BBC One Day 13: Short Track Speed Skating and Ice Hockey Winter Olympics

Is what a win for Great Britain.

Well done, the boys.

This will be a

huge win for Kyle Smith and his

team.

For Great Britain, this has been a

disappointing match. It's so

disappointing match. It's so -- it's

a must win game.

Four years ago in Sochi,

the GB women won bronze

and the men won silver.

The women are into the semi-final

tomorrow at 11am.

The men had to win a play off

against Switzerland to have any

chance of a medal this time around.

We'll show you what

happened shortly.

Rhona Howie is here with me.

She's an Olympic gold

medallist, competed

at six European Championships,

Scottish National Championships

and has been inducted

into the Scottish Sports Hall

of Fame and she's got an MBE.

I thought I'd better say all of that

because I felt so awful yesterday

not knowing about the worlds.

That's

OK.

We are still friends. OK.

Here's what we've got

between now on 1pm on BBC One.

It was win or bust for Kyle Smith

and his rink in a play off tie

breaker against the Swiss.

We'll hear the latest

from Elise Christie on the day

she was hoping to skate for glory

in the 1000m.

Lots of short track from 10am.

Only three alpine skiers have ever

won three gold medals -

Marcel Hirscher was already on two

as he stood at the top

of the mountain for

his favourite event -

the slalom.

Could Dave 'The Rocket' Ryding

crash the medal party?

Having grown up skiing

on the plastic slopes of Lancashire,

he has no issues with the artificial

snow in PyeongChang.

For the first time

in Olympic history,

and almost certainly the last,

the American superpowers on skis

Lindsay Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin

were up against each other

in the Combined.

And its two decades since Canada's

last defeat in the women's ice

hockey. Could arch rivals the USA

deny them a fifth consecutive gold

medal? Oh, there is some good action

here. You will miss this.

medal? Oh, there is some good action

here. You will miss this. There are

only three days left.

The men's curling semifinal will be

on the red button. And you have got

to watch the women's ice hockey

final. You have got to watch that.

It was such an exciting match.

final. You have got to watch that.

It was such an exciting match. So,

Rhona, when you won your gold medal

in 2002, you played two tie-breaks

and you have always maintained that

there is no problem with tie-breaks,

they are good for you?

Yes, it was

good for us to play them. You keep

motivated, you are keeping fighting

and you are continuing to play.

There is no day off, so there is no

rest day.

I liked to keep playing. I

know you went to bed for a couple of

hours and then you set your alarm

for five past midnight which is when

Great Britain started against

Switzerland. They started well. You

must have been feeling good about

it. Kyle Smith is relatively

inexperienced, IRA young side, all

in their early to mid 20s -- they

are a young side, all in their early

to mid 20s, first time at the

Olympics but they started well.

to mid 20s, first time at the

Olympics but they started well.

They

started really well. They were 2-1

up by the third and they were in

control of the game, playing really,

really well. Every single shot was

inch perfect.

They had gone 4-1 up

there in the fourth. In two and

eight and the schools were very

tight again. Great Britain with the

hammer.

At end eight, Great Britain

really want to score two here. They

are trying to set a two here. The

Swiss optically here and played

really, really well. So when Kyle

came to play his shot, he was facing

force with stones.

And that was just

for a 1-mac. That was a shame. We

head into the ninth end with things

very tight, Great Britain leading

5-4.

So that is a lot of eyes they have

taken but these guys just seem to

play a slightly different. I'm not

sure if they put as much rotation.

We will have to see what he's going

to play here.

It sounds like he's got a fair bit

of weight on it. He just wants to

come in a little bit here if he's

coming on that line.

He's just going

to come right on the top of the red.

This has actually sat down.

I'm not

sure they were sure what to do that.

That's kind of betwixt.

Yes, that

actually sat down a lot.

Can he move

a couple of these? Like you said,

there is a double there. He would

leave one British stone. You would

be asking him to draw in for two. He

would have to be accurate with it.

This one has lined up with the other

red.

There is an opportunity for the

boys to call a time-out here.

Let's

have another look. He can see the

double, or he thinks he can. Maybe

it has just tucked in a little more

than he would like.

than he would like.

I think that is

our only shot.

That red might stay

then, though. Wouldn't it?

I think

the guys will have to come down that

right-hand side as we look at the

picture and just popped one another.

You are just going to sit it on the

top but then you are saying to them,

I'm only going to give you two.

Giving the two is fine. We are lying

third shot, so they are sitting two

at the moment. It would be greater

coming on top of those. Is that the

idea, to come on top of the red on

the center line then?

Yes.

the center line then?

Yes. Or is he?

He's not. Is he going to try to hit

them?

Is he coming across to try to

guard the other two yellows so he

can't try to hit them out? That

might well be the case.

Sneaky. You

see, I thought that's what Schwartz

might have been doing, to try to

protect himself and coming with his

last one.

Yes, that's exactly what

he's doing, he's just trying to

cover these double yellows.

Well,

he's going to invite him to draw in

down the other side, isn't he?

Is

there still a hole through that? The

trouble is the yellow it's going to

catch on the back red, it just

depends on the back red.

I'm not

sure about that choice of shot.

There are plenty of options now

force winds and. That is the one,

just to tap it in. He has got loads

of room to come around. I'm really

not sure about that shot.

Do you

think there's enough room to come

around there and get onto the top

bread. You could come around and tap

it for three.

He really wants his

three here.

How is your French?

I'd love to tell

you it's good.

I think what he's

saying there is that even if the...

If he misses that top one and

doesn't tap that in, he's got the

chance of...

I think he's coming

through the tide line to catch the

red just on the forfeit. As much as

he can see, straight into the pack

and the yellow will go. Let's see

how this pans out.

Kyle Smith

looking on. He's left an opportunity

here. Albeit maybe a difficult one

for Benoit Schwarz to get more than

two. To get three here would put

Switzerland in the driving seat very

much here. He has got through the

gap. Has it? It has.

gap. Has it? It has.

Oh my goodness,

that is an absolute toaster!

That is

a stunning shot. They spotted it, he

played it, and that may well be

curtains for England.

What a shot from Switzerland. They

went into a tenth end but there was

no hope really for Kyle Smith and

his team. What an extraordinary

turnaround. Let's hear from the guys

and then get Rhona's boards.

Guys, you are obviously hugely

disappointed. Kyle, we will start

with you. Talk us through that ninth

end.

It is always a tricky

situation. You don't want to give

them a blank in the ninth end so we

were trying hard to force them to

one and things weren't looking that

great early on and unfortunately we

missed a few and we actually had our

chances to hold them to two in the

end but he played a really nice shot

through the hole and that was the

end.

You guys came out really firing

really well the first three, four

ends, it was going perfectly.

Yes,

it was probably one of the better

games we've played this week but

unfortunately there were a couple of

half shots in the ninth end out that

whether turning point of the game,

probably. Aside from that, it was

probably our best performance of the

week.

Massively disappointing.

That's a word you will be using a

lot, disappointment. Kyle, probably

the worst experience of your career

so far, I guess?

Yes, worst and

best. We will come back, be back

here in four years and tried to get

back to wherever it is next. We have

played pretty well this week. We had

a couple of chances. We had to beat

USA last night, we never managed it,

and as Tom said I thought we played

pretty well here, but a couple of

shots at this level are enough to

lose a game.

It's disappointed. It's

hard to find those positives

particularly after you've just come

off the ice, but what have you

learnt this week?

I think it's been

a great week moving forward as a

team. We've had the odd missed shot

here and there would have cost us

but moving forward, we need to look

at those and see how not to make

them and do our best moving forward,

I think.

Kyle, your reflections on

the week. You are the skip. A lot of

people weren't expecting you to do

particularly well this week. I know

your expectations would have been

higher but what are your reflections

overall?

It's tough to reflect so

soon after a loss but we came in our

first Olympics and we gave it our

best shot. We made the play-offs. In

the end, we had a good game today,

but it wasn't to be, sadly. A couple

of things didn't go our way and a

couple of half shots and that's all

it takes against a team as good as

them. So there's plenty to look

forward to, to go forward, and I

just need to take some time and

reflect on this experience and what

we can take from it.

Guys, well

played this week. Bad luck today.

we can take from it.

Guys, well

played this week. Bad luck today.

You can see from their voices and

see on their faces how incredibly

upset they are. Rhona, as they said,

they played very well for the

majority of this match.

Absolutely.

The best stats of the week were in

that game. They were in control of

the game up to the eighth. Then

Switzerland seemed to step up again

in the second half. It's a couple of

shots here and there that made the

difference. They didn't play badly

at all. They played solid, clinical

curling.

And the trouble with

curling is that you have got

thinking time before the shots and

my word Kyle Smith will have a lot

of thinking time afterwards to try

to formulate what he could have done

differently.

He can't change it now.

No.

But he decided to play the

guard. What could he have done as an

alternative?

I think they had quite

chuffed about it because if he tried

to come in the house, he could have

left Switzerland with an easier

shot. He knew the only chance of a

big end was to leave those yellow is

open. He tried to guard it. He said,

have your tee, I am happy to play

the last end. He was more than happy

to say have your two. We are talking

minimal is here. Kyle's guard over

cold maybe two millimetres. If it

hadn't, Switzerland would not have

had that shot and would only have

had two.

We can look at exactly

had that shot and would only have

had two.

We can look at exactly what

you meant. You rarely see a house as

crowded as this.

For Kyle to come in

here and try to do anything could

have been dangerous because the

Swiss could have that another one

in. He had to guard bows to yellow

stone is so that Switzerland

couldn't hit them.

He plays the shot, and he is not

that far off, is he?

He probably

wanted to be slightly closer to the

house so it was a bigger distraction

for Switzerland, but because it was

lighter, they couldn't sweep it,

would it have over cold even more,

so they just wanted to leave it and

let it stop on that line, but it

just kept going, and even at the

time, they were quite happy with it.

They think it is very difficult to

get a stone through that gap.

So it

leaves a gap, how big?

A stone

width, with a millimetre either

side.

For them to try to get

through, to play the master shot. It

has been so close all the way

through, and I think Kyle doesn't

think it could end up awful, I think

he was still thinking, I could do

this.

When did they know was big

trouble? They knew it was big

trouble, but they properly didn't

think it was an easy shot to make,

because when you see this going

through the guards, there was

nothing to spare on either side. He

played the line, and what a shot.

And the Swiss knew that was that.

Great Britain knew that was the

game, and Great Britain didn't do a

lot from there.

And we will Kyle

Smith and the gang go next? Do they

come straight back, do they go to

nationals, what happens with that?

When they go home, the Scottish

championship last week, the winner

of that will play against Kyle's

team in a best of three games, and

the winner of that will be the World

Championships in Las Vegas.

So they

are not guaranteed World

Championships, and nor is Eve

Muirhead? They still have to

qualify.

They still have to beat the

winner of the championships, but

Kyle has had a great week, and they

have played so well, and a good

thing is they will learn from every

stone that has been played out

there, and they have played some

really good curling. I think a lot

of countries will have noticed just

how they have played the game,

because they will be back even

harder.

Exactly, and they will have

been in those ten situations, they

will no far more what it is all

about. So if you were to reflect on

what they have done here, although

they haven't got through to a

semifinal, in the end do they get

ranked fifth?

Fifth place at the Olympic games, is

that a fair enough result?

Yes, they

finished halfway up the table, and I

think as they said in a interview,

if they had won that last game

against the USA, and gone straight

into the semifinals, they were in

the top four, and that would have

been a great result for them, so

they are one placing behind that top

four. But for a first Olympic Games,

first big multisport event for them

all, it is just a fantastic

performance, and there are so many

positives for them to take out going

forward.

They will take awhile to

pick themselves up from this.

Yes.

And now all attention turns to Eve

Muirhead and her rink. How do you

feel they have been playing so far,

and what is your feeling about the

semi tomorrow against Sweden?

Is the

week is gone on, the team have got

more and more consistent, and they

seem happier with the ice and the

stones. Against Anna Hasselborg, it

is a repeat of the European gold

medal game a couple of months ago,

so even came out and taught there,

but Anna Hasselborg is a tough

cookie. They play well, they are

good Swedish team, so Britain will

have to bring their A-game, but I'm

confident they will because of the

way they have been progressing

through the week. They have had this

day off, so it is time to put the

round robin to bed, it is finished

and this is a new competition and

this is what we are going to do. So

I think they will come out the same

as the boys, they will come out

firing and try to stamp their

authority early on.

You know the

team really well, and you have

coached them, you have coached Eve

specifically. When the round robin

finishes they are into knockout, is

she even better?

When they get to

the knockout stages, they just seem

to up their game, the weight is off

their shoulders that they have got

through the big round robin, because

anything can happen in a round

robin, teams start beating each

other but it is in their control

now. They are in control of how to

win a medal now, and hopefully the

gold medal, but hopefully they just

play better and better. When the

pressure is on, she will be firing.

And we can guarantee that this game

against Sweden won't end of the

round robin one did, because this

was the

round robin one did, because this

was the controversial hog line

violation when the red line came on

the stone, indicating that she had

held onto it or even tapped it once

it had already got to the red line,

and it meant that Stone was null and

void, and the end was conceded and

Sweden won that game.

So that went

to an extra end, and

Sweden won that game.

So that went

to an extra end, and these two teams

always have close games, so they

will I'm sure have a very close

semifinal, but hopefully Britain

have just got that edge, and it will

be close for so many ends of the

game, and then that last third of

the game, Eve will step up a gear.

I

love it when you say things like

that, because I just believe her!

Chinos. Rhona, thank you so much. 11

o'clock tomorrow morning, Great

Britain, if they win it, they are

into the gold-medal game, and who

knows what might happen. We are

going to switch our attention now to

slalom, because David Ryding, who

grew up on the plastic slopes of

Lancashire, was out there in

Pyeongchang aiming to become a first

real medal contender for Great

Britain since Alain Baxter, and we

got so excited about his prospects,

because he really doesn't mind

artificial snow, and quite a lot of

the other contenders don't like it.

Marcel Hirscher has been the

dominant force in the slalom through

the World Cup, and right there

behind him has been Norway's Henrik

Kristofferson, so he is expected to

follow him all the way. Let's follow

the first two runs.

COMMENTATOR: The 2018 Olympic

men's's slalom in Pyeongchang is

under way. Kristofferson, the

23-year-old Norwegian, what can he

produce here? He had a really good

giant slalom, in the medals, and he

started positively here.

started positively here. He is 0.27

in front of Moelgg, and that is

where he stays. The protectors

around the ski pole handles, and

with the Sinn protectors as well,

and he is really moving up through

the gears now. He is really flying

through the final few turns, off the

rainbow roll, and at the foot of the

course, he will lead the first run,

and that is a healthy lead as well,

0.60 eight. He shows his true

colours. He got excellent

acceleration, and he has skied into

first.

Marcel Hirscher next. The double

gold-medal list from these Olympic

Winter Games. He now begins his

quest for a third. The champion in

the combined. The gold-medal winner

in the giant slalom, on his way in

the slalom. Taking a risk or two on

the steep section at the top, but he

is just about matching, and then he

makes a mistake, but doesn't seem to

lose too much speed. Wonderful

ability to recover, but not today.

Marcel Hirscher will not win a third

gold, it is over for him. That is a

huge surprise.

He goes out, upper body twisted,

fighting, but gravity took control,

and his slalom is

and his slalom is over next to

skied, Andre Myhrer, one of the

tallest men in the competition. Can

he produce something tasty in the

early stages here? Nice start, just

19 hundredths of a second off the

pace of Kristofferson. The course is

cutting up quite quickly. 0.53,

wonderful shots that you are seeing

in glorious high-definition, with

blue sky, fresh snow on the track,

barely a breath of wind, it is just

about perfect here this morning, and

Andre Myhrer is absolutely flying on

the flat. He is not far away from

the time, and he has gone into

second. That was a brilliant finish

from Andre Myhrer. So, there is our

leader, and the next man to skied,

the number 13, David Ryding from

Great Britain. He was the runner-up

in the Kitzbuhel slalom last season,

became the first man in more than 30

years to stand on a World Cup

podium. He has had a really good

training in the lead up to today's

race here. He likes this hill and

has made a really good start here.

Within half a second of the lead of

Henrik Kristofferson. It is smooth

and accurate for the man who learned

to ski on the dry slopes of Pendle

in Lancashire. Really relaxed style,

this is beautiful slalom racing from

the man they call the rocket. Comes

down off the steep and onto the

flat, and he starts to attack. He

has got to relax and go for it here.

It is a fine finish for David

Ryding. The key is how close he can

go to Henrik Kristofferson's lead.

1.37, he is in the top ten. David

Ryding has a chance to strike for a

medal in the second run. Clean,

accurate, would have hoped to have

been slightly quicker. So, after the

first run, Henrik Kristofferson

leads the way, with Victor

Muffat-Jeandet coming into third.

And look down there, plenty of

French flags on that first page,

with the Union flag alongside the

name of David Ryding, who is 12th

after the first run. The top 30 will

go in reverse order. From Great

Britain and Northern Ireland, Dave

the Rocket Ryding. Ever so slightly

cautious on the first leg from the

man who learned to ply his trade on

the upturned toothbrushes of the

Pendle dry slope in Lancashire. No

real damage done to the first ten

turns, and his lead remains. Here is

his first split, that gives him an

advantage of 0.08, but now he moves

into the favourite part of the

course, and the Rocket starts to get

acceleration on the flat. This is

where he is at his very best, and he

is opening up a significant lead

over the Norwegian. David Ryding

skiing for gold-medal position in

the Olympic slalom, and his for the

moment. 15 hundredths, David Ryding

leads the elliptic slalom. Michael

Matt next ago, his older brother

Mario Pasalic Champion four years

ago. It is never happened that

brothers have won Olympic gold

medals in successive games.

medals in successive games. Sisters

have done it, 1964, Christine

Goitschel won gold in France, and

four years later her sister Marielle

won in Grenoble. This has started to

unravel very slightly, had to ski

sideways. His advantage over David

Ryding was half a second, now it is

a quarter of a second. Michael Matt

racing through the final few turns,

putting pressure on Dave the Rocket

Ryding's lead here. Has he done

enough to go into gold position for

Austria? He has. Michael Matt into

top spot. David Ryding will leave

the gold-medal enclosure. Andre

Myhrer, tallest man in the race, he

was the winner of the Stockholm

Parallel Slalom just prior to the

Winter Games. -- Zenhaeusern, the

tallest man in the race. He will

meet another big man, Andre Myhrer,

in the final. His lead remains

almost fully intact. Zenhaeusern

isn't built like a typical slalom

skier, but he has incredible skills

from edge to edge, and his ability

to recover is incredible. He is

putting in some fine turns here. Now

he is in the red zone for the first

time, six hundredths of a second,

and back to green for Ramon

Zenhaeusern. And this is a lovely

finish from him. He is carving it

up, and he is skiing into top spot.

The new leader here,

The new leader here, Ramon

Zenhaeusern, and Switzerland have

not won the Olympic men's's slalom

since 1948.

Victor Muffat-Jeandet is ready.

Sixth in the giant slalom, bronze

medallist in the Alpine combined, he

has had an outstanding Olympic

Games. His advantage over

Zenhaeusern is 0.32, can he convert

that into leadership of this Olympic

slalom? The breeze is still up,

still a factor, it has been for

everybody.

He can't afford any mistakes now. He

is going to have to open the

throttle and drive and push through

the final few turns if he is going

to overturn Romans and Howson 's

lead. He trails by 600th of a

second. Now he is letting it run. Is

this quick enough? Can he beat

1:39.33? Not quite. He is best.

There will be a medal for Ramon

Zenhaeusern. The Swiss are

celebrating that. He is guaranteed a

bronze at worst.

bronze at worst. No luck for Victor

Mo Farah John Daly. Now it is down

to Henrik Kristofferson and Andrei

Mera to sort things out. Romans and

Howson, the tallest man in the lead

leads. The second tallest man in the

race is adding to his lead here.

That is beautiful skiing from Andrei

Meara.

Meara. There is the first mistake.

It will not catch up with him until

the next clock stop. His lead has

been reduced to a third of a second

after the mistake at the top.

Catching up with Andre Myhrer as he

starts to accelerate. Can he be

first? He can. Gold medal position

for Andre Myhrer. He can finish in

no worse than silver. And the Swedes

are celebrating. Henrik

Kristofferson, staring out of the

start line, visualising what lies

ahead. He has memorised the pattern

of control gates time and time

again. Bronze medallist in such

cheap. His advantage over Andre

Myhrer is two tenths of a second. A

fast start for Henrik Kristofferson,

one of the smaller, lighter men. Oh,

he is down, he has struggled. It is

over 400 Kristofferson. Andre Myhrer

is the Olympic champion, Ramon

Zenhaeusern has got the silver and

Michael Matt whose brother won gold

four years ago celebrates the

bronze. Myhrer, the slalom champion.

The first Swedish winner of this

title since the great Ingemar 's

Denmark in Lake Placid in 1980.

Marcel Hirscher failed to finish the

first run, Henrik list and failed to

finish the second run. It's the

third ranked slalom skier of the

season who has skied to solid runs

to claim the Olympic gold for 2018,

with Ramon Zenhaeusern there to

congratulate him in silver and

Michael Matt takes the bronze with

Dave Ryding of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland finishing in ninth

and Laurie Taylor in 26.

So, Dave, top ten in the Olympics?

Yes, I am not complaining at top

ten. A solid day. I wish I could

have had that little bit of extra

skiing I knew was in me but in the

end I gave it what I had out I did

what I did today.

Was your aim for a

solid performance today? Did you

think you could let it go enough?

I

thought the second run really suited

me. I just made a couple of mistakes

that cost me the flow of the course.

I know I could have had a bit more

in me but at the same time it is the

Olympics and everyone is feeling the

same thing, probably.

Ninth is

respectable. Were you surprised that

Kristofferson couldn't handle that

second run?

I'm not sure if I am

right, but I think that is the first

time he has been leading and not

one. It shows what the Olympics

does.

It is tricky. And word on the

winner?

I think I will be a similar

aid at the next Olympics and Matt

was his age at the last one, so

there's hope for us.

But well done

him. Well done, Dave, you did us

proud and would lorry coming up,

that that shows the depth of the

team.

Yes, the future is bright. I

am 31 but there is life in the old

dog yet. It motivates me for another

four years and I know I can improve

on that still.

And you will be the

team leader going into the parallel

at the end of the Olympics. You have

got America in the first round.

How

do you feel about that? It will be

cool. I'm sure we can give them a

run for the money and I wouldn't be

surprised if we can knock them out.

We have got good skiers. Look

forward to it. Anything can happen

and hopefully I will bring my best.

Well done, Dave.

Chemmy Alcott interviewing Dave

Ryding there. Ed has slipped into

this space Rona vacated and he

competed in nearly everything in

Vancouver. Laurie Taylor finished 26

which isn't bad for the future of

British technical skiing.

British technical skiing.

It

certainly looks good. The future is

definitely right. Hopefully be speed

boys can pick it up again and

hopefully

boys can pick it up again and

hopefully some medals next time.

Dave Ryding, a top ten medal for

him. Do you think that was an

opportunity missed or should we be

happy with that?

I think that is a

double-edged sword for him. We

should be immensely proud of a top

ten finish in the Olympic Games but

I am sure Dave will look back at

what could have been with Marcel

Hirscher and Kristofferson not

finishing. The door was wide open.

He was a tiny bit they and when you

are talking about this standard,

safe makes a difference.

It was a

slalom shocks and Kristofferson

going out on the second run,

Hirscher going out on the first run,

but happened ever? They are the top

two at slalom.

Hirscher has one six

out of eight World Cup slaloms this

season. I don't think he has not

finished since February 20 16th, so

that is a shocker. His coach set the

course, so it will have been set to

suit Hirscher and not suit

Kristofferson, so for him to not

finish and none of the Austrians to

do well is a big no-no.

We will look

at it again and hear what went

wrong. When you lose it in slalom,

if the gospel to get it back.

It's

really hard to find their rhythm,

yes. With the snow being artificial,

it's really aggressive. Any tiny

move, you feel it. He loses that

outside ski and it does all the

turning, so when you lose it, that's

it. He will have been absolutely

devastated. There is a rhythm change

here, you want to get right on the

front, the skis pitch and grab and

unfortunately for him, that the

chance of the bird gold medal at

these games done.

And Kristofferson

standing at the top of his second

run must have thought, I have got

this nailed.

Maybe that is what made

him come unstuck today. He is by far

the second best slalom skier bear

and by far the best left in the

competition, so I wonder if that

played in his mind. He knew he

didn't have to do everything, he

just needed to give what he normally

did, nothing special, because he had

a quarter of a second Myhrer at that

point. I think he may be rested a

little bit on his laurels and came a

cropper.

Let's talk about the

winner, Andre Myhrer. Who is he? Was

this unexpected?

Not really. He has

won World Cups but this season at

classic slalom events, they have not

gone his way. He has won in the city

events where they are head to head

because he is so powerful, he

demolishes the track. He is a big

lad, very, very friendly and it's

nice to see him win.

Chemmy Alcott

was watching it all live and she

joins us now. It is looking quite

windy there, Chemmy? Has it picked

up again?

I have a chilly left a

waiting for you.

You spoke today

just after and it was think it will

be a double-edged sword because he

might look back thinking, darn it,

that was my chance. What did you

sense was his mood?

I completely

concur. It was a massive opportunity

to get on that podium either with

Hirscher and Kristofferson who we

thought were dead cert is on the

podium, there was one position he

could battle for. Especially when

you think that Matt started off just

after Dave, I think there was a

chance, when he finished on the

podium. You had to charge, you had

to take a risk. We saw a lot of

risks not take off, but for those

who took risks, it did pay

dividends.

He is taking heart from

the fact that Andre Myhrer is a

their bit older than him, though it

is not over for Dave Ryding yet and

actually not either at this games,

because he was talking about the

event.

Definitely. Dave has peaked

quite late in terms of his age. He

has really become quite competitive

in the last be years. He is hungry

for success. He works incredibly

hard. He will still be around in

four years. And by the and Laurie

Taylor were hungry when I

interviewed them about the parallel.

We thought they had a bad draw

against the Americans, but the

American team is actively looking

quite weak, with one skier saying

that he will pull out if Shiffrin

does. I looked at the track, it is

quite flat, we know our guys are

competitive under starts, so I am

excited for that.

Talking of

American stars, we had the very

rare, I think first time ever, site

of Lindsay Vonn against Mr --

against Mikaela Shiffrin in the

combined. That wasn't short of

drama.

What happened? Oh my God, the

most amazing day in the combined for

the beam out of athletes. If Lindsay

had skied the downhill today --

yesterday like she did today, it

would have been a real battle.

Today, she was skiing so hard, and

though she doesn't have that much

training under her belt in slalom,

she was on fire. But Shiffrin really

put one down. And then kissing, who

had a crash yesterday, I thought

that might be on her mind, skied

really well in the downhill and had

a good slalom. Then Lindsay was

standing at that start gate and you

just pushed it too hard and

straddled unfortunately.

It is very

difficult. Downhill skiers don't

often make good slalom skiers. We

are just being Lindsay's mistake

here. It is not for lack of trying?

No, slalom is a special discipline.

The athletes whose ski well at

slalom ski day in, day out. Lindsay

put a heart on the line. She was

really bald lead to even take part

today because we know she hasn't

done much slalom training in the

past with all these injuries. She

put herself in a great position to

attack for a podium, maybe not gold,

but it wasn't to be. But a great run

from giving.

from giving. She was really

emotional yesterday because her

reign as Olympic champion was up, so

the Gisin family lost and Olympic

champion yesterday but did day they

brought it home with Michelle Gisin

and that could be the last ever

Alpine combined we ever see in the

Olympic Games, say she will have

that title for life.

I'm sure it has

happened with brothers, it may have

happened with sisters before as

well?

Once before. The French

Kershaw sisters, they really

dominated our sisters back in the

day. They won both gold and silver

in the giant slalom and slalom. The

other story of siblings was with

Michael Matt today whose brother

four years ago won the slalom. Mario

Matt.

His other brother won the ski

cross. These things run in the

family, they really do. Chemmy,

thank you so much for your time. And

thank you to Ed as well. We are

going to short track speed skating

now because we have a very busy

programme. Sadly no British skaters

but as you know from watching their

short track, it doesn't mean their

way to be drama and they went to be

crashes and incidents. Our

commentators will make sure you know

plenty about this gated you were

going to be seen. Men's 500 metre

quarterfinal action coming first.

COMMENTATOR: Good morning,

everybody, and welcome to the

Gangneung arena. We can expect some

fantastic racing tonight, starting

with this men's 500 metres, which is

a pretty open field.

It certainly

is, and I think the fireworks will

take the roof off this arena

tonight. It could go anyway really,

it is all about the start, generally

speaking. Lame one will be the

fastest skater, lane two the second

fastest, and it could really go any

way whatsoever.

So in this first

race we have Ren Ziwei from China,

with position number one, and

Aleksandr Shulginov from the OAR,

the 19-year-old. Shaolin Sandor Liu,

the world champion from 2016 in

position three, Bartosz Konopko from

Poland in four, and on the far side,

Denis Nikisha from Kazakhstan, who

was sixth in the World Championship

couple of years ago.

The start is key, and a good start

made by Ren Ziwei of China. And the

hunger area and just moving into

third place at the moment, but it is

an excellent start made by Ren Ziwei

from China, the Polish skater

Bartosz Konopko has got away really

well as well, and Shaolin Sandor Liu

from Hungary, the former world

champion, in third place, with a bit

of work to do. The first two

qualify, and Shaolin Sandor Liu goes

through on the inside, he is having

quite a battle with Bartosz Konopko.

Ren Ziwei has a battle at the front

of the race, this is tremendous for

him, and he comes across the line in

first place, and Shaolin Sandor Liu

in second place, 14.05 is the time,

and that was a superb time.

That was

superb, and I think it is a new

official Olympic record. I was

predicting here, the ice is

extremely fast indeed, and that

Olympic record of course has stood

all the way back through to the heat

they had earlier this week, and that

was Wu Dajing of China, so his

team-mate has now skated a new

Olympic record.

Let's have a look at

the race here again, and right from

the start, Ren Ziwei made a start,

and the Polish skater causing a

problem, but these two will go

through, Ren Ziwei of China.

Aleksandr Shulginov and Bartosz

Konopko the two to hit the deck then

gouge a nasty carving the ice

surface here. And they prepare to

leave the service from the time

being. Confirmation of the result,

and that Olympic record time, it has

taken a couple of tenths of a second

off the previous record, 40.03 to,

Ren Ziwei and Shaolin Sandor Liu of

Hungary both going through.

And of

course Ren Ziwei has a superb time.

In the semifinal, if nobody escaped

any faster, he will draw all a

number one, and that is really so

important. In the past used to be

drawn randomly by the computer, and

nowadays they have given the

advantage to the fastest skater, and

that skater gets the inside lane.

So

they are still just patching up the

track, we are very close to the

start line after the first of the

quarterfinals, and the second

quarter finalists are out onto the

track now, and the home crowd with

plenty to cheer for. Hwang Daeheon

has been much hyped in these

Olympics, but he has finished 14th

and 17th so far.

For a Korean, they

have won so many gold medals as a

country, the him to be finishing in

those places is disappointing for

him personally, and obviously he

will be looking to take away goal

here, and later this evening they

have the 5000 metres men's relay as

well.

So, the skaters are waiting to

take to the ice here. Number nine on

the hat, that is another Chinese

skater they're just on the outside

of the upper padding. This is taking

some considerable time here to patch

this up, and it was quite a

collision between the Olympic

Athlete from Russia and the Polish

competitor, and clearly they have

made quite a dent in the ice, but

the magic spray has gone down, and

hopefully we can resume any second

now, just a little bit longer for

those waiting to come out onto the

track. Now, Wu Dajing is in this

one, and Wu Dajing is one of those

we really need to keep an eye on

here. The Olympic silver medallist

from four years ago, won Silver last

year in the World Championships.

Roberts Zvejnieks from Latvia in

two, Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev in

three, finding all of Korea in four,

and Watanabe on the far side, and

they will have to do it again.

Wu

Dajing of China on the inside, he

was clearly the culprit, he made the

false start. And this means that

this race is only allowed one false

start, you can see the Chinese

skater on the inside, just

fractionally moving before the rest

of the group.

Position three, the

false start, so that is Nurbergen

Zhumagaziyev from Kazakhstan in the

blue in the middle. They get away

this time, and they certainly have.

Wu Dajing goes to the front, and

Roberts Zvejnieks who has performed

well for Latvia in these Olympic

Games has settled into second place

with plenty of space around him as

well. Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev who

started in position three is in

position three as well. One

position three as well. One -- Hwang

Daeheon has an awful lot to do, but

he is giving it his best go. The

Chinese skater is in the front, but

one day Honda is going around the

outside, desperately trying to catch

up. It was a photo finish, but I

think Hwang Daehon has got it. 39.81

is the time, which would be a new

world record.

That is an amazing

time on this ice. That world record

has stood since 2012, believe it or

not. Done at altitude in salt lake

city. I think the ice conditions are

saying at all. I was predicting that

there would in fact be a world

record. Look at it again here. Wu

Dajing led from start to finish, and

we have to wait to see who will get

the second place. That is going to

be a photo finish.

Look at this. We

look at the race again, the amount

of ground that Hwang Daehon in the

white from Korea had to make up, but

here is the new world record holder,

Wu Dajing, he finished second in

Sochi four years ago, and has no

intention of finishing second again

this time round. And the world

record has been confirmed to for Wu

Dajing, and Hwang Daehon from Korea

has qualified as well. So we have

seen a world record, and the home

crowd are happy. Disappointment for

Roberts Zvejnieks from Latvia who

was in a great position all the way

round.

I think he panicked, what am

I doing in second place qualifying,

and of course the Korean athlete

stormed around the outside and

managed to scrape through.

Coming in

here, Hwang Daehon was one of the

big hopes for Korea, and short track

is popular in this country, of all

the Olympic sports, this is the one

for many of them.

Indeed, and I

think the blue riband event that

everybody would want is the 5000

metres relay which will be later on

this evening.

And we look forward to

that, because the women's race was

exciting, if not without its

controversy. Which has been rumbling

on ever since, I have to say. China

are still not very happy about the

outcome, where they were

disqualified. We have this third

quarterfinal coming up now, and this

could be a really good race here. We

have Seo Yira from Korea, who won

the bronze medal here in the

thousand metres as well, Samuel

Girard, the new Olympic 1000m

champion, Ryosuke Sakazume from

Japan, who was fifth in the

thousand, and Han Tianyu who was

fifth in this event in Sochi.

A

really high quality field, and Seo

Yira of Korea has drawn the inner

lane, so we will see whether he can

lead from start to finish.

Seo Yira

with the long hair from Canada,

number three on his helmet. Won

Olympic gold medal, and a fourth

place so far. On go, the first time,

Seo Yira get into the first bend the

lead. Samuel Girard right on his

tail, and bringing up the rear at

the moment is Han Tianyu from China.

A lovely move their by Samuel

Girard, looking smooth and strong

and confident, as you would expect

for somebody who has already won a

gold medal here. And Seo Yira has

crashed, the world champion from

Korea has gone down. Samuel Girard

leading now for Canada, and Ryosuke

Sakazume from Japan in second place,

these two can skate around and

presumably qualify for the

semifinals, unless there is some

skulduggery that is discovered by

the officials that maybe involves

them. But those two cross the line,

Samuel Girard in first place and

Ryosuke Sakazume as well, and the

crowd a little bit stunned, because

Seo Yira hit the deck, and so did

Han Tianyu.

And Han Tianyu tried to

move up the inside after Ryosuke

Sakazume, the Japanese skater, close

the door a little bit of preventing

him coming through, and then they

both at this very high-speed, 55

kilometres per hour, the slightest

touch will knock you off balance,

and it will be interesting to see

who gets a penalty, and maybe

whether a skater will not be

advanced.

This is going to be an

anxious wait here for Seo Yira, the

world 1000m champion here. Let's

have a look at it again here. As

hand tries to come through, he is

very wide, swipes all the way

across, so I would actually think

Seo Yira would be the culprit to get

the penalty, but of course the

Chinese skater isn't in a qualifying

position, so theoretically, there

should be no advantage, and these

other two skaters who will qualify

through to the final.

Samuel Girard

looking very comfortable indeed.

It

seems as if the rivalry on the track

between China and Korea is intense

in the extreme. We have seen that in

other events. We have seen that in

other events. It has not been

greater short track for China, they

are used to winning things, and they

have got just one silver medal here,

whereas Korea topped the medal table

in short track with three golds on

the bronze. But here it is again.

Clearly you can see here, if we are

remaining consistent with the

penalties that have been given

earlier, the skater from the outside

clearly moves in, clashes blades. So

we are still waiting for the

official result, I believe.

The

official result is as it stands.

Nothing has happened. And the other

skaters are ready for the fourth and

final one of these quarterfinals, so

it was Samuel Girard and Ryosuke

Sakazume going through. Now, we have

got Lim Hyojun, Gold medallist in

the 1500, Shaoang Liu, bronze

medallist with number five on his

helmet, Dylan Hoogerwerf from the

Netherlands, Daan Breeuwsma also

from the Netherlands, and finally,

Abzal Azhgaliyev from Kazakhstan.

Not for the first time, they are

seeking to get going, false start.

It was the skater on the outside,

Abzal Azhgaliyev.

He is in the worst

position.

It was position three

that. Did.

That is Dylan Hoogerwerf,

European Championship medallist from

last year. Away we go this time, the

mad dash for that first bend, and it

is quite a run. And they are going

to stop the race because of the

entanglement involved in Dylan

Hoogerwerf and the Korean, Lim

Hyojun, and Lim Hyojun has had an

outstanding Olympics so far. Gold

medallist. But he looks as if he had

injured himself there, or been

injured in that incident.

There you

can see him holding that right

shoulder. You can see it here again

in slow motion. Both the Korean and

the Hungarian fighting around that

first corner. And you can see Dylan

Hoogerwerf sort of pushing the

skater away, doesn't want to get

involved.

That was Shaoang Liu, the

Hungarian, a real shoulder to

shoulder battle as they fought for

the same space on the ice.

And the

skaters some of them having their

blades checked at the moment. One or

two of them, we saw that earlier,

what are they actually doing?

Checking that the blades are still

sharp and there is nothing in the

clash of blades, you imagine two

knives pitting one another, so some

of the skaters in fact do completely

change the blade, and in the past,

when I was skating, as I said

earlier, this was not allowed, and

this is again a new rule, and

hopefully in the future we will

actually instead of being awarded a

penalty, will actually be told what

the reason was.

Will it be third time lucky here

with this start? Let's hope so.

Let's hope we can have this third

quarterfinal in the men's 500

metres. Good to see that Lim Hyojun

is OK. And away they go. And another

mad bash ensues and this time Lim

Hyojun does come to the front. And

Shaoang Liu in second place and Daan

Breeuwsma has done well to move up.

Lim Hyojun is right where he wants

to be, out of the traffic at the

front, but Shaoang Liu is right

behind him in second place. The

Cavazzani is in third place and the

two Dutchmen are struggling at the

back of the field at the moment. We

are on the last lap here and Lim

Hyojun is going to lead them home.

Second over the line is Daan

Breeuwsma from the Netherlands but

having appeared to injure his right

shoulder in a previous start to the

event, Lim Hyojun was able to pick

himself up and still finish in first

place.

There will certainly be a

penalty, I would have thought,

because one of the skaters was in

second place in a qualifying

position with one lap to go.

position with one lap to go. With

one lap to go, one of those skaters

will have to have a penalty and I

think it might be the skater from

Kazakhstan. This is the first corner

and the rotation of the camera, so

we can see it at speed, coming

through on the inside and he is on

the inside now, so I would have

thought the area would have got the

penalty.

So you are saying that

Shaoang Liu wasn't wronged in that

manoeuvre?

No, I would have thought,

at this angle we are seeing it from

now, because the referee is the from

a different angle, I think he

believes he was in the right and I

would agree with that from the angle

we saw it from and that Shaoang Liu

of Hungary would have got the

penalty.

It is interesting that your

opinion on certain situations can

change depending on which angle you

are looking at. What we need to see,

I think, in the future is exactly

what they are looking at each time

so that we know when a decision is

made, exactly the picture they have

made a decision on. As you can see,

Kazakhstan's representatives and the

skater himself are waiting to see

what the outcome is here. That

challenge coming from Shaoang Liu

from Hungary on the outside. Ahead

of them all was Lim Hyojun, looking

to continue his outstanding Olympic

Games. The two Dutchmen there,

certainly one of them in Daan

Breeuwsma, able to profit having

been right at the back of the field

up until the end. By quite a bit of

a difference as well. -- quite a bit

of a distance as well.

The referees

on one side of the screen are seeing

something different from the

referees on the other side of the

screen.

They are going to change the

rules so that going forward

hopefully from next season there

will be an announcement on the

Tannoy hopefully by the referee on

the ice like in the NFL, as we have

a look, it looks like there is going

to be a penalty. Looks like there

will be a penalty potentially for

Shaoang Liu.

Yes. If they are

remaining consistent with the calls

they have made today, that would

have to be the case.

And a penalty

to Shaoang Liu of Hungary, which

means the skater from Kazakhstan is

advanced so rejoins Lim Hyojun and

Daan Breeuwsma into the semifinals.

That is a decent result for Daan

Breeuwsma, he has never finished

higher than 14th at this distance in

his whole career and he has been

around a while at 30 years of age

now. There is a confirmation of the

semi-finals line-up in the men's 500

metres and we have lots of

tremendous racing to come. Take your

pick from that lot, well.

All the

Koreans have got quick times, so

they will all be in lane one or two.

There are still three of them in

there, so it could go anyway, still.

Next up onto the track is an event

in which Elise Christie in the

current world champion, as we all

make, having been given a yellow

card, despite thinking she had made

it three it is nine laps of the

track here. We have got Kim Alang,

Marianne St Gelais, Kim Boutin, then

we have got there a need the run and

Bianca Walter. Walter is the rank

outsider here having not won any

World Cup races yet. She is very

much the outsider in a high class

field.

Marianne St Gelais in second

and moving up -- in third and moving

up to second. As the Korean moves

smoothly through into third place.

Leading the way is Kim Boutin, as

the Canadians are still smarting

from their disqualification in the

3000m relay the other night. They

felt they haven't done anything

wrong. Kim Boutin first, Kim

wrong. Kim Boutin first, Kim Alang

second, opening up each small

advantage is Kim Boutin, with her

two bronze medals already from these

Olympics. Kim Alang is in second,

Marianne St Gelais is looking to

challenge. In the end, Marianne St

Gelais couldn't find her way

through. Kim Boutin first over the

line, Kim Alang second and despite

her best efforts, Marianne St Gelais

could not get her toe over the line

in time and she finishes third.

This

will be, of course, last Olympic

Games. This is her third time

competing at the Olympic Games and

one of the all-time best skaters for

the Canadian team. As we can see in

the replay, Kim Boutin really

dominating. Her strength in this

race, leading from the front, making

it look very simple, actually.

Skating away from Kim Alang of

career.

She hasn't had a very good

Olympics, has she, by her own

standards, Marianne St Gelais,

standards, Marianne St Gelais, with

no fairy tale Olympic ending for

her.

No.

You can see she was

stretching trying to get there in

second but couldn't quite make it

and Kim Boutin and Kim Alang are

confirmed as qualifying from that

first quarterfinal.

Just about to line-up for the second

of these quarterfinals now.

of these quarterfinals now. Arianna

Fontana from Italy won the 500

metres last week and is the most

decorated short track skater in

history. She has seven medals now.

Li Jinyu already has a silver model

as well from the 1500m. And more

running repairs on the ice.

They

fill the give it and then they

re-freeze it.

It is like a fire

extinction.

Making sure that none of

the skaters in the next race

accidentally go into the rut.

Worth noting as well that all of the

figure skating is here as well. Do

you think bearing in mind they use

the ice differently, it has worked

well?

Bearing in mind we had a

world-record today, it has been up

to standard for short skating that

they haven't been able to train here

very often, alternating between a

training venue and here.

training venue and here.

Arianna

Fontana, Valerie Maltais, Li Jinyu,

Hitomi Saito, and away we go first

time. Fontana going straight to the

front, Valerie Maltais from Canada

wasn't having any of that. She

wanted to assert her authority but

Fontana wed be far-away. Hitomi

Saito from Japan bringing up the

rear at the moment and Li Jinyu

already has the silver medal from

the 1500, just 17 years of age.

Fontana having a little look on the

inside and she glides through.

She

has and I think on paper Fontana and

Valerie Maltais, first and second at

the moment, they should be the two

who qualified through to the

semifinals. As Fontana goes through

again. Keeping this speed up, making

it difficult for skaters coming

around the outside.

At the moment,

these two skaters look to be in

control. The door was closed in the

base their full Li Jinyu rapidly by

Fontana there. Trying to put a spare

time and squeezes on ahead of

Valerie Maltais. Still with Li Jinyu

third and Hitomi Saito bringing up

the rear. Hitomi Saito now trying to

have a go, only one lap to go. Also

Li Jinyu in third place is putting

the pressure on. The Japanese skater

almost crashing into the back of the

Chinese skater. Fontana first and

Valerie Maltais in second place I

think, Li Jinyu just pipped to the

line.

Those are the skaters I was

calling for this race. On paper,

Fontana is tenth racked -- tenth

ranked, followed by Maltais, then Li

Jinyu and Hitomi Saito was 26 in the

world, so almost making up the

numbers. The pace was high enough,

fast enough that it was too

difficult for other skaters to come

past.

How consisted is Fontana?

past.

How consisted is Fontana? --

how consisted is Fontana?

Yes, that

was clearly Maltais. No need to look

at a video replay.

Arianna Fontana

delivers so often in the Olympic

Games. There is competition --

confirmation of the results. Going

with the seeding. That is what we

expected. The ice bucket is out on

the ice again.

Times are not that

important depending on the start

line, because it more, located with

the four and a half laps.

Choi Minjeong has been the star of

the games so far in skating for the

Koreans, and just 19 years of age.

Lara van Ruijven is from the

Netherlands, and Magdalena

Warakomska from Poland.

Nine laps.

A clean start this time, and Qu

Chunyu makes a decent start, but it

is Lara van Ruijven from the

Netherlands in front ahead of

Magdalena Warakomska from Poland.

The Chinese have so many penalties,

or it'll be interesting to see

whether they adapt to different

strategy. They need to go to the

front early on in the race.

She has

gone straight to the front, and Lara

van Ruijven from the Netherlands

second, with Choi Minjeong at the

back. We have seen this before, with

Choi Minjeong, she sails along the

back and then suddenly burst of

pace.

They want to be in front, but

they don't want to suddenly find

themselves at the back.

It looks as

though she has got rocket fuel

skates when she requires it, Choi

Minjeong, so keep an eye on the back

and the attempted move. As you were

suggesting, Qu Chunyu is getting as

far away from everybody else at the

front as possible, and now Choi

Minjeong starts to have a little

luck. Here comes the move from the

back from the two-time gold

medallist already. She is going the

long way round, but it absolutely

doesn't matter, and she is going

straight to the front. It looks as

if she is just out for a training

skate here now. Taking the bell in

the lead, Choi Minjeong suddenly

opens up a very sizeable gap indeed,

and Qu Chunyu will slide home in

second place. Magdalena Warakomska

inferred, and Lara van Ruijven in

fourth.

I'm generally not speaking a

betting man, but I would put my

money on Choi Minjeong for the gold

medal in the 1000m.

She licks as if

she hasn't even started the race.

You can see her moving around the

outside, and tactically very good

skating by Qu Chunyu of China,

because she knew she would be

coming, and she was pulling her away

from the other skaters in third and

fourth place at the moment.

So,

intelligent skating there from Qu

Chunyu of China, as you say, and

Choi Minjeong was always the big

threat in that race, but she did

everything she could to prepare for

that, she knew that was coming. So

there is confirmation, Choi Minjeong

and Qu Chunyu both going through,

with Magdalena Warakomska and Lara

van Ruijven both out of the

competition. We have one more

quarterfinal to come, the last heat

coming up any second now. And we

have five athletes in this one. We

have Suzanne Schulting of the

Netherlands, the bronze medallist in

last year's World Championships in

Rotterdam. Ekaterina Efremenkova

from the OAR, Andrea Keszler,

European Championships silver

medallist from Hungary, Shim Sukhee

with three medals in Sochi, and boy

who already has two medals,

including silver in the 500 metres.

And it is Suzanne Schulting from the

Netherlands who was originally at

the front, in the orange helmet, but

coming through is her compatriot,

never 21, boy.

On the Dutch are

playing the same strategy here. It

is all about being in front now,

because when Kim does come around

the outside, it will be all about

who will be in second place at that

time at the moment.

Yes, Shim Sukhee

is from Gangneung originally, she

ended up having to go to Seoul to

further her career, but she is local

and they are rooting for her. So at

the moment, we have got Suzanne

Schulting on the front, and in

second place still is boy.

They need

to really pick this speed up if they

want to finish won and two, the

Dutch. It is a Dutch 1-2 at the

moment, Shim Sukhee on the outside.

Round the outside, Shim Sukhee still

has that gold from the relay, the

crowd roaring. Suzanne Schulting is

holding onto second place, Ekaterina

Efremenkova challenging as well, but

it is a comfortable win for Shim

Sukhee, and a little celebration for

Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands

finishing in second place and going

through to the semifinals. A

comfortable race there for Shim

Sukhee of Korea. It could almost

have been a clean sweep for the

Koreans if they all get to the

final, of course.

We have the

semifinals to come in both the men's

500 and the women's 1000m, but very

impressive there from Shim Sukhee,

impressive once more.

And because of

all the penalties we have been

having, they are not trying to cut

in again, they keep same line on the

outside, and she made it look very

easy indeed.

And Shim Sukhee is

still a very young skater, very

interesting indeed. I don't think

there is any controversy surrounding

the fourth and final quarterfinal in

the women's 1000m, which means that

Shim Sukhee from Korea qualifies

along with Suzanne Schulting from

the Netherlands. So, with that

completed...

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completed...

CLARE BALDING: We will be back for

the semifinals very shortly. Johnny

and Sarah are alongside me. Are you

watching these quarterfinals

thinking I wish ill Elise -- I wish

Elise was there?

Of course, but now

we can relax and just watch it.

And

some of the big names are not

performing so well here, it is not

just Elise Christie.

Yes, we have

seen some of the girls go out there

and not do so well, and one of the

Korean guys who did well at the

World Championships, he has had a

shocker as well, so it is the

pressure of the games. They have got

great form coming into it, but when

it matters to deliver, they have

found it difficult, and every body

else has upped their game as well.

And it is such a tough sport, as we

have come to recognise the last

couple of. Now, what of Elise

Christie? How is chic

psychologically? We will show you

the full interview just after 11,

but he is a taster. Backstage with

her boyfriend, he is through to the

semifinals of the 500, she is on

crutches with a boot to protect her

ankle, and this is what she has been

saying.

It has obviously been a

tough few days, I have been in quite

a lot of pain, not feeling very well

from all the pain. I have been up

and down, I don't feel like I did

after Sochi, and I have had so much

support back home which has been

incredible, overwhelming, just like,

so I'm doing OK, I have my moments,

when I realise I have got injured at

an Olympic Games, and that sucks,

but it is done now, I can't do

anything about it except focus on

the next four years.

And in terms of

your ankle, you are sitting here

with the boot on. We saw what

happened in the 1000m heat. What is

the prognosis and treatment plan?

The prognosis I was given originally

was 4-6 weeks completely off the

ice. My brain was telling me, you

can't be in the picture now, but my

heart was telling me otherwise, and

I didn't think I could win now, but

I thought I was still capable of

meddling, and I believe that.

Everyone back home, there were

messages from everyone, but there

was one specific message in my head

from a young girl who had got her

mum to say, can you text Elise and

tell her she is my hero, and that

stayed with me, and I knew she would

be watching, and I had to try, and I

tried, and as far as I have is

concerned, I had qualified, and I

thought it was unbelievable, I

finished the second place in an

Olympics, top 16 with ligament

damage to my ankle, and I think that

shows you how physically strong I

am.

Elise Christie, still fighting

talk from her, and we will see the

full interview

full interview just after 11, but

one of the major headlines is she

has committed her future to short

track speed skating, there won't be

any dipping off to a different sport

or indeed dipping out.

And you can

see the determination, and as soon

she came off the ice, she was

saying, I want to do this again, she

hasn't had a full crack at that

1000m, and she wants to have a go.

She is aware of her ability to

influence young girls, and I wonder

if that is because she had such a

rough time as a kid at school.

Maybe, she had some bullying and

stuff when she was younger, and it

is nice that people look up to

her and can be inspired by her

strength and determination, and her

ability to try and turn things

around, and she is ready talking

about the next four years of the

next Olympics. I would like to see

her have a little bit of downtime,

sometime away its time to reflect

and get her head around what happens

before she starts to focus, because

after Sochi she didn't have a time

off, and I think this time round she

really does need a break.

I think

the injury will force that break,

won't it?

Yes, she needs to get back

and have some recovery and start a

rehab, but it is so nice that as an

athlete you trained so hard, you

work so hard for the games, the

World Championships and so on, and

many have these other things that

you are inspiring young kids, and it

is something you don't think about

but when you hear their messages it

is so nice that you are working hard

for your goals and it is paying off

other people to see that.

What tends

to happen in the modern world is the

better name you get, the more people

love you and the more people hate

you, and you have to keep that in

perspective. Do you think Elise

having promised before the game is

not to go on social media, she

hasn't followed that rule. Would you

like to see her be firm and not see

some of the rubbish that is written

that she shouldn't give credit to?

It is so tempting when you are given

positive messages, you want to read

them and reply and respond to

people, and show them that that is

helping you and say thank you. But

obviously she is naturally if you do

that you are going to see some of

the negativity as well, but

hopefully she just ignores that.

Sometimes you can use it to channel

your energies, you can use anger in

a positive way if you want to.

I

think what she said there, it

inspired her to get on the ice for

that last go and really give it her

best shot, so it does work in

positive ways, but it is difficult

at an Olympic Games, because

normally for us in World

Championships, she has got time in

between where if she has had a bad

day, you have got three days to wait

to put it right, so it is a very

different format, and somewhere she

would have to get used to finding

time to relax and switch from

things.

She needs to get into box

sets! Sit and watch the Crown

endlessly.

endlessly. Britain's won gold

medallist so far from the games

Lizzy Yarnold took a long time off

after she completed the grand slam

and won the World Championships on

the World Cup and all of that. She

just went completely away from the

sport. How would you plan Elise 's

programme between now and Beijing?

She needs to work out watch was to

do. She has a great team around her,

but every athlete is different and

it is how she will find time now to

be able to switch the mindset and

find that courage and motivation to

go for four more years, because it

is all well and good to speak after

a race when emotions are high and

say, I am going to do it again, but

when you sit down and think about

it, it is another long four years of

results being up and down, and she

needs to find a way to keep

motivated for that time.

I think she

will need to be held back a little

bit to start with, because she is

motivated, and she is going to want

to get back out there and start

doing her thing and doing what she

does best, but I think the support

staff probably need to force a

little bit of rest on her. She has