Day 6 Highlights Winter Olympics: Today at the Games

Previously... Sean White is the gold

medallist!

An incredible display of

half pipe snowboarding!

What a

skate!

They win again! Back-to-back

gold medals.

My goodness me, what a

start for Great Britain...

It is day

six...

The downhill run, about 1.5 miles in

length, the course involves a drop

of 2000 feet.

It could be a race in

history...

# Get up and get it, we'll do it

again!

The only way to win this is

to take a huge amount of risk...

to take a huge amount of risk...

The

all-American boy, Bill Johnson!

You

are watching the greatest ski race

in the world.

He is going to win the

gold!

# Get up, get it, we'll do it

again... #

From Jean-Claude Killy to

Franz Klammer, to Wild Bill Johnson

and Pirmin Zubriggen,

the Olympic men's downhill has given

us champions who have

stood the test of time.

Welcome to The Games Today.

Clear skies and no wind

in Pyeongchang meant

that the Winter Olympics blue riband

event could finally go ahead.

We'll be whistling down the mountain

with the best of them.

Here's what is else is coming up....

# You're as cold as ice... #

Thrice on the ice...

A busy day's curling.

We bring you all three GB matches.

We go to boarding school

with the French master.

Can Pierre Vaultier batter

the bumps, the bends and the other

boarders to retain his title?

It's a marriage of minds

in the pairs skating

as two become one...

He's rocketed in practice,

now it's the real thing...

Can Dom Parsons pass

the skeleton speed test?

And Mikaela Shiffrin wants

to be starting something

in the Giant Slalom -

we'll see if she can win the first

of a potential four gold medals...

What a panel we have tonight, a

woman who has gone downhill on skis,

I should say, at 92 miles an hour,

Chemmy Alcott. Christopher Dean, and

we welcome Welsh snowboarder Maisie

Potter. Sadly injured, so out of the

competition but we get the benefit

of her wisdom here. No jostling for

position, it is all about teamwork!

The men's downhill is finally here,

disrupted by high winds on Sunday,

the most fearless racers in the

world to hurtle down the course.

First, the intrepid Graham Bell...

Let's have

First, the intrepid Graham Bell...

Let's have a look at the men's

Olympic downhill, it's a beautiful

view from the top... But this is

what the racers have to focus on. It

starts pretty much straightaway. You

come around the right footed turn...

And you dive down onto this bumpy

bit. It is important to carry your

speed through the bumps here. You

have to let it fly there.

Approaching the first jump. Onto the

roller-coaster section. The steepest

part of the course here. There are

tunnels under the track. You have to

absorb the rollers. Onto the second

jump... It is the Dragon claw, and

straight up of there. Heading

towards the forest road. This turn

here is crucial. It is called the

Paradise Turn. Onto the flat... The

third jump. And heading towards the

Blue Dragon Valley. It is really

important to keep the speed going.

As you head into this almost half

pipe like section of the course.

Rolling from edge to edge. Making

speed through the last turn... And

heading towards the last jump.

Over... And big flight. Across the

line!

The men's Olympic downhill is, for

many countries, the biggest event at

these games. Our equivalent to the

100 metre final. In the distant

past, legends have dominated

downhill and won gold as

favourites...

The hero of Austria...

He has done it! Going wild!

Will be

the same today, will one of the hot

favourites win here? If recent

history tells us anything, we should

be a surprise...

He has won the blue

riband event.

It is fair to say the

last six winners were outside the

better of the title.

He has never

won, but the Olympic champion is

Matthias Mayer!

It could swing back

to the bookmaker's favourites...

This is a course with precision

required, the smallest of errors

will be punished as the fastest

battle for the gold...

The 2018

Olympic men's downhill.

Tommy Johnston is way for Germany...

The 24-year-old made his mark in

January, he hasn't put a foot wrong

just yet. The next jump, on the

right foot into the Paradise turn...

He just lost a little bit of ground

there. He didn't lose much speed,

going flat here... After the

Paradise

Paradise turn, heading towards the

Blue Dragon Valley. The most narrow

section of the course. Spectacular

racing here. Almost home, the first

man on because, taking off... He

flies over the jump and the time is

1:41.0 three.

In the start... And he is on his

way! The third best downhill racer

of the World Cup season. A difficult

landing, on the Paradise turn,

Dominik Paris could sort them out

today. Paris did not make the best

of it at all. Down towards the Blue

Dragon Valley...

Dragon Valley... Paris may have

taken a new line, others may not be

able to do that. He is still in

front, but this is the

front, but this is the final time

that really matters. Paris leads the

downhill! And, the Swiss skier, the

best of the season so far. Three

victories. Doing solidly in

training, and Feuz is living

dangerously, it's the Olympic

downhill. Bringing all of the risk

into this race. Ooh! Feuz is just

about hanging in. He needed a huge

amount of strength to pour himself

upright and over his skis. 120

kilometres per hour, that's the

latest reading on Feuz, as he flies

down towards the Blue Dragon Valley.

Paris's time there. Feuz is faster

by 0.21 seconds. A little lopsided

on his landing as he enters the Blue

Dragon Valley. Setting up for the

final quarter of the Olympic

downhill course. That was

magnificent downhill skiing from the

Swiss! He is going to go close

here... He may well go into gold

medal position. Feuz has put down a

magnificent Olympic downhill run. A

huge jump to finish... Feuz is

first! 0.3 six. Fantastic from Feuz!

He isn't afraid of taking air, and

as long as you are compact, it isn't

an issue, he goes further than

anyone on the jumps but still picks

up speed all the way down with a

good time.

good time.

It will certainly be his

final Olympic downhill, and he is

ready to race. Trailing by a tenth

of a second. He flattened it.

Workers going out to make the

repairs. He throws everything at it,

his last Olympic downhill

competition but he may be pushing

too hard. Winding down the windows

on that big jump... Aksel Lund

Svindal will have to take the

riskiest possible line. And cut off

the corners, as tightly as he dare.

If he is to get back into contention

here... And what a shot that is! In

full flight, the great man, landing

at 111 kilometres per hour. A

quarter of a second off the pace.

quarter of a second off the pace. It

may be paying off for Aksel Lund

Svindal. Into the Blue Dragon

Valley. Big flight, off-balance. He

has recovered his poise. He has his

dynamic posture, and Feuz is leading

by a quarter of a second. Svindal,

skiing for a gold medal position,

for Norway. It is a long flight...

He has gone and got into gold!

A

great run from Aksel Lund Svindal.

He made a mistake after the first

jump in the roller-coaster section.

His left footed turn, the only

mistake. Afterwards he must have

thought it's time to let rip down

the lower parser -- part of the

course. Then come he was absolutely

flying!

Now, from Norway, Kjetil

Jansrud. Number nine. Quicker than

his great rival and team-mate, Aksel

Lund Svindal. On the inside edge of

the right ski. Wonderful

anticipation and control from Kjetil

Jansrud, the 32-year-old Norwegian.

He is flying here! And huge again.

Not .4 three. He knows he has two

rolled the dice and take a real

chance with this. -- 0.4 three. They

are all watching keenly now, as

Kjetil Jansrud comes into the

Paradise turn. At full pelt...

Absolutely pushing. 112 on the

landing. Travelling 38 metres. Not

.37, in front of Aksel Lund Svindal.

He could deny him... One thing that

is missing in the downhill -- 0.3

seven. Twisting there but he landed

cleanly enough. Only just... Four

hundredths of a second between the

two Norwegians. Which way will this

go? Jansrud takes off... Jansrud is

in second place! Svindal holds on.

Jansrud was great at the top of the

course, came into the midway point

ahead of Svindal but then mistakes

began to creep in. Coming out of the

Blue Dragon Valley, twisting in the

air, that John probably lost him the

race.

It feels pretty good. -- that

jump. This feels different. It is

one of those things, you keep

looking up the hill because you want

to make sure that it is real. I'm

extremely

to make sure that it is real. I'm

extremely happy right now!

Earlier

this evening, he picked up his gold

medal, the oldest alpine skier ever

to win gold, downhill and probably

his final Olympics?

Yes, he has won

everything in the sport. The Olympic

gold medal is his. Incredibly,

Norway have never won an Olympic

gold medal. They have won 13 Olympic

medals but not that one.

One thing

that the downhill winners have in

common is they always looked utterly

out of control! You have to be on

the edge to get the fastest time?

Especially on a downhill as easy as

that, they were taking so many

risks. Maybe they are coming about

because they feel invincible. With

this new technology, they wear

airbags that thought in milliseconds

if they are about to fall. It is in

their back braces. If they fall at a

certain speed or impact, they go off

immediately.

Like motorcyclists?

Yes.

Let's have a look at Svindal

and how he won. He

Yes.

Let's have a look at Svindal

and how he won. He pushed at the

start for much further and longer

than anyone else.

Yes, he has such

long legs. You can see he has a

really long trajectory on the angle

of his skate. He goes with every

part of his body. It is important.

Strength in his gliding position.

You see how quickly he gets up to

speed. This is a side hill, gnarly,

and his airtime. We saw a lot of

sketchy airtime. They were pushing

it to the limit. You can see that he

is trying to force his arms down and

stay in that position. A lot of

people think that the air looks

fast. You don't want to actually

jump, the fastest place to be is on

the snow, that's where you make

speed. These races are trying to

squash and get back onto the snow as

quickly as possible. They take off,

Axel did a 43 metre jump on the

downhill, is that further

Axel did a 43 metre jump on the

downhill, is that further

Axel did a 43 metre jump on the

downhill, is that further than

Axel did a 43 metre jump on the

downhill, is that further than

Axel did a 43 metre jump on the

downhill, is that further than Eddie

the Eagle?

downhill, is that further than Eddie

the Eagle?

It isn't far off and the

other amazing thing about him is his

body. It has been rebuilt. He has

broken everything?

He has had face

reconstruction. He is a beast in the

gym? The Norwegians work so hard in

the gym and he has so much muscle

memory, despite the

memory, despite the fact he has been

injured, he is one of the strongest

guys there. They use change so they

can get East centric and concentric

loading. It's amazing!

Don't try it

at home. From the men's downhill,

let's change the place...

Enough facial expressions!

It's day two of competition

in the Gangneung Curling Centre.

After a tight win for the men

yesterday against world championship

bronze medallists Switzerland,

they were pipped by

the Olympic champions, Canada.

The women had a very easy

opening victory over OAR.

Here's Paddy Gearey.

In what is apparently Mr T's new

favourite sport, a mixed stay for

Great Britain's A teams. Mission

accomplished for the men, while Eve

Muirhead's crew pulled off a daring

raid. They love it when a plan comes

together. So to their second episode

against the USA, who went to live in

one up before the British women

responded. The final stone of end

four, repeat of judgment, watch

this.

So Eve Muirhead, two nice

stones at the end of the four then.

Nina Roth's American team was only

formed two years ago and has no

Olympic experience, but they

reasserted control.

It might just

hang on, it does, so USA pick-up

two.

They're only negative was that

they could never put and out of salt

British ring away. In end nine, this

gave the Americans A1 point lead.

gave the Americans A1 point lead. --

a one-point lead. Eve Muirhead took

on the trickiest option, but in this

board, if you are an inch away, you

might as well be a mile away.

USA

win, disappointing result.

Britain's

coach, Glenn Howard, called the

performance dodgy and average at

best, so you suspect they will have

been words before they re-emerged to

face China. And yet end four,

another mistake gave the Chinese a

chance.

Brilliant shot, that is

going to be three.

They had control

of the match, so GB had to outscore

them over the final ends. They took

two on seven, and again on nine.

Another good shot from Eve Muirhead,

takes the two.

Doubled but still

trouble, China would win with two of

their own from the tenth end. Eve

Muirhead restricted them to just

one.

It gets there, and we are tied

at 7-7, how are your nerves?

Shattered!

So to the extra end, Eve

to throw last for victory. In such

moments, she says, she becomes

robotic, focused on weight, speed,

power, science.

Eve Muirhead brings

Great Britain home, it has been a

tough match, and goodness me, we can

all breathe a huge sigh of relief!

A

gutsy performance, very proud, we

didn't want to finish the day with

two losses, so to get a win, 2-1, it

keeps as there among the leaders, a

good game for the supporters.

Kyle

Smith and company had to recover

from losing to Canada. No real shame

in that, pretty much everyone does.

A new dawn against the land of the

rising son, Japan was soon in

trouble. Britain had a chance of

three in end three.

Just squeezed

and a couple of inches too far, he

was inside and let it go.

Two would

do, but this would stay tight, and

in end seven the Japanese team found

a path back into this, four, then

5-5 into the final end. But knew

they had the last stone, so every

throw focused on clearing the ice

for Kyle Smith.

Should be good

enough for the win, and it is, well

done, boys!

A couple of times it

didn't look good, but we got the

bailout shot when we needed it, good

team performance.

A huge upset in the

women's curling today.

The crowd erupted as the team from

South Korea beat current

Olympic champions Canada 8-6.

It made headlines in Korea but was

even bigger news in Canada,

where curling success is sacrosanct.

Later in the day, Canada would

also lose a nailbiter to Sweden

in the 11th and extra end.

With their record at 0-2,

Canada sit at the bottom

of the women's table.

Just one match tomorrow

for the GB curlers.

The men are facing Sweden

from 11:05,

the women are taking

a well earned day off.

And they may take an opportunity to

watch this.

COMMENTATOR: Merciless format!

It is

good, though, isn't it?

This is far

from being over! It is going to be

difficult to catch them with so much

board speed. This is getting very,

very tight!

The Italian has gone

down!

Wow!

We all thought short-track

speed skating was rough

and random, but this

is something else.

Maisie, how would you sum

up snowboard cross?

Well, like the short track, it is

head to head racing, unpredictable,

exciting, but there is some

consistency. We have had four events

at the Olympics, and only two

champions, Seth Westcott twice from

the USA and Pierre Vaultier from

France twice.

Talk us through the

course and what they have to deal

with.

We have a three metres drop start,

which is one of the most impressive

things, we don't have it often on

TV. Some big features, all the way

through, you know, you have to

commit, you have to have full

commitment to land in the right

place, because they are big jumps.

It is going to be wild stuff. Not

only have you got to deal with the

course, but also be aware of all the

other borders around you. Ed Leigh

has the best of the men's

competition.

competition. This is the event the

Winter Olympics does best, racers

throw themselves down the course at

up to 50 mph, navigating jumps,

bumps and banked corners, defying

gravity and wipe-outs to hopefully

crossed the finish line. Six riders

start, but how many will make it to

the end? We join the race in the

first semifinal, with offending

Olympian champion Pierre Vaultier is

aiming to be one of three who

qualifies for the final. --

defending. Put your brew down, turn

the volume up and enjoy the ride.

12 men left, only six spot in the

final available. Pierre Vaultier,

five-time overall World Cup winner,

reigning world champion. Nikolay

Olyunin, the Russian has looked

invincible so far. Two Australians,

Cameron Bolton, Alex Pullin. The

Austrian Alessandro Hammerle and

then Jarryd Hughes were closest to

us. Vaultier was like lightning out

of the gates as they freefall into

the first feature, the birdbath.

So

Vaultier out in the lead, and look

how he is extending it.

So is

Alessandro Hammerle in the white

bib, then it is Jarryd Hughes in a

third. But it is about start moving,

making a move from the outside,

Vaultier looking very comfortable,

Hughes moves into his slipstream.

The two Australians coming together.

We have got Pullin and Boldon,

Jarryd Hughes in second position.

Keep an eye on Alessandro Hammerle,

good outside line.

I think Bolton

has gone!

Pullin looking to go long.

And what a fantastic race, Jarryd

Hughes leads, Pierre Vaultier tries

to... Oh, Vaultier is down! And

Alessandro Hammerle.

The two

Australians.

Alex Pullin and Jarryd

Hughes are going to make it through,

it is a yard sale for third place,

everyone else went down.

I think the

Olympic champion went down of his

own accord, I don't think there was

any coming together. But I can't see

from here, I think it is Vaultier

who is up.

Yes, the Olympic champion

places get out of jail free card. It

is Hammerle on the outside, over

jumped by Olyunin. Vaultier, 20

seconds behind, but it is not

against the clock, just the first

three over.

Now, game time, the

adrenaline starts to kick in.

Hernandez in red, Martin Norl in

green...

Lindfors drops out of the sky

closest to us, but in front it is

Hernandez in the red beard.

He has

gone, Robanske in the blue.

Baumgartner! So the two North

Americans chasing down the Spaniard,

but look how wide Robanske has gone,

trying to get a good highlight,

great move from Baumgartner

underneath Hernandez. As they go

down that enormous step down and

into the big sweeping right-hander.

The world champion from Sierra

Nevada, Baumgartner, now leading

from the front, Hernandez slipping

back, the Bluebeard of Robanske, we

have lost someone!

Right at the

back. I think it was Lindfors. Oh,

no, the blue... Oh, Lindfors!

Eclipse... That was

Eclipse... That was phenomenal, like

dominoes, taking each other out. No

sign of anyone behind Fernandez,

more drama for second and third.

What on earth happened there?! Let's

take a look.

That was Dierdorff that

went down, Robanske lands flat.

He

takes out Norl. It was Baumgartner's

mistake at the top, this is

Baumgartner coming down.

Baumgartner

for second place. I can see third

place, here we go.

It is Dierdorff.

Dierdorff, who played no part in

that, after he crashed out at the

top, 30 seconds between first and

third. But as we have said so many

times before, it doesn't matter,

third place is third place.

Six men, three medals, who will take

it.

Jarryd Hughes in the white.

Hernandez has been breathtaking out

of the gate.

The Olympic champion in

the red, Pierre Vaultier. I am

looking forward to this. This will

have plenty of action, like a

half-price clothing sale at Primark!

Really long weight, but Jarryd

Hughes is a way in the closest lane

to us.

So Hernandez, again, getting

out very well, Pullin getting out

very well.

The Australians either

side of the Spaniard, Pierre

Vaultier bolts into the lead,

daylight between him and Jarryd

Hughes.

Look at Baumgartner on the

outside, making up some room, making

up some places.

Vaultier looks so

fast at this stage, though, Jarryd

Hughes tagging in behind, trying to

get some drag, slipstream the

Frenchman.

Pullin has gone from

third, finds itself in fourth.

Hernandez goes massive!

Three men

down, who is taking which colour

medal? Hernandez dives inside Jarryd

Hughes, Pierre Vaultier is out in

front. Jarryd Hughes goes high,

Hernandez looking low underneath

them as they come onto the home

straight, through the whale tail,

dropping down. No way that Jarryd

Hughes can really in Vaultier, but

can he defend the silver medal

position?

This will go to a photo

finish, they hit the jump at the

same time at the bottom.

It is a

flyby formation flying, Pierre

Vaultier makes it two gold medals in

a row, back-to-back, Sochi and

Korea. He was breathtaking! No-one

could hold a candle to the

Frenchman. What a great race,

Vaultier led from the start, that

was the big slopestyle ticket, so

much on that jump, we have seen a

lot of people come down there, and

it is a great race down the

finishing straight between Hernandez

and Hughes.

What a race, smiles all

round, your double Olympic champion,

Pierre Vaultier.

Great television sport, did you

enjoy that, Kristian gob amazing,

some celerity is with short track,

when someone impedes another, can

they be penalised?

Yes, you usually

get one protest be race, and the

judges decide.

Pierre Vaultier,

where is he getting his speed from,

getting out in front and staying

there?

You can see how the start is so

crucial, getting into position for

the first feature, called the

Wu-Tang.

Are there people that you

don't want to get behind? I don't

want to be here!

Like being stuck in traffic, it

isn't the ideal place but if you

focus on what you are doing, that is

where the skill comes out.

Is the

centre the best place to start on

the grid?

Most of the top-seeded

guys choose the middle. But I don't

think it mattered much in this one.

Is a different battle, out on the

front in the beginning, you are

writing your own race, working the

terrain but at the back, it is

combative, it is aggressive. Is his

skill always that he is not

challenged?

I guess that is his aim.

This course is over one minute long.

You have to absorb all of those

jumps really well, it

You have to absorb all of those

jumps really well, it isn't just the

start.

If you enjoyed that, there

will be more snowboard Cross

tomorrow. Maisie would have competed

in the women's event, Lindsey

Jacobellis is still going at the age

of 32. On the hunt for gold. Figure

skating now...

And it's the second day

of the pairs competition

and the free programme.

Chris here has choreographed

the German routine.

Under the I of

Under the I of the double Olympic

champion, Germany would try and win

for the first time since her victory

in 1988, competing at her fifth

Olympics, Savchenko and Massott were

in the short programme after they

both made a mistake. They had to be

flawless if they were to take a

medal of any colour.

Lovely! The

first of the throes... She has got

it on one foot. Clean!

it on one foot. Clean! She has a

tend to land on two feed but not

even close today. A double toe

loop...... It is glorious. The

detail in the choreography.

Perfect!

Not only that but it was a

new world record score of 159.31,

putting them right back in

contention. It was the performance

of their lives, just when it

mattered the most. Now, it's a case

of waiting and watching the rest...

The team gold medallists from

Canada, Duhamel and Radford,

couldn't afford any mistakes if they

were to stay in the top three...

The

hardest side by side jump element...

Hands down... I'm not sure that was

fully rotated... That will be in the

review... A quadruple Salchow, and

she has got it. Nine points from

that one element. Meagan fights for

every move. She will be one of those

to fix any move that is slightly

off.

Fighting for a medal... I'm

fighting to hold onto a podium spot.

It is all about synchronicity

teamwork. On the ice, the world

champions from China Sui and Han

were leaders after the short

programme but they couldn't afford

any errors...

Opening with a

quadruple twist, four revolutions in

the air from the take-off...

the air from the take-off... Side by

side, triple toe loops... The

triples were fine... Just singles

from him... It triple, and then you

want a double with a single in

between... That was a problem in the

warm up as well, the triple Salchow.

It is rousing stuff! But is it

enough to hold onto their lead?

Uncharacteristic warbles meant a

combined score of 235.47, less than

half a point shy of the resilient

Germans, and it left the door open

for the Olympic Athletes from

Russia, but Tarasova and Morosov

would need to break the world record

again to take the gold...

That was

lovely!

lovely! Side by side triples. The

first triple Salchow. She did... She

didn't.

didn't. A throw, a triple Salchow

now... And that has gone as well.

143.25, no medal for the Olympic

Athletes from Russia.

Athletes from Russia. That means the

Olympic champions are Savchenko and

Massott.

Christopher Dean was almost

as emotional as them. Watching it

earlier, you

as emotional as them. Watching it

earlier, you nearly welled up?

Working with them was a wonderful

experience. The passion Savchenko

has, she has won everything else but

an Olympic medal. This could be her

last Olympics but talking to her she

is so passionate, she may want to

carry on!

You thought a gold was out

of the question?

They were in fourth

place and if the other teams were on

their game they could have been out

of reach. But having said that, she

and Bruno were on their game.

A nod

to the Bolero with the outfits and

some of the movements in the routine

but they have never performed better

than this?

Fitted the performance of

their lives, they went out ahead of

everyone else. They knew that they

needed to do everything in their

power to put pressure on the others.

They went for broke, no holding

back. I think what with the other

teams, there was the nervousness of

wanting to skate clean and safe.

And

we saw it, the Canadians were good,

they landed the quadruple throw, but

they did have some little mistakes.

That was it, there.

they did have some little mistakes.

That was it, there. It was amazing.

Just so athletic.

That was it, there. It was amazing.

Just so athletic. That was the

performance of a lifetime for them.

That is why she was so emotional.

And on the podium? Great.

Others

fell away completely but many

congratulations for the part you

played.

A little part, but thank

you.

It still is! Here is what is

coming up...

Stand by for the skeleton.

Dom Parsons slides

into the Olympics.

While Mikaela Shiffrin

slaloms into it.

The American superstar

starts her gold medal

hunt.

She's focused on four.

Another great day... Ooh!

FUNKY

MUSIC

CHEERING

How was that, Chris?

Great! Alex Coomber for Great

Britain...

This is a high octane

sport...

Great Britain on the verge

of a medal... She is a supreme

competitor... Come on, Alex, keep it

going cleanly!

Alex Coomber has got another big

medal!

And here she is, gracefully sliding

into position, the woman who started

the skeleton success in this

country. Good evening and welcome

colour Alex Kimber. Fantastic

memories from Salt Lake City 2002 --

welcome to Alex Coomber.

I feel so

proud, hopefully there is a legacy

that is going to continue. We have

done so well, the number of people

who even know what skeleton is now

and would like to try it. You know,

it makes me feel very proud.

We've

only had female medallists so far

but in the men's, Dom Parsons has

made all of the headlines in his

training runs with some blistering

times. Could this translate into

competition? Here is the Vancouver

Olympic champion, Amy Williams...

CHEERING

It is the first day of racing from

the men's skeleton.

Dom Parsons has put down some

incredible runs in training but none

of it matters now. He's got to do it

today when it counts against a field

of incredible competitors... Run

once or two athletes making a bit of

history. Jamaican Anthony Watson and

the an athlete became the first from

those countries to slide at the

Olympics... They will not be

challenging for the medals but at

the other end of the leaderboard it

was the local South Korean favourite

setting the pace early...

Clean and

fast, over one second quicker than

anyone else so far.

anyone else so far.

Big things were

expected of the reigning world

champion, but the Latvian has

struggled on this track and finished

over half a second back...

Dom

Parsons goes next for Great

Britain... Deep breaths!

This was

the part of the track where you have

two hold it together and not make

mistakes. A clip there. That will

probably cost him...

May be nearer

five or six, Dom Parsons is better

than that! Into fourth place.

Jerry

Rice followed Dom Parsons, finishing

into 11th, but with just over three

tenths separating second to eighth,

there was plenty to play for heading

into Ron two. Jerry Rice slid into

first, but the 27-year-old 's time

would soon be beaten as the second

run began to heat up...

And here is

-- and here he is, Tomass Dukurs has

thrown down a statement run. Dom

Parsons need something similar...

He

needs to forget about the Latvian

behind him. Come on, this is what

you need!

He is catching Tomass

Dukurs now. Looking smooth to the

finish here...

Dom Parsons goes to

the front! Come on!

What a finish,

that puts pressure on those above

him. The medal chase for Britain is

on here.

It's a good thing to see

that he is enjoying his sliding.

Then you are fast. Everything feels

good!

In equal fifth place, the

legendary Martins Dukurs, he will

have to try and chase Dom Parsons!

He looks like he's losing a lot of

time at the top. Is there enough

track left for Dom Parsons to rein

in the legendary Latvian slider as

he makes his way down?

Around the

16th and final curve, for Dukurs.

Can you believe that Dom Parsons is

three hundredths of a second of the

magnificent Martins Dukurs? Make no

mistake, Parsons is in the mix here.

Here is the number five in the

world, Nikita Tregubov. He needs to

keep up with Parsons and Dukurs, and

perhaps close on our leader here?

WWE he has solid lines, no major

mistakes. We could see him with a

fast time...

A contender, for sure.

Nearly two tenths ahead of Parsons.

Run two comes to a conclusion with

the Korean Yun Sungbin after this

fellow, if he can put that in again,

we could have put the gold medal

around his neck.

It's what he's come

to do. A new start record and it

wouldn't surprise me with a new

track record. He will open the taps

on this one and put on the

afterburners. You can see him

lifting his shoulders, it is working

for him.

The magnificent Yun, no

mistakes. Steering with his right

foot. Magnificent!

A track record, a

new track record. You can hear the

crowd, absolutely spectacular run.

Yes, Yun is obviously in a league of

his own. But it is really close

behind.

Ten years of your career,

and now you are three 100 Kosovo

second away from me middle position

-- three hundredths of a second

away.

Yes, I have to make the most

of this moment.

away.

Yes, I have to make the most

of this moment.

STUDIO: It is

quarter to five in the morning in

South Korea, I'm sure he has woken

up early thinking about what he can

do to make up that time to get into

a middle position.

First thing is to not panic. At this

stage in the game, you don't want to

do any massive changes to anything

and think, maybe I will drive the

bend differently? But where he could

make an advantage is that the

beginning, he

make an advantage is that the

beginning, he

is a former 400 metre runner, if he

can go a bit faster at the start,

his turnover is quite slow, he needs

to get going with a bit more of a

push and that could set him up for a

better downtime.

And what do you

make of him down the course, does it

suit him, is he driving well?

He

drives phenomenally well. He was

20th and 21st as a starter.

Finishing in the top three. On the

second run. He drives well, he is

clean and relaxed on the sledge. He

isn't moving around a lot. Shoulders

nice and low, he tries to flow with

the track rather than fight. On this

technical track, the worst thing you

can do is try and fight it.

So stay relaxed, enjoy it, it could

happen, Dom Parsons could be

Britain's first medallist of these

Winter Olympic Games, and he will be

sliding for glory tonight, from

midnight 30.

Lizzy and Laura are going

in the first two runs of the women's

competition as well tomorrow.

They start at around

11:20 in the morning.

Back to the Alpine skiing now,

and it's the womens giant slalom,

this is the race where American

star Mikaela Shiffrin

was starting her quest

for mulitple medals.

She's multi-talented.

# She sees I'm walking in a straight

line... #

Her third successive world title!

She is the Olympic champion at 18!

# I wish that I could be like the

cool kids... #

After three days of high winds, the

technical skiers were welcomed by

clear skies and cold temperatures.

The first race was Manuela Moelgg,

laying down an impressive time

through the gates set by the Italian

coach. Also bracing for Italy,

Federica Brignone, handling the

technical terms to fly into second

place. After all the hype, Mikaela

Shiffrin set off on a quest for

multiple golds, and only a small

error prevented from snatching top

spot after the first run.

spot after the first run. Alex

Tilley through everything at the

mountain but lost her battle. In the

second run, they race in reverse

order to see who will be crowned

Olympic champion. Rebensburg was the

Olympic champion eight years ago.

But make no mistake, Rebensburg is

currently at the very top of her

game in giant slalom, and she is a

serious contender for victory today.

Rebensburg is keeping it green all

the way, oh, it is smooth, it is

aggressive from Vicky Redwood spoke.

The knees absorbing all the changes

into rain, she tucks into go first.

She was so smooth down the steep,

able to carry speed all the way down

to the finish, brilliant skill, she

takes the lead.

takes the lead.

Mowinckel as an

advantage over Rebensburg after the

first run. Straight into the tag,

aggressive, accurate, she has added

0.3 to her lead, sensational start

for Mowinckel. She has got them

sideways, a little stumble over the

roller. How has it's damaged her

time? She is now in the red zone.

Mowinckel

tucks in, gold medal position.

A

couple of turns where she was

hanging on, but she fought all the

way from start to finish.

Three to

go in the Olympic giant slalom, next

up, Federica Brignone. Now,

Mowinckel's secret was nailing the

top ten turns, that is where she was

better than anybody else. Brignone

was just slightly more cautious,

Federica Brignone is having to work

hard through some of these terms. A

little late again, Mowinckel's next

split is 2.04 .0 two. So tight in

this Olympic giant slalom second

run, Brignone could still ski into a

medal position, what colour will it

be? Brignone almost home for Italy,

she tucks in, she goes into silver

with just two skiers to come.

A

scream of disappointment from

Federica Brignone in the finish. On

the course, she set up nicely down

the steep but did not have the same

attack and fight as Mowinckel before

her.

Now it is the turn of Mikaela

Shiffrin. 0.35 is a advantage over

Mowinckel. It is a smooth,

error-free macro start for Mikaela

Shiffrin, as she comes onto the

first steep section.

first steep section. 1:46.19 for

Mowinckel, but Shiffrin is getting

after this giant slalom second run.

She was the slalom champion four

years ago at the age of 18. Now at

22, she is looking for her second

Olympic title. She could win

possibly four golds in Pyeongchang

in 2018, and she is on her way to

the gold medal position surely now,

if she stays on her feet. It has

been lightning quick from Mikaela

Shiffrin from top to bottom, one

mistake, buggy has got enough in

reserve, she has got the gold medal

position with one to come! Shiffrin

risked everything there on the last

six turns and nearly came unstuck.

Billion skiing on the tough Middle

Park, able to pull out a big

advantage, but lost it's just a few

gates from home. That brilliant

skiing on the tough middle part.

The

last skier on the hill, the veteran

Italian, 34 years old, never won a

World Cup race. She has made a

mistake in the early stages, she

trails Shiffrin by 0.21. It was not

the smoothest start. 0.63 now, oh,

she is potentially out of the

medals. And there is no way back

now, Shiffrin will be the Olympic

champion. Mowinckel will take the

single, Brignone the bronze, and I

think that Manuela Moelgg will leave

the giant slalom empty-handed. Can

she fight back in amongst the

medals? Oh, only eight! Mikaela

Shiffrin is the Olympic champion!

She begins her quest for a handful

of Olympic medals with the victory

in the giant slalom.

Does this put

more pressure on you for tomorrow or

less?

It is nice to have a gold

medal, it is sort of like, OK, I got

a gold medal, that is great, but I

want to go out and enjoy the race

tomorrow, you know, not Villeneuve

us, but feel inspired and really put

out my best skiing. -- not feel

nervous.

She says she has a low-hate

relationship with giant slalom, she

was so emotional.

Really unusual for

her, she normally keeps cards close

to her chest, but you can see she

was so emotional, style, speed and

grace, and she is a force to be

reckoned with, because confidence

builds confidence in skiing, and who

knows what can happen?

This is the

schedule she has got ahead of her,

because it is compacted, slalom

straightaway tomorrow, then talk

that she will not do the super-G

because she will do downhill

instead.

Three different

disciplines, three different ski

lengths, different techniques, we

know she can do it, but the fact is

a third gold, which she believes she

can win 100% is the Alpine combined,

so downhill is really important. If

she does not stay the super-G, she

gets a day off.

Alex Tilley of Great

Britain?

In her words, she made a

rookie mistake, really tough, but

she has still got slalom.

Paddy with

the best of the rest from

Pyeongchang. Meet Ted-Jan Bloemen,

the first non-Dutchman to win a

speed skating gold at these Games.

Granted, he only switched from the

Netherlands to Canada three years

ago, but still! Even stranger, Sven

Kramer finished sixth. Speaking of

surprises, this Frenchman, thought

to be the best male biathlete in the

world, miss two crucial shots to

hand the individual 20 calamity to

his younger rival, the Norwegian,

Johannes Thignes Bo. A perfect 20

gave gold to Sweden's Hanna Oberg.

The Norwegian's march of victory in

the ten kilometre freestyle was 20

seconds, Marit Bjoergen took bronze

and could be the all-time Winter

Olympic medal tally by the end of

the games. And now to the frantic

world of the luge relay, men's,

women's, doubles, it has got

everything. If you know your luge,

he will know your winners -

generally's third gold in the sport

at the Games. So it is still Germany

sitting atop the medal table, luge

and figure skating gold is adding to

their tally. The big move is no way,

fantastic day for them, Aksel Lund

Svindal in the downhill, and golden

cross country and biathlon as well.

Let's go off piste.

Meagan Duhamal was so happy to win

a bronze that she found

the power of levitation.

We have been talking a lot about get

inspired, and this must be where my

trolley has got to.

Supermarket sweep! Good use of

colander is, that is Harry. And a

bit of romance on Valentine's. And

this guy is new to snowboarding,

excellent use of oven gloves there!

Now red-hot, ice coal. -- cold.

First up, giant slalom, there you

are going for gold, snap, snap,

snapping away, putting you off, and

it all goes wrong, so turn them into

skittles.

That was a strike, wasn't

it?

Frimpong made down safely in the

skeleton, despite finishing last,

showing off some great dance moves.

Next, women's ice socket, USA

against Canada could end up as the

gold medal match, but look at this

for fisticuffs! The gold medal match

is going to be fierce. And finally

the Norwegian men's curling team, we

love their trouser collection.

Today's fetching tropical look, you

will see these on the beaches as and

when you can. We liked the look!

And

it was a lot warmer down there

today, I do not know if they are

specific.

Do think they look at the

temperature?

Shorts next time!

That

would be something, you might regret

putting your knee on the ice! Alex,

you will be up in the early hours to

see whether Dom can do it. Chris,

congratulations again on your gold

medal today! Thank you for being

with us. And Chemmy, as always,

wonderful stuff. Women's slalom

tomorrow, then the men's super-G,

the race was on to be the first

British medallist, it could be Dom

Parsons or Andrew Musgrave in the

cross-country...

Drama! Lindsey

Jacobellis is down!

Jacobellis is down!

Oh, my goodness!

Talk about saving the best until

last!

The gamble may be paying off

for Aksel Lund Svindal!

Lightning

quick from Mikaela Shiffrin!

Sensational skating!

Musgrave

announces his arrival at the top of

the sport!

What a finish that was!

Come on, Dom!