0:00:34 > 0:00:37Hello and welcome to Day 13 of the Winter Olympics
0:00:37 > 0:00:44here in Pyeongchang.
0:00:44 > 0:00:52We want to see the big tricks we know these guys can do.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57know these guys can do.Team USA versus team Canada.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Later in the programme
0:01:04 > 0:01:06we'll see extended highlights
0:01:06 > 0:01:08of what is shaping up to be an incredible men's
0:01:08 > 0:01:10ski halfpipe final.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15But first we'll see the gold medal match of the women's ice hockey.
0:01:15 > 0:01:23It's a repeat of the 2014 Olympic final with the USA taking on Canada
0:01:23 > 0:01:25- and that was an classic, with the Canadians finally winning
0:01:25 > 0:01:313-2 in overtime to make it four golds in a row.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Hilary Knight played in that game four years ago for America.
0:01:34 > 0:01:41Let's hear from her.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45COMMENTATOR: A superstar, Hilary Knight. I suspect she may be up
0:01:45 > 0:01:51there with the players of the tournament.Four years on, what are
0:01:51 > 0:01:55the memories of Sochi?It was a heartbreaking defeat in the way we
0:01:55 > 0:02:00lost.
0:02:03 > 0:02:10lost.COMMENTATOR: Now we will have a grand slam finish!
0:02:12 > 0:02:14a grand slam finish!In the third period, how we let it slip through
0:02:14 > 0:02:21our fingers. It is hard because the Olympics are so much bigger than the
0:02:21 > 0:02:24team, it is our country, those people who helped us get to that
0:02:24 > 0:02:30place. The young girls coming up who want to be like us. In many ways,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34the pressure and the weight of the world on our shoulders being number
0:02:34 > 0:02:39one seed but also we feel like the underdog in this fight, and that is
0:02:39 > 0:02:43exciting. Can Canada make it five in a row?
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Your commentators for this one are Seth Bennet and Kent Simpson.
0:02:45 > 0:02:51Your commentators for this one are Seth Bennet and Kent Simpson.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Women's hockey two superpowers once again in an Olympics final, a
0:02:55 > 0:03:01rematch of four years ago, and of eight years ago. Canada walked away
0:03:01 > 0:03:09with victories on both occasions. It has been four
0:03:10 > 0:03:15has been four years of hurt for the Americans. Can they turn the tide of
0:03:15 > 0:03:23history here? Good skating from the Canadians. The whistle-blower below.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Blayre Turnbull with good speed. Blayre Turnbull coming off the
0:03:27 > 0:03:37bench. The puck came around and she kept going. A nice job from Maddie
0:03:37 > 0:03:42Rooney to keep tight to the post. And then jump on the rebound with
0:03:42 > 0:03:50Wakefield lurking.Jocelyne Larocque feeds it in. Goes after it. The feed
0:03:50 > 0:03:57towards Poulin. Canada is spreading the puck around well and that was a
0:03:57 > 0:04:05chance for Meghan Agosta. Agosta? denied by Maddie Rooney. Maybe a
0:04:05 > 0:04:13little bit too tight.The high tip from Daoust. The slap passed right
0:04:13 > 0:04:18onto the stick did not quite make it through. A good job from Lee
0:04:18 > 0:04:27Stecklein.Canada just staying onside. The US trying to clear away.
0:04:27 > 0:04:34A huge hit. Penalty coming. Hannah Brandt comes in and makes her own
0:04:34 > 0:04:44body check after the play.This is Jennifer Wakefield.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49This is... There is no doubt about it, it is a body check and the women
0:04:49 > 0:04:54know you cannot body check in this game. It lets you know the intensity
0:04:54 > 0:05:02is so high. A quiet tournament for Amanda Kessel
0:05:02 > 0:05:08as the shot comes in. Into the grateful glove of Shannon Szabados.
0:05:08 > 0:05:14She hangs onto it.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19She hangs onto it.It was a big shot. The Canadian defenders make a
0:05:19 > 0:05:25good job of ensuring a clear lane for Szabados. I do not like the way
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Canada is managing the puck. They have had the Americans running
0:05:29 > 0:05:36around in their own zone and they have made bad passes. Putting the
0:05:36 > 0:05:39puck into not great situations and the Americans have been able to
0:05:39 > 0:05:44break out the puck from there. The Canadians have to be smarter. It
0:05:44 > 0:05:50looks like they will get their first chance on the power play.Hannah
0:05:50 > 0:06:03Brandt, no, it is Nurse. A wry smile from the coach.
0:06:04 > 0:06:11Fairly legitimate. Tough to argue that. That was behind the play. This
0:06:11 > 0:06:16is the third indiscipline penalty Canada has taken.
0:06:16 > 0:06:23Bellamy, as the US built into the zone. What a time it would be to
0:06:23 > 0:06:27score. Under a minute remaining in the first period. Tipped out in
0:06:27 > 0:06:39front. Going hard to the net. The Americans had a chance. They will be
0:06:39 > 0:06:53looking for more. Hilary Knight schools! -- scores. It is first
0:06:53 > 0:07:01blood to the USA in this Olympic final. So often it has been a silver
0:07:01 > 0:07:07medal for the US, but is that a golden touch from Hilary Knight?
0:07:07 > 0:07:16You got the sense this would happen. Look at the time and space that she
0:07:16 > 0:07:22has. She recognises where Hilary Knight is. Beautiful plate onto the
0:07:22 > 0:07:28backhand of Hilary Knight. Shannon Szabados was wondering whether
0:07:28 > 0:07:33Hilary Knight was in the blue paint. She was not, she was right on top of
0:07:33 > 0:07:43it. Amanda Kessel.That was a good
0:07:43 > 0:07:51opportunity. Very nearly stuck away. Wriggling free again is Amanda
0:07:51 > 0:08:01Kessel. Hannah Brandt behind the net. USA in too much space from a
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Canadian perspective and Szabados was forced to make the save. Now
0:08:05 > 0:08:16maybe Canada can win this race. Johnston getting wrapped up with
0:08:16 > 0:08:22Cayla Barnes. USA coming back the other way. Dani Camoranesi took it
0:08:22 > 0:08:31wide. Given away. If the Canadians can use this well, they have done
0:08:31 > 0:08:37terrifically well. It is there! A little tip right in
0:08:37 > 0:08:42front and Canada are right back in this as they level things up. It was
0:08:42 > 0:08:47a nothing played, really, as they went to the net. Just enough of a
0:08:47 > 0:09:01stick on it. To put it home. Haley Irwin. What a play by Turnbull.What
0:09:01 > 0:09:08a play from Turnbull. Haley Irwin going to the net. She picks it out
0:09:08 > 0:09:13of the air. About two and a half feet and she reaches out before the
0:09:13 > 0:09:17puck gets to Maddie Rooney and deflects it past her on the short
0:09:17 > 0:09:22side. You said something out of nothing. One think the Americans do
0:09:22 > 0:09:27well, they do not give the puck weight. When it is on a stick, they
0:09:27 > 0:09:33know where to put it. Canada, sometimes they are just happy to get
0:09:33 > 0:09:37it off their sticks and that was a case in point.
0:09:37 > 0:09:50Back to Poulin! 2-1. Another Olympic final goal for Poulin. USA published
0:09:50 > 0:10:01here. That combination of Meghan Agosta and Marie-Philip Poulin sent
0:10:01 > 0:10:07Canada back on track for a gold medal.No sooner are we praising the
0:10:07 > 0:10:12Americans for their
0:10:13 > 0:10:22Americans for their puck management. A one-time shot, short side.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25A one-time shot, short side. A terrific shot. I love the pass from
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Meghan Agosta, right through the legs of Amanda Kessel.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34Hilary Knight in the right wing corner, quick shot to the net. She
0:10:34 > 0:10:42has it again and lets it go through traffic. Szabados, quick hand, quick
0:10:42 > 0:10:50kick, safe.A nice pushback from the Americans. The Canadians were in
0:10:50 > 0:10:59between line changes. It was not their full unit out there. This was
0:10:59 > 0:11:08an own deflection and what a save. Deflects it on her own net.
0:11:08 > 0:11:21That has to be a penalty. Canada still have it. Penalty coming.
0:11:21 > 0:11:27still have it. Penalty coming. Off the outside of the net.Looks like
0:11:27 > 0:11:31the USA jump map. They definitely did. I wonder why the whistle did
0:11:31 > 0:11:36not go.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41not go.Massively out of position and another chance off the knees.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Finally the Americans touch, the whistle blows. First power play for
0:11:45 > 0:11:55Canada.Great job from Saulnier. Got moved down to the fourth line. She
0:11:55 > 0:12:02has terrific speed. She chips it past and Sidney Morin steps casually
0:12:02 > 0:12:08in front of her. And a hard shot of the stick of Johnston, turned aside
0:12:08 > 0:12:12by Maddie Rooney. Canada goes to the power play for the first time this
0:12:12 > 0:12:19evening. Nice pass to force it up. Daoust
0:12:19 > 0:12:28working get to the near side and the stick goes flying into the air.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33Punched away by Dani Camoranesi. The only thing she can do as it goes
0:12:33 > 0:12:37down low will stop Haley Irwin pleads innocence but I think she is
0:12:37 > 0:12:45over the line.You cannot go into the blue paint if you are a skater
0:12:45 > 0:12:51unless the puck is in there. You can see her having explained by the
0:12:51 > 0:12:56referee. Rebecca Johnston tries to throw it in. You can see the right
0:12:56 > 0:12:59skate standing in the blue paint. Not allowing Maddie Rooney to come
0:12:59 > 0:13:07out. Canada scrambling at the start of the power play. Did a good job,
0:13:07 > 0:13:12separating and trying to move the puck around.They will have to build
0:13:12 > 0:13:16from distance here, as they bring it down. What an opportunity that was
0:13:16 > 0:13:26a! Would not sit down for Sarah Nurse.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Nurse. Nurse latching on and could not find Jenner? who is out in front
0:13:32 > 0:13:41and all alone. Agosta?. Towards goal. Could they finish it off? It
0:13:41 > 0:13:47was wide by Nurse.
0:13:47 > 0:13:53Canada get it back to the blue line. Through traffic and it bounces out.
0:13:53 > 0:13:58The Americans go here and they will with Amanda Kessel.What an
0:13:58 > 0:14:10opportunity for Canada. Terrific job. Started with the point shot
0:14:10 > 0:14:17from Brigette Lacquette. It came right to Jenner?. Wakefield and
0:14:17 > 0:14:26Nurse were there.The Americans come to the games as favourites. Yet come
0:14:26 > 0:14:33that big moment, the Canadians seem to find an extra gear.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37to find an extra gear. Daoust, she cannot finish it. What a chance and
0:14:37 > 0:14:46it now goes the other way. Hilary Knight. Great defensive play. Oh, my
0:14:46 > 0:14:51word, there is a player injured on the ice. Brianna Decker took the
0:14:51 > 0:15:00full force of the stick. It was wonderful play at one end. Daoust
0:15:00 > 0:15:05with the chance and then it comes back the other way. Two on one and
0:15:05 > 0:15:12Hilary Knight made a lovely pass. How Brianna Decker was not able to
0:15:12 > 0:15:18finish it...
0:15:18 > 0:15:25What a remarkable sequence, back and forth, huge save from Maddie Rooney
0:15:25 > 0:15:29at one end of Daoust, and then two on one the other way. A beautiful
0:15:29 > 0:15:36backhand pass right out of the tape, and then Poulin went right through
0:15:36 > 0:15:41Decker. What a stick from shadows. In the men's game, that's a hit to
0:15:41 > 0:15:47the head.That should be a penalty, no doubt about it. Sounds like the
0:15:47 > 0:15:55crowds seen the replay, Poulin going full speed, and that is elbowed
0:15:55 > 0:15:59head.Can Canada withstand the pressure and get an insular and
0:15:59 > 0:16:04smart car? Right can they clear the zone? They can. Two on one. It saved
0:16:04 > 0:16:11by Rooney. Is that a gold-medal saving save? At the other end, what
0:16:11 > 0:16:23a chance! Areas Lamoureux! -- here is Lamoureux! 2-2. Rooney makes a
0:16:23 > 0:16:27stop at one end. The US breakaway. Who else do you want it on the end
0:16:27 > 0:16:33of the stick of? Monique Lamoureux-Morando. Bolts of Sochi
0:16:33 > 0:16:41vanished, thoughts of 1998 back in focus. -- thoughts of Sochi.What is
0:16:41 > 0:16:48saved from Rooney, who gets about half of this puck, and look at
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Lamoureux, head up, so confident, firing that puck under the blog of
0:16:51 > 0:17:01shadows. -- the glove of shadows. Amazing game.Is there one more
0:17:01 > 0:17:09twist? Canada maybe have one last chance, but not now. They have run
0:17:09 > 0:17:14out of time on this one. And, for the second successive Winter
0:17:14 > 0:17:24Olympics, we are going to overtime in the women's ice hockey final.
0:17:24 > 0:17:35Next goal wins it. Good move, Keller, it goes wide. And now it
0:17:35 > 0:17:40goes back the other way, Megan Agosta, Poulin with her, deflecting
0:17:40 > 0:17:47off the stick and up into the netting. It is golden goal,
0:17:47 > 0:17:56literally.The next goal wins. Look at this chance from Brianne Jenner,
0:17:56 > 0:18:00she walks in, just loses her handle on it at the last second, and look
0:18:00 > 0:18:08at this shot off the stick.Canada don't really have that dynamic
0:18:08 > 0:18:13defender who can lead it. It opens up, and Keller nearly wins it.What
0:18:13 > 0:18:19a save from Szabados. What a play from Gigi Marvin to spring the
0:18:19 > 0:18:25defender, Keller. She tries to go hide blocker, and what a save from
0:18:25 > 0:18:37Shannon Szabados.Fortino is absolutely shattered. Penalty.
0:18:37 > 0:18:45Keller looks up to the skies. 1.35 to go. And Canada are going to have
0:18:45 > 0:18:54a four on three power play.If a penalty, it is.
0:18:57 > 0:19:03penalty, it is.On the blue line, there is Fortino. Fortino kicks it
0:19:03 > 0:19:11towards the middle, rebound, often posed, I think. Canada -- off the
0:19:11 > 0:19:19post. Canada nearly when it. USA, only three skaters on the ice.
0:19:19 > 0:19:29Opened up from Rebecca Johnston. Neutralised. Surely the Canadians
0:19:29 > 0:19:33are going to find a way to get Poulin back out there.All the way
0:19:33 > 0:19:43down to 15 seconds.Penalty shot. The pass too hard for Larocque.
0:19:43 > 0:19:49Cleared away, eight seconds. No icing here. What a drama, and it
0:19:49 > 0:19:55will continue. 80 minutes can't split these two teams in an Olympic
0:19:55 > 0:20:06gold medal match, and now it's over to issue out. -- to a shoot out.
0:20:06 > 0:20:12Natalie Spooner, first shooter for Canada, looking to set the tone
0:20:12 > 0:20:19early, get a goal and put the US on the back burner.With British links,
0:20:19 > 0:20:21from Swindon outside Manchester, her family. An easy one for Rooney first
0:20:21 > 0:20:30up.She came in with a tonne of speed but just lost control. Not
0:20:30 > 0:20:34sure what she was trying to accomplish. She lost control under
0:20:34 > 0:20:38her stick, and easy for the American netminder.These teams have
0:20:38 > 0:20:43practised this is an awful lot. In the build-up to this. Because they
0:20:43 > 0:20:48know how important it could be. Here is the experienced Gigi Marvin. She
0:20:48 > 0:20:59steps in, she scores! The US take the lead. Marvellous from Marvin.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04She lost the handle of it briefly but was able to, it through. I think
0:21:04 > 0:21:10that might have pulled Szabados just enough. -- but she was able to
0:21:10 > 0:21:15hammer it through.The accidental move, Meghan Agosta for the
0:21:15 > 0:21:22Canadians. So many goals she is scored in Olympic play she steps in,
0:21:22 > 0:21:29and rifles it home. Canada level.So much confidence on this shooter from
0:21:29 > 0:21:35Agosta. Those left, goes right, it comes in from the angle, upstairs
0:21:35 > 0:21:42past the blocker.Rooney gets outside the post. Just got taken to
0:21:42 > 0:21:48wide by the experienced veteran. Now Hannah Brandt. Her sister played for
0:21:48 > 0:21:59the Korean team. And now here she is in the final, and saved by Szabados.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04We are tied at two after two. Szabados looks behind her, she knows
0:22:04 > 0:22:11she got a piece of it, she wasn't sure how much, and it stays out.It
0:22:11 > 0:22:21went between the legs, and Szabados shut the door. Marie-Philip Poulin,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24two Olympic game-winning goals to her name. Can she added a third?
0:22:24 > 0:22:33Good save, Rooney. Stay big, stayed tall. And it raises a smile.She
0:22:33 > 0:22:37tried to do the same thing that Agosta did, and Rooney was there the
0:22:37 > 0:22:42whole way. Great stop.
0:22:49 > 0:22:56Pfalzer, walking in an Szabados. Kick save on the backhand side,
0:22:56 > 0:23:01nothing complicated about that. Still level.Three down main street
0:23:01 > 0:23:12for Pfalzer, goes to the backside, read beautifully by Szabados.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Melodie Daoust may have been Canada's best player in this
0:23:15 > 0:23:26tournament, so composed. Oh, my word! That was incredible! Shades of
0:23:26 > 0:23:341994. Melodie Daoust with a shoot out goal to save it.Are you kidding
0:23:34 > 0:23:44me right now? You've got to be! Look at this, and amazing goal from
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Daoust, one-handed, she fakes one-way, sells it and, with one lone
0:23:48 > 0:23:53hand, she gets its past the netminder.Amanda Kessel scores, the
0:23:53 > 0:24:03American. Levelling things up. Well, if Daoust was a thing of beauty,
0:24:03 > 0:24:10that was a thing of power.Waiting until Szabados makes the first move,
0:24:10 > 0:24:16and then up over the glove. What a shot from Amanda Kessel.Jenner for
0:24:16 > 0:24:25the Canadians. Does she put pressure on the Americans? Saved. Rooney
0:24:25 > 0:24:31smiles. She knows she's given the Americans a chance to win gold with
0:24:31 > 0:24:41the next shot.What they stop right there.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46there. -- what a stop right there. Szabados knows, the coach knows.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Hilary Knight, the face of women's hockey in the USA. This is the gold
0:24:49 > 0:24:58medal shot... Saved! And we go to sudden death in the shoot out. And
0:24:58 > 0:25:08who do the coaches pick now?!I don't even know what to say! Hilary
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Knight, robbed by Shannon is shut off. Put that in and you medal
0:25:11 > 0:25:20champions. -- robbed by Shannon Szabados.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Szabados. Agosta came out. They might be taking a bit of a break.
0:25:22 > 0:25:29The US goes first.They flip after five, so it goes the other way. It
0:25:29 > 0:25:34is Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson. She will go, slowly, slowly, all the way
0:25:34 > 0:25:46in. Big move. Rate goal. Shape and bake -- shake and bake. And now they
0:25:46 > 0:25:52anxiously wait to see whether this is good enough for gold.What a move
0:25:52 > 0:25:57from Lamoureux. That is just perfection right there. It's going
0:25:57 > 0:26:04to be Megan Agosta.She's already scored once. She has to score to
0:26:04 > 0:26:11keep Canada in with a chance. Saved! The USA win gold for the first time
0:26:11 > 0:26:17since 1998!
0:26:17 > 0:26:20since 1998! Canada's run of 24 straight wins in Olympic hockey
0:26:20 > 0:26:29matches is over. They are devastated! As the
0:26:29 > 0:26:31devastated! As the Americans gather round the Olympic champions for the
0:26:31 > 0:26:43second time. The Queens ice hockey. -- the Queens of ice hockey. The USA
0:26:43 > 0:26:46winning it in a shoot out in the most dramatic of circumstances. 20
0:26:46 > 0:26:57year wait for gold ending, back in Asia where it all started. And they
0:26:57 > 0:27:04will celebrate the tears of joy and, on the other side, the tears of
0:27:04 > 0:27:13disappointment. The golden girls of American hockey.I took each player
0:27:13 > 0:27:21one at a time and, when it came down to one, shoot out win it, I just
0:27:21 > 0:27:26said, like, it's one more! And then a gold-medal! This group within
0:27:26 > 0:27:33means so much to me and I believe we did it. Thank you, everyone will be
0:27:33 > 0:27:39support.We knew we'd get it done. We believed. We played this game
0:27:39 > 0:27:441000 times in our minds over the last 40 years, and we didn't care
0:27:44 > 0:27:49how we got it done as long as we got it.To the mountain is now, and the
0:27:49 > 0:27:55final of the men's ski halfpipe. No British interest here after all
0:27:55 > 0:27:58three GB skiers missed out in qualifying earlier in the week, but
0:27:58 > 0:28:02it's shaping up to be a really exciting and hotly contested event.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06In the commentary box...
0:28:06 > 0:28:12Tim Warwood is joined by James Woods in the commentary box.
0:28:15 > 0:28:24Son's out, guns out.Good to go.
0:28:26 > 0:28:33So, the 16-year-old Kiwi, Nico Porteous, the first run of three,
0:28:33 > 0:28:41and these Olympic finals gets underway. Nice style.Yeah, it's
0:28:41 > 0:28:44looking really good so far, the switch double that he's been
0:28:44 > 0:28:49practising so hard. He has all the tricks he needs. Back to back, left
0:28:49 > 0:28:56to right spinning. Oh, my goodness! That's a huge run from Nico
0:28:56 > 0:29:06Porteous! And it was clean and bake. He looks at fees to
0:29:09 > 0:29:12He looks at fees to dialect -- fizzed. We spoke before we came on
0:29:12 > 0:29:15air, and these guys have to rip the lid off it and go crazy from run
0:29:15 > 0:29:23one. Three runs, but it's the best possible score.Everything else gets
0:29:23 > 0:29:26scratched, and I might get in trouble for saying this, but this
0:29:26 > 0:29:35competition is America's to lose. Yes. Nico Porteous with 82.4,
0:29:35 > 0:29:39getting the first score on the board.Fantastic. He's stoked with
0:29:39 > 0:29:47that. Brilliant run.
0:29:52 > 0:29:59Representing Canada, Noah Bowman. The Canadian camp will be fizzing on
0:29:59 > 0:30:09adrenaline, in thanks also to Sharp's medal. And now the person
0:30:09 > 0:30:15with the greatest style in halfpipe. He is liquid skiing. Exactly. And
0:30:15 > 0:30:24truly everyone's favourite. Watch him. A huge down the pipe 360 to
0:30:24 > 0:30:32start things. We can see the double 1260 switch to switch, switch 99 and
0:30:32 > 0:30:37switch double ten. That is everything you could possibly want
0:30:37 > 0:30:39to do with switch skiing in a halfpipe.
0:30:39 > 0:30:47Goodness me!We can see how confident Noah Bowman is. I cannot
0:30:47 > 0:30:54express enough how difficult these tricks are. The one thing his run
0:30:54 > 0:30:58lacks is the lack of forward spinning, which seems outrageous
0:30:58 > 0:31:02because that is easier to do in the halfpipe but Noah Bowman choosing
0:31:02 > 0:31:16only to do the one nice setup trick at the seven. Under right side
0:31:16 > 0:31:23at the seven. Under right side ten 1080 to finish off.Noah Bowman in
0:31:23 > 0:31:32the lead. David Weiss, the defending Olympic champion.
0:31:33 > 0:31:38Olympic champion. -- Wise. Who you would say made a meal of qualifying.
0:31:38 > 0:31:44But he sits in the finals and he has huge tricks.A gigantic switch
0:31:44 > 0:31:50double down the
0:31:50 > 0:31:55double down the pipe 1080.Oh, no, David Wise going down. Almost a
0:31:55 > 0:32:03setup trick for this man. Wow. Finding himself in unfamiliar
0:32:03 > 0:32:09territory. You would say he is finding his form now.This season he
0:32:09 > 0:32:15has come out of the gate swinging. Amazing, competing and skiing from
0:32:15 > 0:32:22David Wise. Look how high, it is insane.
0:32:24 > 0:32:30insane.And now coming from Canada, the Sochi silver medallist. The 2017
0:32:30 > 0:32:35world champion.
0:32:37 > 0:32:44world champion. One of the older guys on the circuit. 31. Huge bag of
0:32:44 > 0:32:51tricks. Some creative grabs in his tricks bag when he wants to delve
0:32:51 > 0:32:58deep. Keep your eye on this. Mike Riddle.
0:32:58 > 0:33:07The classic way he always starts. And alley-oop, holding it to switch,
0:33:07 > 0:33:13very impressive. Double Japan, two hands on the skis. Back-to-back
0:33:13 > 0:33:26doubles. That has been beautiful. Look at this, it is almost a
0:33:26 > 0:33:33challenge to do less. Landing nice and high on the transition and
0:33:33 > 0:33:38keeping up speed, which is what the judges liked to see. He landed a
0:33:38 > 0:33:45little bit squiffy on the right side double 12.
0:33:50 > 0:34:01Next to drop, Beau-James Wells. Come on, Beau! Very good friends with our
0:34:01 > 0:34:06commentator James Woods. And that is his dad. He has seen his brother
0:34:06 > 0:34:13crash out in practice.How will he be feeling? Beau, he has got New
0:34:13 > 0:34:22Zealand on his shoulders and his brother. Unfortunately he could not
0:34:22 > 0:34:27compete due to injury. Byron qualified, he was looking great. But
0:34:27 > 0:34:34he went down. It is up to Beau now. I think that will be the pressure he
0:34:34 > 0:34:38is feeling more than having New Zealand on his back.Breakfast time
0:34:38 > 0:34:42at their house in a couple of weeks would be made easier if he can
0:34:42 > 0:34:53podium. Dropping in switch. Huge. His signature opener, massive switch
0:34:53 > 0:34:58down the pipe and reaching back for a tail grab. Splitting those up in
0:34:58 > 0:35:03the wrong.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09the wrong.Double flares. Oh, my goodness! Comes across the line like
0:35:09 > 0:35:18Superman. Switch. My goodness.5.2 metres. This is the double f,
0:35:18 > 0:35:25reaching back further tail. We call that a blunt.He will be incredibly
0:35:25 > 0:35:39happy. 87.4. Alex Ferreira, the X Games silver medallists.An Aspen
0:35:39 > 0:35:45lad coming out strong since day one. He has all the tricks and technical
0:35:45 > 0:35:54to win this.Watch him do it. He won a tour in Colorado. He is used to
0:35:54 > 0:36:02the top spot. Starting with a huge 1260.And
0:36:03 > 0:36:061260.And a double flare 1080, taking it to switch, the first time
0:36:06 > 0:36:11we have seen that in the competition. And the left side
0:36:11 > 0:36:19double corks 12. Switch, double. That feels good to him. We always
0:36:19 > 0:36:29talk about if the riders are happy, which he clearly is.You can see his
0:36:29 > 0:36:34elation, putting the first run down. He knows it is massive. This
0:36:34 > 0:36:45halfpipe final is America's to lose. If they land clean, it is which of
0:36:45 > 0:36:56those will land on top.Yes, Alex Ferreira!
0:36:56 > 0:37:00Aaron Blunck. The first place qualifier.
0:37:05 > 0:37:10If he has a receipt for this, now is the time to redeem it.
0:37:10 > 0:37:21What has he got?Big start, 720. Nobody else in the pipe doing this,
0:37:21 > 0:37:25switch, double, completely blind nine and going straight into the
0:37:25 > 0:37:31switch, right double ten. A huge aspect in this run. Down the pipe
0:37:31 > 0:37:35900 and right side double 12. Just when you thought it could not
0:37:35 > 0:37:42get better, Aaron Blunck drops in! Putting those two switch doubles
0:37:42 > 0:37:46back to back, that is huge. The judges will lose their mind about
0:37:46 > 0:37:51that.Look how blind it is, not looking where he is going, relying
0:37:51 > 0:38:03purely on his Spidey sense. Absolutely fantastic, switch down
0:38:03 > 0:38:08the pipe, double ten, arguably the hardest thing, switch down the pipe
0:38:08 > 0:38:09and he did that back-to-back.
0:38:12 > 0:38:24Oh, goodness me! Well, that score does not reflect his reaction.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30does not reflect his reaction. Run one looking very good. Alex Ferreira
0:38:30 > 0:38:35tops the spot for USA from Noah Bowman of Canada and Beau-James
0:38:35 > 0:38:40Wells so the Canadian and Kiwi keeping the American podium clean
0:38:40 > 0:38:50sweep at bay for now. Run two of the men's Olympic free
0:38:50 > 0:38:56ski halfpipe final starting here with a huge double Cork at the top.
0:38:56 > 0:39:02This is where he came a cropper in the first run. He lost the heel
0:39:02 > 0:39:06piece of the binding. But he is back. Obviously has a fresh pair of
0:39:06 > 0:39:16skis and that is where it was, on the right side double flare. The
0:39:16 > 0:39:21pressure going through the skis, it blew his heel piece apart on the
0:39:21 > 0:39:26binding in the first run and it was too much for his legs to handle on
0:39:26 > 0:39:31the second run. Obviously nerves from the first run affecting number
0:39:31 > 0:39:39two.The Austrian will be relying on run number three and Andreas Gohl
0:39:39 > 0:39:44trying to replicate something special in the halfpipe.Only one
0:39:44 > 0:39:52run counts so he could bring it out of the bag in run three.
0:39:52 > 0:39:57Nico Porteous, the 16-year-old who had a stellar run and in your
0:39:57 > 0:40:03probably the bestie has had in the pipe.A blinding run from Nico
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Porteous in the pipe. A blinding run from Nico Porteous inbound one and
0:40:05 > 0:40:12all he can do is improve and sit back and be first run. He is so much
0:40:12 > 0:40:21more to give. Starting with something different.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Double Cork 1440. You cannot express how much extra it will give this
0:40:24 > 0:40:35run. Backing it up with the right side double 12. Oh, my days, Nico
0:40:35 > 0:40:44Porteous.Double alley-oop. Flat spin nine. It is huge! A 16-year-old
0:40:44 > 0:40:46has delivered like Wayne Rooney on his debut.
0:40:46 > 0:40:55My goodness, the youngster. He had enough height on it. Three and a
0:40:55 > 0:41:01half rotations, mums and dads. Goodness me.Oh, my goodness! Oh, my
0:41:01 > 0:41:07goodness!He cannot believe it. Nico Porteous is well on his way to
0:41:07 > 0:41:15upsetting that potential US 1-2- three with a huge score.If you want
0:41:15 > 0:41:20to know just how exciting this is, James Woods is standing on his seat
0:41:20 > 0:41:27in the commentary booth. As all eyes go back to the top and the defending
0:41:27 > 0:41:33Olympic champion. The thumb up of respect from the start Marshall and
0:41:33 > 0:41:40his turn to turn it on. The man who does not take no for an answer when
0:41:40 > 0:41:45it comes to being taken down in the halfpipe. Dropping in switch. A huge
0:41:45 > 0:41:51start.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55start. He has gone. Incredible. I cannot believe this is happening to
0:41:55 > 0:42:00David Wise. The man who sprinkles pressure on his breakfast cereal,
0:42:00 > 0:42:08and his fans are s.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14and his fans are s.Oh my goodness, he clipped the deck and that is how
0:42:14 > 0:42:18the skis are designed, they are designed to do that and save your
0:42:18 > 0:42:27legs in a less savoury crash. Beau-James Wells, currently in
0:42:27 > 0:42:35fourth. Smiles all round.He will be feeling good after run one. It will
0:42:35 > 0:42:39be difficult to squeeze any more out of the run with the tricks he had
0:42:39 > 0:42:44and the order it was because it was flawless. Whether he is saying he is
0:42:44 > 0:42:49going to mix it up and change it, or boost it to the stratosphere.We
0:42:49 > 0:42:56have seen with Nico Porteous, he squeezed the 14 out so will the
0:42:56 > 0:43:03coaches say to him, why not squeeze more out of it? We will see. Either
0:43:03 > 0:43:10way, a fine exponent of skiing, this boy.Beau-James Wells. My goodness,
0:43:10 > 0:43:16that is so exciting. You do not understand, using the first hit, he
0:43:16 > 0:43:21needed another hit, not reaching back for tail grab. I have every
0:43:21 > 0:43:26confidence he will do it in run three.Landed flat and killed his
0:43:26 > 0:43:35speed. Needs to finish up but he will rely on run three.That was
0:43:35 > 0:43:38tactical riding. He knows he needs to put the switch double on the
0:43:38 > 0:43:48first hit.He has just checked it with that run.Beau-James Wells does
0:43:48 > 0:43:53not start a halfpipe run out without grabbing a perfect run unless he is
0:43:53 > 0:43:59seriously preoccupied in his mind. This was not the run. He was using
0:43:59 > 0:44:04it as a warm up. I cannot tell you how excited I am to see him drop
0:44:04 > 0:44:12that fire on the first hit in run three.So, as it stands, Nico
0:44:12 > 0:44:17Porteous, who never mind reading the script, I doubt he has done his
0:44:17 > 0:44:24homework. Leading from Alex Ferreira and Noah Bowman. Torin
0:44:24 > 0:44:33Yater-Wallace.Put fuel on his fire and you will see him go mad. Not the
0:44:33 > 0:44:39first run. He is not sitting where he wants to be, nowhere near.In
0:44:39 > 0:44:452017 this boy had an infection and almost died, he was in a coma. He
0:44:45 > 0:44:51has come out guns blazing since then. Look how big that is.With the
0:44:51 > 0:44:58right double 12 to start things off. Everybody seems to take it from him.
0:44:58 > 0:45:05Switch, right, left, down the pipe. Oh, my goodness!His double
0:45:05 > 0:45:12alley-oop. Can he land? No. He could not land it. We spoke about it on
0:45:12 > 0:45:17the run before. He could have got another hit in but you will not see
0:45:17 > 0:45:24a bigger fifth hit the match today. He has no business doing that there.
0:45:24 > 0:45:28He knows at that point he can see the lift. Tries to bring his legs
0:45:28 > 0:45:36in, to disaster.That
0:45:36 > 0:45:38in, to disaster.That is really sore, man.. Do you know what that
0:45:38 > 0:45:43Smiley 's? That is I have got this final in the bag, if I can figure it
0:45:43 > 0:45:49out.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54Alex Ferreira currently sit in second.A very surprising position
0:45:54 > 0:46:02for him to be in. The rest of the Americans didn't land perfect runs.
0:46:02 > 0:46:07Alex was expecting to be first, then Nico Porteous came down and dropped
0:46:07 > 0:46:09some incredible fire, so Alex Ferreira back on the hot seat. He
0:46:09 > 0:46:16lands a bit flat.But he keeps his speed into the double 1080 switch.
0:46:16 > 0:46:21Down the pipe, back-to-back tens. He needs to run it up a bit, which he
0:46:21 > 0:46:31does. Final hit! Even better than his first run!Alex Ferreira is
0:46:31 > 0:46:38stepping up to the plate.
0:46:38 > 0:46:42stepping up to the plate.The Harry Potter of the halfpipe world. Just
0:46:42 > 0:46:50Wizarding is worthy -- his way through this. Absolutely ludicrous!
0:46:50 > 0:46:55Is classic helicopter pole.An unknown entity with Nico Porteous
0:46:55 > 0:47:02sitting on top. It was gorgeous and something we've never seen. How are
0:47:02 > 0:47:07the judges going to compare Alex Ferreira to that? It's not the
0:47:07 > 0:47:13point, it's the position.Oh, my goodness!
0:47:13 > 0:47:17goodness! I think he'll explode if he wins the gold medal. I think he
0:47:17 > 0:47:21will actually explode. And you know what, the magnitude of this
0:47:21 > 0:47:29competition, I think just get Nico Porteous. So, run two, the results
0:47:29 > 0:47:39look like this. Aaron Blunck, the hot favourite, in six. A crazy run
0:47:39 > 0:47:45from Nico Porteous. Alex Ferreira once again answering straight back
0:47:45 > 0:47:53with a 96 flat. Well, this is the Olympics, and I think we're going to
0:47:53 > 0:47:57see everybody stepping it up. They are all going for gold, and that's
0:47:57 > 0:48:07the aim. Third and final run in the men's halfpipe final here in boat
0:48:07 > 0:48:13buying. It's been an incredible couple of weeks courtesy of the
0:48:13 > 0:48:17freestyle disciplines and, I've got to be honest, I woke up this morning
0:48:17 > 0:48:21thinking it was going to fizzle out a bit, but this is absolutely,
0:48:21 > 0:48:28absolutely delivering, yet again. Another incredible final, where the
0:48:28 > 0:48:34bar is being raised and no disrespect whatsoever against
0:48:34 > 0:48:39Andreas Gohl, but he has a lot to do.He has to race this perfectly,
0:48:39 > 0:48:43but he isn't alone right now. A lot of the big men in the same position.
0:48:43 > 0:48:49A bit squiffy on his landing. Here is where it's gone down, run one and
0:48:49 > 0:48:57two. He is further down this pipe that he's been yet in this final.
0:48:57 > 0:49:02Left 900 tail, right into the middle of the halfpipe. Back-to-back left
0:49:02 > 0:49:11and right, 900. What a commendable way to finish out a final race.All
0:49:11 > 0:49:15that these guys want to do, all you wanted to do, what's to come and put
0:49:15 > 0:49:21your run down, and he's done that. It's now out of his hands.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24Absolutely. He's put it down under more pressure than you could
0:49:24 > 0:49:31possibly put on one person, and he's done it in impeccable style.Seventh
0:49:31 > 0:49:37position for Andreas Gohl. Very happy with that, smiles all round,
0:49:37 > 0:49:40and he's come and delivered on the biggest stage of all, the men's
0:49:40 > 0:49:48Olympic final.Nico Porteous, the beginning of this final, so happy
0:49:48 > 0:49:52and grateful to be in. He's got the big tricks but he doesn't have the
0:49:52 > 0:49:59experience and name of these big guys. In his second run, you put
0:49:59 > 0:50:03down a 94 point something and, all of a sudden, when Ferreira took the
0:50:03 > 0:50:11lead off him, the sincerity of this competition really hit him. Nico
0:50:11 > 0:50:14Porteous is accepting that second run is an absolute blinder and, you
0:50:14 > 0:50:21know what, good for him.B isn't going to improve, he feels, so he is
0:50:21 > 0:50:24surfing this one out, enjoying himself. And he says, you know what,
0:50:24 > 0:50:30I will not better that.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33I will not better that.Interesting move from Nico, not taking his third
0:50:33 > 0:50:40run or three, but that second run... Now David Wise, the defending
0:50:40 > 0:50:49Olympic champion, the most winning of male halfpipe skiers.I wonder if
0:50:49 > 0:50:56nerves were a thing between first and second runs.
0:50:56 > 0:51:00and second runs.Drop it in.Or pressure on David Wise. More than
0:51:00 > 0:51:06you can think imagine. Down the pipe, not as clean, a bit of a
0:51:06 > 0:51:14riddle, but completed it nicely. Left side, double cork, 1260.
0:51:14 > 0:51:19Perfect. Switch, left, down the pipe, ten, a right side 12 to finish
0:51:19 > 0:51:29this off. Boom!Oh, that it! Perfect! The only thing I can pick
0:51:29 > 0:51:34out of this run is that first hit, the switch right double 1080. Did he
0:51:34 > 0:51:38wriggle out of it and not hold the grab as long as he could? Was it a
0:51:38 > 0:51:47stress to land it?Under the most amount of pressure... 97.2! The
0:51:47 > 0:51:54defending Olympic champion Paul is a proverbial rabbit out of the hat.
0:52:00 > 0:52:06What can this boy do? Beau-James Wells.He's done everything he is
0:52:06 > 0:52:11plenty to do thus far in this competition. In this year in the
0:52:11 > 0:52:19lead up, Beau has been eyeing up the Olympics like a hawk.
0:52:19 > 0:52:20Olympics like a hawk. He's got a switch double in his Arsenal. He's
0:52:20 > 0:52:28started every run with a big switch down at 720, and then he's gone on
0:52:28 > 0:52:33to put down flawless runs. Whether he's going to use that switch double
0:52:33 > 0:52:37right now or trying to boost that run that he knows better than anyone
0:52:37 > 0:52:43to try and up this score, we are about to find out. Dropping in,
0:52:43 > 0:52:46switch, really fast. Beau-James Wells from New Zealand. Switch,
0:52:46 > 0:52:52double, down the pipe. He laces it. This is the run for Beau. Right side
0:52:52 > 0:53:00double 12. All he has to do is to fit straight back into his routine.
0:53:00 > 0:53:05Double flare, right side double flare, linking back-to-back. Left,
0:53:05 > 0:53:10double 12, Beau landed it clean. Well done, that man. Talk about
0:53:10 > 0:53:16stepping up when it counts, man! Well, you said it. You knew he had
0:53:16 > 0:53:25that switch double in his -- in his Arsenal.What a nice rotation. That
0:53:25 > 0:53:28is the trip we have seen punishing Kevin Roland three times. David Wise
0:53:28 > 0:53:37on his first two runs putno, he hasn't! Its fourth place for him.
0:53:37 > 0:53:43So, Alex Ferreira. I mean, I can't even begin to describe how he's
0:53:43 > 0:53:50feeling at the moment.He knows he's second, maybe third, if Aaron Blunck
0:53:50 > 0:53:53can hit him, but he is on that podium. He's definitely going to
0:53:53 > 0:54:02want to punch for the top spot.He's got it tumbled first after his first
0:54:02 > 0:54:09run, first after his second run can he be versed after this? If ever
0:54:09 > 0:54:13there was a time to rip the lead of it, this is it. But come on, Alex
0:54:13 > 0:54:19Ferreira.That was huge. This is the biggest that we might have seen all
0:54:19 > 0:54:25day. Switching perfectly.He is running on pure adrenaline. That's
0:54:25 > 0:54:33massive!He is going so big and the TV doesn't do it justice.Oh, my
0:54:33 > 0:54:40goodness! Alex Ferreira has not knocked it out of the park, he's
0:54:40 > 0:54:44strapped it to a space rocket and sent it into outer space! What was
0:54:44 > 0:54:52that?!And somehow he landed perfectly afterwards.I've never
0:54:52 > 0:54:57seen anything like it!That was huge.I think he's going to explode.
0:54:57 > 0:55:04Cover your eyes, people oh, 96.4. You can see the message from the
0:55:04 > 0:55:10judges. They said, look, you went so big, you bested that earlier run, we
0:55:10 > 0:55:15are going to give you a higher score, but it just can't stand up to
0:55:15 > 0:55:22David Wise's technicality. But wow what so the final skier looking to
0:55:22 > 0:55:26make it an American one, two, three, a podium lock-out. He wants a medal.
0:55:26 > 0:55:32Of course he wants the gold medal. But has Aaron Blunck, the first
0:55:32 > 0:55:35place qualifier, but enough left in his tank?Classic Aaron Blunck
0:55:35 > 0:55:46start. Right side 720, the only player doing that. Completely blind
0:55:46 > 0:55:50into the switch. Double 1080 renewed background into forwards. Switch
0:55:50 > 0:56:00double down the pipe, flatscreen nine. -- flat spin. That right side
0:56:00 > 0:56:03double cork tail grab is what he missed the grab on and that's what
0:56:03 > 0:56:10the judges punished in run one. Run two didn't go to plan.I don't know
0:56:10 > 0:56:16what disabled I'd be very nervous if I was Nico Porteous. He is currently
0:56:16 > 0:56:23sitting on 94.8, which is huge.A massive score. Aaron Blunck will
0:56:23 > 0:56:27have to be flawless and the judges will have to think so but into top
0:56:27 > 0:56:33Nico wasthe needs a smoke screen and some mirrors to help him with
0:56:33 > 0:56:37this. The judges will be having a headache. This score is going to
0:56:37 > 0:56:43take for ever to come through, I'm pretty sure. Aaron Blunck, the
0:56:43 > 0:56:47American who qualified in first place, looking to make it an
0:56:47 > 0:56:50American one, two, three, which we saw in qualifying. If it happens,
0:56:50 > 0:57:02they've left it very late. What? Oh, my goodness!He doesn't do it!84.8,
0:57:02 > 0:57:06and look at that! Well, well, well! That is a men's ski halfpipe final
0:57:06 > 0:57:11to remember. I hope you have that recorded, because it will take some
0:57:11 > 0:57:17watching again to try and decide for the code of that Wimbledon Alex
0:57:17 > 0:57:22Ferreira takes second. Huge
0:57:24 > 0:57:27Ferreira takes second. Huge shout out to Nico Porteous, but David
0:57:27 > 0:57:30Wise, the Olympic champion, has pulled the cat out of the bag in his
0:57:30 > 0:57:34third and final run. So the official results are in. David Wise takes the
0:57:34 > 0:57:41gold.
0:57:41 > 0:57:43gold. Shout out to Beau-James Wells, with the best run he's ever produced
0:57:43 > 0:57:49for fourth.
0:57:52 > 0:57:55for fourth.Double Olympic champion must feel pretty good.Honestly I'm
0:57:55 > 0:58:00in disbelief. I was when I won lost time and I am today.To do it in
0:58:00 > 0:58:00front
0:58:00 > 0:58:03time and I am today.To do it in front of the family must be special.
0:58:03 > 0:58:10It's so cool to be with my family. I feel like the front man for an
0:58:10 > 0:58:13amazing team, from coaches to doctors, strength trainers,
0:58:13 > 0:58:18everybody, and my team really starts with those four people, my wife and
0:58:18 > 0:58:23kids, so to have them supporting me here is amazing. I'm so excited.
0:58:23 > 0:58:31Win, lose or fall, I had my people with me. It was so cool.
0:58:32 > 0:58:35with me. It was so cool.Two PB runs back-to-back is a dream come true,
0:58:35 > 0:58:38especially at the Olympics. It couldn't get better.
0:58:38 > 0:58:41That's all from us for now, but I'll be back at 12:30am over
0:58:41 > 0:58:44on BBC One with live coverage of the Women's Free Skate,
0:58:44 > 0:58:47and we'll have extended highlights of that on BBC Four tomorrow night.
0:58:47 > 0:58:49See you then.