Day 10 Highlights Winter Olympics: Today at the Games

Previously at the Winter Olympics...

It is the golden double!

It is a

wonderful day, Great Britain's Fran

hall.

A new Olympic record,

sensational skating!

The Norwegian

will take the gold medal, incredible

drama at the finish!

drama at the finish!

Day ten!

Day ten, and the action

is coming thick and fast.

Welcome to Today At The Games,

and tonight we're cramming seven

different sports into the next hour.

A bob job for Brad and Joel,

who were seventh halfway through.

Torvill and Dean set

the standard in ice dance.

Flying the flag for Britain,

Coomes and Buckland.

Norway's leaping wonders

look to land one

of the few medals they're missing.

They go for ski-jumping

gold in the team event.

We'll stay in the air, big air,

for a first look at the one

of the newest Olympic sports.

From leaping to sweeping,

it was crunch time at the curling.

Then it's skates on

for the women's ice hockey.

It's semifinal time.

And full throttle in the halfpipe.

Can Rowan Cheshire

flip her way into the final?

And to discuss this, a three-time

Olympian, world champion bobsledder,

Nicola Minichiello, and fresh off

the plane from Pyeongchang, Amy

Williams, feeling OK? You with us?

I

am here in body but not brain

function!

We won't ask you any tough

questions! Looked like you enjoyed

yourself out there.

It was amazing,

to go in on those really special

days, bringing home medals, and we

just completely forgot the camera

was there! Trying to remain

professional, but clearly not! But I

can't even describe what it was like

to bring home those medals for Great

Britain.

A moment of history, and

you were part of it, and helped

inspire it, which is all good.

And it's with the bobsleigh

that we start.

Brad Hall and Joel Fearon are just

0.29 seconds out of the medals

at the halfway stage.

The last time GB won a medal

in this event

was Tony Nash and Robin

Dixon's gold in 1964.

Welcome to the Olympics leading

centre for runs three and four of

the two-man competition. GB are

currently in seventh, with Germany

dominating, with three teams in the

top five positions. It is bobsleigh

time!

Nico Walther, the leader after

remember two, made any mistakes, his

lead evaporated, he drops to paved.

Justin Kripps of Canada has a podium

or bust attitude, a really strong

run takes into the lead. Johannes

Lochner continued to slightly over

achieve, world number six goes third

after another consistent run. Oskars

Melbardis of Latvia has been

struggling with corner two all week,

much better to hold fourth-place.

Francesco Friedrich, so

disappointing in Sochi, put himself

right back in the game, the only man

to go under 49 seconds. And Brad

Hall was to lose ground, starting

seventh, slowest run of three so

far, now dropping to 11.

The British will be disappointed

that they have fallen back to 11th,

but they are still in a strong

position going into the fourth and

final heat.

Brad Hall for Great Britain, he has

got all of Great Britain behind him.

He needs a really good one here, his

starts time, 4.97, and that is

pretty decent.

It is, but he needs

to get through this corner, and that

is not going to help, that little

tab. He has got a big lead over the

Swiss, but I don't know whether that

tap at the top will help them out,

he really needs to try to tune into

the track, make sure he is perfect

from now on. He has been good on

this track, he has been good through

this point coming up now. Just a

little bit late coming in, I don't

know whether he has got the speed to

stay Ayr, we really want to be in

the top ten, this will be down to

the hundredths, can you do enough to

stay in France?

It is going to be

close, isn't it? Fading away maybe,

it is not to be!

That run was only

good enough to secure a top 12

finish, so a question of sitting

back as the medals were decided.

Strap yourself in for a fantastic

race for the medals now. Mel Bas

race for the medals now. Mel Bas --

Melbardis comes next, he needs his

usual 4.9 start, let's see if he

gets it. 4.92, fine.

Because of the

staff difference, we will see that

gap grow, but he will start pulling

away, so will you drive well enough,

a mistake there yesterday. Will he

be good enough to stay in front of

the Germans who had a perfect run?

All of the top pilots, there is

nothing between them, absolutely

nothing. The skill level is amazing,

and that is another perfect run into

that corner, he has got that nailed,

slightly better than Nico Walther,

has a good enough to hold onto

Maggie loses a bit of ground here.

I

think he probably will, 15 clean,

16, does he take the lead? He does,

guaranteed fourth at worst.

Melbardis has done all he can, he

has finished ahead of Nico Walther,

a good effort. Well, well, well,

this means the Germans so want to

get this gold medal, they had three

chances, only one more chance of

gold, and it remains in the hands of

Francesco Friedrich, the man who had

a nightmare in Sochi, went so well

fancied. He is a superb, superb

pilot, but can he now put his name

alongside the greats? Let's see how

he starts.

One thing we know for

certain knee, Germany are going to

get a medal, because Nico Walther is

sitting second, so whatever happens,

if he comes down in front behind,

they have got a medal, which is what

they need. But he is not bothered

about Nico Walther, he is worried

about him getting gold. He lit the

afterburners on run one, set a new

track record, the only person and 49

seconds. Will this be the run to get

him a gold medal? That was almost

perfect, starting to pull away. A

little bit late into that corner?

That will cost him speed. Dropping

off, has he got enough track left to

stay in front of the Latvians?

Has

he got enough in the belt? Can

Friedrich do it? He has, just moved

ahead of the Latvian! Friedrich goes

to the front, guaranteed silver. Are

we going to get one final are people

as Justin Kripps of Canada waits in

the sidelines? Friedrich has done

what he can, Germany will win gold

with Francesco Friedrich is, or will

Canada win gold with this man,

Justin Kripps, who is now, in the

next 60 seconds or so, attempting to

win gold in this two-man event for

Canada for the first time since

1998, he has had identical start on

each of these three runs, 4.93 is

the figure to watch out for. He is

capable of 4.909, which would do it,

of course. -- 40 9.0 nine. 4.93, as

he goes Canada.

What you are going

to see here is, initially, falling

into the red, as they have done,

because of the starts deficit

between these and Friedrich. So what

is now going to happen is Justin

will have to drive the run of his

life to come down, and he has been

so consistent this year, been on the

podium nearly every race. His worst

result is top four, absolutely

nailing this, starting to pull in

front of the Germans. They have made

mistakes at this point, they can't

afford to make any mistakes. This

will be gold for Canada and Leslie

makes a mistake, definitely a gold

medal run. -- unless he makes a

mistake.

Can he do it? Oh, it is a

dead heat! It is a dead heat with

Friedrich! For the first time in 20

years, we have a dead heat! That is

absolutely extraordinary! In 1998,

the Italian had a dead heat with the

Canadian, and we have the same

scenario again! Kripps and Friedrich

shared the gold! Oskars Melbardis is

in bronze medal position.

Astonishing drama once again at the

Sliding Centre.

Amazing performance, joint gold

medal.

Thank you.

How was your final

run?

The final run and the third run

was so clean and so good, and I

don't thought that just in could tie

in the last run, but he had 100th in

front, then the tie, it was

fantastic.

I knew that I needed

everything for the last run,

mentally and physically, and we

managed to do it, and to come down

in a type is incredible, winning the

Olympics and sharing with friends,

it is amazing.

We cannot be upset

about that, the two-man is not where

we are showing, to beat our position

by one place, our season's best, if

we do that in the four man, that

will make us number one, can't be

too upset about that.

We will talk

about Brad Hall

too upset about that.

We will talk

about Brad Hall in a moment, but

what a great celebration of the

bobsleigh community, the friendship

in bobsleigh.

Just an amazing day,

amazing race, and those two would

have to be the favourites, Friedrich

is well champion, Kripps is the

World Cup champion, but anything can

happen, we have seen it in luge and

skeleton. If Melbardis had made that

mistake on the second run, he would

have been in the gold medal

position. To see the Germans at the

first people over to congratulate

position. To see the Germans at the

first people over to congratulate

the Canadians

it was lovely, I guess

you all go through the same thing,

week in, week out, and you're all

winners, a gold medal each.

It is

lovely, and you travel six or seven

months of the year together, you are

in the hotels, same routine, you

have such strong friendships and

bonds between each nation.

Four runs added up to suddenly get

exactly the same times, like Nicola

said, both champions, it is so

lovely to see both of them on the

podium, clearly absolutely the best

in the world. And yeah, to see it,

it is so lovely.

It makes me think

of Lizzie and Laurent Depoitre, so

much more fun when you are sharing!

Let's look at the split screen. --

Lizzie and Laura on the podium.

Kripps starts behind him but starts

to claw it back, a few hundredths

ahead at this point, then he makes

one mistake and starts to pull it

back. Until the very last corner,

until the finish, we don't have a

clue who is going to win.

clue who is going to win.

0.06 going

into it, I think. A dead heat in the

two-man for the second time, it

happened in 1998, and also a dead

heat for bronze that year in the

men's four, GB were in that dead

heat, it happened twice that year.

Unbelievable, five men in three

places that year!

Talking of space,

we have space for one more person,

and we had Christopher Dean in the

studio, but that is only half the

story.

MUSIC PLAYS

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

of the world ice dance champions.

People are standing and applauding,

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

how won.

Jayne Torvill and

Christopher Dean go first.

Delighted to say that Jayne Torvill

is with us! I wanted to ask you,

before we get into the ice dance,

what makes the perfect pair?

You

have to let him think he is the

boss! No, seriously, it is, you

know, at this level of competition,

you have to be so tuned into each

other, and you have to have that

discipline of training day in, day

out, you have to both want it.

Time

together really matters, you can't

do it overnight. To get used to it,

you absolutely know what move your

partner will make, and you will know

if there is a problem from his eyes.

You have to know but other closely.

The aim is to finish in the top 20

for the short programme, and for the

British duo, the major victory has

been getting to Pyeongchang at all.

Three months after the 2016 World

Championship, Penny Coomes shattered

her kneecap into eight pieces during

a routine lift in training. Two

operations and 19 months later, she

and Nick Buckland returns to action

to qualify for Pyeongchang, and here

they are aiming for a top eight

finish. COMMENTATOR:

You can see the

strapping on Penny's right knee.

A

little bit tentative. They would

have loved level four on the twizzle

is, but it was terrific.

She was

told she would never skate again but

Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland are

back on Olympic ice.

I feel excited

to get back out there again. When

they were reading out the scores, I

smiled to myself because after

everything I have been through, I

made it.

One of three couples

competing from

competing from the USA, Maia

Shibutani and Alex Shibutani,

brother and sister, put in a

confident performance that saw them

take the lead. But the world

champions and gold medallists from

the team event, Canada's Tessa

Virtue and Scott Moir, on the ice

next competing in their last games

and hoping to take home a second

gold from South Korea.

Terrific

control through the midline step

sequence.

And the world champions

want that Olympic title. It was only

silver in Sochi.

We are happy we

executed but we know there is a

tonne of work to do tomorrow, the

main skate. We have to come out

ready to go.

A new world record for

Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, coached

by the same person as their closest

rivals, Papadakis and Cizeron from

France, making the Olympic debut,

and it was certainly memorable.

Whoa. Wouldn't want that to happen

made to twizzle.

An unfortunate

wardrobe malfunction, wouldn't want

that to happen mid-sequence.

It was

tough considering what happened. But

it was still a great experience. I

think we still managed to keep our

focus and enjoy the moment. It could

have been better, for sure, but what

is done is done, and we have to look

forward now.

Madison Hubbell and

Zachary Donahue, the last of the

American couples to take to the ice.

Could they finish the short

programme in contention for a medal?

Skating at their first Olympics.

They need to come out on top when it

comes to the team USA rival. Scott

Moir and Tessa Virtue have laid down

the benchmark. The last two couples

falling short of that. So, we are

all set for an exciting competition

tomorrow. Confirmation of the

qualification standings... Madison

Hubbell and Zachary Donahue of the

USA currently in the bronze medal

position. Papadakis and Cizeron,

less than two points behind their

training mates from Canada, Tessa

Virtue and Scott Moir, with a new

world record, looking to come away

with two more gold medals from this

Olympic Games.

Katherine Downes and Robin cousins

describing the action. Penny Coomes

and Nick Buckland, an amazing

achievement to get

and Nick Buckland, an amazing

achievement to get this far.

They

easily qualify to get through to the

free dance. I think when they do the

free dance it will be such a joy for

them to do because they have nothing

to lose and everything to gain.

The

standard set for the new record

score for the short dance from Tessa

Virtue and Scott Moir, champions in

Vancouver. Only a silver medal,

slightly controversially in Sochi.

They retired and have come back

again and look great together on the

ice.

To have a two year gap and then

to come back at that level is really

tough. They were obviously at the

top when they decided to have a gap,

and they want to be at the top

again. They have obviously worked

very hard. They're skating skills

and presentation is fantastic.

And

they always look like they are

enjoying it.

Would they do, and they

are great performers. Sometimes I

find it a bit over the top, but that

is their style. Their unison and

speed over the ice is amazing.

But

the couple everyone is talking

about, and I'm afraid for the wrong

reasons because of the wardrobe

malfunction, the French pair.

reasons because of the wardrobe

malfunction, the French pair. This

was really unfortunate, because they

could easily have been leading. It's

definitely impeded their freedom.

You can see the dress breaking early

on, the halterneck has gone.

To have

that right at the beginning of the

routine. Your mind is on overdrive,

trying to think ahead on how you can

deal with certain moves and hope for

the best.

And you can't stop and get

it fixed.

No.

Surely if it had come

all the way down, they would have

had to stop.

They are not supposed

to stop and not allowed.

Would they

be penalised?

They wouldn't be

penalised for the dress coming

undone. They lost a few points on

their synchronicity in the twizzles,

and one of hers was a bit scratchy,

but that was down to the dress. The

last time they skated against the

Canadians in the short dance, the

French won. Clearly today, the

Canadians were much better.

But it's

still very tight and could turn

around. Brilliant stuff.

Norway are the leading

Winter Olympic nation, and ski

jumping has historically been a very

strong sport for them, but they have

never won the team competition.

Today they were trying to break that

duck, as Paddy reports.

Ski jumping is known for its

individuals, but this is where the

Flyers compete with their flock.

Germany are the reigning Olympic

champions, but their flight crew is

much changed from Sochi. Poland have

the individual large hill gold

medallist on

medallist on board in Stoch but they

have never won a team gold medal.

Norway with Robert Johansson comedy

of the orange moustache and gold

medals.

medals. This is the last chance to

see him in action in Pyeongchang.

But he couldn't finish on a high,

Japan down in sixth. -- in fifth.

Austria have been a fading force of

late. They were fast losing touch by

the third job of the third round.

I

think he wanted more from that.

We

knew who would be on the podium by

the final jumps but were not sure of

the order. Norway leading all along

with Poland edging into second from

Germany. First of the top three,

German Andreas the individual large

hill silver medallist. Lee Williams

takes up the story. COMMENTATOR:

It's down to these, Andreas

Wellinger for Germany. He has an

Olympic gold and Olympic silver

already. He's going to get another

medal. What colour will it be? It's

quite long. He looks like he wanted

a little bit more. 1:34.5. It opens

the door a fraction for Poland. --

134.5. Germany's final score. And we

will see whether the man who won

gold on Saturday can pull Poland

above that.

above that. Stoch, the three-time

Olympic champion. He won the gold on

Saturday. They smuggled crates of

beer into the Olympic Village

afterwards. Poland were just happy

to be celebrating. Will they

celebrate again? 134.5, matching

Andreas Wellinger, and we will go to

the judges. Those faces are gripped

on the screen. They will see it when

you do. They are second.

you do. They are second. 1072.4, and

they will take at least the bronze

medal, but Germany stay ahead of

them. Will it be silver or gold?

Robert Johansson of Norway has about

a 20 point cushion to play with. And

for him and Norway, gold is just

some whiskers away.

Here he goes for gold...

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

enough for gold for Norway! Gold for

Robert Johansson. Gold for the team

there on top of him already. He has

been imperious all Olympics long.

Two bronze medals. And now they are

going to be champions in the team

event for the first time in their

history, which is mad, crazy. The

Norwegians invented this, winning 30

medals at the Olympics but never

winning the team event. And the man

who has captured so much attention

around the world is the man who gets

to glide home to gold.

to glide home to gold. There will be

no close shave in this Olympic team

final. Robert Johansson delivers a

gold medal for Norway. They will

stand on top of that team podium

step for the first time. Those

whiskers are golden, and Norway are

your team's ski jump Olympic

champions.

So, out in front by a long way,

Norway. Germany sneaking into silver

position ahead of Poland, but the

bronze is a long overdue team medal

for a nation that loves its jumping.

STUDIO: Paddy Dearie reporting, but

great commentary from Robbie

Williams. The great thing about Joe

Hanson's moustache, it doesn't move,

even through the job.

He takes off

at 91 kph and he lands and it stays

perfect.

Does he put gel and

hairspray?

I will ask Ollie to find

out.

Maybe it has so much stuff on

it it will snap!

Staying in the air now,

and it's time for a debut event

at the Winter Olympics -

snowboard big air.

Aimee Fuller is the only

Team GB representative

in a competition

stacked with quality.

This time last, week

American Jamie Anderson

defended her slopestyle Olympic

crown in very windy conditions.

And Austrian Anna Gasser became

the first woman to score a perfect

100 in competition last year..

The good news was that

the conditions were perfect

for the big tricks.

Jenny Jones was there

to see history made.

The ski jump has been wowing people

at the Olympics four years, but it's

time for a freestyle takeover.

time for a freestyle takeover. --

for years. For the first time ever,

big air is in the Olympics. Looking

at this jump, it's going to be epic.

They don't call it big air for

nothing. They drop in from 160 feet,

reaching speeds of 40 mph on the

in-run, and they are in the air for

two or three seconds. You have to do

your best trick, and you are judged

on how technical you are and how

well you execute. And of course, how

big you go.

Great Britain's Aimee

Fuller, one of the riders who

battled the conditions in

slopestyle. It'll be interesting to

see which direction she in. Coming

in switch, and she has the cab

double on the flip. She's going for

it, and she has stomped it. Just sat

back on the landing.

OK, Amy

Williams fell over, but it was just

her first run. She has a second

chance.

Julia Marino, silver

medallist at the X games two weeks

ago. -- Aimee Fuller fell over.

Under flip, coming switch. The cab,

double under flip. A bit more

rotation on it now.

LAUGHTER

Are you enjoying get?

It's

fantastic, a beautiful day.

Are you

enjoying the jumping itself, the

spectacle?

Absolutely, I wish I

could do stuff like this.

What does

this one think?

She's inspired,

loving it.

A future champion!

She is

the current leader of the women's

World Cup. She took first big air in

Cobra, paging and Milan. She has won

every competition she has entered.

Very tidy and very big. That is

first-place.

Having such a good

time, it's amazing. These girls are

fearless.

Absolutely fantastic,

we've never been anywhere like this

before.

What kind of trick would you

do?

I think I would do a double flip

and then a backflip.

Yes! Love it.

High five that.

The Canadian in

next. Laurie Blouin, a silver medal

in slopestyle.

As is so often the case, you find

people take a medal, then they find

their mojo. That could be the case

with Louise -- Laurie Blouin. Really

nice horizontal rotation, mixed with

the backflips there, so much more of

a corkscrew to that. ?

a corkscrew to that. ?

Incredible

venue, great atmosphere, the stages

set, go big or go home.

Next in,

Aimee Fuller of Great Britain. We

saw her try the cab double and

underflip on the first go. Well

spotted, she went up to her camp in

Mount Herzl, gone early, oh, and she

went so big on the first hit that

she tried to rotate a little bit

smaller on the second. That was a

big hit.

Totally came up to short,

Aimee Fuller, looks like she is all

right, though, getting back up. Two

crashes, a shame, she won't go

through to the final.

Next incoming

Yuki Fujimori, the

Yuki Fujimori, the 31-year-old, the

second oldest here. Winds up lovely,

backside 900. Very, very nice. This

is brilliant, we are starting to see

exactly what the women are capable

of, look how stoked she is as well.

Next in, Iwabuchi, the Japanese

rider. Drops in switch. So we are

not going to see a big trick that

she has been warming up. Switch 900.

Perfect landing. Absolutely stomps

it. The number one, Anna Gasser, is

in the start gate, currently in

sixth place. Can she reinstate

herself at the top of the standings?

Switch frontside double cork 1080,

that is the top spot!

Unfortunately,

Aimee Fuller Team GB was not able to

put down a run, but all the big

hitters through, this is going to an

amazing women's final. Aimee Fuller

posted this on social media, she

will not need any blusher for a

while!

What an incredible venue,

amazing atmosphere today, so awesome

for the girls to show their true

standard of snowboarding, compared

to the slopestyle which was ruined

by the wind. Aimee Fuller couldn't

land any of her runs, she doesn't go

through to the final. But Anna

Gasser, the Austrian, amazing

performance, she qualified in first

place. Hot on her tail is the young

Iwabuchi from Japan and

Sadowski-Synnott from New Zealand,

both landing great doubles, and they

have got more tricks in their bike.

This is going to be an epic final.

Rhona is back in the house

to pour over the latest moves

in the game of stones.

Gloves are off in the women's

ice hockey,

as the last four battle

for a place in the gold-medal game.

Halfway through the halfpipe,

and we'll hear Rowan Cheshire's

latest news.

Bahrami how to here today! -- balmy!

Squeaky bum time!

And we extend a very warm welcome

And we extend a very warm welcome

to 2002 Olympic curling

gold medallist Rhona Howie.

How many hours on the ice do you

reckon you spent in Salt Lake City?

If I asked you how many hours you

spend on the ice to win your medal,

would you know?

Roughly 40 hours,

nine round-robin games, two

play-offs, semifinal and final.

If

you had done big air, it is over in

ten seconds! Curling is day in, day

out, and every wind counts, as only

the top four will go into the

semifinals.

Paddy got an A in his maths GCSE,

so he's in charge of working out

how things stood at

the start of the day.

No medals in Pyeongchang will take

longer to win than those in curling.

So far, we have had five days with

56 matches, which I've seen 731

points scored, and we are only

halfway through the group stages.

Those stones move slowly. Strange

goings-on out on the women's ice,

Canada lost three from three.

Absolute shocker.

A nation reeled.

They are recovering now, ominously

for Eve Muirhead's team. Most of the

Sochi bound back to work on some new

material. They took

material. They took OAR for ten, but

it was difficult second album

territory for Eve

it was difficult second album

territory for Eve.

USA win the

match.

That loaded more pressure on

the match, China, who took it into

an extra ten is extra end.

We can

all breathe a huge sigh of relief.

They beat Denmark next and looked

well set, but they slipped against

career, coming up furiously short.

That is a big disappointment.

Tough

match against Sweden became even

tougher, two in the last, into a

decider, GB's final shot

all-important, but Eve's stone was

stopped by a red light. She had not

released before the hog line, a

curling no ball.

This is a real

disaster, I have not seen before,

especially when it falls to the last

stone of the extra end.

New brooms

representing Britain in the men's

competition, Kyle Smith's young crew

got an early dose of Olympic

pressure, a tie-breaker against

Switzerland, examination pass.

What

a win for Great Britain.

No greater

test than the next, Canada, the

curling superpower. Too much, too

soon for GB. Japan put them to the

end of the final end, right on cue

Kyle curled perfectly. Then the

stone turned again, Britain were

swept aside by the supreme Swedes.

Worst still, the calamity against

Korea, who had been without a win.

The Brits were shovelled into a

corner at the host' party. Crucial

that they beat Italy, crucial but an

out of sorts skip had to make this

shot.

Unbelievable draw.

What might

that stone be worth?

Something to build on certainly, but

they need to beat Denmark. The Danes

were ahead over the first five

events, not think Smith tried was

working. -- not thing.

Oh!

Just

peppered it.

It looked like everyone

was annoyed, no reason to be

annoyed, I don't want to see any

shaking heads, help each other.

Carefully chosen words from the

coach led to carefully placed

stones, and Britain took a crucial

two. The meant came with it, and in

the final end GB needed a double to

win. Skill the GE let the Danes

staking everything on the

spectacular, could they take out

two?

It was a great try. This will

be a huge win for Kyle Smith and his

team. Great Britain are getting

better and better as this

competition goes on.

Well done, both

of you, the reaction at the end

probably sums it up.

Yeah, a wee bit

of a struggle, but a lot of good

curling, two down at the fifth end

break, so we did all the good

curling to get back in the game,

pleased with the way we finished.

What a big win that was, GB up to

joint third with two to play. Eve

Muirhead has a rocky path to the

semis, Switzerland ranked above

them, the last shot of end one the

rink was like the idea, a mass of

Swiss stone, and yet somehow the

skip found a clearing.

That is a

cracking shot from Eve Muirhead, by

an inch!

These women knew that

defeat would all but eliminate them.

Desperation brought inspiration.

As

she got enough in this two spring it

out? She has. Goodness me!

Wonderful

shot!

And so it went to the final

stone of the final end, Eve's stone,

victory, defeat, sudden-death

decider all possible.

It is enough,

two in the tenth end means they have

beaten Switzerland, job done. Well

done, but you are not making this

easy!

No, that was a tough game, a

game of interest, both teams played

really well, a lot of good

shotmaking, and we knew that we have

to win every game going in now, so I

think we really did step up from

yesterday, and if we can keep this

going.

GB still joint fourth, still

in the race. It is all going to

their final two matches. But just

when slips matter most, the Brits

have found their grip on the ice.

Full credit to Eve Muirhead and her

rink, because yesterday there was

the real controversy, the hog line

making the headlines, we have got

one here, this stone doesn't slide,

but talk us through the

infringement.

When the player plays

the stone, they activate, this one

obviously doesn't have a light in

it, but there is a magnetic strip in

the hog line, is that picks up the

centre, so when the player cleans

the stone, that activates the light.

If the stone is faulty, red lights

will clash, the player would stop.

So it has obviously flashed green,

and when it reaches the hog line,

you are able to double touch the

handle, but it must be before the

line. So initially she released the

stone before the hog line, but then

her back finger, her finger touched

the back of it just as it was going

over the line.

And we can look at

that in slow motion and zoom right

into her hand, as you say, she let

go, releases... But then that double

tap.

04 finger just touched, that is

why the light flashes red. -- her

forefinger.

Very distressing and

upsetting, but you have got to move

on, and as we constantly see, you

have to pick yourself up, come back,

and they were pretty good today.

Really good attitude, mindset was

fantastic throughout the whole game,

you know, it was a must win game, so

the pressure was on them.

Absolutely, and Eve, in the final

end, was given an opening by

Switzerland, and she took it.

They

had the hammer on the last end, good

position, they needed a two, GB

played a fantastic end to set up

their two. The Swiss was about to

play a really good shot, but she

play a really good shot, but she was

one heavy, so that allowed Eve to

play her hit weight, just to split

it out and up and scored two.

So

they had built towards that really

well. What do you make of their

final matches? They have got Japan

and Canada to come, Canada started

poorly, but they are now building up

and starting to look strong.

Absolutely, the Canadian team, you

can never write them out, they have

found their form, they are fighting

back, they have got a chance of

reaching the semifinals, they will

be tough to beat. And Japan have had

a great Games, they are playing

well, so two very tough games for

Britain, but FAQ playing the way

they have, they could win.

They

could win, seriously?

Against Japan

and Canada! Just to get to the

quarterfinals!

Now the men have been

looking really confident, they have

moved up to third place in their

table, what did you make of them

against Denmark?

Again, really

strong performance from the boys,

the team dynamics was great, the

harmony was good, they fought a

tough game, Denmark played really

well, but the British boys, you

know, they put themselves in a good

position, the same as Eve, they

needed a two to win with a hammer,

an open draw to win, what more can a

skip ask for? So you know the guys

are playing well, fighting hard,

they look good at there.

We are

getting to the sharp end of the

women's ice hockey competition. It

is semifinal time, so the park

doesn't quite stop here. Here is

Seth Bennett.

The scars of Sochi remain in US

minds, and it has been an agonising

four-year wait for the team to

avenge that matter class.

The

memories of Sochi will always be

there, so heartbreaking that we

lost.

Motivated to go one better

this time around, USA posted their

best performance of the campaign.

Shia a chance, wonderful finish!

Beating Finland 5- 02 reach the gold

medal game. -- beating Finland 5-0

to reach the gold medal game. USA

look at the top of their game.

Canada extended their Olympic

winning streak to a staggering 24

matches.

matches. A date with destiny. The

USA men lost two of their three

group games and must now beat

Slovakia in the opening game on

Tuesday if they are to reach the

quarterfinals. The hosts have

provided plenty of entertainment and

a number of historic moments along

the way.

Good chance of a goal.

They've done it! Korea have scored

their first ever goal in an Olympic

ice hockey tournament.

As once

again, sport has transcended

politics. STUDIO: On Thursday we

will see the women's final, USA

against Canada.

Freestyle skiing next,

and after Izzy Atkin's fantastic

bronze medal in the slopestyle,

it fell to Rowan Cheshire to see

what she could do on the halfpipe.

But first she has to qualify

for the final,

Tim Warwood picks up

the story.

Rowan Cheshire is Britain's premier

ladies half pipe skier and arrives

at these games injury free and with

form on her side. Four years ago,

aged 18, Cheshire was knocked

unconscious and suffered severe

concussion while training in Sochi.

It forced her to withdraw from the

2014 Winter Olympics, and this was

the first of three head injuries for

her within a year and a half. She

fought her way back from those

physical and psychological traumas

and wants a place on the podium.

First she has to face a tough field

in qualification where only the top

12 skiers will progress to the

final.

First was World Cup leader Brita

Sigourney of the USA, an impressive

run saw her put down a score of

90.6. Canada's Cassie Sharpe would

be the one to beat. This standout

run took her into the lead on 93

points. Sochi silver medallist Marie

Martinod scored 91.6 in her first

run, leaving the French skier in

second. Could Rowan Cheshire produce

a run worthy of a place in the

final? COMMENTATOR:

A big 540.

final? COMMENTATOR:

A big 540. The

Alley oop is almost her signature

trick. 900, holding on. Straight

air. Skiing really nicely here after

that 720. Switch, 360. That was nice

to finish.

A good run.

A very good

run. The amplitude was good and

consistent. Good grabs, solid run

from Rowan Cheshire. I would hope

that would be enough.

Ninth

position, there we go. Well done.

Brita Sigourney, second place in the

games at Aspen a couple of weeks

ago.

Big straight air. A huge alley

oop. Carrying her speed well for the

900, a massive 900.

It was huge.

Straight air, just missing the

ground a little bit. Left 540 with

the mute grab. 720 to finish and a

really good run from Brita

Sigourney.

90.6 on the first. Let's

see what the judges do with this.

Exactly the same. So, Cassie Sharpe

at the top.

Does she cruise or does

she go for it?

Definitely can't see

her being bumped out.

No. Big 900.

Really smooth. Right side 900 and

back to back nines. Didn't see that

in the first run. The flare. Switch

three. Big straight air. And what

does she have to finish? Left ten.

Yes.

Beautiful. She is light years

ahead of everyone else. My goodness,

she's almost got the keys to the

safe that contains gold medals. A

big improvement of .40. The

defending silver medallist from

Sochi finds herself in the

qualifying silver position, second

place at the moment means nothing

until the finals. But skiing very

well and very confident, the French

Gill, Marie Martinod.

Left 540.

Coming in with a lot of speed. Right

side 540. Very good. Left 900. Right

side flare. Just sitting on her

table is a little bit there.

Marie

Martinod also up in her run a little

bit, stretching her legs.

Simetu

Annalisa Drew, she doesn't really

have a switch hit in there, so maybe

she could pull that out for the

finals. It's an improvement.

Rowan

Cheshire in ninth position. It would

be nice to improve here.

Nice 540

from Rowan Cheshire. A big alley

oop. So smooth on that. 900, solid.

Right five. Losing amplitude

slightly but holding on. Left seven.

Switch three. Straight air.

She has

done really well, she had a really

nasty ankle injury. She's just about

skiing back to full speed right now.

Yeah, she had a tough summer, and a

lot of rehab and a lot of work went

to getting her back on the skis. A

great start to the season.

It's not

an improvement on the second runner.

I think it was her amplitude

slightly. The results is looking

like this, Cassie Sharpe light years

ahead. Marie Martinod of Brown 's.

Maddie Bowman, the defending Olympic

champion, is down there in sixth.

Rowan Cheshire qualifies in a very

respectable ninth position.

What did

it mean for you to go out there,

given we know what happened four

years ago?

It means the absolute

world to me. Four years ago I

couldn't show anyone what I could do

and I heard myself quite badly. I

have had a whirlwind four years with

injuries with my head and ankle. I

haven't skied as much as I would

like to. To come out here

like to. To come out here today and

put down the run that I did, even

though it was a bit scrappy, I'm so

proud and happy to land and get to

the finals, because that was the

goal.

Unfortunately Molly Summerhays

failed to qualify.

Here's Paddy Gearey with a round up

of what else has been happening.

The 500 metres is the shortest speed

skating distance and the men's gold

medal was settled by the tiniest of

margins. Norwegian Havard Lorentzen

won by 100th of a second, yet

another gold medal for Norway, and

they hadn't won one in this event

for 70 years. This games will be the

last we see of Lindsey Vonn at an

Olympics, one of the greatest female

downhill skiers of all time, showing

form in practice for the downhill

event, going third fastest, but she

will not be racing fellow American

Mikaela Shiffrin, she was hoping to

go in the downhill as well but

expected bad weather has brought the

Alpine combined event forward, and

she has decided to concentrate on

that. Shiffrin had hoped to win four

goals in Pyeongchang but is aiming

for two. Her boyfriend, the French

skier, has been sent home for

lacking team spirit. After finishing

seventh in the men's giant slalom,

he said he didn't care about the

upcoming team event he was supposed

to be racing in. He's apologised for

his comments. Alexander

Krushelnitskiy, a Russian curler who

won a bronze medal in the mixed

doubles, is being investigated on

suspicion of testing positive for a

banned substance. He was competing

for the Olympic Athletes from

Russia, a group of athletes who

could compete if they prove

themselves clean. We're still

waiting for his second results.

STUDIO: If those second results come

back and it is positive as well, we

are back where we were. And they are

meant to be clean with the OAR.

As

an athlete it consumes your brain

and thoughts every single day. We

sign up in Great Britain to a whole

drugs whereabouts system, you have

to give an hour every single day

where you knew you would be, I used

to give 6am, when you would be

asleep and you knew you would need

the toilet when you walk up. You

would be obsessed about anything you

put in your mouth, you would take

nothing from the counter. Even in

the skeleton run, I wouldn't drink

from the same water bottle as

somebody else because you would find

a capped and fresh bottle because

you are paranoid about being spiked.

They are saying that he is a bright

boy and he wouldn't do this, but

what drug would you take to help

with curling?

Absolutely. It's

disappointed because the world

curling Association has spent money

in the last little while to make

sure all Russian athletes competing

on the ice were clean. They have

done extra drug testing on all the

Russian athletes. And the last test

he did, he was clean.

It is a

mystery.

We will get the second

sample and that will be the

tell-tale.

Norway are on course for their most

successful ever Winter Olympics -

gold in the team ski jumping

and one in speed skating.

They're struggling to break clear

of Germany, however, after that dead

heat for gold in the two-man bob.

We're still in 16th spot.

Let's go off-piste.

Look for the bear necessities

in these pictures!

Here's Little Long ice skating

with his partner Twizzles,

dancing to the "Bear-lero"!

And Molly is practising

for the two-man bob

with her driver, Teddy!

Here's a dogsled team, although he

bears a resemblance to Paddington!

I

bears a resemblance to Paddington!

I watched

bears a resemblance to Paddington!

I watched that

bears a resemblance to Paddington!

I watched that movie

bears a resemblance to Paddington!

I watched that movie on

bears a resemblance to Paddington!

I watched that movie on the

bears a resemblance to Paddington!

I watched that movie on the way

bears a resemblance to Paddington!

I watched that movie on the way

over. It was brilliant.

This young girl has been

inspired by Izzy Atkin,

and is in training for ski

slopestyle at the next Winters.

She should get the medal for most

original use of props!

First up it's the women's halfpipe,

Elizabeth Marian Swaney,

of Hungary via the USA,

is a massive fan of The Eagles.

She's "taking it easy"

maybe a bit too easy.

She could at least have tried.

But once you start losing speed, you

really struggle. She looks scared

stiff.

Sticking with the halfpipe,

now this is a handshake

to end all handshakes,

so well synchronised,

nice work Jang Yujin of Korea.

They have worked really hard on

that.

Ok, ready, on your marks, get set.

No!

Oh no! It's like he stubbed his toe.

Nobody likes being a substitute,

especially when you're on coach does

the bunny ears.

He is not amused.

Tomorrow we have the women's

bobsleigh, and we hope at ten

o'clock, Elise Christie in the heats

of the 1000 metres. You have been

talking to her and trying to

encourage her.

I have been reminding

her about how she said she loves the

lights and it gives her energy.

It's

time for her luck to change. We will

see you tomorrow, good night.

They've gone down!

Again, turmoil

for Christie.

I can't believe it,

Christie has been penalised again.

Elise Christie does get the chance

to race for gold.

A nation holds its

breath.

Christie tries to make it on

the inside. Christie crashes out,

she's out of it once again!

Elise

Christie to get into the Olympic

final. Christie has crashed again on

the final bend. Yet again, she ends

up in a distraught heap on the

floor.