BBC One Day 6: GB Women in Curling Action

0:01:10 > 0:01:16We have all gone curling crazy again. Welcome to BBC One, we will

0:01:16 > 0:01:20be catching up with the overnight action from the winter Olympics and

0:01:20 > 0:01:23also we will have live curling, a match that has taken an even more

0:01:23 > 0:01:28significant is the Great Britain women face China, everybody sliding,

0:01:28 > 0:01:35gliding and sweeping. Here is what is coming up today.

0:01:35 > 0:01:40Reaching speeds of over 80 mph, it is the fastest of all the alpine

0:01:40 > 0:01:46disciplines, and no one is braver than five times world champion the

0:01:46 > 0:01:57attacking Viking,

0:01:58 > 0:02:02Aksel Lund Svindal. Britain's Dom Parsons has been setting some super

0:02:02 > 0:02:05training times in the skeleton. Can he translate that into the runs that

0:02:05 > 0:02:08count? And we will be seeing the stones that matter as we catch up

0:02:08 > 0:02:13with curling before joining Eve Muirhead's rink live. They are up

0:02:13 > 0:02:18against China. So this is how it looks through the course of the

0:02:18 > 0:02:24morning. Next we will have the full review including figure skating, the

0:02:24 > 0:02:29skeleton and the men's downhill finally to place today. Then we will

0:02:29 > 0:02:34be joining, at 11am, the women's curling, China against GB will be

0:02:34 > 0:02:42live. On the red button, coverage of the Bath. But right now, Chemmy is

0:02:42 > 0:02:51with me and Christopher Dean. We need a bit of a masterclass from you

0:02:51 > 0:02:55in the downhill skiing.And I am giving that Chris, he taught me to

0:02:55 > 0:03:02ice skate, and he is a skier.Let's do it.So show me your fast downhill

0:03:02 > 0:03:08aerodynamic tuck. We need to adjust this a little bit. You need to get

0:03:08 > 0:03:13rid of this amazing posture, pull your belly button to your back, that

0:03:13 > 0:03:19is faster. Your legs are beautiful, you want flat skis ahead of you.I

0:03:19 > 0:03:26can feel the speed already.Do you mean your knees have to be over your

0:03:26 > 0:03:31toes?You both have your toes pointing out slightly, which on skis

0:03:31 > 0:03:35is disastrous. Feet parallel, and your hands towards your chin. You

0:03:35 > 0:03:39should just be able to look out of the front of your eyes. Pull that

0:03:39 > 0:03:47back, go into a jump! We are getting dynamic here. How's that?Great. I

0:03:47 > 0:03:51will leave that with you.And I am also take you from this that

0:03:51 > 0:03:57downhill skiers have to be a bit... Crazy?Don't base that on me!How

0:03:57 > 0:04:04many injuries have you had?I have a metal right leg, I broke my leg when

0:04:04 > 0:04:09I was 11. This is part of parcel of it.And what is the common injury

0:04:09 > 0:04:15for skiers?Definitely

0:04:18 > 0:04:22for skiers?Definitely that ACL tear.Do you have really strong

0:04:22 > 0:04:27bindings?The GE Force that these guys are carrying, it is so strong,

0:04:27 > 0:04:31the skis, they are having to flex through ripples that are going 90

0:04:31 > 0:04:35mph.And you don't want the ski coming off to easily.But when you

0:04:35 > 0:04:40crash, you do want it to come off, so that is an area where we have

0:04:40 > 0:04:43technicians, and that is their realm. They spend a hundred hours on

0:04:43 > 0:04:48the skis before they are ready to race. So then it is up to the skier.

0:04:48 > 0:04:54So you don't do your own wax? There is a science in it?There is, and as

0:04:54 > 0:04:58much as I love to know everything about everything, that area is so

0:04:58 > 0:05:01scientific.And we were talking about temperature of the ice

0:05:01 > 0:05:05yesterday. What is the best temperature of us know when you are

0:05:05 > 0:05:11skiing? Sometimes it gets really icy, right?The best temperature and

0:05:11 > 0:05:15the best snow grain of those ice crystals is what you have on that

0:05:15 > 0:05:18Olympic day. You don't choose, because you don't want it in your

0:05:18 > 0:05:23header that I am good on this or that. Already we have seen cold,

0:05:23 > 0:05:27grippy snow, today it warmed up so now it is slick and bumpy, so that

0:05:27 > 0:05:33is what you have to ski on.And the positioning that you draw, which is

0:05:33 > 0:05:37the best position, at the front end of the runs all the backend?Again,

0:05:37 > 0:05:41they look at the weather conditions for the next day, if it is likely to

0:05:41 > 0:05:45warm up, that will make it slower, so that is very much on the day, but

0:05:45 > 0:05:49they do tend to draw early now.Not only is she an expert in all things

0:05:49 > 0:05:52to do with winter sport, she is also a very good weather forecaster,

0:05:52 > 0:05:57because last night Chemmy said it will be a bluebird day, and for the

0:05:57 > 0:06:00first time out in South Korea, we really did have the most gorgeous

0:06:00 > 0:06:07day, perfect conditions.

0:06:07 > 0:06:11The downhill run, one and a half miles in length.The men's downhill

0:06:11 > 0:06:15promise to be a race that could make Olympic history.

0:06:25 > 0:06:33The good, clean start. That is the best thing on a downhill like this

0:06:33 > 0:06:41where it is kind of a lottery. The fastest man ever.

0:06:41 > 0:06:45Phil Johnson, the all-American boy from California.The only way to win

0:06:45 > 0:06:50this is to take a huge amount of risk.You are watching the greatest

0:06:50 > 0:07:00ski racer in the world an Olympic day, and he's doing it again.

0:07:01 > 0:07:06Tracing the course, he has to remember every bend, every turn.

0:07:06 > 0:07:11Skiers now feel they are reaching the upper limits of speed, but

0:07:11 > 0:07:16whoever controls it best, the Olympic medal will be his.And

0:07:16 > 0:07:23Johnson has done it again on race day.Into the lead, and he is going

0:07:23 > 0:07:28to win the gold.

0:07:28 > 0:07:35I knew I had to go all-out and to try everything I knew to win, and I

0:07:35 > 0:07:39couldn't keep anything under control. I had to ski the fastest

0:07:39 > 0:07:47this mountain could be skied.

0:07:47 > 0:07:52And you get a sense of the history, the tradition of the men's downhill.

0:07:52 > 0:07:56This is the ultimate in alpine skiing, and I think one of the best

0:07:56 > 0:07:59and bravest bits of television that happens all year is Graham Bell

0:07:59 > 0:08:04going down the course with a camera. Here he is with his guide to this

0:08:04 > 0:08:08downhill in South Korea.

0:08:08 > 0:08:14So let's go and have a look at this men's Olympic downhill here at the

0:08:14 > 0:08:18Alpine Centre. A beautiful view from the top, but this is what the racers

0:08:18 > 0:08:23have to focus on. It starts pretty much straightaway, because you come

0:08:23 > 0:08:32around this right footed turn, and you dive down onto this bumpy part.

0:08:32 > 0:08:40Really important to carry the speed through the bumps here. You have to

0:08:40 > 0:08:44really let it fly, and we are approaching the first job. Now onto

0:08:44 > 0:08:51the roller-coaster section. The steepest part of the course here,

0:08:51 > 0:08:54there are tunnels underneath the track and you have to absorb the

0:08:54 > 0:09:04rollers. Coming up to the second job now, the Dragon claw, straight up

0:09:04 > 0:09:15and heading down towards the forest road. This turn here is crucial. It

0:09:15 > 0:09:23brings you from the steep onto the flat. It is the third jump. Heading

0:09:23 > 0:09:32towards the blue Dragon Valley. Really important to keep the speed

0:09:32 > 0:09:38going as you go into this almost like a halfpipe section of the

0:09:38 > 0:09:45course, just rolling from edge to edge, coming out of the Blue Dragon

0:09:45 > 0:09:52Valley and over the role, heading towards the magic tree. That is it

0:09:52 > 0:10:00on the left of the course. Going to the finish onto this fall away

0:10:00 > 0:10:05section, carrying speed through the last turn. Heading towards the last

0:10:05 > 0:10:16jump. A big flight, and across the line.

0:10:18 > 0:10:21Well, the course conditions are absolutely perfect. These freezing

0:10:21 > 0:10:27temperatures have made it excellent for making snow. It is fast and

0:10:27 > 0:10:30grippy, and it is going to be a great race.

0:10:32 > 0:10:37I still can't get over how he does that with cameras and microphones on

0:10:37 > 0:10:42the lot. It will take the racers about one minute and 40 seconds, a

0:10:42 > 0:10:46relatively short course by Olympic standards. Matt Chilton is in the

0:10:46 > 0:10:52commentary box.

0:10:52 > 0:10:55Conditions are now perfect for the blue ribbon event at the winter

0:10:55 > 0:11:05games, men's downhill. Tommy

0:11:05 > 0:11:09games, men's downhill. Tommy dress -- Dressen is a wafer Germany. He

0:11:09 > 0:11:18made his mark in Kitzbuhel. Here he goes on to the Dragon range. Gravity

0:11:18 > 0:11:24sends you to the left, and you have to fight against that. The others

0:11:24 > 0:11:32following down the course, he finds the job. Now, Dressen was first to

0:11:32 > 0:11:37ski in the downhill stage of the Olympic combined, won by Marcel

0:11:37 > 0:11:45Hirscher in the week, the quickest man on the mountain, no one was able

0:11:45 > 0:11:54to ski quicker than Thomas Dressen. He stands on that right foot, into

0:11:54 > 0:11:57the paradise turn, just lost a little bit of ground there. It goes

0:11:57 > 0:12:03flat here.

0:12:04 > 0:12:10flat here. After the Paradise turn, he had the big drop, now heading

0:12:10 > 0:12:19towards the Blue Dragon Valley. Down towards the Magic Tree, he gets

0:12:19 > 0:12:27airborne again and we will keep an that job,

0:12:27 > 0:12:31that job, because Mayer absolutely flew an here, and so did Marcel

0:12:31 > 0:12:38Hirscher. Dressen is almost home now, the first man on the course. He

0:12:38 > 0:12:48takes off and flies over the final job, and the time is 1:41.03.

0:12:48 > 0:12:55Dominik Paris, said that of the start by the Italian team members,

0:12:55 > 0:13:08and he is like a speed skater there. Eight hundredths quicker than

0:13:08 > 0:13:14Dressen on that first date there. Adverse camber, trying to stay as

0:13:14 > 0:13:21high as he can. Big, controlled flight on that first drop. Now

0:13:21 > 0:13:31heading to the Dragon claw part of the course.

0:13:33 > 0:13:37the course. Dominik Paris is the third best downhill skier of the

0:13:37 > 0:13:42season. He had a win on home snow just before the New Year, on a

0:13:42 > 0:13:48similar rough and bumpy course. That was a difficult landing, Paradise

0:13:48 > 0:13:54Turn could sort them out today. Paris didn't make the best of it at

0:13:54 > 0:13:59all. An towards the Blue Dragon Valley, it was green all the way,

0:13:59 > 0:14:04and it is still green, despite the mistake. He might have taken a new

0:14:04 > 0:14:11line which others may not be able to. Now he is going to fly, keeps it

0:14:11 > 0:14:20quite low, and we will see it that brings him the reward now. 1.26,

0:14:20 > 0:14:20quite low, and we will see it that brings him the reward now. 1.26,,

0:14:20 > 0:14:32the next split. It is this final time that really matters. Paris

0:14:32 > 0:14:35taxing for the line, and he leads the Olympic downhill by a quarter of

0:14:35 > 0:14:37a second.

0:14:39 > 0:14:52One of the big favourites, Feuz from Switzerland, the best downhill so

0:14:52 > 0:14:59far with three victories. He won in November and he claimed the final

0:14:59 > 0:15:06downhill before the Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He skied

0:15:06 > 0:15:10solidly in training didn't give much away because he was standing up and

0:15:10 > 0:15:16going gently on the bottom half of his training runs, but make no

0:15:16 > 0:15:20mistake, he is a serious threat today, huge unit of a man.

0:15:20 > 0:15:24Incredible control as he slammed the inside edge of that right skied down

0:15:24 > 0:15:30onto the snow to continue on his way. Feuz is living dangerously. It

0:15:30 > 0:15:33is the Olympic downhill, and he is bringing all the risks into this

0:15:33 > 0:15:39race.

0:15:41 > 0:15:49Just about hanging in. Needed a huge amount of strength. 120 kilometres

0:15:49 > 0:15:59an hour. Flying down towards the Blue Dragon Valley. Paris's time...

0:15:59 > 0:16:07And he is faster. By point to one. And he enters the Blue Dragon

0:16:07 > 0:16:16Valley. Sets up for the final quarter. What a

0:16:16 > 0:16:21quarter. What a flight from Feuz. Magnificent downhill skiing, he is

0:16:21 > 0:16:27going to go close and he may well go into gold medal position. Feuz has

0:16:27 > 0:16:33put down a magnificent Olympic downhill run, huge jump to finish.

0:16:33 > 0:16:44Feuz is first. Fantastic skiing from Feuz. Into gold medal position. Full

0:16:44 > 0:16:52of risk, he took so many chances. He got the reward. Look at that. Almost

0:16:52 > 0:16:59horizontal on the snow. How did he keep that ski carbon? Aksel Lund

0:16:59 > 0:17:09Svindal is ready to race. On his way. Silver medallist in Vancouver,

0:17:09 > 0:17:162010. In the Olympic downhill. Decent start for the multitalented

0:17:16 > 0:17:25Aksel Lund Svindal. Slightly low on the adverse camber. Trailing Feuz by

0:17:25 > 0:17:30a 10th. Flattening it. The coursework are going up to make the

0:17:30 > 0:17:35repairs.

0:17:35 > 0:17:38repairs. Svindal is throwing everything at his last Olympic

0:17:38 > 0:17:42downhill competition but he might be pushing too hard, winding down the

0:17:42 > 0:17:48windows on that big jump. Svindal will have to take the riskiest

0:17:48 > 0:17:54possible line. Cut off the corners as tightly as he Bears if he is to

0:17:54 > 0:18:00get into contention. What a shot that is of the great man in full

0:18:00 > 0:18:09flight. Lands at 111 kilometres an hour, a quarter of a second off the

0:18:09 > 0:18:14pace but now he is in front. The gamble may be paying off. Into the

0:18:14 > 0:18:21Blue Dragon Valley. Off and away, big flight, off-balance, did not

0:18:21 > 0:18:28seem to lose any speed. Recovered his poise, got his dynamic posture

0:18:28 > 0:18:34back and he leads Feuz by a quarter of a second. Svindal scheme for

0:18:34 > 0:18:41gold-medal position for Norway. A long flight. He tucks in and he has

0:18:41 > 0:18:48gone into gold. Svindal steals the lead from Feuz. Magnificent Aksel

0:18:48 > 0:18:58Lund Svindal. This was textbook downhill jumping. -- this was not

0:18:58 > 0:19:11textbook downhill jumping. But he knew the risk might bring reward.

0:19:11 > 0:19:20And he is off! Maximum forward report Shannon. And he has got the

0:19:20 > 0:19:30early green light. Quicker than his great rival. A little low on Dragon

0:19:30 > 0:19:41Ridge. The speed is good. 111. Long jump, stood immediately. Wonderful

0:19:41 > 0:19:47anticipation and control.

0:19:47 > 0:19:49anticipation and control. The 32-year-old Norwegian. He is flying.

0:19:49 > 0:19:55Huge again. He knows he has got to roll the dice. Take a chance with

0:19:55 > 0:20:08this. Svindal leads. Feuz second. Harris third. Watching keenly.

0:20:08 > 0:20:12Coming into the Paradise Turn out for pelts and absolutely pushing.

0:20:12 > 0:20:22112 on the landing. Travelling 38 metres. Green again. He could deny

0:20:22 > 0:20:28Svindal the one thing that is missing. The gold medal. Goodness

0:20:28 > 0:20:36me! Upper twisting like a freestyle. Seemed to land cleanly, green all

0:20:36 > 0:20:43the way. Only just. For hundreds of a second between the two Norwegians.

0:20:43 > 0:20:52Which way will this go? The jump to come. He takes off, Lance, and he is

0:20:52 > 0:21:03second! So close. The jump was unorthodox. Lost control of his left

0:21:03 > 0:21:11ski pole. The ninth best downhill of the season. Not without a chance.

0:21:11 > 0:21:24Pretty solid in training. Seven four years ago in Sochi.

0:21:24 > 0:21:28years ago in Sochi. Became the 1st Battalion to win the World Cup

0:21:28 > 0:21:36downhill. Two years in a row.

0:21:36 > 0:21:42downhill. Two years in a row. His team-mate currently in fourth. Off

0:21:42 > 0:21:51to a flying start.

0:21:51 > 0:21:56to a flying start. Fill on the course with number 13. And he is in

0:21:56 > 0:22:04front. At the next intermediate. 100th behind. 100s in front. Fill

0:22:04 > 0:22:10pushing hard. Looking for straight line speed. Taking allsorts of

0:22:10 > 0:22:16gambles. And he almost flattened the turned heading into the Paradise

0:22:16 > 0:22:22Turn curve.

0:22:22 > 0:22:29The bottom part of the track. The key split. Fill a quarter of a

0:22:29 > 0:22:36second removed from Svindal's time, putting him outside bronze medal

0:22:36 > 0:22:43position. He needs a direct line. That was to the left. In the soft

0:22:43 > 0:22:52snow, I don't think that is going to hamper. -- help him. Off the pace,

0:22:52 > 0:22:56that will pushing down to around fourth or fifth position. The last

0:22:56 > 0:23:08jump, Fill lands, crosses the line, he is sixth, missing the medals.

0:23:10 > 0:23:1735-year-old Aksel Lund Svindal is the Olympic champion. Switzerland's

0:23:17 > 0:23:21in amongst the medals.

0:23:21 > 0:23:28the Olympic champion. Switzerland's in amongst the medals. A really high

0:23:28 > 0:23:30quality competition, sometimes you get a surprise winner but not this

0:23:30 > 0:23:35time.We know the Norwegians dominate in speed. For so long. For

0:23:35 > 0:23:43them to delivered today. Norway have never won the men's Alpine downhill

0:23:43 > 0:23:50and when you think, there were 13 Olympic medals, this was the one

0:23:50 > 0:23:54they all wanted and Svindal goes, well deserved, he took risks, it was

0:23:54 > 0:23:59not easy or

0:24:00 > 0:24:07not easy or comfortable, Janrud pushed him all the way. -- Jansrud.

0:24:07 > 0:24:08Let's look at this

0:24:08 > 0:24:11pushed him all the way. -- Jansrud. Let's look at this midway through.

0:24:11 > 0:24:18He looks relatively untidy. It is really messy but such a great touch.

0:24:18 > 0:24:23He works with gravity really well, standing on the ski at the top of

0:24:23 > 0:24:29the turn. Big flight. Getting that connection with the snow and works

0:24:29 > 0:24:35the ski. That this work Jansrud threw away the race. He was not able

0:24:35 > 0:24:40to work the terrain, so many little rollers made eye tunnels, it's not

0:24:40 > 0:24:45natural, and put tunnels underneath and although it was messy he worked

0:24:45 > 0:24:51at the outside ski the top and he just dominated. Outside the blue

0:24:51 > 0:24:56line, it does not matter, not a disqualification, those are their to

0:24:56 > 0:25:01show the general line for a patient. When they do jump do you want to get

0:25:01 > 0:25:06down as quick as possible?Yes, although airtime looks really good

0:25:06 > 0:25:11it's actually slow. You have it the cause of the terrain, you have to

0:25:11 > 0:25:17jump but you want the connection because you have to make speed.That

0:25:17 > 0:25:21Paradise Turn looks critical, you right into the bend straightaway.

0:25:21 > 0:25:32You have the Magic Tree. We saw the other day, Matthias Mayer, you want

0:25:32 > 0:25:40to throw your body forward. So you can charge the outside ski.

0:25:40 > 0:25:42can charge the outside ski.Mayor was the defending champion, where

0:25:42 > 0:25:49did he finish? Ninth. Svindal, the oldest ever Olympic gold medallist

0:25:49 > 0:25:53in alpine skier, a man who came back from so many injuries, you would

0:25:53 > 0:25:59think it is a young man's game but clearly it is not.You tend to be

0:25:59 > 0:26:03technical when you are younger and then you are allowed to start doing

0:26:03 > 0:26:08speed and in super cheap or so much about tactics and line, the more

0:26:08 > 0:26:13experience you get the better you are. Someone like Svindal, he's been

0:26:13 > 0:26:18doing it for so long, he missed the test event through injury. That is

0:26:18 > 0:26:24where his compatriot Jansrud one, he watched it on TV and maybe by doing

0:26:24 > 0:26:29that he picked up some line successes that got him the win.It

0:26:29 > 0:26:29worked

0:26:29 > 0:26:32successes that got him the win.It worked for him. Fascinating. Let's

0:26:32 > 0:26:38go to your area of expertise, Chris, the first figure skating of the

0:26:38 > 0:26:42games went to Canada, now it is time for the medal deciding programme,

0:26:42 > 0:26:48the long programme. The leaderboard going into it was China, Olympic

0:26:48 > 0:26:51Athletes from Russia, Germany in fourth making a mistake in the short

0:26:51 > 0:26:55programme that we thought pushed them out of the medals. They were

0:26:55 > 0:27:01close enough.You were helping them. I choreographed her long programme.

0:27:01 > 0:27:12Watch this correctly. Commentary from Kat Downes and Robin Cousins.

0:27:18 > 0:27:20Looking for the skate of their lives.

0:27:24 > 0:27:33A great performance. It could be a third bronze medal for Aliona Vilani

0:27:33 > 0:27:40a first for Bruno.

0:28:01 > 0:28:06Opening with the triple twist and watch the height.

0:28:19 > 0:28:28She's got it on one foot, that's clean!

0:28:42 > 0:28:52The triple Sako, double toe loop, double toe loop. Today, perfection.

0:29:04 > 0:29:11Side-by-side triple toe loops. Well done!This is looking good.

0:29:33 > 0:29:37The triple salko. That is the difficult elements done for them.

0:30:05 > 0:30:09Brilliant strength and control. Through the lifts.

0:32:16 > 0:32:22CHEERING

0:32:22 > 0:32:29Perfect! The race for bronzes on.I think the race for gold is on.They

0:32:29 > 0:32:32were out of the medal positions before this free skate.They were

0:32:32 > 0:32:36going to be fighting for a bronze medal place, but that performance

0:32:36 > 0:32:41has put them on a podium. What colour that medal will be, we will

0:32:41 > 0:32:45wait to find out, but I think that is going to be a really tough one to

0:32:45 > 0:32:52beat. Beautiful

0:32:52 > 0:32:54beat. Beautiful transitions, you might recognise the because they

0:32:54 > 0:33:00were choreographed by Christopher Dean. He spent time with them last

0:33:00 > 0:33:07year in the autumn. Helping to clean and fix these transitions between

0:33:07 > 0:33:10them, and it was for me the detail which is going to separate this from

0:33:10 > 0:33:15some of the others.

0:33:15 > 0:33:22It is going to be big, absolutely. That is the best they have skated

0:33:22 > 0:33:34that. 159.31, season's best. Is that how they clinch the Olympic title?

0:33:34 > 0:33:41They have broken their own world record.

0:33:41 > 0:33:46record.Well, it was sensational skating, wasn't it? And this is the

0:33:46 > 0:33:55couple with whom they were tussling for the bronze medal position. Megan

0:33:55 > 0:33:59to Hamilton and Eric Radford of Canada, already team champions going

0:33:59 > 0:34:05away from this games with a gold medal.

0:34:06 > 0:34:12medal. And the pressure is on these two now to hang onto a spot on the

0:34:12 > 0:34:19podium.

0:34:46 > 0:34:57Triple twist.

0:34:59 > 0:35:09They have the hardest side by side job element, and that is a side by

0:35:09 > 0:35:14side triple. Hands down for a Megan, not sure it was fully rotated,

0:35:14 > 0:35:25either. So that will be reviewed.

0:35:26 > 0:35:41And now the quadruple Salchow. And she has got it.

0:35:41 > 0:35:48she has got it. Nine points from that one element.

0:35:48 > 0:36:04that one element. Side by side triple Salchow, double toe loop.

0:36:58 > 0:37:04And now the triple Lutz.

0:38:54 > 0:39:01Fighting for a medal, fighting to hold on to a podium spot, Eric

0:39:01 > 0:39:04Radford and Megan Duhamel.They are thrilled with that skate, she landed

0:39:04 > 0:39:13that quad.But there was that mistake.Slightly on the Lutz. There

0:39:13 > 0:39:17triple twist is not the strongest or the highest, they were given level

0:39:17 > 0:39:31three, where Bruno and Aliona were given the level for. It is so good

0:39:31 > 0:39:35to be able to see them come out and deliver that quad.

0:39:38 > 0:39:44It is not enough to go ahead of the Germans. They are in the silver

0:39:44 > 0:39:52medal position. Megan Duhamel and Eric Radford. And they needed a new

0:39:52 > 0:39:55world record to chase down the Germans, in fact everyone needs a

0:39:55 > 0:40:03new world record to chase down the Germans.

0:40:03 > 0:40:14Germans. So, the world champions from China, Sui Wenjing and

0:40:20 > 0:40:31Hank Cong Han, and when they are at their best, they are world beaters.

0:40:44 > 0:40:48And they will open their free programme with eight quadruple

0:40:48 > 0:40:59twist, so four revolutions in the air from take-off.

0:41:02 > 0:41:15Side by side triple toe loops. The triples were fine, but not the

0:41:15 > 0:41:27combination they wanted afterwards, just singles from Cong Han.

0:41:30 > 0:41:36just singles from Cong Han. And off the

0:41:37 > 0:41:42the triple Salchow, that was a problem in the warm up, as well, two

0:41:42 > 0:41:48falls.

0:42:19 > 0:42:20The beautiful lift.

0:43:01 > 0:43:07The triple flip. Absolutely glorious.

0:43:31 > 0:43:40The same there with the triple Salchow.

0:45:03 > 0:45:10Rousing stuff but is it enough to hold onto their lead? The Germans

0:45:10 > 0:45:18were sublime. The second half was superb but a couple of very costly

0:45:18 > 0:45:27mistakes on the side-by-side triple jumps. One, two, three, four... She

0:45:27 > 0:45:36fell on the salko in the warm up. They are is that hand, the back of

0:45:36 > 0:45:41the heel, no one can touch them for the throws. Is the work they did in

0:45:41 > 0:45:49the short programme going to be enough? It is not.

0:45:49 > 0:45:51enough? It is not. It is not enough for them to hang onto the gold

0:45:51 > 0:45:57medal.

0:45:57 > 0:46:05medal. Savchenko and Masoe out in front. The final skaters in the free

0:46:05 > 0:46:12skate competition. Able be looking to jump up into the medals. Team

0:46:12 > 0:46:20silver winners already. The Olympic Athletes from Russia. They were in

0:46:20 > 0:46:24the silver medal position after the short programme. They are relying on

0:46:24 > 0:46:28Christina Agarwal error for a medal!

0:46:50 > 0:47:03Label open other bid for gold with a quadruple twist. That was lovely.

0:47:09 > 0:47:11Side-by-side triples.

0:47:18 > 0:47:21He did, she didn't.

0:47:34 > 0:47:40The triple salko now... That's gone as well.

0:47:53 > 0:48:01Need to get the composure back now, the side-by-side triple toe loops.

0:48:01 > 0:48:05With the two double toe loops to follow.

0:50:05 > 0:50:13The triple loop. Beautiful.

0:51:08 > 0:51:13APPLAUSE CHEERING

0:51:13 > 0:51:17It's not going to be good enough for gold or silver, will it be good

0:51:17 > 0:51:22enough for a medal at all? I think they might struggle to be on

0:51:22 > 0:51:28the podium, to be honest. Certainly did not have their normal pizzazz or

0:51:28 > 0:51:38champion feel about it. Tentative. The double salko...

0:51:38 > 0:51:44Always strong with the throws. Overcooked on that. Way too far

0:51:44 > 0:51:54forward. For the landing.Is it a medal for the Olympic Athletes from

0:51:54 > 0:52:01Russia? No! It is not.

0:52:06 > 0:52:17143.20 five. And that means Savchenko and Massot are the Olympic

0:52:17 > 0:52:27champions. What a fight, what metal! To jump from fourth position to the

0:52:27 > 0:52:35top of the podium. And they are worthy winners. What a performance

0:52:35 > 0:52:41out there, they born in a battle with Meagan Duhamel and Eric

0:52:41 > 0:52:45Radford, they laid it on the ice and they were foot perfect, weren't

0:52:45 > 0:52:49they, Robin?Warriors and she has been fighting for this moment for

0:52:49 > 0:52:58some years now. Even with Robin, did not quite happen.Two Olympic bronze

0:52:58 > 0:53:02medals in the past but she is now the Olympic champion at the age of

0:53:02 > 0:53:0434.

0:53:04 > 0:53:10the Olympic champion at the age of 34. Savchenko and Massot crying but

0:53:10 > 0:53:16you are willing up as well. Extraordinary. It was. They were in

0:53:16 > 0:53:20fourth, they know they have got to go up there and go for broke, the

0:53:20 > 0:53:26other couples in front, the top two after the short programme were going

0:53:26 > 0:53:30out maybe a little conservative, holding the position and they made

0:53:30 > 0:53:36those mistakes. What a turnaround! They skated sublimely, that is the

0:53:36 > 0:53:41best I have seen them skate.And it must make you so proud, you played a

0:53:41 > 0:53:46huge part in that, it's a new world record score.Yes, no, we spent the

0:53:46 > 0:53:52summer, they came over to Florida, we went to work for a week, we put

0:53:52 > 0:53:56the routine together, it has evolved over the past seven months from

0:53:56 > 0:54:02competition. The main elements were there, they really, I got chills

0:54:02 > 0:54:07watching it.We are going to get you to talk through the whole routine, I

0:54:07 > 0:54:16thought the look of it, the adverts...A little bit bolero. One

0:54:16 > 0:54:21piece of music from beginning to end.This infinity

0:54:21 > 0:54:24piece of music from beginning to end.This infinity sign.It was all

0:54:24 > 0:54:33about holding. But almost became a run at the end.He had something to

0:54:33 > 0:54:39prove, didn't he, Chris?Having made the mistake in the short programme,

0:54:39 > 0:54:45doubling the triple, look at the height, he is so strong.Given the

0:54:45 > 0:54:48height difference do you have to take that into account when you plan

0:54:48 > 0:54:53the routine so they look good?There are definite things that suit them

0:54:53 > 0:54:58and things that don't but one of the things that they talked to me about

0:54:58 > 0:55:02for their brief, they said they wanted to make it more than ice

0:55:02 > 0:55:06dance routine in a Paris programme and that is why they got in touch

0:55:06 > 0:55:12with me. I have known Ali on for such a long time, she is such a

0:55:12 > 0:55:17competitor.Her first Olympics, two bronze medals, Bruno is her third

0:55:17 > 0:55:23different partner.The interesting thing, she was born in the Ukraine.

0:55:23 > 0:55:33No is French. -- Bruno is French. She skated for Germany. She had

0:55:33 > 0:55:40German citizenship. They retired, he is the Russian coach now. Bruno came

0:55:40 > 0:55:44along and he just got his citizenship and so they were able

0:55:44 > 0:55:54to...Just before the games?Yes. The leghold.This looks very you.

0:55:54 > 0:56:04Deep turns. The pencil left.She is a worker.Four hours on the ice. And

0:56:04 > 0:56:12she will say no, we can stay and he will be, we are done. But he does

0:56:12 > 0:56:19all the lifting.Bringing that is dance flavour, does it mean more

0:56:19 > 0:56:24fluid, more emotion, more beautiful? A combination, the choice of music,

0:56:24 > 0:56:32the style of skating, the quality of skating. You can see, she bends her

0:56:32 > 0:56:37knees, that creates power and the look of being effortless across the

0:56:37 > 0:56:46ice. They worked on that lift, the double rotation.Visually this was

0:56:46 > 0:56:51very different from the three long programmes we saw afterwards.As I

0:56:51 > 0:56:55say, the music has this fluidity and flow over the ice and we wanted to

0:56:55 > 0:57:02make it as soon as from transition to transition, that is the sort of

0:57:02 > 0:57:08part of choreography that I work on with them. Did you pick the music?

0:57:08 > 0:57:13They came to me with the music and as I listened to it it conjured up

0:57:13 > 0:57:19ideas of moving forward. Going somewhere. Who is the composer? That

0:57:19 > 0:57:24is a good question you are going to ask me and I should know that.This

0:57:24 > 0:57:31is were I thought, that looked so good, but height that they are.Over

0:57:31 > 0:57:37the top of her, creates a beautiful line, interesting exit, still

0:57:37 > 0:57:42entwined in his legs as he rotates, trying to keep that fluidity.Lots

0:57:42 > 0:57:52of green squares top left.They have got a positive mark, or being judged

0:57:52 > 0:57:57as positive, the reverse lift. Any yellow or red we don't want those.

0:57:57 > 0:58:04Deductions. Deductions. The other skaters made plenty of deductions,

0:58:04 > 0:58:12threading the needle. And this is the point, they are sucking on air

0:58:12 > 0:58:16but at the same time, they have still got to make it look beautiful

0:58:16 > 0:58:24and effortless.Physically you are tired by now.Very tired, and we did

0:58:24 > 0:58:29not give them much of a break, it was constant.It is building again.

0:58:29 > 0:58:37Listen to the music. This big, final lift that goes around the ice,

0:58:37 > 0:58:47something like a 20 second left.You said he is an ox!He is strong. So

0:58:47 > 0:58:54strong and I am so pleased for both of them. For her, five Olympics, 16

0:58:54 > 0:58:58years at this level, ringing home a gold medal and as you can see, the

0:58:58 > 0:59:06exhaustion.That is almost how Jayne Torvill looked!After-the-fact. The

0:59:06 > 0:59:12delight. You realise it has come true.And you have done everything

0:59:12 > 0:59:20you can, you scored the highest score you can.The confirmation of

0:59:20 > 0:59:24the scorer made them realise how good that performance was.And they

0:59:24 > 0:59:28would not have known that they could have won gold, three pairs to go.

0:59:28 > 0:59:34They only won by half a point. Look at the height of that.Time for

0:59:34 > 0:59:38another revolution if she wanted. She could have had a cup of tea when

0:59:38 > 0:59:44she was up there.So speaks the coach.The people in front of her,

0:59:44 > 0:59:50the other competitors, if they do a clean routine who knows? On the

0:59:50 > 0:59:54night, he pulled it together and the others did not. That is what

0:59:54 > 0:59:58competition is all about.The first figure skating gold medal for

0:59:58 > 1:00:02Germany since the fall of the Berlin Wall and both of them had

1:00:02 > 1:00:05represented other countries, for Germany, and eighth gold medal of

1:00:05 > 1:00:10these games and they are flying. Savchenko is married to a Brit.She

1:00:10 > 1:00:15is married to Liam, I got to know them through the summer. His father

1:00:15 > 1:00:23was in the Army and they train scheme, for we used to train. That

1:00:23 > 1:00:28is where she was an bad as ever they met.How come she did not take Great

1:00:28 > 1:00:33Britain as her country, you could have organised that?I know, I

1:00:33 > 1:00:40should have on that.Is there no poaching in ice skating?Clearly

1:00:40 > 1:00:43they have taken Ukrainian and French people and put them together.Have

1:00:43 > 1:00:49you been in touch with Nick Buckland and Kenny Combs?They are in great

1:00:49 > 1:00:54spirits and their defenders coming up, skating really well. And doing

1:00:54 > 1:01:01their third Olympics. -- penny Combs.Thank you so much for being

1:01:01 > 1:01:09with us. Congratulations. We will let Chris disappear. He can wallow I

1:01:09 > 1:01:16think in the reflect that gory. Wonderful. We focus on curling. The

1:01:16 > 1:01:21competition started yesterday and the British men had a win over

1:01:21 > 1:01:26Switzerland. Bath-macro Penny Coomes. A win and a loss for them,

1:01:26 > 1:01:32the great British women started with an emphatic three over the Olympic

1:01:32 > 1:01:36Athletes from Russia, today they had two matters, intense and at midnight

1:01:36 > 1:01:42our time, Eve Muirhead's rink were out there on the ice in a very tight

1:01:42 > 1:01:48game. We will show you the closing stages against the USA with Logan

1:01:48 > 1:01:57Gray and Jackie Lockhart in the commentary box.

1:01:59 > 1:02:10COMMENTATOR: So, chance for two in this end. Just need to stay in the

1:02:10 > 1:02:20house.Easy normal!Nothing. Her line is looking fairly good. Lauren

1:02:20 > 1:02:26Gray just trying to get it to that stone, and it has got to stop, it

1:02:26 > 1:02:33has got to stop. Unfortunately, she ended up with, it did stop, but the

1:02:33 > 1:02:51USA stone Harborne, so just the one. -- the USA stone hung on.

1:02:52 > 1:02:57Well played, great shot, so a double takeout from Eve Muirhead, the

1:02:57 > 1:03:06British skip, leaving Great Britain lying three here. Great Britain

1:03:06 > 1:03:10could have the hammer in the last end. Admittedly they will be one

1:03:10 > 1:03:19down and they will have to deliver in that final end.

1:03:19 > 1:03:29She has held her nerve here, played a nice shot.So, USA pick up one in

1:03:29 > 1:03:34the ninth end, they have the lead but crucially Great Britain will

1:03:34 > 1:03:40have the hammer in the tenth and final end. They can win with two,

1:03:40 > 1:03:45one will be enough to take it into a final end. This perfect shot right

1:03:45 > 1:03:52into the bottom, looks a bit anxious, looks nervous. Watching

1:03:52 > 1:03:57this one carefully. This needs to curl a lot. They are not sweeping

1:03:57 > 1:04:02it, and it needs to curl an awful lot. It will have a chance, but it

1:04:02 > 1:04:07might be too much. It has gone through. USA win the match, Eve

1:04:07 > 1:04:15Muirhead not able to pick up the one in the final end. The USA have

1:04:15 > 1:04:18played very well, shut Great Britain at, and they pick up two, so the

1:04:18 > 1:04:25final score will be USA 7-4 Great Britain.

1:04:25 > 1:04:31CLARE BALDING: The next game is on Saturday against Denmark. Meanwhile

1:04:31 > 1:04:37the men were up against Japan. Very tense closing stages here as well.

1:04:37 > 1:04:43And we are joining it with the score at 5-5, Logan and Jackie describing

1:04:43 > 1:04:51this one.

1:04:59 > 1:05:11COMMENTATOR: So, the guard by Morozumi perhaps a little further

1:05:11 > 1:05:17down the ice than they would have liked.

1:05:18 > 1:05:23liked.So he is not at all bothered about that, just wants to make sure

1:05:23 > 1:05:29the yellow stone at the top of the house goes, and the shooting stone

1:05:29 > 1:05:32that Kyle is about to throw with, he doesn't want that to stay in the

1:05:32 > 1:05:38front of the house either.He says he is not bothered about it, but I

1:05:38 > 1:05:49bet he wants it. And he gets it. A great shot by Kyle Smith.

1:05:49 > 1:05:56So, the only real cover that Morozumi has here is behind the two

1:05:56 > 1:06:08red stones that Great Britain have, the Corner red stones.

1:06:11 > 1:06:13the Corner red stones. He has to make that shot, and it will leave it

1:06:13 > 1:06:22open for Kyle myth to draw too. But first, Morozumi with the draw.Japan

1:06:22 > 1:06:28have called a time-out here, but I think it is not really needed. They

1:06:28 > 1:06:32are just giving themselves a little bit of extra time to focus on the

1:06:32 > 1:06:41shot, perhaps putting a little bit of ice on Kyle as well.

1:06:41 > 1:06:46They only have 51 seconds on the clock, so they were just giving

1:06:46 > 1:06:49themselves a little bit of extra insurance that they weren't going to

1:06:49 > 1:06:58run out of time. This draw looking pretty good, but still GB have been

1:06:58 > 1:07:05in full control of this final end. They made every single shot, and

1:07:05 > 1:07:10that is really testament to Cammy Smith who has made it so easy for

1:07:10 > 1:07:14his team-mates. They have made the first seven, but we need to make

1:07:14 > 1:07:20that eighth one to get on the board. This is the one that really counts,

1:07:20 > 1:07:28and he does have the whole of the eight foot to play with.

1:07:28 > 1:07:30eight foot to play with. He has just got to lay it and let the sweepers

1:07:30 > 1:07:38take it into the house. This is a shot that skips will play, and I'm

1:07:38 > 1:07:41sure it will be playing on his mind that he has to make this for the

1:07:41 > 1:07:51win. He is taking his time and concentrating.So, here it is. Hold

1:07:51 > 1:07:55your breath. The final stone of the tenth end, we have seen some great

1:07:55 > 1:08:00draws from Kyle Smith today. It just needs to be fully in the eight foot

1:08:00 > 1:08:06Circle to put another win on the board for GB. The boys are looking

1:08:06 > 1:08:15quite confident at the minute, just cleaning. Should be good enough for

1:08:15 > 1:08:27the win, and it is. Gets the second win of the week for GB, in what was

1:08:27 > 1:08:30a very, very tight game throughout. CLARE BALDING: They are settling

1:08:30 > 1:08:34into their Olympic experience, and standing pretty well on the

1:08:34 > 1:08:38leaderboard, Great Britain having played three, won two and lost one,

1:08:38 > 1:08:42and some of those teams including Sweden with only two games played so

1:08:42 > 1:08:45far, but more to come. Jackie Lockhart has been part of our

1:08:45 > 1:08:52commentary team in Pyeongchang, and she is there. How are you?I'm very

1:08:52 > 1:08:59well, thank you very much. I am missing your company out here.Bless

1:08:59 > 1:09:04you. Let's talk about Eve Muirhead. I see the performance director has

1:09:04 > 1:09:08described their performance as average.Yes, and that is a real

1:09:08 > 1:09:11shame, they came out in their first game and they were clinical, they

1:09:11 > 1:09:17played really well, but today they just didn't bring their A-game

1:09:17 > 1:09:21against the USA, and to be fair, they tried really hard. They tried

1:09:21 > 1:09:31to push and push and ask questions of the USA skip, but every time Eve

1:09:31 > 1:09:34asked the question, they had an answer. It just wasn't going to

1:09:34 > 1:09:40happen today.They had the chance to go to an extra end, and Eve had that

1:09:40 > 1:09:44stone right at the end, had landed in the middle of the house, things

1:09:44 > 1:09:49would have been different.Very much so. A really difficult shot she had

1:09:49 > 1:09:53to play. She had to be inch perfect right on the one foot, or she could

1:09:53 > 1:09:57have played the slash across the top and tried to move those stones out

1:09:57 > 1:10:00of the house, but she tried the draw and it didn't come off, so they are

1:10:00 > 1:10:04going to have to put that game to bed and, later on tonight against

1:10:04 > 1:10:10China with a better game.And we will be joining that game live.

1:10:10 > 1:10:15Sometimes it is about resetting your mind and how quickly you can recover

1:10:15 > 1:10:18from a disappointment like that. Very much so, they have a real team

1:10:18 > 1:10:22of support people behind them, sports psychologist, a great

1:10:22 > 1:10:25tactician with Glenn Howard, four-time world champion himself, so

1:10:25 > 1:10:29these girls will just have regrouped back at the village, looked at all

1:10:29 > 1:10:34the shots, and they are very experience, they are going to come

1:10:34 > 1:10:37out strong later on tonight, I'm convinced of it.You make them

1:10:37 > 1:10:42strong favourites to win that game, do you?Yes. China isn't going to be

1:10:42 > 1:10:52an easy game. They had a chance to win it in the last game and throw it

1:10:52 > 1:10:57through the back, gave it away to OAR, but if you look at the girls

1:10:57 > 1:11:01performance on what they can do, if they believe, they can win this

1:11:01 > 1:11:07game.And the major shock, the one thing we always think, curling is

1:11:07 > 1:11:14Canadian, but today they got beaten by the South Korean team.They did,

1:11:14 > 1:11:18and I didn't get the chance to watch the game because I was concentrating

1:11:18 > 1:11:22on ours, but every time I had a little close look across, there were

1:11:22 > 1:11:27lots of stones in play, so that really was a real shocker, and one

1:11:27 > 1:11:32that nobody expected to see. But let's not forget the Canadians are

1:11:32 > 1:11:35very good at coming back, and they will get stronger as this

1:11:35 > 1:11:39competition goes on, so I don't think we can read a lot into that at

1:11:39 > 1:11:42the moment.And the Canadian men are free from three, the British men are

1:11:42 > 1:11:48two from three, they have both started well.Yes, the Canadian men

1:11:48 > 1:11:51actually to be fair were a little bit shaky, I thought. I thought they

1:11:51 > 1:12:02would come out with a stronger performance, but just as I said

1:12:02 > 1:12:04about the girls, Canada, you can never rest on your laurels, because

1:12:04 > 1:12:07they just grow as the competition goes on. They were kind of

1:12:07 > 1:12:09appropriate the beginning, maybe this ice doesn't swing as much as

1:12:09 > 1:12:13they are used to, but it is one to watch, and let's not write them off.

1:12:13 > 1:12:17And if there were marks for artistic impression in curling, we know the

1:12:17 > 1:12:20Norwegian men would get plenty of them. What have they been wearing

1:12:20 > 1:12:23today? We liked their Valentine's Day outfit yesterday.Today they

1:12:23 > 1:12:31were wearing a tropical palm tree print in blue and white, and it had

1:12:31 > 1:12:39a kind of red poppy in it.We can see it.A little more reserved than

1:12:39 > 1:12:44their pink fancy pants from yesterday for Valentine's Day. But

1:12:44 > 1:12:49what wonderful guys were showing of the sport, and they do it with such

1:12:49 > 1:12:53fun and energy, yet with such professionalism. So wait till we see

1:12:53 > 1:12:56what they bring out later.I like those trousers because they go

1:12:56 > 1:13:00better with the red tops, which we weren't sure the pink did. In terms

1:13:00 > 1:13:07of a progress report, for the British men, are you happy with the

1:13:07 > 1:13:10way they have started, and for all of them it is their first experience

1:13:10 > 1:13:17of an Olympic Games?Do you know what? It is. They are young guys,

1:13:17 > 1:13:22this is a huge stage to be performing on, and if we looked on

1:13:22 > 1:13:25paper, I knew they were going to have a tough start, so to come out

1:13:25 > 1:13:29of that with two wins, they beat Switzerland, they just won their

1:13:29 > 1:13:33game this morning, that is a great start for them.Good stuff, and they

1:13:33 > 1:13:38will be in action again at midnight tonight. Jackie, thank you for now,

1:13:38 > 1:13:44keep wrapping up warm, and enjoy it. I will do, thanks.Let's have a look

1:13:44 > 1:13:47at the timetable for what we have coming up for the rest of this

1:13:47 > 1:13:52morning and into the early afternoon. We are going to be

1:13:52 > 1:13:56looking at the first two runs of the men's skeleton, that is next, in the

1:13:56 > 1:14:00company of a woman who started the whole skeleton revolution here in

1:14:00 > 1:14:04Great Britain. Then we will be reflecting on the women's giant

1:14:04 > 1:14:08slalom, and Chemmy will be telling us about the competitors in that.

1:14:08 > 1:14:12Then we go live for that curling game, China versus GB in the

1:14:12 > 1:14:16women's, and then the men's snowboard cross. We love that, that

1:14:16 > 1:14:25is chaotic. So, let's go to the skeleton.

1:14:25 > 1:14:36Laura Deas, one of the fastest starters in the field.

1:14:36 > 1:14:48The name of Dominic Parsons, and boy can he run.

1:14:48 > 1:14:58Lizzy Yarnold is the Olympic champion, oh, my goodness!

1:14:58 > 1:15:02Yes, Lizzy Yarnold is the defending champion, and Amy Williams won goal

1:15:02 > 1:15:05before that, but this is Alex Coomber who started it all off with

1:15:05 > 1:15:09her gold medal from Salt Lake City, which you have got with you.I have

1:15:09 > 1:15:12indeed!

1:15:12 > 1:15:18Gray and Jackie Lockhart in the commentary box.

1:15:18 > 1:15:24Most of us did not know what skeleton was. We thought that was

1:15:24 > 1:15:29sliding down a mountain on a teacher.I must admit I didn't know

1:15:29 > 1:15:34what it was. I have my novice week, I did really well, got selected for

1:15:34 > 1:15:39the team, competed in my first World Cup, the last 20 years have in the

1:15:39 > 1:15:44nominal.Did you know it was an Olympic sport?It wasn't a bad time,

1:15:44 > 1:15:49someone said to me the other day, why didn't I compete in Nagano? And

1:15:49 > 1:15:56I thought why didn't I? 2002 was the first time for men's and women's

1:15:56 > 1:16:02skeleton. The men's skeleton had been on previous occasions, 2002,

1:16:02 > 1:16:09the first time for women's skeleton and bobsleigh.When did you last see

1:16:09 > 1:16:13your run from Salt Lake City?I did a presentation at school last week

1:16:13 > 1:16:18for the Olympics, it took me about six years before I could actually

1:16:18 > 1:16:23watch it having done the race. The cause? Because there'd been quite a

1:16:23 > 1:16:28lot of pressure and it built up quite strongly. Such a massive thing

1:16:28 > 1:16:34to happen. I thought I need to step away from this for a little bit.Is

1:16:34 > 1:16:40that why it was your one and only Olympics?As Chemmy knows, winter

1:16:40 > 1:16:44sports or all or nothing, you can't go down at the weekend and practice,

1:16:44 > 1:16:51you can't pick it up when you want, then stop, you have to be away, out

1:16:51 > 1:16:54of the country, six months at a time, away from your family, it's

1:16:54 > 1:17:01hard emotionally, mentally, physically, and to think of doing

1:17:01 > 1:17:07another cycle, to be honest, I had an Olympic medal, I had 30 World Cup

1:17:07 > 1:17:10podium finishes, the British Championships, World Championships

1:17:10 > 1:17:14medal and it's hard to say to yourself I am going to go out and do

1:17:14 > 1:17:20this again. I was satisfied with what I achieved.I think we are all

1:17:20 > 1:17:24pretty satisfied with what you achieved, we are going to look back

1:17:24 > 1:17:32at it, Salt Lake City, 2002, winner of the Bronze

1:17:35 > 1:17:41COMMENTATOR:, Alex Coomber from Great Britain. Great Britain on the

1:17:41 > 1:17:47verge of a medal. As yet, we do not know what colour it will be. Gold is

1:17:47 > 1:17:53on the cards. She is a supreme competitor as she proved

1:17:53 > 1:17:57consistently over the last three years. Here she goes for the last

1:17:57 > 1:18:04time. Still the Americans to come. Starting off well. Pretty good

1:18:04 > 1:18:05start.

1:18:09 > 1:18:15This snow absolutely throwing itself down on this course, going to be a

1:18:15 > 1:18:21clean run. She has dropped a second. The German leads, can she ride the

1:18:21 > 1:18:26course well? This could be a situation which will be nerve

1:18:26 > 1:18:31tingling as it always has been with Alex, back in first, can she hang

1:18:31 > 1:18:37on? She took a real big hit, almost the same position as in the first

1:18:37 > 1:18:43run, still in first place, getting faster. Come on, keep it going

1:18:43 > 1:18:48cleanly, dropped a little, into the finish, the last chance, she is in

1:18:48 > 1:18:56first place, Great Britain has a medal! Such relief for the team.

1:18:56 > 1:19:02Points 16 head, that does not matter. An Olympic medal. Something

1:19:02 > 1:19:09she has not managed to achieve in major championships, she has cracked

1:19:09 > 1:19:10that one.

1:19:20 > 1:19:23STUDIO: difficult conditions. It was snowing really hard.

1:19:23 > 1:19:29STUDIO: difficult conditions. It was snowing really hard.Day 13 was the

1:19:29 > 1:19:33only day it snowed in Salt Lake City, I am a small slider, I did not

1:19:33 > 1:19:38have much weight, to get through the snow, it changes the way you slide

1:19:38 > 1:19:42the track. We had training in beautiful sunshine, I had not raised

1:19:42 > 1:19:47in the snow on that track ever, we turned up in completely new

1:19:47 > 1:19:54conditions, new track, speed, steering.If we have a look at how

1:19:54 > 1:19:58women have performed in skeleton, you lead the way with your Bronze

1:19:58 > 1:20:05medal. Since then, a silver medal from Shelley Rudman, gold from Amy

1:20:05 > 1:20:09Williams and Lizzy Yarnold, who is trying to become the first British

1:20:09 > 1:20:13athlete ever to successfully defend a Winter Olympics title and that is

1:20:13 > 1:20:19a very impressive list of results. The other impressive thing, Laura

1:20:19 > 1:20:23Deas are pushing Lizzy Yarnold, both posting good training times, they

1:20:23 > 1:20:27start tomorrow. Laura has done really well in the World Cup.

1:20:27 > 1:20:33Finishing above Lizzy Yarnold, in the top ten in most of the races,

1:20:33 > 1:20:39they work well together, both strong, this track suits a British

1:20:39 > 1:20:43slider, it's a new track, not many people know the way of the curves

1:20:43 > 1:20:48and everything, it's not like a German in Germany or an Austrian in

1:20:48 > 1:20:52Austria, far more of a level playing field and as the Brits, we don't

1:20:52 > 1:20:59have our own track, that suits us, we are going dude at going out to

1:20:59 > 1:21:04somewhere, learning and unfamiliar track.All the team members have

1:21:04 > 1:21:09said that. All the fuss about the suits that have been passed.As we

1:21:09 > 1:21:15knew they would be. Of course.It's come down to race time.Cope with

1:21:15 > 1:21:21the track, pressure, the world is watching Team GB in skeleton because

1:21:21 > 1:21:26we are a force to be reckoned with. They love the fact there is four

1:21:26 > 1:21:31runs in the Olympic sliding, normally two in World Cups, Lizzy

1:21:31 > 1:21:36Yarnold likes the fact there is more pressure for every run.The

1:21:36 > 1:21:42attention in the skeleton has always been on the women but can the main

1:21:42 > 1:21:47feature? Dom Parsons and Jerry Rice featuring, Dominic featuring in

1:21:47 > 1:21:51training, let's pick up the commentary. Amy Williams joining

1:21:51 > 1:21:53John Jackson and John Hunt.

1:21:58 > 1:22:09COMMENTATOR:. The favourite for gold.

1:22:11 > 1:22:23gold. Yun Sungbin. Listen to the raw. Had an unbelievable clash with

1:22:23 > 1:22:30Dukurs.You will see the difference in his sliding compared with the

1:22:30 > 1:22:37others. A lot cleaner. You don't see much going on on the sled. The last

1:22:37 > 1:22:43two sliders that came down the left-hand group on your TV screen, a

1:22:43 > 1:22:49little bit of a wobble, the lines are perfect, the helmet this guy

1:22:49 > 1:22:55has, brilliant, look at the lead. Going to smash them out. He will be

1:22:55 > 1:23:01the one to set the standard, we expected this, clean and fast and

1:23:01 > 1:23:10he's offered a second quicker than anyone else.Track record.

1:23:12 > 1:23:27Next up, young, for Germany. -- Jungk.Starting with his hand in the

1:23:27 > 1:23:33middle, that is a risky option.Can that happen? Yes, these athletes

1:23:33 > 1:23:40train so hard on their start and you hope it's a good groove cut out. You

1:23:40 > 1:23:44have to do what you feel comfortable, whether you feel more

1:23:44 > 1:23:47comfortable running on the right or left and fought groove are you going

1:23:47 > 1:23:53to choose. He has to be careful, make sure his core is strong, and

1:23:53 > 1:23:57not putting too much weight on the handle, Germany getting some clean

1:23:57 > 1:24:06rides so far. Using his feet. To toe tap, change the angle of the sled.

1:24:06 > 1:24:10Looking good but his time relative to Jungk, way off, perhaps

1:24:10 > 1:24:19illustrating how good Jungk was. A high-class athlete. Made to look

1:24:19 > 1:24:28ordinary by Yun Sungbin. Dukurs beaten by a Canadian in Sochi. Now

1:24:28 > 1:24:31he tries again. Fourth Olympic Games. The narrative here, is he

1:24:31 > 1:24:38going to be beaten by a Korean? Absolutely fantastic to watch,

1:24:38 > 1:24:46power, then relaxes, his feet dart to the left very early. Jacko,

1:24:46 > 1:24:51usually he is absolutely mustered.A lot of people coming out of the

1:24:51 > 1:24:56left-hand groove, seems to give them a little bit of issues, they are

1:24:56 > 1:25:02struggling to control the sled. Between him and the Korean, it's for

1:25:02 > 1:25:07gold and silver. Bronze is potentially up for grabs with

1:25:07 > 1:25:16anybody else. Just made a little mistake, will bat be the difference?

1:25:16 > 1:25:19Normally so good at finding speed on this track, let's see how

1:25:19 > 1:25:26unforgiving this track is.Probably going to go second, Dukurs, he

1:25:26 > 1:25:35dropped right off. Jungk stays ahead of him. Yun Sungbin with that

1:25:35 > 1:25:38devastating first-run already has a massive advantage over his key

1:25:38 > 1:25:45competitors. Can any of this next wave of athletes do anything about

1:25:45 > 1:25:50this amazing lead that Yun Sungbin has already? The Olympic Athletes

1:25:50 > 1:26:01from Russia, 23 years old, this man, yesterday. Four time world champion,

1:26:01 > 1:26:05coming into these Olympic Games ranked number five in the world.

1:26:05 > 1:26:11Quality athlete.Clearly up there in the rankings with nothing to lose.

1:26:11 > 1:26:16Let's just see how he does, so far, looking like he has some really good

1:26:16 > 1:26:22lines down this track, all about getting the oscillation, the highs

1:26:22 > 1:26:27and lows of the corner, what you are trying to do with each corner is

1:26:27 > 1:26:32cancelled them out, no real highs or knows, keep the fastest line. Corner

1:26:32 > 1:26:40looking good. Clean line into 13, got to hold it together for the

1:26:40 > 1:26:43uphill section coming through. As long as he doesn't make any

1:26:43 > 1:26:48mistakes, he will go second. Pretty decent run, there he is, into

1:26:48 > 1:26:57second. Behind Yun Sungbin, three tenths the hind him.Dom Parsons

1:26:57 > 1:27:01goes next, Great Britain, the 30 year rule from London, his second

1:27:01 > 1:27:05Olympic Games, been flying in training, Tyne Amy Williams to put

1:27:05 > 1:27:12that into practice.Deep breath, the nerves are here. -- Timon Amy

1:27:12 > 1:27:12Williams.

1:27:15 > 1:27:25Good runs out Winter Berg and Saint Moritz. Get a good start. We could

1:27:25 > 1:27:31be in for a really excellent 50 seconds.Not too bad, not brilliant,

1:27:31 > 1:27:36could be extra tension in his legs, got on really well with this track

1:27:36 > 1:27:44in training, but it is race day. The pressure of the runs. So far, not

1:27:44 > 1:27:48looking too bad, his legs are a little bit all over the place,

1:27:48 > 1:27:54having to fight a bit, let's hope he stays relaxed. Good line, slightly

1:27:54 > 1:27:58different than those going into corner 12, this is the part of the

1:27:58 > 1:28:04track he needs to hold it together, a little clip which probably will

1:28:04 > 1:28:09cost him, the uphill section into 14.Still going to be top ten, may

1:28:09 > 1:28:19be nearer five or six, he is better than that. Into fourth. Gone ahead

1:28:19 > 1:28:22of the magnificent Two, less than a 10th of a second off the bronze

1:28:22 > 1:28:31medal position.This is what we have seen, when he has got it right he is

1:28:31 > 1:28:36faster than the chorion. He has to mail the technical part. Exit nine,

1:28:36 > 1:28:43down the street, move himself into the bronze medal position.Next up

1:28:43 > 1:28:49will be the second Briton, Jerry Rice. Rated 19 in the world. His

1:28:49 > 1:28:56first Olympic Games. Reading if you of his biographies, he sounds like a

1:28:56 > 1:28:59bit of a character, likes fun and games but now his Olympic Games get

1:28:59 > 1:29:08serious.He did a team-building fun I was part of the GB setup and he is

1:29:08 > 1:29:19a really nice guy.Sled a lot in San Moritz. Great start. Has to stay

1:29:19 > 1:29:25cool, calm and collected. But looking really good.19th in the

1:29:25 > 1:29:30World Championships last year. Going very well. Lovely first half. One of

1:29:30 > 1:29:35these sliders.When he gets it right, he can put himself in the

1:29:35 > 1:29:40mix. A little bit late.He just needed to put his head down a

1:29:40 > 1:29:45little. Looking too much at the next corner but this looks like a really,

1:29:45 > 1:29:52really good run.Could easily be top ten, round two 16, wonderful run,

1:29:52 > 1:30:00goes 10th! Yun Sungbin a big leader. Dom Parsons a share of fifth stop

1:30:00 > 1:30:0711th, Jerry Rice. Some real victims to be fired over the next ten

1:30:07 > 1:30:17minutes. Dukurs, fourth in Sochi and Vancouver. Make no mistake, his

1:30:17 > 1:30:20brother is the headline of the double act but this man wants to get

1:30:20 > 1:30:25involved.

1:30:32 > 1:30:38He is really wanting this, get down fast, hold it together. It is really

1:30:38 > 1:30:41steep to start with, then a flat section between four and five, you

1:30:41 > 1:30:46have to keep it together, get a perfect exit line down this

1:30:46 > 1:30:49straight, he is just letting it drift but he knows how to control it

1:30:49 > 1:30:55into the 12th corner.One thing the Latvians do have, a beautiful style,

1:30:55 > 1:31:00nice and relaxed, and they just let the corners do the work for them.

1:31:00 > 1:31:08His shoulders haven't once lifted off the sled. Down in first place,

1:31:08 > 1:31:11impressive time.So impressive, three tenths of a second quicker

1:31:11 > 1:31:15than his first run, and that will shoot him well forward. He was

1:31:15 > 1:31:20already beautifully sat in second place, and that is now what Dom

1:31:20 > 1:31:27Parsons has got to do. He is next for Great Britain. Here he is,

1:31:27 > 1:31:32second run. Tomass Dukurs has just throwing down a big statement run.

1:31:32 > 1:31:37The same start time as his other one, a very consistent slider, just

1:31:37 > 1:31:46have to keep it together.He went 50.85 in the first run, and 50 .7,

1:31:46 > 1:31:50given what we have just seen from Tomass Dukurs would be fantastic

1:31:50 > 1:31:55here.He has also been fast when he hasn't quite got it right, and his

1:31:55 > 1:31:59first run wasn't quite right in places, but this is where it counts.

1:31:59 > 1:32:04That is one of the best lines we have seen, so is he now going to

1:32:04 > 1:32:07start pulling himself forward towards the medals and forget about

1:32:07 > 1:32:13the Latvians behind him? This is what we need.He is catching Tomass

1:32:13 > 1:32:17Dukurs Nehra. Looking smooth to the finish, and Dom Parsons goes to the

1:32:17 > 1:32:24front. What a finish that was! And he has done exactly what Dukurs did,

1:32:24 > 1:32:28and that puts pressure on those above him. The medal chase for

1:32:28 > 1:32:33Britain is on here.

1:32:33 > 1:32:39Also in equal fifth place, Martins Dukurs, the legendary Martins

1:32:39 > 1:32:44Dukurs, twice won a silver medal at the Olympic Games, and now he is

1:32:44 > 1:32:49going to have to try to chase down Parsons.He has had the fastest push

1:32:49 > 1:32:55of the day, jointly with the Korean, and these guys are now just going

1:32:55 > 1:33:00for it. Medals are up for grabs, they know they want to go into the

1:33:00 > 1:33:05next day of races as fast as they can.He looks like he is losing a

1:33:05 > 1:33:14lot of time to Dom at the top of the track, but is there enough track

1:33:14 > 1:33:23left for Dom Parsons to rein in the legendary Latvian speeder?

1:33:23 > 1:33:30Around the 15 final curve, only three hundredths in it. Can you

1:33:30 > 1:33:34believe Dom Parsons is only three hundredths of the magnificent

1:33:34 > 1:33:38Martins Dukurs? He knows how close ears. Make no mistake, he is in the

1:33:38 > 1:33:43mix here.

1:33:43 > 1:33:47Currently in second place, the Olympic athlete of Russia, this is

1:33:47 > 1:33:53Nick de

1:33:53 > 1:34:02Nick de Jager Bob -- this is Nikita Tregubov, it was his birthday

1:34:02 > 1:34:04yesterday, and I hope his celebrations were not too heavy

1:34:04 > 1:34:09because he needs a good run here. Solid start time in fifth place, so

1:34:09 > 1:34:13the start of the pushchair is so important. These athletes train that

1:34:13 > 1:34:18whole lives, also, to really get as fast and strong as they can, that

1:34:18 > 1:34:22explosiveness off the blocks, and then they have to learn how to slide

1:34:22 > 1:34:27and drive and know how to feel comfortable on the sled. Just using

1:34:27 > 1:34:31his feet to steer through that section of ten and 11, good clean

1:34:31 > 1:34:37lines. He has not made any major mistakes, I think we are going to

1:34:37 > 1:34:45see him with a fast time here.No mistake, Nikita Tregubov is a

1:34:45 > 1:34:56contender for sure, and he is over a tenth of a second ahead of Dukurs,

1:34:56 > 1:35:03and ahead of Parsons. The Korean Sungbin Yun will be the last ago. We

1:35:03 > 1:35:07have been talking about hundredths of a second, tenths of a second,

1:35:07 > 1:35:11this guy after the first run was three tenths of a second clear of

1:35:11 > 1:35:16anybody else. If he can put that in again, we could already half but the

1:35:16 > 1:35:24gold around his neck.And there you are, his start time, I could hear

1:35:24 > 1:35:31the phenomenal start time, a season's record.This is great. This

1:35:31 > 1:35:35is what he has come to do, and new start record and it wouldn't

1:35:35 > 1:35:39surprise me to see a new track record as well. He is going to open

1:35:39 > 1:35:42the taps, but the afterburners on. You can see him lifting his

1:35:42 > 1:35:50shoulders, he doesn't look quite subtle, but it is working.Seven

1:35:50 > 1:35:53hundredths in the lead.Seven tenths, the league! And growing all

1:35:53 > 1:35:58the time as well. No mistakes, a little bit of steering with his

1:35:58 > 1:36:05right foot, magnificent.74 hundredths, and a new track record,

1:36:05 > 1:36:11you can hear the crowds outside, absolutely spectacular run. He was

1:36:11 > 1:36:13using his feet, so he wasn't thinking he was on the perfect

1:36:13 > 1:36:22lines, but that is how to slide this track, 50.07.It is incredible, he

1:36:22 > 1:36:27has come for business. Sungbin Yun has taken the first two runs a here

1:36:27 > 1:36:33in Pyeongchang, and is massive favourite to now go on and win gold.

1:36:33 > 1:36:37But the great news for Great Britain is that there are five others going

1:36:37 > 1:36:41to chase the other two medals, and Britain's Dom Parsons in fourth

1:36:41 > 1:36:46place is one of those. He has put himself in a great position, as

1:36:46 > 1:36:52Jerry Rice is 12th. Bobbie let's get the views of Alex Coomber.

1:37:00 > 1:37:05Most home tracks give a massive advantage, because that athletes can

1:37:05 > 1:37:09train way more times there that other nations can. If you go for a

1:37:09 > 1:37:12World Cup, you might get six training runs maximum. If you are in

1:37:12 > 1:37:18the country, you can train months of time. So he will have made sure he

1:37:18 > 1:37:22has a lot of advantage from that. Dom Parsons, he is just on the edge,

1:37:22 > 1:37:27he needs to improve a little bit more. He could get a medal. Talk us

1:37:27 > 1:37:31through his second run, and particularly his start.

1:37:31 > 1:37:34Unfortunately for Dom, I'm not quite sure what is going on at the moment.

1:37:34 > 1:37:43Here he is at the start, but he was quite slow, 4.88, if which you

1:37:43 > 1:37:52compare it to Sungbin Yun, 4.59, he is losing three tenths of a second

1:37:52 > 1:37:58start. He is not working the sled too hard, relaxing, not going to

1:37:58 > 1:38:02high into the corners, not going in coming out too late, and what that

1:38:02 > 1:38:05means is he is not having to steer very much at all, and the less

1:38:05 > 1:38:11steering you can do, the the run. Quite often you see the men being

1:38:11 > 1:38:13very physical, a lot of movement in the legs and feet compared to the

1:38:13 > 1:38:19women.This is that I have noticed in the past as well, the men try to

1:38:19 > 1:38:22fight their way down the track, they try to beat the track, whereas the

1:38:22 > 1:38:26women tend to trust the track a bit more and relax and go with it. And

1:38:26 > 1:38:29that does make a big difference, because as I say you don't want to

1:38:29 > 1:38:33be slowing yourself down by steering. The good thing about this

1:38:33 > 1:38:40run is he had a top speed out of everyone, 80.9 miles per hour, the

1:38:40 > 1:38:44only athlete to break the 130 kilometres per hour barrier, so if

1:38:44 > 1:38:49he can improve on his start, he has a good chance.And it is also

1:38:49 > 1:38:53starting to believe as well. This isn't a position that he has been in

1:38:53 > 1:38:58before at an Olympic Games. Not even in World Cups he has that close to

1:38:58 > 1:39:02challenge.He has been on the podium in a World Cup, but he was eighth at

1:39:02 > 1:39:05the last Olympics, so he is definitely time to progress his way

1:39:05 > 1:39:10up the field. He has been doing that occasionally, but in the big life of

1:39:10 > 1:39:13the elegance, that is something completely different.And to

1:39:13 > 1:39:21transition those training ones where he was really fast and an underdog

1:39:21 > 1:39:23into that, that was impressive.He got a lot of media attention

1:39:23 > 1:39:27quickly, because he was fast, but you don't know what the other

1:39:27 > 1:39:31athletes were doing.And you are saying about that track, it takes a

1:39:31 > 1:39:37lot of understanding, and a fair bit of manoeuvring.This track is a

1:39:37 > 1:39:41drivers track, there are some in the world where you could take Linford

1:39:41 > 1:39:44Christie, he could blast of the top and hold on a get down, probably do

1:39:44 > 1:39:48quite well, but you can't do this on this track. You have got to be over

1:39:48 > 1:39:53to drive it. If you're not able to drive, you will crash and have bad

1:39:53 > 1:39:57experiences.But equally he needs more speed up the top. He need a bit

1:39:57 > 1:39:58of Linford

1:39:58 > 1:40:02more speed up the top. He need a bit of Linford!If he could find a

1:40:02 > 1:40:05tense, maybe, I think he has a massive opportunities.And that is

1:40:05 > 1:40:10surely easy to win, start? If he is excelling with a driving on all

1:40:10 > 1:40:13these difficult corners, a little bit of power other started

1:40:13 > 1:40:16everything could change.That is what makes this track so exciting. A

1:40:16 > 1:40:20lot of tracks you could say even if you had a too tense lead, it is

1:40:20 > 1:40:28taken as read that that person will win. -- a two tenths lead.His third

1:40:28 > 1:40:34run is at 12:30pm, and medals decided from 2:15am, and this time

1:40:34 > 1:40:37tomorrow morning we could be sitting here with a British medal in the

1:40:37 > 1:40:39bag, and hopefully more to come because the winner will be Goering

1:40:39 > 1:40:47at this time tomorrow for their first runs, -- gearing up for their

1:40:47 > 1:40:52first runs. Lizzy Yarnold is the defending champion, but what about

1:40:52 > 1:40:57Laura Deas, our other contender? Nick Hope went to see her and knows

1:40:57 > 1:41:00that she is ready for liftoff.

1:41:08 > 1:41:13You never quite know what is going to happen. It is down to you in that

1:41:13 > 1:41:20moment. Nobody else.

1:41:20 > 1:41:22moment. Nobody else.Talk about not feeling like a skeleton athlete, you

1:41:22 > 1:41:26won't always a skeleton athlete? You had quite a different background?It

1:41:26 > 1:41:30was unusual in the fact that I came from an equestrian background.How

1:41:30 > 1:41:35big a switch was that? Your whole mindset must have changed.I had

1:41:35 > 1:41:39never been in a gym environment that before, I had literally never

1:41:39 > 1:41:42stepped inside a gym until I was put through my paces the Skeleton

1:41:42 > 1:41:49trials, so it was a shock for my body. And the focus also was

1:41:49 > 1:41:53because, when I was the rider, it was about how is the horse feeling,

1:41:53 > 1:41:56how are they moving, what is happening underneath me? And all of

1:41:56 > 1:42:01a sudden it's about how am I feeling and what am I doing. There are a lot

1:42:01 > 1:42:03of parallels, but that sensitivity with what is happening underneath

1:42:03 > 1:42:08you, having to plan the route, think quickly, all of those things

1:42:08 > 1:42:14transfer really well, so in some ways it was quite a good crossover.

1:42:14 > 1:42:19How much does your relationship with Lizzy help? To work together must

1:42:19 > 1:42:24help you both perform.It is good to have summary to work with who

1:42:24 > 1:42:27understand everything you are going through, if you have a tough session

1:42:27 > 1:42:30together or a tough day at the track together, there is somebody you can

1:42:30 > 1:42:34go and have a cup of tea together and talk about it, which is really

1:42:34 > 1:42:38nice. And I think we push each other in a really positive way as well. As

1:42:38 > 1:42:42soon as we step on the track, we are super competitive and we both want

1:42:42 > 1:42:46to win, and I think the fact that we are both seeing ourselves and each

1:42:46 > 1:42:49other and podium contenders means we are constantly pushing each other

1:42:49 > 1:42:54forward as well, but we are both part of a wider team, and every body

1:42:54 > 1:43:00tries to bring their A-game on race day.There has been so much British

1:43:00 > 1:43:04success in Skeleton a recent Olympics. Have you watched on whilst

1:43:04 > 1:43:09Amy Williams has won marigold, and Lizzy Yarnold in 2014?I remember

1:43:09 > 1:43:13very vividly sitting and watching Amy do her first two runs in

1:43:13 > 1:43:20Vancouver, and I remember feeling this powerful feeling that I was in

1:43:20 > 1:43:25this same programme as this athlete currently leading the Olympics, and

1:43:25 > 1:43:31if she could do it than I can as well. On the fact that Lizzy went on

1:43:31 > 1:43:35to do the same thing reinforce that, so it is exciting.And for you, what

1:43:35 > 1:43:38do you feel is possible?I definitely feel that I can go and

1:43:38 > 1:43:44win a medal. I have beaten every single person in that field, so I

1:43:44 > 1:43:49know that if things go right and I bring my a game, then I could be on

1:43:49 > 1:43:53the podium.She knows it even more now, because her training times have

1:43:53 > 1:44:00been very good. She is right there. Lizzy has been improving, getting

1:44:00 > 1:44:03faster and faster, but law is capable of winning a medal.She

1:44:03 > 1:44:06hasn't really had the limelight before so I hope the pressure

1:44:06 > 1:44:09doesn't get to her, she hasn't had the position where every body is

1:44:09 > 1:44:13looking at her and see if she can do it and prove a point, so hopefully

1:44:13 > 1:44:17she just needs to stay strong and remember what she could do, which is

1:44:17 > 1:44:20start really well, drive really well and keep her head, and I think she

1:44:20 > 1:44:25has a great chance to be one of those, you would expect at her name

1:44:25 > 1:44:28to be there and she might be there at the end.How did you control it?

1:44:28 > 1:44:31When you are standing at the top of your first Olympic run, it has got

1:44:31 > 1:44:36to feel different, the whole thing looks different.It was quite

1:44:36 > 1:44:38strange, even from the opening ceremony I can remember standing

1:44:38 > 1:44:42there, we were outside the stadium and coming in, and I'm thinking,

1:44:42 > 1:44:46this is really weird, this is just like the Olympics. And to try to say

1:44:46 > 1:44:50to yourself, it isn't like the Olympics, it is actually the

1:44:50 > 1:44:53Olympics. And that stayed with me all the way through, because a week

1:44:53 > 1:44:56before I had been to Bob track racing skeleton with all these

1:44:56 > 1:44:59people, and here I was again doing it again with these people, but

1:44:59 > 1:45:04there were lots of crowds. So I'm not sure I really got the enormity

1:45:04 > 1:45:07of it at the time. I think it takes a little while afterwards future

1:45:07 > 1:45:11relies that this is something really significant special.And Laura made

1:45:11 > 1:45:16reference to it, Chemmy, the joy of having a team-mate with you, and

1:45:16 > 1:45:19sadly you didn't have the luxury of that most of the time you are

1:45:19 > 1:45:22racing, somebody with you from your country was understanding and

1:45:22 > 1:45:26supportive and is your friend.It is tough at the top, and they are going

1:45:26 > 1:45:29through these emotions of excitement, disappointment, success,

1:45:29 > 1:45:33and they can share all that, and it is the first time we have a two

1:45:33 > 1:45:35females at the top of Skeleton working so closely together, and

1:45:35 > 1:45:40look at what it is doing to them. In this high-pressure environment, they

1:45:40 > 1:45:43have got each other to disclose their fears, because there are

1:45:43 > 1:45:47fears, especially when you have done well in training runs. You want to

1:45:47 > 1:45:51say to someone, I am scared I would deliver on race day. And your friend

1:45:51 > 1:45:55is saying the same back to you, so it is nice to have that.And it is

1:45:55 > 1:45:58now eight o'clock in the evening in South Korea, so they are getting to

1:45:58 > 1:46:01that couple of hours we are going to going to go to bed and tomorrow

1:46:01 > 1:46:07morning when we up, this is our chance. And at 11:20am tomorrow, UK

1:46:07 > 1:46:13time, that is when you need to be watching this programme. That will

1:46:13 > 1:46:17be there first and second runs, and then come Saturday, we have got a

1:46:17 > 1:46:22whole, one hopes, let's hope the first two runs a red tie, we have

1:46:22 > 1:46:29both Lizzy and Laura going again, and Elise Christie as well,

1:46:29 > 1:46:35hopefully a great Saturday morning.

1:46:35 > 1:46:37double act but this man wants to get involved.

1:46:37 > 1:46:49The Jamaican OB slave women, the coach has been sacked. -- the

1:46:51 > 1:46:59Jamaican bobsleigh women... She was a hugely destructive force, that is

1:46:59 > 1:47:05from the Jamaican bobsleigh President. Actually she has worked

1:47:05 > 1:47:09really well with the athletes, the latest is that she has actually left

1:47:09 > 1:47:12the camp, she was saying she was going to take the bobsleigh with

1:47:12 > 1:47:19her. Sandra is her name, she is German and won a medal in Turing,

1:47:19 > 1:47:25she said it was her bob, she could take it with, this is still to be

1:47:25 > 1:47:32discussed.It's so sad for the actual girls themselves. What are

1:47:32 > 1:47:37they going to do. It has all come down to now, I would have liked it

1:47:37 > 1:47:47to be resolved in a different way. Alex, you are on tonight. Yes. Hope

1:47:47 > 1:47:56to see you then. The curling is just about to start. We will be there

1:47:56 > 1:48:01shortly, live, here is the British team, the four of them, really

1:48:01 > 1:48:06experienced, working well together, the car relaxed Vicky Adams is. They

1:48:06 > 1:48:13smile so much, Anna Sloan is the one playing those keystones before she

1:48:13 > 1:48:18hands the hammer to Eve Muirhead, they need a win having lost against

1:48:18 > 1:48:24the US a this morning. They have got to win the game against China, we

1:48:24 > 1:48:30will be there later, the Alpine programme has kicked off armour we

1:48:30 > 1:48:34are spoiled for riches. We are going to talk about the women's giant

1:48:34 > 1:48:43slalom. Top to us about Alex Tilley. She is an the form of her life. --

1:48:43 > 1:48:50Tok to us. She pushed herself. The only link

1:48:50 > 1:48:53Tok to us. She pushed herself. The only link turned, a little bit of

1:48:53 > 1:48:57pressure underneath the gate but her technique is spot-on. Using the

1:48:57 > 1:49:02terrain really well, getting their skis working like a pendulum. From

1:49:02 > 1:49:09here down, the line went slightly, she is doing too much underneath the

1:49:09 > 1:49:16gate, she is still digging. The blink of an eye, she comes through

1:49:16 > 1:49:23the banana gate, knows she has to carry the speed from steep to flat.

1:49:23 > 1:49:27She had a little bit too much pressure on the tail of the ski.It

1:49:27 > 1:49:33flipped really fast. Steep and I see. You cannot control that, you

1:49:33 > 1:49:41have got to charge this key, bend the ski after, too many forces, you

1:49:41 > 1:49:47see it, it catches, there is no coming back from that.What a shame.

1:49:47 > 1:49:51You have got to finish first run to have a chance of going in the

1:49:51 > 1:49:57second.She would have been in the top 30. You get the benefit of a

1:49:57 > 1:50:03clean course skiing first on the second run. She has got the slalom

1:50:03 > 1:50:09to come.Angus crossed. Let's have a look at the three who posted the

1:50:09 > 1:50:23fastest times. -- fingers crossed. Super clean track. One thing I

1:50:23 > 1:50:29thought that Manuela did well, so much rain. Steep flats, rollers in

1:50:29 > 1:50:38the middle. So smooth. A mistake at the end. In terms of a top to bottom

1:50:38 > 1:50:42rung, solid and clean, setting the market.She looks like she bends

1:50:42 > 1:50:50with the movement. A really light athlete. Here is Michaela Shifrin.

1:50:50 > 1:51:00The slalom got postponed. Her first chance to lay down a marker. She

1:51:00 > 1:51:08looks really strong. She made some line errors.So soft and supple, so

1:51:08 > 1:51:14if fish and. But she said afterwards she kept something back, she knew

1:51:14 > 1:51:17she could go harder, this was the Olympic Games, she was prepared to

1:51:17 > 1:51:33put it all on the line. Italy did well.

1:51:39 > 1:51:42Bignoni showed her strength across the disciplines. She stop before the

1:51:42 > 1:51:49finish line. That is a real Ricky mistake. That is what that noise

1:51:49 > 1:51:53was.I think it was someone in the crowd with a would-be cushion.

1:51:53 > 1:51:59Exactly.Now they go in reverse order. This top 30 reversed, the

1:51:59 > 1:52:06girls who want the first run, unfamiliar territory, going to stand

1:52:06 > 1:52:12there and wait and watch the skiers before her. Michaela Shifrin more

1:52:12 > 1:52:18comfortable with that position. I am not sure if the Italian can control

1:52:18 > 1:52:24the nerves in the biggest race of her life.Now let's go to the

1:52:24 > 1:52:30commentary from Matt Chilton.

1:52:31 > 1:52:36COMMENTATOR: Bignoni in third. Michaela Shifrin has got the

1:52:36 > 1:52:46earphones in.

1:52:48 > 1:52:58Look at that. Aggressive, accurate. Giant slalom skiing. Handling the

1:52:58 > 1:53:05jump well.

1:53:05 > 1:53:17jump well. Added three tenths to her lead. Sensational

1:53:17 > 1:53:22lead. Sensational start for Ragnhild Mowinckel from Norway. On the podium

1:53:22 > 1:53:27in Valdes.

1:53:27 > 1:53:31in Valdes. Capable of winning here in Pyeongchang. A little stumble as

1:53:31 > 1:53:37she came over at the roller. How has damaged her time? .38, the advantage

1:53:37 > 1:53:43she had last time the clock stopped, in the red zone, only just. She

1:53:43 > 1:53:53knows she has made errors, she has to take a risk if she is to

1:53:56 > 1:54:00to take a risk if she is to remove Viktoria Rebensburg. Gold medal

1:54:00 > 1:54:07position for Ragnhild Mowinckel. What a finish. And her outstanding

1:54:07 > 1:54:16season continues. She leads the Olympic giant slalom.

1:54:16 > 1:54:21Ragnhild Mowinckel has gold at the moment, Viktoria Rebensburg has

1:54:21 > 1:54:32silver. But Fino has bronze.

1:54:32 > 1:54:39silver. But Fino has bronze. Bignoni is away. A superb technician. Also

1:54:39 > 1:54:44learned to ski downhill in super-g in recent seasons and that has

1:54:44 > 1:54:50helped her straight line speed. .26 was her lead at the top. That has

1:54:50 > 1:54:57been reduced. Ragnhild Mowinckel's secret was nailing the top ten

1:54:57 > 1:55:02turns, the current leader. That is where she was better than anyone

1:55:02 > 1:55:06else.

1:55:10 > 1:55:15else. Brignoni, back in the green area, back in front. Brignoni having

1:55:15 > 1:55:20to work hard through some of these turns, a little late again. Ragnhild

1:55:20 > 1:55:29Mowinckel next split... It's only two hundredths. So tight. The second

1:55:29 > 1:55:34run of the Olympic giant slalom, one could still ski into a medal

1:55:34 > 1:55:39position but what colour will it be? Almost tone for Italy, she tucks in,

1:55:39 > 1:55:50goes into silver. With just two skiers to come, Ragnhild Mowinckel

1:55:50 > 1:55:56is guaranteed a medal.

1:55:56 > 1:56:05is guaranteed a medal. Now it's the turn of Michaela Shifrin. .35 per

1:56:05 > 1:56:11advantage after the first leg. She pushes out of the start, pushing

1:56:11 > 1:56:22between gate one and gate two. She is the finest exponent of giant

1:56:22 > 1:56:25slalom and slalom skiing in the world right now, a league of her own

1:56:25 > 1:56:32when it comes to the technical aspect of the sport. They smooth,

1:56:32 > 1:56:36error free start, her advantage over Ragnhild Mowinckel has been reduced

1:56:36 > 1:56:46slightly but still green as she comes into this first section.

1:56:46 > 1:56:48comes into this first section. She is getting after this giant slalom

1:56:48 > 1:56:55second run. The slalom champion four years ago at the age of 18, now at

1:56:55 > 1:57:0222 looking for her second Olympic title. She could win three possibly

1:57:02 > 1:57:06four gold medals in Pyeongchang in 2018 and she is on her way to gold

1:57:06 > 1:57:12in the position now if she stays on her feet. Lightning quick from

1:57:12 > 1:57:17Michaela Shifrin from top to bottom, she is good enough, she has got the

1:57:17 > 1:57:23gold medal. With one pump editor to go. She risked everything on the

1:57:23 > 1:57:34last six turns. -- with one competitor to go. She leads the way.

1:57:34 > 1:57:36Just one skier to come.

1:57:49 > 1:58:01The veteran Italian. 34 years old. Manuela Moelgg. We have got used

1:58:01 > 1:58:06over the years to saying this second run charges from Manuela Moelgg when

1:58:06 > 1:58:10she puts her foot to the floor and takes chances. Makes a mistake in

1:58:10 > 1:58:18the early stages, trails Michaela Shifrin, not the smoothest start for

1:58:18 > 1:58:23Manuela Moelgg but plenty of time left on this rainbow course. The

1:58:23 > 1:58:28Italian, to put herself back in contention. .63, potentially out of

1:58:28 > 1:58:35the medals. The Italian made a couple of errors, the course has

1:58:35 > 1:58:41seen 29 others go before, it has suffered erosion with all the Steel

1:58:41 > 1:58:46ages slicing through and there is no way back. Michaela Shifrin will be

1:58:46 > 1:58:52the Olympic champion, Ragnhild Mowinckel will take the silver,

1:58:52 > 1:58:56Brignoni the bronze. And I think Manuela Moelgg will leave the giant

1:58:56 > 1:59:02slalom empty-handed, can she buy it back? She is only eight, no luck for

1:59:02 > 1:59:08Manuela Moelgg. Michaela Shifrin is the Olympic champion for the second

1:59:08 > 1:59:14time. She begins her quest for a handful of Olympic medals with

1:59:14 > 1:59:22victory in the giant slalom by .30 nine. Temp max one taking the

1:59:22 > 1:59:31bronze. Gold to Michaela Shifrin. Not the biggest surprise, slalom is

1:59:31 > 1:59:38the thing for her, she is stepping it up.She is amazing, winning two

1:59:38 > 1:59:44World Cups this year, more challenging, a bigger field. We

1:59:44 > 1:59:50thought it was going to be a big battle with the German, she does

1:59:50 > 1:59:57create sections but she comes forth which is the first position. E-mail

1:59:57 > 2:00:02athletes celebrated the best. Ragnhild Mowinckel, the first

2:00:02 > 2:00:09Norwegian medal since 1936. Extraordinary. She has fought so

2:00:09 > 2:00:14hard, always technically great, to see her finding her peak, but yes,

2:00:14 > 2:00:20the Michaela Shifrin shall have started.Too much pressure for a

2:00:20 > 2:00:26Manuela Moelgg going last.Brignoni winning a medal. That podium making

2:00:26 > 2:00:31history, left right and centre, really great, we waited a long time

2:00:31 > 2:00:33for the Alpine female events to start and they delivered an amazing

2:00:33 > 2:00:44course. Testing so many skills which is what the Olympics is about.

2:00:44 > 2:00:50Let's talk about Mikaela Shiffrin. She is going to be the star. Why is

2:00:50 > 2:00:54she such a good skier, everybody talks about her technique, what is

2:00:54 > 2:01:01it she does?She just has the touch, which is really hard to learn. It

2:01:01 > 2:01:06has been there from her upbringing, through grassroots sports to where

2:01:06 > 2:01:11she is now. She makes it look so easy. It takes a lot of time and

2:01:11 > 2:01:17effort. She has an amazing touch on the skis. She flows from side to

2:01:17 > 2:01:21side and it is incredible. That is why she is able to change those

2:01:21 > 2:01:26skills through the disciplines. Right now on the red button, the

2:01:26 > 2:01:31Biathlon about to start, the men's toughest and most traditional event,

2:01:31 > 2:01:36the 20 kilometre individual.

2:01:37 > 2:01:39the 20 kilometre individual. We promised you live curling and that

2:01:39 > 2:01:43is where we are heading now because Great Britain had a disappointing

2:01:43 > 2:01:47loss, the women earlier today. They are now in action against China. We

2:01:47 > 2:01:55are getting to the tricky crucial end to end one. Let's join Steve

2:01:55 > 2:02:01Cram.

2:02:01 > 2:02:09COMMENTATOR: Thank you, Claire. Eve Muirhead, she catches her own on the

2:02:09 > 2:02:13way through. That's not going to sit in the house. She needed to go past

2:02:13 > 2:02:25the yellow. Slight mistake from Eve Muirhead. And yes, after the defeat

2:02:25 > 2:02:30against the USA earlier, this is a crunch match against China. By their

2:02:30 > 2:02:34own admission. They were missing too many shots this morning. Although

2:02:34 > 2:02:39they were always in the game, right up until Eve Muirhead's last stone

2:02:39 > 2:02:44where she could have tied it to go into an extra end, it just slipped

2:02:44 > 2:02:50by. Not by much, but that was typical for the whole match. Jackie

2:02:50 > 2:02:56Lockhart, this first end hasn't gone their way either?No, a couple of

2:02:56 > 2:03:00errors slipping in already. They had to settle and think about the shop

2:03:00 > 2:03:04they are playing in. If they are not going to make the first shot, make

2:03:04 > 2:03:14sure they have a second shot available.

2:03:14 > 2:03:25available.It is a very experienced Chinese team, led by Wang Bingyu.

2:03:25 > 2:03:30Former Olympic medallist in 2002 in Vancouver when Eve Muirhead was just

2:03:30 > 2:03:3719. Jackie was there as well. A lot of experience at the top of this

2:03:37 > 2:03:50team. The skip and the third, they played together for so many years.

2:03:51 > 2:03:55Zhou Yan. Olympic medals and championship medals. Third Olympics

2:03:55 > 2:03:59for those two. They have a couple of young players in this team. They

2:03:59 > 2:04:09should have had a couple of victories because they were leading

2:04:09 > 2:04:20against OAR.Eve Muirhead, she had a similar shot. They both had chances

2:04:20 > 2:04:24to draw and score in the last end to win the game and neither of them did

2:04:24 > 2:04:32it. Great Britain and China both coming off a defeat and will be

2:04:32 > 2:04:40desperate for the win.One, not what Eve wanted. I was hoping it was a

2:04:40 > 2:04:47chance for two, but you saw, just as you joined us, catching her own

2:04:47 > 2:04:53stone on the way in trying to remove the Chinese stone. Not always the

2:04:53 > 2:04:58best way to start a match, if you do have a hammer, blank the end and

2:04:58 > 2:05:06take it through to the next end, hopefully get two. They were over on

2:05:06 > 2:05:11another sheet this morning. They struggled early on with the

2:05:11 > 2:05:17conditions of the ice. Missed too many shots. We have already seen one

2:05:17 > 2:05:22or two slip by?Yes, they have the unfortunate game here of where they

2:05:22 > 2:05:27are playing on the outside sheets. This sheet is closest to the

2:05:27 > 2:05:30audience will run slightly difference to this sheet that is on

2:05:30 > 2:05:37the inside of the stones. But they have to manage that, these are not

2:05:37 > 2:05:40inexperienced players. They should know it is a matter of understanding

2:05:40 > 2:05:46what side needs a little bit more weight and which sides days

2:05:46 > 2:05:53straight.If it is the first time you have watched the women's team,

2:05:53 > 2:06:00Lauren Gray, the lead. Vicki Adams plays seconds, Anna Sloan third. Eve

2:06:00 > 2:06:11Muirhead, the skip plays the last two stones.

2:06:11 > 2:06:14two stones. Lauren Gray, one or two wayward stones but has generally had

2:06:14 > 2:06:21a good competition so far.Yes, even this morning, Lauren had a good

2:06:21 > 2:06:27game, she said the girls at well. It wasn't just one person was having an

2:06:27 > 2:06:31off game, it was kind of the top three girls were just having a bit

2:06:31 > 2:06:35of an average game. They certainly were not playing badly, just the

2:06:35 > 2:06:41shots they were making or not on the side they should have been.This is

2:06:41 > 2:06:48one of the youngsters,

2:06:52 > 2:06:54one of the youngsters, just 22 Ma Jingyi. Just putting a guard in

2:06:54 > 2:07:00place. She has played very well indeed. If your league isn't doing

2:07:00 > 2:07:10their job, it makes everything much more difficult. -- lead.

2:07:10 > 2:07:14more difficult. -- lead.This Chinese team, as you said, two young

2:07:14 > 2:07:17players at the front-end playing with them this year. It is a good

2:07:17 > 2:07:21thing because if you have youngsters who are inspired by what is skip has

2:07:21 > 2:07:26done before, they will play really well for you, look up to. Anything

2:07:26 > 2:07:31you ask them to do, they will perform the shot. But there's a

2:07:31 > 2:07:36little bit high, she had to be a lot closer to the rings and on the

2:07:36 > 2:07:44centre line, not the start we are looking for. Even though it is in

2:07:44 > 2:07:48the second end, they are going to have to step it up just a little bit

2:07:48 > 2:07:57more.Almost carrying on where they left off this morning. Not what they

2:07:57 > 2:08:03once, but plenty of time.

2:08:04 > 2:08:06once, but plenty of time. Just hitting that out, right on the nose

2:08:06 > 2:08:13so it doesn't come across. Even asking for that shot to be played.

2:08:13 > 2:08:20It is a long way out of the guard. This team, Wang Bingyu took some

2:08:20 > 2:08:24time-out, had a baby and had almost three years out. Came back last year

2:08:24 > 2:08:31and put this new team together. And Zhou Yan, who used to lead for her

2:08:31 > 2:08:36over the years, now playing third. They have had a good last few

2:08:36 > 2:08:41months. They had to come to the Olympic qualifying competition in

2:08:41 > 2:08:47December. And they warned. They played really well and I think they

2:08:47 > 2:08:51have had a couple of good competitions since then, so coming

2:08:51 > 2:08:55into this Olympic tournament with a reasonable amount of confidence. She

2:08:55 > 2:08:59said when she came back she was struggling with her fitness and her

2:08:59 > 2:09:05technique. But I think she has had almost a year now.Any time-out of

2:09:05 > 2:09:09this sport when you are competing against the top athletes, who are

2:09:09 > 2:09:15training every day, is really hard to come back. You don't lose the

2:09:15 > 2:09:19technique overnight, but what you lose is the ability to recover

2:09:19 > 2:09:24quickly. Especially when you are playing three games a day, long

2:09:24 > 2:09:32weeks. Slow and steady has to be the call here. She certainly isn't

2:09:32 > 2:09:37looking unset out there at the moment.Just watching over Eve

2:09:37 > 2:09:41Muirhead. They have played each other over the years. B was in the

2:09:41 > 2:09:49Olympic Games in 2010. -- Eve.

2:09:49 > 2:09:53Olympic Games in 2010. -- Eve. So Vicki Adams, similar shot being

2:09:53 > 2:10:00asked to execute.

2:10:00 > 2:10:07asked to execute. Almost, this might be a bit better.

2:10:07 > 2:10:13be a bit better. Glenn Howard, the coach for the British women. He

2:10:13 > 2:10:19looks happy enough, doesn't he?Eve Muirhead decided last day, might

2:10:19 > 2:10:26have been 18 months ago, to bring in Glenn Howard from Canada to look up

2:10:26 > 2:10:31the strategy of how they play. They also have a team psychologist to

2:10:31 > 2:10:38help them with the mental side of the game.

2:10:38 > 2:10:43the game. There is one thing for sure, you cannot discredit them with

2:10:43 > 2:10:46not putting everything they've got in place to be the best they could

2:10:46 > 2:10:55be here. Very determined to get a medal, better than the last time

2:10:55 > 2:11:01when they got the bronze medal in Sochi.

2:11:02 > 2:11:07Sochi. Nothing but the gold medal will do for Eve Muirhead.Just

2:11:07 > 2:11:12having to sleep hard to get that in. It is behind the guard. Don't

2:11:12 > 2:11:18forget, China with the hammer. We are always bringing new fans to

2:11:18 > 2:11:23this, when you don't have the hammer, in general, what are you

2:11:23 > 2:11:29trying to do?If you don't have the hammer, you are trying to block up

2:11:29 > 2:11:33the fourth. If you do have the hammer you are trying to draw shots

2:11:33 > 2:11:37out to the wing, get them protected by the guards and hopefully you will

2:11:37 > 2:11:40have a simple shot to play with your last stone to score more than two

2:11:40 > 2:11:47shots. Unfortunately, Eve Muirhead and her team are being forced out to

2:11:47 > 2:11:54the wing at the moment. He really is a game of cat and mouse out here.

2:11:54 > 2:11:58You are trying one thing and the opposition is trying something else

2:11:58 > 2:12:08to stop you from doing it. Again, it is as many stones closest to the

2:12:08 > 2:12:14centre, out counting your opponents. There is a lot of strategy about

2:12:14 > 2:12:24this. And that is actually too far. There is a high, yellow guard, but

2:12:24 > 2:12:31it's not regarding any of these stones.It is a long way out.Yes.

2:12:31 > 2:12:36Should be a straightforward take out in the centre of these two yellows

2:12:36 > 2:12:41in the house and remove both of them. I hate to say it, but the

2:12:41 > 2:12:47girls need to be a little bit sharper. After all the work and

2:12:47 > 2:12:49preparation they have put in place, you would think they would be

2:12:49 > 2:12:59sharper. Just little edges of, they are feeling edgy, creeping in.

2:12:59 > 2:13:08Communication is key. A missed opportunity.You were on about the

2:13:08 > 2:13:14sports psychologist and we have talked a lot, through the mixed

2:13:14 > 2:13:19doubles, we have married pairs, engaged couples, brothers and

2:13:19 > 2:13:23sisters. Watching body language and how people were communicating with

2:13:23 > 2:13:32each other. Yesterday, they were in touch with each other. And OAR did

2:13:32 > 2:13:38play well. They were relaxed, everyone was smiling, I wonder if

2:13:38 > 2:13:44you can be too relaxed, you need to stay calm at the Olympic Games, but

2:13:44 > 2:13:48then they didn't get going and they still haven't got going much in this

2:13:48 > 2:13:54either. I always think it is like a football match, it takes one player

2:13:54 > 2:14:01to make a couple of good tackles, get the crowd going.That is a good

2:14:01 > 2:14:06analogy. Couple of good shots under their belt and it raises their tail

2:14:06 > 2:14:12and you get their confidence back. I hear it in their voices, they are

2:14:12 > 2:14:16key Munich 18 well, which is great but there is a tiny bit of panic in

2:14:16 > 2:14:21their voices, I feel.

2:14:24 > 2:14:28their voices, I feel.Zhou Yan, playing has second stone. Might not

2:14:28 > 2:14:36like it down that side too much. China have the hammer here. Eve

2:14:36 > 2:14:45Muirhead wants to work out what to do.

2:14:46 > 2:14:55Just going to try and roll in, I think?Yes. If she can catch enough

2:14:55 > 2:15:02of the red and maybe even a little role to sit behind the high yellow

2:15:02 > 2:15:07stone we see at the top of the house, up in the free guard zone.

2:15:07 > 2:15:11She was doing what you suggested, the suggestion was, if I don't play

2:15:11 > 2:15:15this right and it rolls of it further, I would rather it rolled

2:15:15 > 2:15:23over behind the two reds. Lee she has two plans.What you don't want

2:15:23 > 2:15:31to do is overthrow it. This sounds like it has been overthrown.

2:15:31 > 2:15:37That was enough, though, she didn't catch her yellow in their - is she

2:15:37 > 2:15:49lying two, though?We can see from here, they have gone to have a look.

2:15:49 > 2:15:53It might well be Great Britain lie-in two, certainly from that

2:15:53 > 2:15:58angle. You really need to be standing over the stone. -- to be

2:15:58 > 2:16:09lie-in two. If they forced a one here, then good.

2:16:23 > 2:16:27Wang Bingyu has decided that she is going to draw in, she's not going to

2:16:27 > 2:16:32go for the yellow stones. Great opportunity to come down here and

2:16:32 > 2:16:39corner freeze the yellow just at the edge of the 4ft.

2:16:44 > 2:16:55edge of the 4ft.One bit of her game, the takeout seemed pretty good

2:16:55 > 2:17:08but the more delicate shots, she's not doing as well perhaps.

2:17:09 > 2:17:13They're just keeping an eye on this... And now they start to sweep.

2:17:13 > 2:17:19Still shifting, isn't it?

2:17:19 > 2:17:27Still shifting, isn't it? That's not going to lie shot.

2:17:27 > 2:17:30going to lie shot.Just bought Shittu much run in there. I think

2:17:30 > 2:17:33the girls probably shouldn't have been sweeping it but I think they

2:17:33 > 2:17:41thought it was going to go past but of course it has gone too far.

2:17:43 > 2:17:45of course it has gone too far.It finishes it and forces the digits

2:17:45 > 2:17:52definitely...She's going to play a wide draw and it's pretty tight, do

2:17:52 > 2:17:57you know what I mean?So, why don't we go for that and if it is hanging

2:17:57 > 2:18:07out a bit, we caught it early? Yeah. I think we go right here.Even if we

2:18:07 > 2:18:17were to set...I agree, that's first call.So, first call here. So, we

2:18:17 > 2:18:24just need to be touching... JACKIE LOCKHART: So, the team

2:18:24 > 2:18:30agreed, they just want to calm in and corner freeze their own stone.

2:18:30 > 2:18:35She has to be very careful, she doesn't want to bounce off it and

2:18:35 > 2:18:38give China the opportunity of removing both of them and getting a

2:18:38 > 2:18:42two.

2:18:42 > 2:18:45two.

2:18:53 > 2:19:03So, Eve playing a out-turn draw, which is an anticlockwise rotation

2:19:03 > 2:19:12of the stone. The stone should turn to the left.

2:19:15 > 2:19:19STEVE CRAM: Came off it, back on again, going to have to work this...

2:19:19 > 2:19:23Going to have to work it hard if they want to come in the second

2:19:23 > 2:19:28shot...It's tied, isn't it? From this angle it doesn't look like it

2:19:28 > 2:19:33is second shot. If you're hearing cheers, of course, there are other

2:19:33 > 2:19:36matches taking place headed home nation after a shock win over

2:19:36 > 2:19:44Canada, they're play in Japan.

2:19:44 > 2:19:46Canada, they're play in Japan. So there will be a lot of noise from

2:19:46 > 2:19:51time to time, pretty much a full house in the grand young Curling

2:19:51 > 2:19:55Centre, but atmosphere tonight and it made big news on all the local

2:19:55 > 2:20:06TV, so is, Korea beating Canada! What do you think? I think Great

2:20:06 > 2:20:18Britain have certainly got shot. Could she take both of those out?

2:20:18 > 2:20:24No, I think she can't really see enough of it so she is forced just

2:20:24 > 2:20:29to play a draw.As I said I'm not sure this is the favourite shot for

2:20:29 > 2:20:34Wang at the moment.Yeah, because it narrows down the gap that they have

2:20:34 > 2:20:40to come through to get to the 4ft. If she plays it a little bit wide

2:20:40 > 2:20:44it's not going to come enough. Might actually have been better coming in

2:20:44 > 2:20:56the other side, more room to play with.

2:20:56 > 2:21:02with. So, Great Britain lie-in shot here, at least, and China trying to

2:21:02 > 2:21:10take one, which would tie it all up here. A steal would be great for

2:21:10 > 2:21:17Great Britain. It has got the line - is it too quick? It looks good. Used

2:21:17 > 2:21:24the back stone to stop if it -- to stop it if need be and that was an

2:21:24 > 2:21:33excellent shot to tie it up after two and is. If all of this is new to

2:21:33 > 2:21:38you, or the last time you were watching was four years ago, then

2:21:38 > 2:21:48here is a short guide to explain. Curling originated in 16th century

2:21:48 > 2:21:53Scotland and appeared in the very first winter Olympic Games of 1924,

2:21:53 > 2:21:57when Great Britain won gold. The aim of curling is to get more stones

2:21:57 > 2:22:01closer to the centre of the scoring area, known as the house, than your

2:22:01 > 2:22:06opponent. Sweeping is a key part and it affects the distance and

2:22:06 > 2:22:10direction that a stone travels in. Tactics are crucial, particularly

2:22:10 > 2:22:13retaining last stone advantage, known as the hammer. In the men's

2:22:13 > 2:22:19and women's events there are four players in each team who curl two

2:22:19 > 2:22:25stones each and. Only one team can score each end and matches are over

2:22:25 > 2:22:29ten ends. This year sees the addition of mixed doubles, a

2:22:29 > 2:22:41shorter, more dynamic event played over eight ends instead of ten.

2:22:44 > 2:22:49STEVE CRAM: That guide from Eleanor Oldroyd mentioning the mixed doubles

2:22:49 > 2:22:53at the end, and Canada came out as the winners of that one, beating

2:22:53 > 2:22:57Switzerland in the final, but it was a good addition and a very different

2:22:57 > 2:23:01type of curling, if you liked. As was mentioned, it is a shorter

2:23:01 > 2:23:06format with only eight ends and just two players on each team, we saw

2:23:06 > 2:23:10lots of scoring and lots of drawing into the house and Jackie, very

2:23:10 > 2:23:14quickly, this is the more traditional format with a four

2:23:14 > 2:23:19members of a team, and we've seen lots of times not many stones in a

2:23:19 > 2:23:25house, some thanked ends etc?Yeah, the game has changed many times over

2:23:25 > 2:23:31the years, this is the traditional team game and many years ago there

2:23:31 > 2:23:34was no free guard zone so people would put a stone in and keep

2:23:34 > 2:23:38hitting it out, and to make it much more interesting they have created

2:23:38 > 2:23:42these new rules. The free guard zone, if it sits out of the house

2:23:42 > 2:23:47you're not allowed to hit it. The team can then use it as a protector

2:23:47 > 2:23:50and bring another stone roundabout, it's just adds now show more

2:23:50 > 2:23:58complexity to the game. And actually the mixed doubles, now, that is

2:23:58 > 2:24:01really, really aggressive, the stone is in play already and it forces you

2:24:01 > 2:24:08to draw everything right into the centre. So, we see lots and lots of

2:24:08 > 2:24:13stones in play. It can be quite edgy, it depends how confident the

2:24:13 > 2:24:20girls are in playing the shot.Did it when you round in the end, the

2:24:20 > 2:24:24mixed doubles, I know that for the traditionalists... But I enjoyed it,

2:24:24 > 2:24:27I thought it was good.I think initially for me it messed with my

2:24:27 > 2:24:34normal game head but actually, fantastic highlight it was for the

2:24:34 > 2:24:37television, it 5-5 has enthralled lots of people out there, and I

2:24:37 > 2:24:42actually did enjoy it, I'm not sure I could play it, you really have to

2:24:42 > 2:24:46be very fit, one sweeper jumping up and down to go and sweep your own

2:24:46 > 2:24:53stones... It is a young man's sport thank you but definitely something

2:24:53 > 2:24:57that's going to take off for the future, and great for the sport of

2:24:57 > 2:25:00curling, having a new discipline in there.So, it is very additional

2:25:00 > 2:25:06medal.

2:25:06 > 2:25:13medal. That's the second time I think Lauren has done that.

2:25:13 > 2:25:16think Lauren has done that.She's got a result out of that, though,

2:25:16 > 2:25:22because she has almost rolled in behind our yellow guard. The girls

2:25:22 > 2:25:27strung a very good end together in the last end and they forced to

2:25:27 > 2:25:30China to take their one, and that's what you want to do if you don't

2:25:30 > 2:25:34have the hammer, try to force the opposition to take one. Are the same

2:25:34 > 2:25:37token, if you've got the hammer you're desperately trying to take a

2:25:37 > 2:25:44two.And it wasn't that easy, and you're just keeping the pressure on.

2:25:44 > 2:25:48Always keep the pressure on the opposing skip if you possibly can,

2:25:48 > 2:25:53don't give them an easy afternoon, or evening. Incidentally, I will

2:25:53 > 2:25:56briefly update you, it is important that we see what's going on

2:25:56 > 2:26:02elsewhere. Canada are playing Sweden and Rachel Holman, the Canadian

2:26:02 > 2:26:08skipper, after losing to Korea, was shell-shocked. Sweden are leading by

2:26:08 > 2:26:16two after two ends over Canada. Same score, Switzerland leading USA. USA,

2:26:16 > 2:26:23of course, who beat Great Britain and Korea are 2-1 up over Japan -

2:26:23 > 2:26:33that's why we had those cheers earlier run in the arena. -- earlier

2:26:33 > 2:26:38on if this is looking

2:26:38 > 2:26:41on if this is looking OK if they just want to make sure they get it

2:26:41 > 2:26:47passed that guard.

2:26:50 > 2:26:54passed that guard.It's not out of the house, but the Great Britain

2:26:54 > 2:27:01yellows are lie-in two stones there. They are however open to the Chinese

2:27:01 > 2:27:06team, so there is a chance of a hit and a role in behind these two high

2:27:06 > 2:27:15reds.If you're trying to score two, if you can keep making it more

2:27:15 > 2:27:20difficult for the opposition when you're sitting two, it is better.

2:27:20 > 2:27:24But as Jackie was just saying, you're also trying not to allow them

2:27:24 > 2:27:29to take the initiative away from you, just keep the initiative as the

2:27:29 > 2:27:34end is building. She has caught that straight on the nose again. So, Eve

2:27:34 > 2:27:39just saying, you can either just hit it on the nose or roll over, there

2:27:39 > 2:27:45is a guard out there.Yes, just be careful because to get the roll she

2:27:45 > 2:27:51might jam it onto her own yellow. You have to be very careful.If she

2:27:51 > 2:27:55hits it too much on the left of centre, as you were looking, that is

2:27:55 > 2:28:02the danger.

2:28:02 > 2:28:14the danger. A little bit more weight on this one. That's OK.

2:28:19 > 2:28:23So, it is getting higher and higher up the house and Bingyu just having

2:28:23 > 2:28:29a look to see whether she wants to hit an role that high up the house.

2:28:29 > 2:28:33She has actually got a good opportunity here to get inside of

2:28:33 > 2:28:41the yellow. -- hit and roll. It just depends on the weight. She will be

2:28:41 > 2:28:45keen to keep her shooter in the house, the stone that she is having

2:28:45 > 2:28:54her player deliver just now.Very quickly, I playing third, if you

2:28:54 > 2:28:58have played lead for 15 years and then you move to third, what is the

2:28:58 > 2:29:04difference?The technicality of the shots get harder. Quite often the

2:29:04 > 2:29:07lead will have high percentages because really they're just a

2:29:07 > 2:29:11drawing into the house and flowers and not many stones distracting them

2:29:11 > 2:29:15roundabout because they're throwing early. But by the time you're

2:29:15 > 2:29:18throwing third, you've got more stones kicking about the house, and

2:29:18 > 2:29:22they're catching your eye. So, technically it is a lot harder.

2:29:22 > 2:29:26You've also got to be able to do a bit of everything. You've got to be

2:29:26 > 2:29:31able to hit, to draw, you've got to have the strategy head on and you

2:29:31 > 2:29:39have to help your skip as well. Well, the door has very much been

2:29:39 > 2:29:44opened by Zhou there. It could not have worked out better for Great

2:29:44 > 2:29:53Britain. So, Anna Sloan trying to draw around that guard first of all

2:29:53 > 2:30:00and then tucked in behind those two if she can.

2:30:00 > 2:30:03if she can. We have got our Chinese counterparts commentating next to us

2:30:03 > 2:30:12and I looked across to see if there was any local

2:30:12 > 2:30:13was any local frustration, and the female representative wasn't

2:30:13 > 2:30:19bothered!

2:30:20 > 2:30:29Great Britain lying really well at the moment.It is building nicely.

2:30:29 > 2:30:34China still have an opportunity to come in and sit on top of the yellow

2:30:34 > 2:30:39stone and

2:30:39 > 2:30:43stone and that would count out the two yellows in the wings.Sweeping

2:30:43 > 2:30:52really hard. Not enough. It is nearly a good shot. Another two

2:30:52 > 2:30:59inches.It is enough to out count the second and third yellow Great

2:30:59 > 2:31:06Britain have in the house.

2:31:06 > 2:31:11Britain have in the house. We are lying two.We are, Eve Muirhead went

2:31:11 > 2:31:16and had a look.

2:31:18 > 2:31:21and had a look. We have both noticed a little subtle difference between

2:31:21 > 2:31:25this morning and this evening, is Eve Muirhead taking a little bit

2:31:25 > 2:31:31more control. They are all experienced and Anna Sloan is great

2:31:31 > 2:31:35to have as a person there to discuss it with, but we felt there was a

2:31:35 > 2:31:41little bit of indecision at times. And now Eve Muirhead has so, I want

2:31:41 > 2:31:47your input, but I will make the final decisions.You need that as

2:31:47 > 2:31:52the skip. It gains you your own self-confidence when it comes to

2:31:52 > 2:31:56shotmaking. It is great if you feel you need to ask for help, your team

2:31:56 > 2:32:01is there and they know what to do. You have to be careful they are not

2:32:01 > 2:32:06always questioning or checking other options.It works both ways because

2:32:06 > 2:32:11going back to the previous and, if this one is continuing to build, Eve

2:32:11 > 2:32:14Muirhead is more confident she is making the right decisions and

2:32:14 > 2:32:20indeed, the team are as well. Well done, that is what she asked for.

2:32:20 > 2:32:27She has just prevented the raise on the red. China would have tried to

2:32:27 > 2:32:35raise it up on the centre shot.Yes, this is starting to look a little

2:32:35 > 2:32:43bit difficult for China now. Wang Bingyu.

2:32:46 > 2:32:51Bingyu. The Chinese skip, as I said, had some time away. Great experience

2:32:51 > 2:32:59though.

2:32:59 > 2:33:05though. Based in the northern province of China.

2:33:05 > 2:33:12province of China. I think it is known as the ice city.

2:33:17 > 2:33:23known as the ice city. Harbin.Just discussing the shot she is going to

2:33:23 > 2:33:30play here. I think she is going to come down with an in-turn draw,

2:33:30 > 2:33:35clockwise rotation of the stone. Perhaps get into the centre. Can't

2:33:35 > 2:33:39afford to be too heavy, she has to play and nice, controlled weight

2:33:39 > 2:33:45here.

2:33:53 > 2:33:57Did try. Just wanted to roll across a little bit, if she could. You can

2:33:57 > 2:34:04see what Anna Sloan and Eve Muirhead are looking at playing here. The

2:34:04 > 2:34:08Chinese stone is second at the moment, counting the second shot.

2:34:08 > 2:34:14But Great Britain have the final shot, they have the hammer in this

2:34:14 > 2:34:22ends.

2:34:27 > 2:34:32Just need to have the weight right. Don't want to roll across too far.

2:34:32 > 2:34:44If you just catch it a little bit thin.

2:34:44 > 2:34:48thin.She has the whole of the four foot to roll into and she can stop

2:34:48 > 2:35:01at the bottom. As long as she is still counting second shot.

2:35:01 > 2:35:04still counting second shot. I think she probably should have played a

2:35:04 > 2:35:08half weight at this. She was adamant she wanted to play that controlled

2:35:08 > 2:35:17weight. But really didn't move at all.I thought she was going to play

2:35:17 > 2:35:22it much lighter weight than that. The girls did ask if she was going

2:35:22 > 2:35:26to play half weight with that but she said no, controlled. She

2:35:26 > 2:35:37probably thought, she played it half weight and got it on the nose.It is

2:35:37 > 2:35:42such a pity because this end had been building quite nicely. You and

2:35:42 > 2:35:47I were talking about Eve is making the decisions and that one, not

2:35:47 > 2:35:58working in her favour.Great Britain is sitting short in there, but we

2:35:58 > 2:36:02will see Wang Bingyu close this end out. I think she is going to have to

2:36:02 > 2:36:08come right in because she is still leaving the red shorts. She is going

2:36:08 > 2:36:13to try and draw one right into the four foot. Coming from the other

2:36:13 > 2:36:20side of the house. The right-hand side, as we see it on her left, as

2:36:20 > 2:36:24she is delivering.It is the first time she has come down this side,

2:36:24 > 2:36:32going that way.

2:36:32 > 2:36:36going that way. So Wang Bingyu, the Chinese skip just watching. Not so

2:36:36 > 2:36:40easy for her to see, the two sleepers working hard to bring this

2:36:40 > 2:36:47all the way round.This is going to come up short. Little bit of a get

2:36:47 > 2:36:56out of jail free card, because even now has a second shot. The shot she

2:36:56 > 2:37:04missed before.She either needs to draw in because if he hits it on the

2:37:04 > 2:37:12nose, I don't think she will be lying second. Last time round, it

2:37:12 > 2:37:21was hit and roll. Will she replayed the draw here? I think she is, isn't

2:37:21 > 2:37:34she?I think you are right.

2:37:34 > 2:37:39she?I think you are right.She has got, back of the four foot, two.

2:37:39 > 2:37:53This will get into the four foot. Nice draw weight for Eve Muirhead.

2:37:53 > 2:37:59And then Britain will take two. Forget the previous shot, get this

2:37:59 > 2:38:02one right.

2:38:05 > 2:38:15Anna Sloan likes the line. Keep sweeping, keep sweeping. It is

2:38:15 > 2:38:22pulling up. It is going to pull up short.I am really surprised she

2:38:22 > 2:38:30didn't just try, even the same shot again.Just make the corrections. It

2:38:30 > 2:38:38was overcorrected. Well, I think she was heavy with her previous shot.I

2:38:38 > 2:38:42think she should have played the same shot but dropped the weight a

2:38:42 > 2:38:50little so the girls could control it more.Well, we are leading. We don't

2:38:50 > 2:38:55want to be too negative about this but letting opportunity slip and you

2:38:55 > 2:39:01can pay for that later on. Elsewhere, Canada have squared up

2:39:01 > 2:39:06against Sweden. So it is 2-2 and it is squared up between Japan and

2:39:06 > 2:39:14Korea. Neither skip playing a very good shot at the end of the third

2:39:14 > 2:39:24end. If you weren't with us earlier, Britain's men had a good win, two

2:39:24 > 2:39:29very narrow wins and the defeat against Canada. Important win

2:39:29 > 2:39:39against Switzerland. Good team, Switzerland. Japan, as well.

2:39:46 > 2:39:50Great Britain's women, one defeat so far, one win. This is their third

2:39:50 > 2:39:52match.

2:40:01 > 2:40:06It is so important, isn't it, we have seen on occasions, the early

2:40:06 > 2:40:13part of the match this morning, Eve Muirhead was keeping them in it,

2:40:13 > 2:40:18rescuing shots and picking up a shot here and there. But here, the last

2:40:18 > 2:40:24couple of ends, in that one anyway, everybody has to be consistently

2:40:24 > 2:40:31good.

2:40:31 > 2:40:36good. There is always so much pressure on the skip. Is that going

2:40:36 > 2:40:50to stop? Just over the red line. Trying to put a corner guard up.

2:40:51 > 2:41:00Trying to put a corner guard up. The 22-year-old, Ma Jingyi.

2:41:00 > 2:41:0622-year-old, Ma Jingyi.Lauren Gray, just been asked to draw one down

2:41:06 > 2:41:13onto the center line, just outside of the house.This is what we see so

2:41:13 > 2:41:19often. The team about the hammer, they play first to the bottom. You

2:41:19 > 2:41:25see a corner guard, the lead plays the next one, hopefully putting a

2:41:25 > 2:41:30guard on the centre line. In chess, there are certain openings and they

2:41:30 > 2:41:36have names... Why are you looking at me like that?I don't play chess. I

2:41:36 > 2:41:43know this is chess on ice.I was just going to ask you, is there a

2:41:43 > 2:41:48name for these first three shots which seem pretty normal? Standard?

2:41:48 > 2:41:55No, there isn't.Is it not called the Lockhart opening?That is

2:41:55 > 2:42:04something we should look into.

2:42:04 > 2:42:08something we should look into.Steve Cram's corner guard opening.Does

2:42:08 > 2:42:18that sound like a plan?

2:42:18 > 2:42:23that sound like a plan? Crammy corner.Absolutely, let's go for it.

2:42:23 > 2:42:31The fact I don't do curling, has nothing to do with it.I think I

2:42:31 > 2:42:43would like to go for a Lockhart Lock On.Exactly, start giving them some

2:42:43 > 2:42:52names so we know what you are talking about.Vicky being asked to

2:42:52 > 2:43:01play nice, controlled weight.

2:43:01 > 2:43:03play nice, controlled weight. It is just enough to tap the stone

2:43:03 > 2:43:12through. This one hasn't got the line. He still left some shots at

2:43:12 > 2:43:21the front and they can use them as protection. One later on.

2:43:22 > 2:43:25protection. One later on.That is in Britain's favour when you don't have

2:43:25 > 2:43:30the hammer. The team with the hammer will want eventually to try to

2:43:30 > 2:43:34remove them. It makes it more difficult for them to come in and

2:43:34 > 2:43:41score.There is a hole between these two shots between the red and the

2:43:41 > 2:43:44yellow. Should she get through it, she will get the target in the

2:43:44 > 2:43:49house.

2:43:50 > 2:43:54house.It is still staying straight. Just rifting a little bit now. Just

2:43:54 > 2:44:06did enough. Good shot.

2:44:08 > 2:44:12Little hit and roll here, hopefully. Two stone still pretty useful where

2:44:12 > 2:44:17they are.

2:44:21 > 2:44:39Despite the miss from Eve Muirhead, they say hang on.

2:44:39 > 2:44:43they say hang on.They are ever so slightly struggling with the ice. I

2:44:43 > 2:44:53am not sure whether you had to take a step back, relax. I know that is

2:44:53 > 2:44:59what they will be trying, nobody goes out there to try and play a bad

2:44:59 > 2:45:04shot. They are not bad shots, is just the errors are always on the

2:45:04 > 2:45:10wrong side at the moment.It is a good point. Not quite get the shot,

2:45:10 > 2:45:20but it is OK. Wearers, they are not making it, that instance there.She

2:45:20 > 2:45:27hadn't got the right role, but she got a role to somewhere else.That

2:45:27 > 2:45:32has got round, I thought it was going to pull up short. They swept

2:45:32 > 2:45:39it well.It is

2:45:39 > 2:45:41it well.It is sitting top of the T. Eve Muirhead is looking to see if

2:45:41 > 2:45:48she can see any of it.

2:45:50 > 2:45:58You would have to play a really nice controlled weight, as she said.I

2:45:58 > 2:46:11think if it was on the out-turn, you could...Will just let Anna say it,

2:46:11 > 2:46:18she's got good communication! So, they've decided that is a really

2:46:18 > 2:46:22difficult shot coming down there, and if she makes a slight error on

2:46:22 > 2:46:25it, it could make it worse for them, so they're going to try the outside

2:46:25 > 2:46:34yellow. And will want to get a little roll in behind, of course,

2:46:34 > 2:46:37Great Britain don't have the hammer here so they need to get the yellow

2:46:37 > 2:46:44stone in behind.

2:46:44 > 2:46:53stone in behind.That's a pretty good shot.

2:46:53 > 2:46:57good shot. And that will make Vicki feel a better, she has played a

2:46:57 > 2:47:03couple of nice shots already this evening.Yeah, they will still be

2:47:03 > 2:47:07able to seize some of that shot. China just have to decide what

2:47:07 > 2:47:10weight they want to play at it. They're not going to see much of it.

2:47:10 > 2:47:19In that Creevy is end, Zhou struggled a little as well. -- in

2:47:19 > 2:47:28that previous end.

2:47:28 > 2:47:33that previous end.She could play like a back weight, come onto the

2:47:33 > 2:47:38face of it and tap it back a little touch. And she has options coming

2:47:38 > 2:47:49both ways, but she has decided to play the out-turn down here and come

2:47:49 > 2:47:52through between the two stones, which might be quite a difficult

2:47:52 > 2:47:58shot to play. The margin for error isn't very much, but it sounds like

2:47:58 > 2:48:06it's close... That's twice now they've come through that space. Oh,

2:48:06 > 2:48:13not enough!Not enough! It seemed to start to curl and then almost

2:48:13 > 2:48:17straight and at the end of. I know it can't do that but... When that

2:48:17 > 2:48:21came through the gap...If thought it would keep on going but it

2:48:21 > 2:48:27didn't.

2:48:27 > 2:48:31didn't. It is enough that she has pushed it out for second shot.This

2:48:31 > 2:48:39is the one that might move! Just to let her know, I'm not sure...Don't

2:48:39 > 2:48:43be confused, the crowd were cheering as that stone was coming through,

2:48:43 > 2:48:52but they were watching something else, just to be clear!

2:48:52 > 2:48:56else, just to be clear!Really close, guys, line's good...So, the

2:48:56 > 2:49:01girls trying to come right round behind them all. That's why it

2:49:01 > 2:49:09doesn't look like it has got the line at all...

2:49:09 > 2:49:17Closed that gap! Danny she played a really nice stone on the previous

2:49:17 > 2:49:26one - not that time, though. There's not much in it. What do you think

2:49:26 > 2:49:34and it's close...

2:49:34 > 2:49:41and it's close...I thought the Romeo of China was lying shot.

2:49:48 > 2:49:52Bingyu just having another look at the shot she wants to ask her team

2:49:52 > 2:50:07to play. I want to tilt my head when I'm looking!

2:50:11 > 2:50:17So, an out-turn draw down here, a similar shot that Anna played, and

2:50:17 > 2:50:24she didn't quite catch the right line... This one! Is a little higher

2:50:24 > 2:50:32but it does all it's finishing at the end... That's a nice shot.Yep,

2:50:32 > 2:50:37nice weight.

2:50:40 > 2:50:43nice weight.Eve won't be able to see the inside edge of its socially

2:50:43 > 2:50:50will be looking to get the yellow to go onto it and hopefully stick it in

2:50:50 > 2:50:57the house.The roof being raised here, Korea are playing Japan over

2:50:57 > 2:51:02on the

2:51:03 > 2:51:10on the other side, on Sheet D.Yeah, the girls have to keep their

2:51:10 > 2:51:17concentration, it is going to be noisy.

2:51:17 > 2:51:21noisy.It is a bit like a football match in here! That's good, great

2:51:21 > 2:51:30atmosphere. We had big crowds in the mixed doubles, when Korea were

2:51:30 > 2:51:35playing. There's hardly any spare seats in here this evening. Look at

2:51:35 > 2:51:42that, game accuracy for Eve Muirhead, just 46%. She needs a

2:51:42 > 2:51:46cracking shot here, to try to use her own yellow... That looks a bit

2:51:46 > 2:51:54straight...Oh! Just nothing seems to be happening at the moment.Just

2:51:54 > 2:52:05bad luck.Just what we said there, Eve...

2:52:07 > 2:52:13Eve...It's just a bit straight and then forcing it... I always say that

2:52:13 > 2:52:18if you wanted to play that shot, you would probably go, no, that's a

2:52:18 > 2:52:25difficult shot to play. But then it works out that way. Shifting her own

2:52:25 > 2:52:27stone that was sitting and might have been lying second, it was

2:52:27 > 2:52:35close. Now, China have two.And they have the hammer.I was just going to

2:52:35 > 2:52:40say, and they have the hammer.Still not over yet, because there's a lot

2:52:40 > 2:52:44of cover-up the front, it takes just one stone from Great Britain, Eve

2:52:44 > 2:52:52could play a really good draw. Let's see where Bingyu places this

2:52:52 > 2:52:59stone...

2:52:59 > 2:53:03stone...Trying to bring it right in onto their own Romeo that's already

2:53:03 > 2:53:17at the front of. Got a chance... Really well swept. I'm just looking

2:53:17 > 2:53:20to see if they can come down the other side. Even if she stops on

2:53:20 > 2:53:26that stone it might cut them down. But cutting them down is not really

2:53:26 > 2:53:35what we're looking for, we want to try and get one in here.

2:53:44 > 2:53:52So, she's going to come down the other side.

2:53:52 > 2:53:56other side.So, if ever you needed a draw, this is where you need to play

2:53:56 > 2:54:01it.

2:54:04 > 2:54:11it.Well, Eve Muirhead just needs to find a confidence building shot

2:54:11 > 2:54:16here, it still will be up to China what happens next, with the hammer,

2:54:16 > 2:54:24the last stone. China at the moment are sitting three.

2:54:24 > 2:54:25are sitting three. So, very, very important shot here for Eve

2:54:25 > 2:54:39Muirhead.OK, let's get to the nose! That's the back of the house of.

2:54:39 > 2:54:48Just need to watch this round these guards... Got to get into that 4ft