Highlights of the day's action, featuring action from the women's curling semi-finals. Medals are also up for grabs in women's alpine combined skiing and men's biathlon relay.
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Previously, the Winter Olympics...
Disappointment for Kyle Smith. Great | 0:00:08 | 0:00:15 | |
Britain are out. She's done it! It
is the gold medal for Anna Gasser! | 0:00:15 | 0:00:22 | |
The Olympic combined champion... USA
get gold for the first time since | 0:00:22 | 0:00:26 | |
1998! The Olympic slalom champion.
Day 14... | 0:00:26 | 0:00:39 | |
In Korea we like games of strategy.
We like games that take their time, | 0:01:07 | 0:01:19 | |
progress slowly, but take you under
their spell. We like a game called | 0:01:19 | 0:01:28 | |
Go. The oldest board game, played
for thousands of years. It is a game | 0:01:28 | 0:01:35 | |
of stones, probability and
calculation. The aim of the game is | 0:01:35 | 0:01:42 | |
to place your stones to control a
desired territory. But this isn't | 0:01:42 | 0:01:51 | |
the only game here that is played
with stones. This game is rather | 0:01:51 | 0:02:00 | |
hypnotic. Superior tactics will
ensure you guard against enemy | 0:02:00 | 0:02:10 | |
attacks. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
Brush your opponent's stones away. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:24 | |
End to our adversary's chances. So
complex that it carries heavy mental | 0:02:24 | 0:02:33 | |
weight. In South Korea, we have a
new love, we love curling. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:43 | |
So do we! | 0:02:43 | 0:02:44 | |
In many ways the most important day
of Eve Muirhead's career - | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
win her semi-final against Sweden
and a gold medal | 0:02:47 | 0:02:49 | |
match was the prize. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:50 | |
Welcome to Today at the Games. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
The action at the Winter Olympics
has been keeping us going | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
for exactly two weeks. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
87 gold medals have been handed
out so far and there | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
are only 16 more on offer. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
The chances are running
out but here's what's | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
on offer this evening. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:08 | |
The steely-blue eyes were fixed
on the prize as Team GB took | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
on Sweden for a place
in the curling final. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
The Olympic Athletes of Russia have
not yet managed to win a gold medal | 0:03:15 | 0:03:19 | |
but their two teenage figure skaters
were ready to jump for joy. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
Having not won an ice hockey match
at the Olympics this century, | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
Germany have shocked everyone
by making it to the last | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
four, where they faced
the might of Canada. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:34 | |
And the test was bound to be bumpy
in the ski cross, where the trick is | 0:03:35 | 0:03:39 | |
not to cross your skis. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:44 | |
not to cross your skis. Please
welcome Kent Simpson. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:49 | |
And please welcome four-time British
ski champion turned ski | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
cross racer Ed Drake | 0:03:51 | 0:03:52 | |
and curling silver medallist,
skip David Murdoch. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
The blue and yellow
of Sweden is a regular | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
at the top table of curling. | 0:03:56 | 0:03:57 | |
They won gold in 2006 and 2010
and took silver four years ago. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
Be in no doubt,
the Swedes can sweep. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:06 | |
But Eve Muirhead and her ice sisters
have spent four years hoping | 0:04:06 | 0:04:11 | |
for another chance and training
for this moment, knowing that only | 0:04:11 | 0:04:13 | |
the winner would get a shot at gold. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:14 | |
Here's Paddy Gearey. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
The very best curlers see past where
others don't. They find a way. Eve | 0:04:20 | 0:04:25 | |
Muirhead is a natural navigator, but
that doesn't stop you from slipping, | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
sometimes. Against America, against
Korea, Team your head wandered off | 0:04:28 | 0:04:36 | |
course. In the first match against
Sweden, just as they were trying to | 0:04:36 | 0:04:40 | |
cling on, Eve did not let go in
time. This is a disaster. A no ball, | 0:04:40 | 0:04:48 | |
red lights, red lines, alarm bells.
If you must make mistakes in this | 0:04:48 | 0:04:52 | |
sport, Megan Hurley and then make
them right. Muirhead moved her | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
pieces. Switzerland, Japan, once
mighty Canada, trapped in checkmate. | 0:04:55 | 0:05:01 | |
On the thinnest ice, Great Britain
had found their path. It brought | 0:05:01 | 0:05:08 | |
them back to Sweden, who had beaten
them in the round robin. We are | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
ready to rumble against Sweden. A
chance to get into the final, to | 0:05:12 | 0:05:19 | |
contest the gold medal. It started
tactically, Sweden taking known from | 0:05:19 | 0:05:24 | |
end one, to keep the hammer, the
last shot a bright -- advantage. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:31 | |
What she normally does, just
blanking the end. Sporting spirit is | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
important in this game, which is why
Anna Sloan admitted she had touched | 0:05:35 | 0:05:39 | |
a stone. I touched that. She just
said she touched it. I don't think | 0:05:39 | 0:05:46 | |
Anna Hasselborg will say much. The
choice was the Swedish's skip. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:51 | |
Remove it, leave it, or move it to
where she thought it would have | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
gone? She chose to place it outside
the scoring zone, not popular for | 0:05:54 | 0:05:59 | |
everyone. She moved it away more
than she should have. Grey areas are | 0:05:59 | 0:06:04 | |
one thing, what matters is what
happens in the red, white and blue | 0:06:04 | 0:06:08 | |
circles. Sweden just about Doctor
Who. -- just about were taking two. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:18 | |
She didn't take it back far enough.
By the fifth end, there were 3-1 up. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:24 | |
Team GB needed to score. Eve 's
judgment would have to be pretty | 0:06:24 | 0:06:29 | |
much perfect. She has to find her
way around on the line. She has to | 0:06:29 | 0:06:36 | |
hit the red at the back. She has a
chance. Has Eve Muirhead played a | 0:06:36 | 0:06:42 | |
cracker? She has indeed. Well done,
Eve Muirhead. A superb shot to | 0:06:42 | 0:06:48 | |
finish the fifth end. After her
early advantage, we are all tied up. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:56 | |
In the pause between sticks and
stones, time for words from the | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
coach. The symbol, hitting against
would give us a chance, we could get | 0:06:59 | 0:07:07 | |
up two. Every time they tried to
build something, the Swedes kept | 0:07:07 | 0:07:13 | |
taking stones. How is your luck? She
may have done it. She has done very | 0:07:13 | 0:07:19 | |
well indeed. The Crossroads came at
the seventh end, Sweden, 5-3 up. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:25 | |
Momentum had slipped, with almost
every stone. Anna Hasselborg, she | 0:07:25 | 0:07:30 | |
has played some wonderful shots. If
anything, she has been playing a | 0:07:30 | 0:07:34 | |
little better than Eve Muirhead.
Particularly on the draw so far, | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
that has been good. Has she got this
right? Coming down the same line. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:42 | |
She can't see as much of the stone.
Fancy as much as Anna Sloan could | 0:07:42 | 0:07:46 | |
see. She pushed it out, when she let
it go. It has gone right through. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:54 | |
There is the first mistake from Anna
Hasselborg. A little bite of the | 0:07:54 | 0:07:59 | |
lower lip. An opportunity that Eve
Muirhead has to capitalise on. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:05 | |
The line is good, guys. They like
the line. It is great to get this | 0:08:10 | 0:08:15 | |
one in. Just have to come past the
front yellow. Just get past that | 0:08:15 | 0:08:22 | |
one. It has done. What has she done?
Another good shot from Eve Muirhead. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:27 | |
Just bumping out, though. That has
left... Oh, that has left... She can | 0:08:27 | 0:08:36 | |
see she can probably take both of
these yellows out. With her final | 0:08:36 | 0:08:39 | |
shot, Anna Hasselborg set Eve
Muirhead a perilous problem. This | 0:08:39 | 0:08:46 | |
was a chance that was building. The
Swedish skip, coming down. That | 0:08:46 | 0:08:53 | |
looks a good shot. A very good shot
indeed. | 0:08:53 | 0:09:01 | |
indeed. The best scenario would see
them take one and move on. The | 0:09:01 | 0:09:05 | |
worst... Well, the worst was about
to happen. Cannot get this wrong. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:11 | |
Coming through the gap. Here it
comes. Now, then... It is going... | 0:09:11 | 0:09:26 | |
Three. Three to Sweden. Great
Britain's hopes, at such a low point | 0:09:26 | 0:09:32 | |
in that end, it is going to be so
difficult for Britain to come back | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
from. 8-3. Surely disorientated from
the sickener on seven, somehow she | 0:09:35 | 0:09:41 | |
found an improbable par to take two
back on the eighth. The smallest of | 0:09:41 | 0:09:48 | |
opportunities for Eve Muirhead to
keep this alive. Looking closer at | 0:09:48 | 0:09:52 | |
the minute, is it? What a shot by
Eve Muirhead! Just to keep the | 0:09:52 | 0:09:59 | |
slimmest of hopes alive for Great
Britain. But Sweden were now simply | 0:09:59 | 0:10:04 | |
too far down the road. Anna
Hasselborg, now ready to cement the | 0:10:04 | 0:10:10 | |
victory for Sweden. They have been
ahead all the way through this | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
match. They haven't put a foot
wrong, really, one two small errors, | 0:10:14 | 0:10:21 | |
but it has been Great Britain that
have been able to play their best | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
game. You have to hand it to Sweden.
They have been really, really good. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:29 | |
Anna Hasselborg in particular, well
backed by her team. Drawing in for | 0:10:29 | 0:10:33 | |
the two. I think we will see
handshakes. We do indeed. Eve | 0:10:33 | 0:10:38 | |
Muirhead's quest for gold ends in
the semifinal. They still have the | 0:10:38 | 0:10:40 | |
chance for a bronze medal, but it is
Anna Hasselborgday. For Anna Sloan, | 0:10:40 | 0:10:46 | |
Lauren Gray, Vicki Adams and Eve
Muirhead, the best they can do is | 0:10:46 | 0:10:52 | |
bronze. It is Sweden that will join
their male counterparts in the | 0:10:52 | 0:10:55 | |
Olympic final. Gave our all out
there tonight. The Swedish girls | 0:10:55 | 0:11:02 | |
were on fire. Myself, I missed a
couple of key draws and you can't | 0:11:02 | 0:11:05 | |
afford to do that. Of course, I am
absolutely gutted. I guess we have | 0:11:05 | 0:11:09 | |
trained hard for the last three four
years to be in that position. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:13 | |
Unfortunately, today, we were just
outplayed. But we have still got a | 0:11:13 | 0:11:17 | |
medal to play for. Of course, we
will give it our all tomorrow. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:21 | |
Fighting talk. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:22 | |
She has to come back and do it all
again tomorrow. The real turning | 0:11:25 | 0:11:29 | |
point was end seven? What happened?
They were two shots behind, they | 0:11:29 | 0:11:34 | |
were trying aggressive tactics to
get a multiple score. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
They get into trouble, we are seeing
Anna Sloan playing the shot, you | 0:11:40 | 0:11:43 | |
will see a bunch of stones out
front, a numerous amount of Swedish | 0:11:43 | 0:11:48 | |
counters. It is a great shot from
Anna | 0:11:48 | 0:11:52 | |
counters. It is a great shot from
Anna, because it gets the nod of | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
trouble. Now she is looking to
remove that stone and stay in | 0:11:55 | 0:11:58 | |
command. We had some question marks
about Anna Hasselborg, are there | 0:11:58 | 0:12:02 | |
some chinks in her armour? A
complete mess. Now Eve has the | 0:12:02 | 0:12:09 | |
advantage, looking to try to come
through the gap between the yellow | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
stone is out front. The sweepers,
guiding the stone in. A nicely | 0:12:12 | 0:12:20 | |
weighted draw. Coming over the line.
Between the stones. What we are | 0:12:20 | 0:12:23 | |
seeing now is that the stone is
killing quickly, aggressively going | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
to one side. It just hits the
Swedish stone at the top of the red. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:32 | |
It ends in the worst spot possible.
Anna Hasselborg can see all of the | 0:12:32 | 0:12:38 | |
yellow stone is and plays a great
shot. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:45 | |
shot. They are not just sweeping to
increase the speed of the stone, | 0:12:46 | 0:12:49 | |
also to change the line? It stops at
curling quickly, trying to hold the | 0:12:49 | 0:12:53 | |
line. They are trying to get by the
guard. Ultimately it comes up short. | 0:12:53 | 0:13:01 | |
That was the real body blow. The
scoreline in the end, 10-5, it does | 0:13:01 | 0:13:06 | |
not reflect the match. That was such
a turnaround? It had been a really | 0:13:06 | 0:13:11 | |
tough game for the girls. They never
really got in front. That was the | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
hard part. They had to get in front
of the Swedes because they are very | 0:13:14 | 0:13:19 | |
good defensively, a good hitting
team. They never really have the | 0:13:19 | 0:13:22 | |
right game to get ahead. Ultimately,
that cost them the game. Did you | 0:13:22 | 0:13:27 | |
find it harder watching it and
playing in the semifinal? | 0:13:27 | 0:13:31 | |
Absolutely. A strange experience,
being there, and it is definitely | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
working out. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:36 | |
In the other semi-final saw
the outstanding rink | 0:13:36 | 0:13:38 | |
of the tournament -
South Korea, who topped | 0:13:38 | 0:13:40 | |
the standings, against the only
team that beat them | 0:13:40 | 0:13:42 | |
in the round robin stages, Japan. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:43 | |
One way or another, the final
would feature an Asian nation | 0:13:43 | 0:13:47 | |
for the very first time. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:52 | |
The home team have become huge stars
on their way to reaching the | 0:13:52 | 0:13:56 | |
semifinals, a first for South Korea.
They are nicknamed The Garlic Pills. | 0:13:56 | 0:14:05 | |
All four, who went to school | 0:14:05 | 0:14:06 | |
together, come from a region famous
for producing garlic. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
The team all have the surname Kim,
two of them are sisters, | 0:14:09 | 0:14:11 | |
and have given each other nicknames
- Steak, Yogurt, Pancake, | 0:14:11 | 0:14:14 | |
Sunny. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:17 | |
They must have been hungry! | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
It was an incredibly tight match
the Koreans were leading | 0:14:19 | 0:14:21 | |
7-6 after the 9th end. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:22 | |
In the 10th end and with their last
stone remaining all Korea needed | 0:14:23 | 0:14:29 | |
to do was knock out
the one Japanese stone. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:35 | |
Victory would be theirs and the
Koreans would advance to the gold | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
medal match against Sweden. Is it
going to be good enough? The | 0:14:38 | 0:14:42 | |
cheering is premature. Japan may
have stolen the latter. I think they | 0:14:42 | 0:14:47 | |
have. It was spinning and spinning
away. So did the gold medal match | 0:14:47 | 0:14:53 | |
that they had their clutches on. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
Premature celebrations indeed. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:57 | |
So, onto the 11th. | 0:14:57 | 0:14:58 | |
Korea again with the hammer. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:03 | |
Again everything relying on this
last stone, all Kim Eun Jung had | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
to do when get it smack dab
in the middle of the house. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:09 | |
It is curling away. They are going
to get it! Fantastic shot. The crowd | 0:15:11 | 0:15:18 | |
goes mental. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:23 | |
Korea have done it! They are into
the gold medal match. And I have | 0:15:23 | 0:15:29 | |
seen pictures of people watching
curling in bars in Seoul for the | 0:15:29 | 0:15:33 | |
very first time. Curling has become
a hit! This team have got themselves | 0:15:33 | 0:15:38 | |
into the gold medal match. It is an
extraordinary story. They really | 0:15:38 | 0:15:41 | |
have become personalities out there
as well. The skip, Kim, her facial | 0:15:41 | 0:15:48 | |
expressions | 0:15:48 | 0:15:48 | |
as well. The skip, Kim, her facial
expressions do not change, like Ivan | 0:15:48 | 0:15:50 | |
Lendl coaching Andy Murray. They
have a lot of pictures of her | 0:15:50 | 0:15:54 | |
looking anxious, worried, happy...
They are all the same! You have | 0:15:54 | 0:15:59 | |
played them?
Yes, they wanted to learn so | 0:15:59 | 0:16:05 | |
quickly. Women are a powerhouse in
curling, they really wanted to | 0:16:05 | 0:16:08 | |
develop their strategy and
technique. They've imported a lot of | 0:16:08 | 0:16:12 | |
teams into Korea to play against
them and get them up to speed. They | 0:16:12 | 0:16:17 | |
are like sponges, soaking everything
up and we have seen the results. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
This could be really good for the
game worldwide. Yes, we've always | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
had the powerhouse of Canada winning
everything. Now we are seeing | 0:16:24 | 0:16:28 | |
nations in Asia winning. Look at the
reaction from the crowd. It has | 0:16:28 | 0:16:33 | |
captured the imagination of the
Korean people. I love that they are | 0:16:33 | 0:16:38 | |
all friends, two sisters. They are
all at school together. This | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
project, they have developed it
together. The Garlic Girls... I need | 0:16:41 | 0:16:49 | |
to think of a second line, they are
cooking on gas? I don't know if you. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:57 | |
I have played it on the social end.
I have had a few beers and played it | 0:16:57 | 0:17:02 | |
on a Friday night. That is one of my
questions, I would love it if you | 0:17:02 | 0:17:07 | |
could walk us through the tenth
Enstone, last rock. Your heart must | 0:17:07 | 0:17:10 | |
be pounding, how do you calm down?
That's the hardest part. In Sochi, | 0:17:10 | 0:17:17 | |
in the final against Sweden, we had
that to win. You've been waiting | 0:17:17 | 0:17:23 | |
your entire life. You need to calm
down, you try and throw the stone, | 0:17:23 | 0:17:28 | |
knowing it is a routine shot but it
is probably the most difficult stone | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
I've ever thrown in my life. I had a
lot of nerves playing that shot as | 0:17:31 | 0:17:36 | |
well. Eve Muirhead | 0:17:36 | 0:17:37 | |
and her rink had to pick themselves
up for the bronze game, at 11:05am | 0:17:37 | 0:17:42 | |
against Japan. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:44 | |
Womens figure skating next
and when a sporting rivalry becomes | 0:17:44 | 0:17:46 | |
a film and that film gets nominated
for Academy Awards - | 0:17:46 | 0:17:49 | |
you know that it's
a story worth telling. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
Here's our own leading actor,
Olympic champion Robin Cousins... | 0:17:51 | 0:17:54 | |
At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lily
hammer in Norway, a rivalry between | 0:17:58 | 0:18:04 | |
US top women skaters Tonya Harding
and Nancy Kerrigan came to a | 0:18:04 | 0:18:08 | |
conclusion. Kerrigan was seen as the
all-American princess, the ice | 0:18:08 | 0:18:13 | |
queen. Tonya Harding, the skater
from the wrong side of the tracks. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:17 | |
By 1994, they were the talk of the
town. At the US championships | 0:18:17 | 0:18:22 | |
though, Nancy Kerrigan was attacked
after a training session. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:29 | |
after a training session. Help me!
Hit across the knee by a heavy club, | 0:18:29 | 0:18:33 | |
the injury was so horrific it took
her out of the US championships. It | 0:18:33 | 0:18:37 | |
soon emerged that Tonya Harding's
husband hired a hit man to take out | 0:18:37 | 0:18:42 | |
Nancy Kerrigan. The US Olympic
Committee tried to ban Tonya Harding | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
but she threatened to sue. Tonya
Harding will skate in the 1994 | 0:18:45 | 0:18:52 | |
Olympic Games. Nancy Kerrigan showed
resilience, it wasn't long before | 0:18:52 | 0:18:56 | |
she was back on the ice and in full
training. To Lillehammer they both | 0:18:56 | 0:19:00 | |
went. Under incredible scrutiny from
an un-trusting media, Tonya Harding | 0:19:00 | 0:19:06 | |
was struggling to cope and her form
deteriorated. A disappointing sure | 0:19:06 | 0:19:13 | |
programme left her in tenth place.
Then, following a bizarre false | 0:19:13 | 0:19:19 | |
start to her free programme, she was
allowed to start again. Eventually | 0:19:19 | 0:19:23 | |
making up two places and finishing
in eighth overall. Let me off. In | 0:19:23 | 0:19:31 | |
her short programme, Kerrigan
performed with beauty and | 0:19:31 | 0:19:35 | |
athleticism, going into the free
programme, she was in third place. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
The crowd loved her even more.
Applause | 0:19:38 | 0:19:44 | |
APPLAUSE
CHEERING | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
A tremendous reception. She returned
to the USA and Olympic silver | 0:19:48 | 0:19:53 | |
medallist and a hero. But Tonya
returned home to an FBI | 0:19:53 | 0:19:58 | |
investigation and a $100,000 fine.
She would never skate competitively | 0:19:58 | 0:20:02 | |
again.
STUDIO: Also competing in the 1994 | 0:20:02 | 0:20:12 | |
Olympics in Lillehammer was Jayne
Torvill. What do you remember about | 0:20:12 | 0:20:14 | |
that tension surrounding the pair?
Obviously, it was out there and it | 0:20:14 | 0:20:19 | |
was the talk of the Olympics, sadly
for the wrong reasons but I remember | 0:20:19 | 0:20:24 | |
that instead of riding with the team
to the practices and back, they were | 0:20:24 | 0:20:28 | |
both in separate cars with a
security person each. Just to ensure | 0:20:28 | 0:20:33 | |
that nothing like that happened
again. Have you seen the film, I, | 0:20:33 | 0:20:40 | |
Tonya? Yes, it's an interesting one.
It comes from a different angle, | 0:20:40 | 0:20:45 | |
claiming that Tonya was more of a
victim that I do not know the real | 0:20:45 | 0:20:48 | |
story. I think nobody does, that is
what is so fascinating. Allison | 0:20:48 | 0:20:54 | |
Janney won a BAFTA for playing Tonya
Harding's mother, and her and Margot | 0:20:54 | 0:21:02 | |
Robbie, who plays Tonya Harding,
have been nominated for Oscars. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
Another rivalry now. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:06 | |
This time it's between two
teenagers from Russia, | 0:21:06 | 0:21:08 | |
the OAR are still yet to take
to the top of the podium. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:16 | |
What a competition for the two
Russians... We all love a sporting | 0:21:18 | 0:21:25 | |
rivalry, and here at the figure
skating, the competition between two | 0:21:25 | 0:21:30 | |
Russian | 0:21:30 | 0:21:30 | |
teenagers has been nothing short of
mesmerising... Perfection again, I | 0:21:30 | 0:21:35 | |
have never seen this girl put a foot
wrong... The reigning champion | 0:21:35 | 0:21:42 | |
Evgenia Medvedeva set a new world
record in the short programme, to | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
see it broken minutes later by her
training partner, European champion | 0:21:45 | 0:21:49 | |
Alina Zagitova. Absolutely glorious,
how anyone can out Prodigy Evgenia | 0:21:49 | 0:21:57 | |
Medvedeva, I don't know. Today, they
go in the free skate to fight it out | 0:21:57 | 0:22:03 | |
for the Olympic Boulevard. Hour goes
-- our girls are the best! We dream | 0:22:03 | 0:22:13 | |
and we know that today will be the
best of the best. My favourite is | 0:22:13 | 0:22:19 | |
Alina | 0:22:19 | 0:22:19 | |
best of the best. My favourite is
Alina, she is like a flower, like a | 0:22:19 | 0:22:21 | |
swan. But I love Evgenia too. They
are machines in as much as they are | 0:22:21 | 0:22:30 | |
technically proficient and can
deliver consistently but they each | 0:22:30 | 0:22:33 | |
have their own personality, which
they bring through the choreography | 0:22:33 | 0:22:37 | |
and music. Alina Zagitova lead going
into the free skating but is it the | 0:22:37 | 0:22:41 | |
old timer at 18 who will pip the
15-year-old? The old timer, as you | 0:22:41 | 0:22:48 | |
call her, she goes last. We will
wait and see. So, here she is... She | 0:22:48 | 0:22:56 | |
has set a new short programme world
record two days ago. The long | 0:22:56 | 0:23:01 | |
programme helped the Olympic
athletes of Russia to the silver | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
medal in the team event. This is
Alina Zagitova, the young pretender. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:11 | |
Ooh, that would have been a triple
Lutz, triple loop combination, | 0:23:57 | 0:24:06 | |
taking the Lutz there. How well does
she think on her feet? Double axel, | 0:24:06 | 0:24:14 | |
triple toe loop... | 0:24:14 | 0:24:25 | |
A triple flip, double toe loop,
double loop. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:39 | |
The second triple Lutz will come now
and it has to be in the combination. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:47 | |
She will want it to be with a triple
toe loop... | 0:24:47 | 0:24:56 | |
toe loop... No, she will do it with
a triple loop. | 0:24:56 | 0:25:03 | |
And the triple flip. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:17 | |
CHUCKLES
For a second, it looked as though | 0:25:41 | 0:25:48 | |
Alina Zagitova was the first to
blink in the race for gold. The mist | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
combination at the start but she
thought on her feet. It was not | 0:25:51 | 0:25:57 | |
completely flawless but the crowd
loved it. We need to wait and see | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
what the judges think... Alina
Zagitova has earned in the free | 0:26:00 | 0:26:05 | |
programme... It is not a new season
best, not a new world record, we are | 0:26:05 | 0:26:15 | |
expecting so much of this young
15-year-old. She has a commanding | 0:26:15 | 0:26:22 | |
lead. Alina Zagitova has gone to the
top and at 15, she is guaranteed an | 0:26:22 | 0:26:29 | |
Olympic medal. But, which colour?
Here is our last skater at this | 0:26:29 | 0:26:35 | |
Olympic Games, and what a way to
close the show. Evgenia Medvedeva, | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
the two-time world champion... | 0:26:39 | 0:26:47 | |
Strong, second triple flip. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:31 | |
A beautiful triple loop! | 0:27:32 | 0:27:37 | |
That is it. The triple Sal Coe, the
triple toe loop. One more double | 0:28:17 | 0:28:21 | |
axel... -- triple salchow. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:33 | |
axel... -- triple salchow. This is
your gold medal winning | 0:28:33 | 0:28:34 | |
performance... Absolutely on the
money... | 0:28:34 | 0:28:43 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:29:18 | 0:29:21 | |
Marvellous from Evgenia Medvedeva
again. Not ready to relinquish her | 0:29:26 | 0:29:32 | |
crown. The double world champion,
still the very best in the world. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:39 | |
Medvedeva is down there in tears,
they are littering the ice with | 0:29:39 | 0:29:43 | |
cuddly toys. Surely that is the gold
medal? | 0:29:43 | 0:29:51 | |
medal? 156... No, it is not enough!
156.65 for Evgenia Medvedeva. That | 0:29:51 | 0:29:59 | |
is the gold medal missing.
Heartbreak for Medvedeva, who | 0:29:59 | 0:30:07 | |
thought she had done enough. The
judges have actually marked her | 0:30:07 | 0:30:11 | |
lower than Zagitova. It means the
15-year-old is the Olympic champion. | 0:30:11 | 0:30:19 | |
Fantastic performance from Zagitova,
we can take nothing away from the | 0:30:19 | 0:30:22 | |
15-year-old. She has just pulled off
an enormous upset at this Olympic | 0:30:22 | 0:30:26 | |
Games. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:27 | |
Well, that result, mixed response as
it may have got any arena, meant a | 0:30:32 | 0:30:35 | |
first gold medal for the Olympic
Athletes from Russia. But, of | 0:30:35 | 0:30:40 | |
course, they are not allowed to have
their own flag or national anthem, | 0:30:40 | 0:30:44 | |
so Zagitova didn't really know what
to do when the Olympic hymn was | 0:30:44 | 0:30:47 | |
played. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:54 | |
Jayne Torvill, having watched that
whole competition unfold, how did | 0:30:54 | 0:30:57 | |
you compare the two Russians and did
you compare the two Russians and did | 0:30:57 | 0:31:03 | |
think the judges were right? I
thought that Medvedeva should have | 0:31:03 | 0:31:08 | |
won. She had a more balanced
programme and still had technical | 0:31:08 | 0:31:11 | |
difficulties. Zagitova put all of
her big jumps at the end, she back | 0:31:11 | 0:31:17 | |
loaded it, as they say, and she did
not have the speed or flow over the | 0:31:17 | 0:31:20 | |
ice, for me. So when we watch this,
Zagitova is not actually doing much | 0:31:20 | 0:31:25 | |
at the moment? It is a good few
minutes before she does anything. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:31 | |
She is definitely saving the jumps
for the last two minutes to get that | 0:31:31 | 0:31:34 | |
extra 10%. You can see that
Medvedeva is already getting a | 0:31:34 | 0:31:40 | |
combination in there. At the back
end of this, why do the judges score | 0:31:40 | 0:31:44 | |
more highly if you put the jumps in
at the end? It is thought you would | 0:31:44 | 0:31:47 | |
be more physically tired by then, if
you can manage to do triple jumps | 0:31:47 | 0:31:51 | |
and combinations at the end of the
routine, you are a stronger skater. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:57 | |
To me, it balances the programme.
There was a lot of talk about it | 0:31:57 | 0:32:00 | |
within the skating world. I suspect
we might see a change in the rules | 0:32:00 | 0:32:05 | |
for next season. We saw Medvedeva's
reaction when her scores came | 0:32:05 | 0:32:09 | |
through, she clearly thought she had
done enough and suddenly realised | 0:32:09 | 0:32:12 | |
that she hadn't. Her heart breaks.
And then she puts on the smiling | 0:32:12 | 0:32:17 | |
face, because you got to be brave,
my team-mate has one. She did win | 0:32:17 | 0:32:25 | |
the free programme, but lost in the
short one. I think Zagitova put her | 0:32:25 | 0:32:28 | |
jobs towards the end and got more
scores. What was your favourite | 0:32:28 | 0:32:33 | |
routine? Caitlin Osmond from Canada,
who got the bronze medal. For me, | 0:32:33 | 0:32:38 | |
her quality of skating was so much
better than either of the Russian | 0:32:38 | 0:32:40 | |
girls. His speed over the ice,
airflow, she made it more effortless | 0:32:40 | 0:32:46 | |
and have more performance quality.
Did that performance quality, are | 0:32:46 | 0:32:49 | |
you talking about the ability to
sell a story? Yes, the storytelling | 0:32:49 | 0:32:55 | |
was a lot better. But she is more
mature, at the ripe old age of 21! | 0:32:55 | 0:33:03 | |
Her projection to the crowd and the
audience, for me, it was the best | 0:33:03 | 0:33:07 | |
all-round programme. Who has been
your star of the games? I think the | 0:33:07 | 0:33:14 | |
German pair skaters, I loved those,
and the fact that Chris was | 0:33:14 | 0:33:17 | |
involved. They are beautiful skaters
and they made that, they wanted | 0:33:17 | 0:33:23 | |
Chris to create a dance programme
for them. They did that, but with | 0:33:23 | 0:33:28 | |
great elements, the strength and the
technical quality of the elements, | 0:33:28 | 0:33:31 | |
it was superb. A great moment. Thank
you so much for being with us. | 0:33:31 | 0:33:36 | |
Now to men's speed skating,
and for a country obsessed | 0:33:36 | 0:33:38 | |
with the sport the fact
that the Dutch haven't won a gold | 0:33:38 | 0:33:41 | |
medal for seven days is unthinkable. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:44 | |
However, the good news
for the men in orange | 0:33:45 | 0:33:48 | |
is the last man to win gold,
1500m champion Kjeld Nuis | 0:33:48 | 0:33:50 | |
is equally as strong over 1000m. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:52 | |
Let's see how he gets on... | 0:33:52 | 0:33:55 | |
It is the men's 1000 metres. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:08 | |
The Olympic 500 metre champion,
Lawrence and over the line in the | 0:34:08 | 0:34:15 | |
fastest time. From the Netherlands,
Kjeld Nuis, a big threat to | 0:34:15 | 0:34:23 | |
Lorentzen's time. So, it was billed
as a heavyweight clash between | 0:34:23 | 0:34:29 | |
Harvard | 0:34:29 | 0:34:34 | |
Harvard Lorentzen of Norway and this
man here. A picture of | 0:34:34 | 0:34:38 | |
concentration. This is the closing
stages. Neck and neck. Here he | 0:34:38 | 0:34:45 | |
comes, towards the line! Nuis goes
for it, and he's got it! Only just, | 0:34:45 | 0:34:53 | |
but just is enough for the Dutchman!
The world champion is now a double | 0:34:53 | 0:34:58 | |
Olympic champion. It is the Dutch
man who has prevailed. Even he, by | 0:34:58 | 0:35:03 | |
the look on his face, is only just
beginning to believe it. | 0:35:03 | 0:35:07 | |
Still to come... | 0:35:12 | 0:35:13 | |
Puckering up for a face off,
Germany took on the mighty Canada | 0:35:13 | 0:35:16 | |
in the ice hockey semi-finals. | 0:35:16 | 0:35:17 | |
And we've got the Winter
Olympic equivalent of | 0:35:17 | 0:35:20 | |
the Grand National - Ski Cross. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:23 | |
Tell us how you feel. | 0:35:32 | 0:35:39 | |
So much happens in 24 hours and we
try to cram it into one hour on this | 0:35:58 | 0:36:02 | |
programme. Yesterday, it may seem
like weeks ago but it was yesterday, | 0:36:02 | 0:36:05 | |
you were commentating on one of the
greatest ever women's finals at an | 0:36:05 | 0:36:10 | |
Olympic Games. It was remarkable. It
had everything. | 0:36:10 | 0:36:12 | |
Leading 2-1, the United States
coming back to level it up, you go | 0:36:17 | 0:36:21 | |
through 20 minutes of overtime and
both teams are exhausted. You can | 0:36:21 | 0:36:24 | |
see the emotion on their faces. What
a shoot out, the talent on display | 0:36:24 | 0:36:28 | |
on the shoot out was off the charts.
Such an amazing goal to win for the | 0:36:28 | 0:36:33 | |
United States. So thrilled for them.
I mean, they have lost four Olympics | 0:36:33 | 0:36:38 | |
in a row. Canada has won every time.
That was huge for the United States. | 0:36:38 | 0:36:42 | |
So gracious of you. Today was
semifinal day for the men. In the | 0:36:42 | 0:36:49 | |
first, an imperious away our team
facing the Czech Republic. -- OA, | 0:36:49 | 0:36:56 | |
first, an imperious away our team
facing the Czech Republic. -- OA,. | 0:36:56 | 0:36:58 | |
Two goals in the second period
and one goal in the third meant that | 0:37:00 | 0:37:04 | |
OAR ran out 3-0 winners over
the Czech republic. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:06 | |
They're the first Russian team to
reach the Olympic final in 20 years. | 0:37:06 | 0:37:10 | |
It's traditionally the last gold
of the Games on Sunday | 0:37:10 | 0:37:11 | |
but who would face the OAR? | 0:37:11 | 0:37:14 | |
All the money was on Canada,
chasing their third successive gold | 0:37:14 | 0:37:17 | |
medal against Germany,
who hadn't won a single match | 0:37:17 | 0:37:19 | |
in 2006 or 2010 and didn't
even qualify in 2014. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:24 | |
Kent was alongside Seth
Bennett to call this one. | 0:37:24 | 0:37:27 | |
A big hit from behind. Germany have
the lead! The defending champions | 0:37:37 | 0:37:47 | |
are behind early on. Germany getting
it in the offensive zone. Can they | 0:37:47 | 0:37:54 | |
score? They do! A second goal for
the Germans. Wonderful play. | 0:37:54 | 0:38:03 | |
Terrific vision from Hagar. Massive
upset on the cards. Canada have to | 0:38:03 | 0:38:09 | |
find a way to get into this hockey
game. Right now, they are second | 0:38:09 | 0:38:12 | |
best in every area. Germany are
going to come back, two onto one in | 0:38:12 | 0:38:19 | |
the zone. A third goal for the
Germans! Canada are stunned! He | 0:38:19 | 0:38:25 | |
slides it through his legs, are you
kidding me!? What a goal! The | 0:38:25 | 0:38:29 | |
Germans are on the brink of
something incredible. Not even | 0:38:29 | 0:38:33 | |
halfway through this game. Canada
will look for it, they score. They | 0:38:33 | 0:38:39 | |
have a foot back in the game. Having
trailed 3-0, the long road back to | 0:38:39 | 0:38:45 | |
the gold-medal game starts here for
the Canadians. What a shot. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:53 | |
They have scored, write off the
draw! Three seconds into the power | 0:38:53 | 0:38:57 | |
play. Germany restore the 3-goal
advantage. What a lucky break for | 0:38:57 | 0:39:03 | |
Germany. Huge hit, leaving a man
lying on the ice. | 0:39:03 | 0:39:17 | |
Brule is dismissed. Wolf is in a
real mess. Are they going to finish | 0:39:18 | 0:39:24 | |
it off? Great play to keep it out.
He lost it. The last thing I thought | 0:39:24 | 0:39:30 | |
would happen. The last thing I
thought would happen is that Germany | 0:39:30 | 0:39:36 | |
would have a chance for a fifth,
this is unreal! Two onto one for the | 0:39:36 | 0:39:41 | |
Canadians. They are back! At least
back within two. How about this | 0:39:41 | 0:39:48 | |
move? He catches it on the forehand.
And then it is up, over the | 0:39:48 | 0:39:56 | |
outstretched arm, hang onto your
hats. Robinson has given one away. | 0:39:57 | 0:40:01 | |
This could be a chance back the
Germans. Penalty shot. The pressure | 0:40:01 | 0:40:09 | |
is on. Can they extend their lead
again? Huge save from Kevin Poulin. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:19 | |
Canada are believing they can do the
unthinkable. The first time Germany | 0:40:19 | 0:40:25 | |
has been bent out of shape. They
have scored! Canada are within one. | 0:40:25 | 0:40:30 | |
The champions have got back from the
dead. They were on the ropes and now | 0:40:30 | 0:40:36 | |
they are within one goal of tying it
up. The Germans have done it, | 0:40:36 | 0:40:41 | |
Germany have beaten the defending
champions! They are going for gold! | 0:40:41 | 0:40:47 | |
They have reached their first ever
Olympic ice hockey final and created | 0:40:47 | 0:40:52 | |
one of the biggest upsets in Winter
Olympics history. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:56 | |
Germany are going to face OAR on
Sunday. In the list of all-time | 0:40:59 | 0:41:06 | |
shocks, where does it run? It is up
there! Incredible result for | 0:41:06 | 0:41:10 | |
Germany. Not as shocking as if it
was the NHL players, for sure. But | 0:41:10 | 0:41:14 | |
you can't take anything away from
Germany. This was huge, they were | 0:41:14 | 0:41:18 | |
not expected to win. Rightly, they
were the better team, they played | 0:41:18 | 0:41:21 | |
better than Canada. Dave has played
some ice hockey? I played in my | 0:41:21 | 0:41:27 | |
teenage years, thoroughly enjoyable.
A Germany improved that much, or | 0:41:27 | 0:41:30 | |
where did Canada go wrong? Germany
has. A couple of years ago they were | 0:41:30 | 0:41:35 | |
on the verge of relegation from pool
A, they brought in a new coach that | 0:41:35 | 0:41:40 | |
played almost 1000 games in the NHL.
He has turned the whole attitude | 0:41:40 | 0:41:43 | |
around with this team. They came | 0:41:43 | 0:41:45 | |
He has turned the whole attitude
around with this team. They came to | 0:41:45 | 0:41:45 | |
the Olympics and they have just
outworked everybody. It is just | 0:41:45 | 0:41:49 | |
amazing. They came out in this game
against Canada, and they just | 0:41:49 | 0:41:54 | |
shocked. A lot of the players play
on the same team in the German | 0:41:54 | 0:41:57 | |
league, the top lead there. There
was a little bit of chemistry | 0:41:57 | 0:42:00 | |
already. They played Canada in a few
other leader tournaments. And they | 0:42:00 | 0:42:05 | |
beat Canada. So I think they just
were not intimidated. They came out, | 0:42:05 | 0:42:08 | |
we have beaten them before, let's do
it again. No sign of them freezing, | 0:42:08 | 0:42:12 | |
they | 0:42:12 | 0:42:17 | |
they tried to mount a come back. But
Germany were just better. They work. | 0:42:21 | 0:42:24 | |
In the quarterfinal, there were 3-1
on Sweden. Sweden came back and tied | 0:42:24 | 0:42:27 | |
that up, and Germany won in
overtime. You're thinking, they are | 0:42:27 | 0:42:29 | |
going to blow it again. Canada needs
one more. But they didn't break. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:32 | |
Will heads roll after a shock defeat
like that? How is Canadian... Once | 0:42:32 | 0:42:36 | |
the tears dried! There will be an
inquisition. Hockey Canada will look | 0:42:36 | 0:42:43 | |
at this. Same with the women, no
doubt about it. There is the one | 0:42:43 | 0:42:48 | |
camp saying, OK, our best players
were not there. You can take solace | 0:42:48 | 0:42:51 | |
in that. But, that being said, this
was a two-year expedition for Hockey | 0:42:51 | 0:42:57 | |
Canada, they travelled the world,
putting out the best possible team | 0:42:57 | 0:43:00 | |
they could. To not go for gold, it
is disappointing. You have to look | 0:43:00 | 0:43:04 | |
at this from the German Foreign
Office. They put out of this. | 0:43:04 | 0:43:07 | |
That is pretty much what it is like!
Good advice! Ice hockey is pretty | 0:43:20 | 0:43:26 | |
rough and tumble. But what about ski
cross? | 0:43:26 | 0:43:28 | |
It came into the games in Vancouver
and it's been a firm | 0:43:28 | 0:43:31 | |
favourite ever since. | 0:43:31 | 0:43:32 | |
Brady Leman took gold for Canada
in the men's event and they had | 0:43:32 | 0:43:35 | |
the defending champion
in the women's. | 0:43:35 | 0:43:37 | |
The competitors are no
stranger to danger. | 0:43:37 | 0:43:39 | |
And they say
fortune favours the brave - | 0:43:39 | 0:43:41 | |
but that doesn't always work out... | 0:43:41 | 0:43:44 | |
We have all been there. It is early
in the morning, you are the | 0:43:48 | 0:43:52 | |
defending Olympic champion in the
first heat and you haven't quite | 0:43:52 | 0:43:54 | |
woken up yet. She is down about!
That is a huge surprise! If | 0:43:54 | 0:44:01 | |
Thomson's look was out, the Italian,
Deborah picks and a's was definitely | 0:44:01 | 0:44:05 | |
in. | 0:44:05 | 0:44:07 | |
Oh, no! Photo finish, I think she
lost it to the Russian. No, I think | 0:44:10 | 0:44:18 | |
she made it through! No such
excitement for the 2013 world | 0:44:18 | 0:44:24 | |
champion, Fanny Smith. The Swiss
skier, still looking for her first | 0:44:24 | 0:44:28 | |
Olympic medal at her third games,
easing through in style. As did the | 0:44:28 | 0:44:33 | |
reigning world champion Sandra
Naslund Sweden, and Kelsey Serwa. I | 0:44:33 | 0:44:41 | |
would like to call that a
masterclass! Opportunity knocked for | 0:44:41 | 0:44:47 | |
Emily Sarsfield from Durham, she was
struggling in third when the | 0:44:47 | 0:44:51 | |
Canadian fell foul of this brutal
course. My word! She has gone! That | 0:44:51 | 0:44:57 | |
is a nasty fall at the end. That
puts Emily Sarsfield through. In the | 0:44:57 | 0:45:04 | |
first in the quarterfinals, fortune
favoured the Australian, Sami | 0:45:04 | 0:45:10 | |
Kennedy-Sim and Lisa Andersson. But
it deserted and really back. | 0:45:10 | 0:45:16 | |
Luck finally ran ran out for Debora
Pixner and Emily Sarsfield, as | 0:45:16 | 0:45:23 | |
Brittany Phelan, from Sochi, showed
her class. And her team-mate joined | 0:45:23 | 0:45:29 | |
her winning the quarterfinal. Fanny
Smith was up against Sandra | 0:45:29 | 0:45:35 | |
Sandra Naeslund. She is just hoping
that she can stay in touch... | 0:45:43 | 0:45:48 | |
Staying close enough that even if
these two made a mistake she can | 0:45:48 | 0:45:52 | |
make a move... But no, she's pushed
wide in the turned there, Anastasiia | 0:45:52 | 0:45:58 | |
Chirtcova. If she makes a move that
will be here... Anastasiia Chirtcova | 0:45:58 | 0:46:02 | |
inside of Naeslund. Naeslund should
be able to shut the door. The | 0:46:02 | 0:46:12 | |
Frenchwoman Marielle Berger Sabbatel
has fought her way back in. What a | 0:46:12 | 0:46:16 | |
view! As they come through to the
first of the four jumps. It is such | 0:46:16 | 0:46:24 | |
a shame for Chirtcova, she is in
last place but it's great for us as | 0:46:24 | 0:46:27 | |
we can watch the race as Fanny Smith
comes through. Naeslund in second. | 0:46:27 | 0:46:31 | |
We thought that those would be the
two that would progress through. We | 0:46:31 | 0:46:35 | |
were not wrong there. Here we go...
The first of the semifinals... Sami | 0:46:35 | 0:46:45 | |
Kennedy-Sim's best Olympics... She
sits down terribly! A shame for the | 0:46:45 | 0:46:51 | |
Australian. Out of the running. Now,
it is a question... Sandra Naeslund | 0:46:51 | 0:46:56 | |
out in front as we thought she would
be. Smith in second, what can the | 0:46:56 | 0:47:02 | |
young Swede Lisa Andersson do? She
needs to do something to stay in | 0:47:02 | 0:47:05 | |
touch. At the moment, Fanny Smith
looks blisteringly quick on the | 0:47:05 | 0:47:10 | |
skis, as they come over this really
long and beautifully measured jump. | 0:47:10 | 0:47:15 | |
Into this bit... Lisa Andersson has
gone! It is the two favours we | 0:47:15 | 0:47:22 | |
thought would be quick and the
competition. Fanny Smith will not do | 0:47:22 | 0:47:28 | |
anything stupid here. She is a very
intelligent competitor. I hope I | 0:47:28 | 0:47:32 | |
have not given her commentator's are
sets soaking up the technical step | 0:47:32 | 0:47:37 | |
down... You can just see Sami
Kennedy-Sim, she had a terrible | 0:47:37 | 0:47:43 | |
start and took herself out the
running, in third place. It seems at | 0:47:43 | 0:47:46 | |
the moment a very simple one two for
Smith and Naeslund, Naeslund has | 0:47:46 | 0:47:56 | |
certainly read and remember the form
book. Naeslund of Sweden, wearing | 0:47:56 | 0:48:05 | |
the red bib, she takes first
position and looks very strong. | 0:48:05 | 0:48:07 | |
Fanny Smith of Switzerland, she will
join her. | 0:48:07 | 0:48:17 | |
join her. Expect the Canadians to go
out of the start like absolute | 0:48:17 | 0:48:19 | |
rockets! Kelsey Serwa is looking
good... She is breathtaking! Look at | 0:48:19 | 0:48:28 | |
the distance. | 0:48:28 | 0:48:33 | |
the distance. Luedi left in the
dust. Brittany Phelan makes a move | 0:48:33 | 0:48:38 | |
on the French skier Baron. Kelsey
Serwa... The Swiss is backing with | 0:48:38 | 0:48:44 | |
those lightning fast skis! The
Canadian gets dragged into the pack. | 0:48:44 | 0:48:53 | |
Incredible racing from the Swiss!
Cleanly through! How did Luedi do | 0:48:53 | 0:49:00 | |
that? She is in third position.
Luedi in third, her skis were a | 0:49:00 | 0:49:05 | |
little high, the inside line on the
corner, can she make a move on | 0:49:05 | 0:49:09 | |
Brittany Phelan? Baron is out. The
Canadians are running things from | 0:49:09 | 0:49:17 | |
the front at the moment... Kelsey
Serwa is looking really strong. She | 0:49:17 | 0:49:25 | |
has looked strong... We saw her with
an easy first aid final. We were not | 0:49:25 | 0:49:29 | |
sure whether it was her speed or the
mistakes of the Russian and the | 0:49:29 | 0:49:33 | |
Italian that she was up against. It
is a one two for the Canadians. Here | 0:49:33 | 0:49:43 | |
we go, who will have the quickest
start? Pressure on the skis and on | 0:49:43 | 0:49:50 | |
the gate... A little delay, there is
the drop. It is Serwa ahead. Phelan | 0:49:50 | 0:49:55 | |
with work to do. Phelan dragged
back, Smith looking fast through the | 0:49:55 | 0:50:02 | |
outside. Serwa holds nerve and her
line. Neck and neck, shoulder to | 0:50:02 | 0:50:06 | |
shoulder. Here comes Phelan, coming
up against Sandra Naeslund... They | 0:50:06 | 0:50:13 | |
are all packed in together! | 0:50:13 | 0:50:19 | |
are all packed in together! Wow!
Serwa in front, a little daylight | 0:50:19 | 0:50:22 | |
between the two. It is Smith, in
second. Naeslund in the left-hander, | 0:50:22 | 0:50:30 | |
as they fly through the step up and
step down setup. Serwa leading from | 0:50:30 | 0:50:38 | |
the front, Smith explodes and opens
the door for Phelan and Naeslund. | 0:50:38 | 0:50:43 | |
She just needs to cut in! She has a
silver medal position! Look at the | 0:50:43 | 0:50:49 | |
battle for the bronze going on! It
is Naeslund and Smith... It is going | 0:50:49 | 0:50:55 | |
to be Smith! The Canadians are
looking so in control! One last | 0:50:55 | 0:51:02 | |
chance... A bronze medal for
Switzerland! Just ahead of Naeslund. | 0:51:02 | 0:51:10 | |
Such a dominant force in the World
Cup, unable to assert her presence | 0:51:10 | 0:51:15 | |
in the final. Finally, a medal for
Fanny Smith at the Olympic Games. | 0:51:15 | 0:51:20 | |
Serwa was fifth in Vancouver, second
in Sochi and she has finally taken | 0:51:20 | 0:51:27 | |
the first place spot here. Very,
very impressive. Do you think the | 0:51:27 | 0:51:31 | |
Canadians will be heartened by that?
A little bit! I cannot take anything | 0:51:31 | 0:51:36 | |
away. It was remarkable. You like
the lumberjack shirts as well. It is | 0:51:36 | 0:51:43 | |
a crazy sport, you have tried it, | 0:51:43 | 0:51:46 | |
the lumberjack shirts as well. It is
a crazy sport, you have tried it,, | 0:51:46 | 0:51:47 | |
what is the key to surviving? I
don't know, half the time it is luck | 0:51:47 | 0:51:52 | |
but they have done so hard today.
They respected each other, they did | 0:51:52 | 0:51:56 | |
not smash into each other. It was
solid racing. Such tight conditions. | 0:51:56 | 0:52:01 | |
The start feature is incredibly
difficult, you have to work so hard | 0:52:01 | 0:52:05 | |
to get out the Wu-Tang. It is neck
and neck all the way down. All three | 0:52:05 | 0:52:09 | |
of the ladies are fighting and you
can see what it means to them. They | 0:52:09 | 0:52:13 | |
still managed to hold it together.
How difficult is it to slipstream | 0:52:13 | 0:52:19 | |
your opponent? It can lead to a
blind job. If you are not in first, | 0:52:19 | 0:52:25 | |
you are in behind it -- it can lead
to a blind jump. One of them was | 0:52:25 | 0:52:34 | |
slipstreaming and flew an extra 20
metres off the last jump because he | 0:52:34 | 0:52:37 | |
was carrying so much speed into the
final jump. It can make a big | 0:52:37 | 0:52:41 | |
difference. I have a suggestion as
to how it can get better, if you are | 0:52:41 | 0:52:46 | |
off the back, you should have a
difficult option which is quicker so | 0:52:46 | 0:52:49 | |
you can take the B route but it is
more difficult! How do you make it | 0:52:49 | 0:52:58 | |
more difficult, by throwing
snowballs? Emily Sarsfield made the | 0:52:58 | 0:53:03 | |
quarterfinals and she posted this on
social media... | 0:53:03 | 0:53:08 | |
She should be very pleased and we
are all proud. A great performance, | 0:53:14 | 0:53:19 | |
she has had many injuries. Like most
snow -based athletes, the funding | 0:53:19 | 0:53:23 | |
hasn't been great. Recently it has
got better, a vast majority of snow | 0:53:23 | 0:53:27 | |
-based athletes are finding
themselves but thanks to some good | 0:53:27 | 0:53:31 | |
results coming through, it is
filtering down but for Emily's | 0:53:31 | 0:53:34 | |
career, it has mostly been her own.
A great result and she is safe which | 0:53:34 | 0:53:39 | |
is good. | 0:53:39 | 0:53:40 | |
Now for the other stories
and glories, here's Paddy... | 0:53:40 | 0:53:44 | |
The men's biathlon relay, Sweden
against Norway for the gold. Neck | 0:53:44 | 0:53:48 | |
and neck in a Scandinavian
stand-off. In the final round of | 0:53:48 | 0:53:53 | |
shooting, the Norwegian Svensson
missed the target meaning he had to | 0:53:53 | 0:53:56 | |
ski a penalty loop and Frederick
Lindstrom was left to lap up the | 0:53:56 | 0:54:00 | |
glory, winning the gold in front of
the Swedish king. In the bobsleigh, | 0:54:00 | 0:54:06 | |
the second Russian athlete has
tested positive for a banned | 0:54:06 | 0:54:09 | |
substance at the games, Nadezhda
Sergeeva was a pilot in the women's | 0:54:09 | 0:54:14 | |
bobsleigh. The Bobsleigh Federation
said that she tested positive for a | 0:54:14 | 0:54:19 | |
heart drug that they claim was not
prescribed by the medical team. | 0:54:19 | 0:54:24 | |
Canada's surprisingly miserable
curling games go on, they missed out | 0:54:24 | 0:54:27 | |
on a bronze to Switzerland. The
Canadian Mint won gold in the last | 0:54:27 | 0:54:32 | |
three games. STUDIO: Two days of
competition left, Norway have | 0:54:32 | 0:54:36 | |
equalled the level for total medals.
In mixed day for Canada, in the ice | 0:54:36 | 0:54:42 | |
hockey and culling, they have been
let down but they are going strong | 0:54:42 | 0:54:45 | |
in this ski cross. -- in the ice
hockey and in the curling. Let's go | 0:54:45 | 0:54:53 | |
off piste... | 0:54:53 | 0:55:00 | |
My Sochi trolley is trying out the
skiing, apparently! As if it is the | 0:55:00 | 0:55:05 | |
slopestyle... Do you remember that?
I do! And Mr T loves the curling as | 0:55:05 | 0:55:14 | |
well. And it has caught on in the
library at the National history | 0:55:14 | 0:55:18 | |
Museum... -- Natural History Museum.
This is the classroom at when to | 0:55:18 | 0:55:23 | |
fold school in Worcestershire... And
the residents at beach house care | 0:55:23 | 0:55:27 | |
home in Norfolk. They have been
throwing a few stones! And the crazy | 0:55:27 | 0:55:34 | |
curling continues at the Glasgow
Guides with a bigger team than would | 0:55:34 | 0:55:40 | |
be allowed! We featured curling with
suitcases, this is another prop! | 0:55:40 | 0:55:50 | |
And, inspired by Lindsay Vonn, this
eight-year-old girl has invented a | 0:55:50 | 0:55:54 | |
new sport! What do you have to say?
I'm skiing! I'm skiing Clare | 0:55:54 | 0:56:06 | |
new sport! What do you have to say?
I'm skiing! I'm skiing Clare! A | 0:56:06 | 0:56:11 | |
personal message! And you are only
allowed to do this if you are a | 0:56:11 | 0:56:14 | |
winter athlete! It looks appealing!
Here we go... | 0:56:14 | 0:56:27 | |
Here we go... First up, from the
curling, those stones are always out | 0:56:27 | 0:56:31 | |
to get you, just when your back is
turned... This is the Swiss skipper | 0:56:31 | 0:56:37 | |
Peter de Cruz! And on TV! Poor
Peter! Next, it's your moment, every | 0:56:37 | 0:56:46 | |
child dreads this. Ma'am, sit down!
Please don't take the limelight! You | 0:56:46 | 0:56:51 | |
are embarrassing yourself and me!
Next, it is ice to meet you... To | 0:56:51 | 0:57:00 | |
meet you, ice! Clearly checking out
of the game... | 0:57:00 | 0:57:11 | |
of the game... Ooh! And finally, the
speed skating here, remember we | 0:57:11 | 0:57:15 | |
mentioned the mullet being back...
What about the mini ponytail? | 0:57:15 | 0:57:19 | |
Rocking that lurk! It is solid,
isn't it? -- rocking the look. What | 0:57:19 | 0:57:27 | |
has been your moment of the games?
Today? The South Korean women's | 0:57:27 | 0:57:33 | |
curling team, to win that extra end
in front of a big crowd, the | 0:57:33 | 0:57:36 | |
placement crazy! I am biased but the
ski cross, the women raced amazingly | 0:57:36 | 0:57:44 | |
well in tricky conditions, such a
cool event for them. Definitely the | 0:57:44 | 0:57:49 | |
German victory over Canada, I didn't
have any tears left after the women | 0:57:49 | 0:57:53 | |
lost it was all but today! | 0:57:53 | 0:57:59 | |
On BBC Four, you can see all of the
highlights now. Middle chances for | 0:57:59 | 0:58:03 | |
Billy Morgan in the big air. We are
determined to salvage a bronze in | 0:58:03 | 0:58:08 | |
the curling and tomorrow is also the
start of the four man Bob. | 0:58:08 | 0:58:12 | |
Lamin Deen and Brad Hall | 0:58:12 | 0:58:13 | |
are ready to give us | 0:58:13 | 0:58:14 | |
something to rave about... | 0:58:14 | 0:58:17 | |
Goodnight. | 0:58:17 | 0:58:20 | |
How can ice be a feeling? It is hard
to describe but it is... | 0:58:20 | 0:58:28 | |
FUNKY MUSIC | 0:58:31 | 0:58:36 | |
The track is a warrior's dance.
Sharp and sudden. Where the heart | 0:58:41 | 0:58:47 | |
lies and the head plays tricks.
Trust only your skin... The winning | 0:58:47 | 0:58:56 | |
pilot does not steer. They feel the
rhythm. They let the ice in. | 0:58:56 | 0:59:05 |
Clare Balding presents highlights of the day's action at the Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, featuring action from the women's curling semi-finals. Day 14 also sees the conclusion of the women's figure skating and the women's snowboarding big air. Medals are also up for grabs in the women's alpine combined skiing and women's ski cross, plus the men's 1000m speedskating and men's biathlon relay.