19/02/2018 Winter Olympics Extra

Hello and welcome to day ten of the

Winter Olympic Games. They to in the

programme we will see the final

event of the ski jumping

competition, the men's team event

but, first, the short programme of

the ice dance and there is British

interest with Penny Coomes and Nick

Buckland. After an accident in

training 20 months ago, Penny was

told she might not walk again, let

alone and scared. David McDaid went

to see them in their training base

in Detroit's.

So hard to train for

an Olympics when you're healthy.

And to push your body to the

absolute limit every day.

absolute limit every day. There is

only so much nobody can deal with.

-- your body can deal with. A

second, my life changed.

Figure

skater Penny Coomes has suffered a

knee injury in training which could

enter hopes of competing at the

Winter Olympics.

Like that, I am on

the floor with half of my kneecap up

here and half of it down there. I

remember crying, not from the pain,

but from what could be. And, yeah, I

have had the hardest 1.5 of my life

and at the same time it is the

strongest I have had to be and it

has been a very rewarding time.

That

is a Korea ending injury for 99.9%

of people. Definitely. We just did

not know what the way forward was.

Once it had happened, we put

everything into perspective. It is

only ice-skating but it is something

we have grown up with an something

we adore so there was only one thing

we were going to do and that was

going to be we were going to come

back and pick up where we left off.

So many people were saying, that's

it, you're done, you can't come back

from this. I remember reading those

things and being so mad and I

channelled that energy. I remember

using that energy and being out

there and saying, this is for all

the people all who thought I

couldn't do this... Because I can.

# I've been thinking about tomorrow

# Instead of drowning in the past...

But every day was a good day and I

didn't do it on my own. When I was

down, I had my physio, my

psychologist and then of course

Nick. For me, I said to him at one

point, I don't know if I can do

this, I don't know if my knee is

ever going to be strong enough

again. And he just said, that's OK.

And I think I needed to hear that in

order to get better.

We are here in

Michigan, where you are based. Why

here?

It is an ice dance hub. There

are three big ice dance hubs and our

coach has one of the rest routines

in the world. We come here and we

train with a lot of our rivals, I

guess, which is really interesting

but we all get on very well so it is

very cool.

What does Pyeongchang

represent for you?

I'm sorry. It's just so emotional

because... This has always been my

goal. When we first set out, it was,

like, let us do three Olympic Games

and Pyeongchang was always... Let's

be the best here. And to kind of

have that... Taken away, I feel like

I have earned it. Tenfold, before I

even got there.

Going out there all

we have been through, it is going to

be a fitting end to this period of

our lives. The best bit is yet to

come.

Let's find out how they got on

with Kat Downes and Robin Cousins.

COMMENTATOR: Here they are, the

comeback kids. 20 months ago, Penny

shattered her kneecap into eight

pieces. She was reconstructed,

rehabilitated. A battle to defy the

odds to qualify for these Games for

the third time.

She was told she'd never skate

again. But Penny Coomes and Nick

Buckland are back on Olympic ice.

Here they are, and what will it mean

for them to be back?

Amazing. Their

first event of the season was the

qualifying event in Germany. They

qualified, they won that event, they

got Team GB the spot.

And that was

the last possible chance to qualify

for the Games, wasn't it? They

needed to come back and win it and

they did. They've done everything

asked of them. A season 's best of

71.79, but we have seen the scores

from the judges, a couple down from

what you'd expect, and Penny and

Nick leap to the top of the

leaderboard with that performance.

They have the qualification mark

against their name, and they are

through to tomorrow's free skating.

So, Maia Shibutani and Alex

Shibutani, they have team bronze in

the bag already. We are joined by

Nick Buckland in the commentary box.

These two... They are marmite,

aren't they, when it comes to ice

dance. You either love the fact they

are brother and sister and that

dynamic or you find it uncomfortable

to watch. What do you think?

It is a

difficult one, they've had to deal

with it all their Korealife, but

they have had a very good season,

and they are very clean these guys,

they are like machines.

A little bit of stumble. We will see

whether that plays a part in their

step sequence.

They won bronze at

the last world championships. Do you

think they will be pushing for a

podium place here?

I think so, there

are three strong American team so

there is a sort of a mini

competition within the Games itself,

within those teams, so they are

battling it out between themselves

as well.

These two are very clean and

everything goes very well to the

music will stop as we see here right

now.

Just struggling with speed here. The

last part of the programme looks

slow to me but super, super clean.

A lot of tempo changes within this

music as well, going up and down,

depending on what tempo they need

for the specific element they are

doing, which is interesting.

All the precision you would expect

from Shibutanis. They were neat as

pins, weren't they?

I think that was

a very strong performance. They did

what they needed to do and they have

a midline step sequence which is a

lovely format, which is a very

high-scoring aliment, and you can't

really expect much better from them.

So, our new leaders, Maia Shibutani

and Alex Shibutani. They have laid

down the marker for their

countrymen. So, it is time to say

thank you so much to Nick and thank

you for joining us and best of luck

tomorrow. For the first time, we

will see the best couples from the

last dance skate back to back. It

has been cat and mouse for the top

spot for these couples in the last

couple of seasons and time now to

find out who will come out on top

when it comes to the Olympics.

In

the short dance.

Over the next two

days, we will find out to comes out

on top because it'll be a battle

between these two, Tessa Virtue and

Scott Moir and the French couple,

who will skate immediately after

them, Gabriella Papadakis and

Guillaume Cizeron. Training

partners, rivals... All the King for

the Olympic gold. -- all looking for

the Olympic gold.

MUSIC: Sympathy for the Devil.

Beaufort control and it worked

through the middle of that sequence.

-- perfect control.

Into the rhumba.

Through the twizzles. The occasional

lift to finish.

CHEERING

And overall champions took that

Ludik title, it was only silver in

Sochi, they took a couple of years

away from competition, but they were

still training, still working and

came back last year to win the World

Championship.

Quite a stark contrast

between the Canadians and the French

team, but they

team, but they absolutely zhouz'd

the style. It has to be clean to put

work, but the timings throughout the

twizzles...

A season's best in the

short dance at the Olympic Games.

They are after that Gold Medal.

Record breaking. They have put

themselves in the best possible

position to claim that Olympic

title, to go with the gold that they

in 2010. Beat that, they say. And

when it comes that I stands, you are

either team Virtue and Moir, or team

Papadakis and Cizeron. It is time to

decide which of those you prefer,

because he Roddik four time European

champions who missed out on a place

in Sochi last time out, so this is

their first Olympics. Can they come

away with a medal?

MUSIC: Shape of You by Ed Sheeran.

MUSIC: Thinking Out Loud by Ed

Sheeran.

CHEERING

Some costly mistakes creeping in.

They will have lost ground on their

training may send rivals, Tessa

Virtue and Scott Moir.

They have

still been given a level four on the

twizzles, but the pattern, just

sequence level three. Slightly up on

the step into the second twizzle, so

he got ahead of Gabriela.

Yes,

second place for Gabriella Papadakis

and Guillaume Cizeron. So, the

French pair going second, into the

free dance tomorrow and we have

three other couples to skate after

them. Madison Hubbell and Zachary

Donahue beat the Shibutanis siblings

to the national champion chips this

year, skating at their first

Olympics. Coming out on top again

when it comes to that Team USA

rival.

They became national

champions overall after coming

second in the free dance.

The leg lines close to matching the

middle, one of the key points from

the leg and the point of view.

CHEERING

Some mistakes then, from Madison and

Zachary, as well.

They made the

correct turns

correct turns within the rhumba

sequence but one straight leg and

one bent leg within the middle of

the key point was a bit odd for me

to see.

It is a new season's best

for Madison Hubbell and Zachary

Donahue, 77.75 and they are up to

third place in the short dance

programme. This is the final couple

to state -- to skate today, Anna

Cappellini and Luca Lanotte, of

Italy, 2014 will champions, six

times Italian national champions and

they just missed out on a European

medal at the recent championships,

coming forth.

It's her birthday today.

Another couple for whom the Latin

flavour isn't necessarily very

natural.

CHEERING

It was clean and strong, the

birthday performance that Anna

Cappellini wanted.

Absolutely. Will

she get the birthday present that

she wants from the panel of judges?

Looking at the scoreboards, I am

seeing level falls -- fours, level

three for the pattern dance

sequence, the rhumba they got the

four, and the degree of execution

scores from the judges are good.

So, Italy could be in the mix.

Italy

will be in the mix. A couple of low

nines for their component scores.

Interpretation and timing are the

highest.

It is a new season's best

for Anna Cappellini and Luca

Lanotte. It is the birthday present

Anna was hoping for, putting them up

into fifth in this short programme

qualification. Great, great skate

for the Italians to wrap up today's

action. So, we are all set for an

exciting competition tomorrow.

Confirmation of the qualification

standings. Madison Hubbell and

captain Mike in the bronze position.

Gabriella Papadakis on a Guillaume

Cizeron just a couple of points

behind Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir,

who are chasing down a second

Olympic title. And looking to come

away from these Games with two more

Olympic title. And looking to come

away from these Games with two more

gold medals.

Your first taste of the Olympic ice,

talk us through your feelings first

of all.

You know, it was a tough

one, considering the issues that we

had. But it was still a great

experience. We still managed to keep

our focus. And enjoy the moment. It

could have been better, for sure,

but... What is done is done and we

will look forward now.

It is tight

right now between yourselves and

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, it is

quite a rivalry you've developed,

isn't it?

It is two years since they

came back. It was the thing going on

and we train together. So it is

something we take into consideration

but we came here and we want to do

our best, and that is what we are

going to focus on.

Tessa Virtue

Scott Moir, what a time to put that

performance down!

We knew we needed it, to be honest.

It is and extremely comfortable

skating first after the warm up. We

had to be strong. We were ready for

that and we are happy the way we

executed but there is a tonne of

work to be done tomorrow so we have

to make sure we come out and are

ready to go.

How important is every

single point given, that the French

couple are so strong as well?

The

field is so deep and we knew we'd

have to do a lot of work to get back

into the mix and so we are pleased

with our performance today and look

forward to executing our free dance

tomorrow. We believe in our plan

that our coaches set out at the

start of the season and so far we

are on track.

How happy are you with

how it went it?

Very happy. It is

something we had been striving for

for a long time so to get out there

and put out a good performance, we

have one more, but this performance

was really great.

Penny, everyone

knows your journey with your knee.

What was it back to be -- what was

it like being back on the big stage?

I had competition pressure but I

feel excited to get back out there

again and I am so happy to be here.

I was skating around when they were

reading out the schools and I smiled

to myself because after everything

I've been through, I may it and that

is the most important thing.

What

can we expect from the free dance?

You enjoy yourself out there and

you've put in a lot of work, what

are we going to see?

Our free dance

is set to

is set to music by Muse, it is

atmospheric, we love that piece of

music and we've come back to its

because we wanted to perform it for

a last time at the Olympic Games.

There are some cool elements in

there and I cannot wait to perform

at.

We can't wait to see you perform

it. Well done today and we can't

wait to see you tomorrow.

A new

world record short dance from Tessa

Virtue and Scott Moir, they are

going after that Olympic title,

aren't they?

They were supreme in

the team event and I thought this

was better today. We saw that with

the score, they came out confident,

signal and they are the ones to beat

now.

This ice dance competition was

built as a head-to-head between them

and their training mate Gabriella

Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, but

there is a bit of reading room for

the Canadians because a few mistakes

creeping in for the French.

A pew

minor mistakes but those minor

mistakes will be the difference

between gold and forth. The French

didn't have the skate they wanted

today. A few issues with the skate

and costumes, but don't count them

out because the free dance is

fantastic and they will come out

tomorrow gunning for the gold.

They

have less experience, though. This

is their first Olympics. Tessa

Virtue and Scott Moir won a title in

2010 so they know what it is like to

clinch the gold.

They've been

through two Olympics. Gold

medallists in Frank over 2010,

silver medallists in Sochi and they

are coming back here. They've been

away from competition but learning

their craft, learning how to

perform, not worrying about how to

hit a level for this and a step for

that. They are bringing their

performance back with incredible

technique. The French have two world

titles under their belts. They know

how to compete and they know how

they want to perform. People say it

is chalk and cheese, who do you

prefer. The Canadians perform for

the audience. They say they want to

have that feeling between the man

and woman skating. The French say we

don't go in for that. We want to be

an entity and create beauty and have

our performances speak for

themselves. It is a lot more

contemporary and extraneous, in some

aspects. It is ready going to come

down to what do those judges think?

And what the technical scores are.

Only perfection will do, I'm sure

because the margins are so narrow.

Nick and Penny qualifying in the top

ten. Well done, Robin! You survived

their comeback. You have been so

personally involved.

Until she

stepped on that ice today, all the

preparation, do whatever you want,

there was a bit of nervous tension,

to be expected, and it wasn't the

performance they wanted to give but

they got credit where they needed

it, they delivered that fantastic

performance, and they are so happy

that I think the pressure will be

off them slightly for that free

dance and they've got, in the draw,

for the top two groups so they are

where they wanted to be.

They are

pleased with their performance. We

were chuffed to see them on the ice,

Penny and Nick looking to push up

the leaderboard. Tessa Virtue and

Scott Moir, the world champions, the

ones to read.

The ski jumping has provided real

drama so far and tonight it is the

final event. The men's team large

hill. Norway are the favourites here

but this is their last chance to

take home a gold medal. Germany are

the defending champions and have

Andreas Wellinger on their team. He

has won a gold already and silver at

these Games. Ollie Williams is your

commentator.

COMMENTATOR: This is the start list

for the eight teams that have made

it through.

We said goodbye to four teams and we

go in reverse order of scores in the

first round so Finland go first and

Norway, in the lead, go last, and

all of those scores still count.

Oscar, it looks like to me they are

too far back,

too far back, Stefan Kraft, a great

first-round jump, he needs a miracle

second-round jump. And that is not

it is. I think that is thank you and

good night Austria. That is

disappointing for Stefan Kraft. He

had 133.5 in first round. It is in

the distance, it is the combination

of distance, style and wind, but if

your distance is lacking, frankly,

it doesn't matter how good your

style is, you won't be up at the

top. Sinking of the head from his

Austrian team-mates. Because they

know with 116 points seven, and that

total of 610, that is already surely

too much for Austria to come back

from. Poland, though, they have a

shot at any colour medal right now,

great first-round for them, only

five points off the lead, here goes

Maciej Kot.

The world champions in the team

sport, good jump. Maybe a little

short, a little bit of concern on

the coach's phase. He isn't the

standout Polish jumper, he is

essentially your squad player, you

are looking for something solid

enough out of him. Boom into the

ground, slamming in with the left

ski, held in nicely. Polish team

wearing the Number Ten bids. That

keeps us in the hunt. 18.5s from the

judges.

judges. Lock the team total in your

head and see what that compares to

from what it Karl Geiger can do for

Germany. Breathe in, breathe out,

throw yourself down the 110 metre

jump and launch.

It's good, is it good enough? German

fans giving him a huge amount of

support. Hundred 34 metres. He is

happy but he isn't overjoyed. I

think Karl Geiger wanted that to be

a couple more metres. It is coming

down to a metre or two, this final,

I am sure of it. That keeps Germany

in the hunt but look at his face!

Oh, I wanted more. I wanted a few

metres more. 134 metres, two metres

less than his last jump.

less than his last jump. That means

that Germany for now are ahead up do

is make of Poland. And here comes

Daniel Andre Tande for Norway. They

led Germany by two points after

round one. That is a big jump!

Exactly how Norway wanted to start!

He lifts a finger into the air and

says, yeah! Oh, the relief, that is

his last jump of the Olympics. It

means that much more when you're

doing it in a team competition

because, well estate, and you are

letting down three other people and

a country. Oh, what a beautiful jump

from Daniel Andre Tande! Like

surfing at the end, he says. Take a

look at that.

These celebration, like it is a gold

medal, because it could well be.

Germany gave him a 20, discarded as

the high school, still Minety in .5s

and Norway go into a healthy 16

point lead thanks to Daniel Andre

Tande. Here are the standings.

Poland about eight points further

back from Germany in third. One

mistake, though, will change all of

this in an instant. It is gripping

stuff. Three jumps each to go.

Starting for Manuel Fettner. It

feels like a battle between Austria

and Slovenia the fourth. -- for

fourth.

fourth. It is an OK jump. Pretty

much what we just saw from Slovenia,

maybe a couple of metres further

from Manuel Fettner.

See where this leaves Austria. They

will be so sad at home in the Alps

right now that their team is only

battling for fourth place at the

Olympics. That isn't what Austria

feels it should be about. They were

silver medallists behind Germany in

Sochi. They are ahead of Slovenia

for now, but only by three points.

Silver in Sochi, bronze at the world

Championships last year but they

haven't been able to compete at

quite the high standard this time

around. Poland on the other hand of

the world champions and are carrying

that form into this. Here's Stefan

Hula.

Solid jump from Stefan Hula! Well

over the 125 metre K-point. He

reacts immediately. That keeps

Poland in contention. You heard

almost a springboard sound of him

leaping into the air like a white

jet engine, soaring down the hill.

Look how quickly he lands this and,

then, immediately he knows it is

good. You could see that green line.

He knows what he is trying to eat.

-- to eat.

In the first round, Stephan Leyhe

had 121 points.

Here is round two.

Now...

Now... 121 metres, was that a little

short of what he thinks he needs?

When I say that mistakes could

change everything,

change everything, I'm not talking

about the kind of mistake that means

you fall, but if you lose three or

four meters, that could be enough,

five points in it between three

teams at the start of this round, it

is just nothing. There is Richard

Freitag of the German team. I don't

know. He doesn't know.

And Poland go

ahead of Germany with two jumps to

go! Wow. The last of this group is

Andrea Stern in Fort Norway, he

needs to keep his composure and keep

them ahead. Will you do it?

them ahead. Will you do it? --

Andreas Stjernen.

Big jump, good

jump. That looks like it'll be

enough for Andreas Stjernen. Mr Rea

liability. Hasn't been anywhere near

the medals, unlike most Norwegian

team members here. They've had such

a good Olympics on the ski jump, but

top 15s in both events. It is

consistency across your four team

members, because you cannot get rid

of any scores, you cannot just count

three, you need or four and that is

where someone like Andreas Stjernen

comes in and that's why he gets that

kind of reaction.

They will be

buzzing in no way right now. Here is

the score, still in first. It is a

30 point gap with two to go. That

leaves it all to do. Poland and

Germany are slipping. If Norway can

stay just about faultless with these

last two jumps they will have their

first ever team gold medal. Austria

just ahead of Slovenia for fourth,

Japan out on their own in six.

Gregor Schlierenzauer now.

Gregor Schlierenzauer now.

Slovenia

on 8:36.7 and Austria now in this

little mini battle for fourth place.

Into the air, two bronze medals at

Vancouver 2010, great pedigree,

Arfon, not so good right now. And

again, I think he wanted more from

that jump.

that jump. Just about the same

distance, and there is his

reference. Will this be above or

below 111 points? It will be almost

bang on, 111.3. That will be enough

to keep Austria about three points

ahead of Slovenia. Into the medal

contenders, and Dawid Kubacki, I

mentioned that he had been on and

off. As a superb first round jump.

He needs now consistency more than

ever.

ever. It is OK. It's not quite as

far as his monster 138.5 first round

jump but it is close enough to keep

Poland in the hunt, maybe, for a

silver against Germany. Could they

even get past Norway for the gold?

We will need to see mistakes from

Norway for to happen. Dawid Kubacki,

through the air, hold it, at the

last moment, change those legs,

absorb the landing on your front leg

and shift the weight to your back

leg, you are happy if you do that.

Dawid Kubacki, 135.3. Poland go

first with 938. And that puts

pressure on Richard Freitag.

Relatively long jump. He is holding

in his reaction. He looks back up at

the Hill. A little talking to

himself, because that is a good

jump, but it is so, so close. We saw

Kubacki putting down 135.5, so it

comes down to judging and those few

win compensation points, barely any

wind out there tonight. The German

fans willing on Richard Freitag. At

the top of the hill, the Olympic

champion looking on, will he have

that Freitag feeling? Second-place!

And Poland have a 0.6 lead, going

into the last. It is now Johann

Andre Forfang, needs to be solid and

long, but he has a bit of a cushion.

A silver medallist on the normal

hail, it is a good jump. Again, the

distance wasn't quite up there with

what we have seen, 132 metres, so

Norway might lose a little ground on

Poland and Germany or lose a little

of that advantage that they have

built up. They had about a 30 point

gap. Let's see if those few extra

metres will make the difference. The

judges are looking at this, as well.

It is a good looking jump, stock

still, moving into that Telemark,

almost offering up a little prayer.

As Robert Johannson dawns the

helmet, he's going to be the last

man down for Norway. They stay in

first place, 960.9 points, they

preserve that advantage. The judges

were happy, and you will see, now,

actually that that gap has closed,

so more than -- more like 20 points

separating Norway and Poland with

Germany a fraction behind. 20 points

going into the last jump is still a

lot to play with, but it means that

Robert Johannson has to get it

right.

right. Already stressful enough for

Austria to be fighting for four.

They don't want to finish fifth.

Long run, and that should be enough

to send Austria into fourth place

overall and into provisional third

above Slovenia. He finished really

strongly as well. He had sixth place

in the end. Looks like he has

delivered when it mattered, Michael

label. Austria don't have the

strength to be competing for medals

but that is at least a promising way

to end their ski jump Olympics.

138.5. Austria moving 11 points

ahead of Slovenia. And it looks like

they will settle for fourth, which

means we have three jumpers to go,

and three medals to decide. Nothing

those guys can do, it is down to

these. Andreas Wellinger, for

Germany.

Germany. He has an Olympic gold and

silver already, is going to get

another medal, what colour is it

going to be? It is quite long. Looks

like he wanted a little bit more.

134.5. It opens the door are

fraction for Poland.

fraction for Poland. Andreas

Wellinger, only 22, but he's still

the only returning member of the

German squad that won the team gold

in Sochi. Norway look right now like

they are going to take that away

from Germany, this time around, but

what a talent this man is, gold and

silver. His team-mates have been

standing there applauding all week

long. Here is Germany's final score,

1075.7. And we will see whether the

man who won gold on Saturday, Kamil

Stoch, can throw Poland about that.

1070 5.7, to beat. Kamil Stoch,

three times an Olympic champion. He

won the gold on Saturday. They

smuggled crates of beer into the

Olympic Village afterwards. Poland

happy to be celebrating. Will they

celebrate again?

celebrate again? 134.5. It matches

Andreas Wellinger. We will go to the

judges.

judges. Well, we had such a

nail-biting finish between them in

the last Olympic final. You can see

him trying to choose nails off

through his gloves when he was

waiting for that final score to come

up and in the end he won by a narrow

margin, and Andreas Wellinger settle

for silver. Now they are battling

for medals BR for their countries.

And look at this jump from Kamil

Stoch. Glides into the landing. He

cushions that so nicely. And all

they can do now is wait for this

score. Look at those bases, gripped

on the screen, they are going to see

it when you see it, they are second.

1072.4. They will take at least a

bronze medal, but Germany stay ahead

of them. Will it be silver or gold?

Robert Johannson of Norway has about

a 20 point cushion to play with and,

for him and for Norway, gold is just

a whisker away.

a whisker away. Here he goes, for

gold.

It's long, it's clean, it's surely

enough for gold for Norway! Gold for

Robert Johannson, gold for the team.

They are celebrating already. He has

been imperious for all the Olympics.

Two bronze medals, now they are

going to be champions in the team

event for the first time in their

history, which is mad, it's crazy,

the Norwegians invented this, they

have one 30 medals at the Olympics

and they've never won the team

event. And the man who has captured

so much attention around the world

is the man who gets to glide home to

gold on behalf of a whole nation.

It's not official yet, but it was

good, it was long, it was clean, it

had everything it needed to win a

gold medal and it's just a matter of

the score coming up in front of our

faces any second now.

faces any second now. There is, it's

gold! 1090.5. There will be no close

shave in this Olympic team final.

Robert Johannson delivers a gold for

Norway. They will stand on top of

that team podium for the first time.

Those whiskers are golden, and

Norway are your team ski jump

Olympic champions.

Norway are your team ski jump

Olympic champions. Credit to Andreas

Wellinger and the German team. Here,

the final results.

That is all from is now. I'll be

back at five past midnight on BBC

One, with the conclusion of the ice

dance competition. Then, extended

highlights of that