0:00:34 > 0:00:36Hello and welcome to Day 14 of the Winter Olympics
0:00:36 > 0:00:39here in Pyeongchang.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Later in the programme, we'll have highlights
0:00:41 > 0:00:44of the women's ski cross final.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49But first, we'll see who the last figure skating medal of these Games
0:00:49 > 0:00:53is awarded to as the ladies take to the ice for their free skate.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56It looks like being a battle of the two Russians, Alina Zagitova
0:00:56 > 0:00:59and Evgenia Medvedeva, who both broke the world record
0:00:59 > 0:01:06in their short programme.
0:01:08 > 0:01:14It is a new world record.That is Evgenia Medvedeva's world record
0:01:14 > 0:01:15already broken!
0:01:15 > 0:01:16For the last time,
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Kat Downes and Robin Cousins can
0:01:17 > 0:01:22talk us through this one.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27We are into the final day of skating and it is the women taking to the
0:01:27 > 0:01:32ice behind us and as predicted, Robin, a chase for a gold medal
0:01:32 > 0:01:37between the Russian girls. Absolutely, Evgenia Medvedeva came
0:01:37 > 0:01:41out in the short programme and said this is mine, look at me. And then
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Alina Zagitova said what ever you can do, I can do better and did,
0:01:45 > 0:01:51broke the world record but a different ball game today. I think
0:01:51 > 0:01:57Evgenia Medvedeva will have the edge.You think she will come back.
0:01:57 > 0:02:070.31 behind. Her she got what it takes to edge out the 15-year-olds.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Zagitova won the European Championship that this is different.
0:02:11 > 0:02:17From those two for me it will be Medvedeva. But in saying that,
0:02:17 > 0:02:22Kaetlyn Osmond was so beautiful in the short programme and many said
0:02:22 > 0:02:26she was under Marx. She knows she is sitting fairly comfortably in bronze
0:02:26 > 0:02:32medal position right now -- under marked. She could upset one, if not
0:02:32 > 0:02:37both Russians if everything is perfect.It might not be a Russian
0:02:37 > 0:02:401-2. Two records broken the other day.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42When we see more broken today?
0:02:48 > 0:02:54The Japanese national champion. Current lying in fourth place but
0:02:54 > 0:02:59just three points behind Kaetlyn Osmond in the bronze medal position.
0:02:59 > 0:03:08She wrote hate these jumps at a rate of knots. She is below are flying
0:03:08 > 0:03:12through the air and she has what it takes to make up the gap and get
0:03:12 > 0:03:19herself on the podium.There was question over whether her triple
0:03:19 > 0:03:23triple combination and her triple jump in the short programme should
0:03:23 > 0:03:29have been downgraded. She will want to ensure she gives them no choice
0:03:29 > 0:03:34today.
0:03:40 > 0:03:49The triple loop was cleanly rotated but it is the triple lutz, triple
0:03:49 > 0:03:55toe combination that will be the real test.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01real test. Clean for me. But review will see.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Good on the flip.
0:04:38 > 0:04:46It is lovely to see spinning in both directions. You do not see it enough
0:04:46 > 0:04:53in figure skating, these days.
0:05:56 > 0:06:05Big jumping pass. Triple lutz. Double toe loop, double loop. She
0:06:05 > 0:06:06has done it.
0:06:17 > 0:06:28Double axel and the toe loop.
0:06:31 > 0:06:38And speed triple salchow. -- of the triple salchow.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59The last jump, the double axel.
0:07:12 > 0:07:18Beautiful position for the laid-back.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27laid-back. -- lay back. And on the spot for the spin.Satoko Miyahara
0:07:27 > 0:07:31chasing down medal positions and she could not have asked for any war
0:07:31 > 0:07:39from that performance. No, from what I can see, absolutely clean on the
0:07:39 > 0:07:45triples. She does rotate so fast. Not a lot of height or flight. But
0:07:45 > 0:07:53she is a little thing. You wonder where she gets it from. Satoko
0:07:53 > 0:07:59Miyahara with a new season's best to take the lead. She is the one to
0:07:59 > 0:08:09chase down in this final group of six skaters. The oldest skater in
0:08:09 > 0:08:14the contest. 31 years old. Sochi bronze medallist. A little off the
0:08:14 > 0:08:19pace.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25pace. Qualifying in sixth place. I think they medal will be out of the
0:08:25 > 0:08:33question for Carolina Kostner of Italy.
0:09:00 > 0:09:08It was clean in. First jump. That triple lutz.
0:09:18 > 0:09:33Though, on the triple flip. She needed that to be the combination.
0:10:39 > 0:10:46Tight on the landing of that triple toe loop. No combinations, as of
0:10:46 > 0:11:01yet. Oh. Double axel loop triple salchow. I question the landing of
0:11:01 > 0:11:06the salchow. I think it was clean, but it had absolutely no edge.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Uncharacteristically error strewn from Carolina Kostner of Italy and
0:12:44 > 0:12:48she needs every trick to work perfectly if she is to keep up with
0:12:48 > 0:12:54the young guns.Yes, you cannot compete with her experience and
0:12:54 > 0:13:01performance manner and style, but she needed those triple triple
0:13:01 > 0:13:08combinations, of which we did not see any. She got the triple lutz
0:13:08 > 0:13:12back this season which was a bonus and it was the one thing that did
0:13:12 > 0:13:18work. Very tentative with some of the landings.
0:13:22 > 0:13:32the landings.139.29 for Carolina Kostner. She sits in second place
0:13:32 > 0:13:37behind Satoko Miyahara of Japan. An exquisite skate from the Japanese
0:13:37 > 0:13:44means she is still out in front. Here she is. She set a short
0:13:44 > 0:13:49programme world record two days ago. This long programme helped the
0:13:49 > 0:13:55Olympic athletes of Russia to the silver medal in the team event. This
0:13:55 > 0:13:59is Alina Zagitova, the young pretender. The gold medal within her
0:13:59 > 0:14:03grasp. Does she have what it takes to bear the pressure on those
0:14:03 > 0:14:0815-year-old shoulders?
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Do not look for the big jumps to be coming early in this performance.
0:14:52 > 0:15:00The later they come, you do get bonus points.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03bonus points. Alina Zagitova back ends her programme with all her
0:15:03 > 0:15:08technical jumping elements. So it is the choreographic sequence and the
0:15:08 > 0:15:13spins and step sequence that will come first.All about maxing out
0:15:13 > 0:15:18those points.
0:16:18 > 0:16:24Oh, that would have been the triple lutz triple loop accommodation. Just
0:16:24 > 0:16:35taking the lutz there, so how well does she think on her feet?
0:16:35 > 0:16:39does she think on her feet? Double axel, triple toe loop.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Triple flip, double toe loop, double loop.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08The second triple lutz will come now and it has to be in the combination
0:17:08 > 0:17:16and she will want it to be with the triple toe loop.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19triple toe loop. No, she'll do it with the triple loop.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34And the triple flip.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:18:04 > 0:18:10And it looks for a second like Alina Zagitova had been the first to blink
0:18:10 > 0:18:14in this race for gold, that missed combination on the start, but she
0:18:14 > 0:18:20sought on her feet.She did not have the perfect landing on that triple
0:18:20 > 0:18:26lutz, although she has been given positive praise for execution on it.
0:18:26 > 0:18:34But yes, she came back, has exactly the same content as was planned,
0:18:34 > 0:18:39just not necessarily the order she would liked to have delivered it.I
0:18:39 > 0:18:43don't suppose it matters which order it comes out as well as it is
0:18:43 > 0:18:51executed as beautifully as she did it. So it's not a new season's best,
0:18:51 > 0:19:04it's not a new world record. 239.57 is the combined total. Beat that and
0:19:04 > 0:19:11you will be in for a gold medal.And the door is open.Kaetlyn Osmond,
0:19:11 > 0:19:16World Championship silver medallist last time round, Gabriel Dale man
0:19:16 > 0:19:20took the bronze, the first time two Canadian women have been on the
0:19:20 > 0:19:27World Championship podium at the same time.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31same time. She was just two points behind Medvedeva in the Silver medal
0:19:31 > 0:19:37position.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47Kaetlyn had a glorious performance in the short programme. Many thought
0:19:47 > 0:19:51and are marked in terms of component scores. Certainly technically she
0:19:51 > 0:19:56delivered. Can she do it today? There's the triple flip and there's
0:19:56 > 0:20:01the triple toe loop. Exquisite.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24Double axel, triple toe loop. Fast, light, easy. Keep this momentum
0:20:24 > 0:20:26going, please.
0:20:39 > 0:20:48Overcooked the take off on the triple lutz, stepped out.
0:21:40 > 0:21:48Good on the triple loop. Needed that. And she also needs the second
0:21:48 > 0:21:53triple flip. Only one triple lutz in this programme planned, so every
0:21:53 > 0:21:57triple will need to be perfect from now on.
0:22:04 > 0:22:12There you go.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24Triple salchow, double toe loop, double loop.
0:22:28 > 0:22:40Last offered jumps, double axel. -- the last of her jumps.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Canada's Black Swan, flying in for a
0:23:43 > 0:23:53place on the podium.Just that one tiny mistake. Falling out of the
0:23:53 > 0:24:03landing of the triple lutz, but goodness me.She had a lead though,
0:24:03 > 0:24:10going into this free skate, after the short programme will stop about
0:24:10 > 0:24:17three points ahead of Satoko Miyahara, the Japanese skater in
0:24:17 > 0:24:27fourth position, so she has a very, very slight advantage to play with.
0:24:27 > 0:24:33Up to second, 152.15, it's a season's best, a massive season's
0:24:33 > 0:24:38best, ten points better than her previous mark and Kaetlyn Osmond
0:24:38 > 0:24:43holds onto that bronze medal position, friends off the challenge
0:24:43 > 0:24:47from Satoko Miyahara of Japan and she is guaranteed herself the medal
0:24:47 > 0:24:56with that performance. And here is our last skater at this Olympic
0:24:56 > 0:25:01Games, and what a way to close the show. Evgenia Medvedeva, the two
0:25:01 > 0:25:05time world champion, the favourite for so long to win this Olympic
0:25:05 > 0:25:12title. Broke the world record in the short programme, just to watch
0:25:12 > 0:25:18Zagitova snatch it back. Medvedeva skates to save the gold that fought
0:25:18 > 0:25:24two years was destined to be hers. -- that for two years was destined
0:25:24 > 0:25:31to be hers.
0:25:33 > 0:25:40Anna Canarinha is the soundtrack -- Anna Karen Nina.
0:25:56 > 0:26:04Triple flip, triple toe loop to open.
0:26:14 > 0:26:25There is the lutz.
0:27:31 > 0:27:39Strong second triple flip.
0:27:42 > 0:27:50And a beautiful triple loop.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34That's it, triple salchow, triple toe loop, just one more double axel.
0:28:34 > 0:28:42The jumps are done.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48This is your gold medal winning performance. She is absolutely on
0:28:48 > 0:28:56the money.
0:29:30 > 0:29:35CHEERING AND APPLAUSE It's marvellous, from Medvedeva
0:29:35 > 0:29:41reggae.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44reggae. Ready to relinquish her crown, the double world champion
0:29:44 > 0:29:50still the very, very best in the world.I thought that was the best
0:29:50 > 0:29:57I've seen her skate in a long time. It's a programme that Swann Herrera
0:29:57 > 0:30:01World Championship before. Now, surely enough for the Olympic title
0:30:01 > 0:30:08as well. -- it's won her the World Championship before.Made the
0:30:08 > 0:30:12decision to change programmes mid-season, came back to one that
0:30:12 > 0:30:19she said made her feel something really different on the ice.
0:30:19 > 0:30:28Oh, it is not enough. 156.65 for Evgenia Medvedeva and that is the
0:30:28 > 0:30:37gold medal missing. Wow. Heartbreak for Evgenia Medvedeva, who thought
0:30:37 > 0:30:42she had done enough. Alina Zagitova, like the rest of us, cannot believe
0:30:42 > 0:30:46what she is hearing. Fantastic performance from Alina Zagitova, we
0:30:46 > 0:30:51can take nothing away from the 15-year-old but she has pulled off
0:30:51 > 0:30:56an enormous upset at the Olympic Games. Confirmation that the
0:30:56 > 0:31:0215-year-old upstart from Russia has caused another enormous shock,
0:31:02 > 0:31:05beating her countrywoman Evgenia Medvedeva, two time world champion
0:31:05 > 0:31:10and favourite for the title. What a shock here.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13and favourite for the title. What a shock here.We have been very
0:31:13 > 0:31:18excited about the rivalry. I think it is something we might see for
0:31:18 > 0:31:25many years to come. TRANSLATION:The competition, we are
0:31:25 > 0:31:30in real life very good friends, but in sport, I think the competition is
0:31:30 > 0:31:37very important and it makes us grow together.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40together.Congratulations on your silver medal. It looked very
0:31:40 > 0:31:45emotional afterwards.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47emotional afterwards.It was unexpected for everyone. I am an
0:31:47 > 0:31:58emotional person. I thought, I am in the Olympics. I did a clean, free
0:31:58 > 0:32:04programme. I did my best to date. I put all my soul into this
0:32:04 > 0:32:10competition.
0:32:10 > 0:32:16competition. I think it was happy crying.An individual bronze medal.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20You have had Olympic medals before but this is your first individual
0:32:20 > 0:32:26one.It is so exciting. Team medals are special, they are with almost a
0:32:26 > 0:32:30family and having team support is rewarding but to be able to do this
0:32:30 > 0:32:35by myself proved I am strong and able to do this without the aid of a
0:32:35 > 0:32:40team, that means so much to me also. Celebrations on the ice perhaps
0:32:40 > 0:32:46muted because after that performance by Evgenia Medvedeva, we had her
0:32:46 > 0:32:50nailed on for the gold medal but Alina Zagitova came through with the
0:32:50 > 0:32:55world record short programme.They had identical scores in the free
0:32:55 > 0:33:00programme which I am surprised out. Alina Zagitova is a brilliant
0:33:00 > 0:33:04technician and was on it today but she worked with the brain and did
0:33:04 > 0:33:09not give me any heart and not skating people would say Evgenia
0:33:09 > 0:33:13Medvedeva today gave us everything. Yes, the jumps are quite tiny but
0:33:13 > 0:33:17they are clean and pristine. The performance was glorious and it was
0:33:17 > 0:33:22the right move to go back to an old performance and programme. You could
0:33:22 > 0:33:27see it in her face, she was slightly shocked and I think a lot of us are.
0:33:27 > 0:33:32She was heartbroken when the result came up. She is normally cool and
0:33:32 > 0:33:37calm. She could not hide it. She was in tears at the end of the
0:33:37 > 0:33:43performance because she thought she had done it, and then at the end of
0:33:43 > 0:33:48the result also.You have this building up, a couple of years
0:33:48 > 0:33:53towards this ultimate performance. At some point your body goes, I am
0:33:53 > 0:33:59done and it is the outpouring of emotion that is honest and natural
0:33:59 > 0:34:03and what I thought, bringing Kaetlyn Osmond into the conversation, she
0:34:03 > 0:34:08has not been one to hold it together when things start to go wrong and it
0:34:08 > 0:34:13was a tiny mistake. Sometimes that is all it needs but the rest of her
0:34:13 > 0:34:18performance was supreme and the three women on these podium are
0:34:18 > 0:34:24correct but for us, figure skating fans and not it's calleds, we would
0:34:24 > 0:34:28have loved to see Evgenia Medvedeva on the top.It was the world record
0:34:28 > 0:34:34short programme that won it for Alina Zagitova in the end. Is this
0:34:34 > 0:34:40the best figure skating Olympics you have seen?Collectively across the
0:34:40 > 0:34:44board, all four disciplines, some upsets, some phenomenal performances
0:34:44 > 0:34:47and collectively yes, probably the best games I have been to.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Back to the mountains now and the final of
0:34:50 > 0:34:51the women's ski cross.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53One Brit in action here.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Emily Sarsfield finally making it to an Olympics after missing out
0:34:56 > 0:34:58on Vancouver eight years ago and Sochi in 2014.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01Graham Bell and Ed Leigh are your commentators.
0:35:07 > 0:35:15Up at the top we have the first of our quarters in the gate. Starting
0:35:15 > 0:35:27procedure. It says, skiers ready. Then, attention. One to four seconds
0:35:27 > 0:35:36later, the gate will open. The Austrian, 28 years old. Kennedy with
0:35:36 > 0:35:44a brilliant start. Wearing the green Bay Packers.Lisa Andersson in
0:35:44 > 0:35:59yellow. -- wearing the green bib. This is a race for second place
0:35:59 > 0:36:10right now. A problem.Limbacher is down.Wow, that is a big surprise.
0:36:10 > 0:36:16Anderson and Kennedy out in front. The Australian leading the Swede.
0:36:16 > 0:36:25This is a toilet bowl of a berm and Kennedy has a great technique,
0:36:25 > 0:36:34absorbing the jumps. Never write off third place.We know how much drama
0:36:34 > 0:36:42can unfold on the finishing straight as Anderson Thaksin behind Kennedy.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47-- Anderson
0:36:54 > 0:36:58tucks in behind Kennedy-Sim. Limbacher snagged on the gate and
0:36:58 > 0:37:04sheep in wheeled off the step down. -- she pinned wheeled off the step
0:37:04 > 0:37:13down. Shoulder to shoulder through this section. This is where we see
0:37:13 > 0:37:18the mistakes begin. Limbacher going down hard. Hooks the tale of the
0:37:18 > 0:37:27skis into that gate. That will hurt. She landed on the flat. It is a
0:37:27 > 0:37:34testament to just how determined ski cross racers are to stay on their
0:37:34 > 0:37:39feet at all costs. She battled bat well after anyone else would have
0:37:39 > 0:37:46given up on it as a lost cause. Clinging to the edges, praying she
0:37:46 > 0:37:50could get back up. In the background, you see the Swiss, just
0:37:50 > 0:37:58getting in the back-seat of the final kicker. Sami Kennedy-Sim.
0:37:58 > 0:38:06Andersson in second.
0:38:06 > 0:38:12Andersson in second. I think Sandra Naeslund and Fanny Smith have the
0:38:12 > 0:38:17speed in the second of the quarterfinals. Watch out for
0:38:17 > 0:38:22Naeslund wearing red and Smith in green. And also the French skier in
0:38:22 > 0:38:27blue, she was asked in the previous round.We saw it with the men. They
0:38:27 > 0:38:31have brilliant technique and she raced tenaciously in the eighth
0:38:31 > 0:38:36round.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42round. Naeslund undoubtedly the favourite. 21 years old but a
0:38:42 > 0:38:50veteran of these sport. Pressure on the skis on the gate.We have the
0:38:50 > 0:38:562013 world champion in Fanny Smith and the 2017 reigning world champion
0:38:56 > 0:39:00in Sandra Naeslund.Fanny Smith was lightning out of the starting gate
0:39:00 > 0:39:10but she could not hold off Naeslund. Fanny Smith has gone past.The
0:39:10 > 0:39:16others have a great view of this. Naeslund and Smith have the speed
0:39:16 > 0:39:22and ability.
0:39:22 > 0:39:29and ability. Just hoping she can stay
0:39:29 > 0:39:35stay in touch Kucerova.This is the technical section. Kucerova on the
0:39:35 > 0:39:39inside of Naeslund.Which means she will be on the outside in the next
0:39:39 > 0:39:44turn so Naeslund should be able to shut the door.The French skier has
0:39:44 > 0:39:51fought her way back and she is going nicely. What a view from Kucerova as
0:39:51 > 0:39:57they come to the first of the four jumps.Brilliant pictures. It is a
0:39:57 > 0:40:03shame for Kucerova, because she is in last place but we can watch the
0:40:03 > 0:40:10race unfolds. Fanny Smith comes through with sound
0:40:10 > 0:40:12through with sound Renee is learned in second. We thought they would
0:40:12 > 0:40:22progress through and we are not wrong. -- with Naeslund in second.
0:40:22 > 0:40:27That was her chance but on the outside of the bend.Fantastic.
0:40:27 > 0:40:32Seeing it from that angle and understanding how close they are.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37How much nerve you have to have to race between 40 and 80 kilometres
0:40:37 > 0:40:44per hour.And flying 20, 30 metres. In close proximity. It is
0:40:44 > 0:40:51breathtaking. Brilliant, brilliant racing here.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55racing here.Naeslund giving them cause for concern but making it
0:40:55 > 0:41:05through with the Swiss. Fanny Smith. Now, Brittany Phelan of
0:41:06 > 0:41:07Now, Brittany Phelan of Canada stop Alizee Baron the Frenchwoman wearing
0:41:07 > 0:41:25green. Emily Sarsfield. Great Britain.Brittany Phelan
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Britain.Brittany Phelan wearing the red bib.Emily Sarsfield needs to
0:41:29 > 0:41:36stand up in this compression. They are out. Go on, Emily, that is much
0:41:36 > 0:41:46better. The other athletes able to pull away.Baron leading Phelan stop
0:41:46 > 0:41:53the green bib the Frenchwoman unable to hold off this charge from Phelan.
0:41:53 > 0:42:01Emily Sarsfield making up ground. Phelan soaking up the jump.
0:42:02 > 0:42:08Phelan soaking up the jump. Pixner. She
0:42:08 > 0:42:15She is in third place. And then Emily Sarsfield.Coming through the
0:42:15 > 0:42:22jump. Great skiing from the Canadian. Very close.Again, as they
0:42:22 > 0:42:26come into the technical section. Pixner the Italian is leaning on
0:42:26 > 0:42:31baron.Baron has the inside line. You have to make a different move.
0:42:31 > 0:42:38You cannot come on that side along that straightaway.Pixner skating
0:42:38 > 0:42:43through the right hand, trying to get in contact with baron. Pixner
0:42:43 > 0:42:50very quick, but the draft is not working. Again, she sits back.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54Brittany Phelan in first. Baron, the Frenchwoman, joining her in the
0:42:54 > 0:43:04semifinals. In that race there were two skiers with really good form.
0:43:04 > 0:43:11Brittany Phelan, from what we have seen so far, is looking like a
0:43:11 > 0:43:15favourite, if not to take a gold medal, certainly a place on the
0:43:15 > 0:43:22podium. Brittany Phelan's motto is danger is real, fear is a choice.
0:43:22 > 0:43:31That should be a T-shirt. Phelan coasting over in first followed by
0:43:31 > 0:43:42baron. Pixner in the back-seat in third.Back up to the top. Kelsey
0:43:42 > 0:43:49Serwa is the highest seed in the third of these quarterfinals.The
0:43:49 > 0:43:53Austrian does not have the skis speed but has good technique on the
0:43:53 > 0:44:05turn. Kelsey Serwa very fast in the qualifying round. And the Russian, I
0:44:05 > 0:44:12am not sure she will be in this race.
0:44:12 > 0:44:21race.A brave man would try to predict ski cross.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26predict ski cross.Luedi poised in third. We have seen her overtake
0:44:26 > 0:44:33like this. It is a breathtaking chase down. Kelsey Serwa leading
0:44:33 > 0:44:40comfortably.
0:44:40 > 0:44:47comfortably. Luedi is down, but she held on somehow.Luedi has great
0:44:47 > 0:44:51speed. Her skis are flying. She is not controlling the jumps and she
0:44:51 > 0:44:57has to be careful. I said it would take a brave man to predict it but
0:44:57 > 0:45:05it is exactly how I predicted.I think Luedi will ask
0:45:05 > 0:45:10think Luedi will ask her ski tech to adjust her skis! Ofner has perfect
0:45:10 > 0:45:16technique over the jumps so if there is any way to catch Luedi, it is
0:45:16 > 0:45:26here.Luedi sitting back a little bit.Ofner. Nothing she could do
0:45:26 > 0:45:32with those skis. The Swiss just out of sight. Kelsey Serwa, I think the
0:45:32 > 0:45:39fastest we have seen so far.Look at this, look how well Kelsey Serwa
0:45:39 > 0:45:43riding over the Wu-Tang. Generating speed. She was in the lead all the
0:45:43 > 0:45:50way through. That was the crash from the Russian.If you lose contact on
0:45:50 > 0:45:55the negative Traverse, you are gone.
0:45:55 > 0:46:01Katrin Ofner and Anastasia Chirtcova, it's the end of the road
0:46:01 > 0:46:06for them. Sanna Luedi and Kelsey Serwa have made it into the top
0:46:06 > 0:46:14eight.Sandra Naeslund was the fourth fastest in the feeding
0:46:14 > 0:46:18rounds, so she gets the red bib, so she chooses first which position she
0:46:18 > 0:46:25will start. And then Fanny Smith's choice in green, and then Sami
0:46:25 > 0:46:31Kennedy-Sim in blue chooses third, then Lisa Andersson, only 17th
0:46:31 > 0:46:37fastest in the feeding round. There is the Swede, the young Swede.Next
0:46:37 > 0:46:42to her fellow countrywoman and the favourite here, Sandra Naeslund.Six
0:46:42 > 0:46:48World Cup victories out of eight this season, but watch out for Fanny
0:46:48 > 0:46:53Smith.And American dad, an Englishman.Very good overtaken as
0:46:53 > 0:47:01well.Then Sami Kennedy-Sim, started racing on the World Cup in 2008.Her
0:47:01 > 0:47:13husband actually competed in cross-country. At the Olympic Games.
0:47:14 > 0:47:23Ben Sim. Here we go. First of the semis. Undoubtedly Kennedy-Sim's
0:47:23 > 0:47:28best Olympics and she sits down terribly.Oh, no, that was a shame
0:47:28 > 0:47:34for the Australian because she's of the running. Naeslund is out in
0:47:34 > 0:47:38front, like we thought she would be. Fanny Smith is in second. What can
0:47:38 > 0:47:42the young Swede do, what can Andersson do? She's got to do
0:47:42 > 0:47:45something to stay in touch.At the moment Fanny Smith looking
0:47:45 > 0:47:52blisteringly quick on those skis again as they come over this really
0:47:52 > 0:47:56long and low, beautifully measured jump than into the off camber.
0:47:56 > 0:48:01Andersson has gone and it's the two favourites that we thought would be
0:48:01 > 0:48:04quick in this competition who are out in front. Fanny Smith isn't
0:48:04 > 0:48:08going to do anything stupid here. She's a very, very intelligent
0:48:08 > 0:48:14competitor. I hope I haven't just given her the commentator's curse!
0:48:14 > 0:48:20Just soaking up this technical step down. Then you can just see
0:48:20 > 0:48:23Kennedy-Sim, who had that terrible start and took herself out of the
0:48:23 > 0:48:29running in third place. It seems at the moment a very simple 1-2-macro
0:48:29 > 0:48:37for Naeslund and Smith. -- a very simple 1-2, for Naeslund and Smith.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40Naeslund has remembered the form book.
0:48:44 > 0:48:51You can see how they jump up there, just, just making it up into the
0:48:51 > 0:48:55birdbath can put Fanny Smith was brilliant through there. That was
0:48:55 > 0:48:58incredible technique. This is where we seen loads of mistakes from Smith
0:48:58 > 0:49:05but it's Andersson who explodes out of the berm and into the nets at the
0:49:05 > 0:49:09bottom of the picture there.You come off the negative, there's a
0:49:09 > 0:49:12slight roller that gets you light and that there is a compression as
0:49:12 > 0:49:16you go into the berm so you don't have just the centrifugal force of
0:49:16 > 0:49:22the turn, you've also got this gravity effect of squashing you down
0:49:22 > 0:49:27and Lisa Andersson just having the weight ever so slightly back and not
0:49:27 > 0:49:37able to control the skis.So Sandra Naeslund of Sweden wearing the red
0:49:37 > 0:49:41bib, takes first, and looks very, very strong. Then Fanny Smith of
0:49:41 > 0:49:50Switzerland will join her. So the fans enjoying the racing here. We go
0:49:50 > 0:49:54back up for the second of the semifinals. Two spots in the final
0:49:54 > 0:50:01full stop the prize, but what is the cost, that's the question in ski
0:50:01 > 0:50:06Cross racing.Kelsey Serwa in the red bib, she is world champion from
0:50:06 > 0:50:092011. She's been there or thereabouts. She's the silver
0:50:09 > 0:50:14medallist. There's Sanna Luedi the Swiss racer, very, very quick skis,
0:50:14 > 0:50:19flashed up asked fast along the flat. Kelsey Serwa, Silver medal
0:50:19 > 0:50:24last time round, coming in with great form. Brittany Phelan competed
0:50:24 > 0:50:30in Sochi in slalom, placed 50 in the last Olympics in slalom, but has
0:50:30 > 0:50:35switched to cross, and Alizee Baron, the French skier.25-year-old from
0:50:35 > 0:50:41France. She has looked very, very fast so far.Expect the Canadians to
0:50:41 > 0:50:47go out of the start like absolute rockets.Luedi, closest to the
0:50:47 > 0:50:51camera in the yellow bib, has the lightning fast skis, and she's been
0:50:51 > 0:50:54going very well on the gliding sections. The ultimate test comes
0:50:54 > 0:50:59now. Can she catch the Canadians? Will Canadians be out in front?
0:50:59 > 0:51:08Kelsey Serwa is looking good.
0:51:09 > 0:51:13Kelsey Serwa is looking good.Serwa is looking breathtaking. What can
0:51:13 > 0:51:19Phelan do? She's making a move on the French skier.Hold the front
0:51:19 > 0:51:24page, the Swiss has got back in with those lightning fast skis and she's
0:51:24 > 0:51:28reeling in the Canadian. Serwa getting dragged back into the pack.
0:51:28 > 0:51:32The Canadians back in front as they go into the negative.Incredible
0:51:32 > 0:51:36racing from the Swiss! How did Sanna Luedi do this? It's absolutely
0:51:36 > 0:51:43ridiculous! Sorry, Luedi is in third.Got the skis too high on the
0:51:43 > 0:51:48job but she has the inside line on the corner, will she make a move on
0:51:48 > 0:51:54Phelan? She's out and another mistake from Sanna Luedi.So the
0:51:54 > 0:51:58Canadians running things from the front at the moment.You've got to
0:51:58 > 0:52:03say Kelsey Serwa looks really, really strong. She's looked strong.
0:52:03 > 0:52:09Wow.We saw her have that easy first A final and we weren't sure if it
0:52:09 > 0:52:12was her speed all the mistakes of the Russian and the Italians she was
0:52:12 > 0:52:19up against, but Brittany Phelan from Kelsey Serwa. Then SANA loonie and
0:52:19 > 0:52:26-- -- then Sanna Luedi trying to keep up, it's a 1-2 for the
0:52:26 > 0:52:34Canadians. Have a look at this start here. It was the red bib of Kelsey
0:52:34 > 0:52:43Serwa who got the better start. Alizee Baron got into second place,
0:52:43 > 0:52:45but great skiing from Brittany Phelan over the roller-coaster
0:52:45 > 0:52:50section. Sanna Luedi was out of it but fought her way back in, there
0:52:50 > 0:52:54was a mistake by the French racer. As they come through this section
0:52:54 > 0:52:59keep your eye on the Bluebeard at the back.Brittany Phelan made a
0:52:59 > 0:53:06move to overtake Kelsey Serwa.
0:53:06 > 0:53:07move to overtake Kelsey Serwa.Look at Alizee Baron, it's a little push
0:53:07 > 0:53:17from Sanna Luedi there. She lays the push. Onto Alizee Baron.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21push. Onto Alizee Baron. Sanna Luedi continues on the inside but wasn't
0:53:21 > 0:53:28able to capitalise. Was it a push? It was, I think the judges and jury
0:53:28 > 0:53:32will be looking at this to see if there was any illegal contact there.
0:53:32 > 0:53:39The bullfrog technique of Phelan and Serwa, then Sanna Luedi, no one to
0:53:39 > 0:53:44blame but herself. She fought valiantly but it was that terrible
0:53:44 > 0:53:53start that took her out.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55start that took her out.So the Canadians again guaranteed a medal
0:53:55 > 0:54:00before the final even starts, just like in the men's competition.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03Confirmation that Brittany Phelan crossed the line first their ahead
0:54:03 > 0:54:12of Kelsey Serwa and disappointment for Alizee Baron.Now back up to the
0:54:12 > 0:54:16top and its finals time. The four fastest racers on the day who's
0:54:16 > 0:54:20managed to get cleanly down the course in the last three races. The
0:54:20 > 0:54:27two Canadians who joined up in the semifinals are now flanked by Swiss
0:54:27 > 0:54:33and one Swede.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36and one Swede.Sandra Naeslund, six World Cup wins this season but this
0:54:36 > 0:54:41is in the World Cup, if this is the Olympic Games and this is how they
0:54:41 > 0:54:44line up. Elsie Searle in the red, one of the fastest in qualifying.
0:54:44 > 0:54:48Brittany Phelan has looked really impressive wearing the green bib and
0:54:48 > 0:54:54Sandra Naeslund wearing blue and Fanny Smith in the yellow bib there.
0:54:54 > 0:55:00Silver medallist Kelsey Serwa last time round, can she go one better
0:55:00 > 0:55:06here? Brittany Phelan, X Alpine skier, raised in slalom in Sochi,
0:55:06 > 0:55:12placed 15. She's going to do a whole lot better than that today. And
0:55:12 > 0:55:16Sandra Naeslund dominated the World Cup tour this season, just 21 years
0:55:16 > 0:55:26old. My money Phelan. Phelan, Naeslund, Serwa, Smith, there's my
0:55:26 > 0:55:31prediction. Let's see how it runs. Serwa for me over Naeslund, Phelan
0:55:31 > 0:55:40out.Right, here we go. Who will have the quickest start? The hold
0:55:40 > 0:55:45shot, pressure on the skis, pressure on the date. A little bit of a delay
0:55:45 > 0:55:50there's the drop. It's Serwa ahead, Phelan with work to do.Exploding
0:55:50 > 0:55:54out, Phelan drags back and Fanny Smith looking very fast through the
0:55:54 > 0:55:58inside but Serwa holds her nerve and holds her line, neck and neck,
0:55:58 > 0:56:02shoulder to shoulder.Here comes Phelan Throop, coming up against
0:56:02 > 0:56:07Naeslund.Naeslund and Phelan and Smith all packed in there together,
0:56:07 > 0:56:12literally touching each other in the air.Wow! Kelsey Serwa out in front,
0:56:12 > 0:56:16just a little bit of daylight between the two of them and its
0:56:16 > 0:56:21Smith in second.Naeslund in the blue bib moving deep into the
0:56:21 > 0:56:29left-hander as they fly through this step up berm step-down set up. Serwa
0:56:29 > 0:56:31leading from the front, Smith explodes and opens the door to
0:56:31 > 0:56:39Phelan and Naeslund.Phelan is coming through, she needs to come in
0:56:39 > 0:56:43and she's got into silver medal position.Look at the battle for
0:56:43 > 0:56:47bronze at the back. Naeslund and Smith.It's going to Smith's -- is
0:56:47 > 0:56:54going to dismiss, it's Serwa at the moment.The Canadians looking so in
0:56:54 > 0:56:59control in the final.One last chance, tips up and the bronze medal
0:56:59 > 0:57:04for Switzerland just ahead of Naeslund. Naeslund, such a dominant
0:57:04 > 0:57:09force on the World Cup, unable to assert our presence in the final.Up
0:57:09 > 0:57:14against two very powerful Canadians there in Serwa and she got herself a
0:57:14 > 0:57:18head there and once she was out in front there was no stopping her.
0:57:18 > 0:57:23Finally, finally, a medal for Fanny Smith that the Olympic Games.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26Brittany Phelan had terrible start here and I thought that was her
0:57:26 > 0:57:31chance gone, but fought her way through. It was incredible. Kelsey
0:57:31 > 0:57:36Serwa went out in front.This was brilliant, where Fanny Smith starts
0:57:36 > 0:57:41to lean right on Kelsey Serwa in the red bib and I think at this point
0:57:41 > 0:57:45Serwa, that's where she makes her move. This puts her out in front and
0:57:45 > 0:57:50no one is close to her after that point.Look at Phelan, in last place
0:57:50 > 0:57:54there and able to move right the way through into Silver.Leaning on
0:57:54 > 0:57:58Naeslund on the outside there and that's it, exactly it, the battle
0:57:58 > 0:58:02between yellow and blue there, Smith and Naeslund opens the door for
0:58:02 > 0:58:10Phelan and the silver medal.Serwa is gone by that stage.Yeah,
0:58:10 > 0:58:14absolutely rocketing out into gold medal position.Kelsey Serwa fists
0:58:14 > 0:58:21in Vancouver, second Sochi and she's finally taken the first place spot
0:58:21 > 0:58:27here. Very, very impressive.I've got to say that was real excitement.
0:58:27 > 0:58:32It started slowly but it builds and built and built and what a final,
0:58:32 > 0:58:38what a way to end the women's ski cross competition.There is your
0:58:38 > 0:58:42podium, Kelsey Serwa with the gold, Brittany Phelan with silver and
0:58:42 > 0:58:45Switzerland's Fanny Smith with bronze.
0:58:45 > 0:58:46That's all from us for now, but I'll be back at 25 past midnight over
0:58:46 > 0:58:49That's all from us for now, but I'll be back at 25 past midnight over
0:58:49 > 0:58:51on BBC One with live coverage of the men's big air,
0:58:51 > 0:58:54which, if whe Women's is anything to go by, is well worth
0:58:54 > 0:58:55staying up for.
0:58:55 > 0:58:57See you then.