22/02/2018 Winter Olympics Extra

Hello and welcome to Day 13

of the Winter Olympics

here in Pyeongchang.

We want to see the big tricks we

know these guys can do.

know these guys can do.

Team USA

versus team Canada.

Later in the programme

we'll see extended highlights

of what is shaping up to be

an incredible men's

ski halfpipe final.

But first we'll see the gold medal

match of the women's ice hockey.

It's a repeat of the 2014 Olympic

final with the USA taking on Canada

- and that was an classic,

with the Canadians finally winning

3-2 in overtime to make it

four golds in a row.

Hilary Knight played in that game

four years ago for America.

Let's hear from her.

COMMENTATOR: A superstar, Hilary

Knight. I suspect she may be up

there with the players of the

tournament.

Four years on, what are

the memories of Sochi?

It was a

heartbreaking defeat in the way we

lost.

lost.

COMMENTATOR: Now we will have

a grand slam finish!

a grand slam finish!

In the third

period, how we let it slip through

our fingers. It is hard because the

Olympics are so much bigger than the

team, it is our country, those

people who helped us get to that

place. The young girls coming up who

want to be like us. In many ways,

the pressure and the weight of the

world on our shoulders being number

one seed but also we feel like the

underdog in this fight, and that is

exciting.

Can Canada make it five in a row?

Your commentators for this one

are Seth Bennet and Kent Simpson.

Your commentators for this one

are Seth Bennet and Kent Simpson.

Women's hockey two superpowers once

again in an Olympics final, a

rematch of four years ago, and of

eight years ago. Canada walked away

with victories on both occasions. It

has been four

has been four years of hurt for the

Americans. Can they turn the tide of

history here? Good skating from the

Canadians. The whistle-blower below.

Blayre Turnbull with good speed.

Blayre Turnbull coming off the

bench. The puck came around and she

kept going. A nice job from Maddie

Rooney to keep tight to the post.

And then jump on the rebound with

Wakefield lurking.

Jocelyne Larocque

feeds it in. Goes after it. The feed

towards Poulin. Canada is spreading

the puck around well and that was a

chance for Meghan Agosta. Agosta?

denied by Maddie Rooney. Maybe a

little bit too tight.

The high tip

from Daoust. The slap passed right

onto the stick did not quite make it

through. A good job from Lee

Stecklein.

Canada just staying

onside. The US trying to clear away.

A huge hit. Penalty coming. Hannah

Brandt comes in and makes her own

body check after the play.

This is

Jennifer Wakefield.

This is... There is no doubt about

it, it is a body check and the women

know you cannot body check in this

game. It lets you know the intensity

is so high.

A quiet tournament for Amanda Kessel

as the shot comes in. Into the

grateful glove of Shannon Szabados.

She hangs onto it.

She hangs onto it.

It was a big

shot. The Canadian defenders make a

good job of ensuring a clear lane

for Szabados. I do not like the way

Canada is managing the puck. They

have had the Americans running

around in their own zone and they

have made bad passes. Putting the

puck into not great situations and

the Americans have been able to

break out the puck from there. The

Canadians have to be smarter. It

looks like they will get their first

chance on the power play.

Hannah

Brandt, no, it is Nurse. A wry smile

from the coach.

Fairly legitimate. Tough to argue

that. That was behind the play. This

is the third indiscipline penalty

Canada has taken.

Bellamy, as the US built into the

zone. What a time it would be to

score. Under a minute remaining in

the first period. Tipped out in

front. Going hard to the net. The

Americans had a chance. They will be

looking for more. Hilary Knight

schools! -- scores. It is first

blood to the USA in this Olympic

final. So often it has been a silver

medal for the US, but is that a

golden touch from Hilary Knight?

You got the sense this would happen.

Look at the time and space that she

has. She recognises where Hilary

Knight is. Beautiful plate onto the

backhand of Hilary Knight. Shannon

Szabados was wondering whether

Hilary Knight was in the blue paint.

She was not, she was right on top of

it.

Amanda Kessel.

That was a good

opportunity. Very nearly stuck away.

Wriggling free again is Amanda

Kessel. Hannah Brandt behind the

net. USA in too much space from a

Canadian perspective and Szabados

was forced to make the save. Now

maybe Canada can win this race.

Johnston getting wrapped up with

Cayla Barnes. USA coming back the

other way. Dani Camoranesi took it

wide. Given away. If the Canadians

can use this well, they have done

terrifically well.

It is there! A little tip right in

front and Canada are right back in

this as they level things up. It was

a nothing played, really, as they

went to the net. Just enough of a

stick on it. To put it home. Haley

Irwin. What a play by Turnbull.

What

a play from Turnbull. Haley Irwin

going to the net. She picks it out

of the air. About two and a half

feet and she reaches out before the

puck gets to Maddie Rooney and

deflects it past her on the short

side. You said something out of

nothing. One think the Americans do

well, they do not give the puck

weight. When it is on a stick, they

know where to put it. Canada,

sometimes they are just happy to get

it off their sticks and that was a

case in point.

Back to Poulin! 2-1. Another Olympic

final goal for Poulin. USA published

here. That combination of Meghan

Agosta and Marie-Philip Poulin sent

Canada back on track for a gold

medal.

No sooner are we praising the

Americans for their

Americans for their puck management.

A one-time shot, short side.

A one-time shot, short side. A

terrific shot. I love the pass from

Meghan Agosta, right through the

legs of Amanda Kessel.

Hilary Knight in the right wing

corner, quick shot to the net. She

has it again and lets it go through

traffic. Szabados, quick hand, quick

kick, safe.

A nice pushback from the

Americans. The Canadians were in

between line changes. It was not

their full unit out there. This was

an own deflection and what a save.

Deflects it on her own net.

That has to be a penalty. Canada

still have it. Penalty coming.

still have it. Penalty coming. Off

the outside of the net.

Looks like

the USA jump map. They definitely

did. I wonder why the whistle did

not go.

not go.

Massively out of position

and another chance off the knees.

Finally the Americans touch, the

whistle blows. First power play for

Canada.

Great job from Saulnier. Got

moved down to the fourth line. She

has terrific speed. She chips it

past and Sidney Morin steps casually

in front of her. And a hard shot of

the stick of Johnston, turned aside

by Maddie Rooney. Canada goes to the

power play for the first time this

evening.

Nice pass to force it up. Daoust

working get to the near side and the

stick goes flying into the air.

Punched away by Dani Camoranesi. The

only thing she can do as it goes

down low will stop Haley Irwin

pleads innocence but I think she is

over the line.

You cannot go into

the blue paint if you are a skater

unless the puck is in there. You can

see her having explained by the

referee. Rebecca Johnston tries to

throw it in. You can see the right

skate standing in the blue paint.

Not allowing Maddie Rooney to come

out. Canada scrambling at the start

of the power play. Did a good job,

separating and trying to move the

puck around.

They will have to build

from distance here, as they bring it

down. What an opportunity that was

a! Would not sit down for Sarah

Nurse.

Nurse. Nurse latching on and could

not find Jenner? who is out in front

and all alone. Agosta?. Towards

goal. Could they finish it off? It

was wide by Nurse.

Canada get it back to the blue line.

Through traffic and it bounces out.

The Americans go here and they will

with Amanda Kessel.

What an

opportunity for Canada. Terrific

job. Started with the point shot

from Brigette Lacquette. It came

right to Jenner?. Wakefield and

Nurse were there.

The Americans come

to the games as favourites. Yet come

that big moment, the Canadians seem

to find an extra gear.

to find an extra gear. Daoust, she

cannot finish it. What a chance and

it now goes the other way. Hilary

Knight. Great defensive play. Oh, my

word, there is a player injured on

the ice. Brianna Decker took the

full force of the stick. It was

wonderful play at one end. Daoust

with the chance and then it comes

back the other way. Two on one and

Hilary Knight made a lovely pass.

How Brianna Decker was not able to

finish it...

What a remarkable sequence, back and

forth, huge save from Maddie Rooney

at one end of Daoust, and then two

on one the other way. A beautiful

backhand pass right out of the tape,

and then Poulin went right through

Decker. What a stick from shadows.

In the men's game, that's a hit to

the head.

That should be a penalty,

no doubt about it. Sounds like the

crowds seen the replay, Poulin going

full speed, and that is elbowed

head.

Can Canada withstand the

pressure and get an insular and

smart car? Right can they clear the

zone? They can. Two on one. It saved

by Rooney. Is that a gold-medal

saving save? At the other end, what

a chance! Areas Lamoureux! -- here

is Lamoureux! 2-2. Rooney makes a

stop at one end. The US breakaway.

Who else do you want it on the end

of the stick of? Monique

Lamoureux-Morando. Bolts of Sochi

vanished, thoughts of 1998 back in

focus. -- thoughts of Sochi.

What is

saved from Rooney, who gets about

half of this puck, and look at

Lamoureux, head up, so confident,

firing that puck under the blog of

shadows. -- the glove of shadows.

Amazing game.

Is there one more

twist? Canada maybe have one last

chance, but not now. They have run

out of time on this one. And, for

the second successive Winter

Olympics, we are going to overtime

in the women's ice hockey final.

Next goal wins it. Good move,

Keller, it goes wide. And now it

goes back the other way, Megan

Agosta, Poulin with her, deflecting

off the stick and up into the

netting. It is golden goal,

literally.

The next goal wins. Look

at this chance from Brianne Jenner,

she walks in, just loses her handle

on it at the last second, and look

at this shot off the stick.

Canada

don't really have that dynamic

defender who can lead it. It opens

up, and Keller nearly wins it.

What

a save from Szabados. What a play

from Gigi Marvin to spring the

defender, Keller. She tries to go

hide blocker, and what a save from

Shannon Szabados.

Fortino is

absolutely shattered. Penalty.

Keller looks up to the skies. 1.35

to go. And Canada are going to have

a four on three power play.

If a

penalty, it is.

penalty, it is.

On the blue line,

there is Fortino. Fortino kicks it

towards the middle, rebound, often

posed, I think. Canada -- off the

post. Canada nearly when it. USA,

only three skaters on the ice.

Opened up from Rebecca Johnston.

Neutralised. Surely the Canadians

are going to find a way to get

Poulin back out there.

All the way

down to 15 seconds.

Penalty shot.

The pass too hard for Larocque.

Cleared away, eight seconds. No

icing here. What a drama, and it

will continue. 80 minutes can't

split these two teams in an Olympic

gold medal match, and now it's over

to issue out. -- to a shoot out.

Natalie Spooner, first shooter for

Canada, looking to set the tone

early, get a goal and put the US on

the back burner.

With British links,

from Swindon outside Manchester, her

family. An easy one for Rooney first

up.

She came in with a tonne of

speed but just lost control. Not

sure what she was trying to

accomplish. She lost control under

her stick, and easy for the American

netminder.

These teams have

practised this is an awful lot. In

the build-up to this. Because they

know how important it could be. Here

is the experienced Gigi Marvin. She

steps in, she scores! The US take

the lead. Marvellous from Marvin.

She lost the handle of it briefly

but was able to, it through. I think

that might have pulled Szabados just

enough. -- but she was able to

hammer it through.

The accidental

move, Meghan Agosta for the

Canadians. So many goals she is

scored in Olympic play she steps in,

and rifles it home. Canada level.

So

much confidence on this shooter from

Agosta. Those left, goes right, it

comes in from the angle, upstairs

past the blocker.

Rooney gets

outside the post. Just got taken to

wide by the experienced veteran. Now

Hannah Brandt. Her sister played for

the Korean team. And now here she is

in the final, and saved by Szabados.

We are tied at two after two.

Szabados looks behind her, she knows

she got a piece of it, she wasn't

sure how much, and it stays out.

It

went between the legs, and Szabados

shut the door. Marie-Philip Poulin,

two Olympic game-winning goals to

her name. Can she added a third?

Good save, Rooney. Stay big, stayed

tall. And it raises a smile.

She

tried to do the same thing that

Agosta did, and Rooney was there the

whole way. Great stop.

Pfalzer, walking in an Szabados.

Kick save on the backhand side,

nothing complicated about that.

Still level.

Three down main street

for Pfalzer, goes to the backside,

read beautifully by Szabados.

Melodie Daoust may have been

Canada's best player in this

tournament, so composed. Oh, my

word! That was incredible! Shades of

1994. Melodie Daoust with a shoot

out goal to save it.

Are you kidding

me right now? You've got to be! Look

at this, and amazing goal from

Daoust, one-handed, she fakes

one-way, sells it and, with one lone

hand, she gets its past the

netminder.

Amanda Kessel scores, the

American. Levelling things up. Well,

if Daoust was a thing of beauty,

that was a thing of power.

Waiting

until Szabados makes the first move,

and then up over the glove. What a

shot from Amanda Kessel.

Jenner for

the Canadians. Does she put pressure

on the Americans? Saved. Rooney

smiles. She knows she's given the

Americans a chance to win gold with

the next shot.

What they stop right

there.

there. -- what a stop right there.

Szabados knows, the coach knows.

Hilary Knight, the face of women's

hockey in the USA. This is the gold

medal shot... Saved! And we go to

sudden death in the shoot out. And

who do the coaches pick now?!

I

don't even know what to say! Hilary

Knight, robbed by Shannon is shut

off. Put that in and you medal

champions. -- robbed by Shannon

Szabados.

Szabados. Agosta came out. They

might be taking a bit of a break.

The US goes first.

They flip after

five, so it goes the other way. It

is Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson. She

will go, slowly, slowly, all the way

in. Big move. Rate goal. Shape and

bake -- shake and bake. And now they

anxiously wait to see whether this

is good enough for gold.

What a move

from Lamoureux. That is just

perfection right there. It's going

to be Megan Agosta.

She's already

scored once. She has to score to

keep Canada in with a chance. Saved!

The USA win gold for the first time

since 1998!

since 1998! Canada's run of 24

straight wins in Olympic hockey

matches is over. They are

devastated! As the

devastated! As the Americans gather

round the Olympic champions for the

second time. The Queens ice hockey.

-- the Queens of ice hockey. The USA

winning it in a shoot out in the

most dramatic of circumstances. 20

year wait for gold ending, back in

Asia where it all started. And they

will celebrate the tears of joy and,

on the other side, the tears of

disappointment. The golden girls of

American hockey.

I took each player

one at a time and, when it came down

to one, shoot out win it, I just

said, like, it's one more! And then

a gold-medal! This group within

means so much to me and I believe we

did it. Thank you, everyone will be

support.

We knew we'd get it done.

We believed. We played this game

1000 times in our minds over the

last 40 years, and we didn't care

how we got it done as long as we got

it.

To the mountain is now, and the

final of the men's ski halfpipe. No

British interest here after all

three GB skiers missed out in

qualifying earlier in the week, but

it's shaping up to be a really

exciting and hotly contested event.

In the commentary box...

Tim Warwood is joined by James Woods

in the commentary box.

Son's out, guns out.

Good to go.

So, the 16-year-old Kiwi, Nico

Porteous, the first run of three,

and these Olympic finals gets

underway. Nice style.

Yeah, it's

looking really good so far, the

switch double that he's been

practising so hard. He has all the

tricks he needs. Back to back, left

to right spinning. Oh, my goodness!

That's a huge run from Nico

Porteous! And it was clean and bake.

He looks at fees to

He looks at fees to dialect --

fizzed. We spoke before we came on

air, and these guys have to rip the

lid off it and go crazy from run

one. Three runs, but it's the best

possible score.

Everything else gets

scratched, and I might get in

trouble for saying this, but this

competition is America's to lose.

Yes. Nico Porteous with 82.4,

getting the first score on the

board.

Fantastic. He's stoked with

that. Brilliant run.

Representing Canada, Noah Bowman.

The Canadian camp will be fizzing on

adrenaline, in thanks also to

Sharp's medal. And now the person

with the greatest style in halfpipe.

He is liquid skiing. Exactly. And

truly everyone's favourite. Watch

him. A huge down the pipe 360 to

start things. We can see the double

1260 switch to switch, switch 99 and

switch double ten. That is

everything you could possibly want

to do with switch skiing in a

halfpipe.

Goodness me!

We can see how

confident Noah Bowman is. I cannot

express enough how difficult these

tricks are. The one thing his run

lacks is the lack of forward

spinning, which seems outrageous

because that is easier to do in the

halfpipe but Noah Bowman choosing

only to do the one nice setup trick

at the seven. Under right side

at the seven. Under right side ten

1080 to finish off.

Noah Bowman in

the lead. David Weiss, the defending

Olympic champion.

Olympic champion. -- Wise. Who you

would say made a meal of qualifying.

But he sits in the finals and he has

huge tricks.

A gigantic switch

double down the

double down the pipe 1080.

Oh, no,

David Wise going down. Almost a

setup trick for this man. Wow.

Finding himself in unfamiliar

territory. You would say he is

finding his form now.

This season he

has come out of the gate swinging.

Amazing, competing and skiing from

David Wise. Look how high, it is

insane.

insane.

And now coming from Canada,

the Sochi silver medallist. The 2017

world champion.

world champion. One of the older

guys on the circuit. 31. Huge bag of

tricks. Some creative grabs in his

tricks bag when he wants to delve

deep.

Keep your eye on this. Mike Riddle.

The classic way he always starts.

And alley-oop, holding it to switch,

very impressive. Double Japan, two

hands on the skis. Back-to-back

doubles. That has been beautiful.

Look at this, it is almost a

challenge to do less. Landing nice

and high on the transition and

keeping up speed, which is what the

judges liked to see. He landed a

little bit squiffy on the right side

double 12.

Next to drop, Beau-James Wells. Come

on, Beau! Very good friends with our

commentator James Woods. And that is

his dad. He has seen his brother

crash out in practice.

How will he

be feeling? Beau, he has got New

Zealand on his shoulders and his

brother. Unfortunately he could not

compete due to injury. Byron

qualified, he was looking great. But

he went down. It is up to Beau now.

I think that will be the pressure he

is feeling more than having New

Zealand on his back.

Breakfast time

at their house in a couple of weeks

would be made easier if he can

podium. Dropping in switch. Huge.

His signature opener, massive switch

down the pipe and reaching back for

a tail grab. Splitting those up in

the wrong.

the wrong.

Double flares. Oh, my

goodness! Comes across the line like

Superman. Switch. My goodness.

5.2

metres. This is the double f,

reaching back further tail. We call

that a blunt.

He will be incredibly

happy. 87.4. Alex Ferreira, the X

Games silver medallists.

An Aspen

lad coming out strong since day one.

He has all the tricks and technical

to win this.

Watch him do it. He won

a tour in Colorado. He is used to

the top spot. Starting with a huge

1260.

And

1260.

And a double flare 1080,

taking it to switch, the first time

we have seen that in the

competition. And the left side

double corks 12. Switch, double.

That feels good to him. We always

talk about if the riders are happy,

which he clearly is.

You can see his

elation, putting the first run down.

He knows it is massive. This

halfpipe final is America's to lose.

If they land clean, it is which of

those will land on top.

Yes, Alex

Ferreira!

Aaron Blunck. The first place

qualifier.

If he has a receipt for this, now is

the time to redeem it.

What has he got?

Big start, 720.

Nobody else in the pipe doing this,

switch, double, completely blind

nine and going straight into the

switch, right double ten. A huge

aspect in this run. Down the pipe

900 and right side double 12.

Just when you thought it could not

get better, Aaron Blunck drops in!

Putting those two switch doubles

back to back, that is huge. The

judges will lose their mind about

that.

Look how blind it is, not

looking where he is going, relying

purely on his Spidey sense.

Absolutely fantastic, switch down

the pipe, double ten, arguably the

hardest thing, switch down the pipe

and he did that back-to-back.

Oh, goodness me! Well, that score

does not reflect his reaction.

does not reflect his reaction. Run

one looking very good. Alex Ferreira

tops the spot for USA from Noah

Bowman of Canada and Beau-James

Wells so the Canadian and Kiwi

keeping the American podium clean

sweep at bay for now.

Run two of the men's Olympic free

ski halfpipe final starting here

with a huge double Cork at the top.

This is where he came a cropper in

the first run. He lost the heel

piece of the binding. But he is

back. Obviously has a fresh pair of

skis and that is where it was, on

the right side double flare. The

pressure going through the skis, it

blew his heel piece apart on the

binding in the first run and it was

too much for his legs to handle on

the second run. Obviously nerves

from the first run affecting number

two.

The Austrian will be relying on

run number three and Andreas Gohl

trying to replicate something

special in the halfpipe.

Only one

run counts so he could bring it out

of the bag in run three.

Nico Porteous, the 16-year-old who

had a stellar run and in your

probably the bestie has had in the

pipe.

A blinding run from Nico

Porteous in the pipe. A blinding run

from Nico Porteous inbound one and

all he can do is improve and sit

back and be first run. He is so much

more to give.

Starting with something different.

Double Cork 1440. You cannot express

how much extra it will give this

run. Backing it up with the right

side double 12. Oh, my days, Nico

Porteous.

Double alley-oop. Flat

spin nine. It is huge! A 16-year-old

has delivered like Wayne Rooney on

his debut.

My goodness, the youngster. He had

enough height on it. Three and a

half rotations, mums and dads.

Goodness me.

Oh, my goodness! Oh, my

goodness!

He cannot believe it. Nico

Porteous is well on his way to

upsetting that potential US 1-2-

three with a huge score.

If you want

to know just how exciting this is,

James Woods is standing on his seat

in the commentary booth. As all eyes

go back to the top and the defending

Olympic champion. The thumb up of

respect from the start Marshall and

his turn to turn it on. The man who

does not take no for an answer when

it comes to being taken down in the

halfpipe. Dropping in switch. A huge

start.

start. He has gone. Incredible. I

cannot believe this is happening to

David Wise. The man who sprinkles

pressure on his breakfast cereal,

and his fans are s.

and his fans are s.

Oh my goodness,

he clipped the deck and that is how

the skis are designed, they are

designed to do that and save your

legs in a less savoury crash.

Beau-James Wells, currently in

fourth. Smiles all round.

He will be

feeling good after run one. It will

be difficult to squeeze any more out

of the run with the tricks he had

and the order it was because it was

flawless. Whether he is saying he is

going to mix it up and change it, or

boost it to the stratosphere.

We

have seen with Nico Porteous, he

squeezed the 14 out so will the

coaches say to him, why not squeeze

more out of it? We will see. Either

way, a fine exponent of skiing, this

boy.

Beau-James Wells. My goodness,

that is so exciting. You do not

understand, using the first hit, he

needed another hit, not reaching

back for tail grab. I have every

confidence he will do it in run

three.

Landed flat and killed his

speed. Needs to finish up but he

will rely on run three.

That was

tactical riding. He knows he needs

to put the switch double on the

first hit.

He has just checked it

with that run.

Beau-James Wells does

not start a halfpipe run out without

grabbing a perfect run unless he is

seriously preoccupied in his mind.

This was not the run. He was using

it as a warm up. I cannot tell you

how excited I am to see him drop

that fire on the first hit in run

three.

So, as it stands, Nico

Porteous, who never mind reading the

script, I doubt he has done his

homework. Leading from Alex Ferreira

and Noah Bowman. Torin

Yater-Wallace.

Put fuel on his fire

and you will see him go mad. Not the

first run. He is not sitting where

he wants to be, nowhere near.

In

2017 this boy had an infection and

almost died, he was in a coma. He

has come out guns blazing since

then. Look how big that is.

With the

right double 12 to start things off.

Everybody seems to take it from him.

Switch, right, left, down the pipe.

Oh, my goodness!

His double

alley-oop. Can he land? No. He could

not land it. We spoke about it on

the run before. He could have got

another hit in but you will not see

a bigger fifth hit the match today.

He has no business doing that there.

He knows at that point he can see

the lift. Tries to bring his legs

in, to disaster.

That

in, to disaster.

That is really

sore, man.. Do you know what that

Smiley 's? That is I have got this

final in the bag, if I can figure it

out.

Alex Ferreira currently sit in

second.

A very surprising position

for him to be in. The rest of the

Americans didn't land perfect runs.

Alex was expecting to be first, then

Nico Porteous came down and dropped

some incredible fire, so Alex

Ferreira back on the hot seat. He

lands a bit flat.

But he keeps his

speed into the double 1080 switch.

Down the pipe, back-to-back tens. He

needs to run it up a bit, which he

does. Final hit! Even better than

his first run!

Alex Ferreira is

stepping up to the plate.

stepping up to the plate.

The Harry

Potter of the halfpipe world. Just

Wizarding is worthy -- his way

through this. Absolutely ludicrous!

Is classic helicopter pole.

An

unknown entity with Nico Porteous

sitting on top. It was gorgeous and

something we've never seen. How are

the judges going to compare Alex

Ferreira to that? It's not the

point, it's the position.

Oh, my

goodness!

goodness! I think he'll explode if

he wins the gold medal. I think he

will actually explode. And you know

what, the magnitude of this

competition, I think just get Nico

Porteous. So, run two, the results

look like this. Aaron Blunck, the

hot favourite, in six. A crazy run

from Nico Porteous. Alex Ferreira

once again answering straight back

with a 96 flat. Well, this is the

Olympics, and I think we're going to

see everybody stepping it up. They

are all going for gold, and that's

the aim. Third and final run in the

men's halfpipe final here in boat

buying. It's been an incredible

couple of weeks courtesy of the

freestyle disciplines and, I've got

to be honest, I woke up this morning

thinking it was going to fizzle out

a bit, but this is absolutely,

absolutely delivering, yet again.

Another incredible final, where the

bar is being raised and no

disrespect whatsoever against

Andreas Gohl, but he has a lot to

do.

He has to race this perfectly,

but he isn't alone right now. A lot

of the big men in the same position.

A bit squiffy on his landing. Here

is where it's gone down, run one and

two. He is further down this pipe

that he's been yet in this final.

Left 900 tail, right into the middle

of the halfpipe. Back-to-back left

and right, 900. What a commendable

way to finish out a final race.

All

that these guys want to do, all you

wanted to do, what's to come and put

your run down, and he's done that.

It's now out of his hands.

Absolutely. He's put it down under

more pressure than you could

possibly put on one person, and he's

done it in impeccable style.

Seventh

position for Andreas Gohl. Very

happy with that, smiles all round,

and he's come and delivered on the

biggest stage of all, the men's

Olympic final.

Nico Porteous, the

beginning of this final, so happy

and grateful to be in. He's got the

big tricks but he doesn't have the

experience and name of these big

guys. In his second run, you put

down a 94 point something and, all

of a sudden, when Ferreira took the

lead off him, the sincerity of this

competition really hit him. Nico

Porteous is accepting that second

run is an absolute blinder and, you

know what, good for him.

B isn't

going to improve, he feels, so he is

surfing this one out, enjoying

himself. And he says, you know what,

I will not better that.

I will not better that.

Interesting

move from Nico, not taking his third

run or three, but that second run...

Now David Wise, the defending

Olympic champion, the most winning

of male halfpipe skiers.

I wonder if

nerves were a thing between first

and second runs.

and second runs.

Drop it in.

Or

pressure on David Wise. More than

you can think imagine. Down the

pipe, not as clean, a bit of a

riddle, but completed it nicely.

Left side, double cork, 1260.

Perfect. Switch, left, down the

pipe, ten, a right side 12 to finish

this off. Boom!

Oh, that it!

Perfect! The only thing I can pick

out of this run is that first hit,

the switch right double 1080. Did he

wriggle out of it and not hold the

grab as long as he could? Was it a

stress to land it?

Under the most

amount of pressure... 97.2! The

defending Olympic champion Paul is a

proverbial rabbit out of the hat.

What can this boy do? Beau-James

Wells.

He's done everything he is

plenty to do thus far in this

competition. In this year in the

lead up, Beau has been eyeing up the

Olympics like a hawk.

Olympics like a hawk. He's got a

switch double in his Arsenal. He's

started every run with a big switch

down at 720, and then he's gone on

to put down flawless runs. Whether

he's going to use that switch double

right now or trying to boost that

run that he knows better than anyone

to try and up this score, we are

about to find out. Dropping in,

switch, really fast. Beau-James

Wells from New Zealand. Switch,

double, down the pipe. He laces it.

This is the run for Beau. Right side

double 12. All he has to do is to

fit straight back into his routine.

Double flare, right side double

flare, linking back-to-back. Left,

double 12, Beau landed it clean.

Well done, that man. Talk about

stepping up when it counts, man!

Well, you said it. You knew he had

that switch double in his -- in his

Arsenal.

What a nice rotation. That

is the trip we have seen punishing

Kevin Roland three times. David Wise

on his first two runs put

no, he

hasn't! Its fourth place for him.

So, Alex Ferreira. I mean, I can't

even begin to describe how he's

feeling at the moment.

He knows he's

second, maybe third, if Aaron Blunck

can hit him, but he is on that

podium. He's definitely going to

want to punch for the top spot.

He's

got it tumbled first after his first

run, first after his second run can

he be versed after this? If ever

there was a time to rip the lead of

it, this is it. But come on, Alex

Ferreira.

That was huge. This is the

biggest that we might have seen all

day. Switching perfectly.

He is

running on pure adrenaline. That's

massive!

He is going so big and the

TV doesn't do it justice.

Oh, my

goodness! Alex Ferreira has not

knocked it out of the park, he's

strapped it to a space rocket and

sent it into outer space! What was

that?!

And somehow he landed

perfectly afterwards.

I've never

seen anything like it!

That was

huge.

I think he's going to explode.

Cover your eyes, people oh, 96.4.

You can see the message from the

judges. They said, look, you went so

big, you bested that earlier run, we

are going to give you a higher

score, but it just can't stand up to

David Wise's technicality. But wow

what so the final skier looking to

make it an American one, two, three,

a podium lock-out. He wants a medal.

Of course he wants the gold medal.

But has Aaron Blunck, the first

place qualifier, but enough left in

his tank?

Classic Aaron Blunck

start. Right side 720, the only

player doing that. Completely blind

into the switch. Double 1080 renewed

background into forwards. Switch

double down the pipe, flatscreen

nine. -- flat spin. That right side

double cork tail grab is what he

missed the grab on and that's what

the judges punished in run one. Run

two didn't go to plan.

I don't know

what disabled I'd be very nervous if

I was Nico Porteous. He is currently

sitting on 94.8, which is huge.

A

massive score. Aaron Blunck will

have to be flawless and the judges

will have to think so but into top

Nico was

the needs a smoke screen

and some mirrors to help him with

this. The judges will be having a

headache. This score is going to

take for ever to come through, I'm

pretty sure. Aaron Blunck, the

American who qualified in first

place, looking to make it an

American one, two, three, which we

saw in qualifying. If it happens,

they've left it very late. What? Oh,

my goodness!

He doesn't do it!

84.8,

and look at that! Well, well, well!

That is a men's ski halfpipe final

to remember. I hope you have that

recorded, because it will take some

watching again to try and decide for

the code of that Wimbledon Alex

Ferreira takes second. Huge

Ferreira takes second. Huge shout

out to Nico Porteous, but David

Wise, the Olympic champion, has

pulled the cat out of the bag in his

third and final run. So the official

results are in. David Wise takes the

gold.

gold. Shout out to Beau-James Wells,

with the best run he's ever produced

for fourth.

for fourth.

Double Olympic champion

must feel pretty good.

Honestly I'm

in disbelief. I was when I won lost

time and I am today.

To do it in

front

time and I am today.

To do it in

front of the family must be special.

It's so cool to be with my family. I

feel like the front man for an

amazing team, from coaches to

doctors, strength trainers,

everybody, and my team really starts

with those four people, my wife and

kids, so to have them supporting me

here is amazing. I'm so excited.

Win, lose or fall, I had my people

with me. It was so cool.

with me. It was so cool.

Two PB runs

back-to-back is a dream come true,

especially at the Olympics. It

couldn't get better.

That's all from us for now,

but I'll be back at 12:30am over

on BBC One with live coverage

of the Women's Free Skate,

and we'll have extended highlights

of that on BBC Four tomorrow night.

See you then.