BBC One Day 11: Christie in Speed Skating Qualifying

0:00:53 > 0:00:55And again, turmoil for Christie.

0:00:55 > 0:01:00And again, turmoil for Christie.I can't believe that. She has been

0:01:00 > 0:01:05penalised again.Elise Christie gets the chance to race for gold. A

0:01:05 > 0:01:12nation holds its breath.Christie tries to make it on the inside and

0:01:12 > 0:01:17she crashes out. Christie is out of that once again.Elise Christie,

0:01:17 > 0:01:23trying to get to the Olympic final. She has crashed again on the final

0:01:23 > 0:01:30bend, yet again she ends up in a distraught heap

0:01:31 > 0:01:37The Olympic flame burning brightly in Pyeongchang on day 11 of these

0:01:37 > 0:01:43Winter Games and a fire in Elise Christie's belly means she is out on

0:01:43 > 0:01:48the ice, hoping to skate in this morning's heats of the 1000 metre.

0:01:48 > 0:01:53She suffered a nasty ankle injury after crashed a night of Saturday's

0:01:53 > 0:01:581500 metres semifinals and after spending some time in visible

0:01:58 > 0:02:02discomfort the 27-year-old left the Gangwang Ice Arena in tears on a

0:02:02 > 0:02:08stretcher after her bid for a first Olympic medal once again ended in

0:02:08 > 0:02:12despair. You she is this morning in the 1000 metre heats, hopefully

0:02:12 > 0:02:16later on, she has been on the ice practising today and in an hour's

0:02:16 > 0:02:21time we expect to see her on the start line. She is going in the

0:02:21 > 0:02:26fifth heat. Let us get the news from the camp. The performance direct for

0:02:26 > 0:02:33short track speed skating is Stuart Blanco. -- is Stewart Laing. The

0:02:33 > 0:02:39news is that a lease is going to try and raise. What does that mean

0:02:39 > 0:02:43western market we've worked really hard over the last two days to get

0:02:43 > 0:02:47into the position she is in now and what we have said all the way

0:02:47 > 0:02:51through is that we take each step as it comes.She is heading an here,

0:02:51 > 0:02:56going to get on the warm up ice, see how her ankle is, and make a

0:02:56 > 0:03:00decision after that.If you were to assess her fitness in percentage

0:03:00 > 0:03:05terms for the layperson, where we did he?Good question, we don't work

0:03:05 > 0:03:11in percentages like that. I would say she is strong, able to do the

0:03:11 > 0:03:14majority of the things we would be looking for in the thousand metres

0:03:14 > 0:03:18and I would say she is probably going to take to the ice around

0:03:18 > 0:03:2480-90% fitness.Our Uihlein lead to look at her when she gets the ice

0:03:24 > 0:03:29and say she is 80-90% and say we will give it a go, what you have to

0:03:29 > 0:03:34be satisfied with?Do be fair, the decision is with her, we have done

0:03:34 > 0:03:39the medical reviews up at HQ, the performance and medical team are

0:03:39 > 0:03:43happy with where she is out, now it's a confidence and safety thing

0:03:43 > 0:03:47which is why she will come down, get onto the warm up ice and we will

0:03:47 > 0:03:51reassess and make sure the ankle is OK and then we will take it from

0:03:51 > 0:03:58there.How is she? She seems quite chirpy on social media, is she well

0:03:58 > 0:04:02mentally?Absolutely, you know what she is like, her usual playful self,

0:04:02 > 0:04:07she's been on social media, wishing all the other Team GB members good

0:04:07 > 0:04:10luck and well done but their performances, she was singing on the

0:04:10 > 0:04:15eyes this morning in training, she's in the best place that she can be.

0:04:15 > 0:04:18That is good news for all her fans and good news for her friends, Sarah

0:04:18 > 0:04:23Lindsay was part of the short track speed skating family for over a

0:04:23 > 0:04:29decade, you've known her since she was 15, she came down from Scotland,

0:04:29 > 0:04:32left school, set herself up in Nottingham, what is your ink of the

0:04:32 > 0:04:37situation?Firstly how amazing she is back on the ice after being

0:04:37 > 0:04:42stretchered off on Saturday, she has an amazing support team, and they've

0:04:42 > 0:04:46got her back on today, she skated this morning and she feels good.In

0:04:46 > 0:04:50this day and age, the way athletes communicate with the public is not

0:04:50 > 0:04:54through press officers, is through the medium of social media and this

0:04:54 > 0:05:03is what she had to say today.To everyone, at I'm just about to go

0:05:03 > 0:05:08and try and compete, I skated this morning for the first time and it

0:05:08 > 0:05:11went quite well considering the circumstances. I'm looking forward

0:05:11 > 0:05:15to seeing if I can get out there today, and like to thank everyone

0:05:15 > 0:05:18who helped me get to this point and everyone for their support back

0:05:18 > 0:05:23home.She was smiling, she was singing on the eyes this morning,

0:05:23 > 0:05:28this is remarkable, isn't it?She's tough, she has one race today, she

0:05:28 > 0:05:33has to get out there and get through the race, she's not going to be 100%

0:05:33 > 0:05:37but that gets very today she buys herself a couple of extra days

0:05:37 > 0:05:41recovery before she has to scape the quarters and semis and the final on

0:05:41 > 0:05:49Thursday. Let's head out to the arena.Wilf O'Reilly will be the

0:05:49 > 0:05:54expert analyst. He can join us now. We'll 80-90% be good enough to get

0:05:54 > 0:06:00through her heat?

0:06:00 > 0:06:04through her heat?I would have thought so, on paper she should get

0:06:04 > 0:06:07through quite comfortable, she is in the fifth heat, she will know what's

0:06:07 > 0:06:13happened at the races prior to her heat, getting through first second

0:06:13 > 0:06:17will qualify, 80-90% should be sufficient even though it's an

0:06:17 > 0:06:25Olympic first round.Who else should we look out for?I think at the

0:06:25 > 0:06:30moment, the Chinese are having a real disaster games. The first time

0:06:30 > 0:06:34there's never been a Chinese skater in the final. They will be looking

0:06:34 > 0:06:41to make amends. The Canadian timber town has had a medal in the 500

0:06:41 > 0:06:45metres and the 1500 and I think Choi, she was looking amazing in the

0:06:45 > 0:06:521500. Quite a large pool of people that could take medals on Thursday

0:06:52 > 0:06:56and as there is said, if Elise Christie skates today she will buy

0:06:56 > 0:07:01herself another 48 hours' time to go into the quarterfinals on Thursday.

0:07:01 > 0:07:06You've seen her, I assume today, how do you think she is looking?She

0:07:06 > 0:07:12looked quite comfortable, the 1000 metres, I say, it's an elongated

0:07:12 > 0:07:15Sprint, the start would be quite important, I think that is where the

0:07:15 > 0:07:18problem is going to be, to be able to start comfortably and get on the

0:07:18 > 0:07:24pace run the word go.I'm assuming we can definitively said she will

0:07:24 > 0:07:27start because they were telling us earlier if they were going to pull

0:07:27 > 0:07:33her out they would have had to have said by 9am our time which would be

0:07:33 > 0:07:4025 minutes ago.That's right, ultimately she could not show up on

0:07:40 > 0:07:45the start line, she would get a did not finish, it's called that she has

0:07:45 > 0:07:50to make herself, does she feel confident and comfortable enough,

0:07:50 > 0:07:54all the medal support team are quite happy that it's not going to be a

0:07:54 > 0:07:59long-term injury if she skates.Just a word on Charlotte Gilmartin and

0:07:59 > 0:08:04Kat Thomson, Charlotte has had two heavy falls, is she in a physical

0:08:04 > 0:08:11and mental state, and good enough to get through?Again, on paper, I

0:08:11 > 0:08:15think both of the skaters are quite comfortably capable of getting

0:08:15 > 0:08:20through to the next round, it is the Olympic Games. One of the things in

0:08:20 > 0:08:23the Olympics that is different from the World Championships, the World

0:08:23 > 0:08:28Championships is an accumulation of points, the Olympics is a one-off

0:08:28 > 0:08:32hit and unfortunately it hasn't been going too well so far.Thank you, we

0:08:32 > 0:08:35will hear you in commentary and we will be joining many of those heats

0:08:35 > 0:08:41to give you the full story. Sarah, from the point of view of someone

0:08:41 > 0:08:44who understands short track speed skating and has been in these

0:08:44 > 0:08:48situations with heavy crashes, trying to get up, to skate with

0:08:48 > 0:08:52pain, when do you feel it and how does it affect you, do you feel it

0:08:52 > 0:08:57at the start?The ankle problem is going to be at the start of the

0:08:57 > 0:09:02race, there is a lot more impact, luckily this is not 500 metres, the

0:09:02 > 0:09:06start in the 1000, it's important to get into a good position early on

0:09:06 > 0:09:10but she has great speed and she can't make moves and can overtake,

0:09:10 > 0:09:15even if she's not 100% from the start it is not crucial.She is

0:09:15 > 0:09:19going to be in-line two, the way she's been skating, I remember you

0:09:19 > 0:09:23said in the semis you felt she was leaving it a bit too late and

0:09:23 > 0:09:27therefore got herself into a slight panicky situation which ended up in

0:09:27 > 0:09:33the crash. Would you rather she simplify things?I think for her in

0:09:33 > 0:09:37the next race she needs to skate clean, get through and I think if

0:09:37 > 0:09:41she makes an early move and gets to the front, takes control of the

0:09:41 > 0:09:46race, she is going to lead in and coast through quite nicely.The 500

0:09:46 > 0:09:51metres, ad is really frightening, the 1500, she sort of dismissed, all

0:09:51 > 0:09:56the way she's been saying 1000 is my aim.Yes, she likes the thousand

0:09:56 > 0:09:59metres, considers at her best distance but I really think we need

0:09:59 > 0:10:06to look at one race at a time and be happy that she has recovered so

0:10:06 > 0:10:10quickly from a nasty crash and she's back on the ice which is great.

0:10:10 > 0:10:15Exactly, incredibly impressive. We'll hear more from Sarah later,

0:10:15 > 0:10:19here are some of the other names to look out for this morning.

0:10:19 > 0:10:27look out for this morning.

0:10:27 > 0:10:32As we mentioned, 22-year-old Kat Thomson fighting for a place in the

0:10:32 > 0:10:37quarterfinals, Charlotte Gilmartin has had two two events. Huge day for

0:10:37 > 0:10:42both curling the men face the fancy pants of Norway and the women got

0:10:42 > 0:10:48the game is back on track with a win against Japan, we've should you a

0:10:48 > 0:10:51record-breaking ice dance competition as two of the very best

0:10:51 > 0:10:55went head-to-head and the costumes stayed intact. Mica McNeill and make

0:10:55 > 0:10:59a more who have been helped by cried funding campaign are the only

0:10:59 > 0:11:04British arbours and will be live for the wrong this morning and we will

0:11:04 > 0:11:11see how the Jamaican bobsleigh team there. The coach but, taking the Bob

0:11:11 > 0:11:16with them but they are by contract, literally. Nigeria, the first

0:11:16 > 0:11:19African nation to compete in bobsleigh are there too. We'll catch

0:11:19 > 0:11:24up on the latest in a curling in case you weren't up in the early

0:11:24 > 0:11:29hours, the men and women from Britain had crucial qualifying

0:11:29 > 0:11:29matches, we

0:11:29 > 0:11:30Britain had crucial qualifying matches, we look at the ice dancing

0:11:30 > 0:11:38before going to the short track speed skating. All the great British

0:11:38 > 0:11:42women in action. The fast and furious 500 metres men's qualifying

0:11:42 > 0:11:50and we will see the gold decider in the 3000 metres relay for the women.

0:11:54 > 0:11:59Catching up on everything else. We will head onto BBC Two after 1pm,

0:11:59 > 0:12:08concentrating on the women's bobsleigh and ice hockey.

0:12:08 > 0:12:16And the news from ice hockey, the men's ice hockey player from

0:12:16 > 0:12:22Slovenia Seagate year glitch has tested positive for a banned

0:12:22 > 0:12:28substance. The Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed he tested

0:12:28 > 0:12:32positive for fenoterol, a drug which opens up the airways, he has

0:12:32 > 0:12:38accepted it and will leave the Olympics within 24 hours.

0:12:40 > 0:12:41Olympics within 24 hours. Three Olympic old medallists, Torvill and

0:12:41 > 0:12:45Dean which is wonderful.

0:12:45 > 0:12:46Olympic old medallists, Torvill and Dean which is wonderful. Rhona

0:12:46 > 0:12:57mentioning the drugs story with the Slovenian ice hockey star.

0:12:57 > 0:13:02Slovenian ice hockey star. -- Ziga Jeglic. It looks as if the athletes

0:13:02 > 0:13:11might lose the medals, a drug, Maria Sharapova tested was a dearth for,

0:13:11 > 0:13:18meldonium. What is that men to do? I have no idea! LAUGHTER I would not

0:13:18 > 0:13:27have a clue, once the B sample is in, they will make a decision.The

0:13:27 > 0:13:36Russian athletes were all to be clean, you know.It helps with the

0:13:36 > 0:13:40insurance, that drug, doesn't it?It may not help but the actual sport

0:13:40 > 0:13:42you are playing it's all about training and getting ready for it.

0:13:42 > 0:13:48Absolutely. But as appointing, given that the Olympic Athletes from

0:13:48 > 0:13:52Russia are supposed to be clean. Given everything that we have gone

0:13:52 > 0:13:55through to get to this point, it's disappointing.His wife will be

0:13:55 > 0:14:01furious. She knows it's her bronze level as well and that is not good

0:14:01 > 0:14:05news. Let's have a look at the standings. This is one of the

0:14:05 > 0:14:09biggest days or British curling, bar none, here is work the British men

0:14:09 > 0:14:13were willing into their game today and in very good third place, to be

0:14:13 > 0:14:18honest. Playing really well, Kyle Smith in his rink, getting stronger,

0:14:18 > 0:14:24joint third with Canada. But they did need another good result and

0:14:24 > 0:14:29they were up against Norway and Rhona, you called Norway... Fancy

0:14:29 > 0:14:35pants. They were very exciting trousers. With the hammer in the

0:14:35 > 0:14:39first end, Kyle Smith with this shot to take three.

0:14:39 > 0:14:43first end, Kyle Smith with this shot to take three.Yes, an open draw for

0:14:43 > 0:14:48three, not a hard shot, Norway just did not make the shot in the first

0:14:48 > 0:14:53end. What an opportunity for Britain. Open draw for three, thank

0:14:53 > 0:15:00you.The start, going 3-0 up, into the second end, Norway with the

0:15:00 > 0:15:06hammer.

0:15:06 > 0:15:15Yes, so again just struggling in this game to get off the mark. And

0:15:15 > 0:15:22he is saying, come on, do it more. And he caught the top one, and gave

0:15:22 > 0:15:27Britain won, so 4-0 up for Great Britain.So that is pretty close. Do

0:15:27 > 0:15:33they have to get the measuring stick out? Great Britain had stolen one,

0:15:33 > 0:15:43so they went 4-0 up into the fourth Ed.And again, going into this

0:15:43 > 0:15:46fourth end, it is so imported from Britain to score when they have got

0:15:46 > 0:15:51their last stone and keep that advantage of the lead. So again,

0:15:51 > 0:16:03really nice shot from Kyle. Just a wee Nick, and perfect for Britain.

0:16:03 > 0:16:08And into ends six with Great Britain now leading 6-3, and this was pretty

0:16:08 > 0:16:15impressive.Again, Norway trying to throw

0:16:15 > 0:16:19throw everything at them again, Britain had the hammer and yet

0:16:19 > 0:16:26again, a great shot from Kyle, the draw for three. And thanks very

0:16:26 > 0:16:32much.And 9-3 is a really big lead. Norway carried on.They did.But

0:16:32 > 0:16:38they needed something massive to happen here.Yes, throwing

0:16:38 > 0:16:42everything at it, trying to score a big end to get back in the game, and

0:16:42 > 0:16:47it just wasn't working for Thomas Ulsrud today, everything he tried,

0:16:47 > 0:16:56he struggled.And that pushes the red right into the centre of the

0:16:56 > 0:17:01house, so it gives Great Britain the steel. Under that point, Norway

0:17:01 > 0:17:05conceded. So, the handshakes were made, and that means Great Britain

0:17:05 > 0:17:10are now into second equal with Canada and Switzerland, so looking

0:17:10 > 0:17:14really safe. One more round robin match left against the USA. Would

0:17:14 > 0:17:19you expect them to win that anyway? Certainly the way the boys are

0:17:19 > 0:17:24playing, definitely.Sweden have already qualified, eight matches,

0:17:24 > 0:17:28just one loss. But the Great Britain men getting stronger as the

0:17:28 > 0:17:31competition goes on?They are definitely gaining in confidence,

0:17:31 > 0:17:35their shot play is much more accurate, they are making a few half

0:17:35 > 0:17:40shots before but now they are really on top of it. The ice is winning

0:17:40 > 0:17:45more with the stones being sounded a little, and the boys are playing

0:17:45 > 0:17:49well and looking confident.Rhona was saying earlier on, the question

0:17:49 > 0:17:55she was asked on Radio 2 by Chris Evans. What did he ask you?Can you

0:17:55 > 0:18:04curl on skating ice? Because there are quite a few skating rinks in

0:18:04 > 0:18:07England...

0:18:07 > 0:18:13are quite a few skating rinks in England...Sacrilegious! For the

0:18:13 > 0:18:17curlers, that is. They need the ice very smooth. We have turned up at a

0:18:17 > 0:18:21curling before saying could we just get our feet on the ice, and they

0:18:21 > 0:18:30gasp. No we.Torvill and Dean, get out of here, you can't skate on our

0:18:30 > 0:18:35ice! Let's have a look at the women's standings. Many people may

0:18:35 > 0:18:40have woken up to see Eve Muirhead in action, and again, with the women,

0:18:40 > 0:18:44they have had their ups and downs, they had a really unlucky incident

0:18:44 > 0:18:54against Sweden with a hog line violation against Muirhead. But

0:18:54 > 0:18:57basically they needed a win. It would settle the nerves and leave

0:18:57 > 0:19:02their fate in their own hands. It was against Japan, and they have had

0:19:02 > 0:19:10a very good game so far. But at the end of ends six with the scores dead

0:19:10 > 0:19:15level, what happens here?They had taken three, Japan, and Britain had

0:19:15 > 0:19:17fought back well.

0:19:17 > 0:19:19taken three, Japan, and Britain had fought back well. They had fought

0:19:19 > 0:19:22back and really went for it in the sixth end, but they don't have the

0:19:22 > 0:19:28hammer. But Japan are lying, and they have got that second and third

0:19:28 > 0:19:32counter, so it is so important for Eve to lie second shot, which she

0:19:32 > 0:19:37does perfectly behind cover.So the Japanese skip now needs to do what?

0:19:37 > 0:19:43She could lift this double to take a three, which I feel is a turning

0:19:43 > 0:19:46point in the game, because it certainly turned it in Britain's

0:19:46 > 0:19:54favour now, because they swept this the whole way and just further the

0:19:54 > 0:20:02guard.And that knocked it off line, and meant that Britain stole.They

0:20:02 > 0:20:06had a steal. To steal three is a massive point in the six then.Japan

0:20:06 > 0:20:10got right back in on their tails again, Britain now leading 6-5 with

0:20:10 > 0:20:16the hammer in the eighth.And this is where Japan set up the end well,

0:20:16 > 0:20:20they are actually lying three at this point, and this is a key shot

0:20:20 > 0:20:21Eve

0:20:21 > 0:20:27this point, and this is a key shot Eve.And again, you want to not

0:20:27 > 0:20:31touch that guard, which she doesn't. And she comes in and that the yellow

0:20:31 > 0:20:36back and lies in the shot, and that is fantastic there. It really puts

0:20:36 > 0:20:42the pressure on Japan.So, into the tenth end, Britain now with 85-

0:20:42 > 0:20:57lead. -- now with an 8-5 lead.And open take out, just needs to put it

0:20:57 > 0:21:05anywhere and she has won the game. Perfect. So, a little edgy at times

0:21:05 > 0:21:09from both skips, but some great shot play by the British team, and

0:21:09 > 0:21:14another win on the board.And you sense that the more urgent it gets,

0:21:14 > 0:21:19the better Eve Muirhead plays. Great Britain up to third equal now with

0:21:19 > 0:21:24Japan. South Korea, the host nation, have already qualified, so it is

0:21:24 > 0:21:27semifinals next and that will decide who goes into the gold medal match

0:21:27 > 0:21:31and who goes into the bronze medal match, but Great Britain have one

0:21:31 > 0:21:35more match against Canada, who are struggling.Absolutely, they lost

0:21:35 > 0:21:40the first three and won the next three, but they lost this morning,

0:21:40 > 0:21:44so they are on a sticky wicket right now, they know they have Britain to

0:21:44 > 0:21:49play, Rachel Homan and Eve Muirhead have played a lot of games against

0:21:49 > 0:21:54each other and they know each other well.New light on what is their

0:21:54 > 0:21:59head-to-head record?It is pretty even, I don't know exact numbers. So

0:21:59 > 0:22:03this game coming up is a big game, more sofa Canada than Britain.I

0:22:03 > 0:22:07know how supportive all of those Olympic athletes are to each other,

0:22:07 > 0:22:13and I know Eve Muirhead and all the guys will be sending all their

0:22:13 > 0:22:18positive vibes towards Elise Christie. She really does look happy

0:22:18 > 0:22:21on the exercise bike. I think the relief that that soft tissue damage,

0:22:21 > 0:22:26it might hurt, but it is not going to prevent her skating, and she will

0:22:26 > 0:22:31be out there in heat five of the 1000 metres at around about quarter

0:22:31 > 0:22:35past ten this morning, that is a remarkable recovery facility who was

0:22:35 > 0:22:38taken off on a stretcher after the semifinals of the 1500m and thought

0:22:38 > 0:22:46that her were over. She is looking very strong, so let's just hope, to

0:22:46 > 0:22:53be honest, it is time for her luck to turn, please? Right, let us

0:22:53 > 0:22:56discuss the record-breaking ice dance competition, which after the

0:22:56 > 0:23:00short programme now moved into the free programme. For in a half

0:23:00 > 0:23:05minutes for the two best couples in the world to freely express

0:23:05 > 0:23:10themselves, and you can see that the French pair had such trouble there,

0:23:10 > 0:23:17because

0:23:17 > 0:23:21because Gabriela's dress had a trouble which stopped producing her

0:23:21 > 0:23:26best, they were up against Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. Let's join

0:23:26 > 0:23:30Robin Cousins and Katherine Downes. COMMENTATOR: This is the ice dance

0:23:30 > 0:23:37free dance here at the Gangneung Ice Arena, and we will see gold, silver

0:23:37 > 0:23:41and bronze handed out on this final day of the Olympic competition.

0:23:41 > 0:23:46Silver medal position at the moment for the two-time world champions

0:23:46 > 0:23:51Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, the reigning European

0:23:51 > 0:23:55champions, and they are less than two points behind Tessa Virtue and

0:23:55 > 0:23:59Scott Moir, who lead the way at the moment. That wardrobe malfunction,

0:23:59 > 0:24:06her dress falling off during the performance yesterday, really

0:24:06 > 0:24:09knocked them, but still less than a point in it.

0:28:13 > 0:28:15APPLAUSE

0:28:22 > 0:28:26Its silky, it's smooth, it's sublime. From the off, this was

0:28:26 > 0:28:31billed as a battle for goal between them at their training partners,

0:28:31 > 0:28:39Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue. Papadakis and Cizeron saying, be

0:28:39 > 0:28:45that.Individually strong, good, solid skaters. Together, it's

0:28:45 > 0:28:49special, and that's what happens. The music will start and then you

0:28:49 > 0:28:55see, and it is the detail for me, even the way the fingers intertwined

0:28:55 > 0:29:01in the opening move, it just draws you in, come answer your attention.

0:29:01 > 0:29:06And they feel every moment that they are together, there is that

0:29:06 > 0:29:13connection.

0:29:13 > 0:29:26connection.A new season's best, a new world

0:29:26 > 0:29:30new world record, 123.35. And it is going to be a very big ask now for

0:29:30 > 0:29:38Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir to claim their second Olympic title. Tessa

0:29:38 > 0:29:43Virtue and Scott Moir, then, the world champions, the 2010 Olympic

0:29:43 > 0:29:46champions, in the gold medal position coming into this free

0:29:46 > 0:29:51dance, but they are going to be extraordinary if they want to win

0:29:51 > 0:29:55this gold medal. They are going to need to beat the new world record

0:29:55 > 0:29:59laid down by Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron just two routines

0:29:59 > 0:30:05ago.

0:33:36 > 0:33:38CHEERING

0:33:38 > 0:33:41CHEERING

0:33:59 > 0:34:01CHEERING

0:34:01 > 0:34:04CHEERING

0:34:11 > 0:34:14It's brilliant but is it enough for Olympic old?

0:34:14 > 0:34:20The world champions from Canada. They wanted to deliver and they

0:34:20 > 0:34:26certainly did! I tell you, I am looking at the screen is trying to

0:34:26 > 0:34:33do the maths and it is tight at the top. Goodness me.They know they

0:34:33 > 0:34:39could not have done any more. Tessa Burchill and Scott Boyer had no

0:34:39 > 0:34:43wriggle room, there was nothing for them to play with, they could not

0:34:43 > 0:34:50leave it out on the ice.They didn't, they absolutely smashed it.

0:34:50 > 0:34:57-- Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. They have done it!The comeback is

0:34:57 > 0:35:05complete. Silver in Sochi four years ago, they took two years away from

0:35:05 > 0:35:11competition, they returned to win World Championship gold last year

0:35:11 > 0:35:21and now it's Olympic gold! Absolutely thrilling. Phenomenal.

0:35:21 > 0:35:25Amazing champions, an amazing performer is! Yes, very different to

0:35:25 > 0:35:34Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron. These two are supreme.I

0:35:34 > 0:35:38don't think we could have skated any better and with the pressure

0:35:38 > 0:35:41mounting we sort of felt the weight of the world as we took to the ice

0:35:41 > 0:35:46and we looked at each other and said, let's skate for us, we deserve

0:35:46 > 0:35:49this already and we love this programme, least we were able to do

0:35:49 > 0:35:55that.He went into the programme knowing you needed a massive

0:35:55 > 0:36:07performance to beat a world record scorer.We train with Gaby and her

0:36:07 > 0:36:13partner, we had to come out hungry and have our day we did that, that's

0:36:13 > 0:36:17what we are most proud of, a lot of things can go different ways, we

0:36:17 > 0:36:20stuck to our plan, we are proud to come out of this competition with a

0:36:20 > 0:36:24gold.When you do a world record performance and you don't get the

0:36:24 > 0:36:31gold, what do you feel about that? You know, it's... It's sport, it's

0:36:31 > 0:36:39like that. What is done is done, the points are what they are, we are

0:36:39 > 0:36:44proud of what we did today. We had such a good feeling on the ice, it

0:36:44 > 0:36:49was one of the most incredible experiences we have ever had so far.

0:36:49 > 0:36:55We are just really trying to enjoy that.What a competition. And for

0:36:55 > 0:37:01Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, there are third Olympic gold medal, they

0:37:01 > 0:37:05won one in the team competition in Pyeongchang, in Vancouver in front

0:37:05 > 0:37:09of their home crowd but this, the tightest of the lot, you see the

0:37:09 > 0:37:18brother and sister payer, Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, only

0:37:18 > 0:37:24the second brother and sister pairing to get the medal. Who were

0:37:24 > 0:37:33the others? It was a French team. I have always loved the Canadian

0:37:33 > 0:37:36pairing, the fact they happen dancing and skating together since

0:37:36 > 0:37:40they were kids, over 20 years, this was the gold medal winning

0:37:40 > 0:37:44performance in Vancouver, a huge moment for Canada. They got beaten

0:37:44 > 0:37:50in Sochi, retired, came back again and the only player that have beaten

0:37:50 > 0:37:55them are Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron. This was billed

0:37:55 > 0:37:59as the big clash and they were so far clear up the bronze medallist,

0:37:59 > 0:38:06it was about a big two.Amazing event, I got tingles watching both

0:38:06 > 0:38:11performances, completely different styles of skating. The French

0:38:11 > 0:38:15pairing have that beautiful clarity of line, almost like ballet and then

0:38:15 > 0:38:20you have the drama, the emotion that Scott and Tessa bring to the ice.

0:38:20 > 0:38:26Those two styles were completely different. It was a choice. The

0:38:26 > 0:38:34judges are looking at it technically and artistically and in actual fact,

0:38:34 > 0:38:39Gaby, they won the free dance but it was all to do with the short dance,

0:38:39 > 0:38:43but sort of lost them the medal because they were just one and a

0:38:43 > 0:38:46half points behind and it was so tight in the free dance. That was

0:38:46 > 0:38:53the result at the end.I have to ask you, Chris, it was so dramatic when

0:38:53 > 0:38:57she stood on her partner's legs when he was squatting, surely the blades

0:38:57 > 0:39:04heard their legs.It does, trust me. I stood on his legs a few times.But

0:39:04 > 0:39:11it's all about holding tone.You two love this routine. Beautiful to

0:39:11 > 0:39:16watch, fluid, organic. And you could just watch it and not worry about

0:39:16 > 0:39:22anything happening. No dress malfunction today, it was just,

0:39:22 > 0:39:29yes...We have an empathy with these guys, I have worked with them on

0:39:29 > 0:39:34their short dance, such a lovely couple, very gentle, good sense of

0:39:34 > 0:39:37humour, their style of skating is not representative of them because

0:39:37 > 0:39:42they are good-humoured and fund but the quality of skating is second to

0:39:42 > 0:39:46none.Robin Cousins said and commentary when they stayed together

0:39:46 > 0:39:52something special happens.Yes, they have a special aura about them and I

0:39:52 > 0:39:56think they don't realise it, do they, how good they are?Would you

0:39:56 > 0:40:08say the reason they didn't win the gold-medal, Tessa Virtue and Scott

0:40:08 > 0:40:13Moir won the free dance, they lost it because her dress broke.That's

0:40:13 > 0:40:17taking it away from Scott and Tessa, they had an amazing performance.

0:40:17 > 0:40:21What they have done for skating is amazing but look at the clinically,

0:40:21 > 0:40:27it all happened in that short dance. It did, didn't it? As for Nick

0:40:27 > 0:40:31Buckland and Penny Coomes, they have done so well to get here to

0:40:31 > 0:40:35Pyeongchang, you think they'll be happy enough with their performance,

0:40:35 > 0:40:39making it through to the free, finishing 11th?I think for them,

0:40:39 > 0:40:43they would have liked to have finished higher but given the

0:40:43 > 0:40:48adversity they have had with pennies bashing her kneecap in eight lasers,

0:40:48 > 0:40:53Nick has had his heart issues, a couple of years before that, getting

0:40:53 > 0:40:59to this Olympics is an Olympic event in itself. -- Penny smashing her

0:40:59 > 0:41:07kneecap in eight places.Given the issues they had, is there another

0:41:07 > 0:41:12Olympics in them?I think they have decided, this is the third Olympics,

0:41:12 > 0:41:21isn't it?You know what? Never say never. That is a neighbour. We

0:41:21 > 0:41:26thought that after 84 and you know, ten years later, we said, let's give

0:41:26 > 0:41:33it another go.Crazy people! It can happen. For a Tessa and Scott, they

0:41:33 > 0:41:37have been skating together such a long time, the comeback has worked,

0:41:37 > 0:41:41two gold medals from these games, look at how young they were. My

0:41:41 > 0:41:49goodness.Nine and six. It's endearing, in competition now a lot

0:41:49 > 0:41:53of people change partners but to see these guys from such an early age

0:41:53 > 0:41:59staying together for that length of time, it clearly helps.They are 28

0:41:59 > 0:42:03and 30, that's not ancient.No, no, it shows the passion they have for

0:42:03 > 0:42:08it to be determined to come back and not finish where they were as silver

0:42:08 > 0:42:12medallists, they wanted to get back to being gold medallist.Third

0:42:12 > 0:42:18Olympics, we were 35... It would be a third gold medal but a fourth

0:42:18 > 0:42:26Olympics.How old did you say you were?35.

0:42:26 > 0:42:32were?35. I wasn't!She was older! I knew he was going to do that. Thank

0:42:32 > 0:42:35you both so much, thrilling competition, dutiful to see that

0:42:35 > 0:42:44level.Elevated to such a high level.Do you fancy it, run?I love

0:42:44 > 0:42:45watching it, so

0:42:45 > 0:42:45level.Do you fancy it, run?I love watching it, so dramatic, but not

0:42:45 > 0:42:51for me, thanks.An awful lot of skaters in different disciplines

0:42:51 > 0:42:56started off as skaters which is what Elise Christie did, she got fed up

0:42:56 > 0:43:01with the judging process, and she wanted to switch to a sport work she

0:43:01 > 0:43:06could control the outcome, she chose short track, we have seen you can't

0:43:06 > 0:43:11always control bad, she will be skating on the 1000 metre heats,

0:43:11 > 0:43:15taking to the ice in around 15 minutes for her heat, she's just got

0:43:15 > 0:43:20to survive nine laps of the track and through we hope, to the

0:43:20 > 0:43:21semifinals

0:43:21 > 0:43:22and through we hope, to the semifinals on Thursday. We will also

0:43:22 > 0:43:27have the keys of the men's 500 metres and the first-run of the

0:43:27 > 0:43:31women's bobsleigh, a British team in that, Mica McNeill and Mica Moore,

0:43:31 > 0:43:37help from a cramped funding project to get out there. Cars help from a

0:43:37 > 0:43:42crowdfunding project. We will concentrate on short track speed

0:43:42 > 0:43:45skating and women's Bobsleigh.

0:43:45 > 0:43:47skating and women's Bobsleigh.

0:43:56 > 0:44:03COMMENTATOR: they've gone done. Turmoil from Christie. I can't

0:44:03 > 0:44:08believe it. Christie has been penalised again.Elise Christie gets

0:44:08 > 0:44:15the chance to race for gold.A nation holds its breath.Christie

0:44:15 > 0:44:20tries to make it on the inside, she crashes out. Christie is out once

0:44:20 > 0:44:26again.Elise Christie to get into the Olympic final. Christie has

0:44:26 > 0:44:30crashed again on the final bend, yet again she ends up in a distraught

0:44:30 > 0:44:37heap on the floor.

0:44:38 > 0:44:42And I think it's fair to say these Winter Olympics have shown us all

0:44:42 > 0:44:46too clearly that with every glorious winner comes the despair of those

0:44:46 > 0:44:49who lose. Elise Christie has had more than her fair share of that

0:44:49 > 0:44:55feeling. Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland are going out to support

0:44:55 > 0:44:59her, and in the next 15 minutes we will see her back on that ice,

0:44:59 > 0:45:02because she knows that sport and indeed life doesn't always go to

0:45:02 > 0:45:07plan. It's how you deal with the setbacks that defines you, and Elise

0:45:07 > 0:45:12Christie is saying, fine, I can do this, and just wonderful to see her

0:45:12 > 0:45:17smiling, happy, laughing ahead of her heat on the bike, and there she

0:45:17 > 0:45:29is heading out into the prerace area. Do they call it a hotbox?The

0:45:29 > 0:45:39heat box.And maybe what has happened actually freeze Elise up

0:45:39 > 0:45:43mentally, because she has nothing to prove, just by being out there,

0:45:43 > 0:45:46being fit enough and strong enough to line up in her heat, she can

0:45:46 > 0:45:50think of anything else that happens is a bonus.She can be happy that

0:45:50 > 0:45:54she is just back out on the ice and it didn't end on Saturday for her.

0:45:54 > 0:46:00John, hello, good morning. What is your take on what you would like to

0:46:00 > 0:46:06see from Elise Christie and indeed Charlotte Gilmartin and Cap Thompson

0:46:06 > 0:46:12in these heats?I think it is about getting up to the front of the race,

0:46:12 > 0:46:18there was talk about how well Elise would get off the start with the

0:46:18 > 0:46:25ankle, but I want to see the girls get up there, it is quick from the

0:46:25 > 0:46:28start, they need to be as soon as possible and it will keep all of our

0:46:28 > 0:46:31nerves calmed.And Sarah Yu was then it is the push from the start that

0:46:31 > 0:46:36might be the most painful bit if she still has this heavily bruised and

0:46:36 > 0:46:41battered ankle.If the ankle is not 100%, potentially the impact of the

0:46:41 > 0:46:45run at the start might be uncomfortable for her commerce as I

0:46:45 > 0:46:50said, luckily it isn't the 500 metres that she is left with, it is

0:46:50 > 0:46:53the 1000, so I think to get out there and get up near the front

0:46:53 > 0:47:02would be a good move.Give us all a little bit, we will let you guys

0:47:02 > 0:47:05relax, they are firmly behind Elise, all the rest of the team just

0:47:05 > 0:47:12ribbing her luck could change, because her Olympic story so far has

0:47:12 > 0:47:20been one of terrible knock backs, frankly.

0:47:20 > 0:47:24Elise Christie came to Pyeongchang is the overall short track world

0:47:24 > 0:47:27champion, with high hopes of an Olympic medal, and after her triple

0:47:27 > 0:47:31disappointment in Sochi four years ago, it looked like that success

0:47:31 > 0:47:35might just come in her first event, the 500 metres.

0:47:35 > 0:47:40COMMENTATOR:Christie tried to make it on the inside, but she is out of

0:47:40 > 0:47:46it once again!I know it is short track and I am supposed to be

0:47:46 > 0:47:52prepared for this, but it still hurts, you know?Once again,

0:47:52 > 0:47:57heartbreak in the final, and sadly, the 1500 metres would be even worse.

0:47:57 > 0:48:03Christie in third place, and it is between her and Christie as they

0:48:03 > 0:48:08come round the final bend, and Christie has crashed again now in

0:48:08 > 0:48:14the semifinal.Fortunately, no bones were broken, but her right ankle

0:48:14 > 0:48:17still isn't 100%. With short track speed skating, the

0:48:17 > 0:48:21boot is moulded around the ankle, and it is a very delicate area,

0:48:21 > 0:48:24because of the pressures you are going through when going around the

0:48:24 > 0:48:27corner. So on the shimmering they will be looking at Cannes she handle

0:48:27 > 0:48:32the pressure which will be put on the ankle by the boot and also the

0:48:32 > 0:48:37pressure that has been created when she goes round the corner at 40 mph.

0:48:37 > 0:48:41Fortunately, Elise's injury has improved enough to allow her to

0:48:41 > 0:48:46return to training over the past 48 hours.She is strong and able to do

0:48:46 > 0:48:50the majority of the things we would be looking for in the 1000m, and I

0:48:50 > 0:48:55would say she is probably going to take to the ice at around 80 or 90%

0:48:55 > 0:48:58fitness.Elise has received thousands of messages of support

0:48:58 > 0:49:03from members of the public as well as from some of her heroes such as

0:49:03 > 0:49:06Dame Kelly Holmes and Jessica Ennis-Hill, all of which, if she is

0:49:06 > 0:49:13fit, could provide the boost she needs to get that elusive medal.I

0:49:13 > 0:49:19am just about to leave to go down to the rink to try to peak today. I

0:49:19 > 0:49:22stated this morning for the first time and it went quite well

0:49:22 > 0:49:24considering the circumstances, so I'm looking forward to seeing if I

0:49:24 > 0:49:28can get out there to race today. I want to thank everyone who has

0:49:28 > 0:49:32helped me get to this point and everyone from the spore background.

0:49:32 > 0:49:32helped me get to this point and everyone from the spore background.

0:49:32 > 0:49:37That look back on Elise Christie's story so far. What kind of

0:49:37 > 0:49:41personality is she, Sarah, you never really well.She is a huge

0:49:41 > 0:49:50personality. She is a bit kooky and are out there, she is lots of fun

0:49:50 > 0:49:54but she does know how to switch it on and be a professional, and she is

0:49:54 > 0:49:57very professional when it comes to her sport.And it clearly matters to

0:49:57 > 0:50:01her so much that other athletes are supporting her, people who know what

0:50:01 > 0:50:06it's like to be in this position. That is really lovely. Nobody really

0:50:06 > 0:50:10understands what it feels like unless they've been there

0:50:10 > 0:50:14themselves, so I think when it comes from people like that, I think it

0:50:14 > 0:50:21means an awful lot.John, as a skater, is she the best the Britain

0:50:21 > 0:50:25has ever produced?I would say so, yes. The results back that up. She

0:50:25 > 0:50:28just needs to put in that performance over the next few days

0:50:28 > 0:50:32that will reiterate that, and it is great to see all the team around

0:50:32 > 0:50:37her, Joe and Gemma, making her feel comfortable, just as we see that she

0:50:37 > 0:50:41can be as relaxed as possible. It is not about winning medals today, it

0:50:41 > 0:50:45is about qualifying and just doing enough.And full credit to the team,

0:50:45 > 0:50:48they have done a great job patching her up again.And that is what they

0:50:48 > 0:50:53are therefore, they are there to get her around. They have planned a

0:50:53 > 0:50:56different scenarios and well rehearsed and trained on their side

0:50:56 > 0:51:01of things as well, so that is their side of the job.And what is the

0:51:01 > 0:51:03latest on Charlotte Gilmartin, because she has had a couple of

0:51:03 > 0:51:08crashes.She is good, looking forward to the 1000m again, we talk

0:51:08 > 0:51:11about it being more hustle and bustle, and she likes that, she has

0:51:11 > 0:51:14a good race and hopefully she can get into the competition and build

0:51:14 > 0:51:22their confidence.Charlotte goes in heat eight,

0:51:25 > 0:51:29heat eight, Elise in heat three, because you get a sense of the

0:51:29 > 0:51:34hustle and bustle of the pacing of the 1000m. 500 metres you never get

0:51:34 > 0:51:43a chance to recover, 1500 metres seems to hurt a lot, 1000m is in the

0:51:43 > 0:51:47middle.Tactics in the race early on a very important, to get a good race

0:51:47 > 0:51:54from the start.And lane two for Elise, is that a good position for

0:51:54 > 0:51:59her?We want to see her in the lead with about six laps to go, it

0:51:59 > 0:52:02doesn't always play out like that, but she has strengthened a good race

0:52:02 > 0:52:06to start with, and you would want to make it as simple as possible.I

0:52:06 > 0:52:23suspect there will be a big crowd as well, because main

0:52:23 > 0:52:27well, because main -- Choi Minjeong is going in this heat, South Korea

0:52:27 > 0:52:31is the very heart of short track speed skating, they love it, and

0:52:31 > 0:52:35that is Choi Minjeong there. We will find out how she got on and join the

0:52:35 > 0:52:36third heat live.

0:52:39 > 0:52:52COMMENTATOR: Welcome to the gangland Ice -- gangland Ice Arena. We're

0:52:52 > 0:52:57just waiting to see whether there is any late Riparelli in this last

0:52:57 > 0:53:04heat.

0:53:04 > 0:53:08heat. And we are just watching now the highlights of the previous heat,

0:53:08 > 0:53:19this is Choi Minjeong, in the 1500 metres, and she looks comfortable

0:53:19 > 0:53:25and confident as you would expect from someone who has a gold medal in

0:53:25 > 0:53:38her pocket already. Here we go, the confirmation of the result, with

0:53:38 > 0:53:44Choi Minjeong going through. The skaters are out for the third heat.

0:53:44 > 0:53:50The Korean who moved to Kazakhstan a few years ago, Suzanne Schulting

0:53:50 > 0:54:00from the medal and

0:54:00 > 0:54:02from the medal and Netherlands, and Petra Jaszapati from Hungary who

0:54:02 > 0:54:07made the final of the 1500 metres, she is at the back of the moment,

0:54:07 > 0:54:16going wide on the outside. She is a new name in the sport, she has had a

0:54:16 > 0:54:29very good race so far.And the Ashley athlete from Russia still

0:54:29 > 0:54:37raising the speed here with six laps to go. Suzanne Schulting, a former

0:54:37 > 0:54:40world junior champion, leading the way at the moment. Kim is right

0:54:40 > 0:54:49behind her.

0:54:49 > 0:54:54behind her. Jaszapati just hanging at the back by now.Nobody seems to

0:54:54 > 0:55:02want to take this race on. Suzanne Schulting tried to shut the door on

0:55:02 > 0:55:12a Katharina Fritsch kova there. She is on the front, and Jaszapati is

0:55:12 > 0:55:19still on the back for hungry as they take the bell, Kim in the blue of

0:55:19 > 0:55:22Kazakhstan, Suzanne Schulting staying in the front, she will lead

0:55:22 > 0:55:28them home, and relatively unchallenged, she is ahead of

0:55:28 > 0:55:33Efremenkova, the Olympic Athlete from Russia, those two pretty

0:55:33 > 0:55:36comfortable qualifiers.And it shows the conditions of the ice, it is

0:55:36 > 0:55:44looking very good. Almost a second outside of the Olympic record, said

0:55:44 > 0:55:48to have skated sobbing like that in the second row shows the conditions

0:55:48 > 0:55:53are good.And next we will have the fourth heat, but let's just have a

0:55:53 > 0:55:58look at this one. This was a rare thing in short track speed skating,

0:55:58 > 0:56:03a race devoid of controversy.The athletes are bit more relaxed, they

0:56:03 > 0:56:10know what they need to do, and we have had in the last three short

0:56:10 > 0:56:13track days, 34 penalties from 12 different countries, just to give

0:56:13 > 0:56:17you some idea how many issues have been going on, and how many

0:56:17 > 0:56:22penalties have been awarded to all of these countries.And who would be

0:56:22 > 0:56:29a judge or head judge? So, that is confirmation of the results from the

0:56:29 > 0:56:34third heat, Suzanne Schulting and Efremenkova safely through, no video

0:56:34 > 0:56:37review, a pretty straightforward thing, and there they are marching

0:56:37 > 0:56:43away from the arena, and the quarterfinals are on Thursday.

0:56:43 > 0:56:46Kathryn Thomson is in this next one, the 22-year-old who has raised all

0:56:46 > 0:56:55three distances here. A quick look at the line-up for Kathryn Thomson,

0:56:55 > 0:56:59it is pretty tough, she has Jessica Kooreman of the United States who

0:56:59 > 0:57:09was fourth in this event in this event four years ago. Valerie

0:57:09 > 0:57:11Maltais, and Arianna Fontana who won the 500 metres earlier in

0:57:11 > 0:57:18competition here in Pyeongchang. Kathryn Thomson moves around the

0:57:18 > 0:57:21outside, she knows that Arianna Fontana will be challenging at the

0:57:21 > 0:57:24end. Using that speech he has got from the 500 metres, so really she

0:57:24 > 0:57:30knows that is the place where she needs to be. Valerie Maltais from

0:57:30 > 0:57:34Canada moves up the inside.And Kathryn Thomson knows she has to try

0:57:34 > 0:57:38to mix it because she is very much the outside of these four, but she

0:57:38 > 0:57:42is staying as near to the front she can, and she is still in the running

0:57:42 > 0:57:53here at the moment. Valerie Maltais leads, biding her time in third

0:57:53 > 0:57:59place, Arianna Fontana.And the Italian moves into first place.

0:57:59 > 0:58:03Arianna Fontana in blistering form goes to the front, two laps to go

0:58:03 > 0:58:09over the line, with Valerie Maltais in second place, Kooreman in third,

0:58:09 > 0:58:15and Kathryn Thomson losing place with the others. This is going to

0:58:15 > 0:58:18form, Kooreman is trying to mix it to see if she can upset the odds,

0:58:18 > 0:58:26she is going to try to get away on the inside. And Maltais stays on her

0:58:26 > 0:58:30feet, Kooreman has but has to settle for third, and in fourth Kathryn

0:58:30 > 0:58:34Thomson of Great Britain.That was a superb piece of skating by Arianna

0:58:34 > 0:58:41Fontana. Valerie Maltais will have to wait and see what the official

0:58:41 > 0:58:44result is. I wouldn't have thought that the American had right of way,

0:58:44 > 0:58:50so to speak, so the referees are in fact going over to the replay, and

0:58:50 > 0:58:56we will have to wait and see what their final decision is, that you

0:58:56 > 0:59:00can see the Italian Arianna Fontana on the inside track moving through

0:59:00 > 0:59:04very comfortably, and this is the discussion really between the

0:59:04 > 0:59:10Canadian and the American, who was really right, and she is just moving

0:59:10 > 0:59:18up the inside, and Kooreman of the United States clearly not pass the

0:59:18 > 0:59:24Canadian, and I don't think they will be any court on that.Arianna

0:59:24 > 0:59:29Fontana is so consistent, six Olympic medals, but now on the track

0:59:29 > 0:59:33as Kathryn Thomson departs the Olympic Games, her first Olympics,

0:59:33 > 0:59:38having had the experience of all the events, Elise Christie, the world

0:59:38 > 0:59:42champion, is coming up onto the track next. That is confirmation of

0:59:42 > 0:59:48the results of the fourth heat. No video review required. There is

0:59:48 > 0:59:53Elise Christie, clearly not fully fit with that ankle damage. Picked

0:59:53 > 0:59:57up in the crash in the semifinal of the 1500 metres the other day. But

0:59:57 > 1:00:03keen to have a go here. If she can just get through this heat, she will

1:00:03 > 1:00:07have another couple of days to recover. Lara Van Ruijven is ranked

1:00:07 > 1:00:1212th in the world, Andrea Kessler of Hungary, and Magdalena Warakomska

1:00:12 > 1:00:13from Poland.

1:00:24 > 1:00:28And away they go, Christie goes down before they reach the very first

1:00:28 > 1:00:34corner. Her races over before it started, she is still on the ground

1:00:34 > 1:00:42as the race continues, the officials go to check on her, the other

1:00:42 > 1:00:46athletes are coming to a halt, I think we will be restarting the

1:00:46 > 1:00:53race. But whether Elise Christie will be able to restart the race, we

1:00:53 > 1:01:00cannot be sure. Her team-mate Charlotte or Martin will be in heat

1:01:00 > 1:01:07number eight, here it is again.I think she put her toe on the right

1:01:07 > 1:01:14skate into the ice, she caught the blades of Kessler. No words for

1:01:14 > 1:01:20this. She clips the back of the blade of Kessler as she goes on the

1:01:20 > 1:01:26bend, they are allowed to restart. Now the question is, do they feel

1:01:26 > 1:01:33that the fall, I think it's over. APPLAUSE

1:01:33 > 1:01:39I think the Olympic Games is finally over for Elise Christie. She is

1:01:39 > 1:01:44skating over to the side of the track.I don't think it is, they are

1:01:44 > 1:01:48checking the blades, they are allowed to do this, they are

1:01:48 > 1:01:53repairing the eyes. Just checking the blades. When I had my problem in

1:01:53 > 1:01:58Lillehammer I had to leave the ice, here they are allowed to check the

1:01:58 > 1:02:05blades to make sure everything is OK.She is going to go again. Elise

1:02:05 > 1:02:09Christie is not finished. I wondered before the camera was on her, she

1:02:09 > 1:02:15spoke to one of the officials, who pointed to where the exit was. The

1:02:15 > 1:02:19crowd started applauding, I think they thought it was over, Elise

1:02:19 > 1:02:31Christie will take to the start again. Heat five.

1:02:37 > 1:02:44Away they go. Christie at the back of the field, at least she has

1:02:44 > 1:02:48avoided trouble, she can get up to speed, I think the start was going

1:02:48 > 1:02:52to be the hardest.Absolutely, particularly after the fall, she

1:02:52 > 1:02:58can't put pressure on it, now it's a question, nine laps, skaters won and

1:02:58 > 1:03:02two will go through, we are hoping and praying for her to qualify.Six

1:03:02 > 1:03:11and a half laps to go, Van Ruijven from the Netherlands in front,

1:03:11 > 1:03:13Kessler from Hungary second. Elise Christie should not have a problem

1:03:13 > 1:03:18getting through. The draw, pretty kind to her, relatively speaking,

1:03:18 > 1:03:24can she get up to full speed, can she find a way through to finish in

1:03:24 > 1:03:32the first two?The last lap time, nine points 75, she moves through

1:03:32 > 1:03:36into third place, one and two to qualify.Christie ready to make a

1:03:36 > 1:03:41challenge, three laps to go, Van Ruijven comes round, Christie has a

1:03:41 > 1:03:46look at the inside, stays on her feet, she sees a little gap, forced

1:03:46 > 1:03:50out why, staying third, Van Ruijven taking around with three laps to go,

1:03:50 > 1:03:57Christie taking a long way around, goes into the back of her opponent,

1:03:57 > 1:04:03forcing her way into second place. A battle, Van Ruijven from the

1:04:03 > 1:04:06Netherlands leading but have they love to go, Christie in position to

1:04:06 > 1:04:10qualify, Van Ruijven first over the line, risky in second, Kessler

1:04:10 > 1:04:17forth. At the second attempt, the race was completed. She picks

1:04:17 > 1:04:22herself up from the ice, literally, to have a second goal and this time,

1:04:22 > 1:04:27she manages to get the job done, she is through the heat and Elise

1:04:27 > 1:04:32Christie, the world champion, still in the women's 1000 metres, she

1:04:32 > 1:04:38limped away from the start, doing this hardware.She certainly is,

1:04:38 > 1:04:44squeezing through. Wouldn't be surprised if Kessler gets a penalty

1:04:44 > 1:04:48here, she of course was the skater on the outside of Christie, Visteon

1:04:48 > 1:04:53was going down again, manages to stay up, the River Reeves looking at

1:04:53 > 1:05:00the video replay to find out whether or not Kessler, in my opinion

1:05:00 > 1:05:02blocked on Christie but of course Christie finished in a second

1:05:02 > 1:05:08qualifying position, she will go through to the quarterfinal on

1:05:08 > 1:05:12Thursday.Quite a physical race as she is carried from the arena. At

1:05:12 > 1:05:19least not on a stretcher. Running repairs for Elise Christie. We await

1:05:19 > 1:05:24the judges verdict on the race. Was a physical race that she was

1:05:24 > 1:05:28involved in and involved in the physicality.Absolutely, showing the

1:05:28 > 1:05:33courage this young lady has, sheer determination, it would have been

1:05:33 > 1:05:38quite easy to turn round and say I am going to stop, I am injured, but

1:05:38 > 1:05:43there was another incident.Kessler, and then there was another one.

1:05:43 > 1:05:49Kessler comes in onto Christie. Doesn't Christie get involved...A

1:05:49 > 1:05:53little bit as well. There are two issues, you are not allowed, if

1:05:53 > 1:05:58someone comes up the inside, you are not allowed to change lanes, block

1:05:58 > 1:06:08the skater coming up the inside. Looking anxiously at the scoreboard.

1:06:08 > 1:06:17High above the rink. The review is taking place but I'm hoping it's

1:06:17 > 1:06:23coming close to reaching a conclusion now. Elise Christie has

1:06:23 > 1:06:28left the scene of the race. But the result has not been confirmed. As of

1:06:28 > 1:06:41yet.The referee has gone across. Yellow card Elise Christie.That is

1:06:41 > 1:06:46really amazing. I cannot believe they have awarded her a yellow card.

1:06:46 > 1:06:51That really puts the tin hat on her Olympic Games. It's hard to think

1:06:51 > 1:06:58how it could have got any worse. But it just has. Elise Christie is out

1:06:58 > 1:07:02of the Olympic Games. She finished the race in second place, came over

1:07:02 > 1:07:07the line in a qualifying position, she's been given a yellow card, that

1:07:07 > 1:07:11means she has been thrown out of the competition.Of the 1000 metres.

1:07:11 > 1:07:19Over for her. The final event. That's it. We'll have to reflect on

1:07:19 > 1:07:28that shortly. Meanwhile the racing continues. Heat number six.

1:07:32 > 1:07:38The Netherlands in fourth place, the athlete in red from China, going to

1:07:38 > 1:07:43the front, the Olympic silver medallist. Six laps to go.I'm still

1:07:43 > 1:07:52in shock about the yellow card. For Liz Christie. There is a massive

1:07:52 > 1:08:02crash and there is only one skater still up. Seidel up as well.The

1:08:02 > 1:08:07skaters are all over the place. At the front of the race, the Chinese

1:08:07 > 1:08:12athlete the only one who avoided the crash. She has three to go, the

1:08:12 > 1:08:17others scampering around behind her. I'm not sure of what happened, I

1:08:17 > 1:08:23think Seidel was going on the inside of the bed, collided, both skaters

1:08:23 > 1:08:28went down, taking them both down, the skater from Russia went down as

1:08:28 > 1:08:37well with one and a half laps to go. A lap to go.The Chinese skater will

1:08:37 > 1:08:42glide home effortlessly in first place. She wins the heat, the others

1:08:42 > 1:08:48are still racing and the Olympic Athlete from Russia, I think will

1:08:48 > 1:08:56take second. Ahead of the Netherlands. But I think certainly

1:08:56 > 1:09:00the Olympic Athlete from Russia hurting as she crossed the line,

1:09:00 > 1:09:06high-speed, spectacular speed for the three of them.We are now up to

1:09:06 > 1:09:1236 penalties in four days, a yellow card.Can you explain what that

1:09:12 > 1:09:16yellow card means, in football if you get a yellow lid means you get a

1:09:16 > 1:09:22warning but you can carry on as before. Cars yellow card. Tell us

1:09:22 > 1:09:26exciting for the means and why they have given her.It means, short

1:09:26 > 1:09:30track speed skating there is a Labour on Bing and barging, some of

1:09:30 > 1:09:35that intentional, some of it not, when a skater is given a yellow card

1:09:35 > 1:09:40they are taken out of the petition, 1000 metres in this instance. That

1:09:40 > 1:09:43is because the referee felt it was intentional as opposed to

1:09:43 > 1:09:52accidental.What was intentional?As I already said, the camera decision

1:09:52 > 1:09:55we are seeing here are not the camera positions that the referees

1:09:55 > 1:10:01have available to them. It this makes it very difficult, they are

1:10:01 > 1:10:07seeing stuff from different camera angles van der Voort we are seeing.

1:10:07 > 1:10:14-- than what we are seeing.It happened so quickly we have no time

1:10:14 > 1:10:17to reflect but I am sure Clare Balding will be able to do that in

1:10:17 > 1:10:21the studio when the seats have finished. Two more heat is to come,

1:10:21 > 1:10:27we are waiting for the verdict from heat six, that is quite the skaters

1:10:27 > 1:10:32are standing, not disappearing to the dressing room. Just to clarify,

1:10:32 > 1:10:38a yellow card means you are thrown out of that distance. Absolutely. A

1:10:38 > 1:10:41red card would mean you are thrown out of all the competition.Any

1:10:41 > 1:10:51distance. Absolutely. We are seeing, the Chinese skater moves, quite

1:10:51 > 1:10:56comfortably, Seidel of Germany moves into the front, there is no issue

1:10:56 > 1:11:02there. I think the issue really happens a lot later in the race.

1:11:02 > 1:11:03This is after the initial fall.

1:11:10 > 1:11:17We are not really seeing the footage, what is really happening.

1:11:17 > 1:11:24Both girls waiting for the official result from the referee. It's almost

1:11:24 > 1:11:28like the figure skating, the deliberation zone as I would call

1:11:28 > 1:11:37it.The scowling stops when it does not go your way. Kirchhoff was the

1:11:37 > 1:11:39skater who finished in the silver medal position and profited from the

1:11:39 > 1:11:46crash that Elise Christie had in the first race, the 500 metre final.

1:11:46 > 1:11:49There may be two penalties, two different incidents, two different

1:11:49 > 1:11:56labs.When we get to a final in short track speed skating, if enough

1:11:56 > 1:12:00of them I disciplined you can have a medal going to someone in the B

1:12:00 > 1:12:06final.

1:12:06 > 1:12:18final.Two penalties.Do you have any complaints with that decision?

1:12:18 > 1:12:22This is an issue we have been discussing. Rob Wotton we can see, I

1:12:22 > 1:12:28think it was a relatively fair call. -- from what we can see.Both cost

1:12:28 > 1:12:41infringement. Here is heat number seven.

1:12:45 > 1:12:52An Olympic relay gold medallist from Sochi, three-time World Championship

1:12:52 > 1:12:57medallist, won an Olympic bronze in Vancouver. The penultimate heat in

1:12:57 > 1:13:06the women's 1000 metres.Typical tactics by the Canadians.

1:13:07 > 1:13:13tactics by the Canadians. Kim from Korea takes the lead.

1:13:15 > 1:13:20Korea takes the lead. St Gelais and Kim swapping the lead.

1:13:25 > 1:13:30Making her way into the Olympic team, other than John Henry Kruger,

1:13:30 > 1:13:32on the blades that the United States, it's not been a great

1:13:32 > 1:13:38Olympics. St Gelais looking comfortable, winning three silver

1:13:38 > 1:13:40medals at the World Championships, including one in the housing

1:13:40 > 1:13:46bidders. St Gelais overtaken on the outside I Kim from Korea. The gap

1:13:46 > 1:13:55starts to open.Superb piece of overtaking on the outside. St Gelais

1:13:55 > 1:14:02stretching back to him from Korea in the lead.A lap to go. Really spread

1:14:02 > 1:14:10out around the track, we can clearly see who is going to be one and two.

1:14:10 > 1:14:14Kim and St Gelais. The Japanese skater in third. The United States

1:14:14 > 1:14:20bringing up the rear.A much more straightforward race. I don't think

1:14:20 > 1:14:27there will be any issues there, no video replay necessary. We are

1:14:27 > 1:14:31looking at the referees, this American referee Alan Grisham is

1:14:31 > 1:14:37going over to the video replay so we will have to wait for this official

1:14:37 > 1:14:43result, I think that's the incident, just tries to move up the inside,

1:14:43 > 1:14:47normally speaking, if you do get advanced to the next round you have

1:14:47 > 1:14:52to be in a qualifying position, either one or two, even if there is

1:14:52 > 1:14:56a penalty awarded she was not in a qualifying position. Therefore it

1:14:56 > 1:15:01just means that skater gets a penalty.Those two crossed the line,

1:15:01 > 1:15:08clearly better than the other two. One more heat to come, it features

1:15:08 > 1:15:14Charlotte Gilmartin from Great Britain. 27 who crashed out of both

1:15:14 > 1:15:19her events so far. Best result in the thousand metres in the World Cup

1:15:19 > 1:15:23competition this winter was seventh in the Netherlands. A four time

1:15:23 > 1:15:30European Championship medallist. Kim leaves the arena, we have a last

1:15:30 > 1:15:38look at this race. Kim and St Gelais were the first two.Clearly no

1:15:38 > 1:15:42problems. Really about whether there should be a penalty. Awarded to the

1:15:42 > 1:15:47American.

1:15:50 > 1:15:54There is a penalty, and it is just being announced now. And the

1:15:54 > 1:16:04American gets the penalty, and Samir Rachel

1:16:04 > 1:16:09Rachel remains, but she wasn't in a position to potentially qualify

1:16:09 > 1:16:14anyway. Let's get on with the last final. Kim Boutin has a medal

1:16:14 > 1:16:19already. Charlotte Gilmartin therefore Great Britain. Hitomi

1:16:19 > 1:16:30Saito from Japan, bronze medal last year, and CMascitto from Italy is

1:16:30 > 1:16:35straight down already, and she wasn't involved with anybody else,

1:16:35 > 1:16:40so they will not restart the race. It was like what happened to Elise

1:16:40 > 1:16:46Christie, so therefore the starter will not restart the race.

1:16:46 > 1:16:53So you will say that Kim Boutin is the most likely to win this race,

1:16:53 > 1:16:57but Charlotte Gilmartin needs to stamp authority on to this.The

1:16:57 > 1:17:00British camp are extremely down after what happened to Elise

1:17:00 > 1:17:03Christie, but it is important now that Charlotte Gilmartin tucks into

1:17:03 > 1:17:08that second place and maintains her position.Five to go, Charlotte

1:17:08 > 1:17:13Gilmartin in second place behind Kim Boutin of Canada. It is Hitomi Saito

1:17:13 > 1:17:17and Cynthia Mascitto she needs to keep behind her now. Kim Boutin has

1:17:17 > 1:17:21got the speed she needs to come out on top in virtually every scenario

1:17:21 > 1:17:28here.She makes it look so easy, Kim Boutin, even in the curve, two arms

1:17:28 > 1:17:32on her back. It is important that Charlotte really hangs onto the back

1:17:32 > 1:17:36of her tail now.This will be a big race for second place, Charlotte

1:17:36 > 1:17:40Gilmartin being put under pressure from Hitomi Saito of Japan. She is

1:17:40 > 1:17:46in a fight now to qualify, one lap to go. Kim Boutin leads the way, and

1:17:46 > 1:17:50it is Hitomi Saito in second place, Charlotte Gilmartin losing a bit of

1:17:50 > 1:17:54ground now. It doesn't look like she will be able to close the gap, she

1:17:54 > 1:18:00can't, and Kim Boutin wins that heat, as one would expect. It went

1:18:00 > 1:18:07to form, but Hitomi Saito, ranked 23 in the world at this distance in the

1:18:07 > 1:18:11end just had too much speed for Charlotte Gilmartin, who goes out of

1:18:11 > 1:18:17the competition at the first hurdle. We can see that for by the Italian,

1:18:17 > 1:18:22she jumps back up, of course she fell on her own, she is only skating

1:18:22 > 1:18:27the 1000m, she didn't take part in the 500 or the 1500, so I guess the

1:18:27 > 1:18:31nerves got the better of her, and Charlotte Gilmartin they're just

1:18:31 > 1:18:36being taken over by the Japanese.At her best, Charlotte Gilmartin has

1:18:36 > 1:18:41the ability to get through a heat like that?Absolutely.But it wasn't

1:18:41 > 1:18:48to be, and Kim Boutin looking pretty confident with a couple of medals in

1:18:48 > 1:18:53her pocket already. And here's the confirmation pretty quickly, Kim

1:18:53 > 1:18:57Boutin and Hitomi Saito going three, Charlotte Gilmartin in third place,

1:18:57 > 1:19:00so Kathryn Thomson, Charlotte Gilmartin and Elise Christie all

1:19:00 > 1:19:11failing to make it through from the heats of the women's 1000m.

1:19:14 > 1:19:18So, let's take a quick look now, qualification of the

1:19:18 > 1:19:25quarterfinalist. Suzanne Schulting, a medallist

1:19:25 > 1:19:29a medallist last year, Efremenkova who got up off the floor to qualify,

1:19:29 > 1:19:34and the rest of those who have made it through, including Yara Van

1:19:34 > 1:19:39Kerkhof and Kim Boutin.

1:19:40 > 1:19:47Kerkhof and Kim Boutin. Shim Sukhee won a medal in Sochi four years ago.

1:19:47 > 1:19:50Those quarterfinals will be on Thursday.

1:19:50 > 1:19:56CLARE BALDING: And just huge sadness that Elise Christie won't be among

1:19:56 > 1:19:58them, and nor will Charlotte Gilmartin and nor will Kathryn

1:19:58 > 1:20:01Thomson, but for Elise Christie to be brave enough to get back out

1:20:01 > 1:20:05there on the ice, having a fall on the first start of her heat, still

1:20:05 > 1:20:09getting up and going out again, finishing second and then to get

1:20:09 > 1:20:16disqualified, that just seems pain beyond... It's not fair, John.That

1:20:16 > 1:20:20is what sport is, and that is why we keep wanting to watch it, because we

1:20:20 > 1:20:24just don't know what is going to happen. She gave it a good go today,

1:20:24 > 1:20:28and what happened on the start is another twist in the tale, but she

1:20:28 > 1:20:31gave it her best shot and that is all we can ask for.She clearly

1:20:31 > 1:20:36wasn't feeling. If, because she went for it, on this first start, to try

1:20:36 > 1:20:41and get out in front.Yes, she did, I thought she would skate off and

1:20:41 > 1:20:43try and do something later, but she caught the skate of the other girl

1:20:43 > 1:20:49and tripped, and she looked a little bit shaken, probably, from that

1:20:49 > 1:20:53fall, because she wouldn't have been expecting that to happen. And to get

1:20:53 > 1:20:57back up and go again, it probably rocked her confidence a little bit.

1:20:57 > 1:21:01I think going into that race before that she would have been feeling

1:21:01 > 1:21:05quite happy that she was in a good place, and the medical team had done

1:21:05 > 1:21:09a great job and cleared her to race, but I think then that would have

1:21:09 > 1:21:14shook up, and then when we go on to see the actual race.She takes a

1:21:14 > 1:21:18different tactic.You can see the confidence is not there. If she was

1:21:18 > 1:21:22going to sit in the race, you would want to see her go around the

1:21:22 > 1:21:24outside in keep it as clear as possible, because we talked about

1:21:24 > 1:21:28trying to get to the front and after that start that wasn't going to

1:21:28 > 1:21:31happen but then she starts making smaller inside moves.So on the

1:21:31 > 1:21:35restart, you can see that she deliberately going for a slow start,

1:21:35 > 1:21:42to build up the pace gradually, not going to get involved in the

1:21:42 > 1:21:44argy-bargy, but unfortunately makes the decision to go around the inside

1:21:44 > 1:21:46to overtake rather than sweeping round the outside, and therefore

1:21:46 > 1:21:51gets into trouble twice.And that is where she has ended up getting a

1:21:51 > 1:21:56yellow card, because although mentioned by Will you do get a card

1:21:56 > 1:21:59or dangerous skating, but I don't think that was this one, it was the

1:21:59 > 1:22:04fact that she picked up two penalties in two different

1:22:04 > 1:22:08incidents, and I think that amounted to the yellow card. She looks

1:22:08 > 1:22:10confident the back, and looks like she is winding up the Yuchen see

1:22:10 > 1:22:20where she is not as confident as she would be in a race like this, she is

1:22:20 > 1:22:20taking

1:22:20 > 1:22:22taking up the inside options and moving up the track slowly.It is

1:22:22 > 1:22:24shorter to go on the side but more risky?Definitely. Around the

1:22:24 > 1:22:28outside you have more space but you do need the strength, and that is

1:22:28 > 1:22:32where not having as much confidence probably meant that she went the

1:22:32 > 1:22:39easier route.So that undertake was fine?Yes, and you wonder shisha

1:22:39 > 1:22:42granny tax eye but she gets caught in an incident there, and I think

1:22:42 > 1:22:46she does make quite good speed coming out of the corner to make the

1:22:46 > 1:22:50overtake, but obviously the Hungarian girl shuts the door on

1:22:50 > 1:22:54her.And had their just been that one incident, it might have been all

1:22:54 > 1:22:57right.By the sounds of it she would have got a penalty for that, and

1:22:57 > 1:23:01then she gets another penalty here when Chi double pushes against the

1:23:01 > 1:23:05Polish girl, and then that leads to a double penalty which further

1:23:05 > 1:23:14yellow card.So she hasn't done anything dangerous? It is a double

1:23:14 > 1:23:17infringement, so effectively in football it would be two yellow

1:23:17 > 1:23:21cards and therefore the red

1:23:21 > 1:23:21football it would be two yellow cards and therefore the red? Oh,

1:23:21 > 1:23:26dear.And I think they are she can't carry on her speed, obviously the

1:23:26 > 1:23:30girl that is in front, the Dutch girl, hasn't gone quick enough to

1:23:30 > 1:23:37open that gap for Elise to slot into, so then Andrea Kessler from

1:23:37 > 1:23:43Hungary is able to shut the door. She has almost come across the track

1:23:43 > 1:23:48too much.Nicky Gooch, the coach, carrying her off to protect as much

1:23:48 > 1:23:55as possible. In your opinion, John, is the disqualification just?Yes.

1:23:55 > 1:23:59It is a racing incident, and we talk about trying to make it as clear as

1:23:59 > 1:24:01possible, because if you don't you come into the hand of the referee,

1:24:01 > 1:24:06and they have a chance to watch the video back and that didn't had two

1:24:06 > 1:24:10penalties.We are going live back to Pyeongchang to talk to Elise

1:24:10 > 1:24:11Christie.

1:24:14 > 1:24:18Just tell us what is going through your mind right now.To be honest,

1:24:18 > 1:24:26not much. A few days ago, I didn't think I would be getting on the ice.

1:24:26 > 1:24:32I did everything I could to turn this around, I had ligament damage

1:24:32 > 1:24:35in my ankle, and putting a skate on with that is not the comfiest thing

1:24:35 > 1:24:42in the world. And we did everything we could to turn this around, and it

1:24:42 > 1:24:46just wasn't meant to be.If it was any other competition, would you

1:24:46 > 1:24:50have been on that start line today? No, I would've been off the ice for

1:24:50 > 1:24:55five or six weeks. I would have been in rehab. I wouldn't have got on if

1:24:55 > 1:24:58it was the World Championships, and that wouldn't have been my choice, I

1:24:58 > 1:25:01would have been told I wasn't getting on. The only reason they

1:25:01 > 1:25:05gave me the choice is because it was the Olympics. The worst that could

1:25:05 > 1:25:10happen is

1:25:10 > 1:25:14happen is that I fell off the start, but to me that didn't matter. I

1:25:14 > 1:25:19trained all my life this, it was everything to me, and... It's done.

1:25:19 > 1:25:24I think everyone watching will think that you've got a hell of a lot of

1:25:24 > 1:25:35guts.Thanks. I don't know. I just felt like I owe it to Britain, you

1:25:35 > 1:25:41know? I can put my hands are right now and say I don't know why I have

1:25:41 > 1:25:46got the yellow card. When I watched the race, I was kicked on the start

1:25:46 > 1:25:50and fell over, I have never had a yellow card in my life, never mind

1:25:50 > 1:25:57penalties, I barely get penalties. I went to the inside, and on the

1:25:57 > 1:26:01video, I am past the girl, so I have no idea. The only thing I can think

1:26:01 > 1:26:04of is possibly the referee doesn't think it's safer meter race with my

1:26:04 > 1:26:08ankle wages, because he was in courage in me to get off the ice

1:26:08 > 1:26:13after the fall at the start, and if that is it, then fair enough, I can

1:26:13 > 1:26:16see why he might not want me to race like that, because it might not be

1:26:16 > 1:26:24the safest.We know how much work you put in, and you're talking about

1:26:24 > 1:26:27putting short track out there, I think you have done that, you are

1:26:27 > 1:26:33the world champion. How do you some up these games? Because I think it's

1:26:33 > 1:26:41fair to say that it hasn't gone very well.You'll have to ask me

1:26:41 > 1:26:50tomorrow, I think. Right now I'm a bit shell-shocked. I worked hard to

1:26:50 > 1:26:54come back from this injury, most people wouldn't have skated with my

1:26:54 > 1:26:58ankle the way it was, I can barely bend my knee. The only thing I can

1:26:58 > 1:27:02say is I can promise Britain that I will fight back from this and I will

1:27:02 > 1:27:09come back for Beijing, and hopefully I can do Britain proud of then.Back

1:27:09 > 1:27:12to Beijing, so I know that after the last time, you felt like you

1:27:12 > 1:27:17couldn't go on, but this time you don't feel that? It's different this

1:27:17 > 1:27:23time, you can go to Beijing?Yes, I have so much belief in the programme

1:27:23 > 1:27:29and myself, none of that was my physical capability. You know, it

1:27:29 > 1:27:38was just short track. What else can I say? Everyone has been such a

1:27:38 > 1:27:42massive support to me, Team GB, to turn this around. Everyone at home,

1:27:42 > 1:27:47most of the people, anyway, I can't believe how supportive they have

1:27:47 > 1:27:53been, and I definitely think I can come back and medal in Beijing, it

1:27:53 > 1:27:58is frustrating having to wait four years. It wasn't to be this time.

1:27:58 > 1:28:03Listen, despite what has happened, we are all immensely proud of you,

1:28:03 > 1:28:07and you are the world champion, and lots of people come to the Olympics

1:28:07 > 1:28:10and don't win medals, so we're really proud you had the guts to get

1:28:10 > 1:28:13out on that start line, and we are looking forward to seeing you back

1:28:13 > 1:28:17in Beijing.Thank you, and I would like to thank all the kids that have

1:28:17 > 1:28:23sent me messages. I really appreciate it, the kids that have

1:28:23 > 1:28:26sent messages saying they are inspired by me, they have no idea

1:28:26 > 1:28:31what that means to me, but it is amazing that five-year-olds and

1:28:31 > 1:28:34seven-year-olds can find me inspiring, that brings tears to my

1:28:34 > 1:28:38eyes, you know?Thanks very much. Thanks.

1:28:41 > 1:28:44Elise Christie admitting she is still shell-shocked, doesn't

1:28:44 > 1:28:47understand why she got the yellow card, but confirming this is not the

1:28:47 > 1:28:51end of her Olympic challenge, she will be back in four years' time.

1:28:51 > 1:28:55She will be 31 by then, still determined to win a first Olympic

1:28:55 > 1:29:01medal, but her Olympics for this year, for 2018, is over. Sarah, what

1:29:01 > 1:29:04did you make of what she said there, and of what has happened to her

1:29:04 > 1:29:09today?I think it was a really nice and honest interview from her, and I

1:29:09 > 1:29:14think she probably is a little bit shell-shocked, and she needs to let

1:29:14 > 1:29:18things sink in. And book a holiday! Take a little bit of time off. She

1:29:18 > 1:29:22has four years until the next games, and lots to do in between them, but

1:29:22 > 1:29:26I think maybe a bit of downtime.She mentioned that the referee was

1:29:26 > 1:29:30having words with her after the first false start, after she fell on

1:29:30 > 1:29:35the first start for her heat, and is that the referee there with the

1:29:35 > 1:29:40headphones?That would have been one of the referees, yes.And do you

1:29:40 > 1:29:45think he's checking she's all right? Would think he's saying.He would

1:29:45 > 1:29:48have been just checking, the duty of care being the head referee for the

1:29:48 > 1:29:52girls, he would've come over and checked if she was OK, and

1:29:52 > 1:29:55obviously, would have been asking her how she is doing, to find out

1:29:55 > 1:30:01whether she is ready to go again.Is there any right of appeal?No. In

1:30:01 > 1:30:09this instance, no. They have checked the video numerous times, we don't

1:30:09 > 1:30:13see the same footage as they get to see, the referees will see it

1:30:13 > 1:30:16overhead and in front and down the straight, so we don't get to see

1:30:16 > 1:30:20that footage may be until after the event, but yes, there is no right of

1:30:20 > 1:30:25appeal here.

1:30:25 > 1:30:29Sarah, she was saying she doesn't understand why she got the

1:30:29 > 1:30:34infringement, there were undertakes that were not illegal, not worthy of

1:30:34 > 1:30:37a penalty.She has not had the chance to have a look at the video,

1:30:37 > 1:30:42how you feel when you get off, all the adrenaline, what happens during

1:30:42 > 1:30:46the race, it flashes past you very quickly, she might feel differently

1:30:46 > 1:30:50when she looks at the video replay and she has gone and analysed it.I

1:30:50 > 1:30:58think she has a point with racing against Kessler, the Hungarian girl,

1:30:58 > 1:31:03she probably may feel a bit harsh on that because she got alongside her

1:31:03 > 1:31:07and she tried to make space but unfortunately it was not there. With

1:31:07 > 1:31:12the Polish girl, I would say that was a clear penalty.I think when

1:31:12 > 1:31:16your intentions are good and you are not intending to cause trouble or

1:31:16 > 1:31:19cause a penalty, it doesn't feel there, because that's not what you

1:31:19 > 1:31:26are trying to do.Do you think she would have raced differently, a

1:31:26 > 1:31:30fully fit Elise Christie, despite, if the ankle was and still hurting,

1:31:30 > 1:31:33a belief that Elise Christie would have gone round the outside and gone

1:31:33 > 1:31:38I'm better than you lot.Without a doubt, who she was racing against,

1:31:38 > 1:31:42she would have sat at the back and gone round the outside is not gone

1:31:42 > 1:31:46to the front at the start and dominated. She can clearly see where

1:31:46 > 1:31:49she is out, she was obviously disappointed in that interview but

1:31:49 > 1:31:53she realises maybe today she was not at full fitness and there's nothing

1:31:53 > 1:31:59else you can do. She gave it her best shot, today wasn't meant to be,

1:31:59 > 1:32:04she probably realised that with the injury.Desperately disappointing

1:32:04 > 1:32:07for British fans, desperately sad for Elise Christie but so impressive

1:32:07 > 1:32:13she can come out and say after that I am going again, going to try for

1:32:13 > 1:32:17another Olympics. Let's go out to Pyeongchang and speak to Wilf

1:32:17 > 1:32:26O'Reilly, how do you sum up today? Basically, immense courage that she

1:32:26 > 1:32:31has shown to get on the ice, clash blades with the Hungarian Kessler,

1:32:31 > 1:32:36to go back to the start of the 1000 metres, 20-30 metres off the pace

1:32:36 > 1:32:41and close the gap in a qualifying position and what I believe, I

1:32:41 > 1:32:45happened to seeing the actual replay that the video referee sees but what

1:32:45 > 1:32:49I understand is there are two issues that have happened during the course

1:32:49 > 1:32:54of the race and because one was a penalty and the other was a penalty,

1:32:54 > 1:32:58I actually don't feel it was a penalty at all but I haven't seen

1:32:58 > 1:33:02the video footage to confirm that. Basically two penalties means you

1:33:02 > 1:33:08get a yellow card which is a warning for dangerous skating.Do you feel

1:33:08 > 1:33:12at all because Elise Christie is as high-profile as she is, because she

1:33:12 > 1:33:15had the issues are ready, aren't the judges watching her more closely

1:33:15 > 1:33:22than anyone else?If you are one of the favourites you are always being

1:33:22 > 1:33:26watched a lot more closely than any other skaters, generally in my

1:33:26 > 1:33:31opinion what happens, a lot of the well-known names skaters are quite

1:33:31 > 1:33:35often given, sort of, the chance, if you like, the benefit of the doubt

1:33:35 > 1:33:38and are allowed to go through but clearly the referees are under such

1:33:38 > 1:33:43pressure, they are basically saying, based on the footage what they see,

1:33:43 > 1:33:50they are the people, Babel be giving penalties to.To be fair, they have

1:33:50 > 1:33:53been pretty brave, they took choice the home favourite out of the medal

1:33:53 > 1:33:57winning position in the 500, it's not like they are making unpopular

1:33:57 > 1:34:02decisions for everybody. Elise Christie mentioned she thought the

1:34:02 > 1:34:06referee might have given her a yellow card because they perhaps

1:34:06 > 1:34:09might have thought it wasn't safe for her to race but they can't do

1:34:09 > 1:34:13that, can they?I wouldn't think so, if he felt that wasn't safe for her

1:34:13 > 1:34:17to start and he should never have allowed her to start the race, as it

1:34:17 > 1:34:24were. I don't really know, there is something that we are going to

1:34:24 > 1:34:26Seville for the ISU conference in June and the rules and regulations

1:34:26 > 1:34:30will be voted upon and it is something I will be putting forward

1:34:30 > 1:34:36to try and emphasise to the rest of the world if somebody is given a

1:34:36 > 1:34:41penalty, why?This is a big load to British Short track speed skating

1:34:41 > 1:34:45not just because there won't be a single representative left in any

1:34:45 > 1:34:48race for the women but also because of the way the funding structure is,

1:34:48 > 1:34:51you know, whatever you think about, the World Championship nettles, the

1:34:51 > 1:34:56gold medals that Elise Christie she has won, they don't count, its

1:34:56 > 1:35:02Olympic medals. Mothers have a massive effect for the future of

1:35:02 > 1:35:07British are track speed skating?

1:35:07 > 1:35:09British are track speed skating? -- will this have a massive effect?The

1:35:09 > 1:35:15whole world has seen what has happened and hopefully Babel realise

1:35:15 > 1:35:18the sport is about investing in the future, finding new talent,

1:35:18 > 1:35:23hopefully my successes in the past, Nicky Gooch, and Elise Christie's

1:35:23 > 1:35:29success will all continue and contribute to future funding.Elise

1:35:29 > 1:35:33Christie has said she wants to be back in four years' time, can you

1:35:33 > 1:35:38and you know... I did hear that. I mean, the weight Short track speed

1:35:38 > 1:35:41skaters go on the pattern of their career, is it possible to come back

1:35:41 > 1:35:48in your 30s and still be the best? Absolutely. It's all about

1:35:48 > 1:35:53experience. I mean, somebody was asking me, what should she do after

1:35:53 > 1:35:57this and I said maybe she should take a year doing long track speed

1:35:57 > 1:36:01skating, working out and training but taking a break from the

1:36:01 > 1:36:06high-profile level that she has within the sport and hopefully three

1:36:06 > 1:36:10years into Beijing, 2022, start focusing maybe take another route.I

1:36:10 > 1:36:14have to say that long track speed Skating looks quite tempting, nobody

1:36:14 > 1:36:23else in the way. Absolutely! Thank you so much and I'm sorry for you

1:36:23 > 1:36:26guys out there that it's been such a disappointing day but thank you for

1:36:26 > 1:36:33everything you have contributed. Thank you very much. And it is,

1:36:33 > 1:36:38gosh, so much to take in, as Elise Christie said, she can't begin to

1:36:38 > 1:36:43think rationally about this, you are in the moment, you will have an

1:36:43 > 1:36:47emotional response, some up how strong you think she has been,

1:36:47 > 1:36:52Sarah, to want to do this today and also after the first of all, to say

1:36:52 > 1:36:57no, I am not giving up right now. Yes, we should be really, really

1:36:57 > 1:37:01proud that she is back on the ice today and she gave it everything she

1:37:01 > 1:37:09had, it was her one last shot. She had quite a lot of pressure on -- on

1:37:09 > 1:37:12her, the golden girl of the sport, emotionally this build-up for years

1:37:12 > 1:37:16that leads into the Olympic Games, this has been a plan for her for a

1:37:16 > 1:37:21long time. I think she needs to come back down and relax before deciding

1:37:21 > 1:37:25what to do next.I went to see her in Korea before the games and she

1:37:25 > 1:37:29kept talking about how she had to risk it all to gain gold. Do you

1:37:29 > 1:37:35think she has risked too much in the 500, 1500 and today doesn't really

1:37:35 > 1:37:39count because she wasn't fit and therefore was making decisions

1:37:39 > 1:37:42because she didn't feel strong enough but particularly the 500.Not

1:37:42 > 1:37:48really. We talk about her being world champion, when she became

1:37:48 > 1:37:51world champion last year she finished fourth in the 500 metres

1:37:51 > 1:37:56and she did this time. With place Olympic was what she got at the

1:37:56 > 1:38:02worlds, that's no mean feat, very impressive. I think in the 1500 we

1:38:02 > 1:38:07spoke, we underestimated the quality of the semifinal she was in and

1:38:07 > 1:38:10obviously having a silver and gold medallist in your semifinal will be

1:38:10 > 1:38:15tough and watching the replay back from the 1500 metres, she was half a

1:38:15 > 1:38:20metre out of mailing the overtake and go to the final.You are right,

1:38:20 > 1:38:23there was Lee and Choi and they ended up gold and silver in the

1:38:23 > 1:38:28final. She was up against it to finish first two, she had to take a

1:38:28 > 1:38:33risk in the 1500.When we talk about taking a risk, that's not settling,

1:38:33 > 1:38:38make sure you keep moving, you attack to win the race, be in the

1:38:38 > 1:38:42medals, if you start settling, the more you save, you are not moving

1:38:42 > 1:38:47up, you are moving backwards, things you need to try out. Take a risk and

1:38:47 > 1:38:52want to win but that does not mean you risk everything, we are not

1:38:52 > 1:38:56putting it all on the gold medal, she still wanted to be successful

1:38:56 > 1:39:01and take a risk in the race to do as best as she possibly can.In terms

1:39:01 > 1:39:06of talent, training, commitment to the sport, Sarah, she came into

1:39:06 > 1:39:09these games, you know, nothing is a certainty in short track speed

1:39:09 > 1:39:14skating because it seems to be incredibly rough, it's a very rough

1:39:14 > 1:39:19sport, but to leave it now with nothing, with no medal at all, you

1:39:19 > 1:39:22are right, fourth place is best Olympic finish in the 500 metres but

1:39:22 > 1:39:28she goes home with nothing. Doesn't that seem cruel? And if you look now

1:39:28 > 1:39:35at her Olympic experiences, in the last two games, I mean, that is

1:39:35 > 1:39:39desperate. I mean, even in short track speed skating, that is

1:39:39 > 1:39:45unlucky, isn't it?It's all part of the story, isn't it, for when she

1:39:45 > 1:39:51wins, I think.They will make a movie. Do you believe that can

1:39:51 > 1:39:55happen? If this ligament damage is bad and if it has been made worse

1:39:55 > 1:39:59today, she's going to take a long time to recover.With recovery for

1:39:59 > 1:40:04things like that it depends how you treat it initially. She doesn't have

1:40:04 > 1:40:10to do anything else, no other commitments, she can focus on that

1:40:10 > 1:40:14recovery, making sure it's back to. And then decide about training.

1:40:14 > 1:40:19Where are the younger short track speed skaters coming through, John,

1:40:19 > 1:40:24and where are they now? What has Elise done to increase interest in

1:40:24 > 1:40:29the sport?To have a world champion in the sport, so few people

1:40:29 > 1:40:33competing in the country, it's massive, everyone wants to emulate

1:40:33 > 1:40:36what Elise has done and go on and be successful in the World

1:40:36 > 1:40:40Championships and the Olympics. We set up an academy in the last couple

1:40:40 > 1:40:44of years since she became world champion, we've found a new athletes

1:40:44 > 1:40:48from other sports but improving the athletes currently in the sport from

1:40:48 > 1:40:55recent levels, down to club level, in the last week alone we've had

1:40:55 > 1:40:58over 150 people register their interest in the sport, it's not in

1:40:58 > 1:41:03the fairy tale story we wanted people are excited about short track

1:41:03 > 1:41:06speed skating, they are enjoying watching it for some reason.It's

1:41:06 > 1:41:12great to watch.Some of that excitement. They want to have a go,

1:41:12 > 1:41:16it has been massive over the last four years and we've been able to

1:41:16 > 1:41:21move forward, the sport is growing, that's fantastic.People are

1:41:21 > 1:41:23enjoying watching it, let's go back for more with

1:41:23 > 1:41:27enjoying watching it, let's go back for more with Simon. COMMENTATOR:,

1:41:27 > 1:41:37we have a crash, the Netherlands, they have stopped the race. It's not

1:41:37 > 1:41:49the first time we have had a race stopped this evening, local time.

1:41:49 > 1:41:52Daan Breeuwsma, from the Netherlands. Sprawling on the ice.

1:41:52 > 1:41:58What do you make of this?He clashes skates with the skater from

1:41:58 > 1:42:06Kazakhstan. You can see it from the reverse position. Clash blades as

1:42:06 > 1:42:16Daan Breeuwsma stamps on the

1:42:16 > 1:42:18Daan Breeuwsma stamps on the blade of his opponent, they are checking

1:42:18 > 1:42:22the blades are OK, they are a changing them completely, changing

1:42:22 > 1:42:28the blade. I think all three countries,

1:42:34 > 1:42:42including Charles Hamelin.The heat that we have missed so far, an

1:42:42 > 1:42:46Olympic athlete said a new record. A Polish surprise qualifier. There was

1:42:46 > 1:42:53a crash, predictably. A United States athlete was penalised but

1:42:53 > 1:43:00would not have gone through. In the second of the

1:43:03 > 1:43:08second of the heats, Samuel Samuel Girard from Canada went through very

1:43:08 > 1:43:22comfortably. In heat

1:43:23 > 1:43:32number three Seo Yira went through. It was chaotic and untidy. We are

1:43:32 > 1:43:35almost ready. The running repairs on the track have been frequent. As

1:43:35 > 1:43:44they fill the gaps, they spray them frozen again.Talking about running

1:43:44 > 1:43:58repairs, Simon, the Kazakhstan team really working on the

1:43:58 > 1:44:03really working on the blades of Denis Nikisha. They get up to speeds

1:44:03 > 1:44:06of 50 kilometres an hour, it's important they have their equipment

1:44:06 > 1:44:12right.Have you had any more time to reflect on the race of Elise

1:44:12 > 1:44:16Christie?I am still in shock, I came up from downstairs, still in

1:44:16 > 1:44:21shock to see she got a yellow card, I will probably ask someone this

1:44:21 > 1:44:24evening can I see the official reason why, they will probably said

1:44:24 > 1:44:32no but at least I will be able to ask.Packed in here again once more

1:44:32 > 1:44:38as we wait for the rerun of this heat number four in the men's 500

1:44:38 > 1:44:44metres. Such a mad dash, no room for error whatsoever. Particularly in

1:44:44 > 1:44:51the first round, these heats, the seeding order is randomly done by

1:44:51 > 1:44:55the computer. After this, it's done by the fastest skater drawn in the

1:44:55 > 1:45:03number Lane. They will come up to the line shortly. Daan Breeuwsma has

1:45:03 > 1:45:06never finished better than 14th in the World Championship. Denis

1:45:06 > 1:45:15Nikisha six in the world last year. Limb from Korea, the Olympic

1:45:15 > 1:45:20champion. Away they go. Clearly this time. Denis Nikisha from Kazakhstan

1:45:20 > 1:45:25goes to the front.

1:45:27 > 1:45:35He has seen a little gap, and he goes sliding through it.Denis

1:45:35 > 1:45:41Nikisha is storming away now.Lim Hyojun has gone very wide here,

1:45:41 > 1:45:48Charles Hamelin tries to get through on the inside. As they come round

1:45:48 > 1:45:51now, Lim Hyojun takes the bell with the advantage of some considerable

1:45:51 > 1:46:02distance back to second place, and the career wins it.

1:46:02 > 1:46:07the career wins it. Charles Hamelin of Canada is in third.I wouldn't be

1:46:07 > 1:46:15surprised to see Charles Hamelin get a penalty therefore an infringement

1:46:15 > 1:46:21on Denis Nikisha. And that

1:46:21 > 1:46:25on Denis Nikisha. And that is why Daan Breeuwsma got through into

1:46:25 > 1:46:29second.Once again, we saw Lim Hyojun who is in the form of his

1:46:29 > 1:46:33young life here.When you have an Olympic gold medal in your pocket,

1:46:33 > 1:46:38it is easy to take risks, and you feel a lot more relaxed. You see him

1:46:38 > 1:46:40go through, making it look so easy, and this is where the problem

1:46:40 > 1:46:48happened with Charles Hamelin and Denis Nikisha.It is because Lim had

1:46:48 > 1:46:52gone very wide on the corner, and Charles Hamelin saw the opportunity

1:46:52 > 1:46:57and try to go through.Particularly what happens in short track, if you

1:46:57 > 1:47:01are good on the 1500m it doesn't necessarily mean you will be good of

1:47:01 > 1:47:05500 metres, we start to see more and more specialist. Charles Hamelin

1:47:05 > 1:47:09knows he is the culprit, he has walked off the rink.That was more

1:47:09 > 1:47:18of the scowl and stop box for him as he disappears. He was ninth and 13th

1:47:18 > 1:47:22in the other two vents, it is not really been his Olympics. And he

1:47:22 > 1:47:28does get a penalty, he knew it, that is why he walked off. And Denis

1:47:28 > 1:47:37Nikisha from Kazakhstan is advanced, so Daan

1:47:37 > 1:47:40so Daan -- Lim Hyojun, Daan Breeuwsma and Denis Nikisha all go

1:47:40 > 1:47:44through.And skaters who are advanced are advanced to the outer

1:47:44 > 1:47:51lane.And a reminder that we have eight heat here. Now, next up, we

1:47:51 > 1:47:58have the Olympic Athlete from Russia on the right-hand side. And the

1:47:58 > 1:48:08false start gives me a chance to complete this line-up.

1:48:08 > 1:48:14complete this line-up. Ren Ziwei there

1:48:14 > 1:48:20there in the red, and Knegt is the world champion at this distance, he

1:48:20 > 1:48:29is the big Hope for the Dutch

1:48:29 > 1:48:31is the big Hope for the Dutch here all the skaters will now have to

1:48:31 > 1:48:44wait. It was skate and other two who was given the false tarte.

1:48:45 > 1:48:48Turbat two from Kazakhstan, he has done well to get into second place,

1:48:48 > 1:48:54Ren Ziwei is in second, a bit of a gap back to Sjinkie Knegt, the

1:48:54 > 1:48:58Dutchman, putting himself into position, one would think.Very

1:48:58 > 1:49:02similar situation as Elise Christie, at the back. You don't need to

1:49:02 > 1:49:07panic, you still have two laps to go.There will be one lap to go next

1:49:07 > 1:49:12time over the line, Sjinkie Knegt squeezes in on the inside of

1:49:12 > 1:49:21Alexander Sheldon. It is really tight, and Sjinkie Knegt is out of

1:49:21 > 1:49:30it there because the Chinese athlete Ren Ziwei wins it, and the Russian

1:49:30 > 1:49:34athlete benefited from the battle between Sjinkie Knegt and

1:49:34 > 1:49:39Zhumagaziyev.Sjinkie Knegt coming from third place, moving into

1:49:39 > 1:49:44second, and it can go any way.Would you say with an athlete as good as

1:49:44 > 1:49:47Sjinkie Knegt in a race like this, would it not be better for him to

1:49:47 > 1:49:51put himself towards the front earlier where he avoids this sort of

1:49:51 > 1:49:54scenario where he was in a more desperate situation on the last lap

1:49:54 > 1:49:59when he was really under pressure? As I was saying before, when you are

1:49:59 > 1:50:02drawn in the heat on the very outside lane, this is the Olympic

1:50:02 > 1:50:10Games. It is so tight, the level of short track speed skating is so

1:50:10 > 1:50:13tight amongst the athletes, that can make the difference just from your

1:50:13 > 1:50:17lane draw, so obviously he is coming back from fourth place going into

1:50:17 > 1:50:25third place, moving up slowly. So we have to wait and see now what Peter

1:50:25 > 1:50:30Worth, the referee from Great Britain, has to make of this.So,

1:50:30 > 1:50:45Ren Ziwei provisionally first. And just waiting for confirmation of the

1:50:45 > 1:50:47result from this 500 metres. The judges have reached a conclusion,

1:50:47 > 1:50:54thankfully it didn't take too long, so let's have a luck again as

1:50:54 > 1:51:00Sjinkie Knegt try to find a way through. And Sjinkie Knegt is given

1:51:00 > 1:51:05a penalty, and the Dutchman is out, and Zhumagaziyev of Kazakhstan is

1:51:05 > 1:51:13advanced to go through as well as Ren Ziwei, and Aleksandr Shulginov.

1:51:13 > 1:51:20That is the confirmation.Again, flabbergasted with that decision.

1:51:20 > 1:51:24You could see him moving across, closing the gap, and then they

1:51:24 > 1:51:29awarded the penalty.Plenty to talk about with your short track friends

1:51:29 > 1:51:36over dinner later on with the decisions tonight! And now, heat

1:51:36 > 1:51:49number six. The Japanese skater was fifth in the 1000m here. Pavlasek

1:51:49 > 1:52:06nick, the athlete from Russia -- Pavel Sitnikov, and,

1:52:06 > 1:52:13Pavel Sitnikov, and, with Shaoang Liu taking control of this early.

1:52:13 > 1:52:22One or two go through to the quarterfinals, and Abzal of

1:52:22 > 1:52:35Kazakhstan taking control.And Sakho from Japan, he wasn't going to take

1:52:35 > 1:52:42any chances in that race, he got away well, he stayed there, but he

1:52:42 > 1:52:46got away from the others, not least for Pavel Sitnikov, for a while he

1:52:46 > 1:52:50was in a good position, but then he lost his balance is the challenges

1:52:50 > 1:52:56grew in ferocity.But Shaoang Liu of Hungary led from start to finish,

1:52:56 > 1:53:00blocking well, not allowing any skaters to come past him, compose,

1:53:00 > 1:53:07you can just see there, he almost got knocked down as they approached

1:53:07 > 1:53:14this bend, you could see the hand on the backside of the Hungarian

1:53:14 > 1:53:18skater, Liu. And as he is coming out of the bend, knocked off balance,

1:53:18 > 1:53:23both skates on the ice, really carving into the turn to make sure

1:53:23 > 1:53:32he goes across the line first.

1:53:32 > 1:53:34he goes across the line first.A lot of pressure put on Shaoang Liu as

1:53:34 > 1:53:37Pavel Sitnikov has been given a penalty, so Shaoang Liu qualifies,

1:53:37 > 1:53:47as does Ryosuke Sakazume from Japan, and the Kazakhstan skater advances

1:53:47 > 1:53:53as well, so some of these races in the court of finals are going to

1:53:53 > 1:53:58have additional skaters, it will be more traffic. Until this afternoon,

1:53:58 > 1:54:04this evening, we had 34 penalties from 12 different countries. I think

1:54:04 > 1:54:09it is probably up to about 45 penalties now, and now we have a

1:54:09 > 1:54:23North Korean speed skater in the red, Jong Kwang Bom. And the North

1:54:23 > 1:54:30Korean skater goes down, and we will have a restart.

1:54:31 > 1:54:34have a restart. I don't understand that, he fell with nobody in the

1:54:34 > 1:54:37way, no contact with any other skater whatsoever, and they are

1:54:37 > 1:54:43having a restart. , so the second opportunity afforded here. Let's

1:54:43 > 1:54:49watch this once more.He dug his toe from the right skate, and clearly

1:54:49 > 1:54:53you can see here there is no contact whatsoever.The only contact comes

1:54:53 > 1:54:56after he has fallen with the Japanese skater, who manages to stay

1:54:56 > 1:55:02on his feet.That will be the reason why they have restarted, we are up

1:55:02 > 1:55:05in the stands and we can't really see that far down to the ice.That

1:55:05 > 1:55:13was a very nervous start for the loan North Korean short track racer.

1:55:13 > 1:55:19And he will have garage a couple of divot out of the ice with his

1:55:19 > 1:55:25blades, so the repairs are pretty quick here. They pack some ice in

1:55:25 > 1:55:32and then spray it so that it hardens instantaneously and we shouldn't

1:55:32 > 1:55:43have too much of a delay here. Hwang Daeheon is fourth ranked in the

1:55:43 > 1:55:47World Cup in this distance, he is up athlete they have high hopes of, but

1:55:47 > 1:55:53it hasn't worked out so far. For one, it has been brilliant, and for

1:55:53 > 1:55:58Hwang Daeheon it hasn't been quite so good, 14th and 17th in the two

1:55:58 > 1:56:01events so far.Very disappointing considering his World Championships

1:56:01 > 1:56:08performance.

1:56:08 > 1:56:11performance.Thomas Hong of the United States is in this field as

1:56:11 > 1:56:17well. The tracksuit tops are off once again. And they will go once

1:56:17 > 1:56:22more.

1:56:23 > 1:56:35more. Cato Watanabe of Japan, and the North Korean is on the deck and

1:56:35 > 1:56:40out of the race very quickly. Leading the way by a mile here is

1:56:40 > 1:56:47Hwang Daeheon of career, being chased by Watanabe of Japan, quite a

1:56:47 > 1:56:51gap back to Thomas Hong of the United States.And it is all about

1:56:51 > 1:56:55the time, they are trying to skaters fast as possible because the time

1:56:55 > 1:56:58they set in the heat will determine the lane they draw in the

1:56:58 > 1:57:04quarterfinals.It looks like Hwang Daeheon is really going for it, he

1:57:04 > 1:57:10will win this by a mile, and Watanabe will go through to the

1:57:10 > 1:57:14quarterfinals, soap Hwang Daeheon in first place, Watanabe in second,

1:57:14 > 1:57:18Thomas Hong of the United States in three, and still skating around,

1:57:18 > 1:57:23getting ready to come into the finish is Jong Kwang Bom of North

1:57:23 > 1:57:27Korea, but his race was over very quickly. He got into a bit of an

1:57:27 > 1:57:32elbow match almost from the very gun.They didn't take part in the

1:57:32 > 1:57:36limit qualifying events, and the IOC awarded them an extra spot to try to

1:57:36 > 1:57:42promote the event in North Korea, but it clearly he has very little

1:57:42 > 1:57:45experience at this level, and that could be dangerous for the other

1:57:45 > 1:57:51skaters. You can see him there pushing that right hand. And

1:57:51 > 1:57:56Watanabe on the outside, he is just pushing him away, and again, he is

1:57:56 > 1:57:59just knocked off balance, and it will be interesting to see what

1:57:59 > 1:58:03Peter Worth has to make of this. But this man had no trouble whatsoever.

1:58:03 > 1:58:09He is a class act, isn't he? Really comfortable, a great start for him

1:58:09 > 1:58:16in these 500 metres. The short visit to the competition for Jong Kwang

1:58:16 > 1:58:24Bom of North Korea. First international event of any note as

1:58:24 > 1:58:30far as we can tell from him. Yet again, the judges are reviewing the

1:58:30 > 1:58:39action. And I think he will be the culprit in this one. Of receiving a

1:58:39 > 1:58:47penalty, I really think we do, I think we are up to number 47 by now.

1:58:47 > 1:58:52And the skater from the peoples were of career, Jong Kwang Bom, receives

1:58:52 > 1:58:58a penalty from the referee, but it doesn't affect the result at all,

1:58:58 > 1:59:04and that is confirmation of the result. One more heat to come, and

1:59:04 > 1:59:09my goodness me, what a high-quality one it is as well, this is almost

1:59:09 > 1:59:20worthy of an Olympic final. Han Tianyu

1:59:20 > 1:59:26Tianyu of China, Shaolin Sandor Liu, John-Henry Krueger who won Silver in

1:59:26 > 1:59:33the 1000m the other day, and what a field. Someone will have to make way

1:59:33 > 1:59:39here.

1:59:39 > 1:59:43here. Shaolin Sandor Liu thinks he needs to get to the front, and he is

1:59:43 > 1:59:47being chased by Han Tianyu. John-Henry Krueger from the USA at

1:59:47 > 1:59:51the back just has to wait, there is nothing he can really do.This is

1:59:51 > 1:59:56going to be really tight, one lap to go and over the line. Shaolin Sandor

1:59:56 > 2:00:02Liu from hungry leads the way, and Han Tianyu is in second place,

2:00:02 > 2:00:05Seaman Elistratov trying to steal it at the end, I'm not sure if he will

2:00:05 > 2:00:09find a way through, I'm not sure if he found it, such a high-quality

2:00:09 > 2:00:12field, nothing John-Henry Krueger could do about it in terms of moving

2:00:12 > 2:00:15up from the back, it was a high paced, high quality race, on the

2:00:15 > 2:00:23first two over the line, Shaolin Sandor Liu and Han Tianyu.

2:00:23 > 2:00:28I think it says it all, the way they started, one, two, three, four on

2:00:28 > 2:00:34the line. Shaolin Sandor Liu paced himself by going round the outside

2:00:34 > 2:00:38and then it was game over the.For the near shaped it, in a race like

2:00:38 > 2:00:46this with four really good skaters, the lottery of how they start, will

2:00:46 > 2:00:51that be the decisive factor? Probably. The sport is still growing

2:00:51 > 2:00:55and learning. We need to look at the rules and regulations of the first

2:00:55 > 2:00:59round pick, because the seeding of the races is based on the World

2:00:59 > 2:01:03Cups. In World Cup status, this is correct, but in terms of the lane

2:01:03 > 2:01:09draw they get on the 1000 metres, it is done by the computer on the very

2:01:09 > 2:01:13first round. And he looked very comfortable indeed.Shaolin Sandor

2:01:13 > 2:01:21loop going through in qualifying, as well as Han Tianyu from China.

2:01:21 > 2:01:29Elistratov won a bronze the other day in another event. And that

2:01:29 > 2:01:33completes the men's 500 metre heats. The quarterfinal line-up, who has

2:01:33 > 2:01:46impressed you so far?I think Wu Dajing is the man to look to. Like

2:01:46 > 2:01:50the long track yesterday, the 500 metres is such a top event, so many

2:01:50 > 2:01:57people that can qualify. And can take home gold. I don't like to say

2:01:57 > 2:02:03any name, because probably after Thursday evening, they will go out

2:02:03 > 2:02:08in the quarterfinals.The crowd have a chance to grab a drink, a stack,

2:02:08 > 2:02:12and catch their breath. They are resurfacing the ice and then later

2:02:12 > 2:02:17on we have the potential mayhem of the ladies 3000 metre relay finals

2:02:17 > 2:02:22with four times as many athletes on the track. STUDIO: We will certainly

2:02:22 > 2:02:26be back for that. Amazing for the short track speed skating. If you're

2:02:26 > 2:02:30tuning in wondering what happens to Elise Christie, at nine o'clock this

2:02:30 > 2:02:36morning it was confirmed she would line-up for her heat in the 1000

2:02:36 > 2:02:43metres. This was the event in which she is world champion. John and

2:02:43 > 2:02:46Sarah alongside me to analyse what happened. In the first starchy tried

2:02:46 > 2:02:54to take the lead. What happened?She to run, she went off hard. And she

2:02:54 > 2:02:58caught blades with the girl next to from Hungary and tripped over and

2:02:58 > 2:03:07fell. Probably a little bit rattled. What are the rules on the restart?

2:03:07 > 2:03:10They will restart the race if there is a clash before the apex block,

2:03:10 > 2:03:18the middle block of the first corner. If police had fallen there,

2:03:18 > 2:03:21it disturbs the race because she would have stopped Andreas Kessler

2:03:21 > 2:03:27moving forward in the race. The race has been disturbed. We have seen

2:03:27 > 2:03:32other races where they have fallen on their own and carried on.A

2:03:32 > 2:03:36pretty hard impact on the ice. She holds the right ankle, which is

2:03:36 > 2:03:42where the problem has been since a fall in the semifinals of the 1500.

2:03:42 > 2:03:45Nicky Gooch, the coach, made adjustments to her skates and the

2:03:45 > 2:03:49referee talks to her as well. The assumption was it was over and she

2:03:49 > 2:03:54was out, but she lined up again.We all thought that, we sat back in our

2:03:54 > 2:04:02hearts sank, we thought it was finished. She went over to the side,

2:04:02 > 2:04:04sorted out her blades and then started the race again. Different

2:04:04 > 2:04:10tactics this time. She wanted to give it her best shot, but we know

2:04:10 > 2:04:14in 1000 metres she can still make up some ground.It looked like when she

2:04:14 > 2:04:18got going she was skating quite nicely. She catches up with the pack

2:04:18 > 2:04:21and starts to make moves and then you see that she is not her usual

2:04:21 > 2:04:26confident self.Her options are either sweet whites to go round them

2:04:26 > 2:04:31all or pick them off one by one on the inside.I think she was trying

2:04:31 > 2:04:35to make it easy for herself, make the overtaking easy without making a

2:04:35 > 2:04:39big move round the outside. She looks very conscious of her ankle

2:04:39 > 2:04:45while she is skating round.As we see from the first overtake, she

2:04:45 > 2:04:49makes it quite nicely, comfortable, the gap appears and she slots in.

2:04:49 > 2:04:54She read it well and makes it look easy. We start to think, here we go.

2:04:54 > 2:05:00But no, the next one is very first real issue comes. She makes the

2:05:00 > 2:05:04overtake, she gets alongside her, and that's where a lease in her

2:05:04 > 2:05:07interview mentioned she didn't think it was a penalty.But the problem

2:05:07 > 2:05:12is, she causes the crash, and that is the first penalty.She looked a

2:05:12 > 2:05:16bit wobbly, did well to recover and then goes for the undertake again.

2:05:16 > 2:05:21She makes this one quite nicely but I think it's when she starts to

2:05:21 > 2:05:26block and is too forceful on her blocking to shut the track down. And

2:05:26 > 2:05:30that means penalty number two, resulting in the yellow card.She

2:05:30 > 2:05:37knows there, the Bell has gone and somebody has taken over her on the

2:05:37 > 2:05:43inside and there is not enough time to get back to second place to

2:05:43 > 2:05:46qualify. She was deathly trying to hold her position to get through to

2:05:46 > 2:05:52the next round.She is alongside the Hungarian girl there, but she can't

2:05:52 > 2:05:54get enough space to make it comfortable. And that causes the

2:05:54 > 2:06:02crash.

2:06:02 > 2:06:05crash. She is pushing and using her arm a little bit. She doesn't want

2:06:05 > 2:06:09to get back pastor. Nicky Gooch carrying her off, that was always

2:06:09 > 2:06:14the plan because we didn't want her to walk in her skates. Walking round

2:06:14 > 2:06:18in speed skates with long blades is not the most comfortable, so with a

2:06:18 > 2:06:22sore ankle, the idea was to get her off the ice and get her as quick as

2:06:22 > 2:06:25possible with her skates off, because fingers crossed she was to

2:06:25 > 2:06:31redo the next round.It is to Elise Christie's credit that she lined up

2:06:31 > 2:06:35twice and went straight to David McDaid after to give this interview.

2:06:35 > 2:06:40First of all, tell us what's going through your mind.To be honest, not

2:06:40 > 2:06:50much. A few days ago I didn't think I would be getting on the ice. I did

2:06:50 > 2:06:53everything I could to turn this around. I had ligament damage in my

2:06:53 > 2:06:59ankle. Putting a skate on with that is not the comfiest thing in the

2:06:59 > 2:07:04world. We did everything we could to turn this around. It obviously

2:07:04 > 2:07:09wasn't meant to be.If it was any other competition, would you have

2:07:09 > 2:07:15been on the start line today?No, I would have been off the ice for five

2:07:15 > 2:07:19or six weeks. I wouldn't have gone back if it was the World

2:07:19 > 2:07:23Championships, and that would have been my choice... That wouldn't have

2:07:23 > 2:07:26been my choice, I would have been told I couldn't go back. But the

2:07:26 > 2:07:32only reason I got the choice was because it was the Olympics. To me

2:07:32 > 2:07:36being kicked and falling at the start didn't matter. I had trained

2:07:36 > 2:07:42all my life for this, it was everything to me. And, yes, it's

2:07:42 > 2:07:47done.I think everyone watching will think you have a hell of a lot of

2:07:47 > 2:07:55guts.Thanks. I felt I owed it to Britain, you know? I want to get

2:07:55 > 2:08:00short track out there. It's an amazing sport. At times it can do

2:08:00 > 2:08:04this to you. I can put my hands up right now and say I have no idea why

2:08:04 > 2:08:09I got the yellow card. When I watched the race I was kicked at the

2:08:09 > 2:08:14start and fell over. I have never had a yellow card in my life. I very

2:08:14 > 2:08:20rarely get penalties. I went up the inside. I went past the girl on the

2:08:20 > 2:08:25video. I have no idea. The only thing I can think is possibly the

2:08:25 > 2:08:28referee doesn't think it is safe by race with my ankle the way it is

2:08:28 > 2:08:32because he was encouraging me to get off the ice when I fell at the

2:08:32 > 2:08:36start. If that is it then fair enough. I can see why he might not

2:08:36 > 2:08:41want me to race like that, because it might not be the safest. But,

2:08:41 > 2:08:47yeah...We know how much work you put in and you are talking about but

2:08:47 > 2:08:50in short track out there. I think you have done that, you are the

2:08:50 > 2:08:57world champion. How do you sum up these games? I think it's fair to

2:08:57 > 2:09:01say it hasn't really gone very well. LAUGHTER

2:09:01 > 2:09:07You would have to ask me tomorrow. Right now I'm a little bit

2:09:07 > 2:09:12shell-shocked. I worked so hard to come back from this injury. I think

2:09:12 > 2:09:19a thousand people wouldn't have skated with my ankle the way it was.

2:09:19 > 2:09:23The only thing I can say is I can promise of Britain that I will fight

2:09:23 > 2:09:29back from this and I will come back for Beijing. And hopefully I can do

2:09:29 > 2:09:35Britain proud then.Back to Beijing. I know after the last time you felt

2:09:35 > 2:09:39you couldn't go on, but this time you don't feel that. It's different

2:09:39 > 2:09:45this time, you can go to Beijing. Yes, I have so much belief in the

2:09:45 > 2:09:53programme and myself, and none of that was my physical capability. It

2:09:53 > 2:10:01was just... Short track! What else can I say? Everyone has been such a

2:10:01 > 2:10:06massive support to me. Team GB has turned this around. Everybody at

2:10:06 > 2:10:09home, most people, anyway, I can't believe how supportive they have

2:10:09 > 2:10:17been. I definitely believe I can come back to medal in Beijing, but I

2:10:17 > 2:10:22just have to wait for more years. It just wasn't to be this time.Despite

2:10:22 > 2:10:26what happened, we are all immensely proud of you. You are the world

2:10:26 > 2:10:30champion. Lots of people come to the Olympics and don't win medals. We

2:10:30 > 2:10:33are really proud you had the guts to get out of the start line and we

2:10:33 > 2:10:38look forward to seeing you in Beijing. Thank you.Thank you, and I

2:10:38 > 2:10:44would like to thank all the kids who have sent me messages. I really

2:10:44 > 2:10:47appreciate all those kids sending me messages saying they are inspired by

2:10:47 > 2:10:52me. They have no idea what that means to me, but it's amazing that

2:10:52 > 2:10:56five-year-olds and seven-year-olds can find me inspiring. It brings

2:10:56 > 2:11:02tears to my eyes.Thanks very much. STUDIO: Elise Christie doing well to

2:11:02 > 2:11:05hold it together and be as philosophical as she can be. This is

2:11:05 > 2:11:11the rule infringement she committed. If there is more than one

2:11:11 > 2:11:18infringement,...

2:11:23 > 2:11:29As John and Sarah made clear, there are two incidents. The first, John,

2:11:29 > 2:11:35was this 50-50 or was this a lease's fault?As she goes down the straight

2:11:35 > 2:11:40and across the start line, she gets alongside Andrea. -- or was this a

2:11:40 > 2:11:48lease's fault. But then the Hungarian girl is back in front. You

2:11:48 > 2:11:57put your hands... Your fate in the referee's hands. The second one was

2:11:57 > 2:12:01Elise Christie trying too hard to shut the door and making sure the

2:12:01 > 2:12:05girl doesn't come past. It's the last lap and she's trying as hard as

2:12:05 > 2:12:10possible. For me that was a clear penalty.You have seen a lot of

2:12:10 > 2:12:13short track skating between you and have been involved ourselves. Were

2:12:13 > 2:12:19you surprised when the yellow card came up?Yes.Surprised to see the

2:12:19 > 2:12:23yellow card because like Elise says, she's never had a yellow card and

2:12:23 > 2:12:26it's probably the one thing we haven't seen yet from her. It's

2:12:26 > 2:12:30another one that we throw into the mix. We talk about it being a tough

2:12:30 > 2:12:34sport and not fair on Elise, but she finds different ways to put us

2:12:34 > 2:12:38through the mill, sort of thing. We talk about that sport, it's unfair,

2:12:38 > 2:12:43but for it to keep happening to the same person over and over again,

2:12:43 > 2:12:48it's tough.However many times we watched that interview come you

2:12:48 > 2:12:51don't get desensitised to the emotion of it. Every time you watch

2:12:51 > 2:12:57it, you have a lump in your throat, tears in your eyes. It's a sad end

2:12:57 > 2:13:04for this Olympics for her.For anyone watching at home who doesn't

2:13:04 > 2:13:07know Elise, they will be feeling that emotion. And you feel it keenly

2:13:07 > 2:13:11because you know her so well.And I feel the butterflies before she goes

2:13:11 > 2:13:17out to race. I have sweaty palms, I can't breathe watching the race as

2:13:17 > 2:13:22it unfolds. And afterwards, when she wins, I have tears in my eyes happy

2:13:22 > 2:13:27for her, screaming the room down. And when she fails or falls or

2:13:27 > 2:13:32crashes or loses, I feel that too. Such is the interest in Elise

2:13:32 > 2:13:38Christie, this is a global story, not just a British story. The

2:13:38 > 2:13:41overall World Cup champion, the world jabbing at 1500 and 1000

2:13:41 > 2:13:45metres. All the rest of the press wanted to talk to her. And you could

2:13:45 > 2:13:49hear in the crowd, the shock when she went down at the start of the

2:13:49 > 2:13:52heat. The crowd have been supporting her. She spent a lot of time in

2:13:52 > 2:13:56South Korea and they understand their short track speed skating. You

2:13:56 > 2:14:04could see the time she gave to all the media outlets to answer the

2:14:04 > 2:14:07questions that they had. That in itself is draining. The whole

2:14:07 > 2:14:11experience has been exhausting, and yet, within those interviews, to be

2:14:11 > 2:14:15able to say, I am prepared to come back in Beijing and take even more

2:14:15 > 2:14:21of this.That's a testament to what she said about the programme behind

2:14:21 > 2:14:24her, the support she had and what she has been through since Sochi.

2:14:24 > 2:14:27You have seen how she has been able to face up to her issues in these

2:14:27 > 2:14:33games. She has been emotional, but that's her coping mechanism. The

2:14:33 > 2:14:36team around have put everything in place and that will be there when

2:14:36 > 2:14:41she comes on, probably more so, so she can come back and they will make

2:14:41 > 2:14:44sure she's in the best possible place, especially in the next couple

2:14:44 > 2:14:47of months because she will have to go through rehab and make herself

2:14:47 > 2:14:52fit healthy again.Wilf O'Reilly was asking if she might make the

2:14:52 > 2:14:56decision to go to long track skating or indeed cycling. Are those

2:14:56 > 2:14:58realistic options?

2:15:04 > 2:15:08She loves sport, I think she is an athlete, I don't think she will move

2:15:08 > 2:15:12into another sport. I can't speak for her but I think she will want to

2:15:12 > 2:15:16do activity and she might want to go and play some sport but I don't

2:15:16 > 2:15:20think she will switch - due loves short-track.And you can't

2:15:20 > 2:15:23underestimate the skills that are involved in another sport, sort of

2:15:23 > 2:15:27things and I think she would like to have a go at other things edit if it

2:15:27 > 2:15:30gives her that mental break and that freshen up sort of thing and

2:15:30 > 2:15:34hopefully we will see her back on the ice and raring to go.When you

2:15:34 > 2:15:39go through your big debrief with British short-track, do you try and

2:15:39 > 2:15:47work out, why does this happen at the Olympics specifically, when

2:15:47 > 2:15:49clearly, there might be disqualifications but the same

2:15:49 > 2:15:54things do not happen at the World Championships?Yes, there will be a

2:15:54 > 2:15:57big review and hopefully there will be some clear evidence that we can

2:15:57 > 2:16:01point our fingers to certain things but at this moment in time I can sit

2:16:01 > 2:16:05here and say pretty confidently that the guys have done everything they

2:16:05 > 2:16:10possibly can. Yes, we have had some bad luck but that is part of sport

2:16:10 > 2:16:13and we plan for different scenarios, but the guys will be sitting there

2:16:13 > 2:16:16tonight absolutely devastated but they were no getting up tomorrow

2:16:16 > 2:16:20that they did everything they possibly could to get a lease,

2:16:20 > 2:16:22Farrell and Josh and all of the others in the best possible

2:16:22 > 2:16:27condition to compete.Sport is so unpredictable and we have got all of

2:16:27 > 2:16:31our hopes pinned on one athlete. The stronger the depth in our sport and

2:16:31 > 2:16:35the more people we can get involved, then we're not in that situation

2:16:35 > 2:16:39hopefully in four years' time, and there is a much stronger team going

2:16:39 > 2:16:42in and more than one person can be our medal hope. And we have seen

2:16:42 > 2:16:48that in skeleton, with Laura Davies backing up Lizzy Yarnold.And we

2:16:48 > 2:16:51have got some great grassroots, some great clubs doing fantastic work

2:16:51 > 2:16:55with some young kids, and we're really seeing that improving but

2:16:55 > 2:16:59they need the support and help like any other sport. If we get that as

2:16:59 > 2:17:03well, we can really move forward, we've got some fantastic athletes in

2:17:03 > 2:17:07our sport, we just need to keep them coming.Elise Christie's exit from

2:17:07 > 2:17:11these Olympic Games will be the headline on day 11, but here's what

2:17:11 > 2:17:17else has been happening today. Great Britain's men's curling team look to

2:17:17 > 2:17:22be on course for a semifinal spot after a convincing 10-3 win over

2:17:22 > 2:17:28Norway. It was also a very good day for Britain's female curlers, who

2:17:28 > 2:17:31beat Japan eightsix, and they're now well placed to qualify, with a just

2:17:31 > 2:17:38one match, against Canada, to come. Talking of Canada, Tessa Virtue and

2:17:38 > 2:17:42Scott Moir became the most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history

2:17:42 > 2:17:48after winning a second gold medal of these games in the ice dance,

2:17:48 > 2:17:52pipping Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, who took the

2:17:52 > 2:17:57silver. And Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland finished in a creditable

2:17:57 > 2:18:0211th position, their third Olympics together. They have both had to

2:18:02 > 2:18:06overcome serious injury issues. Cassie Sharpe lived up to her

2:18:06 > 2:18:11billing as favourite by taking the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe

2:18:11 > 2:18:16gold the Canada. Great day for them. Meanwhile Britain's Rowan Cheshire

2:18:16 > 2:18:19completed her comeback from a horrible crash in so cheap with an

2:18:19 > 2:18:26impressive seventh placed finish. But in qualifying for the men's ski

2:18:26 > 2:18:29halfpipe, Murray Buchan and Peter Speight narrowly missed out on a

2:18:29 > 2:18:36place in Thursdays final. The American trio topped the standings.

2:18:36 > 2:18:40Now, there was more breaking news this morning, with the Court of

2:18:40 > 2:18:43Arbitration for Sport and announcing that a player from the Slovenia

2:18:43 > 2:18:47men's ice hockey team, Ziga Jeglic, had tested positive for a banned

2:18:47 > 2:18:53substance. He will leave the Games within 24 hours after accepting a

2:18:53 > 2:19:02positive test for the band asthma medication. And that news became

2:19:02 > 2:19:05publicly just before Slovenia's game against Norway this morning, and

2:19:05 > 2:19:13this is how they get on with out him.

2:19:13 > 2:19:17Can Norway use their energy, or will it be Slovenia, with the superior

2:19:17 > 2:19:26skill, to reach the quarterfinals and a blood chilling matchup with an

2:19:26 > 2:19:30OAR side who have been a class apart in this tournament so far? Slovenia

2:19:30 > 2:19:44will want to start this one quickly. That one is held onto.

2:19:44 > 2:19:51That one is held onto. Goes across the zone, and that is over the top.

2:19:51 > 2:19:58Another shot and a goal! Or is it?! It is! Took some time for the

2:19:58 > 2:20:04referee to recognise that! 28 seconds of the power play have gone

2:20:04 > 2:20:10and Slovenia have the lead!

2:20:14 > 2:20:16and Slovenia have the lead! Well, he was set up three separate times and

2:20:16 > 2:20:24the first two went right over the net. Then the captain Mursak tried

2:20:24 > 2:20:34for a third time. And Norway score! And Tommy Kristiansen will get the

2:20:34 > 2:20:38credit! This game is up in the! A place in the quarterfinals very much

2:20:38 > 2:20:44at stake!

2:20:44 > 2:20:50at stake!What a pass and that was wave too nonchalant from the

2:20:50 > 2:20:59Slovenian defender Kovacevic. Tommy Kristiansen driving hard to the net.

2:20:59 > 2:21:09It is going to be power play time if as the browser will now go.

2:21:09 > 2:21:14SETH BENNETT: CAPNEXT we are going into overtime - 60 minutes can't

2:21:14 > 2:21:19split these two!

2:21:22 > 2:21:28split these two! Thoresen, can he finish in style! Could be a chance

2:21:28 > 2:21:37now... They score!

2:21:37 > 2:21:43now... They score! Norway have won it in overtime!

2:21:43 > 2:21:46it in overtime!There is no-one in the blue paint, you've got to think

2:21:46 > 2:21:52this is a good goal.

2:21:52 > 2:21:53this is a good goal. Norway are quarterfinalists after beating

2:21:53 > 2:22:00Slovenia in overtime here at the Winter Olympics. And Kent Simpson

2:22:00 > 2:22:02joins us, he was a professional ice

2:22:02 > 2:22:02Winter Olympics. And Kent Simpson joins us, he was a professional ice

2:22:02 > 2:22:06hockey player for nine years, represented Canada and has played in

2:22:06 > 2:22:10the UK for Sheffield Steelers.Can I talk you first of all about how

2:22:10 > 2:22:13Slovenia were affected by missing Ziga Jeglic and also more on what it

2:22:13 > 2:22:18is he has tested positive for wanted you can imagine this was a big blow

2:22:18 > 2:22:21to the team just a couple of hours before they took to the ice if one

2:22:21 > 2:22:26of their best players taken to the court of arbitration and it is

2:22:26 > 2:22:34anti-doping, an asthma medication. And the bed biggest thing is puddle

2:22:34 > 2:22:39and banned substances but because this person might have asthma, all

2:22:39 > 2:22:44you have to do is disclose it and if you does so, typically you can carry

2:22:44 > 2:22:48on playing. So it almost seems like this was Miss communication, the

2:22:48 > 2:22:52team officials did not let the anti-doping officials know that he

2:22:52 > 2:22:55was taking this which means it is a violation. And actually he put his

2:22:55 > 2:23:00hand up and said, yes, guilty, I'm out.Exactly. It does not sound like

2:23:00 > 2:23:06he opposed it was said, I didn't do this. He admitted guilt, which leads

2:23:06 > 2:23:09you to believe that he thought he was innocent. This was something

2:23:09 > 2:23:14that he thought he was allowed to take. But in this day and age, with

2:23:14 > 2:23:16all the anti-doping, it's just incredible. It's just a mistake of

2:23:16 > 2:23:24huge amounts.And talking doing -- talking to Amy Williams last night

2:23:24 > 2:23:29she said she would not even drink from a bottle of water if it had

2:23:29 > 2:23:33already been opened. She would start a fresh one in case something had

2:23:33 > 2:23:36contaminated it.Exactly right, anything you're consuming you've got

2:23:36 > 2:23:40to let your team doctor note and make sure they're B officials know,

2:23:40 > 2:23:44it is that simple.Bring me up to speed on the ice hockey as it

2:23:44 > 2:23:51stands. In the women's final we have got final everybody predicted?Yes,

2:23:51 > 2:23:54it is Canada against USA. It has been a wonderful tournament. We have

2:23:54 > 2:23:59seen other teams playing very well, just not quite to the level of the

2:23:59 > 2:24:02Americans and Canada, and as is usually the case is now going for