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I am the dreadful menace, the one whose win is done. The haunting

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chill upon your neck, I am the conundrum.

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A very good start indeed for Great Britain. Amy Williams is the queen

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of speed! Oh, and they have all gone! He is over. And the United

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States has beaten the Soviet Union! She has done it! That's it!

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Hello and welcome back to Sochi and the British team are still

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celebrating after Jenny Jones's bronze medal, which has given the

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best ever start for a British team at the Winter live. This is our home

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for our highlights programme and during the course of this, we will

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bring you up-to-date on absolutely everything that has been going on

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down in the coastal cluster, at the sliding Centre and in the mountains.

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Here is here is what is coming up. We are heading for the bumpy hills

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for the final run in the men's moguls.

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There was drama at the short track with Jack Welbourne setting a new

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British record, to put himself in medal contention.

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And as the curling started, we will catch up with both the British men's

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and women's teams. So, lots to pack in between now and

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eight o'clock but first of all, we are heading straight back to a

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packed... The Russian fans are getting excited but it is that Maple

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Leaf, the Canadians who have a lot to shout about. Graham Bell is there

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at the finish area. How do you see the medals going? I think that

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Canada are pretty much guaranteed a medal. They've got three through in

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the second round, one, two and three. The Russian got a massive

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cheer and hopefully, we can see him squeeze through. They go in reverse

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order on the second run to the top six will be reversed. It means the

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last three to scheme will all be Canadians. It's going to be an

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interesting battle between the reigning champion and the new kid on

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the block, Michael Kingsbury. They don't train together. They don't

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necessarily get on that well together so it could be an

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interesting battle within Canada. Then we got the Russian missile as

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well, who could upset them all. Graham, just for people tuning in

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now, and who have not seen mogul before, explain what they have to do

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and how much it is a balance between speed and style.

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Speed counts for 25% of the mark only. The two jumps account for 25%

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of the mark. The real essence of mogul is in the turns. If you look

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at how close the feet are together, how close the knees are together, if

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there is any deviation from that, if a ski comes flicking away, if skis

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cross, then that will be a deduction in the mark. What you need to see is

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good, clean skiing. We saw a lot of out-of-control skiing in round one.

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Being fast doesn't necessarily guarantee you will go through.

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It looks like another warm night. How is it in terms of the snow

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conditions and for actual skiing? It got quite warm today. The Russian

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hat isn't on tonight so it is not that cold but it is perfect for

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mogul skiing. He needed slightly soft, then you can get the skis

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bouncing through the ruts and bumps slightly faster than if it is just

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sheet ice all the way from top to bottom. I think that the conditions

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denied are absolutely perfect for mogul skiing. Think we are going to

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see a demonstration from the Canadian team. You saw there, the

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line-up of the final six. They will be the men fighting it out for the

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medals. Three from Canada, one from Kazakhstan, one from the USA and one

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from Russia, who almost certainly will get the biggest cheer of the

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lot. Thank you, Claire. The judges are

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lined up. Lots of pressure on them now. Four of pressure on them now.

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For the mother kidnapped turns, two of them are not get the air. Turns

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make up 50% of the mark. -- for Rotherham are looking at the turns.

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It will be the American who will get things underway. They are jammed in

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here. It... 250 metres long. They cover the mogul field in around 25

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seconds. The final flakes of snow are scraped off the skis. They need

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to be cleaned. The first man is ready to go. He was the bronze

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medallist at the world Championships last time. He is visualising his

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aerial manoeuvres. He looks pretty cool and calm, Patrick Deneen.

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Sometimes it's good to go first in a situation like this. A 26-year-old

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American. He is ready to ski for the final time. Waiting for the count.

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Patrick Deneen gets phase three underway.

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Nine turns. Jump another one. Pretty good. We got the landing down. Now

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he goes to work, through the bumps. He's absorbing everything that's

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coming his way. He's always the fastest man from top to bottom. It

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looks like he might be again. Massive distance on that final

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floating jump. A good start to the final. And Deneen sets the pace.

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That is nearly two seconds inside pace time.

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He sits down on the comfy chair with his coach, to contemplate what was

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good and what was not so good. He just got that final lateral rotation

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round. The skis were a little separated as he touched the snow on

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landing there. He wasn't in full control for the entire run between

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the two kickers. This was a good finish. Backflip, iron Cross. I

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don't think it is going to win a gold medal but he might, you never

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know, hang on for a medal of some description. He is certainly in gold

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medal position at the moment. This 25-year-old from Kazakhstan has

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had a cracking competition so far. He has barely foot -- put a foot

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wrong. He could get in amongst the medals. That was a little scrappy,

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coming to the first kicker. A full twisting back somersault but it was

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not perfect. Maybe his luck has run out. These are good turns down the

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central mogul lying. He is really turning it on after the early

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mistake. A solid landing. Not as fast as his predecessor but under 25

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seconds. Dmitri Reiherd keeping the Kazakhstan supporters in raptures at

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the moment. His job is done. Down to the judges now. Just a little

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mistake of the final turn before he set the skis straight to take the

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kicker. He didn't seem to be in full control. Will it be enough to move

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him ahead of Patrick Deneen? It is going to be tight. 22.8, he

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leads. He is in gold medal position for the moment.

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What pressure here on Alex... He goes about his work now. Full

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twisting back somersault. A solid landing. Down the central mogul is.

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Just a loss of control with the right to ski pole. The judges will

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have spotted that. Now he is back in the groove. Fast speed. Kicker

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number two coming his way. He goes for the double tip round. He crosses

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the line in 24.94. Not perfect. It should be good enough for first, I

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think. I reckon that will be our new leader in the men's moguls final.

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They are going crazy here. They Russian on the verge of moving into

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gold medal position. That is where he stabbed his poll

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and lost full control for a split second but this is worth seeing

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again. P goes. Hands forward. Beautifully done. That will be the

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new leader here. By how much? 24 plus would give him a shot. It wants

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to 24.34. Just the three Canadian flat to come. Just the Olympic

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champion, the world champion and Gagnon, who has been in incredible

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form, irresistible form tonight. The one two, three at the moment. The

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defending champion is ready to go for the final time. Alexandre

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Bilodeau for Canada. The winner in Vancouver four years ago. As

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Mesquite perfectly tonight, and he produces best when required at the

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last round? -- has not skied perfectly tonight. This is

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brilliant. This is why years the Olympic champion with three World

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Cup wins this season. That is massive. Incredible run. That will

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put him in Gold medal position and in doing so guarantees him another

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medal with two to come. Even the Russians are applauding that.

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Alexandre Bilodeau saving his best until his final, incredible run. He

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was up there for ever. The turns in the middle part of the course were

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electric. That is the best of Alexandre Bilodeau right when it

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matters the most. He soars above the snow and into the night sky. 24.34

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is the score to beach to push Alexandr Smyshlyaev down into silver

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medal position. Yes, 26.31, he will get another medal with just the

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other two Canadians left to go. Gagnon next and then Kingsbury. The

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Canadians are celebrating, the clean sweep is still on four of them, they

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have got two out of three for the women, they have got one out of

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three so far. Patrick Deneen moves away as they take their positions.

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Gagnon has skied superbly organised. One more time. One more run. Onto

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the hill. Nine turns before the first kicker. He goes. Not the

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perfect landing, but then he goes to work. This is her Alexandre Bilodeau

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with that is best. Hasn't been totally without fault so far for

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Gagnon, and he approaches the second kicker and throws himself higher.

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Beautiful landing, nothing wrong with the two aerial manoeuvres. Were

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the turns sharp enough? He is slightly beyond pace time. Not sure

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it is good enough to dislodge Alexandre Bilodeau from second

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place. I got feeling suggests that was good enough, potentially, for a

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third blaze, bronze medal provisionally with just one man to

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come. -- for third place. This is how it started, floating around with

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the full twisting, back somersault. The landing was OK. One or two

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shovels from side to side, but I think that is good enough for bronze

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with just Kingsbury to come. If it is bronze medal position, then there

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will be a massive roar because that means that Alexandr Smyshlyaev,

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well, let us not second guess the judges! It felt like a third-place

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performance from Gagnon. If it is, then Alexandr Smyshlyaev was

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guaranteed a medal. It is third-place for Gagnon. Bronze medal

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position with one to come, and that is reason to celebrate for Russia,

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because they are guaranteed a medal, and Alexandr Smyshlyaev can

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finish no worse than third. Alexandre Bilodeau will get at least

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the silver, but he won the gold, he wants to be the first man to win

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back-to-back Olympic bumps titles. The last man on the Hill, world

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champion in 2013, hoping to become Olympic champion in 2014. On his

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way, a good start, two lateral rotation, and a great landing, and

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he is opening up the speed to full throttle. A couple of sideways

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twitches. A wobble here and there, not perfect. Solid landing and a

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straight line to finish. He is inside the pace time. Where will

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that put him? Well it be Alexandre Bilodeau's gold again? They're not

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the best of friends, but they have a huge amount of respect for each

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other. Alexandre Bilodeau at the moment is in gold. Alexandr

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Smyshlyaev hold silver, Gagnon in bronze position. How well Mikael

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Kingsbury go? The last ban on the mountain. Not perfect, Mr couple of

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poll plants. Good enough for a medal? It felt possibly like a

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bronze winning run, maybe he will finish in fourth place. Who knows.

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The second area was magnificent and the landing was as cool as you like.

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When Alexandre Bilodeau win the gold? I think that is certain. I do

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not thinking break and beat him. Kingsbury has got the silver medal!

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He will settle for that, and Alexandre Bilodeau makes a bit of

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history, becoming the first skier ever to win back-to-back Olympic

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moguls titles. No one has done that before. Alexandre Bilodeau has just

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done that for Canada, and it is one, two, as Kingsbury takes the silver.

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The gold and a silver for Canada with Alexandre Bilodeau and

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Kingsbury in the men's and much to celebrate for the host nation, as

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Alexandr Smyshlyaev takes the bronze medal. Gagnon finishing in the worst

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possible place, down in four. The Canadians taking four of the six

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available Olympic moguls paddles. And a little bit of history along

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the way. The double world Alan Biggs champion is Alexandre Bilodeau from

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Canada. What a night of skiing here. -- the double world Olympic

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champion. And Canada celebrates. Alex

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Bilodeau, what a fantastic performance. How to defend your

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title! What an awesome run from Alex Bilodeau, he started off quite

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slowly this evening, his first run wasn't great, but he picked it up.

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He was so clean all the way down. His feet were absolutely glued

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together and a perfect balance all the way down. Compared to Mikael

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Kingsbury who just lost his right ski and that rights legs flew away,

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Alex Bilodeau was perfect, all the way from top to bottom. He was great

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in the air. And he's now going to retire as Olympic champion. This is

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it for Alex Bilodeau, he came here, said this would be his last, big

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major moguls event, he has other things that he wants achieve, but

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that was impressive, and he got better and better, how big a star is

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he in Canada? Is he the first man ever to win a gold medal on Canadian

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soil? The Canadians had such a fantastic Olympics in Vancouver, but

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you will always remember your first medal. The fact that Alex Bilodeau,

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they waited a few days, it wasn't running necessarily that smoothly

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for the Canadian team in Vancouver, and when he did win it, there was a

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huge, huge cheer across Canada, so a huge amount of fans because of that,

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and I think the whole of Canada will again, they will be cheering for

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Alex Bilodeau. Thank you, Graham, thank you for all

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of the action. Now, we will stay in the mountains for the first event of

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the women's alpine programme, it was the super combined, Chemmy Alcott

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was in part of it, at any rate, for Great Britain as she builds up to

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the downhill challenge, and Matthew Pinsent was there.

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After the men's downhill today sees the first of the women's Alpine

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events. It is the super combined. They will

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do one run down their scores over here, and that is put together with

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their time in the afternoon from the slalom course. It is two runs,

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combined! Got it? ! Super! So, Graham, what does it take to be good

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at super combined? It takes a good slalom background, because you start

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skiing with the first discipline that you ski, slalom, so you will

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have a good general skier, but they will be a good slalom skier as a

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child. Emma, you have been out on this course, is it as brutal as we

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have seen so far in Sochi? It is quite difficult, you have to commit,

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it can be won are lost out there. Chemmy Alcott will use this as part

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of a training run, she will not race the slalom. She's using this to get

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ready for the main downhill event, the women's downhill on Wednesday.

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Chemmy Alcott had an early draw and made the most of what was

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essentially an extra training run. Go, Team GB! Well done, Jenny! Tina

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Marder opened her Sochi campaign with a solid run. She went up to

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third. Defending Olympic champion, she is

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well in contention. 1.04 is not far at all. She is well in the mix. The

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show stopper was the Vancouver as oval medallist, and Julia Mancuso.

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-- was the Vancouver silver medallist. She has proved that she

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has the speed, but will she have the technique?

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So, Julia Mancuso takes the lead at the end of the downhill section, all

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nicely set up for the slalom. Just in the interim, have a look at the

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gauntlet that they have to run. Arnold, and on it goes with the TV,

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and just when you think the cameras have come to an end, the written

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journalists are down at the very end, it is quite an imposing

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goblet. Now, timed for the gauntlet, over to Emma and maths. -- time for

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the commentary, over to Emma and to matter.

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Plenty of experience. She settles into the rhythm early on. She has

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added to the time. This is when the strong slalom skiing comes through.

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So smooth. A couple of little errors. Her Hamzah Khan, she is

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quick and early. -- her arms are calm. Onto the steep section and

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letting it flow. Accelerating and skiing for the gold-medal position.

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More than one seconds. Ready to race with the second time, a decent

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performance. Very, very tall race. You can really see the legs moving

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from side to side. She has lost two hundredths of a second. She is doing

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a good job here and really taking the speed along this latter section.

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Started with a lead of a quarter of a second over Nicole Hosp. Still

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some tough gates to come. A little skewed sideways. She has done enough

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to lead. Is this course is going to suit her?

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She looks cautious. She looks stiff. She will finish in bronze medal

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position with two to come. The first of them is ready to come. It's Lara

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Gut. It is a very different view from what she is used to. She is

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doing a good job here. Great angles. Macau lotion years. And it has gone.

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It will be at the least a silver for Hoefl. Look at the lead. A big chunk

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of time in her favour at that downhill. It's a good, positive,

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attacking start for Julia Mancuso. She recovers. This is going to slip

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away quickly if she's not careful. She is a half a second... She will

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have to rip it up on the flat and into that bottom section. This is

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better now. It's clean and smooth. Half a second up. Let's have a look.

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And manic ouzo is behind by eight hundredths of a second. I'm not sure

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she can overhaul the lead of Maria Hoefl. I'm not sure this is going to

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be gold unless she produces a fabulous finish. It's bronze for

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Mancuso. And Maria retains her title. What a podium. Fantastic.

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So, we have seen two titles successfully defended back-to-back.

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Let's go out to Graham Bell to get a reflection on that performance

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because the slalom skiing is what did it. Julia Mancuso led it after

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the downhill but Hoefl made it count on the technical side. Julia Mancuso

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new, going into this race, that she probably wasn't on goods slalom form

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to win the com petition but she was absolutely delighted with a bronze.

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-- slalom competition. It was Hoefl's slalom skiing that did it.

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There wasn't that much difference between her and Nicky hospital and

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into slalom. Graham, what was your reaction to Chemmy Alcott's downhill

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ski? What should we expect of her in the real downhill? In the main

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downhill, the training run that she had today because that is

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effectively what it was, she wasn't great on the top section. She could

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clean that up with it. The mid part of this course she did well. She got

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a good split time. If she can lay it down like that, a top 15 result,

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which is a respectable result in the Olympic games, is a possibility.

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That will be on Wednesday. Tomorrow, we've got freestyle skiing, slope

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style. Katie Summerhayes is going enough. Look at this, Graham, a

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point of view film. She is very good at the rails. She is one of the best

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rail riders in the world. When she was raped -- Riding rails in

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practice, some of the guys at the top with giving her a round of

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applause. Then you've got the three big kickers, the three big boot

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jumps. These jumps are absolutely huge. We are riding the smaller

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section and that is probably where Katie Summerhayes is going to go. We

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will probably see the girls spinning more than the snowboarders did on

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those kickers. What news of James Woods? E is our other slope style

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skier. We understand he has been injured in training. What is the

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latest? He has had a crash in training. We've not heard any

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information as to how bad it is but he's got a couple of days to get

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himself fit and recovered for the competition on Thursday. Fingers

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crossed he will be OK and fit to compete on Thursday. Thank you so

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much for now and we look forward to all of that action to come. Let's

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take you to the timings for tomorrow. Katie Summerhayes starts

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her campaign in qualifying at 7am and the final, which we hope she

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will be in, will be at nine o'clock, here on BBC Two.

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A deep lunch. Such quick footwear. Back and forth. Back and forth.

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She's done it. Its Olympic gold for Great Britain. That is a wonderful

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performance. You can join in that conversation.

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Some funny photos being taken off people trying curling around the

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house. Do that, if you so wish. I went along to watch the real thing

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this morning. Great Britain's men and women were both in action.

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Curling was invented in Scotland and is big in Canada and Scotland --

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Sweden. It's relatively new to Russia. One thing I was not

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expecting to see coming into the Ice cube, were Russian bagpipers. Hello.

:33:52.:33:58.

That was fantastic. Thank you. Are you out of breath now? It's OK. I

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you going to come in and watch the curling? We are going to play at the

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curling. Curling is a game of concentration,

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of consistency and confidence. Although this is the round robin

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stage, it's important to get wins in Italy. Great Britain's men did that

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this warning against Russia. This afternoon, it's the turn of the

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women to open their campaign. Today, they face Sweden, who could end up

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being their strongest competitors for the gold metal. These are the

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commentary positions for the curling. This will be the home for

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the next ten days of Jackie Lockhart and Steve Cram. Nice knitwear. I

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like the cardigan. How important is a win today? It's not that

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important. It is Game one and if you are going to lose a game, it's good

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to learn it -- lose it early doors. For the gills, this will be

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important for them, mentally. They've come here for -- with a lot

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of weight on their shoulders. They want to perform well. It's the not

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the fact they may lose the game but how they will cope with it if they

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do. Overall, we expect curling to be quite a quiet sport but actually,

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it's been very noisy, hasn't it? It's a small venue, perfectly

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formed, but there was a good atmosphere this way. The Russian

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crowd were enthusiastic, if not knowledgeable.

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It was a slow start for Eve Muirhead and hitting. The stakes started to

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creep in. Almost. That's unfortunate. Things got worse for

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the Brits at the third end. If she gets this badly wrong, they could

:36:07.:36:14.

find themselves in a really tricky situation. She doesn't want to give

:36:15.:36:18.

away too much here. She has to get this right. I think that is going to

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be two against her. Not the start Eve Muirhead's team wanted. They've

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lost three shots now in the first three ends. The early skirmishes are

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going Sweden's way. This is a game of ten ends and for Eve Muirhead and

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her team, they've got to regain their confidence and hang on in

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there. The world champions were down but not out. They showed real

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strength of Canada. The fightback was on.

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How will these stones end up? It looks pretty tight, this. Not quite

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enough. That was a good effort. That was one to Great Britain. Oh, my

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word. That was so close. All square again but a moment of brilliance by

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the Swedish skipper made all the difference. That's a better shot.

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That finished well for them. Nobody touched that stone at all. Well

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played. Even forcing just one he would not be a bad position to be

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in. Trying to hold the line for this one. That is unfortunate there. It

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hit its traded on the nose -- it hit it straight on the nose. She looks

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reasonably comfortable with it. Looking to draw, to take to hear. --

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two here. That was good from Sweden. Britain are up against it. There was

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a period in the middle, where things went Britain's way. They started to

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play their shots a little. The last two or three ends, and there is the

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handshake. So, Sweden -- Sweden and a victorious. It's never ever looked

:38:39.:38:43.

like going Britain's way. It was not a great start. They clawed their way

:38:44.:38:48.

back into the game for a period. Not one of their best games but not one

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of their worst games either. I knew it was going to be tough and we

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didn't manage to come out on top. By the end, we got to grips with the

:38:56.:38:59.

ice. We've played a lot of good shots. We had a slow start but she

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played a great shot in the seventh end. These things happen. It is a

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marathon, not a sprint. There are lots of games to go. It's not the be

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all and end all. We've a long way to go.

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Later, David Murdoch led Team GB to battle against Sweden. In the first

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end, Murdoch would be the one to draw first blood. He got GB the

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first point of the match. That meant conceding the hammer to Sweden, who

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would take advantage and move on to a healthy 4-2 lead by the interval.

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Team GB had to regroup and rethink their tactics. Yet, the turning

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point of the game came in and eight. When Murdoch's attempt to level it

:39:52.:39:58.

came to no avail, the onslaught of the delivery transformed what would

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have been a score of 4-4 into a trouncing. Sweden lead 8-3 and an

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almost impossible deficit to overcome. By and nine, Murdoch had

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to concede defeat and the game. Team GB have a record of one win and one

:40:16.:40:21.

loss, after one day of curling. Only one day gone. Nine more to come.

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There are ten days of curling in total so I did think we should get

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to downhearted. Russia are very enthusiastically

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supporting the curling, which by the way, it takes place in the Tube. --

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Cube. Let's have a look at the other headlines, on day three.

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Lizzy Yarnold lived up to her gold medal favourites tag by registering

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the fastest time on the first day of official skeleton training. The

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competition proper starts on Thursday. This world champion is a

:41:13.:41:18.

big Sochi favourite and she has a commanding lead at the halfway point

:41:19.:41:24.

of the women's luge. The USA breast of Switzerland 9-0 to secure a top

:41:25.:41:33.

two spot in group a and R into the finals -- semifinals of the ice

:41:34.:41:38.

hockey. Canada's bid for a fourth successive medal is still on track.

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A clean sweep for the Dutch, who else, in the speed skating. Mulder

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leads the way in the men's 500 metres to stop his twin brother,

:41:50.:41:51.

Ronald, took the bronze. So, wonderful day for the Dutch and

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all of their fans the decked in Orange, but when it comes to short

:42:07.:42:10.

track speed skating, Britain are setting the pace and trying to keep

:42:11.:42:16.

up today was Jason Mohammad. This is the Iceberg Skating Palace,

:42:17.:42:20.

and yesterday it was about the greys, the poise and the elegance of

:42:21.:42:24.

the figure skating. Today it is about speed and aggression, this is

:42:25.:42:32.

the short gate. Elise Christie gets a campaign

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underway shortly in the women's 500 metres heats, but the day features

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another Brit, Jack Whelbourne, he goes in the men's 1500 metres. Take

:42:42.:42:43.

it away, Hugh Porter. You may be able to see a Elise

:42:44.:42:59.

Christie, she is Jack Whelbourne's girlfriend. Jack Whelbourne, skating

:43:00.:43:07.

out of his skin at the moment. He crosses the line first. Time for the

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women's 500 metres, huge pressure on Team GB's Elise Christie. The first

:43:16.:43:20.

two qualifiers go through to the final.

:43:21.:43:26.

Elise Christie needs to get involved in the charge for the line to

:43:27.:43:33.

qualify for the next round. She is up to third. It is the top two that

:43:34.:43:38.

go through. Into the last two and a half laps and it is good skating by

:43:39.:43:43.

the Russian. She has gone straight through to the front. Two to go.

:43:44.:43:49.

Elise Christie cannot get through at the moment. On the front, it is

:43:50.:43:58.

still the 16-year-old Russian. Here comes a Elise Christie, she has

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ignited the burners. She takes it on the line.

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She was joined in the quarterfinals by Charlotte Gilmartin, the

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23-year-old making her Olympic debut taking second place in heat three.

:44:13.:44:16.

Superb gating by Charlotte Gilmartin. A great evening for a

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Team GB, both through to the quarterfinals, fresh off the eyes,

:44:25.:44:33.

here is a lease I thought you would be worried. I was just working on my

:44:34.:44:42.

moves and the other distances. I was using it as a warm up in the

:44:43.:44:47.

competition. Luckily, it paid off and I got round. It is the hardest

:44:48.:44:53.

way to do it, but is exciting. Now, you are cheering on shark, are you

:44:54.:45:03.

going to watch it with us? Yes. So confident, I is cool. Come on, Jack,

:45:04.:45:10.

you can do it! Jack Whelbourne is second! History is made! The first

:45:11.:45:16.

time we have had a finalist for the 1500. An unlikely British medal was

:45:17.:45:23.

on the cards, but he was up against stiff opposition, including Charles

:45:24.:45:26.

Hamelin and Victor An, the Olympic champion in 2006 four South Korea

:45:27.:45:33.

but now competing for irrational. Jack needs to make sure he doesn't

:45:34.:45:38.

get stuck at the back. Coming down the inside. A big move by China. JR

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Celski in second spot. Up to the line with six more laps to go. JR

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Celski is the head of the raise. It changes again. Charles Hamelin is

:45:59.:46:03.

coming through, the Canadian. Charles Hamelin looking very

:46:04.:46:06.

comfortable. Pushed back into third place. Victor An has made no moves

:46:07.:46:14.

whatsoever. He will make a move now. Jack Whelbourne has gone down. Jack

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Whelbourne of Great Britain has gone down. That was because of the move

:46:20.:46:27.

by Victor An on the front. In second position, China. Charles Hamelin

:46:28.:46:40.

turning the screw at the front. Charles Hamelin in front, really

:46:41.:46:43.

igniting the burners. Charles Hamelin takes it.

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I think that is the best I have raced. Some of those guys that we

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had to go through to get to the final by some of the guys that could

:46:57.:47:01.

be on the podium now, and maybe I could have been on the podium if I

:47:02.:47:06.

had gone my way a little bit, but I came out your trying to get two and

:47:07.:47:11.

a final and I am pleased to have done that. We can probably find

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out, Ollie Williams, he has been across the social media content,

:47:21.:47:23.

firstly, short track speed skating, what news? Well, Elise Christie and

:47:24.:47:33.

his girlfriend and team-mate, helping him out, most people would

:47:34.:47:38.

not want to dwell on that, but he got home and he tweeted a photograph

:47:39.:47:42.

of you can see his ankle and the black marker desk that you try to

:47:43.:47:48.

avoid, you can see that he had to try and avoid it and falls over on

:47:49.:47:52.

it. He is happily looking back at that incident and he wants to be

:47:53.:47:56.

back and he will try to skate through the pain. It is the way of

:47:57.:48:01.

modern sport! If something happens, you have got to treat it! Yes, the

:48:02.:48:08.

night before, he was tweeting to Elise Christie, saying, I want to

:48:09.:48:13.

dream of winning. He tweeted about overly winning, until fully it will

:48:14.:48:18.

come to pass. We should point out, they do not share a room in the

:48:19.:48:23.

Olympic village, so they have to communicate somehow. Curling has big

:48:24.:48:29.

Love in the UK, it started today. Yes, you had to get up pretty early

:48:30.:48:34.

in the UK to love curling, but happily, people got up and had been

:48:35.:48:41.

tweeting about it. There, I know that you like a good curling blog,

:48:42.:48:46.

the view from this curling blog, make sure that you chew into them.

:48:47.:48:52.

But it wasn't just the fans on Twitter, David Murdoch, the Scottish

:48:53.:48:56.

and British skip on the team, he came off this morning having just

:48:57.:49:01.

beaten the Russians and immediately announced to the world that he loves

:49:02.:49:05.

curling at the same time, which is marvellous news. I would be

:49:06.:49:15.

disappointed if he didn't do that! That could possibly change! This is

:49:16.:49:18.

a person we have not really seen on screen yet, but if you are in the

:49:19.:49:24.

USA, you will be pretty sick of Johnny Quinn, the bobsled, because

:49:25.:49:26.

he has been on every television outlet after having the worst

:49:27.:49:33.

weekend in the history of social media. Firstly, he got stuck in his

:49:34.:49:38.

bathroom and broke out of eight, because he could not make it out! He

:49:39.:49:42.

smashed through it with his bush training! 50,000 re-tweets and

:49:43.:49:50.

counting. It caught the attention of the US networks, so he has been

:49:51.:49:54.

demonstrating it to everyone. Finally, I foolishly said on air at

:49:55.:49:59.

a few hours ago, when I showed of our mobile studio, the trolley, it

:50:00.:50:10.

is now trending. Yes, it might even have its own unofficial Twitter

:50:11.:50:18.

account! There it is. This cost is ten rubles to hire! It is a

:50:19.:50:24.

beautiful mover. Thank you very much, you will keep us up to date

:50:25.:50:29.

with everything on Twitter. Let's turn our attention to the biathlon

:50:30.:50:44.

and the Harrow Bjoerndalen got on? -- and see how Bjoerndalen got on?

:50:45.:50:49.

Can he beat yesterday? Away he goes, a one second advantage

:50:50.:50:57.

over Landertinger. Can you believe it, the race leader

:50:58.:51:17.

goes down. Look at much time he will lose. France Darren Lehmann. There

:51:18.:51:25.

is the first myth. Landertinger will have registered that. A miss from

:51:26.:51:40.

Bjoerndalen, it may not be his night tonight. This is the hardest shot of

:51:41.:51:54.

all four Fourcard, and the traditional celebration. A bit

:51:55.:52:00.

cheeky. Fourcard, on his way to his first gold. This then is a

:52:01.:52:06.

superhero, and tonight for the first time, he becomes the Olympic

:52:07.:52:12.

champion. He missed one target, but he did nothing else wrong.

:52:13.:52:20.

Bjoerndalen has plenty more events to come, and he could set an

:52:21.:52:26.

all-time record for Winter Olympics models won. The news from the

:52:27.:52:30.

British Olympic camp is that James Woods, the skier, he injured his hip

:52:31.:52:35.

in training, but he should be okayed to resume training soon, not looking

:52:36.:52:41.

too serious for him, so fingers crossed. Let's look at the medals

:52:42.:52:44.

table at the end of day three, and out in front, it is Canada.

:52:45.:53:00.

We are delighted to welcome the new feature, our team GB medal table.

:53:01.:53:08.

And there she is, on her own for the moment, Jenny Jones. We hope the

:53:09.:53:12.

podium will fill up, possibly Katie Summerhayes could be honoured.

:53:13.:53:17.

Following a seer, there is a long form highlights, so if you want to

:53:18.:53:24.

see that, press the red button only come off the air. -- when we come

:53:25.:53:31.

off the air. Tomorrow, we are back at 7am with the women Slopestyle

:53:32.:53:37.

qualification, join Hazel for that. Now it is time for Sochi's Winter

:53:38.:53:39.

wonders. The laws of gravity state what goes

:53:40.:53:44.

up must come down. Switzerland showed no sign of nerves

:53:45.:54:02.

before taking on the mighty USA. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it is

:54:03.:54:13.

Per Spett. The most expensive Olympics ever just got a little bit

:54:14.:54:25.

more expensive. Ashes? ! What Ashes? ! Here is an Australian

:54:26.:54:26.

falling over. And stay four here in Russia is just

:54:27.:54:40.

seconds away because it is coming up to midnight. -- day four. It is the

:54:41.:54:52.

debut of women's ski jumping. Andrew Musgrave goes in the cross country

:54:53.:54:55.

skiing, there is more curling and we hope, maybe, a medal from Katie

:54:56.:55:00.

Summerhayes, we will see you tomorrow.

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