18/02/2018 Winter Olympics Extra

This is the biggest day so far in

these Games.

Isabel Atkin, what has she got in

her run? The biggest run

Isabel Atkin, what has she got in

her run? The biggest run in her life

starting now. Come on, the final

jump.

jump. We must remain impartial here.

Its third-place! Ladies and

gentlemen, Great Britain's Izzy

Atkin taking bronze.

Let's turn our attention to the

short track speed skating.

A big

night ahead, the 1500 metres, the

heat is about to start. Tremendous

return to the ice. Elise Christie is

through to the semifinal.

Today it's

all about the skeleton.

A warm

welcome to the Sliding Centre head

of round three of the women's

skeleton.

skeleton. Yarnold and Deas won't be

separated. Laura stays in fourth

place. Elise Christie, she needs to

finish in the first two to get into

the Olympic final. And now the race

is on as they take the bell. Choi

Minjeong leading the way. Going

around the final bend and Christie

has crashed again now, in the

semifinal. Yet again she ends up in

a distraught heap on the floor. Now

we come to the potential medallists.

Hold it together!

Laura Davies goes

next for Great Britain. -- Laura

Deas. She is confirmed as fourth.

Lizzy Yarnold next, the Olympic

champion, can she make history and

win it again?

Look at the gap.

This

could be at least silver for use it

-- fought Lizzy Yarnold. She makes

it to the front.

That is a gold

winning run.

winning run.

But the run of her 28

years required to beat Lizzy

Yarnold. It looks like Yarnold is

going to take God again. She wins

God again! -- gold again.

A great day for Great Britain and

the Winter Olympics.

What a day it was in

Pyeongchang yesterday.

Three medals for Great Britain.

Their greatest ever tally for a

single day in the Winter Olympics.

Lizzy Yarnold became the first

British athlete ever to defend their

Winter Olympics title.

British athlete ever to defend their

Winter Olympics title. Later we'll

show you highlights of the 15

kilometre men's mass start in the

biathlon but first, all eyes were on

James Woods.

The slopestyle skier was hoping

to follow in Izzy Atkin's footsteps

after her bronze in the women's

ski slopestyle yesterday.

James has been talking

to Tim Warwood.

You do it because you love it and

that's why we got into it.

that's why we got into it. The

mountain is like a blank canvas to

show yourself.

For those who don't

know, where did it start for you?

I'm from Sheffield, that's it. My

family didn't ski or snowboard. On

the Druyts slope my mum found a

lesson in the newspaper and I went

and tried it and I went every day --

the dry slope.

In the holiday he was

there all day. I used to go from

work and take him a sandwich, we'd

meet up and see what he was doing.

I'm James Woods, I got silver in ski

cross and God on the halfpipe. --

gold.

The local guys in Sheffield, that's

how it works, it's that gate park

mentality.

The X Games, it's freestyle skiing

and snowboarding, that was the

Olympics at the time, wasn't it?

That's what you aspire to.

We are

brand-new to the Olympics. I didn't

grow up staring down the Olympics as

the ultimate goal, I genuinely

didn't think I'd be in it. It was as

big a surprise for me as anybody

that the skiing slopestyle. Enter

it. Ireland Charb asking me -- I

remember

remember Charb asking me how to do

it. Representing your country, that

has brought the Olympics up to par.

Actually this is really weird. I'm

not competing for myself, it is

Great Britain. I'm wearing this kit,

different or something done before.

Freestyle skiing, it is an image, if

you look good you can ski well.

And

you are wearing a uniform.

It is

weird, really strange, conforming

and wearing this and being part of a

team, it's strange. The Olympics, it

kinds of hits home. I'm not doing

this for personal gain. Of course I

am, in a way, I'm a competitive

person, you see a challenge and you

get the iron of the Tiger, don't

you? The representing your country

bit, that was probably the biggest

thing I could take out of it.

Considering how hard he's had to

work off the back of a painful hip

injury he be pleased with that

result. If you got a comical at the

Olympics, it's a life changer.

-- if you got a gold-medal.

I am the

baggy and grimy kid who loves

something no one else knows about,

that's who I am. I want to influence

and inspire some people. I love

skiing more than anything. I love

charging, I will ski for ever.

Over to Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood,

who are in commentary for this one.

Evan Mceachran, the Canadian.

Evan Mceachran, the Canadian.

He has

been so solid through this course.

He should have a very technical top

section, he's very strong on the

rails.

Certainly getting it done

there through the kick whale.

there through the kick whale. --

rail.

The level of technicality was

off the chart. I like coming out of

that section off the corner. A nice

line.

Possibly the cleanest we've

seen the rails, can he back it up

with strong kickers?.

The 1260. Now

into the bottom jump. One, two,

three, four and a half, 1620! That's

how you start things off.

This boy

has landed an incredible run. So

much composure.

Yeah, very clean,

apart from that one rail he was

pinpoint.

This is going to be

breathtaking. With perfect

conditions at Phoenix Park it means

we're seeing consistency, which is

what we saw in qualifying. Everyone

stomping their run. The judges

leaving themselves plenty of room

there.

Yeah.

OK, Woodsy, good to go.

Woodsy, Great Britain's finest free

skier. Qualified,

skier. Qualified, comfortably. In

great form, winning the first World

Cup of the season in New Zealand and

he took silver two weeks ago at X

Games. Can he do what he did in the

qualifiers and get a clean run?

I

love this line. Just hitting the

post as well, showing his control to

the judges. He'll be absolutely

frothing. He'll feel like a kid

that's come down at Christmas and

seen a bounty operatives under the

tree. Into the first of the jumps --

bounty of presence.

bounty of presence. So good on the

first jump. Huge Twardzik

a huge 1260 now. Are we going to see

a trick? Yes, it is.

Oh, Woodsy. It

was silent, hearts were bouncing off

the walls. Sending it so deep, he

looked so good on every landing.

He

knows it was right there at his

fingertips.

Unbelievable run. Look

at the grab, sending it so deep.

Just caught the edge. Woodsy,

philosophical about that. He'll know

that it's there, he knows how close

it is. Two more runs in which to lay

it down. Nick Goepper.

This will be

big.

big.

Using the start and then the

transition to get back.

450, off the

bottom there. Keeping it switch

there. Lucky to get away with that.

Really lucky, the hands came above

the head, really working hard.

Coming off early again there. Two

get out of jail free cards from the

rail features. Can he make amends?

Nice and easy does it, don't pass

go, don't collect £200. Into this

huge Twardzik the, switch 12 -- huge

1260. He didn't have the speed for

the third and final jump by the

looks of it.

So, Goepper, a couple

of people, some of the commentators

I spoke to use to be judges and they

suspected he was a little bit

oversaw his first run. I think it

was 91.2. They saw it more in the

high 80s in the context of all of

the runs. That is scratchy. It

doesn't matter any more, qualifying

is a separate contest.

is a separate contest. 59, for

Goepper. Second place.

Goepper. Second place. Now, the

Norwegian, waste and Braaten. A big

name on the jumps.

Got some big tricks. Oh, hold tight.

Just using that little detail of

their to get the judges' affection.

The switch and the 450 out.

The switch and the 450 out. Really

nice and chatting a

nice and chatting a cheeky misty

thingy off the saddle.

Winding up

hard.

Switch double 14.

We're going

to see back-to-back 14s here. So

much going on. And absolutely

stomping the landing. Braaten with

the first really powerful run here

in men's ski slope finals.

There is

the tail grab with his left hand,

inside to outside a shift in hands

and grabs. And there you go, 95.

The

judges have gone early, that seems

really high, really soon. The next

man to drop, qualified in third

place. ABM, Beaulieu-Marchand.

Really nice style and a bit

different, he's very creative.

Huge

270 on the first. I really like

that. Catching it nicely, big 450

on. Looking comfortable here.

Ooh.

Not catching that as he would have

liked.

You don't often see that kind

of grab.

As in goats cheese? You have to have

knees like goats cheese to make it!

The switch...

knees like goats cheese to make it!

The switch... Switch left triple! My

goodness!

Absolutely massive!

Switch

left triple cork to finish...

A

little hand jive claim in the finish

area as well!

Yeah!

ABM puts down a

very, very clean run.

very, very clean run.

You can see

that he grabs onto his right

Ski... The chiropractor's dream!

It

is the fact the foot sideways, while

his knee is fully extended...

This

is the 1080...

Fully flexed, double

bye oh ten.

And he does a double and

a flip, you don't often see that. He

mistakes up top cost ABM.

mistakes up top cost ABM. The man

who knows how to milk points out of

the judges, Andri Ragettli. How has

he decoded discourse?

A cheeky 270,

comes off early, catching his

transition. 271, 270 off.

transition. 271, 270 off. -- 270 on.

For someone with such a big frame,

he cannot half move it around! The

switch up on the down bar...

For me,

that is when it gets hard to judge

the rails. He slows it down, and he

goes very tech. In comparison to the

speed that we see from Kenworthy.

I

don't know how he got that around!

And again... Looking really good,

Andri Ragettli...

He goes huge on

the last kick up! How did he get

that around? He had no business

doing that. He looked like he went

in really, really slowly. 85.8.

I do

not think he will be happy with

that.

Now, the first qualifier, the

Swede, Oscar Wester with such an

eclectic run. Runs were fast,

flowing and smooth... He has

literally fallen over as he sets up

for the hip...

What a mistake that

was. He wouldn't have been out of

place in Tamworth Snow Dome on

beginner lesson number two.

Tied in

the top spots. Starting to drop off

rapidly after fourth place. James

Woods of Great Britain is currently

in eighth position, just behind Gus

Kenworthy. He came so close on his

first run. He had everything in

place. Pat Sharples says you have so

got this!

Everyone, take a breath!

We are collectively sharing the

pressure with him.

Try and showed a

bit of it. Look at that smile... --

shoulder a bit of it. He is well

liked by the free skiing community.

270 on, 270 off.

A double hit that

time! Locking the down bar.

The

rails go in different directions and

the judges will like that.

360 need

grab...

Using the direction of the

Twisted Sister kick up but going

right up off the corner.

A better

grab that time.

A bottom jump here.

What does he have for us?

What does he have for us? The octo

is there!

Yes! Woodsy, that was

huge! The GB skier showcases a run

that shows him at his best. That was

majestic, take a deep breath and

breathe it in. One of the best

slopestyle skiers in the world Lays

down a huge run when it matters...

91. Second place for Woodsy at the

moment. 11 points below Oystein

Braaten but ahead of the bronze

medallist. Currently on a 59,

Nicholas Goepper in ninth place.

The

defending bronze medallist in Sochi

skiing with poles here. He had a

broken thumb last time around.

Incidentally, Gus Kenworthy is

skiing with a broken thumb. 450 out

wrong way on the down bar, switching

here, a switch 270 but coming off a

little early. He manages to hold

on...

Snapped right into the landing. Just

finishing the rotation... He floats

that one. Beautiful!

It was timed to

perfection there. With a double

grab... I think he knew it was a

throwaway there. Just deciding it

was not worth it.

was not worth it.

The fans at the

bottom, they are chanting "USA!" A

pretzel 450 out. The pretzel is

rotating out of the rail, the

opposite way that you spun onto it.

It is difficult because it shows,

like a grab, ultimate control, you

are locked in and you can change

your direction of rotation. Not the

biggest spend, but there was some

fantastic air in there.

Almost angry

with himself. Setting up the perfect

north, he says. That is the ski

slope in Indiana where he learned to

ski. In eighth place.

At the top

with Oystein Braaten, 95. Now we

should see some relaxed skiing! A

man who knows he is in the gold

medal position can begin to really

turn it on and turned the screw...

Wow, very clean... 270 out the box.

Switch up 450 out through the king

rail. My goodness!

We would try and

explain that the run would be

over... He has missed it!

Pulled the

cord on that one. The Norwegian is

going to let it go for run three.

But he has said such a high bar --

set such a high bar. Currently in

fifth. ABM. We knew that his rails

would be strong. But he backed it up

with very, very powerful kickers in

his first run. Now he is poised to

strike.

He is like a wild Cobra.

Ready to attack this at any given

moment. Well, we say that committee

is attacking it right now?

Is there

such thing as a tame Cobra?

Oh, yes!

We really like that, super nice

style throughout. Into jump two...

He has gone really deep on that.

Switch 16, the triple at the end.

Very, very big. The Canadians know

it. ABM knows it. A little shake of

the head, as if to say, wow, I did

it!

Cannot quite believe it!

Gold is

a 95. We think that might be beyond

him. Silver is 91, bronze is

anything above 89.4. Alex

Beaulieu-Marchand of Canada moves

into the silver medal position!

First-place qualifier, the only

Swede to have made it through.

Swede to have made it through. Oscar

Wester...

A much better start.

Lovely! Over rotating to switch and

adding a flourish there.

Went early

off the rail.

Flirting with the

judges. Ooh!

judges. Ooh! Wester with the perfect

response so far, to a frustrating

first run.

A great double 14 there.

The judges absolutely love the use

of the side take-offs.

of the side take-offs.

Switch double

Misty 12. Now... We do know that the

judges love the site take-offs but I

think the rails weren't really up to

speed.

Look at that, 62!

So, Wester

with it all to do. The second runs

are done.

Oystein Braaten in a gold medal

position. ABM in silver. James Woods

in bronze. James Woods... Britain's

finest, looking to repeat. Izzy

Atkin's accomplishment yesterday,

take a ski here at -- take a medal

here at the ski slopestyle. Pulling

his lace out and having a joke

there. He is currently in a bronze

medal position with 91, Woodsy. Will

he try something different to what

we have already seen?

The switch

into the box... Excuse me, a switch

on to the down bar. 450 out, up and

over the goalpost.

Went bigger.

Really like the line.

He has missed

the 450. A lot of work needed to do.

He has tagged his way out of that.

He is going to use the transition...

So smooth there. He goes straight

over the front.

over the front.

The 1260. The earth

came to meet him then.

came to meet him then.

My goodness,

it was perfect! Ooh, but he has

missed the one rail. Arguably the

one he has made look so stylish and

so clean up to this point.

270 onto

the down bar...

450 out. One and a

quarter spins. That was the mistake.

90 points. If the 450 had been

there, it would have been an

improvement. He could have reeled in

ABM, Alex Beaulieu-Marchand. Next,

the Canadian has not perched a run

down yet, Harle. Can he pull it

together and show the form that we

saw in qualifiers to make an

impression on the podium now?

And

before we saw in Mammoth at the

start of the year in the World Cup.

Missing his tag on the rainbow.

Missing his tag on the rainbow. Nice

through the rails, I love that.

Switch through to the 360.

That is

the best that he has done, that rail

is so big.

is so big. Plenty of purchase off

the top. But he has hit it slow.

Wound up... Big 14 into 12. Now

switching into the bottom jump.

Switch 14.

Very, very big.

Excuse

me, a switch ten. It is a big run,

but is it worth 90 points? It is all

clean!

Very nerve-racking. It is a

very good run.

Did he push it far

enough?

enough? 90 points! My goodness. Only

good enough for fourth. James Woods

holds onto the bronze medal position

for one more skier. One down, five

to go.

to go.

The number two, Oystein

Braaten, currently sat in old middle

position.

position. Can Goepper better his

position in Sochi?

The answer is I

don't know. It bronze medal in

Sochi, he needs to up his game a

little here... The nice section

through the top... And then

switching 270 off, on. The kink

rail. Not gapping onto that, he

comes off from the side.

Rotating on

and off in opposite directions, a

good show of control through the

rails. Tearing into the first of the

kickers and goes deep.

1260 now...

Dutifully controlled!

A switch right

double Misty there.

double Misty there. The double

grab...

He made it look easy,

opening early and spotting the

landing. Murray makes a grimacing

luck. You think that is good enough

for the podium?

I think it will be

close.

It is too close to call.

So

close.

So close.

The scores are coming,

93.6, Goepper going into silver

medal position. Beaulieu-Marchand,

bronze. James Woods drops out of the

top three.

And here is the man currently

leading. The Norwegian, focused on

his third and final run. Will he

need to better the 95? More

pressingly, can he?

I think he'll

try.

He corked that a little bit.

Working hard to get that around.

Ooh! It's gone. He almost punched

his way into the track, didn't he?

He was frustrated by that.

1260 on

the first of the Twisted Sister 's.

Absolutely huge there.

The Norwegian

coach, he was setting up until 15,

his boots will have diamonds on

then, such was the pressure on his

knees to keep them on. They should

have come off in the crash but they

didn't. -- pressure on his skis.

Beaulieu-Marchand, dropping in.

Currently bronze medal position. Can

he improve?

Really good skier. Nice

to see him do well here. And the

gap. 450. Just flipped on it. --

slipped on it. He's so consistent

with that.

Swinging himself over the

front. The double under nine that

you so like, Murray. He made it look

good. Huge triple to finish it off.

The way he throws it, the

centrifugal force, it's like he's a

passenger who is along for the ride.

Doesn't really have the style of

Woodsy's triple.

Beaulieu-Marchand

fans. Self waxing.

Stays in third

place with that 92.4.

Two men left

to drop.

to drop. Ragettli. If anyone can, he

can.

He's really got to focus and

turn it on.

You can see him just

closing his eyes.

Looks like he's

waiting for his music.

So, visualising the run. Getting

himself in the zone. Blocking out

everything else. All the media and

preparation, the TV, the

expectation. Talks himself through

it. Now it's only about the skiing.

Clean.

Very clean through the first

rail. Nearly coming to a stop before

he gets onto the kink rail.

He

looked like he was tap dancing, that

was magic.

A little bit of Michael

Flatley through the kink rail.

Nice

flat spin there over the drop.

flat spin there over the drop.

Going

deep on the first kicker.

Yes, 1260

brings him in switch here.

This is

the fastest we've seen him coming

through these kickers. He wants to

go big. Scrapping it. He had to open

up. Did he take too much speed off

it?

Yeah.

So disappointing for the

Swiss, he knew what he had to do and

it would have put him in gold medal

position but that level of risk,

that level of desire...

Unfortunately not being repaid by

consistency.

consistency. 65.4. So, Braaten is

guaranteed at least a silver.

Goepper is guaranteed at least a

bronze. Beaulieu-Marchand will watch

very nervously, in bronze medal

position as Oscar Wester, the loan

weed who make it from qualifying,

who made it had some the favourites

-- the lone Swede.

-- the lone Swede.

He needs the run

of his life peer.

of his life peer. Huge 450 on. Oh,

he's gone.

That's it, the

celebrations can begin down at the

bottom. A fantastic first run that

has stood the test of time. In

second place, the American. Upping

his bronze medal in Sochi with a

silver here in Pyeongchang.

silver here in Pyeongchang. Third

place, Beaulieu-Marchand.

Heartbreaking and, in fourth place,

James Woods.

James Woods. Braaten in gold,

Goepper in silver, Beaulieu-Marchand

in bronze and woods in fourth.

I

spoke to your brother before the

qualifiers and he told me you were

going to

qualifiers and he told me you were

going to win, was that always the

case?

No, so many amazing riders

here today. I was happy to make it

to the finals and my goal was to go

for my best man, I had nothing to

lose. In my first run I landed my

best one, I think. Really stoked but

I didn't expect to win today.

Tough

for you because you're rails are

your strongest point. Was it

slipping on that 450?

Yes, the last

run, man, it was, totally. That sit

back was a bit out of control. But

you know what I mean? It's a game of

perfection. It's not just that,

you've got to go beyond it,

difficulty wise. That was insane. I

came here, I constructed this run to

win. It was definitely going for

broke. It wasn't the perfect run

from me and that's what you need. It

wasn't quite perfect but I managed

to step up and I did it three times

in a row. I'm in awe of myself.

Triple dipping twice on the same

run, we liked it in commentary. Is

it fair to say freestyle skiing won

today?

Yeah, it was an amazing show

and that's what we do. It isn't

first across the line. We might go

back and we will look and it may not

be dead right but that was a show

and goodness me, it was a good one.

The men's 15 kilometre biathlon mass

start is another opportunity

for Martin Fourcade to make history

and become the first

Frenchman to win four

Winter Olympics gold medals.

He has already won pursuit gold.

Some sloppy shooting in the sprint

event and 20 kilometre individual

saw him miss out on adding

to his pursuit gold

from earlier in these Games.

Fourcade and Thingnes Boe and

Peiffer

Fourcade and Thingnes Boe and

Peiffer starting at the beginning.

What a race in prospect. They are

underway and there is a big roar.

Fourcade taking believe. His rival

through the season, Thingnes Boe,

right behind him, as are the other

28 men trying to stop the figures

from France and Norway who have

dominated the World Cup circuit so

far this season. Fourcade, wearing

bib two, Thingnes Boe, Surrey. --

three. Thingnes Boe and Fourcade

winning 14 out of 15 races this

season. An amazing record but

despite that both of them have shown

moments of vulnerability. One gold

beach. How Fourcade and Thingnes Boe

would like to get one over on each

other -- one gold each. They will be

side by side at a shooting range as

well. Fourcade, some metres opening

up here over Thingnes Boe and

Peiffer. A little bit of traffic for

those men, ten, 20 places down the

field. Number 19 is Erik Lesser,

we'll have to watch him because he's

brilliant with the right thing. 11th

in the pursuit and ninth place in

the individual. Look at this. We

have a dozen or so coming into the

range. In fact by the time they line

up and pay themselves for the first

of the four shoots, which is prone,

lying down, pretty much two thirds

of the field will be in the range

together. They'll be watching for a

flash of red which tells you that

there has been a miss which will add

22 seconds to that biatheletes's

time by the time they have gone

around the penalty loop. Here we go,

then. They'll spend a couple of

seconds building the position.

Fourcade, as we look over Peiffer's

shoulder. Fourcade is a master at

putting his rivals under pressure.

Three out of five so far. Missing

one there, Fourcade has missed one.

Thingnes Boe is yet to make a

mistake. Peiffer has made a mistake.

Thingnes Boe, yes, shooting clean.

So too Samuelsson. So, Fourcade has

got to ski a penalty loop. Jakov

Fak. Some significant names there.

Thingnes Boe, Samuelsson and Erik

Lesser. All shooting clean. The

reason the crowd are excited is that

Timothy Lapshin has gone on to the

cause in first position. He was

representing Russia until last

February. Oh, there is a fall, it is

Fourcade. Martin Fourcade not only

had to ski a penalty loop but as he

came out of the penalty loop he had

a fall as well. This isn't going the

Frenchman's way. He's 25 seconds off

the pace, down in 19th place.

Entrusting, the rainy World champion

in the sprint race, he should be

feeling pretty fresh, having not

taken part in the

taken part in the individual,

taken part in the individual,. We

have a group of 13.

have a group of 13. Fourcade is now

14 seconds adrift, so he is closing.

On the exit of the first shoot he

was 25 seconds adrift, so he has

made up 11 seconds. That's good work

from the Frenchman especially

bearing in mind that he took a

tumble as he went on his second

circuit. On the right of picture you

have Thingnes Boe, and Jakov Fak, in

that distinctive lime green. Here

come the rest of the men. Dulin

Eberhard, who missed one. There is

Fourcade, wearing two. He has some

traffic to contend with here.

Another uncharacteristic error from

Fourcade, on his visit to the range,

making a difference between him

being at the front and being back in

around 17th, 18th place.

11 seconds off the pace now.

We have a group of around 12 or

13... This time, when they come into

the range, they will not have to go

to the Lane that directly correlates

with their bid number. It is however

close they can get to Lane one. A

great atmosphere in this event...

The second of four shoots. This one

is prone, lying down, but on the

third and fourth they will be aiming

at a bigger target. Understandably

so, it is much harder to shoot

standing up and lying down. Trying

to lower their poles and trying to

focus on the job in hand. Johannes

Thingnes Boe wearing number three.

Five is this brilliant shooting

Swede, Sebastian Samuelsson, with

the best shooting record of anyone

in this biathlon so far. He has

competed in all three events. You

are watching for a flash of red.

Sebastian Samuelsson got a silver in

the pursuit, only 20 years old. A

flash of red means a penalty loop.

Who is first to shoot? Roaring his

way through there, Erik Lesser.

Johannes Thingnes Boe, Erik Lesser

shoots clean.

There are some big names who have

shot clean.

shot clean. Lesser, one of the first

to out onto the circuit. Johannes

Thingnes Boe will have two ski the

penalty loop. Martin Fourcade

shooting clean on that one. He has

one Miss, but he has exited in

eighth place. Still watching to see

Johannes Thingnes Boe's position

there after the penalty loop.

Brilliant

Brilliant stuff from Benedict and

Eric Lesser. He has been very

consistent, Lesser, in the

competition this far. The two

Germans led out of shoot two. That

is why the German coach was very

excited.

excited. It can all change so very,

very quickly.

very quickly. Here is the

leaderboard now...

leaderboard now... Johannes Thingnes

Boe is effectively out of this. I

was watching to see when he came out

of the range. He didn't just miss

one or two, but three. He is one

minute 14 seconds off the pace and

he is the last. It just shows how

quickly your race can unravel. His

brother is in this big group, Tarjei

Boe. Martin Fourcade up into fourth

place with the leaders.

Meanwhile, Martin Fourcade is up to

third. How confident will be German

relay team they? For the men and the

women. All four Germans in this big

lead group. Now they are coming into

the range for the third time. This

will be their third shoot in the

standing position where they will be

aiming at a target instead of 4.5

centimetres in diameter, 12.5. You

would expect the target to be

bigger. It is much more difficult to

shoot standing.

shoot standing. The reigning world

champion in this event there. One

mistake from Martin Fourcade on his

first visit to the range. Flawless

on his second.

on his second. In the lime-green of

Slovenia. He is a world champion in

this event from three years ago,

Jakov Fak. Watch for the flasher

bread. Each one will result in a

penalty loop. Here you go... Martin

Fourcade, two down.

Fourcade, two down. Lindstroem makes

a mistake. Martin Fourcade shooting

clean, doing what he does best.

Superb from the Frenchman, just what

he needed.

he needed. Akov Fak -- Jakov Fak

with a miss which could be costly

for him. Sebastian Samuelsson skiing

a penalty loop after being so good

with the rifle up until this stage.

Martin Fourcade will feel, surely,

if you can get through the fourth

and final shoot with no further

mistakes, as though a second gold

medal would be his. Number 15 is the

defending champion, Emil Hegle

Svendsen. Up these three have a

sizeable advantage above the rest.

13-14 seconds but the penalty loop

works out to be about 22-24 seconds.

Now it is going to be fascinating

watching Martin Fourcade, when he

comes into the range for the fourth

and final time.

and final time. Erik Lesser, a

silver medallist twice four years

ago. He has been, by far, the best

at the range. Martin Fourcade, the

three-time winter Olympic champion,

can he produce a quarter of golds --

quartet of golds? Erik Lesser in

Lane one. The world champion in

number three. Martin Fourcade

between. They are all up and

running. No mistakes from anyone

yet... Erik Lesser's first mistake

there. And one from the German.

Martin

Martin Fourcade and Schempp. Martin

Fourcade against the world champion.

Real disappointment there for Erik

Lesser. Now, can one of these men

get into the mix? They would surely

have two shoot clean. It is the

first to finish.

Benedict Dole has shot clean. So too

has the defending Winter Olympic

champion Emil Hegle Svendsen. It is

Martin Fourcade and Schempp on the

final circuit together. Still

waiting to see who is out third. It

is Doll, after shooting clean on

that visit. Martin Fourcade, no

luxury of a fist pump to the crowd

there. Because the reigning world

champion in this event, Schempp, is

breathing down his neck. Doll in

third, the defending champion has

come out of nowhere to be in with a

shout on the podium. Erik Lesser,

some costly misses on the range. We

have, it looks to be, about three

men all vying, at the moment, for

the bronze. Doll, the sprint world

champion. The defending champion

Emil Hegle Svendsen and Erik Lesser,

the German who has been by far the

most accurate on the range up until

the last visit. This is the battle

for the gold. Five men, only room on

the podium for three.

the podium for three. Can Martin

Fourcade find exhilaration here?

Fourcade find exhilaration here? --

acceleration here, in the last

couple of calamitous.

couple of calamitous. -- in the last

couple of kilometres here? We will

see some incredible celebrations at

the end if he does. And what about

Schempp? He had a relay silver four

years ago but this would be by far

the biggest victory of his career.

He is a world champion in this event

but this is the Winter Olympic Games

and it only comes around once every

four years. If Schempp is to become

the champion, he will do so beating

one of the all-time greats, Martin

Fourcade, the Frenchman. 1400 metres

to go. And still nothing to separate

these two men. But which is hurting

the most? Who is going to start

settling for a silver medal first?

Who is driven on why a relentless

desire for glory? A massive burst of

acceleration by Erik Lesser. And it

is Benedict Doll, suddenly finding

himself out of contention. A couple

of metres opening up. Erik Lesser is

in third. The

in third. The defending champion

Svendsen in fourth. Doll in fifth.

Martin Fourcade and Schempp,

preparing themselves for the final

assault. One more lung bursting push

for the line. And what about this

battle for the bronze? The three of

them store there.

them store there. Look at this for

the defending champion, Svendsen is

desperate for another Olympic medal.

He hasn't produced his best so far

but this is the closest he's come to

being on the podium in these games.

Now... This is what world-class

sport is all about... If you are

watching a biathlon for the first

time it does not matter. But who has

the heart, who has the drive? Who

has the desire and who has the

belief to seal a moment that will go

down in history? The world champion

Schempp, Martin Fourcade, the

multiple Winter Olympic champion,

this will be the biggest moment in

Schempp's life. Fourcade is driving.

Schempp on the right-hand side. It

is so close, shoulder to shoulder.

My goodness me! It is a photo

finish. I think that Fourcade thinks

he may have lost it on the line.

Does Svendsen have the bronze, the

defending champion? He has! Svendsen

is on the podium again. Fourcade is

shaking his head. Has Schempp

relegated Fourcade down to the

silver medal for the third

successive time in these games?

Fourcade has been given it. Silver

in Vancouver, silver in Sochi, is it

a gold medal for Fourcade? I think

it might be! Incredible drama here

at the finish. I'm sure Fourcade

thought he had not done enough

there. Remember, he was tied on time

with Svendsen four years ago and

came out on the wrong side of a

photo finish for a second successive

silver. And it looks as though he

has done it. By the narrowest of

margins. Martin Fourcade becomes a

four time Winter Olympic champion.

Here, we get it from the side.

Schempp nearest to the camera. From

that angle, you can just about see

the front of the boot earth Martin

Fourcade is centimetres, maybe even

just one centimetre, further towards

the finish line than Schempp. That

is it. Fourcade nearest to the

camera. He did it. Fourcade

cementing his status as one of the

sport's all-time greats.

That's all from us for now.

I'll be back at half-past midnight

over on BBC One with life coverage

of the start of the ice dance

competition, with Nick Buckland

and Penny Coomes in action

for Great Britain.

We'll have extended

highlights of that here

on BBC Four tomorrow night.