0:00:37 > 0:00:45This is the biggest day so far in these Games.
0:00:49 > 0:00:59Isabel Atkin, what has she got in her run? The biggest run
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Isabel Atkin, what has she got in her run? The biggest run in her life
0:01:00 > 0:01:10starting now. Come on, the final jump.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16jump. We must remain impartial here. Its third-place! Ladies and
0:01:16 > 0:01:22gentlemen, Great Britain's Izzy Atkin taking bronze.
0:01:22 > 0:01:28Let's turn our attention to the short track speed skating.A big
0:01:28 > 0:01:35night ahead, the 1500 metres, the heat is about to start. Tremendous
0:01:35 > 0:01:42return to the ice. Elise Christie is through to the semifinal.Today it's
0:01:42 > 0:01:47all about the skeleton.A warm welcome to the Sliding Centre head
0:01:47 > 0:01:57of round three of the women's skeleton.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02skeleton. Yarnold and Deas won't be separated. Laura stays in fourth
0:02:02 > 0:02:09place. Elise Christie, she needs to finish in the first two to get into
0:02:09 > 0:02:15the Olympic final. And now the race is on as they take the bell. Choi
0:02:15 > 0:02:23Minjeong leading the way. Going around the final bend and Christie
0:02:23 > 0:02:28has crashed again now, in the semifinal. Yet again she ends up in
0:02:28 > 0:02:35a distraught heap on the floor. Now we come to the potential medallists.
0:02:35 > 0:02:43Hold it together!Laura Davies goes next for Great Britain. -- Laura
0:02:43 > 0:02:49Deas. She is confirmed as fourth. Lizzy Yarnold next, the Olympic
0:02:49 > 0:02:54champion, can she make history and win it again?Look at the gap.This
0:02:54 > 0:03:01could be at least silver for use it -- fought Lizzy Yarnold. She makes
0:03:01 > 0:03:08it to the front.That is a gold winning run.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11winning run.But the run of her 28 years required to beat Lizzy
0:03:11 > 0:03:19Yarnold. It looks like Yarnold is going to take God again. She wins
0:03:19 > 0:03:24God again! -- gold again.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31A great day for Great Britain and the Winter Olympics.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36What a day it was in Pyeongchang yesterday.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Three medals for Great Britain.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44Their greatest ever tally for a single day in the Winter Olympics.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Lizzy Yarnold became the first British athlete ever to defend their
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Winter Olympics title.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50British athlete ever to defend their Winter Olympics title. Later we'll
0:03:50 > 0:03:56show you highlights of the 15 kilometre men's mass start in the
0:03:56 > 0:04:02biathlon but first, all eyes were on James Woods.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05The slopestyle skier was hoping to follow in Izzy Atkin's footsteps
0:04:05 > 0:04:07after her bronze in the women's ski slopestyle yesterday.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11James has been talking to Tim Warwood.
0:04:11 > 0:04:19You do it because you love it and that's why we got into it.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22that's why we got into it. The mountain is like a blank canvas to
0:04:22 > 0:04:30show yourself.For those who don't know, where did it start for you?
0:04:30 > 0:04:38I'm from Sheffield, that's it. My family didn't ski or snowboard. On
0:04:38 > 0:04:46the Druyts slope my mum found a lesson in the newspaper and I went
0:04:46 > 0:04:53and tried it and I went every day -- the dry slope.In the holiday he was
0:04:53 > 0:04:58there all day. I used to go from work and take him a sandwich, we'd
0:04:58 > 0:05:05meet up and see what he was doing. I'm James Woods, I got silver in ski
0:05:05 > 0:05:14cross and God on the halfpipe. -- gold.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17The local guys in Sheffield, that's how it works, it's that gate park
0:05:17 > 0:05:27mentality.
0:05:35 > 0:05:42The X Games, it's freestyle skiing and snowboarding, that was the
0:05:42 > 0:05:47Olympics at the time, wasn't it? That's what you aspire to.We are
0:05:47 > 0:05:52brand-new to the Olympics. I didn't grow up staring down the Olympics as
0:05:52 > 0:06:00the ultimate goal, I genuinely didn't think I'd be in it. It was as
0:06:00 > 0:06:03big a surprise for me as anybody that the skiing slopestyle. Enter
0:06:03 > 0:06:14it. Ireland Charb asking me -- I remember
0:06:16 > 0:06:20remember Charb asking me how to do it. Representing your country, that
0:06:20 > 0:06:27has brought the Olympics up to par. Actually this is really weird. I'm
0:06:27 > 0:06:31not competing for myself, it is Great Britain. I'm wearing this kit,
0:06:31 > 0:06:38different or something done before. Freestyle skiing, it is an image, if
0:06:38 > 0:06:45you look good you can ski well.And you are wearing a uniform.It is
0:06:45 > 0:06:50weird, really strange, conforming and wearing this and being part of a
0:06:50 > 0:06:56team, it's strange. The Olympics, it kinds of hits home. I'm not doing
0:06:56 > 0:07:02this for personal gain. Of course I am, in a way, I'm a competitive
0:07:02 > 0:07:06person, you see a challenge and you get the iron of the Tiger, don't
0:07:06 > 0:07:13you? The representing your country bit, that was probably the biggest
0:07:13 > 0:07:17thing I could take out of it. Considering how hard he's had to
0:07:17 > 0:07:21work off the back of a painful hip injury he be pleased with that
0:07:21 > 0:07:27result. If you got a comical at the Olympics, it's a life changer.
0:07:27 > 0:07:38-- if you got a gold-medal.I am the baggy and grimy kid who loves
0:07:38 > 0:07:45something no one else knows about, that's who I am. I want to influence
0:07:45 > 0:07:49and inspire some people. I love skiing more than anything. I love
0:07:49 > 0:07:53charging, I will ski for ever.
0:07:53 > 0:08:01Over to Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood, who are in commentary for this one.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Evan Mceachran, the Canadian.
0:08:04 > 0:08:10Evan Mceachran, the Canadian.He has been so solid through this course.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14He should have a very technical top section, he's very strong on the
0:08:14 > 0:08:25rails.Certainly getting it done there through the kick whale.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27there through the kick whale. -- rail.The level of technicality was
0:08:27 > 0:08:32off the chart. I like coming out of that section off the corner. A nice
0:08:32 > 0:08:38line.Possibly the cleanest we've seen the rails, can he back it up
0:08:38 > 0:08:52with strong kickers?.The 1260. Now into the bottom jump. One, two,
0:08:52 > 0:09:01three, four and a half, 1620! That's how you start things off.This boy
0:09:01 > 0:09:06has landed an incredible run. So much composure.Yeah, very clean,
0:09:06 > 0:09:13apart from that one rail he was pinpoint.This is going to be
0:09:13 > 0:09:17breathtaking. With perfect conditions at Phoenix Park it means
0:09:17 > 0:09:21we're seeing consistency, which is what we saw in qualifying. Everyone
0:09:21 > 0:09:26stomping their run. The judges leaving themselves plenty of room
0:09:26 > 0:09:37there.Yeah.OK, Woodsy, good to go. Woodsy, Great Britain's finest free
0:09:37 > 0:09:43skier. Qualified,
0:09:43 > 0:09:47skier. Qualified, comfortably. In great form, winning the first World
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Cup of the season in New Zealand and he took silver two weeks ago at X
0:09:51 > 0:09:57Games. Can he do what he did in the qualifiers and get a clean run?I
0:09:57 > 0:10:04love this line. Just hitting the post as well, showing his control to
0:10:04 > 0:10:11the judges. He'll be absolutely frothing. He'll feel like a kid
0:10:11 > 0:10:14that's come down at Christmas and seen a bounty operatives under the
0:10:14 > 0:10:24tree. Into the first of the jumps -- bounty of presence.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28bounty of presence. So good on the first jump. Huge Twardzik
0:10:29 > 0:10:41a huge 1260 now. Are we going to see a trick? Yes, it is.Oh, Woodsy. It
0:10:41 > 0:10:44was silent, hearts were bouncing off the walls. Sending it so deep, he
0:10:44 > 0:10:53looked so good on every landing.He knows it was right there at his
0:10:53 > 0:11:01fingertips.Unbelievable run. Look at the grab, sending it so deep.
0:11:01 > 0:11:10Just caught the edge. Woodsy, philosophical about that. He'll know
0:11:10 > 0:11:15that it's there, he knows how close it is. Two more runs in which to lay
0:11:15 > 0:11:23it down. Nick Goepper.This will be big.
0:11:23 > 0:11:29big.Using the start and then the transition to get back.450, off the
0:11:29 > 0:11:35bottom there. Keeping it switch there. Lucky to get away with that.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40Really lucky, the hands came above the head, really working hard.
0:11:40 > 0:11:46Coming off early again there. Two get out of jail free cards from the
0:11:46 > 0:11:53rail features. Can he make amends? Nice and easy does it, don't pass
0:11:53 > 0:12:05go, don't collect £200. Into this huge Twardzik the, switch 12 -- huge
0:12:05 > 0:12:091260. He didn't have the speed for the third and final jump by the
0:12:09 > 0:12:16looks of it.So, Goepper, a couple of people, some of the commentators
0:12:16 > 0:12:20I spoke to use to be judges and they suspected he was a little bit
0:12:20 > 0:12:28oversaw his first run. I think it was 91.2. They saw it more in the
0:12:28 > 0:12:33high 80s in the context of all of the runs. That is scratchy. It
0:12:33 > 0:12:42doesn't matter any more, qualifying is a separate contest.
0:12:43 > 0:12:50is a separate contest. 59, for Goepper. Second place.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Goepper. Second place. Now, the Norwegian, waste and Braaten. A big
0:12:52 > 0:12:59name on the jumps.
0:12:59 > 0:13:08Got some big tricks. Oh, hold tight. Just using that little detail of
0:13:08 > 0:13:19their to get the judges' affection. The switch and the 450 out.
0:13:19 > 0:13:27The switch and the 450 out. Really nice and chatting a
0:13:30 > 0:13:34nice and chatting a cheeky misty thingy off the saddle.Winding up
0:13:34 > 0:13:43hard.Switch double 14.We're going to see back-to-back 14s here. So
0:13:43 > 0:13:51much going on. And absolutely stomping the landing. Braaten with
0:13:51 > 0:14:01the first really powerful run here in men's ski slope finals.There is
0:14:01 > 0:14:04the tail grab with his left hand, inside to outside a shift in hands
0:14:04 > 0:14:14and grabs. And there you go, 95.The judges have gone early, that seems
0:14:14 > 0:14:20really high, really soon. The next man to drop, qualified in third
0:14:20 > 0:14:29place. ABM, Beaulieu-Marchand. Really nice style and a bit
0:14:29 > 0:14:37different, he's very creative.Huge 270 on the first. I really like
0:14:37 > 0:14:47that. Catching it nicely, big 450 on. Looking comfortable here.Ooh.
0:14:47 > 0:14:54Not catching that as he would have liked.You don't often see that kind
0:14:54 > 0:14:59of grab.
0:15:00 > 0:15:06As in goats cheese? You have to have knees like goats cheese to make it!
0:15:06 > 0:15:07The switch...
0:15:07 > 0:15:11knees like goats cheese to make it! The switch... Switch left triple! My
0:15:11 > 0:15:20goodness!Absolutely massive!Switch left triple cork to finish...A
0:15:20 > 0:15:26little hand jive claim in the finish area as well!Yeah!ABM puts down a
0:15:26 > 0:15:32very, very clean run.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38very, very clean run.You can see that he grabs onto his right
0:15:41 > 0:15:49Ski... The chiropractor's dream!It is the fact the foot sideways, while
0:15:49 > 0:15:56his knee is fully extended...This is the 1080...Fully flexed, double
0:15:56 > 0:16:04bye oh ten.And he does a double and a flip, you don't often see that. He
0:16:04 > 0:16:10mistakes up top cost ABM.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16mistakes up top cost ABM. The man who knows how to milk points out of
0:16:16 > 0:16:24the judges, Andri Ragettli. How has he decoded discourse?A cheeky 270,
0:16:24 > 0:16:33comes off early, catching his transition. 271, 270 off.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37transition. 271, 270 off. -- 270 on. For someone with such a big frame,
0:16:37 > 0:16:45he cannot half move it around! The switch up on the down bar...For me,
0:16:45 > 0:16:49that is when it gets hard to judge the rails. He slows it down, and he
0:16:49 > 0:16:57goes very tech. In comparison to the speed that we see from Kenworthy.I
0:16:57 > 0:17:02don't know how he got that around! And again... Looking really good,
0:17:02 > 0:17:10Andri Ragettli...He goes huge on the last kick up! How did he get
0:17:10 > 0:17:15that around? He had no business doing that. He looked like he went
0:17:15 > 0:17:23in really, really slowly. 85.8.I do not think he will be happy with
0:17:23 > 0:17:33that.Now, the first qualifier, the Swede, Oscar Wester with such an
0:17:33 > 0:17:40eclectic run. Runs were fast, flowing and smooth... He has
0:17:40 > 0:17:47literally fallen over as he sets up for the hip...What a mistake that
0:17:47 > 0:17:51was. He wouldn't have been out of place in Tamworth Snow Dome on
0:17:51 > 0:17:58beginner lesson number two.Tied in the top spots. Starting to drop off
0:17:58 > 0:18:01rapidly after fourth place. James Woods of Great Britain is currently
0:18:01 > 0:18:10in eighth position, just behind Gus Kenworthy. He came so close on his
0:18:10 > 0:18:18first run. He had everything in place. Pat Sharples says you have so
0:18:18 > 0:18:22got this!Everyone, take a breath! We are collectively sharing the
0:18:22 > 0:18:28pressure with him.Try and showed a bit of it. Look at that smile... --
0:18:28 > 0:18:38shoulder a bit of it. He is well liked by the free skiing community.
0:18:38 > 0:18:47270 on, 270 off.A double hit that time! Locking the down bar.The
0:18:47 > 0:18:52rails go in different directions and the judges will like that.360 need
0:18:52 > 0:19:02grab...Using the direction of the Twisted Sister kick up but going
0:19:02 > 0:19:08right up off the corner.A better grab that time.A bottom jump here.
0:19:08 > 0:19:16What does he have for us?
0:19:16 > 0:19:23What does he have for us? The octo is there!Yes! Woodsy, that was
0:19:23 > 0:19:28huge! The GB skier showcases a run that shows him at his best. That was
0:19:28 > 0:19:33majestic, take a deep breath and breathe it in. One of the best
0:19:33 > 0:19:43slopestyle skiers in the world Lays down a huge run when it matters...
0:19:43 > 0:19:5491. Second place for Woodsy at the moment. 11 points below Oystein
0:19:54 > 0:20:03Braaten but ahead of the bronze medallist. Currently on a 59,
0:20:03 > 0:20:11Nicholas Goepper in ninth place.The defending bronze medallist in Sochi
0:20:11 > 0:20:17skiing with poles here. He had a broken thumb last time around.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Incidentally, Gus Kenworthy is skiing with a broken thumb. 450 out
0:20:21 > 0:20:27wrong way on the down bar, switching here, a switch 270 but coming off a
0:20:27 > 0:20:33little early. He manages to hold on...
0:20:44 > 0:20:49Snapped right into the landing. Just finishing the rotation... He floats
0:20:49 > 0:20:56that one. Beautiful!It was timed to perfection there. With a double
0:20:56 > 0:21:05grab... I think he knew it was a throwaway there. Just deciding it
0:21:05 > 0:21:11was not worth it.
0:21:11 > 0:21:18was not worth it.The fans at the bottom, they are chanting "USA!" A
0:21:18 > 0:21:22pretzel 450 out. The pretzel is rotating out of the rail, the
0:21:22 > 0:21:28opposite way that you spun onto it. It is difficult because it shows,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31like a grab, ultimate control, you are locked in and you can change
0:21:31 > 0:21:38your direction of rotation. Not the biggest spend, but there was some
0:21:38 > 0:21:44fantastic air in there.Almost angry with himself. Setting up the perfect
0:21:44 > 0:21:49north, he says. That is the ski slope in Indiana where he learned to
0:21:49 > 0:21:55ski. In eighth place.At the top with Oystein Braaten, 95. Now we
0:21:55 > 0:22:01should see some relaxed skiing! A man who knows he is in the gold
0:22:01 > 0:22:12medal position can begin to really turn it on and turned the screw...
0:22:12 > 0:22:21Wow, very clean... 270 out the box. Switch up 450 out through the king
0:22:21 > 0:22:26rail. My goodness!We would try and explain that the run would be
0:22:26 > 0:22:32over... He has missed it!Pulled the cord on that one. The Norwegian is
0:22:32 > 0:22:41going to let it go for run three. But he has said such a high bar --
0:22:41 > 0:22:49set such a high bar. Currently in fifth. ABM. We knew that his rails
0:22:49 > 0:22:55would be strong. But he backed it up with very, very powerful kickers in
0:22:55 > 0:23:03his first run. Now he is poised to strike.He is like a wild Cobra.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08Ready to attack this at any given moment. Well, we say that committee
0:23:08 > 0:23:16is attacking it right now?Is there such thing as a tame Cobra?Oh, yes!
0:23:16 > 0:23:22We really like that, super nice style throughout. Into jump two...
0:23:22 > 0:23:34He has gone really deep on that. Switch 16, the triple at the end.
0:23:34 > 0:23:40Very, very big. The Canadians know it. ABM knows it. A little shake of
0:23:40 > 0:23:48the head, as if to say, wow, I did it!Cannot quite believe it!Gold is
0:23:48 > 0:23:53a 95. We think that might be beyond him. Silver is 91, bronze is
0:23:53 > 0:23:59anything above 89.4. Alex Beaulieu-Marchand of Canada moves
0:23:59 > 0:24:06into the silver medal position! First-place qualifier, the only
0:24:06 > 0:24:12Swede to have made it through.
0:24:12 > 0:24:18Swede to have made it through. Oscar Wester...A much better start.
0:24:18 > 0:24:25Lovely! Over rotating to switch and adding a flourish there.Went early
0:24:25 > 0:24:37off the rail.Flirting with the judges. Ooh!
0:24:37 > 0:24:40judges. Ooh! Wester with the perfect response so far, to a frustrating
0:24:40 > 0:24:49first run.A great double 14 there. The judges absolutely love the use
0:24:49 > 0:24:54of the side take-offs.
0:24:55 > 0:25:04of the side take-offs.Switch double Misty 12. Now... We do know that the
0:25:04 > 0:25:12judges love the site take-offs but I think the rails weren't really up to
0:25:12 > 0:25:27speed.Look at that, 62!So, Wester with it all to do. The second runs
0:25:27 > 0:25:29are done. Oystein Braaten in a gold medal
0:25:29 > 0:25:38position. ABM in silver. James Woods in bronze. James Woods... Britain's
0:25:38 > 0:25:45finest, looking to repeat. Izzy Atkin's accomplishment yesterday,
0:25:45 > 0:25:54take a ski here at -- take a medal here at the ski slopestyle. Pulling
0:25:54 > 0:25:59his lace out and having a joke there. He is currently in a bronze
0:25:59 > 0:26:05medal position with 91, Woodsy. Will he try something different to what
0:26:05 > 0:26:11we have already seen?The switch into the box... Excuse me, a switch
0:26:11 > 0:26:18on to the down bar. 450 out, up and over the goalpost.Went bigger.
0:26:18 > 0:26:26Really like the line.He has missed the 450. A lot of work needed to do.
0:26:26 > 0:26:36He has tagged his way out of that. He is going to use the transition...
0:26:37 > 0:26:44So smooth there. He goes straight over the front.
0:26:44 > 0:26:51over the front.The 1260. The earth came to meet him then.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56came to meet him then.My goodness, it was perfect! Ooh, but he has
0:26:56 > 0:27:00missed the one rail. Arguably the one he has made look so stylish and
0:27:00 > 0:27:12so clean up to this point.270 onto the down bar...450 out. One and a
0:27:12 > 0:27:26quarter spins. That was the mistake. 90 points. If the 450 had been
0:27:26 > 0:27:30there, it would have been an improvement. He could have reeled in
0:27:30 > 0:27:38ABM, Alex Beaulieu-Marchand. Next, the Canadian has not perched a run
0:27:38 > 0:27:42down yet, Harle. Can he pull it together and show the form that we
0:27:42 > 0:27:48saw in qualifiers to make an impression on the podium now?And
0:27:48 > 0:27:52before we saw in Mammoth at the start of the year in the World Cup.
0:27:52 > 0:28:00Missing his tag on the rainbow.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Missing his tag on the rainbow. Nice through the rails, I love that.
0:28:04 > 0:28:09Switch through to the 360.That is the best that he has done, that rail
0:28:09 > 0:28:14is so big.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19is so big. Plenty of purchase off the top. But he has hit it slow.
0:28:19 > 0:28:30Wound up... Big 14 into 12. Now switching into the bottom jump.
0:28:30 > 0:28:38Switch 14.Very, very big.Excuse me, a switch ten. It is a big run,
0:28:38 > 0:28:46but is it worth 90 points? It is all clean!Very nerve-racking. It is a
0:28:46 > 0:28:56very good run.Did he push it far enough?
0:28:56 > 0:29:02enough? 90 points! My goodness. Only good enough for fourth. James Woods
0:29:02 > 0:29:07holds onto the bronze medal position for one more skier. One down, five
0:29:07 > 0:29:12to go.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15to go.The number two, Oystein Braaten, currently sat in old middle
0:29:15 > 0:29:20position.
0:29:20 > 0:29:28position. Can Goepper better his position in Sochi?The answer is I
0:29:28 > 0:29:32don't know. It bronze medal in Sochi, he needs to up his game a
0:29:32 > 0:29:41little here... The nice section through the top... And then
0:29:41 > 0:29:48switching 270 off, on. The kink rail. Not gapping onto that, he
0:29:48 > 0:29:53comes off from the side.Rotating on and off in opposite directions, a
0:29:53 > 0:29:59good show of control through the rails. Tearing into the first of the
0:29:59 > 0:30:07kickers and goes deep.1260 now... Dutifully controlled!A switch right
0:30:07 > 0:30:12double Misty there.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16double Misty there. The double grab...He made it look easy,
0:30:16 > 0:30:19opening early and spotting the landing. Murray makes a grimacing
0:30:19 > 0:30:24luck. You think that is good enough for the podium?I think it will be
0:30:24 > 0:30:33close.It is too close to call.So close.
0:30:33 > 0:30:41So close.The scores are coming, 93.6, Goepper going into silver
0:30:41 > 0:30:46medal position. Beaulieu-Marchand, bronze. James Woods drops out of the
0:30:46 > 0:30:50top three.
0:30:52 > 0:31:00And here is the man currently leading. The Norwegian, focused on
0:31:00 > 0:31:11his third and final run. Will he need to better the 95? More
0:31:11 > 0:31:19pressingly, can he?I think he'll try.He corked that a little bit.
0:31:19 > 0:31:28Working hard to get that around.
0:31:29 > 0:31:35Ooh! It's gone. He almost punched his way into the track, didn't he?
0:31:35 > 0:31:46He was frustrated by that.1260 on the first of the Twisted Sister 's.
0:31:46 > 0:31:57Absolutely huge there.The Norwegian coach, he was setting up until 15,
0:31:57 > 0:32:00his boots will have diamonds on then, such was the pressure on his
0:32:00 > 0:32:04knees to keep them on. They should have come off in the crash but they
0:32:04 > 0:32:15didn't. -- pressure on his skis. Beaulieu-Marchand, dropping in.
0:32:15 > 0:32:24Currently bronze medal position. Can he improve?Really good skier. Nice
0:32:24 > 0:32:36to see him do well here. And the gap. 450. Just flipped on it. --
0:32:36 > 0:32:45slipped on it. He's so consistent with that.Swinging himself over the
0:32:45 > 0:32:55front. The double under nine that you so like, Murray. He made it look
0:32:55 > 0:33:04good. Huge triple to finish it off. The way he throws it, the
0:33:04 > 0:33:08centrifugal force, it's like he's a passenger who is along for the ride.
0:33:08 > 0:33:17Doesn't really have the style of Woodsy's triple.Beaulieu-Marchand
0:33:17 > 0:33:27fans. Self waxing.Stays in third place with that 92.4.Two men left
0:33:27 > 0:33:32to drop.
0:33:32 > 0:33:39to drop. Ragettli. If anyone can, he can.He's really got to focus and
0:33:39 > 0:33:44turn it on.You can see him just closing his eyes.Looks like he's
0:33:44 > 0:33:50waiting for his music.
0:33:54 > 0:34:00So, visualising the run. Getting himself in the zone. Blocking out
0:34:00 > 0:34:07everything else. All the media and preparation, the TV, the
0:34:07 > 0:34:17expectation. Talks himself through it. Now it's only about the skiing.
0:34:17 > 0:34:25Clean.Very clean through the first rail. Nearly coming to a stop before
0:34:25 > 0:34:30he gets onto the kink rail.He looked like he was tap dancing, that
0:34:30 > 0:34:37was magic.A little bit of Michael Flatley through the kink rail.Nice
0:34:37 > 0:34:43flat spin there over the drop.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49flat spin there over the drop.Going deep on the first kicker.Yes, 1260
0:34:49 > 0:34:53brings him in switch here.This is the fastest we've seen him coming
0:34:53 > 0:35:01through these kickers. He wants to go big. Scrapping it. He had to open
0:35:01 > 0:35:08up. Did he take too much speed off it?Yeah.So disappointing for the
0:35:08 > 0:35:12Swiss, he knew what he had to do and it would have put him in gold medal
0:35:12 > 0:35:18position but that level of risk, that level of desire...
0:35:18 > 0:35:26Unfortunately not being repaid by consistency.
0:35:26 > 0:35:37consistency. 65.4. So, Braaten is guaranteed at least a silver.
0:35:37 > 0:35:43Goepper is guaranteed at least a bronze. Beaulieu-Marchand will watch
0:35:43 > 0:35:49very nervously, in bronze medal position as Oscar Wester, the loan
0:35:49 > 0:35:58weed who make it from qualifying, who made it had some the favourites
0:35:58 > 0:36:05-- the lone Swede.
0:36:05 > 0:36:11-- the lone Swede.He needs the run of his life peer.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16of his life peer. Huge 450 on. Oh, he's gone.That's it, the
0:36:16 > 0:36:23celebrations can begin down at the bottom. A fantastic first run that
0:36:23 > 0:36:33has stood the test of time. In second place, the American. Upping
0:36:33 > 0:36:44his bronze medal in Sochi with a silver here in Pyeongchang.
0:36:44 > 0:36:45silver here in Pyeongchang. Third place, Beaulieu-Marchand.
0:36:45 > 0:36:52Heartbreaking and, in fourth place, James Woods.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55James Woods. Braaten in gold, Goepper in silver, Beaulieu-Marchand
0:36:55 > 0:37:00in bronze and woods in fourth.I spoke to your brother before the
0:37:00 > 0:37:04qualifiers and he told me you were going to
0:37:04 > 0:37:07qualifiers and he told me you were going to win, was that always the
0:37:07 > 0:37:12case?No, so many amazing riders here today. I was happy to make it
0:37:12 > 0:37:15to the finals and my goal was to go for my best man, I had nothing to
0:37:15 > 0:37:22lose. In my first run I landed my best one, I think. Really stoked but
0:37:22 > 0:37:27I didn't expect to win today.Tough for you because you're rails are
0:37:27 > 0:37:34your strongest point. Was it slipping on that 450?Yes, the last
0:37:34 > 0:37:40run, man, it was, totally. That sit back was a bit out of control. But
0:37:40 > 0:37:47you know what I mean? It's a game of perfection. It's not just that,
0:37:47 > 0:37:53you've got to go beyond it, difficulty wise. That was insane. I
0:37:53 > 0:37:58came here, I constructed this run to win. It was definitely going for
0:37:58 > 0:38:04broke. It wasn't the perfect run from me and that's what you need. It
0:38:04 > 0:38:07wasn't quite perfect but I managed to step up and I did it three times
0:38:07 > 0:38:15in a row. I'm in awe of myself. Triple dipping twice on the same
0:38:15 > 0:38:20run, we liked it in commentary. Is it fair to say freestyle skiing won
0:38:20 > 0:38:27today?Yeah, it was an amazing show and that's what we do. It isn't
0:38:27 > 0:38:30first across the line. We might go back and we will look and it may not
0:38:30 > 0:38:39be dead right but that was a show and goodness me, it was a good one.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41The men's 15 kilometre biathlon mass start is another opportunity
0:38:41 > 0:38:44for Martin Fourcade to make history and become the first
0:38:44 > 0:38:51Frenchman to win four Winter Olympics gold medals.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53He has already won pursuit gold.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Some sloppy shooting in the sprint event and 20 kilometre individual
0:38:56 > 0:38:58saw him miss out on adding to his pursuit gold
0:38:58 > 0:39:04from earlier in these Games.
0:39:04 > 0:39:15Fourcade and Thingnes Boe and Peiffer
0:39:15 > 0:39:16Fourcade and Thingnes Boe and Peiffer starting at the beginning.
0:39:16 > 0:39:28What a race in prospect. They are underway and there is a big roar.
0:39:28 > 0:39:37Fourcade taking believe. His rival through the season, Thingnes Boe,
0:39:37 > 0:39:42right behind him, as are the other 28 men trying to stop the figures
0:39:42 > 0:39:45from France and Norway who have dominated the World Cup circuit so
0:39:45 > 0:39:55far this season. Fourcade, wearing bib two, Thingnes Boe, Surrey. --
0:39:55 > 0:40:06three. Thingnes Boe and Fourcade winning 14 out of 15 races this
0:40:06 > 0:40:09season. An amazing record but despite that both of them have shown
0:40:09 > 0:40:16moments of vulnerability. One gold beach. How Fourcade and Thingnes Boe
0:40:16 > 0:40:24would like to get one over on each other -- one gold each. They will be
0:40:24 > 0:40:31side by side at a shooting range as well. Fourcade, some metres opening
0:40:31 > 0:40:42up here over Thingnes Boe and Peiffer. A little bit of traffic for
0:40:42 > 0:40:48those men, ten, 20 places down the field. Number 19 is Erik Lesser,
0:40:48 > 0:40:51we'll have to watch him because he's brilliant with the right thing. 11th
0:40:51 > 0:41:01in the pursuit and ninth place in the individual. Look at this. We
0:41:01 > 0:41:07have a dozen or so coming into the range. In fact by the time they line
0:41:07 > 0:41:11up and pay themselves for the first of the four shoots, which is prone,
0:41:11 > 0:41:16lying down, pretty much two thirds of the field will be in the range
0:41:16 > 0:41:22together. They'll be watching for a flash of red which tells you that
0:41:22 > 0:41:32there has been a miss which will add 22 seconds to that biatheletes's
0:41:32 > 0:41:39time by the time they have gone around the penalty loop. Here we go,
0:41:39 > 0:41:49then. They'll spend a couple of seconds building the position.
0:41:51 > 0:41:56Fourcade, as we look over Peiffer's shoulder. Fourcade is a master at
0:41:56 > 0:42:03putting his rivals under pressure. Three out of five so far. Missing
0:42:03 > 0:42:09one there, Fourcade has missed one. Thingnes Boe is yet to make a
0:42:09 > 0:42:15mistake. Peiffer has made a mistake. Thingnes Boe, yes, shooting clean.
0:42:15 > 0:42:25So too Samuelsson. So, Fourcade has got to ski a penalty loop. Jakov
0:42:25 > 0:42:37Fak. Some significant names there. Thingnes Boe, Samuelsson and Erik
0:42:37 > 0:42:44Lesser. All shooting clean. The reason the crowd are excited is that
0:42:44 > 0:42:51Timothy Lapshin has gone on to the cause in first position. He was
0:42:51 > 0:42:57representing Russia until last February. Oh, there is a fall, it is
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Fourcade. Martin Fourcade not only had to ski a penalty loop but as he
0:43:00 > 0:43:06came out of the penalty loop he had a fall as well. This isn't going the
0:43:06 > 0:43:16Frenchman's way. He's 25 seconds off the pace, down in 19th place.
0:43:17 > 0:43:23Entrusting, the rainy World champion in the sprint race, he should be
0:43:23 > 0:43:32feeling pretty fresh, having not taken part in the
0:43:34 > 0:43:36taken part in the individual,
0:43:36 > 0:43:45taken part in the individual,. We have a group of 13.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50have a group of 13. Fourcade is now 14 seconds adrift, so he is closing.
0:43:50 > 0:43:54On the exit of the first shoot he was 25 seconds adrift, so he has
0:43:54 > 0:43:59made up 11 seconds. That's good work from the Frenchman especially
0:43:59 > 0:44:03bearing in mind that he took a tumble as he went on his second
0:44:03 > 0:44:11circuit. On the right of picture you have Thingnes Boe, and Jakov Fak, in
0:44:11 > 0:44:20that distinctive lime green. Here come the rest of the men. Dulin
0:44:20 > 0:44:33Eberhard, who missed one. There is Fourcade, wearing two. He has some
0:44:33 > 0:44:37traffic to contend with here. Another uncharacteristic error from
0:44:37 > 0:44:43Fourcade, on his visit to the range, making a difference between him
0:44:43 > 0:44:50being at the front and being back in around 17th, 18th place.
0:44:50 > 0:44:5611 seconds off the pace now.
0:44:58 > 0:45:04We have a group of around 12 or 13... This time, when they come into
0:45:04 > 0:45:08the range, they will not have to go to the Lane that directly correlates
0:45:08 > 0:45:19with their bid number. It is however close they can get to Lane one. A
0:45:19 > 0:45:27great atmosphere in this event... The second of four shoots. This one
0:45:27 > 0:45:31is prone, lying down, but on the third and fourth they will be aiming
0:45:31 > 0:45:36at a bigger target. Understandably so, it is much harder to shoot
0:45:36 > 0:45:41standing up and lying down. Trying to lower their poles and trying to
0:45:41 > 0:45:45focus on the job in hand. Johannes Thingnes Boe wearing number three.
0:45:45 > 0:45:51Five is this brilliant shooting Swede, Sebastian Samuelsson, with
0:45:51 > 0:45:55the best shooting record of anyone in this biathlon so far. He has
0:45:55 > 0:46:02competed in all three events. You are watching for a flash of red.
0:46:02 > 0:46:06Sebastian Samuelsson got a silver in the pursuit, only 20 years old. A
0:46:06 > 0:46:15flash of red means a penalty loop. Who is first to shoot? Roaring his
0:46:15 > 0:46:19way through there, Erik Lesser. Johannes Thingnes Boe, Erik Lesser
0:46:19 > 0:46:29shoots clean.
0:46:30 > 0:46:36There are some big names who have shot clean.
0:46:39 > 0:46:44shot clean. Lesser, one of the first to out onto the circuit. Johannes
0:46:44 > 0:46:48Thingnes Boe will have two ski the penalty loop. Martin Fourcade
0:46:48 > 0:46:54shooting clean on that one. He has one Miss, but he has exited in
0:46:54 > 0:47:00eighth place. Still watching to see Johannes Thingnes Boe's position
0:47:00 > 0:47:13there after the penalty loop. Brilliant
0:47:14 > 0:47:18Brilliant stuff from Benedict and Eric Lesser. He has been very
0:47:18 > 0:47:22consistent, Lesser, in the competition this far. The two
0:47:22 > 0:47:26Germans led out of shoot two. That is why the German coach was very
0:47:26 > 0:47:31excited.
0:47:36 > 0:47:47excited. It can all change so very, very quickly.
0:47:47 > 0:47:55very quickly. Here is the leaderboard now...
0:47:55 > 0:48:00leaderboard now... Johannes Thingnes Boe is effectively out of this. I
0:48:00 > 0:48:03was watching to see when he came out of the range. He didn't just miss
0:48:03 > 0:48:10one or two, but three. He is one minute 14 seconds off the pace and
0:48:10 > 0:48:20he is the last. It just shows how quickly your race can unravel. His
0:48:20 > 0:48:26brother is in this big group, Tarjei Boe. Martin Fourcade up into fourth
0:48:26 > 0:48:31place with the leaders.
0:48:41 > 0:48:47Meanwhile, Martin Fourcade is up to third. How confident will be German
0:48:47 > 0:48:55relay team they? For the men and the women. All four Germans in this big
0:48:55 > 0:48:59lead group. Now they are coming into the range for the third time. This
0:48:59 > 0:49:03will be their third shoot in the standing position where they will be
0:49:03 > 0:49:09aiming at a target instead of 4.5 centimetres in diameter, 12.5. You
0:49:09 > 0:49:13would expect the target to be bigger. It is much more difficult to
0:49:13 > 0:49:18shoot standing.
0:49:18 > 0:49:30shoot standing. The reigning world champion in this event there. One
0:49:30 > 0:49:32mistake from Martin Fourcade on his first visit to the range. Flawless
0:49:32 > 0:49:38on his second.
0:49:38 > 0:49:43on his second. In the lime-green of Slovenia. He is a world champion in
0:49:43 > 0:49:50this event from three years ago, Jakov Fak. Watch for the flasher
0:49:50 > 0:49:58bread. Each one will result in a penalty loop. Here you go... Martin
0:49:58 > 0:50:04Fourcade, two down.
0:50:04 > 0:50:07Fourcade, two down. Lindstroem makes a mistake. Martin Fourcade shooting
0:50:07 > 0:50:15clean, doing what he does best. Superb from the Frenchman, just what
0:50:15 > 0:50:20he needed.
0:50:23 > 0:50:29he needed. Akov Fak -- Jakov Fak with a miss which could be costly
0:50:29 > 0:50:36for him. Sebastian Samuelsson skiing a penalty loop after being so good
0:50:36 > 0:50:42with the rifle up until this stage. Martin Fourcade will feel, surely,
0:50:42 > 0:50:47if you can get through the fourth and final shoot with no further
0:50:47 > 0:51:00mistakes, as though a second gold medal would be his. Number 15 is the
0:51:00 > 0:51:06defending champion, Emil Hegle Svendsen. Up these three have a
0:51:06 > 0:51:12sizeable advantage above the rest. 13-14 seconds but the penalty loop
0:51:12 > 0:51:18works out to be about 22-24 seconds. Now it is going to be fascinating
0:51:18 > 0:51:22watching Martin Fourcade, when he comes into the range for the fourth
0:51:22 > 0:51:29and final time.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32and final time. Erik Lesser, a silver medallist twice four years
0:51:32 > 0:51:41ago. He has been, by far, the best at the range. Martin Fourcade, the
0:51:41 > 0:51:48three-time winter Olympic champion, can he produce a quarter of golds --
0:51:48 > 0:51:55quartet of golds? Erik Lesser in Lane one. The world champion in
0:51:55 > 0:51:59number three. Martin Fourcade between. They are all up and
0:51:59 > 0:52:03running. No mistakes from anyone yet... Erik Lesser's first mistake
0:52:03 > 0:52:14there. And one from the German. Martin
0:52:16 > 0:52:21Martin Fourcade and Schempp. Martin Fourcade against the world champion.
0:52:21 > 0:52:27Real disappointment there for Erik Lesser. Now, can one of these men
0:52:27 > 0:52:32get into the mix? They would surely have two shoot clean. It is the
0:52:32 > 0:52:37first to finish.
0:52:44 > 0:52:54Benedict Dole has shot clean. So too has the defending Winter Olympic
0:52:54 > 0:52:56champion Emil Hegle Svendsen. It is Martin Fourcade and Schempp on the
0:52:56 > 0:53:04final circuit together. Still waiting to see who is out third. It
0:53:04 > 0:53:10is Doll, after shooting clean on that visit. Martin Fourcade, no
0:53:10 > 0:53:15luxury of a fist pump to the crowd there. Because the reigning world
0:53:15 > 0:53:22champion in this event, Schempp, is breathing down his neck. Doll in
0:53:22 > 0:53:26third, the defending champion has come out of nowhere to be in with a
0:53:26 > 0:53:33shout on the podium. Erik Lesser, some costly misses on the range. We
0:53:33 > 0:53:40have, it looks to be, about three men all vying, at the moment, for
0:53:40 > 0:53:46the bronze. Doll, the sprint world champion. The defending champion
0:53:46 > 0:53:49Emil Hegle Svendsen and Erik Lesser, the German who has been by far the
0:53:49 > 0:53:53most accurate on the range up until the last visit. This is the battle
0:53:53 > 0:54:04for the gold. Five men, only room on the podium for three.
0:54:04 > 0:54:10the podium for three. Can Martin Fourcade find exhilaration here?
0:54:11 > 0:54:13Fourcade find exhilaration here? -- acceleration here, in the last
0:54:13 > 0:54:19couple of calamitous.
0:54:20 > 0:54:26couple of calamitous. -- in the last couple of kilometres here? We will
0:54:26 > 0:54:30see some incredible celebrations at the end if he does. And what about
0:54:30 > 0:54:35Schempp? He had a relay silver four years ago but this would be by far
0:54:35 > 0:54:39the biggest victory of his career. He is a world champion in this event
0:54:39 > 0:54:42but this is the Winter Olympic Games and it only comes around once every
0:54:42 > 0:54:48four years. If Schempp is to become the champion, he will do so beating
0:54:48 > 0:54:56one of the all-time greats, Martin Fourcade, the Frenchman. 1400 metres
0:54:56 > 0:54:59to go. And still nothing to separate these two men. But which is hurting
0:54:59 > 0:55:06the most? Who is going to start settling for a silver medal first?
0:55:06 > 0:55:16Who is driven on why a relentless desire for glory? A massive burst of
0:55:16 > 0:55:24acceleration by Erik Lesser. And it is Benedict Doll, suddenly finding
0:55:24 > 0:55:27himself out of contention. A couple of metres opening up. Erik Lesser is
0:55:27 > 0:55:33in third. The
0:55:35 > 0:55:40in third. The defending champion Svendsen in fourth. Doll in fifth.
0:55:40 > 0:55:46Martin Fourcade and Schempp, preparing themselves for the final
0:55:46 > 0:55:54assault. One more lung bursting push for the line. And what about this
0:55:54 > 0:56:02battle for the bronze? The three of them store there.
0:56:02 > 0:56:12them store there. Look at this for the defending champion, Svendsen is
0:56:12 > 0:56:15desperate for another Olympic medal. He hasn't produced his best so far
0:56:15 > 0:56:21but this is the closest he's come to being on the podium in these games.
0:56:21 > 0:56:27Now... This is what world-class sport is all about... If you are
0:56:27 > 0:56:31watching a biathlon for the first time it does not matter. But who has
0:56:31 > 0:56:36the heart, who has the drive? Who has the desire and who has the
0:56:36 > 0:56:41belief to seal a moment that will go down in history? The world champion
0:56:41 > 0:56:47Schempp, Martin Fourcade, the multiple Winter Olympic champion,
0:56:47 > 0:56:54this will be the biggest moment in Schempp's life. Fourcade is driving.
0:56:54 > 0:56:59Schempp on the right-hand side. It is so close, shoulder to shoulder.
0:56:59 > 0:57:04My goodness me! It is a photo finish. I think that Fourcade thinks
0:57:04 > 0:57:10he may have lost it on the line. Does Svendsen have the bronze, the
0:57:10 > 0:57:15defending champion? He has! Svendsen is on the podium again. Fourcade is
0:57:15 > 0:57:22shaking his head. Has Schempp relegated Fourcade down to the
0:57:22 > 0:57:27silver medal for the third successive time in these games?
0:57:27 > 0:57:36Fourcade has been given it. Silver in Vancouver, silver in Sochi, is it
0:57:36 > 0:57:41a gold medal for Fourcade? I think it might be! Incredible drama here
0:57:41 > 0:57:44at the finish. I'm sure Fourcade thought he had not done enough
0:57:44 > 0:57:51there. Remember, he was tied on time with Svendsen four years ago and
0:57:51 > 0:57:54came out on the wrong side of a photo finish for a second successive
0:57:54 > 0:58:01silver. And it looks as though he has done it. By the narrowest of
0:58:01 > 0:58:08margins. Martin Fourcade becomes a four time Winter Olympic champion.
0:58:08 > 0:58:14Here, we get it from the side. Schempp nearest to the camera. From
0:58:14 > 0:58:23that angle, you can just about see the front of the boot earth Martin
0:58:23 > 0:58:26Fourcade is centimetres, maybe even just one centimetre, further towards
0:58:26 > 0:58:34the finish line than Schempp. That is it. Fourcade nearest to the
0:58:34 > 0:58:40camera. He did it. Fourcade cementing his status as one of the
0:58:40 > 0:58:42sport's all-time greats.
0:58:42 > 0:58:49That's all from us for now.
0:58:49 > 0:58:52I'll be back at half-past midnight over on BBC One with life coverage
0:58:52 > 0:58:55of the start of the ice dance competition, with Nick Buckland
0:58:55 > 0:58:57and Penny Coomes in action for Great Britain.
0:58:57 > 0:58:58We'll have extended highlights of that here
0:58:58 > 0:58:59on BBC Four tomorrow night.