage of the Men's Slopestyle
0:44:32 > 0:44:34final where we'll see Britain's James Woods in action
0:44:34 > 0:44:35in the Men's Ski Slopestyle.