0:00:45 > 0:00:56Is what a win for Great Britain. Well done, the boys.This will be a
0:00:56 > 0:01:00huge win for Kyle Smith and his team.
0:01:00 > 0:01:07For Great Britain, this has been a disappointing match. It's so
0:01:09 > 0:01:15disappointing match. It's so -- it's a must win game.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Four years ago in Sochi, the GB women won bronze
0:01:17 > 0:01:18and the men won silver.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20The women are into the semi-final tomorrow at 11am.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23The men had to win a play off against Switzerland to have any
0:01:23 > 0:01:25chance of a medal this time around.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29We'll show you what happened shortly.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Rhona Howie is here with me.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36She's an Olympic gold medallist, competed
0:01:36 > 0:01:39at six European Championships, Scottish National Championships
0:01:39 > 0:01:41and has been inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall
0:01:41 > 0:01:45of Fame and she's got an MBE.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48I thought I'd better say all of that because I felt so awful yesterday
0:01:48 > 0:02:01not knowing about the worlds.That's OK.We are still friends. OK.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Here's what we've got between now on 1pm on BBC One.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09It was win or bust for Kyle Smith and his rink in a play off tie
0:02:09 > 0:02:10breaker against the Swiss.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12We'll hear the latest from Elise Christie on the day
0:02:12 > 0:02:14she was hoping to skate for glory in the 1000m.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19Lots of short track from 10am.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Only three alpine skiers have ever won three gold medals -
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Marcel Hirscher was already on two as he stood at the top
0:02:25 > 0:02:27of the mountain for his favourite event -
0:02:27 > 0:02:28the slalom.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Could Dave 'The Rocket' Ryding crash the medal party?
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Having grown up skiing on the plastic slopes of Lancashire,
0:02:33 > 0:02:38he has no issues with the artificial snow in PyeongChang.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40For the first time in Olympic history,
0:02:40 > 0:02:44and almost certainly the last, the American superpowers on skis
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Lindsay Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin were up against each other
0:02:47 > 0:02:53in the Combined.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57And its two decades since Canada's last defeat in the women's ice
0:02:57 > 0:03:02hockey. Could arch rivals the USA deny them a fifth consecutive gold
0:03:02 > 0:03:09medal? Oh, there is some good action here. You will miss this.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10medal? Oh, there is some good action here. You will miss this. There are
0:03:10 > 0:03:13only three days left.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27The men's curling semifinal will be on the red button. And you have got
0:03:27 > 0:03:31to watch the women's ice hockey final. You have got to watch that.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33It was such an exciting match.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36final. You have got to watch that. It was such an exciting match. So,
0:03:36 > 0:03:41Rhona, when you won your gold medal in 2002, you played two tie-breaks
0:03:41 > 0:03:44and you have always maintained that there is no problem with tie-breaks,
0:03:44 > 0:03:49they are good for you?Yes, it was good for us to play them. You keep
0:03:49 > 0:03:53motivated, you are keeping fighting and you are continuing to play.
0:03:53 > 0:03:59There is no day off, so there is no rest day.I liked to keep playing. I
0:03:59 > 0:04:03know you went to bed for a couple of hours and then you set your alarm
0:04:03 > 0:04:06for five past midnight which is when Great Britain started against
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Switzerland. They started well. You must have been feeling good about
0:04:10 > 0:04:14it. Kyle Smith is relatively inexperienced, IRA young side, all
0:04:14 > 0:04:21in their early to mid 20s -- they are a young side, all in their early
0:04:21 > 0:04:26to mid 20s, first time at the Olympics but they started well.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27to mid 20s, first time at the Olympics but they started well.They
0:04:27 > 0:04:31started really well. They were 2-1 up by the third and they were in
0:04:31 > 0:04:36control of the game, playing really, really well. Every single shot was
0:04:36 > 0:04:42inch perfect.They had gone 4-1 up there in the fourth. In two and
0:04:42 > 0:04:45eight and the schools were very tight again. Great Britain with the
0:04:45 > 0:04:52hammer.At end eight, Great Britain really want to score two here. They
0:04:52 > 0:04:57are trying to set a two here. The Swiss optically here and played
0:04:57 > 0:05:03really, really well. So when Kyle came to play his shot, he was facing
0:05:03 > 0:05:11force with stones.And that was just for a 1-mac. That was a shame. We
0:05:11 > 0:05:15head into the ninth end with things very tight, Great Britain leading
0:05:15 > 0:05:175-4.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27So that is a lot of eyes they have taken but these guys just seem to
0:05:27 > 0:05:33play a slightly different. I'm not sure if they put as much rotation.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37We will have to see what he's going to play here.
0:05:41 > 0:05:48It sounds like he's got a fair bit of weight on it. He just wants to
0:05:48 > 0:05:54come in a little bit here if he's coming on that line.He's just going
0:05:54 > 0:06:04to come right on the top of the red. This has actually sat down.I'm not
0:06:04 > 0:06:12sure they were sure what to do that. That's kind of betwixt.Yes, that
0:06:12 > 0:06:19actually sat down a lot.Can he move a couple of these? Like you said,
0:06:19 > 0:06:23there is a double there. He would leave one British stone. You would
0:06:23 > 0:06:28be asking him to draw in for two. He would have to be accurate with it.
0:06:28 > 0:06:37This one has lined up with the other red.There is an opportunity for the
0:06:37 > 0:06:44boys to call a time-out here.Let's have another look. He can see the
0:06:44 > 0:06:49double, or he thinks he can. Maybe it has just tucked in a little more
0:06:49 > 0:06:54than he would like.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01than he would like.I think that is our only shot.That red might stay
0:07:01 > 0:07:07then, though. Wouldn't it?I think the guys will have to come down that
0:07:07 > 0:07:12right-hand side as we look at the picture and just popped one another.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16You are just going to sit it on the top but then you are saying to them,
0:07:16 > 0:07:25I'm only going to give you two. Giving the two is fine. We are lying
0:07:25 > 0:07:30third shot, so they are sitting two at the moment. It would be greater
0:07:30 > 0:07:34coming on top of those. Is that the idea, to come on top of the red on
0:07:34 > 0:07:40the center line then?Yes.
0:07:42 > 0:07:48the center line then?Yes. Or is he? He's not. Is he going to try to hit
0:07:48 > 0:07:53them?Is he coming across to try to guard the other two yellows so he
0:07:53 > 0:07:59can't try to hit them out? That might well be the case.Sneaky. You
0:07:59 > 0:08:04see, I thought that's what Schwartz might have been doing, to try to
0:08:04 > 0:08:10protect himself and coming with his last one.Yes, that's exactly what
0:08:10 > 0:08:15he's doing, he's just trying to cover these double yellows.Well,
0:08:15 > 0:08:23he's going to invite him to draw in down the other side, isn't he?Is
0:08:23 > 0:08:27there still a hole through that? The trouble is the yellow it's going to
0:08:27 > 0:08:32catch on the back red, it just depends on the back red.I'm not
0:08:32 > 0:08:39sure about that choice of shot. There are plenty of options now
0:08:39 > 0:08:45force winds and. That is the one, just to tap it in. He has got loads
0:08:45 > 0:08:54of room to come around. I'm really not sure about that shot.Do you
0:08:54 > 0:08:57think there's enough room to come around there and get onto the top
0:08:57 > 0:09:09bread. You could come around and tap it for three.He really wants his
0:09:09 > 0:09:13three here.
0:09:23 > 0:09:32How is your French?I'd love to tell you it's good.I think what he's
0:09:32 > 0:09:38saying there is that even if the... If he misses that top one and
0:09:38 > 0:09:47doesn't tap that in, he's got the chance of...I think he's coming
0:09:47 > 0:09:54through the tide line to catch the red just on the forfeit. As much as
0:09:54 > 0:09:57he can see, straight into the pack and the yellow will go. Let's see
0:09:57 > 0:10:03how this pans out.Kyle Smith looking on. He's left an opportunity
0:10:03 > 0:10:11here. Albeit maybe a difficult one for Benoit Schwarz to get more than
0:10:11 > 0:10:15two. To get three here would put Switzerland in the driving seat very
0:10:15 > 0:10:24much here. He has got through the gap. Has it? It has.
0:10:25 > 0:10:31gap. Has it? It has.Oh my goodness, that is an absolute toaster!That is
0:10:31 > 0:10:36a stunning shot. They spotted it, he played it, and that may well be
0:10:36 > 0:10:43curtains for England. What a shot from Switzerland. They
0:10:43 > 0:10:47went into a tenth end but there was no hope really for Kyle Smith and
0:10:47 > 0:10:52his team. What an extraordinary turnaround. Let's hear from the guys
0:10:52 > 0:10:58and then get Rhona's boards. Guys, you are obviously hugely
0:10:58 > 0:11:03disappointed. Kyle, we will start with you. Talk us through that ninth
0:11:03 > 0:11:08end.It is always a tricky situation. You don't want to give
0:11:08 > 0:11:13them a blank in the ninth end so we were trying hard to force them to
0:11:13 > 0:11:17one and things weren't looking that great early on and unfortunately we
0:11:17 > 0:11:22missed a few and we actually had our chances to hold them to two in the
0:11:22 > 0:11:26end but he played a really nice shot through the hole and that was the
0:11:26 > 0:11:31end.You guys came out really firing really well the first three, four
0:11:31 > 0:11:35ends, it was going perfectly.Yes, it was probably one of the better
0:11:35 > 0:11:42games we've played this week but unfortunately there were a couple of
0:11:42 > 0:11:45half shots in the ninth end out that whether turning point of the game,
0:11:45 > 0:11:50probably. Aside from that, it was probably our best performance of the
0:11:50 > 0:11:54week.Massively disappointing. That's a word you will be using a
0:11:54 > 0:11:58lot, disappointment. Kyle, probably the worst experience of your career
0:11:58 > 0:12:05so far, I guess?Yes, worst and best. We will come back, be back
0:12:05 > 0:12:09here in four years and tried to get back to wherever it is next. We have
0:12:09 > 0:12:15played pretty well this week. We had a couple of chances. We had to beat
0:12:15 > 0:12:20USA last night, we never managed it, and as Tom said I thought we played
0:12:20 > 0:12:25pretty well here, but a couple of shots at this level are enough to
0:12:25 > 0:12:28lose a game.It's disappointed. It's hard to find those positives
0:12:28 > 0:12:32particularly after you've just come off the ice, but what have you
0:12:32 > 0:12:38learnt this week?I think it's been a great week moving forward as a
0:12:38 > 0:12:41team. We've had the odd missed shot here and there would have cost us
0:12:41 > 0:12:44but moving forward, we need to look at those and see how not to make
0:12:44 > 0:12:49them and do our best moving forward, I think.Kyle, your reflections on
0:12:49 > 0:12:55the week. You are the skip. A lot of people weren't expecting you to do
0:12:55 > 0:12:58particularly well this week. I know your expectations would have been
0:12:58 > 0:13:03higher but what are your reflections overall?It's tough to reflect so
0:13:03 > 0:13:08soon after a loss but we came in our first Olympics and we gave it our
0:13:08 > 0:13:14best shot. We made the play-offs. In the end, we had a good game today,
0:13:14 > 0:13:18but it wasn't to be, sadly. A couple of things didn't go our way and a
0:13:18 > 0:13:22couple of half shots and that's all it takes against a team as good as
0:13:22 > 0:13:27them. So there's plenty to look forward to, to go forward, and I
0:13:27 > 0:13:31just need to take some time and reflect on this experience and what
0:13:31 > 0:13:37we can take from it.Guys, well played this week. Bad luck today.
0:13:37 > 0:13:37we can take from it.Guys, well played this week. Bad luck today.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41You can see from their voices and see on their faces how incredibly
0:13:41 > 0:13:44upset they are. Rhona, as they said, they played very well for the
0:13:44 > 0:13:50majority of this match.Absolutely. The best stats of the week were in
0:13:50 > 0:13:56that game. They were in control of the game up to the eighth. Then
0:13:56 > 0:14:02Switzerland seemed to step up again in the second half. It's a couple of
0:14:02 > 0:14:07shots here and there that made the difference. They didn't play badly
0:14:07 > 0:14:12at all. They played solid, clinical curling.And the trouble with
0:14:12 > 0:14:16curling is that you have got thinking time before the shots and
0:14:16 > 0:14:20my word Kyle Smith will have a lot of thinking time afterwards to try
0:14:20 > 0:14:23to formulate what he could have done differently.He can't change it now.
0:14:23 > 0:14:30No.But he decided to play the guard. What could he have done as an
0:14:30 > 0:14:36alternative?I think they had quite chuffed about it because if he tried
0:14:36 > 0:14:40to come in the house, he could have left Switzerland with an easier
0:14:40 > 0:14:45shot. He knew the only chance of a big end was to leave those yellow is
0:14:45 > 0:14:51open. He tried to guard it. He said, have your tee, I am happy to play
0:14:51 > 0:14:57the last end. He was more than happy to say have your two. We are talking
0:14:57 > 0:15:03minimal is here. Kyle's guard over cold maybe two millimetres. If it
0:15:03 > 0:15:08hadn't, Switzerland would not have had that shot and would only have
0:15:08 > 0:15:10had two.We can look at exactly
0:15:10 > 0:15:11had that shot and would only have had two.We can look at exactly what
0:15:11 > 0:15:16you meant. You rarely see a house as crowded as this.For Kyle to come in
0:15:16 > 0:15:19here and try to do anything could have been dangerous because the
0:15:19 > 0:15:24Swiss could have that another one in. He had to guard bows to yellow
0:15:24 > 0:15:30stone is so that Switzerland couldn't hit them.
0:15:30 > 0:15:36He plays the shot, and he is not that far off, is he?He probably
0:15:36 > 0:15:40wanted to be slightly closer to the house so it was a bigger distraction
0:15:40 > 0:15:43for Switzerland, but because it was lighter, they couldn't sweep it,
0:15:43 > 0:15:48would it have over cold even more, so they just wanted to leave it and
0:15:48 > 0:15:53let it stop on that line, but it just kept going, and even at the
0:15:53 > 0:15:58time, they were quite happy with it. They think it is very difficult to
0:15:58 > 0:16:04get a stone through that gap.So it leaves a gap, how big?A stone
0:16:04 > 0:16:12width, with a millimetre either side.For them to try to get
0:16:12 > 0:16:18through, to play the master shot. It has been so close all the way
0:16:18 > 0:16:22through, and I think Kyle doesn't think it could end up awful, I think
0:16:22 > 0:16:32he was still thinking, I could do this.When did they know was big
0:16:32 > 0:16:36trouble? They knew it was big trouble, but they properly didn't
0:16:36 > 0:16:40think it was an easy shot to make, because when you see this going
0:16:40 > 0:16:44through the guards, there was nothing to spare on either side. He
0:16:44 > 0:16:51played the line, and what a shot. And the Swiss knew that was that.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Great Britain knew that was the game, and Great Britain didn't do a
0:16:55 > 0:17:00lot from there.And we will Kyle Smith and the gang go next? Do they
0:17:00 > 0:17:04come straight back, do they go to nationals, what happens with that?
0:17:04 > 0:17:08When they go home, the Scottish championship last week, the winner
0:17:08 > 0:17:12of that will play against Kyle's team in a best of three games, and
0:17:12 > 0:17:19the winner of that will be the World Championships in Las Vegas.So they
0:17:19 > 0:17:21are not guaranteed World Championships, and nor is Eve
0:17:21 > 0:17:27Muirhead? They still have to qualify.They still have to beat the
0:17:27 > 0:17:30winner of the championships, but Kyle has had a great week, and they
0:17:30 > 0:17:34have played so well, and a good thing is they will learn from every
0:17:34 > 0:17:38stone that has been played out there, and they have played some
0:17:38 > 0:17:41really good curling. I think a lot of countries will have noticed just
0:17:41 > 0:17:47how they have played the game, because they will be back even
0:17:47 > 0:17:52harder.Exactly, and they will have been in those ten situations, they
0:17:52 > 0:17:56will no far more what it is all about. So if you were to reflect on
0:17:56 > 0:17:59what they have done here, although they haven't got through to a
0:17:59 > 0:18:02semifinal, in the end do they get ranked fifth?
0:18:06 > 0:18:11Fifth place at the Olympic games, is that a fair enough result?Yes, they
0:18:11 > 0:18:15finished halfway up the table, and I think as they said in a interview,
0:18:15 > 0:18:19if they had won that last game against the USA, and gone straight
0:18:19 > 0:18:22into the semifinals, they were in the top four, and that would have
0:18:22 > 0:18:27been a great result for them, so they are one placing behind that top
0:18:27 > 0:18:32four. But for a first Olympic Games, first big multisport event for them
0:18:32 > 0:18:36all, it is just a fantastic performance, and there are so many
0:18:36 > 0:18:42positives for them to take out going forward.They will take awhile to
0:18:42 > 0:18:48pick themselves up from this.Yes. And now all attention turns to Eve
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Muirhead and her rink. How do you feel they have been playing so far,
0:18:51 > 0:18:57and what is your feeling about the semi tomorrow against Sweden?Is the
0:18:57 > 0:19:02week is gone on, the team have got more and more consistent, and they
0:19:02 > 0:19:07seem happier with the ice and the stones. Against Anna Hasselborg, it
0:19:07 > 0:19:11is a repeat of the European gold medal game a couple of months ago,
0:19:11 > 0:19:15so even came out and taught there, but Anna Hasselborg is a tough
0:19:15 > 0:19:20cookie. They play well, they are good Swedish team, so Britain will
0:19:20 > 0:19:23have to bring their A-game, but I'm confident they will because of the
0:19:23 > 0:19:27way they have been progressing through the week. They have had this
0:19:27 > 0:19:30day off, so it is time to put the round robin to bed, it is finished
0:19:30 > 0:19:35and this is a new competition and this is what we are going to do. So
0:19:35 > 0:19:41I think they will come out the same as the boys, they will come out
0:19:41 > 0:19:43firing and try to stamp their authority early on.You know the
0:19:43 > 0:19:48team really well, and you have coached them, you have coached Eve
0:19:48 > 0:19:53specifically. When the round robin finishes they are into knockout, is
0:19:53 > 0:19:57she even better?When they get to the knockout stages, they just seem
0:19:57 > 0:20:01to up their game, the weight is off their shoulders that they have got
0:20:01 > 0:20:04through the big round robin, because anything can happen in a round
0:20:04 > 0:20:07robin, teams start beating each other but it is in their control
0:20:07 > 0:20:11now. They are in control of how to win a medal now, and hopefully the
0:20:11 > 0:20:16gold medal, but hopefully they just play better and better. When the
0:20:16 > 0:20:20pressure is on, she will be firing. And we can guarantee that this game
0:20:20 > 0:20:23against Sweden won't end of the round robin one did, because this
0:20:23 > 0:20:24was the
0:20:24 > 0:20:25round robin one did, because this was the controversial hog line
0:20:25 > 0:20:29violation when the red line came on the stone, indicating that she had
0:20:29 > 0:20:34held onto it or even tapped it once it had already got to the red line,
0:20:34 > 0:20:38and it meant that Stone was null and void, and the end was conceded and
0:20:38 > 0:20:43Sweden won that game.So that went to an extra end, and
0:20:43 > 0:20:44Sweden won that game.So that went to an extra end, and these two teams
0:20:44 > 0:20:48always have close games, so they will I'm sure have a very close
0:20:48 > 0:20:52semifinal, but hopefully Britain have just got that edge, and it will
0:20:52 > 0:20:56be close for so many ends of the game, and then that last third of
0:20:56 > 0:20:59the game, Eve will step up a gear.I love it when you say things like
0:20:59 > 0:21:04that, because I just believe her! Chinos. Rhona, thank you so much. 11
0:21:04 > 0:21:09o'clock tomorrow morning, Great Britain, if they win it, they are
0:21:09 > 0:21:13into the gold-medal game, and who knows what might happen. We are
0:21:13 > 0:21:17going to switch our attention now to slalom, because David Ryding, who
0:21:17 > 0:21:21grew up on the plastic slopes of Lancashire, was out there in
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Pyeongchang aiming to become a first real medal contender for Great
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Britain since Alain Baxter, and we got so excited about his prospects,
0:21:29 > 0:21:34because he really doesn't mind artificial snow, and quite a lot of
0:21:34 > 0:21:37the other contenders don't like it. Marcel Hirscher has been the
0:21:37 > 0:21:42dominant force in the slalom through the World Cup, and right there
0:21:42 > 0:21:46behind him has been Norway's Henrik Kristofferson, so he is expected to
0:21:46 > 0:21:56follow him all the way. Let's follow the first two runs.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03COMMENTATOR: The 2018 Olympic men's's slalom in Pyeongchang is
0:22:03 > 0:22:10under way. Kristofferson, the 23-year-old Norwegian, what can he
0:22:10 > 0:22:19produce here? He had a really good giant slalom, in the medals, and he
0:22:19 > 0:22:27started positively here.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32started positively here. He is 0.27 in front of Moelgg, and that is
0:22:32 > 0:22:38where he stays. The protectors around the ski pole handles, and
0:22:38 > 0:22:41with the Sinn protectors as well, and he is really moving up through
0:22:41 > 0:22:48the gears now. He is really flying through the final few turns, off the
0:22:48 > 0:22:53rainbow roll, and at the foot of the course, he will lead the first run,
0:22:53 > 0:22:57and that is a healthy lead as well, 0.60 eight. He shows his true
0:22:57 > 0:23:03colours. He got excellent acceleration, and he has skied into
0:23:03 > 0:23:13first. Marcel Hirscher next. The double
0:23:13 > 0:23:17gold-medal list from these Olympic Winter Games. He now begins his
0:23:17 > 0:23:23quest for a third. The champion in the combined. The gold-medal winner
0:23:23 > 0:23:28in the giant slalom, on his way in the slalom. Taking a risk or two on
0:23:28 > 0:23:35the steep section at the top, but he is just about matching, and then he
0:23:35 > 0:23:39makes a mistake, but doesn't seem to lose too much speed. Wonderful
0:23:39 > 0:23:44ability to recover, but not today. Marcel Hirscher will not win a third
0:23:44 > 0:23:53gold, it is over for him. That is a huge surprise.
0:23:54 > 0:24:01He goes out, upper body twisted, fighting, but gravity took control,
0:24:01 > 0:24:08and his slalom is
0:24:09 > 0:24:19and his slalom is over next to skied, Andre Myhrer, one of the
0:24:19 > 0:24:24tallest men in the competition. Can he produce something tasty in the
0:24:24 > 0:24:29early stages here? Nice start, just 19 hundredths of a second off the
0:24:29 > 0:24:39pace of Kristofferson. The course is cutting up quite quickly. 0.53,
0:24:39 > 0:24:44wonderful shots that you are seeing in glorious high-definition, with
0:24:44 > 0:24:50blue sky, fresh snow on the track, barely a breath of wind, it is just
0:24:50 > 0:24:53about perfect here this morning, and Andre Myhrer is absolutely flying on
0:24:53 > 0:25:01the flat. He is not far away from the time, and he has gone into
0:25:01 > 0:25:11second. That was a brilliant finish from Andre Myhrer. So, there is our
0:25:11 > 0:25:16leader, and the next man to skied, the number 13, David Ryding from
0:25:16 > 0:25:22Great Britain. He was the runner-up in the Kitzbuhel slalom last season,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25became the first man in more than 30 years to stand on a World Cup
0:25:25 > 0:25:31podium. He has had a really good training in the lead up to today's
0:25:31 > 0:25:36race here. He likes this hill and has made a really good start here.
0:25:36 > 0:25:41Within half a second of the lead of Henrik Kristofferson. It is smooth
0:25:41 > 0:25:43and accurate for the man who learned to ski on the dry slopes of Pendle
0:25:43 > 0:25:49in Lancashire. Really relaxed style, this is beautiful slalom racing from
0:25:49 > 0:25:55the man they call the rocket. Comes down off the steep and onto the
0:25:55 > 0:26:01flat, and he starts to attack. He has got to relax and go for it here.
0:26:01 > 0:26:07It is a fine finish for David Ryding. The key is how close he can
0:26:07 > 0:26:16go to Henrik Kristofferson's lead. 1.37, he is in the top ten. David
0:26:16 > 0:26:24Ryding has a chance to strike for a medal in the second run. Clean,
0:26:24 > 0:26:30accurate, would have hoped to have been slightly quicker. So, after the
0:26:30 > 0:26:37first run, Henrik Kristofferson leads the way, with Victor
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Muffat-Jeandet coming into third. And look down there, plenty of
0:26:41 > 0:26:44French flags on that first page, with the Union flag alongside the
0:26:44 > 0:26:50name of David Ryding, who is 12th after the first run. The top 30 will
0:26:50 > 0:26:58go in reverse order. From Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Dave
0:26:58 > 0:27:08the Rocket Ryding. Ever so slightly cautious on the first leg from the
0:27:08 > 0:27:12man who learned to ply his trade on the upturned toothbrushes of the
0:27:12 > 0:27:18Pendle dry slope in Lancashire. No real damage done to the first ten
0:27:18 > 0:27:29turns, and his lead remains. Here is his first split, that gives him an
0:27:29 > 0:27:36advantage of 0.08, but now he moves into the favourite part of the
0:27:36 > 0:27:39course, and the Rocket starts to get acceleration on the flat. This is
0:27:39 > 0:27:44where he is at his very best, and he is opening up a significant lead
0:27:44 > 0:27:49over the Norwegian. David Ryding skiing for gold-medal position in
0:27:49 > 0:27:59the Olympic slalom, and his for the moment. 15 hundredths, David Ryding
0:27:59 > 0:28:06leads the elliptic slalom. Michael Matt next ago, his older brother
0:28:06 > 0:28:11Mario Pasalic Champion four years ago. It is never happened that
0:28:11 > 0:28:18brothers have won Olympic gold medals in successive games.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23medals in successive games. Sisters have done it, 1964, Christine
0:28:23 > 0:28:31Goitschel won gold in France, and four years later her sister Marielle
0:28:31 > 0:28:39won in Grenoble. This has started to unravel very slightly, had to ski
0:28:39 > 0:28:43sideways. His advantage over David Ryding was half a second, now it is
0:28:43 > 0:28:48a quarter of a second. Michael Matt racing through the final few turns,
0:28:48 > 0:28:56putting pressure on Dave the Rocket Ryding's lead here. Has he done
0:28:56 > 0:29:00enough to go into gold position for Austria? He has. Michael Matt into
0:29:00 > 0:29:10top spot. David Ryding will leave the gold-medal enclosure. Andre
0:29:10 > 0:29:16Myhrer, tallest man in the race, he was the winner of the Stockholm
0:29:16 > 0:29:21Parallel Slalom just prior to the Winter Games. -- Zenhaeusern, the
0:29:21 > 0:29:26tallest man in the race. He will meet another big man, Andre Myhrer,
0:29:26 > 0:29:35in the final. His lead remains almost fully intact. Zenhaeusern
0:29:35 > 0:29:39isn't built like a typical slalom skier, but he has incredible skills
0:29:39 > 0:29:44from edge to edge, and his ability to recover is incredible. He is
0:29:44 > 0:29:48putting in some fine turns here. Now he is in the red zone for the first
0:29:48 > 0:29:56time, six hundredths of a second, and back to green for Ramon
0:29:56 > 0:30:01Zenhaeusern. And this is a lovely finish from him. He is carving it
0:30:01 > 0:30:14up, and he is skiing into top spot. The new leader here,
0:30:14 > 0:30:17The new leader here, Ramon Zenhaeusern, and Switzerland have
0:30:17 > 0:30:22not won the Olympic men's's slalom since 1948.
0:30:22 > 0:30:28Victor Muffat-Jeandet is ready. Sixth in the giant slalom, bronze
0:30:28 > 0:30:31medallist in the Alpine combined, he has had an outstanding Olympic
0:30:31 > 0:30:38Games. His advantage over Zenhaeusern is 0.32, can he convert
0:30:38 > 0:30:43that into leadership of this Olympic slalom? The breeze is still up,
0:30:43 > 0:30:55still a factor, it has been for everybody.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00He can't afford any mistakes now. He is going to have to open the
0:31:00 > 0:31:06throttle and drive and push through the final few turns if he is going
0:31:06 > 0:31:16to overturn Romans and Howson 's lead. He trails by 600th of a
0:31:16 > 0:31:25second. Now he is letting it run. Is this quick enough? Can he beat
0:31:25 > 0:31:301:39.33? Not quite. He is best. There will be a medal for Ramon
0:31:30 > 0:31:37Zenhaeusern. The Swiss are celebrating that. He is guaranteed a
0:31:37 > 0:31:42bronze at worst.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46bronze at worst. No luck for Victor Mo Farah John Daly. Now it is down
0:31:46 > 0:31:54to Henrik Kristofferson and Andrei Mera to sort things out. Romans and
0:31:54 > 0:32:04Howson, the tallest man in the lead leads. The second tallest man in the
0:32:04 > 0:32:09race is adding to his lead here. That is beautiful skiing from Andrei
0:32:09 > 0:32:19Meara.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Meara. There is the first mistake. It will not catch up with him until
0:32:22 > 0:32:30the next clock stop. His lead has been reduced to a third of a second
0:32:30 > 0:32:38after the mistake at the top. Catching up with Andre Myhrer as he
0:32:38 > 0:32:45starts to accelerate. Can he be first? He can. Gold medal position
0:32:45 > 0:32:50for Andre Myhrer. He can finish in no worse than silver. And the Swedes
0:32:50 > 0:32:59are celebrating. Henrik Kristofferson, staring out of the
0:32:59 > 0:33:04start line, visualising what lies ahead. He has memorised the pattern
0:33:04 > 0:33:12of control gates time and time again. Bronze medallist in such
0:33:12 > 0:33:17cheap. His advantage over Andre Myhrer is two tenths of a second. A
0:33:17 > 0:33:22fast start for Henrik Kristofferson, one of the smaller, lighter men. Oh,
0:33:22 > 0:33:29he is down, he has struggled. It is over 400 Kristofferson. Andre Myhrer
0:33:29 > 0:33:35is the Olympic champion, Ramon Zenhaeusern has got the silver and
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Michael Matt whose brother won gold four years ago celebrates the
0:33:38 > 0:33:45bronze. Myhrer, the slalom champion. The first Swedish winner of this
0:33:45 > 0:33:53title since the great Ingemar 's Denmark in Lake Placid in 1980.
0:33:53 > 0:34:00Marcel Hirscher failed to finish the first run, Henrik list and failed to
0:34:00 > 0:34:04finish the second run. It's the third ranked slalom skier of the
0:34:04 > 0:34:10season who has skied to solid runs to claim the Olympic gold for 2018,
0:34:10 > 0:34:14with Ramon Zenhaeusern there to congratulate him in silver and
0:34:14 > 0:34:19Michael Matt takes the bronze with Dave Ryding of Great Britain and
0:34:19 > 0:34:24Northern Ireland finishing in ninth and Laurie Taylor in 26.
0:34:24 > 0:34:31So, Dave, top ten in the Olympics? Yes, I am not complaining at top
0:34:31 > 0:34:34ten. A solid day. I wish I could have had that little bit of extra
0:34:34 > 0:34:39skiing I knew was in me but in the end I gave it what I had out I did
0:34:39 > 0:34:43what I did today.Was your aim for a solid performance today? Did you
0:34:43 > 0:34:47think you could let it go enough?I thought the second run really suited
0:34:47 > 0:34:51me. I just made a couple of mistakes that cost me the flow of the course.
0:34:51 > 0:34:56I know I could have had a bit more in me but at the same time it is the
0:34:56 > 0:35:00Olympics and everyone is feeling the same thing, probably.Ninth is
0:35:00 > 0:35:04respectable. Were you surprised that Kristofferson couldn't handle that
0:35:04 > 0:35:09second run?I'm not sure if I am right, but I think that is the first
0:35:09 > 0:35:14time he has been leading and not one. It shows what the Olympics
0:35:14 > 0:35:23does.It is tricky. And word on the winner?I think I will be a similar
0:35:23 > 0:35:29aid at the next Olympics and Matt was his age at the last one, so
0:35:29 > 0:35:34there's hope for us.But well done him. Well done, Dave, you did us
0:35:34 > 0:35:38proud and would lorry coming up, that that shows the depth of the
0:35:38 > 0:35:44team.Yes, the future is bright. I am 31 but there is life in the old
0:35:44 > 0:35:48dog yet. It motivates me for another four years and I know I can improve
0:35:48 > 0:35:52on that still.And you will be the team leader going into the parallel
0:35:52 > 0:35:56at the end of the Olympics. You have got America in the first round.How
0:35:56 > 0:36:01do you feel about that? It will be cool. I'm sure we can give them a
0:36:01 > 0:36:05run for the money and I wouldn't be surprised if we can knock them out.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09We have got good skiers. Look forward to it. Anything can happen
0:36:09 > 0:36:13and hopefully I will bring my best. Well done, Dave.
0:36:13 > 0:36:19Chemmy Alcott interviewing Dave Ryding there. Ed has slipped into
0:36:19 > 0:36:24this space Rona vacated and he competed in nearly everything in
0:36:24 > 0:36:31Vancouver. Laurie Taylor finished 26 which isn't bad for the future of
0:36:31 > 0:36:36British technical skiing.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41British technical skiing.It certainly looks good. The future is
0:36:41 > 0:36:45definitely right. Hopefully be speed boys can pick it up again and
0:36:45 > 0:36:45hopefully
0:36:45 > 0:36:49boys can pick it up again and hopefully some medals next time.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52Dave Ryding, a top ten medal for him. Do you think that was an
0:36:52 > 0:36:57opportunity missed or should we be happy with that?I think that is a
0:36:57 > 0:37:00double-edged sword for him. We should be immensely proud of a top
0:37:00 > 0:37:04ten finish in the Olympic Games but I am sure Dave will look back at
0:37:04 > 0:37:07what could have been with Marcel Hirscher and Kristofferson not
0:37:07 > 0:37:12finishing. The door was wide open. He was a tiny bit they and when you
0:37:12 > 0:37:19are talking about this standard, safe makes a difference.It was a
0:37:19 > 0:37:22slalom shocks and Kristofferson going out on the second run,
0:37:22 > 0:37:27Hirscher going out on the first run, but happened ever? They are the top
0:37:27 > 0:37:36two at slalom.Hirscher has one six out of eight World Cup slaloms this
0:37:36 > 0:37:41season. I don't think he has not finished since February 20 16th, so
0:37:41 > 0:37:46that is a shocker. His coach set the course, so it will have been set to
0:37:46 > 0:37:50suit Hirscher and not suit Kristofferson, so for him to not
0:37:50 > 0:37:54finish and none of the Austrians to do well is a big no-no.We will look
0:37:54 > 0:37:59at it again and hear what went wrong. When you lose it in slalom,
0:37:59 > 0:38:03if the gospel to get it back.It's really hard to find their rhythm,
0:38:03 > 0:38:11yes. With the snow being artificial, it's really aggressive. Any tiny
0:38:11 > 0:38:15move, you feel it. He loses that outside ski and it does all the
0:38:15 > 0:38:20turning, so when you lose it, that's it. He will have been absolutely
0:38:20 > 0:38:25devastated. There is a rhythm change here, you want to get right on the
0:38:25 > 0:38:29front, the skis pitch and grab and unfortunately for him, that the
0:38:29 > 0:38:33chance of the bird gold medal at these games done.And Kristofferson
0:38:33 > 0:38:36standing at the top of his second run must have thought, I have got
0:38:36 > 0:38:42this nailed.Maybe that is what made him come unstuck today. He is by far
0:38:42 > 0:38:47the second best slalom skier bear and by far the best left in the
0:38:47 > 0:38:49competition, so I wonder if that played in his mind. He knew he
0:38:49 > 0:38:57didn't have to do everything, he just needed to give what he normally
0:38:57 > 0:39:00did, nothing special, because he had a quarter of a second Myhrer at that
0:39:00 > 0:39:05point. I think he may be rested a little bit on his laurels and came a
0:39:05 > 0:39:11cropper.Let's talk about the winner, Andre Myhrer. Who is he? Was
0:39:11 > 0:39:18this unexpected?Not really. He has won World Cups but this season at
0:39:18 > 0:39:22classic slalom events, they have not gone his way. He has won in the city
0:39:22 > 0:39:26events where they are head to head because he is so powerful, he
0:39:26 > 0:39:31demolishes the track. He is a big lad, very, very friendly and it's
0:39:31 > 0:39:36nice to see him win.Chemmy Alcott was watching it all live and she
0:39:36 > 0:39:43joins us now. It is looking quite windy there, Chemmy? Has it picked
0:39:43 > 0:39:48up again?I have a chilly left a waiting for you.You spoke today
0:39:48 > 0:39:54just after and it was think it will be a double-edged sword because he
0:39:54 > 0:39:59might look back thinking, darn it, that was my chance. What did you
0:39:59 > 0:40:04sense was his mood?I completely concur. It was a massive opportunity
0:40:04 > 0:40:08to get on that podium either with Hirscher and Kristofferson who we
0:40:08 > 0:40:11thought were dead cert is on the podium, there was one position he
0:40:11 > 0:40:18could battle for. Especially when you think that Matt started off just
0:40:18 > 0:40:24after Dave, I think there was a chance, when he finished on the
0:40:24 > 0:40:28podium. You had to charge, you had to take a risk. We saw a lot of
0:40:28 > 0:40:34risks not take off, but for those who took risks, it did pay
0:40:34 > 0:40:41dividends.He is taking heart from the fact that Andre Myhrer is a
0:40:41 > 0:40:45their bit older than him, though it is not over for Dave Ryding yet and
0:40:45 > 0:40:48actually not either at this games, because he was talking about the
0:40:48 > 0:40:53event.Definitely. Dave has peaked quite late in terms of his age. He
0:40:53 > 0:40:59has really become quite competitive in the last be years. He is hungry
0:40:59 > 0:41:02for success. He works incredibly hard. He will still be around in
0:41:02 > 0:41:07four years. And by the and Laurie Taylor were hungry when I
0:41:07 > 0:41:11interviewed them about the parallel. We thought they had a bad draw
0:41:11 > 0:41:14against the Americans, but the American team is actively looking
0:41:14 > 0:41:19quite weak, with one skier saying that he will pull out if Shiffrin
0:41:19 > 0:41:26does. I looked at the track, it is quite flat, we know our guys are
0:41:26 > 0:41:30competitive under starts, so I am excited for that.Talking of
0:41:30 > 0:41:35American stars, we had the very rare, I think first time ever, site
0:41:35 > 0:41:39of Lindsay Vonn against Mr -- against Mikaela Shiffrin in the
0:41:39 > 0:41:44combined. That wasn't short of drama.What happened? Oh my God, the
0:41:44 > 0:41:48most amazing day in the combined for the beam out of athletes. If Lindsay
0:41:48 > 0:41:56had skied the downhill today -- yesterday like she did today, it
0:41:56 > 0:42:01would have been a real battle. Today, she was skiing so hard, and
0:42:01 > 0:42:07though she doesn't have that much training under her belt in slalom,
0:42:07 > 0:42:13she was on fire. But Shiffrin really put one down. And then kissing, who
0:42:13 > 0:42:19had a crash yesterday, I thought that might be on her mind, skied
0:42:19 > 0:42:26really well in the downhill and had a good slalom. Then Lindsay was
0:42:26 > 0:42:29standing at that start gate and you just pushed it too hard and
0:42:29 > 0:42:35straddled unfortunately.It is very difficult. Downhill skiers don't
0:42:35 > 0:42:39often make good slalom skiers. We are just being Lindsay's mistake
0:42:39 > 0:42:48here. It is not for lack of trying? No, slalom is a special discipline.
0:42:48 > 0:42:55The athletes whose ski well at slalom ski day in, day out. Lindsay
0:42:55 > 0:43:00put a heart on the line. She was really bald lead to even take part
0:43:00 > 0:43:03today because we know she hasn't done much slalom training in the
0:43:03 > 0:43:08past with all these injuries. She put herself in a great position to
0:43:08 > 0:43:16attack for a podium, maybe not gold, but it wasn't to be. But a great run
0:43:16 > 0:43:21from giving.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23from giving. She was really emotional yesterday because her
0:43:23 > 0:43:30reign as Olympic champion was up, so the Gisin family lost and Olympic
0:43:30 > 0:43:34champion yesterday but did day they brought it home with Michelle Gisin
0:43:34 > 0:43:39and that could be the last ever Alpine combined we ever see in the
0:43:39 > 0:43:44Olympic Games, say she will have that title for life.I'm sure it has
0:43:44 > 0:43:47happened with brothers, it may have happened with sisters before as
0:43:47 > 0:43:56well?Once before. The French Kershaw sisters, they really
0:43:56 > 0:44:00dominated our sisters back in the day. They won both gold and silver
0:44:00 > 0:44:05in the giant slalom and slalom. The other story of siblings was with
0:44:05 > 0:44:09Michael Matt today whose brother four years ago won the slalom. Mario
0:44:09 > 0:44:15Matt.His other brother won the ski cross. These things run in the
0:44:15 > 0:44:19family, they really do. Chemmy, thank you so much for your time. And
0:44:19 > 0:44:25thank you to Ed as well. We are going to short track speed skating
0:44:25 > 0:44:30now because we have a very busy programme. Sadly no British skaters
0:44:30 > 0:44:34but as you know from watching their short track, it doesn't mean their
0:44:34 > 0:44:38way to be drama and they went to be crashes and incidents. Our
0:44:38 > 0:44:40commentators will make sure you know plenty about this gated you were
0:44:40 > 0:44:49going to be seen. Men's 500 metre quarterfinal action coming first.
0:44:50 > 0:44:54COMMENTATOR: Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the
0:44:54 > 0:45:01Gangneung arena. We can expect some fantastic racing tonight, starting
0:45:01 > 0:45:06with this men's 500 metres, which is a pretty open field.It certainly
0:45:06 > 0:45:10is, and I think the fireworks will take the roof off this arena
0:45:10 > 0:45:14tonight. It could go anyway really, it is all about the start, generally
0:45:14 > 0:45:21speaking. Lame one will be the fastest skater, lane two the second
0:45:21 > 0:45:28fastest, and it could really go any way whatsoever.So in this first
0:45:28 > 0:45:35race we have Ren Ziwei from China, with position number one, and
0:45:35 > 0:45:40Aleksandr Shulginov from the OAR, the 19-year-old. Shaolin Sandor Liu,
0:45:40 > 0:45:47the world champion from 2016 in position three, Bartosz Konopko from
0:45:47 > 0:45:52Poland in four, and on the far side, Denis Nikisha from Kazakhstan, who
0:45:52 > 0:45:58was sixth in the World Championship couple of years ago.
0:45:58 > 0:46:04The start is key, and a good start made by Ren Ziwei of China. And the
0:46:04 > 0:46:09hunger area and just moving into third place at the moment, but it is
0:46:09 > 0:46:15an excellent start made by Ren Ziwei from China, the Polish skater
0:46:15 > 0:46:21Bartosz Konopko has got away really well as well, and Shaolin Sandor Liu
0:46:21 > 0:46:24from Hungary, the former world champion, in third place, with a bit
0:46:24 > 0:46:28of work to do. The first two qualify, and Shaolin Sandor Liu goes
0:46:28 > 0:46:32through on the inside, he is having quite a battle with Bartosz Konopko.
0:46:32 > 0:46:36Ren Ziwei has a battle at the front of the race, this is tremendous for
0:46:36 > 0:46:40him, and he comes across the line in first place, and Shaolin Sandor Liu
0:46:40 > 0:46:50in second place, 14.05 is the time, and that was a superb time.That was
0:46:50 > 0:46:55superb, and I think it is a new official Olympic record. I was
0:46:55 > 0:46:59predicting here, the ice is extremely fast indeed, and that
0:46:59 > 0:47:05Olympic record of course has stood all the way back through to the heat
0:47:05 > 0:47:12they had earlier this week, and that was Wu Dajing of China, so his
0:47:12 > 0:47:17team-mate has now skated a new Olympic record.Let's have a look at
0:47:17 > 0:47:29the race here again, and right from the start, Ren Ziwei made a start,
0:47:29 > 0:47:33and the Polish skater causing a problem, but these two will go
0:47:33 > 0:47:39through, Ren Ziwei of China. Aleksandr Shulginov and Bartosz
0:47:39 > 0:47:46Konopko the two to hit the deck then gouge a nasty carving the ice
0:47:46 > 0:47:53surface here. And they prepare to leave the service from the time
0:47:53 > 0:47:57being. Confirmation of the result, and that Olympic record time, it has
0:47:57 > 0:48:05taken a couple of tenths of a second off the previous record, 40.03 to,
0:48:05 > 0:48:11Ren Ziwei and Shaolin Sandor Liu of Hungary both going through.And of
0:48:11 > 0:48:16course Ren Ziwei has a superb time. In the semifinal, if nobody escaped
0:48:16 > 0:48:22any faster, he will draw all a number one, and that is really so
0:48:22 > 0:48:25important. In the past used to be drawn randomly by the computer, and
0:48:25 > 0:48:29nowadays they have given the advantage to the fastest skater, and
0:48:29 > 0:48:37that skater gets the inside lane.So they are still just patching up the
0:48:37 > 0:48:43track, we are very close to the start line after the first of the
0:48:43 > 0:48:46quarterfinals, and the second quarter finalists are out onto the
0:48:46 > 0:48:53track now, and the home crowd with plenty to cheer for. Hwang Daeheon
0:48:53 > 0:48:57has been much hyped in these Olympics, but he has finished 14th
0:48:57 > 0:49:04and 17th so far.For a Korean, they have won so many gold medals as a
0:49:04 > 0:49:08country, the him to be finishing in those places is disappointing for
0:49:08 > 0:49:11him personally, and obviously he will be looking to take away goal
0:49:11 > 0:49:14here, and later this evening they have the 5000 metres men's relay as
0:49:14 > 0:49:25well.So, the skaters are waiting to take to the ice here. Number nine on
0:49:25 > 0:49:32the hat, that is another Chinese skater they're just on the outside
0:49:32 > 0:49:36of the upper padding. This is taking some considerable time here to patch
0:49:36 > 0:49:40this up, and it was quite a collision between the Olympic
0:49:40 > 0:49:44Athlete from Russia and the Polish competitor, and clearly they have
0:49:44 > 0:49:48made quite a dent in the ice, but the magic spray has gone down, and
0:49:48 > 0:49:53hopefully we can resume any second now, just a little bit longer for
0:49:53 > 0:49:57those waiting to come out onto the track. Now, Wu Dajing is in this
0:49:57 > 0:50:01one, and Wu Dajing is one of those we really need to keep an eye on
0:50:01 > 0:50:07here. The Olympic silver medallist from four years ago, won Silver last
0:50:07 > 0:50:11year in the World Championships. Roberts Zvejnieks from Latvia in
0:50:11 > 0:50:17two, Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev in three, finding all of Korea in four,
0:50:17 > 0:50:24and Watanabe on the far side, and they will have to do it again.Wu
0:50:24 > 0:50:29Dajing of China on the inside, he was clearly the culprit, he made the
0:50:29 > 0:50:36false start. And this means that this race is only allowed one false
0:50:36 > 0:50:43start, you can see the Chinese skater on the inside, just
0:50:43 > 0:50:49fractionally moving before the rest of the group.Position three, the
0:50:49 > 0:50:53false start, so that is Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev from Kazakhstan in the
0:50:53 > 0:51:00blue in the middle. They get away this time, and they certainly have.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03Wu Dajing goes to the front, and Roberts Zvejnieks who has performed
0:51:03 > 0:51:07well for Latvia in these Olympic Games has settled into second place
0:51:07 > 0:51:12with plenty of space around him as well. Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev who
0:51:12 > 0:51:25started in position three is in position three as well. One
0:51:25 > 0:51:29position three as well. One -- Hwang Daeheon has an awful lot to do, but
0:51:29 > 0:51:34he is giving it his best go. The Chinese skater is in the front, but
0:51:34 > 0:51:40one day Honda is going around the outside, desperately trying to catch
0:51:40 > 0:51:52up. It was a photo finish, but I think Hwang Daehon has got it. 39.81
0:51:52 > 0:51:56is the time, which would be a new world record.That is an amazing
0:51:56 > 0:52:01time on this ice. That world record has stood since 2012, believe it or
0:52:01 > 0:52:06not. Done at altitude in salt lake city. I think the ice conditions are
0:52:06 > 0:52:10saying at all. I was predicting that there would in fact be a world
0:52:10 > 0:52:16record. Look at it again here. Wu Dajing led from start to finish, and
0:52:16 > 0:52:21we have to wait to see who will get the second place. That is going to
0:52:21 > 0:52:25be a photo finish.Look at this. We look at the race again, the amount
0:52:25 > 0:52:31of ground that Hwang Daehon in the white from Korea had to make up, but
0:52:31 > 0:52:35here is the new world record holder, Wu Dajing, he finished second in
0:52:35 > 0:52:38Sochi four years ago, and has no intention of finishing second again
0:52:38 > 0:52:46this time round. And the world record has been confirmed to for Wu
0:52:46 > 0:52:52Dajing, and Hwang Daehon from Korea has qualified as well. So we have
0:52:52 > 0:53:00seen a world record, and the home crowd are happy. Disappointment for
0:53:00 > 0:53:02Roberts Zvejnieks from Latvia who was in a great position all the way
0:53:02 > 0:53:10round.I think he panicked, what am I doing in second place qualifying,
0:53:10 > 0:53:13and of course the Korean athlete stormed around the outside and
0:53:13 > 0:53:18managed to scrape through.Coming in here, Hwang Daehon was one of the
0:53:18 > 0:53:22big hopes for Korea, and short track is popular in this country, of all
0:53:22 > 0:53:28the Olympic sports, this is the one for many of them.Indeed, and I
0:53:28 > 0:53:32think the blue riband event that everybody would want is the 5000
0:53:32 > 0:53:36metres relay which will be later on this evening.And we look forward to
0:53:36 > 0:53:41that, because the women's race was exciting, if not without its
0:53:41 > 0:53:46controversy. Which has been rumbling on ever since, I have to say. China
0:53:46 > 0:53:50are still not very happy about the outcome, where they were
0:53:50 > 0:53:55disqualified. We have this third quarterfinal coming up now, and this
0:53:55 > 0:54:01could be a really good race here. We have Seo Yira from Korea, who won
0:54:01 > 0:54:06the bronze medal here in the thousand metres as well, Samuel
0:54:06 > 0:54:11Girard, the new Olympic 1000m champion, Ryosuke Sakazume from
0:54:11 > 0:54:16Japan, who was fifth in the thousand, and Han Tianyu who was
0:54:16 > 0:54:26fifth in this event in Sochi.A really high quality field, and Seo
0:54:26 > 0:54:29Yira of Korea has drawn the inner lane, so we will see whether he can
0:54:29 > 0:54:33lead from start to finish.Seo Yira with the long hair from Canada,
0:54:33 > 0:54:39number three on his helmet. Won Olympic gold medal, and a fourth
0:54:39 > 0:54:44place so far. On go, the first time, Seo Yira get into the first bend the
0:54:44 > 0:54:50lead. Samuel Girard right on his tail, and bringing up the rear at
0:54:50 > 0:54:55the moment is Han Tianyu from China. A lovely move their by Samuel
0:54:55 > 0:54:58Girard, looking smooth and strong and confident, as you would expect
0:54:58 > 0:55:04for somebody who has already won a gold medal here. And Seo Yira has
0:55:04 > 0:55:08crashed, the world champion from Korea has gone down. Samuel Girard
0:55:08 > 0:55:12leading now for Canada, and Ryosuke Sakazume from Japan in second place,
0:55:12 > 0:55:16these two can skate around and presumably qualify for the
0:55:16 > 0:55:21semifinals, unless there is some skulduggery that is discovered by
0:55:21 > 0:55:26the officials that maybe involves them. But those two cross the line,
0:55:26 > 0:55:29Samuel Girard in first place and Ryosuke Sakazume as well, and the
0:55:29 > 0:55:35crowd a little bit stunned, because Seo Yira hit the deck, and so did
0:55:35 > 0:55:45Han Tianyu.And Han Tianyu tried to move up the inside after Ryosuke
0:55:45 > 0:55:47Sakazume, the Japanese skater, close the door a little bit of preventing
0:55:47 > 0:55:52him coming through, and then they both at this very high-speed, 55
0:55:52 > 0:55:55kilometres per hour, the slightest touch will knock you off balance,
0:55:55 > 0:55:59and it will be interesting to see who gets a penalty, and maybe
0:55:59 > 0:56:03whether a skater will not be advanced.This is going to be an
0:56:03 > 0:56:10anxious wait here for Seo Yira, the world 1000m champion here. Let's
0:56:10 > 0:56:19have a look at it again here. As hand tries to come through, he is
0:56:19 > 0:56:24very wide, swipes all the way across, so I would actually think
0:56:24 > 0:56:27Seo Yira would be the culprit to get the penalty, but of course the
0:56:27 > 0:56:33Chinese skater isn't in a qualifying position, so theoretically, there
0:56:33 > 0:56:37should be no advantage, and these other two skaters who will qualify
0:56:37 > 0:56:42through to the final.Samuel Girard looking very comfortable indeed.It
0:56:42 > 0:56:47seems as if the rivalry on the track between China and Korea is intense
0:56:47 > 0:56:52in the extreme. We have seen that in other events. We have seen that in
0:56:52 > 0:57:00other events. It has not been greater short track for China, they
0:57:00 > 0:57:03are used to winning things, and they have got just one silver medal here,
0:57:03 > 0:57:07whereas Korea topped the medal table in short track with three golds on
0:57:07 > 0:57:13the bronze. But here it is again. Clearly you can see here, if we are
0:57:13 > 0:57:16remaining consistent with the penalties that have been given
0:57:16 > 0:57:23earlier, the skater from the outside clearly moves in, clashes blades. So
0:57:23 > 0:57:29we are still waiting for the official result, I believe.The
0:57:29 > 0:57:37official result is as it stands. Nothing has happened. And the other
0:57:37 > 0:57:46skaters are ready for the fourth and final one of these quarterfinals, so
0:57:46 > 0:57:51it was Samuel Girard and Ryosuke Sakazume going through. Now, we have
0:57:51 > 0:57:54got Lim Hyojun, Gold medallist in the 1500, Shaoang Liu, bronze
0:57:54 > 0:58:09medallist with number five on his helmet, Dylan Hoogerwerf from the
0:58:10 > 0:58:15Netherlands, Daan Breeuwsma also from the Netherlands, and finally,
0:58:15 > 0:58:20Abzal Azhgaliyev from Kazakhstan. Not for the first time, they are
0:58:20 > 0:58:24seeking to get going, false start. It was the skater on the outside,
0:58:24 > 0:58:29Abzal Azhgaliyev.He is in the worst position.It was position three
0:58:29 > 0:58:33that. Did.That is Dylan Hoogerwerf, European Championship medallist from
0:58:33 > 0:58:40last year. Away we go this time, the mad dash for that first bend, and it
0:58:40 > 0:58:45is quite a run. And they are going to stop the race because of the
0:58:45 > 0:58:51entanglement involved in Dylan Hoogerwerf and the Korean, Lim
0:58:51 > 0:58:54Hyojun, and Lim Hyojun has had an outstanding Olympics so far. Gold
0:58:54 > 0:59:00medallist. But he looks as if he had injured himself there, or been
0:59:00 > 0:59:02injured in that incident.There you can see him holding that right
0:59:02 > 0:59:10shoulder. You can see it here again in slow motion. Both the Korean and
0:59:10 > 0:59:15the Hungarian fighting around that first corner. And you can see Dylan
0:59:15 > 0:59:20Hoogerwerf sort of pushing the skater away, doesn't want to get
0:59:20 > 0:59:24involved.That was Shaoang Liu, the Hungarian, a real shoulder to
0:59:24 > 0:59:33shoulder battle as they fought for the same space on the ice.And the
0:59:33 > 0:59:37skaters some of them having their blades checked at the moment. One or
0:59:37 > 0:59:43two of them, we saw that earlier, what are they actually doing?
0:59:43 > 0:59:46Checking that the blades are still sharp and there is nothing in the
0:59:46 > 0:59:50clash of blades, you imagine two knives pitting one another, so some
0:59:50 > 0:59:56of the skaters in fact do completely change the blade, and in the past,
0:59:56 > 0:59:59when I was skating, as I said earlier, this was not allowed, and
0:59:59 > 1:00:04this is again a new rule, and hopefully in the future we will
1:00:04 > 1:00:07actually instead of being awarded a penalty, will actually be told what
1:00:07 > 1:00:15the reason was.
1:00:15 > 1:00:19Will it be third time lucky here with this start? Let's hope so.
1:00:19 > 1:00:25Let's hope we can have this third quarterfinal in the men's 500
1:00:25 > 1:00:39metres. Good to see that Lim Hyojun is OK. And away they go. And another
1:00:39 > 1:00:46mad bash ensues and this time Lim Hyojun does come to the front. And
1:00:46 > 1:00:57Shaoang Liu in second place and Daan Breeuwsma has done well to move up.
1:00:57 > 1:01:02Lim Hyojun is right where he wants to be, out of the traffic at the
1:01:02 > 1:01:07front, but Shaoang Liu is right behind him in second place. The
1:01:07 > 1:01:10Cavazzani is in third place and the two Dutchmen are struggling at the
1:01:10 > 1:01:16back of the field at the moment. We are on the last lap here and Lim
1:01:16 > 1:01:23Hyojun is going to lead them home. Second over the line is Daan
1:01:23 > 1:01:27Breeuwsma from the Netherlands but having appeared to injure his right
1:01:27 > 1:01:33shoulder in a previous start to the event, Lim Hyojun was able to pick
1:01:33 > 1:01:39himself up and still finish in first place.There will certainly be a
1:01:39 > 1:01:42penalty, I would have thought, because one of the skaters was in
1:01:42 > 1:01:51second place in a qualifying position with one lap to go.
1:01:51 > 1:01:55position with one lap to go. With one lap to go, one of those skaters
1:01:55 > 1:02:00will have to have a penalty and I think it might be the skater from
1:02:00 > 1:02:06Kazakhstan. This is the first corner and the rotation of the camera, so
1:02:06 > 1:02:14we can see it at speed, coming through on the inside and he is on
1:02:14 > 1:02:16the inside now, so I would have thought the area would have got the
1:02:16 > 1:02:22penalty.So you are saying that Shaoang Liu wasn't wronged in that
1:02:22 > 1:02:27manoeuvre?No, I would have thought, at this angle we are seeing it from
1:02:27 > 1:02:31now, because the referee is the from a different angle, I think he
1:02:31 > 1:02:35believes he was in the right and I would agree with that from the angle
1:02:35 > 1:02:38we saw it from and that Shaoang Liu of Hungary would have got the
1:02:38 > 1:02:44penalty.It is interesting that your opinion on certain situations can
1:02:44 > 1:02:48change depending on which angle you are looking at. What we need to see,
1:02:48 > 1:02:51I think, in the future is exactly what they are looking at each time
1:02:51 > 1:02:55so that we know when a decision is made, exactly the picture they have
1:02:55 > 1:03:03made a decision on. As you can see, Kazakhstan's representatives and the
1:03:03 > 1:03:06skater himself are waiting to see what the outcome is here. That
1:03:06 > 1:03:11challenge coming from Shaoang Liu from Hungary on the outside. Ahead
1:03:11 > 1:03:17of them all was Lim Hyojun, looking to continue his outstanding Olympic
1:03:17 > 1:03:23Games. The two Dutchmen there, certainly one of them in Daan
1:03:23 > 1:03:26Breeuwsma, able to profit having been right at the back of the field
1:03:26 > 1:03:32up until the end. By quite a bit of a difference as well. -- quite a bit
1:03:32 > 1:03:38of a distance as well.The referees on one side of the screen are seeing
1:03:38 > 1:03:40something different from the referees on the other side of the
1:03:40 > 1:03:45screen.They are going to change the rules so that going forward
1:03:45 > 1:03:48hopefully from next season there will be an announcement on the
1:03:48 > 1:03:53Tannoy hopefully by the referee on the ice like in the NFL, as we have
1:03:53 > 1:03:57a look, it looks like there is going to be a penalty. Looks like there
1:03:57 > 1:04:02will be a penalty potentially for Shaoang Liu.Yes. If they are
1:04:02 > 1:04:05remaining consistent with the calls they have made today, that would
1:04:05 > 1:04:14have to be the case.And a penalty to Shaoang Liu of Hungary, which
1:04:14 > 1:04:20means the skater from Kazakhstan is advanced so rejoins Lim Hyojun and
1:04:20 > 1:04:26Daan Breeuwsma into the semifinals. That is a decent result for Daan
1:04:26 > 1:04:29Breeuwsma, he has never finished higher than 14th at this distance in
1:04:29 > 1:04:36his whole career and he has been around a while at 30 years of age
1:04:36 > 1:04:40now. There is a confirmation of the semi-finals line-up in the men's 500
1:04:40 > 1:04:44metres and we have lots of tremendous racing to come. Take your
1:04:44 > 1:04:50pick from that lot, well.All the Koreans have got quick times, so
1:04:50 > 1:04:55they will all be in lane one or two. There are still three of them in
1:04:55 > 1:05:01there, so it could go anyway, still. Next up onto the track is an event
1:05:01 > 1:05:12in which Elise Christie in the current world champion, as we all
1:05:12 > 1:05:27make, having been given a yellow card, despite thinking she had made
1:05:33 > 1:05:37it three it is nine laps of the track here. We have got Kim Alang,
1:05:37 > 1:05:50Marianne St Gelais, Kim Boutin, then we have got there a need the run and
1:05:50 > 1:05:58Bianca Walter. Walter is the rank outsider here having not won any
1:05:58 > 1:06:01World Cup races yet. She is very much the outsider in a high class
1:06:01 > 1:06:11field.Marianne St Gelais in second and moving up -- in third and moving
1:06:11 > 1:06:19up to second. As the Korean moves smoothly through into third place.
1:06:19 > 1:06:25Leading the way is Kim Boutin, as the Canadians are still smarting
1:06:25 > 1:06:29from their disqualification in the 3000m relay the other night. They
1:06:29 > 1:06:43felt they haven't done anything wrong. Kim Boutin first, Kim
1:06:43 > 1:06:46wrong. Kim Boutin first, Kim Alang second, opening up each small
1:06:46 > 1:06:51advantage is Kim Boutin, with her two bronze medals already from these
1:06:51 > 1:06:57Olympics. Kim Alang is in second, Marianne St Gelais is looking to
1:06:57 > 1:07:02challenge. In the end, Marianne St Gelais couldn't find her way
1:07:02 > 1:07:08through. Kim Boutin first over the line, Kim Alang second and despite
1:07:08 > 1:07:12her best efforts, Marianne St Gelais could not get her toe over the line
1:07:12 > 1:07:18in time and she finishes third.This will be, of course, last Olympic
1:07:18 > 1:07:23Games. This is her third time competing at the Olympic Games and
1:07:23 > 1:07:27one of the all-time best skaters for the Canadian team. As we can see in
1:07:27 > 1:07:33the replay, Kim Boutin really dominating. Her strength in this
1:07:33 > 1:07:38race, leading from the front, making it look very simple, actually.
1:07:38 > 1:07:43Skating away from Kim Alang of career.She hasn't had a very good
1:07:43 > 1:07:51Olympics, has she, by her own standards, Marianne St Gelais,
1:07:52 > 1:07:54standards, Marianne St Gelais, with no fairy tale Olympic ending for
1:07:54 > 1:08:01her.No.You can see she was stretching trying to get there in
1:08:01 > 1:08:06second but couldn't quite make it and Kim Boutin and Kim Alang are
1:08:06 > 1:08:12confirmed as qualifying from that first quarterfinal.
1:08:12 > 1:08:20Just about to line-up for the second of these quarterfinals now.
1:08:22 > 1:08:26of these quarterfinals now. Arianna Fontana from Italy won the 500
1:08:26 > 1:08:32metres last week and is the most decorated short track skater in
1:08:32 > 1:08:44history. She has seven medals now.
1:08:53 > 1:09:02Li Jinyu already has a silver model as well from the 1500m. And more
1:09:02 > 1:09:08running repairs on the ice.They fill the give it and then they
1:09:08 > 1:09:18re-freeze it.It is like a fire extinction.Making sure that none of
1:09:18 > 1:09:25the skaters in the next race accidentally go into the rut.
1:09:35 > 1:09:42Worth noting as well that all of the figure skating is here as well. Do
1:09:42 > 1:09:47you think bearing in mind they use the ice differently, it has worked
1:09:47 > 1:09:53well?Bearing in mind we had a world-record today, it has been up
1:09:53 > 1:09:58to standard for short skating that they haven't been able to train here
1:09:58 > 1:10:07very often, alternating between a training venue and here.
1:10:07 > 1:10:09training venue and here.Arianna Fontana, Valerie Maltais, Li Jinyu,
1:10:09 > 1:10:18Hitomi Saito, and away we go first time. Fontana going straight to the
1:10:18 > 1:10:23front, Valerie Maltais from Canada wasn't having any of that. She
1:10:23 > 1:10:27wanted to assert her authority but Fontana wed be far-away. Hitomi
1:10:27 > 1:10:32Saito from Japan bringing up the rear at the moment and Li Jinyu
1:10:32 > 1:10:38already has the silver medal from the 1500, just 17 years of age.
1:10:38 > 1:10:44Fontana having a little look on the inside and she glides through.She
1:10:44 > 1:10:50has and I think on paper Fontana and Valerie Maltais, first and second at
1:10:50 > 1:10:54the moment, they should be the two who qualified through to the
1:10:54 > 1:11:00semifinals. As Fontana goes through again. Keeping this speed up, making
1:11:00 > 1:11:04it difficult for skaters coming around the outside.At the moment,
1:11:04 > 1:11:08these two skaters look to be in control. The door was closed in the
1:11:08 > 1:11:15base their full Li Jinyu rapidly by Fontana there. Trying to put a spare
1:11:15 > 1:11:24time and squeezes on ahead of Valerie Maltais. Still with Li Jinyu
1:11:24 > 1:11:30third and Hitomi Saito bringing up the rear. Hitomi Saito now trying to
1:11:30 > 1:11:36have a go, only one lap to go. Also Li Jinyu in third place is putting
1:11:36 > 1:11:41the pressure on. The Japanese skater almost crashing into the back of the
1:11:41 > 1:11:47Chinese skater. Fontana first and Valerie Maltais in second place I
1:11:47 > 1:11:51think, Li Jinyu just pipped to the line.Those are the skaters I was
1:11:51 > 1:12:00calling for this race. On paper, Fontana is tenth racked -- tenth
1:12:00 > 1:12:12ranked, followed by Maltais, then Li Jinyu and Hitomi Saito was 26 in the
1:12:12 > 1:12:16world, so almost making up the numbers. The pace was high enough,
1:12:16 > 1:12:21fast enough that it was too difficult for other skaters to come
1:12:21 > 1:12:27past.How consisted is Fontana?
1:12:28 > 1:12:32past.How consisted is Fontana? -- how consisted is Fontana?Yes, that
1:12:32 > 1:12:43was clearly Maltais. No need to look at a video replay.Arianna Fontana
1:12:43 > 1:12:49delivers so often in the Olympic Games. There is competition --
1:12:49 > 1:12:54confirmation of the results. Going with the seeding. That is what we
1:12:54 > 1:13:01expected. The ice bucket is out on the ice again.Times are not that
1:13:01 > 1:13:08important depending on the start line, because it more, located with
1:13:08 > 1:13:14the four and a half laps.
1:13:23 > 1:13:30Choi Minjeong has been the star of the games so far in skating for the
1:13:30 > 1:13:41Koreans, and just 19 years of age.
1:13:47 > 1:13:50Lara van Ruijven is from the Netherlands, and Magdalena
1:13:50 > 1:13:55Warakomska from Poland.
1:14:03 > 1:14:09Nine laps.
1:14:09 > 1:14:13A clean start this time, and Qu Chunyu makes a decent start, but it
1:14:13 > 1:14:18is Lara van Ruijven from the Netherlands in front ahead of
1:14:18 > 1:14:21Magdalena Warakomska from Poland. The Chinese have so many penalties,
1:14:21 > 1:14:25or it'll be interesting to see whether they adapt to different
1:14:25 > 1:14:30strategy. They need to go to the front early on in the race.She has
1:14:30 > 1:14:37gone straight to the front, and Lara van Ruijven from the Netherlands
1:14:37 > 1:14:44second, with Choi Minjeong at the back. We have seen this before, with
1:14:44 > 1:14:47Choi Minjeong, she sails along the back and then suddenly burst of
1:14:47 > 1:14:57pace.They want to be in front, but they don't want to suddenly find
1:14:57 > 1:15:00themselves at the back.It looks as though she has got rocket fuel
1:15:00 > 1:15:04skates when she requires it, Choi Minjeong, so keep an eye on the back
1:15:04 > 1:15:09and the attempted move. As you were suggesting, Qu Chunyu is getting as
1:15:09 > 1:15:14far away from everybody else at the front as possible, and now Choi
1:15:14 > 1:15:18Minjeong starts to have a little luck. Here comes the move from the
1:15:18 > 1:15:21back from the two-time gold medallist already. She is going the
1:15:21 > 1:15:25long way round, but it absolutely doesn't matter, and she is going
1:15:25 > 1:15:30straight to the front. It looks as if she is just out for a training
1:15:30 > 1:15:34skate here now. Taking the bell in the lead, Choi Minjeong suddenly
1:15:34 > 1:15:40opens up a very sizeable gap indeed, and Qu Chunyu will slide home in
1:15:40 > 1:15:46second place. Magdalena Warakomska inferred, and Lara van Ruijven in
1:15:46 > 1:15:53fourth.I'm generally not speaking a betting man, but I would put my
1:15:53 > 1:16:00money on Choi Minjeong for the gold medal in the 1000m.She licks as if
1:16:00 > 1:16:05she hasn't even started the race. You can see her moving around the
1:16:05 > 1:16:09outside, and tactically very good skating by Qu Chunyu of China,
1:16:09 > 1:16:12because she knew she would be coming, and she was pulling her away
1:16:12 > 1:16:17from the other skaters in third and fourth place at the moment.So,
1:16:17 > 1:16:24intelligent skating there from Qu Chunyu of China, as you say, and
1:16:24 > 1:16:28Choi Minjeong was always the big threat in that race, but she did
1:16:28 > 1:16:35everything she could to prepare for that, she knew that was coming. So
1:16:35 > 1:16:38there is confirmation, Choi Minjeong and Qu Chunyu both going through,
1:16:38 > 1:16:41with Magdalena Warakomska and Lara van Ruijven both out of the
1:16:41 > 1:16:44competition. We have one more quarterfinal to come, the last heat
1:16:44 > 1:16:54coming up any second now. And we have five athletes in this one. We
1:16:54 > 1:16:58have Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands, the bronze medallist in
1:16:58 > 1:17:02last year's World Championships in Rotterdam. Ekaterina Efremenkova
1:17:02 > 1:17:09from the OAR, Andrea Keszler, European Championships silver
1:17:09 > 1:17:19medallist from Hungary, Shim Sukhee with three medals in Sochi, and boy
1:17:19 > 1:17:22who already has two medals, including silver in the 500 metres.
1:17:22 > 1:17:25And it is Suzanne Schulting from the Netherlands who was originally at
1:17:25 > 1:17:30the front, in the orange helmet, but coming through is her compatriot,
1:17:30 > 1:17:34never 21, boy.On the Dutch are playing the same strategy here. It
1:17:34 > 1:17:39is all about being in front now, because when Kim does come around
1:17:39 > 1:17:43the outside, it will be all about who will be in second place at that
1:17:43 > 1:17:52time at the moment.Yes, Shim Sukhee is from Gangneung originally, she
1:17:52 > 1:17:58ended up having to go to Seoul to further her career, but she is local
1:17:58 > 1:18:02and they are rooting for her. So at the moment, we have got Suzanne
1:18:02 > 1:18:10Schulting on the front, and in second place still is boy.They need
1:18:10 > 1:18:17to really pick this speed up if they want to finish won and two, the
1:18:17 > 1:18:29Dutch. It is a Dutch 1-2 at the moment, Shim Sukhee on the outside.
1:18:29 > 1:18:36Round the outside, Shim Sukhee still has that gold from the relay, the
1:18:36 > 1:18:42crowd roaring. Suzanne Schulting is holding onto second place, Ekaterina
1:18:42 > 1:18:47Efremenkova challenging as well, but it is a comfortable win for Shim
1:18:47 > 1:18:50Sukhee, and a little celebration for Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands
1:18:50 > 1:18:53finishing in second place and going through to the semifinals. A
1:18:53 > 1:19:01comfortable race there for Shim Sukhee of Korea. It could almost
1:19:01 > 1:19:05have been a clean sweep for the Koreans if they all get to the
1:19:05 > 1:19:14final, of course.We have the semifinals to come in both the men's
1:19:14 > 1:19:19500 and the women's 1000m, but very impressive there from Shim Sukhee,
1:19:19 > 1:19:27impressive once more.And because of all the penalties we have been
1:19:27 > 1:19:32having, they are not trying to cut in again, they keep same line on the
1:19:32 > 1:19:39outside, and she made it look very easy indeed.And Shim Sukhee is
1:19:39 > 1:19:44still a very young skater, very interesting indeed. I don't think
1:19:44 > 1:19:48there is any controversy surrounding the fourth and final quarterfinal in
1:19:48 > 1:19:53the women's 1000m, which means that Shim Sukhee from Korea qualifies
1:19:53 > 1:19:59along with Suzanne Schulting from the Netherlands. So, with that
1:19:59 > 1:20:02completed... CLARE BALDING:
1:20:02 > 1:20:04completed... CLARE BALDING: We will be back for
1:20:04 > 1:20:11the semifinals very shortly. Johnny and Sarah are alongside me. Are you
1:20:11 > 1:20:19watching these quarterfinals thinking I wish ill Elise -- I wish
1:20:19 > 1:20:27Elise was there?Of course, but now we can relax and just watch it.And
1:20:27 > 1:20:32some of the big names are not performing so well here, it is not
1:20:32 > 1:20:37just Elise Christie.Yes, we have seen some of the girls go out there
1:20:37 > 1:20:41and not do so well, and one of the Korean guys who did well at the
1:20:41 > 1:20:44World Championships, he has had a shocker as well, so it is the
1:20:44 > 1:20:47pressure of the games. They have got great form coming into it, but when
1:20:47 > 1:20:50it matters to deliver, they have found it difficult, and every body
1:20:50 > 1:20:54else has upped their game as well. And it is such a tough sport, as we
1:20:54 > 1:21:02have come to recognise the last couple of. Now, what of Elise
1:21:02 > 1:21:04Christie? How is chic psychologically? We will show you
1:21:04 > 1:21:10the full interview just after 11, but he is a taster. Backstage with
1:21:10 > 1:21:14her boyfriend, he is through to the semifinals of the 500, she is on
1:21:14 > 1:21:17crutches with a boot to protect her ankle, and this is what she has been
1:21:17 > 1:21:26saying.It has obviously been a tough few days, I have been in quite
1:21:26 > 1:21:31a lot of pain, not feeling very well from all the pain. I have been up
1:21:31 > 1:21:36and down, I don't feel like I did after Sochi, and I have had so much
1:21:36 > 1:21:41support back home which has been incredible, overwhelming, just like,
1:21:41 > 1:21:46so I'm doing OK, I have my moments, when I realise I have got injured at
1:21:46 > 1:21:52an Olympic Games, and that sucks, but it is done now, I can't do
1:21:52 > 1:21:56anything about it except focus on the next four years.And in terms of
1:21:56 > 1:22:01your ankle, you are sitting here with the boot on. We saw what
1:22:01 > 1:22:06happened in the 1000m heat. What is the prognosis and treatment plan?
1:22:06 > 1:22:10The prognosis I was given originally was 4-6 weeks completely off the
1:22:10 > 1:22:14ice. My brain was telling me, you can't be in the picture now, but my
1:22:14 > 1:22:18heart was telling me otherwise, and I didn't think I could win now, but
1:22:18 > 1:22:25I thought I was still capable of meddling, and I believe that.
1:22:25 > 1:22:29Everyone back home, there were messages from everyone, but there
1:22:29 > 1:22:35was one specific message in my head from a young girl who had got her
1:22:35 > 1:22:43mum to say, can you text Elise and tell her she is my hero, and that
1:22:43 > 1:22:48stayed with me, and I knew she would be watching, and I had to try, and I
1:22:48 > 1:22:52tried, and as far as I have is concerned, I had qualified, and I
1:22:52 > 1:22:57thought it was unbelievable, I finished the second place in an
1:22:57 > 1:23:00Olympics, top 16 with ligament damage to my ankle, and I think that
1:23:00 > 1:23:04shows you how physically strong I am.Elise Christie, still fighting
1:23:04 > 1:23:15talk from her, and we will see the full interview
1:23:15 > 1:23:17full interview just after 11, but one of the major headlines is she
1:23:17 > 1:23:19has committed her future to short track speed skating, there won't be
1:23:19 > 1:23:22any dipping off to a different sport or indeed dipping out.And you can
1:23:22 > 1:23:25see the determination, and as soon she came off the ice, she was
1:23:25 > 1:23:28saying, I want to do this again, she hasn't had a full crack at that
1:23:28 > 1:23:311000m, and she wants to have a go. She is aware of her ability to
1:23:31 > 1:23:34influence young girls, and I wonder if that is because she had such a
1:23:34 > 1:23:38rough time as a kid at school. Maybe, she had some bullying and
1:23:38 > 1:23:51stuff when she was younger, and it is nice that people look up to
1:24:05 > 1:24:07her and can be inspired by her strength and determination, and her
1:24:07 > 1:24:10ability to try and turn things around, and she is ready talking
1:24:10 > 1:24:12about the next four years of the next Olympics. I would like to see
1:24:12 > 1:24:15her have a little bit of downtime, sometime away its time to reflect
1:24:15 > 1:24:17and get her head around what happens before she starts to focus, because
1:24:17 > 1:24:21after Sochi she didn't have a time off, and I think this time round she
1:24:21 > 1:24:23really does need a break.I think the injury will force that break,
1:24:23 > 1:24:27won't it?Yes, she needs to get back and have some recovery and start a
1:24:27 > 1:24:29rehab, but it is so nice that as an athlete you trained so hard, you
1:24:29 > 1:24:32work so hard for the games, the World Championships and so on, and
1:24:32 > 1:24:34many have these other things that you are inspiring young kids, and it
1:24:34 > 1:24:37is something you don't think about but when you hear their messages it
1:24:37 > 1:24:40is so nice that you are working hard for your goals and it is paying off
1:24:40 > 1:24:44other people to see that.What tends to happen in the modern world is the
1:24:44 > 1:24:46better name you get, the more people love you and the more people hate
1:24:46 > 1:24:49you, and you have to keep that in perspective. Do you think Elise
1:24:49 > 1:24:52having promised before the game is not to go on social media, she
1:24:52 > 1:24:58hasn't followed that rule. Would you like to see her be firm and not see
1:24:58 > 1:25:02some of the rubbish that is written that she shouldn't give credit to?
1:25:02 > 1:25:05It is so tempting when you are given positive messages, you want to read
1:25:05 > 1:25:08them and reply and respond to people, and show them that that is
1:25:08 > 1:25:13helping you and say thank you. But obviously she is naturally if you do
1:25:13 > 1:25:16that you are going to see some of the negativity as well, but
1:25:16 > 1:25:20hopefully she just ignores that. Sometimes you can use it to channel
1:25:20 > 1:25:24your energies, you can use anger in a positive way if you want to.I
1:25:24 > 1:25:26think what she said there, it inspired her to get on the ice for
1:25:26 > 1:25:31that last go and really give it her best shot, so it does work in
1:25:31 > 1:25:36positive ways, but it is difficult at an Olympic Games, because
1:25:36 > 1:25:39normally for us in World Championships, she has got time in
1:25:39 > 1:25:43between where if she has had a bad day, you have got three days to wait
1:25:43 > 1:25:47to put it right, so it is a very different format, and somewhere she
1:25:47 > 1:25:53would have to get used to finding time to relax and switch from
1:25:53 > 1:25:58things.She needs to get into box sets! Sit and watch the Crown
1:25:58 > 1:26:03endlessly.
1:26:03 > 1:26:05endlessly. Britain's won gold medallist so far from the games
1:26:05 > 1:26:10Lizzy Yarnold took a long time off after she completed the grand slam
1:26:10 > 1:26:13and won the World Championships on the World Cup and all of that. She
1:26:13 > 1:26:19just went completely away from the sport. How would you plan Elise 's
1:26:19 > 1:26:23programme between now and Beijing? She needs to work out watch was to
1:26:23 > 1:26:27do. She has a great team around her, but every athlete is different and
1:26:27 > 1:26:31it is how she will find time now to be able to switch the mindset and
1:26:31 > 1:26:36find that courage and motivation to go for four more years, because it
1:26:36 > 1:26:40is all well and good to speak after a race when emotions are high and
1:26:40 > 1:26:44say, I am going to do it again, but when you sit down and think about
1:26:44 > 1:26:49it, it is another long four years of results being up and down, and she
1:26:49 > 1:26:52needs to find a way to keep motivated for that time.I think she
1:26:52 > 1:26:57will need to be held back a little bit to start with, because she is
1:26:57 > 1:27:00motivated, and she is going to want to get back out there and start
1:27:00 > 1:27:05doing her thing and doing what she does best, but I think the support
1:27:05 > 1:27:08staff probably need to force a little bit of rest on her. She has
1:27:08 > 1:27:11this injury so she will take a few weeks off, but I think she needs
1:27:11 > 1:27:17more than that.So you think until the end of the year maybe?Maybe six
1:27:17 > 1:27:20months or something, a significant amount of time to mourn what has
1:27:20 > 1:27:24happened, get over that and spend some time away, see her family and
1:27:24 > 1:27:28friends, because you don't get to do those things when you are training
1:27:28 > 1:27:33all the time.What is the next major event, John? Porcini to be back for?
1:27:33 > 1:27:35They have the World Championships in the middle of March which she won't
1:27:35 > 1:27:40be able to compete at with the injury, so fast that is the end of
1:27:40 > 1:27:46season. It would be good to see her other home championships in April,
1:27:46 > 1:27:52but that won't happen. So it won't be until the autumn, September,
1:27:52 > 1:27:58early October.So a six-month break is perfectly possible?And she won't
1:27:58 > 1:28:01want to come back without doing awful lot of training, she is very
1:28:01 > 1:28:06competitive so she went come back until full strength.And she enjoys
1:28:06 > 1:28:09training? Physically she is in traffic nick apart from the ankle.
1:28:09 > 1:28:14She is a very hard worker. She really does put the grafted, and a
1:28:14 > 1:28:19lot of emotion goes with that, on a day you are skating very fast and it
1:28:19 > 1:28:22feels amazing in your winning the Olympics, then on a day when you
1:28:22 > 1:28:25don't compete quick, it feels like it is all falling apart, so you can
1:28:25 > 1:28:36get addicted to the highs and lows that happen training just as
1:28:36 > 1:28:38that happen training just as much as in competition.We can see the crowd
1:28:38 > 1:28:42getting involved ahead of the men's 500 semifinals, and Elise is there,
1:28:42 > 1:28:53and we have seen her backstage, supporting her boyfriend Shaolin.
1:28:53 > 1:28:55Let's hand you back to the team.
1:28:59 > 1:29:04COMMENTATOR: The synchronised support echoes around the stadium.
1:29:04 > 1:29:10We are concentrating on this
1:29:11 > 1:29:12We are concentrating on this race now, Wu Dajing, the new
1:29:12 > 1:29:17record-holder, in this first semifinal, and Shaolin Sandor Liu as
1:29:17 > 1:29:35well,, Samuel Girard, Danbury Huws, and it is quite a battle already.
1:29:52 > 1:29:56You saw somebody pointing Dann and it will be interesting to see what
1:29:56 > 1:30:00happens.The Canadian skater there will be allowed to change his blade.
1:30:00 > 1:30:06They are picking the piece of blade off of the eyes.A broken blade.A
1:30:06 > 1:30:11broken blade. I know one about it. But he is in a rather more fortunate
1:30:11 > 1:30:16position than you. I don't want to bring up old problems. It must come
1:30:16 > 1:30:21flooding back to you in a situation like this.Can you explain? It was
1:30:21 > 1:30:25that the 500 metres quarterfinals in Lillehammer when I clashed blades
1:30:25 > 1:30:32with an American. You can see it here again, you can see the Canadian
1:30:32 > 1:30:38just looks down at his blade. He can't but his left foot down on the
1:30:38 > 1:30:44ice almost. These blades are one millimetre thick. You can see a
1:30:44 > 1:30:52clash of this gate. So everybody is redoing their blades now. Because of
1:30:52 > 1:30:56these speeds being so high, it is dangerous to allow the skaters to
1:30:56 > 1:31:01continue on in the race with a broken blade. It would be like
1:31:01 > 1:31:05sending someone out on Formula 1 with a punctured tyre.Well you
1:31:05 > 1:31:09wouldn't litter the track with knife blades or tax or nails, would you?
1:31:09 > 1:31:13That's what the situation was, because that's the area where their
1:31:13 > 1:31:18hands could end up going down. A quick repair of the track and blades
1:31:18 > 1:31:23sorted out shortly and they will be able to continue. That was quite a
1:31:23 > 1:31:31tussle between Shaolin Sandor Liu and Girard going into that first
1:31:31 > 1:31:37bend.What a lot of the skaters will do, they change their blades in
1:31:37 > 1:31:44training.He looks quite relaxed about it.It is something they tried
1:31:44 > 1:31:47to get down and the Dutch team have a record of how fast they can change
1:31:47 > 1:31:52blades.
1:31:52 > 1:31:58blades.Hopefully we will be ready to go shortly. Girard knew
1:31:58 > 1:32:04straightaway there, didn't he? He didn't even attempt to skate on.I
1:32:04 > 1:32:09hope there are no pieces of blade secretly left on the ice. All of the
1:32:09 > 1:32:13stewards looking onto the ice making sure it is completely clear.I think
1:32:13 > 1:32:20we are ready to go now and the skaters are all sliding up to the
1:32:20 > 1:32:28start line. There is Girard ready to race. Wanting to get into this final
1:32:28 > 1:32:36and add to the fourth place he has already had. And the gold. Shaolin
1:32:36 > 1:32:45Sandor Liu, Samuel Girard and it is a fast and clean start this time.
1:32:45 > 1:32:48Girard centres and opening and slides into second place at the
1:32:48 > 1:32:57moment. Leading the way at the moment is Wu Dajing, looking on
1:32:57 > 1:33:03fantastic form at the moment. Followed by Girard of Canada and
1:33:03 > 1:33:09Shaolin Sandor Liu in third at the moment. So far at the moment, as
1:33:09 > 1:33:17Gallia can't get involved. It is not looking good for Shaolin Sandor Liu
1:33:17 > 1:33:25as Wu Dajing crosses the line. Girard not terribly happy with his
1:33:25 > 1:33:28Chinese opponent, waving his finger at him. But Shaolin Sandor Liu who
1:33:28 > 1:33:37won this distance four years ago just couldn't get into the top two.
1:33:37 > 1:33:42Wu Dajing winning that race will ensure he gets lame one or two. They
1:33:42 > 1:33:48will go into the a final whilst skaters three and four go into the B
1:33:48 > 1:33:53final. You can see that Liu from Hungary makes a slight mistake
1:33:53 > 1:34:01there. Possibly, he has got a new blade. That always a slightly
1:34:01 > 1:34:05different. You are talking about thousandths of a millimetre. Would
1:34:05 > 1:34:11you notice that? Yes, you certainly would notice that.There is the
1:34:11 > 1:34:19official result. Wu Dajing and Samuel Girard will get to race for
1:34:19 > 1:34:24gold later on. Shaolin Sandor Liu and Daan Breeuwsma will be in the B
1:34:24 > 1:34:36final. Second semifinal coming up shortly.What will be interesting is
1:34:36 > 1:34:39whether the Chinese skater can finish first. That would mean China
1:34:39 > 1:34:43were one and two in the final.You are not meant to race as a team, are
1:34:43 > 1:34:49you?Not really, but I think the Chinese have had such a poor result
1:34:49 > 1:34:57until now that you never know.Ren Ziwei, Lim Hyojun, who has been a
1:34:57 > 1:35:03star for career in these games. Ryosuke Sakazume for Japan in three,
1:35:03 > 1:35:11stumbled at the start there, and it is Lim Hyojun in second place at the
1:35:11 > 1:35:15moment. Ren Ziwei will take this one out from the front. Second place for
1:35:15 > 1:35:22career is Lim Hyojun. There will be quite a battle between the two
1:35:22 > 1:35:25Koreans and the Chinese skater in front and at the moment, the skater
1:35:25 > 1:35:30but Japan can't get involved in the race at all. One and a half laps to
1:35:30 > 1:35:36go. Skating through on the inside. Can he hold back inside lane? Now
1:35:36 > 1:35:41the Chinese skater finds himself out of it. It is Korea one and two up to
1:35:41 > 1:35:53the line. Tremendous skating from the two Korean skaters and Ren Ziwei
1:35:53 > 1:36:01from China who was in such a good position for a long time that.They
1:36:01 > 1:36:07were so relaxed. They waited and waited, straight up three the inside
1:36:07 > 1:36:14of Ren Ziwei of China. That left a gate open for weighing to also move
1:36:14 > 1:36:17through as well.These two came into the games as the next big things in
1:36:17 > 1:36:24the Korean team but lym is the only one who has so far delivered in the
1:36:24 > 1:36:36games.That's right. We can see Lim Hyojun comes through there, in my
1:36:36 > 1:36:41opinion, quite safe, no problem at all. Comes through here. That isn't
1:36:41 > 1:36:48a problem. I is only problem here at all. This could be... Oh, we are not
1:36:48 > 1:36:52seeing it. When he came out of that bend, he came quite wide because he
1:36:52 > 1:37:00went in narrow and tide of the blocks.
1:37:00 > 1:37:09blocks.They both qualified for the a final four the eight final and Ren
1:37:09 > 1:37:11Ziwei and Ryosuke Sakazume have to settle for a spot in the B final.
1:37:11 > 1:37:16What a final that will be. That was tremendous stuff there in that
1:37:16 > 1:37:23semifinal and coming next, we will have the women's 1000 metres
1:37:23 > 1:37:32semifinals. Here is the line-up for final A. And for final beep. Not
1:37:32 > 1:37:38where Shaolin Sandor Liu wanted to be. He certainly felt he was capable
1:37:38 > 1:37:43of getting a medal in this event.Of course the level is so high at these
1:37:43 > 1:37:47Olympic Games. We have had an Olympic record. And the final will
1:37:47 > 1:37:58be obviously, the world-record holder in division one. It is the
1:37:58 > 1:38:05question of whether he has the guts to go out and take it from the gun.
1:38:05 > 1:38:09Conveyor belt of action that it is here, they are lined up already for
1:38:09 > 1:38:14the women's metres semifinal. Kim Boutin from Canada, we mentioned
1:38:14 > 1:38:18before in our coverage this morning she has two bronze medals from these
1:38:18 > 1:38:25games already. She is on the inside lane. Number 24, Arianna Fontana in
1:38:25 > 1:38:31the blue of Italy next to her. Valerie Maltais, number 47, from
1:38:31 > 1:38:38Canada as well. And Kim Alang from career.This is going to be a battle
1:38:38 > 1:38:41of who is prepared to go to the front, very much like John Henry
1:38:41 > 1:38:51did.The American.In his 100 metres -- his 1000 metres. They will all be
1:38:51 > 1:38:54going as fast as possible. It's about saying, who can be at the
1:38:54 > 1:39:00front at the right time?Here we go then. Semifinals of the women's
1:39:00 > 1:39:06thousand. Nine laps, two to go through to the a final. Away first
1:39:06 > 1:39:12time. And leading into that first corner is Kim Boutin of Canada. No
1:39:12 > 1:39:17surprise there, she is a very quick start-up.Very quick indeed. Arianna
1:39:17 > 1:39:27Fontana was just in front of their and...There is a real confidence in
1:39:27 > 1:39:31the way Fontana skates and Maltais was just sliding through there. It
1:39:31 > 1:39:42is Canada one, two at the moment, Boutin, Maltais, and then Fontana.
1:39:42 > 1:39:48If the Korean skater going to loiter at the back there and then going to
1:39:48 > 1:39:53make a move? Boutin leads with Fontana second.Slowly, the pays
1:39:53 > 1:40:00winds up here. Boutin is in the best place here in my opinion. She likes
1:40:00 > 1:40:06to skate from the front. Fontana Way to be trying to challenge her yet.
1:40:06 > 1:40:12Boutin still leading the way, Fontana though stalking her prey, at
1:40:12 > 1:40:21the pointy end of the race. No sign of Kim Alang yet.
1:40:21 > 1:40:26of Kim Alang yet. Leading the way as they take the bell, Kim Boutin,
1:40:26 > 1:40:31Arianna Fontana, Kim Alang now tries to make a challenge. Maltais is out
1:40:31 > 1:40:37of it at the back. Rambo come towards the bell. Kim Alang from
1:40:37 > 1:40:43Corriere didn't quite make it. Kim Boutin wins that semifinal and hair
1:40:43 > 1:40:49and Arianna Fontana are through to the final. She had the chance to go
1:40:49 > 1:40:53for her second gold medal of these games. She already has a gold and
1:40:53 > 1:41:00silver.What will be interesting if there was a collision earlier in the
1:41:00 > 1:41:06race between Kim Alang and Maltais. That is what caused him from Korea
1:41:06 > 1:41:15to drop back off the pace. That was Fontana moving into second place and
1:41:15 > 1:41:20we not seen the here. There was clearly an incident where Valerie
1:41:20 > 1:41:26Maltais gated through and may have clipped Kim Alang's skate and that
1:41:26 > 1:41:32actually caused the problem.
1:41:32 > 1:41:34actually caused the problem. Clearly Kim Boutin has no doubt whatsoever
1:41:34 > 1:41:40that she will be going through to the final.There was a little bit of
1:41:40 > 1:41:48discussion going on near the judges table at the moment below us here in
1:41:48 > 1:41:52our commentary position in this magnificent arena.There is Fontana
1:41:52 > 1:41:58looking pretty relaxed.It's a very assured way that she skates. It
1:41:58 > 1:42:08maybe they will show incident now. We can see it again.That was
1:42:08 > 1:42:15Valerie Maltais and it almost caused a fall therefore Kim Alang.We just
1:42:15 > 1:42:25had to wait for the official result. Kim Alang has qualified for the B
1:42:25 > 1:42:31final. Boutin and Fontana through as expected and Maltais is penalised.
1:42:31 > 1:42:36And of course had Kim been in a qualifying position that, she would
1:42:36 > 1:42:44then have been advanced to the a final. We will see higher in the B
1:42:44 > 1:42:48final with the other two remaining skaters. That means the B final will
1:42:48 > 1:42:53be skated at the moment with re-skaters.What a cracking line-up
1:42:53 > 1:43:03we have got here. And we have a false start. No, we don't. They are
1:43:03 > 1:43:06carrying on. I thought it was a false start, they were going so
1:43:06 > 1:43:11slowly that for a moment, but they carry on. At the front, Choi
1:43:11 > 1:43:17Minjeong from Korea with huge new of China in second place, Schulting of
1:43:17 > 1:43:23the Netherlands
1:43:23 > 1:43:29the Netherlands in third.Schulting moving
1:43:29 > 1:43:32moving around and with two Koreans behind you, that is the family the
1:43:32 > 1:43:40best tactic. The the lap time, six laps to go.Schulting I think is
1:43:40 > 1:43:45going to try to take this from the front just as she did in the
1:43:45 > 1:43:48quarterfinal, stay at the front for as long as you possibly can. She
1:43:48 > 1:43:54knows the speed that is behind her but it is not behind her any more
1:43:54 > 1:43:59because Choi Minjeong moves in front.If Choi Minjeong really opens
1:43:59 > 1:44:06up now in terms of opening up the speed, but she's not doing that at
1:44:06 > 1:44:10all. She's staying consistently at the front with the Chinese athlete
1:44:10 > 1:44:18in second place. Eugene you pushing through an Schulting the pay gap and
1:44:18 > 1:44:24she's going to go for it here. She hits the front of the last lap and
1:44:24 > 1:44:30Schulting goes up to the line first with sim Suky second. What a shock
1:44:30 > 1:44:35there, Choi Minjeong down in third place. If that result stands, she is
1:44:35 > 1:44:39not in the final and will not have a chance to go for a hat-trick of gold
1:44:39 > 1:44:43medals here at the Olympic Games. That has stunned the crowd into
1:44:43 > 1:44:49silence.I think there was a little bit of frustration, because Choi
1:44:49 > 1:44:54Minjeong was at the front and didn't turn her turbo speed on, allowing
1:44:54 > 1:44:58Schulting to come round on the inside.A little bit complacent?
1:44:58 > 1:45:05Yes, definitely.This is sensational for Schulting?20 years of age in an
1:45:05 > 1:45:10Olympic final. We still need to wait for the official result.I don't
1:45:10 > 1:45:14know if you heard booing in the background but the crowd just saw a
1:45:14 > 1:45:19little incident there. The officials having a look but Schulting they're
1:45:19 > 1:45:23celebrating. That is quite a scalp for her, beating those two, and as
1:45:23 > 1:45:28you can see there is deliberation going on. It's not unusual to have a
1:45:28 > 1:45:32video review of the action and quite often there's an awful lot for to
1:45:32 > 1:45:44review. A clear incident, but unofficially Schulting and sim Suky
1:45:44 > 1:45:51were first and second. Here it is between them, shoulder and shoulder.
1:45:51 > 1:45:55It is amazing how they don't end up on the ice or into the padding were
1:45:55 > 1:45:59often when ECB physical contact between the skaters on the ice that
1:45:59 > 1:46:03such high speed.Absolutely and it is all about keeping your line. You
1:46:03 > 1:46:07are not allowed to change line and I think there will be a penalty,
1:46:07 > 1:46:11possibly even on cue from China. They are awaiting the announcement
1:46:11 > 1:46:20now. They have come to a decision. There is a penalty and you are spot
1:46:20 > 1:46:25on, Wilf.
1:46:27 > 1:46:33Qu Chunyu has been penalised, and Choi Minjeong has been advanced to
1:46:33 > 1:46:45the Afinal. Other reaction is as though they have won gold-medal. So
1:46:45 > 1:46:53there is the line-up for that
1:46:53 > 1:46:53there is the line-up for that final.
1:46:57 > 1:47:04So, two Koreans in the women's 1000m, and two Koreans in the men's
1:47:04 > 1:47:09500 and is. They love it, they really understand it, and they are
1:47:09 > 1:47:17hugely supportive, and Choi has been their star.I think I can see why
1:47:17 > 1:47:21the referee has made that decision, but a bit soft. She got stuck into
1:47:21 > 1:47:25the racing and sometimes that doesn't pay off, but she has had
1:47:25 > 1:47:39that call from the referee.We saw a fair few incidents there, and we saw
1:47:39 > 1:47:43the Canadian, Samuel Girard, having his blade replaced. You can see how
1:47:43 > 1:47:49slender and shop that blade is.It is 1.1 millimetres thick, and they
1:47:49 > 1:47:51will be sharpened between races to make sure they are as sharp as
1:47:51 > 1:47:58possible. When you do clash, like we have seen, they are likely to break.
1:47:58 > 1:48:01They always carry spare blades around with them, and they are
1:48:01 > 1:48:04allowed to change them, which is a new rule that has come in over the
1:48:04 > 1:48:05last
1:48:05 > 1:48:07new rule that has come in over the last couple of years, and the
1:48:07 > 1:48:12support team is so important on the side of the ice.They had gone quite
1:48:12 > 1:48:17far through before they recall the start, so they had already done a
1:48:17 > 1:48:21100% start and then had to take a few minutes to change blades and get
1:48:21 > 1:48:25back on, so your preparation is quite disturbed. But even if you get
1:48:25 > 1:48:29one little scratch on the blade, you will feel that, and you could lose
1:48:29 > 1:48:34the edge and can't corners. When they have taken out a chunk of the
1:48:34 > 1:48:37blade this much, it is impossible to skate, and they have now changed the
1:48:37 > 1:48:40rules so that you can go to the barrier and change the blade, like a
1:48:40 > 1:48:52pit stop if you like.Which is what
1:48:53 > 1:48:59Wilf was expending he wasn't allowed to do. When we talk about skeleton
1:48:59 > 1:49:02or bobsleigh when the technology is important, some countries invest
1:49:02 > 1:49:05more than others in it. Who has the best kick
1:49:05 > 1:49:06more than others in it. Who has the best kick in short track, and where
1:49:06 > 1:49:12do you get it?It is not everybody that has got better equipment than
1:49:12 > 1:49:17anybody else. A lot of the teams will have the same stuff, this boot
1:49:17 > 1:49:22is very similar to what they skate, the same with the Blades. So it is
1:49:22 > 1:49:25not that they have got different equipment, it is maybe the way they
1:49:25 > 1:49:30set them up that is more advanced in other countries, so the way they set
1:49:30 > 1:49:37the skate up on the boot, and it is down to the feel, so we have a bend
1:49:37 > 1:49:40in our skate, so we are only skate in one direction, so it is setup to
1:49:40 > 1:49:46turn left.So it is slightly off centre?And there is a curve in the
1:49:46 > 1:49:49blade, so when they get round the corner and they are leading around
1:49:49 > 1:49:53the corner, they are able to still have full contact with the blade on
1:49:53 > 1:49:56the ice, and when you have a piece missing, it makes a big difference.
1:49:56 > 1:50:01So trying to figure skating those blades, you would fall over very
1:50:01 > 1:50:08quickly?We wouldn't look very graceful, no.And how have the suits
1:50:08 > 1:50:14changed?We used to skate with just Lycra, so just normal micro on your
1:50:14 > 1:50:18skin, so when you do fall over and you have got these blades are your
1:50:18 > 1:50:21feet, more than one person falls, there is more of risk of getting
1:50:21 > 1:50:29cut. Now they made of Kevlar, which is a cut resistant material, do much
1:50:29 > 1:50:33less likely to get injured.And lots of people will have noticed the cool
1:50:33 > 1:50:41gloves with the buttons on the bottom, what are they made of?They
1:50:41 > 1:50:44are made of epoxy resin, and they are like little ping-pong balls, but
1:50:44 > 1:50:49some of the others have got just like fingertips made of carbon
1:50:49 > 1:50:52fibre, and again, it is so that when they go round the corner and put
1:50:52 > 1:50:55their hand down as they lead through the corner, it is to make it feel
1:50:55 > 1:50:59that the smoother, and like I said, they like to make them look as cool
1:50:59 > 1:51:05as possible as well.And what does that feel like on the ice?It will
1:51:05 > 1:51:07slide really nicely, and if you don't have those on and it is just
1:51:07 > 1:51:12leather, that can stick to the ice, so it doesn't feel as good.And you
1:51:12 > 1:51:15have got to be physically incredibly fit in this sport. Where are the
1:51:15 > 1:51:20muscle groups that matter the most for a short track speed skating? You
1:51:20 > 1:51:26are the fitness expert, you train people.Legs and Butt, mostly.
1:51:26 > 1:51:30Nobody does any upper body work in the gym, but you have to have huge
1:51:30 > 1:51:35strength in the quads and glutes and around the hips as well for control.
1:51:35 > 1:51:39And we saw in the second men's semifinal, all of
1:51:39 > 1:51:40And we saw in the second men's semifinal, all of that demonstrated,
1:51:40 > 1:51:44but also the racing instinct. You have got to get through gaps, you
1:51:44 > 1:51:48have got to take your opportunities and do it without breaking the
1:51:48 > 1:51:51rules.And as Wilf said in the commentary, it is very difficult
1:51:51 > 1:51:55when you are not at the first two lead in the start, but that comes
1:51:55 > 1:51:59down to your skills, you can't just be in lane four and think my race is
1:51:59 > 1:52:04over, so these guys are patiently waiting for the gaps to open up, and
1:52:04 > 1:52:08continuously making speed. And as you see here, this is a great
1:52:08 > 1:52:13overtake, and he sees the gap as he steps out to go for the corner, he
1:52:13 > 1:52:19takes the spot.And holds his line there, he is very agile.I think the
1:52:19 > 1:52:21fact that he is small definitely help so he can fit into the small
1:52:21 > 1:52:26gaps, and take advantage of those. We're just having another look at
1:52:26 > 1:52:31that undertake, because it was such a classy, quick move.He drift out a
1:52:31 > 1:52:34little wide, but comes across quickly as well. Is as when we're
1:52:34 > 1:52:38talking to some of the younger kids in the sport and talking about the
1:52:38 > 1:52:42basics of skating, the skills and your skates, it is not about skating
1:52:42 > 1:52:45round in circles, it is about being of the change direction and fitted a
1:52:45 > 1:52:49gaps, and being able to take bombs and still carry on your speed.How
1:52:49 > 1:52:55many clubs are there in the UK if kids want to get involved?We have
1:52:55 > 1:52:58nine skating clubs across Scotland and England, so we have some good
1:52:58 > 1:53:01clubs out there with great coaches, and they have been doing such a
1:53:01 > 1:53:01clubs out there with great coaches, and they have been doing such a good
1:53:01 > 1:53:05job to develop our skaters, we're just looking for more numbers to get
1:53:05 > 1:53:09involved, and from what we have seen, it is a great sport and we
1:53:09 > 1:53:14would more than welcome anybody to come and have a go.It is a very
1:53:14 > 1:53:17exciting sport, yet we know you have to be mentally resilient, because
1:53:17 > 1:53:21things are going to go wrong, but it must be great fun learning to do it,
1:53:21 > 1:53:25it looks exciting.It is, it is a really exciting sport participating,
1:53:25 > 1:53:30and the good thing about being part of a small sport is that when you go
1:53:30 > 1:53:34to a club, you are looked after. We are looking for new people and new
1:53:34 > 1:53:38talent, so straightaway you are helped, they will lend you skates
1:53:38 > 1:53:42and you get a lot of coaching. They are trying to discover what your
1:53:42 > 1:53:48skill set is and how to help you, so you are well looked after, and
1:53:48 > 1:53:50welcomed into part of the short track family very quickly.And to
1:53:50 > 1:53:54find out your nearest club, have a look at the BBC website, typing get
1:53:54 > 1:54:01inspired and your postcode. Obviously, the poster girl, the
1:54:01 > 1:54:05poster person of short track speed skating in this country for the last
1:54:05 > 1:54:09six years, ten years, maybe? Six years certainly. Has-been Elise
1:54:09 > 1:54:17Christie, and as you will be well aware, for two
1:54:18 > 1:54:25aware, for two Olympics in a row, she has had time to reflect, to try
1:54:25 > 1:54:29to process what has happened in these games, and David McDaid took
1:54:29 > 1:54:33the opportunity to sit down with and discuss all.
1:54:40 > 1:54:46It has obviously been a tough few days. I have been in quite a lot of
1:54:46 > 1:54:51pain, I have not been very well from all the pain, and I have been up and
1:54:51 > 1:54:54down, I don't feel like I did after Sochi, and I have had so much
1:54:54 > 1:54:59support back home, which has been incredible, overwhelming. So I'm
1:54:59 > 1:55:05doing OK, I have my moments. When I realise I have got injured in an
1:55:05 > 1:55:10Olympic Games, and that sucks, but it is done now, I can't do anything
1:55:10 > 1:55:15about it now, just focus on the next four years.And in terms of your
1:55:15 > 1:55:19angle, I can see why sitting here with a boot on. We saw what happened
1:55:19 > 1:55:23in that 1500 metres heat, the 1000m heat, rather. What is the prognosis
1:55:23 > 1:55:28and the treatment plan?The prognosis I was given originally was
1:55:28 > 1:55:324-6 weeks completely off the ice. My brain was telling me you can't be a
1:55:32 > 1:55:38living champion now, but my heart was telling me otherwise. -- Olympic
1:55:38 > 1:55:41champion now. I hoped I was still capable of getting a medal, I
1:55:41 > 1:55:46believe that, and everyone back home, there were messages from
1:55:46 > 1:55:49everyone that really influence this, but there was one specific message
1:55:49 > 1:55:58in my head from a young girl who had got her mum to say, Kenya text Elise
1:55:58 > 1:56:02and tell her she is my hero, and that resonated with me, stayed with
1:56:02 > 1:56:06me, and I knew she would be watching, and I had to try, and I
1:56:06 > 1:56:11tried, and as far as I was concerned, I had qualified, and I
1:56:11 > 1:56:16thought it was unbelievable. I finished in second place in an
1:56:16 > 1:56:19Olympics, top 16, with ligament damage to my ankle, and I think that
1:56:19 > 1:56:24shows you how physically strong I am.You mentioned the support you
1:56:24 > 1:56:28have had and all the tweets and messages, overwhelmingly positive,
1:56:28 > 1:56:31but not all positive, right? You have had to respond to some people
1:56:31 > 1:56:37who have not been so kind.I am happy that people have an opinion,
1:56:37 > 1:56:40and I have a right to my opinion and they have a right to theirs, and
1:56:40 > 1:56:44that is fine, they can share it with me if they like, but it is not going
1:56:44 > 1:56:49to affect me, so you might as well not bother. I know what I've done,
1:56:49 > 1:56:53and I know everything I've gone through to get here, and I know who
1:56:53 > 1:56:57I am, and what they say isn't going to change that, so they are wasting
1:56:57 > 1:57:02their time.We have been following your story for many years now, the
1:57:02 > 1:57:09highs and the lows. After Sochi, you went on to the World Championship,
1:57:09 > 1:57:12and you admitted that once you stopped competing, that is when it
1:57:12 > 1:57:18really hit you. How do you feel it will pan out emotionally once you
1:57:18 > 1:57:24get back home after this?Obviously there are times it is going to be
1:57:24 > 1:57:30tough, but it's like I said, I am not in the same place I was then. I
1:57:30 > 1:57:32suffered from depression and everything else at that point, I am
1:57:32 > 1:57:37not in that position now, I have got all my team around me, I still have
1:57:37 > 1:57:42a lot of things I want to achieve, I want to be the first girl to go
1:57:42 > 1:57:46under 42 seconds, I want to win that 500 gold that I haven't got, and I'm
1:57:46 > 1:57:50improving, I am getting faster. There was only one girl beating me
1:57:50 > 1:57:54of the start, and she is just insanely fast off the start. But
1:57:54 > 1:57:58there are so many things I want to achieve.And you are not done yet,
1:57:58 > 1:58:03you said after our last interview, straightaway you were talking about
1:58:03 > 1:58:10Beijing 2022. Was that a spur of the moment thing?It was a bit of both,
1:58:10 > 1:58:13I had been thinking about retiring, and it just came out.Really?Yes,
1:58:13 > 1:58:18but then I knew that I was going to keep going, because I wouldn't have
1:58:18 > 1:58:23said it if I didn't mean it, but I would like to try and come back and
1:58:23 > 1:58:26do both long track and short track at the next games if I can.
1:58:26 > 1:58:31Obviously it is difficult because we don't have a long track in Britain,
1:58:31 > 1:58:35but I want to try and do both, which probably means sacrificing one of
1:58:35 > 1:58:42the short track events, which would probably be the 1500. But that's OK
1:58:42 > 1:58:47because I am going to get myself so strong, it's not going to matter.
1:58:47 > 1:58:49That's interesting, really interesting. And watching you over
1:58:49 > 1:58:57the last week, it has been a lesson to us all in resilience and grit and
1:58:57 > 1:59:00courage. Unfortunately couldn't get the medal you wanted, but you have
1:59:00 > 1:59:03inspired a lot of people back home. Thank you, and that is just as good
1:59:03 > 1:59:07as any medal. She can certainly look to the
1:59:07 > 1:59:10history of someone like Stephen Babri who was disqualified at
1:59:10 > 1:59:12consecutive Olympics and still managed to win a gold medal in the
1:59:12 > 1:59:15end when everyone else fell over, because that can happen in short
1:59:15 > 1:59:26track. And Elise will be there supporting her boyfriend, Shaolin
1:59:26 > 1:59:34Sandor Liu, and you can win a medal by winning the B final.
1:59:34 > 1:59:37COMMENTATOR: Absolutely, we saw that the other day where the Dutch were
1:59:37 > 1:59:42not even in the final, and two of the four being penalised ended up
1:59:42 > 1:59:50with a bronze. Shaolin Sandor Liu, World Cup number two this season, we
1:59:50 > 1:59:54have Ren Ziwei from China, ninth in the World Championship last year,
1:59:54 > 2:00:02this is the second final line-up. Ryosuke Sakazume from Japan, fifth
2:00:02 > 2:00:09in the 1000m here, and Daan Breeuwsma from the Netherlands,
2:00:09 > 2:00:12ninth in this year's World Championship, Knight in Visio's
2:00:12 > 2:00:25European Championships. -- Visio's European Championships.
2:00:28 > 2:00:30This is worth winning, not least because she might get a medal. False
2:00:30 > 2:00:39start. Ryosuke Sakazume remaining rooted to the spot.That was clearly
2:00:39 > 2:00:42Dan Breeuwsma on the outside from the Netherlands, when you are on the
2:00:42 > 2:00:47outside you are at the slowest skater. I think that was a little
2:00:47 > 2:00:52bit too soon!
2:00:54 > 2:00:57bit too soon!Position four, false start.This race has won false
2:00:57 > 2:01:01story. Lining up again, ready to go.
2:01:06 > 2:01:13Keenly await this time. Shaolin Sandor Liu gets to the front. Third
2:01:13 > 2:01:20is Ryosuke Sakazume. Dan Breeuwsma from the Netherlands has work to do.
2:01:20 > 2:01:28Three laps to go. Shaolin Sandor Liu leads the way. Renzi Way is ready to
2:01:28 > 2:01:36make a challenge given a chance. Ryosuke Sakazume right on the
2:01:36 > 2:01:40backside of the other skater from China, lost a bit of ground. Dan
2:01:40 > 2:01:43Breeuwsma from the Netherlands in third. Shaolin Sandor Liu will lead
2:01:43 > 2:01:49this when from gun to tape and he takes it despite a late lunch from
2:01:49 > 2:01:58Renzi way. Shaolin Sandor Liu wins the B final. If we have a couple of
2:01:58 > 2:02:01penalties, there's not that much of a chance of that happening, he could
2:02:01 > 2:02:05potentially end up with a bronze medal.That's the best of the rest.
2:02:05 > 2:02:11Essentially what happened, the person moves up in terms of the
2:02:11 > 2:02:15classing and ranking of the skaters, winning this race at the moment, he
2:02:15 > 2:02:22will be the ranked fifth skater, if there were two skaters receiving a
2:02:22 > 2:02:26penalty in the eight final, that means the fifth skater in the B
2:02:26 > 2:02:32final, moves up into the third spot. You just never know with the line-up
2:02:32 > 2:02:38we have in the final, a Chinese, a Canadian, and two skaters from
2:02:38 > 2:02:45Korea. It will be tight as you would expect in an Olympic final. Easy to
2:02:45 > 2:02:50find them ending up in a heap on the floor. One false move. There is the
2:02:50 > 2:02:56confirmed result.
2:02:56 > 2:03:02Now it's time for the big one. The Olympic final. In the men's 500
2:03:02 > 2:03:12metres. It's absolutely packed here. Just finishing preparing the ice.
2:03:26 > 2:03:33Nail-biting stuff, what are your thoughts? Lim Hyojun from Korea.
2:03:33 > 2:03:38Samuel Girard from Canada. Wu Dajing, who broke the world record
2:03:38 > 2:03:44earlier today. Samuel Girard who already has a gold medal. For
2:03:44 > 2:03:49Canada. The two Korean skaters looked the stringy quick in the
2:03:49 > 2:03:57semifinal.Woo would urging from China has strong the first lane.
2:03:57 > 2:04:11However it good Lim Hyojun and Hwang Daeheon are...The first bend, that
2:04:11 > 2:04:18is the key.And then being controlled. It's an effort, you need
2:04:18 > 2:04:21over four and a half laps. It's not about an effort happening in the
2:04:21 > 2:04:33first lap.The skaters are on the ice, limbering up.
2:04:33 > 2:04:38ice, limbering up. Hwang Daeheon, here is the line-up for the final.
2:04:38 > 2:04:43Seeing all the penalties that the Chinese skaters have had, I think he
2:04:43 > 2:04:47may have been told and given instructions you go from the gun!
2:04:47 > 2:04:56They will be introduced, one by one. Starting with position number one.
2:05:02 > 2:05:12From China, the world record holder, Wu Dajing. Silver medallist in the
2:05:12 > 2:05:16World Championship last year. Hwang Daeheon from Korea, ranked number
2:05:16 > 2:05:26four in the World Cup this season. Lim Hyojun, Gold medallist in the
2:05:26 > 2:05:351500 metres, 21 years of the judge, a new star in Korean sport. Samuel
2:05:35 > 2:05:39Girard, 21, from Canada, gold medallist in 1000 metres, fourth in
2:05:39 > 2:05:47the 1500.
2:05:48 > 2:05:53Four and a half laps of the track to decide the Olympic champion.
2:06:00 > 2:06:06Final few moments for the four of them to compose themselves. Go to
2:06:06 > 2:06:10the start. Here we go.
2:06:15 > 2:06:22False start.I'm sure that was the Chinese skaters on the inside, Wu
2:06:22 > 2:06:32Dajing. Number six. Skaters only allowed one false start. Not
2:06:32 > 2:06:36remaining perfectly still on the left of the screen.Just by a
2:06:36 > 2:06:42fraction.
2:06:42 > 2:06:47fraction. Position one, false start. Looking to gain that millisecond of
2:06:47 > 2:06:56an advantage. Await this time. A struggle for the first corner, Wu
2:06:56 > 2:07:01Dajing gets there first. Little bit of a gap. Signing into closing is
2:07:01 > 2:07:09junk. Girard off the back for Canada, three laps to go. Wu Dajing
2:07:09 > 2:07:14will try and take this from the front for China. To Koreans chasing
2:07:14 > 2:07:21after them. Hwang Daeheon is second, Lim Hyojun is inferred. They come to
2:07:21 > 2:07:28take the bell. Would urging leading the way, the two Koreans cannot
2:07:28 > 2:07:32close the gap, Wu Dajing bleeding, Samuel Girard is out of it, Wu
2:07:32 > 2:07:43Dajing takes the gold! He has broken his own world record!That was a
2:07:43 > 2:07:49superb piece of skating, exactly the strategy he needed to take. Had a
2:07:49 > 2:07:52little bit left, very controlled, you saw him going down the straight,
2:07:52 > 2:07:59two arms up his back, made it look so easy. The Chinese team extremely
2:07:59 > 2:08:04excited about winning that gold medal.At last, China have a gold
2:08:04 > 2:08:09medal in male short track speed skating through Wu Dajing and for
2:08:09 > 2:08:13the first time, I think pretty much all week, China are smiling because
2:08:13 > 2:08:16they haven't really enjoyed some of the decisions and the judges, they
2:08:16 > 2:08:21have been complaining about it, felt hard on by. They have forgotten
2:08:21 > 2:08:26about it now, China have a goal to go with a silver one earlier in
2:08:26 > 2:08:33competition. Confirmation it is a world record for Wu Dajing. He
2:08:33 > 2:08:38bossed the final from start to finish.That was a perfect race.
2:08:38 > 2:08:44Controlled, timed effort. Of course, the disappointment that the Chinese
2:08:44 > 2:08:48team have been having, this is something, they needed to get and
2:08:48 > 2:08:54put behind them. Wu Dajing has shown the public and the rest of the
2:08:54 > 2:09:03world...Wait for him as well, he was second in Sochi four years ago,
2:09:03 > 2:09:06second in the World Championship last year, knocking on the door that
2:09:06 > 2:09:13has knocked it down. Disappointment for Lim Hyojun, finishing in third.
2:09:13 > 2:09:20Hwang Daeheon gets on the podium having had disappointing results at
2:09:20 > 2:09:2314th and 17th in the other individual distances but in the NT
2:09:23 > 2:09:25was able to stay ahead of his compatriot and claim the silver
2:09:25 > 2:09:36medal.Samuel Girard left dead for speed.Winning the thousand, fourth
2:09:36 > 2:09:40in the 1500, maybe he did well to get into the spinal with that
2:09:40 > 2:09:44shorter, punchier distance. No match for the other three on the day.
2:09:54 > 2:10:00Wu Dajing got away at the second time of asking.It means the skater
2:10:00 > 2:10:03has two weight on the outside.There is confirmation. The result of the
2:10:03 > 2:10:10final.
2:10:20 > 2:10:23Samuel Girard leaving empty-handed on this occasion but he has the
2:10:23 > 2:10:26other gold as consolation. STUDIO:
2:10:26 > 2:10:31We will be back shortly for the women's 1000 metre final, the
2:10:31 > 2:10:35Chinese first gold medal in short track speed skating but the first
2:10:35 > 2:10:38gold medal of the Winter Olympic Games here, they will be the host
2:10:38 > 2:10:42nation with the next Winter Olympics happening in Beijing, there will be
2:10:42 > 2:10:47an awful lot of attention on this 23-year-old, Wu Dajing, smashing the
2:10:47 > 2:10:52world record. John and Sarah, talk is through the scale of this.Such
2:10:52 > 2:10:57an impressive performance. We were watching this, the Korean boys could
2:10:57 > 2:11:02not keep up, you thought, is Wu Dajing trying to be tactical? He
2:11:02 > 2:11:07cruises through the finish, smashing the world record like that.We
2:11:07 > 2:11:10thought he was saving something to the end, he looks like he's
2:11:10 > 2:11:15chilling, we thought he was going to pick it up and wait for the Koreans
2:11:15 > 2:11:19and make sure he has something in the tank to respond with. They are
2:11:19 > 2:11:26of the pace, class performance.From start to finish. He nailed it.
2:11:26 > 2:11:30You've got to skate so clean. You look at the regularity of his lap
2:11:30 > 2:11:37times.Yes, there's nobody involved in the race with him, Alp, a clear
2:11:37 > 2:11:42run, he can time trial it and skater to his best race, obviously, smashed
2:11:42 > 2:11:47the world record.I think the best thing about that performance, pretty
2:11:47 > 2:11:51much not breaking the world record but he has gone near it three times
2:11:51 > 2:11:56today, to do it within an hour and 20 minutes is proof that Mac
2:11:56 > 2:12:02impressive, worthy of a gold medal. That is it, so little time out.15
2:12:02 > 2:12:09minutes to get off the ice, take off your skates, get warmed up, jog, get
2:12:09 > 2:12:14your skates on again.It would be like asking Usain Bolt to do the
2:12:14 > 2:12:18quarters, semifinals and finals in the one day.They put everything
2:12:18 > 2:12:22into it, not like they are doing a chilled qualifying round, but the
2:12:22 > 2:12:26maximum effort into each race and had to come back out there quickly
2:12:26 > 2:12:32and do it all over again.I love the shots we get from these cameras. Is
2:12:32 > 2:12:3940 seconds a magic barrier in this discipline?It has only been broken
2:12:39 > 2:12:45once before in Salt Lake City, sorry, Calgary in 2012. For him to
2:12:45 > 2:12:50go and do it twice today is phenomenal. Everybody in that race
2:12:50 > 2:12:54broke the 40 barrier, I think. We have just seen the best of our sport
2:12:54 > 2:12:58and the biggest days when it matters.Lizzy Yarnold, performing
2:12:58 > 2:13:03when it matters. The fastest 500 metres ever run. We have witnessed,
2:13:03 > 2:13:11gold medal to China. What will happen in the women's 1000 metres?
2:13:11 > 2:13:16COMMENTATOR:.
2:13:19 > 2:13:27COMMENTATOR:. Here they are. You can see Jong bringing up the rear. Note
2:13:27 > 2:13:35the final. Kim from Korea was the only one who would be skating. One
2:13:35 > 2:13:46of them was advanced, Choi was advanced. And two were penalised.Of
2:13:46 > 2:13:50course she will be ranked as the number six skater, five skaters in
2:13:50 > 2:13:59this final cause of the advancement of choice. -- Choi.The skaters are
2:13:59 > 2:14:07on the eyes. This will be there third race of the day. What a
2:14:07 > 2:14:16line-up we have.
2:14:16 > 2:14:21line-up we have. Probably the best line-up we have.Will they go all
2:14:21 > 2:14:26the way to win another gold? Or is it the turn of someone else?Getting
2:14:26 > 2:14:36ready for the announcement of a line-up. Boutin is first. The inside
2:14:36 > 2:14:39line. Position number one, that is watch it once but bad news for
2:14:39 > 2:14:47everyone else, a quick starter. World ranked number one. Fontana
2:14:47 > 2:14:52from Italy, gold medallist in the 500, silver in the relay, seven
2:14:52 > 2:14:58Olympic medals. Position three, four the Netherlands. World bronze
2:14:58 > 2:15:03medallist last year.
2:15:03 > 2:15:12In four, from Korea, Shim Sukhee. She is local. Gold in the relay. And
2:15:12 > 2:15:19she won a medal of every colour in Sochi. And here, Choi Minjeong from
2:15:19 > 2:15:23Korea, going for a hat-trick of gold medals at these Olympic Games. She
2:15:23 > 2:15:35won the 1500 and she won a gold in the relay, alongside Shim Sukhee.
2:15:35 > 2:15:43Final thoughts ahead of the race? Nine laps, make sure you are at the
2:15:43 > 2:15:50front with seven to go. You could hear a pin drop here. The Olympic
2:15:50 > 2:15:59final.Nine laps, and they are away first time, and Suzanne Schulting
2:15:59 > 2:16:03gets a good start. Kim Boutin at the front around the first bend. And now
2:16:03 > 2:16:10coming around Shim Sukhee. Shim Sukhee took advantage of a momentary
2:16:10 > 2:16:13lapse of concentration perhaps from one or two of the others. She goes
2:16:13 > 2:16:20to the front. One from the back, Arianna Fontana, content to sit and
2:16:20 > 2:16:26watch everybody else for now.It's about picking up the speed now.
2:16:26 > 2:16:29Negative splits every lap, making it more difficult for the skaters to
2:16:29 > 2:16:35pass from the back.Do Suzanne Schulting and Kim Boutin need to
2:16:35 > 2:16:40make this fast all the way?They are fighting among themselves, but the
2:16:40 > 2:16:46two Koreans are waiting to pounce. Choi has a blisteringly fast turn
2:16:46 > 2:16:51pace. Arianna Fontana starting to have a look. Suzanne Schulting
2:16:51 > 2:16:58leaves with two and a half laps to go. Three to go. Suzanne Schulting
2:16:58 > 2:17:07leaves, Kim Boutin in second, Shim Sukhee M3. Arianna Fontana in four.
2:17:07 > 2:17:11Suzanne Schulting still leading, nobody able to make a challenge.
2:17:11 > 2:17:16It's going to be tight around the bend. Suzanne Schulting leads the
2:17:16 > 2:17:18way, Choi Minjeong tries to go around the outside. Suzanne
2:17:18 > 2:17:25Schulting leads. Second place is Kim Boutin, Arianna Fontana is finishing
2:17:25 > 2:17:30in third. It's a disastrous finish for Korea. Suzanne Schulting can't
2:17:30 > 2:17:34believe it. She is the Olympic champion. What an upset! What a turn
2:17:34 > 2:17:39at! Suzanne Schulting takes gold for the Dutch, but what a disappointment
2:17:39 > 2:17:47for the home crowd. Choi Minjeong and you couldn't you ending up in a
2:17:47 > 2:17:54pile on the floor.She'd really showed her power and strength with
2:17:54 > 2:18:02that, taking the race as John Henry did in his 1000 metres.Taking the
2:18:02 > 2:18:06race by the scruff of the neck, showing some guts, some
2:18:06 > 2:18:09assertiveness, taking responsibility. Trying to keep it
2:18:09 > 2:18:14fast, trying to stay out of trouble and say, well, if you're going to
2:18:14 > 2:18:19win, you're going to have to come past me, and nobody did.Absolutely,
2:18:19 > 2:18:23being at the front, making it more difficult, we knew there were five
2:18:23 > 2:18:27skaters in the final, it was always going to be difficult.Bitter
2:18:27 > 2:18:34disappointment for Shim Sukhee and Choi.You can see Suzanne Schulting
2:18:34 > 2:18:39at the front, Choi trying to come around the outside. Interesting to
2:18:39 > 2:18:41see whether there was contact with Arianna Fontana on the inside from
2:18:41 > 2:18:49Italy, and the two Koreans take each other out.An almighty thump into
2:18:49 > 2:18:54the padding.The Korean coach, the hand on the head says it all.
2:18:54 > 2:18:58Clearly, Suzanne Schulting was at the front with Kim Boutin in second,
2:18:58 > 2:19:02and I don't know whether a penalty will be awarded to Arianna Fontana,
2:19:02 > 2:19:07but these two will be first and second.Suzanne Schulting crossing
2:19:07 > 2:19:12the line clearly in first place, and what an Olympics Kim Boutin have at!
2:19:12 > 2:19:15She now has a silver to go with the two bronze medals she is already
2:19:15 > 2:19:21won. Superb. Coming here, not too many people would have said Suzanne
2:19:21 > 2:19:29Schulting would win the women's 1000 metres. Such
2:19:29 > 2:19:31metres. Such disappointment for the Korean skaters, and Shim Sukhee have
2:19:31 > 2:19:38been penalised as well, to add insult to injury. Shim Sukhee, the
2:19:38 > 2:19:44local skater, penalised, finishing at the back of the field. Arianna
2:19:44 > 2:19:51Fontana, congratulating Suzanne Schulting, another medal for Arianna
2:19:51 > 2:19:55Fontana, which we should note as well, because she is now up to eight
2:19:55 > 2:19:59Olympic medals. She is the most decorated female short track skater
2:19:59 > 2:20:01in the Olympics of all time.
2:20:05 > 2:20:08We seem to have lost Simon, but we'll be back there shortly for the
2:20:08 > 2:20:133000 metres relay was the less reflect on that final. Suzanne
2:20:13 > 2:20:22Schulting, we are used to seeing the Dutch wing... Kim Boutin have had a
2:20:22 > 2:20:25fabulous games. We are used to seeing them win gold medals in long
2:20:25 > 2:20:30track. They can be successful in short track but this wasn't
2:20:30 > 2:20:34predicted.We were not expecting that from Suzanne but it shows how
2:20:34 > 2:20:38important it is to get high up in the ranking early on in the race, so
2:20:38 > 2:20:43that you are near the front of the race, leading, and out for the
2:20:43 > 2:20:48crashes and the bumps it showed that even the Koreans are not commit you
2:20:48 > 2:20:51know, they still have to try and get into good decisions and they can't
2:20:51 > 2:20:59rely on the big overtake.Look at this! It's brilliant!They've had a
2:20:59 > 2:21:04great couple of days, the Dutch girls, after their relay record, the
2:21:04 > 2:21:09world record they skated in the relay.She can't believe it.It will
2:21:09 > 2:21:14be a fun night for them. An impressive skate, and a lesson to
2:21:14 > 2:21:16young skaters, a commitment to go into the front and taking the race
2:21:16 > 2:21:22on at the vital time puts pressure on the goals behind.She really
2:21:22 > 2:21:25can't believe it. That's when it's so lovely. It's one thing where you
2:21:25 > 2:21:30look on paper and you go, Suzanne Schulting has done well to make the
2:21:30 > 2:21:35final, but it thinking in now that she's the Olympic champion, and she
2:21:35 > 2:21:40wasn't prepared for that. -- it's sinking in.She was brave, she
2:21:40 > 2:21:44deserves it, and it's great to see somebody when you celebrate.Look
2:21:44 > 2:21:47what it means to her team-mates. They all probably worked so hard
2:21:47 > 2:21:53together.We saw somebody commit their relay team and win a medal
2:21:53 > 2:22:03with that. Let's look at the race again.Four lapsed ago, she moves to
2:22:03 > 2:22:07the front, and she was near the front for most of the race, and then
2:22:07 > 2:22:11she starts picking it up, and it puts more pressure on the girls
2:22:11 > 2:22:15behind. They start to think, the race is getting up now, I need to
2:22:15 > 2:22:22move to the front, but is raising a great race and pushing it on.They
2:22:22 > 2:22:24are all having overtakes and bumps behind, and she isn't getting
2:22:24 > 2:22:34involved.Fontana is the inside line, and she's got to hold it.The
2:22:34 > 2:22:37main thing that Arianna doesn't do is she doesn't push back. She makes
2:22:37 > 2:22:43sure she holds her line. Her arm looks like she's about to push but
2:22:43 > 2:22:48she keeps it strong in that position and doesn't attempt to push Shim
2:22:48 > 2:22:52Sukhee away.She makes sure she is only on one skate, flying through
2:22:52 > 2:22:58that turn, to keep her balance?Yes, and she did well to stay on her
2:22:58 > 2:23:04feet, having taken a knock.And sent Shim Sukhee and Choi crashing to the
2:23:04 > 2:23:08side barrier, and you can see the reaction from their coach.I think
2:23:08 > 2:23:14that shows the mental toughness of Arianna, two Koreans bearing down on
2:23:14 > 2:23:18her, and she stayed strong, leading to her winning another Olympic
2:23:18 > 2:23:24medal.For the Dutch, they've won six medals in speed skating and one
2:23:24 > 2:23:28in short track, so their seventh gold of the games, and now in the
2:23:28 > 2:23:36medal table. There will not be many more loudly celebrated than this
2:23:36 > 2:23:41one!It's really nice to see people enjoying the celebrations.It's not
2:23:41 > 2:23:48like she's not won medals before, but to see her go out and win a
2:23:48 > 2:23:52gold, she's taken it to the others, fantastic.She is barely contained
2:23:52 > 2:23:58until her team-mates arrived. It's your fellow athletes, they
2:23:58 > 2:24:02appreciate everything you've been through and they want it so much for
2:24:02 > 2:24:05you.This feeling you are seeing is what an athlete you are always
2:24:05 > 2:24:10chasing. It's not really the medal, it's the feeling it brings you, and
2:24:10 > 2:24:13that's what she's got, and they understand that and know what she's
2:24:13 > 2:24:18been through. They get to share a bit of it.Although she's out there
2:24:18 > 2:24:22on her own, the training that goes into it, they train together as a
2:24:22 > 2:24:26team. It's so important to have a good team around you, both on and
2:24:26 > 2:24:30off the ice. Very special for a team-mate to win a gold medal,
2:24:30 > 2:24:35because they've contributed.Short track have a habit of producing
2:24:35 > 2:24:39fabulous stories, and it's done it over the years, and no story is
2:24:39 > 2:24:43better than that of Steven Bradbury, because he was a guy who got
2:24:43 > 2:24:48disqualified in two Olympics running from his favourite event, a
2:24:48 > 2:24:50three-time world champion, he had a bad injury where he broke his neck
2:24:50 > 2:24:56and lost a load of blood, about four litres on the ice. He came back for
2:24:56 > 2:25:01his fourth Olympic Games in 2002. Let's describe what happened.
2:25:01 > 2:25:02Dear Isabel.
2:25:02 > 2:25:08Let's describe what happened. Dear Isabel. -- here Isabel. China
2:25:08 > 2:25:15ominously placed. They have all gone! That has left Steven Bradbury
2:25:15 > 2:25:23to cross the finishing line and, if he has one, that will be the most
2:25:23 > 2:25:30amazing gold medal of any Olympic Games. -- if he has won. Steven
2:25:30 > 2:25:36Bradbury skates home first, but who took out who? And you wouldn't want
2:25:36 > 2:25:44to have to sort that out. There is where it all happened.
2:25:46 > 2:25:49where it all happened. Ono timed his move, there is the contact, the man
2:25:49 > 2:25:55in front had the right of way, and it looks like Lee might have impeded
2:25:55 > 2:25:59Ono. It appeared the contact was with Ono, and it was the Korean who
2:25:59 > 2:26:09took him out. And Steven Bradbury skates home first, and Ono
2:26:09 > 2:26:16recovering himself to get over the finishing line in second place.
2:26:19 > 2:26:21finishing line in second place. And Ono was on his feet at that stage
2:26:21 > 2:26:26and would have come home first, and it was the Korean falling who
2:26:26 > 2:26:30skittled him. Steven Bradbury gets across the line first. Ono sliding
2:26:30 > 2:26:37over on his bottom. First of all, there was contact on Ono from the
2:26:37 > 2:26:44Chinese skater, Lee. And then the Korean fell, and he took out the
2:26:44 > 2:26:51Canadian and Ono. The man in front is always deemed to have the right
2:26:51 > 2:27:02of way. 1.29 is the time. It's incidental. The Chinese skater, Lee,
2:27:02 > 2:27:04is disqualified.
2:27:04 > 2:27:10incidental. The Chinese skater, Lee, is disqualified.
2:27:10 > 2:27:11is disqualified.Apollo Ono scrambling to try and finish and get
2:27:11 > 2:27:15the silver, one of the great names in the sport, now working for
2:27:15 > 2:27:20American TV. You guys must have no Steven Bradbury.We shared a
2:27:20 > 2:27:25changing room at that Olympics, Salt Lake City, and he and Nicky Gooch,
2:27:25 > 2:27:31our current coach, were very close. He to get through each round a bit
2:27:31 > 2:27:35by default, not to take it away from him, and his coach was asking Nick
2:27:35 > 2:27:39for the tactics for each race because, when you are an underdog,
2:27:39 > 2:27:44you want to get stuck in and yourself a chance. Nick turned round
2:27:44 > 2:27:48and said, sits behind, relax, there's going to be a crash, a fall
2:27:48 > 2:27:51or a disqualification, so you'll pick up a medal, but he didn't
2:27:51 > 2:27:56predict it would be gold.That was the first Australian Olympic gold
2:27:56 > 2:28:02medal, and they have since won the women's moguls. That was sort of a
2:28:02 > 2:28:05typical at the time but, having watched a lot of short track since,
2:28:05 > 2:28:10its more familiar, not that uncommon.I think it's the growth of
2:28:10 > 2:28:14the Olympic Games for us as a sport and how important it's become when
2:28:14 > 2:28:17athletes are getting into these competitions and the Olympic finals,
2:28:17 > 2:28:21they are pushing as hard as possible, and things like that
2:28:21 > 2:28:25happen.The 5000 metres relay is coming up, and that might be
2:28:25 > 2:28:30chaotic! We will be back for that just after midday. Let's take a
2:28:30 > 2:28:33chance to catch up on some of the other stuff that's been going on
2:28:33 > 2:28:38overnight, and first of all, a brand-new event to these Winter
2:28:38 > 2:28:41Games, the Big Air competition, and the women had the first chance to
2:28:41 > 2:28:49win medals. She took a gold
2:28:49 > 2:28:51She took a gold medal before, -- in slopestyle, Jamie Anderson is the
2:28:51 > 2:28:54most experienced woman in freestyle snowboarding right now.
2:28:54 > 2:28:59most experienced woman in freestyle snowboarding right now.
2:28:59 > 2:29:01snowboarding right now.She wants that double gold medal, doesn't she?
2:29:01 > 2:29:10Look at this! The grab tail, she stomps it. Jamie Anderson crankset
2:29:10 > 2:29:15with 90.
2:29:15 > 2:29:19with 90. -- cranks it.Massive strategy from Jamie Anderson. I
2:29:19 > 2:29:24think she wanted to come out early and put pressure on everybody.
2:29:24 > 2:29:30That's what she's done to Anna Gasser.Yes, perfect. Couldn't have
2:29:30 > 2:29:37done that any better.Anna Gasser just tapping the accelerator, going
2:29:37 > 2:29:43to 85.5. Back up to the top. Jamie Anderson puts so much pressure on
2:29:43 > 2:29:53everyone with the frontside, flat speed of 10.80. Wow! How did she
2:29:53 > 2:30:00hold on into that? That is years of experience. Second run, and in the
2:30:00 > 2:30:10enviable position of having two huge scores under her belt. Synnott Zoi
2:30:10 > 2:30:14Sadowski, the New Zealander, we saw a switch back from her in
2:30:14 > 2:30:25qualifying, and I think we going to see it again now.
2:30:25 > 2:30:29That was amazing!I love this. For me, that was more impressive.
2:30:29 > 2:30:44Massive, beautiful, hardest rotation.Yes. 92! So deserved. Anna
2:30:44 > 2:30:51Gasser, the Austrian, stands atop the running for her second jump. A
2:30:51 > 2:30:595-.5 on the board at the minute. -- Eddie 5-.5. She stands it. The
2:30:59 > 2:31:08take-off, that was amazing.Look at her, so deserves this.
2:31:11 > 2:31:14her, so deserves this.89... I thought she would have got a lot
2:31:14 > 2:31:16more than that.
2:31:26 > 2:31:32Cab 10.80 two the line. How did she not explode into a million pieces!
2:31:32 > 2:31:42That was sick! Unbelievable. She knew she had to do that. She knew
2:31:42 > 2:31:45Anna Gasser was dropping out after her and she would be doing that same
2:31:45 > 2:31:53trick.Jamie Anderson with the drop has potentially left the door open
2:31:53 > 2:31:57for Anna Gasser. This is going to be one of the most interesting jumps.
2:31:57 > 2:32:08Synnott Zoi Sadowski, the switch backside 100.No way! The front
2:32:08 > 2:32:20side.Well, this is so good to watch. Could have been gold. Looks
2:32:20 > 2:32:27so relaxed, doesn't she?So relaxed. Nervous. Not really saying much. Me
2:32:27 > 2:32:37too. OK! My gosh! This is coming down to the wire.I did not think
2:32:37 > 2:32:43she had bad, I thought the first corkscrew was a little vertigo.Look
2:32:43 > 2:32:48out made up she is. We talked about this being the best example, the
2:32:48 > 2:32:52best exposition of women's riding, look at this, this is what it means
2:32:52 > 2:32:57to them, to be able to lay down in perfect conditions, what it means to
2:32:57 > 2:33:03them. The opposite scenario of what we saw in women's slope style a week
2:33:03 > 2:33:10ago. The style. She went deep as well.Watch the back leg through
2:33:10 > 2:33:19this second corkscrew. 96! She has done it! The gold medal!Anna
2:33:19 > 2:33:26Gasser. Well deserved. Very, very well deserved. Did I just called the
2:33:26 > 2:33:32point is exactly right again? STUDIO: always, always right. We
2:33:32 > 2:33:38will hear Tim again alongside James Woods, now he's finished competing
2:33:38 > 2:33:42he is actually sounding rather good as a commentator, this is the main's
2:33:42 > 2:33:49ski half pipe. COMMENTATOR: the defending Olympic champion gets the
2:33:49 > 2:33:59respect from the start marshal.Huge start. Massive switch.
2:34:00 > 2:34:01start. Massive switch. This is incredible. I can't believe this is
2:34:01 > 2:34:10how went.Came down really nicely as far as I could see.A little bit of
2:34:10 > 2:34:19pressure, too much on one ski.Click the deck.Alex Ferreira back in the
2:34:19 > 2:34:27hot seat. Land is flat, keeps his speed. The switch. Down the pipe,
2:34:27 > 2:34:3910.80. Back tens. Ramping it up. Here goes.I can't do it. Even
2:34:39 > 2:34:48better than his first run! He is stepping up.The Harry Potter of the
2:34:48 > 2:34:56half pipe world, wizards his way through this. Ludicrous.My
2:34:56 > 2:35:01goodness!
2:35:01 > 2:35:07goodness!All my God! I think he will explode if he wins the gold
2:35:07 > 2:35:14medal, he will actually explode! Woods asked me in that break if
2:35:14 > 2:35:23nerves were anything in this world. Ask David Vice right now. Ask him,
2:35:23 > 2:35:27he's won more than you could possibly imagine. Not as clean,
2:35:27 > 2:35:36little bit of a wriggle. Left side, double Cork, and he's put it down.
2:35:36 > 2:35:44Perfect. Switch, left, the right side 12 to finish this. Boom! That's
2:35:44 > 2:35:53it!History here, the first man to do all four double Cork is. In an
2:35:53 > 2:36:01Olympics.Impeccably done. This, right here, not a stress run for
2:36:01 > 2:36:08him. Switch, double, following the 10.80 with the double 12 points 60.
2:36:08 > 2:36:17Dipping very late. Not opening up but stamping it perfectly.His hands
2:36:17 > 2:36:24in the air, his hair flowing.
2:36:24 > 2:36:30in the air, his hair flowing.And the defending champion. Post the
2:36:30 > 2:36:34proverbial rabbit from the heart! First after his first run, first
2:36:34 > 2:36:40after the second, can he be first after the third? If ever there was a
2:36:40 > 2:36:45time to rip the lead from it, this is it.Come on, Alex Ferreira.
2:36:45 > 2:36:51Absolutely huge. The time he was in the air. The biggest we might have
2:36:51 > 2:36:59seen all day. Perfect.Fizzing inside, running on pure adrenaline,
2:36:59 > 2:37:11massive!Going so, so big. Squeaking in.My goodness, Alex Ferreira has
2:37:11 > 2:37:15not knocked it out of the box, he stripped to a space rocket and has
2:37:15 > 2:37:26centred on the outer space.Well! They grab on the 12th of the top.No
2:37:26 > 2:37:32way of maintaining that amplitude. You need to do everything perfectly.
2:37:32 > 2:37:37He takes it around, all the way around to switch and leases at
2:37:37 > 2:37:44perfectly at the top of the wall. Landing right away over the top of
2:37:44 > 2:37:47the bindings, generating speed through transition.I am going to
2:37:47 > 2:37:54put my head on the line, I am going to go all an balloon on this. Cover
2:37:54 > 2:37:58your eyes, I'm not quite sure of what is going to happen... Oh! You
2:37:58 > 2:38:08can see the message from the judges. It cannot stand up to David Weiss
2:38:08 > 2:38:13is's technicality but everyone on their feet.The main's ski half pipe
2:38:13 > 2:38:21final. STUDIO: David Moyes retaining his title for the USA, if you want
2:38:21 > 2:38:24to watch curling, go to the red button, the semifinal between Canada
2:38:24 > 2:38:31and the USA is 1-1. We hoped Great Britain would have been there but
2:38:31 > 2:38:36currently Sweden leading to one against Switzerland, Team GB having
2:38:36 > 2:38:40been beaten in the tie-break and knock out late last night. This time
2:38:40 > 2:38:46tomorrow we will be live on curling, Eve Muirhead and her rink will go in
2:38:46 > 2:38:51the semifinals against Sweden. Quick quiz question for John and Sarah.
2:38:51 > 2:39:00Have you seen the film icon that tiny? It's really good.
2:39:00 > 2:39:03tiny? It's really good. Based on a true story, a winter Olympic true
2:39:03 > 2:39:11story which sort of came to its culmination in 1994 when Nancy
2:39:11 > 2:39:15Kerrigan and Tonya Harding made to the Olympics. Here is Robin Cousins
2:39:15 > 2:39:22to talent.
2:39:22 > 2:39:30to talent. -- to tell it. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lily hammer
2:39:30 > 2:39:34in Norway, the rival between Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding came to
2:39:34 > 2:39:41its conclusion.
2:39:41 > 2:39:43its conclusion. Kerrigan was seen as the all American princess, the ice
2:39:43 > 2:39:48cream, Harding the skater from the wrong side of the tracks, had all
2:39:48 > 2:39:53the talent.
2:39:56 > 2:39:59the talent. At the 1991 US championships she was the first
2:39:59 > 2:40:03American woman to perform a triple axel in competition.I'm going to
2:40:03 > 2:40:07prove to everyone I'm number one.A year later Kerrigan took the bronze
2:40:07 > 2:40:16medal at the Olympics am a Harding was fourth.
2:40:17 > 2:40:22By 1994 the girls were the talk of the town, the US media loved their
2:40:22 > 2:40:26contrast in styles but at the US championships, Nancy Kerrigan was
2:40:26 > 2:40:29attacked after a training session.
2:40:33 > 2:40:39Hit across the knee by a heavy club, the injury so horrific it took her
2:40:39 > 2:40:43out of the US championships and put her appearance in a second Olympic
2:40:43 > 2:40:48Games in jeopardy. It emerged Harding's husband had hired a hit
2:40:48 > 2:40:53man to take out Kerrigan, Harding claimed her innocence, saying she
2:40:53 > 2:40:57had no prior knowledge of the assault but admitted afterwards to
2:40:57 > 2:41:01hiding pertinent information from various authorities. The US Olympic
2:41:01 > 2:41:07Committee tried to ban Harding but she threatened to sue.This Court
2:41:07 > 2:41:11has just concluded a series of meetings representing Tonya Harding,
2:41:11 > 2:41:17Tonya Harding will skate in the 1994 Olympic Games.Kerrigan showed
2:41:17 > 2:41:20remarkable resilience, it wasn't long before she was back on the ice
2:41:20 > 2:41:23and on to full training proving to herself and the Olympic select
2:41:23 > 2:41:28Versace was capable of performing at the highest level and that she
2:41:28 > 2:41:32deserved a place in the US Olympic team, to Lillehammer they both went,
2:41:32 > 2:41:38their lives changed forever.Good morning, Miss Harding, will you have
2:41:38 > 2:41:42a meeting with Nancy Kerrigan this evening? I don't know. Does this
2:41:42 > 2:41:46have an effect on your nerves before the competition? All this media has
2:41:46 > 2:41:53linked?Under incredible scrutiny from an un-trusting media Harding
2:41:53 > 2:42:01was struggling to cope and her form deteriorated. A disappointing short
2:42:01 > 2:42:07programme left in 10th place. And then, following a bizarre false
2:42:07 > 2:42:13start to her free programme she was allowed to start again, eventually
2:42:13 > 2:42:22making up two places, finishing eighth overall. Let me off. In her
2:42:22 > 2:42:25short programme Kerrigan performed with beauty and athleticism and
2:42:25 > 2:42:29going into the free programme she was third. The crowd loved her even
2:42:29 > 2:42:36more. COMMENTATOR:
2:42:36 > 2:42:44Tremendous reception. Nancy did not win the gold, she was big, Nancy did
2:42:44 > 2:42:51return to the USA and Olympic silver medallist and hero. Tonya Harding on
2:42:51 > 2:42:56the other hand returned home to an FBI investigation and a $100,000
2:42:56 > 2:43:01fine, she would never escape competitively again. -- never skate
2:43:01 > 2:43:06competitively. Tonya Harding then bent and
2:43:06 > 2:43:08competitively. Tonya Harding then bent and tribe and's boxing for a
2:43:08 > 2:43:14while. The most extraordinary story, I recommend the film. The skating
2:43:14 > 2:43:19scenes are so good. The medals will be decided at the moment's singles
2:43:19 > 2:43:22to and it is a battle of Russian teenagers, the free programme
2:43:22 > 2:43:27starting at 1am, and bearing in mind the Olympic Athletes from Russia
2:43:27 > 2:43:32have won 13 medals but no gold, they look pretty nailed on. The
2:43:32 > 2:43:3915-year-old, leading, a fair old app to third place. You would think one
2:43:39 > 2:43:43of them would take a gold medal. We note Elise Christie started in
2:43:43 > 2:43:49figure skating and went to short track, Sarah, did you start?There's
2:43:49 > 2:43:54not many start in speed skating, you get talent spotted doing a different
2:43:54 > 2:43:59discipline.I got spotted as a hockey boy. But where I started,
2:43:59 > 2:44:03decided to have a go at speed skating.We are going to show the
2:44:03 > 2:44:08final in the ice hockey, Canada against the USA. I don't want to
2:44:08 > 2:44:12give it away. I always wondered with ice hockey, why isn't there more
2:44:12 > 2:44:17than to take ice hockey teams from great written? You would think that
2:44:17 > 2:44:22is your chance to involve the most amount of table who want to be on
2:44:22 > 2:44:28the ice?It would be fantastic to have men or women in a team there,
2:44:28 > 2:44:31that team sport, then again, a big sport in this country, bigger than
2:44:31 > 2:44:36people think. The Elite League in Britain is a well followed league,
2:44:36 > 2:44:40it is a shame they cannot do that but I think it is something British
2:44:40 > 2:44:45ice hockey will hopefully get right. You mentioned there are seven short
2:44:45 > 2:44:48track speed Skating clubs in the country, how many ice rinks are
2:44:48 > 2:44:52there and how much access do you get to it if you want to train or play
2:44:52 > 2:44:58ice hockey?You have to go to one of the actual clubs if you want to try
2:44:58 > 2:45:02speed skating, can't just put on a pair of speed skates and go onto the
2:45:02 > 2:45:06ice rink, there are lots around the country but if you want to try speed
2:45:06 > 2:45:10skating you have to go to a specific club.When I was in South Korea the
2:45:10 > 2:45:14kids on the there would be someone doing figure skating and then they
2:45:14 > 2:45:19would be speed skaters from the outside.Definite lessons that can
2:45:19 > 2:45:21be learned, they use the ice so well there and in this country we talk
2:45:21 > 2:45:26about not having many speed skating sessions or clubs for people to get
2:45:26 > 2:45:31along to but if you want to get along and do any kind of skating get
2:45:31 > 2:45:37along to the ice.There is no opportunity to do long track.
2:45:37 > 2:45:41Unfortunately we do not have a long track version, it's a 400 metre,
2:45:41 > 2:45:45like a running track and the cost of running one of them would be very
2:45:45 > 2:45:49expensive. Unfortunately we don't but we do have quite a good UK long
2:45:49 > 2:45:52track system that is working and working quite well with the Duchess
2:45:52 > 2:45:59is the Asian.You combine with the Dutch.
2:46:00 > 2:46:06When Elise left school, she went to Nottingham to base herself there, is
2:46:06 > 2:46:10that where you have to be?That is where the national ice centre is,
2:46:10 > 2:46:14and where the national team are based. Once you qualify for the
2:46:14 > 2:46:18national team, it's best to be in Nottingham.They've done a great job
2:46:18 > 2:46:22of making it feel like home for us, and they pulled out all the stops in
2:46:22 > 2:46:26preparation for the games, and I know that every night I had been
2:46:26 > 2:46:29racing for the short track, there has been a full house in the arena,
2:46:29 > 2:46:35because the staff at the national ice centre have been great.How
2:46:35 > 2:46:40young do you have to start?I think you should start quite young, as far
2:46:40 > 2:46:46as developing some ice skills, but you can move into speed skating,
2:46:46 > 2:46:50like Elise has proved, in your teens.I didn't start until I was
2:46:50 > 2:46:5712, 13. Elise really started at about 14, 15. They're big
2:46:57 > 2:47:00opportunities to move into the sport later than some of the other
2:47:00 > 2:47:05disciplines.We've just had the second final of the 5000 metres, the
2:47:05 > 2:47:13USA won that, but they are not in the a final, we've got career macro,
2:47:13 > 2:47:18Hungary, China, so you can anticipate who the crowd will be
2:47:18 > 2:47:19supporting. -- we've got Korea.
2:47:27 > 2:47:32We've got Hungary in position number two. Hungary on the outside of
2:47:32 > 2:47:41Korea. China, with Wu Dajing, who won the race over 500 metres
2:47:41 > 2:47:47earlier, and a three Olympic gold medallist, Charles Hamelin, who will
2:47:47 > 2:47:58be leading for Canada on 45 laps of the track. Four men in each team. An
2:47:58 > 2:48:03awful lot to keep your eye on, for us and the judges, in a race like
2:48:03 > 2:48:09this, as they slither and slide their way up towards first. Hungary
2:48:09 > 2:48:16on the front, Korea two, China three and Canada at the back. What happens
2:48:16 > 2:48:20is you don't have to do a set amount of time at the front actively
2:48:20 > 2:48:27involved in the race. The team can work it out as they go along.
2:48:27 > 2:48:31Generally, all the teams will change every one and a half laps. The
2:48:31 > 2:48:37teams, if they skater wants to do two, three, four laps, that's
2:48:37 > 2:48:40allowed, but after a number of years we've come to the conclusion that
2:48:40 > 2:48:45one and a half laps appears to be most effective, allowing the skaters
2:48:45 > 2:48:50to skate as fast as possible, but allowing those on the inside to
2:48:50 > 2:48:52recover before they go back out again.There will be some tired legs
2:48:52 > 2:48:59when they go out at the end.
2:49:01 > 2:49:02when they go out at the end. One of the Korean racers, about to be
2:49:02 > 2:49:09thrown into it, huge and limb, just raced in the final of the 500 metres
2:49:09 > 2:49:18-- Lim Hyojun. In Samuel Girard is out there as well, on the ice,
2:49:18 > 2:49:21trying to find a way through, with Canada in fourth. He hands over to
2:49:21 > 2:49:33Pascal Dion, his team-mate. China one, Hungary two, Korea three.China
2:49:33 > 2:49:37want to be staying out of trouble, with all the penalties they've been
2:49:37 > 2:49:40receiving at these games, so clearly they are changing their tactics.
2:49:40 > 2:49:45They are saying, come and get us, very much like in the 5000 metres,
2:49:45 > 2:49:52as Korea moving country into first. Wu Dajing momentarily the much out
2:49:52 > 2:50:00of first place by another skater. The changeover is one of the key
2:50:00 > 2:50:03areas the judges need to keep looking at. Sometimes people can
2:50:03 > 2:50:09loiter in the lane, getting in the way, blocking, not moving out of the
2:50:09 > 2:50:13lane early enough, which can cause problems.Canada moving into third
2:50:13 > 2:50:26place. At the moment, still 29 laps to go, with China on the front.
2:50:26 > 2:50:37China still leading from Korea, with Chen Dequan out of them.
2:50:37 > 2:50:45Chen Dequan out of them. China, with Han Tianyu. A slight slip from
2:50:45 > 2:50:50Charles Hamelin from Canada. Charles Hamelin with ground to make up. He
2:50:50 > 2:50:56hands over to Samuel Girard, a good changeover, as he thrust Samuel
2:50:56 > 2:50:59Girard back into the race, still at the back, but on the tails of
2:50:59 > 2:51:05Hungary.Nine second laps, so it hasn't really opened just yet. Teams
2:51:05 > 2:51:11still juggling oppositions.
2:51:14 > 2:51:17still juggling oppositions.Chen Dequan leading for China. Oh, and a
2:51:17 > 2:51:25crash! That is going to cost Korea in a big way.A big blow for Korea,
2:51:25 > 2:51:34as China are still in front, with 21 laps to go.China can sense this
2:51:34 > 2:51:37could be their opportunity. It will be a wild chase for Korea, with so
2:51:37 > 2:51:44much to do. They are about three quarters of a lap behind, and no
2:51:44 > 2:51:49wonder the place has gone up at the front. China leading the way, with
2:51:49 > 2:51:54Han Tianyu, followed by Samuel Girard of Canada, and also for
2:51:54 > 2:52:00Hungary. Behind him, handovers
2:52:02 > 2:52:05Hungary. Behind him, handovers being made to Viktor Knoch.It could be
2:52:05 > 2:52:13the first medal for Hungary in an Olympic Games.Canada on the front,
2:52:13 > 2:52:19with Charle Cournoyer, an experienced campaigner. Leading the
2:52:19 > 2:52:25way, having a look, trying to find a way through. The handover to Wu
2:52:25 > 2:52:30Dajing, the new world record in the 500 metres. Korea not gaining
2:52:30 > 2:52:36ground, because the others are in full pelt.If one of these three
2:52:36 > 2:52:40teams fall down, Korea could still be in a chance with a medal.Or if
2:52:40 > 2:52:45there was a penalty incurred, or by more than one team, as we saw in the
2:52:45 > 2:52:50women's final. A dozen laps to go. Canada in front, China's second,
2:52:50 > 2:52:57Hungary third. Canada trying to pull away. Hungary have one week skater,
2:52:57 > 2:53:05so they are trying to make the race as fast as possible. China, a bit of
2:53:05 > 2:53:10bumping and barging. Canada second, Hungary hanging on by their
2:53:10 > 2:53:13fingernails to third place at the moment, as Charles Hamelin put back
2:53:13 > 2:53:18into the race once more. He had to get through some traffic there.
2:53:18 > 2:53:23Still leading for Canada. Having a look to get through is the
2:53:23 > 2:53:30Hungarian. Korea chasing in vain and not gaining ground. Leading the way
2:53:30 > 2:53:36for Canada, Samuel Girard.I'd say, with seven laps to go, Hungary
2:53:36 > 2:53:40looked very comfortable. They haven't done much work on the front,
2:53:40 > 2:53:46and they are really relaxing here. The Hungarian could do something
2:53:46 > 2:53:51very special.
2:53:51 > 2:53:55very special.Slightly outmanoeuvred, the Hungarians on the
2:53:55 > 2:54:00handover. Rafael Behr once more, Charles Hamelin thrown into the race
2:54:00 > 2:54:06for Canada. He leads. It's now with Wu Dajing for China, China into
2:54:06 > 2:54:12third, Hungary very competitive. Shaolin Sandor Liu on the track at
2:54:12 > 2:54:20the moment. Did well to avoid a collision with Samuel Girard.
2:54:20 > 2:54:25Hungary in the lead, almost lapping Korea. Canada in second, not for
2:54:25 > 2:54:30long. Samuel Girard has been taken. Read the final bend, and Hungary
2:54:30 > 2:54:36have done it. They claim the gold medal right at the last! Shaolin
2:54:36 > 2:54:42Sandor Liu leads them to victory. What a moment for Hungary, what a
2:54:42 > 2:54:47disappointment Korea, and for everybody else, and Elise Christie
2:54:47 > 2:54:51at last has something to celebrate at the Olympic Games. She is here on
2:54:51 > 2:54:53crutches to support her boyfriend, and there is a gold medal to
2:54:53 > 2:55:00celebrate.As we said, the Hungarians were there comfortably,
2:55:00 > 2:55:05waiting, waiting and waiting, and sometimes they can panic, but they
2:55:05 > 2:55:09clearly didn't, and it was a fantastic race for the Hungarians.
2:55:09 > 2:55:15What a result. They stayed in the hunt on the way through, without
2:55:15 > 2:55:20really showing their cards, right until the last, but you know what,
2:55:20 > 2:55:23as soon as Korea fell, I think China thought it was going their night.
2:55:23 > 2:55:31The Hungarians have been skating well at the World Championships, the
2:55:31 > 2:55:34European Championships, and they were so relaxed, waiting, as if they
2:55:34 > 2:55:41almost knew they were going to win. What a final, and what a result. Big
2:55:41 > 2:55:45disappointment for the home crowd, but a rare moment of Winter Games
2:55:45 > 2:55:49success to celebrate for Hungary, and it may well be an Olympic record
2:55:49 > 2:55:56time.
2:55:56 > 2:55:59time. 6:31.99 is the time, which means, if that's ratified, it will
2:55:59 > 2:56:03be a new Olympic record for them to celebrate as well, to go with those
2:56:03 > 2:56:08big, shiny golden medals. But what a disappointment for Korea. We
2:56:08 > 2:56:14expected more from them and they expected more from themselves.It's
2:56:14 > 2:56:21this crazy sport short track, and one of the things... We
2:56:23 > 2:56:24one of the things... We can see, Viktor Knoch moving onto the inside,
2:56:24 > 2:56:28but that could be very tricky. It will be a big call for the British
2:56:28 > 2:56:34referee. Maybe the incident has happened earlier.Suddenly they were
2:56:34 > 2:56:39all over the place. You could see that momentary confusion among the
2:56:39 > 2:56:44Korean skaters. What do I do? How do we stay in the race legally? Look at
2:56:44 > 2:56:53this pushing and barging. Bittern involved,
2:56:54 > 2:57:02involved, that was Xu Hongzhi of China. -- the two involved. Never
2:57:02 > 2:57:04straightforward, the relay, with so many athletes on the track at the
2:57:04 > 2:57:10same time. But look at the joy on the face of Shaolin Sandor review.
2:57:10 > 2:57:18As he crosses the line, arms in the air. That will more than make up for
2:57:18 > 2:57:22his disappointment in the individual events. And at last a smile and a
2:57:22 > 2:57:30joyous moment for Elise Christie as well, as she celebrates with her
2:57:30 > 2:57:35boyfriend. And the result is confirmed. Hungary the winners in a
2:57:35 > 2:57:40new Olympic record time. China wins silver, Canada take the bronze,
2:57:40 > 2:57:49Korea a disappointed for. -- fourth.
2:57:49 > 2:57:52That concludes events at the short track, which has given us
2:57:52 > 2:57:55everything, and Sarah and John were cheering on the Hungarians, because
2:57:55 > 2:58:04you know them pretty well.Yes, and Shaolin Sandor Liu has come over and
2:58:04 > 2:58:08done some training with us, and it's nice to see him win an Olympic gold.
2:58:08 > 2:58:13What a great finish, great overtake and storming it to the end.I think
2:58:13 > 2:58:18that might be Hungary's first gold of these games are looking at the
2:58:18 > 2:58:24medal table. So no wonder the celebrations are so strong. It's one
2:58:24 > 2:58:27of those things are big team needed, you need depth in short track, and
2:58:27 > 2:58:31at the moment that's what we are lacking in Great Britain, we don't
2:58:31 > 2:58:37have four men that could go out there.Not to this quality. We have
2:58:37 > 2:58:40some good skaters who will be training hard for Beijing, but we
2:58:40 > 2:58:44need to continue to grow the sport and find new, talented athletes to
2:58:44 > 2:58:49push each other on. There, you've got great skaters from all the
2:58:49 > 2:58:53nations, with multiple opportunities to win medals. When you finish the
2:58:53 > 2:58:58Olympic Games off with a relay medal, its special for the whole
2:58:58 > 2:59:02country.Yes, almost the best thing of all. Elise Christie on the
2:59:02 > 2:59:06right-hand side, she spent a bit of time in Hungary. Where is Shaolin
2:59:06 > 2:59:15Sandor Liu is?In Budapest.What a great support he has been to her,
2:59:15 > 2:59:21and with his brother as well. Keeping it in the family.And he
2:59:21 > 2:59:25brought them home, the final lap, he took over, and legs must be really
2:59:25 > 2:59:32burning.It's the toughest race in short track, the longest, and they
2:59:32 > 2:59:35go in multiple times, so you don't just have to keep the speed going,
2:59:35 > 2:59:38you've also got the time in the middle where you are trying to
2:59:38 > 2:59:42recover to go back in, and that's when you really get a sense of the
2:59:42 > 2:59:44atmosphere, the crowd, those moments when you switch off and then go
2:59:44 > 2:59:51again. Right at the end, the guys are going full out here. A bit of a
2:59:51 > 2:59:56different tactic from the Hungarian and Canadian teams to the Chinese,
2:59:56 > 3:00:04different places of change. In the last two laps, your real race is on,
3:00:04 > 3:00:08and a great entrance from Shaolin into the corner, to make the speed.
3:00:08 > 3:00:14He knocks the Canadian guy's glasses off, Samuel Girard, probably a bit
3:00:14 > 3:00:18shocked, but a great finish, and the Chinese coming from.Not surprising,
3:00:18 > 3:00:23because the Canadian couldn't see any more!Is where you see, you need
3:00:23 > 3:00:28to be short in short track on things, but with those longer legs,
3:00:28 > 3:00:35Shaolin, you are not beating him to the finish line easily. Rate seems.
3:00:35 > 3:00:40To see -- great themes. And to see a Elise Christie with a smile on her
3:00:40 > 3:00:45face is great of a gold medal for her boyfriend will do.She spent a
3:00:45 > 3:00:51lot of time in Hungary and she knows the team well. When the relay team
3:00:51 > 3:00:58wins, the whole team celebrates, and she will feel a bit part of that.
3:00:58 > 3:01:03is the Asian.You combine with the Dutch.
3:01:04 > 3:01:11You see here the referee would have been licking at a lot more footage.
3:01:11 > 3:01:16That's work career could not change over, before the changeover, went
3:01:16 > 3:01:26sideways. -- the referee would have been looking.There is no one
3:01:26 > 3:01:31covering them for the relay change, they've got too little time to catch
3:01:31 > 3:01:40back up.Do you know what? Watching that again, I'm not sure that Sam's
3:01:40 > 3:01:43classes did not just fall off, I'm not sure how much they were knocked
3:01:43 > 3:01:51off.Kept his cool, incredible overtake, the last two labs, did not
3:01:51 > 3:01:56panic, what an amazing kick out over the line.Good celebration.
3:01:56 > 3:02:03Fantastic, the joy of it. It's not only hungry's first gold of these
3:02:03 > 3:02:08games, their first ever Winter Olympics gold medal. That is
3:02:08 > 3:02:14incredible, huge story! No wonder they are celebrating as much as they
3:02:14 > 3:02:18are an bad guy there are brought it home for them. What a great result,
3:02:18 > 3:02:24what a great way to finish.Really nice. It is the blue riband event,
3:02:24 > 3:02:29the relay, more people involved, a real team atmosphere, nothing better
3:02:29 > 3:02:33than celebrating on the ice with your team-mates.The last time they
3:02:33 > 3:02:40won a medal was Lake Placid, silver, 1988. This is rare, completely
3:02:40 > 3:02:44unique. Let's look at the short track medal table and the nations
3:02:44 > 3:02:48that have done the best. Out in front... The host nation.
3:03:02 > 3:03:06Spread a lot further than one might have expect that, another medal for
3:03:06 > 3:03:10the USA and for the Olympic Athletes from Russia, not on that table at
3:03:10 > 3:03:16all, Great Britain, the target was 1-2. This is how the British got on,
3:03:16 > 3:03:22as we note Elise Christie finished fourth in the 500 metres, got
3:03:22 > 3:03:26through, had a fall towards the end of the race, finished, for the first
3:03:26 > 3:03:31time she gets a finished result in an Olympic race, but should sit
3:03:31 > 3:03:37fourth in the 500 metres. In the 1000 metres, disqualified in the
3:03:37 > 3:03:39heats and as we saw in the semifinals of the fifth team hundred
3:03:39 > 3:03:45crashed. Charlotte Kilmartin, a crashed, went out in the heats of
3:03:45 > 3:03:49the 1000, crashed in the semifinal of the 1500, Kathryn Thompson,
3:03:49 > 3:03:55younger developing athlete, crashed and then went out in the heats.
3:03:55 > 3:04:03Farrell Tracey and
3:04:03 > 3:04:05Farrell Tracey and Josh Chetham, I think Farrell Tracey would have them
3:04:05 > 3:04:10trying to make the quarterfinals but come the result he did, it's
3:04:10 > 3:04:16fantastic.Look at the statistics, is appointing the team, brought
3:04:16 > 3:04:19their heart and soul to the preparation, they will be very
3:04:19 > 3:04:24disappointed coming out with their results but as you see, in short
3:04:24 > 3:04:27track speed skating, it's very spread over a lot of nations, it
3:04:27 > 3:04:33shows how open the sport is and the growth around the world.That should
3:04:33 > 3:04:36give you lots of hope and John, you are involved in the programme,
3:04:36 > 3:04:41wanting to develop it further. Despite what has happened to Elise
3:04:41 > 3:04:46Christie have you seen an upturn in interest from kids?The sport has
3:04:46 > 3:04:51been growing slowly for the last 12 months, over the last two weeks come
3:04:51 > 3:04:54through the website we have had over 200 people are disturbed their
3:04:54 > 3:05:00interest like you mentioned today, join a club, come along, try it.
3:05:00 > 3:05:06It's not fantastic, not great news for the results but interest lies,
3:05:06 > 3:05:10and what we said earlier, it's fantastic.How worried are you as a
3:05:10 > 3:05:15set of at your going to be affect it by the fact Elise Christie could not
3:05:15 > 3:05:22win a medal and is it fair it's all on her?I think it is tough,
3:05:22 > 3:05:25especially for her, everyone looking for her to try and win a medal but
3:05:25 > 3:05:28we've had some great performances from Charlotte over the last couple
3:05:28 > 3:05:32of years and she would have liked to have been in a share of the medal
3:05:32 > 3:05:38but for us as a sport we have got to be patient and see what comes. We
3:05:38 > 3:05:41have a great strategy in place for the next Olympic cycle in Beijing,
3:05:41 > 3:05:44we've done the groundwork for that, we need to be confident we have done
3:05:44 > 3:05:52for we have done.Where does that funding come from? That's a lot of
3:05:52 > 3:05:58money. Over four and a half million. Where does it gets them?That's just
3:05:58 > 3:06:02for the performance end. One of the real challenges for the development
3:06:02 > 3:06:08of the sport, we don't have any grassroots funding, UK Sport only do
3:06:08 > 3:06:14funding for the performance end of the sport. We don't have any of that
3:06:14 > 3:06:23in this country but that for 7 million is for the performance.It
3:06:23 > 3:06:28is to pay for all the coaches, kit... You have to pay for ice time?
3:06:28 > 3:06:34We are fortunate, we have a deal with the lottery funded holding, the
3:06:34 > 3:06:37National ice Centre, it's a training centre, that's not one of the costs
3:06:37 > 3:06:42we have to incur but to go round these different places in the world
3:06:42 > 3:06:48is not cheap, to get athletes to the competitions, it's not cheap.Sarah,
3:06:48 > 3:06:52do you think Elise Christie felt not only the pressure of the attention
3:06:52 > 3:06:56she was getting coming into the games but also that a heavy feeling
3:06:56 > 3:07:00you get when you know a whole programme is dependent on you, all
3:07:00 > 3:07:04the others are depending on her to win a medal for their future.It is
3:07:04 > 3:07:10a lot of pressure, comes from all different places as well but she has
3:07:10 > 3:07:15to try and focus on not putting the pressure on herself. All the wing is
3:07:15 > 3:07:19that aren't in her control, she wants to win that medal, not just
3:07:19 > 3:07:24for her but for everybody so the sport can continue to grow. Can
3:07:24 > 3:07:28continue to get funding. She will have felt that I'm sure, it's
3:07:28 > 3:07:33difficult to pretend that does not exist.I am sure that's why she came
3:07:33 > 3:07:34out and tried to skate in
3:07:34 > 3:07:34exist.I am sure that's why she came out and tried to skate in the
3:07:34 > 3:07:40quarterfinals. John, do you think there are other skaters we haven't
3:07:40 > 3:07:44seen who might appear in four years' time and if so, who realistically
3:07:44 > 3:07:51apart from Elise Christie can win medals?We haven't seen the best of
3:07:51 > 3:07:54Kathryn Thompson who came to these games as a first-time Olympian and I
3:07:54 > 3:08:00think she only get better over the next four years. Farrell Tracey who
3:08:00 > 3:08:07finished their teams, new to the scene. He's only going to grow. --
3:08:07 > 3:08:14who finished 13th. We have other guys rolling up in the sport and
3:08:14 > 3:08:18developing. That is the main thing, we need to get strength in depth to
3:08:18 > 3:08:23push from the knees, we don't want to leave the top athletes to crack
3:08:23 > 3:08:28on and bring pressure to the teams. The best news that your sport has
3:08:28 > 3:08:34had, Elise Christie being re-fired, absolutely wanting to be back in
3:08:34 > 3:08:39four years.A lot of unfinished business, it is early for her to
3:08:39 > 3:08:43feel it that, to say she will continue to Beijing but I think, she
3:08:43 > 3:08:46knows her own mind and she know she does not want to finish now. She is
3:08:46 > 3:08:50the fastest in the world, she has not performed at these Olympics, she
3:08:50 > 3:08:56is that good, I don't think you can quit when you are the best. When you
3:08:56 > 3:09:01still feel you haven't had a chance to show that.On the biggest stage.
3:09:01 > 3:09:05The World Championships for a skater is the highlight, for you and
3:09:05 > 3:09:09everyone else, the Winter Olympics is where she wants to be. Thank you
3:09:09 > 3:09:12both so much for all of your time, you've been fantastic on your
3:09:12 > 3:09:16insight but that connection with Elise Christie and feeling the
3:09:16 > 3:09:20empathy for her and knowing her so well, and celebrating with Hungary
3:09:20 > 3:09:25today. That is our Vic areas gold medal, if you like. Argue both so
3:09:25 > 3:09:32much. Let's catch up with the headlines overnight and this
3:09:32 > 3:09:40morning. This day 13. Great Britain bowed out of the curling. Losing a
3:09:40 > 3:09:45tie-breaker against Switzerland to played a stunning shot. Austria's
3:09:45 > 3:09:51Amat Gasser took the winning gold in the big air, turning on the style,
3:09:51 > 3:10:00relegating Jamie Anderson to Sauber. The surprise winner of the men's
3:10:00 > 3:10:06slalom. Masoe here sure failed to finish his first run. Dave Ryding
3:10:06 > 3:10:18finished ninth. Four years after her sister Dominique won the downhill in
3:10:18 > 3:10:23Sochi, Gizen claimed the Alpine gold medal ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin.
3:10:23 > 3:10:28Lindsay Bonham competed in Ford is almost certainly her final Olympic
3:10:28 > 3:10:35contest, leading after the downhill race but not risking her as fragile
3:10:35 > 3:10:39knees in the slalom, as she tried to turn, it did not happen and she
3:10:39 > 3:10:44tried to ski out.
3:10:44 > 3:10:46tried to ski out. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has announced
3:10:46 > 3:10:50Alexander Krushelnitsky who tested positive for a banned substance has
3:10:50 > 3:10:55been stripped of his medal in the next curling. Those are the
3:10:55 > 3:11:00headlines. -- the next curling. Let's hope Britain has a reason to
3:11:00 > 3:11:02celebrate tomorrow.
3:11:28 > 3:11:39Come on, baby!He, brother.Keep cam, curl on. This time tomorrow
3:11:39 > 3:11:48will look the trying very hard to keep cam, Great Britain and Anna
3:11:48 > 3:11:51Sloan, Vicki Adams, Lauren Gray will be in semifinal action against
3:11:51 > 3:11:54Weedon, the winner of the semifinal going into the gold medal match. But
3:11:54 > 3:11:59we'll come tomorrow. Women's ice hockey now and for five out of the
3:11:59 > 3:12:06last six Olympics the final has been between USA and Canada, Canada
3:12:06 > 3:12:10winning everyone. They are unbeaten at the Winter Olympics since 98.
3:12:10 > 3:12:17This is a stub of a final, don't take your eyes from it. Here is Seth
3:12:17 > 3:12:22Bennett and
3:12:25 > 3:12:30COMMENTATOR: hockey superpowers in the final again, a rematch of four
3:12:30 > 3:12:34years ago and eight years ago, Canada walking away with victory on
3:12:34 > 3:12:40both occasions. Four years of hurt for the Americans. Can they turn the
3:12:40 > 3:12:50tide of history? In Pyeongchang. Good skating to keep it in the zone
3:12:50 > 3:12:56for the Canadians. Russell will blow. Good speed in the zone.
3:12:56 > 3:13:03Turnbull coming from the bench. The putt came around, -- the puck came
3:13:03 > 3:13:09around. Short side, along the backhand, a real nice job for
3:13:09 > 3:13:16Rooney, keep tighter to the post, pad down, Wakefield lurking.Feeding
3:13:16 > 3:13:24this in. Out to August.
3:13:24 > 3:13:30Canada spreading the puck around well, tipped out in front, a chance
3:13:30 > 3:13:40for Megan Agusta. Maybe too tight. The high-tech, good recognition.
3:13:40 > 3:13:47From the defender. Slap the past right onto the stick, didn't quite
3:13:47 > 3:13:56make it through, good job from step man, she was ready for the shot.
3:13:57 > 3:14:04Canada just staying onside. The US trying to clear that away, huge hit,
3:14:04 > 3:14:10penalty coming. Grant comes in, makes her own body check after the
3:14:10 > 3:14:15play. We'll be officials call both of these?This is Jennifer
3:14:15 > 3:14:20Wakefield.
3:14:20 > 3:14:24Wakefield.Two minutes, illegal head.No doubt about it, the body
3:14:24 > 3:14:28check, all these women know you cannot body check in this game, and
3:14:28 > 3:14:37just let you know the intensity is so high...Quiet tournament for this
3:14:37 > 3:14:46woman, the shot comes in. Grateful love. Hangs onto it. 49 seconds for
3:14:46 > 3:14:53player advantage for the USA. Ed big shot. The Canadian defender doing a
3:14:53 > 3:14:59good job of making sure there is a clear lane. I really don't like the
3:14:59 > 3:15:05way Canada is managing the puck. A couple of instances, the Americans
3:15:05 > 3:15:10running around in their own zone, making back passes, putting the puck
3:15:10 > 3:15:16into not create situations. The Americans being able to break it out
3:15:16 > 3:15:20from there, Canada got to be smarter, most taking a deep breath
3:15:20 > 3:15:23and looks like they are going to get their first chance on the power
3:15:23 > 3:15:33play. Hannah brand. No, it's purse. Two minute interference call. He
3:15:33 > 3:15:41writes mile from the coach.
3:15:42 > 3:15:46Fairly legitimate, tough to argue that one. That was behind the play,
3:15:46 > 3:15:53so a third undisciplined penalty that Canada has taken, and you can
3:15:53 > 3:15:59only play with fire so much.As the US built into the zone, what a time
3:15:59 > 3:16:05it would be to score. Under a minute remains in this first period of the
3:16:05 > 3:16:10women's ice hockey final. Tipped out in front. Going hard to the net. The
3:16:10 > 3:16:17Americans have a chance. And they are going to keep looking for more.
3:16:17 > 3:16:24Irina night is the player right in front of the net. -- Hilary knight.
3:16:24 > 3:16:31And she scores! 25 seconds remaining of the first, and it is first blood
3:16:31 > 3:16:39to the USA in this Olympic final. So often, it's been silver for the US,
3:16:39 > 3:16:48but is that a golden touch from Hilary Knight? USA leading by one.
3:16:48 > 3:16:53You had a sense this would happen. Look at all the time and space that
3:16:53 > 3:16:59Cindy Moran has. She recognises where Knight is, and a beautiful
3:16:59 > 3:17:15play to the right background of Knight. She was right on top of it.
3:17:15 > 3:17:25Good save. That was a good opportunity. Very nearly snuck away,
3:17:25 > 3:17:35wriggling free again. Round behind the net.
3:17:35 > 3:17:38the net. USA in space, too much space, from a Canadian perspective.
3:17:38 > 3:17:45Forced to make the save. Not held in this time, and now maybe Canada can
3:17:45 > 3:17:54win this race. Johnston. Getting all wrapped up. The USA will come back
3:17:54 > 3:18:03the other way. Taken wide. Pushed to the front of the net by Hannah
3:18:03 > 3:18:08brand, and given away. Three on two braking. The Canadians have done
3:18:08 > 3:18:15terribly well. Turnbull puts it to the net, and it's there! A little
3:18:15 > 3:18:20tip, right in front, and Canada are right back in this, as they level
3:18:20 > 3:18:24things up. It was a nothing play as they went to the net, just enough of
3:18:24 > 3:18:34a stain on it to put it home. -- just enough of a sting. What a play
3:18:34 > 3:18:42this was on the boards by Turnbull. What a play by Turnbull, and look at
3:18:42 > 3:18:46her going to the net. She picked this one right out of the air. About
3:18:46 > 3:18:53two and a half feet, and she which is out for that puck gets to Rooney,
3:18:53 > 3:18:58and deflected past her on the short side. You said something out of
3:18:58 > 3:19:03nothing. One thing the Americans do so well is they do not give that
3:19:03 > 3:19:07puck away. When it's on their stick, they know where they wanted and they
3:19:07 > 3:19:12are not content throwing it to anybody. Canada, on the other hand,
3:19:12 > 3:19:28sometimes happy just getting it off their sticks.2-1! Another Olympic
3:19:28 > 3:19:34final goal for Poulin?. The USA punished and that combination of
3:19:34 > 3:19:40Augusta and Poulin? sending Canada back on track for gold.No sooner
3:19:40 > 3:19:47than we were praising the Americans, but it's a problem turnover, right
3:19:47 > 3:19:58out of the stick of Augusta. This pars, -- is pass, a one-time shot
3:19:59 > 3:20:03short side, screaming Rooney, the netminder, terrific shot, love that
3:20:03 > 3:20:10pass from Augusta, right through the legs of Castle.Quick shot to the
3:20:10 > 3:20:15net.
3:20:15 > 3:20:22net. Letting it go through traffic. Quick hands, quick kick. Safe.Nice
3:20:22 > 3:20:28pushback from the Americans. The Canadians were in between line
3:20:28 > 3:20:35changes. It wasn't their full unit out there. The
3:20:36 > 3:20:39out there. The likes of Knight? came through pretty big, and this was an
3:20:39 > 3:20:45own deflection.
3:20:45 > 3:20:54own deflection.That has to be a penalty. Canada still have it.
3:20:54 > 3:20:56penalty. Canada still have it. They work this one up to the top, penalty
3:20:56 > 3:21:03coming. Off the outside of the net. It looked like the USA dropped that
3:21:03 > 3:21:08one.They definitely did. Don't know how the whistle didn't go.Here is
3:21:08 > 3:21:19space. Can she use it? The netminder massively out of position.
3:21:19 > 3:21:21massively out of position. Finally, the Americans touch up. The
3:21:21 > 3:21:24whistle-blowers. First power play of the game for Canada.A great job
3:21:24 > 3:21:32here. Moved down to the fourth line. She's got terrific speed. She chips
3:21:32 > 3:21:37it
3:21:39 > 3:21:46it past Morin, and a hard knock off the stick of Johnson. Canada goes to
3:21:46 > 3:21:53the power play for the first time this evening.A nice pass to force
3:21:53 > 3:22:03it up. Works it to the near side. Stick goes flying up in the air.
3:22:03 > 3:22:05Only three of the four have got sticks for the Americans. Punched
3:22:05 > 3:22:13away. The only thing she can do as it goes down low. I think she's over
3:22:13 > 3:22:22the line.You can't go into the blue paint if you are a skater unless the
3:22:22 > 3:22:29puck is in there. It's an automatic whistle. Having it explained to her
3:22:29 > 3:22:33by the revelry. Rebecca Johnson tries to throw it in. You can see
3:22:33 > 3:22:39the right skate standing in the blue paint, not allowing Rooney to come
3:22:39 > 3:22:49out. Eventually separated, trying to move the puck round.They're going
3:22:49 > 3:22:53to have to build this from distance, as now they bring it down. What an
3:22:53 > 3:23:01opportunity that was!
3:23:01 > 3:23:10Now Wakefield. Nurse latches on. Couldn't find the player out in
3:23:10 > 3:23:19front.
3:23:24 > 3:23:30Canada get it back towards the blue line. Through traffic, bounces out.
3:23:30 > 3:23:36The Americans can clear, and they will.
3:23:36 > 3:23:39will.What an opportunity for Canada. Terrific job. It started
3:23:39 > 3:23:45with the point shot, and that got the Americans running around.
3:23:45 > 3:23:52Rooney, the American netminder, add the stance. The rebound came to
3:23:52 > 3:23:58Wakefield, Nurse was there.The Americans come into these big games
3:23:58 > 3:24:04as favourites, they come in and play well, as they did in the semifinal,
3:24:04 > 3:24:07yet, combat big moment, the Canadians just seem to find an extra
3:24:07 > 3:24:15gear. -- come that big moment. What a chance, and now it goes the other
3:24:15 > 3:24:23way, two on one. Can the US score? Great defensive play. Oh, my word!
3:24:23 > 3:24:31There's a player down injured on the ice. A player has her stick gone.
3:24:31 > 3:24:37Decker took the full force of that. It was wonderful play at one end.
3:24:37 > 3:24:45Then it comes back the other way. Two on one, a lovely pass by Knight,
3:24:45 > 3:24:52and Decker, how she wasn't able to finish it, and the coach is going to
3:24:52 > 3:24:59have a word in the ear of the referees.What a remarkable
3:24:59 > 3:25:03sequence, back and forth. A huge save from Rooney at one end, and
3:25:03 > 3:25:08then look at this, too on one the other way. A beautiful backhand
3:25:08 > 3:25:13pass, and
3:25:14 > 3:25:19pass, and then Poulin went right through Khan Decker.In the men's
3:25:19 > 3:25:26game, that's a it to the head who -- that is a hit to the head.That is
3:25:26 > 3:25:32elbowed head.
3:25:33 > 3:25:36elbowed head.Can Canada withstand that pressure? Can they get an
3:25:36 > 3:25:44insurance marker? Can they clearly zone? They can. Good save by Rooney.
3:25:44 > 3:25:51Is that a golden medal saving save? At the other end, what a chance!
3:25:51 > 3:25:582-2!
3:25:58 > 3:26:052-2! Lamoureux levels! Rooney makes the stock at one end, US breakaway,
3:26:05 > 3:26:12and who else do you want it on the stick of? Lamoureux. Thoughts of
3:26:12 > 3:26:151998 back in focus, thoughts of Sochi vanishing. The US is gunning
3:26:15 > 3:26:24for gold again.What a save from Rooney, getting about half of this
3:26:24 > 3:26:31puck, and then Lamoureux so confident, firing that puck over,
3:26:31 > 3:26:39under the glove of the opposite number, an amazing finish.Is there
3:26:39 > 3:26:45one more twist? Canada may have one more chance. They want now. They'll
3:26:45 > 3:26:51run out of time on this one. And, for the second successive Winter
3:26:51 > 3:27:02Olympics, we are going to overtime in the women's ice hockey final.
3:27:02 > 3:27:13Next goal wins it. Can they use this? It goes wide. And now it goes
3:27:13 > 3:27:21back the other way. Deflects off a stick and up into the netting. 2.27
3:27:21 > 3:27:27of sudden death overtime it is, golden goal, literally.The next
3:27:27 > 3:27:34goal wins. Look at this
3:27:34 > 3:27:36goal wins. Look at this chance from Genoa, just loses her handle on it
3:27:36 > 3:27:44at the last second. And look at this shot of the stick.
3:27:44 > 3:27:46shot of the stick.And Canada don't really have a dynamic defender who
3:27:46 > 3:27:56can leak into the play. Keller nearly wins it.And what a save. And
3:27:56 > 3:28:02what a play from Marvin to spring the defender, Keller. She tries to
3:28:02 > 3:28:14go high blocker, and what a save. She is absolutely shattered.
3:28:14 > 3:28:18She is absolutely shattered. Poulin taken down on the play. Penalty.
3:28:18 > 3:28:24Looking up to these guys. 1.35 to go, and Canada have a four on three
3:28:24 > 3:28:38power play.It's a penalty, it is. Two minutes, illegal hit.On the
3:28:38 > 3:28:43blue line,
3:28:45 > 3:28:51blue line, there is Fortino, off the post, I think. Canada nearly win it.
3:28:51 > 3:28:56They go again. Fortino has to control her skate. USA, only three
3:28:56 > 3:29:05skaters on the ice. It opens up, and the shot goes wide. Cleared away.
3:29:05 > 3:29:09Surely the Canadians are going to find a way to get Poulin back out
3:29:09 > 3:29:17there. Time ticking down, penalty shot. Too hard a pass. It's going to
3:29:17 > 3:29:26be cleared away. Eight seconds. No icing here. What a drama. It will
3:29:26 > 3:29:35continue. 80 minutes can't split these two teams in an Olympic gold
3:29:35 > 3:29:46medal match, and now it is over to a shoot out.The first shooter for
3:29:46 > 3:29:50Canada, Spooner, looking to set the tone early and get a goal and put
3:29:50 > 3:29:55the US on the back burner.With British links, from Swinton just
3:29:55 > 3:30:03outside Manchester. And an easy one for Rooney first up.She came in
3:30:03 > 3:30:08with a tonne of speed but just lost control, not sure what she was
3:30:08 > 3:30:11trying to accomplish. You can see her losing control under her stick.
3:30:11 > 3:30:16Very easy for the American netminder.These teams have
3:30:16 > 3:30:20practised this an awful lot. In the build-up, because they know just how
3:30:20 > 3:30:28important it could be. Here is the exploring just -- experienced
3:30:28 > 3:30:31Marvin, stepping in with a move and scoring. The US take the lead.
3:30:31 > 3:30:37Marvellous from Marvin.
3:30:39 > 3:30:45She lost the handle of it briefly but was able to hammer it through.
3:30:45 > 3:30:55Just enough.The accidental move. For the Canadians. So many goals she
3:30:55 > 3:31:04scored in Olympic leg. She steps in. Rifles it home. Canada level!So
3:31:04 > 3:31:11much confidence on this shooter. Goals left, goes right, comes in
3:31:11 > 3:31:15from the angle.Upstairs, past the blogger. Rooney gets outside the
3:31:15 > 3:31:26post here. Got taken to wide by the experienced veteran.Brand. Her
3:31:26 > 3:31:33sister played for the Korean team. And now, here she is in the final.
3:31:33 > 3:31:42Saved. Tied at two after two.The netminder looked behind her, knew
3:31:42 > 3:31:47she got a piece of that was not sure how much, it stays out.Went between
3:31:47 > 3:31:53the legs. Shutting the door.
3:32:00 > 3:32:04Poulin, can she add a third medal? Good said, Rooney. Stayed big and
3:32:04 > 3:32:12tall. And it raises a smile.She tried to do the same thing, Rooney
3:32:12 > 3:32:17was there all the way. Great stop.
3:32:22 > 3:32:32The first defence man to go. Walking in. Great save on the backhand side.
3:32:32 > 3:32:38Nothing complicated about that. Still level. Three Down Main St.
3:32:38 > 3:32:44Tries to go to the back side, it was read beautifully.1-1 after a three
3:32:44 > 3:32:49shots.
3:32:50 > 3:32:54shots.Now, maybe the best Canadian player in the tournament, composed.
3:32:54 > 3:33:07Stepping in. The move! My word! That was incredible! Shades of 94. With a
3:33:07 > 3:33:13shoot out goal to save her.Are you kidding me right now? You've got to
3:33:13 > 3:33:22be. Look at this, amazing. One-handed.
3:33:22 > 3:33:25One-handed. Moves one way, sells it, with one hand gets it past the
3:33:25 > 3:33:32netminder.The US trailing 2-1. Here is Kessel, the American. Scores,
3:33:32 > 3:33:37levelling things.
3:33:38 > 3:33:44levelling things. That was a thing of power.The patient wait. Up over
3:33:44 > 3:33:55the glove. What a shot.
3:33:55 > 3:33:58the glove. What a shot.For the Canadians. Can she put pressure on
3:33:58 > 3:34:07the Americans? Saved. Rooney smiles. She knows she's given the Americans
3:34:07 > 3:34:12the chance to win gold with the next shot. Jenner with the move.What a
3:34:12 > 3:34:18stop right there.
3:34:18 > 3:34:23stop right there.She knows, the coach knows. Hilary Knight, the face
3:34:23 > 3:34:29of women's hockey in the USA, this is the gold medal shot by the US,
3:34:29 > 3:34:36saved! And we go to sudden death in the shoot out. And who do the
3:34:36 > 3:34:43coaches picked now? I don't even know what disabled stop Hilary
3:34:43 > 3:34:56Knight, robbed. -- I really don't know what to say.
3:34:57 > 3:35:00know what to say. They might be taking a little bit of a break.The
3:35:00 > 3:35:09US goes first.They flip, don't they? Yes.
3:35:12 > 3:35:24Slowly, slowly, great goal! Shake and bake. The USA go up and now they
3:35:24 > 3:35:29anxiously wait to see whether this is good enough for the gold.What a
3:35:29 > 3:35:34move, what a move. That is just perfection right there. It's going
3:35:34 > 3:35:42to be Megan Agusta.Already scored once. She has two score to keep
3:35:42 > 3:35:48Canada in with a chance. Saved! The USA win gold for the first time
3:35:48 > 3:35:53since 98.
3:35:53 > 3:35:56since 98. Canada's run of 24 straight wins in Olympic hockey
3:35:56 > 3:36:04matches is over. They are devastated. As the Americans are
3:36:04 > 3:36:16crowned at the Olympic champions for the second time. The Queens of
3:36:16 > 3:36:19the second time. The Queens of ice hockey, USA, when it on a shoot out
3:36:19 > 3:36:25in the most dramatic of circumstances. 20 year wait for
3:36:25 > 3:36:37gold. Ends, back in a shelf where it all started. And they will start
3:36:37 > 3:36:41celebrating with tears of joy. And on the other side, tears of
3:36:41 > 3:36:51disappointment. The Golden girls of American hockey.I just took each
3:36:51 > 3:36:57player, one at a time, when it came down to one shooter to win it, I
3:36:57 > 3:37:03said like, it is one more. And then the gold medal. This group of women,
3:37:03 > 3:37:06they mean so much to me and I can't believe we did it, thanks everyone
3:37:06 > 3:37:13for the support.Shoot out, over time, we knew we were going to get
3:37:13 > 3:37:18it, no doubt in that locker room, we believed, we have played this game a
3:37:18 > 3:37:22thousand times in our minds, over and over, the last four years, we
3:37:22 > 3:37:28did not care how we got it done.The sisters there, you heard from, and
3:37:28 > 3:37:36Maddie Rooney, the netminder, taking gold at the Olympics but the first
3:37:36 > 3:37:43time. Canada tasting defeat for the first time. That is extraordinary. A
3:37:43 > 3:37:49great final, a great result. And it means the USA move up onto the tale
3:37:49 > 3:37:54of Canada, they have 12-macro gold medals today, David Wise taking the
3:37:54 > 3:38:01half pipe, the ice hockey, 21 overall. Norway and Germany tied at
3:38:01 > 3:38:07the top. The USA Canada is a battle that is continuing right now on the
3:38:07 > 3:38:15ice. That scene at the curling, low scoring semifinal, 2-2 so far, into
3:38:15 > 3:38:19end Ed, you will see live coverage on that when we switched to BBC Two
3:38:19 > 3:38:22with Hazel at one o'clock.
3:38:22 > 3:38:23on that when we switched to BBC Two with Hazel at one o'clock. Kent
3:38:23 > 3:38:29Simpson is alongside me. How often does go through extra time with no
3:38:29 > 3:38:35goal and penalties and onto that long?That was the first time in a
3:38:35 > 3:38:40women's gold medal game, 60 minutes of hockey, 20 overtime, the first
3:38:40 > 3:38:45five shooters, nothing, then go to one extra shooter.You are Canadian,
3:38:45 > 3:38:50what will the impact be, we are used to seeing them take the gold, it's
3:38:50 > 3:38:55normally a take, that will happen. Looking at the reaction back on,
3:38:55 > 3:38:59there is a camp that looks at that game and says that was outstanding,
3:38:59 > 3:39:04one of the best ever played, so proud of the women on both teams,
3:39:04 > 3:39:10remarkable. And then there's the other side, disappointment, a lot of
3:39:10 > 3:39:15people that say do you use penalty shoot outs to finish the game, it's
3:39:15 > 3:39:23a team game? Wide EU have individual one-on-one but from a Canadian
3:39:23 > 3:39:27perspective, were so gassed, going to a shoot out was probably the best
3:39:27 > 3:39:32for them. Some of those players would normally play about 20 minutes
3:39:32 > 3:39:40on the ice, you were saying some of them had done about 35. They would
3:39:40 > 3:39:45have been skating in quicksand. Nothing left. The skill in the
3:39:45 > 3:39:50penalty shoot out, some of these scored, I just board was immense,
3:39:50 > 3:39:56the change of pace and power, look at that. And then go!There is only
3:39:56 > 3:40:00a handful of people in the world can pull that off, the magnitude of the
3:40:00 > 3:40:04moment, your hands have to be shaking, your heart is growing like
3:40:04 > 3:40:11crazy, to do that, control the puck and slide it into the net. On the
3:40:11 > 3:40:16flip side, to be able to calm herself, follow the puck all the way
3:40:16 > 3:40:19through and make sure she has the presence of mind to get it with her
3:40:19 > 3:40:23glove for it has the potential to go over the line.The celebrations for
3:40:23 > 3:40:30ice hockey players, he looks so ungainly, you have all of that kit,
3:40:30 > 3:40:34the gloves come off, litter all over the ice, the helmets, the sticks go
3:40:34 > 3:40:40down.It's kind of let's get as much as we can offer so we can have the
3:40:40 > 3:40:44celebration but you're right. With the defeat, you're never going to
3:40:44 > 3:40:48take your helmet off, you want to hide behind the mask and the helmet.
3:40:48 > 3:40:53It's a fabulous sport to watch, women across North America
3:40:53 > 3:40:58certainly, it is really high of the list of choices that you make. If
3:40:58 > 3:41:02you want to get into a team sport, ice hockey would be second or third,
3:41:02 > 3:41:09in Canada, probably most popular. This is the exact reason why, so
3:41:09 > 3:41:14many young girls that stayed up late, said to their parents I'm not
3:41:14 > 3:41:19ready for bed, five more minutes. And so, what you are doing, grabbing
3:41:19 > 3:41:25these girls at a really young age, and this is the stuff of dreams. You
3:41:25 > 3:41:30are getting them on the ice at an early age, they are having a blast,
3:41:30 > 3:41:36having fun, you see it building. And a victory like this for the United
3:41:36 > 3:41:44States is massive. Four years in a row, for Olympics in a row.
3:41:44 > 3:41:48Heartbreak after heartbreak. A lot of young girls waking up to say, mum
3:41:48 > 3:41:54and dad, I want to do that.In the 21st great result for the USA. USA
3:41:54 > 3:42:00against Canada in progress in the curling, this time tomorrow, curling
3:42:00 > 3:42:05will be taking our attention. Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams
3:42:05 > 3:42:08and Lauren great know it's a game of patience if they are to win the game
3:42:08 > 3:42:10of stones.
3:42:20 > 3:42:26In Corriere, we like games of strategy. We like games that take
3:42:26 > 3:42:36their time, progress slowly, take you under their spell. We like a
3:42:39 > 3:42:44game called paduk, the oldest board game played for thousands of years.
3:42:44 > 3:42:49A game of stones, probability and calculations. The aim of the game is
3:42:49 > 3:42:57to place your stones to control a desired territory. But this isn't
3:42:57 > 3:43:01the only game here that is played with stones!
3:43:01 > 3:43:07the only game here that is played with stones!
3:43:07 > 3:43:22with stones! This game is not! -- hypnotic. Superior tactics.
3:43:26 > 3:43:32hypnotic. Superior tactics. Brasher opponent's stones away.
3:43:32 > 3:43:40opponent's stones away. And your adverse is chances. So complex it
3:43:40 > 3:43:47carries heavy mental weight. In South Korea we have a new love. We
3:43:47 > 3:43:50love curling!