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We have all gone curling crazy

again. Welcome to BBC One, we will

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be catching up with the overnight

action from the winter Olympics and

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also we will have live curling, a

match that has taken an even more

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significant is the Great Britain

women face China, everybody sliding,

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gliding and sweeping. Here is what

is coming up today.

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Reaching speeds of over 80 mph, it

is the fastest of all the alpine

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disciplines, and no one is braver

than five times world champion the

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attacking Viking,

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Aksel Lund Svindal. Britain's Dom

Parsons has been setting some super

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training times in the skeleton. Can

he translate that into the runs that

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count? And we will be seeing the

stones that matter as we catch up

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with curling before joining Eve

Muirhead's rink live. They are up

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against China. So this is how it

looks through the course of the

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morning. Next we will have the full

review including figure skating, the

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skeleton and the men's downhill

finally to place today. Then we will

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be joining, at 11am, the women's

curling, China against GB will be

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live. On the red button, coverage of

the Bath. But right now, Chemmy is

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with me and Christopher Dean. We

need a bit of a masterclass from you

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in the downhill skiing.

And I am

giving that Chris, he taught me to

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ice skate, and he is a skier.

Let's

do it.

So show me your fast downhill

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aerodynamic tuck. We need to adjust

this a little bit. You need to get

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rid of this amazing posture, pull

your belly button to your back, that

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is faster. Your legs are beautiful,

you want flat skis ahead of you.

I

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can feel the speed already.

Do you

mean your knees have to be over your

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toes?

You both have your toes

pointing out slightly, which on skis

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is disastrous. Feet parallel, and

your hands towards your chin. You

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should just be able to look out of

the front of your eyes. Pull that

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back, go into a jump! We are getting

dynamic here. How's that?

Great. I

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will leave that with you.

And I am

also take you from this that

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downhill skiers have to be a bit...

Crazy?

Don't base that on me!

How

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many injuries have you had?

I have a

metal right leg, I broke my leg when

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I was 11. This is part of parcel of

it.

And what is the common injury

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for skiers?

Definitely

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for skiers?

Definitely that ACL

tear.

Do you have really strong

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bindings?

The GE Force that these

guys are carrying, it is so strong,

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the skis, they are having to flex

through ripples that are going 90

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mph.

And you don't want the ski

coming off to easily.

But when you

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crash, you do want it to come off,

so that is an area where we have

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technicians, and that is their

realm. They spend a hundred hours on

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the skis before they are ready to

race. So then it is up to the skier.

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So you don't do your own wax? There

is a science in it?

There is, and as

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much as I love to know everything

about everything, that area is so

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scientific.

And we were talking

about temperature of the ice

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yesterday. What is the best

temperature of us know when you are

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skiing? Sometimes it gets really

icy, right?

The best temperature and

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the best snow grain of those ice

crystals is what you have on that

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Olympic day. You don't choose,

because you don't want it in your

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header that I am good on this or

that. Already we have seen cold,

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grippy snow, today it warmed up so

now it is slick and bumpy, so that

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is what you have to ski on.

And the

positioning that you draw, which is

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the best position, at the front end

of the runs all the backend?

Again,

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they look at the weather conditions

for the next day, if it is likely to

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warm up, that will make it slower,

so that is very much on the day, but

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they do tend to draw early now.

Not

only is she an expert in all things

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to do with winter sport, she is also

a very good weather forecaster,

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because last night Chemmy said it

will be a bluebird day, and for the

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first time out in South Korea, we

really did have the most gorgeous

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day, perfect conditions.

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The downhill run, one and a half

miles in length.

The men's downhill

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promise to be a race that could make

Olympic history.

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The good, clean start. That is the

best thing on a downhill like this

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where it is kind of a lottery. The

fastest man ever.

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Phil Johnson, the all-American boy

from California.

The only way to win

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this is to take a huge amount of

risk.

You are watching the greatest

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ski racer in the world an Olympic

day, and he's doing it again.

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Tracing the course, he has to

remember every bend, every turn.

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Skiers now feel they are reaching

the upper limits of speed, but

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whoever controls it best, the

Olympic medal will be his.

And

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Johnson has done it again on race

day.

Into the lead, and he is going

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to win the gold.

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I knew I had to go all-out and to

try everything I knew to win, and I

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couldn't keep anything under

control. I had to ski the fastest

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this mountain could be skied.

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And you get a sense of the history,

the tradition of the men's downhill.

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This is the ultimate in alpine

skiing, and I think one of the best

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and bravest bits of television that

happens all year is Graham Bell

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going down the course with a camera.

Here he is with his guide to this

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downhill in South Korea.

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So let's go and have a look at this

men's Olympic downhill here at the

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Alpine Centre. A beautiful view from

the top, but this is what the racers

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have to focus on. It starts pretty

much straightaway, because you come

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around this right footed turn, and

you dive down onto this bumpy part.

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Really important to carry the speed

through the bumps here. You have to

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really let it fly, and we are

approaching the first job. Now onto

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the roller-coaster section. The

steepest part of the course here,

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there are tunnels underneath the

track and you have to absorb the

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rollers. Coming up to the second job

now, the Dragon claw, straight up

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and heading down towards the forest

road. This turn here is crucial. It

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brings you from the steep onto the

flat. It is the third jump. Heading

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towards the blue Dragon Valley.

Really important to keep the speed

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going as you go into this almost

like a halfpipe section of the

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course, just rolling from edge to

edge, coming out of the Blue Dragon

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Valley and over the role, heading

towards the magic tree. That is it

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on the left of the course. Going to

the finish onto this fall away

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section, carrying speed through the

last turn. Heading towards the last

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jump. A big flight, and across the

line.

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Well, the course conditions are

absolutely perfect. These freezing

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temperatures have made it excellent

for making snow. It is fast and

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grippy, and it is going to be a

great race.

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I still can't get over how he does

that with cameras and microphones on

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the lot. It will take the racers

about one minute and 40 seconds, a

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relatively short course by Olympic

standards. Matt Chilton is in the

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commentary box.

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Conditions are now perfect for the

blue ribbon event at the winter

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games, men's downhill. Tommy

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games, men's downhill. Tommy dress

-- Dressen is a wafer Germany. He

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made his mark in Kitzbuhel. Here he

goes on to the Dragon range. Gravity

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sends you to the left, and you have

to fight against that. The others

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following down the course, he finds

the job. Now, Dressen was first to

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ski in the downhill stage of the

Olympic combined, won by Marcel

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Hirscher in the week, the quickest

man on the mountain, no one was able

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to ski quicker than Thomas Dressen.

He stands on that right foot, into

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the paradise turn, just lost a

little bit of ground there. It goes

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flat here.

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flat here. After the Paradise turn,

he had the big drop, now heading

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towards the Blue Dragon Valley. Down

towards the Magic Tree, he gets

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airborne again and we will keep an

that job,

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that job, because Mayer absolutely

flew an here, and so did Marcel

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Hirscher. Dressen is almost home

now, the first man on the course. He

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takes off and flies over the final

job, and the time is 1:41.03.

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Dominik Paris, said that of the

start by the Italian team members,

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and he is like a speed skater there.

Eight hundredths quicker than

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Dressen on that first date there.

Adverse camber, trying to stay as

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high as he can. Big, controlled

flight on that first drop. Now

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heading to the Dragon claw part of

the course.

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the course. Dominik Paris is the

third best downhill skier of the

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season. He had a win on home snow

just before the New Year, on a

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similar rough and bumpy course. That

was a difficult landing, Paradise

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Turn could sort them out today.

Paris didn't make the best of it at

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all. An towards the Blue Dragon

Valley, it was green all the way,

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and it is still green, despite the

mistake. He might have taken a new

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line which others may not be able

to. Now he is going to fly, keeps it

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quite low, and we will see it that

brings him the reward now. 1.26,

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quite low, and we will see it that

brings him the reward now. 1.26,,

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the next split. It is this final

time that really matters. Paris

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taxing for the line, and he leads

the Olympic downhill by a quarter of

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a second.

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One of the big favourites, Feuz from

Switzerland, the best downhill so

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far with three victories. He won in

November and he claimed the final

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downhill before the Olympics at

Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He skied

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solidly in training didn't give much

away because he was standing up and

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going gently on the bottom half of

his training runs, but make no

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mistake, he is a serious threat

today, huge unit of a man.

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Incredible control as he slammed the

inside edge of that right skied down

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onto the snow to continue on his

way. Feuz is living dangerously. It

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is the Olympic downhill, and he is

bringing all the risks into this

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race.

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Just about hanging in. Needed a huge

amount of strength. 120 kilometres

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an hour. Flying down towards the

Blue Dragon Valley. Paris's time...

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And he is faster. By point to one.

And he enters the Blue Dragon

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Valley. Sets up for the final

quarter. What a

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quarter. What a flight from Feuz.

Magnificent downhill skiing, he is

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going to go close and he may well go

into gold medal position. Feuz has

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put down a magnificent Olympic

downhill run, huge jump to finish.

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Feuz is first. Fantastic skiing from

Feuz. Into gold medal position. Full

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of risk, he took so many chances. He

got the reward. Look at that. Almost

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horizontal on the snow. How did he

keep that ski carbon? Aksel Lund

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Svindal is ready to race. On his

way. Silver medallist in Vancouver,

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2010. In the Olympic downhill.

Decent start for the multitalented

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Aksel Lund Svindal. Slightly low on

the adverse camber. Trailing Feuz by

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a 10th. Flattening it. The

coursework are going up to make the

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repairs.

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repairs. Svindal is throwing

everything at his last Olympic

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downhill competition but he might be

pushing too hard, winding down the

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windows on that big jump. Svindal

will have to take the riskiest

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possible line. Cut off the corners

as tightly as he Bears if he is to

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get into contention. What a shot

that is of the great man in full

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flight. Lands at 111 kilometres an

hour, a quarter of a second off the

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pace but now he is in front. The

gamble may be paying off. Into the

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Blue Dragon Valley. Off and away,

big flight, off-balance, did not

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seem to lose any speed. Recovered

his poise, got his dynamic posture

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back and he leads Feuz by a quarter

of a second. Svindal scheme for

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gold-medal position for Norway. A

long flight. He tucks in and he has

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gone into gold. Svindal steals the

lead from Feuz. Magnificent Aksel

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Lund Svindal. This was textbook

downhill jumping. -- this was not

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textbook downhill jumping. But he

knew the risk might bring reward.

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And he is off! Maximum forward

report Shannon. And he has got the

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early green light. Quicker than his

great rival. A little low on Dragon

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Ridge. The speed is good. 111. Long

jump, stood immediately. Wonderful

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anticipation and control.

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anticipation and control. The

32-year-old Norwegian. He is flying.

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Huge again. He knows he has got to

roll the dice. Take a chance with

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this. Svindal leads. Feuz second.

Harris third. Watching keenly.

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Coming into the Paradise Turn out

for pelts and absolutely pushing.

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112 on the landing. Travelling 38

metres. Green again. He could deny

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Svindal the one thing that is

missing. The gold medal. Goodness

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me! Upper twisting like a freestyle.

Seemed to land cleanly, green all

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the way. Only just. For hundreds of

a second between the two Norwegians.

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Which way will this go? The jump to

come. He takes off, Lance, and he is

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second! So close. The jump was

unorthodox. Lost control of his left

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ski pole. The ninth best downhill of

the season. Not without a chance.

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Pretty solid in training. Seven four

years ago in Sochi.

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years ago in Sochi. Became the 1st

Battalion to win the World Cup

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downhill. Two years in a row.

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downhill. Two years in a row. His

team-mate currently in fourth. Off

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to a flying start.

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to a flying start. Fill on the

course with number 13. And he is in

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front. At the next intermediate.

100th behind. 100s in front. Fill

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pushing hard. Looking for straight

line speed. Taking allsorts of

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gambles. And he almost flattened the

turned heading into the Paradise

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Turn curve.

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The bottom part of the track. The

key split. Fill a quarter of a

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second removed from Svindal's time,

putting him outside bronze medal

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position. He needs a direct line.

That was to the left. In the soft

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snow, I don't think that is going to

hamper. -- help him. Off the pace,

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that will pushing down to around

fourth or fifth position. The last

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jump, Fill lands, crosses the line,

he is sixth, missing the medals.

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35-year-old Aksel Lund Svindal is

the Olympic champion. Switzerland's

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in amongst the medals.

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the Olympic champion. Switzerland's

in amongst the medals. A really high

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quality competition, sometimes you

get a surprise winner but not this

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time.

We know the Norwegians

dominate in speed. For so long. For

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them to delivered today. Norway have

never won the men's Alpine downhill

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and when you think, there were 13

Olympic medals, this was the one

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they all wanted and Svindal goes,

well deserved, he took risks, it was

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not easy or

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not easy or comfortable, Janrud

pushed him all the way. -- Jansrud.

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Let's look at this

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pushed him all the way. -- Jansrud.

Let's look at this midway through.

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He looks relatively untidy. It is

really messy but such a great touch.

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He works with gravity really well,

standing on the ski at the top of

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the turn. Big flight. Getting that

connection with the snow and works

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the ski. That this work Jansrud

threw away the race. He was not able

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to work the terrain, so many little

rollers made eye tunnels, it's not

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natural, and put tunnels underneath

and although it was messy he worked

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at the outside ski the top and he

just dominated. Outside the blue

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line, it does not matter, not a

disqualification, those are their to

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show the general line for a patient.

When they do jump do you want to get

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down as quick as possible?

Yes,

although airtime looks really good

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it's actually slow. You have it the

cause of the terrain, you have to

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jump but you want the connection

because you have to make speed.

That

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Paradise Turn looks critical, you

right into the bend straightaway.

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You have the Magic Tree. We saw the

other day, Matthias Mayer, you want

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to throw your body forward. So you

can charge the outside ski.

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can charge the outside ski.

Mayor

was the defending champion, where

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did he finish? Ninth. Svindal, the

oldest ever Olympic gold medallist

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in alpine skier, a man who came back

from so many injuries, you would

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think it is a young man's game but

clearly it is not.

You tend to be

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technical when you are younger and

then you are allowed to start doing

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speed and in super cheap or so much

about tactics and line, the more

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experience you get the better you

are. Someone like Svindal, he's been

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doing it for so long, he missed the

test event through injury. That is

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where his compatriot Jansrud one, he

watched it on TV and maybe by doing

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that he picked up some line

successes that got him the win.

It

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worked

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successes that got him the win.

It

worked for him. Fascinating. Let's

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go to your area of expertise, Chris,

the first figure skating of the

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games went to Canada, now it is time

for the medal deciding programme,

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the long programme. The leaderboard

going into it was China, Olympic

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Athletes from Russia, Germany in

fourth making a mistake in the short

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programme that we thought pushed

them out of the medals. They were

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close enough.

You were helping them.

I choreographed her long programme.

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Watch this correctly. Commentary

from Kat Downes and Robin Cousins.

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Looking for the skate of their

lives.

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A great performance. It could be a

third bronze medal for Aliona Vilani

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a first for Bruno.

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Opening with the triple twist and

watch the height.

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She's got it on one foot, that's

clean!

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The triple Sako, double toe loop,

double toe loop. Today, perfection.

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Side-by-side triple toe loops. Well

done!

This is looking good.

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The triple salko. That is the

difficult elements done for them.

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Brilliant strength and control.

Through the lifts.

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CHEERING

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Perfect! The race for bronzes on.

I

think the race for gold is on.

They

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were out of the medal positions

before this free skate.

They were

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going to be fighting for a bronze

medal place, but that performance

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has put them on a podium. What

colour that medal will be, we will

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wait to find out, but I think that

is going to be a really tough one to

0:32:410:32:45

beat. Beautiful

0:32:450:32:52

beat. Beautiful transitions, you

might recognise the because they

0:32:520:32:54

were choreographed by Christopher

Dean. He spent time with them last

0:32:540:33:00

year in the autumn. Helping to clean

and fix these transitions between

0:33:000:33:07

them, and it was for me the detail

which is going to separate this from

0:33:070:33:10

some of the others.

0:33:100:33:15

It is going to be big, absolutely.

That is the best they have skated

0:33:150:33:22

that. 159.31, season's best. Is that

how they clinch the Olympic title?

0:33:220:33:34

They have broken their own world

record.

0:33:340:33:41

record.

Well, it was sensational

skating, wasn't it? And this is the

0:33:410:33:46

couple with whom they were tussling

for the bronze medal position. Megan

0:33:460:33:55

to Hamilton and Eric Radford of

Canada, already team champions going

0:33:550:33:59

away from this games with a gold

medal.

0:33:590:34:05

medal. And the pressure is on these

two now to hang onto a spot on the

0:34:060:34:12

podium.

0:34:120:34:19

Triple twist.

0:34:460:34:57

They have the hardest side by side

job element, and that is a side by

0:34:590:35:09

side triple. Hands down for a Megan,

not sure it was fully rotated,

0:35:090:35:14

either. So that will be reviewed.

0:35:140:35:25

And now the quadruple Salchow. And

she has got it.

0:35:260:35:41

she has got it. Nine points from

that one element.

0:35:410:35:48

that one element. Side by side

triple Salchow, double toe loop.

0:35:480:36:04

And now the triple Lutz.

0:36:580:37:04

Fighting for a medal, fighting to

hold on to a podium spot, Eric

0:38:540:39:01

Radford and Megan Duhamel.

They are

thrilled with that skate, she landed

0:39:010:39:04

that quad.

But there was that

mistake.

Slightly on the Lutz. There

0:39:040:39:13

triple twist is not the strongest or

the highest, they were given level

0:39:130:39:17

three, where Bruno and Aliona were

given the level for. It is so good

0:39:170:39:31

to be able to see them come out and

deliver that quad.

0:39:310:39:35

It is not enough to go ahead of the

Germans. They are in the silver

0:39:380:39:44

medal position. Megan Duhamel and

Eric Radford. And they needed a new

0:39:440:39:52

world record to chase down the

Germans, in fact everyone needs a

0:39:520:39:55

new world record to chase down the

Germans.

0:39:550:40:03

Germans. So, the world champions

from China, Sui Wenjing and

0:40:030:40:14

Hank Cong Han, and when they are at

their best, they are world beaters.

0:40:200:40:31

And they will open their free

programme with eight quadruple

0:40:440:40:48

twist, so four revolutions in the

air from take-off.

0:40:480:40:59

Side by side triple toe loops. The

triples were fine, but not the

0:41:020:41:15

combination they wanted afterwards,

just singles from Cong Han.

0:41:150:41:27

just singles from Cong Han. And off

the

0:41:300:41:36

the triple Salchow, that was a

problem in the warm up, as well, two

0:41:370:41:42

falls.

0:41:420:41:48

The beautiful lift.

0:42:190:42:20

The triple flip. Absolutely

glorious.

0:43:010:43:07

The same there with the triple

Salchow.

0:43:310:43:40

Rousing stuff but is it enough to

hold onto their lead? The Germans

0:45:030:45:10

were sublime. The second half was

superb but a couple of very costly

0:45:100:45:18

mistakes on the side-by-side triple

jumps. One, two, three, four... She

0:45:180:45:27

fell on the salko in the warm up.

They are is that hand, the back of

0:45:270:45:36

the heel, no one can touch them for

the throws. Is the work they did in

0:45:360:45:41

the short programme going to be

enough? It is not.

0:45:410:45:49

enough? It is not. It is not enough

for them to hang onto the gold

0:45:490:45:51

medal.

0:45:510:45:57

medal. Savchenko and Masoe out in

front. The final skaters in the free

0:45:570:46:05

skate competition. Able be looking

to jump up into the medals. Team

0:46:050:46:12

silver winners already. The Olympic

Athletes from Russia. They were in

0:46:120:46:20

the silver medal position after the

short programme. They are relying on

0:46:200:46:24

Christina Agarwal error for a medal!

0:46:240:46:28

Label open other bid for gold with a

quadruple twist. That was lovely.

0:46:500:47:03

Side-by-side triples.

0:47:090:47:11

He did, she didn't.

0:47:180:47:21

The triple salko now... That's gone

as well.

0:47:340:47:40

Need to get the composure back now,

the side-by-side triple toe loops.

0:47:530:48:01

With the two double toe loops to

follow.

0:48:010:48:05

The triple loop. Beautiful.

0:50:050:50:13

APPLAUSE

CHEERING

0:51:080:51:13

It's not going to be good enough for

gold or silver, will it be good

0:51:130:51:17

enough for a medal at all?

I think they might struggle to be on

0:51:170:51:22

the podium, to be honest. Certainly

did not have their normal pizzazz or

0:51:220:51:28

champion feel about it. Tentative.

The double salko...

0:51:280:51:38

Always strong with the throws.

Overcooked on that. Way too far

0:51:380:51:44

forward. For the landing.

Is it a

medal for the Olympic Athletes from

0:51:440:51:54

Russia? No! It is not.

0:51:540:52:01

143.20 five. And that means

Savchenko and Massot are the Olympic

0:52:060:52:17

champions. What a fight, what metal!

To jump from fourth position to the

0:52:170:52:27

top of the podium. And they are

worthy winners. What a performance

0:52:270:52:35

out there, they born in a battle

with Meagan Duhamel and Eric

0:52:350:52:41

Radford, they laid it on the ice and

they were foot perfect, weren't

0:52:410:52:45

they, Robin?

Warriors and she has

been fighting for this moment for

0:52:450:52:49

some years now. Even with Robin, did

not quite happen.

Two Olympic bronze

0:52:490:52:58

medals in the past but she is now

the Olympic champion at the age of

0:52:580:53:02

34.

0:53:020:53:04

the Olympic champion at the age of

34. Savchenko and Massot crying but

0:53:040:53:10

you are willing up as well.

Extraordinary. It was. They were in

0:53:100:53:16

fourth, they know they have got to

go up there and go for broke, the

0:53:160:53:20

other couples in front, the top two

after the short programme were going

0:53:200:53:26

out maybe a little conservative,

holding the position and they made

0:53:260:53:30

those mistakes. What a turnaround!

They skated sublimely, that is the

0:53:300:53:36

best I have seen them skate.

And it

must make you so proud, you played a

0:53:360:53:41

huge part in that, it's a new world

record score.

Yes, no, we spent the

0:53:410:53:46

summer, they came over to Florida,

we went to work for a week, we put

0:53:460:53:52

the routine together, it has evolved

over the past seven months from

0:53:520:53:56

competition. The main elements were

there, they really, I got chills

0:53:560:54:02

watching it.

We are going to get you

to talk through the whole routine, I

0:54:020:54:07

thought the look of it, the

adverts...

A little bit bolero. One

0:54:070:54:16

piece of music from beginning to

end.

This infinity

0:54:160:54:21

piece of music from beginning to

end.

This infinity sign.

It was all

0:54:210:54:24

about holding. But almost became a

run at the end.

He had something to

0:54:240:54:33

prove, didn't he, Chris?

Having made

the mistake in the short programme,

0:54:330:54:39

doubling the triple, look at the

height, he is so strong.

Given the

0:54:390:54:45

height difference do you have to

take that into account when you plan

0:54:450:54:48

the routine so they look good?

There

are definite things that suit them

0:54:480:54:53

and things that don't but one of the

things that they talked to me about

0:54:530:54:58

for their brief, they said they

wanted to make it more than ice

0:54:580:55:02

dance routine in a Paris programme

and that is why they got in touch

0:55:020:55:06

with me. I have known Ali on for

such a long time, she is such a

0:55:060:55:12

competitor.

Her first Olympics, two

bronze medals, Bruno is her third

0:55:120:55:17

different partner.

The interesting

thing, she was born in the Ukraine.

0:55:170:55:23

No is French. -- Bruno is French.

She skated for Germany. She had

0:55:230:55:33

German citizenship. They retired, he

is the Russian coach now. Bruno came

0:55:330:55:40

along and he just got his

citizenship and so they were able

0:55:400:55:44

to...

Just before the games?

Yes.

The leghold.

This looks very you.

0:55:440:55:54

Deep turns. The pencil left.

She is

a worker.

Four hours on the ice. And

0:55:540:56:04

she will say no, we can stay and he

will be, we are done. But he does

0:56:040:56:12

all the lifting.

Bringing that is

dance flavour, does it mean more

0:56:120:56:19

fluid, more emotion, more beautiful?

A combination, the choice of music,

0:56:190:56:24

the style of skating, the quality of

skating. You can see, she bends her

0:56:240:56:32

knees, that creates power and the

look of being effortless across the

0:56:320:56:37

ice. They worked on that lift, the

double rotation.

Visually this was

0:56:370:56:46

very different from the three long

programmes we saw afterwards.

As I

0:56:460:56:51

say, the music has this fluidity and

flow over the ice and we wanted to

0:56:510:56:55

make it as soon as from transition

to transition, that is the sort of

0:56:550:57:02

part of choreography that I work on

with them. Did you pick the music?

0:57:020:57:08

They came to me with the music and

as I listened to it it conjured up

0:57:080:57:13

ideas of moving forward. Going

somewhere. Who is the composer? That

0:57:130:57:19

is a good question you are going to

ask me and I should know that.

This

0:57:190:57:24

is were I thought, that looked so

good, but height that they are.

Over

0:57:240:57:31

the top of her, creates a beautiful

line, interesting exit, still

0:57:310:57:37

entwined in his legs as he rotates,

trying to keep that fluidity.

Lots

0:57:370:57:42

of green squares top left.

They have

got a positive mark, or being judged

0:57:420:57:52

as positive, the reverse lift. Any

yellow or red we don't want those.

0:57:520:57:57

Deductions. Deductions. The other

skaters made plenty of deductions,

0:57:570:58:04

threading the needle. And this is

the point, they are sucking on air

0:58:040:58:12

but at the same time, they have

still got to make it look beautiful

0:58:120:58:16

and effortless.

Physically you are

tired by now.

Very tired, and we did

0:58:160:58:24

not give them much of a break, it

was constant.

It is building again.

0:58:240:58:29

Listen to the music. This big, final

lift that goes around the ice,

0:58:290:58:37

something like a 20 second left.

You

said he is an ox!

He is strong. So

0:58:370:58:47

strong and I am so pleased for both

of them. For her, five Olympics, 16

0:58:470:58:54

years at this level, ringing home a

gold medal and as you can see, the

0:58:540:58:58

exhaustion.

That is almost how Jayne

Torvill looked!

After-the-fact. The

0:58:580:59:06

delight. You realise it has come

true.

And you have done everything

0:59:060:59:12

you can, you scored the highest

score you can.

The confirmation of

0:59:120:59:20

the scorer made them realise how

good that performance was.

And they

0:59:200:59:24

would not have known that they could

have won gold, three pairs to go.

0:59:240:59:28

They only won by half a point. Look

at the height of that.

Time for

0:59:280:59:34

another revolution if she wanted.

She could have had a cup of tea when

0:59:340:59:38

she was up there.

So speaks the

coach.

The people in front of her,

0:59:380:59:44

the other competitors, if they do a

clean routine who knows? On the

0:59:440:59:50

night, he pulled it together and the

others did not. That is what

0:59:500:59:54

competition is all about.

The first

figure skating gold medal for

0:59:540:59:58

Germany since the fall of the Berlin

Wall and both of them had

0:59:581:00:02

represented other countries, for

Germany, and eighth gold medal of

1:00:021:00:05

these games and they are flying.

Savchenko is married to a Brit.

She

1:00:051:00:10

is married to Liam, I got to know

them through the summer. His father

1:00:101:00:15

was in the Army and they train

scheme, for we used to train. That

1:00:151:00:23

is where she was an bad as ever they

met.

How come she did not take Great

1:00:231:00:28

Britain as her country, you could

have organised that?

I know, I

1:00:281:00:33

should have on that.

Is there no

poaching in ice skating?

Clearly

1:00:331:00:40

they have taken Ukrainian and French

people and put them together.

Have

1:00:401:00:43

you been in touch with Nick Buckland

and Kenny Combs?

They are in great

1:00:431:00:49

spirits and their defenders coming

up, skating really well. And doing

1:00:491:00:54

their third Olympics. -- penny

Combs.

Thank you so much for being

1:00:541:01:01

with us. Congratulations. We will

let Chris disappear. He can wallow I

1:01:011:01:09

think in the reflect that gory.

Wonderful. We focus on curling. The

1:01:091:01:16

competition started yesterday and

the British men had a win over

1:01:161:01:21

Switzerland. Bath-macro Penny

Coomes. A win and a loss for them,

1:01:211:01:26

the great British women started with

an emphatic three over the Olympic

1:01:261:01:32

Athletes from Russia, today they had

two matters, intense and at midnight

1:01:321:01:36

our time, Eve Muirhead's rink were

out there on the ice in a very tight

1:01:361:01:42

game. We will show you the closing

stages against the USA with Logan

1:01:421:01:48

Gray and Jackie Lockhart in the

commentary box.

1:01:481:01:57

COMMENTATOR: So, chance for two in

this end. Just need to stay in the

1:01:591:02:10

house.

Easy normal!

Nothing. Her

line is looking fairly good. Lauren

1:02:101:02:20

Gray just trying to get it to that

stone, and it has got to stop, it

1:02:201:02:26

has got to stop. Unfortunately, she

ended up with, it did stop, but the

1:02:261:02:33

USA stone Harborne, so just the one.

-- the USA stone hung on.

1:02:331:02:51

Well played, great shot, so a double

takeout from Eve Muirhead, the

1:02:521:02:57

British skip, leaving Great Britain

lying three here. Great Britain

1:02:571:03:06

could have the hammer in the last

end. Admittedly they will be one

1:03:061:03:10

down and they will have to deliver

in that final end.

1:03:101:03:19

She has held her nerve here, played

a nice shot.

So, USA pick up one in

1:03:191:03:29

the ninth end, they have the lead

but crucially Great Britain will

1:03:291:03:34

have the hammer in the tenth and

final end. They can win with two,

1:03:341:03:40

one will be enough to take it into a

final end. This perfect shot right

1:03:401:03:45

into the bottom, looks a bit

anxious, looks nervous. Watching

1:03:451:03:52

this one carefully. This needs to

curl a lot. They are not sweeping

1:03:521:03:57

it, and it needs to curl an awful

lot. It will have a chance, but it

1:03:571:04:02

might be too much. It has gone

through. USA win the match, Eve

1:04:021:04:07

Muirhead not able to pick up the one

in the final end. The USA have

1:04:071:04:15

played very well, shut Great Britain

at, and they pick up two, so the

1:04:151:04:18

final score will be USA 7-4 Great

Britain.

1:04:181:04:25

CLARE BALDING: The next game is on

Saturday against Denmark. Meanwhile

1:04:251:04:31

the men were up against Japan. Very

tense closing stages here as well.

1:04:311:04:37

And we are joining it with the score

at 5-5, Logan and Jackie describing

1:04:371:04:43

this one.

1:04:431:04:51

COMMENTATOR: So, the guard by

Morozumi perhaps a little further

1:04:591:05:11

down the ice than they would have

liked.

1:05:111:05:17

liked.

So he is not at all bothered

about that, just wants to make sure

1:05:181:05:23

the yellow stone at the top of the

house goes, and the shooting stone

1:05:231:05:29

that Kyle is about to throw with, he

doesn't want that to stay in the

1:05:291:05:32

front of the house either.

He says

he is not bothered about it, but I

1:05:321:05:38

bet he wants it. And he gets it. A

great shot by Kyle Smith.

1:05:381:05:49

So, the only real cover that

Morozumi has here is behind the two

1:05:491:05:56

red stones that Great Britain have,

the Corner red stones.

1:05:561:06:08

the Corner red stones. He has to

make that shot, and it will leave it

1:06:111:06:13

open for Kyle myth to draw too. But

first, Morozumi with the draw.

Japan

1:06:131:06:22

have called a time-out here, but I

think it is not really needed. They

1:06:221:06:28

are just giving themselves a little

bit of extra time to focus on the

1:06:281:06:32

shot, perhaps putting a little bit

of ice on Kyle as well.

1:06:321:06:41

They only have 51 seconds on the

clock, so they were just giving

1:06:411:06:46

themselves a little bit of extra

insurance that they weren't going to

1:06:461:06:49

run out of time. This draw looking

pretty good, but still GB have been

1:06:491:06:58

in full control of this final end.

They made every single shot, and

1:06:581:07:05

that is really testament to Cammy

Smith who has made it so easy for

1:07:051:07:10

his team-mates. They have made the

first seven, but we need to make

1:07:101:07:14

that eighth one to get on the board.

This is the one that really counts,

1:07:141:07:20

and he does have the whole of the

eight foot to play with.

1:07:201:07:28

eight foot to play with. He has just

got to lay it and let the sweepers

1:07:281:07:30

take it into the house. This is a

shot that skips will play, and I'm

1:07:301:07:38

sure it will be playing on his mind

that he has to make this for the

1:07:381:07:41

win. He is taking his time and

concentrating.

So, here it is. Hold

1:07:411:07:51

your breath. The final stone of the

tenth end, we have seen some great

1:07:511:07:55

draws from Kyle Smith today. It just

needs to be fully in the eight foot

1:07:551:08:00

Circle to put another win on the

board for GB. The boys are looking

1:08:001:08:06

quite confident at the minute, just

cleaning. Should be good enough for

1:08:061:08:15

the win, and it is. Gets the second

win of the week for GB, in what was

1:08:151:08:27

a very, very tight game throughout.

CLARE BALDING: They are settling

1:08:271:08:30

into their Olympic experience, and

standing pretty well on the

1:08:301:08:34

leaderboard, Great Britain having

played three, won two and lost one,

1:08:341:08:38

and some of those teams including

Sweden with only two games played so

1:08:381:08:42

far, but more to come. Jackie

Lockhart has been part of our

1:08:421:08:45

commentary team in Pyeongchang, and

she is there. How are you?

I'm very

1:08:451:08:52

well, thank you very much. I am

missing your company out here.

Bless

1:08:521:08:59

you. Let's talk about Eve Muirhead.

I see the performance director has

1:08:591:09:04

described their performance as

average.

Yes, and that is a real

1:09:041:09:08

shame, they came out in their first

game and they were clinical, they

1:09:081:09:11

played really well, but today they

just didn't bring their A-game

1:09:111:09:17

against the USA, and to be fair,

they tried really hard. They tried

1:09:171:09:21

to push and push and ask questions

of the USA skip, but every time Eve

1:09:211:09:31

asked the question, they had an

answer. It just wasn't going to

1:09:311:09:34

happen today.

They had the chance to

go to an extra end, and Eve had that

1:09:341:09:40

stone right at the end, had landed

in the middle of the house, things

1:09:401:09:44

would have been different.

Very much

so. A really difficult shot she had

1:09:441:09:49

to play. She had to be inch perfect

right on the one foot, or she could

1:09:491:09:53

have played the slash across the top

and tried to move those stones out

1:09:531:09:57

of the house, but she tried the draw

and it didn't come off, so they are

1:09:571:10:00

going to have to put that game to

bed and, later on tonight against

1:10:001:10:04

China with a better game.

And we

will be joining that game live.

1:10:041:10:10

Sometimes it is about resetting your

mind and how quickly you can recover

1:10:101:10:15

from a disappointment like that.

Very much so, they have a real team

1:10:151:10:18

of support people behind them,

sports psychologist, a great

1:10:181:10:22

tactician with Glenn Howard,

four-time world champion himself, so

1:10:221:10:25

these girls will just have regrouped

back at the village, looked at all

1:10:251:10:29

the shots, and they are very

experience, they are going to come

1:10:291:10:34

out strong later on tonight, I'm

convinced of it.

You make them

1:10:341:10:37

strong favourites to win that game,

do you?

Yes. China isn't going to be

1:10:371:10:42

an easy game. They had a chance to

win it in the last game and throw it

1:10:421:10:52

through the back, gave it away to

OAR, but if you look at the girls

1:10:521:10:57

performance on what they can do, if

they believe, they can win this

1:10:571:11:01

game.

And the major shock, the one

thing we always think, curling is

1:11:011:11:07

Canadian, but today they got beaten

by the South Korean team.

They did,

1:11:071:11:14

and I didn't get the chance to watch

the game because I was concentrating

1:11:141:11:18

on ours, but every time I had a

little close look across, there were

1:11:181:11:22

lots of stones in play, so that

really was a real shocker, and one

1:11:221:11:27

that nobody expected to see. But

let's not forget the Canadians are

1:11:271:11:32

very good at coming back, and they

will get stronger as this

1:11:321:11:35

competition goes on, so I don't

think we can read a lot into that at

1:11:351:11:39

the moment.

And the Canadian men are

free from three, the British men are

1:11:391:11:42

two from three, they have both

started well.

Yes, the Canadian men

1:11:421:11:48

actually to be fair were a little

bit shaky, I thought. I thought they

1:11:481:11:51

would come out with a stronger

performance, but just as I said

1:11:511:12:02

about the girls, Canada, you can

never rest on your laurels, because

1:12:021:12:04

they just grow as the competition

goes on. They were kind of

1:12:041:12:07

appropriate the beginning, maybe

this ice doesn't swing as much as

1:12:071:12:09

they are used to, but it is one to

watch, and let's not write them off.

1:12:091:12:13

And if there were marks for artistic

impression in curling, we know the

1:12:131:12:17

Norwegian men would get plenty of

them. What have they been wearing

1:12:171:12:20

today? We liked their Valentine's

Day outfit yesterday.

Today they

1:12:201:12:23

were wearing a tropical palm tree

print in blue and white, and it had

1:12:231:12:31

a kind of red poppy in it.

We can

see it.

A little more reserved than

1:12:311:12:39

their pink fancy pants from

yesterday for Valentine's Day. But

1:12:391:12:44

what wonderful guys were showing of

the sport, and they do it with such

1:12:441:12:49

fun and energy, yet with such

professionalism. So wait till we see

1:12:491:12:53

what they bring out later.

I like

those trousers because they go

1:12:531:12:56

better with the red tops, which we

weren't sure the pink did. In terms

1:12:561:13:00

of a progress report, for the

British men, are you happy with the

1:13:001:13:07

way they have started, and for all

of them it is their first experience

1:13:071:13:10

of an Olympic Games?

Do you know

what? It is. They are young guys,

1:13:101:13:17

this is a huge stage to be

performing on, and if we looked on

1:13:171:13:22

paper, I knew they were going to

have a tough start, so to come out

1:13:221:13:25

of that with two wins, they beat

Switzerland, they just won their

1:13:251:13:29

game this morning, that is a great

start for them.

Good stuff, and they

1:13:291:13:33

will be in action again at midnight

tonight. Jackie, thank you for now,

1:13:331:13:38

keep wrapping up warm, and enjoy it.

I will do, thanks.

Let's have a look

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at the timetable for what we have

coming up for the rest of this

1:13:441:13:47

morning and into the early

afternoon. We are going to be

1:13:471:13:52

looking at the first two runs of the

men's skeleton, that is next, in the

1:13:521:13:56

company of a woman who started the

whole skeleton revolution here in

1:13:561:14:00

Great Britain. Then we will be

reflecting on the women's giant

1:14:001:14:04

slalom, and Chemmy will be telling

us about the competitors in that.

1:14:041:14:08

Then we go live for that curling

game, China versus GB in the

1:14:081:14:12

women's, and then the men's

snowboard cross. We love that, that

1:14:121:14:16

is chaotic. So, let's go to the

skeleton.

1:14:161:14:25

Laura Deas, one of the fastest

starters in the field.

1:14:251:14:36

The name of Dominic Parsons, and boy

can he run.

1:14:361:14:48

Lizzy Yarnold is the Olympic

champion, oh, my goodness!

1:14:481:14:58

Yes, Lizzy Yarnold is the defending

champion, and Amy Williams won goal

1:14:581:15:02

before that, but this is Alex

Coomber who started it all off with

1:15:021:15:05

her gold medal from Salt Lake City,

which you have got with you.

I have

1:15:051:15:09

indeed!

1:15:091:15:12

Gray and Jackie Lockhart in the

commentary box.

1:15:121:15:18

Most of us did not know what

skeleton was. We thought that was

1:15:181:15:24

sliding down a mountain on a

teacher.

I must admit I didn't know

1:15:241:15:29

what it was. I have my novice week,

I did really well, got selected for

1:15:291:15:34

the team, competed in my first World

Cup, the last 20 years have in the

1:15:341:15:39

nominal.

Did you know it was an

Olympic sport?

It wasn't a bad time,

1:15:391:15:44

someone said to me the other day,

why didn't I compete in Nagano? And

1:15:441:15:49

I thought why didn't I? 2002 was the

first time for men's and women's

1:15:491:15:56

skeleton. The men's skeleton had

been on previous occasions, 2002,

1:15:561:16:02

the first time for women's skeleton

and bobsleigh.

When did you last see

1:16:021:16:09

your run from Salt Lake City?

I did

a presentation at school last week

1:16:091:16:13

for the Olympics, it took me about

six years before I could actually

1:16:131:16:18

watch it having done the race. The

cause? Because there'd been quite a

1:16:181:16:23

lot of pressure and it built up

quite strongly. Such a massive thing

1:16:231:16:28

to happen. I thought I need to step

away from this for a little bit.

Is

1:16:281:16:34

that why it was your one and only

Olympics?

As Chemmy knows, winter

1:16:341:16:40

sports or all or nothing, you can't

go down at the weekend and practice,

1:16:401:16:44

you can't pick it up when you want,

then stop, you have to be away, out

1:16:441:16:51

of the country, six months at a

time, away from your family, it's

1:16:511:16:54

hard emotionally, mentally,

physically, and to think of doing

1:16:541:17:01

another cycle, to be honest, I had

an Olympic medal, I had 30 World Cup

1:17:011:17:07

podium finishes, the British

Championships, World Championships

1:17:071:17:10

medal and it's hard to say to

yourself I am going to go out and do

1:17:101:17:14

this again. I was satisfied with

what I achieved.

I think we are all

1:17:141:17:20

pretty satisfied with what you

achieved, we are going to look back

1:17:201:17:24

at it, Salt Lake City, 2002, winner

of the Bronze

1:17:241:17:32

COMMENTATOR:, Alex Coomber from

Great Britain. Great Britain on the

1:17:351:17:41

verge of a medal. As yet, we do not

know what colour it will be. Gold is

1:17:411:17:47

on the cards. She is a supreme

competitor as she proved

1:17:471:17:53

consistently over the last three

years. Here she goes for the last

1:17:531:17:57

time. Still the Americans to come.

Starting off well. Pretty good

1:17:571:18:04

start.

1:18:041:18:05

This snow absolutely throwing itself

down on this course, going to be a

1:18:091:18:15

clean run. She has dropped a second.

The German leads, can she ride the

1:18:151:18:21

course well? This could be a

situation which will be nerve

1:18:211:18:26

tingling as it always has been with

Alex, back in first, can she hang

1:18:261:18:31

on? She took a real big hit, almost

the same position as in the first

1:18:311:18:37

run, still in first place, getting

faster. Come on, keep it going

1:18:371:18:43

cleanly, dropped a little, into the

finish, the last chance, she is in

1:18:431:18:48

first place, Great Britain has a

medal! Such relief for the team.

1:18:481:18:56

Points 16 head, that does not

matter. An Olympic medal. Something

1:18:561:19:02

she has not managed to achieve in

major championships, she has cracked

1:19:021:19:09

that one.

1:19:091:19:10

STUDIO: difficult conditions. It was

snowing really hard.

1:19:201:19:23

STUDIO: difficult conditions. It was

snowing really hard.

Day 13 was the

1:19:231:19:29

only day it snowed in Salt Lake

City, I am a small slider, I did not

1:19:291:19:33

have much weight, to get through the

snow, it changes the way you slide

1:19:331:19:38

the track. We had training in

beautiful sunshine, I had not raised

1:19:381:19:42

in the snow on that track ever, we

turned up in completely new

1:19:421:19:47

conditions, new track, speed,

steering.

If we have a look at how

1:19:471:19:54

women have performed in skeleton,

you lead the way with your Bronze

1:19:541:19:58

medal. Since then, a silver medal

from Shelley Rudman, gold from Amy

1:19:581:20:05

Williams and Lizzy Yarnold, who is

trying to become the first British

1:20:051:20:09

athlete ever to successfully defend

a Winter Olympics title and that is

1:20:091:20:13

a very impressive list of results.

The other impressive thing, Laura

1:20:131:20:19

Deas are pushing Lizzy Yarnold, both

posting good training times, they

1:20:191:20:23

start tomorrow. Laura has done

really well in the World Cup.

1:20:231:20:27

Finishing above Lizzy Yarnold, in

the top ten in most of the races,

1:20:271:20:33

they work well together, both

strong, this track suits a British

1:20:331:20:39

slider, it's a new track, not many

people know the way of the curves

1:20:391:20:43

and everything, it's not like a

German in Germany or an Austrian in

1:20:431:20:48

Austria, far more of a level playing

field and as the Brits, we don't

1:20:481:20:52

have our own track, that suits us,

we are going dude at going out to

1:20:521:20:59

somewhere, learning and unfamiliar

track.

All the team members have

1:20:591:21:04

said that. All the fuss about the

suits that have been passed.

As we

1:21:041:21:09

knew they would be. Of course.

It's

come down to race time.

Cope with

1:21:091:21:15

the track, pressure, the world is

watching Team GB in skeleton because

1:21:151:21:21

we are a force to be reckoned with.

They love the fact there is four

1:21:211:21:26

runs in the Olympic sliding,

normally two in World Cups, Lizzy

1:21:261:21:31

Yarnold likes the fact there is more

pressure for every run.

The

1:21:311:21:36

attention in the skeleton has always

been on the women but can the main

1:21:361:21:42

feature? Dom Parsons and Jerry Rice

featuring, Dominic featuring in

1:21:421:21:47

training, let's pick up the

commentary. Amy Williams joining

1:21:471:21:51

John Jackson and John Hunt.

1:21:511:21:53

COMMENTATOR:. The favourite for

gold.

1:21:581:22:09

gold. Yun Sungbin. Listen to the

raw. Had an unbelievable clash with

1:22:111:22:23

Dukurs.

You will see the difference

in his sliding compared with the

1:22:231:22:30

others. A lot cleaner. You don't see

much going on on the sled. The last

1:22:301:22:37

two sliders that came down the

left-hand group on your TV screen, a

1:22:371:22:43

little bit of a wobble, the lines

are perfect, the helmet this guy

1:22:431:22:49

has, brilliant, look at the lead.

Going to smash them out. He will be

1:22:491:22:55

the one to set the standard, we

expected this, clean and fast and

1:22:551:23:01

he's offered a second quicker than

anyone else.

Track record.

1:23:011:23:10

Next up, young, for Germany. --

Jungk.

Starting with his hand in the

1:23:121:23:27

middle, that is a risky option.

Can

that happen? Yes, these athletes

1:23:271:23:33

train so hard on their start and you

hope it's a good groove cut out. You

1:23:331:23:40

have to do what you feel

comfortable, whether you feel more

1:23:401:23:44

comfortable running on the right or

left and fought groove are you going

1:23:441:23:47

to choose. He has to be careful,

make sure his core is strong, and

1:23:471:23:53

not putting too much weight on the

handle, Germany getting some clean

1:23:531:23:57

rides so far. Using his feet. To toe

tap, change the angle of the sled.

1:23:571:24:06

Looking good but his time relative

to Jungk, way off, perhaps

1:24:061:24:10

illustrating how good Jungk was. A

high-class athlete. Made to look

1:24:101:24:19

ordinary by Yun Sungbin. Dukurs

beaten by a Canadian in Sochi. Now

1:24:191:24:28

he tries again. Fourth Olympic

Games. The narrative here, is he

1:24:281:24:31

going to be beaten by a Korean?

Absolutely fantastic to watch,

1:24:311:24:38

power, then relaxes, his feet dart

to the left very early. Jacko,

1:24:381:24:46

usually he is absolutely mustered.

A

lot of people coming out of the

1:24:461:24:51

left-hand groove, seems to give them

a little bit of issues, they are

1:24:511:24:56

struggling to control the sled.

Between him and the Korean, it's for

1:24:561:25:02

gold and silver. Bronze is

potentially up for grabs with

1:25:021:25:07

anybody else. Just made a little

mistake, will bat be the difference?

1:25:071:25:16

Normally so good at finding speed on

this track, let's see how

1:25:161:25:19

unforgiving this track is.

Probably

going to go second, Dukurs, he

1:25:191:25:26

dropped right off. Jungk stays ahead

of him. Yun Sungbin with that

1:25:261:25:35

devastating first-run already has a

massive advantage over his key

1:25:351:25:38

competitors. Can any of this next

wave of athletes do anything about

1:25:381:25:45

this amazing lead that Yun Sungbin

has already? The Olympic Athletes

1:25:451:25:50

from Russia, 23 years old, this man,

yesterday. Four time world champion,

1:25:501:26:01

coming into these Olympic Games

ranked number five in the world.

1:26:011:26:05

Quality athlete.

Clearly up there in

the rankings with nothing to lose.

1:26:051:26:11

Let's just see how he does, so far,

looking like he has some really good

1:26:111:26:16

lines down this track, all about

getting the oscillation, the highs

1:26:161:26:22

and lows of the corner, what you are

trying to do with each corner is

1:26:221:26:27

cancelled them out, no real highs or

knows, keep the fastest line. Corner

1:26:271:26:32

looking good. Clean line into 13,

got to hold it together for the

1:26:321:26:40

uphill section coming through. As

long as he doesn't make any

1:26:401:26:43

mistakes, he will go second. Pretty

decent run, there he is, into

1:26:431:26:48

second. Behind Yun Sungbin, three

tenths the hind him.

Dom Parsons

1:26:481:26:57

goes next, Great Britain, the 30

year rule from London, his second

1:26:571:27:01

Olympic Games, been flying in

training, Tyne Amy Williams to put

1:27:011:27:05

that into practice.

Deep breath, the

nerves are here. -- Timon Amy

1:27:051:27:12

Williams.

1:27:121:27:12

Good runs out Winter Berg and Saint

Moritz. Get a good start. We could

1:27:151:27:25

be in for a really excellent 50

seconds.

Not too bad, not brilliant,

1:27:251:27:31

could be extra tension in his legs,

got on really well with this track

1:27:311:27:36

in training, but it is race day. The

pressure of the runs. So far, not

1:27:361:27:44

looking too bad, his legs are a

little bit all over the place,

1:27:441:27:48

having to fight a bit, let's hope he

stays relaxed. Good line, slightly

1:27:481:27:54

different than those going into

corner 12, this is the part of the

1:27:541:27:58

track he needs to hold it together,

a little clip which probably will

1:27:581:28:04

cost him, the uphill section into

14.

Still going to be top ten, may

1:28:041:28:09

be nearer five or six, he is better

than that. Into fourth. Gone ahead

1:28:091:28:19

of the magnificent Two, less than a

10th of a second off the bronze

1:28:191:28:22

medal position.

This is what we have

seen, when he has got it right he is

1:28:221:28:31

faster than the chorion. He has to

mail the technical part. Exit nine,

1:28:311:28:36

down the street, move himself into

the bronze medal position.

Next up

1:28:361:28:43

will be the second Briton, Jerry

Rice. Rated 19 in the world. His

1:28:431:28:49

first Olympic Games. Reading if you

of his biographies, he sounds like a

1:28:491:28:56

bit of a character, likes fun and

games but now his Olympic Games get

1:28:561:28:59

serious.

He did a team-building fun

I was part of the GB setup and he is

1:28:591:29:08

a really nice guy.

Sled a lot in San

Moritz. Great start. Has to stay

1:29:081:29:19

cool, calm and collected. But

looking really good.

19th in the

1:29:191:29:25

World Championships last year. Going

very well. Lovely first half. One of

1:29:251:29:30

these sliders.

When he gets it

right, he can put himself in the

1:29:301:29:35

mix. A little bit late.

He just

needed to put his head down a

1:29:351:29:40

little. Looking too much at the next

corner but this looks like a really,

1:29:401:29:45

really good run.

Could easily be top

ten, round two 16, wonderful run,

1:29:451:29:52

goes 10th! Yun Sungbin a big leader.

Dom Parsons a share of fifth stop

1:29:521:30:00

11th, Jerry Rice. Some real victims

to be fired over the next ten

1:30:001:30:07

minutes. Dukurs, fourth in Sochi and

Vancouver. Make no mistake, his

1:30:071:30:17

brother is the headline of the

double act but this man wants to get

1:30:171:30:20

involved.

1:30:201:30:25

He is really wanting this, get down

fast, hold it together. It is really

1:30:321:30:38

steep to start with, then a flat

section between four and five, you

1:30:381:30:41

have to keep it together, get a

perfect exit line down this

1:30:411:30:46

straight, he is just letting it

drift but he knows how to control it

1:30:461:30:49

into the 12th corner.

One thing the

Latvians do have, a beautiful style,

1:30:491:30:55

nice and relaxed, and they just let

the corners do the work for them.

1:30:551:31:00

His shoulders haven't once lifted

off the sled. Down in first place,

1:31:001:31:08

impressive time.

So impressive,

three tenths of a second quicker

1:31:081:31:11

than his first run, and that will

shoot him well forward. He was

1:31:111:31:15

already beautifully sat in second

place, and that is now what Dom

1:31:151:31:20

Parsons has got to do. He is next

for Great Britain. Here he is,

1:31:201:31:27

second run. Tomass Dukurs has just

throwing down a big statement run.

1:31:271:31:32

The same start time as his other

one, a very consistent slider, just

1:31:321:31:37

have to keep it together.

He went

50.85 in the first run, and 50 .7,

1:31:371:31:46

given what we have just seen from

Tomass Dukurs would be fantastic

1:31:461:31:50

here.

He has also been fast when he

hasn't quite got it right, and his

1:31:501:31:55

first run wasn't quite right in

places, but this is where it counts.

1:31:551:31:59

That is one of the best lines we

have seen, so is he now going to

1:31:591:32:04

start pulling himself forward

towards the medals and forget about

1:32:041:32:07

the Latvians behind him? This is

what we need.

He is catching Tomass

1:32:071:32:13

Dukurs Nehra. Looking smooth to the

finish, and Dom Parsons goes to the

1:32:131:32:17

front. What a finish that was! And

he has done exactly what Dukurs did,

1:32:171:32:24

and that puts pressure on those

above him. The medal chase for

1:32:241:32:28

Britain is on here.

1:32:281:32:33

Also in equal fifth place, Martins

Dukurs, the legendary Martins

1:32:331:32:39

Dukurs, twice won a silver medal at

the Olympic Games, and now he is

1:32:391:32:44

going to have to try to chase down

Parsons.

He has had the fastest push

1:32:441:32:49

of the day, jointly with the Korean,

and these guys are now just going

1:32:491:32:55

for it. Medals are up for grabs,

they know they want to go into the

1:32:551:33:00

next day of races as fast as they

can.

He looks like he is losing a

1:33:001:33:05

lot of time to Dom at the top of the

track, but is there enough track

1:33:051:33:14

left for Dom Parsons to rein in the

legendary Latvian speeder?

1:33:141:33:23

Around the 15 final curve, only

three hundredths in it. Can you

1:33:231:33:30

believe Dom Parsons is only three

hundredths of the magnificent

1:33:301:33:34

Martins Dukurs? He knows how close

ears. Make no mistake, he is in the

1:33:341:33:38

mix here.

1:33:381:33:43

Currently in second place, the

Olympic athlete of Russia, this is

1:33:431:33:47

Nick de

1:33:471:33:53

Nick de Jager Bob -- this is Nikita

Tregubov, it was his birthday

1:33:531:34:02

yesterday, and I hope his

celebrations were not too heavy

1:34:021:34:04

because he needs a good run here.

Solid start time in fifth place, so

1:34:041:34:09

the start of the pushchair is so

important. These athletes train that

1:34:091:34:13

whole lives, also, to really get as

fast and strong as they can, that

1:34:131:34:18

explosiveness off the blocks, and

then they have to learn how to slide

1:34:181:34:22

and drive and know how to feel

comfortable on the sled. Just using

1:34:221:34:27

his feet to steer through that

section of ten and 11, good clean

1:34:271:34:31

lines. He has not made any major

mistakes, I think we are going to

1:34:311:34:37

see him with a fast time here.

No

mistake, Nikita Tregubov is a

1:34:371:34:45

contender for sure, and he is over a

tenth of a second ahead of Dukurs,

1:34:451:34:56

and ahead of Parsons. The Korean

Sungbin Yun will be the last ago. We

1:34:561:35:03

have been talking about hundredths

of a second, tenths of a second,

1:35:031:35:07

this guy after the first run was

three tenths of a second clear of

1:35:071:35:11

anybody else. If he can put that in

again, we could already half but the

1:35:111:35:16

gold around his neck.

And there you

are, his start time, I could hear

1:35:161:35:24

the phenomenal start time, a

season's record.

This is great. This

1:35:241:35:31

is what he has come to do, and new

start record and it wouldn't

1:35:311:35:35

surprise me to see a new track

record as well. He is going to open

1:35:351:35:39

the taps, but the afterburners on.

You can see him lifting his

1:35:391:35:42

shoulders, he doesn't look quite

subtle, but it is working.

Seven

1:35:421:35:50

hundredths in the lead.

Seven

tenths, the league! And growing all

1:35:501:35:53

the time as well. No mistakes, a

little bit of steering with his

1:35:531:35:58

right foot, magnificent.

74

hundredths, and a new track record,

1:35:581:36:05

you can hear the crowds outside,

absolutely spectacular run. He was

1:36:051:36:11

using his feet, so he wasn't

thinking he was on the perfect

1:36:111:36:13

lines, but that is how to slide this

track, 50.07.

It is incredible, he

1:36:131:36:22

has come for business. Sungbin Yun

has taken the first two runs a here

1:36:221:36:27

in Pyeongchang, and is massive

favourite to now go on and win gold.

1:36:271:36:33

But the great news for Great Britain

is that there are five others going

1:36:331:36:37

to chase the other two medals, and

Britain's Dom Parsons in fourth

1:36:371:36:41

place is one of those. He has put

himself in a great position, as

1:36:411:36:46

Jerry Rice is 12th. Bobbie let's get

the views of Alex Coomber.

1:36:461:36:52

Most home tracks give a massive

advantage, because that athletes can

1:37:001:37:05

train way more times there that

other nations can. If you go for a

1:37:051:37:09

World Cup, you might get six

training runs maximum. If you are in

1:37:091:37:12

the country, you can train months of

time. So he will have made sure he

1:37:121:37:18

has a lot of advantage from that.

Dom Parsons, he is just on the edge,

1:37:181:37:22

he needs to improve a little bit

more. He could get a medal. Talk us

1:37:221:37:27

through his second run, and

particularly his start.

1:37:271:37:31

Unfortunately for Dom, I'm not quite

sure what is going on at the moment.

1:37:311:37:34

Here he is at the start, but he was

quite slow, 4.88, if which you

1:37:341:37:43

compare it to Sungbin Yun, 4.59, he

is losing three tenths of a second

1:37:431:37:52

start. He is not working the sled

too hard, relaxing, not going to

1:37:521:37:58

high into the corners, not going in

coming out too late, and what that

1:37:581:38:02

means is he is not having to steer

very much at all, and the less

1:38:021:38:05

steering you can do, the the run.

Quite often you see the men being

1:38:051:38:11

very physical, a lot of movement in

the legs and feet compared to the

1:38:111:38:13

women.

This is that I have noticed

in the past as well, the men try to

1:38:131:38:19

fight their way down the track, they

try to beat the track, whereas the

1:38:191:38:22

women tend to trust the track a bit

more and relax and go with it. And

1:38:221:38:26

that does make a big difference,

because as I say you don't want to

1:38:261:38:29

be slowing yourself down by

steering. The good thing about this

1:38:291:38:33

run is he had a top speed out of

everyone, 80.9 miles per hour, the

1:38:331:38:40

only athlete to break the 130

kilometres per hour barrier, so if

1:38:401:38:44

he can improve on his start, he has

a good chance.

And it is also

1:38:441:38:49

starting to believe as well. This

isn't a position that he has been in

1:38:491:38:53

before at an Olympic Games. Not even

in World Cups he has that close to

1:38:531:38:58

challenge.

He has been on the podium

in a World Cup, but he was eighth at

1:38:581:39:02

the last Olympics, so he is

definitely time to progress his way

1:39:021:39:05

up the field. He has been doing that

occasionally, but in the big life of

1:39:051:39:10

the elegance, that is something

completely different.

And to

1:39:101:39:13

transition those training ones where

he was really fast and an underdog

1:39:131:39:21

into that, that was impressive.

He

got a lot of media attention

1:39:211:39:23

quickly, because he was fast, but

you don't know what the other

1:39:231:39:27

athletes were doing.

And you are

saying about that track, it takes a

1:39:271:39:31

lot of understanding, and a fair bit

of manoeuvring.

This track is a

1:39:311:39:37

drivers track, there are some in the

world where you could take Linford

1:39:371:39:41

Christie, he could blast of the top

and hold on a get down, probably do

1:39:411:39:44

quite well, but you can't do this on

this track. You have got to be over

1:39:441:39:48

to drive it. If you're not able to

drive, you will crash and have bad

1:39:481:39:53

experiences.

But equally he needs

more speed up the top. He need a bit

1:39:531:39:57

of Linford

1:39:571:39:58

more speed up the top. He need a bit

of Linford!

If he could find a

1:39:581:40:02

tense, maybe, I think he has a

massive opportunities.

And that is

1:40:021:40:05

surely easy to win, start? If he is

excelling with a driving on all

1:40:051:40:10

these difficult corners, a little

bit of power other started

1:40:101:40:13

everything could change.

That is

what makes this track so exciting. A

1:40:131:40:16

lot of tracks you could say even if

you had a too tense lead, it is

1:40:161:40:20

taken as read that that person will

win. -- a two tenths lead.

His third

1:40:201:40:28

run is at 12:30pm, and medals

decided from 2:15am, and this time

1:40:281:40:34

tomorrow morning we could be sitting

here with a British medal in the

1:40:341:40:37

bag, and hopefully more to come

because the winner will be Goering

1:40:371:40:39

at this time tomorrow for their

first runs, -- gearing up for their

1:40:391:40:47

first runs. Lizzy Yarnold is the

defending champion, but what about

1:40:471:40:52

Laura Deas, our other contender?

Nick Hope went to see her and knows

1:40:521:40:57

that she is ready for liftoff.

1:40:571:41:00

You never quite know what is going

to happen. It is down to you in that

1:41:081:41:13

moment. Nobody else.

1:41:131:41:20

moment. Nobody else.

Talk about not

feeling like a skeleton athlete, you

1:41:201:41:22

won't always a skeleton athlete? You

had quite a different background?

It

1:41:221:41:26

was unusual in the fact that I came

from an equestrian background.

How

1:41:261:41:30

big a switch was that? Your whole

mindset must have changed.

I had

1:41:301:41:35

never been in a gym environment that

before, I had literally never

1:41:351:41:39

stepped inside a gym until I was put

through my paces the Skeleton

1:41:391:41:42

trials, so it was a shock for my

body. And the focus also was

1:41:421:41:49

because, when I was the rider, it

was about how is the horse feeling,

1:41:491:41:53

how are they moving, what is

happening underneath me? And all of

1:41:531:41:56

a sudden it's about how am I feeling

and what am I doing. There are a lot

1:41:561:42:01

of parallels, but that sensitivity

with what is happening underneath

1:42:011:42:03

you, having to plan the route, think

quickly, all of those things

1:42:031:42:08

transfer really well, so in some

ways it was quite a good crossover.

1:42:081:42:14

How much does your relationship with

Lizzy help? To work together must

1:42:141:42:19

help you both perform.

It is good to

have summary to work with who

1:42:191:42:24

understand everything you are going

through, if you have a tough session

1:42:241:42:27

together or a tough day at the track

together, there is somebody you can

1:42:271:42:30

go and have a cup of tea together

and talk about it, which is really

1:42:301:42:34

nice. And I think we push each other

in a really positive way as well. As

1:42:341:42:38

soon as we step on the track, we are

super competitive and we both want

1:42:381:42:42

to win, and I think the fact that we

are both seeing ourselves and each

1:42:421:42:46

other and podium contenders means we

are constantly pushing each other

1:42:461:42:49

forward as well, but we are both

part of a wider team, and every body

1:42:491:42:54

tries to bring their A-game on race

day.

There has been so much British

1:42:541:43:00

success in Skeleton a recent

Olympics. Have you watched on whilst

1:43:001:43:04

Amy Williams has won marigold, and

Lizzy Yarnold in 2014?

I remember

1:43:041:43:09

very vividly sitting and watching

Amy do her first two runs in

1:43:091:43:13

Vancouver, and I remember feeling

this powerful feeling that I was in

1:43:131:43:20

this same programme as this athlete

currently leading the Olympics, and

1:43:201:43:25

if she could do it than I can as

well. On the fact that Lizzy went on

1:43:251:43:31

to do the same thing reinforce that,

so it is exciting.

And for you, what

1:43:311:43:35

do you feel is possible?

I

definitely feel that I can go and

1:43:351:43:38

win a medal. I have beaten every

single person in that field, so I

1:43:381:43:44

know that if things go right and I

bring my a game, then I could be on

1:43:441:43:49

the podium.

She knows it even more

now, because her training times have

1:43:491:43:53

been very good. She is right there.

Lizzy has been improving, getting

1:43:531:44:00

faster and faster, but law is

capable of winning a medal.

She

1:44:001:44:03

hasn't really had the limelight

before so I hope the pressure

1:44:031:44:06

doesn't get to her, she hasn't had

the position where every body is

1:44:061:44:09

looking at her and see if she can do

it and prove a point, so hopefully

1:44:091:44:13

she just needs to stay strong and

remember what she could do, which is

1:44:131:44:17

start really well, drive really well

and keep her head, and I think she

1:44:171:44:20

has a great chance to be one of

those, you would expect at her name

1:44:201:44:25

to be there and she might be there

at the end.

How did you control it?

1:44:251:44:28

When you are standing at the top of

your first Olympic run, it has got

1:44:281:44:31

to feel different, the whole thing

looks different.

It was quite

1:44:311:44:36

strange, even from the opening

ceremony I can remember standing

1:44:361:44:38

there, we were outside the stadium

and coming in, and I'm thinking,

1:44:381:44:42

this is really weird, this is just

like the Olympics. And to try to say

1:44:421:44:46

to yourself, it isn't like the

Olympics, it is actually the

1:44:461:44:50

Olympics. And that stayed with me

all the way through, because a week

1:44:501:44:53

before I had been to Bob track

racing skeleton with all these

1:44:531:44:56

people, and here I was again doing

it again with these people, but

1:44:561:44:59

there were lots of crowds. So I'm

not sure I really got the enormity

1:44:591:45:04

of it at the time. I think it takes

a little while afterwards future

1:45:041:45:07

relies that this is something really

significant special.

And Laura made

1:45:071:45:11

reference to it, Chemmy, the joy of

having a team-mate with you, and

1:45:111:45:16

sadly you didn't have the luxury of

that most of the time you are

1:45:161:45:19

racing, somebody with you from your

country was understanding and

1:45:191:45:22

supportive and is your friend.

It is

tough at the top, and they are going

1:45:221:45:26

through these emotions of

excitement, disappointment, success,

1:45:261:45:29

and they can share all that, and it

is the first time we have a two

1:45:291:45:33

females at the top of Skeleton

working so closely together, and

1:45:331:45:35

look at what it is doing to them. In

this high-pressure environment, they

1:45:351:45:40

have got each other to disclose

their fears, because there are

1:45:401:45:43

fears, especially when you have done

well in training runs. You want to

1:45:431:45:47

say to someone, I am scared I would

deliver on race day. And your friend

1:45:471:45:51

is saying the same back to you, so

it is nice to have that.

And it is

1:45:511:45:55

now eight o'clock in the evening in

South Korea, so they are getting to

1:45:551:45:58

that couple of hours we are going to

going to go to bed and tomorrow

1:45:581:46:01

morning when we up, this is our

chance. And at 11:20am tomorrow, UK

1:46:011:46:07

time, that is when you need to be

watching this programme. That will

1:46:071:46:13

be there first and second runs, and

then come Saturday, we have got a

1:46:131:46:17

whole, one hopes, let's hope the

first two runs a red tie, we have

1:46:171:46:22

both Lizzy and Laura going again,

and Elise Christie as well,

1:46:221:46:29

hopefully a great Saturday morning.

1:46:291:46:35

double act but this man wants to get

involved.

1:46:351:46:37

The Jamaican OB slave women, the

coach has been sacked. -- the

1:46:371:46:49

Jamaican bobsleigh women... She was

a hugely destructive force, that is

1:46:511:46:59

from the Jamaican bobsleigh

President. Actually she has worked

1:46:591:47:05

really well with the athletes, the

latest is that she has actually left

1:47:051:47:09

the camp, she was saying she was

going to take the bobsleigh with

1:47:091:47:12

her. Sandra is her name, she is

German and won a medal in Turing,

1:47:121:47:19

she said it was her bob, she could

take it with, this is still to be

1:47:191:47:25

discussed.

It's so sad for the

actual girls themselves. What are

1:47:251:47:32

they going to do. It has all come

down to now, I would have liked it

1:47:321:47:37

to be resolved in a different way.

Alex, you are on tonight. Yes. Hope

1:47:371:47:47

to see you then. The curling is just

about to start. We will be there

1:47:471:47:56

shortly, live, here is the British

team, the four of them, really

1:47:561:48:01

experienced, working well together,

the car relaxed Vicky Adams is. They

1:48:011:48:06

smile so much, Anna Sloan is the one

playing those keystones before she

1:48:061:48:13

hands the hammer to Eve Muirhead,

they need a win having lost against

1:48:131:48:18

the US a this morning. They have got

to win the game against China, we

1:48:181:48:24

will be there later, the Alpine

programme has kicked off armour we

1:48:241:48:30

are spoiled for riches. We are going

to talk about the women's giant

1:48:301:48:34

slalom. Top to us about Alex Tilley.

She is an the form of her life. --

1:48:341:48:43

Tok to us. She pushed herself. The

only link

1:48:431:48:50

Tok to us. She pushed herself. The

only link turned, a little bit of

1:48:501:48:53

pressure underneath the gate but her

technique is spot-on. Using the

1:48:531:48:57

terrain really well, getting their

skis working like a pendulum. From

1:48:571:49:02

here down, the line went slightly,

she is doing too much underneath the

1:49:021:49:09

gate, she is still digging. The

blink of an eye, she comes through

1:49:091:49:16

the banana gate, knows she has to

carry the speed from steep to flat.

1:49:161:49:23

She had a little bit too much

pressure on the tail of the ski.

It

1:49:231:49:27

flipped really fast. Steep and I

see. You cannot control that, you

1:49:271:49:33

have got to charge this key, bend

the ski after, too many forces, you

1:49:331:49:41

see it, it catches, there is no

coming back from that.

What a shame.

1:49:411:49:47

You have got to finish first run to

have a chance of going in the

1:49:471:49:51

second.

She would have been in the

top 30. You get the benefit of a

1:49:511:49:57

clean course skiing first on the

second run. She has got the slalom

1:49:571:50:03

to come.

Angus crossed. Let's have a

look at the three who posted the

1:50:031:50:09

fastest times. -- fingers crossed.

Super clean track. One thing I

1:50:091:50:23

thought that Manuela did well, so

much rain. Steep flats, rollers in

1:50:231:50:29

the middle. So smooth. A mistake at

the end. In terms of a top to bottom

1:50:291:50:38

rung, solid and clean, setting the

market.

She looks like she bends

1:50:381:50:42

with the movement. A really light

athlete. Here is Michaela Shifrin.

1:50:421:50:50

The slalom got postponed. Her first

chance to lay down a marker. She

1:50:501:51:00

looks really strong. She made some

line errors.

So soft and supple, so

1:51:001:51:08

if fish and. But she said afterwards

she kept something back, she knew

1:51:081:51:14

she could go harder, this was the

Olympic Games, she was prepared to

1:51:141:51:17

put it all on the line. Italy did

well.

1:51:171:51:33

Bignoni showed her strength across

the disciplines. She stop before the

1:51:391:51:42

finish line. That is a real Ricky

mistake. That is what that noise

1:51:421:51:49

was.

I think it was someone in the

crowd with a would-be cushion.

1:51:491:51:53

Exactly.

Now they go in reverse

order. This top 30 reversed, the

1:51:531:51:59

girls who want the first run,

unfamiliar territory, going to stand

1:51:591:52:06

there and wait and watch the skiers

before her. Michaela Shifrin more

1:52:061:52:12

comfortable with that position. I am

not sure if the Italian can control

1:52:121:52:18

the nerves in the biggest race of

her life.

Now let's go to the

1:52:181:52:24

commentary from Matt Chilton.

1:52:241:52:30

COMMENTATOR: Bignoni in third.

Michaela Shifrin has got the

1:52:311:52:36

earphones in.

1:52:361:52:46

Look at that. Aggressive, accurate.

Giant slalom skiing. Handling the

1:52:481:52:58

jump well.

1:52:581:53:05

jump well. Added three tenths to her

lead. Sensational

1:53:051:53:17

lead. Sensational start for Ragnhild

Mowinckel from Norway. On the podium

1:53:171:53:22

in Valdes.

1:53:221:53:27

in Valdes. Capable of winning here

in Pyeongchang. A little stumble as

1:53:271:53:31

she came over at the roller. How has

damaged her time? .38, the advantage

1:53:311:53:37

she had last time the clock stopped,

in the red zone, only just. She

1:53:371:53:43

knows she has made errors, she has

to take a risk if she is to

1:53:431:53:53

to take a risk if she is to remove

Viktoria Rebensburg. Gold medal

1:53:561:54:00

position for Ragnhild Mowinckel.

What a finish. And her outstanding

1:54:001:54:07

season continues. She leads the

Olympic giant slalom.

1:54:071:54:16

Ragnhild Mowinckel has gold at the

moment, Viktoria Rebensburg has

1:54:161:54:21

silver. But Fino has bronze.

1:54:211:54:32

silver. But Fino has bronze. Bignoni

is away. A superb technician. Also

1:54:321:54:39

learned to ski downhill in super-g

in recent seasons and that has

1:54:391:54:44

helped her straight line speed. .26

was her lead at the top. That has

1:54:441:54:50

been reduced. Ragnhild Mowinckel's

secret was nailing the top ten

1:54:501:54:57

turns, the current leader. That is

where she was better than anyone

1:54:571:55:02

else.

1:55:021:55:06

else. Brignoni, back in the green

area, back in front. Brignoni having

1:55:101:55:15

to work hard through some of these

turns, a little late again. Ragnhild

1:55:151:55:20

Mowinckel next split... It's only

two hundredths. So tight. The second

1:55:201:55:29

run of the Olympic giant slalom, one

could still ski into a medal

1:55:291:55:34

position but what colour will it be?

Almost tone for Italy, she tucks in,

1:55:341:55:39

goes into silver. With just two

skiers to come, Ragnhild Mowinckel

1:55:391:55:50

is guaranteed a medal.

1:55:501:55:56

is guaranteed a medal. Now it's the

turn of Michaela Shifrin. .35 per

1:55:561:56:05

advantage after the first leg. She

pushes out of the start, pushing

1:56:051:56:11

between gate one and gate two. She

is the finest exponent of giant

1:56:111:56:22

slalom and slalom skiing in the

world right now, a league of her own

1:56:221:56:25

when it comes to the technical

aspect of the sport. They smooth,

1:56:251:56:32

error free start, her advantage over

Ragnhild Mowinckel has been reduced

1:56:321:56:36

slightly but still green as she

comes into this first section.

1:56:361:56:46

comes into this first section. She

is getting after this giant slalom

1:56:461:56:48

second run. The slalom champion four

years ago at the age of 18, now at

1:56:481:56:55

22 looking for her second Olympic

title. She could win three possibly

1:56:551:57:02

four gold medals in Pyeongchang in

2018 and she is on her way to gold

1:57:021:57:06

in the position now if she stays on

her feet. Lightning quick from

1:57:061:57:12

Michaela Shifrin from top to bottom,

she is good enough, she has got the

1:57:121:57:17

gold medal. With one pump editor to

go. She risked everything on the

1:57:171:57:23

last six turns. -- with one

competitor to go. She leads the way.

1:57:231:57:34

Just one skier to come.

1:57:341:57:36

The veteran Italian. 34 years old.

Manuela Moelgg. We have got used

1:57:491:58:01

over the years to saying this second

run charges from Manuela Moelgg when

1:58:011:58:06

she puts her foot to the floor and

takes chances. Makes a mistake in

1:58:061:58:10

the early stages, trails Michaela

Shifrin, not the smoothest start for

1:58:101:58:18

Manuela Moelgg but plenty of time

left on this rainbow course. The

1:58:181:58:23

Italian, to put herself back in

contention. .63, potentially out of

1:58:231:58:28

the medals. The Italian made a

couple of errors, the course has

1:58:281:58:35

seen 29 others go before, it has

suffered erosion with all the Steel

1:58:351:58:41

ages slicing through and there is no

way back. Michaela Shifrin will be

1:58:411:58:46

the Olympic champion, Ragnhild

Mowinckel will take the silver,

1:58:461:58:52

Brignoni the bronze. And I think

Manuela Moelgg will leave the giant

1:58:521:58:56

slalom empty-handed, can she buy it

back? She is only eight, no luck for

1:58:561:59:02

Manuela Moelgg. Michaela Shifrin is

the Olympic champion for the second

1:59:021:59:08

time. She begins her quest for a

handful of Olympic medals with

1:59:081:59:14

victory in the giant slalom by .30

nine. Temp max one taking the

1:59:141:59:22

bronze. Gold to Michaela Shifrin.

Not the biggest surprise, slalom is

1:59:221:59:31

the thing for her, she is stepping

it up.

She is amazing, winning two

1:59:311:59:38

World Cups this year, more

challenging, a bigger field. We

1:59:381:59:44

thought it was going to be a big

battle with the German, she does

1:59:441:59:50

create sections but she comes forth

which is the first position. E-mail

1:59:501:59:57

athletes celebrated the best.

Ragnhild Mowinckel, the first

1:59:572:00:02

Norwegian medal since 1936.

Extraordinary. She has fought so

2:00:022:00:09

hard, always technically great, to

see her finding her peak, but yes,

2:00:092:00:14

the Michaela Shifrin shall have

started.

Too much pressure for a

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Manuela Moelgg going last.

Brignoni

winning a medal. That podium making

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history, left right and centre,

really great, we waited a long time

2:00:262:00:31

for the Alpine female events to

start and they delivered an amazing

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course. Testing so many skills which

is what the Olympics is about.

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Let's talk about Mikaela Shiffrin.

She is going to be the star. Why is

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she such a good skier, everybody

talks about her technique, what is

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it she does?

She just has the touch,

which is really hard to learn. It

2:00:542:01:01

has been there from her upbringing,

through grassroots sports to where

2:01:012:01:06

she is now. She makes it look so

easy. It takes a lot of time and

2:01:062:01:11

effort. She has an amazing touch on

the skis. She flows from side to

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side and it is incredible. That is

why she is able to change those

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skills through the disciplines.

Right now on the red button, the

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Biathlon about to start, the men's

toughest and most traditional event,

2:01:262:01:31

the 20 kilometre individual.

2:01:312:01:36

the 20 kilometre individual. We

promised you live curling and that

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is where we are heading now because

Great Britain had a disappointing

2:01:392:01:43

loss, the women earlier today. They

are now in action against China. We

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are getting to the tricky crucial

end to end one. Let's join Steve

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Cram.

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COMMENTATOR: Thank you, Claire. Eve

Muirhead, she catches her own on the

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way through. That's not going to sit

in the house. She needed to go past

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the yellow. Slight mistake from Eve

Muirhead. And yes, after the defeat

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against the USA earlier, this is a

crunch match against China. By their

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own admission. They were missing too

many shots this morning. Although

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they were always in the game, right

up until Eve Muirhead's last stone

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where she could have tied it to go

into an extra end, it just slipped

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by. Not by much, but that was

typical for the whole match. Jackie

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Lockhart, this first end hasn't gone

their way either?

No, a couple of

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errors slipping in already. They had

to settle and think about the shop

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they are playing in. If they are not

going to make the first shot, make

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sure they have a second shot

available.

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available.

It is a very experienced

Chinese team, led by Wang Bingyu.

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Former Olympic medallist in 2002 in

Vancouver when Eve Muirhead was just

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19. Jackie was there as well. A lot

of experience at the top of this

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team. The skip and the third, they

played together for so many years.

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Zhou Yan. Olympic medals and

championship medals. Third Olympics

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for those two. They have a couple of

young players in this team. They

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should have had a couple of

victories because they were leading

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against OAR.

Eve Muirhead, she had a

similar shot. They both had chances

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to draw and score in the last end to

win the game and neither of them did

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it. Great Britain and China both

coming off a defeat and will be

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desperate for the win.

One, not what

Eve wanted. I was hoping it was a

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chance for two, but you saw, just as

you joined us, catching her own

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stone on the way in trying to remove

the Chinese stone. Not always the

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best way to start a match, if you do

have a hammer, blank the end and

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take it through to the next end,

hopefully get two. They were over on

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another sheet this morning. They

struggled early on with the

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conditions of the ice. Missed too

many shots. We have already seen one

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or two slip by?

Yes, they have the

unfortunate game here of where they

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are playing on the outside sheets.

This sheet is closest to the

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audience will run slightly

difference to this sheet that is on

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the inside of the stones. But they

have to manage that, these are not

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inexperienced players. They should

know it is a matter of understanding

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what side needs a little bit more

weight and which sides days

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straight.

If it is the first time

you have watched the women's team,

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Lauren Gray, the lead. Vicki Adams

plays seconds, Anna Sloan third. Eve

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Muirhead, the skip plays the last

two stones.

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two stones. Lauren Gray, one or two

wayward stones but has generally had

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a good competition so far.

Yes, even

this morning, Lauren had a good

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game, she said the girls at well. It

wasn't just one person was having an

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off game, it was kind of the top

three girls were just having a bit

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of an average game. They certainly

were not playing badly, just the

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shots they were making or not on the

side they should have been.

This is

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one of the youngsters,

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one of the youngsters, just 22 Ma

Jingyi. Just putting a guard in

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place. She has played very well

indeed. If your league isn't doing

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their job, it makes everything much

more difficult. -- lead.

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more difficult. -- lead.

This

Chinese team, as you said, two young

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players at the front-end playing

with them this year. It is a good

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thing because if you have youngsters

who are inspired by what is skip has

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done before, they will play really

well for you, look up to. Anything

2:07:212:07:26

you ask them to do, they will

perform the shot. But there's a

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little bit high, she had to be a lot

closer to the rings and on the

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centre line, not the start we are

looking for. Even though it is in

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the second end, they are going to

have to step it up just a little bit

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more.

Almost carrying on where they

left off this morning. Not what they

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once, but plenty of time.

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once, but plenty of time. Just

hitting that out, right on the nose

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so it doesn't come across. Even

asking for that shot to be played.

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It is a long way out of the guard.

This team, Wang Bingyu took some

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time-out, had a baby and had almost

three years out. Came back last year

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and put this new team together. And

Zhou Yan, who used to lead for her

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over the years, now playing third.

They have had a good last few

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months. They had to come to the

Olympic qualifying competition in

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December. And they warned. They

played really well and I think they

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have had a couple of good

competitions since then, so coming

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into this Olympic tournament with a

reasonable amount of confidence. She

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said when she came back she was

struggling with her fitness and her

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technique. But I think she has had

almost a year now.

Any time-out of

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this sport when you are competing

against the top athletes, who are

2:09:052:09:09

training every day, is really hard

to come back. You don't lose the

2:09:092:09:15

technique overnight, but what you

lose is the ability to recover

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quickly. Especially when you are

playing three games a day, long

2:09:192:09:24

weeks. Slow and steady has to be the

call here. She certainly isn't

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looking unset out there at the

moment.

Just watching over Eve

2:09:322:09:37

Muirhead. They have played each

other over the years. B was in the

2:09:372:09:41

Olympic Games in 2010. -- Eve.

2:09:412:09:49

Olympic Games in 2010. -- Eve. So

Vicki Adams, similar shot being

2:09:492:09:53

asked to execute.

2:09:532:10:00

asked to execute. Almost, this might

be a bit better.

2:10:002:10:07

be a bit better. Glenn Howard, the

coach for the British women. He

2:10:072:10:13

looks happy enough, doesn't he?

Eve

Muirhead decided last day, might

2:10:132:10:19

have been 18 months ago, to bring in

Glenn Howard from Canada to look up

2:10:192:10:26

the strategy of how they play. They

also have a team psychologist to

2:10:262:10:31

help them with the mental side of

the game.

2:10:312:10:38

the game. There is one thing for

sure, you cannot discredit them with

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not putting everything they've got

in place to be the best they could

2:10:432:10:46

be here. Very determined to get a

medal, better than the last time

2:10:462:10:55

when they got the bronze medal in

Sochi.

2:10:552:11:01

Sochi. Nothing but the gold medal

will do for Eve Muirhead.

Just

2:11:022:11:07

having to sleep hard to get that in.

It is behind the guard. Don't

2:11:072:11:12

forget, China with the hammer. We

are always bringing new fans to

2:11:122:11:18

this, when you don't have the

hammer, in general, what are you

2:11:182:11:23

trying to do?

If you don't have the

hammer, you are trying to block up

2:11:232:11:29

the fourth. If you do have the

hammer you are trying to draw shots

2:11:292:11:33

out to the wing, get them protected

by the guards and hopefully you will

2:11:332:11:37

have a simple shot to play with your

last stone to score more than two

2:11:372:11:40

shots. Unfortunately, Eve Muirhead

and her team are being forced out to

2:11:402:11:47

the wing at the moment. He really is

a game of cat and mouse out here.

2:11:472:11:54

You are trying one thing and the

opposition is trying something else

2:11:542:11:58

to stop you from doing it. Again, it

is as many stones closest to the

2:11:582:12:08

centre, out counting your opponents.

There is a lot of strategy about

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this. And that is actually too far.

There is a high, yellow guard, but

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it's not regarding any of these

stones.

It is a long way out.

Yes.

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Should be a straightforward take out

in the centre of these two yellows

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in the house and remove both of

them. I hate to say it, but the

2:12:362:12:41

girls need to be a little bit

sharper. After all the work and

2:12:412:12:47

preparation they have put in place,

you would think they would be

2:12:472:12:49

sharper. Just little edges of, they

are feeling edgy, creeping in.

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Communication is key. A missed

opportunity.

You were on about the

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sports psychologist and we have

talked a lot, through the mixed

2:13:082:13:14

doubles, we have married pairs,

engaged couples, brothers and

2:13:142:13:19

sisters. Watching body language and

how people were communicating with

2:13:192:13:23

each other. Yesterday, they were in

touch with each other. And OAR did

2:13:232:13:32

play well. They were relaxed,

everyone was smiling, I wonder if

2:13:322:13:38

you can be too relaxed, you need to

stay calm at the Olympic Games, but

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then they didn't get going and they

still haven't got going much in this

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either. I always think it is like a

football match, it takes one player

2:13:482:13:54

to make a couple of good tackles,

get the crowd going.

That is a good

2:13:542:14:01

analogy. Couple of good shots under

their belt and it raises their tail

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and you get their confidence back. I

hear it in their voices, they are

2:14:062:14:12

key Munich 18 well, which is great

but there is a tiny bit of panic in

2:14:122:14:16

their voices, I feel.

2:14:162:14:21

their voices, I feel.

Zhou Yan,

playing has second stone. Might not

2:14:242:14:28

like it down that side too much.

China have the hammer here. Eve

2:14:282:14:36

Muirhead wants to work out what to

do.

2:14:362:14:45

Just going to try and roll in, I

think?

Yes. If she can catch enough

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of the red and maybe even a little

role to sit behind the high yellow

2:14:552:15:02

stone we see at the top of the

house, up in the free guard zone.

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She was doing what you suggested,

the suggestion was, if I don't play

2:15:072:15:11

this right and it rolls of it

further, I would rather it rolled

2:15:112:15:15

over behind the two reds. Lee she

has two plans.

What you don't want

2:15:152:15:23

to do is overthrow it. This sounds

like it has been overthrown.

2:15:232:15:31

That was enough, though, she didn't

catch her yellow in their - is she

2:15:312:15:37

lying two, though?

We can see from

here, they have gone to have a look.

2:15:372:15:49

It might well be Great Britain

lie-in two, certainly from that

2:15:492:15:53

angle. You really need to be

standing over the stone. -- to be

2:15:532:15:58

lie-in two. If they forced a one

here, then good.

2:15:582:16:09

Wang Bingyu has decided that she is

going to draw in, she's not going to

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go for the yellow stones. Great

opportunity to come down here and

2:16:272:16:32

corner freeze the yellow just at the

edge of the 4ft.

2:16:322:16:39

edge of the 4ft.

One bit of her

game, the takeout seemed pretty good

2:16:442:16:55

but the more delicate shots, she's

not doing as well perhaps.

2:16:552:17:08

They're just keeping an eye on

this... And now they start to sweep.

2:17:092:17:13

Still shifting, isn't it?

2:17:132:17:19

Still shifting, isn't it? That's not

going to lie shot.

2:17:192:17:27

going to lie shot.

Just bought

Shittu much run in there. I think

2:17:272:17:30

the girls probably shouldn't have

been sweeping it but I think they

2:17:302:17:33

thought it was going to go past but

of course it has gone too far.

2:17:332:17:41

of course it has gone too far.

It

finishes it and forces the digits

2:17:432:17:45

definitely...

She's going to play a

wide draw and it's pretty tight, do

2:17:452:17:52

you know what I mean?

So, why don't

we go for that and if it is hanging

2:17:522:17:57

out a bit, we caught it early? Yeah.

I think we go right here.

Even if we

2:17:572:18:07

were to set...

I agree, that's first

call.

So, first call here. So, we

2:18:072:18:17

just need to be touching...

JACKIE LOCKHART: So, the team

2:18:172:18:24

agreed, they just want to calm in

and corner freeze their own stone.

2:18:242:18:30

She has to be very careful, she

doesn't want to bounce off it and

2:18:302:18:35

give China the opportunity of

removing both of them and getting a

2:18:352:18:38

two.

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two.

2:18:422:18:45

So, Eve playing a out-turn draw,

which is an anticlockwise rotation

2:18:532:19:03

of the stone. The stone should turn

to the left.

2:19:032:19:12

STEVE CRAM: Came off it, back on

again, going to have to work this...

2:19:152:19:19

Going to have to work it hard if

they want to come in the second

2:19:192:19:23

shot...

It's tied, isn't it? From

this angle it doesn't look like it

2:19:232:19:28

is second shot. If you're hearing

cheers, of course, there are other

2:19:282:19:33

matches taking place headed home

nation after a shock win over

2:19:332:19:36

Canada, they're play in Japan.

2:19:362:19:44

Canada, they're play in Japan. So

there will be a lot of noise from

2:19:442:19:46

time to time, pretty much a full

house in the grand young Curling

2:19:462:19:51

Centre, but atmosphere tonight and

it made big news on all the local

2:19:512:19:55

TV, so is, Korea beating Canada!

What do you think? I think Great

2:19:552:20:06

Britain have certainly got shot.

Could she take both of those out?

2:20:062:20:18

No, I think she can't really see

enough of it so she is forced just

2:20:182:20:24

to play a draw.

As I said I'm not

sure this is the favourite shot for

2:20:242:20:29

Wang at the moment.

Yeah, because it

narrows down the gap that they have

2:20:292:20:34

to come through to get to the 4ft.

If she plays it a little bit wide

2:20:342:20:40

it's not going to come enough. Might

actually have been better coming in

2:20:402:20:44

the other side, more room to play

with.

2:20:442:20:56

with. So, Great Britain lie-in shot

here, at least, and China trying to

2:20:562:21:02

take one, which would tie it all up

here. A steal would be great for

2:21:022:21:10

Great Britain. It has got the line -

is it too quick? It looks good. Used

2:21:102:21:17

the back stone to stop if it -- to

stop it if need be and that was an

2:21:172:21:24

excellent shot to tie it up after

two and is. If all of this is new to

2:21:242:21:33

you, or the last time you were

watching was four years ago, then

2:21:332:21:38

here is a short guide to explain.

Curling originated in 16th century

2:21:382:21:48

Scotland and appeared in the very

first winter Olympic Games of 1924,

2:21:482:21:53

when Great Britain won gold. The aim

of curling is to get more stones

2:21:532:21:57

closer to the centre of the scoring

area, known as the house, than your

2:21:572:22:01

opponent. Sweeping is a key part and

it affects the distance and

2:22:012:22:06

direction that a stone travels in.

Tactics are crucial, particularly

2:22:062:22:10

retaining last stone advantage,

known as the hammer. In the men's

2:22:102:22:13

and women's events there are four

players in each team who curl two

2:22:132:22:19

stones each and. Only one team can

score each end and matches are over

2:22:192:22:25

ten ends. This year sees the

addition of mixed doubles, a

2:22:252:22:29

shorter, more dynamic event played

over eight ends instead of ten.

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STEVE CRAM: That guide from Eleanor

Oldroyd mentioning the mixed doubles

2:22:442:22:49

at the end, and Canada came out as

the winners of that one, beating

2:22:492:22:53

Switzerland in the final, but it was

a good addition and a very different

2:22:532:22:57

type of curling, if you liked. As

was mentioned, it is a shorter

2:22:572:23:01

format with only eight ends and just

two players on each team, we saw

2:23:012:23:06

lots of scoring and lots of drawing

into the house and Jackie, very

2:23:062:23:10

quickly, this is the more

traditional format with a four

2:23:102:23:14

members of a team, and we've seen

lots of times not many stones in a

2:23:142:23:19

house, some thanked ends etc?

Yeah,

the game has changed many times over

2:23:192:23:25

the years, this is the traditional

team game and many years ago there

2:23:252:23:31

was no free guard zone so people

would put a stone in and keep

2:23:312:23:34

hitting it out, and to make it much

more interesting they have created

2:23:342:23:38

these new rules. The free guard

zone, if it sits out of the house

2:23:382:23:42

you're not allowed to hit it. The

team can then use it as a protector

2:23:422:23:47

and bring another stone roundabout,

it's just adds now show more

2:23:472:23:50

complexity to the game. And actually

the mixed doubles, now, that is

2:23:502:23:58

really, really aggressive, the stone

is in play already and it forces you

2:23:582:24:01

to draw everything right into the

centre. So, we see lots and lots of

2:24:012:24:08

stones in play. It can be quite

edgy, it depends how confident the

2:24:082:24:13

girls are in playing the shot.

Did

it when you round in the end, the

2:24:132:24:20

mixed doubles, I know that for the

traditionalists... But I enjoyed it,

2:24:202:24:24

I thought it was good.

I think

initially for me it messed with my

2:24:242:24:27

normal game head but actually,

fantastic highlight it was for the

2:24:272:24:34

television, it 5-5 has enthralled

lots of people out there, and I

2:24:342:24:37

actually did enjoy it, I'm not sure

I could play it, you really have to

2:24:372:24:42

be very fit, one sweeper jumping up

and down to go and sweep your own

2:24:422:24:46

stones... It is a young man's sport

thank you but definitely something

2:24:462:24:53

that's going to take off for the

future, and great for the sport of

2:24:532:24:57

curling, having a new discipline in

there.

So, it is very additional

2:24:572:25:00

medal.

2:25:002:25:06

medal. That's the second time I

think Lauren has done that.

2:25:062:25:13

think Lauren has done that.

She's

got a result out of that, though,

2:25:132:25:16

because she has almost rolled in

behind our yellow guard. The girls

2:25:162:25:22

strung a very good end together in

the last end and they forced to

2:25:222:25:27

China to take their one, and that's

what you want to do if you don't

2:25:272:25:30

have the hammer, try to force the

opposition to take one. Are the same

2:25:302:25:34

token, if you've got the hammer

you're desperately trying to take a

2:25:342:25:37

two.

And it wasn't that easy, and

you're just keeping the pressure on.

2:25:372:25:44

Always keep the pressure on the

opposing skip if you possibly can,

2:25:442:25:48

don't give them an easy afternoon,

or evening. Incidentally, I will

2:25:482:25:53

briefly update you, it is important

that we see what's going on

2:25:532:25:56

elsewhere. Canada are playing Sweden

and Rachel Holman, the Canadian

2:25:562:26:02

skipper, after losing to Korea, was

shell-shocked. Sweden are leading by

2:26:022:26:08

two after two ends over Canada. Same

score, Switzerland leading USA. USA,

2:26:082:26:16

of course, who beat Great Britain

and Korea are 2-1 up over Japan -

2:26:162:26:23

that's why we had those cheers

earlier run in the arena. -- earlier

2:26:232:26:33

on if this is looking

2:26:332:26:38

on if this is looking OK if they

just want to make sure they get it

2:26:382:26:41

passed that guard.

2:26:412:26:47

passed that guard.

It's not out of

the house, but the Great Britain

2:26:502:26:54

yellows are lie-in two stones there.

They are however open to the Chinese

2:26:542:27:01

team, so there is a chance of a hit

and a role in behind these two high

2:27:012:27:06

reds.

If you're trying to score two,

if you can keep making it more

2:27:062:27:15

difficult for the opposition when

you're sitting two, it is better.

2:27:152:27:20

But as Jackie was just saying,

you're also trying not to allow them

2:27:202:27:24

to take the initiative away from

you, just keep the initiative as the

2:27:242:27:29

end is building. She has caught that

straight on the nose again. So, Eve

2:27:292:27:34

just saying, you can either just hit

it on the nose or roll over, there

2:27:342:27:39

is a guard out there.

Yes, just be

careful because to get the roll she

2:27:392:27:45

might jam it onto her own yellow.

You have to be very careful.

If she

2:27:452:27:51

hits it too much on the left of

centre, as you were looking, that is

2:27:512:27:55

the danger.

2:27:552:28:02

the danger. A little bit more weight

on this one. That's OK.

2:28:022:28:14

So, it is getting higher and higher

up the house and Bingyu just having

2:28:192:28:23

a look to see whether she wants to

hit an role that high up the house.

2:28:232:28:29

She has actually got a good

opportunity here to get inside of

2:28:292:28:33

the yellow. -- hit and roll. It just

depends on the weight. She will be

2:28:332:28:41

keen to keep her shooter in the

house, the stone that she is having

2:28:412:28:45

her player deliver just now.

Very

quickly, I playing third, if you

2:28:452:28:54

have played lead for 15 years and

then you move to third, what is the

2:28:542:28:58

difference?

The technicality of the

shots get harder. Quite often the

2:28:582:29:04

lead will have high percentages

because really they're just a

2:29:042:29:07

drawing into the house and flowers

and not many stones distracting them

2:29:072:29:11

roundabout because they're throwing

early. But by the time you're

2:29:112:29:15

throwing third, you've got more

stones kicking about the house, and

2:29:152:29:18

they're catching your eye. So,

technically it is a lot harder.

2:29:182:29:22

You've also got to be able to do a

bit of everything. You've got to be

2:29:222:29:26

able to hit, to draw, you've got to

have the strategy head on and you

2:29:262:29:31

have to help your skip as well.

Well, the door has very much been

2:29:312:29:39

opened by Zhou there. It could not

have worked out better for Great

2:29:392:29:44

Britain. So, Anna Sloan trying to

draw around that guard first of all

2:29:442:29:53

and then tucked in behind those two

if she can.

2:29:532:30:00

if she can. We have got our Chinese

counterparts commentating next to us

2:30:002:30:03

and I looked across to see if there

was any local

2:30:032:30:12

was any local frustration, and the

female representative wasn't

2:30:122:30:13

bothered!

2:30:132:30:19

Great Britain lying really well at

the moment.

It is building nicely.

2:30:202:30:29

China still have an opportunity to

come in and sit on top of the yellow

2:30:292:30:34

stone and

2:30:342:30:39

stone and that would count out the

two yellows in the wings.

Sweeping

2:30:392:30:43

really hard. Not enough. It is

nearly a good shot. Another two

2:30:432:30:52

inches.

It is enough to out count

the second and third yellow Great

2:30:522:30:59

Britain have in the house.

2:30:592:31:06

Britain have in the house. We are

lying two.

We are, Eve Muirhead went

2:31:062:31:11

and had a look.

2:31:112:31:16

and had a look. We have both noticed

a little subtle difference between

2:31:182:31:21

this morning and this evening, is

Eve Muirhead taking a little bit

2:31:212:31:25

more control. They are all

experienced and Anna Sloan is great

2:31:252:31:31

to have as a person there to discuss

it with, but we felt there was a

2:31:312:31:35

little bit of indecision at times.

And now Eve Muirhead has so, I want

2:31:352:31:41

your input, but I will make the

final decisions.

You need that as

2:31:412:31:47

the skip. It gains you your own

self-confidence when it comes to

2:31:472:31:52

shotmaking. It is great if you feel

you need to ask for help, your team

2:31:522:31:56

is there and they know what to do.

You have to be careful they are not

2:31:562:32:01

always questioning or checking other

options.

It works both ways because

2:32:012:32:06

going back to the previous and, if

this one is continuing to build, Eve

2:32:062:32:11

Muirhead is more confident she is

making the right decisions and

2:32:112:32:14

indeed, the team are as well. Well

done, that is what she asked for.

2:32:142:32:20

She has just prevented the raise on

the red. China would have tried to

2:32:202:32:27

raise it up on the centre shot.

Yes,

this is starting to look a little

2:32:272:32:35

bit difficult for China now. Wang

Bingyu.

2:32:352:32:43

Bingyu. The Chinese skip, as I said,

had some time away. Great experience

2:32:462:32:51

though.

2:32:512:32:59

though. Based in the northern

province of China.

2:32:592:33:05

province of China. I think it is

known as the ice city.

2:33:052:33:12

known as the ice city. Harbin.

Just

discussing the shot she is going to

2:33:172:33:23

play here. I think she is going to

come down with an in-turn draw,

2:33:232:33:30

clockwise rotation of the stone.

Perhaps get into the centre. Can't

2:33:302:33:35

afford to be too heavy, she has to

play and nice, controlled weight

2:33:352:33:39

here.

2:33:392:33:45

Did try. Just wanted to roll across

a little bit, if she could. You can

2:33:532:33:57

see what Anna Sloan and Eve Muirhead

are looking at playing here. The

2:33:572:34:04

Chinese stone is second at the

moment, counting the second shot.

2:34:042:34:08

But Great Britain have the final

shot, they have the hammer in this

2:34:082:34:14

ends.

2:34:142:34:22

Just need to have the weight right.

Don't want to roll across too far.

2:34:272:34:32

If you just catch it a little bit

thin.

2:34:322:34:44

thin.

She has the whole of the four

foot to roll into and she can stop

2:34:442:34:48

at the bottom. As long as she is

still counting second shot.

2:34:482:35:01

still counting second shot. I think

she probably should have played a

2:35:012:35:04

half weight at this. She was adamant

she wanted to play that controlled

2:35:042:35:08

weight. But really didn't move at

all.

I thought she was going to play

2:35:082:35:17

it much lighter weight than that.

The girls did ask if she was going

2:35:172:35:22

to play half weight with that but

she said no, controlled. She

2:35:222:35:26

probably thought, she played it half

weight and got it on the nose.

It is

2:35:262:35:37

such a pity because this end had

been building quite nicely. You and

2:35:372:35:42

I were talking about Eve is making

the decisions and that one, not

2:35:422:35:47

working in her favour.

Great Britain

is sitting short in there, but we

2:35:472:35:58

will see Wang Bingyu close this end

out. I think she is going to have to

2:35:582:36:02

come right in because she is still

leaving the red shorts. She is going

2:36:022:36:08

to try and draw one right into the

four foot. Coming from the other

2:36:082:36:13

side of the house. The right-hand

side, as we see it on her left, as

2:36:132:36:20

she is delivering.

It is the first

time she has come down this side,

2:36:202:36:24

going that way.

2:36:242:36:32

going that way. So Wang Bingyu, the

Chinese skip just watching. Not so

2:36:322:36:36

easy for her to see, the two

sleepers working hard to bring this

2:36:362:36:40

all the way round.

This is going to

come up short. Little bit of a get

2:36:402:36:47

out of jail free card, because even

now has a second shot. The shot she

2:36:472:36:56

missed before.

She either needs to

draw in because if he hits it on the

2:36:562:37:04

nose, I don't think she will be

lying second. Last time round, it

2:37:042:37:12

was hit and roll. Will she replayed

the draw here? I think she is, isn't

2:37:122:37:21

she?

I think you are right.

2:37:212:37:34

she?

I think you are right.

She has

got, back of the four foot, two.

2:37:342:37:39

This will get into the four foot.

Nice draw weight for Eve Muirhead.

2:37:392:37:53

And then Britain will take two.

Forget the previous shot, get this

2:37:532:37:59

one right.

2:37:592:38:02

Anna Sloan likes the line. Keep

sweeping, keep sweeping. It is

2:38:052:38:15

pulling up. It is going to pull up

short.

I am really surprised she

2:38:152:38:22

didn't just try, even the same shot

again.

Just make the corrections. It

2:38:222:38:30

was overcorrected. Well, I think she

was heavy with her previous shot.

I

2:38:302:38:38

think she should have played the

same shot but dropped the weight a

2:38:382:38:42

little so the girls could control it

more.

Well, we are leading. We don't

2:38:422:38:50

want to be too negative about this

but letting opportunity slip and you

2:38:502:38:55

can pay for that later on.

Elsewhere, Canada have squared up

2:38:552:39:01

against Sweden. So it is 2-2 and it

is squared up between Japan and

2:39:012:39:06

Korea. Neither skip playing a very

good shot at the end of the third

2:39:062:39:14

end. If you weren't with us earlier,

Britain's men had a good win, two

2:39:142:39:24

very narrow wins and the defeat

against Canada. Important win

2:39:242:39:29

against Switzerland. Good team,

Switzerland. Japan, as well.

2:39:292:39:39

Great Britain's women, one defeat so

far, one win. This is their third

2:39:462:39:50

match.

2:39:502:39:52

It is so important, isn't it, we

have seen on occasions, the early

2:40:012:40:06

part of the match this morning, Eve

Muirhead was keeping them in it,

2:40:062:40:13

rescuing shots and picking up a shot

here and there. But here, the last

2:40:132:40:18

couple of ends, in that one anyway,

everybody has to be consistently

2:40:182:40:24

good.

2:40:242:40:31

good. There is always so much

pressure on the skip. Is that going

2:40:312:40:36

to stop? Just over the red line.

Trying to put a corner guard up.

2:40:362:40:50

Trying to put a corner guard up. The

22-year-old, Ma Jingyi.

2:40:512:41:00

22-year-old, Ma Jingyi.

Lauren Gray,

just been asked to draw one down

2:41:002:41:06

onto the center line, just outside

of the house.

This is what we see so

2:41:062:41:13

often. The team about the hammer,

they play first to the bottom. You

2:41:132:41:19

see a corner guard, the lead plays

the next one, hopefully putting a

2:41:192:41:25

guard on the centre line. In chess,

there are certain openings and they

2:41:252:41:30

have names... Why are you looking at

me like that?

I don't play chess. I

2:41:302:41:36

know this is chess on ice.

I was

just going to ask you, is there a

2:41:362:41:43

name for these first three shots

which seem pretty normal? Standard?

2:41:432:41:48

No, there isn't.

Is it not called

the Lockhart opening?

That is

2:41:482:41:55

something we should look into.

2:41:552:42:04

something we should look into.

Steve

Cram's corner guard opening.

Does

2:42:042:42:08

that sound like a plan?

2:42:082:42:18

that sound like a plan? Crammy

corner.

Absolutely, let's go for it.

2:42:182:42:23

The fact I don't do curling, has

nothing to do with it.

I think I

2:42:232:42:31

would like to go for a Lockhart Lock

On.

Exactly, start giving them some

2:42:312:42:43

names so we know what you are

talking about.

Vicky being asked to

2:42:432:42:52

play nice, controlled weight.

2:42:522:43:01

play nice, controlled weight. It is

just enough to tap the stone

2:43:012:43:03

through. This one hasn't got the

line. He still left some shots at

2:43:032:43:12

the front and they can use them as

protection. One later on.

2:43:122:43:21

protection. One later on.

That is in

Britain's favour when you don't have

2:43:222:43:25

the hammer. The team with the hammer

will want eventually to try to

2:43:252:43:30

remove them. It makes it more

difficult for them to come in and

2:43:302:43:34

score.

There is a hole between these

two shots between the red and the

2:43:342:43:41

yellow. Should she get through it,

she will get the target in the

2:43:412:43:44

house.

2:43:442:43:49

house.

It is still staying straight.

Just rifting a little bit now. Just

2:43:502:43:54

did enough. Good shot.

2:43:542:44:06

Little hit and roll here, hopefully.

Two stone still pretty useful where

2:44:082:44:12

they are.

2:44:122:44:17

Despite the miss from Eve Muirhead,

they say hang on.

2:44:212:44:39

they say hang on.

They are ever so

slightly struggling with the ice. I

2:44:392:44:43

am not sure whether you had to take

a step back, relax. I know that is

2:44:432:44:53

what they will be trying, nobody

goes out there to try and play a bad

2:44:532:44:59

shot. They are not bad shots, is

just the errors are always on the

2:44:592:45:04

wrong side at the moment.

It is a

good point. Not quite get the shot,

2:45:042:45:10

but it is OK. Wearers, they are not

making it, that instance there.

She

2:45:102:45:20

hadn't got the right role, but she

got a role to somewhere else.

That

2:45:202:45:27

has got round, I thought it was

going to pull up short. They swept

2:45:272:45:32

it well.

It is

2:45:322:45:39

it well.

It is sitting top of the T.

Eve Muirhead is looking to see if

2:45:392:45:41

she can see any of it.

2:45:412:45:48

You would have to play a really nice

controlled weight, as she said.

I

2:45:502:45:58

think if it was on the out-turn, you

could...

Will just let Anna say it,

2:45:582:46:11

she's got good communication! So,

they've decided that is a really

2:46:112:46:18

difficult shot coming down there,

and if she makes a slight error on

2:46:182:46:22

it, it could make it worse for them,

so they're going to try the outside

2:46:222:46:25

yellow. And will want to get a

little roll in behind, of course,

2:46:252:46:34

Great Britain don't have the hammer

here so they need to get the yellow

2:46:342:46:37

stone in behind.

2:46:372:46:44

stone in behind.

That's a pretty

good shot.

2:46:442:46:53

good shot. And that will make Vicki

feel a better, she has played a

2:46:532:46:57

couple of nice shots already this

evening.

Yeah, they will still be

2:46:572:47:03

able to seize some of that shot.

China just have to decide what

2:47:032:47:07

weight they want to play at it.

They're not going to see much of it.

2:47:072:47:10

In that Creevy is end, Zhou

struggled a little as well. -- in

2:47:102:47:19

that previous end.

2:47:192:47:28

that previous end.

She could play

like a back weight, come onto the

2:47:282:47:33

face of it and tap it back a little

touch. And she has options coming

2:47:332:47:38

both ways, but she has decided to

play the out-turn down here and come

2:47:382:47:49

through between the two stones,

which might be quite a difficult

2:47:492:47:52

shot to play. The margin for error

isn't very much, but it sounds like

2:47:522:47:58

it's close... That's twice now

they've come through that space. Oh,

2:47:582:48:06

not enough!

Not enough! It seemed to

start to curl and then almost

2:48:062:48:13

straight and at the end of. I know

it can't do that but... When that

2:48:132:48:17

came through the gap...

If thought

it would keep on going but it

2:48:172:48:21

didn't.

2:48:212:48:27

didn't. It is enough that she has

pushed it out for second shot.

This

2:48:272:48:31

is the one that might move! Just to

let her know, I'm not sure...

Don't

2:48:312:48:39

be confused, the crowd were cheering

as that stone was coming through,

2:48:392:48:43

but they were watching something

else, just to be clear!

2:48:432:48:52

else, just to be clear!

Really

close, guys, line's good...

So, the

2:48:522:48:56

girls trying to come right round

behind them all. That's why it

2:48:562:49:01

doesn't look like it has got the

line at all...

2:49:012:49:09

Closed that gap! Danny she played a

really nice stone on the previous

2:49:092:49:17

one - not that time, though. There's

not much in it. What do you think

2:49:172:49:26

and it's close...

2:49:262:49:34

and it's close...

I thought the

Romeo of China was lying shot.

2:49:342:49:41

Bingyu just having another look at

the shot she wants to ask her team

2:49:482:49:52

to play. I want to tilt my head when

I'm looking!

2:49:522:50:07

So, an out-turn draw down here, a

similar shot that Anna played, and

2:50:112:50:17

she didn't quite catch the right

line... This one! Is a little higher

2:50:172:50:24

but it does all it's finishing at

the end... That's a nice shot.

Yep,

2:50:242:50:32

nice weight.

2:50:322:50:37

nice weight.

Eve won't be able to

see the inside edge of its socially

2:50:402:50:43

will be looking to get the yellow to

go onto it and hopefully stick it in

2:50:432:50:50

the house.

The roof being raised

here, Korea are playing Japan over

2:50:502:50:57

on the

2:50:572:51:02

on the other side, on Sheet D.

Yeah,

the girls have to keep their

2:51:032:51:10

concentration, it is going to be

noisy.

2:51:102:51:17

noisy.

It is a bit like a football

match in here! That's good, great

2:51:172:51:21

atmosphere. We had big crowds in the

mixed doubles, when Korea were

2:51:212:51:30

playing. There's hardly any spare

seats in here this evening. Look at

2:51:302:51:35

that, game accuracy for Eve

Muirhead, just 46%. She needs a

2:51:352:51:42

cracking shot here, to try to use

her own yellow... That looks a bit

2:51:422:51:46

straight...

Oh! Just nothing seems

to be happening at the moment.

Just

2:51:462:51:54

bad luck.

Just what we said there,

Eve...

2:51:542:52:05

Eve...

It's just a bit straight and

then forcing it... I always say that

2:52:072:52:13

if you wanted to play that shot, you

would probably go, no, that's a

2:52:132:52:18

difficult shot to play. But then it

works out that way. Shifting her own

2:52:182:52:25

stone that was sitting and might

have been lying second, it was

2:52:252:52:27

close. Now, China have two.

And they

have the hammer.

I was just going to

2:52:272:52:35

say, and they have the hammer.

Still

not over yet, because there's a lot

2:52:352:52:40

of cover-up the front, it takes just

one stone from Great Britain, Eve

2:52:402:52:44

could play a really good draw. Let's

see where Bingyu places this

2:52:442:52:52

stone...

2:52:522:52:59

stone...

Trying to bring it right in

onto their own Romeo that's already

2:52:592:53:03

at the front of. Got a chance...

Really well swept. I'm just looking

2:53:032:53:17

to see if they can come down the

other side. Even if she stops on

2:53:172:53:20

that stone it might cut them down.

But cutting them down is not really

2:53:202:53:26

what we're looking for, we want to

try and get one in here.

2:53:262:53:35

So, she's going to come down the

other side.

2:53:442:53:52

other side.

So, if ever you needed a

draw, this is where you need to play

2:53:522:53:56

it.

2:53:562:54:01

it.

Well, Eve Muirhead just needs to

find a confidence building shot

2:54:042:54:11

here, it still will be up to China

what happens next, with the hammer,

2:54:112:54:16

the last stone. China at the moment

are sitting three.

2:54:162:54:24

are sitting three. So, very, very

important shot here for Eve

2:54:242:54:25

Muirhead.

OK, let's get to the nose!

That's the back of the house of.

2:54:252:54:39

Just need to watch this round these

guards... Got to get into that 4ft

2:54:392:54:48

if they can, really got to sweep it

hard, sweep it hard... Oh, it's not

2:54:482:54:54

quite far enough, another, what,

seven inches, six inches? I'm not

2:54:542:55:04

quite sure that would have been

enough. At the moment Bingyu lies

2:55:042:55:13

two but still difficult for her to

get a three here.

2:55:132:55:24

You would think she would try and

tap that in, surely?

I don't

2:55:262:55:33

actually know how much she can see.

If she caught the top guard, it

2:55:332:55:37

wouldn't be a huge disaster.

2:55:372:55:43

Again, we can't see how much of the

stone she can see from the other end

2:55:482:55:52

of the ice when she sits on the

hack. That can make a big influence

2:55:522:55:59

on what shot you will choose. They

definitely look like they want to

2:55:592:56:03

tap that Romeo up.

2:56:032:56:07

So, here you go, I'll ask you the

question, you're lying two, take the

2:56:182:56:23

two?

Yeah, you can quite easily do

that, we talk about just throwing a

2:56:232:56:28

stone away, so she will just deliver

it to the corner and not actually

2:56:282:56:32

disturb anything in the house and

lose any more. Sometimes you can try

2:56:322:56:35

a big fancy shot and it goes against

you. But I think this is worth a

2:56:352:56:41

try. She just wants to get it firmly

on the face of the red just to tap

2:56:412:56:50

it straight up.

2:56:502:56:55

But not to tap it onto the two that

are lying there.

Yes, if you got the

2:57:032:57:09

angles wrong, that could happen.

But

she has got it on the other side.

2:57:092:57:20

Well, she has done it, brilliant

shot. That's going to be three.

2:57:202:57:23

Excellent shot. Wang, the Chinese

skip, picking up three, and that was

2:57:232:57:33

a delicate shot, it was a risky shot

in some respects civil she played it

2:57:332:57:38

with perfect weight. And now, China

have a 2-shot lead after four ends.

2:57:382:57:46

Well, snap up against

2:57:462:57:53

Well, snap up against it now, Great

Britain. This Chinese team, they

2:57:532:57:59

have the chance to win against OAR

which would have had them with two

2:57:592:58:02

wins. They've been playing well. --

they had the chance. And certainly

2:58:022:58:07

that end there, executed very well

indeed. Certainly, Wang has brought

2:58:072:58:14

her again this evening. By some

contrast to Eve Muirhead.

2:58:142:58:22

Now is the time!

2:58:242:58:27

I spoke to Eve after the match this

morning. It is very easy to speak in

2:58:322:58:37

cliches and things, we were talking

about, it's a long week, you've got

2:58:372:58:41

nine matches, and one defeat this

morning, but... You look at the week

2:58:412:58:47

and you think, who are we

comfortable losing against, how many

2:58:472:58:52

matches? And really we want to win

six to guarantee ourselves... No

2:58:522:58:59

guarantees but to have a good chance

of the top four. If you win five,

2:58:592:59:03

you've got a chance of maybe ending

up in a tie-break. And the other

2:59:032:59:07

option, of course, you talked about

Dole's, bronze last time around, you

2:59:072:59:18

want to be in the gold-medal match,

you might not want to be playing

2:59:182:59:21

somebody like Canada, if you finish

fourth, although Canada themselves

2:59:212:59:24

have not got off to the best of

starts. But more often than not you

2:59:242:59:30

end up with Canada at the top. Of

the round robin table.

2:59:302:59:39

the round robin table.

Yeah, you

would like to have seen the girls

2:59:392:59:42

playing a lot more confident against

some of these teams at the start of

2:59:422:59:45

the week, because I think their

games are going to get tougher.

2:59:452:59:50

They've got Sweden, they've got

Switzerland, they've got Japan and

2:59:502:59:52

they've got Canada. And even though

Canada aren't playing so well at the

2:59:522:59:59

moment, I said that in the interview

when I spoke to Clare, these guys

2:59:593:00:02

are so experienced, they may be like

this at the beginning of the week

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but they will grow in confidence

certainly, and we have to do exactly

3:00:073:00:10

the same. We can't let is half shots

a fact as. We have to turn around

3:00:103:00:17

the game and make it to our own

advantage.

-- affect us.

3:00:173:00:26

The idea you build into a

tournament, you build into a

3:00:313:00:36

competition and your form improves

and you are playing your best at the

3:00:363:00:39

right time, but you cannot afford,

at this format, you cannot afford to

3:00:393:00:45

lose too many matches otherwise it

is all over before you have started

3:00:453:00:49

playing well.

Lauren being asked to

play back for weights. She needs to

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come up to these reds in the house.

Tap them back and use her stone to

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sit in front of them.

3:01:023:01:08

sit in front of them. Got to take

this as far as they possibly can. It

3:01:083:01:13

is losing line. She wanted to hit

the bread on the right-hand side

3:01:133:01:18

first, rather than the left hand.

Not bad shots, even the OK shots

3:01:183:01:29

just aren't quite working out for

Great Britain. But you make your own

3:01:293:01:35

good luck in this. Eve Muirhead

mention she was unlucky with the

3:01:353:01:39

take out attempt, the running back.

Springing her own out a little, but

3:01:393:01:49

she still has two sitting nicely.

Great Britain with the hammer.

3:01:493:01:57

Just a nose bump. Bump onto the red.

She will be too bothered if they

3:02:113:02:20

don't go out but she wants to sit

her yellow stone in front of them.

3:02:203:02:29

Well done.

Nice try. There is still

some space and it should be a

3:02:403:02:45

relatively easy shot for China to

hit this. Just slightly off centre,

3:02:453:02:51

push it through out of the house.

Keep her shooter in the house.

3:02:513:03:00

Keep her shooter in the house.

Liu

Jinli, playing second. She is

3:03:053:03:10

playing well, but has struggled just

a little.

Still hanging on the edge,

3:03:103:03:15

but it is behind the horizontal line

we see going through the house. It

3:03:153:03:21

shouldn't be a danger to Eve

Muirhead at the moment. She can

3:03:213:03:28

utilise them to come in and rest on

top. She decided to ignore the red

3:03:283:03:39

in the house at the moment and use

the corner they put up earlier. If

3:03:393:03:44

they can get a shot in behind their

and China tried to chase it, make a

3:03:443:03:50

mistake, then they can start playing

on the other reds on the other side

3:03:503:03:54

of the house.

Bit of strategy here.

It might curl a little bit too much.

3:03:543:04:01

So, big decision now but Wang

Bingyu. Does she chase the yellow or

3:04:013:04:09

dish you try and protect her red in

the centre?

3:04:093:04:16

the centre? -- does she. She is

going to take the high corner.

3:04:173:04:30

She is experienced enough that she

will not get sucked into the corner,

3:04:313:04:35

coming round the corner game. Clear

the guard.

3:04:353:04:46

Just checking that Stone didn't

rebound back into those two.

3:04:523:05:00

rebound back into those two. They

are lying two. It is all clear in

3:05:023:05:04

front now.

3:05:043:05:14

She is just going to try and hit

this thread on the button and move

3:05:243:05:29

across to the other two.

It is a

good call.

3:05:293:05:40

good call.

They need one of these to

be just right, not sneer, not close.

3:05:403:05:49

-- not near.

They need to make a

play to set up picking up a two

3:05:493:05:57

here. If she plays a nice shot

here... They don't want to bounce

3:05:573:06:03

off it. I think they have overslept

that.

Such an easy target.

3:06:033:06:15

Again, close. But at this level, you

are going to get punished.

China

3:06:153:06:27

will be

3:06:273:06:33

will be happy to go across the

house. They don't want to leave a

3:06:333:06:37

big nest that Great Britain can come

and rest on.

3:06:373:06:44

Eve Muirhead just having a look to

see if the stone, the yellow, is

3:06:513:06:57

third. Two Chinese stones, one on

the bottom, one is touching the red.

3:06:573:07:11

He was lying with the third one?

She

wants to catch the inside of the

3:07:113:07:16

red, to move to the right and hit

the other red. It will jam on the

3:07:163:07:22

other reds, but hopefully it will

remain in the house, her yellow

3:07:223:07:26

shooter, which he is playing just

now.

3:07:263:07:33

now.

Another one just... Thinking

that there's a good shot.

3:07:333:07:45

that there's a good shot. Needed to

catch that not as flush on the nose.

3:07:473:07:51

Move across and push those of the

red Chinese stones away. Certainly

3:07:513:07:55

the one nearest.

3:07:553:08:05

There is going to be a score in this

end.

It is just how much.

3:08:103:08:17

She is trying to get across to the

other side. Not a great position for

3:08:333:08:40

Eve Muirhead. That is the shot she

asked Anna Sloan to play last time.

3:08:403:08:54

I wondered about the red on the

right hand side of the four foot.

3:08:543:08:58

Sitting in front, cornering the

middle red.

3:08:583:09:10

middle red.

I think we move this

one. I think we do this.

Yes. She

3:09:103:09:16

must think that other stone...

This

is always going to jam.

Is it a

3:09:163:09:27

silly call just to do this. Split

the rings to live two?

3:09:273:09:37

the rings to live two?

Vicki Adams

is not confident about her

3:09:383:09:40

suggestion. She looked at Eve

Muirhead and then said, I don't

3:09:403:09:45

know.

It is a great suggestion. Take

that one, sit on the other side.

3:09:453:10:01

Vicki Adams

3:10:013:10:07

referring to lumping Betty. Her

nickname on the circuit.

3:10:133:10:20

Eve Muirhead needs to get one

working for her here. Got a chance.

3:10:203:10:33

It might be short. It is sitting out

there, not doing what you said.

Just

3:10:333:10:43

needed a little role.

3:10:433:10:49

Still plenty of opportunity for Eve

Muirhead to get one here. Barring a

3:10:543:11:01

mistake from Wang Bingyu.

3:11:013:11:08

mistake from Wang Bingyu. But one is

not what they wanted.

3:11:083:11:14

not what they wanted. Heading into

the end of the fifth end, trailing

3:11:143:11:17

by one, if that is the case.

Wang

Bingyu has two hits and stick here.

3:11:173:11:30

They are just playing the controlled

weight very nicely here.

3:11:393:11:46

weight very nicely here.

She can

just hit and sit in. She will still

3:11:483:11:53

be on the wrong side.

No, it needs

to be on the nose or just a bit of a

3:11:533:11:59

roll into the four foot, but you

have to execute this shot.

3:11:593:12:07

have to execute this shot. Ensure

that you get your one. You

3:12:083:12:15

that you get your one. You only go

one down into the fifth.

All the

3:12:153:12:21

others have reached that, 3-3, and

it is going to be a Chinese lead

3:12:213:12:28

here because Eve Muirhead, at best

can only get one. Has she manage

3:12:283:12:35

that? She is trying to hit the

Chinese red and sit by that their

3:12:353:12:39

role across towards the bottom. That

looks about right. That will give

3:12:393:12:44

her a little bit of confidence. It's

not as good as we would have liked.

3:12:443:12:49

Just the one at the end of the fifth

end. China lead at the halfway

3:12:493:12:56

point, 4-3.

CLARE BALDING: It is very tight and

3:12:563:13:00

tense, but 4-3, China have the edge.

We will be back for live coverage

3:13:003:13:06

and all is not lost. Jemmy, do you

know when Snowboarding came into the

3:13:063:13:15

Olympics.

Snowboarding or

Snowboarding cross? Snowboarding,

3:13:153:13:18

generally.

All a long time ago. 20

years ago.

Snowboarding cross is

3:13:183:13:27

only the fourth time.

It was the big

hits of 2006. The thing about

3:13:273:13:37

Snowboarding cross, they don't have

the bends, they have the bumps and

3:13:373:13:41

other borders to worry about, which

means it can be chaotic.

3:13:413:13:50

What a fantastic race. Jarryd Hughes

leads now.

Think the Olympic

3:13:563:14:08

champion went down of his own

accord.

3:14:083:14:17

accord. Who is up, I think it is the

Olympic champion he plays his get

3:14:173:14:23

out of jail free card. Hernandez

goes absolutely massive.

Three men

3:14:233:14:33

bow. It depends who is taking which

colour medal now as Hernandez dies

3:14:333:14:39

inside Jarryd Hughes. Vaultier is

out in front.

3:14:393:14:47

out in front. Dropping down, Jarryd

Hughes, no way he can reel in

3:14:473:14:51

Vaultier but can he defend the

silver medal position?

This is going

3:14:513:14:56

to go to a photo finish. They will

have at the same time at the bottom.

3:14:563:15:03

It is like formation flying.

Vaultier makes it two gold medals in

3:15:033:15:10

a row. Sochi and Korea. He was

breathtaking, nobody can hold a

3:15:103:15:16

candle to the Frenchman.

Vaultier

defending his title successfully,

3:15:163:15:24

despite falling.

It is how you get

up, he is called Le Boss on social

3:15:243:15:33

media. We think how France are

dominating in winter sports.

Also

3:15:333:15:37

the first non-American to when a

gold medal at these games in the

3:15:373:15:42

Snowboarding event.

No Americans in

the final.

Fantastic stuff and we do

3:15:423:15:47

love that.

3:15:473:15:52

I guess big relief physical is the

sport of ice hockey and there was

3:15:543:15:58

huge excitement around the united

women's Korean team, but look at

3:15:583:16:03

these shots from the men's team

dressing room. When they got out

3:16:033:16:06

onto the ice they had the

coordinated Korean cheerleaders to

3:16:063:16:10

support them, and they had something

to shout about!

3:16:103:16:17

Now, South Korea will move it

away... They've scored!

3:16:203:16:28

away... They've scored! Cho-min Ho!

Korea, in their first ever Olympic

3:16:293:16:36

Games, score goal and opened the

scoring in this game! Lovely work in

3:16:363:16:41

the offensive zone and a snapshot

from Cho-min Ho! He writes his name

3:16:413:16:46

in the history books!

3:16:463:16:56

I think that coordinated support...

Do you remember the Icelandic fans

3:16:563:17:03

in the European Championships, the

old thunderclap?! And at the curling

3:17:033:17:08

we have been hearing an awful lot of

noise from one of the other sheets,

3:17:083:17:15

because there is a South Korean team

in action, but obviously we have

3:17:153:17:18

been concentrating on the GB team,

skippered by Eve Muirhead. And we

3:17:183:17:23

are going to stay with live curling

up until one o'clock, and then it

3:17:233:17:27

will be moving onto BBC Two. In the

commentary box for us, Steve Cram

3:17:273:17:33

and jockey Lockhart, and the crucial

moment seemed to be the end of the

3:17:333:17:40

fourth end?

Yeah, Eve Muirhead was

facing three Chinese shots and she

3:17:403:17:47

had to play a really difficult raw

and she just came up short. She left

3:17:473:17:52

China lie-in two, and there was a

fantastic raise played by Bingyu, so

3:17:523:18:03

that was a great disappointment for

the British team.

Do you sense,

3:18:033:18:07

Jackie, that evil is just a little

unsure at the moment, not quite in

3:18:073:18:10

her stride?

Yeah, I don't see the

confidence at the minute, and that

3:18:103:18:18

is a real shame is in the only

people who are putting Russia on

3:18:183:18:21

them are themselves, and I think

they just have to take a step back

3:18:213:18:25

and remember why they got here,

they're very good players, they've

3:18:253:18:28

got the

3:18:283:18:35

got the skills and they just have to

relax and play some good shots.

To

3:18:353:18:39

be fair to China they are playing

exceptionally well. They took three

3:18:393:18:45

in this end, and that is good

curling!

Yeah, it is very good

3:18:453:18:54

curling, everybody

3:18:543:18:54

curling!

Yeah, it is very good

curling, everybody out there is to

3:18:543:18:55

your to win, there's nobody coming

here and not with the dream of

3:18:553:18:59

winning an Olympic medal and every

game is difficult. You can look at

3:18:593:19:03

it on paper and think, we should

beat these girls, but once you get

3:19:033:19:07

down on the ice, it's a whole new

ball game.

Steve Cram, just to let

3:19:073:19:12

everybody know that the Czech

Republic have equalised against

3:19:123:19:15

South Korea in the ice hockey, but I

will let you take us through the

3:19:153:19:19

second half as it were of this

curling game.

3:19:193:19:24

STEVE CRAM: And to continue the

Korean team theme, they are 3-3

3:19:243:19:29

against Japan. Actually, I was back

in the hotel this afternoon and I

3:19:293:19:35

was watching some of the coverage,

and Korea beating Canada, that's a

3:19:353:19:41

massive shot in the world of

curling. And it was all over their

3:19:413:19:45

programme. And I also saw a trip of

their commentators from the

3:19:453:19:51

skeleton, which was... If anyone

gets a chance to see that, you

3:19:513:19:54

should, because leading after two

runs in the skeleton, the Korean

3:19:543:19:59

slider any the commentary team were

wonderful. Anyway... You see that

3:19:593:20:07

stone there, just from a second I

thought it was not going to get over

3:20:073:20:10

the hog line. So, if you're just

joining us, or you just need a

3:20:103:20:15

reminder, as the guys were chatting,

Eve Muirhead just struggling a

3:20:153:20:19

little. The whole team obviously

look to her, but they've got to make

3:20:193:20:26

their shots as well. So, 4-3 to

China, they do have the hammer here.

3:20:263:20:30

And a couple of guards been put in

place by Great Britain.

3:20:303:20:42

place by Great Britain. Canada and

Sweden are level at 3-3. USA and

3:20:423:20:50

Switzerland, Switzerland have a... I

nearly said slender advantage, it is

3:20:503:20:57

5-1. USA beat Great Britain, of

course. They would have been

3:20:573:21:03

delighted with that victory against

Great Britain. OK, let's concentrate

3:21:033:21:07

on this, then. By the way, you may

have noticed in that camera shot

3:21:073:21:16

that Jackie Lockhart has got about

four lay eyes on! -- about four

3:21:163:21:22

layers on!

I like to be in sympathy

with the rest of the girls up the

3:21:223:21:32

mountains, Eilidh and...

You won't

feel the benefit!

That's what my mum

3:21:323:21:39

used to say, take your jacket off,

or you won't feel the benefit when

3:21:393:21:43

you put it a hit and

3:21:433:21:53

-- when you put it on. This arena is

bringing tonight, and we've got

3:21:553:21:59

these blowers which blow cold air in

at the upper end, we are at the far

3:21:593:22:06

end from where the players are at

the moment, so it can get a bit

3:22:063:22:10

chilly up here.

But it is quite nice

tonight. All of the viewing public,

3:22:103:22:20

a lot that eyes on that career match

and a lot of Canadian support and a

3:22:203:22:26

sprinkling of union Jacks around,

hoping that Eve Muirhead and her

3:22:263:22:29

team can improve.

3:22:293:22:39

hoping that Eve Muirhead and her

team can improve.

3:22:393:22:39

I think we go for that one and then

even if it is hanging high...

When

3:22:423:22:46

you start -- when do you start

playing risky shots, not yet,

3:22:463:22:52

surely?

I think they have to try and

play a simple end, make sure

3:22:523:22:57

everybody plays their shots, throws

them well, and then as you get into

3:22:573:23:03

eight, nine and ten, then UK and

looked at starting to play the risky

3:23:033:23:07

shots.

3:23:073:23:09

So, that's actually OK. They've got

two yellow stones there in the top

3:23:243:23:30

of the house. It's just how they're

going to get that red moved.

3:23:303:23:47

going to get that red moved. Bingyu

looking to hit that yellow just onto

3:23:473:23:49

the other yellow, and cross it out

across the house. Hopefully without

3:23:493:23:55

touching her red stone.

Yeah, that's

going to require a very accurate

3:23:553:24:00

shot. She was just working out the

angles there. Working back from that

3:24:003:24:06

stone she wants to move, the one

sitting above the red after side and

3:24:063:24:10

then deciding at what point on that

stone...

Oh, this is big weight!

And

3:24:103:24:17

it's high and wide and... Is it

catching anything?! Oh, it has! At

3:24:173:24:23

least it has left that yellow in

there. And then the second one did

3:24:233:24:27

jam across to the other Chinese red.

I thought that was wide there.

I

3:24:273:24:32

thought that was a little bit of a

rush of blood to the head there. Not

3:24:323:24:40

sure she'd needed to play quite that

weight. She got the shot she wanted

3:24:403:24:44

but she did jam, rather than taking

both of them out. So, Great Britain

3:24:443:24:52

lying in second and third place at

the moment, the Chinese stone right

3:24:523:24:55

in the centre.

There are lots of

options when you start to build an

3:24:553:25:03

end like this. But the Eve and the

rest of the team, you don't want to

3:25:033:25:08

give two away here, and make it 6-3

deficit with just four ends left.

3:25:083:25:17

Great opportunity to hit yellow onto

yellow onto red...

It's nearly

3:25:173:25:23

worked out, but just split them. And

there you can see the shot that's

3:25:233:25:33

available, can move both of those

with a good shot here.

Yeah, it just

3:25:333:25:36

did not have the weight to do the

job required. So, another

3:25:363:25:42

opportunity for China to get a

double, catch the inside of that

3:25:423:25:47

yellow just where Bingyu Shealy --

just web Bingyu's brush is.

So, her

3:25:473:25:58

long-time playing partner, Zhou...

Just like that.

Oh, well done! One

3:25:583:26:12

has stayed in there, but what a good

shot.

3:26:123:26:20

shot. Well, there's two elements to

this. One is Britain play better,

3:26:203:26:24

but if China get even better, which

they seem to be, they're really

3:26:243:26:28

hitting their shots well now, and it

makes it even more difficult. There

3:26:283:26:32

will be mistakes and, but you have

to obviously be able to capitalise

3:26:323:26:38

on them.

Great Britain were asking

the question of China, but each time

3:26:383:26:43

they have done so, they've delivered

the shot required.

3:26:433:26:54

Trying to hold the line here...

Really have to work hard to hold it

3:26:583:27:02

past there. Just bought it. And, you

know, it is a game of inches and

3:27:023:27:11

centimetres and millimetres at

times, and when it's not going your

3:27:113:27:14

way, it all seems to go against you.

Nothing working out for Great

3:27:143:27:20

Britain.

These girls swept as hard

as they possibly could. The sweepers

3:27:203:27:30

in your team play a huge part in the

game. Quite often you lay the shot

3:27:303:27:37

with the knowledge that your

sweepers are going to help take your

3:27:373:27:39

stone down the other end. Either

helping hold it straight, or taking

3:27:393:27:45

it further. Can't beat having good

sweepers in your team, I was always

3:27:453:27:53

very lucky when I played, Steve, I

had any lead who was my lead she was

3:27:533:28:00

a really good sweeper and a great

judge of stone.

3:28:003:28:07

judge of stone. But unfortunately

our team there just couldn't hold

3:28:093:28:12

it.

3:28:123:28:18

it. -- I had Annie Laird as my lead.

It's also that first shot, it's not

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just China playing a great shot for

the double takeout, it was the way

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the stones broke from Anna Sloan's

shot as well, it wasn't a terrible

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shot, it was just the way the stones

ended up. Something has got to

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change, something's got to work for

Great Britain, by luck or by their

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own skill.

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It probably feels like an uphill

struggle at the moment for team

3:28:553:28:59

Great Britain, but actually they

have to take a look at the

3:28:593:29:04

scoreboard, it is only 4-3, they're

only one shot damn.

-- one shot

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down. Is it just Heitinga?

It's just

the fact that it is covering the two

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stones in the house. -- is it just

writing?

Looking to raise that one

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or not?

3:29:233:29:33

When we were looking at the

overhead, you couldn't see the shot.

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Eve Muirhead has got to use her own

stone, which is the yellow on the

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right-hand side where we see Anna

Sloan's brush. She is looking at the

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angle she needs to hit it at. She

can drive the yellow on to the top

3:29:583:30:03

bread to try and catch the red on

the button and split them out.

3:30:033:30:08

Hopefully her yellow stone will stay

in the house.

It is one of those

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things where all of those things you

have just said need to happen.

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Partial success, probably will not

be good enough. Eve Muirhead needs

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to use her own yellow. Great shot

and it sits in there, finally Eve

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Muirhead gets one working for her.

Great Britain have suddenly improve

3:30:323:30:38

the situation dramatically. Good

shot from Eve Muirhead.

It is a

3:30:383:30:44

tremendous shot and has completely

turned the end around.

Just enough

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weight as well. Keeps going, keeps

going. Great Britain lying two.

3:30:493:31:01

going. Great Britain lying two. I

was getting worried, Jackie?

That is

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the shot she was needing.

3:31:063:31:15

the shot she was needing.

You know

when you play a good shot, it also

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does the other thing, takes a bit of

the wind out of the sails of the

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opposition. Things have been going

very well. China have been playing

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some wonderful shots. Wang Bingyu is

going to try and draw in. Fairly

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open down that side. It is all about

the wait. We have seen two or three

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come up short, haven't we?

We have,

although the girls seem to be happy

3:31:433:31:48

with the stone. They just need to be

careful with the line. Lovely shot

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played by Wang Bingyu.

Nice draw.

She will not be pressurised by the

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two British stone sitting in the

house and she has drawn one onto the

3:32:003:32:04

bottom.

3:32:043:32:11

This is the last stone for Great

Britain here.

3:32:143:32:21

Britain here.

If you did give up one

here, still as he said, watched the

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scoreboard, only two behind and four

ends left.

3:32:293:32:37

ends left. The previous shot has

helped Eve Muirhead.

She has to be

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as close as possible to the red and

make it as hard as possible for

3:32:403:32:47

China to score their two here.

Remember that last straw she had

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this morning when she had the chance

to tie the match. She knew as soon

3:32:553:33:00

as she let the stone go, she wasn't

happy with it.

This looks heavy.

3:33:003:33:07

This might be similar. It is coming

in, but it is just going to slide

3:33:073:33:12

by.

She knew instantly when she let

it go.

3:33:123:33:19

it go.

After one good shot, sliding

by with her second. Opportunity

3:33:203:33:27

slides by as well and it opens the

door once more for China. Pick up a

3:33:273:33:33

two and they would have a three shot

lead. It becomes very, very

3:33:333:33:43

difficult, not just because you are

to be behind but China are playing

3:33:433:33:46

well.

They have got to stick in. If

Wang Bingyu makes this shot and they

3:33:463:33:58

are three down, they have to think

about, OK, we have got the hammer,

3:33:583:34:02

we will get the two straight back

here and we will keep ourselves in

3:34:023:34:06

the game.

3:34:063:34:15

the game.

She is trying to help, or

is she just offering encouragement?

3:34:153:34:21

Sweeping that matter I think it is

going to come up short.

That has got

3:34:213:34:27

to be short. What a let off for

Great Britain. That was an massive

3:34:273:34:35

opportunity, not such a difficult

shot. Eve Muirhead made a mistake

3:34:353:34:39

prior to that and one following with

an indifferent shot herself. Pulling

3:34:393:34:45

up short, despite the efforts of the

sleepers. So Great Britain are

3:34:453:34:50

trailing by two, but it could have

been worse.

3:34:503:34:59

been worse. The hammer now reverts

to Great Britain.

3:34:593:35:07

to Great Britain. Again, Jackie, it

is one good one, then an indifferent

3:35:073:35:13

shot. They have got to find some

consistency. We have seen, if they

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put a little bit of pressure, even

though they are playing very well,

3:35:183:35:23

everybody has a mistake in them.

Yes, we got away with that one. Eve

3:35:233:35:30

Muirhead was disappointed with her

shot, but at the end of the day it

3:35:303:35:34

was just one. Like I said, before

the end of that end, team Great

3:35:343:35:41

Britain just have to pick up a two

and they are straight back in this

3:35:413:35:46

game.

Very quickly elsewhere, Korea

have picked up one and lead 4-3. USA

3:35:463:35:54

have closed the gap with

Switzerland. Sweden, 5-3 up over

3:35:543:35:59

Canada.

3:35:593:36:09

Canada. So much expectation and

Canada and a lot of expectation on

3:36:093:36:12

Britain as well. Great Britain with

the hammer and the first stone from

3:36:123:36:19

China just sliding through.

3:36:193:36:25

China just sliding through. Just a

little long. Right, so let's have an

3:36:253:36:36

end where everybody plays well,

everybody plays well.

Yes, nice

3:36:363:36:41

corner guard on here.

3:36:413:36:52

This looks like it's going to come

into the house. It is just stopping.

3:36:553:37:00

Put the brakes on.

3:37:003:37:06

Ma Jingyi, this young lead. First

Olympic Games.

3:37:213:37:28

Olympic Games.

Yes, age 22. Great

experience for her. First stone just

3:37:283:37:34

went too far and this one is going

to do exactly the same.

3:37:343:37:47

There is a good atmosphere in here

tonight. Full house, pretty much. As

3:37:553:38:01

I said earlier on, Korea doing well.

If they win their second match as

3:38:013:38:05

well, that would be a little bit of

a turn-up for the books, given they

3:38:053:38:11

are playing and Japan.

3:38:113:38:19

are playing and Japan. -- Canada.

Just watching this.

3:38:193:38:25

Just watching this.

She won't want

to roll off this. That is exactly

3:38:283:38:32

what she has done. So Wang Bingyu

asking to remove that yellow stone

3:38:323:38:40

of Great Britain. I don't think she

will be too upset if she run

3:38:403:38:45

herself. If she hits it on the nose,

she is laying a pocket and that is

3:38:453:38:51

something we could utilise. Could

sit on top of the red stones and use

3:38:513:38:57

them to protect them removing our

stone. Rolled out to the wings so

3:38:573:39:04

that isn't too bad. Eve Muirhead

just calling for a back ring wait to

3:39:043:39:10

come onto the red and tap it

slightly back. She won't mind if it

3:39:103:39:14

taps and sits, they sit level.

It

won't be jamming up against their

3:39:143:39:23

own back stone.

3:39:233:39:28

own back stone. They are never short

of communication, the British

3:39:303:39:33

quartet. Keeping the energy levels

up, the body language is good.

3:39:333:39:40

Making shots.

3:39:403:39:45

Making shots.

We are just not

finishing on the right side. We've

3:39:483:39:51

got the wait, we haven't got the

line. If we've got the line, we're

3:39:513:39:56

not getting the wait.

I keep saying

about the idea of applying pressure

3:39:563:40:01

to the opposition. It just makes

some of their shots a little easier.

3:40:013:40:07

They are capable of mistakes, of

course they are. Great Britain and

3:40:073:40:13

allowing slightly easier shots to

make. Nearly caught that very

3:40:133:40:20

skinny, but just about got away with

it.

3:40:203:40:29

it.

All the Chinese stones on the

back of the rings.

3:40:293:40:36

Looking for an easy double here.

3:40:433:40:49

Nothing has been easy. You see the

shots and you think, just make the

3:40:493:40:54

shot.

3:40:543:41:02

shot. Late call to sweep.

Nice

shots.

The reason why we like that,

3:41:023:41:11

not so easy to move. All about

trying to build an opportunity to at

3:41:113:41:21

least take the two.

Wang Bingyu

won't be bothered if she removes her

3:41:213:41:28

own back stone. It is a danger to

her at the moment.

3:41:283:41:36

They said it was harder to move.

An

opportunity here for Eve Muirhead to

3:41:503:41:57

come round beehive her yellow stone,

which is outside the house that

3:41:573:42:03

Lauren Gray played earlier on. Use

it as a protector. This could be an

3:42:033:42:09

ideal opportunity for them to pick

up a two here. Just need to make

3:42:093:42:13

sure they get this stone behind and

get some cover.

3:42:133:42:21

Maybe this time, just about got it

right. Comes in nicely behind the

3:42:263:42:30

guard. Nice shot. Well played. Just

feel as if they are starting to get

3:42:303:42:37

a little bit more accurate. Anna

Sloan, missing one or two. Three

3:42:373:42:44

more stones in this end.

3:42:443:42:51

more stones in this end. Zhou Yan,

very experienced. Has played with

3:42:543:42:55

Wang Bingyu, very much since their

early days. Looking to take both of

3:42:553:43:01

these here.

3:43:013:43:09

these here. She misses the other

British stone, but rolls across.

3:43:093:43:20

So, crucial we can try and get two

here. Anna Sloan, going to come down

3:43:233:43:29

with her last stone and it will be

less than two Eve Muirhead. Still

3:43:293:43:37

sitting with the advantage to China

leading 5-3 as we come towards the

3:43:373:43:44

end of the seventh end.

CLARE BALDING: As Anna Sloan tries

3:43:443:43:50

to deliver that stone perfectly into

the house, we are heading into the

3:43:503:43:55

one o'clock News.

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