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chill upon your neck. I am the conundrum.

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COMMENTATOR: He is under threat. It was good, but Shaun White has missed

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out on a medal. Taku Hiraoka is ready for Japan. Into the front

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double 10... Oh! A huge double, absolutely perfect. And that was

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massive! I am standing up! Oh, he has put it so clean. What a

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run! CLAIRE BALDING: Tell you what, they

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ought to rename it the full pike because they don't do things by

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halves. Today we will see the women dropping to technical snowboarding.

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Welcome to a highlights programme, one hour-long where we will show you

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the best of the chat, reaction and chat as well. The serious side and a

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bit of fun because that is what the Winter Olympics is all about. Coming

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up... The queens of speed hit the

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downhill... Could skater Shani Seals super

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skater status? And it was double trouble in the luge.

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And also on the show tonight, we will be catching up with our curlers

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and bring you up to date with the social media, Ollie Williams will be

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with us once again. It has been a hot day by the Black Sea today but I

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am well aware of how dreadful the weather is at home and just to say

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that we are thinking of you and we know that in some areas in

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particular, it is absolutely horrendous. We will show you first

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of all the women's halfpipe action. The USA, have not come away with a

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medal and they had some strong contenders, with former Olympic

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medallists, how did they get on? We will show you later on with a guide

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to the terminology you will need to know for the halfpipe.

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With its origins in skateboarding, the halfpipe is a chance for

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competitors to put on a real show. From the start gate, riders drop

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into the pipe using the curved transition of the wall to gain some

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speed. Competitors leave the lip of the pipe to perform rotations and

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flips in the air. If combine, they are known as corkscrew spins or

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corks. The top riders will be attempting triple core spins. The

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competition consists of three phases. Heaps, semifinals and a

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final. Each rider has two runs per phase and only their best score

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counts. American Shaun White is the king of the snowboard halfpipe

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having won gold medals in 2006 and 2010.

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COMMENTATOR: That is mind blowing! Silver medallist in 2010, dropping

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in with plenty of speed. You really have got to have your

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legs turned on in this halfpipe tonight.

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Two 720s. A very big run from Hannah Teeter.

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Three riders left to drop after Hannah. And judging by what we have

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seen so far, we are looking at the beginning of the business end of

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this halfpipe final. She didn't grab it properly there, at the back of

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the binding. First place for Hannah Teter. It is the reigning Olympic

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champion, Australia's Torah Bright having come back that injury. She

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absolutely loves her snowboarding, she enjoys it so much. She decided

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that she would test herself. And she has entered three disciplines. She

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came seventh in slopestyle. She blew a kiss to the volunteers at the

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top, that is how nice she is. This is going to get technical. We have

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not seen that on the first time! She didn't bail out but she couldn't

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control it there. Such a shame. These women are struggling with the

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pipe now. We are on the same page that we were last night, the riders

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who hadn't gone through the semifinals are now riding a

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different pipe to the women they were riding in qualifying for the

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obvious, they have had training but under pressure... Let's see that

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twist, look at this. If she goes home without a medal, it doesn't

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matter because you can take a still grab from base and update her

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Facebook profile picture because that was amazing. Unfamiliar

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territory for the Australian, down in eighth position. Now, Kelly

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Clark, Gold medallist in 2002, bronze medallist in 2010. We'll see

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her go absolutely massive on this first hit. She has gone for the

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front side air first hit. The only girl with a big 1080 in her

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repertoire. She landed that not cleanly but it

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was so big. Oh, no! Kelly Clark has fallen down at exactly the same

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point as Torah Bright. You wonder if there is a bit of aching in the pipe

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wall there because it is not like these riders, they are so talented.

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They are not going down easily. She is devastated, as he would be. Both

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had great practices, they both rode really well in practice and maybe

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there is something in the pipe, maybe it is churned up. You can see

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how much the boards are chattering along this snow, it is not a smooth

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run for the gills. -- for the girls. So Hannah Teter in first place,

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Barrington in second. -- Farrington.

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Kelly Clark is not used to being in 10th. And now it is Caitlin

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Farrington -- Kaitlyn Farrington. She had a fantastic run and I were

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speculating that it was a great technical run she laid down but she

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did not have the amplitude. She proved me very wrong with the first

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run. Where will she improve on it? She needs to do it again. Get the

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grabs a bit cleaner. Get some good solid grabs and show the judges that

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she is in control but you talk about people seizing the moment, all of a

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sudden she is topping the leaderboard.

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A difficult trick to pull in the middle of the pipe because you kill

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so much speed. Not as much amplitude on the second

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trick. She seemed to carry rather than put the board directly up the

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pipe to shoot out the top of it, she has traversed and gone down the pipe

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and gone with it. The final trick here. Neither of the top true tricks

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yet. 91.75, unbelievable! Maybe it was the bigger air to start with?

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Hannah Teter is currently sat in silver. She is an Olympic veteran

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from tiering and Vancouver. -- from Turin. She knows what it means to

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get a gold medal. Can she pull it out of the bag here? This is key.

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She has done it the right way, put her score on the board that she is

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going out to prove it, that is exactly what Kaitlyn Farrington has

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done as well, put her score on the board and then improved it. But

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Kaitlyn Farrington has now put the pressure on everybody else.

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Oh, she's gone... So it will not be gold for Hannah Teter in 2014. Will

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she be able to add another silver medal to her collection though?

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Three riders left to drop who will determine that and her fate is out

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of her hands now. A stale fish grab invented by Tony

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Hawk, the grab on the heel hedge on the back, over rotates... It is like

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her legs gave up and whether that is... These girls are serious

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athletes, I don't think it was a case of weak legs there. We have

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seen that flatter landings survived. She just got a love in the pipe so

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26.75. Torah Bright is ready to drop, the

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reigning Olympic champion. Disappointing run before, she has

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been in this position before, she won with her second run before and

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we are asking, can she do it again? Her brother, very vocal about the

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condition of this halfpipe, a big slam in training two days ago.

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Overcome that though, and she is so tough. You don't get to this level

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of the game without taking some meaty slams. She has had more than

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her fair share. And she has got a smile that can bring about world

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peace. Absolutely massive, landed at the

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top of the transition, it was perfect.

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How did she hold of two that? -- hold onto that?

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Backside radio... Yes! And she held onto it, that was a beautiful run.

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That was brilliant from the Australian. That has got it all.

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Absolutely stunning. It is big, clean and its technical. And really

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stylish. We said in the semifinals, how Torah Bright, she rides like a

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girl, she is feminine, she looks nice, that may be wrong to say but

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look how happy she is. If you are talking jeopardy points, that is as

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good as ten in my eyes. That is absolutely massive. We thought it

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might go wrong, she was fighting for the last 180 degrees of rotation. At

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act merely dislocated, how did she land that? And then the outside

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rodeo alley oop. She lands that perfectly. 91.5! She is a quarter of

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a point short of Kaitlyn Farrington! It is a cruel world. I

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am not sure I agree with that. I don't, really. That was a much

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cleaner run and Kaitlyn Farrington and just as technical. She

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commiserate is with the competitor knocked out of the bronze medal

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position. So Torah Bright is in silver, Hannah Teter in bronze,

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Kaitlyn Farrington still with the golden medal position but this

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woman, the most experienced female halfpipe competitor in the world. 18

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years old when she won her first gold in such laxity in 2002, -- in

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Salt Lake City in 2002. In Vancouver, she took bronze. They are

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looking at the big screen and had spotted themselves and sitting on

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podium there, the last person in the world that you would want to come

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down would be Kelly Clark! Here we go. This is it.

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-- backside air. This goes to show how friendly the girls are. They

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have been broken off. They have taken so many big hits in their

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careers. They respect each other's riding. I don't think that would be

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enough. We saw Torah Bright not far off that. She gets the grab here.

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She doesn't get all the rich -- she doesn't get all the way round. She

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lands a bit flat and then turns it round. She still recovers but still

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makes the 720. There is no one else doing this. It is a huge trick. It

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was as big as Torah Bright. Another bronze medal for Kelly Clark. Hannah

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Teter is bumps of the podium. Kaitlyn Farrington will take gold at

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her first ever Olympics. She takes gold and the top spot in a half pike

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-- halfpipe competition. Hannah Teter is in fourth place. The

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Japanese will be so pleased. How did it go for you? You through it all on

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the line and it paid for you. I had the run that I wanted to do and I

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came out of my first round. For my second, I knew I had to clean it up

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a little bit. You didn't look nervous under pressure. I got the

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nerves out during qualifiers. I was able to ride to the semifinals and

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it was extra practice for me. I felt really confident going into the

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final. Kaitlyn Farrington is only 23. She

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was raised in Idaho and first went skiing at three years old. We are

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going to go back live now to the extreme Park. Ed Leigh is there.

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What a brilliant gold medal for her. I know you feel Torah Bright was

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hard done by in terms of the judging. There was only a quarter of

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a point separating them. Kaitlyn Farrington on the first two jumps

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that she did, there were technical jumps but they were not back clean

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and high. You compare that to Torah Bright and she carries so much speed

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in the. These first two macro hits are huge. She said in an interview

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that it wasn't as cleaner she can go. There was a couple of mistakes

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there and she is going huge through this whole run. You compare that to

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Kaitlyn Farrington and she did have some technical tricks but Kaitlyn

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Farrington doesn't have the same amplitude.

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Torah Bright has the whole package. Kaitlyn Farrington doesn't have the

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same height. Controversial judging. On the men, Shaun White without a

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medal. I know he was asked if he would be competing and it sound --

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competing in 2018 and it sounded like he might be. Are there new

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stars on the block or is it a shame that Shaun White wasn't there in the

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medals? Shaun White has got to the size now

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where he is almost a brand. It was a victory where we have seen this new

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talent emerging. It was a fantastic story overall and it is good

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practice for Shaun White to start losing because he might have to get

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used to it. It will be interesting to see how he uses it as motivation.

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Here is what is still to come between now and 8pm.

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We are curling with Britain's men and women. Doubling up in the luge.

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And we follow a skating legend going for a trouble. -- treble. There is

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lots to show you but on Sunday morning I headed up the mountain to

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watch the men's downhill and it is extraordinary to see the spade that

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they travel at. Today was the women's downhill and Amy Williams

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got to see a bit of Alpine skiing history. There is so many parallels

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between skeleton and downhill. Speed, adrenaline, danger. Mindsets,

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focus, one way down with them optimal line. Mistakes cost time or

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worse. So many parallels. Time to compare notes. There are definite

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parallels. You need to have a fast-moving brain and a relaxed body

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while you are doing that. Visualisation is the key so you have

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the right mental mindset before you push out of the start gate. It is

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picking the right line on the racetrack. We have a lot of training

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runs to get in before the downhill. We have to make sure we know exactly

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where we are going at each point and visualisation is so important. We do

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it at the top and the bottom. Psychology, the fear that is in your

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head. For us, that visualisation and working with the psychologist is

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important. Working on conquering fear is a key to downhill. Everyone

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feels fear. You will be crazy if you didn't but it is about how to ignore

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that fear and park it somewhere in the back of your head and do your

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race anyway. Before the start, each competitor is at the top. I know

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what that feels like. It is your turn to perform and do everything

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you have done in your training. For years and years, it comes down to

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this single run. Getting that speed and allowing it to become your

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friend, giving it your all must be an amazing feeling.

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It could be a good number for her today. She sets the pace. 1:41.94

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seconds. First and only French racer in the competition today. Marie

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Marchand-Arvier. Gosh, she is down. Remarkably, she is back on her skis.

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The second Swiss racer to tackle the Olympic course.

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She is certainly flying at the top here. Dominique Gisin. She is just

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back. She will know exactly how the

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courses running. A little bit late in the line.

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Getting that hip inside the turn. She takes that well. Fastest in

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training run number three. Into the final pitch. Lots of noise from the

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Swiss fans as the cow bells ring. She has it. Daniela Merighetti, the

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first of the Italians to go this morning. She is really putting her

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foot down here. She drifted so wide of the racing line there and she

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seems to be out of steam. She has gone into silver.

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She sets in further line and goes for a full second down. Too many

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errors today. She has had a cracking season. Can

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she make it happen today when it matters most?

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She doesn't want to be finishing fourth. It has been effortless. A

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solitary jumper. Easy over her skis. Now she can set up and ride and

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glide for the line. Lara Coote tucks in. She is second for Switzerland.

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-- Lara Gut. It is the turn of the Olympic super combined champion,

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Maria Hofl-Riesch from Germany. This is the one she really wants. She is

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letting it slip away. It is ninth in the end. Tina Maze is next. She did

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so well in the downhill part of the compound. She was third. She is

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going to really want to make the podium today. It is great skiing

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here. Very good skiing and she is throwing caution to the wind down

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hair. She is going to make a great move here. Tina Maze looking to be

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the first Slovenian to win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games. She

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needs to be ahead at the next split and she is getting quicker and

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quicker. I have goose bumps watching mess. It is so good to see her on

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form. -- watching this. Tina Maze is hoping to break Swiss

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hearts here at Rosa Khutor. She tucks in for the line and skis for

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the gold medal... She is dead level with Gisin! Equal, one: 41.57. If it

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stays like that, they will have to find an extra gold medal.

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Ten two is fast and furious and has all the Austrian resources behind

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her but she has ground to a halt, it is over for Fenninger. That's how

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they look at the two leaders. This shows you the difference between

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them. They are almost neck and neck here. Very similar style of skiing,

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dropping to the inside, Maze back into the tack a bit earlier. A

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similar line, it is almost picture perfect.

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Chemmy Alcott is looking for a place in the top 15 which would be good.

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This course can vision is -- because conditions are not great, it is a

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bit slushy. The slushy snow will not help us be bit looks like she's

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giving it all she can. She lost some time on the steep section but she

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has not lost too much and there we go... 19th. Do you think she will be

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happy with that? I think she is just happy to get to the Olympics. You

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get a two-minute run to prove things. Every time I come back from

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these like breaks, I try to prove it and a top 20 finish is amazing

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justice after what I have been through. I did not disappoint myself

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it was not pretty but it was fast. Bronze for Lara Gut and the gold

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shared between Gisin and Maze. CLAIRE BALDING: That gave us

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something that has been seen at the Winter Olympics before but never an

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alpine skiing. We will reflect on this with Graham Bell. Normally one

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would save where was it won and lost, but in this case it's where

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was it won and won? It was incredible case and I don't think we

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have had a gold medal time in the Olympic Games, World Championships

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in the Super-G and I think Hermann Maier tied with his opponent. We

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time to hundredths of a second so we have got an analysis here which will

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show us the two runs and we have on the left-hand side of the screen,

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Gisin in red and on the right-hand side, Maze. Ignore the split times

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of Gisin because that was against the race I ahead of her. But look at

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Maze on the right of the screen as she drops in, she makes a big

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mistake on the turn from this point, you can just see the difference in

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speed. Gisin is visibly faster down this bottom section carrying much

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more speed and catching up all the time, just a fraction of a second

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behind and almost level as they cross the line. If they cross the

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line at 30 metres per second, then a hundred of a second is about 30

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centimetres, it is that distance and that is wide ski racers will reach

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towards the line to break the beam for that extra fraction of a second

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but they both did it and came across the line together. Great analysis,

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thank you Graham. A brilliant women's downhill to enjoy and

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congratulations to Chemmy Alcott for coming back from a third broken leg

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within four years and finishing in the top 20. Ollie Williams is across

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all things social media and I was looking up Tina Maze earlier on this

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morning, she is a pop star as well as a skier. Yes, but first of all,

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she's also a woman who has so much emotion, she posted a Facebook

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update after winning, 50,000 likes and showing in the background a map

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of the course with the Olympic rings drawn and the number one behind it

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and speaking of number ones, she is a pop star in Slovenia as well. She

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has a single entitled My Way Is My Decision which has had millions of

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YouTube views. I cannot tell you where it charted but she is one of

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the more unusual characters. I believe she is Slovenia's first

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Winter Olympic gold medallist if not there first Olympic gold racing, we

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have been told to explain what barrel racing is, it is like a

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Gymkhana race but around barrels on a quarter horse. Just a reminder

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that this starts tomorrow. COMMENTATOR: Amy Williams is the

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queen of speed! Lizzy Yarnold and Shelley Rudman

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have been getting faster and faster in training and they start their

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challenge for a medal at 7:30am tomorrow morning. Also in terms of

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morning action, James Woods in the freestyle skiing slopestyle and

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Elise Christie in short track speed skating and more curling and GB's

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winning started in high spirits today having set an Olympic record

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against the USA yesterday. MUSIC: "U Can't Touch This" by MC

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Hammer. I think we broke another big

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record! Yes, seven points in one and set a new Olympic first yesterday

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and a grand total of 12 equalled another Winter Games milestone.

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Confidence was high then as they headed into their matchup versus

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Canada this morning against Jennifer Jones, Canada's skip and Olympic

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favourite. Straight to an four here, Canada leading 3-1 with a mistake by

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Jones. A week delivery gives Eve Muirhead the chance to capitalise

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and grab two points. And a shot delivered, mission accomplished.

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John is trying to clear British stones aims for three points before

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the interval. -- Jones trying to clear. Team GB respond in and six.

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-- end six. That will make her feel better. The

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gap was close but Jones was not rattled. 7-5, and it all came down

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to the final skip's stones in end ten.

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Trying to move both of the yellows with the final stone.

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It is an all or nothing shot. What an end this would be to a great

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match between the two of them. It has been close and Eve Muirhead

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coming with the chance of a really big shot here... It has given the

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much to Canada. We had a chance to get a triple takeout and it was not

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an easy shot, I would not have gone for it if I did not think it was

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there but these things happen. With the sun setting over the Black Sea,

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the ice cube was getting ready for evening play as the men of Team GB

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took to the ice. David Murdoch was still counting his blessings from

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yesterday's when handed to them by Germany. -- yesterday's win. It

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would be the Swiss team aiming to put holes in today's plans for Team

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GB. In end three, Murdoch was in full control. Yet his attempt at

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getting two points failed as one stone straight off course leaving

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him with just a single. The Swiss came out swinging but shot after

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shot, end after end ended in disappointment. It would be 2-1 by

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the interval with Great Britain on top. David Murdoch added another

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point when they would be flummoxed as further tactics on how to protect

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their house were discussed. Legal here, legal here... If we play this

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one, I don't know. Team GB were not going to back down

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and managed to protect their lead, frustrating the Swiss. The struggle

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would endure right until the final end and the last chance for spending

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the show to place a stone in a tactical position. -- last chance

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for Sven Michel to place a stone. COMMENTATOR: That is a pretty good

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shot. His final act was to raise any of

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Switzerland's hopes in this game. David Murdoch is looking to push

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that Swiss stone out. He has done it, very well done,

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David Murdoch. Another win so Great Britain take this four - two against

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Switzerland meaning they have won three of the first four matches and

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are sitting very nicely indeed in the round robin. I wanted to come up

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with intensity and focus and you saw that in our game, we were clinical

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and it was a lot more fire in the stomach today. We were going hard

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for everything. And both the men and women will be back in action

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tomorrow and you can see how they get on as they round robin matches

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continue. But the beautiful thing about the Winter Olympics is that

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once every four years, we get to indulge in sports we would not see

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at any other time. The one that requires the closest personal

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relationship is doubles luge. Let's see what happened with Colin Bryce

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and Paul Dickenson. Tonight I come to the Sanki Sliding

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Center to witness one of the quirkiest events of the Winter

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Olympics, men's double luge. With strong Latvian, Austrian and German

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entries, the big question is who will end up on top tonight?

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A luge has got sharper blade than the other sports, Bobsleigh and

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skeleton in particular are very rounded and flat and you tend to

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skip or more, and luge is sharper and you can cut the ice quicker, you

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got afford to make mistakes here. Luge is the fastest of all of them.

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They will hit around 138 kilometres per hour.

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Why the German domination? Georg Hackl is coaching Wendl and Arlt and

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is brilliant at understanding the science of sliding down a hill

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quickly. Who else will compete? The Linger Brothers of Austria, they won

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the last two Olympics. They might be able to challenge Wendl and Arlt and

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the other Germans, Egger and Banneker, and the Austrians as well.

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When you watch double loop -- luge it is amazing with the speed but if

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you snooze, you luge. The double epic champions, Andreas

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and Wolfgang Linger. They have gone into the lead already and this will

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put down a big lead. Wendl and Arlt, this is a big hope for Germany.

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Quicker than the Lingers! That is a massively.

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If anybody can beat Wendl and Arlt, it is these

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that was horrible, a big slide there. We do not know much about

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Peter Penz and his partner. That has thrown the cat amongst the pigeons.

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That was the end of the first run and no surprise that Wendl and Arlt

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are in the lead. It was a surprise with the second German sled who had

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an absolute shocker but that had made the chase for medals absolutely

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fascinating. Any of these crews could take gold now. In striking

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position to take the lead now and maybe get the medals. That is

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definitely fast as we have seen. The faces of the two men who have got to

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produce the ride of their life. Here we go, the Linger brothers...

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They are almost two tenths of a second up, losing a bit of the lead

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but not too much. Getting it together at the end here.

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It is a litre. We are two minutes away from finding out if they have

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won three Olympics in a row. The Linger brothers going for the lead.

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Surely the Germans aren't going to take that lying down. The destiny of

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the luge pairings goes from here. Can they keep it together? It looks

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like Germany are going to do it again. That is absolutely superb.

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Germany win gold in the luge doubles adding to the two goals that they

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weren't in the men's singles and the women's singles. Jimmy are the Sochi

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sliding sensation. It was a golden day for Germany.

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Eric Frenzel will have impressed. He took the northern tip -- the Nordic

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combined gold today. He won the cross-country leg with ease. Now we

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are going to move to speed skating because Great Britain is very good

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at short track skating. The Dutch are the ones who dominate speed

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skating. They are pretty good at every distance apart from the 1000

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metres and that is because Shani Davis has dominated that category

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over the last couple of Olympics. How did he get on today?

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The atmosphere is building here. History might be made tonight. Shani

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Davis won gold in Turin and Vancouver and tonight he is looking

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to win third consecutive medals in this event. Let us get the lowdown.

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What character is he? A very focused athlete. He was asked to carry the

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Olympic flag. He turned the committee down. He said he would

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carry it in the closing ceremony. The eyes of the world are on Shani

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Davis but these guys are rooting for Michelle Muda. -- Michel Mulder.

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Stefan Groothuis took to the ice. He is so strong.

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Lining up for the completion of the opening 200. Stefan Groothuis not

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renowned for his top speed but the last 500 metres, he is very good.

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Both are in touch of the leading time. It is all about the strength

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and power now. All those hours they have trained beginning to reflect as

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they come off the bend and line-up for the run-up to the line.

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They are both ahead. Stefan Groothuis set another record. Then

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it was the turn of Michel Mulder going for his second gold. It didn't

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quite go to plan. Looking for the finish.

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Great skating from the Canadian. Shani Davis attempting to be the

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first Olympian to win three gold medals in three games. Could he do

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it? Shani Davis, what can he do now? He is a man with a mission hair. He

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wants to get that third gold medal. At the moment he is off the pace of

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Stefan Groothuis. Shani Davis digging deep. I don't think he is

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going to do it. He is not going to achieve that

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third gold medal. He will be very disappointed with that. This is

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incredible. We came here to talk about Shani Davis and Stefan

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Groothuis is the Olympic champion. Can you put a finger on what

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happened? The speed was OK but compared to those before me, it

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wasn't fast enough. Bought -- what about expectation? I couldn't care

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less about the titles or anything like that. I have the medals and

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most important is the performance. I am delighted to say I have been

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joined by Robin Cousins. 1980 Olympic champion and didn't you

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watch a wonderful pairs final today. It was a thrilling final. The

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Chinese took them over four years ago but the Russians have been

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skating brilliantly for the past few days and they didn't let anybody

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down tonight. Specifically with the Olympic champions as Russia take the

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Olympic title. Here they are, Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim

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Trankov. They were not faultless. There was a little bit of a

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touchdown with the hand. It was solid enough and they were streets

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ahead. I love the second Russian team, federal claim off and Ksenia

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Stolbova. They were hoping to be pressure rising for the gold medal

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but had to settle for bronze. Be poured German pair dropped down and

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they had a shocker. They won the world Championships but

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the Germans were hoping that this could be their season to really push

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and regain that title. It wasn't to be. They knew they had to deliver

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the hard tricks. They had to go for the throw triple axel but it wasn't

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to be tonight. Tomorrow they will wake up and realise that they had

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won a bronze medal but they did not lose the gold. Tomorrow, the men's

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challenge against. There are eight of them fighting for medal podium

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places. I am happy to sit and watch. You

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have new knees now. It is lovely to hate your expertise. Let us have a

:53:31.:53:38.

look at the medal table. -- it is lovely to have your expertise.

:53:39.:54:06.

This is a photo of Lizzie your mould on her last track walk. Follow her

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online. It is fascinating to learn about the different places that she

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slides. If we were to look up above us, we would see the International

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space Station because NASA is tweeting photographs of the Olympic

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Park from space. You can see the orange circle in the bottom

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right-hand corner there. That is us. Well they look down, the team GB

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athletes are looking up. Here is a photo from David King looking up at

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the sky. He can see a sole tyre of Scotland in the contrails of the

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aircraft behind the Olympic Cauldron. The Sochi trolley carries

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on to amuse us. This is a church that has made their own BBC trolley.

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It is a beautiful wreck -- replica and we need it because our trolley

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is packed to the rafters. It is getting very fall but it now has a

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flag on it. Thank you so much. We will talk to you tomorrow. This is

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the coverage for tomorrow. If you are up and early, you will be

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rewarded. There is extended highlights on the

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red button following us straightaway. Apologies, Chemmy

:55:52.:56:01.

Alcott's for run was not shown. I don't think it is there on the host

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coverage but is and snowboarding is there. Arsenal played Manchester

:56:07.:56:15.

United and the standout fixture has been hit by the weather.

:56:16.:56:35.

Snowboarders, renowned for looking cool at all times. This was great

:56:36.:56:45.

but not as good as these. They were not as good as this. Showcasing

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local -- showcasing culture backfires. And finally, we love the

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celebrations from the women's downhill. Great stuff.

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That is all we have got time for this evening. Extended highlights on

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the red button. Join us first thing tomorrow morning for all of the

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latest. Slopestyle is the way to go. You

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have to express the best that you can do. Everyone gets along,

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everyone is good mates as well as being competitive. You have to be

:57:48.:57:53.

competitive to get there. Being creative is massive. Everyone has

:57:54.:57:58.

the same course, the same features to use. It is the same drawing board

:57:59.:58:04.

and there is no rules, no 1's saying you can or can't do this or that. It

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is about individuality. -- no one. Everyone is nervous. It is how you

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deal with it. Everyone is going to be throwing down the best of the

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best. It is definitely going to be a good show. Your way of getting down

:58:30.:58:47.

the slope. We are basically showing off to the best of our ability.

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