0:00:09 > 0:00:15Previously at the Winter Olympics... Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland are
0:00:15 > 0:00:22back and Olympic ice.For the first time in 20 years, we have a dead
0:00:22 > 0:00:30heat! Norway are your team's Olympic champions.I'm so, so proud and so
0:00:30 > 0:00:43happy. Getting titles, that was the goal.Day 11.
0:01:04 > 0:01:12Good evening and welcome to Today At The Games.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14So far we've had glory, we've had history, we've had
0:01:14 > 0:01:16underdogs rising and plucky losers, we've had injuries,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18disqualifications and wardrobe malfunctions, but hold on tight,
0:01:18 > 0:01:20because this is the most intense day yet.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Here's what's coming up over the next hour.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29She's been knocked down, but she gets up again.
0:01:30 > 0:01:39All eyes on Elise.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Mica and Mica try to do a job, in the bob.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43No time to slip in the curling...
0:01:43 > 0:01:45The semis are in sight for both British teams.
0:01:45 > 0:01:52After exposing more than they wanted to in the short programme,
0:01:52 > 0:01:54could the contenders keep their kit on?
0:01:54 > 0:01:55And then full speed into the halfpipe -
0:01:55 > 0:02:00can Rowan Cheshire do the trick?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03There is an awful lot to discuss, in the company of...
0:02:03 > 0:02:082010 gold medallist in the skeleton, Amy Williams.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Fresh back from Pyeongchang. Just about over the jet lag? Better than
0:02:11 > 0:02:15yesterday?I think I feel worse today than I did yesterday.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Three-time Olympian Sarah Lindsay, and three-time Olympian
0:02:17 > 0:02:20and flag bearer in Sochi, Jon Eley.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25Both experts in short track speed skating and that is where we start.
0:02:25 > 0:02:32World champion Elise Christie has just one last chance of a medal.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Distraught by three failures four years ago,
0:02:34 > 0:02:35she nearly gave up the sport.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Then in Pyongchang she crashed out in the 500 and the 1500,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41leaving her hurt and hobbling.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44So the first challenge today was to make it to the start line for the
0:02:44 > 0:02:46hits of the 1000 metres.
0:02:46 > 0:02:52David McDaid's been at the Gangneung Ice Arena...
0:02:54 > 0:02:59Elise Christie came to Pyeongchang as the overall short track world
0:02:59 > 0:03:03champion and with high hopes of an Olympic medal. After her triple
0:03:03 > 0:03:06disappointment in Sochi four years ago, it looked like that success
0:03:06 > 0:03:09might come in her first event, the 500 metres.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11might come in her first event, the 500 metres.Christie tries to make
0:03:11 > 0:03:22it on the inside... Christie is out once again!I know it's short track
0:03:22 > 0:03:25and I know I'm supposed to be prepared for this but it still
0:03:25 > 0:03:30hurts, you know.Once again, heartbreak in the final and sadly
0:03:30 > 0:03:37the 1500 metres would be even worse. Christie in third place. They come
0:03:37 > 0:03:42round the final bend... And Christie has crashed again now in the
0:03:42 > 0:03:48semifinal. Fortunately, no bones were broken
0:03:48 > 0:03:52but her right ankle still isn't 100%. Elise's injury has improved
0:03:52 > 0:03:57enough to allow her to return to training in the last 48 hours.She
0:03:57 > 0:04:01is strong. She is able to do the majority of the things we would be
0:04:01 > 0:04:06looking for in the 1000 metres. I'd say she's probably going to take to
0:04:06 > 0:04:11the ice around 80-90% fitness.Elise has received thousands of messages
0:04:11 > 0:04:15of support from members of the public as well as some of her heroes
0:04:15 > 0:04:22like Dame Kelly Holmes and Jess NFL. And if she is fit it could provide
0:04:22 > 0:04:27the boost she needs to get that elusive Olympic medal.Hi everyone,
0:04:27 > 0:04:33I'm just about to go down to try and compete today. I skated this morning
0:04:33 > 0:04:37for like the first time and it went quite well, considering. I'm going
0:04:37 > 0:04:40to see if I can get out there to race today. I'd like to thank
0:04:40 > 0:04:44everyone who helped me get to this point and everyone from the sport
0:04:44 > 0:04:46back home.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54COMMENTATOR: Here we go, the athletes taking to the ice for the
0:04:54 > 0:05:01heats of the women's 1000 metres. Elise Christie, clearly not fully
0:05:01 > 0:05:06fit, with that ankle damage picked up in a crash of the semifinals in
0:05:06 > 0:05:12the 1500 metres the other day. The way they go. Christie goes down
0:05:12 > 0:05:17before they reach the very first corner. And her race was over before
0:05:17 > 0:05:27it even started. And she is still on the ground as the race continues.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32Van Ruijven skates around on the officials go across to check on her.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37The other athletes are coming to a halt and I think we will be
0:05:37 > 0:05:42restarting the race.There's no words for it really. You can see,
0:05:42 > 0:05:48she clips the back of the parade of Keszler as she goes into that bend.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52She's going to go again. Elise Christie is not finished. Away they
0:05:52 > 0:05:59go. Christie at the back of the field, but at least she has avoided
0:05:59 > 0:06:02any trouble and now she can get up to speed. I think the start was
0:06:02 > 0:06:06going to be the hardest part for her.Absolutely, deeply after the
0:06:06 > 0:06:10fall. She can't really put any pressure on it so now it's a
0:06:10 > 0:06:15question of, it's nine laps, skaters won an two will go through and we
0:06:15 > 0:06:20are hoping and praying for Elise Christie to qualify here.6.5 laps
0:06:20 > 0:06:25to go, van Ruijven from the Netherlands at the front, Keszler in
0:06:25 > 0:06:29second place and Warakomska in third. Elise Christie shouldn't have
0:06:29 > 0:06:34a problem getting through from this heat. The draw has been pretty kind
0:06:34 > 0:06:39to her, relatively speaking. But, can she get up to full speed and
0:06:39 > 0:06:46find a way through? To finish in the first two here?The last lap time
0:06:46 > 0:06:499.75, as Christine moves through into third place. One an two to
0:06:49 > 0:06:55qualify.Christie ready to make a challenge with three laps to go. Van
0:06:55 > 0:06:59Ruijven, Christie has a look on the inside and just about manages to
0:06:59 > 0:07:04stay on her feet. Christie seems a little gap, forced out wide again,
0:07:04 > 0:07:08in third place. Van Ruijven then takes a man with two laps to go.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13Christie almost goes into the back of Warakomska. Just balls on her way
0:07:13 > 0:07:19into second place. Quite a battle between Warakomska and Christie. Van
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Ruijven leads round with half a lap to go. Christie is in position to
0:07:23 > 0:07:28qualify here. Van Ruijven first over the line, Christie second,
0:07:28 > 0:07:33Warakomska third and Keszler fourth. The race was completed and she
0:07:33 > 0:07:38picked herself up off the ice, literally, to have a second go and
0:07:38 > 0:07:43this time she manages to get the job done. She is through the heat and
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Elise Christie, the world champion is still in the women's 1000 metres.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52But look at that, as she limps away from the start, certainly doing this
0:07:52 > 0:07:58the hard way.She certainly is. She squeezed through there. Wouldn't be
0:07:58 > 0:08:10surprised if Keszler probably gets a penalty here. She was the
0:08:14 > 0:08:16skater on the outside of Christie. Christie almost going down again
0:08:16 > 0:08:19there. Managed to stay up and the referees are looking at the video
0:08:19 > 0:08:22replay. If someone is coming up the inside, your not allowed to change
0:08:22 > 0:08:24lanes to block the skater coming up the inside stub yellow card for
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Elise Christie. That is amazing. It puts the tin hat on her Olympic
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Games. Hard to think how it could have gone any worse but it just has.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Elise Christie is out of the Olympic Games. She finished the race in
0:08:34 > 0:08:38second place, came over the line in a qualifying position. She has been
0:08:38 > 0:08:42given a yellow card. That means she has been thrown out of the
0:08:42 > 0:08:45competition.A few days ago I didn't think I would be getting on the ice.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49I did everything to turn it around, I had ligament damage of my ankle
0:08:49 > 0:08:53and obviously it just wasn't meant to be.I think everyone watching
0:08:53 > 0:08:58will think you have a hell of a lot of darts.Yeah, thanks. I don't
0:08:58 > 0:09:07know... -- a lot of guts. I want to get short track out there, it's such
0:09:07 > 0:09:11an amazing sport. At times it does this to you... I can put my hands up
0:09:11 > 0:09:15now and say I've no idea why I got a yellow card. When I watched the
0:09:15 > 0:09:23race, I was kicked at the start. I've never had a yellow card in my
0:09:23 > 0:09:28life. I went up the inside and on the video I ran past the girls so I
0:09:28 > 0:09:33have no idea.How do you sum up these games? Fair to say it has not
0:09:33 > 0:09:37gone very well?LAUGHTER Right now I am a bit shell-shocked.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41I worked so hard to come back from this injury. I can promise Britain I
0:09:41 > 0:09:47will fight back from this and I will come back for Beijing. And hopefully
0:09:47 > 0:09:54I can do Britain proud then.Full marks for bravery. Elise
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Christie committing to another Olympic programming four years'
0:09:56 > 0:09:57time.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Olympic programming four years' time. Let's analyse what went wrong.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04You know her well, how will close was she to pulling out?I think they
0:10:04 > 0:10:08prepared as normal. They would have taken each moment at a time, each
0:10:08 > 0:10:12day at a time, to see if they could get her back on the ice. I don't
0:10:12 > 0:10:15think they made a decision until very late.It was fairly evident if
0:10:15 > 0:10:22we look at her first start on her push off, she hampered here already
0:10:22 > 0:10:26by lack of power or is this an accident?I think it was a little
0:10:26 > 0:10:30bit of an accident. I think she was aggressive of the start trying get
0:10:30 > 0:10:36to the front. They want to be dominant and make it as clean as
0:10:36 > 0:10:40possible. She tried to get as far forward as possible and there may be
0:10:40 > 0:10:44relaxed a bit too early and then a clash of skates, it happens when you
0:10:44 > 0:10:46have your long blades on and everyone is trying to get into the
0:10:46 > 0:10:49lead position. It is just unfortunate. The most important
0:10:49 > 0:10:58thing, we saw she had a second chance.Given a yellow car because
0:10:58 > 0:11:02there were two incidents in the race and she was adjudged to have fouled
0:11:02 > 0:11:03in both incidents.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04and she was adjudged to have fouled in both incidents. This adverse
0:11:04 > 0:11:09incident, what is happening?She made the overtake past Keszler and
0:11:09 > 0:11:13got alongside her. There you would say maybe that is over and take down
0:11:13 > 0:11:16but Keszler has come back and try to block her. The referee has deemed
0:11:16 > 0:11:24Elise wasn't clean past.Do you both think it was a fair decision?I
0:11:24 > 0:11:31don't. I think she had passed. And you should consider the athlete's
0:11:31 > 0:11:34intention and Elise is trying to move up in the race make an overtake
0:11:34 > 0:11:39and Keszler was trying to make a crash.Would you think? That is the
0:11:39 > 0:11:43rules are very 50-50. What we say in our sport is let's not leave
0:11:43 > 0:11:44rules are very 50-50. What we say in our sport is let's not leave
0:11:44 > 0:11:46ourselves in the referee's hands but make it as clean as possible. She
0:11:46 > 0:11:50got herself in trouble but we wait like to think maybe it could have
0:11:50 > 0:11:55been different.Let's look at the second incident. If this hadn't
0:11:55 > 0:11:56happened, she would have been all right
0:11:56 > 0:11:58happened, she would have been all right and qualified in second place.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02What does she do wrong and is it clear it is her fault?I think she
0:12:02 > 0:12:07tried to block. She made a really good overtake and got herself into
0:12:07 > 0:12:11second but then couldn't hold her strap coming out the corn and tried
0:12:11 > 0:12:15too hard to shut the trap down. She got alongside the skater and pushed
0:12:15 > 0:12:19again, almost like she's blocked but she finishes the push with her leg
0:12:19 > 0:12:23and arm at the same time.I realise she didn't have the power or the
0:12:23 > 0:12:26fitness to get to the front straightaway but Sarah, in
0:12:26 > 0:12:26fitness to get to the front straightaway but Sarah, in your
0:12:26 > 0:12:30opinion, could she have and should she have swung round the outside and
0:12:30 > 0:12:36would that have been harder or easier?That last incident... One
0:12:36 > 0:12:40lap to go, so she has to try and defend. She didn't have enough time
0:12:40 > 0:12:45to make another overtake. So you are in the Olympic Games, the bell rings
0:12:45 > 0:12:48and you have one lap to go. You are in qualifying position as an address
0:12:48 > 0:12:53to come up the inside, you will defend your line.When we talk about
0:12:53 > 0:12:57the injury, I think with her right ankle injury, and that turned
0:12:57 > 0:13:01through the corner she would struggle to hold that overtake and
0:13:01 > 0:13:03come out tight again. That may be led to where she has spent
0:13:03 > 0:13:09struggled.How much further we do have to go if you are taking on the
0:13:09 > 0:13:15outside, how many metres do have to travel?Probably up to 15 metres
0:13:15 > 0:13:19more on the outside and that is why she's and is confident and does on
0:13:19 > 0:13:24the longer route she is trying to take the inside for the overtake.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Sofa six Olympic races, she has been disqualified in four and only
0:13:28 > 0:13:33finished one, which was fourth in the 500 metres. It just doesn't
0:13:33 > 0:13:37reflect the class of state Elise Christie is that extraordinary she
0:13:37 > 0:13:40is already committed to in four years' time.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Plenty more action from the short track to keep you up-to-date with.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Elise's boyfriend Liu Shaolin Sandor is looking to become Hungary's first
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Winter Olympic medallist for 38 years - he's going in the heats
0:13:48 > 0:13:53of mens 500m and we've got an insane women's 3000m relay final.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Paddy's navigating this with help from commentator Simon Brotherton.
0:14:00 > 0:14:06As we know all too well, short track speed skating is bought on the edge.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Peril and penalties everywhere. You are not even safe when you are over
0:14:09 > 0:14:15the line. The sport's risks would be all too clear that Elise Christie's
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Shaolin Sandor Liu boyfriend,. The question out of the 1000 meteors at
0:14:19 > 0:14:30the weekend.The first two over the line, Shaolin Sandor Liu and Han
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Tianyu.The world champion is out, difficult to make forecasts in this
0:14:34 > 0:14:42event but the Koreans look strong. They all made it through the madness
0:14:42 > 0:14:48and have World Cup medals this season but will have to go some to
0:14:48 > 0:14:52beat Han Tianyu. He is the former skater, as he showed in his heat.
0:14:52 > 0:15:01Olympic record time!Short track is frantic enough in individual events
0:15:01 > 0:15:05but what about the relay? This is the women's, the B final, the best
0:15:05 > 0:15:11of the rest. The Dutch were taking it seriously.The Dutch take it!
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Chased all the way down the back straight. She will bring it home for
0:15:15 > 0:15:20the Netherlands who take the final. They lied from start to finish. It
0:15:20 > 0:15:25is not just an Olympic record but a new world record time for the
0:15:25 > 0:15:29Netherlands. -- they led from the start to the finish. All the more
0:15:29 > 0:15:33frustrating for them they were in the B final to achieve such a
0:15:33 > 0:15:38performance.But this is skied skating, you never know. Over to the
0:15:38 > 0:15:43a final, South Korea, China, Italy and Canada. Four laps to go and
0:15:43 > 0:15:49almost inevitably, a crash.Four laps to go, the Italians are on the
0:15:49 > 0:15:56ground as well.It left Korea and China racing for gold.It is really
0:15:56 > 0:16:06close, China's over the line, Korea take the gold.In this book, the
0:16:06 > 0:16:12drama doesn't end there, wait for the judges, it's time for penalties.
0:16:12 > 0:16:18Two penalties... And China have been penalised, Korea win and Italy get
0:16:18 > 0:16:22the silver. So the Dutch get a medal for their world-record efforts, even
0:16:22 > 0:16:25though they didn't even make the final. No wonder they can't believe
0:16:25 > 0:16:31it, they weren't even on the ice.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36And in a Dutch team, Jorien ter Mors created history of her own.Yes,
0:16:36 > 0:16:41winning in short and long at the same Games, that is impressive!
0:16:41 > 0:16:44There has been talk of Elise Christie switching to a long track,
0:16:44 > 0:16:49or indeed cycling, any of those an option?She will want to stay
0:16:49 > 0:16:52involved in the sport whatever it is, fingers crossed she stays in
0:16:52 > 0:16:59short track.Charlotte Gilmartin and Kat Thompson did not qualify, no
0:16:59 > 0:17:03British short track speed skaters left.It is a sad day for them all
0:17:03 > 0:17:08to go out, the girls will be gutted, they gave their best effort but it
0:17:08 > 0:17:15wasn't enough, so disappointing for them, and Olympic Games under their
0:17:15 > 0:17:19belt.And the trick is to keep going, even when things go wrong,
0:17:19 > 0:17:23because Fontana became the most successful short track speed skater
0:17:23 > 0:17:30ever. Also looking for medals on ice, these two.I broke my kneecap,
0:17:30 > 0:17:35smashed it into eight pieces. They said it was a career ending injury.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40I run the crying not from the pain but from what could be. -- I
0:17:40 > 0:17:47remember.The comeback kids!It is a special feeling that you get at the
0:17:47 > 0:17:54Olympic Games. It is not worth coming back if we are not
0:17:54 > 0:17:57competitive with everybody else. This is for all the people that
0:17:57 > 0:18:04thought I couldn't do this.They go in the final of the ice dance,
0:18:04 > 0:18:08highlights of that in quarter of an hour, but before that another
0:18:08 > 0:18:14dynamic duo, this is a tale of the underdogs trying to bite back, Mica
0:18:14 > 0:18:17McNeill and Mica Moore have had to fight to get to the Olympics, not
0:18:17 > 0:18:23only with their competitors but their own federation, they are the
0:18:23 > 0:18:28team powered by the people.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32All of the hardy is that you have worked, thinking this is the Olympic
0:18:32 > 0:18:37year,, you want to go into it in the best shape possible, then it is
0:18:37 > 0:18:43stopped. It was heartbreaking.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45stopped. It was heartbreaking.BBC Sport understand that British
0:18:45 > 0:18:50bobsleigh will withdraw funding from its women's team just before the
0:18:50 > 0:18:55Winter Olympics. Mica McNeill says she is gutted to find that there was
0:18:55 > 0:19:02no money left to punto team because of an overspend. -- to fund her
0:19:02 > 0:19:07team.Was my career low, as low as you can get, you have worked hard,
0:19:07 > 0:19:12and it is crushed, and you don't know if you can turn around from
0:19:12 > 0:19:20that.We instantly came together with a plan that we could move
0:19:20 > 0:19:24forward swiftly, because the season was coming around very quickly, and
0:19:24 > 0:19:31we did that very well.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34we did that very well.I honestly didn't know if it was going to work,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37I thought we might get a terrible response, like you might get a lot
0:19:37 > 0:19:42of criticism for setting this up, but set it up, and it started
0:19:42 > 0:19:47rolling.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51rolling.So people were willing to support us, it is amazing. We want
0:19:51 > 0:19:56to say thank you for all the contributions, we are so grateful.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00We are so excited for the rest of the season.Maybe most of you
0:20:00 > 0:20:04watching at home right now send a few quid on their way, nearly 50,000
0:20:04 > 0:20:06was raised to enable them to be here.
0:20:10 > 0:20:17Let's see the British girls on their way.This is a good run.Clean out
0:20:17 > 0:20:25of 15, I may maybe an 15th place, they go sixth, what a good run that
0:20:25 > 0:20:28was from Mica and Mica!She is starting to become a really good
0:20:28 > 0:20:32pilot, they just need to find a bit more horsepower at the top, find
0:20:32 > 0:20:36that start, that is all they are missing, but this is the reason she
0:20:36 > 0:20:40has been flying, because she has nailed this trait every time she is
0:20:40 > 0:20:46coming through it.History made on the ice with the first African and
0:20:46 > 0:20:54Nigerian bobsleigh team. Their debut appearance showed the inexperience
0:20:54 > 0:20:58of the pilot, but the fans were enthusiastic none the less, and the
0:20:58 > 0:21:02duo were thrilled to be here, despite finishing last after heat
0:21:02 > 0:21:06one. 30 years after Cool Runnings and in the first-ever Jamaican
0:21:06 > 0:21:12bobsleigh, they put the internal wranglings of the last few days to
0:21:12 > 0:21:18one side. A slip of the handle at the start and little mistakes on
0:21:18 > 0:21:24route saw them off the pace, and with no coach to fine tune their
0:21:24 > 0:21:28run, and improvement seems unlikely. Kaillie Humphries is chasing a third
0:21:28 > 0:21:33consecutive gold medal and set the early lead with a time of 50.72, not
0:21:33 > 0:21:38one of her finest runs, especially with the Americans and Germans hard
0:21:38 > 0:21:42on her heels. Elana Meyers Taylor from the United States, who was won
0:21:42 > 0:21:46everything but Olympic gold, set the fastest time to knock the reigning
0:21:46 > 0:21:53champion off her perch with a time of 50.52. That time proved
0:21:53 > 0:22:01impassable, despite a terrific run from the German duo, who finished a
0:22:01 > 0:22:07tantalising 0.02 behind the leaders. Jamie Greubel Poser and her partner
0:22:07 > 0:22:15finished a close third, 0.07 off the lead,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19lead, with Kaillie Humphries of Canada in fifth, with our crowd
0:22:19 > 0:22:23affronted GB duo in sixth going into heat two.
0:22:23 > 0:22:30For Great Britain in sixth place, Mica McNeill and Mica Moore.She is
0:22:30 > 0:22:33driving this track really well, considering that she has only had
0:22:33 > 0:22:40ten runs on the track, you can see the gap starting to close, and this
0:22:40 > 0:22:44is watching has been doing so well, if she gets through clean, a double
0:22:44 > 0:22:48tap, she will carry enough speed at this point. Unless she makes another
0:22:48 > 0:22:53mistake, she needs to settle into this run. She is closing, but is
0:22:53 > 0:22:59there an attractive come in front of the Canadians the bottom?They are
0:22:59 > 0:23:03quicker than Rissling, can they put pressure on Kaillie Humphries? They
0:23:03 > 0:23:10will end run number two no worse than sixth. Now Kaillie Humphries
0:23:10 > 0:23:15finds herself in fifth place, and with work to do if she is going to
0:23:15 > 0:23:19hold onto the gold medal for the third time.Great start. I do not
0:23:19 > 0:23:23know whether Mica will be in front of her, but she's losing speed to
0:23:23 > 0:23:27the British sled.Real doubts now that Kaillie Humphries can get
0:23:27 > 0:23:31herself another gold medal. Next up, in fourth place, Stephanie
0:23:31 > 0:23:36Schneider.She loves this past part of the track, is this where she will
0:23:36 > 0:23:42start pulling ahead of Kaillie Humphries? It certainly looks like
0:23:42 > 0:23:44she's losing speed at the bottom compared to Kaillie
0:23:44 > 0:23:46she's losing speed at the bottom compared to Kaillie, as she makes
0:23:46 > 0:23:52another mistake.The German sleds don't usually loses bid, do they?
0:23:52 > 0:24:01She stays ahead by a fraction. This is Mariama Jamanka, representing
0:24:01 > 0:24:05Germany, the former hammer thrower. The first person to clinch will lose
0:24:05 > 0:24:10out on the medal. They cannot be won today but they can certainly be
0:24:10 > 0:24:13lost, just centimetres off the perfect line, but that is the
0:24:13 > 0:24:17difference between getting it right and costing yourself time, but she
0:24:17 > 0:24:24will keep a good margin at the speed trap.A growing margin, Jamanka
0:24:24 > 0:24:28finishing very well for Germany, puts herself in a great position!
0:24:28 > 0:24:35Currently in first place. The Americans, Elana Meyers Taylor and
0:24:35 > 0:24:41Lauren Gibbs, they had a 0.02 advantage, as Meyers Taylor goes in
0:24:41 > 0:24:46pursuit of the one prize that has eluded her throughout her career,
0:24:46 > 0:24:51Olympic gold, a track record start. This is why they are in the lead,
0:24:51 > 0:24:55but that is a big mistake, that will cost her. I don't think she will
0:24:55 > 0:25:01have that 0.23 at the bottom, she has lost 0.1 already in two corners,
0:25:01 > 0:25:07she will struggle.Germany and the United States will be the leaders,
0:25:07 > 0:25:13and Meyers Taylor has just lost the lead, 0.7 behind. Jamanka will lead
0:25:13 > 0:25:19at the end of day one, but the big message is that those two are now a
0:25:19 > 0:25:28comfortable margin ahead of the others.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32And in the top six, the Great Britain pair, Mica and Mica doing
0:25:32 > 0:25:38really well, is this a shock?Well, yeah, I guess it is a shock, a cause
0:25:38 > 0:25:42we probably thought they would be lucky to get into the top ten, but
0:25:42 > 0:25:46Mica has come on in leaps and bounds, and confidence, she has been
0:25:46 > 0:25:49a little bit under the radar, almost not have that pressure on her,
0:25:49 > 0:25:54almost forgotten about the girls because we have been concentrating
0:25:54 > 0:25:58on the men. But she popped out a really good first run, their start
0:25:58 > 0:26:05aren't quite as quick, so they are a good 0.2 behind, well, even more
0:26:05 > 0:26:10than that behind the fastest starters, they are 12th four starts.
0:26:10 > 0:26:16What could they do better?To be fair, they are not just as strong as
0:26:16 > 0:26:22the others, they do not have the weight behind them to push the bob.
0:26:22 > 0:26:28But I was surprised how well she was driving, you can see how rough and
0:26:28 > 0:26:33ready it is.A lot of masking tape! You get a lot of bumps and bruises
0:26:33 > 0:26:38in there, it is not glamorous! She had a great run, and she just needed
0:26:38 > 0:26:42to perfect a few things on the track, took a little hit coming out
0:26:42 > 0:26:48of ten and 11 into 12. But overall just unbelievable to be in sixth
0:26:48 > 0:26:52place. And in front of her, yeah, we can see her coming down the track
0:26:52 > 0:26:57here, she just clips late, which meant that she had to work a lot
0:26:57 > 0:27:02harder in corner 12, where you need the speed. And then clips into
0:27:02 > 0:27:06corner 13. So they would have lost a little bit of time there, and you
0:27:06 > 0:27:11cannot make it back because this is the uphill section.What would you
0:27:11 > 0:27:15say to them tomorrow? Could you see them going up into the top four,
0:27:15 > 0:27:20maybe a medal, is that too much?I would be telling them, don't do
0:27:20 > 0:27:24anything differently, you need to clean that up, but with less nerves
0:27:24 > 0:27:28that will naturally happen. She knows she made those mistakes, they
0:27:28 > 0:27:31will be giving it everything their body has to try to push that bit
0:27:31 > 0:27:37quicker. 0.1 at the top does matter at the bottom. In front of her in
0:27:37 > 0:27:41fifth place is Kaillie Humphries, double Olympic champion, from
0:27:41 > 0:27:45Canada, who we never thought would be in fifth place. So we are talking
0:27:45 > 0:27:50margins, we have seen so much can happen. Until they finish the line
0:27:50 > 0:27:55on run four, anything could happen. 0.16 behind a medal position, so if
0:27:55 > 0:27:59they sharpen up the starts, who knows? Certainly value for money for
0:27:59 > 0:28:02everyone who has funded them.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04I actually dreamt about curling last night.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06That's how much it's been getting into my brain.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09I woke up this morning and turned on the TV to see
0:28:09 > 0:28:11how the GB women were getting on.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13We're reaching the end of the round-robin stages,
0:28:13 > 0:28:18and here's Paddy with today's crucial matches.
0:28:18 > 0:28:24After magic Monday, a tough Tuesday loomed for Britain's curlers.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Yesterday's victories would be worthless if they were followed with
0:28:27 > 0:28:31defeat. We are building up to the semis and running out of stones.
0:28:31 > 0:28:42Stephen Smith faced Norway, strong curlers with strange trousers.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45curlers with strange trousers. -- team Smith. It is easy to forget
0:28:45 > 0:28:49this is their first Olympics, they seem so at home in the house.You
0:28:49 > 0:28:53has got his shooting boots on, Kyle Smith, playing excellent at the
0:28:53 > 0:29:01moment.By M6, this was almost over. This may be curtains.Norway would
0:29:01 > 0:29:07left needing snookers with stones, but their trousers didn't match
0:29:07 > 0:29:13their draws or their take-outs. They shook hands after only seven ends.
0:29:13 > 0:29:18Their best performance of the Games so far.They are on the brink of the
0:29:18 > 0:29:23semis, joint second, only the USA to play.One more win and you are
0:29:23 > 0:29:27through.We knew that we were needing a win in the last round of
0:29:27 > 0:29:30the round-robin, so we have put ourselves in a great position, we
0:29:30 > 0:29:36just need to do the job tomorrow. Eve Muirhead's team were up against
0:29:36 > 0:29:42Japan, who have impressed in these games and did so again in end one.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Three for Japan, and if you are getting a three, you will have to
0:29:45 > 0:29:50play well to claw that back. Pressure, then, but that seems to be
0:29:50 > 0:29:54where this British team really thrives, and M6 was the day, 3-3,
0:29:54 > 0:30:04they set Japan a tough task. -- end six was the key.Not good enough,
0:30:04 > 0:30:08that will be three, then. This could be a huge turnaround for Great
0:30:08 > 0:30:14Britain.If you take three and not have the last shot, you know you are
0:30:14 > 0:30:18in control. Eve Muirhead finished it with a simple spoiler.They had to
0:30:18 > 0:30:22win this match against Japan, and they have played very well indeed.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26We knew it would be a very tough game, we gave them a lot of respect,
0:30:26 > 0:30:32played our own game, but we came back, we had a great fifth end chat
0:30:32 > 0:30:37with our coaches, they must have done something well, because we came
0:30:37 > 0:30:42back with three.Looking healthy for Eve and the gang, up to joint third,
0:30:42 > 0:30:45a win against a strangely inconsistent Canada would do it, a
0:30:45 > 0:30:49real chance to make the semis and a statement.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52final. No wonder they can't believe it, they weren't even on the ice.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Still to come...
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Lights, music - now what about the medals?
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Virtue and Moir were looking for perfection.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00And our halfpipe hopes are with Rowan Cheshire.
0:31:00 > 0:31:06We've got a flipping entertaining final for you.
0:31:07 > 0:31:15It's not fair!
0:31:23 > 0:31:30DANCE MUSIC
0:31:31 > 0:31:38enjoy it.It's a word I never say. For every team in a three it's their
0:31:38 > 0:31:41ambition to make it to the next one.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Now to figure skating, and it's the ice dance.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland were sitting in tenth place
0:31:46 > 0:31:47after the short dance yesterday.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50But it was the world record breaking performance by Canadian couple
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir that catapulted the 2010 Olympic
0:31:52 > 0:31:53champions into gold medal position.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56The Winter Olympics is all about new experiences, so we sent
0:31:56 > 0:32:02Jenny Jones to the Gangneung Ice Arena to soak up the atmosphere.
0:32:02 > 0:32:08As an athlete, one of the things you dread most is injuries, but I have a
0:32:08 > 0:32:11career threatening injury is a whole other level. For Penny and Nick that
0:32:11 > 0:32:14is exactly what happened so it's incredible they are even here at the
0:32:14 > 0:32:22Olympics today. In 2016, Penny shattered her knee in eight places,
0:32:22 > 0:32:27as she and Nick attempted a lift during training.Like that, I'm on
0:32:27 > 0:32:31the floor with half of my knee cup up here and the other half down
0:32:31 > 0:32:36there.After doctors told her she may never skate competitively again,
0:32:36 > 0:32:41she was determined to find a way back.This is for all the people who
0:32:41 > 0:32:45thought I couldn't do this, because I can.
0:32:50 > 0:32:56COMMENTATOR: It's a little tense at the moment. They've just got to get
0:32:56 > 0:33:01on with it and do what they can.I can't wait to see them, I hope they
0:33:01 > 0:33:04have a good, clean performance, that's all they want to do, skate
0:33:04 > 0:33:08clean.We've just got to be confident for them, that's the
0:33:08 > 0:33:16problem. It's asked that are nervous wrecks! They are fine.
0:33:16 > 0:33:24Penny and Nick are just about to start.
0:34:47 > 0:34:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:34:56 > 0:35:02What an incredible performance from Penny and Nick.The pair of them
0:35:02 > 0:35:06have been through so much and they just got that clean skate.They
0:35:06 > 0:35:09couldn't do more than that.They've been through so much, just to be
0:35:09 > 0:35:15here is amazing, isn't it?Yes, it is, we're really proud of them, they
0:35:15 > 0:35:19did us proud today.Penny and Nick overcame all the odds to get this
0:35:19 > 0:35:23Olympic final. They finished in a very respectable 11th place. That
0:35:23 > 0:35:29next up were the US brother and sister duo Shibutani Maia and
0:35:29 > 0:35:35Shibutani Alex with a medal performing performance. They took a
0:35:35 > 0:35:41silver overall with this incredible routine.
0:36:19 > 0:36:25CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:36:32 > 0:36:37Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the world champions, the 2010 Olympic
0:36:37 > 0:36:41champions, they are going to be extraordinary if they want to win
0:36:41 > 0:36:47this gold medal they will have to be the new world record is laid down by
0:36:47 > 0:36:51Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron.
0:37:41 > 0:37:47CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:37:54 > 0:38:02They've done it, 122.40. The comeback is complete for Tessa
0:38:02 > 0:38:06Virtue and Scott Moir. Silver in Sochi four years ago. They took two
0:38:06 > 0:38:11years away from the competition and return to win World Championship
0:38:11 > 0:38:16gold last year and now it's Olympic gold! What an absolute privilege to
0:38:16 > 0:38:23be here to witness this world-class skating. The Canadians there just
0:38:23 > 0:38:27gave an exceptional performance, it was amazing! I know Nick and Penny
0:38:27 > 0:38:32maybe didn't get the score that they wanted today, but just to be here
0:38:32 > 0:38:35and be able to perform at the Olympics is an amazing achievement
0:38:35 > 0:38:42for them.It's been a long journey. I'm pleased we managed to get here
0:38:42 > 0:38:45and put out two performances like we have done in the past two days, it
0:38:45 > 0:38:50something to be really proud of. What we do day in and day out, this
0:38:50 > 0:38:53is the glamorous side but the training is on our way. You have
0:38:53 > 0:38:53is the glamorous side but the training is on our way. You have to
0:38:53 > 0:38:58have a real guts and great to get through those hard days. This
0:38:58 > 0:39:02experience is so rewarding is I'm so lucky and I wouldn't change anything
0:39:02 > 0:39:06for the world.Definitely they've shown guts and grit and finished
0:39:06 > 0:39:1011th, to the delight of Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill. Chris, you
0:39:10 > 0:39:14have been helping them. We will talk about them in a moment. Can you just
0:39:14 > 0:39:18share with the audience the differences between the gold and
0:39:18 > 0:39:22silver medallists, the Canadians and French pair, and why you may be
0:39:22 > 0:39:28liked one more than the other?In this competition there equally...
0:39:28 > 0:39:33It's a matter of taste of what you prefer. One is clearly dramatic and
0:39:33 > 0:39:37theatrical and the other is sort of like liquid gold as they skate, they
0:39:37 > 0:39:44get down into the knees and it is soft and smooth. The Canadians,
0:39:44 > 0:39:49Scott and Tessa are putting on this theatre, this drama, acting out
0:39:49 > 0:39:58every move. It is like a movie. That is what they are skating to, the
0:39:58 > 0:40:06soundtrack from Moulin Rouge. The French dancing to Beethoven. Two
0:40:06 > 0:40:11different styles, equally as strong and as good. It's what you prefer.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15The judges are looking at all the elements, breaking it down, element
0:40:15 > 0:40:24by element and scoring it.The judges gave the free dance, the wind
0:40:24 > 0:40:28to France?They did an apparently not even a French judge on the
0:40:28 > 0:40:35panel.Surely that would make a difference!No, just saying, though.
0:40:35 > 0:40:41I mean, I'm with Chris. I find them easy to watch because it's not
0:40:41 > 0:40:45forced, it's organic, it's just natural, it's just within them. The
0:40:45 > 0:40:50Canadians do is amazing moves and lifts but it's just hard. Maybe if
0:40:50 > 0:40:53they had a different classical piece of musical we would see a different
0:40:53 > 0:40:58side to them as well.One was romance and the other drama. What
0:40:58 > 0:41:02Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir out of their advantage is they have skated
0:41:02 > 0:41:10together so long. Look at this video of them.Amazing. From kids, they
0:41:10 > 0:41:13started skating, they have been together such a long time, they know
0:41:13 > 0:41:20how each other think and move, their thoughts. They can talk to each
0:41:20 > 0:41:25other telepathically, with their eyes, just their facial expressions.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30It all comes together.It's great they wanted to continue having got a
0:41:30 > 0:41:33gold medal and then a silver, they didn't want to end it there.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37Probably having a bit of time out, they probably thought, we don't want
0:41:37 > 0:41:42to leave it here and maybe that is because of their friendship all that
0:41:42 > 0:41:49time. Let's finish on a high.And also, they are competitors.Yes.The
0:41:49 > 0:41:55ultimate competitors, they have come through the gold medal. Brilliant
0:41:55 > 0:41:58from the company as well.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Tomorrow it's a big day on the big hill for a big name.
0:42:01 > 0:42:07I kind of believed I would be in the Olympics since I was eight years
0:42:07 > 0:42:12old.I'm not going to lie, it's something I always believed in and
0:42:12 > 0:42:19knew I was meant to do. My earliest memory of the Olympics would be the
0:42:19 > 0:42:2598 Olympics, that really captivated me.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32me. I met Picabu when I was nine. I have the pictures she signed, she
0:42:32 > 0:42:36said follow your dreams. She really made me believe in myself. The
0:42:36 > 0:42:41Olympics are captivating because it's the pinnacle of sport.Lindsey
0:42:41 > 0:42:46Vonn skis for the gold medal and she has got it!That was all of my
0:42:46 > 0:42:51emotions coming out. That was my whole life, working hard for that
0:42:51 > 0:42:54one moment and realising that I achieved it. It was the most
0:42:54 > 0:43:00incredible moment of my career.
0:43:01 > 0:43:07incredible moment of my career.Vonn crashes off.When you are injured
0:43:07 > 0:43:12you have to wait so long, so the anticipation for me is pretty big. I
0:43:12 > 0:43:16want to finish my career strong, I want to hopefully win another
0:43:16 > 0:43:22Olympic gold medal. I want to give the girls of the next-generation
0:43:22 > 0:43:28someone to look up to, just like I looked up to Picabu and all the
0:43:28 > 0:43:31Olympians when I was a kid.Lindsey Vonn, the fastest female skier bear
0:43:31 > 0:43:36has ever been and that offers. After recovering from horrendous injury
0:43:36 > 0:43:39she is trying to win a second gold medal. You can see how she gets on
0:43:39 > 0:43:42tomorrow morning at 2am. We will have the highlights tomorrow
0:43:42 > 0:43:46evening.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48Ice hockey now, and it's play off-day in the men's competiton.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50Sweden, Canada, Czech Republic and OAR qualify
0:43:50 > 0:43:52automatically for the quarterfinals - they get a day off.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54Four matches today to decide the quarterfinal line-up.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56But first there was another ice hockey story that
0:43:56 > 0:43:57grabbed the headlines.
0:43:57 > 0:44:05Here's Seth Bennett.
0:44:09 > 0:44:15Four years ago, national hero, scoring the nation's first-ever
0:44:15 > 0:44:23Olympic gold but today news broke that he hurt tested positive for a
0:44:23 > 0:44:28banned drug in an asthma medication. His team-mates had to go on without
0:44:28 > 0:44:33him. Slovenia ran out of puff and the determination paid off.Norway
0:44:33 > 0:44:39have won it in overtime!Also pressure for the Americans, who lost
0:44:39 > 0:44:42two of their group games, but powered by Harvard student Ryan
0:44:42 > 0:44:56Talat to the dismissal of Slovakia. Wonderful finish!
0:45:02 > 0:45:07A dramatic end to deal European tie between Germany and Switzerland, who
0:45:07 > 0:45:11needed a game-winning goal in overtime to progress.Germany have
0:45:11 > 0:45:17it. And finished, the puck went loose in front! Simon Bird sends
0:45:17 > 0:45:19Germany through to the quarterfinals.
0:45:24 > 0:45:28And it was almost time to say goodbye to the Koreans, but not
0:45:28 > 0:45:34before they gave Finland a real scare.Goal for the Koreans,
0:45:34 > 0:45:43finished off from close range! And look what it means!
0:45:44 > 0:45:48An emotional moment for the head coach, who poured his heart and soul
0:45:48 > 0:45:52into this Olympic adventure.The Korean eyes at the adventure is
0:45:52 > 0:45:59over.His team certainly did him proud and prove that Asian eyes are
0:45:59 > 0:46:03key is certainly on the up.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06Bronze-medal match in the women's ice hockey competition,
0:46:06 > 0:46:08Finland versus OAR tomorrow morning, 7:40.
0:46:08 > 0:46:12USA face Canada in the final on Thursday.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14The day before yesterday we saw James Woods fall
0:46:14 > 0:46:17just short in the ski slopestyle.
0:46:17 > 0:46:18Fourth place sucks.
0:46:18 > 0:46:19So what do you do?
0:46:19 > 0:46:21You brush yourself down and look for another job.
0:46:21 > 0:46:29So here is the halfpipe, presented by Woodsy.
0:46:40 > 0:46:46This is dope! It is Woodsy here, your honorary halfpipe reporter for
0:46:46 > 0:46:52the day, we are at Phoenix Park, and first up is Rowan Cheshire, finding
0:46:52 > 0:46:58assault in the top 12 of the women's free ski halfpipe. Enjoy the action.
0:46:58 > 0:47:06Just needs to stay there and put down a solid score, nice big
0:47:06 > 0:47:12alley-oop.There is the amplitude we have seen, into the nine.Switch
0:47:12 > 0:47:24alley-oop.Lovely! Great first-run, great first run.She opened up with
0:47:24 > 0:47:29a clean, confidence building run, scoring 75.4, putting her in second
0:47:29 > 0:47:33place, but you would stay there for long as the rest of the women
0:47:33 > 0:47:38dropped some heavy schools. America's Annalisa Drew lays down a
0:47:38 > 0:47:43huge run, with scores in the high 80s. Marie Martinod of France puts
0:47:43 > 0:47:47down a beautiful run to take the lead, the gauntlet had been slammed
0:47:47 > 0:47:53down, but Cassie Sharpe of Canada raised the bar even happier to go
0:47:53 > 0:47:56into first place. Rowan Cheshire started run two down in sixth place
0:47:56 > 0:48:03but couldn't repeat her clean riding of the first run. Sigourney threw
0:48:03 > 0:48:07down a beautiful run but stayed in third. The battle for the medals was
0:48:07 > 0:48:15far from over.Marie Martinod, fantastic Alpine themed pans from
0:48:15 > 0:48:22the 70s.She looks good, doesn't she?Lovely style from her on the
0:48:22 > 0:48:28first hit.She is
0:48:29 > 0:48:32first hit.She is giving the cable camera operator a headache!Into the
0:48:32 > 0:48:41tent, she lands the ten!Wow!The 33-year-old mother of one absolutely
0:48:41 > 0:48:48destroying its here at Phoenix Park. Oh, my goodness, not the improvement
0:48:48 > 0:48:52we thought she was going to make! No, we thought it would be more than
0:48:52 > 0:48:57that.
0:48:57 > 0:49:02that.Look at this, she is running the game right now, Cassie
0:49:02 > 0:49:04that.Look at this, she is running the game right now, Cassie.360
0:49:04 > 0:49:11switch, down the pipe 360, really nice. And finally, finishing off
0:49:11 > 0:49:18with a bang!Oh!
0:49:18 > 0:49:21with a bang!Oh! Nine to nine to open, ten to finish, and everything
0:49:21 > 0:49:28in between was big and stylish. 95.80, it is an improvement, Cassie
0:49:28 > 0:49:34Sharpe has put it out of reach for everybody else there.In the third
0:49:34 > 0:49:39and final run, Rowan fell on a 900, but the score from run one was
0:49:39 > 0:49:44enough to give her seventh place. Sometimes nerves get to me, it is
0:49:44 > 0:49:50always the first one that I tend to fall on! So like, oh, I am so glad I
0:49:50 > 0:49:55could put it down. I am really happy.Ahead of, the battle amongst
0:49:55 > 0:49:59the Americans was heating up, Maddie Bowman was devastated by failing to
0:49:59 > 0:50:05land a clean run, falling on the final hit. Annalisa Drew snatched
0:50:05 > 0:50:09bronze medal position without sick run. But it was Brita Sigourney who
0:50:09 > 0:50:13stomped her third run to take third place straight back from Annalisa
0:50:13 > 0:50:22Drew.Goodness me, Martinod dodging a huge bullet!Silver and gold was
0:50:22 > 0:50:28decided, the only question was who would take which medal.Gold fever
0:50:28 > 0:50:33in women's ski pipe finals, Marie Martinod is on the hunt, the nine
0:50:33 > 0:50:40was so well measured.Really clean! She has gone! And you don't need to
0:50:40 > 0:50:45be a rocket surgeon to do the maths on that one.Cassie Sharpe knew the
0:50:45 > 0:50:51gold was hers, that sensational second run sealing victory.It is
0:50:51 > 0:50:55incredible, it doesn't quite feel real yet, but I have put a whole
0:50:55 > 0:51:01bunch of work into getting here. What a fantastic show from the
0:51:01 > 0:51:07ladies, we are also proud of you, Rowan, amazing story, you have done
0:51:07 > 0:51:13us all crowd, and the others did free skiing proud. Next up, we have
0:51:13 > 0:51:20got the men's free ski halfpipe qualification, Buchan, Pedro, Xander
0:51:20 > 0:51:27coming right up, enjoy. The big names did not have it all up own way
0:51:27 > 0:51:31in the qualifying round, but the defending champion scratched his
0:51:31 > 0:51:41first run.Oh, he has dropped it. But they returned with solid efforts
0:51:41 > 0:51:47in round two, doing just enough to make the final. Aaron Blunck did
0:51:47 > 0:51:51enough to get all the way to first place with Alex Ferreira and Torin
0:51:51 > 0:51:56Yater-Wallace behind him in second and third. All of the big hitters
0:51:56 > 0:52:00have plenty more in their locker.We want to see the best guys in the
0:52:00 > 0:52:04final, we want to see the big tricks that we know they can do.If anyone
0:52:04 > 0:52:09is in doubt about our danger in halfpipe riding is, this made it
0:52:09 > 0:52:16abundantly clear.Oh, that is massive.Please be all right! You
0:52:16 > 0:52:24walked away but failed to qualify, as did the Brits. Murray Buchan
0:52:24 > 0:52:28dropped last in the qualification round and had to improve his score
0:52:28 > 0:52:35by only 2.8 to make the finals.Come on, Murray!The rest of his first
0:52:35 > 0:52:43run was beautiful, nice left side, then right side, 720 tail grab, very
0:52:43 > 0:52:48clean, very within Murray's ability, switch right down the type, 720,
0:52:48 > 0:52:53into a second, yes! That was better than run one. Was it better than
0:52:53 > 0:53:03Andreas's run?Oh!Oh!So unlucky for Murray Buchan in 14th place.It
0:53:03 > 0:53:07has been a banging day at the halfpipe, thank you very much for
0:53:07 > 0:53:14joining us, so much more to come in the men's free ski Superbike finals.
0:53:14 > 0:53:18This is Woodsy, honorary halfpipe presenter, checking out!
0:53:21 > 0:53:27Ski cross is nothing without a bit of luck! The quicker they are, the
0:53:27 > 0:53:35harder they fall!
0:53:35 > 0:53:40MUSIC PLAYS
0:53:53 > 0:53:57This is going to get exciting!It is good, the ski cross, love that,
0:53:57 > 0:54:01stars late tonight, 2:30am.
0:54:01 > 0:54:06Here's Paddy with the best of the rest from Pyeongchang.
0:54:07 > 0:54:16A bit of French sporting history in the mixed biathlon, so
0:54:16 > 0:54:17the mixed biathlon, so dominant was Fourcade's finish that he could
0:54:17 > 0:54:22stage manage the moment he became France's most successful winter
0:54:22 > 0:54:26Olympian. From an event where women and men both compete to the only
0:54:26 > 0:54:33event which only allows men, Nordic combined, which saw large hill ski
0:54:33 > 0:54:37jumping and cross-country, one, two, three for Germany, led over the line
0:54:37 > 0:54:41by Rydzek. Might that success be down to beer? They have apparently
0:54:41 > 0:54:46taken down to drinking fruit we beer because a study has shown it help
0:54:46 > 0:54:50athletes recover quicker and train harder. Strictly nonalcoholic, of
0:54:50 > 0:54:55course, more isotonic, less gin and tonic. You might have seen the
0:54:55 > 0:54:59hypnotic halfpipe of Elizabeth Smylie, the American skier
0:54:59 > 0:55:05representing Hungary. The trick play in hardly trying any tricks at all,
0:55:05 > 0:55:07a minimalist approach she used at as many World Cup events as she could
0:55:07 > 0:55:12to gain enough points to reach the Olympics. Because of that, the
0:55:12 > 0:55:14Hungarian authorities say they might have to rethink their selection
0:55:14 > 0:55:19process. It is not back, but that is very
0:55:19 > 0:55:23funny!
0:55:23 > 0:55:24No golds for leaders Norway,
0:55:24 > 0:55:29but Germany close the gap after that win in the Nordic combined.
0:55:29 > 0:55:32Let's go off piste.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40You are sending in some fabulous photos, thank you, thank you for the
0:55:40 > 0:55:47effort as well in creating the various looks. That looks like the
0:55:47 > 0:55:50triple luge, probably. Spot the six Winter Olympic sports in this
0:55:50 > 0:55:58picture. Bobsleigh, curling. Skeleton. Skiing across there?!
0:55:58 > 0:56:04One cool kid here.
0:56:04 > 0:56:06Good slopestyle.
0:56:06 > 0:56:10This is Biscuit, poised for the dog bob.
0:56:10 > 0:56:14He takes the biscuit.Look at this for posture.
0:56:14 > 0:56:18Aggie the snowboarding Dachshund from Scotland.
0:56:18 > 0:56:25Yells copyright body for it. -- he has got the right body for it.
0:56:25 > 0:56:28And Matthew and Charlotte get off to a good start
0:56:28 > 0:56:32in the two-kid bobsleigh.
0:56:32 > 0:56:33And the four-man toy bob,
0:56:33 > 0:56:35featuring Igglepiggle and Po the pilot!
0:56:35 > 0:56:43And these are Johnny Ely's friends, they have done the whole Mica and
0:56:43 > 0:56:56Mica thing!Listen to what she says! It is a cold!Their evenings look
0:56:56 > 0:57:06fun.Don't they just?! Red heart, -- red
0:57:12 > 0:57:16hot, ice ice. This didn't work out for the Irishman. This is how you
0:57:16 > 0:57:18relax before the most important event in your life, and it doesn't
0:57:18 > 0:57:23work out for Marie Martinod, there is always Strictly! That is quite
0:57:23 > 0:57:31good! Next, it is a crying shame, especially when your brother has the
0:57:31 > 0:57:36flag that you really want! And finally, when you are a netminder,
0:57:36 > 0:57:46always use your head, a simple case of mind over matter. I know!
0:57:46 > 0:57:48of mind over matter. I know! I do love that. What has been your
0:57:48 > 0:57:55favourite events so far, Christopher?Other than hide --
0:57:55 > 0:57:59ice-skating?! I do like the snow crust, and I'm looking forward to
0:57:59 > 0:58:05the downhill.Turn over to BBC Four now for extended highlights of the
0:58:05 > 0:58:08women's halfpipe and the ice dance free programme. Loads to come
0:58:08 > 0:58:11tomorrow.
0:58:11 > 0:58:13If you've had a tough day, if things haven't gone your way,
0:58:13 > 0:58:15spare a thought for Elise Christie.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18The end of day 11 saw the end of Elise Christie's Olympic dream
0:58:18 > 0:58:19for another four years.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21# I hurt myself today
0:58:22 > 0:58:27# To see if I still feel
0:58:27 > 0:58:30# I focus on the pain
0:58:32 > 0:58:38# The only thing that's real
0:58:40 > 0:58:43# And you could have it all
0:58:43 > 0:58:51# My empire of dirt
0:58:54 > 0:59:04# If I could start again # A million miles away
0:59:04 > 0:59:12# I would keep myself # I would find