:00:30. > :00:47.Amy Williams is the Queen of speed. Well done. Really well done.
:00:48. > :00:54.Lizzie Yarnold is the Olympic champion. Oh, my goodness.
:00:55. > :01:15.Day 15 of the Winter Olympics. This is really awkward, but we
:01:16. > :01:18.really need to talk about the trolley. I know it's only a trolley,
:01:19. > :01:28.but seriously, it's got a life of its own.
:01:29. > :01:42.It's going everywhere. This is my show.
:01:43. > :01:49.Started off such a sweet trolley. You mean, you know, it's so
:01:50. > :02:05.unprofessional. To the trolley. To the trolley!
:02:06. > :02:10.BURP. The trolley? It's got that vague
:02:11. > :02:24.smell of alcohol. I know. Out of control trolley? !
:02:25. > :02:55.I nearly went off on the razz and the wheels have gone all wonky.
:02:56. > :03:08.Trolley, we 're going to have to have a serious chat.
:03:09. > :03:10.Oh, Trolley. And a teddy bear. Oh, Trolley, you're forgiven. Come on,
:03:11. > :03:24.let's get back to work. It's been the star of these Games.
:03:25. > :03:29.Every athlete who's come to visit us has just want add photo with the
:03:30. > :03:34.Trolly. Fans have stopped, stared at it, rhyme TV companies have wanted
:03:35. > :03:38.one, but even the Trolley knows it can't upstage the Winter Olympicses
:03:39. > :03:53.or the athletes. This evening, we have some of the very best of them.
:03:54. > :04:03.The stars of men's slalom have been weaving their way into the last
:04:04. > :04:05.Alpine gold of these games. The snowboarding came to a close
:04:06. > :04:17.with the men's parallel slalom. And, we have a Special Report on
:04:18. > :04:24.whether the pressure of the Olympics is causing some to put their
:04:25. > :04:29.well-being in danger. So we've got a lot to discuss and
:04:30. > :04:33.reflect upon on this final Today at the Games and we were allowed to
:04:34. > :04:45.share a memorable day with Great Britain's own rock stars.
:04:46. > :04:49.It all comes down to this. The last chance to win an pluck
:04:50. > :04:54.medal. Hold your nerve. Hold your breath.
:04:55. > :05:11.There the's no chance to celebrate yet. The stone's going to get there.
:05:12. > :05:15.-- win an Olympic medal. And this was the moment that all the
:05:16. > :05:20.hard work they'd put into training, all the competitions that they'd
:05:21. > :05:26.played in the past, came to fruition. The presentation of the
:05:27. > :05:32.silver medals. David Murdoch beside himself there. Murdoch, Drummond,
:05:33. > :05:38.Andrews, Goodfellow and Brewster. They held on to the very heavy
:05:39. > :05:41.medals and can do that for ever. A few moments later, the Great Britain
:05:42. > :05:46.women stepped up to receive their bronze and Sir Phillip createn,
:05:47. > :05:52.chairman of the National Paralympic committee, making the presentation
:05:53. > :05:58.to Sierra Leone, Adams, Hamilton and to Gray.
:05:59. > :06:02.Huge smiles. And even huger medals. I mean these can do some damage. Oh,
:06:03. > :06:07.my word. They can indeed. Do you know what, they have already broken
:06:08. > :06:11.a cup tonight when it was flapping around Anna's neck. They weigh an
:06:12. > :06:14.absolute tonne. Did you smash a cup, Anna? I didn't mean to. It was the
:06:15. > :06:18.medal! What was it like out there? Do you
:06:19. > :06:23.know what, it's a moment of a lifetime to get the chance to step
:06:24. > :06:28.on to the Olympic podium and hard work pays off. To get that chance to
:06:29. > :06:33.step up there, you have got to Cher usual it for as long as you can. It
:06:34. > :06:36.was amazing, the medal plaza on a Saturday night was just
:06:37. > :06:39.unbelievable. It's a great thing, the medals plaza having the huge
:06:40. > :06:43.crowd and actually, the two of you have been back-to-back, I presume
:06:44. > :06:47.you were backstage together? Yes, we have been held in green room and it
:06:48. > :06:52.was exciting, the adrenaline was flowing and our hearts were pumping.
:06:53. > :06:56.You could hardly speak because you have you haven't stopped grinning. I
:06:57. > :07:00.can't help it. It's incredible. To finally realise our dream. It's
:07:01. > :07:04.something I've thought about for a long, long time and really can't
:07:05. > :07:12.believe I have the medal around my neck. You have put a picture up on
:07:13. > :07:17.Twitter saying it's been a long time coming. You were biting it on the
:07:18. > :07:20.picture. Have you marked it? Not yet. We are going to catch up on
:07:21. > :07:26.some of the medals that were won today and we start with the men's
:07:27. > :07:29.slalom. This is a really tough twisty Turney technical sport and
:07:30. > :07:35.the course was particularly difficult today. Marcel Hersher of
:07:36. > :07:38.Austria has been the foreman all season but had good Austrian
:07:39. > :07:42.team-mates in with him as well. Matt Chiltern and Graham Bell in the
:07:43. > :07:49.commentary box. After nine events, the Alpine comes
:07:50. > :07:58.to a climax tonight with a slalom. The last chance for the ski nation
:07:59. > :08:15.to claim a goal. It's the Austrian who skis into gold medal position.
:08:16. > :08:20.Gold medal position for Norway. Fabulous Olympic record continues.
:08:21. > :08:27.The technical events were won by incredible individual performances.
:08:28. > :08:36.It's a gold double! It's been a demonstration of fabulous giant
:08:37. > :08:41.slalom skiing for the USA. She wins the Olympic slalom title at
:08:42. > :08:44.18. The stage is set for the final showdown in the Alpine Arena.
:08:45. > :08:48.Whoever can hold their nerve and perform well in the first run will
:08:49. > :08:52.put themselves in poll position for a shot at the med as under the
:08:53. > :08:57.lights. In the first run, suitably older
:08:58. > :09:02.more experienced racers were in the field. Sweden haven't claimed an
:09:03. > :09:08.Olympic men's Alpine gold sinceth since 1980. But it's a strong
:09:09. > :09:16.showing with positive runs from Meira and Hagan. Mixed fortunes for
:09:17. > :09:20.the Austrians as slalom world champion Hersha only managed ninth
:09:21. > :09:27.place. Matt did put down the fastest run of all to top the time sheets.
:09:28. > :09:37.Has Matt Dunn enough to lead the way? The old man of the mountain
:09:38. > :09:44.showing the way. Excellent run for Ryding of Britain.
:09:45. > :09:49.A chance to lead the Olympic slalom if he gets this right. He's in the
:09:50. > :09:55.back seat. Oh, and he's made it round, but last all his speed there.
:09:56. > :10:03.Oh, dear. Just got jetted out on to the back of his skis. 145 hadn't 17.
:10:04. > :10:09.Second at the moment a pretty good run. Look how much time he's made
:10:10. > :10:15.up. If he hadn't have had that mistake...
:10:16. > :10:21.He'll be massively disappointed with his first run performance and he's
:10:22. > :10:37.going to absolutely let rip. Good. Six tenths in front. Solid
:10:38. > :10:52.start Kristoffersen of Norway. He leads the way. Hirscher is out of
:10:53. > :10:55.the game. Hirscher likes this course. No mistakes from him. Sets
:10:56. > :11:01.about attacking the rest of the course. A little hard on the edges
:11:02. > :11:07.though at the end of the turn. After the foreline, he's hammering on.
:11:08. > :11:12.0.73. Added a couple of tenths. Means business here tonight. Didn't
:11:13. > :11:16.score a medal in the giant slalom and he could raise the bar with a
:11:17. > :11:35.good fast finish. That was really good. Carried a lot of speed through
:11:36. > :11:40.there. Half a second in front still. Hirscher sets his sights on the line
:11:41. > :11:47.and is in position for a gold. Fabulous ski!
:11:48. > :11:51.Ready to race, the former world champion, ready to race.
:11:52. > :11:59.Likes to ski a clean line close on the gates. He's messed it up. He's
:12:00. > :12:09.messed it up completely. Hargin on his way. Unorthodox technique. Will
:12:10. > :12:20.it work for him? So difficult to call this race, but Hirscher's lead
:12:21. > :12:27.seems to be intact. Hargin failed to convert. 1. 48 seconds down. Gross
:12:28. > :12:35.from Italy. The Italian won this title four years ago. Gross comes
:12:36. > :12:39.out of the gate. Just clings on. And he's behind now. The top three
:12:40. > :12:46.separated by six tenths of a second. There is room in amongst the medal
:12:47. > :12:54.places for the Italian who comes into the final stretch and has a big
:12:55. > :13:01.heavy edge jack sideways. Gross is third, into bronze medal position
:13:02. > :13:08.and with just two to come, Hirscher is guaranteed a medal. Hyhrer. Out
:13:09. > :13:21.of the gate on his way. A solid looking start for Myhrer. That means
:13:22. > :13:31.Kristoffersen is also guaranteed a medal.
:13:32. > :13:41.Last man on the hill. The double world champion, 34-year-old Mario
:13:42. > :13:47.Matt. The youngest ever slalom winner last night. Here is the
:13:48. > :13:54.oldest. Look at the lead he had over Hirscher. He needs to draw on all
:13:55. > :13:56.his strength and his massive amount of experience and put one down here.
:13:57. > :14:05.This is the turn. With more than a second and a
:14:06. > :14:17.quarter in hand, he can afford a little mistake. Look how low he is.
:14:18. > :14:23.Four tenths of a second. This part of the course is crucial. Rode it
:14:24. > :14:31.through nicely. Didn't lose any speed on the flat. Mario Matt is
:14:32. > :14:34.skiing beautifully. 0. 78 in front. Superb. Turns tight on the gates.
:14:35. > :14:41.This could be it. This could be the gold for Mario Matt.
:14:42. > :14:48.Final stages of the Olympic slalom. The 34-year-old skis for gold. He's
:14:49. > :14:54.got it! Yes! 0. 28. Mario Matt is the Olympic slalom champion. The
:14:55. > :15:03.oldest ever winner of the men's Olympic slalom crown. Hirscher takes
:15:04. > :15:09.silver with Kristoffersen taking bronze.
:15:10. > :15:18.Today was absolutely unbelievable, it wasn't really that nice to ski,
:15:19. > :15:22.but we made it. That was the biggest course I have ever seen in my life
:15:23. > :15:27.or ever skied in my life, I am pretty impressed that he has the
:15:28. > :15:36.guts to do this in the Olympics. They did you a favour by setting her
:15:37. > :15:44.really is tinker of a course. -- by setting a real stinker of a cause.
:15:45. > :15:50.Yes, but we are not children. Yes, I tripped up on the last gate, and
:15:51. > :15:55.well, that's life. Mixed reaction to that really tough second course, but
:15:56. > :15:59.Austria came out on top of the Alpine medal table, the only country
:16:00. > :16:03.to win three gold medals ahead of the USA who had a very good games
:16:04. > :16:10.despite missing their big star, Lindsey Vonn. Let us go back to
:16:11. > :16:14.Graham Bell, he has made his way down the mountains to the sliding
:16:15. > :16:19.Centre, and Graham, firstly, that second course in the slalom, it
:16:20. > :16:28.looked impossible, what was the reaction across the board from the
:16:29. > :16:32.skiers? Well, it has been said it was out of the 1960s, head of the
:16:33. > :16:37.Stone Age. In modern slalom, you tend to have open gates and Burt
:16:38. > :16:47.goal gates, and what they did was set a lot of vertical gates at and
:16:48. > :16:52.at -- an angle. A very unusual cause setting. There was a trap at the top
:16:53. > :16:56.of the chorus. The one section you needed to be forward on, a lot of
:16:57. > :17:00.the races were not getting forward and over the skis and a lot of them
:17:01. > :17:14.came out there, Dave Riding in particular, he had one section of he
:17:15. > :17:22.ground to a halt and could net -- not get going again. Yes, and Marcel
:17:23. > :17:29.Hirscher Singh, this is not a children's game! Who were your stars
:17:30. > :17:35.of the Alpine medals? When we came to Sochi, we were expecting Axel
:17:36. > :17:40.Sunderland all to do something in the Super-G, but it was his
:17:41. > :17:45.team-mate that really sets the games alight, he had a bronze medal in the
:17:46. > :17:49.downhill, he pushed his team-mate into fourth position, but then it
:17:50. > :17:53.was the Super-G, his Super-G performance as the nominal, and for
:17:54. > :17:59.me, that was one of the races of the game. We had Bode Miller tying in
:18:00. > :18:05.fourth place with Yann Hudak, and in the women's side, we had Tina Mara
:18:06. > :18:10.Zini, she had a terrible time, but she managed to turn things around
:18:11. > :18:17.and came away with two gold medals, saw her performance in the speed
:18:18. > :18:20.events. In the technical events, Ted Ligety, in the slalom, he did what
:18:21. > :18:26.he has been doing, completely destroying everyone in the first run
:18:27. > :18:31.and skied in the second run, just 80 or 90%, just enough to take the gold
:18:32. > :18:35.medal. And in the women's slalom, Michaela Shifrin, absolutely
:18:36. > :18:38.unbelievable. Unbelievable that somebody so young can cope with this
:18:39. > :18:42.pressure, and she said in between the runs, she does word searches
:18:43. > :18:49.with her mother, she's still very young, but she is now world champion
:18:50. > :18:52.and Olympic champion. I watch are getting the gold medal earlier and
:18:53. > :18:58.just the look on her face as if to say, I know now, from now on, my
:18:59. > :19:01.life has changed completely, but all of these events on snow had been
:19:02. > :19:05.sensational and for the first time since Alain Baxter won a bronze in
:19:06. > :19:11.the slalom which was taken away from him, Great Britain can celebrate a
:19:12. > :19:15.medallist on snow courtesy of Jenny Jones, the snowboarder.
:19:16. > :19:48.Jenny Jones has just taken Britain's first ever Olympic medal
:19:49. > :19:52.on snow! And Jenny Jones is now back in Great Britain, and she has been
:19:53. > :19:56.appearing on chat shows and she is going to have a fantastic time and
:19:57. > :20:01.enjoying what comes, sort of tours the end of her career. She has not
:20:02. > :20:06.officially retired, but she is one of the senior snowboarders on the
:20:07. > :20:10.circuit, and sensational to win a medal. Today, it was the giant
:20:11. > :20:11.Parallel Slalom in the snowboarding, and this is what
:20:12. > :20:45.happens. The Italian is behind. Slowing
:20:46. > :20:54.write-down on that turn. Boccacini is up. She has gone loose! She has
:20:55. > :21:03.gone. She has thrown it away! Dumavitz advances into the big
:21:04. > :21:12.final. And all German semifinal. She has gone really wide. Disappointment
:21:13. > :21:26.there, Amelie Kober has taken one and a quarter second penalty.
:21:27. > :21:32.Carlson may have taken her foot of the gas a little bit too much.
:21:33. > :21:40.Amelie Kober has two hold onto this. Heartbreaking for Amelie Kober. She
:21:41. > :21:51.came so close. That was phenomenal. Amelie Kober, Corinna Boccacini, the
:21:52. > :21:56.bronze medal. Corinna Boccacini, barging brigades in comparison.
:21:57. > :22:02.Amelie Kober with one hand on the bronze medal, can Corinna Boccacini?
:22:03. > :22:08.She is up there straightaway. Corinna Boccacini is shouting at
:22:09. > :22:12.herself! She wants this so badly! I do not know but that was to put off
:22:13. > :22:17.Amelie Kober or not. They are neck and neck. Corinna Boccacini must
:22:18. > :22:25.know it is now, but great style from Amelie Kober. What a fantastic race!
:22:26. > :22:30.That was absolutely beautiful, and Amelie Kober, absolutely made up,
:22:31. > :22:37.and this is it. Run one for the ladies, and the final. They look
:22:38. > :22:45.across from Dumavitz knowing that Carlson is out in front. Looking
:22:46. > :22:51.stronger and stronger with every gate. That is a big deficit. Three
:22:52. > :22:55.quarters of the second, almost. A big final, the ladies Parallel
:22:56. > :22:59.Slalom, one of these women will be going home with a gold medal.
:23:00. > :23:05.Incidentally on the first run, they could see each other, at their
:23:06. > :23:10.back-to-back, but they will feel each other's presence. Dumavitz!
:23:11. > :23:18.Using the board speed with a bit of a wash. Oh, no! Dumavitz has held
:23:19. > :23:30.on, somehow. It is not actually over. How did she do that? I think
:23:31. > :23:34.Carlson is taken to easy! O! Dumavitz, after a huge mistake!
:23:35. > :23:45.Julia Dujmovits has taken the gold medal. Amelie Kober, she goes to the
:23:46. > :23:52.podium with bronze. The final for the men, he'd won, run one.
:23:53. > :24:03.-- heat amber one, run number one. He has gone, wild has gone. Benny
:24:04. > :24:12.Carl has done the unthinkable and finally put enough pressure on Vic
:24:13. > :24:19.Wild to make crack. Look at the board speed. He has got him already.
:24:20. > :24:36.Neck and neck into the bottom section. He cannot believe it.
:24:37. > :25:00.Starting to get away, busy in his work. All three quarters of the
:25:01. > :25:06.second content. -- can count. You need to find the speed from summer.
:25:07. > :25:10.He has seen him early. The Italians, reeling through the gates. Landed on
:25:11. > :25:17.his face on the wrong side of the run. The Slovenian is through to the
:25:18. > :25:24.final, he will meet Vic Wild, his training partner. Benny Carl versus
:25:25. > :25:28.Aaron March for the bronze medal. The Italian is looking good in this
:25:29. > :25:35.top section. Benny Carl is just got theirs, I think. Benny Carl, over a
:25:36. > :25:43.quarter of a second up. That lead is almost nonexistent now. March has
:25:44. > :25:52.gone! Benny Carl, he will glide down to claim his bronze medal. Run one
:25:53. > :25:57.in the men's parallel slalom final underway. They have wanted to go toe
:25:58. > :26:12.to toe and Vic Wild goes up against the Slovenian, some costlier. --
:26:13. > :26:21.Samuel Coster. The job is done. There was nothing between them. So,
:26:22. > :26:25.wild on the blue gates. The crowd volume has gone up, they are willing
:26:26. > :26:29.them down, and he is starting to pull away. They are trying hard,
:26:30. > :26:37.looking very fluid through the turns. A mistake! Whilst losing to
:26:38. > :26:44.the front! He has done enough! He has done enough! Years going to do
:26:45. > :26:54.it! It is so close! It wasn't enough. The Russians are in raptures
:26:55. > :26:58.here at extreme park. A fantastic performance from Vic Wild to earn
:26:59. > :27:03.the gold medal, in the silver medal position, it is his training
:27:04. > :27:04.partner, Zan Kosir, and then Benny Carl of Austria rounds out the
:27:05. > :27:14.medals. Vic Wild takes his second gold, and
:27:15. > :27:19.he is the first snowboarder ever to do that at the Winter Olympics, and
:27:20. > :27:27.Ed is with Graham now, what makes Graham Wilders so good? -- Vic Wild
:27:28. > :27:34.so good? You can see, he is shorter than Benny Carl and Zan Kosir, he
:27:35. > :27:40.has a very low centre of gravity, so that technique means he is very,
:27:41. > :27:43.very low and very, very fast. Also, he had been studying the finish
:27:44. > :27:48.line, and in that semifinal, where he was racing against Benny Carl, he
:27:49. > :27:53.knew what height the laser was at, and when he reached forward for the
:27:54. > :27:56.finish line, he got his hands through the photosensitive cells
:27:57. > :28:04.first ahead of Benny Carl, so not just a fantastic technique, also a
:28:05. > :28:06.great tactician. Well, that is real, proper homework. Who has been your
:28:07. > :28:15.towers of the snowboarding competition? The real success of the
:28:16. > :28:19.snowboarding has been the way that it has been projecting itself. It
:28:20. > :28:24.started on the first day of the games with the snowboard Slopestyle
:28:25. > :28:29.and Sage Kotsenburg was a real popular winner, not just with the
:28:30. > :28:33.main stream, but within the snowboard community. He pulled off
:28:34. > :28:40.some huge tricks that were so, so difficult. This one, the 1620 holy
:28:41. > :28:45.Grail, and if you look online, some of his acceptance speeches, they
:28:46. > :28:49.were just beautiful. Then you had this moment, this was just
:28:50. > :28:54.phenomenal, and Graeme and I spoke about this a lot, the fact that a
:28:55. > :28:58.lot of people were not afraid to fail. They went out there and
:28:59. > :29:05.committed themselves and sometimes it didn't happen. Igor Krakow, the
:29:06. > :29:08.Russian, diving to get across. The best ambassador for all of the
:29:09. > :29:12.freestyle sports has been Torah Bright. She came here the defending
:29:13. > :29:17.gold medallist from Vancouver, and the attitude to the whole sport,
:29:18. > :29:20.towards the Slopestyle, the Boardercross and the halfpipe, she
:29:21. > :29:24.entered all three at a time when people are specialising and she went
:29:25. > :29:27.out and had fun, and that really resonated with lots of people at
:29:28. > :29:32.home that someone at the top of their game could be so relaxed and
:29:33. > :29:36.enjoy their sport like that. Graham, you competed at five Olympic
:29:37. > :29:40.Games were very few of these events were included, how do you see the
:29:41. > :29:47.new order? Are you enjoying the mixture and the variety that we
:29:48. > :29:50.have? Certainly, in my moments of the games, ski cross, one of the
:29:51. > :29:56.biggest performances of the Winter Olympics, Slopestyle, I called it
:29:57. > :30:01.the juvenile delinquent teenager, that was kicking down the door of
:30:02. > :30:05.the Olympic Games, and you have the grand daddy of downhill and slalom,
:30:06. > :30:09.and it really did have, it's launched itself onto the Olympic
:30:10. > :30:14.programme, but the skiing and the snowboard Slopestyle, it is quite
:30:15. > :30:18.phenomenal. And I think that that was a really good way to start of
:30:19. > :30:23.the Olympic Games, and we have had some classic Alpine racing, Ted
:30:24. > :30:29.Ligety particularly brilliant, Michaela Shifrin in the slalom, and
:30:30. > :30:36.of course, obviously the Mensah pipe snowboarding was amazing. -- the
:30:37. > :30:41.men's halfpipe still boarding. Thank you so much for your commentary, for
:30:42. > :30:45.being experts and for the long hours that you put in. We have had a great
:30:46. > :30:50.team covering the event, but Ed and Graham know only too well, because
:30:51. > :30:53.they snowboard and ski all the time, that weathering competition or
:30:54. > :30:57.recreation, these every dangerous things to do. Michael Schumacher
:30:58. > :31:03.remains in an induced coma eight weeks after his ski accident,
:31:04. > :31:11.although Felipe Massa visited him and reported a positive set of
:31:12. > :31:17.signs, and have really is recovering. And at the halfpipe,
:31:18. > :31:23.they had a minutes silence for Sarah Berkery died in the training
:31:24. > :31:27.accident in 2012, so how do you train for sports that have had such
:31:28. > :31:35.risks, Ed Leigh has been looking at that question.
:31:36. > :31:39.Oh, look at that. This is enormous. Freestyle skiing and still boarding
:31:40. > :31:42.providers with some of the most visually spectacular moments.
:31:43. > :31:46.But for every medallist, we have seen a crash or a slam that has
:31:47. > :31:50.ended an Olympic dream. The question this raises is whether the pressure
:31:51. > :31:56.of competing on the world's biggest sporting stage is pushing some of
:31:57. > :32:01.these athletes beyond their abilities. There is a lot of
:32:02. > :32:05.pressure and media, that is the Olympics, that is what it is all
:32:06. > :32:11.about the top of your sport. I have got to do it, I am at the Olympics,
:32:12. > :32:14.I have got to do it. They push harder than they normally would go,
:32:15. > :32:21.because they want to prove they are the best. With the stakes so high
:32:22. > :32:26.and courses so challenging, the stakes are always high, and there
:32:27. > :32:34.are huge tariffs associated with this sport. Stevenson, the comeback
:32:35. > :32:41.kid out of that horrific injury. His appearance at this snow across final
:32:42. > :32:47.is a miracle. I was in a coma for five days, I broke my collar bone,
:32:48. > :32:52.my ribs, my neck, my back, my hip, by tail bone. I had compressed
:32:53. > :33:00.lungs. I had a big head injury. I had to learn to walk again. I
:33:01. > :33:10.remember getting to the top of the cause. I remember pulling out of the
:33:11. > :33:19.gate. My goodness. Then I remember coming down in a sled. Concussion is
:33:20. > :33:23.a brain injury, the majority will recover within seven to ten days,
:33:24. > :33:27.but a small minority will have symptoms that go on that bit longer.
:33:28. > :33:37.We have witnessed very different attitudes to concussion. Oh, my
:33:38. > :33:44.goodness. It has split into macro. That is why you wear a helmet. Three
:33:45. > :33:48.days later, she rode in the women's halfpipe battery concussion. In
:33:49. > :33:52.contrast, Britain's Rowan Cheshire was pulled out of the halfpipe four
:33:53. > :33:58.days before the event after sustaining a concussion in training.
:33:59. > :34:03.You have to be really cautious that athletes are not rushed through
:34:04. > :34:10.recovery. If they are not 100%, there is a risk of a further injury.
:34:11. > :34:13.If the doctors had said, she will be fine in a few days, I would disagree
:34:14. > :34:18.with them. She would be back here in a shot if she had half the chance.
:34:19. > :34:23.She would not be focused, she was still be dizzy, it is not worth the
:34:24. > :34:29.risk. We want them to have a long career and there are safety comes
:34:30. > :34:36.first. Being relatively young, freestyle snowboarding is evolving
:34:37. > :34:40.at a jaw-dropping speed. You need to develop and have progression and
:34:41. > :34:46.safety, but that is not easy. Any sport with speed and big air on snow
:34:47. > :34:50.will be dangerous. You need to make it as safe as possible. You do not
:34:51. > :34:55.want to make the arena less exciting, you want all the safety
:34:56. > :34:59.arenas in place, and Alpine has taken longer to learn that in some
:35:00. > :35:08.of the freestyle events, and it is because a lot of hard knocks along
:35:09. > :35:13.the way. Consulting athletes ahead of competitions is commonplace.
:35:14. > :35:16.We have worked as a group of riders to make sure that when a course is
:35:17. > :35:20.inappropriate, that we put our foot down. I was one of the first riders
:35:21. > :35:24.on the course and we went and said, you have to change this, it's too
:35:25. > :35:27.dangerous. We had two days of training here. That's usually what
:35:28. > :35:33.we do when we get into a course, you don't have to hit the whole thing
:35:34. > :35:36.right away. You have got a group of adrenaline junkies, for want of a
:35:37. > :35:40.better word, who're looking for a challenge. If you remove the
:35:41. > :35:44.challenge, then you remove the element of the sport, there's no
:35:45. > :35:52.reason for doing it if it's not exciting.
:35:53. > :35:55.I enjoy surfing. I'm not into the knitting sweaters. Couldn't see
:35:56. > :36:03.myself swimming laps in a swimming pool. It's where we thrive. It's
:36:04. > :36:07.fun. So fun. Every person assumes the risk of
:36:08. > :36:10.doing day-to-day things. The snow's slushy, you know, you could twist
:36:11. > :36:15.your ankle. You have to make decisions based on that and sport is
:36:16. > :36:19.like an amplified version of that. You can calculate decisions about
:36:20. > :36:31.how you are going to push the sport to get the maximum.
:36:32. > :36:36.Such an interesting piece and it's an almost impossible balance to
:36:37. > :36:43.achieve and the most serious accident here was to the Russian
:36:44. > :36:46.Olympic ski cross racer r who underwent six-and-a-half hours of
:36:47. > :36:51.spinal surgery on Saturday after breaking her back in a training
:36:52. > :36:56.crash. She's 23 years of age. She was transferred to a hospital in
:36:57. > :36:58.Munich where she'll receive additional treatment. The latest
:36:59. > :37:01.statement says the patient's condition is stable and
:37:02. > :37:03.satisfactory. Let's catch up with today's other
:37:04. > :37:18.news. Russia took gold in the men's
:37:19. > :37:26.bi-Agent London replay which didn't produce a 14th Olympic medal for the
:37:27. > :37:32.Norwegian team who could only finish fourth. There was success in Norway
:37:33. > :37:39.for the cross-country. BJoergen claiming her tenth medal overall.
:37:40. > :37:42.Both medals equalling the record for a female athlete. Dutch domination
:37:43. > :37:47.with men and women setting new Olympic records as they won the team
:37:48. > :37:54.pursuit titles. The Dutch took home eight of 12 golds. In the men's ice
:37:55. > :37:56.hockey, Finland thrashed the USA 5-0 to claim the bronze medal for the
:37:57. > :38:10.second successive Games. Lizzie Yarnold goes for gold for
:38:11. > :38:23.Great Britain. She's down, she's in control.
:38:24. > :38:31.Still in the lead by a comfortable margin.
:38:32. > :38:36.She's going to win the gold, surely. Lizzie jar nod is the -- Yarnold is
:38:37. > :38:53.the Olympic champion. It was way back on day seven that
:38:54. > :38:56.Lizzie Yarnold became the tenth British Olympic champion. How much
:38:57. > :39:00.did her medal and the bronze for Jon Sopely Jones filter through the rest
:39:01. > :39:03.of the team and, were you all suddenly feeling this could be
:39:04. > :39:07.special? Definitely. We were lucky enough to get the chance to go to
:39:08. > :39:13.her medal presentation and it Spurs you on. You know up to be up there
:39:14. > :39:17.on the podium as well. We couldn't see hers because we were competing
:39:18. > :39:22.but it was a fantastic Olympics for Team GB. Dave, it's a split camp
:39:23. > :39:26.because you are down here in the coastal Olympic village so who've
:39:27. > :39:30.you got with you? We have the figure skaters and the short track guys and
:39:31. > :39:36.you knew from day one there was great buzz within Team GB and credit
:39:37. > :39:41.to all the support staff, they really made us feel really at home.
:39:42. > :39:46.And news travels fast in a modern world and John Jackson and the guys
:39:47. > :39:50.had been preparing in Germany so they arrived late into the Winter
:39:51. > :39:53.Olympics with success already guarantee and success on the board
:39:54. > :40:04.and here we come into the final weekend as they get their chance in
:40:05. > :40:10.the four man bob. John Jackson piloting Team GB 1. It's the four
:40:11. > :40:19.man bob tonight. What prospect of a British victory?
:40:20. > :40:20.This giant of a man on the back. Are we going to see something special
:40:21. > :40:38.here? 479. He's flying. Arrow head.
:40:39. > :40:46.Beautiful. It's a new track record. 54.82.
:40:47. > :40:56.Absolutely spot on, equal with the Russians. No mistake so far. Great
:40:57. > :41:10.Britain won their game well. 136.3, sand it's in tenth place.
:41:11. > :41:20.This is GB 2. They got it right. One, two, three, four, in they go.
:41:21. > :41:35.18th position. This man, Zubkov is in the lead.
:41:36. > :41:41.Here we go with heat 2. 4.80, maybe even better. 10. 0.10,
:41:42. > :41:50.the fastest man in bobsleigh right now. 481. World class starting for
:41:51. > :41:54.the GB crew. They are going to be pushing for medals tomorrow. One of
:41:55. > :42:07.the fastest we have seen. That's good. 55. 27.
:42:08. > :42:12.This is Canada 3. They were one of the fastest starters.
:42:13. > :42:17.That is terrible. They have crashed. They have got stuck into the corner
:42:18. > :42:21.and flipped. Canada 3. You know what the news is here, I take no delight
:42:22. > :42:31.in their crash, but it's damaging the track heavily. Massive pressure.
:42:32. > :42:41.Old school, old school. The four men are up and walking. The Latvians go
:42:42. > :42:46.now. And they're ten ahead already.
:42:47. > :42:50.This is a magnificent effort by Latvia.
:42:51. > :42:56.This is a real chance to get the Germans back on the map as far as
:42:57. > :43:00.the bobsleigh is concerned. The Latvians have to pull something out
:43:01. > :43:14.the bag here. 55.47. They are in second place.
:43:15. > :43:21.Club cover. Desperate to win gold for Russia.
:43:22. > :43:25.Zubkov. Even the Russians are faltering
:43:26. > :43:33.here. A tenth of a second in it. 136.2. They are still in the lead.
:43:34. > :43:37.Wow, it's game on. The Latvians have just pulled themselves up into
:43:38. > :43:49.silver medal position behind the Russians by only 400ths of a second.
:43:50. > :43:54.Canada 3 are all fine. They crossed the line so they will get to do
:43:55. > :43:59.their third run. The top 20 will go through to the final round. 89. 30
:44:00. > :44:05.am tomorrow. Olly Williams has joined the merry band. Olly is
:44:06. > :44:08.across the whole of the worldwide web-month-old forking social
:44:09. > :44:14.interaction. Who's been the big hits of the Games, who has been the most
:44:15. > :44:18.talked about? First of all, I got followed on Twitter by Anna Sierra
:44:19. > :44:22.Leone's eyes, they have air own account which is a little odd
:44:23. > :44:27.admittedly. The biggest hit literally is Johnny Quinn. He's
:44:28. > :44:30.performing tonight. He is 11th overnight in the US four man
:44:31. > :44:34.bobsleigh. He broke through his bathroom door and caused possibly
:44:35. > :44:38.the biggest stir the world has ever seen so early on in the Games. They
:44:39. > :44:45.don't really have anything to do until the last couple of days, so he
:44:46. > :44:50.tears through his bathroom door on every network you can remember. Gus
:44:51. > :44:54.Kenworthy. He stayed behind afterwards to adopt these puppies
:44:55. > :44:58.and he's stayed behind longer than he had to to get all the puppies
:44:59. > :45:04.back to the United States with their mother and is taking care of all of
:45:05. > :45:09.them and finding them new homes. John Jackson is after a puppy named
:45:10. > :45:18.after him called JJ and eve and JJ have puppies named after them,
:45:19. > :45:24.there's a rescue husky called Sochi. And Aimee Fuller's commentary for
:45:25. > :45:27.the BBC. Here she is performing up side down, doing it inside a
:45:28. > :45:31.commentary box for the BBC earlier on in the Games. She's gained
:45:32. > :45:37.something like 15,000 followers. But the record is held by Jen you Jones
:45:38. > :45:41.who won bronze, up to 70,000 Twitter followers, more than Lizzie Yarnold
:45:42. > :45:44.at the end of the Games. We caused a stir with the men of curling
:45:45. > :45:49.calendar in which David Murdoch was a star and that got a lot of hits!
:45:50. > :45:53.The medals table with three more golds to be awarded tomorrow, who is
:45:54. > :45:58.out in front? Canada finished top of the table four years ago with a
:45:59. > :46:02.record 14 golds, but it's Russia who're narrowly in front of Norway
:46:03. > :46:05.now. The first time during the Winter Olympics that Russia have led
:46:06. > :46:10.largely, well certainly today, thanks to Wild and the Ben's
:46:11. > :46:15.bi-Agent London team. Britain are 19th with one gold, one silver and
:46:16. > :46:24.two bronze. Tomorrow, after the Great Britain
:46:25. > :46:36.medals podium, it will be a wonderful sight. Tomorrow, the final
:46:37. > :46:41.three gold golds ice hockey and the closing ceremony. We'll have the
:46:42. > :46:47.cross-country 50 kilometres. Andrew Musgrave involved in that. Oh, my
:46:48. > :46:50.word. It's been I think an intriguing Games for people to. Wa.
:46:51. > :46:55.David, I would like you to sum up now, as the lead senior athlete in
:46:56. > :46:58.our group, what it's been like to compete in? It's simply been
:46:59. > :47:02.incredible. Definitely the best Games I've ever been a part of. The
:47:03. > :47:08.Olympic Park and the whole atmosphere's been incredible. The.
:47:09. > :47:12.The following we have had back home has been incredible. The best
:47:13. > :47:16.result. We couldn't have imagined the best ever winter Olympic Games,
:47:17. > :47:21.the chance possibly - I'm getting rid of my iPad there because I have
:47:22. > :47:27.to do one more thing - the chance of making it better. I have a job to do
:47:28. > :47:31.which is take this back to the supermarket because we need toe get
:47:32. > :47:37.back our 50 roubles. We are going to leave you with a wonderful array of
:47:38. > :47:38.pop music in, now that's what I call winter wonders, these are the best
:47:39. > :47:59.of them. Bye-bye. # Like the legend of the Phoenix
:48:00. > :48:07.# All ends with new beginnings We've come so far
:48:08. > :48:34.# To give up who we are #... #
:48:35. > :48:38.# We 're up all night to get lucky... #