17/02/2018 Winter Olympics Extra

We've reached the halfway stage

of the Winter Olympics...

Welcome to Pyeongchang and Day 8.

Coming up later in the programme,

we'll find out how Great Britain's

Katie Summerhayes and Izzy Atkin got

on in the Women's Ski Slopestyle.

But first, we'll see

the Men's Free Dance and find out

who claimed the third figure skating

gold medal of these Games.

Over to Kat Downes and Robin Cousins

who are in the commentary

box for this one...

Now, young Nathan Chen, which Nathan

are we going to see today? Just 18,

so much pressure on his shoulders,

he's received a lashing in the

American press over the last few

days because of huge mistakes in

short programmes in both the team

event and the individual, but this

could be great. The pressure is off.

Absolutely glorious, that, to open.

The second quad, quadruple flip,

double toe loop.

Another quad flip, hands down,

rotation.

Quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop.

And another.

And another. Quadruple salco, that

time.

This is the performance he needed to

give.

CHEERING

I'll show you, says Nathan Chen.

Write me off as a flash in the pan

at your peril. He answers his

critics with some whopping quads.

History had been made, one, two,

three, four, five, six quadruple

jumps. That's the one with the hand

down, and the rotation, no question

about him getting around their in

that programme, and a score of

around 127, a whopping 83.09 points

from those quadruple jumps alone.

So

Nathan Chen the first man to lead

five quadruple jumps in a free

skate, now the first man to land six

and at the Olympics as well. Wow!

215.08.

That is a new world record,

I believe, for that free skate

school.

A 40 point lead at the top

of the standings. Jin Boyang, a

World Championship bronze medallist

last year, and a great short

programme from him and kept him in

the mix. He'll be looking to keep

the pressure on Shoma Uno, Javier

Fernandez, even. His programme,

shooting for the stars.

Four quadruple jumps planned in this

programme.

First one, the Lutz.

You almost get

the edge.

It was glorious, but how

close was that to the wall? -- he

almost hit the edge.

almost hit the edge. Second planned

one is the quadruple Salchow. He has

got that as well.

Triple axel loop, triple Salchow.

Quadruple toe loop. Completely off

kilter on take-off of that.

Another one planned, so can he do it

in the combination? Yes, he can, but

just with the double toe loop.

Triple axel.

Triple Lutz, triple toe loop. Triple

flip.

Going Galactic, Jin Boyang rocketing

into the medals for now.

It doesn't

inspire as an overall performance.

Under rotated on the quad. It hasn't

come up as under rotated, but they

haven't had a chance to see that

slow Mo, but I would call that

under.

194.45. Enough just to knock

Nathan Chen off the gold medal

position for now. But how

comfortable will the weight of

history sit on the shoulders of this

man? The reigning Olympic and world

champion, Yuzuru Hanyu, looking to

be the first man to win consecutive

gold medals at the Olympics in 66

years since the American take Button

in 1948 and 1952.

in 1948 and 1952. -- Dick Button.

Opening jump is the quadruple

Salchow.

He's got it.

It may not

have appeared three times in the

warm up, but it appeared when it

needed to happen. Write a in the

opening of his free programme. --

right here in the opening. Second

quad planned. And there it is.

Exquisite quadruple toe loop.

Triple flip.

The quadruple Salchow, triple toe

loop combination. He is absolutely

on the money.

The triple axel loop, the triple

Salchow.

Saved on the triple Lutz.

CHEERING

APPLAUSE

Hanyu with sales on his skates. That

surely is enough for him to retain

his Olympic title? There were some

mistakes in there. It wasn't in my

-- it wasn't the mind blowing

performance of the short programme.

He gets a credit for the quad. They

needed to be a combination. Lutz, he

is leaning. Don't put your hand

down!

In the free programme, Hanyu

has earned...

CHEERING

A new season best. 20 points clear

at the top of the leaderboard.

Surely, ladies and gentlemen, that

is the 2018 Olympic champion? The

two-time world champion Javier

Fernandez, with his sixth

consecutive European title just last

month. He is only three points

behind Hanyu after the short

programme. This is his last

Olympics. He will retire at the end

of the season and would dearly love

to finish with a medal.

And if he

goes clean and all of the quads, he

could do it...

could do it... The quadruple toe

loop to open.

The second quad in combination he

wants... Quadruple Salchow. Double

toe loop. A right quad triple.

For triple axel, a triple toe loop.

He needs this second quadruple

Salchow, and just a double...

A triple axel... Lovely!

CHEERING

APPLAUSE

Guts and glory for Fernandez. He has

Big Blue the World Championship

twice but never an Olympic medal.

Surely he will be coming away from

Pyeongchang with one? But what

colour?

I think he needed the quad

if he was going to be pushing for

the gold but the performance is

glorious. He is so at home Alabama.

He loves it, and he delivers.

-- he

is so at home here.

is so at home here. It is the

season's burst. 197.6 X, but it is

not enough for a gold medal.

not enough for a gold medal. Schomer

is no knows that he must go

perfectly -- Shoma Uno knows that he

needs to go perfect, less than one

point ahead of Jin Boyang.

point ahead of Jin Boyang.

I

absolutely love this programme! Uno

didn't have a great warm up. Down on

the first of his quads, the quad

loop.

Could that mean a medal gone?

Three more planned. The programme,

collectively, is so strong. He will

not want to make another mistake.

The second quad is the flip... And

he has it!

And into the triple axel...

The quadruple toe loop, the double

toe loop, not the best landing on

the double. Two feet down.

That was the fourth quadruple toe

loop. And, it was the best one.

This may be crucial... The triple

axel loop, triple flip, that may

well be the bronze medal, right

there.

there. The triple Salchow, double

toe loop...

Less than one point between Uno and

no medal at all. Has he done enough

to hang onto the bronze medal

position?

A deduction for the fall.

That drops by four points. The last

quad was the best of them all but he

delivers such a strong performance.

I would like to think that the

component scores are working in his

favour...

He has bumped Javier

Fernandez. It is a Japanese one and

two. Javier Fernandez has too subtle

for a bronze medal.

It is phenomenal

for Javier Fernandez.

History made!

Back Olympic titles. Those are the

tears of a champion. Let's have a

look at the final combination.

Javier Fernandez, not the fairy tale

gold with which you wanted to end

his career, pipped into bronze medal

position by Uno. Then Hanyu,

back-to-back Olympic titles. He

surely will go down as one of the

greatest skaters there has ever

been.

You have made history, the

first man in over 60 years to win

back-to-back gold medals. How are

first man in over 60 years to win

back-to-back gold medals. How are

you feeling now?

Just happy. I

cannot... Aah! I cannot think of any

more words. I just want to say I'm

happy.

It feels good. It wasn't a

gold or a silver but it was an

Olympic medal and something I always

wanted. My family and me put a lot

of work in today. Definitely super

happy that I got it today.

I know

you are very good friends with

Hanyu. What did it mean to share the

podium with him?

It meant a lot. We

work every day almost together. And

we see how hard it is. We put in a

lot of effort. To have both of us on

the podium, it makes a super happy.

He's an amazing skater, really

talented.

Those screams are for

Hanyu, the back-to-back Olympic

champion. Retaining his title from

four years ago. What a competition

it was. He was not played perfect

but he did not need to be?

They were

all on fire and delivered what they

could. For Hanyu, he had some leeway

in the bag with the short programme

but he delivered those quads and

skated beautifully. This is the

perfect podium, and it is exactly

right.

Uno jumping above Javier

Fernandez to snatch a silver medal.

A brilliant skate from him. We'll

Javier be disappointed

Javier be disappointed with a bronze

medal? He has never won an Olympic

medal before. He retires at the end

of the season. It could have been a

sober? I think he will be slightly

disappointed but happy enough --

could it have been a silver? For me,

Uno delivered the last couple of

jumping passes and for me he

definitely got the bronze. Possibly

come he could get into a silver

position. Last week I told you that

he was my dark horse, and it was the

three best performers on the day on

the podium.

There's a day off for

the figure skaters tomorrow

but we'll have extended highlights

of the Ice Dance event on Monday.

Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland

in action for Team GB.

Earlier, their British team-mates

Izzy Atkin and Katie Summerhayes

were both trying to get to the final

of the Women's Ski Slopestyle.

Izzy won a silver medal

at the X-Games last month

and is in with a real chance

of a medal.

She's been speaking to Tim Warwood.

I'm Izzy Atkin. I'm 19. And I may

free skate.

free skate. -- I am a free skate. I

was born in the United States and I

chose to be part of the GB team.

I'll be competing in slopestyle at

the Winter Olympics.

What is your

connection to the UK, your dad is

from... ?

Birmingham. We grew up

there. He went to America for grad

school. Before coming out here, we

went to visit my grandfather who

still lives in Birmingham.

I hear

that Tamworth is your favourite

place to be in the UK.

It's really

fun.

It's good. When did you decide

ski slopestyle was for you?

I used

to do pipe and slope and when I was

15 I decided pipe was too scary, and

is decided to stick with slopestyle.

It made sense to me.

Next step was

to meet patch Sharples, the coach.

After spotting her talent, she

became a member of the GB squad.

I

went to visit him in England and he

was keen to get me on the team. I

went to my first training camp and

met the rest of the team.

To be

training alongside Katie and the

others, it must be a good setup for

you.

It's awesome, we'll push each

other and it's a fun crew.

Practice

makes perfect. Last year, not only

did Izzy become the first British

woman to win gold at world ski

slopestyle competition, but she did

us proud at the World Championships

in the Sierra Nevada, Spain. A

really tightly run, and this is

looking very good indeed. And she

claims it! It's about action. The

bronze medal.

I was happy to come away with a good

result.

That confidence is carried

forward into this season. In

January, Izzy won World Cup bronze

in Aspen and followed that up with

silver at the X games. What is your

mindset?

Feeling good, trying not to

put too much pressure on myself,

just want to scheme my best.

What

it's going to take to get on the

podium, any idea?

Learning some new

tricks, a lot of other girls are

loaning them as well, so it's going

to be a challenge, but I'm looking

forward to it.

The format is simple,

three runs and her best one will

count. This paste qualify, Mathilde

Gremaud. Really nice. Not as tidy as

qualifying, but still very

technical.

That was a silky 900.

qualifying, but still very

technical.

That was a silky 900.

It

was, very smooth. First of the

double courts. There is!

I don't

think it will be any surprise to see

Mathilde Gremaud moving into the top

spot.

Very good.

Team-mate, Sarah

Hoefflin, put down a strong run and

was sitting in silver medal after

that. Katie and Izzy landed their

runs, but both had room for

improvement going into Ron two.

Katie Summerhayes, Sheffield steel,

she's been told by the GB physio it

may not be in her best interests to

ride, her ankle is giving her a lot

of pain.

And there is the 450 out, that is

nice, really solid rails from

Summerhays. She's got that slide

nicely, locking those two together.

And a big 900. She punches the air.

Come on, Katie Summerhayes!

Come on, Katie Summerhayes! 71.4. A

little nod of the head. It pushes

her in to fourth position. Next to

drop, Isabel Atkin.

drop, Isabel Atkin. Lovely 450 off.

Really nice.

Landed much cleaner

than last time.

Judges looking for

subunit in different directions.

Right, left side spins. Now switch.

900 on the bottom job.

And it is a

very tidy... 79.4. Izzy Atkin moves

into the third and final runs in

bronze position.

Izzy Atkin remained

in third. Sarah Hoefflin was in

silver medal position and Mathilde

Gremaud was in first.

Maggie Voisin.

She's looked this good on the rails

every time. The last jump has eluded

her. Now the focus and the pressure

boils down to the kickers. Lovely

nine on the first hit.

Really nice

900.

She's got that one. Can she

hold it together now when it

matters?

She's gone big.

Yes, she

can, a very clean run. 81.2. So

third place, she bumps Izzy Atkin

down into fourth. Hoefflin as the

run, the consistency, the style and

technicality to take the top spot.

Very tidy, maybe not the cleanest

rail jumps, but no mistakes.

Lovely style.

Big grab, really

scratching at the 1080.

She went

huge on that.

It was the 900, oh,

and she gets it round!

Sarah

Hoefflin, a very strong run.

Hoefflin, a very strong run. 91.2,

putting her in gold medal position.

Katie Summerhayes was clearly

struggling with an injured ankle and

wasn't able to improve on her second

run score.

Isabel Atkin, watch as --

what has she got in her run? Pat

Sharples just said, you are a boss,

skiing amazing.

Just cleared this

run up, the biggest run of her life

starts now.

Mechanical with the 450,

laid it down heatedly.

laid it down heatedly. --

beautifully. Locks that in

beautifully, coming up from the site

and tilting the skis into it. Gap

over. This run is flowing for love.

Dare I say it, the best rails we've

seen from Earth. 720 is there. Come

on, Izzy Atkin. 900 is there. Final

jump.

Super-clean.

A bigger and clean it

run from Izzy, it might back into

the medals.

Third-place! 84.6. With

three left, Izzy Atkin is in bronze

position.

Johanne Killi put them a

solid run, pushing Katie

interceptions, but it didn't score a

highly enough to trouble 93 macro --

Izzy.

Two skiers left to drop.

Christiansen, currently on 24. She

has put very clean runs down, but

hasn't managed to put her last trip

down. Can she make amends? Second of

the new wage and -- the Norwegians.

You don't get a sense of how high

that rail is from that camera angle.

Last jump, really short.

Very difficult to call it. Izzy

Atkin can't work.

No, she's gone.

60.4. Now only one score away from a

bronze medal here at the women's ski

slopestyle, with the third placed

qualifier, Emma Dahlstrom, yet to

drop. She looked so relaxed in

qualifying, but the pressure is

telling on the third and final run.

She is yet to land a run. Can she do

it now? The 450, exactly the same as

Izzy Atkin.

I feel like I've been in

this place for, four years ago, the

women's snowboard slopestyle.

She's

down! And that, ladies and

gentlemen, confirms the medals.

Great Britain's Izzy Atkin takes a

bronze. Mathilde Gremaud and Sarah

Hoefflin make it a one, two in

silver and gold for Switzerland.

You

know you be first on speed to do

this.

Yes, amazing, it hasn't sunk

in, but I'm really proud and happy

to be part of Team GB.

A bit of a

perfectionist, and that's what she

did today, putting her tricks

together and as clean as possible,

and she claimed that last run.

We

have Izzy's parents and sister.

First, how are you feeling?

Very

happy. And a bit in shock, but very

happy.

We were not expecting a

medal, frankly, hoping it might be

possible, so we are extraordinarily

delighted.

How is it to have two

girls in the top ten and a medal in

ski slopestyle for the first time?

In lots of ways, it's something I

would have dreamt as the best case

scenario, but every time I thought

it was possible, I thought, no, keep

your eye on the ball.

How might you

celebrate?

Karaoke bars!

What will

be your song of choice?

It's usually

Katy Perry, some pop song.

Congratulations, Izzy.

That's all from us for now.

I'll be back at midnight with live

coverage of the Men's Slopestyle

final where we'll see

Britain's James Woods in action

in the Men's Ski Slopestyle.