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Previously at the Winter Olympics...

What a day for Soviet Kodjia, she is

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the Olympic downhill champion.

Lindsey Vonn goes home with the

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downhill bronze.

Record position for

the great British team, eighth

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place.

Great Britain have cemented

their place in the final four.

You

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are in the Olympic began final, how

does it feel?

Pretty great.

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Hello and welcome to the Today

at the Games and this

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was a record breaking day.

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10 gold medals on offer,

the most ever for a single day

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in Winter Olympic history.

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And we'll show them all.

Join us for the ride.

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The Rocket has lift-off.

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Dave Ryding started skiing

on plastic in Lancashire.

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Can he slalom his way

to Olympic glory?

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Big air - bigger thrills.

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An unmissable finish to the first

women's big air final.

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See America's combined

forces in action.

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Shiffrin versus Vonn for the only

time at the Olympics.

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Older, wiser - is he still a winner?

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David Wise defends his halfpipe

title at the Phoenix Snow Park.

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And a North American

duel in the ice hockey.

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Old rivals Canada and the USA face

off for gold in the women's final.

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To analyse and enjoy it all, we have

2010 skeleton Olympic champion, Amy

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Williams, four time British ski

champion turned ski cross racer Ed

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Drake and two time Olympic

snowboarder Ben Kilner. I'm going to

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start with a quiz question. Can you

name the three alpine skiers who

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have won three gold medals at one

games?

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Austrian Toni Sailer took the triple

at the 1956 Olympics in Cortina.

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Very good.

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12 years later, French

great Jean Claude Killy

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dominated in Grenoble.

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Absolutely on home soil.

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16 years ago, Croatian

Janica Kostelic did

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the threepeat in Salt Lake City.

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That is why you are the experts.

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Marvellous Marcel Hirscher already

has two golds in the bag.

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Could he get his third

in his favourite event, the slalom?

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Marcel Hirscher still in front.

My

word, Marcel Hirscher on a mission!

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The greatest of all time.

Marcel

Hirscher is an Olympic champion.

He

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is in a different league.

Is the

giant slalom Olympic champion!

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He'll be the man to beat.

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Going for GB will be

Dave The Rocket Ryding who has lived

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up to his nickname with a rapid rise

in the slalom standings.

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He's claimed six top ten finishes

in last season's World Cup.

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And he finished second to Marcel

Hirscher in Kitzbuhel.

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Let's see if the lad

who learnt his craft on the plastic

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slopes of Pendle can win our first

Alpine medal,

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or should it be our second?

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or should it be our second?

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Today is the men's slalom. Today is

an opportunity to right a wrong.

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Today, we have a medal contender.

Dave Ryding rewrite the record

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books!

16 years ago, we had a medal

contender, Alan Baxter.

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books!

16 years ago, we had a medal

contender, Alan Baxter.

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Alan Baxter from Great Britain wins

the Olympic slalom bronze medal.

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Great Britain's first-ever medal on

snow. But it was cruelly taken away.

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British skier Alain Baxter has been

stripped of the bronze medal.

Baxter

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used a nasal inhaler bought in

America with the same packaging as

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the ones in the UK but different

ingredients, one of which was on the

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banned list. There was no

performance enhancing benefit. That

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bronze was Alan Baxter's. So today,

Dave Ryding has an opportunity. For

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an Olympic medal for him and to

redress the balance. Slalom is

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contested over two runs with the

Times added together to determine

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the winner. Norwegian Henrik

Kristoffersen is currently ranked

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second in the world and showed his

skills in the first run. Smooth

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skiing on the steep and brilliant

acceleration across the flat,

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setting a time for the rest of the

field to chase.

Marcel Hirscher

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might be the best Austrian ski racer

of all time but he proved today that

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even he is human.

Wonderful ability

to recover but not today. Marcel

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Hirscher will not win a third gold.

Dave Ryding is wearing bib 13 but

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ignored the possible hoodoo to ski a

smooth if slightly cautious run to

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finish 13th.

How do you feel up to

the first run? I know you felt

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anxious going down.

Happily made it

down and happy he's happy so we will

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see about the second one.

He won't

the visitor after the race so what

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will a good result be?

I know he

will be happy with top ten. I'm

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going to say that, hopefully better

but you never know with slalom.

In

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the second run, the top 30 go in

reverse order, Britain's Laurie

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Taylor skiing superbly on his

Olympic debut, finishing 26th

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overall.

Dave Riding, the rocket. A

slightly, ever so slightly cautious

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first leg from the man who learned

his trade on the upturned

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toothbrushes of the Pendle dry slope

in Lancashire. But now he moves into

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the favourite part of the course for

the British number one, the Rocket

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Stuttgart is to get acceleration on

the flat. -- starts to get. This is

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where he's at his best and he is

opening up a significant lead over

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the Norwegian. Dave Ryding, skiing

for Gold medal position in the

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Olympic slalom. It is his for the

moment! Not sure how long the time

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will hold but he's in the lead.

He

got the green at the mosquito that

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Conservative at the top then

switched it up and went for it on

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the flat.

Was flying from steeped

flat.

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flat.

His older brother, Mario, or

the Olympic champion four years ago,

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it has never happened that brothers

have won Olympic gold medals in

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successive games. His advantage over

Dave Ryding was half a second. Now

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it is a quarter of a second. Michael

Matt, racing through the final few

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terms, has he done enough to go into

gold for Austria? I think so, he

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has.

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has. Ramon Zenhaeusern, the tallest

man in the race. He is not built

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like a typical slalom skier but he

has got incredible skills from edge

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to edge, so fast. Putting in some

fine turns. Now he's in the red zone

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for the first time. Six hundredths

of a second but back to green now.

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He is giving Michael Matt a real

scare. This is a lovely finish from

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Ramon Zenhaeusern. He is carving it

up and he is skiing into top spot. A

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new leader, here.

Ramon Zenhaeusern

uses his height as they get out of

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jail card. If he runs late in the

line, you can just throw his legs

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out and make it inside the gate.

And

boy, can he work the skis on the

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flat, he puts so much energy into it

which is why he is currently in the

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lead.

Clement Noel, getting ready to

go.

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go. 800th of a second, his advantage

over Ramon Zenhaeusern after the

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first run, it was a sensational run

first up for the young man from Val

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deserve. Seventh after the first

run. Now he is starting to motor.

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Onto the flat. Finding his rhythm,

one hundredth of a second in front

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at the last bit, this is going to go

down to the wire, Little mistake,

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six gates from home, now he drives

for the finishing line and he is

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third, Clement Noel. Not enough to

move Ramon Zenhaeusern or Michael

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Matt. Victor Muffat-Jeandet is

ready. Sixth in the giant slalom,

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the bronze medallist in the Alpine

combined. He's had an outstanding

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Olympics. Can't afford any mistakes

now and when he has cleared the

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steep, he's going to have to open

the throttle and push and drive

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through the final few terms if he is

to overturn Ramon Zenhaeusern's

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lead. Ramon Zenhaeusern has been

omnipresent in the leaders in

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closure. Nobody can move him. Victor

Muffat-Jeandet is the next drive. Is

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this quick enough? Can he beat

1:39.30 three. Not quite. There will

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be a medal for Ramon Zenhaeusern.

Now it is down to Andre Myhrer and

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Henrik is De Vos in to sort things

out. Andre Myhrer's lead is

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significant, three quarters of a

second over Ramon Zenhaeusern. He

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loves the pressure of competition.

That is the first mistake, it might

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not catch up with him until the next

intermediate. One or two wide turns,

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his advantage is three quarters of a

second, last time the clock stopped.

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Next it. At around 1.25 and it has

been reduced to a third of a second.

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A mistake at the top catching up

with Andre Myhrer's time. He is

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starting to accelerate through the

final few turns. Can he be the

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first, I had a Ramon Zenhaeusern? He

can! Gold medal position for Andre

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Myhrer. He can finish in no worse

than silver.

He's incredibly

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physically strong and he was able to

transfer the power onto the skis.

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Definitely the battle of the Giants,

he comes down in the lead and really

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deserves it, neither lovable giant.

Kristofferson is next and he will

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use technique rather than strength.

Henrik Kristoffersen staring out of

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the start heart, visualising what

lies ahead, the bronze medallist

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four years ago in Sochi. His

advantage over Andre Myhrer is two

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tenths of a second. Fast start for

Henrik Kristoffersen, one of the

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smaller, lighter men. Oh, he's down!

It's over for Henrik Kristoffersen!

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Andre Myra is the Olympic slalom

champion!

Well, who would have

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thought it, the two big favourites,

Marcel Hirscher goes out on the

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first run and then in almost exactly

the same place, Henrik Kristoffersen

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out on the second.

Such a surprise

because he's normally so visited, we

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were looking for the Scandinavian

battle but you can see the Swedes

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going wild because Andrei has only

gone and done it, how incredible. --

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Andre.

Who would have picked this

podium.

I knew it would be tough

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because Marcel and Henrik have been

really outstanding this year. It is

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hard to beat them. But I knew that

this hill could fit me pretty good.

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So happy I pulled it off and going

to celebrate.

Top ten in the

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Olympics.

I'm not complaining

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to celebrate.

Top ten in the

Olympics.

I'm not complaining about

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the top ten, solid day. I made a

couple of mistakes. I know I could

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have had a bit more in me but at the

same time it's the Olympics and

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everyone is feeling the same thing

probably. Ninth is respectful.

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Ed is our Alpine expert and you know

Dave. Do you thing he will in time

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think that was a missed opportunity

or be pleased he finished in the top

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ten?

A bit of both, he will be happy

with the top ten which is an amazing

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result in itself but when he looks

back, especially with the two big

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guns not finishing, he will wish

that he risks a bit more.

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Particularly on the second run?

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that he risks a bit more.

Particularly on the second run?

I

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think so, a bit of both, he risked a

bit more on the second run but for

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him, it was 90%, a tiny bit safe and

you can't win a medal skiing

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anything other than 100%. -- 98%.

He

negotiated 126 gates cleanly, which

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Henrik is De Vos and an even more

surprisingly, even though they were

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both pricing, Marcel Hirscher did

not. Talk about Dave's technique and

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the difficulty of skiing slalom on

this kind of snow a bit.

He skied

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very stable, didn't make many

mistakes, had a couple of line

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errors but the snow itself is

aggressive because it is artificial.

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What we are used to in the World Cup

is injected pistes.

What does that

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mean?

Injection is a huge bar about

three meters long and it has needles

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that go into the snow and it hooks

up to a fire hydrant kind of thing

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and it pumps water into the snow to

make it freeze so it is like skiing

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on glass, it is ice, we don't race

on snow, it's ice and it is so that

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it is more even across the field.

It's a bit quicker and the guys tend

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to like it more.

Marcel Hirscher

particularly likes injected snow but

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he did not like this and he was

negative about it before the race

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even started. For him not to

complete his first run and not to

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finish the race is how rare?

Really

rare, the last time he did not

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finish the slalom at the World Cup

was in February 2016. This guy does

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not not finish, he always finishes,

he is so good at recovering. He gets

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pitched over the front and his skis

bite which is a characteristic of

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artificial snow but he had it in his

head, he wrote about how the IOC

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said the piste would be injected and

it obviously wasn't so he had it in

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his mind already.

Andre Myra, the

first suite to win the slalom since

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1980. -- Andre Marriner. He is 35 so

was it a shock or would you have had

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him in the top three?

It's not a

shock because he is very consistent,

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he was so stable top to bottom, made

a couple of mistakes but gets the

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skis running really cleanly. He's

not been at it in classic slalom

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this year but he has won a city

event and he is always there or

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thereabouts and when it is a bit

flatter, his strength, he can drive

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the ski and it was not a surprise.

Dave Ryding took huge heart from

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that because he will be 35 about in

four years' time so if Andre Myhrer

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can do it, so can he. Let's head off

two Mr T's favourite sport.

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FUNKY MUSIC

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I pity the fool the!

Everybody's

watching the curling and everyone is

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trying it.

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After losing their final round robin

match against USA yesterday,

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the British men's curling team,

led by skip Kyle Smith,

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had a win or bust tie-breaker

against Switzerland.

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Win and they progress

to the semifinals.

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Lose and they are out

of the Olympics.

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Here's Paddy Gearey.

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Dean Smith had taken the treacherous

path. The thinnest ice and the last

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chance. Yesterday progress to the

semifinals was blocked by the

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American stone and now the curling

family had come to see them take on

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Switzerland. They beat them once in

the round robin but they do so again

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and they get through. Everything was

rolling into place...

Well done,

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Kyle Smith! Two lovely stones to

finish!

4-1 up and it got tighter.

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At the end of the eighth they were

about in control... Stop there...

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Don't panic! Good, I was panicking!

5-4 and they had their crucial last

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shot in the final end. Then, it

happened. The nightmare at nine...

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The yellow is our only shot.

The

idea was to give them two and allow

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no way through.

I don't know about

that shot...

There is still a hole

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through there.

It looks as though

Benoit Schwarz has got through the

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gap... This could be good!

My

goodness!

A stunning shot. They

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spotted it, he played it. That may

well be it for Great Britain.

The

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end. Effectively if not quite

literally, the Brits staggered, into

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the tenth but the takeout was

coming.

Switzerland get the win and

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go through to the semifinals.

Disappointment for Kyle Smith and

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his team. Great Britain are out.

We

came to our first Olympics and gave

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it our best shot. We made the

play-offs and in the end we had a

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good game today but it wasn't to be,

sadly. There is plenty to look

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forward to going forward. We need to

take some time and reflect on the

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experience.

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STUDIO: You could see from their

faces and hear it in their voices

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and their body language, how upset

the whole team was to be out the

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Olympics. They finished in fifth.

Rhona is with me, it could have been

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so different?

They started so well,

they were in control and playing out

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their skins. They were controlling

the game, 4-1 up at one point. For

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it all to change, in one end, it is

absolutely gutting. The boys will

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play that end for evermore.

What

other options did Kyle Smith have

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and what was he trying to do?

He was

basically saying, Switzerland, I

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will give you two because I cannot

play anything that will improve the

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situation. If I guard, you can have

your two. That was a great position

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to be in. His guard just over cold.

By millimetres. -- it over curled.

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But with Benoit Schwarz, how good a

shot did he make here?

It was

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awesome, unfortunately, if Kyle had

been a couple of metres towards the

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centre line, that shot would not

have been possible for Switzerland

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and it would have been a different

outcome. The sport is cruel at

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times. The boys were so close. It is

their best performance of the week.

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Stats wise, individually and as a

team. They have fought so hard.

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Sadiq ended that way.

Tomorrow

morning, at 11 o'clock, Eve Muirhead

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and her rink will go on to the ice

for a semifinal game against Sweden.

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What do you want to see?

They will

go out firing from the word go. They

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want to score big, and keep the game

close. Eve and Anna have had close

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games over the years. It will be

tight but Britain in the last few

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ends have the edge to stamp their

authority. And go on to win the

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game.

And ultimately?

Play Korea in

the final, and then ultimately...

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There is a gold medal at stake.

There you go, she said it!

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Some history at the Winter Olympics

today. The first ever medals were

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awarded in the women's competition

of the big air. Some big names to

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look forward to... Including Jamie

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Anderson and Anna Gasser.

Slopestyle

didn't even exist three years ago

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but we've come such a long way since

then... The women's big air was only

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included three years ago but now it

is on another level...

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is on another level... The first big

error Olympic medal will be handed

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out today. There are 12 women

competing. Including Jamie Anderson,

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Spencer O'Brien, Zoi Sadowski

Synnott and the awesome Anna Gasser.

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These girls will send it to the

moon.

COMMENTATOR: Jamie Anderson is

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the most experienced and successful

woman in freestyle snowboarding

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right now. There are two jumps and

you are not allowed to repeat a

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rotation. She goes

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rotation. She goes straight in!

Jamie Anderson, just when you think

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that she might be out of her

depth...

That was amazing!

Next

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in...

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in... 16-year-old Reira Iwabuchi

from Japan. One of the most

0:22:030:22:06

self-motivated people in the

Japanese team. She goes, I want to

0:22:060:22:09

do this and she works with the

coaches. Wow! That was amazing! I

0:22:090:22:22

like that everyone went "Wow!"

0:22:220:22:28

like that everyone went "Wow!" From

the 16-year-old to the 31-year-old

0:22:280:22:31

veteran, Yuka Fujimori. Backside

900. That was so good. Switching to

0:22:310:22:40

grab as well. She has got it on

rails, hasn't she?

That will score

0:22:400:22:46

her well. Especially landing on the

switch. Massive strategy from Jamie

0:22:460:22:54

Anderson, she wanted to come out as

you said and put pressure on

0:22:540:22:58

everyone.

That is what she has done

to Anna Gasser. Dropping in...

0:22:580:23:06

Perfect! Could not have done any

better.

Run one done, the level is

0:23:060:23:14

already high. The atmosphere is

awesome. Probably the best I have

0:23:140:23:18

seen at the Olympics so far for me.

COMMENTATOR: Jamie Anderson, putting

0:23:180:23:22

so much pressure on everyone with

the frontside flat spin 1080. Very,

0:23:220:23:28

very clean. Doing a little dance...

It works for her.

0:23:280:23:39

It works for her. A double and a

Coke. How did she hold onto that?

0:23:390:23:45

This second run from Anna Gasser

will be critical. The New Zealander,

0:23:450:23:55

Zoi Sadowski Synnott, her movement

in the qualifying was beautiful. We

0:23:550:23:58

will see it again now... Wow! That

was amazing!

I love this trick. It

0:23:580:24:07

is massive.

The switch back 900

scored big for Zoi Sadowski Synnott

0:24:070:24:12

there. 92 points. COMMENTATOR: Anna

Gasser, the Austrian stands at the

0:24:120:24:18

top of the run for her second jump.

We know that she has the backside

0:24:180:24:24

double 1080. We are just about to

see it...

0:24:240:24:30

see it... Beautifully lined up! She

storms it! Absolutely stomps it.

0:24:310:24:39

That take-off. It was amazing.

Jamie Anderson is in the lead after

0:24:390:24:45

that second run. She managed to land

both of her tricks. Anna Gasser

0:24:450:24:50

isn't far behind. If she can land

the backside double ten clean and

0:24:500:24:55

deeper, she is there. It is all to

play for in the third and final

0:24:550:24:59

run... COMMENTATOR: Her first jump

got 90 points, she backed it up with

0:24:590:25:06

a 7.2 five. She has the luxury of

really going for it here. We did not

0:25:060:25:10

see the little shimmy...

0:25:100:25:17

see the little shimmy... Cab... 1080

to the last line! How did she not

0:25:170:25:21

explode into 1 million pieces?

Jamie Anderson went massive but

0:25:210:25:27

totally wiped out on her third run.

She will not score anything higher

0:25:270:25:31

and currently sits in first

position. COMMENTATOR: Having

0:25:310:25:38

stomped the double flip and the

switch backside 900, Zoi Sadowski

0:25:380:25:42

Synnott drops in... Frontside...

No

way!

The frontside 1080, nobody has

0:25:420:25:53

seen that yet.

This is so good to

watch!

That could have been it. It

0:25:530:25:58

could have been a gold medal. WWE

the pressure is on for Anna Gasser.

0:25:580:26:04

Can she go bigger and deeper on the

back ten and stomp it to move into

0:26:040:26:09

the gold medal position...

COMMENTATOR: Anderson knows at the

0:26:090:26:13

least she has a silver. Only this

woman can move her from the gold

0:26:130:26:19

medal position...

I'm a little

nervous... OK...

Ooh!

This is coming

0:26:190:26:30

down to the wire!

0:26:300:26:36

down to the wire!

Anna Gasser landed

it bigger, deeper and cleaner. This

0:26:370:26:40

is going to be a good score. Is it

enough for her to get a gold medal?

0:26:400:26:47

There it is! She has done it! 96. A

gold medal for Anna Gasser.

Well

0:26:470:26:54

deserved, what a phenomenal

performance. Brilliant.

Anna Gasser,

0:26:540:26:59

absolutely nailing her last trick.

She comes away with the first ever

0:26:590:27:04

women's big air gold at the

Olympics.

0:27:040:27:08

How are you feeling right now?

I'm

very happy, very happy for her.

How

0:27:080:27:15

is mum feeling?

It is so good.

Really, I cannot believe it.

The

0:27:150:27:24

pressure going into the third run,

there was so much on you. What were

0:27:240:27:29

you thinking at that point?

The good

thing was I already knew I had the

0:27:290:27:34

silver and not too much to lose. I

was thinking if I should do my

0:27:340:27:38

safety jump again and get a higher

score, but I looked at the crowd and

0:27:380:27:42

thought, I'm here to show my best.

I'm going to take the risk and if I

0:27:420:27:48

land the jump, I'm going to be in

first. That's what I did and I'm so

0:27:480:27:52

happy it worked out.

0:27:520:27:56

STUDIO: I love her attitude, that

she didn't have much to lose, stood

0:27:560:27:59

at the top of the biggest ramp in

the world. Ed, you

0:27:590:28:03

at the top of the biggest ramp in

the world. Ed, you have a question

0:28:030:28:05

for then.

Yes, when they take off

and you see some of the athletes

0:28:050:28:09

beginning rotations before they take

off, do judges look at that?

Yes, so

0:28:090:28:14

there are three main components to

what the judges are looking for. The

0:28:140:28:19

take-off, in the air, and landing.

The take-off, if they "Scrub the

0:28:190:28:24

take-off", they go on the down

point.

This is the best of the lot.

0:28:240:28:30

Anna Gasser's third jump...

0:28:300:28:31

point.

This is the best of the lot.

Anna Gasser's third jump...

This is

0:28:310:28:34

her hardest trick. It is so hard to

do that 1080. You are very blind on

0:28:340:28:42

your landing. Her back is to be

landing, that's the last thing that

0:28:420:28:46

she sees. To see this in lady

snowboarding, and the fact that

0:28:460:28:53

slopestyle was hard done by with the

wind, it is so good for female

0:28:530:28:58

snowboarding to showcase the sport

in the way it has.

How many times

0:28:580:29:01

would she have practised that trick?

Hundreds of times, I know that Anna

0:29:010:29:07

has had a big problem with injuries.

She's tried these tricks and had big

0:29:070:29:12

injuries. She's had to get back on

her feet and obviously getting them

0:29:120:29:18

down to perfection.

Jamie Anderson

survived the weather the best in the

0:29:180:29:24

slopestyle, and here in better

conditions, she was keen to showcase

0:29:240:29:29

women's snowboarding.

Obviously with

her experience and everything that

0:29:290:29:32

she has, she has put down frontside

1080 here. Flat spins, they

0:29:320:29:39

generally tend to be a little harder

to control. Technically you are

0:29:390:29:44

trying to land and your body is

rotating round. She gets it

0:29:440:29:47

absolutely perfect. From her first

run, the judges thought, oh, God,

0:29:470:29:56

here we go!

It is so different and

it looked so good. I think the big

0:29:560:30:00

air is here to stay.

I think it is

my favourite.

Your favourite event?

0:30:000:30:07

Yes! Skeleton, of course, right up

there...

But

0:30:070:30:11

this is just below! Short track

would have been mine...

0:30:110:30:17

It's been two days now since Elise

Christie's Olympic came to an end.

0:30:170:30:20

After her disastrous outing

four years ago in Sochi,

0:30:200:30:22

she came to Pyeongchang as Britain's

best chance of a medal.

0:30:220:30:25

Disqualifications, crashes

and ultimately an injured ankle have

0:30:250:30:26

left her empty-handed once again.

0:30:260:30:28

She's reflected on her

Games with David McDaid.

0:30:280:30:35

As far as I was concerned, I

qualified and I thought it was

0:30:350:30:40

unbelievable, I finished in second

place in an Olympics, top 16, with

0:30:400:30:45

ligament damage to my ankle and I

think that shows you how physically

0:30:450:30:49

strong I am.

After Sochi come he

went on to the World Championships

0:30:490:30:53

and you admitted that once you

stopped competing, that is when it

0:30:530:30:55

really hit you. How do you think it

will pan out emotionally when you

0:30:550:31:00

get back home after this?

You know,

I suffered from depression and

0:31:000:31:05

everything else at that point. I'm

not in that position now. I still

0:31:050:31:08

have a lot of things I want to

achieve. I want to be the first

0:31:080:31:12

person to go under 42 seconds, to

win the 500 gold I have not got, I'm

0:31:120:31:17

improving, my start is getting

faster.

You mentioned after the

0:31:170:31:20

1000, straightaway you are talking

about retiring and it just came out!

0:31:200:31:30

Oh, really?

And then I knew I would

keep going because I would not have

0:31:300:31:34

said it if I did not mean it but I

would like to come back and do long

0:31:340:31:38

track and short track at the next

games if I can would probably means

0:31:380:31:41

sacrificing a short track event

which would probably be the 1500.

0:31:410:31:44

But that's OK because I will get

myself so strong, it's not going to

0:31:440:31:51

matter.

Fighting talk from Elise

Christie, Team GB has various

0:31:510:31:55

ambassadors and you are one of them,

what would your advice be to her

0:31:550:31:58

now?

0:31:580:32:00

She needs to go home, she's already

been through some processes in her

0:32:000:32:04

head but when she gets back to the

UK, it will come flooding back but

0:32:040:32:07

she needs to take time out, of

course, heal, get her injury, back

0:32:070:32:13

to walking and doing everything

properly and then go on holiday,

0:32:130:32:16

switch off, walk away, go off for

four, five, six months, live, travel

0:32:160:32:23

around and do the things you cannot

do as an athlete and then some --

0:32:230:32:26

slowly come back into it. If she

stays for another four years, it is

0:32:260:32:30

a long time away, to Beijing. It is

a long time to still have to be

0:32:300:32:38

tested so take time out and just

kind of find your life again.

Step

0:32:380:32:43

out of the bubble?

Yeah.

0:32:430:32:45

That disqualification in the 1000m

heats on Tuesday denied Elise

0:32:450:32:48

the chance of getting into today's

final but as you'll see,

0:32:480:32:50

she had a reason to celebrate.

0:32:500:32:52

Here's Paddy with a round-up

of the action on the short track.

0:32:520:32:58

Without Elise Christie, the world

champion, South Korea were

0:32:590:33:03

favourites for the 1000 metres, a

nation 's eyes on Choi Minjeong and

0:33:030:33:08

Shim Sukhee but this is a sport

where the plot does not so much

0:33:080:33:13

twist as grammar, in the final lap,

both Koreans out, the arena still in

0:33:130:33:16

shock as a teenage Dutchwoman won.

Suzanne Schulting can't believe it!

0:33:160:33:22

GB Olympic champion!

Kim Bui to

Canada got the silver and Arianna

0:33:220:33:25

Fontana of Italy got the bronze. The

men's 500 metres was set up as

0:33:250:33:30

China's chance to win a long-awaited

gold. The man with the pressure, Wu

0:33:300:33:34

Dajing, easily the favourite and as

we know, that can count for little

0:33:340:33:38

in this sport but neither of the

Koreans could get near him.

Wu

0:33:380:33:43

Dajing takes the gold and breaks his

own world record.

This was short

0:33:430:33:48

track at its most serene and

supreme.

0:33:480:33:53

Still to come.

0:33:530:33:55

It's Vonn and off for Lindsey.

0:33:550:33:59

We'll watch her and Mikaela Shiffrin

in the women's Alpine combined.

0:33:590:34:01

A Wise head helps, even in an event

where you probably don't

0:34:010:34:04

want to think too much.

0:34:040:34:05

And one of the Winter Olympics'

greatest rivalries rumbles on.

0:34:050:34:08

USA take on Canada for

women's ice hockey gold.

0:34:080:34:15

Vomiting at the top.

Erm...

I love

24, it's my favourite bit!

0:34:370:34:47

After yesterday's emotional

bronze medal for US skiing

0:34:470:34:50

superstar Lindsey Vonn,

today's Alpine combined was to be

0:34:500:34:52

her last ever Olympic event.

0:34:520:34:57

Standing in her way

is Mikaela Shiffrin who took gold

0:34:570:34:59

in the giant slalom and then

was only fourth in the slalom.

0:34:590:35:02

In the combined event, skiers go

downhill first, then slalom.

0:35:020:35:04

The fastest combined times wins.

That's why it's called the combined.

0:35:040:35:07

Have I said combined enough?

0:35:070:35:14

The Green Bay Packers supporter from

Switzerland, Michelle Gisin, was

0:35:190:35:23

chasing a gold medal to match her

sister's in the downhill four years

0:35:230:35:26

ago. She set the early pace.

Compatriot and favourite for gold,

0:35:260:35:32

reigning world champion Wendy

Holdener, moved ahead of Michelle

0:35:320:35:35

Gisin, finishing tenth after the

downhill but with her specialism,

0:35:350:35:39

the slalom, still to come. With two

silvers already, Norwegian downhill

0:35:390:35:45

specialist Ragnhild Mowinckel was

hoping it would not again be a case

0:35:450:35:47

of nearly but not quite.

She is the

first to turn on the green light and

0:35:470:35:53

ski quicker than Michelle Gisin. All

she has got to do is stay on her

0:35:530:35:57

feet, surely? She will do enough to

lead the way, she will be quicker

0:35:570:36:02

than 140.14. By three one hundredths

of a second. Michelle Gisin drops to

0:36:020:36:09

second place and Ragnhild Mowinckel

leads the way for Norway. What games

0:36:090:36:12

she is. Now Lindsey Vonn, the bronze

medallist yesterday in the downhill,

0:36:120:36:18

decided that she fancied one more

Olympic race. It could be her last

0:36:180:36:22

ever Olympic outing. She needs a

good margin in her favour, posed

0:36:220:36:28

downhill, to push for a chance to

ski for the gold medal after slalom

0:36:280:36:32

today. She leads the way. 1:39.30

seven. She has burst Ragnhild

0:36:320:36:40

Mowinckel down to second and

Michelle Gisin into third. Mikaela

0:36:400:36:44

Shiffrin looking for her second gold

of the games, looking to emulate

0:36:440:36:49

Marcel Hirscher. Alongside Wendy

Holdener, she is the best slalom

0:36:490:36:57

skier on the start this today. Wendy

Holdener is currently ninth. If

0:36:570:37:02

Mikaela Shiffrin can get ahead of

her, she has a serious opportunity

0:37:020:37:06

to go for gold in the second half of

today's Alpine combined. So far,

0:37:060:37:12

reasonable downhill racing from

Mikaela Shiffrin. How does her time

0:37:120:37:16

compared to that of Lindsey Vonn?

She is sixth. The way things stand,

0:37:160:37:21

with Mikaela Shiffrin's slalom

ability, she is favourite for the

0:37:210:37:25

gold.

So the real Lindsey Vonn had

turned up for the combined, in

0:37:250:37:29

serious form and in the lead by 0.70

four. Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway

0:37:290:37:34

was in second, Michelle Gisin in

third and Mikaela Shiffrin poised to

0:37:340:37:38

strike in sixth and the shrewd race

favourite Wendy Holdener ready to

0:37:380:37:42

pounce on a medal places.

Ten

position in this morning's downhill,

0:37:420:37:46

starting the second run with a lead

of 0.5 seconds over Petra Vlhova and

0:37:460:37:51

now she is nearly done more than 1.5

seconds in front, and Wendy Holdener

0:37:510:37:56

is getting after this one. She is

going to raise the bar and throw

0:37:560:38:00

down the challenge for the rest of

them. 0.65 in front. Mikaela

0:38:000:38:08

Shiffrin, the Olympic giant slalom

champion, on the hunt for her second

0:38:080:38:11

gold medal today, finished outside

the medals in the slalom. She has

0:38:110:38:16

been up on this hill, training on

this track, putting in the miles.

0:38:160:38:20

She begins with an advantage 0.76

and that is more less maintained.

0:38:200:38:26

0.71 over Wendy Holdener. Mikaela

Shiffrin going up through the gears,

0:38:260:38:31

0.66, she has lost a further five

hundredths, can't afford any

0:38:310:38:36

mistakes now, McKerracher ring

because Wendy Holdener was mighty

0:38:360:38:41

quick on the bottom of the course

and Mikaela Shiffrin in the red zone

0:38:410:38:44

for the first time, Wendy Holdener

with a combined time of 2:22.30

0:38:440:38:48

four. Mikaela Shiffrin is faster by

0.40 seven. A lightning finish from

0:38:480:38:55

Mikaela Shiffrin. She leads the way.

Michelle Gisin's Lee Bevan Mikaela

0:38:550:39:01

Shiffrin is 1.21. She is on her way,

Michelle Gisin, silver medallist in

0:39:010:39:09

the Alpine combined at the World

Championships. -- lead over Mikaela

0:39:090:39:12

Shiffrin. She finished behind Wendy

Holdener. It was a Swiss one-two on

0:39:120:39:18

that day. She's holding it together

nicely, Michelle Gisin, she's a good

0:39:180:39:23

all-rounder, and occasional slalom

skier. She's had a top ten in slalom

0:39:230:39:26

in the World Cup this season in

Vermont, right at the start of the

0:39:260:39:31

campaign. She's doing enough,

surely, to deny Mikaela Shiffrin

0:39:310:39:35

with almost a full second still in

hand as the light snow begins to

0:39:350:39:41

fall. Michelle Gisin is in gold for

Switzerland! That may be enough to

0:39:410:39:48

give her the Olympic title.

Yes!

Ragnhild Mowinckel has had an

0:39:480:39:56

outstanding Olympic Winter Games,

silver medallist in the giant

0:39:560:39:59

slalom, silver medallist in

yesterday's downhill. Right now I

0:39:590:40:02

think she is out of gold medal

contention. That is beyond her. I

0:40:020:40:07

think she's probably too slow to

deny Mikaela Shiffrin silver medal

0:40:070:40:12

position. Her target remains Wendy

Holdener in bronze medal place right

0:40:120:40:15

now. Is it fast enough?

0:40:150:40:22

now. Is it fast enough? 2:20.9 is

Michelle Gisin's leading time and

0:40:220:40:25

Ragnhild Mowinckel is in fourth, no

change in amongst the medals. And

0:40:250:40:29

with just one to come, it's now

means that Mikaela Shiffrin and

0:40:290:40:34

Michelle Gisin are guaranteed

medals. Lindsey Vonn prepares to ski

0:40:340:40:41

at the Pyeongchang Olympics for the

last time. Her advantage of the

0:40:410:40:45

Michelle Gisin is 0.77 after the

downhill. A rare outing on the short

0:40:450:40:51

slalom skis for Lindsey Vonn Budgie

has so much experience, if she can

0:40:510:40:55

find their way successfully through

the steep part of the course, she

0:40:550:40:58

could be in contention but she

grinds to a halt! That means

0:40:580:41:01

Michelle Gisin is the Olympic

combined champion, four years after

0:41:010:41:07

her older sister Dominique won

downhill gold, Michelle Gisin will

0:41:070:41:12

be going home with an Olympic gold

medal.

0:41:120:41:16

be going home with an Olympic gold

medal.

0:41:160:41:17

She

0:41:170:41:17

she was really inspired by her

sister four years ago and it gave

0:41:170:41:22

her the opportunity to dream and it

was a great performance but can we

0:41:220:41:26

talk about Lindsey Vonn first? Her

downhill, she was

0:41:260:41:29

talk about Lindsey Vonn first? Her

downhill, she was so strong and

0:41:290:41:30

committed, if she had skied like

this yesterday in the downhill,

0:41:300:41:33

would she have won a gold medal?

She

certainly would have been there or

0:41:330:41:37

thereabouts, she was much happier

today, she was loose, she was lower,

0:41:370:41:41

she was much more aggressive at the

same time and that is the downhill

0:41:410:41:44

skiing we are used to seeing from

her, she was proving a point.

But

0:41:440:41:48

she finds it difficult to transfer

to slalom.

She is not taken her

0:41:480:41:53

slalom skis out of the bag for a

long time, it is not one of their

0:41:530:41:57

disciplines and now each discipline

is so competitive, you have to spend

0:41:570:42:00

all the time focusing on one because

you cannot be competitive across the

0:42:000:42:03

board any more.

Is it easier for a

downhill skier to switch to

0:42:030:42:06

incorporate slalom or the other way

around?

Slalom to downhill because

0:42:060:42:12

the quick movements you have do have

is a slalom skier, you can learn to

0:42:120:42:15

slow those down to downhill, if you

are a downhill skier, there's

0:42:150:42:19

nowhere you can move that quickly,

it is not in your DNA.

Let's look at

0:42:190:42:24

the gold medallist, Michelle Gisin

mastered both at you -- as you have

0:42:240:42:27

do and she won by a long way.

She

was solid in the downhill, only 0.77

0:42:270:42:34

off Lindsey Vonn after the downhill

leg and then skied a really solid

0:42:340:42:39

slalom run, it's not her favourite

discipline, her best was 16th last

0:42:390:42:43

time out but she skied really well

and took risks and ended up getting

0:42:430:42:47

the reward.

She looks tiny, a lot

more compact.

She's just a great

0:42:470:42:53

skier.

Her reactions are really

quick.

Stunning competition to watch

0:42:530:42:57

and a good silver for Mikaela

Shiffrin.

0:42:570:43:00

Men's skiing halfpipe now

and leading the pack is somewhat

0:43:010:43:02

of a freestyle skiing anomaly.

0:43:020:43:04

In a world of baggy trousers

and free spirits, David Wise has

0:43:040:43:06

been dubbed the "Undude".

0:43:060:43:07

The father of two won gold in Sochi

four years ago and looks in form

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to defend his title after securing

a fourth X Games title

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just a few weeks ago.

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We join two guys who are definitely

dudes, Tim Warwood and Woodsy.

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How do you do it again?

All right,

crew, we are about to drop in for

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the finals of the men's free Steve

Harper, qualification was amazing

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but believe me when I say the level

was about here, everyone did what

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they needed to do to make it to the

big show. Finals today, it is about

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to blow the socks off this baby!

He's not wrong. This is going to be

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majestic. Strap yourselves in. Here

we go.

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# Lights, cameras, it's all there. #

With four Americans in the final,

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they were heavy favourites to take

the gold but which rider would it be

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to land their run clean? Well, it

wasn't defending champion David Wise

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or Torin Yater-Wallace, Aaron

Blunck's run was super technical but

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he was penalised for missing a grab.

Alex Barrera stepped it up with a

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huge first run, and his celebrations

at everything. -- Alex Ferreiro.

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Helicopters on the pole.

Noah Bowman

was so smooth, a run littered with

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Switch doubles in every direction,

giving him second place after the

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first run. James Wells' first effort

was all about style, taking third

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place with 87.4.

Down a pipe 1260,

my goodness!

Going into the second

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run, 16-year-old Nico Porteous was

already fizzing after scoring 82 on

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his first run. Oh, my days, Nico

Porteous! What has he got? Double,

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flat spin nine!

It is huge! A

16-year-old!

The teenager raised the

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bar to the stratosphere and many of

his more experienced competitors

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failed to match it.

At the moment,

that kid right there will be beside

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himself.

Alex Ferreiro, back in the

hot seat.

Massive, a bit flat but

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keeps his speed. Hit, woodsy.

I

can't do it.

Even better than his

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first run!

Oh, my God!

I think you

will actually explode if he wins the

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gold medal.

Into the third and final

run, the podium spot had an

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unfamiliar look. Nico Porteous

cashed out and settled for his score

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after run two. Noah Bowman's score

meant he was relying on no one else

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improving Ter Stegen in the medals.

Dropping in.

Or the Breschel David

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Wise, the reigning Olympic champion,

more than you could possibly

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imagine.

He's put it down.

Private,

left, down the pipe ten, Wright said

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12 to finish this run off, four more

doubles, boom!

That's it! The

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defending Olympic champion pulls the

proverbial rabbit out of the hat!

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We are having some technical

difficulties... A huge hit!

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Unfortunately Kevin Rolland and

Torin Yater-Wallace tech heavy slams

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in their efforts to

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in their efforts to step up.

Beau-James Wells run was a thing of

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beauty, with a huge step up, the run

of his life but only good enough for

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fourth place today.

If ever there

was a time to rip the lid off it,

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this was it!

Alex Ferreira had

amplitude that was off the charts...

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Alex Ferreira has knocked it out the

park, he has slapped it into a space

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rocket and sent it into outer space!

But it wasn't quite enough to beat

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out David Wise's ground-breaking

offering to this super final. Aaron

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Blunck was the final skier to drop.

All eyes on him, could he make it an

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American lock-out on the podium?

The

900, completely blind and into the

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switch... Double ten. Bringing it

forward. Flat spin nine...

My

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goodness! What? Oh, my goodness!

He

doesn't do it! Well, well, well.

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That is amen's ski half pipe final

to remember. Alex Ferreira takes

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second. A huge shout out to Nico

Porteous. But David Wise, the

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Olympic champion, has poured the cat

out of the bag -- pulled the cat out

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the bag.

My plan was to do a run

that would be really hard to beat.

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If I did it well and landed it well.

I thought it was out of reach but I

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did not know what they would do.

Alex laid down a heater. It is an

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honour to ski with him. It is such a

rush.

STUDIO: They were doing it on

0:48:080:48:13

the podium! I'm going to get it! A

massive road in the studio here

0:48:130:48:19

about clothing.

I don't understand

why they wear such huge and baggy

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clothes. If they were tighter, they

are more restricted and cannot move,

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but why don't they wear ski tight --

skintight Lycra?

It would suit you,

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to be fair... It wouldn't be

freestyle sport.

It is the style.

I

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understand, but you were moaning

about the wind and it is catching...

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He crashed on both of his first two

runs. It was a binding issue, he

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stepped out of his skis both times.

He had to lay this down, as they

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say, in the third run.

So, David

Wise, he had way more pressure added

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to himself by leaving it to the last

run. Because they do three runs now

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at the Olympics, it allows us to see

greater shows. David Wise,

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obviously, he put down a bang of a

run, claiming it and his skis stayed

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on his feet.

His coat isn't as

bag...

Amy, you are right! -- isn't

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as baggy.

You talk about the guys,

some of them are using the poles,

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others are not using the poles.

There is ongoing discussion, there

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have been some in the past which do

not use the poles. From an aerial

0:49:400:49:44

point of view it would probably be

easier without them.

I think it

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looks better without them.

I think

it looks funny without them...

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Skiers themselves do like them.

Is

it like a comfort blanket?

If you

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lost your pace, you could use them!

David Wise is my new hero. When he

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got onto the podium, he made sure

that his kids were allowed to come

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up as well. He has a three-year-old

and a six-year-old. He is best

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friends with Alex Ferreira.

He is a

family man. He has a wonderful

0:50:150:50:21

family. He doesn't like to compete

when his family are not there. He

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wants them there all the time. All

of the X Games events, you see

0:50:250:50:30

them supporting him.

We love him, he

is our favourite!

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The most popular winter sport

in North America, by far,

0:50:340:50:36

is ice hockey and it's 38 years

to the day since The Miracle On Ice

0:50:360:50:40

when an amateur American team beat

the might of the Soviet

0:50:400:50:43

professionals in Lake Placid.

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In the women's game, it's

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been 20 years since the Americans

won their first and only final

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in Nagano.

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They beat Canada to win gold.

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Two decades later, it's

the same two teams.

0:50:500:50:52

Four-time defending world champions

USA take on the four-time defending

0:50:520:50:55

Olympic champions, Canada.

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What a match it was.

0:50:560:50:57

Here's Seth Bennett.

0:50:570:51:05

Canada haven't lost an Olympic ice

hockey match since 1998. That was

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the last time the Americans won the

gold medal and inspired by the

0:51:150:51:20

disappointment of the Sochi Silver,

they were determined to go single

0:51:200:51:23

much better this time around. Hilary

Knight set them on their way with

0:51:230:51:27

her first goal of the tournament...

But that only prompted Canada to

0:51:270:51:32

respond...

Canada are back in this

as they level things!

0:51:320:51:44

as they level things! 2-1!

Marie-Philip Poulin?!

Time was

0:51:440:51:46

running out, Canada were on for a

fifth straight goal...

0:51:460:51:55

fifth straight goal...

Jocelyne

Lamoureux-Davidson! 2-2!

It came

0:51:550:51:58

down to a shoot out. The first ever

in a women's Olympic final, one that

0:51:580:52:03

will live long in the memory.

The

shooter for Canada, looking to set

0:52:030:52:11

the tone early and get a goal, but

the USA on the back burner...

0:52:110:52:23

Spooner, and here is Marvin.

Stepping in and she scores! The US

0:52:230:52:27

take the lead! Augustus steps in,

rifles at home!

0:52:270:52:40

rifles at home! Marie-Philip Poulin?

with the move... Good save from

0:52:420:52:44

Rooney! A kick save! We are still

level. Ooh, my word! That was

0:52:440:52:57

incredible!

Are you kidding me right

now? You've got to be! Look at this.

0:52:570:53:07

An amazing goal from Daoust!

The US

trailing 2-1.

0:53:070:53:19

trailing 2-1. Amanda Kessel for

America levels things up! Can she

0:53:190:53:24

put pressure on America? Saved!

Hilary Knight, the face of women's

0:53:240:53:29

hockey in the USA. This is a gold

medal shot for the USA... Saved! And

0:53:290:53:36

we go to sudden death in the shoot

out. Slowly, slowly... Jocelyne

0:53:360:53:45

Lamoureux-Davidson... A great goal!

Shake and baked!

It is going to be

0:53:450:53:54

Megan Augusta.

She has already

scored once. She needs to score to

0:53:540:53:58

keep Canada in with a chance. Saved!

USA win gold for the first time

0:53:580:54:06

since 1998! Canada's run of 24

straight wins in Olympic hockey

0:54:060:54:11

matches is over! They are

devastated!

0:54:110:54:17

devastated! The Americans are

crowned the Olympic champions for

0:54:170:54:20

the second time. STUDIO: The best

celebrations and the messiest so

0:54:200:54:26

far! Seven gold medals. Here is

Paddy with the other three, and

0:54:260:54:30

more, besides... This is the Winter

0:54:300:54:36

Olympics, and no problems for the by

athletes in Belarus, they wonder

0:54:360:54:41

women's four by six K relay, thanks

to some stunning

0:54:410:54:46

skiing from Darya Domracheva. She

took time off to have a baby. What

0:54:460:54:50

has happened to Canadian curling?

Women were knocked out in the Round

0:54:500:54:53

Robin but the men have lost to the

USA in the semifinals. Canada's men

0:54:530:54:58

have won the gold in the last three

Olympics. America have to go some to

0:54:580:55:03

beat Sweden. They beat Switzerland,

Britain's conquerors, 9-3.

0:55:030:55:12

Meanwhile, Russian curler Alexander

Krushelnitsky has been stripped of

0:55:120:55:14

the medal that he won in the mixed

doubles. The court of up and say

0:55:140:55:18

that he has accepted an anti-doping

violation. It will be taken from him

0:55:180:55:24

and his wife and given to Norway. In

the Nordic combined, there is a

0:55:240:55:30

Germanic feel. Combining skiing with

cross country. The Germans have now

0:55:300:55:35

won all three titles in the sport at

this Olympics. And Hungarian history

0:55:350:55:40

in the men's 5000 metre short track

relay, Shaolin Sandor Liu got their

0:55:400:55:47

first-ever Winter Olympic gold. He

was congratulated at the end by his

0:55:470:55:50

girlfriend Elise Christie. STUDIO:

Said she had something to celebrate!

0:55:500:55:54

First ever gold medal for Hungary.

Let me mention New Zealand as well,

0:55:540:55:59

trebling their Winter Olympic Hall.

Germany, single short of an all-time

0:55:590:56:06

record. The USA push themselves up

into fourth.

0:56:060:56:12

Let's go off piste..

0:56:120:56:16

As we have seen, everybody is trying

out the curling, even if they are

0:56:160:56:19

very young! Two-month-old Joshua

here. And this is a great homage!

0:56:190:56:30

Some training for a new event...

What do we call this? Head Bob! And

0:56:300:56:37

cousins Henry and Rebecca are

practising their run-up for the

0:56:370:56:40

bobsleigh. Some videos as well.

Billy Morgan here, what is he up to?

0:56:400:56:48

This is his way of relaxing. He

obviously has a big air final coming

0:56:480:56:52

up. This is what he gets up to.

Playing it safe!

This is team USA,

0:56:520:56:59

combining skeleton and curling!

0:56:590:57:06

combining skeleton and curling! This

is the three-man bob from the Coxan.

0:57:080:57:16

-- the Coxan family. An Olympic

record! If you are bored at the

0:57:160:57:19

airport, this is the new thing to do

to kill time. Suitcase curling! You

0:57:190:57:25

will see it all over the place. Now,

it is time for the Brownies...

Human

0:57:250:57:34

curling!

And this is one for Tokyo

2020. The beach bobsleigh! Get in!

0:57:340:57:40

Driver, you need to get in! No

committee doesn't want to!

0:57:400:57:50

And first up, the ice hockey, the

USA versus Canada. Boom! I mean,

0:57:500:57:57

that is a take-out for Brianna

Decker. That is a heavy hit. Out

0:57:570:58:04

cold! Next, the skiing, Henrik

Kristoffersen, he is so good, he

0:58:040:58:09

can-do slalom without his skis!

Next, your moment of glory, your

0:58:090:58:15

country is watching. Wave the flag

over the finish line. For Belarus.

0:58:150:58:24

Oh, no!

The photo is ruined!

Finally, if kissing was an Olympic

0:58:260:58:32

sport, these two would be gold

medallists.

If the wind changes

0:58:320:58:36

direction, you are stuck that way!

Hull let her breathe!

0:58:360:58:43

Turn over to BBC Four now

for extended highlights of the Mens

0:58:430:58:46

halfpipe and that incredible womens

ice hockey final.

0:58:460:58:50

In just over five hours

the Olympic Athletes from Russia

0:58:500:58:53

will see if they can win their first

gold medal of these games

0:58:530:58:56

as the incredible teenagers

Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva

0:58:560:58:58

go in the womens

singles free programme.

0:58:580:59:00

It's 16 years ago since that late

night in Salt Lake City

0:59:000:59:08

when Rhona delivered

the golden stone to win GB's

0:59:080:59:10

first Winter Olympic

0:59:100:59:11

gold since Torvill and Dean in 1984.

0:59:110:59:13

Now in 2018, can Eve Muirhead,

Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams,

0:59:130:59:15

Lauran Gray, supported by alternate

Kelly Schaeffer give

0:59:150:59:17

themselves a shot at glory?

0:59:170:59:20

They have to beat Sweden tomorrow

to get into the gold medal match

0:59:200:59:23

and it's at a much more reasonable

hour - 11am.

0:59:230:59:26

That's what I will be watching. See

you tomorrow!

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