:01:39. > :01:45.Today was a big day for the red white and blue on snow and ice. We
:01:46. > :01:49.had British skaters and skiers in action all over the place. Between
:01:50. > :01:52.now and eight o'clock we will bring you bang up-to-date with everything
:01:53. > :01:58.that has happened, with the help of our trusty shopping trolley. So
:01:59. > :02:01.let's start in the Iceberg Skating Palace with short track and
:02:02. > :02:06.Britain's Elise Christie was in action in the 500 m. It is the first
:02:07. > :02:12.of the three events and it proved to be a dramatic day for her. Three
:02:13. > :02:13.Chinese skaters against Elise Christie of Great Britain in
:02:14. > :02:24.semifinal number two. Christie has rallied. And they have
:02:25. > :02:29.gone down already. One of the big favourites has gone down. Now it is
:02:30. > :02:34.Elise Christie on the front, who is looking very good indeed here.
:02:35. > :02:35.Tapping out the rhythm, and this is going to be hard for the Chinese
:02:36. > :02:47.skaters to get round. 1.5 laps to go, Elise Christie,
:02:48. > :02:53.within a lap of getting through to the final, this is history in the
:02:54. > :03:00.making. And running through to the line. She may well have finished
:03:01. > :03:05.second, actually. That is good enough to see Elise Christie into
:03:06. > :03:08.the final. There will be no charitable hand-outs here, take it
:03:09. > :03:22.from me. Fontana has been overhauled by Elise
:03:23. > :03:29.Christie. They've all gone down. There was only one skater left
:03:30. > :03:33.handing, they got back up and they are skating for the medals, and
:03:34. > :03:37.Elise Christie is in second place. She comes storming through. She's
:03:38. > :03:45.going to try and claim this silver medal. She is being chased down by
:03:46. > :03:53.Fontana a vaguely. She comes up to get the bell lap, and Fontana has
:03:54. > :04:00.almost bridged this to Christie. They are in the final lap, and the
:04:01. > :04:03.final medal -- the gold medal goes to the Chinese competitor, Elise
:04:04. > :04:08.Christie takes the silver medal, history has been made. We wait to
:04:09. > :04:15.see whether the result will stand, but that was a great skate by
:04:16. > :04:22.Christie. What is bring to happen to Elise Christie? She charged down the
:04:23. > :04:25.inside. I fear the worst. The sad news is that Elise Christie has been
:04:26. > :04:34.penalised and placed fourth in the contest. How sad is that? Arianna
:04:35. > :04:46.Fontana elevate herself up one place, and the bronze goes to South
:04:47. > :04:53.Korea. I did not want to be the one to do the attacking. Unfortunately
:04:54. > :04:57.the girl hit me off my feet and that meant that I then hit everyone else.
:04:58. > :05:04.That is the way that short track goes. The referee has made their
:05:05. > :05:09.decision. Everyone is going to have a different opinion. I am regretting
:05:10. > :05:16.that. I wanted to get the first British medal, but I went for the
:05:17. > :05:20.win, and that is the way it went. A heartbroken Elise Christie.
:05:21. > :05:30.I'm joined by Wilf O'Reilly. Since then, Lees has regained some
:05:31. > :05:33.composure. She has said thank you to everyone for your support. I'm so
:05:34. > :05:36.grateful. I totally respect the referee's decision. Sorry to the
:05:37. > :05:42.other finalists. Very professional attitude. After a disappointing
:05:43. > :05:46.race, to come back with a statement like that is fantastic. That is the
:05:47. > :05:54.way that she needs to look forward. How do you read the incident? What
:05:55. > :05:59.happened and why did it happen she drew number three on the start line.
:06:00. > :06:02.She wanted to come past Fontana. She knew that if she didn't, the skater
:06:03. > :06:06.in fourth place was going to attack from the rear. She came up the
:06:07. > :06:13.inside of Fontana. When I initially saw it, I thought that Elise
:06:14. > :06:17.Christie was at Fort, but having seen it from seven different
:06:18. > :06:22.angles, it seems that Fontana came across and made it more difficult
:06:23. > :06:26.for her to go through, so it was a 50-50 call. It looked a lot worse,
:06:27. > :06:30.because she was seen to be the offending skater, but we have to
:06:31. > :06:35.respect the decision of the referees. But we can still feel
:06:36. > :06:42.aggrieved, even if she respected. She has got two more events to come,
:06:43. > :06:47.her favourite distance among them, the 1000 metres. How do she recover
:06:48. > :06:51.from this and what does she learn from it? The British team are in
:06:52. > :06:57.great form, we have had two short track finals, with Elise Christie
:06:58. > :07:01.being in one of them pull some she had a magnificent semifinal, to draw
:07:02. > :07:07.three Chinese skaters qualify for the final was absolutely fantastic.
:07:08. > :07:10.I think that must have given her a lot of confidence to go through into
:07:11. > :07:15.the 1500 metres, and ultimately the 1000 metres on the last day. Thank
:07:16. > :07:19.you for joining us this evening. Elise Christie was the first ever
:07:20. > :07:27.British woman to make a short track speed skating final. The last of the
:07:28. > :07:31.new slopestyle events was the men's skiing, and Britain's representative
:07:32. > :07:34.was James Woods of Sheffield. He is known as Woodsy, and last year he
:07:35. > :07:37.became Britain's first freestyle skiing world Championship medallist
:07:38. > :07:41.in 20 years, with a silver in Norway. How would he fare at his
:07:42. > :07:51.first Winter Olympics? Graham Bell was there. The brand-new Olympic
:07:52. > :07:55.event, slopestyle, has gone down fantastically well at the games in
:07:56. > :08:00.Sochi. This is the last one, the men's ski slopestyle. Our big hope,
:08:01. > :08:05.James Woods from Sheffield. He had a crash in training and damaged his
:08:06. > :08:07.hip. How much would that affect him? The qualifying rounds now, only 12
:08:08. > :08:22.go through. My goodness. Double ten. Double injection. Now it
:08:23. > :08:33.is the turn of James Woods. Super technical. Beautiful run. Fantastic
:08:34. > :08:43.first round for James Woods. Very strong run from him. Ski slopestyle,
:08:44. > :08:52.round two, who we go. James Woods, currently in third place, RGB one of
:08:53. > :08:58.the best rail riders in the field. Style there, on the 1080. I thought
:08:59. > :09:08.after that first one, he looked so smooth and solid, and that has given
:09:09. > :09:12.him a big jolt. You run a great spot going into the finals, it means that
:09:13. > :09:18.you will ski third last, so what is the plan? All I can do is give it my
:09:19. > :09:21.100% best. That is what I try to do every single day. I know that there
:09:22. > :09:27.are lots of people watching so I want to do those guys proud and do
:09:28. > :09:33.my thing. Everyone was happy for him. He's struggling with his hip
:09:34. > :09:39.pain. But he is dealing with it and has put down an amazing first run.
:09:40. > :09:47.Back to the top of the free skiing slopestyle finals. The top section
:09:48. > :09:54.done and dusted. What has he got on the jumps? He tweeted yesterday that
:09:55. > :10:02.this was the best day ever, and his words. He opened up early on that.
:10:03. > :10:08.Very early. The triple. Yes. My goodness. He never looked out of
:10:09. > :10:13.control. He was not forcing that triple. You could see that as he
:10:14. > :10:23.came into the last three. He was well on top of it. 92.4. James Woods
:10:24. > :10:35.of Great Britain. Qualified in third place. Has had the luxury of letting
:10:36. > :10:39.nine of the finalists go before him. Woody is one of the more technical
:10:40. > :10:45.riders, the only one we have seen to hit that kink rail, a flat down and
:10:46. > :10:56.a 450 out. Absolutely perfect rail section. And nicely through the
:10:57. > :11:06.canning. The first of these jumps. -- cannon. Sat down slightly on the
:11:07. > :11:15.pen, but not too bad. On the right side 12. Will get that grab. He
:11:16. > :11:20.didn't even land it, the death came out to meet him.
:11:21. > :11:35.-- the earth. It looked amazing to me. The first plays qualifier, Joss
:11:36. > :11:41.Christensen. He finished that rotation beautifully with a metre or
:11:42. > :11:52.two to spare. A long way from the landing there. The stretch triple.
:11:53. > :11:56.My goodness. Where was he going? Can cross just and soon make it up? Yes
:11:57. > :12:12.he can. As Mac can Joss Christensen. 16, 20, immaculate, absolutely
:12:13. > :12:19.ridiculous. He just needs to hold back together. Switch to switch.
:12:20. > :12:37.Coming backwards for the triple 14. My goodness! That was difficult.
:12:38. > :12:41.That was absolutely insane! 93.6, going into second behind Joss
:12:42. > :12:48.Christensen. Any last-minute advice you were given at the start? Woody
:12:49. > :12:54.knows what he's doing, we will see. Can he get on the podium? He totally
:12:55. > :13:05.can, but it is any man's game right now. Let's see. He needs 92.4 or
:13:06. > :13:17.better for a place on the podium. 450, the King flat arc. Solid
:13:18. > :13:22.through this rail section. He's going to be feeling good through
:13:23. > :13:28.this one, lovely. Confidence will be brimming at this point. The rail
:13:29. > :13:33.section done, and tidily. Sat down again there, going to be difficult
:13:34. > :13:46.to improve on this score. Unless we see a triple, here. No, no. You have
:13:47. > :13:52.got to give him a round of applause. 78.4. 86.6 would be the first round
:13:53. > :13:57.score, that is good enough for fifth. Would see, you must be happy
:13:58. > :14:05.with that fifth place, with the injury going in. For sure. Happy to
:14:06. > :14:11.be here. A little disappointing when you do not perform at your best, but
:14:12. > :14:17.I have got to be honest, to be here in such an immense final, the
:14:18. > :14:19.Olympics, and Joss, he's the nicest guy on the face of the, so I could
:14:20. > :14:32.not the more happy for anyone else. We see is here with us now,
:14:33. > :14:45.reflecting on that run. Is it a case of what might have been? Yes,
:14:46. > :14:48.absolutely. -- Woodsy is here. It was not an incredible day for me,
:14:49. > :14:59.but it was an incredible day for slopestyle scheme. -- skiing. Put
:15:00. > :15:05.this into context, because you almost pulled him out of this event.
:15:06. > :15:08.Yes, I questioned whether we did the right thing allowing him to compete,
:15:09. > :15:13.but it is the Olympics, it is once every four years, he has worked so
:15:14. > :15:19.hard to be here, and he needed to ski today, no matter what. Are you
:15:20. > :15:23.glad that you had the experience? Yes, it is not everyday you get the
:15:24. > :15:30.chance to drop at the Olympics. So yes, I am happy. Having a look at
:15:31. > :15:35.some of the slow motion of your run. What could you not do that you
:15:36. > :15:44.would normally be able to do because of a hip injury? The rails were
:15:45. > :15:53.painful, I think I did get through them pretty well. The take-offs for
:15:54. > :16:05.the job is other than that was the main thing, because certain areas
:16:06. > :16:10.with the hit set it off, and I think that really got it especially, so I
:16:11. > :16:13.was definitely on the back burner, relaxing on the take-off and trying
:16:14. > :16:18.to do it in a way that wouldn't hurt, and obviously that doesn't
:16:19. > :16:26.just have an impact on the trick, it is the whole trick that is
:16:27. > :16:30.affected. But I did it. And you did the best you could do in the
:16:31. > :16:35.condition you are in. You have more competitions to come this year?
:16:36. > :16:38.Absolutely. I am going to have to take a few weeks off, I'm thinking,
:16:39. > :16:45.the doctors are saying that, unfortunately. I have been taking
:16:46. > :16:49.painkillers quite frequently today to keep me up on the slopes. But you
:16:50. > :16:57.don't get the opportunity to go to the Olympics very often. I do this
:16:58. > :17:05.all the time, so I will make the most of today. We're glad you
:17:06. > :17:08.dropped in on this show tonight, so thank you very much and
:17:09. > :17:11.congratulations on fifth place. Woodsy emphasising that the
:17:12. > :17:21.importance of fitness. You have to be in the shape of your life to do
:17:22. > :17:26.well at the Olympics. Lizzy Yarnold has only been in the sport for three
:17:27. > :17:30.years, it is her first Olympics. Matthew Pinsent went to find out how
:17:31. > :17:35.she would do. This is the Sankey sliding centre.
:17:36. > :17:44.This is the moment that Lizzy Yarnold and Shelley Rudman have
:17:45. > :17:50.waited four years for. The World Cup winner versus the world champion.
:17:51. > :17:51.Team-mate and rivals. The weight of the nation's expectations are on
:17:52. > :18:09.their shoulders. We don't know what short of -- what
:18:10. > :18:11.sort of shape Pikus-Pace is in. Lizzy Yarnold has already won a
:18:12. > :18:18.world championship, and now she's going for Olympic old. Over of a
:18:19. > :18:25.quarter of a second up on her number one rival. Unbelievable from Lizzy
:18:26. > :18:33.here. Another track record. So, Shelley Rudman, the best-known of
:18:34. > :18:41.the sliders at the moment, starts her Olympic campaign here. So far,
:18:42. > :18:56.her run is looking solid. Oh, she clipped the wall there. Here we go
:18:57. > :19:03.now with Elena nicotine. -- Nikotina. And she finishes very
:19:04. > :19:14.close to Lizzy Yarnold. So that is the first run completed.
:19:15. > :19:21.Lizzy Yarnold has gone top, just in front of Nikotina.
:19:22. > :19:28.Shelley Rudman of Great Britain is usually a good starter. And this
:19:29. > :19:33.time she has started well. Absolutely superb. And that means
:19:34. > :19:40.she stays in exactly the same place for the time being. This is the
:19:41. > :19:46.first of the athletes who will really be pressuring yarn old for
:19:47. > :19:59.the gold medal. So far, a really good run. She is accelerating down
:20:00. > :20:08.the last part of the track. And this is Nikotina. She has pulled it out
:20:09. > :20:15.at these Olympics. And she has lost it, my goodness. Pikus-Pace is in
:20:16. > :20:22.the lead with one athlete to go, Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain. She
:20:23. > :20:26.gets down in the perfect driving position, and she goes, and is she
:20:27. > :20:34.going to break the track record? Not quite. You can see the advantage she
:20:35. > :20:42.has got over Pikus-Pace already. She had a quarter of a second, and this
:20:43. > :20:49.is a big margin to be leading the Olympics in. Over half a second, 50
:20:50. > :20:56.600s. Absolutely perfect line, she is keeping so still on the sled.
:20:57. > :21:02.They do a lot of work in wind tunnels perfecting that position. So
:21:03. > :21:09.far it is an unbelievable run. Can she keep it up?
:21:10. > :21:13.That is brilliant. As long as she doesn't take a big hit here, she
:21:14. > :21:16.will hold most of that. A little tap there, she might lose a few
:21:17. > :21:25.fractions, but no more than a 10th of a second. Coming to the line,
:21:26. > :21:32.wow. 58.46. That is just outside of the track record. 0.44 of a second
:21:33. > :21:39.ahead, and that is brilliant. How was your morning's work? It was
:21:40. > :21:45.great, thank you. I was twisting and turning in my bed, I was so excited.
:21:46. > :21:48.Now I have started the competition, I'm in the swing of it and I'm
:21:49. > :21:55.really pleased with how it is going so far. How'd you spend the time
:21:56. > :22:00.between now and tomorrow afternoon? I like the evening part, this is
:22:01. > :22:05.where races are won and lost, and I can sleep click a baby now I have
:22:06. > :22:10.started the competition. All the normal athlete things. So that is
:22:11. > :22:14.the end of the first day of competition, and at 0.44 ahead,
:22:15. > :22:19.Lizzy Yarnold does have a comfortable lead over her rivals.
:22:20. > :22:26.Two more good runs tomorrow, and she can write her own chapter into
:22:27. > :22:30.British Olympic history. And the impressive thing is not just
:22:31. > :22:34.her aerodynamic ability or all the effort she has put in, but her
:22:35. > :22:39.attitude. She is embracing this and just loving it. You can see that
:22:40. > :22:46.smile on her face. She has this aura about her. She is here at her first
:22:47. > :22:49.Olympics, and she wants to enjoy it. When I enjoyed the racing at what I
:22:50. > :22:58.was doing, that was when the results came, and you can see the same thing
:22:59. > :23:02.happening for Lizzie. -- Lizzy. She is just cracking on as if it is any
:23:03. > :23:11.other race. And she has got a massive lead, in skeleton terms. She
:23:12. > :23:17.has. You can win and lose a race in hundredths of a second, so to be 44
:23:18. > :23:23.hundredths of a second ahead, that is a big lead. But it takes one
:23:24. > :23:31.hit, once light-skinned, to ruin it, to lose all of that. You can lose
:23:32. > :23:39.that quite quickly -- one light skied. I was texting her last night
:23:40. > :23:41.towards the race, just checking. I know she is probably not on her
:23:42. > :23:48.phone all the time, but she got around to texting me back. I said,
:23:49. > :23:52.you know you are in the lead, be calm, go and rest, chill out, watch
:23:53. > :23:57.a DVD. You have a whole day tomorrow. She has to wake up and
:23:58. > :24:04.wait the whole day to compete, just stick to your routine. Do what you
:24:05. > :24:11.have always done, have a good lunch, sit back down, try to take your mind
:24:12. > :24:16.off. If she is nervous all day, she will waste so much energy. I'm not
:24:17. > :24:21.sure she will be, I get the sense she isn't that type of person.
:24:22. > :24:34.Shelley Rudman, 11th place after her second run. Here are the timings for
:24:35. > :24:39.tomorrow. Lizzy goes at 3.30, and then we switched to BBC One for the
:24:40. > :24:42.final run at 5.15. Let's take a deep breath and go curling. Britain's men
:24:43. > :24:54.and women in action. The women of Team GB entered the ice
:24:55. > :25:01.cube early this morning with the hope of climbing up the table. They
:25:02. > :25:15.pitted their wits against arguably the best curler to come out of the
:25:16. > :25:27.Asian continent. Wang displayed her skill early on, but Eve Eve Muirhead
:25:28. > :25:37.responded. By the interval, they are deadlocked at four. Ends nine, and
:25:38. > :25:46.Wang prolonged stalemate, both sides tied at seven. Eve Muirhead focused.
:25:47. > :25:48.Experience over nervous. The game now set in the balance of GB's last
:25:49. > :26:03.throw. GB have just five games left as they
:26:04. > :26:08.aim to finish in the top four to qualify for the semis.
:26:09. > :26:15.David Murdoch in Team GB's campaign continued today in the men's round
:26:16. > :26:19.robin against team USA. The bronze medallist in the 2006 Turin games,
:26:20. > :26:25.John Schuster was to lead his team to their second victory. It would be
:26:26. > :26:29.a slow uphill struggle from the get go for the US. GB took commanding-0
:26:30. > :26:54.lead. He is from the birthplace of Bob
:26:55. > :27:04.Dylan. The points they are changing, and the USA pull-back one. Murdoch
:27:05. > :27:10.forced to take a single. Penultimate end, tables turned.
:27:11. > :27:13.There would be no doubting Murdoch being in full control with the last
:27:14. > :27:21.stone. A dominant victory for Great
:27:22. > :27:26.Britain, four wins from five matches.
:27:27. > :27:32.Good stuff from both of our teams, and that is just about it. But
:27:33. > :27:34.before we leave, let's catch up with some of the other headline makers on
:27:35. > :27:52.day six. Germany completed a golden luge
:27:53. > :27:58.clean sweep with victory in the first ever team event. In the men's
:27:59. > :28:11.20 K individual biathlon, Frenchman Martin for card -- for
:28:12. > :28:25.Fourcard took gold. Evgeni Plushenko pulled out of the figure skating and
:28:26. > :28:31.announced his retirement. And that competition is led by the
:28:32. > :28:37.19-year-old Yuzuru Hanyu, the only skater to break 100 points.
:28:38. > :28:53.So after day six, Germany's clean sweep of the luge medals mean they
:28:54. > :28:55.top the pile in terms of medals. USA's 1-2-3 in the slopestyle helped
:28:56. > :29:09.their tally. Skeleton leader Lizzy Yarnold will
:29:10. > :29:15.be going for gold tomorrow, and we will switch to BBC One on 5.15 for
:29:16. > :29:19.her final run. Tonight, the red button from eight o'clock well have
:29:20. > :29:23.extended highlights of speed skating, figure skating, ice
:29:24. > :29:25.hockey, freestyle skiing and luge. But now it is time for our Winter
:29:26. > :29:36.wonders. I can't help thinking that the
:29:37. > :29:46.simple addition of a belt would have presented all of this. Nothing warms
:29:47. > :29:52.the heart like good teamwork. And finally, they have said that he is
:29:53. > :30:08.not as good under pressure, though. Those are the funnies. Tomorrow, it
:30:09. > :30:11.gets serious. Lizzy Yarnold going for gold tomorrow, 30 years to the
:30:12. > :30:19.day since Torvill and Dean won their gold medal. Let's hope that is an
:30:20. > :30:23.omen. Will keep our fingers crossed and wish her well. See you tomorrow.
:30:24. > :30:30.This is a big margin to be leading the Olympics in. Absolutely perfect
:30:31. > :30:37.line, no skid. Strong and aerodynamic. Unbelievable. She is
:30:38. > :30:40.half a second upcoming to the line. That is brilliant. I could not be
:30:41. > :30:43.more happy.