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And again, turmoil for Christie.

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And again, turmoil for Christie.

I

can't believe that. She has been

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penalised again.

Elise Christie gets

the chance to race for gold. A

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nation holds its breath.

Christie

tries to make it on the inside and

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she crashes out. Christie is out of

that once again.

Elise Christie,

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trying to get to the Olympic final.

She has crashed again on the final

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bend, yet again she ends up in a

distraught heap

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The Olympic flame burning brightly

in Pyeongchang on day 11 of these

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Winter Games and a fire in Elise

Christie's belly means she is out on

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the ice, hoping to skate in this

morning's heats of the 1000 metre.

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She suffered a nasty ankle injury

after crashed a night of Saturday's

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1500 metres semifinals and after

spending some time in visible

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discomfort the 27-year-old left the

Gangwang Ice Arena in tears on a

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stretcher after her bid for a first

Olympic medal once again ended in

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despair. You she is this morning in

the 1000 metre heats, hopefully

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later on, she has been on the ice

practising today and in an hour's

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time we expect to see her on the

start line. She is going in the

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fifth heat. Let us get the news from

the camp. The performance direct for

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short track speed skating is Stuart

Blanco. -- is Stewart Laing. The

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news is that a lease is going to try

and raise. What does that mean

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western market we've worked really

hard over the last two days to get

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into the position she is in now and

what we have said all the way

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through is that we take each step as

it comes.

She is heading an here,

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going to get on the warm up ice, see

how her ankle is, and make a

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decision after that.

If you were to

assess her fitness in percentage

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terms for the layperson, where we

did he?

Good question, we don't work

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in percentages like that. I would

say she is strong, able to do the

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majority of the things we would be

looking for in the thousand metres

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and I would say she is probably

going to take to the ice around

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80-90% fitness.

Our Uihlein lead to

look at her when she gets the ice

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and say she is 80-90% and say we

will give it a go, what you have to

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be satisfied with?

Do be fair, the

decision is with her, we have done

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the medical reviews up at HQ, the

performance and medical team are

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happy with where she is out, now

it's a confidence and safety thing

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which is why she will come down, get

onto the warm up ice and we will

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reassess and make sure the ankle is

OK and then we will take it from

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there.

How is she? She seems quite

chirpy on social media, is she well

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mentally?

Absolutely, you know what

she is like, her usual playful self,

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she's been on social media, wishing

all the other Team GB members good

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luck and well done but their

performances, she was singing on the

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eyes this morning in training, she's

in the best place that she can be.

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That is good news for all her fans

and good news for her friends, Sarah

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Lindsay was part of the short track

speed skating family for over a

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decade, you've known her since she

was 15, she came down from Scotland,

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left school, set herself up in

Nottingham, what is your ink of the

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situation?

Firstly how amazing she

is back on the ice after being

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stretchered off on Saturday, she has

an amazing support team, and they've

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got her back on today, she skated

this morning and she feels good.

In

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this day and age, the way athletes

communicate with the public is not

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through press officers, is through

the medium of social media and this

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is what she had to say today.

To

everyone, at I'm just about to go

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and try and compete, I skated this

morning for the first time and it

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went quite well considering the

circumstances. I'm looking forward

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to seeing if I can get out there

today, and like to thank everyone

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who helped me get to this point and

everyone for their support back

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home.

She was smiling, she was

singing on the eyes this morning,

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this is remarkable, isn't it?

She's

tough, she has one race today, she

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has to get out there and get through

the race, she's not going to be 100%

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but that gets very today she buys

herself a couple of extra days

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recovery before she has to scape the

quarters and semis and the final on

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Thursday. Let's head out to the

arena.

Wilf O'Reilly will be the

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expert analyst. He can join us now.

We'll 80-90% be good enough to get

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through her heat?

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through her heat?

I would have

thought so, on paper she should get

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through quite comfortable, she is in

the fifth heat, she will know what's

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happened at the races prior to her

heat, getting through first second

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will qualify, 80-90% should be

sufficient even though it's an

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Olympic first round.

Who else should

we look out for?

I think at the

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moment, the Chinese are having a

real disaster games. The first time

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there's never been a Chinese skater

in the final. They will be looking

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to make amends. The Canadian timber

town has had a medal in the 500

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metres and the 1500 and I think

Choi, she was looking amazing in the

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1500. Quite a large pool of people

that could take medals on Thursday

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and as there is said, if Elise

Christie skates today she will buy

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herself another 48 hours' time to go

into the quarterfinals on Thursday.

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You've seen her, I assume today, how

do you think she is looking?

She

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looked quite comfortable, the 1000

metres, I say, it's an elongated

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Sprint, the start would be quite

important, I think that is where the

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problem is going to be, to be able

to start comfortably and get on the

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pace run the word go.

I'm assuming

we can definitively said she will

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start because they were telling us

earlier if they were going to pull

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her out they would have had to have

said by 9am our time which would be

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25 minutes ago.

That's right,

ultimately she could not show up on

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the start line, she would get a did

not finish, it's called that she has

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to make herself, does she feel

confident and comfortable enough,

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all the medal support team are quite

happy that it's not going to be a

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long-term injury if she skates.

Just

a word on Charlotte Gilmartin and

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Kat Thomson, Charlotte has had two

heavy falls, is she in a physical

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and mental state, and good enough to

get through?

Again, on paper, I

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think both of the skaters are quite

comfortably capable of getting

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through to the next round, it is the

Olympic Games. One of the things in

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the Olympics that is different from

the World Championships, the World

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Championships is an accumulation of

points, the Olympics is a one-off

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hit and unfortunately it hasn't been

going too well so far.

Thank you, we

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will hear you in commentary and we

will be joining many of those heats

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to give you the full story. Sarah,

from the point of view of someone

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who understands short track speed

skating and has been in these

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situations with heavy crashes,

trying to get up, to skate with

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pain, when do you feel it and how

does it affect you, do you feel it

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at the start?

The ankle problem is

going to be at the start of the

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race, there is a lot more impact,

luckily this is not 500 metres, the

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start in the 1000, it's important to

get into a good position early on

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but she has great speed and she

can't make moves and can overtake,

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even if she's not 100% from the

start it is not crucial.

She is

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going to be in-line two, the way

she's been skating, I remember you

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said in the semis you felt she was

leaving it a bit too late and

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therefore got herself into a slight

panicky situation which ended up in

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the crash. Would you rather she

simplify things?

I think for her in

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the next race she needs to skate

clean, get through and I think if

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she makes an early move and gets to

the front, takes control of the

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race, she is going to lead in and

coast through quite nicely.

The 500

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metres, ad is really frightening,

the 1500, she sort of dismissed, all

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the way she's been saying 1000 is my

aim.

Yes, she likes the thousand

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metres, considers at her best

distance but I really think we need

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to look at one race at a time and be

happy that she has recovered so

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quickly from a nasty crash and she's

back on the ice which is great.

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Exactly, incredibly impressive.

We'll hear more from Sarah later,

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here are some of the other names to

look out for this morning.

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look out for this morning.

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As we mentioned, 22-year-old Kat

Thomson fighting for a place in the

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quarterfinals, Charlotte Gilmartin

has had two two events. Huge day for

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both curling the men face the fancy

pants of Norway and the women got

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the game is back on track with a win

against Japan, we've should you a

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record-breaking ice dance

competition as two of the very best

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went head-to-head and the costumes

stayed intact. Mica McNeill and make

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a more who have been helped by cried

funding campaign are the only

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British arbours and will be live for

the wrong this morning and we will

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see how the Jamaican bobsleigh team

there. The coach but, taking the Bob

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with them but they are by contract,

literally. Nigeria, the first

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African nation to compete in

bobsleigh are there too. We'll catch

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up on the latest in a curling in

case you weren't up in the early

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hours, the men and women from

Britain had crucial qualifying

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matches, we

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Britain had crucial qualifying

matches, we look at the ice dancing

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before going to the short track

speed skating. All the great British

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women in action. The fast and

furious 500 metres men's qualifying

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and we will see the gold decider in

the 3000 metres relay for the women.

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Catching up on everything else. We

will head onto BBC Two after 1pm,

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concentrating on the women's

bobsleigh and ice hockey.

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And the news from ice hockey, the

men's ice hockey player from

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Slovenia Seagate year glitch has

tested positive for a banned

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substance. The Court of Arbitration

for Sport confirmed he tested

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positive for fenoterol, a drug which

opens up the airways, he has

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accepted it and will leave the

Olympics within 24 hours.

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Olympics within 24 hours. Three

Olympic old medallists, Torvill and

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Dean which is wonderful.

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Olympic old medallists, Torvill and

Dean which is wonderful. Rhona

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mentioning the drugs story with the

Slovenian ice hockey star.

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Slovenian ice hockey star. -- Ziga

Jeglic. It looks as if the athletes

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might lose the medals, a drug, Maria

Sharapova tested was a dearth for,

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meldonium. What is that men to do? I

have no idea! LAUGHTER I would not

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have a clue, once the B sample is

in, they will make a decision.

The

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Russian athletes were all to be

clean, you know.

It helps with the

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insurance, that drug, doesn't it?

It

may not help but the actual sport

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you are playing it's all about

training and getting ready for it.

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Absolutely. But as appointing, given

that the Olympic Athletes from

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Russia are supposed to be clean.

Given everything that we have gone

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through to get to this point, it's

disappointing.

His wife will be

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furious. She knows it's her bronze

level as well and that is not good

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news. Let's have a look at the

standings. This is one of the

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biggest days or British curling, bar

none, here is work the British men

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were willing into their game today

and in very good third place, to be

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honest. Playing really well, Kyle

Smith in his rink, getting stronger,

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joint third with Canada. But they

did need another good result and

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they were up against Norway and

Rhona, you called Norway... Fancy

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pants. They were very exciting

trousers. With the hammer in the

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first end, Kyle Smith with this shot

to take three.

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first end, Kyle Smith with this shot

to take three.

Yes, an open draw for

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three, not a hard shot, Norway just

did not make the shot in the first

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end. What an opportunity for

Britain. Open draw for three, thank

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you.

The start, going 3-0 up, into

the second end, Norway with the

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hammer.

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Yes, so again just struggling in

this game to get off the mark. And

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he is saying, come on, do it more.

And he caught the top one, and gave

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Britain won, so 4-0 up for Great

Britain.

So that is pretty close. Do

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they have to get the measuring stick

out? Great Britain had stolen one,

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so they went 4-0 up into the fourth

Ed.

And again, going into this

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fourth end, it is so imported from

Britain to score when they have got

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their last stone and keep that

advantage of the lead. So again,

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really nice shot from Kyle. Just a

wee Nick, and perfect for Britain.

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And into ends six with Great Britain

now leading 6-3, and this was pretty

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impressive.

Again, Norway trying to

throw

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throw everything at them again,

Britain had the hammer and yet

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again, a great shot from Kyle, the

draw for three. And thanks very

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much.

And 9-3 is a really big lead.

Norway carried on.

They did.

But

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they needed something massive to

happen here.

Yes, throwing

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everything at it, trying to score a

big end to get back in the game, and

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it just wasn't working for Thomas

Ulsrud today, everything he tried,

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he struggled.

And that pushes the

red right into the centre of the

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house, so it gives Great Britain the

steel. Under that point, Norway

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conceded. So, the handshakes were

made, and that means Great Britain

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are now into second equal with

Canada and Switzerland, so looking

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really safe. One more round robin

match left against the USA. Would

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you expect them to win that anyway?

Certainly the way the boys are

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playing, definitely.

Sweden have

already qualified, eight matches,

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just one loss. But the Great Britain

men getting stronger as the

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competition goes on?

They are

definitely gaining in confidence,

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their shot play is much more

accurate, they are making a few half

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shots before but now they are really

on top of it. The ice is winning

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more with the stones being sounded a

little, and the boys are playing

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well and looking confident.

Rhona

was saying earlier on, the question

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she was asked on Radio 2 by Chris

Evans. What did he ask you?

Can you

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curl on skating ice? Because there

are quite a few skating rinks in

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England...

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are quite a few skating rinks in

England...

Sacrilegious! For the

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curlers, that is. They need the ice

very smooth. We have turned up at a

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curling before saying could we just

get our feet on the ice, and they

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gasp. No we.

Torvill and Dean, get

out of here, you can't skate on our

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ice! Let's have a look at the

women's standings. Many people may

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have woken up to see Eve Muirhead in

action, and again, with the women,

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they have had their ups and downs,

they had a really unlucky incident

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against Sweden with a hog line

violation against Muirhead. But

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basically they needed a win. It

would settle the nerves and leave

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their fate in their own hands. It

was against Japan, and they have had

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a very good game so far. But at the

end of ends six with the scores dead

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level, what happens here?

They had

taken three, Japan, and Britain had

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fought back well.

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taken three, Japan, and Britain had

fought back well. They had fought

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back and really went for it in the

sixth end, but they don't have the

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hammer. But Japan are lying, and

they have got that second and third

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counter, so it is so important for

Eve to lie second shot, which she

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does perfectly behind cover.

So the

Japanese skip now needs to do what?

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She could lift this double to take a

three, which I feel is a turning

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point in the game, because it

certainly turned it in Britain's

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favour now, because they swept this

the whole way and just further the

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guard.

And that knocked it off line,

and meant that Britain stole.

They

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had a steal. To steal three is a

massive point in the six then.

Japan

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got right back in on their tails

again, Britain now leading 6-5 with

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the hammer in the eighth.

And this

is where Japan set up the end well,

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they are actually lying three at

this point, and this is a key shot

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Eve

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this point, and this is a key shot

Eve.

And again, you want to not

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touch that guard, which she doesn't.

And she comes in and that the yellow

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back and lies in the shot, and that

is fantastic there. It really puts

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the pressure on Japan.

So, into the

tenth end, Britain now with 85-

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lead. -- now with an 8-5 lead.

And

open take out, just needs to put it

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anywhere and she has won the game.

Perfect. So, a little edgy at times

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from both skips, but some great shot

play by the British team, and

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another win on the board.

And you

sense that the more urgent it gets,

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the better Eve Muirhead plays. Great

Britain up to third equal now with

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Japan. South Korea, the host nation,

have already qualified, so it is

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semifinals next and that will decide

who goes into the gold medal match

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and who goes into the bronze medal

match, but Great Britain have one

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more match against Canada, who are

struggling.

Absolutely, they lost

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the first three and won the next

three, but they lost this morning,

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so they are on a sticky wicket right

now, they know they have Britain to

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play, Rachel Homan and Eve Muirhead

have played a lot of games against

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each other and they know each other

well.

New light on what is their

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head-to-head record?

It is pretty

even, I don't know exact numbers. So

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this game coming up is a big game,

more sofa Canada than Britain.

I

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know how supportive all of those

Olympic athletes are to each other,

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and I know Eve Muirhead and all the

guys will be sending all their

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positive vibes towards Elise

Christie. She really does look happy

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on the exercise bike. I think the

relief that that soft tissue damage,

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it might hurt, but it is not going

to prevent her skating, and she will

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be out there in heat five of the

1000 metres at around about quarter

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past ten this morning, that is a

remarkable recovery facility who was

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taken off on a stretcher after the

semifinals of the 1500m and thought

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that her were over. She is looking

very strong, so let's just hope, to

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be honest, it is time for her luck

to turn, please? Right, let us

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discuss the record-breaking ice

dance competition, which after the

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short programme now moved into the

free programme. For in a half

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minutes for the two best couples in

the world to freely express

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themselves, and you can see that the

French pair had such trouble there,

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because

0:23:100:23:17

because Gabriela's dress had a

trouble which stopped producing her

0:23:170:23:21

best, they were up against Tessa

Virtue and Scott Moir. Let's join

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Robin Cousins and Katherine Downes.

COMMENTATOR: This is the ice dance

0:23:260:23:30

free dance here at the Gangneung Ice

Arena, and we will see gold, silver

0:23:300:23:37

and bronze handed out on this final

day of the Olympic competition.

0:23:370:23:41

Silver medal position at the moment

for the two-time world champions

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Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume

Cizeron, the reigning European

0:23:460:23:51

champions, and they are less than

two points behind Tessa Virtue and

0:23:510:23:55

Scott Moir, who lead the way at the

moment. That wardrobe malfunction,

0:23:550:23:59

her dress falling off during the

performance yesterday, really

0:23:590:24:06

knocked them, but still less than a

point in it.

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APPLAUSE

0:28:130:28:15

Its silky, it's smooth, it's

sublime. From the off, this was

0:28:220:28:26

billed as a battle for goal between

them at their training partners,

0:28:260:28:31

Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue.

Papadakis and Cizeron saying, be

0:28:310:28:39

that.

Individually strong, good,

solid skaters. Together, it's

0:28:390:28:45

special, and that's what happens.

The music will start and then you

0:28:450:28:49

see, and it is the detail for me,

even the way the fingers intertwined

0:28:490:28:55

in the opening move, it just draws

you in, come answer your attention.

0:28:550:29:01

And they feel every moment that they

are together, there is that

0:29:010:29:06

connection.

0:29:060:29:13

connection.

A new season's best, a

new world

0:29:130:29:26

new world record, 123.35. And it is

going to be a very big ask now for

0:29:260:29:30

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir to claim

their second Olympic title. Tessa

0:29:300:29:38

Virtue and Scott Moir, then, the

world champions, the 2010 Olympic

0:29:380:29:43

champions, in the gold medal

position coming into this free

0:29:430:29:46

dance, but they are going to be

extraordinary if they want to win

0:29:460:29:51

this gold medal. They are going to

need to beat the new world record

0:29:510:29:55

laid down by Gabriella Papadakis and

Guillaume Cizeron just two routines

0:29:550:29:59

ago.

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CHEERING

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CHEERING

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CHEERING

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CHEERING

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It's brilliant but is it enough for

Olympic old?

0:34:110:34:14

The world champions from Canada.

They wanted to deliver and they

0:34:140:34:20

certainly did! I tell you, I am

looking at the screen is trying to

0:34:200:34:26

do the maths and it is tight at the

top. Goodness me.

They know they

0:34:260:34:33

could not have done any more. Tessa

Burchill and Scott Boyer had no

0:34:330:34:39

wriggle room, there was nothing for

them to play with, they could not

0:34:390:34:43

leave it out on the ice.

They

didn't, they absolutely smashed it.

0:34:430:34:50

-- Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. They

have done it!

The comeback is

0:34:500:34:57

complete. Silver in Sochi four years

ago, they took two years away from

0:34:570:35:05

competition, they returned to win

World Championship gold last year

0:35:050:35:11

and now it's Olympic gold!

Absolutely thrilling. Phenomenal.

0:35:110:35:21

Amazing champions, an amazing

performer is! Yes, very different to

0:35:210:35:25

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume

Cizeron. These two are supreme.

I

0:35:250:35:34

don't think we could have skated any

better and with the pressure

0:35:340:35:38

mounting we sort of felt the weight

of the world as we took to the ice

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and we looked at each other and

said, let's skate for us, we deserve

0:35:410:35:46

this already and we love this

programme, least we were able to do

0:35:460:35:49

that.

He went into the programme

knowing you needed a massive

0:35:490:35:55

performance to beat a world record

scorer.

We train with Gaby and her

0:35:550:36:07

partner, we had to come out hungry

and have our day we did that, that's

0:36:070:36:13

what we are most proud of, a lot of

things can go different ways, we

0:36:130:36:17

stuck to our plan, we are proud to

come out of this competition with a

0:36:170:36:20

gold.

When you do a world record

performance and you don't get the

0:36:200:36:24

gold, what do you feel about that?

You know, it's... It's sport, it's

0:36:240:36:31

like that. What is done is done, the

points are what they are, we are

0:36:310:36:39

proud of what we did today. We had

such a good feeling on the ice, it

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was one of the most incredible

experiences we have ever had so far.

0:36:440:36:49

We are just really trying to enjoy

that.

What a competition. And for

0:36:490:36:55

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, there

are third Olympic gold medal, they

0:36:550:37:01

won one in the team competition in

Pyeongchang, in Vancouver in front

0:37:010:37:05

of their home crowd but this, the

tightest of the lot, you see the

0:37:050:37:09

brother and sister payer, Maia

Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, only

0:37:090:37:18

the second brother and sister

pairing to get the medal. Who were

0:37:180:37:24

the others? It was a French team. I

have always loved the Canadian

0:37:240:37:33

pairing, the fact they happen

dancing and skating together since

0:37:330:37:36

they were kids, over 20 years, this

was the gold medal winning

0:37:360:37:40

performance in Vancouver, a huge

moment for Canada. They got beaten

0:37:400:37:44

in Sochi, retired, came back again

and the only player that have beaten

0:37:440:37:50

them are Gabriella Papadakis and

Guillaume Cizeron. This was billed

0:37:500:37:55

as the big clash and they were so

far clear up the bronze medallist,

0:37:550:37:59

it was about a big two.

Amazing

event, I got tingles watching both

0:37:590:38:06

performances, completely different

styles of skating. The French

0:38:060:38:11

pairing have that beautiful clarity

of line, almost like ballet and then

0:38:110:38:15

you have the drama, the emotion that

Scott and Tessa bring to the ice.

0:38:150:38:20

Those two styles were completely

different. It was a choice. The

0:38:200:38:26

judges are looking at it technically

and artistically and in actual fact,

0:38:260:38:34

Gaby, they won the free dance but it

was all to do with the short dance,

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but sort of lost them the medal

because they were just one and a

0:38:390:38:43

half points behind and it was so

tight in the free dance. That was

0:38:430:38:46

the result at the end.

I have to ask

you, Chris, it was so dramatic when

0:38:460:38:53

she stood on her partner's legs when

he was squatting, surely the blades

0:38:530:38:57

heard their legs.

It does, trust me.

I stood on his legs a few times.

But

0:38:570:39:04

it's all about holding tone.

You two

love this routine. Beautiful to

0:39:040:39:11

watch, fluid, organic. And you could

just watch it and not worry about

0:39:110:39:16

anything happening. No dress

malfunction today, it was just,

0:39:160:39:22

yes...

We have an empathy with these

guys, I have worked with them on

0:39:220:39:29

their short dance, such a lovely

couple, very gentle, good sense of

0:39:290:39:34

humour, their style of skating is

not representative of them because

0:39:340:39:37

they are good-humoured and fund but

the quality of skating is second to

0:39:370:39:42

none.

Robin Cousins said and

commentary when they stayed together

0:39:420:39:46

something special happens.

Yes, they

have a special aura about them and I

0:39:460:39:52

think they don't realise it, do

they, how good they are?

Would you

0:39:520:39:56

say the reason they didn't win the

gold-medal, Tessa Virtue and Scott

0:39:560:40:08

Moir won the free dance, they lost

it because her dress broke.

That's

0:40:080:40:13

taking it away from Scott and Tessa,

they had an amazing performance.

0:40:130:40:17

What they have done for skating is

amazing but look at the clinically,

0:40:170:40:21

it all happened in that short dance.

It did, didn't it? As for Nick

0:40:210:40:27

Buckland and Penny Coomes, they have

done so well to get here to

0:40:270:40:31

Pyeongchang, you think they'll be

happy enough with their performance,

0:40:310:40:35

making it through to the free,

finishing 11th?

I think for them,

0:40:350:40:39

they would have liked to have

finished higher but given the

0:40:390:40:43

adversity they have had with pennies

bashing her kneecap in eight lasers,

0:40:430:40:48

Nick has had his heart issues, a

couple of years before that, getting

0:40:480:40:53

to this Olympics is an Olympic event

in itself. -- Penny smashing her

0:40:530:40:59

kneecap in eight places.

Given the

issues they had, is there another

0:40:590:41:07

Olympics in them?

I think they have

decided, this is the third Olympics,

0:41:070:41:12

isn't it?

You know what? Never say

never. That is a neighbour. We

0:41:120:41:21

thought that after 84 and you know,

ten years later, we said, let's give

0:41:210:41:26

it another go.

Crazy people! It can

happen. For a Tessa and Scott, they

0:41:260:41:33

have been skating together such a

long time, the comeback has worked,

0:41:330:41:37

two gold medals from these games,

look at how young they were. My

0:41:370:41:41

goodness.

Nine and six. It's

endearing, in competition now a lot

0:41:410:41:49

of people change partners but to see

these guys from such an early age

0:41:490:41:53

staying together for that length of

time, it clearly helps.

They are 28

0:41:530:41:59

and 30, that's not ancient.

No, no,

it shows the passion they have for

0:41:590:42:03

it to be determined to come back and

not finish where they were as silver

0:42:030:42:08

medallists, they wanted to get back

to being gold medallist.

Third

0:42:080:42:12

Olympics, we were 35... It would be

a third gold medal but a fourth

0:42:120:42:18

Olympics.

How old did you say you

were?

35.

0:42:180:42:26

were?

35. I wasn't!

She was older! I

knew he was going to do that. Thank

0:42:260:42:32

you both so much, thrilling

competition, dutiful to see that

0:42:320:42:35

level.

Elevated to such a high

level.

Do you fancy it, run?

I love

0:42:350:42:44

watching it, so

0:42:440:42:45

level.

Do you fancy it, run?

I love

watching it, so dramatic, but not

0:42:450:42:45

for me, thanks.

An awful lot of

skaters in different disciplines

0:42:450:42:51

started off as skaters which is what

Elise Christie did, she got fed up

0:42:510:42:56

with the judging process, and she

wanted to switch to a sport work she

0:42:560:43:01

could control the outcome, she chose

short track, we have seen you can't

0:43:010:43:06

always control bad, she will be

skating on the 1000 metre heats,

0:43:060:43:11

taking to the ice in around 15

minutes for her heat, she's just got

0:43:110:43:15

to survive nine laps of the track

and through we hope, to the

0:43:150:43:20

semifinals

0:43:200:43:21

and through we hope, to the

semifinals on Thursday. We will also

0:43:210:43:22

have the keys of the men's 500

metres and the first-run of the

0:43:220:43:27

women's bobsleigh, a British team in

that, Mica McNeill and Mica Moore,

0:43:270:43:31

help from a cramped funding project

to get out there. Cars help from a

0:43:310:43:37

crowdfunding project. We will

concentrate on short track speed

0:43:370:43:42

skating and women's Bobsleigh.

0:43:420:43:45

skating and women's Bobsleigh.

0:43:450:43:47

COMMENTATOR: they've gone done.

Turmoil from Christie. I can't

0:43:560:44:03

believe it. Christie has been

penalised again.

Elise Christie gets

0:44:030:44:08

the chance to race for gold.

A

nation holds its breath.

Christie

0:44:080:44:15

tries to make it on the inside, she

crashes out. Christie is out once

0:44:150:44:20

again.

Elise Christie to get into

the Olympic final. Christie has

0:44:200:44:26

crashed again on the final bend, yet

again she ends up in a distraught

0:44:260:44:30

heap on the floor.

0:44:300:44:37

And I think it's fair to say these

Winter Olympics have shown us all

0:44:380:44:42

too clearly that with every glorious

winner comes the despair of those

0:44:420:44:46

who lose. Elise Christie has had

more than her fair share of that

0:44:460:44:49

feeling. Penny Coomes and Nick

Buckland are going out to support

0:44:490:44:55

her, and in the next 15 minutes we

will see her back on that ice,

0:44:550:44:59

because she knows that sport and

indeed life doesn't always go to

0:44:590:45:02

plan. It's how you deal with the

setbacks that defines you, and Elise

0:45:020:45:07

Christie is saying, fine, I can do

this, and just wonderful to see her

0:45:070:45:12

smiling, happy, laughing ahead of

her heat on the bike, and there she

0:45:120:45:17

is heading out into the prerace

area. Do they call it a hotbox?

The

0:45:170:45:29

heat box.

And maybe what has

happened actually freeze Elise up

0:45:290:45:39

mentally, because she has nothing to

prove, just by being out there,

0:45:390:45:43

being fit enough and strong enough

to line up in her heat, she can

0:45:430:45:46

think of anything else that happens

is a bonus.

She can be happy that

0:45:460:45:50

she is just back out on the ice and

it didn't end on Saturday for her.

0:45:500:45:54

John, hello, good morning. What is

your take on what you would like to

0:45:540:46:00

see from Elise Christie and indeed

Charlotte Gilmartin and Cap Thompson

0:46:000:46:06

in these heats?

I think it is about

getting up to the front of the race,

0:46:060:46:12

there was talk about how well Elise

would get off the start with the

0:46:120:46:18

ankle, but I want to see the girls

get up there, it is quick from the

0:46:180:46:25

start, they need to be as soon as

possible and it will keep all of our

0:46:250:46:28

nerves calmed.

And Sarah Yu was then

it is the push from the start that

0:46:280:46:31

might be the most painful bit if she

still has this heavily bruised and

0:46:310:46:36

battered ankle.

If the ankle is not

100%, potentially the impact of the

0:46:360:46:41

run at the start might be

uncomfortable for her commerce as I

0:46:410:46:45

said, luckily it isn't the 500

metres that she is left with, it is

0:46:450:46:50

the 1000, so I think to get out

there and get up near the front

0:46:500:46:53

would be a good move.

Give us all a

little bit, we will let you guys

0:46:530:47:02

relax, they are firmly behind Elise,

all the rest of the team just

0:47:020:47:05

ribbing her luck could change,

because her Olympic story so far has

0:47:050:47:12

been one of terrible knock backs,

frankly.

0:47:120:47:20

Elise Christie came to Pyeongchang

is the overall short track world

0:47:200:47:24

champion, with high hopes of an

Olympic medal, and after her triple

0:47:240:47:27

disappointment in Sochi four years

ago, it looked like that success

0:47:270:47:31

might just come in her first event,

the 500 metres.

0:47:310:47:35

COMMENTATOR:

Christie tried to make

it on the inside, but she is out of

0:47:350:47:40

it once again!

I know it is short

track and I am supposed to be

0:47:400:47:46

prepared for this, but it still

hurts, you know?

Once again,

0:47:460:47:52

heartbreak in the final, and sadly,

the 1500 metres would be even worse.

0:47:520:47:57

Christie in third place, and it is

between her and Christie as they

0:47:570:48:03

come round the final bend, and

Christie has crashed again now in

0:48:030:48:08

the semifinal.

Fortunately, no bones

were broken, but her right ankle

0:48:080:48:14

still isn't 100%.

With short track speed skating, the

0:48:140:48:17

boot is moulded around the ankle,

and it is a very delicate area,

0:48:170:48:21

because of the pressures you are

going through when going around the

0:48:210:48:24

corner. So on the shimmering they

will be looking at Cannes she handle

0:48:240:48:27

the pressure which will be put on

the ankle by the boot and also the

0:48:270:48:32

pressure that has been created when

she goes round the corner at 40 mph.

0:48:320:48:37

Fortunately, Elise's injury has

improved enough to allow her to

0:48:370:48:41

return to training over the past 48

hours.

She is strong and able to do

0:48:410:48:46

the majority of the things we would

be looking for in the 1000m, and I

0:48:460:48:50

would say she is probably going to

take to the ice at around 80 or 90%

0:48:500:48:55

fitness.

Elise has received

thousands of messages of support

0:48:550:48:58

from members of the public as well

as from some of her heroes such as

0:48:580:49:03

Dame Kelly Holmes and Jessica

Ennis-Hill, all of which, if she is

0:49:030:49:06

fit, could provide the boost she

needs to get that elusive medal.

I

0:49:060:49:13

am just about to leave to go down to

the rink to try to peak today. I

0:49:130:49:19

stated this morning for the first

time and it went quite well

0:49:190:49:22

considering the circumstances, so

I'm looking forward to seeing if I

0:49:220:49:24

can get out there to race today. I

want to thank everyone who has

0:49:240:49:28

helped me get to this point and

everyone from the spore background.

0:49:280:49:32

helped me get to this point and

everyone from the spore background.

0:49:320:49:32

That look back on Elise Christie's

story so far. What kind of

0:49:320:49:37

personality is she, Sarah, you never

really well.

She is a huge

0:49:370:49:41

personality. She is a bit kooky and

are out there, she is lots of fun

0:49:410:49:50

but she does know how to switch it

on and be a professional, and she is

0:49:500:49:54

very professional when it comes to

her sport.

And it clearly matters to

0:49:540:49:57

her so much that other athletes are

supporting her, people who know what

0:49:570:50:01

it's like to be in this position.

That is really lovely. Nobody really

0:50:010:50:06

understands what it feels like

unless they've been there

0:50:060:50:10

themselves, so I think when it comes

from people like that, I think it

0:50:100:50:14

means an awful lot.

John, as a

skater, is she the best the Britain

0:50:140:50:21

has ever produced?

I would say so,

yes. The results back that up. She

0:50:210:50:25

just needs to put in that

performance over the next few days

0:50:250:50:28

that will reiterate that, and it is

great to see all the team around

0:50:280:50:32

her, Joe and Gemma, making her feel

comfortable, just as we see that she

0:50:320:50:37

can be as relaxed as possible. It is

not about winning medals today, it

0:50:370:50:41

is about qualifying and just doing

enough.

And full credit to the team,

0:50:410:50:45

they have done a great job patching

her up again.

And that is what they

0:50:450:50:48

are therefore, they are there to get

her around. They have planned a

0:50:480:50:53

different scenarios and well

rehearsed and trained on their side

0:50:530:50:56

of things as well, so that is their

side of the job.

And what is the

0:50:560:51:01

latest on Charlotte Gilmartin,

because she has had a couple of

0:51:010:51:03

crashes.

She is good, looking

forward to the 1000m again, we talk

0:51:030:51:08

about it being more hustle and

bustle, and she likes that, she has

0:51:080:51:11

a good race and hopefully she can

get into the competition and build

0:51:110:51:14

their confidence.

Charlotte goes in

heat eight,

0:51:140:51:22

heat eight, Elise in heat three,

because you get a sense of the

0:51:250:51:29

hustle and bustle of the pacing of

the 1000m. 500 metres you never get

0:51:290:51:34

a chance to recover, 1500 metres

seems to hurt a lot, 1000m is in the

0:51:340:51:43

middle.

Tactics in the race early on

a very important, to get a good race

0:51:430:51:47

from the start.

And lane two for

Elise, is that a good position for

0:51:470:51:54

her?

We want to see her in the lead

with about six laps to go, it

0:51:540:51:59

doesn't always play out like that,

but she has strengthened a good race

0:51:590:52:02

to start with, and you would want to

make it as simple as possible.

I

0:52:020:52:06

suspect there will be a big crowd as

well, because main

0:52:060:52:23

well, because main -- Choi Minjeong

is going in this heat, South Korea

0:52:230:52:27

is the very heart of short track

speed skating, they love it, and

0:52:270:52:31

that is Choi Minjeong there. We will

find out how she got on and join the

0:52:310:52:35

third heat live.

0:52:350:52:36

COMMENTATOR: Welcome to the gangland

Ice -- gangland Ice Arena. We're

0:52:390:52:52

just waiting to see whether there is

any late Riparelli in this last

0:52:520:52:57

heat.

0:52:570:53:04

heat. And we are just watching now

the highlights of the previous heat,

0:53:040:53:08

this is Choi Minjeong, in the 1500

metres, and she looks comfortable

0:53:080:53:19

and confident as you would expect

from someone who has a gold medal in

0:53:190:53:25

her pocket already. Here we go, the

confirmation of the result, with

0:53:250:53:38

Choi Minjeong going through. The

skaters are out for the third heat.

0:53:380:53:44

The Korean who moved to Kazakhstan a

few years ago, Suzanne Schulting

0:53:440:53:50

from the medal and

0:53:500:54:00

from the medal and Netherlands, and

Petra Jaszapati from Hungary who

0:54:000:54:02

made the final of the 1500 metres,

she is at the back of the moment,

0:54:020:54:07

going wide on the outside. She is a

new name in the sport, she has had a

0:54:070:54:16

very good race so far.

And the

Ashley athlete from Russia still

0:54:160:54:29

raising the speed here with six laps

to go. Suzanne Schulting, a former

0:54:290:54:37

world junior champion, leading the

way at the moment. Kim is right

0:54:370:54:40

behind her.

0:54:400:54:49

behind her. Jaszapati just hanging

at the back by now.

Nobody seems to

0:54:490:54:54

want to take this race on. Suzanne

Schulting tried to shut the door on

0:54:540:55:02

a Katharina Fritsch kova there. She

is on the front, and Jaszapati is

0:55:020:55:12

still on the back for hungry as they

take the bell, Kim in the blue of

0:55:120:55:19

Kazakhstan, Suzanne Schulting

staying in the front, she will lead

0:55:190:55:22

them home, and relatively

unchallenged, she is ahead of

0:55:220:55:28

Efremenkova, the Olympic Athlete

from Russia, those two pretty

0:55:280:55:33

comfortable qualifiers.

And it shows

the conditions of the ice, it is

0:55:330:55:36

looking very good. Almost a second

outside of the Olympic record, said

0:55:360:55:44

to have skated sobbing like that in

the second row shows the conditions

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are good.

And next we will have the

fourth heat, but let's just have a

0:55:480:55:53

look at this one. This was a rare

thing in short track speed skating,

0:55:530:55:58

a race devoid of controversy.

The

athletes are bit more relaxed, they

0:55:580:56:03

know what they need to do, and we

have had in the last three short

0:56:030:56:10

track days, 34 penalties from 12

different countries, just to give

0:56:100:56:13

you some idea how many issues have

been going on, and how many

0:56:130:56:17

penalties have been awarded to all

of these countries.

And who would be

0:56:170:56:22

a judge or head judge? So, that is

confirmation of the results from the

0:56:220:56:29

third heat, Suzanne Schulting and

Efremenkova safely through, no video

0:56:290:56:34

review, a pretty straightforward

thing, and there they are marching

0:56:340:56:37

away from the arena, and the

quarterfinals are on Thursday.

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Kathryn Thomson is in this next one,

the 22-year-old who has raised all

0:56:430:56:46

three distances here. A quick look

at the line-up for Kathryn Thomson,

0:56:460:56:55

it is pretty tough, she has Jessica

Kooreman of the United States who

0:56:550:56:59

was fourth in this event in this

event four years ago. Valerie

0:56:590:57:09

Maltais, and Arianna Fontana who won

the 500 metres earlier in

0:57:090:57:11

competition here in Pyeongchang.

Kathryn Thomson moves around the

0:57:110:57:18

outside, she knows that Arianna

Fontana will be challenging at the

0:57:180:57:21

end. Using that speech he has got

from the 500 metres, so really she

0:57:210:57:24

knows that is the place where she

needs to be. Valerie Maltais from

0:57:240:57:30

Canada moves up the inside.

And

Kathryn Thomson knows she has to try

0:57:300:57:34

to mix it because she is very much

the outside of these four, but she

0:57:340:57:38

is staying as near to the front she

can, and she is still in the running

0:57:380:57:42

here at the moment. Valerie Maltais

leads, biding her time in third

0:57:420:57:53

place, Arianna Fontana.

And the

Italian moves into first place.

0:57:530:57:59

Arianna Fontana in blistering form

goes to the front, two laps to go

0:57:590:58:03

over the line, with Valerie Maltais

in second place, Kooreman in third,

0:58:030:58:09

and Kathryn Thomson losing place

with the others. This is going to

0:58:090:58:15

form, Kooreman is trying to mix it

to see if she can upset the odds,

0:58:150:58:18

she is going to try to get away on

the inside. And Maltais stays on her

0:58:180:58:26

feet, Kooreman has but has to settle

for third, and in fourth Kathryn

0:58:260:58:30

Thomson of Great Britain.

That was a

superb piece of skating by Arianna

0:58:300:58:34

Fontana. Valerie Maltais will have

to wait and see what the official

0:58:340:58:41

result is. I wouldn't have thought

that the American had right of way,

0:58:410:58:44

so to speak, so the referees are in

fact going over to the replay, and

0:58:440:58:50

we will have to wait and see what

their final decision is, that you

0:58:500:58:56

can see the Italian Arianna Fontana

on the inside track moving through

0:58:560:59:00

very comfortably, and this is the

discussion really between the

0:59:000:59:04

Canadian and the American, who was

really right, and she is just moving

0:59:040:59:10

up the inside, and Kooreman of the

United States clearly not pass the

0:59:100:59:18

Canadian, and I don't think they

will be any court on that.

Arianna

0:59:180:59:24

Fontana is so consistent, six

Olympic medals, but now on the track

0:59:240:59:29

as Kathryn Thomson departs the

Olympic Games, her first Olympics,

0:59:290:59:33

having had the experience of all the

events, Elise Christie, the world

0:59:330:59:38

champion, is coming up onto the

track next. That is confirmation of

0:59:380:59:42

the results of the fourth heat. No

video review required. There is

0:59:420:59:48

Elise Christie, clearly not fully

fit with that ankle damage. Picked

0:59:480:59:53

up in the crash in the semifinal of

the 1500 metres the other day. But

0:59:530:59:57

keen to have a go here. If she can

just get through this heat, she will

0:59:571:00:03

have another couple of days to

recover. Lara Van Ruijven is ranked

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12th in the world, Andrea Kessler of

Hungary, and Magdalena Warakomska

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from Poland.

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And away they go, Christie goes down

before they reach the very first

1:00:241:00:28

corner. Her races over before it

started, she is still on the ground

1:00:281:00:34

as the race continues, the officials

go to check on her, the other

1:00:341:00:42

athletes are coming to a halt, I

think we will be restarting the

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race. But whether Elise Christie

will be able to restart the race, we

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cannot be sure. Her team-mate

Charlotte or Martin will be in heat

1:00:531:01:00

number eight, here it is again.

I

think she put her toe on the right

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skate into the ice, she caught the

blades of Kessler. No words for

1:01:071:01:14

this. She clips the back of the

blade of Kessler as she goes on the

1:01:141:01:20

bend, they are allowed to restart.

Now the question is, do they feel

1:01:201:01:26

that the fall, I think it's over.

APPLAUSE

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I think the Olympic Games is finally

over for Elise Christie. She is

1:01:331:01:39

skating over to the side of the

track.

I don't think it is, they are

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checking the blades, they are

allowed to do this, they are

1:01:441:01:48

repairing the eyes. Just checking

the blades. When I had my problem in

1:01:481:01:53

Lillehammer I had to leave the ice,

here they are allowed to check the

1:01:531:01:58

blades to make sure everything is

OK.

She is going to go again. Elise

1:01:581:02:05

Christie is not finished. I wondered

before the camera was on her, she

1:02:051:02:09

spoke to one of the officials, who

pointed to where the exit was. The

1:02:091:02:15

crowd started applauding, I think

they thought it was over, Elise

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Christie will take to the start

again. Heat five.

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Away they go. Christie at the back

of the field, at least she has

1:02:371:02:44

avoided trouble, she can get up to

speed, I think the start was going

1:02:441:02:48

to be the hardest.

Absolutely,

particularly after the fall, she

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can't put pressure on it, now it's a

question, nine laps, skaters won and

1:02:521:02:58

two will go through, we are hoping

and praying for her to qualify.

Six

1:02:581:03:02

and a half laps to go, Van Ruijven

from the Netherlands in front,

1:03:021:03:11

Kessler from Hungary second. Elise

Christie should not have a problem

1:03:111:03:13

getting through. The draw, pretty

kind to her, relatively speaking,

1:03:131:03:18

can she get up to full speed, can

she find a way through to finish in

1:03:181:03:24

the first two?

The last lap time,

nine points 75, she moves through

1:03:241:03:32

into third place, one and two to

qualify.

Christie ready to make a

1:03:321:03:36

challenge, three laps to go, Van

Ruijven comes round, Christie has a

1:03:361:03:41

look at the inside, stays on her

feet, she sees a little gap, forced

1:03:411:03:46

out why, staying third, Van Ruijven

taking around with three laps to go,

1:03:461:03:50

Christie taking a long way around,

goes into the back of her opponent,

1:03:501:03:57

forcing her way into second place. A

battle, Van Ruijven from the

1:03:571:04:03

Netherlands leading but have they

love to go, Christie in position to

1:04:031:04:06

qualify, Van Ruijven first over the

line, risky in second, Kessler

1:04:061:04:10

forth. At the second attempt, the

race was completed. She picks

1:04:101:04:17

herself up from the ice, literally,

to have a second goal and this time,

1:04:171:04:22

she manages to get the job done, she

is through the heat and Elise

1:04:221:04:27

Christie, the world champion, still

in the women's 1000 metres, she

1:04:271:04:32

limped away from the start, doing

this hardware.

She certainly is,

1:04:321:04:38

squeezing through. Wouldn't be

surprised if Kessler gets a penalty

1:04:381:04:44

here, she of course was the skater

on the outside of Christie, Visteon

1:04:441:04:48

was going down again, manages to

stay up, the River Reeves looking at

1:04:481:04:53

the video replay to find out whether

or not Kessler, in my opinion

1:04:531:05:00

blocked on Christie but of course

Christie finished in a second

1:05:001:05:02

qualifying position, she will go

through to the quarterfinal on

1:05:021:05:08

Thursday.

Quite a physical race as

she is carried from the arena. At

1:05:081:05:12

least not on a stretcher. Running

repairs for Elise Christie. We await

1:05:121:05:19

the judges verdict on the race. Was

a physical race that she was

1:05:191:05:24

involved in and involved in the

physicality.

Absolutely, showing the

1:05:241:05:28

courage this young lady has, sheer

determination, it would have been

1:05:281:05:33

quite easy to turn round and say I

am going to stop, I am injured, but

1:05:331:05:38

there was another incident.

Kessler,

and then there was another one.

1:05:381:05:43

Kessler comes in onto Christie.

Doesn't Christie get involved...

A

1:05:431:05:49

little bit as well. There are two

issues, you are not allowed, if

1:05:491:05:53

someone comes up the inside, you are

not allowed to change lanes, block

1:05:531:05:58

the skater coming up the inside.

Looking anxiously at the scoreboard.

1:05:581:06:08

High above the rink. The review is

taking place but I'm hoping it's

1:06:081:06:17

coming close to reaching a

conclusion now. Elise Christie has

1:06:171:06:23

left the scene of the race. But the

result has not been confirmed. As of

1:06:231:06:28

yet.

The referee has gone across.

Yellow card Elise Christie.

That is

1:06:281:06:41

really amazing. I cannot believe

they have awarded her a yellow card.

1:06:411:06:46

That really puts the tin hat on her

Olympic Games. It's hard to think

1:06:461:06:51

how it could have got any worse. But

it just has. Elise Christie is out

1:06:511:06:58

of the Olympic Games. She finished

the race in second place, came over

1:06:581:07:02

the line in a qualifying position,

she's been given a yellow card, that

1:07:021:07:07

means she has been thrown out of the

competition.

Of the 1000 metres.

1:07:071:07:11

Over for her. The final event.

That's it. We'll have to reflect on

1:07:111:07:19

that shortly. Meanwhile the racing

continues. Heat number six.

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The Netherlands in fourth place, the

athlete in red from China, going to

1:07:321:07:38

the front, the Olympic silver

medallist. Six laps to go.

I'm still

1:07:381:07:43

in shock about the yellow card. For

Liz Christie. There is a massive

1:07:431:07:52

crash and there is only one skater

still up. Seidel up as well.

The

1:07:521:08:02

skaters are all over the place. At

the front of the race, the Chinese

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athlete the only one who avoided the

crash. She has three to go, the

1:08:071:08:12

others scampering around behind her.

I'm not sure of what happened, I

1:08:121:08:17

think Seidel was going on the inside

of the bed, collided, both skaters

1:08:171:08:23

went down, taking them both down,

the skater from Russia went down as

1:08:231:08:28

well with one and a half laps to go.

A lap to go.

The Chinese skater will

1:08:281:08:37

glide home effortlessly in first

place. She wins the heat, the others

1:08:371:08:42

are still racing and the Olympic

Athlete from Russia, I think will

1:08:421:08:48

take second. Ahead of the

Netherlands. But I think certainly

1:08:481:08:56

the Olympic Athlete from Russia

hurting as she crossed the line,

1:08:561:09:00

high-speed, spectacular speed for

the three of them.

We are now up to

1:09:001:09:06

36 penalties in four days, a yellow

card.

Can you explain what that

1:09:061:09:12

yellow card means, in football if

you get a yellow lid means you get a

1:09:121:09:16

warning but you can carry on as

before. Cars yellow card. Tell us

1:09:161:09:22

exciting for the means and why they

have given her.

It means, short

1:09:221:09:26

track speed skating there is a

Labour on Bing and barging, some of

1:09:261:09:30

that intentional, some of it not,

when a skater is given a yellow card

1:09:301:09:35

they are taken out of the petition,

1000 metres in this instance. That

1:09:351:09:40

is because the referee felt it was

intentional as opposed to

1:09:401:09:43

accidental.

What was intentional?

As

I already said, the camera decision

1:09:431:09:52

we are seeing here are not the

camera positions that the referees

1:09:521:09:55

have available to them. It this

makes it very difficult, they are

1:09:551:10:01

seeing stuff from different camera

angles van der Voort we are seeing.

1:10:011:10:07

-- than what we are seeing.

It

happened so quickly we have no time

1:10:071:10:14

to reflect but I am sure Clare

Balding will be able to do that in

1:10:141:10:17

the studio when the seats have

finished. Two more heat is to come,

1:10:171:10:21

we are waiting for the verdict from

heat six, that is quite the skaters

1:10:211:10:27

are standing, not disappearing to

the dressing room. Just to clarify,

1:10:271:10:32

a yellow card means you are thrown

out of that distance. Absolutely. A

1:10:321:10:38

red card would mean you are thrown

out of all the competition.

Any

1:10:381:10:41

distance. Absolutely. We are seeing,

the Chinese skater moves, quite

1:10:411:10:51

comfortably, Seidel of Germany moves

into the front, there is no issue

1:10:511:10:56

there. I think the issue really

happens a lot later in the race.

1:10:561:11:02

This is after the initial fall.

1:11:021:11:03

We are not really seeing the

footage, what is really happening.

1:11:101:11:17

Both girls waiting for the official

result from the referee. It's almost

1:11:171:11:24

like the figure skating, the

deliberation zone as I would call

1:11:241:11:28

it.

The scowling stops when it does

not go your way. Kirchhoff was the

1:11:281:11:37

skater who finished in the silver

medal position and profited from the

1:11:371:11:39

crash that Elise Christie had in the

first race, the 500 metre final.

1:11:391:11:46

There may be two penalties, two

different incidents, two different

1:11:461:11:49

labs.

When we get to a final in

short track speed skating, if enough

1:11:491:11:56

of them I disciplined you can have a

medal going to someone in the B

1:11:561:12:00

final.

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final.

Two penalties.

Do you have

any complaints with that decision?

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This is an issue we have been

discussing. Rob Wotton we can see, I

1:12:181:12:22

think it was a relatively fair call.

-- from what we can see.

Both cost

1:12:221:12:28

infringement. Here is heat number

seven.

1:12:281:12:41

An Olympic relay gold medallist from

Sochi, three-time World Championship

1:12:451:12:52

medallist, won an Olympic bronze in

Vancouver. The penultimate heat in

1:12:521:12:57

the women's 1000 metres.

Typical

tactics by the Canadians.

1:12:571:13:06

tactics by the Canadians. Kim from

Korea takes the lead.

1:13:071:13:13

Korea takes the lead. St Gelais and

Kim swapping the lead.

1:13:151:13:20

Making her way into the Olympic

team, other than John Henry Kruger,

1:13:251:13:30

on the blades that the United

States, it's not been a great

1:13:301:13:32

Olympics. St Gelais looking

comfortable, winning three silver

1:13:321:13:38

medals at the World Championships,

including one in the housing

1:13:381:13:40

bidders. St Gelais overtaken on the

outside I Kim from Korea. The gap

1:13:401:13:46

starts to open.

Superb piece of

overtaking on the outside. St Gelais

1:13:461:13:55

stretching back to him from Korea in

the lead.

A lap to go. Really spread

1:13:551:14:02

out around the track, we can clearly

see who is going to be one and two.

1:14:021:14:10

Kim and St Gelais. The Japanese

skater in third. The United States

1:14:101:14:14

bringing up the rear.

A much more

straightforward race. I don't think

1:14:141:14:20

there will be any issues there, no

video replay necessary. We are

1:14:201:14:27

looking at the referees, this

American referee Alan Grisham is

1:14:271:14:31

going over to the video replay so we

will have to wait for this official

1:14:311:14:37

result, I think that's the incident,

just tries to move up the inside,

1:14:371:14:43

normally speaking, if you do get

advanced to the next round you have

1:14:431:14:47

to be in a qualifying position,

either one or two, even if there is

1:14:471:14:52

a penalty awarded she was not in a

qualifying position. Therefore it

1:14:521:14:56

just means that skater gets a

penalty.

Those two crossed the line,

1:14:561:15:01

clearly better than the other two.

One more heat to come, it features

1:15:011:15:08

Charlotte Gilmartin from Great

Britain. 27 who crashed out of both

1:15:081:15:14

her events so far. Best result in

the thousand metres in the World Cup

1:15:141:15:19

competition this winter was seventh

in the Netherlands. A four time

1:15:191:15:23

European Championship medallist. Kim

leaves the arena, we have a last

1:15:231:15:30

look at this race. Kim and St Gelais

were the first two.

Clearly no

1:15:301:15:38

problems. Really about whether there

should be a penalty. Awarded to the

1:15:381:15:42

American.

1:15:421:15:47

There is a penalty, and it is just

being announced now. And the

1:15:501:15:54

American gets the penalty, and Samir

Rachel

1:15:541:16:04

Rachel remains, but she wasn't in a

position to potentially qualify

1:16:041:16:09

anyway. Let's get on with the last

final. Kim Boutin has a medal

1:16:091:16:14

already. Charlotte Gilmartin

therefore Great Britain. Hitomi

1:16:141:16:19

Saito from Japan, bronze medal last

year, and CMascitto from Italy is

1:16:191:16:30

straight down already, and she

wasn't involved with anybody else,

1:16:301:16:35

so they will not restart the race.

It was like what happened to Elise

1:16:351:16:40

Christie, so therefore the starter

will not restart the race.

1:16:401:16:46

So you will say that Kim Boutin is

the most likely to win this race,

1:16:461:16:53

but Charlotte Gilmartin needs to

stamp authority on to this.

The

1:16:531:16:57

British camp are extremely down

after what happened to Elise

1:16:571:17:00

Christie, but it is important now

that Charlotte Gilmartin tucks into

1:17:001:17:03

that second place and maintains her

position.

Five to go, Charlotte

1:17:031:17:08

Gilmartin in second place behind Kim

Boutin of Canada. It is Hitomi Saito

1:17:081:17:13

and Cynthia Mascitto she needs to

keep behind her now. Kim Boutin has

1:17:131:17:17

got the speed she needs to come out

on top in virtually every scenario

1:17:171:17:21

here.

She makes it look so easy, Kim

Boutin, even in the curve, two arms

1:17:211:17:28

on her back. It is important that

Charlotte really hangs onto the back

1:17:281:17:32

of her tail now.

This will be a big

race for second place, Charlotte

1:17:321:17:36

Gilmartin being put under pressure

from Hitomi Saito of Japan. She is

1:17:361:17:40

in a fight now to qualify, one lap

to go. Kim Boutin leads the way, and

1:17:401:17:46

it is Hitomi Saito in second place,

Charlotte Gilmartin losing a bit of

1:17:461:17:50

ground now. It doesn't look like she

will be able to close the gap, she

1:17:501:17:54

can't, and Kim Boutin wins that

heat, as one would expect. It went

1:17:541:18:00

to form, but Hitomi Saito, ranked 23

in the world at this distance in the

1:18:001:18:07

end just had too much speed for

Charlotte Gilmartin, who goes out of

1:18:071:18:11

the competition at the first hurdle.

We can see that for by the Italian,

1:18:111:18:17

she jumps back up, of course she

fell on her own, she is only skating

1:18:171:18:22

the 1000m, she didn't take part in

the 500 or the 1500, so I guess the

1:18:221:18:27

nerves got the better of her, and

Charlotte Gilmartin they're just

1:18:271:18:31

being taken over by the Japanese.

At

her best, Charlotte Gilmartin has

1:18:311:18:36

the ability to get through a heat

like that?

Absolutely.

But it wasn't

1:18:361:18:41

to be, and Kim Boutin looking pretty

confident with a couple of medals in

1:18:411:18:48

her pocket already. And here's the

confirmation pretty quickly, Kim

1:18:481:18:53

Boutin and Hitomi Saito going three,

Charlotte Gilmartin in third place,

1:18:531:18:57

so Kathryn Thomson, Charlotte

Gilmartin and Elise Christie all

1:18:571:19:00

failing to make it through from the

heats of the women's 1000m.

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So, let's take a quick look now,

qualification of the

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quarterfinalist. Suzanne Schulting,

a medallist

1:19:181:19:25

a medallist last year, Efremenkova

who got up off the floor to qualify,

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and the rest of those who have made

it through, including Yara Van

1:19:291:19:34

Kerkhof and Kim Boutin.

1:19:341:19:39

Kerkhof and Kim Boutin. Shim Sukhee

won a medal in Sochi four years ago.

1:19:401:19:47

Those quarterfinals will be on

Thursday.

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CLARE BALDING: And just huge sadness

that Elise Christie won't be among

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them, and nor will Charlotte

Gilmartin and nor will Kathryn

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Thomson, but for Elise Christie to

be brave enough to get back out

1:19:581:20:01

there on the ice, having a fall on

the first start of her heat, still

1:20:011:20:05

getting up and going out again,

finishing second and then to get

1:20:051:20:09

disqualified, that just seems pain

beyond... It's not fair, John.

That

1:20:091:20:16

is what sport is, and that is why we

keep wanting to watch it, because we

1:20:161:20:20

just don't know what is going to

happen. She gave it a good go today,

1:20:201:20:24

and what happened on the start is

another twist in the tale, but she

1:20:241:20:28

gave it her best shot and that is

all we can ask for.

She clearly

1:20:281:20:31

wasn't feeling. If, because she went

for it, on this first start, to try

1:20:311:20:36

and get out in front.

Yes, she did,

I thought she would skate off and

1:20:361:20:41

try and do something later, but she

caught the skate of the other girl

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and tripped, and she looked a little

bit shaken, probably, from that

1:20:431:20:49

fall, because she wouldn't have been

expecting that to happen. And to get

1:20:491:20:53

back up and go again, it probably

rocked her confidence a little bit.

1:20:531:20:57

I think going into that race before

that she would have been feeling

1:20:571:21:01

quite happy that she was in a good

place, and the medical team had done

1:21:011:21:05

a great job and cleared her to race,

but I think then that would have

1:21:051:21:09

shook up, and then when we go on to

see the actual race.

She takes a

1:21:091:21:14

different tactic.

You can see the

confidence is not there. If she was

1:21:141:21:18

going to sit in the race, you would

want to see her go around the

1:21:181:21:22

outside in keep it as clear as

possible, because we talked about

1:21:221:21:24

trying to get to the front and after

that start that wasn't going to

1:21:241:21:28

happen but then she starts making

smaller inside moves.

So on the

1:21:281:21:31

restart, you can see that she

deliberately going for a slow start,

1:21:311:21:35

to build up the pace gradually, not

going to get involved in the

1:21:351:21:42

argy-bargy, but unfortunately makes

the decision to go around the inside

1:21:421:21:44

to overtake rather than sweeping

round the outside, and therefore

1:21:441:21:46

gets into trouble twice.

And that is

where she has ended up getting a

1:21:461:21:51

yellow card, because although

mentioned by Will you do get a card

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or dangerous skating, but I don't

think that was this one, it was the

1:21:561:21:59

fact that she picked up two

penalties in two different

1:21:591:22:04

incidents, and I think that amounted

to the yellow card. She looks

1:22:041:22:08

confident the back, and looks like

she is winding up the Yuchen see

1:22:081:22:10

where she is not as confident as she

would be in a race like this, she is

1:22:101:22:20

taking

1:22:201:22:20

taking up the inside options and

moving up the track slowly.

It is

1:22:201:22:22

shorter to go on the side but more

risky?

Definitely. Around the

1:22:221:22:24

outside you have more space but you

do need the strength, and that is

1:22:241:22:28

where not having as much confidence

probably meant that she went the

1:22:281:22:32

easier route.

So that undertake was

fine?

Yes, and you wonder shisha

1:22:321:22:39

granny tax eye but she gets caught

in an incident there, and I think

1:22:391:22:42

she does make quite good speed

coming out of the corner to make the

1:22:421:22:46

overtake, but obviously the

Hungarian girl shuts the door on

1:22:461:22:50

her.

And had their just been that

one incident, it might have been all

1:22:501:22:54

right.

By the sounds of it she would

have got a penalty for that, and

1:22:541:22:57

then she gets another penalty here

when Chi double pushes against the

1:22:571:23:01

Polish girl, and then that leads to

a double penalty which further

1:23:011:23:05

yellow card.

So she hasn't done

anything dangerous? It is a double

1:23:051:23:14

infringement, so effectively in

football it would be two yellow

1:23:141:23:17

cards and therefore the red

1:23:171:23:21

football it would be two yellow

cards and therefore the red? Oh,

1:23:211:23:21

dear.

And I think they are she can't

carry on her speed, obviously the

1:23:211:23:26

girl that is in front, the Dutch

girl, hasn't gone quick enough to

1:23:261:23:30

open that gap for Elise to slot

into, so then Andrea Kessler from

1:23:301:23:37

Hungary is able to shut the door.

She has almost come across the track

1:23:371:23:43

too much.

Nicky Gooch, the coach,

carrying her off to protect as much

1:23:431:23:48

as possible. In your opinion, John,

is the disqualification just?

Yes.

1:23:481:23:55

It is a racing incident, and we talk

about trying to make it as clear as

1:23:551:23:59

possible, because if you don't you

come into the hand of the referee,

1:23:591:24:01

and they have a chance to watch the

video back and that didn't had two

1:24:011:24:06

penalties.

We are going live back to

Pyeongchang to talk to Elise

1:24:061:24:10

Christie.

1:24:101:24:11

Just tell us what is going through

your mind right now.

To be honest,

1:24:141:24:18

not much. A few days ago, I didn't

think I would be getting on the ice.

1:24:181:24:26

I did everything I could to turn

this around, I had ligament damage

1:24:261:24:32

in my ankle, and putting a skate on

with that is not the comfiest thing

1:24:321:24:35

in the world. And we did everything

we could to turn this around, and it

1:24:351:24:42

just wasn't meant to be.

If it was

any other competition, would you

1:24:421:24:46

have been on that start line today?

No, I would've been off the ice for

1:24:461:24:50

five or six weeks. I would have been

in rehab. I wouldn't have got on if

1:24:501:24:55

it was the World Championships, and

that wouldn't have been my choice, I

1:24:551:24:58

would have been told I wasn't

getting on. The only reason they

1:24:581:25:01

gave me the choice is because it was

the Olympics. The worst that could

1:25:011:25:05

happen is

1:25:051:25:10

happen is that I fell off the start,

but to me that didn't matter. I

1:25:101:25:14

trained all my life this, it was

everything to me, and... It's done.

1:25:141:25:19

I think everyone watching will think

that you've got a hell of a lot of

1:25:191:25:24

guts.

Thanks. I don't know. I just

felt like I owe it to Britain, you

1:25:241:25:35

know? I can put my hands are right

now and say I don't know why I have

1:25:351:25:41

got the yellow card. When I watched

the race, I was kicked on the start

1:25:411:25:46

and fell over, I have never had a

yellow card in my life, never mind

1:25:461:25:50

penalties, I barely get penalties. I

went to the inside, and on the

1:25:501:25:57

video, I am past the girl, so I have

no idea. The only thing I can think

1:25:571:26:01

of is possibly the referee doesn't

think it's safer meter race with my

1:26:011:26:04

ankle wages, because he was in

courage in me to get off the ice

1:26:041:26:08

after the fall at the start, and if

that is it, then fair enough, I can

1:26:081:26:13

see why he might not want me to race

like that, because it might not be

1:26:131:26:16

the safest.

We know how much work

you put in, and you're talking about

1:26:161:26:24

putting short track out there, I

think you have done that, you are

1:26:241:26:27

the world champion. How do you some

up these games? Because I think it's

1:26:271:26:33

fair to say that it hasn't gone very

well.

You'll have to ask me

1:26:331:26:41

tomorrow, I think. Right now I'm a

bit shell-shocked. I worked hard to

1:26:411:26:50

come back from this injury, most

people wouldn't have skated with my

1:26:501:26:54

ankle the way it was, I can barely

bend my knee. The only thing I can

1:26:541:26:58

say is I can promise Britain that I

will fight back from this and I will

1:26:581:27:02

come back for Beijing, and hopefully

I can do Britain proud of then.

Back

1:27:021:27:09

to Beijing, so I know that after the

last time, you felt like you

1:27:091:27:12

couldn't go on, but this time you

don't feel that? It's different this

1:27:121:27:17

time, you can go to Beijing?

Yes, I

have so much belief in the programme

1:27:171:27:23

and myself, none of that was my

physical capability. You know, it

1:27:231:27:29

was just short track. What else can

I say? Everyone has been such a

1:27:291:27:38

massive support to me, Team GB, to

turn this around. Everyone at home,

1:27:381:27:42

most of the people, anyway, I can't

believe how supportive they have

1:27:421:27:47

been, and I definitely think I can

come back and medal in Beijing, it

1:27:471:27:53

is frustrating having to wait four

years. It wasn't to be this time.

1:27:531:27:58

Listen, despite what has happened,

we are all immensely proud of you,

1:27:581:28:03

and you are the world champion, and

lots of people come to the Olympics

1:28:031:28:07

and don't win medals, so we're

really proud you had the guts to get

1:28:071:28:10

out on that start line, and we are

looking forward to seeing you back

1:28:101:28:13

in Beijing.

Thank you, and I would

like to thank all the kids that have

1:28:131:28:17

sent me messages. I really

appreciate it, the kids that have

1:28:171:28:23

sent messages saying they are

inspired by me, they have no idea

1:28:231:28:26

what that means to me, but it is

amazing that five-year-olds and

1:28:261:28:31

seven-year-olds can find me

inspiring, that brings tears to my

1:28:311:28:34

eyes, you know?

Thanks very much.

Thanks.

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Elise Christie admitting she is

still shell-shocked, doesn't

1:28:411:28:44

understand why she got the yellow

card, but confirming this is not the

1:28:441:28:47

end of her Olympic challenge, she

will be back in four years' time.

1:28:471:28:51

She will be 31 by then, still

determined to win a first Olympic

1:28:511:28:55

medal, but her Olympics for this

year, for 2018, is over. Sarah, what

1:28:551:29:01

did you make of what she said there,

and of what has happened to her

1:29:011:29:04

today?

I think it was a really nice

and honest interview from her, and I

1:29:041:29:09

think she probably is a little bit

shell-shocked, and she needs to let

1:29:091:29:14

things sink in. And book a holiday!

Take a little bit of time off. She

1:29:141:29:18

has four years until the next games,

and lots to do in between them, but

1:29:181:29:22

I think maybe a bit of downtime.

She

mentioned that the referee was

1:29:221:29:26

having words with her after the

first false start, after she fell on

1:29:261:29:30

the first start for her heat, and is

that the referee there with the

1:29:301:29:35

headphones?

That would have been one

of the referees, yes.

And do you

1:29:351:29:40

think he's checking she's all right?

Would think he's saying.

He would

1:29:401:29:45

have been just checking, the duty of

care being the head referee for the

1:29:451:29:48

girls, he would've come over and

checked if she was OK, and

1:29:481:29:52

obviously, would have been asking

her how she is doing, to find out

1:29:521:29:55

whether she is ready to go again.

Is

there any right of appeal?

No. In

1:29:551:30:01

this instance, no. They have checked

the video numerous times, we don't

1:30:011:30:09

see the same footage as they get to

see, the referees will see it

1:30:091:30:13

overhead and in front and down the

straight, so we don't get to see

1:30:131:30:16

that footage may be until after the

event, but yes, there is no right of

1:30:161:30:20

appeal here.

1:30:201:30:25

Sarah, she was saying she doesn't

understand why she got the

1:30:251:30:29

infringement, there were undertakes

that were not illegal, not worthy of

1:30:291:30:34

a penalty.

She has not had the

chance to have a look at the video,

1:30:341:30:37

how you feel when you get off, all

the adrenaline, what happens during

1:30:371:30:42

the race, it flashes past you very

quickly, she might feel differently

1:30:421:30:46

when she looks at the video replay

and she has gone and analysed it.

I

1:30:461:30:50

think she has a point with racing

against Kessler, the Hungarian girl,

1:30:501:30:58

she probably may feel a bit harsh on

that because she got alongside her

1:30:581:31:03

and she tried to make space but

unfortunately it was not there. With

1:31:031:31:07

the Polish girl, I would say that

was a clear penalty.

I think when

1:31:071:31:12

your intentions are good and you are

not intending to cause trouble or

1:31:121:31:16

cause a penalty, it doesn't feel

there, because that's not what you

1:31:161:31:19

are trying to do.

Do you think she

would have raced differently, a

1:31:191:31:26

fully fit Elise Christie, despite,

if the ankle was and still hurting,

1:31:261:31:30

a belief that Elise Christie would

have gone round the outside and gone

1:31:301:31:33

I'm better than you lot.

Without a

doubt, who she was racing against,

1:31:331:31:38

she would have sat at the back and

gone round the outside is not gone

1:31:381:31:42

to the front at the start and

dominated. She can clearly see where

1:31:421:31:46

she is out, she was obviously

disappointed in that interview but

1:31:461:31:49

she realises maybe today she was not

at full fitness and there's nothing

1:31:491:31:53

else you can do. She gave it her

best shot, today wasn't meant to be,

1:31:531:31:59

she probably realised that with the

injury.

Desperately disappointing

1:31:591:32:04

for British fans, desperately sad

for Elise Christie but so impressive

1:32:041:32:07

she can come out and say after that

I am going again, going to try for

1:32:071:32:13

another Olympics. Let's go out to

Pyeongchang and speak to Wilf

1:32:131:32:17

O'Reilly, how do you sum up today?

Basically, immense courage that she

1:32:171:32:26

has shown to get on the ice, clash

blades with the Hungarian Kessler,

1:32:261:32:31

to go back to the start of the 1000

metres, 20-30 metres off the pace

1:32:311:32:36

and close the gap in a qualifying

position and what I believe, I

1:32:361:32:41

happened to seeing the actual replay

that the video referee sees but what

1:32:411:32:45

I understand is there are two issues

that have happened during the course

1:32:451:32:49

of the race and because one was a

penalty and the other was a penalty,

1:32:491:32:54

I actually don't feel it was a

penalty at all but I haven't seen

1:32:541:32:58

the video footage to confirm that.

Basically two penalties means you

1:32:581:33:02

get a yellow card which is a warning

for dangerous skating.

Do you feel

1:33:021:33:08

at all because Elise Christie is as

high-profile as she is, because she

1:33:081:33:12

had the issues are ready, aren't the

judges watching her more closely

1:33:121:33:15

than anyone else?

If you are one of

the favourites you are always being

1:33:151:33:22

watched a lot more closely than any

other skaters, generally in my

1:33:221:33:26

opinion what happens, a lot of the

well-known names skaters are quite

1:33:261:33:31

often given, sort of, the chance, if

you like, the benefit of the doubt

1:33:311:33:35

and are allowed to go through but

clearly the referees are under such

1:33:351:33:38

pressure, they are basically saying,

based on the footage what they see,

1:33:381:33:43

they are the people, Babel be giving

penalties to.

To be fair, they have

1:33:431:33:50

been pretty brave, they took choice

the home favourite out of the medal

1:33:501:33:53

winning position in the 500, it's

not like they are making unpopular

1:33:531:33:57

decisions for everybody. Elise

Christie mentioned she thought the

1:33:571:34:02

referee might have given her a

yellow card because they perhaps

1:34:021:34:06

might have thought it wasn't safe

for her to race but they can't do

1:34:061:34:09

that, can they?

I wouldn't think so,

if he felt that wasn't safe for her

1:34:091:34:13

to start and he should never have

allowed her to start the race, as it

1:34:131:34:17

were. I don't really know, there is

something that we are going to

1:34:171:34:24

Seville for the ISU conference in

June and the rules and regulations

1:34:241:34:26

will be voted upon and it is

something I will be putting forward

1:34:261:34:30

to try and emphasise to the rest of

the world if somebody is given a

1:34:301:34:36

penalty, why?

This is a big load to

British Short track speed skating

1:34:361:34:41

not just because there won't be a

single representative left in any

1:34:411:34:45

race for the women but also because

of the way the funding structure is,

1:34:451:34:48

you know, whatever you think about,

the World Championship nettles, the

1:34:481:34:51

gold medals that Elise Christie she

has won, they don't count, its

1:34:511:34:56

Olympic medals. Mothers have a

massive effect for the future of

1:34:561:35:02

British are track speed skating?

1:35:021:35:07

British are track speed skating? --

will this have a massive effect?

The

1:35:071:35:09

whole world has seen what has

happened and hopefully Babel realise

1:35:091:35:15

the sport is about investing in the

future, finding new talent,

1:35:151:35:18

hopefully my successes in the past,

Nicky Gooch, and Elise Christie's

1:35:181:35:23

success will all continue and

contribute to future funding.

Elise

1:35:231:35:29

Christie has said she wants to be

back in four years' time, can you

1:35:291:35:33

and you know... I did hear that. I

mean, the weight Short track speed

1:35:331:35:38

skaters go on the pattern of their

career, is it possible to come back

1:35:381:35:41

in your 30s and still be the best?

Absolutely. It's all about

1:35:411:35:48

experience. I mean, somebody was

asking me, what should she do after

1:35:481:35:53

this and I said maybe she should

take a year doing long track speed

1:35:531:35:57

skating, working out and training

but taking a break from the

1:35:571:36:01

high-profile level that she has

within the sport and hopefully three

1:36:011:36:06

years into Beijing, 2022, start

focusing maybe take another route.

I

1:36:061:36:10

have to say that long track speed

Skating looks quite tempting, nobody

1:36:101:36:14

else in the way. Absolutely! Thank

you so much and I'm sorry for you

1:36:141:36:23

guys out there that it's been such a

disappointing day but thank you for

1:36:231:36:26

everything you have contributed.

Thank you very much. And it is,

1:36:261:36:33

gosh, so much to take in, as Elise

Christie said, she can't begin to

1:36:331:36:38

think rationally about this, you are

in the moment, you will have an

1:36:381:36:43

emotional response, some up how

strong you think she has been,

1:36:431:36:47

Sarah, to want to do this today and

also after the first of all, to say

1:36:471:36:52

no, I am not giving up right now.

Yes, we should be really, really

1:36:521:36:57

proud that she is back on the ice

today and she gave it everything she

1:36:571:37:01

had, it was her one last shot. She

had quite a lot of pressure on -- on

1:37:011:37:09

her, the golden girl of the sport,

emotionally this build-up for years

1:37:091:37:12

that leads into the Olympic Games,

this has been a plan for her for a

1:37:121:37:16

long time. I think she needs to come

back down and relax before deciding

1:37:161:37:21

what to do next.

I went to see her

in Korea before the games and she

1:37:211:37:25

kept talking about how she had to

risk it all to gain gold. Do you

1:37:251:37:29

think she has risked too much in the

500, 1500 and today doesn't really

1:37:291:37:35

count because she wasn't fit and

therefore was making decisions

1:37:351:37:39

because she didn't feel strong

enough but particularly the 500.

Not

1:37:391:37:42

really. We talk about her being

world champion, when she became

1:37:421:37:48

world champion last year she

finished fourth in the 500 metres

1:37:481:37:51

and she did this time. With place

Olympic was what she got at the

1:37:511:37:56

worlds, that's no mean feat, very

impressive. I think in the 1500 we

1:37:561:38:02

spoke, we underestimated the quality

of the semifinal she was in and

1:38:021:38:07

obviously having a silver and gold

medallist in your semifinal will be

1:38:071:38:10

tough and watching the replay back

from the 1500 metres, she was half a

1:38:101:38:15

metre out of mailing the overtake

and go to the final.

You are right,

1:38:151:38:20

there was Lee and Choi and they

ended up gold and silver in the

1:38:201:38:23

final. She was up against it to

finish first two, she had to take a

1:38:231:38:28

risk in the 1500.

When we talk about

taking a risk, that's not settling,

1:38:281:38:33

make sure you keep moving, you

attack to win the race, be in the

1:38:331:38:38

medals, if you start settling, the

more you save, you are not moving

1:38:381:38:42

up, you are moving backwards, things

you need to try out. Take a risk and

1:38:421:38:47

want to win but that does not mean

you risk everything, we are not

1:38:471:38:52

putting it all on the gold medal,

she still wanted to be successful

1:38:521:38:56

and take a risk in the race to do as

best as she possibly can.

In terms

1:38:561:39:01

of talent, training, commitment to

the sport, Sarah, she came into

1:39:011:39:06

these games, you know, nothing is a

certainty in short track speed

1:39:061:39:09

skating because it seems to be

incredibly rough, it's a very rough

1:39:091:39:14

sport, but to leave it now with

nothing, with no medal at all, you

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are right, fourth place is best

Olympic finish in the 500 metres but

1:39:191:39:22

she goes home with nothing. Doesn't

that seem cruel? And if you look now

1:39:221:39:28

at her Olympic experiences, in the

last two games, I mean, that is

1:39:281:39:35

desperate. I mean, even in short

track speed skating, that is

1:39:351:39:39

unlucky, isn't it?

It's all part of

the story, isn't it, for when she

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wins, I think.

They will make a

movie. Do you believe that can

1:39:451:39:51

happen? If this ligament damage is

bad and if it has been made worse

1:39:511:39:55

today, she's going to take a long

time to recover.

With recovery for

1:39:551:39:59

things like that it depends how you

treat it initially. She doesn't have

1:39:591:40:04

to do anything else, no other

commitments, she can focus on that

1:40:041:40:10

recovery, making sure it's back to.

And then decide about training.

1:40:101:40:14

Where are the younger short track

speed skaters coming through, John,

1:40:141:40:19

and where are they now? What has

Elise done to increase interest in

1:40:191:40:24

the sport?

To have a world champion

in the sport, so few people

1:40:241:40:29

competing in the country, it's

massive, everyone wants to emulate

1:40:291:40:33

what Elise has done and go on and be

successful in the World

1:40:331:40:36

Championships and the Olympics. We

set up an academy in the last couple

1:40:361:40:40

of years since she became world

champion, we've found a new athletes

1:40:401:40:44

from other sports but improving the

athletes currently in the sport from

1:40:441:40:48

recent levels, down to club level,

in the last week alone we've had

1:40:481:40:55

over 150 people register their

interest in the sport, it's not in

1:40:551:40:58

the fairy tale story we wanted

people are excited about short track

1:40:581:41:03

speed skating, they are enjoying

watching it for some reason.

It's

1:41:031:41:06

great to watch.

Some of that

excitement. They want to have a go,

1:41:061:41:12

it has been massive over the last

four years and we've been able to

1:41:121:41:16

move forward, the sport is growing,

that's fantastic.

People are

1:41:161:41:21

enjoying watching it, let's go back

for more with

1:41:211:41:23

enjoying watching it, let's go back

for more with Simon. COMMENTATOR:,

1:41:231:41:27

we have a crash, the Netherlands,

they have stopped the race. It's not

1:41:271:41:37

the first time we have had a race

stopped this evening, local time.

1:41:371:41:49

Daan Breeuwsma, from the

Netherlands. Sprawling on the ice.

1:41:491:41:52

What do you make of this?

He clashes

skates with the skater from

1:41:521:41:58

Kazakhstan. You can see it from the

reverse position. Clash blades as

1:41:581:42:06

Daan Breeuwsma stamps on the

1:42:061:42:16

Daan Breeuwsma stamps on the blade

of his opponent, they are checking

1:42:161:42:18

the blades are OK, they are a

changing them completely, changing

1:42:181:42:22

the blade. I think all three

countries,

1:42:221:42:28

including Charles Hamelin.

The heat

that we have missed so far, an

1:42:341:42:42

Olympic athlete said a new record. A

Polish surprise qualifier. There was

1:42:421:42:46

a crash, predictably. A United

States athlete was penalised but

1:42:461:42:53

would not have gone through. In the

second of the

1:42:531:43:00

second of the heats, Samuel Samuel

Girard from Canada went through very

1:43:031:43:08

comfortably. In heat

1:43:081:43:22

number three Seo Yira went through.

It was chaotic and untidy. We are

1:43:231:43:32

almost ready. The running repairs on

the track have been frequent. As

1:43:321:43:35

they fill the gaps, they spray them

frozen again.

Talking about running

1:43:351:43:44

repairs, Simon, the Kazakhstan team

really working on the

1:43:441:43:58

really working on the blades of

Denis Nikisha. They get up to speeds

1:43:581:44:03

of 50 kilometres an hour, it's

important they have their equipment

1:44:031:44:06

right.

Have you had any more time to

reflect on the race of Elise

1:44:061:44:12

Christie?

I am still in shock, I

came up from downstairs, still in

1:44:121:44:16

shock to see she got a yellow card,

I will probably ask someone this

1:44:161:44:21

evening can I see the official

reason why, they will probably said

1:44:211:44:24

no but at least I will be able to

ask.

Packed in here again once more

1:44:241:44:32

as we wait for the rerun of this

heat number four in the men's 500

1:44:321:44:38

metres. Such a mad dash, no room for

error whatsoever. Particularly in

1:44:381:44:44

the first round, these heats, the

seeding order is randomly done by

1:44:441:44:51

the computer. After this, it's done

by the fastest skater drawn in the

1:44:511:44:55

number Lane. They will come up to

the line shortly. Daan Breeuwsma has

1:44:551:45:03

never finished better than 14th in

the World Championship. Denis

1:45:031:45:06

Nikisha six in the world last year.

Limb from Korea, the Olympic

1:45:061:45:15

champion. Away they go. Clearly this

time. Denis Nikisha from Kazakhstan

1:45:151:45:20

goes to the front.

1:45:201:45:25

He has seen a little gap, and he

goes sliding through it.

Denis

1:45:271:45:35

Nikisha is storming away now.

Lim

Hyojun has gone very wide here,

1:45:351:45:41

Charles Hamelin tries to get through

on the inside. As they come round

1:45:411:45:48

now, Lim Hyojun takes the bell with

the advantage of some considerable

1:45:481:45:51

distance back to second place, and

the career wins it.

1:45:511:46:02

the career wins it. Charles Hamelin

of Canada is in third.

I wouldn't be

1:46:021:46:07

surprised to see Charles Hamelin get

a penalty therefore an infringement

1:46:071:46:15

on Denis Nikisha. And that

1:46:151:46:21

on Denis Nikisha. And that is why

Daan Breeuwsma got through into

1:46:211:46:25

second.

Once again, we saw Lim

Hyojun who is in the form of his

1:46:251:46:29

young life here.

When you have an

Olympic gold medal in your pocket,

1:46:291:46:33

it is easy to take risks, and you

feel a lot more relaxed. You see him

1:46:331:46:38

go through, making it look so easy,

and this is where the problem

1:46:381:46:40

happened with Charles Hamelin and

Denis Nikisha.

It is because Lim had

1:46:401:46:48

gone very wide on the corner, and

Charles Hamelin saw the opportunity

1:46:481:46:52

and try to go through.

Particularly

what happens in short track, if you

1:46:521:46:57

are good on the 1500m it doesn't

necessarily mean you will be good of

1:46:571:47:01

500 metres, we start to see more and

more specialist. Charles Hamelin

1:47:011:47:05

knows he is the culprit, he has

walked off the rink.

That was more

1:47:051:47:09

of the scowl and stop box for him as

he disappears. He was ninth and 13th

1:47:091:47:18

in the other two vents, it is not

really been his Olympics. And he

1:47:181:47:22

does get a penalty, he knew it, that

is why he walked off. And Denis

1:47:221:47:28

Nikisha from Kazakhstan is advanced,

so Daan

1:47:281:47:37

so Daan -- Lim Hyojun, Daan

Breeuwsma and Denis Nikisha all go

1:47:371:47:40

through.

And skaters who are

advanced are advanced to the outer

1:47:401:47:44

lane.

And a reminder that we have

eight heat here. Now, next up, we

1:47:441:47:51

have the Olympic Athlete from Russia

on the right-hand side. And the

1:47:511:47:58

false start gives me a chance to

complete this line-up.

1:47:581:48:08

complete this line-up. Ren Ziwei

there

1:48:081:48:14

there in the red, and Knegt is the

world champion at this distance, he

1:48:141:48:20

is the big Hope for the Dutch

1:48:201:48:29

is the big Hope for the Dutch here

all the skaters will now have to

1:48:291:48:31

wait. It was skate and other two who

was given the false tarte.

1:48:311:48:44

Turbat two from Kazakhstan, he has

done well to get into second place,

1:48:451:48:48

Ren Ziwei is in second, a bit of a

gap back to Sjinkie Knegt, the

1:48:481:48:54

Dutchman, putting himself into

position, one would think.

Very

1:48:541:48:58

similar situation as Elise Christie,

at the back. You don't need to

1:48:581:49:02

panic, you still have two laps to

go.

There will be one lap to go next

1:49:021:49:07

time over the line, Sjinkie Knegt

squeezes in on the inside of

1:49:071:49:12

Alexander Sheldon. It is really

tight, and Sjinkie Knegt is out of

1:49:121:49:21

it there because the Chinese athlete

Ren Ziwei wins it, and the Russian

1:49:211:49:30

athlete benefited from the battle

between Sjinkie Knegt and

1:49:301:49:34

Zhumagaziyev.

Sjinkie Knegt coming

from third place, moving into

1:49:341:49:39

second, and it can go any way.

Would

you say with an athlete as good as

1:49:391:49:44

Sjinkie Knegt in a race like this,

would it not be better for him to

1:49:441:49:47

put himself towards the front

earlier where he avoids this sort of

1:49:471:49:51

scenario where he was in a more

desperate situation on the last lap

1:49:511:49:54

when he was really under pressure?

As I was saying before, when you are

1:49:541:49:59

drawn in the heat on the very

outside lane, this is the Olympic

1:49:591:50:02

Games. It is so tight, the level of

short track speed skating is so

1:50:021:50:10

tight amongst the athletes, that can

make the difference just from your

1:50:101:50:13

lane draw, so obviously he is coming

back from fourth place going into

1:50:131:50:17

third place, moving up slowly. So we

have to wait and see now what Peter

1:50:171:50:25

Worth, the referee from Great

Britain, has to make of this.

So,

1:50:251:50:30

Ren Ziwei provisionally first. And

just waiting for confirmation of the

1:50:301:50:45

result from this 500 metres. The

judges have reached a conclusion,

1:50:451:50:47

thankfully it didn't take too long,

so let's have a luck again as

1:50:471:50:54

Sjinkie Knegt try to find a way

through. And Sjinkie Knegt is given

1:50:541:51:00

a penalty, and the Dutchman is out,

and Zhumagaziyev of Kazakhstan is

1:51:001:51:05

advanced to go through as well as

Ren Ziwei, and Aleksandr Shulginov.

1:51:051:51:13

That is the confirmation.

Again,

flabbergasted with that decision.

1:51:131:51:20

You could see him moving across,

closing the gap, and then they

1:51:201:51:24

awarded the penalty.

Plenty to talk

about with your short track friends

1:51:241:51:29

over dinner later on with the

decisions tonight! And now, heat

1:51:291:51:36

number six. The Japanese skater was

fifth in the 1000m here. Pavlasek

1:51:361:51:49

nick, the athlete from Russia --

Pavel Sitnikov, and,

1:51:491:52:06

Pavel Sitnikov, and, with Shaoang

Liu taking control of this early.

1:52:061:52:13

One or two go through to the

quarterfinals, and Abzal of

1:52:131:52:22

Kazakhstan taking control.

And Sakho

from Japan, he wasn't going to take

1:52:221:52:35

any chances in that race, he got

away well, he stayed there, but he

1:52:351:52:42

got away from the others, not least

for Pavel Sitnikov, for a while he

1:52:421:52:46

was in a good position, but then he

lost his balance is the challenges

1:52:461:52:50

grew in ferocity.

But Shaoang Liu of

Hungary led from start to finish,

1:52:501:52:56

blocking well, not allowing any

skaters to come past him, compose,

1:52:561:53:00

you can just see there, he almost

got knocked down as they approached

1:53:001:53:07

this bend, you could see the hand on

the backside of the Hungarian

1:53:071:53:14

skater, Liu. And as he is coming out

of the bend, knocked off balance,

1:53:141:53:18

both skates on the ice, really

carving into the turn to make sure

1:53:181:53:23

he goes across the line first.

1:53:231:53:32

he goes across the line first.

A lot

of pressure put on Shaoang Liu as

1:53:321:53:34

Pavel Sitnikov has been given a

penalty, so Shaoang Liu qualifies,

1:53:341:53:37

as does Ryosuke Sakazume from Japan,

and the Kazakhstan skater advances

1:53:371:53:47

as well, so some of these races in

the court of finals are going to

1:53:471:53:53

have additional skaters, it will be

more traffic. Until this afternoon,

1:53:531:53:58

this evening, we had 34 penalties

from 12 different countries. I think

1:53:581:54:04

it is probably up to about 45

penalties now, and now we have a

1:54:041:54:09

North Korean speed skater in the

red, Jong Kwang Bom. And the North

1:54:091:54:23

Korean skater goes down, and we will

have a restart.

1:54:231:54:30

have a restart. I don't understand

that, he fell with nobody in the

1:54:311:54:34

way, no contact with any other

skater whatsoever, and they are

1:54:341:54:37

having a restart. , so the second

opportunity afforded here. Let's

1:54:371:54:43

watch this once more.

He dug his toe

from the right skate, and clearly

1:54:431:54:49

you can see here there is no contact

whatsoever.

The only contact comes

1:54:491:54:53

after he has fallen with the

Japanese skater, who manages to stay

1:54:531:54:56

on his feet.

That will be the reason

why they have restarted, we are up

1:54:561:55:02

in the stands and we can't really

see that far down to the ice.

That

1:55:021:55:05

was a very nervous start for the

loan North Korean short track racer.

1:55:051:55:13

And he will have garage a couple of

divot out of the ice with his

1:55:131:55:19

blades, so the repairs are pretty

quick here. They pack some ice in

1:55:191:55:25

and then spray it so that it hardens

instantaneously and we shouldn't

1:55:251:55:32

have too much of a delay here. Hwang

Daeheon is fourth ranked in the

1:55:321:55:43

World Cup in this distance, he is up

athlete they have high hopes of, but

1:55:431:55:47

it hasn't worked out so far. For

one, it has been brilliant, and for

1:55:471:55:53

Hwang Daeheon it hasn't been quite

so good, 14th and 17th in the two

1:55:531:55:58

events so far.

Very disappointing

considering his World Championships

1:55:581:56:01

performance.

1:56:011:56:08

performance.

Thomas Hong of the

United States is in this field as

1:56:081:56:11

well. The tracksuit tops are off

once again. And they will go once

1:56:111:56:17

more.

1:56:171:56:22

more. Cato Watanabe of Japan, and

the North Korean is on the deck and

1:56:231:56:35

out of the race very quickly.

Leading the way by a mile here is

1:56:351:56:40

Hwang Daeheon of career, being

chased by Watanabe of Japan, quite a

1:56:401:56:47

gap back to Thomas Hong of the

United States.

And it is all about

1:56:471:56:51

the time, they are trying to skaters

fast as possible because the time

1:56:511:56:55

they set in the heat will determine

the lane they draw in the

1:56:551:56:58

quarterfinals.

It looks like Hwang

Daeheon is really going for it, he

1:56:581:57:04

will win this by a mile, and

Watanabe will go through to the

1:57:041:57:10

quarterfinals, soap Hwang Daeheon in

first place, Watanabe in second,

1:57:101:57:14

Thomas Hong of the United States in

three, and still skating around,

1:57:141:57:18

getting ready to come into the

finish is Jong Kwang Bom of North

1:57:181:57:23

Korea, but his race was over very

quickly. He got into a bit of an

1:57:231:57:27

elbow match almost from the very

gun.

They didn't take part in the

1:57:271:57:32

limit qualifying events, and the IOC

awarded them an extra spot to try to

1:57:321:57:36

promote the event in North Korea,

but it clearly he has very little

1:57:361:57:42

experience at this level, and that

could be dangerous for the other

1:57:421:57:45

skaters. You can see him there

pushing that right hand. And

1:57:451:57:51

Watanabe on the outside, he is just

pushing him away, and again, he is

1:57:511:57:56

just knocked off balance, and it

will be interesting to see what

1:57:561:57:59

Peter Worth has to make of this. But

this man had no trouble whatsoever.

1:57:591:58:03

He is a class act, isn't he? Really

comfortable, a great start for him

1:58:031:58:09

in these 500 metres. The short visit

to the competition for Jong Kwang

1:58:091:58:16

Bom of North Korea. First

international event of any note as

1:58:161:58:24

far as we can tell from him. Yet

again, the judges are reviewing the

1:58:241:58:30

action. And I think he will be the

culprit in this one. Of receiving a

1:58:301:58:39

penalty, I really think we do, I

think we are up to number 47 by now.

1:58:391:58:47

And the skater from the peoples were

of career, Jong Kwang Bom, receives

1:58:471:58:52

a penalty from the referee, but it

doesn't affect the result at all,

1:58:521:58:58

and that is confirmation of the

result. One more heat to come, and

1:58:581:59:04

my goodness me, what a high-quality

one it is as well, this is almost

1:59:041:59:09

worthy of an Olympic final. Han

Tianyu

1:59:091:59:20

Tianyu of China, Shaolin Sandor Liu,

John-Henry Krueger who won Silver in

1:59:201:59:26

the 1000m the other day, and what a

field. Someone will have to make way

1:59:261:59:33

here.

1:59:331:59:39

here. Shaolin Sandor Liu thinks he

needs to get to the front, and he is

1:59:391:59:43

being chased by Han Tianyu.

John-Henry Krueger from the USA at

1:59:431:59:47

the back just has to wait, there is

nothing he can really do.

This is

1:59:471:59:51

going to be really tight, one lap to

go and over the line. Shaolin Sandor

1:59:511:59:56

Liu from hungry leads the way, and

Han Tianyu is in second place,

1:59:562:00:02

Seaman Elistratov trying to steal it

at the end, I'm not sure if he will

2:00:022:00:05

find a way through, I'm not sure if

he found it, such a high-quality

2:00:052:00:09

field, nothing John-Henry Krueger

could do about it in terms of moving

2:00:092:00:12

up from the back, it was a high

paced, high quality race, on the

2:00:122:00:15

first two over the line, Shaolin

Sandor Liu and Han Tianyu.

2:00:152:00:23

I think it says it all, the way they

started, one, two, three, four on

2:00:232:00:28

the line. Shaolin Sandor Liu paced

himself by going round the outside

2:00:282:00:34

and then it was game over the.

For

the near shaped it, in a race like

2:00:342:00:38

this with four really good skaters,

the lottery of how they start, will

2:00:382:00:46

that be the decisive factor?

Probably. The sport is still growing

2:00:462:00:51

and learning. We need to look at the

rules and regulations of the first

2:00:512:00:55

round pick, because the seeding of

the races is based on the World

2:00:552:00:59

Cups. In World Cup status, this is

correct, but in terms of the lane

2:00:592:01:03

draw they get on the 1000 metres, it

is done by the computer on the very

2:01:032:01:09

first round. And he looked very

comfortable indeed.

Shaolin Sandor

2:01:092:01:13

loop going through in qualifying, as

well as Han Tianyu from China.

2:01:132:01:21

Elistratov won a bronze the other

day in another event. And that

2:01:212:01:29

completes the men's 500 metre heats.

The quarterfinal line-up, who has

2:01:292:01:33

impressed you so far?

I think Wu

Dajing is the man to look to. Like

2:01:332:01:46

the long track yesterday, the 500

metres is such a top event, so many

2:01:462:01:50

people that can qualify. And can

take home gold. I don't like to say

2:01:502:01:57

any name, because probably after

Thursday evening, they will go out

2:01:572:02:03

in the quarterfinals.

The crowd have

a chance to grab a drink, a stack,

2:02:032:02:08

and catch their breath. They are

resurfacing the ice and then later

2:02:082:02:12

on we have the potential mayhem of

the ladies 3000 metre relay finals

2:02:122:02:17

with four times as many athletes on

the track. STUDIO: We will certainly

2:02:172:02:22

be back for that. Amazing for the

short track speed skating. If you're

2:02:222:02:26

tuning in wondering what happens to

Elise Christie, at nine o'clock this

2:02:262:02:30

morning it was confirmed she would

line-up for her heat in the 1000

2:02:302:02:36

metres. This was the event in which

she is world champion. John and

2:02:362:02:43

Sarah alongside me to analyse what

happened. In the first starchy tried

2:02:432:02:46

to take the lead. What happened?

She

to run, she went off hard. And she

2:02:462:02:54

caught blades with the girl next to

from Hungary and tripped over and

2:02:542:02:58

fell. Probably a little bit rattled.

What are the rules on the restart?

2:02:582:03:07

They will restart the race if there

is a clash before the apex block,

2:03:072:03:10

the middle block of the first

corner. If police had fallen there,

2:03:102:03:18

it disturbs the race because she

would have stopped Andreas Kessler

2:03:182:03:21

moving forward in the race. The race

has been disturbed. We have seen

2:03:212:03:27

other races where they have fallen

on their own and carried on.

A

2:03:272:03:32

pretty hard impact on the ice. She

holds the right ankle, which is

2:03:322:03:36

where the problem has been since a

fall in the semifinals of the 1500.

2:03:362:03:42

Nicky Gooch, the coach, made

adjustments to her skates and the

2:03:422:03:45

referee talks to her as well. The

assumption was it was over and she

2:03:452:03:49

was out, but she lined up again.

We

all thought that, we sat back in our

2:03:492:03:54

hearts sank, we thought it was

finished. She went over to the side,

2:03:542:04:02

sorted out her blades and then

started the race again. Different

2:04:022:04:04

tactics this time. She wanted to

give it her best shot, but we know

2:04:042:04:10

in 1000 metres she can still make up

some ground.

It looked like when she

2:04:102:04:14

got going she was skating quite

nicely. She catches up with the pack

2:04:142:04:18

and starts to make moves and then

you see that she is not her usual

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confident self.

Her options are

either sweet whites to go round them

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all or pick them off one by one on

the inside.

I think she was trying

2:04:262:04:31

to make it easy for herself, make

the overtaking easy without making a

2:04:312:04:35

big move round the outside. She

looks very conscious of her ankle

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while she is skating round.

As we

see from the first overtake, she

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makes it quite nicely, comfortable,

the gap appears and she slots in.

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She read it well and makes it look

easy. We start to think, here we go.

2:04:492:04:54

But no, the next one is very first

real issue comes. She makes the

2:04:542:05:00

overtake, she gets alongside her,

and that's where a lease in her

2:05:002:05:04

interview mentioned she didn't think

it was a penalty.

But the problem

2:05:042:05:07

is, she causes the crash, and that

is the first penalty.

She looked a

2:05:072:05:12

bit wobbly, did well to recover and

then goes for the undertake again.

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She makes this one quite nicely but

I think it's when she starts to

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block and is too forceful on her

blocking to shut the track down. And

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that means penalty number two,

resulting in the yellow card.

She

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knows there, the Bell has gone and

somebody has taken over her on the

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inside and there is not enough time

to get back to second place to

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qualify. She was deathly trying to

hold her position to get through to

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the next round.

She is alongside the

Hungarian girl there, but she can't

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get enough space to make it

comfortable. And that causes the

2:05:522:05:54

crash.

2:05:542:06:02

crash. She is pushing and using her

arm a little bit. She doesn't want

2:06:022:06:05

to get back pastor. Nicky Gooch

carrying her off, that was always

2:06:052:06:09

the plan because we didn't want her

to walk in her skates. Walking round

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in speed skates with long blades is

not the most comfortable, so with a

2:06:142:06:18

sore ankle, the idea was to get her

off the ice and get her as quick as

2:06:182:06:22

possible with her skates off,

because fingers crossed she was to

2:06:222:06:25

redo the next round.

It is to Elise

Christie's credit that she lined up

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twice and went straight to David

McDaid after to give this interview.

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First of all, tell us what's going

through your mind.

To be honest, not

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much. A few days ago I didn't think

I would be getting on the ice. I did

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everything I could to turn this

around. I had ligament damage in my

2:06:502:06:53

ankle. Putting a skate on with that

is not the comfiest thing in the

2:06:532:06:59

world. We did everything we could to

turn this around. It obviously

2:06:592:07:04

wasn't meant to be.

If it was any

other competition, would you have

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been on the start line today?

No, I

would have been off the ice for five

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or six weeks. I wouldn't have gone

back if it was the World

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Championships, and that would have

been my choice... That wouldn't have

2:07:192:07:23

been my choice, I would have been

told I couldn't go back. But the

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only reason I got the choice was

because it was the Olympics. To me

2:07:262:07:32

being kicked and falling at the

start didn't matter. I had trained

2:07:322:07:36

all my life for this, it was

everything to me. And, yes, it's

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done.

I think everyone watching will

think you have a hell of a lot of

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guts.

Thanks. I felt I owed it to

Britain, you know? I want to get

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short track out there. It's an

amazing sport. At times it can do

2:07:552:08:00

this to you. I can put my hands up

right now and say I have no idea why

2:08:002:08:04

I got the yellow card. When I

watched the race I was kicked at the

2:08:042:08:09

start and fell over. I have never

had a yellow card in my life. I very

2:08:092:08:14

rarely get penalties. I went up the

inside. I went past the girl on the

2:08:142:08:20

video. I have no idea. The only

thing I can think is possibly the

2:08:202:08:25

referee doesn't think it is safe by

race with my ankle the way it is

2:08:252:08:28

because he was encouraging me to get

off the ice when I fell at the

2:08:282:08:32

start. If that is it then fair

enough. I can see why he might not

2:08:322:08:36

want me to race like that, because

it might not be the safest. But,

2:08:362:08:41

yeah...

We know how much work you

put in and you are talking about but

2:08:412:08:47

in short track out there. I think

you have done that, you are the

2:08:472:08:50

world champion. How do you sum up

these games? I think it's fair to

2:08:502:08:57

say it hasn't really gone very well.

LAUGHTER

2:08:572:09:01

You would have to ask me tomorrow.

Right now I'm a little bit

2:09:012:09:07

shell-shocked. I worked so hard to

come back from this injury. I think

2:09:072:09:12

a thousand people wouldn't have

skated with my ankle the way it was.

2:09:122:09:19

The only thing I can say is I can

promise of Britain that I will fight

2:09:192:09:23

back from this and I will come back

for Beijing. And hopefully I can do

2:09:232:09:29

Britain proud then.

Back to Beijing.

I know after the last time you felt

2:09:292:09:35

you couldn't go on, but this time

you don't feel that. It's different

2:09:352:09:39

this time, you can go to Beijing.

Yes, I have so much belief in the

2:09:392:09:45

programme and myself, and none of

that was my physical capability. It

2:09:452:09:53

was just... Short track! What else

can I say? Everyone has been such a

2:09:532:10:01

massive support to me. Team GB has

turned this around. Everybody at

2:10:012:10:06

home, most people, anyway, I can't

believe how supportive they have

2:10:062:10:09

been. I definitely believe I can

come back to medal in Beijing, but I

2:10:092:10:17

just have to wait for more years. It

just wasn't to be this time.

Despite

2:10:172:10:22

what happened, we are all immensely

proud of you. You are the world

2:10:222:10:26

champion. Lots of people come to the

Olympics and don't win medals. We

2:10:262:10:30

are really proud you had the guts to

get out of the start line and we

2:10:302:10:33

look forward to seeing you in

Beijing. Thank you.

Thank you, and I

2:10:332:10:38

would like to thank all the kids who

have sent me messages. I really

2:10:382:10:44

appreciate all those kids sending me

messages saying they are inspired by

2:10:442:10:47

me. They have no idea what that

means to me, but it's amazing that

2:10:472:10:52

five-year-olds and seven-year-olds

can find me inspiring. It brings

2:10:522:10:56

tears to my eyes.

Thanks very much.

STUDIO: Elise Christie doing well to

2:10:562:11:02

hold it together and be as

philosophical as she can be. This is

2:11:022:11:05

the rule infringement she committed.

If there is more than one

2:11:052:11:11

infringement,...

2:11:112:11:18

As John and Sarah made clear, there

are two incidents. The first, John,

2:11:232:11:29

was this 50-50 or was this a lease's

fault?

As she goes down the straight

2:11:292:11:35

and across the start line, she gets

alongside Andrea. -- or was this a

2:11:352:11:40

lease's fault. But then the

Hungarian girl is back in front. You

2:11:402:11:48

put your hands... Your fate in the

referee's hands. The second one was

2:11:482:11:57

Elise Christie trying too hard to

shut the door and making sure the

2:11:572:12:01

girl doesn't come past. It's the

last lap and she's trying as hard as

2:12:012:12:05

possible. For me that was a clear

penalty.

You have seen a lot of

2:12:052:12:10

short track skating between you and

have been involved ourselves. Were

2:12:102:12:13

you surprised when the yellow card

came up?

Yes.

Surprised to see the

2:12:132:12:19

yellow card because like Elise says,

she's never had a yellow card and

2:12:192:12:23

it's probably the one thing we

haven't seen yet from her. It's

2:12:232:12:26

another one that we throw into the

mix. We talk about it being a tough

2:12:262:12:30

sport and not fair on Elise, but she

finds different ways to put us

2:12:302:12:34

through the mill, sort of thing. We

talk about that sport, it's unfair,

2:12:342:12:38

but for it to keep happening to the

same person over and over again,

2:12:382:12:43

it's tough.

However many times we

watched that interview come you

2:12:432:12:48

don't get desensitised to the

emotion of it. Every time you watch

2:12:482:12:51

it, you have a lump in your throat,

tears in your eyes. It's a sad end

2:12:512:12:57

for this Olympics for her.

For

anyone watching at home who doesn't

2:12:572:13:04

know Elise, they will be feeling

that emotion. And you feel it keenly

2:13:042:13:07

because you know her so well.

And I

feel the butterflies before she goes

2:13:072:13:11

out to race. I have sweaty palms, I

can't breathe watching the race as

2:13:112:13:17

it unfolds. And afterwards, when she

wins, I have tears in my eyes happy

2:13:172:13:22

for her, screaming the room down.

And when she fails or falls or

2:13:222:13:27

crashes or loses, I feel that too.

Such is the interest in Elise

2:13:272:13:32

Christie, this is a global story,

not just a British story. The

2:13:322:13:38

overall World Cup champion, the

world jabbing at 1500 and 1000

2:13:382:13:41

metres. All the rest of the press

wanted to talk to her. And you could

2:13:412:13:45

hear in the crowd, the shock when

she went down at the start of the

2:13:452:13:49

heat. The crowd have been supporting

her. She spent a lot of time in

2:13:492:13:52

South Korea and they understand

their short track speed skating. You

2:13:522:13:56

could see the time she gave to all

the media outlets to answer the

2:13:562:14:04

questions that they had. That in

itself is draining. The whole

2:14:042:14:07

experience has been exhausting, and

yet, within those interviews, to be

2:14:072:14:11

able to say, I am prepared to come

back in Beijing and take even more

2:14:112:14:15

of this.

That's a testament to what

she said about the programme behind

2:14:152:14:21

her, the support she had and what

she has been through since Sochi.

2:14:212:14:24

You have seen how she has been able

to face up to her issues in these

2:14:242:14:27

games. She has been emotional, but

that's her coping mechanism. The

2:14:272:14:33

team around have put everything in

place and that will be there when

2:14:332:14:36

she comes on, probably more so, so

she can come back and they will make

2:14:362:14:41

sure she's in the best possible

place, especially in the next couple

2:14:412:14:44

of months because she will have to

go through rehab and make herself

2:14:442:14:47

fit healthy again.

Wilf O'Reilly was

asking if she might make the

2:14:472:14:52

decision to go to long track skating

or indeed cycling. Are those

2:14:522:14:56

realistic options?

2:14:562:14:58

She loves sport, I think she is an

athlete, I don't think she will move

2:15:042:15:08

into another sport. I can't speak

for her but I think she will want to

2:15:082:15:12

do activity and she might want to go

and play some sport but I don't

2:15:122:15:16

think she will switch - due loves

short-track.

And you can't

2:15:162:15:20

underestimate the skills that are

involved in another sport, sort of

2:15:202:15:23

things and I think she would like to

have a go at other things edit if it

2:15:232:15:27

gives her that mental break and that

freshen up sort of thing and

2:15:272:15:30

hopefully we will see her back on

the ice and raring to go.

When you

2:15:302:15:34

go through your big debrief with

British short-track, do you try and

2:15:342:15:39

work out, why does this happen at

the Olympics specifically, when

2:15:392:15:47

clearly, there might be

disqualifications but the same

2:15:472:15:49

things do not happen at the World

Championships?

Yes, there will be a

2:15:492:15:54

big review and hopefully there will

be some clear evidence that we can

2:15:542:15:57

point our fingers to certain things

but at this moment in time I can sit

2:15:572:16:01

here and say pretty confidently that

the guys have done everything they

2:16:012:16:05

possibly can. Yes, we have had some

bad luck but that is part of sport

2:16:052:16:10

and we plan for different scenarios,

but the guys will be sitting there

2:16:102:16:13

tonight absolutely devastated but

they were no getting up tomorrow

2:16:132:16:16

that they did everything they

possibly could to get a lease,

2:16:162:16:20

Farrell and Josh and all of the

others in the best possible

2:16:202:16:22

condition to compete.

Sport is so

unpredictable and we have got all of

2:16:222:16:27

our hopes pinned on one athlete. The

stronger the depth in our sport and

2:16:272:16:31

the more people we can get involved,

then we're not in that situation

2:16:312:16:35

hopefully in four years' time, and

there is a much stronger team going

2:16:352:16:39

in and more than one person can be

our medal hope. And we have seen

2:16:392:16:42

that in skeleton, with Laura Davies

backing up Lizzy Yarnold.

And we

2:16:422:16:48

have got some great grassroots, some

great clubs doing fantastic work

2:16:482:16:51

with some young kids, and we're

really seeing that improving but

2:16:512:16:55

they need the support and help like

any other sport. If we get that as

2:16:552:16:59

well, we can really move forward,

we've got some fantastic athletes in

2:16:592:17:03

our sport, we just need to keep them

coming.

Elise Christie's exit from

2:17:032:17:07

these Olympic Games will be the

headline on day 11, but here's what

2:17:072:17:11

else has been happening today. Great

Britain's men's curling team look to

2:17:112:17:17

be on course for a semifinal spot

after a convincing 10-3 win over

2:17:172:17:22

Norway. It was also a very good day

for Britain's female curlers, who

2:17:222:17:28

beat Japan eightsix, and they're now

well placed to qualify, with a just

2:17:282:17:31

one match, against Canada, to come.

Talking of Canada, Tessa Virtue and

2:17:312:17:38

Scott Moir became the most decorated

figure skaters in Olympic history

2:17:382:17:42

after winning a second gold medal of

these games in the ice dance,

2:17:422:17:48

pipping Gabriella Papadakis and

Guillaume Cizeron, who took the

2:17:482:17:52

silver. And Penny Coomes and Nick

Buckland finished in a creditable

2:17:522:17:57

11th position, their third Olympics

together. They have both had to

2:17:572:18:02

overcome serious injury issues.

Cassie Sharpe lived up to her

2:18:022:18:06

billing as favourite by taking the

women's freestyle skiing halfpipe

2:18:062:18:11

gold the Canada. Great day for them.

Meanwhile Britain's Rowan Cheshire

2:18:112:18:16

completed her comeback from a

horrible crash in so cheap with an

2:18:162:18:19

impressive seventh placed finish.

But in qualifying for the men's ski

2:18:192:18:26

halfpipe, Murray Buchan and Peter

Speight narrowly missed out on a

2:18:262:18:29

place in Thursdays final. The

American trio topped the standings.

2:18:292:18:36

Now, there was more breaking news

this morning, with the Court of

2:18:362:18:40

Arbitration for Sport and announcing

that a player from the Slovenia

2:18:402:18:43

men's ice hockey team, Ziga Jeglic,

had tested positive for a banned

2:18:432:18:47

substance. He will leave the Games

within 24 hours after accepting a

2:18:472:18:53

positive test for the band asthma

medication. And that news became

2:18:532:19:02

publicly just before Slovenia's game

against Norway this morning, and

2:19:022:19:05

this is how they get on with out

him.

2:19:052:19:13

Can Norway use their energy, or will

it be Slovenia, with the superior

2:19:132:19:17

skill, to reach the quarterfinals

and a blood chilling matchup with an

2:19:172:19:26

OAR side who have been a class apart

in this tournament so far? Slovenia

2:19:262:19:30

will want to start this one quickly.

That one is held onto.

2:19:302:19:44

That one is held onto. Goes across

the zone, and that is over the top.

2:19:442:19:51

Another shot and a goal! Or is it?!

It is! Took some time for the

2:19:512:19:58

referee to recognise that! 28

seconds of the power play have gone

2:19:582:20:04

and Slovenia have the lead!

2:20:042:20:10

and Slovenia have the lead! Well, he

was set up three separate times and

2:20:142:20:16

the first two went right over the

net. Then the captain Mursak tried

2:20:162:20:24

for a third time. And Norway score!

And Tommy Kristiansen will get the

2:20:242:20:34

credit! This game is up in the! A

place in the quarterfinals very much

2:20:342:20:38

at stake!

2:20:382:20:44

at stake!

What a pass and that was

wave too nonchalant from the

2:20:442:20:50

Slovenian defender Kovacevic. Tommy

Kristiansen driving hard to the net.

2:20:502:20:59

It is going to be power play time if

as the browser will now go.

2:20:592:21:09

SETH BENNETT: CAPNEXT we are going

into overtime - 60 minutes can't

2:21:092:21:14

split these two!

2:21:142:21:19

split these two! Thoresen, can he

finish in style! Could be a chance

2:21:222:21:28

now... They score!

2:21:282:21:37

now... They score! Norway have won

it in overtime!

2:21:372:21:43

it in overtime!

There is no-one in

the blue paint, you've got to think

2:21:432:21:46

this is a good goal.

2:21:462:21:52

this is a good goal. Norway are

quarterfinalists after beating

2:21:522:21:53

Slovenia in overtime here at the

Winter Olympics. And Kent Simpson

2:21:532:22:00

joins us, he was a professional ice

2:22:002:22:02

Winter Olympics. And Kent Simpson

joins us, he was a professional ice

2:22:022:22:02

hockey player for nine years,

represented Canada and has played in

2:22:022:22:06

the UK for Sheffield Steelers.

Can I

talk you first of all about how

2:22:062:22:10

Slovenia were affected by missing

Ziga Jeglic and also more on what it

2:22:102:22:13

is he has tested positive for wanted

you can imagine this was a big blow

2:22:132:22:18

to the team just a couple of hours

before they took to the ice if one

2:22:182:22:21

of their best players taken to the

court of arbitration and it is

2:22:212:22:26

anti-doping, an asthma medication.

And the bed biggest thing is puddle

2:22:262:22:34

and banned substances but because

this person might have asthma, all

2:22:342:22:39

you have to do is disclose it and if

you does so, typically you can carry

2:22:392:22:44

on playing. So it almost seems like

this was Miss communication, the

2:22:442:22:48

team officials did not let the

anti-doping officials know that he

2:22:482:22:52

was taking this which means it is a

violation. And actually he put his

2:22:522:22:55

hand up and said, yes, guilty, I'm

out.

Exactly. It does not sound like

2:22:552:23:00

he opposed it was said, I didn't do

this. He admitted guilt, which leads

2:23:002:23:06

you to believe that he thought he

was innocent. This was something

2:23:062:23:09

that he thought he was allowed to

take. But in this day and age, with

2:23:092:23:14

all the anti-doping, it's just

incredible. It's just a mistake of

2:23:142:23:16

huge amounts.

And talking doing --

talking to Amy Williams last night

2:23:162:23:24

she said she would not even drink

from a bottle of water if it had

2:23:242:23:29

already been opened. She would start

a fresh one in case something had

2:23:292:23:33

contaminated it.

Exactly right,

anything you're consuming you've got

2:23:332:23:36

to let your team doctor note and

make sure they're B officials know,

2:23:362:23:40

it is that simple.

Bring me up to

speed on the ice hockey as it

2:23:402:23:44

stands. In the women's final we have

got final everybody predicted?

Yes,

2:23:442:23:51

it is Canada against USA. It has

been a wonderful tournament. We have

2:23:512:23:54

seen other teams playing very well,

just not quite to the level of the

2:23:542:23:59

Americans and Canada, and as is

usually the case is now going for

2:23:592:24:02

gold.

And in the men's?

We're just

working our way towards the

2:24:022:24:06

quarterfinals and Norway came from

behind to beat Slovenia, so, a tough

2:24:062:24:13

day for Slovenia. And you've got the

likes of Sweden, Canada, Czech

2:24:132:24:17

Republic, they're waiting for their

teams' qualification today.

And

2:24:172:24:21

we've seen some fantastic action in

it already. I noticed at the end of

2:24:212:24:25

the USA-Canada game in the heat, did

you see the fight, in the women's

2:24:252:24:29

game? It adds to the action!

Fighting is part of it sometimes?

2:24:292:24:35

Sometimes it is, you have got to

push for every inch, but when it is

2:24:352:24:39

Canada-USA, the tension is ramped up

that it more. If you think it is

2:24:392:24:45

going to be the gold game and it is

going to be even more.

And you will

2:24:452:24:48

be part of that commentary team on

Thursday. We're going to be heading

2:24:482:24:53

off to Bobsleigh fairly soon, the

first of four runs in the women's

2:24:532:24:56

bobsleigh, with Mica McNeill and

Mica Moore going for Great Britain.

2:24:562:25:02

They have had an interesting time

getting to Pyeongchang. Have a look

2:25:022:25:04

at this story.

2:25:042:25:10

at this story. One of the hard years

that you've worked thinking, this is

2:25:112:25:14

the Olympic and is, we want him to

go into it in the best shape was a

2:25:142:25:18

ball, and then it kind of gets

stopped. It was absolutely

2:25:182:25:21

heartbreaking. BBC Sport understands

that British bobsleigh is set to

2:25:212:25:28

withdraw funding from its women's

team just five months before the

2:25:282:25:31

Winter Olympics. Mica McNeill says

she is gutted and shocked to be told

2:25:312:25:37

by bosses there was no money left to

fund her team because of an

2:25:372:25:40

overspend.

2:25:402:25:45

overspend.

It was my career low,

very, very low, as low as you can

2:25:462:25:49

get. You've worked hard and it is

crushed and you don't know if you

2:25:492:25:54

can turn around from that.

Athletes

don't just give up, we really have

2:25:542:26:02

to be positive and just put

everything into it and think, there

2:26:022:26:06

has to be something that we can do.

So, just had to try.

2:26:062:26:14

So, just had to try. Obviously,

learning that we were not going to

2:26:172:26:19

get our funding for the winter was

very difficult, but I think that we

2:26:192:26:24

instantly came together with a plan

that we could move forward swiftly

2:26:242:26:29

with, because the season was coming

around very quickly, and I think we

2:26:292:26:32

did that very well, and Nico put a

lot of hard work into it.

2:26:322:26:40

lot of hard work into it.

I honestly

didn't know if it was going to work

2:26:412:26:44

and I thought we might get a

terrible response, we might get a

2:26:442:26:47

lot of criticism for setting this

up, but we set it up and it just

2:26:472:26:51

kind of started rolling. And I think

it was day six, we hit 28 grand or

2:26:512:26:58

something, and it was like so

emotional, I just found myself

2:26:582:27:01

shopping one day with my mum and she

said, what are you doing? I just

2:27:012:27:05

started crying, because everything

was just so overwhelming.

2:27:052:27:16

was just so overwhelming. Bobsleigh

is such a small sport, you don't

2:27:162:27:18

think that people are watching all

looking out for your results. That

2:27:182:27:21

people were willing to support us

and help us on our journey was

2:27:212:27:25

amazing. We want to say thank you

for all your contributions to our

2:27:252:27:31

campaign, we're a so grateful.

We've

had a good few days back on the ice

2:27:312:27:35

and we are so excited for the rest

of our season. We can't thank people

2:27:352:27:39

enough McKenna some people would

have put money in there and they

2:27:392:27:43

might not know actually how much it

does mean to our team.

2:27:432:27:50

does mean to our team.

At any major

champs, anything can happen, and it

2:27:512:27:53

is whoever performs on the day, and

I think that me and Mica, what we've

2:27:532:27:57

been working towards is getting that

consistency and making sure that we

2:27:572:28:01

can perform on the day.

The

Olympics, it's every athlete's

2:28:012:28:05

dream, you know, it's kind of the

highest level that you can compete

2:28:052:28:11

at. And it would just mean, just to

there is so special, and to be

2:28:112:28:16

competing for a medal is absolutely

incredible.

2:28:162:28:20

We are about seven minutes away from

the first run of four in the women's

2:28:242:28:29

bobsleigh, and Nicola Minichiello is

with us, who has competed in the

2:28:292:28:34

Olympic Games in the bobsleigh and

also Amy Williams, of course, medal

2:28:342:28:38

winner from Vancouver. Did you get a

good night's asleep?

Not too bad,

2:28:382:28:42

thank you.

She flew in last night!

Now, you basically discovered Mica?

2:28:422:28:50

Absolutely and something I'm very,

very proud of. The track that I used

2:28:502:28:53

to train in in North Yorkshire,

Nicola Tralee came along for a

2:28:532:28:59

school taster day, saw her and loved

her and really pushed her to get

2:28:592:29:02

involved. Right through to the Youth

Olympics. She is a huge talent and

2:29:022:29:08

the biggest thing, mentally, she's a

so strong and so determined.

And

2:29:082:29:12

what do Mica and Mica bring to each

other, what would make them a good

2:29:122:29:16

combination, they've clearly gone

through an awful lot...? Actually

2:29:162:29:20

just a word on Jamaica. Their coach

left, what was that all about?

A

2:29:202:29:26

whole lot of drama about actually

not that much. So, culturally, yes,

2:29:262:29:35

she's German, hugely successful in

her own right, she didn't quite fit

2:29:352:29:38

into the team. There were some

issues, a of tensions and so the

2:29:382:29:43

Jamaican federation took the very

brave step at this point in the

2:29:432:29:45

Olympic cycle, that's not make

mistake, virtually all of the teams

2:29:452:29:50

are falling apart at this stage...!

They took the decision to move her

2:29:502:29:54

into a role where perhaps she was

more suited and she could use her

2:29:542:29:57

skill set, let's put it like that.

And she decided that that was not

2:29:572:30:01

what she wanted to do and she was

going to create a whole lot of

2:30:012:30:04

drama. She didn't own the sled, she

never owned the sled, it is the same

2:30:042:30:09

sled that they had been using all

season, however she decided to go to

2:30:092:30:13

the press and cry and talk about

this ambassador.

I am off and I am

2:30:132:30:19

taking my bob with me!

She made it

her job to destroy the Jamaican

2:30:192:30:25

team, which is really sad for

somebody who has contributed so much

2:30:252:30:27

to the sport.

And Jamaica are women

competing for the first time in

2:30:272:30:32

this, obviously, we had them in 30

years ago! And also Nigeria, first

2:30:322:30:35

time ever?

2:30:352:30:42

Obviously these equipment will not

be the same level as the Germans,

2:30:432:30:49

the Americans and as, but they are

here and competing in the games and

2:30:492:30:52

it's wonderful to see. You want them

to get down safely and you hope they

2:30:522:30:56

all have enough coaching to be able

to get down safely. Hopefully the

2:30:562:31:00

bobsled stays upright and they get

over the finishing line.

It's not

2:31:002:31:04

about them winning medals, it's

about them inspiring a generation of

2:31:042:31:08

young African children who say, they

like me, I can take part and I can

2:31:082:31:14

this. Maybe this is a possibility

and an opportunity.

This is the

2:31:142:31:17

course they will have to cope with.

From a driver's point

2:31:172:31:21

course they will have to cope with.

From a driver's point of view, where

2:31:212:31:22

are the major issues, what is

difficult about it and what do you

2:31:222:31:26

need to do?

It's not dangerous or

particularly fast, but it's very

2:31:262:31:31

technical. Velocity is key, going

through the top level of the track.

2:31:312:31:36

Curves one and two, it's open at the

beginning and it's designed to throw

2:31:362:31:42

them into the wall. Curves four is

very different to the training.

2:31:422:31:49

Keeping the Riedle this going. The

next challenge is to come off curves

2:31:492:31:52

nine and going to a bendy straight,

ten and 11, there is no corner to

2:31:522:31:58

it, but it is designed to knock your

speed off. Downhill through the last

2:31:582:32:03

two sections, this is where people

were having problems last year, but

2:32:032:32:06

they were trying to cope with the

top of the track. Carry as much

2:32:062:32:11

speed as possible up the hill

through the last two corners.

What

2:32:112:32:14

sort of speed will they get up to?

Around 125, 128 kph.

Amy, you were

2:32:142:32:24

watching the events unfold, and the

track is very exciting and things

2:32:242:32:30

can change.

The athletes all seem to

love it. There are flat sections,

2:32:302:32:34

uphill sections, a unique track with

always something going on. It's very

2:32:342:32:37

technical. You can all get down

safely in one piece, but it's how to

2:32:372:32:41

get the speed from all those tiny

details.

We want to mention

2:32:412:32:48

Humphreys, the pilot of the Canadian

Bob, going for a third successive

2:32:482:32:52

Olympic gold medal. She has topped

the time sheets in practice.

She is

2:32:522:32:59

a double Olympic champion coming

into this and coming into it you

2:32:592:33:02

would have to say it's hers. But she

has had issues with the track and

2:33:022:33:08

hasn't really got into it.

2:33:082:33:13

hasn't really got into it. It's a

massively open field.

Great Britain

2:33:142:33:19

will go 17th, just before Jamaica.

The ice isn't deteriorating as much

2:33:192:33:27

here. It's not a disadvantage. The

women's is capped at 20, in the

2:33:272:33:33

men's they had 30.

John Jackson and

John Hunt in the commentary box.

2:33:332:33:38

Looks like a decent crowd because

there will be a Korean team going

2:33:382:33:41

down, and they will be first on the

ice. COMMENTATOR: Indeed, Claire.

2:33:412:33:46

Welcome back to the Sliding Centre.

We have had around four and a half

2:33:462:33:51

thousand people here every night.

Bobsled is the end of the evening

2:33:512:33:55

action in Korea. Welcome back, more

excitement absolutely guaranteed.

2:33:552:34:01

The Koreans will be off first. John

Jackson is with me and as ever has

2:34:012:34:06

been keeping an eye on the important

air and ice temperatures.

The ice

2:34:062:34:14

temperatures tonight are around

minus eight. That's consistent with

2:34:142:34:17

what we have seen and we know it is

good for the British because their

2:34:172:34:21

equipment works well in that sort of

temperature. It's good for us.

The

2:34:212:34:28

action is about to get underway. The

Korean pairing underway first. Kim

2:34:282:34:34

and Tim. No relation. -- Tim and Tim

--

2:34:342:34:49

-- Kim and Kim. The pilot is Kim

Minseong. They were on the 18th here

2:34:502:35:00

on their World Cup event last March.

They got a pretty moderate 5.66

2:35:002:35:06

start that time. They are away to

great roars. We will see if they can

2:35:062:35:11

get under that. They will need to,

the start record here is 5.2 five.

2:35:112:35:17

5.6 to suggest they will struggle to

improve what they did last year in

2:35:172:35:22

the World Cup when they only

finished 18th.

Not a great start

2:35:222:35:28

through two and three. A little tap

as they go through four and the flat

2:35:282:35:31

section coming up. They should know

the track very well but the limited

2:35:312:35:38

time in racing this season is

probably why they haven't settled

2:35:382:35:41

into it. A great line in 212. This

is the team that will put down a

2:35:412:35:46

marker. Maybe the first two or three

will struggle round it but once we

2:35:462:35:52

get to the fourth and fifth sled and

onwards, we will see the Afterburn

2:35:522:35:57

is put down as the world-class

pilots come down the track.

2:35:572:36:05

pilots come down the track.

A new

track record, but we have seen those

2:36:052:36:08

records fall regularly. A pat on the

back for that. We will see shortly

2:36:082:36:14

how fast that was with the likes of

Humphreys, Meyers Taylor, and the

2:36:142:36:21

Germans to come very early on. It

was nice and clean.

At the bottom

2:36:212:36:28

was very good. A couple of mistakes

at the top but it could be first

2:36:282:36:31

round nerves. It's their first

Olympic games, at that home games.

2:36:312:36:35

It has the added pressure. This was

beautiful through here, one of the

2:36:352:36:41

best lines we have seen throughout

the competition so far. It's

2:36:412:36:45

difficult to thread that through the

eye of the needle.

The Koreans off

2:36:452:36:49

to what is a good start. Kim and

Kim. Next, history in the making,

2:36:492:36:58

Nigeria. Not just the first from

Nigeria to contest bobsleigher the

2:36:582:37:04

Olympic Games, they are the first

from Africa. Moriam Seun Adigun is

2:37:042:37:11

the pilot with 25-year-old Akuoma

Omeoga in the brake position. Moriam

2:37:112:37:18

Seun Adigun was a former Olympic

hurdler. Raised in 2012 at the

2:37:182:37:25

Olympic Games. -- raced in 2012.

They have gone a little bit quicker.

2:37:252:37:31

A great start.

They are very good

athletes at the top, but it's now

2:37:312:37:35

how she dries. She has driven the

top of the track very well, but we

2:37:352:37:39

can hear her cutting a bit of ice

through the entrances into the

2:37:392:37:43

corner. Working a little bit too

much, driving out too fast and

2:37:432:37:47

hitting the wall. All in all, just

doing too much. You see her nearly

2:37:472:37:52

hit the roof. It's not a good line,

but it's because she is doing too

2:37:522:37:56

much at the beginning of the corner.

She isn't really an experienced

2:37:562:38:00

pilot, which is why she's making

these little mistakes all the way

2:38:002:38:03

down. But for the first run of an

Olympic Games, she just needs to

2:38:032:38:07

settle into it.

Not too bad, just

getting a little bit ragged the

2:38:072:38:12

further she has gone, the Dragons

tale at nine and ten. It was scrappy

2:38:122:38:17

thereafter, and she has fallen a

second behind, Moriam Seun Adigun.

2:38:172:38:22

The Koreans set the mark. Look at

the joy on the faces of the people

2:38:222:38:27

following them. Lots of Nigerian

flags around. They are thrilled to

2:38:272:38:31

be here, making a little bit of

history.

2:38:312:38:37

history.

You would expect it from a

pilot of her level and experience.

2:38:392:38:42

Relatively new in the front seat.

See how low she is, rising and

2:38:422:38:47

touching the roof. That's not the

line you need. A big mistake through

2:38:472:38:52

the chicane. It's all these little

mistakes that manifest into bigger

2:38:522:38:57

mistakes, and then a slow time at

the bottom.

The Nigerian pair clear

2:38:572:39:02

the track. Kaillie Humphries

watching on. She goes forth, after

2:39:022:39:11

the Olympic Athletes from Russia.

Rodionova, and

2:39:112:39:25

Rodionova, and her brake,

Belomestnykh, who used to be the

2:39:252:39:30

brake for Nadezhda Sergeeva.

Again,

the transition between two and

2:39:302:39:38

three, and four and five, causing

the issues. We saw that a little bit

2:39:382:39:42

in the men's race yesterday. The

athletes not getting a transition

2:39:422:39:45

right and it's really tricky. Now

she's building speed through the

2:39:452:39:49

fastest part of the track. That tap

will not help, a bit of airtime. But

2:39:492:39:55

she is holding speeds to stay in

front of the Koreans at the moment.

2:39:552:39:58

But time is dropping away. Does she

have enough to stay in front as we

2:39:582:40:03

come to the flattest part of the

track up the hill.

Could easily lose

2:40:032:40:07

out, the Koreans have a chance of

staying in front. Indeed, Kim and

2:40:072:40:11

Kim stay in front of the Russians

and Nigerians. Not an awful lot in

2:40:112:40:19

it, but Rodionova goes second at the

moment. But some real quality to

2:40:192:40:23

come over the course of the next

half an hour.

You can see how the

2:40:232:40:28

track is holding up over the last

few days. Even these sleds, some of

2:40:282:40:33

the slowest in the field, are

hitting close to 85 mph. That wasn't

2:40:332:40:41

too bad down the straight. A bit of

airtime coming into corner 12. She

2:40:412:40:48

had to overdrive it, which would

have cost against the Korean, who

2:40:482:40:51

was really nice at that point.

The

Times are already quicker than the

2:40:512:40:55

World Cup event of last March, when

it was much warmer. Everyone

2:40:552:41:00

watching on for the brilliant

Canadian Kaillie Humphries. So many

2:41:002:41:04

fascinating stories. The big

headline for her is she is chasing a

2:41:042:41:10

third consecutive gold medal.

You

will see that some pilots like to

2:41:102:41:13

wear gloves and some don't. Kaillie

Humphries is the only person to

2:41:132:41:18

actual goggles, everybody else wears

a visor. That's one of the

2:41:182:41:22

differences between her and the rest

of the field.

Another difference,

2:41:222:41:26

she has Phylicia George on break, I

want for athlete. A finalist in the

2:41:262:41:32

100 meter hurdles in London 2012.

Her old brake Heather Moyse will go

2:41:322:41:39

later with Alysia Rissling. They

will go ninth, fascinating pairing.

2:41:392:41:47

It's very quick out of the blocks.

But we will see if there are quicker

2:41:472:41:52

times from the likes of the

Americans and Germans. Kaillie

2:41:522:41:56

Humphries has been a little bit

inconsistent. We have seen some fast

2:41:562:42:00

Times and some sort of slow times.

Has she been playing games? It's not

2:42:002:42:05

a perfect line through there. But

you can see the gap she is opening

2:42:052:42:08

up over the Koreans. She will not be

worried about them now, she will be

2:42:082:42:13

thinking of staying in front of the

Germans. But the bottom half of the

2:42:132:42:20

track has not been great.

That up to

more than 82 mph. It's a new track

2:42:202:42:24

record, half a second quicker than

the Koreans. Kaillie Humphries is

2:42:242:42:28

here and means business. Chasing a

third gold medal. And that's a

2:42:282:42:34

pretty good start.

It's a pretty

good start, but I think she should

2:42:342:42:38

be quicker than that down the track.

I don't think it will be enough. You

2:42:382:42:42

can see her going through the track,

some little bits overdriven. Try to

2:42:422:42:46

get the muscle memory in there

straightaway. Looks like she catches

2:42:462:42:49

the sled... Maybe from the other

angle. A decent marker for the rest

2:42:492:42:55

of the teams to follow. But as a run

as a whole, I don't think quick

2:42:552:43:00

enough, but we will see.

We will,

and with some really good to come.

2:43:002:43:06

Bendy 15 was perfect, that line up

the hill is exactly what you want.

2:43:062:43:10

Kaillie Humphries, one of the

greats. Her campaign is underway.

2:43:102:43:20

The Germans, Jamanka, waiting. And

now, for America, Meyers Taylor,

2:43:202:43:31

like Kaillie Humphries, one of the

great names in the sport. She has

2:43:312:43:35

won everything, every single big

honour except gold medal at the

2:43:352:43:41

Olympic Games. She has been a bronze

and silver medallist, picking up

2:43:412:43:48

silver in Sochi. A tremendous

athlete, going away with Lauren

2:43:482:43:53

Gibbs, a superb brake.

The start

record.

Five point two to is the

2:43:532:44:00

start record. Seven hundredths

quicker than Kaillie Humphries just

2:44:002:44:04

went. Meyers Taylor is on fire.

One

of the top starters all the time.

2:44:042:44:09

The only team to maybe challenge

them are the Germans coming up in

2:44:092:44:13

eighth position. But if Meyers

Taylor puts in a good run, and she

2:44:132:44:20

has focused on the last few years on

her driving, to be consistent.

2:44:202:44:24

That's not a great line, but does

she have enough speed in the sled to

2:44:242:44:27

stay in front of Kaillie Humphries?

She is starting to move away now,

2:44:272:44:34

hundreds by hundreds. It didn't cost

too much.

She was 18 hundredths up,

2:44:342:44:40

and she has increased its to 20 at

the finish. Two tents up. Meyers

2:44:402:44:46

Taylor having a storming run,

despite seemingly making a real hash

2:44:462:44:51

of the chicane just down the curve

nine.

2:44:512:44:53

Their equipment really works and it

really likes these faster tracks,

2:44:592:45:02

their sleds just excel, we didn't

really see it yesterday because they

2:45:022:45:08

lost so much speed at the top of the

track. If she claims this up, she's

2:45:082:45:14

got at least another two tenths is

to find in the track.

She has taken

2:45:142:45:18

half the wall with her there, John!

Yeah, and that used to be her style,

2:45:182:45:23

and that's why she ended up losing

the gold on the last run in Sochi

2:45:232:45:29

and ended up with silver, for

driving like that. She just needs to

2:45:292:45:32

tidy that up because she doesn't

need to worry so much about Kaillie

2:45:322:45:37

Humphries now, it's her team-mate,

but this is going to be great race

2:45:372:45:40

over the next four runs.

Next up,

for Germany, Mariama Jamanka and

2:45:402:45:47

with her, Lisa Buckwitz en brake.

Number three in the world. Mariama

2:45:472:45:50

Jamanka, an ex-hammer thrower.

2:45:502:45:57

Jamanka, an ex-hammer thrower. She

has not had a particularly good

2:45:572:46:00

start, speed wise.

If she gets this

right, though, which... It shows

2:46:002:46:05

that this equipment does work, she

knows the track well. She finish

2:46:052:46:09

fourth then and now she's getting

through clean, so she could also be

2:46:092:46:13

a challenge for the medals.

Great

run so far, everything looks clean,

2:46:132:46:17

uses the exit of seven well to push

yourself down. A little bit high

2:46:172:46:24

there, though. Can she close in on

Elana Meyers Taylor at this point,

2:46:242:46:28

is she going to stay in front of

Kaillie Humphries? It looks like she

2:46:282:46:33

is now coming towards it, the

Germany equipment really likes the

2:46:332:46:36

speed at the bottom of the track.

This is going to be interesting. Can

2:46:362:46:39

she get within a tenth of a second

of Elana Meyers Taylor? She's just a

2:46:392:46:45

two hundredths off her. Again,

mistakes through the chicane didn't

2:46:452:46:47

prove costly. Mariama Jamanka is in

this race for gold without a shadow

2:46:472:46:53

of a doubt. What a consistent year

she has had. We saw her finish top

2:46:532:46:59

six in all eight races through the

winter. She never missed a beat, and

2:46:592:47:03

she's really on song, starting her

Olympic Games as well.

She is, and

2:47:032:47:07

what a great start, what a

confidence builder that is.

2:47:072:47:11

JOHN JACKSON: The mistake that she

made coming into exit nine, into the

2:47:112:47:15

chicane, wasn't quite as bad as the

one made by Elana Meyers Taylor, and

2:47:152:47:21

that's why she managed to close up

towards the back end of the course.

2:47:212:47:25

JOHN HUNT: Kaillie Humphries in

third place at the moment.

2:47:252:47:33

third place at the moment. Waiting

on the sidelines, Stephanie

2:47:342:47:35

Schneider, for Germany. At next up,

another strong American team, Jamie

2:47:352:47:41

Greubel Poser together with Aja

Evans. Aja Evans, from South

2:47:412:47:48

Chicago. Jamie Greubel Poser, bronze

medallist in Sochi.

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medallist in Sochi. And together

with Aja Evans, Jamie Greubel Poser

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won the World Cup race here last

March, where sheep eat Elana Meyers

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Taylor in an egg citing Phyllis Chan

who is to say they won't be top two

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again here? Let's see how Jamie

Greubel Poser can react.

This team

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are either a little bit off the

pace, and you would expect that, but

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this team are slightly more refined.

They've working together for so

2:48:212:48:26

long, the Americans switch their

women around a lot on the brake but

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this is the winning pair from four

years ago, so she is having a good

2:48:302:48:35

run so far. Is this where she is

going to open a little bit of over

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gap if she does not make a mistake

on this crucial corner? Almost got

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away with that, but has she got

enough in the tank to really keep

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the speed on at the bottom of the

track, where these sleds like to

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accelerate? And she is closing in,

so this is going to be down to the

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hundredths of a second again just

Mariama Jamanka and Elana Meyers

2:48:562:49:02

Taylor both found Goodspeed at the

end...

And Jamie Greubel Poser is

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very similar! She drops in a close

third. The three of them separated

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by just seven hundredths of a

second. We're in for another

2:49:122:49:18

crackerjack I think he, John, just

like the men's event.

We certainly

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are. You can see now that there's

three sleds lined up, just seven

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hundredths between them and there's

still more to come down who can fit

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in between them. It really is going

to be a tight run, and it will be

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like that until we get to the fourth

run. Is it going to be the same as

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every other race that we've seen so

far, where the medals are literally

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decided by who makes mistakes as

they're coming down on that last

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run?

Been really impressed by the

standard so far. Next, we go for

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Germany, the world number five,

Stephanie Schneider, together with

2:49:502:49:55

brake Annika Drazek.

2:49:552:50:03

brake Annika Drazek. Stephanie

Schneider, formally a brake, injured

2:50:032:50:07

the year before last, and in the

World Cup last year funnily enough

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was ragged at the bottom end of the

track, made mistakes into 14 and out

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of 15, so we will watch out for

that.

That is a team that I thought

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would start a little bit quicker

than that, so may be that shows what

2:50:192:50:23

form the Americans are in. This will

be another good run, because she's a

2:50:232:50:30

very experienced pilot, in some

ways, but can make a lot of

2:50:302:50:33

mistakes. It's just about how she

gets down the track. She's been

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driving well, when a little bit long

on eight there. But if she gets this

2:50:372:50:43

right, again, just that little

tap... But the German sleds like the

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bottom of this track and accelerate.

Is she going to start closing it,

2:50:482:50:54

like the others? Maybe not enough

track to overtake.

She was better at

2:50:542:50:58

15 last year here. Can she improve

like Mariama Jamanka hammered she

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has improved but not quite the same

extent and she is in fourth place.

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And Kaillie Humphries, trying for

this third gold medal, finds herself

2:51:122:51:16

in fifth position within 15 minutes

of the start of the competition!

I

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think the Canadians haven't got that

combination right. I think it is not

2:51:222:51:25

their best line up, if that's what

they were looking to go for.

We'll

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see the Canadians next. Here's a

further look at Stephanie Schneider.

2:51:292:51:36

Only real mistake here, she just

runs on top of the ice and almost

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touches the wood. You want to behind

on that corner but possibly not that

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high.

Potentially, medallist,

Stephanie Schneider takes her into

2:51:442:51:50

fourth place on her first run. Elana

Meyers Taylor, the leader. Well,

2:51:502:51:57

next to go over Canada, a

fascinating combination. The young

2:51:572:52:04

driver Alysia Rissling, but look who

is her brake,. Ogilvy,. Ogilvy, a

2:52:042:52:13

brilliant rugby player, fantastic

cyclist the Canada Sigel was the

2:52:132:52:19

partner of Kaillie Humphries for

those two gold medals. She quit on

2:52:192:52:23

Instagram, Alysia Rissling begged

her to come and join her building up

2:52:232:52:26

to these Games and Heather Moyse

having thought about it said, OK, I

2:52:262:52:33

am up for this challenge. A

brilliant athlete. The youngster

2:52:332:52:39

Alysia Rissling is daring as well,

she went really well in Pyeongchang

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last March to finish fourth. They

could be a surprise package.

They

2:52:422:52:46

certainly could, she has been

driving well in training so she

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likes this track. And got through

their clean. I was waiting for a tap

2:52:482:52:54

on the wall but it did not come, she

managed to get through there. At the

2:52:542:52:59

moment she's driving really, really

well. She's got form on this track,

2:52:592:53:02

she likes it, the equipment works

well, so this is nowhere the key

2:53:022:53:06

part is, she needs to get this

right. As she comes into this

2:53:062:53:10

straight... And that looks like one

of the better ones we've seen, other

2:53:102:53:13

than Korea. Oh, that mistake... She

nearly crashed into that corner

2:53:132:53:19

there as she came out, that's not

going to help her move towards the

2:53:192:53:22

front, but is it going to be enough

for her to get in front of Kaillie

2:53:222:53:26

Humphries at the finish?

That's

going to be close. And she's sixth,

2:53:262:53:31

a little bit behind Kaillie

Humphries. So, the Canadians fifth

2:53:312:53:33

and sixth at the moment. The

leaderboard all about the Americans

2:53:332:53:38

at the Germans -- and the Germans at

the moment. That was a tenth slower

2:53:382:53:46

than Kaillie Humphries.

That mistake

into 13 was not great. The start,

2:53:462:53:55

she should have been better, she's a

little bit over the top of its to

2:53:552:53:59

driver there, she needs to be more

behind it. Maybe that's her style,

2:53:592:54:03

but as she comes down towards nine,

this was almost a really good line,

2:54:032:54:10

and then she made a mistake going

into 13, where she tapped on the

2:54:102:54:16

wall, I don't know whether we will

get to see that, just on the exit of

2:54:162:54:19

this corner... No. Almost where the

back of the sled hit and they nearly

2:54:192:54:24

rolled in.

Next up, for Germany,

24-year-old

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24-year-old world number seven and

silver medallist in the world junior

2:54:352:54:41

championships, an ex skeleton

athlete made the transition to Bob

2:54:412:54:45

Slate a few years ago, Anna Koehler.

Made far too many mistakes in the

2:54:452:54:48

top half of the track from two to

four. And she is driving the sled a

2:54:482:54:54

little bit too much coming into the

corners, which means she is working

2:54:542:54:56

too hard with the steering. She's

going to have to do a lot of work.

2:54:562:55:02

But you can see how much difference

in time there is compared to the

2:55:022:55:05

other sleds, and that's because of

her mistakes at the top of the

2:55:052:55:09

track. They are just so costly and

you just can't build speed up.

And

2:55:092:55:16

Anna Koehler not making much

impression, really. There is a gap

2:55:162:55:19

between Alysia Rissling and Anna

Koehler, they're sixth and seventh

2:55:192:55:25

but there's a cavernous gap between

them. Four tenths, which in this

2:55:252:55:30

sport is a massive gap. The front

six are quite tight, then a gap to

2:55:302:55:35

Anna Koehler and the others. That

you would have thought gives Mica

2:55:352:55:41

McNeill Mica Moore a bit of a chance

of getting into the top ten. There

2:55:412:55:45

aren't too many top-class acts to

come in.

Little mistake here, just

2:55:452:55:52

coming into that corner late and

almost like Nico Walther yesterday

2:55:522:55:58

but obviously he tipped over.

Next

to go, the second pair from Russia,

2:55:582:56:09

this is Nadezhda Sergeeva, number

eight in the world, her second

2:56:092:56:12

Olympics. She didn't really achieve

anything at all at Sochi. Finished

2:56:122:56:17

really disappointingly there. In

16th place. Her brake is Anastasia

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Kocherzhova. Now, last year at this

track, that World Cup event which we

2:56:242:56:32

refer to often, she was pretty

ghastly after that she came in nine.

2:56:322:56:36

It completely fell apart for her.

Let's see if she's learned any

2:56:362:56:40

lessons. Nadezhda Sergeeva on her

way from Russia, and her start is

2:56:402:56:49

OK, not massively explosive but OK.

It certainly puts her in the mix at

2:56:492:56:53

the moment with where she did is to

be. Just a little bit of over

2:56:532:56:56

driving in three there. You could

just see the sled cutting guys.

2:56:562:57:02

Seems to have settled into it now as

we come into six and seven. Little

2:57:022:57:07

tap there. -- cutting guys. Coming

into nine she really needs to get

2:57:072:57:13

this right. Over driving, sliding

around, this is not really massive

2:57:132:57:19

mistakes but it is just little

mistakes everywhere which are making

2:57:192:57:22

the time lead away. But she's still

hanging in there relatively well,

2:57:222:57:27

considering the German who just came

down before her, making similar

2:57:272:57:29

mistakes.

It is better than last

year for Nadezhda Sergeeva lady she

2:57:292:57:34

goes seventh, half a second off the

leaders.

2:57:342:57:40

All shaping up pretty nicely. I

can't really see, John, with that

2:57:432:57:49

sort of speed, that sort of time,

how the Russian Nadezhda Sergeeva is

2:57:492:57:53

going to be a factor here when it

comes to the medal chase tomorrow?

2:57:532:57:56

Certainly not for the medals. I

would suggest, you know, at this

2:57:562:58:01

point in the competition, maybe is

now trying to get top eight, top

2:58:012:58:06

six... She gets very high there. You

can see how much a steering she is

2:58:062:58:11

doing, she almost handbrake turns it

round that corner, just doing too

2:58:112:58:17

much.

Next ago for Switzerland is

33-year-old Sabina Hafner in her

2:58:172:58:26

third Olympic Games, together with

Rahel Rebsamen. Rahel Rebsamen has

2:58:262:58:32

got a twin sister evil in who often

breaks as well. Let's see now, world

2:58:322:58:38

number nine together, despairing. --

twin sister Evelyn. Let's see how

2:58:382:58:48

she goes... Her start is pretty

average.

Yeah, they're not going to

2:58:482:58:56

be one of the best starters in the

field but we know that if Sabina

2:58:562:58:59

Hafner gets this right and all they

could have a really good run. It

2:58:592:59:02

just depends whether their equipment

works. She is good pilot, she has

2:59:022:59:07

shown for form in the past. We will

see how it goes. Just ran a little

2:59:072:59:13

bit high there and you do need to

use the height of that corner to get

2:59:132:59:16

into what a, but that was just a

fraction too high. And that all

2:59:162:59:20

we're talking about in these runs.

-- into eight. Again it looks like

2:59:202:59:25

she's holding on maybe for that sort

of top ten position, top eight, if

2:59:252:59:30

she can find speed at the bottom.

Let's see... And seventh it is the

2:59:302:59:35

Sabina Hafner. She found a little

bit, Dinxi? To go comfortably clear

2:59:352:59:39

of the Russian Nadezhda Sergeeva and

just a fraction behind Alysia

2:59:392:59:43

Rissling. , so the fair first run

for Sabina Hafner, who seems to be

2:59:432:59:48

talking to herself and

gesticulating. There must be so much

2:59:482:59:53

going through your mind when you

just done a run of 50 seconds like

2:59:532:59:56

that, John.

2:59:563:00:02

That was a really good run. Just the

exit of seven, just a little bit

3:00:023:00:08

sooner. That wasn't so bad through

there, just a little bit late. You

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can see the difference in the lines

between the leading sled and the

3:00:113:00:15

Swiss sled. Dropping at different

points. That could be down to style

3:00:153:00:21

or their equipment and how it works

and how they fine speed in the

3:00:213:00:27

track.

Good start for the Swiss

pair. The Austrians wait to go next.

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But before that, we see another

Canadian team. The first Olympics

3:00:353:00:40

for Christine De Bruin, the pilot,

who only just squeezed into the

3:00:403:00:44

games. At St Moritz she needed to

beat the American Britney Rhein

3:00:443:00:50

Bolt. She was in tears, performed

moderately, but then the Americans

3:00:503:00:57

performed even worse and those tears

turned to smiles as qualification is

3:00:573:01:02

guaranteed. Can she take her

opportunity? This pairing is number

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ten in the world.

I would have

thought their start would be sooner

3:01:063:01:09

than that. She did a bit of work in

the first bend. Through the second

3:01:093:01:14

bend, off she goes.

3:01:143:01:21

bend, off she goes. This is the

difference between a top pilot and

3:01:213:01:24

one of her standards. It's just

little mistakes. It could be the

3:01:243:01:27

thing that costs her time on the run

down. One of the best straits we

3:01:273:01:34

have seen so far. It's good, but is

it enough to try to build speed and

3:01:343:01:38

pull herself towards the front of

the back and see if she can get into

3:01:383:01:43

the top ten?

Will be eighth or ninth

at the moment for the Canadian,

3:01:433:01:48

Christine De Bruin, crosses over in

eighth. She found a little bit of

3:01:483:01:53

extra speed late on, which is

encouraging for her future in this

3:01:533:01:57

Olympic Games. She goes ahead of

Sergeeva, just

3:01:573:02:06

Sergeeva, just behind Sabina Hafner.

The

3:02:063:02:12

The defending champion Kaillie

Humphries is currently in fifth

3:02:123:02:15

place.

Not a bad run overall, just a

bit of mistakes. Both brakemen and

3:02:153:02:21

the pilot running in. What a great

shot, trying to get through that

3:02:213:02:27

little gap between two and three. It

tight to fit the big sled through

3:02:273:02:30

there without clattering the walls.

Deep into the second half of this

3:02:303:02:38

first run.

3:02:383:02:44

first run. The next for Austria,

Christina Hengster and Valerie

3:02:443:02:48

Kleiser. Christina Hengster at her

second Olympic Games. So much

3:02:483:02:55

experience and not too many years

ago was one of the best in the

3:02:553:02:59

world. However, this year results

have not been great and she has

3:02:593:03:03

dropped to number 13 in the world

rankings. She has been up at three

3:03:033:03:08

and four in her time. You wonder as

the years to come by, is she

3:03:083:03:16

struggling to maintain those high

standards of yesteryear?

She has

3:03:163:03:20

been inconsistent. When she was

riding the crest of a wave results

3:03:203:03:23

were good. But she went to her home

World Championships and she crashed.

3:03:233:03:28

That seemed to knock her confidence

from that point on. Making a little

3:03:283:03:32

mistake at the top of the track, the

same as the sled before her. We will

3:03:323:03:36

see. She can either be really,

really good or really, really

3:03:363:03:40

average. That was a lower line into

the beginning of eight. It's looking

3:03:403:03:47

more like one of the average runs,

the speed dropping away. Seven

3:03:473:03:53

tenths back already. This is not a

great run from a pilot of her

3:03:533:03:56

standards.

No. Christina Hengster

through 15, and it will end in

3:03:563:04:03

disappointment here. The top ten

missed by a fair margin. She goes

3:04:033:04:11

11th. With a few more talented

athletes to come. Christina Hengster

3:04:113:04:17

remaining a long way off her best.

A

lot of that was down to the start.

3:04:173:04:25

It was a little bit off the pace.

You would expect being two tents of

3:04:253:04:31

the start, they would be at least

six tenths off naturally anyway. She

3:04:313:04:35

has lost a little bit in the drive

between three and four and four and

3:04:353:04:40

five. Coming in a little bit late

and getting a little nudge. That's

3:04:403:04:47

why she lost a bit of speed at the

bottom as well.

Meyers Taylor is a

3:04:473:04:53

fraction ahead of Jamanka of

Germany. Greubel Poser is right

3:04:533:04:57

there. Schneider goes up. Kaillie

Humphries in fifth. That's the story

3:04:573:05:02

so far of the first run. Next for

Belgium, Willemsen and Sara Aerts. A

3:05:023:05:12

very clean World Cup run, but they

have been hampered by slow start

3:05:123:05:16

times. We will keep an eye on that

as they push away.

3:05:163:05:24

as they push away. Again, Willemsen

was one of the top five in the world

3:05:243:05:28

a few years ago and has slipped a

little bit recently. A poor start

3:05:283:05:33

again. What chance of you got?

You

haven't. The issue you have now,

3:05:333:05:38

used to have some of the best

equipment but it wasn't just a

3:05:383:05:44

contractor to the Belgian team, so

everybody has the same equipment

3:05:443:05:47

now.

3:05:473:05:52

now. So everybody dries relatively

the same. It's hard for them to pick

3:05:523:05:55

it up. But she is one of the most

consistent drivers on the circuit.

3:05:553:05:59

She goes through a little bit late,

has to work hard. If she can get

3:05:593:06:04

four consistent runs then you can

pull your way back up the order. But

3:06:043:06:07

she is holding on well here.

Into

15, she should be tenth at the

3:06:073:06:16

worst. She just faded back. In

behind Sergeeva, just a heartbeat

3:06:163:06:24

away. Willemsen goes tent here. --

goes tenth here.

All in all, not a

3:06:243:06:35

bad run, looking at the start time,

she has overdriven it a little bit

3:06:353:06:40

and really did well to keep herself

within half a second, and this was

3:06:403:06:46

one of the better lines through

there. Not doing much work. She has

3:06:463:06:50

a good feel for the front of the

sled.

Great slow motion shots. Look

3:06:503:06:55

at the way the bobsled moves and

wobbles around. The casing is

3:06:553:07:01

presumably relatively light?

Most of

it is made of carbon fibre so

3:07:013:07:05

doesn't way that much.

Jamanka

looking after her runners. Chatting

3:07:053:07:11

things through, in a great position.

The next for Austria is Katrin

3:07:113:07:19

Beierl and Victoria Hahn. World

number 19 together. Best run this

3:07:193:07:24

year was fifth at Winter Berg. Only

top ten finish. But 12 months ago

3:07:243:07:28

here at this track she took almost

every wall and corner with her, one

3:07:283:07:35

of the most untidy runs. She started

by smashing into bend number two.

3:07:353:07:40

There could be a health warning with

this run the.

We will see how she

3:07:403:07:45

goes this time. She looks quite

high. Just manages to get away with

3:07:453:07:49

it. Three was a little bit sloppy.

But she just tabs on the wall there

3:07:493:07:54

again. Hasn't been driving that

long. It's one of those pilots where

3:07:543:07:58

she can put in one good run, but can

she put in four because of the level

3:07:583:08:04

of inconsistency she will have? Into

the Dragon's Tail, a big mistake,

3:08:043:08:10

one of the worst entrances we have

seen into that. That will scrub away

3:08:103:08:17

any advantage.

Katrin Beierl doesn't

seem to have learned very much from

3:08:173:08:24

the horrible run here last March.

She is 15th.

3:08:243:08:33

She is 15th. Only the Nigerian team

are slower. A room full shake of her

3:08:333:08:36

head. She knows it wasn't very good.

-- a rueful shake of her head.

That

3:08:363:08:44

big mistake at the entrance would

have cost her a lot of time. She had

3:08:443:08:49

to work really hard to control the

sled. Just little mistakes. This is

3:08:493:08:53

the big one that cost her all that

time. A little nudge that puts her

3:08:533:08:58

into a big skid which sends her into

the corner the wrong way. And then

3:08:583:09:02

she works hard to turn it from that

point and it scrubs off speed.

Even

3:09:023:09:08

the high five was quite

half-hearted. Great Britain's turn

3:09:083:09:16

now, good luck to Mica McNeil and

Mica Moore on the break. The story

3:09:163:09:22

is very familiar, funding pulled

from underneath them last year. They

3:09:223:09:25

went crowdfunding. Maybe most of you

watching at home right now sent a

3:09:253:09:31

few quid on their way. Nearly 50,000

was raised to help them be here.

3:09:313:09:36

Their training runs have been pretty

good.

If they can get into the top

3:09:363:09:42

ten or top eight region on this run

then it would be a good first run to

3:09:423:09:45

settle the nerves.

They want a good

start. The British girls on their

3:09:453:09:50

way.

Mica has only had ten runs,

hadn't driven this track before the

3:09:503:09:59

Olympics started. Their Achilles'

heel will be the start. But Mica has

3:09:593:10:03

been driving so well on this track.

When she started close to the top

3:10:033:10:07

runners she has been up there with

them. She makes a little mistake

3:10:073:10:11

there.

3:10:113:10:16

there. She hasn't been to the

Olympic Games before and is

3:10:163:10:19

absorbing the whole atmosphere and

embracing it. That's what's coming

3:10:193:10:22

across in her driving. And that's

one of the best straits we have

3:10:223:10:26

seen. She is keeping herself in

contention, but is it enough to stay

3:10:263:10:31

in the top ten? Starting to pull

herself back to the front. She has

3:10:313:10:36

driven the track well. It's a good

run.

Terrific out of 15. She goes

3:10:363:10:43

sixth. My word, despite the little

knock at four and slightly untidy

3:10:433:10:48

after and a slow start, what a good

run that was from Mica and Mica.

3:10:483:10:55

This sled is quick. The equipment is

quick. They haven't got the start,

3:10:553:11:00

but the reason the equipment is

quick is because it is driven well.

3:11:003:11:04

Mica is starting to become a really

good pilot. They just need to find a

3:11:043:11:08

bit more horsepower at the top and

this is the reason they are flying,

3:11:083:11:18

she has nailed the straight every

time. That's one of the best lines.

3:11:183:11:23

Five hundredths of a second off

double Olympic champion Kaillie

3:11:233:11:26

Humphries. A fabulous first run,

they can be well pleased.

They will

3:11:263:11:30

be over the moon. What would be a

great story is if they the funding

3:11:303:11:35

marker.

Another great story, 30

years after Cool

3:11:353:11:47

years after Cool Runnings the

Jamaicans, aiming to be inspired by

3:11:473:11:49

what happened 30 years ago. And make

the youngsters of the future

3:11:493:11:54

similarly inspired. Jazmine

Fenlator-Victorian has talked

3:11:543:12:01

beautifully about the run they had

earlier in the week. They have been

3:12:013:12:05

a little bit disabled with the

internal wrangling is. That's now

3:12:053:12:08

has to be put to one side. We will

see how the Jamaican pairing gets

3:12:083:12:12

on.

Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian is an

experienced pilot. She used to

3:12:123:12:20

compete for the US team and has won

medals at World Cup level. She has

3:12:203:12:24

got talent behind her, but she is

starting to build a new programme in

3:12:243:12:31

the Jamaican setup. A little bit

long in eight. Can she get the

3:12:313:12:37

straight right? Coming round the

corner in was a bit too far, and

3:12:373:12:43

that's why she had the tap. These

little mistakes are costing time.

3:12:433:12:47

Just dropping off as they come into

the bottom part of the track.

I

3:12:473:12:52

think top ten looks unlikely. Maybe

12 or 13. It's gone slightly worse

3:12:523:12:56

than that for the Jamaicans, nearly

eight tenths off the pace. They go

3:12:563:13:07

along side Rodionova, the Russian,

joint 15th. Only two have gone

3:13:073:13:10

slower. I think she will be really

disappointed with that. They were

3:13:103:13:15

hopeful they could replicate the

seventh place of Winter Berg.

They

3:13:153:13:20

were, but the difference this week,

they have had issues with their

3:13:203:13:23

coaches. She slips on the handle,

maybe one of the reasons she got

3:13:233:13:29

excited going into the handle. She

missed one and it caused her to fall

3:13:293:13:34

into the bar, if you like. That

shouldn't affect the drive, which

3:13:343:13:38

was a little bit messy, but because

they didn't have a coach, they had

3:13:383:13:42

no eyes and ears on the track to

help them find tune anything.

3:13:423:13:50

help them find tune anything.

Meyers

Taylor, all smiles, she is the

3:13:513:13:52

leader. The next to go, for Romania,

Constantin,

3:13:523:14:02

Constantin, and the brake, Andreea

Grecu, she has developed into a

3:14:033:14:07

fantastic pilot herself. But

Constantin has the honour here. 17th

3:14:073:14:13

in Sochi. Capable of a bit of a

surprise.

She is a really good

3:14:133:14:17

driver. They just haven't had the

starts they have needed. But when

3:14:173:14:21

she has got it right, she could be

one of the surprises in that top six

3:14:213:14:27

or top eight area. But she has to

have a perfect run. It's looking so

3:14:273:14:34

good, so far. Building into seven

and the big drop off on the exit of

3:14:343:14:39

eight, as it starts to accelerate.

Into nine, she nearly got away with

3:14:393:14:48

that straight. Just centimetres away

from perfect. Hopefully she can keep

3:14:483:14:53

on building speed, stained in the

mix of the top ten, top 12. Get the

3:14:533:14:58

first run down and then settle into

the rest.

She takes 12th, the

3:14:583:15:04

Romanians doing really well.

3:15:043:15:06

The Romanians do really, really

well, a bit like the two

3:15:113:15:16

19-year-olds in the men's event

yesterday.

She should be happy with

3:15:163:15:24

that, there wasn't many mistakes in

that run at all. Just unlucky on the

3:15:243:15:27

big she came to skim the wall, but

this is where their issue is, it is

3:15:273:15:33

just at the start. They don't have

the most powerful of athletes on the

3:15:333:15:38

sled, so that's why they're off the

pace. Just there, that little skim

3:15:383:15:45

off the wall just pushed them

across, otherwise they would have

3:15:453:15:48

had the optimal online into that

corner.

Looking happy. And rightly

3:15:483:15:52

so, they've done very well. It has

flown by, run one. We're down now to

3:15:523:16:00

the last pairing. For Belgian, this

is An Vennieuwenhuyse and Tony. Now,

3:16:003:16:09

they've been hampered by slow starts

for much of the 12 months just gone.

3:16:093:16:15

-- and Tony. Their best World Cup

finish was tenth. Last year, though,

3:16:153:16:19

at this World Cup track, they were

absolutely beautiful through that

3:16:193:16:23

key nine and. A slow start, one of

the slowest we have seen.

And she

3:16:233:16:31

also had a crush in unofficial

training, then we first got here.

3:16:313:16:35

She is one of those drivers who gets

it right and is quick, or she's

3:16:353:16:41

almost hitting every corner. So, it

depends on what we are going to see

3:16:413:16:45

from her on this run. It is looking

good so far, but is this where it's

3:16:453:16:49

going to fall apart if she doesn't

get it right?

She got it right last

3:16:493:16:53

year.

That is one of the best lines

that we've seen through there, but

3:16:533:16:57

she's just been over driving the top

of the track and again, a little

3:16:573:17:01

mistake. A lot of her deficit now is

down to her start, that's all it is.

3:17:013:17:06

The run has been relatively good

compared to some of the others we've

3:17:063:17:09

seen.

She was 19th at the start and

she goes up to 15th. And that is a

3:17:093:17:16

tie with Kim, in fact. 0.72 of the

lead.

3:17:163:17:24

lead. Plenty of support for Sophie

in the crowd here. So, that

3:17:243:17:38

completes a run number one, and so

pleased she did well through the

3:17:393:17:44

chicane.

That was a really good run,

very tidy, the only mistake was at

3:17:443:17:49

13, and that would not have cost her

too much time. The reason why she's

3:17:493:17:53

seven 10oz behind is just the fact

that they were three tenths is

3:17:533:17:57

behind on the start, so all in all

she should be happy with that.

And I

3:17:573:18:00

think she will be when she reflects.

That is run one done and dusted.

3:18:003:18:07

Mica McNeill and Mica Moore in sixth

place. Could hardly have asked for

3:18:073:18:10

more. There is our leader, Elana

Meyers Taylor. She leads by two

3:18:103:18:17

hundredths of a second from the

German Jamanka, who is right on her

3:18:173:18:24

tail, with Greubel Poser in that

bronze medal position again.

3:18:243:18:27

Stephanie Schneider, Humphries and

the British girls are next - run two

3:18:273:18:35

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Two for the second run. Nicky

Minichiello and Amy Williams are

3:19:193:19:23

with me. Your reaction to the Great

Britain women posting a time which

3:19:233:19:26

is sixth quickest?

Great start to

the competition. We knew she has had

3:19:263:19:32

it, she has really connected well

with this track. We know the start

3:19:323:19:36

is not up there with Elana Meyers

Taylor, but she's a better driver

3:19:363:19:40

and the combination, they just work

really well and it is really

3:19:403:19:43

exciting to see. Not the best start

but still able to come back.

And

3:19:433:19:46

what did you make of it?

Just

brilliant, and the fact that they do

3:19:463:19:51

get on so well, great chemistry

together in the bob, only 0.25

3:19:513:19:59

seconds behind so it is doable. To

come down in sixth place in run one

3:19:593:20:04

is probably better than they

imagined, I don't know quite what

3:20:043:20:08

their goals were.

I think coming

into it they would have been happy

3:20:083:20:11

with top eight but considering how

training has gone this week, we're

3:20:113:20:15

looking at top five, top six.

The

athletes are always moving

3:20:153:20:19

goalposts!

3:20:193:20:24

goalposts!

As soon is you get into

top five, your goal becomes a medal

3:20:243:20:29

China let's have a look to see where

they can improve and what they will

3:20:293:20:32

be analysing before they head out

for the second run...

So, the start,

3:20:323:20:35

not the fastest at the velocity is

good so there holding it.

And by

3:20:353:20:41

that you mean jumping into the bob

when you're still going fast, rather

3:20:413:20:44

than levelling out?

Yeah, because as

soon as you actually hold your speed

3:20:443:20:49

you're actually starting to slow

down. You want to keep that

3:20:493:20:52

momentum. The lines are clear, there

are very few mistakes. You can see

3:20:523:20:57

she's just building all the way. It

was a solid line and as we see on

3:20:573:21:03

nine, she had one of the best lines

of the competition.

How much

3:21:033:21:07

experience does Mica McNeill have of

driving?

She started in 2011, so

3:21:073:21:11

just before the Youth Olympics in

2012 but at this level, not an awful

3:21:113:21:18

lot, she's still developing.

Their

best World Cup finish so far is

3:21:183:21:21

fifth, so they are legitimate

contenders for a top five place at

3:21:213:21:26

the very least, Amy?

And a really

good top speed, that is right up

3:21:263:21:30

there with the best bobs coming

down. I think this shows great

3:21:303:21:36

potential and I really think

everyone needs to stay glued to the

3:21:363:21:38

TV to see what happens next!

Considering how much Elana Meyers

3:21:383:21:44

Taylor started ahead of her, and

that differential at the bottom,

3:21:443:21:47

Mica has had one of the best drives

of the competition there.

And as we

3:21:473:21:51

have seen in the other sliding

competitions, it is a driver's track

3:21:513:21:55

not a starter's tracked.

Yeah, it

seems you can get away with not

3:21:553:22:01

being in the top three offer start

if you can drive it through the

3:22:013:22:05

corners and not make mistakes, you

can still get a medal.

Let's have a

3:22:053:22:09

look at the fastest crew out there

from the first run, and this is

3:22:093:22:14

Elana Meyers Taylor piloting the US

team, with Lauren Gibbs behind her.

3:22:143:22:21

Why are they so strong?

Bobsleigh is

down to three things. You've got to

3:22:213:22:25

start - they're phenomenal starters.

Elana Meyers Taylor in herself is a

3:22:253:22:31

real athlete and together with

Lauren Gibbs they get huge velocity.

3:22:313:22:34

And they have the best sled

technology in the world. And the

3:22:343:22:39

driver, she's got better and better.

The start and the equipment has made

3:22:393:22:43

a huge difference, but that's not

take anything away from her, she's

3:22:433:22:47

training will jump in and this is

now the only one that she doesn't

3:22:473:22:50

have. As you can see, it's not as

neat as Mica, she's not quite got

3:22:503:22:54

the lines. If Mica had this sled and

that start, she would be destroying

3:22:543:23:00

absolutely everybody.

I guess it is

the confidence of. Mica has got

3:23:003:23:03

almost nothing to lose, first

Olympic Games. She's happy to be

3:23:033:23:08

there, having gone through the

season which was a bit troublesome,

3:23:083:23:13

she's here, there's not really the

pressure on her. So she can actually

3:23:133:23:17

go a bit hidden and just perform

without the huge pressure on her

3:23:173:23:20

shoulders, and just maybe creep on

up there and get confidence with

3:23:203:23:24

every single run.

Is their

information sharing from the

3:23:243:23:27

different sports? Will the skeleton

team be sharing stuff that they've

3:23:273:23:31

learnt about the track, about

anything else, with the bobsleigh

3:23:313:23:34

team?

We don't normally, generally,

however, there is some stuff that

3:23:343:23:40

you are going to be talking about.

But then we do drive it quite

3:23:403:23:45

differently, we drive lines quite

differently.

Yeah, bobsleigh is

3:23:453:23:50

actually more like the luge in terms

of the drive lines, because you've

3:23:503:23:56

got more control over the steering.

So there will be some sharing but a

3:23:563:24:01

lot of it is not really

transferable.

Let's talk about

3:24:013:24:03

Jamaica. How did you think it went?

Not great, the start was an

3:24:033:24:08

fantastic. You can see she slips off

the handle and it settles her, it

3:24:083:24:13

takes her another three or four

steps to get in,

3:24:133:24:22

steps to get in, and Carrie Russell

will be aware of that.

That was

3:24:223:24:25

proper damage.

Yeah, it was just

scrappy, so they will be going back

3:24:253:24:29

and sitting down and analysing

exactly how they make it better for

3:24:293:24:33

the second run.

They're 17th now out

of 20, which isn't where they should

3:24:333:24:37

be.

No, it's not. They would easily

have been looking at top ten, top

3:24:373:24:43

eight, and really starting to mix it

in there. So they will be

3:24:433:24:47

disappointed but we've seen on this

track, anything can happen.

And that

3:24:473:24:50

means they will go third in the

second run, because they're going to

3:24:503:24:54

go in reverse order. That will be

shortly after one o'clock on BBC

3:24:543:24:58

Two. Just to repeat, the British

pair are in sixth place, the USA

3:24:583:25:02

leading the way! And that is a very

good first run! Now, the women's

3:25:023:25:08

3,000m relay has been happening in

short-track speed skating, and the

3:25:083:25:12

Netherlands actually set a world

record time I winning the B-final.

3:25:123:25:15

But they haven't qualified for the a

final. This is not a baton as you

3:25:153:25:21

would expect in a relay competition,

and if you thought that short-track

3:25:213:25:29

speed skating was chaotic and full

of crashes, well, to be honest, you

3:25:293:25:33

haven't seen anything yet. Let's see

the A-final of the women's relay.

3:25:333:25:42

They're playing some dramatic

sounding build-up of music in the

3:25:453:25:47

arena. I don't think we need it, we

don't need any added drama for this

3:25:473:25:51

one. Imposition two, it is Italy.

And Korea going to the front of. Kim

3:25:513:26:13

Boutin takes the first position for

Canada. 27 laps Olympic final.

3:26:133:26:22

Canada. 27 laps Olympic final. And

away we go! And what a race this

3:26:253:26:27

could be, the scramble to that first

corner is taken by Italy, they have

3:26:273:26:31

the early lead! Canada in

3:26:313:26:33

corner is taken by Italy, they have

the early lead! Canada in second

3:26:333:26:33

place. And Marianne St Gelais pushed

into the action early. China in

3:26:333:26:42

third, Korea in fourth.

And it's

going to be a very tactical race.

3:26:423:26:46

The Italians don't want to be

putting the pressure on too early.

3:26:463:26:50

And that's obviously why the Dutch

completed that world record in the

3:26:503:26:58

B-final because this will be much

more of a tactical race.

Korea still

3:26:583:27:03

biding their time at the back.

Pushed into action now is Kim Yejin,

3:27:033:27:09

moving up ahead of the Italians into

second place. And now, potentially

3:27:093:27:12

into first. Canada are doing

everything they possibly can to

3:27:123:27:17

maintain their position at the front

of the race. Italy suddenly find

3:27:173:27:25

themselves at the back.

And Kim

Boutin is in second place behind the

3:27:253:27:28

Chinese. And the Korean, Choi, in

third place at the moment.

There was

3:27:283:27:36

no room, because when the change was

made, they did well to avoid all the

3:27:363:27:41

traffic around them. They're still

tightly packed, all four teams! 19

3:27:413:27:49

laps to go.

The skaters are actually

blocking any of the other skaters

3:27:493:27:53

from coming up the inside on the

exchange.

3:27:533:27:59

exchange.

For China, Li Jinyu on the

front of the race. Still Korea in

3:28:003:28:05

third place, second it's Canada.

Valerie Maltais for Canada is about

3:28:053:28:12

to make the change, and still,

there's not much room out there at

3:28:123:28:15

all. China leading at

3:28:153:28:21

all. China leading at the moment,

putting the hammer down and showing

3:28:213:28:23

some speed, as change is made once

more.

I think the Koreans are just

3:28:233:28:31

waiting for that moment to explode.

Choi just tucked in behind the

3:28:313:28:37

Chinese, we've always had China and

Korea challenging for the

3:28:373:28:40

gold-medal.

Zhou Yang hands over to

Li Jinyu joiner. In second place it

3:28:403:28:50

is Canada and it is really hotting

up, it is anyone's gold-medal.

China

3:28:503:28:56

starting to open a slight gap but

the Koreans are stuck in third

3:28:563:28:59

place, they can't get through. Have

China really decided to go for gold

3:28:593:29:05

and go for the last 12 laps?!

There

is a little bit of a gap back to Kim

3:29:053:29:11

Boutin now. Choi is in third place,

Italy struggling to make an

3:29:113:29:16

impression, back in fourth. As one

small, taken up for China and Zhou

3:29:163:29:22

Yang. The gap is opening! Korea are

still hanging in there with Choi

3:29:223:29:30

Minjeong, who has got a blistering

turn of pace.

That was good tactics

3:29:303:29:35

by the Koreans, Canada actually

helped them to come back to the

3:29:353:29:37

Chinese team. Looking for some space

around the outside!

Canada leading

3:29:373:29:44

the way, there will be five laps to

go as they come over the line! Owing

3:29:443:29:47

to the front for the very first

time, almost! China are still

3:29:473:29:51

leading! Rear town in second place.

Handed over to Kim Yejin! Four laps

3:29:513:29:59

to go!

3:29:593:30:05

The Koreans are right on the tail of

the Chinese. Korea in a good

3:30:073:30:12

position to potentially win this.

Choi

3:30:123:30:19

Choi Minjeong, you can hardly hear

yourself think. Choi Minjeong

3:30:203:30:24

leading the way. I think she should

hang on to win. Choi Minjeong gets

3:30:243:30:31

it on the line from Fan Kexin.

I

don't know what to say about that. I

3:30:313:30:46

wouldn't like to be the referee who

has to make the decision. When

3:30:463:30:50

Canada went down, they took the

Italians down with them, and it's

3:30:503:30:54

short track and very mixed.

What a

stunning race. The Italians are left

3:30:543:31:02

very disappointed with two of their

skaters going sliding into the

3:31:023:31:06

padding. In the closing laps. They

have not been able to impose

3:31:063:31:09

themselves at all. It came down to a

big battle between China and Korea.

3:31:093:31:19

What a race it was, what a stunning

race.

3:31:193:31:25

race.

We have to wait until the

official result. Everybody

3:31:253:31:28

celebrating here. We don't know what

the official result will be. I think

3:31:283:31:33

it will take some time before the

referee gets over to the video

3:31:333:31:38

replay to actually decide what

happens here.

With so many athletes

3:31:383:31:43

out on the ice at the same time,

there is so much going on. A lot of

3:31:433:31:48

emotion coming out. Tears of joy for

some and disappointment for others.

3:31:483:31:54

We can take a look at this once

more.

We can see Kim Boutin, the

3:31:543:32:00

Koreans missing their exchange. They

come back and exchange and they have

3:32:003:32:05

to touch. But they took the

Canadians down, that was the first

3:32:053:32:09

instance.

3:32:093:32:17

instance. In the exchange, the

skater, 128, falling down for Korea,

3:32:173:32:21

taking the Canadians with them. It

will be very call.

Basically taking

3:32:213:32:27

the Canadians out of contention.

Absolutely. It could well be Korea

3:32:273:32:32

get a penalty after winning the gold

medal, and that will move the

3:32:323:32:37

Chinese into first place. And then I

think the Italians got second. And

3:32:373:32:44

that would mean the Canadians have

third place. The Koreans are waving

3:32:443:32:50

as if they have won the Olympic gold

medal, but it has to be formally

3:32:503:32:54

confirmed. There has been a penalty.

Which way has it gone? It has gone

3:32:543:33:03

very quiet here. Two penalties!

China have been penalised, Korea

3:33:033:33:15

win, and Italy end up with Silver!

The Dutch, having won the pea --

3:33:153:33:25

having won the B-final...

The Dutch

get a medal for their efforts

3:33:253:33:33

without even making the final!

Disappointment for China. Italy were

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despondent because they had a couple

of skaters crashing earlier. Maybe

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as a result of that incident,

actually. They suffered for it. But

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Canada have been penalised here. It

looks to me as if the Canadians were

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impeded by Korea.

Absolutely, I'm

totally flabbergasted, I can't

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believe it.

Plenty for everyone to

digest at the end of this session in

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the Ice Arena. No wonder the Dutch

can't believe it, they were not even

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on the ice and they have won a

medal.

That has happened before. I

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think it was Lillehammer, the bronze

medal in the 500 metres after a fall

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in the A-final,...

The Korean team

will be beside themselves with

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winning but they will be mightily

relieved. How nervous will they have

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been down there?

You have 12,000

Koreans supporting here. To perform

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like this in your home country at

the Olympic Games is astonishing.

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There is the final result. Korea are

gold medallists in the ladies 3000

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meter relay. Italy winning silver

and bronze goes to the Netherlands

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because Canada and China both

penalised in the A-final and the

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Dutch won the B-final. Apart from

that, nothing happening in the

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relay! STUDIO: The crowd there

absolutely loved it. The reaction of

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the Netherlands when they realised

they had the bronze stop silver to

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Italy and gold to South Korea for

the sixth time in seven runnings of

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the women's relay at the Olympics. A

great record. South Korea claiming

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three golds from a possible five in

short track speed skating at these

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games. The medal table at the Winter

Olympics now looks like this with

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Norway out in front ahead of Germany

and Canada.

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and Canada. South Korea, four gold

medals for them, and three of them

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have come in short track speed

skating. Sarah Lindsay has joined

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us, Nicola Minichiello and Amy

Williams. That relay, that was

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bonkers.

The relay can be a crazy

event and it's really hard to keep

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track when there is so much

happening and so many skaters on the

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track at the same time with people

coming on and off the track.

It's

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fair to say the referees have been

kept fairly busy at short track.

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They have, with a lot of

disqualifications in the last ten

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days.

And all for different reasons.

We will look back at what happened

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to Elise Christie now. Her Winter

Olympics is over having not

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qualified from the heats to get to

the quarterfinals of the 1000

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metres, the event in which she is

world champion. It has been a

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desperately disappointing day for

her. Sarah, do you have any latest

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from the camp?

No. She has been

through a lot. I think today was a

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bit of a nail in the Coffin for her.

Her last interview, we saw it was

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very difficult for her to reflect so

early. But she has gone out and done

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an interview straight after the race

and been honest and open, which is

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commendable.

We will see that

interview in a second, but we will

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take you through how events unfolded

for Elise Christie. She made the

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decision she was fit enough to

start. This was the heat at around

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10:15am this morning, the first

start in the 1000 metres.

She ran

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straight from the start, the impact

on her ankle might have been

3:37:253:37:28

problematic. She took a trip,

clashing with the Hungarian skater

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and went down. She grabbed that her

ankle straightaway, and she hit the

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right foot. They restarted the race.

We were not sure she was going to

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continue. It didn't look likely, but

she went over to the side of the

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barrier. Nicky Gooch was fixing her

skates for her, the coach, making

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sure they were still sharp.

When she

restarted she took her time,

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essentially starting from the back.

But in moving up through the field

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she committed two offences.

I think

her confidence was maybe a little

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knocked. Normally she would make a

big move around the outside

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possibly. She made some moves up the

inside. The first penalty she was

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given, she was disqualified for that

the other day. I think that one was

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particularly unfair. She got up into

a qualifying position and we thought

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she had got through and would have

another couple of days to refocus

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and progress with her rehab. But

unfortunately she was given two

3:38:303:38:36

penalties and given a yellow card,

which is almost unheard of, she has

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never received one before.

This is

the second offence.

She was

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disqualified for that. It has gone

against her again.

This is the

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second.

With one lap to go, she has

heard the bell and is in qualifying

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position. She has held her ground.

She is trying to qualify.

Don't be

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too alarmed of the shots of Nicky

Gooch carrying her off, that was

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always the plan shows she wouldn't

have to walk on the skates. --

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always the plan so she wouldn't have

to walk on the skates.

It was always

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the plan to pick her up and carry

her so she wouldn't have to walk on

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those long skates, because it's very

difficult.

This is what she said to

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David McDaid earlier.

I did

everything I could to turn it

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around. I had ligament damage in my

ankle. Putting a skate on with that

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is not the comfiest thing in the

world. We did everything we could to

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turn this around. It obviously

wasn't meant to be.

If it was any

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other competition, would you have

been on the start line today?

I

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would have been off for five or six

weeks. I would have been in rehab. I

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wouldn't have got on with a World

Championships, and it wouldn't have

3:39:543:39:57

been my choice, I would have been

told not to go on. The only reason

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they gave me the choice was it's the

Olympics. The worst that could

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happen is I would damage it more.

And it will have, I got kicked on it

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falling at the start. But that

doesn't matter, I have trained all

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my life for this. It was everything

to me. And it's done.

I think

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everyone watching will think that

you have got a hell of a lot of

3:40:203:40:23

guts.

Yeah, thanks. I don't know, I

felt I owed it to Britain. I really

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want to get short track out there.

It's such an amazing sport.

3:40:303:40:35

Obviously at times it does this to

you. Honestly, I can put my hands up

3:40:353:40:40

right now and say I don't know why I

got the yellow card. When I watched

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the race I was kicked on the start

and fell over. I've never had a

3:40:443:40:48

yellow card in my life. I very

rarely get penalties. I went up the

3:40:483:40:54

inside and on the video I went past

the girl, so I have no idea. The

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only thing I can think, possibly the

referee doesn't think it is safe I

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race with the ankle the way it is.

He was encouraged me to get off the

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ice after the faller start. If that

is the case then fair enough, I can

3:41:073:41:13

see why he might not want me to race

like that because it might not be

3:41:133:41:16

the safest. But, yeah...

We know how

much work you put in, and you talk

3:41:163:41:23

about putting short track out there.

I think you have already done that.

3:41:233:41:26

You are the world champion. How do

you some of these games, because, I

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think it's fair to say, it hasn't

really gone very well!

LAUGHTER

3:41:333:41:38

You would have to ask me tomorrow, I

think. Right now I'm a bit

3:41:383:41:43

shell-shocked. I worked so hard to

come back from this injury. I think

3:41:433:41:49

a thousand people wouldn't have

skated with my ankle the way it was.

3:41:493:41:53

I can barely... The only thing I can

say is I can promise Britain I will

3:41:533:41:59

fight back from this. I will come

back for paging. And hopefully I can

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do Britain proud then. -- I will

come back for Beijing.

STUDIO:

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That's the attitude that has made

her a world champion. It hasn't

3:42:133:42:16

worked out at the Olympics, in Sochi

and again in Pyeongchang. Coming

3:42:163:42:21

into this game is she said it

couldn't possibly be as bad as four

3:42:213:42:24

years ago. I fear that it has been.

I think it probably has been,

3:42:243:42:29

unfortunately. She is strong. And

she is planning on coming back. I

3:42:293:42:35

can't see in a million years her

finishing yet, she has a lot of

3:42:353:42:39

business left on the ice.

It seems

harsh for all this to happen to one

3:42:393:42:44

person, Amy?

It does. And from that

interview I'm surprised at how

3:42:443:42:48

strong she was able to hold it

together in that interview. To have

3:42:483:42:52

downfall after downfall, it can

psychologically break you. There is

3:42:523:42:56

so much pressure as an athlete that

you put on yourself to get a medal,

3:42:563:43:00

let alone the other pressures where

you want to do well to win funding

3:43:003:43:05

for your sport. She said she wants

to get short track out there to the

3:43:053:43:09

world and to Britain. She has, and I

think in that sense she needs to not

3:43:093:43:14

be so tough on her self. I feel for

her desperately.

She said she has

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appreciated that support. We are

heading to the BBC One o'clock news

3:43:193:43:24

now. Winter Olympic coverage will

continue on BBC Two. But Elise

3:43:243:43:30

Christie's games are

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