BBC One Day 8: Women's Skeleton Final and Short-track Semi-Final

0:00:37 > 0:00:42Hello. It's state of the games in Pyeongchang but nine is the magic

0:00:42 > 0:00:46number on this special day, February 17, because there are nine gold

0:00:46 > 0:00:50medals on offer and one has gone to Great Britain and Lizzy Yarnold, who

0:00:50 > 0:01:00has retained the bob skeleton titles she claimed in Sochi. Laura Deas

0:01:00 > 0:01:04also taking the bronze, the third skeleton muddle by Britain in this

0:01:04 > 0:01:10game is after Dom Parsons's bronze in the men's -- skeleton muddle. We

0:01:10 > 0:01:13will hear from Lizzy Yarnold Laura soon. Already another Olympic super

0:01:13 > 0:01:21Saturday for the British team. Not for a century have Britain's Winter

0:01:21 > 0:01:28Olympics claimed multiple medals on the same day.

0:01:28 > 0:01:32the same day. So, could Elise Christie join them? Short track's

0:01:32 > 0:01:36triple world champion still waiting for her Olympic breakthrough, will

0:01:36 > 0:01:42it finally come in the 1500 metres? Lizzy has won that second gold. We

0:01:42 > 0:01:46reflect on another slice of history for her as she becomes the first

0:01:46 > 0:01:55skeleton racer ever to retain title. -- a title. Gold and bronze for

0:01:55 > 0:02:03Britain at the Sliding Centre. Whatever happens today,

0:02:08 > 0:02:23Whatever happens today, Japan will take medal for figure skating.

0:02:23 > 0:02:25take medal for figure skating. Our first glimpse of American megastar

0:02:25 > 0:02:30Lindsey von as the ski women threw themselves down the mountain in the

0:02:30 > 0:02:35super-g in a race of stunning surprises. In 26 years of frenetic

0:02:35 > 0:02:40racing at the Winter Games in short track speed skating there has been

0:02:40 > 0:02:45one British medal, Nicky Gooch, bronze in Lillehammer 1994. He is

0:02:45 > 0:02:50now the coach of Elise Christie, very much in her corner. As you know

0:02:50 > 0:02:55Elise Christie is a brilliant athlete, a multiple European

0:02:55 > 0:02:59athlete, a multiple world champion, but success is never come away at

0:02:59 > 0:03:03the Olympics. It wasn't just Nicky in her corner today but everyone in

0:03:03 > 0:03:08Great Britain, would it finally come right for her in the 1500 metres?

0:03:08 > 0:03:13She was one of three British skaters in this event today. In the second

0:03:13 > 0:03:14She was one of three British skaters in this event today. In the second

0:03:14 > 0:03:20heat Kathryn Thomson eating in her first games was the first Briton to

0:03:20 > 0:03:25go and to go out. Thompson needed to be in the top three to advance to

0:03:25 > 0:03:31the semis but she finished fourth. Elise Christie and Charlotte

0:03:31 > 0:03:35Gilmartin progressed and in the first of three semifinals, Kim of

0:03:35 > 0:03:42South

0:03:42 > 0:03:47South Korea is to way through to fight the medals. And so as they

0:03:47 > 0:03:56crossed the line, it was Charlotte Gilmartin to try her luck, watched

0:03:56 > 0:04:03by Wilf O'Reilly and Simon Brotherton. COMMENTATOR: Let's go on

0:04:03 > 0:04:08with the second of these three semifinals. There is Charlotte

0:04:08 > 0:04:14Gilmartin. Work to do here with seven laps to go. Down she goes

0:04:14 > 0:04:22again, Gilmartin has crashed out just as she did in the heats of the

0:04:22 > 0:04:26500 metres, but she is back on her skates and back up and running on

0:04:26 > 0:04:37the ice but a lap behind everybody else. In the front

0:04:37 > 0:04:40else. In the front it is Ter Mors ahead of Fontana. Bringing up the

0:04:40 > 0:04:46rear from the leading

0:04:46 > 0:04:48rear from the leading group is Kikuchi of Japan.Ter Mors moving

0:04:48 > 0:04:52into first place with three laps to go so we will have to wait and see

0:04:52 > 0:05:01what happens.Fontana wasn't about to give away. Ter Mors leads the way

0:05:01 > 0:05:09in front, Fontana in second place, she goes out wide,

0:05:10 > 0:05:14she goes out wide, Kikuchi travelling in third. First two over

0:05:14 > 0:05:26the line Ter Mors and Fontana, and is Lockett of Australia crashed, and

0:05:26 > 0:05:32unable to challenge for the final. We have a and B finals in these

0:05:32 > 0:05:38events, the B final leg merely to determine the final placing. This is

0:05:38 > 0:05:44the second semifinal and here is Charlotte Gilmartin.Couldn't see

0:05:44 > 0:05:50what happened there but she is trying to come up the inside. The

0:05:50 > 0:05:58Italian completely blocking her out. Confirmation of the results, Ter

0:05:58 > 0:06:07Mors of the Netherlands and Fontana going through.

0:06:07 > 0:06:12Here we go. Elise Christie needs to finish in the first two to get into

0:06:12 > 0:06:20the Olympic final.

0:06:20 > 0:06:25the Olympic final. Minjeong on the inside,

0:06:27 > 0:06:33inside, Christie, Yang of China and multi of Canada.Will Christie adapt

0:06:33 > 0:06:38the same tactics student in the first round, and leave it for a

0:06:38 > 0:06:43final burst of speed at the end? I'm convinced looking at the field there

0:06:43 > 0:06:47is no real specialist 1500 metres skaters in this race so that is

0:06:47 > 0:06:53probably the tactics, the race plan she will adapt to. Choi sat

0:06:53 > 0:06:59comfortably behind

0:07:00 > 0:07:04comfortably behind Christie.In the first race of the day Christie was

0:07:04 > 0:07:10confident enough in her speeds to bide her time early on, and this is

0:07:10 > 0:07:17what she has done initially, just moving up a little, in front of Yang

0:07:17 > 0:07:25Maltais into second place. Remember Christie has to finish in the first

0:07:25 > 0:07:34two here. Moves into second place behind Li. Tight up the front, not

0:07:34 > 0:07:38too much room there, the two Chinese athletes dominate up to now with

0:07:38 > 0:07:44seven to go.Christie skating nice lines going into the turn. Not going

0:07:44 > 0:07:51into tight or being forced to be squeezed onto that first block. She

0:07:51 > 0:07:57is still looking very comfortable indeed as Maltais tries to attack

0:07:57 > 0:08:00around the outside.Maltais makes a move round the outside, suddenly

0:08:00 > 0:08:09Christie looking boxed in our Maltais makes her move so it is

0:08:09 > 0:08:14Maltais, Zhou, Li and Christie with four laps to go. Maltais has a

0:08:14 > 0:08:19little bit of a gap here, Maltais, going for a longer one, Zhou is

0:08:19 > 0:08:26there an Christie has work to do now because Ming Jeong comes round the

0:08:26 > 0:08:31outside -- Choi comes round the outside. Two laps to go, Christie

0:08:31 > 0:08:36just a little bit patient, doesn't want to crash into Zhou now the race

0:08:36 > 0:08:42is on. Christie in third place, Choi leads the way and it is between Zhou

0:08:42 > 0:08:47and Christie as they come round the final bend, and they both crash.

0:08:47 > 0:08:52Christie has crashed again in the semifinal, right on the final bend,

0:08:52 > 0:08:55yet again, she ends up in a distraught heap on the floor. She

0:08:55 > 0:09:02was almost there, she was almost about to qualify, she could see the

0:09:02 > 0:09:06line in front of her, and what is more, -- once more, Elise Christie

0:09:06 > 0:09:11this time tangling with the Chinese athlete, ends up on the deck against

0:09:11 > 0:09:16the padding up the side of the track. Choi qualifies first.My

0:09:16 > 0:09:25heart goes out to this young lady. She skated a fantastic race. You can

0:09:25 > 0:09:33see there. I hope there has been no cut. It appeared as if Li might have

0:09:33 > 0:09:39cut her blade into Christie's cut resistant racing suit. In the side

0:09:39 > 0:09:42of the right skate. An awful disaster. You can see that there

0:09:42 > 0:09:54again. She will be taken off by stretcher. So, a disaster here for

0:09:54 > 0:10:00Elise Christie.What terrible pictures for the second time in a

0:10:00 > 0:10:05few days.She's coming around the outside, and of course, we only see

0:10:05 > 0:10:11the angle here, we can see whether she has passed Li of China, she

0:10:11 > 0:10:16clearly hasn't passed her, and maybe the knock of the left shoulder on Li

0:10:16 > 0:10:22causes Li to go down, then Li... We can get the rotation picture, we

0:10:22 > 0:10:30need to go back a little bit, she clearly takes Christie out. The big

0:10:30 > 0:10:35question is, it is Elise in front of Li at this point?The other big

0:10:35 > 0:10:40question at this moment of time of course, is hopefully she is not

0:10:40 > 0:10:45badly injured. Elise Christie is now being placed on a stretcher, and

0:10:45 > 0:10:54while the judges reach their conclusions on that semifinal, Elise

0:10:54 > 0:11:02Christie and Valerie Maltais have received a

0:11:02 > 0:11:09received a penalty,. Unfortunately the sad scene we are seeing is of

0:11:09 > 0:11:12the stretcher being wheeled from the arena with Elise Christie lying on

0:11:12 > 0:11:19top of it. They are the qualifiers for the A final, and unfortunately

0:11:19 > 0:11:24the world champion is not among those who will race for gold earlier

0:11:24 > 0:11:28today -- later today. Here is the line-up for the final and the home

0:11:28 > 0:11:34crowd beside themselves with excitement at the possibility of

0:11:34 > 0:11:45Choi claiming the middle.

0:11:52 > 0:11:59Ter Mors looking for the first Dutch goal. Choi makes her move. She has

0:11:59 > 0:12:04the speed. Daylight now. The crowd are getting really excited here.

0:12:04 > 0:12:09Choi is one lap from the gold medal in the Olympic Games. She is

0:12:09 > 0:12:13streaking away from everybody else here and the battle now is for

0:12:13 > 0:12:22second place, gold for Choi, second place for Li of China, Boutin of

0:12:22 > 0:12:26Canada takes third, bronze for her, but the home crowd have what they

0:12:26 > 0:12:32wanted to see, a gold for Choi, the big favourite going into this race.

0:12:32 > 0:12:36She was favourite going into the 500 metres, she got the penalty, and now

0:12:36 > 0:12:46she has gold.Ter -- Choi didn't finish the last race, she didn't

0:12:46 > 0:12:52finish the final, but she finished this one in style.The coach is

0:12:52 > 0:12:56there really enjoying this, the 12,000 spectators in the arena

0:12:56 > 0:12:59loving every minute of this, and you can see the emotion on her face, she

0:12:59 > 0:13:04can't believe it.When she made her move, what a blistering turn of

0:13:04 > 0:13:09pace. Nobody could live with it. This is superb skating, going around

0:13:09 > 0:13:18the outside, clearly firing on all cylinders, making it look so easy,

0:13:18 > 0:13:25her power to weight ratio is so phenomenal.An extraordinary burst

0:13:25 > 0:13:28of pace that left everybody else racing for the other medals for

0:13:28 > 0:13:37silver. A great race -- great race from the 17-year-old Ter -- Li from

0:13:37 > 0:13:43China who timed her effort well. A dominant victory for Choi. We

0:13:43 > 0:13:49shouldn't forget she was the overall world champion at 16. She has seven

0:13:49 > 0:13:55world titles of various descriptions and is still only 19, including

0:13:55 > 0:13:58twice the overall world champion. This topped with Lott, winning the

0:13:58 > 0:14:01gold in front of a home crowd. STUDIO:

0:14:01 > 0:14:06gold in front of a home crowd. STUDIO:, a hometown for Korea. Elise

0:14:06 > 0:14:10Christie not so much smiling. After the collision police Christie was

0:14:10 > 0:14:16taken to

0:14:17 > 0:14:20the collision police Christie was taken to hospital. Her boyfriend

0:14:20 > 0:14:25told the BBC she is looking to compete in the final event, the 1000

0:14:25 > 0:14:29metres, on Tuesday, and you have to admire her bouncing back if she can

0:14:29 > 0:14:35do that, everything crossed for her for Tuesday. Yesterday Dom Parsons

0:14:35 > 0:14:39kept alive Britain's proud record in skeleton bob at the Olympic Games

0:14:39 > 0:14:46because in all seven editions the sport has featured in the games

0:14:46 > 0:14:49since 1928, a British slider has always ended up on the podium. We

0:14:49 > 0:14:55are a world power in this one, great to see! The problem is, we have

0:14:55 > 0:15:00never had two sliders on the same podium. Would that change today?

0:15:00 > 0:15:03Defending champion Lizzy Yarnold was attempting to make history by

0:15:03 > 0:15:11becoming the first bob skeleton site ever -- slider to defend the title

0:15:11 > 0:15:15is and Wrexham's Laura Deas was in with a shout as well. Let's show you

0:15:15 > 0:15:22the standings. Jacqueline Loelling ahead of them all, and Janine

0:15:22 > 0:15:23the standings. Jacqueline Loelling ahead of them all, and Janine flop

0:15:23 > 0:15:28very much in the mix, but just two sense of a second between first and

0:15:28 > 0:15:34fourth places. It is the blink of an eye, so here we go, in the

0:15:34 > 0:15:38commentary box 2010 Vancouver champion Amy Williams alongside John

0:15:38 > 0:15:44Jackson and John Hunt. COMMENTATOR: Round three goes from the leaders

0:15:44 > 0:15:48down, 1-20, and ready to go, Jacqueline Loelling. This is the

0:15:48 > 0:15:54young German who has dominated this event for the last two years. She

0:15:54 > 0:16:02leads just a fraction, 200th of

0:16:02 > 0:16:04leads just a fraction, 200th of a second ahead. Four-time winner in

0:16:04 > 0:16:10the World Cup. She is one of the slowest starters, her best start has

0:16:10 > 0:16:17been 5.34 in the early rounds, Loelling under way, and slow again,

0:16:17 > 0:16:225.42, but she has a happy habit of making up good speed through the

0:16:22 > 0:16:29run.She is one of the most consistent sliders we have here. Is

0:16:29 > 0:16:36that start going to be her Achilles' heel? Will the girls are out start

0:16:36 > 0:16:42her drive faster? She did not make one mistake yesterday. Is that the

0:16:42 > 0:16:46mistake that will cost her or will she allow the other girls to move up

0:16:46 > 0:16:53as they start coming in, especially the British girls. She has been the

0:16:53 > 0:17:03best slider so far.

0:17:04 > 0:17:0852.04 which is OK but only average when you bear in mind what so many

0:17:08 > 0:17:13of the girls did in-run number one. Second placed Austria's Janine

0:17:13 > 0:17:20Flock. Austria have never won a medal in this. Flock seems to be at

0:17:20 > 0:17:25her best. She was former world number one back in 2015. She's got a

0:17:25 > 0:17:33much quicker start habitually. She's pretty close to 5.17 once again.

0:17:33 > 0:17:37Probably nerves in the legs which is increasing the tension. She's a

0:17:37 > 0:17:43solid rider and when she gets it right, she flies. Let's see here, on

0:17:43 > 0:17:47her first run yesterday she hit the wall coming out of that nine. She

0:17:47 > 0:17:52had a really great run in the second. Is all about getting the

0:17:52 > 0:17:55steers in the right place. Minimising those oscillations, the

0:17:55 > 0:18:04highs and the lows. That was really good from Janine She really wants an

0:18:04 > 0:18:11Olympic medal.Down they come to 14, two bends to go the Flock. 15 can be

0:18:11 > 0:18:17tricky. The final bend, oscillations to finish with an she's finished

0:18:17 > 0:18:22ahead of Loelling. She's the tenth of a second ahead of Loelling.

0:18:22 > 0:18:28Janine Flock giving it everything. The coach is going to be thrilled

0:18:28 > 0:18:36with that.Lots of British fans here and key five minutes coming up for

0:18:36 > 0:18:44the Britons. Lizzy Yarnold, Olympic champion from Sochi. She goes third,

0:18:44 > 0:18:49starting this run a tenth of a second off the lead, as was

0:18:49 > 0:18:57Loelling. We are looking for a start time of sub 5.20, that would be

0:18:57 > 0:19:02lovely to send Yarnold on her way. Decent start.Lizzie made mistakes

0:19:02 > 0:19:07yesterday which is why she is now behind. If she puts a big run in

0:19:07 > 0:19:10here like she did on the first run yesterday, she will be in the lead

0:19:10 > 0:19:14at the bottom. Her first run yesterday was phenomenal. Now she's

0:19:14 > 0:19:20coming to the part of the track, she's already made mistakes in the

0:19:20 > 0:19:24second run. This is the important one, she needs to nail this

0:19:24 > 0:19:31straight. That's not so bad, she's coming to back corner OK. She's

0:19:31 > 0:19:36keeping herself in the mix with the Austrian slider.Not going to be

0:19:36 > 0:19:42much between it as Yarnold heads to the finish. 15 looked fine. Did that

0:19:42 > 0:19:49tap on ten cost her son 's speed? It did but only a tiny bit. Yarnold

0:19:49 > 0:19:55only to hundredths off the lead. When she took that hit it was

0:19:55 > 0:19:59parallel, has led wasn't skidding into it and then continued straight

0:19:59 > 0:20:10into corner 12.From Lizzy Yarnold to Laura Deas. Starting this third

0:20:10 > 0:20:17run in fourth place, she has probably been the most consistent in

0:20:17 > 0:20:24terms of time of all of these athletes over the first two runs.

0:20:24 > 0:20:31Again, a fast starter. We are looking

0:20:31 > 0:20:36looking for 5.10 as a start. She's away nicely.She is so strong, so

0:20:36 > 0:20:43powerful. Her background is equestrianism. She trains so hard in

0:20:43 > 0:20:51the Jim every single day. It really pays off having the best start here.

0:20:51 > 0:20:56Can she work with this track, can she find the speed from every one of

0:20:56 > 0:21:03these corners? She absolutely nailed it. That's the best we've seen. Run

0:21:03 > 0:21:07one yesterday she didn't get quite right, she got it back on to run

0:21:07 > 0:21:15two.Speed dropping off slightly relative to Flock. Not separated by

0:21:15 > 0:21:20much at the line. Speed dropped off quite dramatically, Laura Deas.

0:21:20 > 0:21:28Laura stays in place, and she's 19 hundredths off the leader Janine

0:21:28 > 0:21:37Flock. A significant five minutes, highly significant. Deas has done

0:21:37 > 0:21:43fine and now Flock leads from Lizzy Yarnold, Loelling, Flock is in

0:21:43 > 0:21:48fourth place.

0:21:48 > 0:21:53fourth place. Anna Fernstaedt is so young, she's just 21. Anna

0:21:53 > 0:21:59Fernstaedt is not a good starter. She's put herself under immense

0:21:59 > 0:22:05pressure if she is to try and close on these fronts for.The difference

0:22:05 > 0:22:10is between having a fast start and a slow start. With a fast start, you

0:22:10 > 0:22:14can make little errors and get away with them. When you have a slow

0:22:14 > 0:22:19start like the Germans, you have to be perfect everywhere. What the

0:22:19 > 0:22:24Germans are very good at doing that because they build speed. As she

0:22:24 > 0:22:30comes round 12, you can't hear her as much as you could Laura. Maybe

0:22:30 > 0:22:35that's why Laura lost a bit of speed. She's not really gaining so

0:22:35 > 0:22:43their equipment isn't working. Interesting to see how much that

0:22:43 > 0:22:48closes. She's breathing down Laura Deas's neck for fourth place. She

0:22:48 > 0:22:54found some impetus there are.She did. It is about the lined at the

0:22:54 > 0:22:59bottom of the track where she is finding speed and building and

0:22:59 > 0:23:03building and building.Fernstaedt has improved her position. Next,

0:23:03 > 0:23:10going six, another German, Tina Hermann. She's had identical starts

0:23:10 > 0:23:20so far, both 5.24. She's a tiny bit slower.A struggle to get the

0:23:20 > 0:23:24perfect line she wanted into corner one. She's an incredible driver and

0:23:24 > 0:23:29are expected to see her a bit further up the field. Let's see what

0:23:29 > 0:23:36she can do today. If she's thought about it with her coaches overnight.

0:23:36 > 0:23:40Normally throughout the training runs you have videos on entrances

0:23:40 > 0:23:45and exits of each corner, you go home and study them and see what the

0:23:45 > 0:23:49perfect line is and what other sliders. On race day you've got to

0:23:49 > 0:23:59go out there and do it.Can Hermann close

0:23:59 > 0:24:02close like Fernstaedt did? Hermann crosses the line and she's trimmed

0:24:02 > 0:24:10off a bit of the deficit, to go a tenth behind Fernstaedt. Those two

0:24:10 > 0:24:15Germans Fernstaedt and Hermann have kept a bit of pressure on Deas. We

0:24:15 > 0:24:21were wondering whether this might be a four athlete racer the medals,

0:24:21 > 0:24:24possibly. Fernstaedt and Hermann have kept themselves alive. As

0:24:24 > 0:24:31things stand, Janine Flock leads by just a whisker from Lizzy Yarnold

0:24:31 > 0:24:39the defending champion. Laura Deas still right in the mix in fourth.

0:24:39 > 0:24:47And now we come to the potential medallists.

0:24:47 > 0:24:53medallists. Hermann is two tenths of a second of Jacqueline Loelling. The

0:24:53 > 0:24:56thing with Hermann is, she's been improving and improving all the way.

0:24:56 > 0:25:03If you're looking for times, 51.8 or better would put some pressure on

0:25:03 > 0:25:14Deas or Jacqueline Loelling.She had a 51.83. She's found the groove

0:25:14 > 0:25:17today and the settings she needed to tweak. This is going to put pressure

0:25:17 > 0:25:21on the next two or three sliders. Whether it's good enough to get her

0:25:21 > 0:25:30into the medals I'm not too sure, it will totally put pressure on

0:25:30 > 0:25:37Fernstaedt and Laura Deas.The tricky 15th to negotiate. Lovely

0:25:37 > 0:25:43from Hermann. She's had a good Olympic Games, and she goes 51.8

0:25:43 > 0:25:47which we thought she would need to crank the pressure up on the other

0:25:47 > 0:25:52five who are looking for medals. That was an incredible run. She's

0:25:52 > 0:25:57got the fastest pushed out of all the Germans. She is tiny. That was a

0:25:57 > 0:26:07beautiful run.Carbon copy, Anna Fernstaedt. Improvements seem right

0:26:07 > 0:26:11the way through the competition. She's 14 hundredths of Hermann.

0:26:11 > 0:26:16Laura Deas is next of course. Anna Fernstaedt needs to do what Hermann

0:26:16 > 0:26:22has just done.Has start a bit slower but that was the best art of

0:26:22 > 0:26:27her competition so far. She's giving it 110%. She wants to beat her

0:26:27 > 0:26:33German rival, probably best friend. When you get here on race day you

0:26:33 > 0:26:37are each for your own. You and your thread need to get down to the

0:26:37 > 0:26:45bottom as fast as you can. So far this is looking good. She's having

0:26:45 > 0:26:50to control it there, just slightly controlled the skid. So far pretty

0:26:50 > 0:26:55clean, but the time is bleeding away a bit more. Like most of the

0:26:55 > 0:26:59Germans, can she make it back in the spot and three corners?They are

0:26:59 > 0:27:05really good at holding speed. Hermann keeps her nose in front.

0:27:05 > 0:27:13Hermann moves up to fifth place. Hold it together!How are we at

0:27:13 > 0:27:24home? Laura Deas goes next to Great Britain in fourth place. Let's not

0:27:24 > 0:27:30forget the Laura it is her first Olympic Games, aged 29. Stunningly

0:27:30 > 0:27:38consistent, good starter. We want that 51.8 or better. First we need

0:27:38 > 0:27:43the usual good start. Can she get under 5.1 to give her a cracking

0:27:43 > 0:27:51shot? She's got it. Laura Deas has a super start.Can she hold it

0:27:51 > 0:27:55together now? She's got to stay calm. She'll have seen everyone

0:27:55 > 0:27:59slowly leaving the changing rooms. Just using her feet. She's got quite

0:27:59 > 0:28:08a big lead. Perfect lines, perfect sliding.Four tenths up on Hermann.

0:28:08 > 0:28:16She's got her eyes on the medal if she can.Now she can't clip into

0:28:16 > 0:28:21that corner... Perfect. She's improved on that. We've got to hope

0:28:21 > 0:28:26the exit of nine was enough to keep her moving up the leaderboard.Bend

0:28:26 > 0:28:3215. Lovely, right up the middle. Slightly high on the entrance to 16.

0:28:32 > 0:28:38She's confirmed as fourth at the very worst. Laura Deas has done all

0:28:38 > 0:28:48she can, will it be enough? 51.9, I'm not sure...She wasn't quite as

0:28:48 > 0:28:53relaxed as she was on her previous run. She knows she wants to move up.

0:28:53 > 0:28:58Just there, that's what probably did it. She didn't have the perfect line

0:28:58 > 0:29:03she had on the run before. She did perfect her steer and didn't clip.

0:29:03 > 0:29:10Let's see what's going to happen. She is there, still in the

0:29:10 > 0:29:18leaderboard.Jacqueline Loelling, two years of complete excellence.

0:29:18 > 0:29:26She admitted to nerves that the start of the competition. Loelling

0:29:26 > 0:29:33has got 252 second runs to her name. If she does that here, Loelling is

0:29:33 > 0:29:39in trouble. She's had a magnificent two years, really the worlds best

0:29:39 > 0:29:43Loelling is ranked number one in the world and has a phenomenal track

0:29:43 > 0:29:49record. She's been up there winning medals week in week out. She's had

0:29:49 > 0:29:52for podium finishes. She truly believes to be up here on the

0:29:52 > 0:29:58podium.How is it looking to you, John?The deficit is from the start

0:29:58 > 0:30:02but she's making little mistakes here. Is this going to be the run

0:30:02 > 0:30:07that sees Laura Deas move up into a medal? That's a big skid. That could

0:30:07 > 0:30:13be the mistake that is going to give Laura Deas what she needs. She's

0:30:13 > 0:30:22still building speed...Second blast curve, she was wide. Nothing between

0:30:22 > 0:30:25Fernstaedt and Laura Deas... Loelling just touches Laura Deas

0:30:25 > 0:30:30out. She does what she does all of the time and that is a fine speed,

0:30:30 > 0:30:35very, very late. She's got amazing credentials. Fernstaedt guaranteed a

0:30:35 > 0:30:43medal. Lizzy Yarnold next -- Loelling guaranteed a medal. Can

0:30:43 > 0:30:53Lizzy Yarnold make history and Winick -- win it again?

0:30:53 > 0:30:57She has started well and needs to focus on the track. Don't worry

0:30:57 > 0:31:01about the German or the Austrian, she needs to put in a perfect run,

0:31:01 > 0:31:05she cannot make a mistake at all on this run, everything looking good so

0:31:05 > 0:31:11far, the lines are good, good control, building speeds at this

0:31:11 > 0:31:18corner drops away into nine. This is crucial. Look at the Gap, she has

0:31:18 > 0:31:26half a second. Will this run give her her second gold medal and

0:31:26 > 0:31:31defence her Olympic title?Spend 15 to negotiate. She had a big lead

0:31:31 > 0:31:35over Loelling, this could be at least silver for Lizzy Yarnold, she

0:31:35 > 0:31:42goes to the front and how! Look at the time, 51.46 to pile the pressure

0:31:42 > 0:31:47on Janine Flock.That is a gold medal winning run, I am sure of it.

0:31:47 > 0:31:53We are looking at the two-time Olympic champion.That was a track

0:31:53 > 0:31:56record, unbelievable, yes she made a mistake but she had so much time in

0:31:56 > 0:32:02her bag to be able to play with. I really believe that Lizzy Yarnold

0:32:02 > 0:32:07has just popped down potentially a gold medal run, but, Janine, hold it

0:32:07 > 0:32:10together, girl, you have a good push and she can do this. Mentally she

0:32:10 > 0:32:17needs to focus.For Austria, who have never won a medal, Janine

0:32:17 > 0:32:22Flock, former world number one, needs the run of her 28 years to tip

0:32:22 > 0:32:28out Lizzy Yarnold. It looks a big ask. She has a decent enough start,

0:32:28 > 0:32:335.2 to.That will not be enough, she made a little mistake there, this

0:32:33 > 0:32:39will drop away, she has lost time. This is how good Lizzy's run was,

0:32:39 > 0:32:44one mistake and already she is tenth behind. Can she get control and

0:32:44 > 0:32:50build up down the run? This is not about her staying in front of Lizzy.

0:32:50 > 0:32:55Is she going to drop behind the silver or even the bronze? It is a

0:32:55 > 0:33:00big gap back to Laura Deas, the run is good, looking like she will hold

0:33:00 > 0:33:05onto a bronze position but time is dropping away.All the time. Looks

0:33:05 > 0:33:10like Lizzy Yarnold will win gold again. Where will Flock finish, has

0:33:10 > 0:33:16Deas got a medal in her? Flock is fourth, Yarnold wins gold again!

0:33:16 > 0:33:20CHEERING Laura Deas has won bronze as well.

0:33:20 > 0:33:25Lizzy Yarnold, what a performance, the first British athlete to

0:33:25 > 0:33:30successfully defend her Olympic title, and for Laura Deas, who

0:33:30 > 0:33:35dreams of medals at Badminton and Birley, she now has one at the

0:33:35 > 0:33:41Olympic Games. Geneva Flock crestfallen, you have to feel for

0:33:41 > 0:33:49her.We now have a gold medal and a bronze medal by Laura Deas. There is

0:33:49 > 0:33:55her fiance. There will be a big party tonight in team Great Britain.

0:33:55 > 0:34:00Lizzy Yarnold won gold by nearly half a second, Jacqueline Loelling

0:34:00 > 0:34:05in silver, and the wonderful bronze medal for Laura Deas. Celebrations

0:34:05 > 0:34:09all-round.

0:34:09 > 0:34:13CHEERING

0:34:13 > 0:34:21OK, are we ready? How are you feeling to rack up a

0:34:21 > 0:34:27gold medal in Sochi with another here?I am exhausted! Yesterday

0:34:27 > 0:34:31after the first run I almost pulled out of the competition because my

0:34:31 > 0:34:35chest infection was so uncomfortable and I couldn't breathe, so my physio

0:34:35 > 0:34:41gave me talking to and said, you can do it, and if it wasn't for every

0:34:41 > 0:34:46single one of the team and my coach I wouldn't be here right now so I am

0:34:46 > 0:34:50hugely grateful to them.You haven't found the pressure easy, an enormous

0:34:50 > 0:34:55amount of pressure on your shoulders in this game.I love pressure, I

0:34:55 > 0:35:02enjoy pressure, it is a privilege and if it wasn't for the support of

0:35:02 > 0:35:07everyone at home, my family, my husband...Wanted to say to you?At

0:35:07 > 0:35:14the end? I have no idea?How your runs from a technical point of view?

0:35:14 > 0:35:19The second run yesterday I was just trying to get down so it didn't

0:35:19 > 0:35:23matter what happened, so I could fight another day today. Today I

0:35:23 > 0:35:27made a couple of mistakes on the straight but it is all about

0:35:27 > 0:35:30believing in whatever happens, taking the hits when they come at

0:35:30 > 0:35:35getting back on line. Wardy, my first coach, taught me to do the

0:35:35 > 0:35:39basics well and have form and confidence. I am relieved to have

0:35:39 > 0:35:43done the race had been consistent and Laura and I are on the podium

0:35:43 > 0:35:47together.More relief than enjoyment or a vicious mix?Exhaustion mainly!

0:35:47 > 0:35:50LAUGHTER

0:35:50 > 0:35:54or a vicious mix?Exhaustion mainly! LAUGHTER.I'm going to cough, sorry!

0:35:54 > 0:36:00What was it like before you went, did you relish being a fraction

0:36:00 > 0:36:06behind?I relished it, if she had won, rightly so, because the best

0:36:06 > 0:36:12athlete wins so I was looking forward to being able to chase her.

0:36:12 > 0:36:15Women in sport pushy server and pushed the platform of success and

0:36:15 > 0:36:20that is a good thing for everyone -- push each other.What you have left

0:36:20 > 0:36:25to do in this sport?LAUGHTERI don't know! I just want to take a

0:36:25 > 0:36:42nap!Well-deserved.Thank you!Laura Deas...

0:36:42 > 0:36:47Deas...Deep breath, in a is doubtless, it amazing that you.I

0:36:47 > 0:36:50can't believe it's happening. I knew I could do it, and I thought it

0:36:50 > 0:36:56would be snatched away. When Janine came down behind me I just couldn't

0:36:56 > 0:37:01believe it was happening, I am so pleased Lizzy as well, a dream come

0:37:01 > 0:37:06true.You were so consistent in all your runs, you must have been happy

0:37:06 > 0:37:11overnight, won't you?It was a good position to be chasing the pack into

0:37:11 > 0:37:16today and I always knew the consistency would win the day, and I

0:37:16 > 0:37:21am just really pleased to put down that last run. I can barely feel my

0:37:21 > 0:37:26legs, I was so nervous, but I just did it, and I can't believe this is

0:37:26 > 0:37:31real!And even then there was an agonising couple of minutes

0:37:31 > 0:37:36afterwards.Yes, I didn't think I had done enough, I didn't think it

0:37:36 > 0:37:39would happen, and I watched Janine make mistakes earlier on the track

0:37:39 > 0:37:44and I thought, maybe, then the further she came down the track I

0:37:44 > 0:37:49thought, maybe, but you don't know on this track until the last split

0:37:49 > 0:37:57comes in. Magical!You have come to your first Olympics and probably

0:37:57 > 0:38:02slip better than ever before, haven't you?I think I have done

0:38:02 > 0:38:06myself proud!You've certainly done that.I always knew four consistent

0:38:06 > 0:38:09runs would put me in a strong position so that was my goal from

0:38:09 > 0:38:17the start.Life will change, you know?Yeah, I can't believe it!Well

0:38:17 > 0:38:25done.Thank you.Congratulations to Laura, and of course to Lizzy,

0:38:25 > 0:38:30because with Amy Williams's Goldin Vancouver then back to back for

0:38:30 > 0:38:34Lizzy Yarnold, three golds in a row in bob skeleton for Britain's women,

0:38:34 > 0:38:40and the last time Britain achieved back-to-back golds was figure

0:38:40 > 0:38:48skating. Christopher Dean was part of that with Jayne Torvill, John

0:38:48 > 0:38:52Curry, Robin Cousins and you guys. Your reaction first of all to being

0:38:52 > 0:38:56able to take that pressure and come back and win consecutive gold

0:38:56 > 0:39:01medals, how much do you admire that in Lizzy Yarnold?Amazing ability

0:39:01 > 0:39:06just to sustain over that period and keep the training up, be physically

0:39:06 > 0:39:11on your game all the time then come back and achieve that, it's an

0:39:11 > 0:39:15amazing feeling.And with a chest infection, and she smashed their own

0:39:15 > 0:39:20track record in the last run, two tense of the second, that is the

0:39:20 > 0:39:25mentality of an Olympic champion, a double Olympic champion.Mind of

0:39:25 > 0:39:29steel, and the chest infection will not get in the way.We would train

0:39:29 > 0:39:34when we were ill, when we had injuries, because that would happen

0:39:34 > 0:39:41when you are at the Olympics, and clearly Lizzy also.Extraordinary

0:39:41 > 0:39:45scenes and history in the making. We would surely get more reaction to

0:39:45 > 0:39:49that of the afternoon goes on but when we reflect back on figure

0:39:49 > 0:39:55skating's finest hour for Great Britain, you had ten years apart

0:39:55 > 0:40:01before coming back and trying to win another gold medal, from 84-94. Can

0:40:01 > 0:40:06you tell us about why you decided to put yourself through the Olympic

0:40:06 > 0:40:13ring and the circumstances that led to that?I think we were mad, to be

0:40:13 > 0:40:18honest! It was all about the challenge. What happens is we turned

0:40:18 > 0:40:23professional, so we start to skate and earn money, and the Olympics at

0:40:23 > 0:40:28that time, you could be professional and go back, but the rules had

0:40:28 > 0:40:33changed a lot that was the first year they did that. So got

0:40:33 > 0:40:37eligibility back and for us it was a challenge, something we didn't do we

0:40:37 > 0:40:41would have regretted it.We have been allowing ourselves when Chris

0:40:41 > 0:40:45is in the studio to give ourselves what we call eight for and Dean

0:40:45 > 0:40:52time-out and we will do it again, because you mentioned is 1994. We

0:40:52 > 0:40:56will see the men's programme shortly. Let's remind ourselves of

0:40:56 > 0:41:01the night when you are Jayne skated on the wold wide audience and 20

0:41:01 > 0:41:10million people in Britain when they face the music and danced.

0:41:10 > 0:41:16COMMENTATOR:Four minutes will decide whether medals go in this

0:41:16 > 0:41:23Olympic Games. -- where the medals go.

0:45:12 > 0:45:19CHEERING APPLAUSE

0:45:22 > 0:45:33That is absolutely marvellous. What a tremendous reception. STUDIO:

0:45:33 > 0:45:34Bronze medal, you were robbed!

0:45:34 > 0:45:37a tremendous reception. STUDIO: Bronze medal, you were robbed! The

0:45:37 > 0:45:44judges didn't like it so much, was it the pesky somersault that did it

0:45:44 > 0:45:48for you?That's what they laid claim to but we thought it looked good.

0:45:48 > 0:45:54You still maintain strong connections in choreography terms

0:45:54 > 0:45:56with the Olympic Games. You choreograph the gold medal winning

0:45:56 > 0:46:05routine of the Germans in the pairs. We have been having a feature called

0:46:05 > 0:46:08#AskChris. A good one came in the other day that said, did you ever

0:46:08 > 0:46:13consider doing the men's individual skating before you teamed up with

0:46:13 > 0:46:18different partners in dance?I tried it for two weeks and then people

0:46:18 > 0:46:22said for my safety maybe I shouldn't do with Pennywell. I was going to

0:46:22 > 0:46:31hurt myself -- maybe I shouldn't do it any more.This is going to be the

0:46:31 > 0:46:41first men's without the

0:46:41 > 0:46:44first men's without the charismatic Pluchenko. When you look back on his

0:46:44 > 0:46:52influence it was significant over the years.Heap brought charisma to

0:46:52 > 0:47:00the sport. Very masculine, identified with the audience. A

0:47:00 > 0:47:06character on ice. It's become very technical, very difficult,

0:47:06 > 0:47:06character on ice. It's become very technical, very difficult, very

0:47:06 > 0:47:10athletic. He was able to pull back together but at the same time his

0:47:10 > 0:47:13personality was strong and people identified with him. I think maybe

0:47:13 > 0:47:22that's what's happening with Hanyu from Japan.The then 19-year-old

0:47:22 > 0:47:26Yuzuru Hanyu who came through to become the first male skater to win

0:47:26 > 0:47:34gold from Japan and he became an instant megastar.

0:47:35 > 0:47:38instant megastar. Figure skating in Japan was already established, they

0:47:38 > 0:47:42had gold already.His athletic ability and

0:47:42 > 0:47:44had gold already.His athletic ability and also the style, his

0:47:44 > 0:47:48grace, his ease on the ice and technical ability was second to

0:47:48 > 0:47:54none.Indeed. Today he was trying to do something which hadn't been done

0:47:54 > 0:47:59since 1952, to win back-to-back gold medals. It was last done in Oslo by

0:47:59 > 0:48:04Dick Button the American. Extraordinarily when you look back

0:48:04 > 0:48:09at his influence, he was the first to complete a triple jump in any

0:48:09 > 0:48:12competition, how things have changed.We were talking about that.

0:48:12 > 0:48:18It's taken 60 years to get to the quads. Maybe in another 60 years

0:48:18 > 0:48:23will get to the quint? You never know.Quadruple rotation is what

0:48:23 > 0:48:29it's about. If you don't have it, you're not in the club. Let's check

0:48:29 > 0:48:39the standings before we go into the free programmes.

0:48:44 > 0:48:51Watching what is really one of the special occasions of any games, the

0:48:51 > 0:48:571980s men's Olympic champion, Robin cousins and Katherine Downes.

0:48:57 > 0:49:02COMMENTATOR: Now Young Nathan Chen, which Nathan are we going to see on

0:49:02 > 0:49:08the ice today? He's just 18, he's received a real lashing in the

0:49:08 > 0:49:12American press over the last few days because of huge mistakes in

0:49:12 > 0:49:17short programmes in both the team event and here individually. This

0:49:17 > 0:49:27could be great, the pressure is off.

0:49:33 > 0:49:43Quat lutz, glorious there to open.

0:50:00 > 0:50:09Second quad... Quadruple flip, double toe loop.

0:50:27 > 0:50:33Another quart flip, hands down but rotation none.

0:50:35 > 0:50:42rotation none. -- quad flip.

0:51:47 > 0:51:56Quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop.

0:51:59 > 0:52:07And another.

0:52:23 > 0:52:36And another. Quadruple Salchow that time.

0:52:51 > 0:53:03This is the performance he needed to give.

0:53:42 > 0:53:47CHEERING

0:53:49 > 0:53:53I'll show you says Nathan Chen! Write me off as a flash in the pan

0:53:53 > 0:53:58at your peril. He answers his critics with some whopping quads.

0:53:58 > 0:54:05History has been made. One, two, three, four, five, six quadruple

0:54:05 > 0:54:09jumps. That's the one with the hand down but again, the rotation,

0:54:09 > 0:54:20there's no question about him getting around there, and a whopping

0:54:20 > 0:54:2583.90 points from those quadruple jumps alone.Nathan Chen was the

0:54:25 > 0:54:29first man to land five quadruple jumps during a free skate, he is now

0:54:29 > 0:54:35the first man and six quadruple jumps, and at the Olympics as well.

0:54:35 > 0:54:40CHEERING Bowl.

0:54:41 > 0:54:49Bowl. 215.08. -- wow.That is a new world record.And a 40 point lead

0:54:49 > 0:54:56the Nathan Chen.

0:54:56 > 0:55:04the Nathan Chen. Vincent Zhou, Nathan Chen's mini me. He's 17. The

0:55:04 > 0:55:09world junior champion, he looked really good in the warm up. Can he

0:55:09 > 0:55:15match his countryman?

0:55:15 > 0:55:21match his countryman?Five quadruple jumps planned for Vincent. The

0:55:21 > 0:55:26opening one is the most difficult, quadruple lutz. Which in the warm up

0:55:26 > 0:55:35he made easily. With a triple toe loop on the end, that was absolutely

0:55:35 > 0:55:39superb.

0:55:53 > 0:55:58Made the rotation on the quadruple flip, just fell off the landing.

0:55:58 > 0:56:03Credit will be given, though.

0:56:13 > 0:56:21Is be there for the quadruple Salchow. --

0:56:21 > 0:56:25Salchow. -- easily there.

0:57:30 > 0:57:34A big element coming up, going for a second quadruple lutz and he's got

0:57:34 > 0:57:38it.

0:57:44 > 0:57:55And there's the toe loop. Five quads on paper, five done.

0:58:06 > 0:58:12Triple Axel, double toe loop.

0:58:22 > 0:58:26And the last triple Axel, that's the big element is done. Not the

0:58:26 > 0:58:32greatest landing, but it was there.

0:59:22 > 0:59:31Wow. Triple lutz, loop, triple flip. Huge points there on the entry. --

0:59:31 > 0:59:37on the end.

0:59:37 > 0:59:45CHEERING

0:59:45 > 0:59:4917-year-old Vincent Zhou follows up a stunning short programme with a

0:59:49 > 0:59:54brilliant, brilliant performance in the free skate. Five quads. If we

0:59:54 > 1:00:00hadn't seen six from Nathan Chen we would be up out of our seats. The

1:00:00 > 1:00:05brilliance is making us complacent. It is. He did slip out of the

1:00:05 > 1:00:10landing on the quad flip so it wasn't pristine, but it was

1:00:10 > 1:00:16credited. Again, 20 points from that first quad lutz triple toe loop

1:00:16 > 1:00:22combination. Huge scores.

1:00:23 > 1:00:32192.16, an enormous season 's best from Vincent Djourou. Bo Yang Jing

1:00:32 > 1:00:45-- Bo Yang Jing, a great short programme has kept him in. Here he

1:00:45 > 1:00:53is with his programme, Shooting For The Stars.

1:00:55 > 1:01:01Four quadruple jumps planned in this programme.

1:01:05 > 1:01:17The first one will be the lutz.It almost hit the edge.And it was

1:01:17 > 1:01:27glorious, but how close was that the wall?

1:01:27 > 1:01:37wall? The second one planned now is the quadruple Sal

1:01:37 > 1:01:43the quadruple Sal -- Salchow. He's got that as well.

1:01:50 > 1:01:56Triple Axel loop, triple Salchow.

1:03:12 > 1:03:20Quadruple toe loop. Oh, and down. Completely off kilter on the

1:03:20 > 1:03:27take-off of that.

1:03:31 > 1:03:40Has another one planned, so can he do it in the combination?

1:03:40 > 1:03:49Yes, he can, but just with the double toe loop.

1:03:52 > 1:04:01Triple axel.

1:04:09 > 1:04:19Triple lutz, triple toe loop.

1:04:19 > 1:04:29Triple flip.

1:05:22 > 1:05:28Going Galactic, Jin Boyang is rocketing into the medals for now.

1:05:28 > 1:05:32It doesn't inspire as an overall performance. Under rotated their on

1:05:32 > 1:05:38the quad. It hasn't come up is under rotated, but they haven't got a

1:05:38 > 1:05:43chance of seeing that slow motion we are seeing, and I would definitely

1:05:43 > 1:05:48call that under.

1:05:50 > 1:05:53call that under.194.45, just enough to knock Nathan Jones of the gold

1:05:53 > 1:05:57medal position for now. How comfortably will the weight of

1:05:57 > 1:06:02history sit on the shoulders of this man? Reigning Olympic and world

1:06:02 > 1:06:07champion usurers and you looking to be the first man to win consecutive

1:06:07 > 1:06:15gold medals at the Olympics in 66 years since the American Dick Button

1:06:15 > 1:06:23in 1948 and 1952.

1:06:23 > 1:06:27Opening jump is the quadruple Salchow.

1:06:28 > 1:06:36CHEERINGHe's got it. It may not have appeared three times

1:06:36 > 1:06:40in the warm up but it appeared, he did everything to make it happen

1:06:40 > 1:06:50right here in the opening of this free programme. Second quad planned.

1:06:50 > 1:06:57And there it is. Exquisite quadruple toe loop.

1:07:05 > 1:07:09Triple flip.

1:08:40 > 1:08:45CHEERING Quadruple Salchow, triple toe loop combination.

1:08:45 > 1:08:51Absolutely on the money.

1:08:59 > 1:09:01CHEERING

1:09:01 > 1:09:07CHEERING.

1:09:22 > 1:09:28Triple axel loop, triple Salchow.

1:09:44 > 1:09:50Oh, saved on that triple lutz.

1:10:10 > 1:10:10CHEERING

1:10:10 > 1:10:13CHEERING.

1:10:46 > 1:10:48CHEERING

1:10:48 > 1:10:56CHEERING. User Rouhani you -- user Rouhani

1:10:56 > 1:11:07you, surely enough for him to retain his Olympic title.

1:11:07 > 1:11:11his Olympic title. -- Yuzuru Hanyu. Not the mind blowing programme we

1:11:11 > 1:11:16saw before.Did well not to put his hand down so get credit for the

1:11:16 > 1:11:21quad. Here the lutz, leaning, leaning, leaning. Don't put the hand

1:11:21 > 1:11:23down! LAUGHTER

1:11:23 > 1:11:31leaning, leaning. Don't put the hand down! LAUGHTER.So a new season's

1:11:31 > 1:11:36best, 20 point clear at the top of the leaderboard, and that surely,

1:11:36 > 1:11:46ladies and gentlemen, is the 2018 Olympic champion.Fernandes, the

1:11:46 > 1:11:51two-time world champion, his sixth consecutive European title just last

1:11:51 > 1:11:57month, and he is only three points behind user Rouhani you after the

1:11:57 > 1:12:02short programme, and this is his last Olympics, he will retire after

1:12:02 > 1:12:08this and would dearly love to finish with a medal.I would say if he goes

1:12:08 > 1:12:16clean with all the quality could do it. -- with all the quads, he could

1:12:16 > 1:12:21do it. Quadruple toe loop to open.

1:12:34 > 1:12:42Second quad, then, in combination. Quadruple Salchow, double toe loop.

1:12:42 > 1:12:53Would have liked quad- triple.

1:13:03 > 1:13:10Triple axel, triple toe loop. Those are the points that he didn't get

1:13:10 > 1:13:18after the quad.

1:14:05 > 1:14:20Needs this second quadruple Salchow, just a double.

1:14:44 > 1:14:53Triple axel. Lovely.

1:16:30 > 1:16:34CHEERING Guts and glory far Javier Fernandez.

1:16:34 > 1:16:40He's won the World Championship twice, never an Olympic medal.

1:16:40 > 1:16:44Surely he'll be coming away from Pyeongchang with one. What colour

1:16:44 > 1:16:51will it be?I think he needed that Quad if he was going to be pushing

1:16:51 > 1:16:56for that gold. But the performance is glorious and he is so at home out

1:16:56 > 1:17:02there and he loves it. And he delivers.He's so proud of the

1:17:02 > 1:17:12legacy he'll leave in Spain. Absolutely.It's a season's best.

1:17:12 > 1:17:16But it's not enough for the gold medal. Its silver far Javier

1:17:16 > 1:17:21Fernandez for now.

1:17:22 > 1:17:28Fernandez for now. Shoma Uno knows that he must go perfectly. He was

1:17:28 > 1:17:35less than a point in front after the short programme. Such a slender

1:17:35 > 1:17:41grasp on the bronze medal.

1:17:43 > 1:17:48grasp on the bronze medal.I absolutely love this programme. Uno

1:17:48 > 1:17:56didn't have a great warm up. Down on the first of his squads, the quad

1:17:56 > 1:18:06loop.Could that be a middle gone? Three more quads planned. The

1:18:06 > 1:18:11programme collectively is so strong. He won't want to make another

1:18:11 > 1:18:26mistake. Second quad is the flip. He's got it.

1:20:11 > 1:20:19Spread eagle into the triple Axel.

1:20:37 > 1:20:41Quadruple toe loop, double toe loop. Not the best landing on the double.

1:20:41 > 1:20:51Two feet down.

1:21:04 > 1:21:14That was the fourth quad toe loop. And the best one.

1:21:20 > 1:21:30And this will be crucial. Triple Axel loop, triple flip, and that may

1:21:30 > 1:21:38well be the bronze medal right there.

1:21:38 > 1:21:43Triple Salchow, double toe loop.

1:22:10 > 1:22:15CHEERING There was less than a point between

1:22:15 > 1:22:22Shoma Uno and no medal at all. Has he done enough to hang onto the

1:22:22 > 1:22:31bronze medal position?A deduction for the fall. The last quad was the

1:22:31 > 1:22:38best of all of them. But he delivers such a strong performance, I would

1:22:38 > 1:22:47like to think the component scores will work in his favour.He's not

1:22:47 > 1:22:52only bumped Jin Boyang, he's bumped Javier Fernandez as well. A Japanese

1:22:52 > 1:22:551-2. CHEERING Javier Fernandez will have to settle

1:22:55 > 1:23:05for the bronze!That's phenomenal Uno.Yuzuru Hanyu, back-to-back

1:23:05 > 1:23:13Olympic titles and there are the tears of a champion. Let's have a

1:23:13 > 1:23:16look at the final confirmation. Javier Fernandez, not the fairy tale

1:23:16 > 1:23:21gold with which he would have wanted to end his career. Pipped into

1:23:21 > 1:23:26bronze medal position by Shoma Uno with a fantastic final skate. Yuzuru

1:23:26 > 1:23:30Hanyu, back-to-back Olympic titles and he will surely go down as one of

1:23:30 > 1:23:37the greatest ever skaters.It wasn't a gold, it wasn't a silver, but it

1:23:37 > 1:23:41was an Olympic medal. Something I always wanted. We put a lot of work

1:23:41 > 1:23:48into this and I'm super happy that I got it today.I know you are very

1:23:48 > 1:23:52good friends with Yuzuru Hanyu, what did it mean to share the podium?It

1:23:52 > 1:24:01meant a lot. We work every day almost together and we seek how hard

1:24:01 > 1:24:05figure skating is. We put in a lot of effort. To see both of us on the

1:24:05 > 1:24:09podium, it makes us super happy.

1:24:09 > 1:24:09of effort. To see both of us on the podium, it makes us super happy.

1:24:09 > 1:24:15STUDIO: You've just witnessed the greatest quad fest in history. The

1:24:15 > 1:24:25New York Times was keeping close watch on it, 45 attempts at quads,

1:24:25 > 1:24:2834 landed. Extraordinary.That was just in the long programme. It's

1:24:28 > 1:24:31gone down in history as the most quads ever attempted in a

1:24:31 > 1:24:40competition.The most revolutionary? Yes, OK. But, Yuzuru Hanyu becomes

1:24:40 > 1:24:46the first back-to-back winner of the gold.Amazing and such a talented

1:24:46 > 1:24:50skater and well-deserved. His style, his ability. Just the

1:24:50 > 1:24:52skater and well-deserved. His style, his ability. Just the flow out of

1:24:52 > 1:24:57those quad jumps is astounding. The style and I liked the programme and

1:24:57 > 1:25:02the choreography. He put everything together. He stepped out of a couple

1:25:02 > 1:25:08of jumps where he lost some points but overall he is the standard. He's

1:25:08 > 1:25:13the one everyone will be gunning for in the future. Let's see he

1:25:13 > 1:25:21continues after this.There were big screens in Tokyo setup. In the end

1:25:21 > 1:25:25it was a significant collision of 11 points to win the gold, but he

1:25:25 > 1:25:26didn't

1:25:26 > 1:25:27points to win the gold, but he didn't win the free skate.You've

1:25:27 > 1:25:31got the short programme and the long programme. The long programme was

1:25:31 > 1:25:33won by Nathan Chen.

1:25:33 > 1:25:35programme. The long programme was won by Nathan Chen. By a huge margin

1:25:35 > 1:25:44as well, some nine points. He went out and completed five quads, six

1:25:44 > 1:25:50rotated, one he put his hand down on. That's the most ever landed by a

1:25:50 > 1:25:56man.He took a lot of abuse. He was one of America's shining stars but

1:25:56 > 1:26:03in many respects would you say he's redeemed himself?Going forward to

1:26:03 > 1:26:06Beijing, Scott Hamilton who was a former Olympic champion said in his

1:26:06 > 1:26:14first Olympics he finished fifth. Nathan Chen finished fifth.We shall

1:26:14 > 1:26:19see in four years' time. Shame you know, getting the silver. It's the

1:26:19 > 1:26:23first time Japan have had two athletes on the same podium since

1:26:23 > 1:26:301972. What was superior in his routine to Fernandez in the end?He

1:26:30 > 1:26:35just had the technical ability but on his component marks, his style,

1:26:35 > 1:26:42he went down there clearly but his choreography was passionate. His

1:26:42 > 1:26:47style of skating. He is so deep into the ice when he skates over the ice.

1:26:47 > 1:26:51Look at the landing, the depth of edge, the fluidity. Technically he

1:26:51 > 1:26:59had more technical difficulty ban Fernandez. But a great day for

1:26:59 > 1:27:03Japan. I'm sure they will be both superstars when they go back there.

1:27:03 > 1:27:08Also in Spain, because this was spraying's wonderful Javier

1:27:08 > 1:27:14Fernandez getting their first medal on ice ever.I love his

1:27:14 > 1:27:17storytelling. Whenever he's out there there's always a theme. He

1:27:17 > 1:27:22really connects with the audience. Some of the other skaters, their

1:27:22 > 1:27:26heads and eye lines tend to be down. He's always focusing on the

1:27:26 > 1:27:33audience. He engages them and the audience get behind him. That can

1:27:33 > 1:27:36give you a huge lift.He's a former two-time world champion but he's

1:27:36 > 1:27:43never got an Olympic medal. How much is the skating fraternity feeling

1:27:43 > 1:27:48his delight at achieving it finally? Absolutely. He's a skater's skater

1:27:48 > 1:27:54as well, and he's a character. People love to go and see him skate.

1:27:54 > 1:27:59How would you rate that as an Olympic occasion in the men's

1:27:59 > 1:28:04programme?I think it's one of the best we've seen on all aspects. The

1:28:04 > 1:28:08sport has lifted itself so high now. How much further can

1:28:08 > 1:28:09sport has lifted itself so high now. How much further can we go in terms

1:28:09 > 1:28:18of rotation?Dick Button did his triple in 52. 60 years later we are

1:28:18 > 1:28:26up to quad. Maybe in 60 years will get the quint!It augurs well for

1:28:26 > 1:28:30the next Olympics in Beijing. We are looking forward to the ice dance

1:28:30 > 1:28:39next.That's my event, and I think Jayne will be up here as well.

1:28:39 > 1:28:47Always a pleasure. Thank you. From ice to snow we go, because we are

1:28:47 > 1:28:50now freestyle skiing in the slopestyle. Great Britain had medal

1:28:50 > 1:28:55hopes going into this event and many of the other freestyle skiing events

1:28:55 > 1:29:01as well. Before this event started today for the women, there had been

1:29:01 > 1:29:07no British medals ever won an snow. For many of us who remember slalom

1:29:07 > 1:29:12bronze in Salt Lake City in 2002, that will always live long in our

1:29:12 > 1:29:18hearts and minds. As you know it was a common cold remedy which

1:29:18 > 1:29:20eventually led to head testing positive. Today Katie Summerhayes

1:29:20 > 1:29:29and Izzy Atkin, who since the age of 15 has been competing for Great

1:29:29 > 1:29:38Britain, were aiming to throw down a history making run.

1:29:38 > 1:29:42COMMENTATOR: Katie Summerhayes, Sheffield steel. She's been told by

1:29:42 > 1:29:47the physio it may not be in her best interest to write, her ankle is

1:29:47 > 1:29:53giving her a lot of pain. She has bottled some courage and is on the

1:29:53 > 1:30:04course.Very strong rail rider. This course suits her style.She had a

1:30:04 > 1:30:10450 out of that in qualifying and it was very, very strong. The cleanest

1:30:10 > 1:30:17we've seen her actually slide across that pyramid. Switch one out of the

1:30:17 > 1:30:23tractor seat.

1:30:23 > 1:30:28tractor seat. 540, switch now into the second jump. Really nice from

1:30:28 > 1:30:38Katie. Just needs to get this score down. 900 to the knuckle. That won't

1:30:38 > 1:30:49have done her ankle any good at all.

1:30:55 > 1:31:00Worked really hard with Darren Roberts to get herself match fit,

1:31:00 > 1:31:14and at the moment 61.4, in first for now.Next in, Yuki Tsubota. Thank

1:31:14 > 1:31:21you right. Different line of that rail then opted to flow across the

1:31:21 > 1:31:26course.Getting busy which is what you want to see.Not reverting

1:31:26 > 1:31:29between forwards and backwards, keeping the skis in one direction or

1:31:29 > 1:31:35the other between the jumps. That cheeky little flip off the saddle.

1:31:35 > 1:31:41Won't score superhigh with the judges, more of the setup feature.

1:31:41 > 1:31:50540, you hear a collective gasp from the shapers on the knuckle. Big 900,

1:31:50 > 1:32:00two and a half rotations, into the bottom jump, solid.720, very clean.

1:32:00 > 1:32:05This to me is a qualifying run, almost like putting a score on the

1:32:05 > 1:32:11board rather than going for your best run. Tsubota gets the classic

1:32:11 > 1:32:1775, just shy, from the judges.

1:32:19 > 1:32:2175, just shy, from the judges. Sarah Hoefflin, Swiss father, New Zealand

1:32:21 > 1:32:27mother, grew up in England and very interested in joining the GB Park

1:32:27 > 1:32:33and pipe programme but couldn't get a British passport. Lovely to 70

1:32:33 > 1:32:38out.Really nice, she charges, this girl. Good flow, what the judges

1:32:38 > 1:32:45like to see.She had the unenviable task of opening qualifying with the

1:32:45 > 1:32:49first run, and was impeccably clean with that first run, which saw her

1:32:49 > 1:32:55qualify very comfortably.She has big old tricks when she wants them,

1:32:55 > 1:33:04she can dredge that trip back. Yes, beautiful Switch ten, right, so

1:33:04 > 1:33:07consistent. Spinning the opposite way to impress the judges, which she

1:33:07 > 1:33:12does, and that is why she claimed X Games gold big air just a few weeks

1:33:12 > 1:33:20ago.Clock wise Switch seven or backward 720 into anticlockwise

1:33:20 > 1:33:27Switch 720. Very impressive being able to spin immaculately both ways.

1:33:27 > 1:33:35Halfway through the finals, Sarah True to into first place. -- Sarah

1:33:35 > 1:33:40Hoefflin.

1:33:40 > 1:33:48Hoefflin. Gremaud of Switzerland. Really nice.Not as tidy as

1:33:48 > 1:33:52qualifying but still very technical. A lot of things going on during

1:33:52 > 1:33:57that.Lining up the gap on the double kinks switch as well, a lot

1:33:57 > 1:34:06harder than it looks.Cheeky 360 tail off the saddle. First jump,

1:34:06 > 1:34:15spinning... Bit short! Come on, now, Tuck. Some speed. You really have

1:34:15 > 1:34:23too flowed...Silky 900. Very, very smooth. First of the double corks.

1:34:23 > 1:34:31There it is! Huge double cork 900. Brilliant. It will be no surprise to

1:34:31 > 1:34:39see Gremaud move into the top spot here.Happy with that, isn't she?

1:34:39 > 1:34:46Very happy and rightly so. I think this one will clip the 90s.88.

1:34:46 > 1:34:56Still very good.Now we come to Britain's Isabel Atkin, the

1:34:56 > 1:35:0219-year-old, silver in Aspen at X Games two weeks ago. She has the

1:35:02 > 1:35:06pedigree, and undoubtedly the ability. 450 out, lovely and

1:35:06 > 1:35:20technical. New here, looking into that rail really nicely.

1:35:20 > 1:35:24that rail really nicely.Huge gap on the down bar, little hand grab, 360

1:35:24 > 1:35:35off the saddle. Come on, Izzy Atkin. Back on the 720.A tiny sit down but

1:35:35 > 1:35:44she winds up into the nine.Very nice. Needs the Switch nine here.

1:35:44 > 1:35:50With a revert. Puts it down, just past 900, reverts round to 1080, not

1:35:50 > 1:35:54the cleanest of landings but looking at that you cannot guess whether she

1:35:54 > 1:36:04was going for a Switch ten or Switch nine.I think it was a nine.It is

1:36:04 > 1:36:08the best of three rounds, though, so not all doom and gloom for Izzy

1:36:08 > 1:36:21Atkin just yet.68.4 puts on fourth just behind Yuki Tsubota.

1:36:24 > 1:36:26just behind Yuki Tsubota. Killi of Norway.Odds-on favourite for the

1:36:26 > 1:36:36gold medal here.Took silver in big air in the X Games.This is going to

1:36:36 > 1:36:42hurt her.Oh!I was about to say, going so slow is what will hurt her

1:36:42 > 1:36:46not only points wise, she just didn't have enough speed to slide

1:36:46 > 1:36:59through the rails.Cam, Dahlstom set the bar just as high here? -- can

1:36:59 > 1:37:06Emma Dahlstrom? Opting not to use poles. Same trick as Izzy Atkin with

1:37:06 > 1:37:12the left spin out, right spin out, sorry. 270 of the double King,

1:37:12 > 1:37:16sliding all the way through it, then making her way to the left side of

1:37:16 > 1:37:22the course with this big down bar, again using the grab. Really hooks

1:37:22 > 1:37:31into the back leg.Clean through the top section, Dahlstrom.Oh!Couldn't

1:37:31 > 1:37:39get it round. So Emma Dahlstrom is human after all.So let's take a

1:37:39 > 1:37:46look at the standings after run one.

1:37:51 > 1:37:58OK, so Maggie Voisin, who broke her leg before Sochi and was unable to

1:37:58 > 1:38:02complete, so is soaking up the experience in Pyeongchang -- unable

1:38:02 > 1:38:07to compete. Tidy first rail. Charging through the top section.We

1:38:07 > 1:38:12have said it time and again with her runs, she is super relaxed.Not

1:38:12 > 1:38:16trying to get rid of any speed, getting everything perfect.

1:38:16 > 1:38:23Everything at the right speed. Into the jumps, three jumps, then. The

1:38:23 > 1:38:34first really nice, 900.Taking off, Switch.

1:38:34 > 1:38:42Switch.Switch 900.Back-to-back minds. Izzard attend? Oh! And again,

1:38:42 > 1:38:49the final jump proves undoing. Voisin will have to put it all on

1:38:49 > 1:38:55the line in-run three.

1:38:57 > 1:39:01the line in-run three. Next in, Burmansson, wisdom beyond her years,

1:39:01 > 1:39:08just 15 years old and skied very mature late in the qualification. --

1:39:08 > 1:39:14very matured leave. She stayed -- if she stays on her feet you have to

1:39:14 > 1:39:18say she is a favourite for gold, even with one of her stock runs, she

1:39:18 > 1:39:22might not have too accelerate too hard if she can just find the

1:39:22 > 1:39:29consistency.Went to that rail there are a little early. The judges will

1:39:29 > 1:39:35be looking for any way to penalised these skiers. But off the top. Now

1:39:35 > 1:39:48into the jumps.A very, very relaxed style.

1:39:48 > 1:39:55style.Oh! Puts it into the front now. Final jump.She's gone very,

1:39:55 > 1:40:05very light.Yes...Oh, she's gone! Wow!To be brutally honest falling

1:40:05 > 1:40:09over in the finish area, I don't know where the cut-off point is for

1:40:09 > 1:40:21the judges.65.I think they let it slip.

1:40:21 > 1:40:24slip.Pat Sharples gently talking to Katie Summerhayes. They have been

1:40:24 > 1:40:30working together I think for nearly a decade now. The relationship key

1:40:30 > 1:40:35to Katie's success. She came so close in Sochi. Can she make it

1:40:35 > 1:40:45count here in 2018?She is nursing a ankle injury and has been advised by

1:40:45 > 1:40:49her physio not to ski in this final. She is doing it through gritted

1:40:49 > 1:40:56teeth. There is the 450 out, nice, really solid rails from Summerhayes.

1:40:56 > 1:41:03She has that slide really nicely, as locked those two together.Now, the

1:41:03 > 1:41:07rails were definitely up, so jump wise, she is hitting that slightly

1:41:07 > 1:41:13smaller middle jump, which will cost a few points, that's for sure.

1:41:13 > 1:41:17Switch five.

1:41:22 > 1:41:29And a big 900. She punches the air. Come on, Katie Summerhayes!That is

1:41:29 > 1:41:34a fantastic platform to roll into the third and final run. So Katie, I

1:41:34 > 1:41:40think certainly she felt the first school was a bit low. Let's see the

1:41:40 > 1:41:46second score. 71.4. Yes, nod of the head there, not her biggest tricks

1:41:46 > 1:41:52all the way through and maybe the smaller kicker hurt her a little.

1:41:52 > 1:41:59Next to drop, Isabel Atkin. She is one of the world's best, she proved

1:41:59 > 1:42:06a discount two weeks ago at X Games when she took silver.

1:42:07 > 1:42:13when she took silver. Lovely 450 off.Really nice.

1:42:13 > 1:42:16off.Really nice.Error at the hip than cutting across to the down

1:42:16 > 1:42:26rail. Huge gap.Love that. So many of the women not going for that gap,

1:42:26 > 1:42:32kind of riding up and along and then locking into that rail. Landed much

1:42:32 > 1:42:38cleaner than last time.Yes. So judges looking for spins in

1:42:38 > 1:42:43different directions.The nine is clean.So right side- left side

1:42:43 > 1:42:49spins there. Now, Switch, 900 on the bottom jump.And it is very, very

1:42:49 > 1:42:56tidy. What a coup it would be to move into the third and final runs

1:42:56 > 1:43:01in a medal position. Putting the pressure on everyone else. She is

1:43:01 > 1:43:07currently sat in fifth with a 68.4 to move into the bronze medal

1:43:07 > 1:43:15position, she would need a 74.4. 79.4, she does it with five points

1:43:15 > 1:43:24to spare, Izzy Atkin moves into the bronze medal position.

1:43:25 > 1:43:27bronze medal position.Killi qualified in third place, dropped

1:43:27 > 1:43:34her first run, what has she got here? This girl, the janitor, swept

1:43:34 > 1:43:42the board in 2017, winning pretty much everything there was to win.

1:43:42 > 1:43:47Oh!Cleans up, that was the double King and she messed up on her first

1:43:47 > 1:43:55run.Yes.Very clean through the rails, then, she finishes those off

1:43:55 > 1:44:04with the Switch 180.

1:44:04 > 1:44:08with the Switch 180. 720 of the skewed take-off, rotating with the

1:44:08 > 1:44:13direction of travel. A left and right spin, she comes into the final

1:44:13 > 1:44:19kicker, Switch, right spin, looks very clean, very tidy there.Really

1:44:19 > 1:44:24nice from the Norwegian.And the Vikings are already celebrating. I

1:44:24 > 1:44:30think we are going to see the her go directly against Izzy Atkin's score

1:44:30 > 1:44:34in terms of difficulty, technicality and cleanliness. If you add up the

1:44:34 > 1:44:46numbers, spins on that one, seven 20-900- 720. 76.8, so fourth

1:44:46 > 1:44:54position for the Norwegian. Only one run left to drop. The medals at the

1:44:54 > 1:45:04moment look like this.

1:45:10 > 1:45:15Katie Summerhayes with an extremely painful ankle in sixth. Shadow

1:45:15 > 1:45:19boxing from the 15-year-old Burmansson. And she has come, not

1:45:19 > 1:45:26out of nowhere, she had been I think Junior world champion, no, silver,

1:45:26 > 1:45:31but then she turned up in the World Cup this year and just dominated.

1:45:31 > 1:45:37Yes, then the bronze medal.No transition period.Seamless, just

1:45:37 > 1:45:40came straight through, and that bronze medal at X Games a few weeks

1:45:40 > 1:45:44ago ditto the world of good, but then look at this girl, she won gold

1:45:44 > 1:45:48in that same contest, think that would have done her the world of

1:45:48 > 1:45:53good.The X Games is the closest we have in terms of pressure, TV

1:45:53 > 1:45:57audiences, live crowds, to the Olympic environment so it is a

1:45:57 > 1:46:02decent barometer.

1:46:04 > 1:46:08Voisin struggling to replicate that form. She's looked good on the rails

1:46:08 > 1:46:12but it's this last jump that has eluded her.She's gone through the

1:46:12 > 1:46:20rails.Now the focus and the pressure boils down to the kickers.

1:46:20 > 1:46:27Lovely nine on the first tipped. Really nice.

1:46:28 > 1:46:31Really nice.She's got that one. Can she hold it together now, when it

1:46:31 > 1:46:42matters?She's gone big.Yes she can. A very clean run, and suddenly

1:46:42 > 1:46:47is she snaps out of the composed ski mode and let the poles fly as she

1:46:47 > 1:46:51arrived in the finish area. Great style, great composure and

1:46:51 > 1:46:59incredibly technical.That's the Maggie Voisin we know.She didn't

1:46:59 > 1:47:07look fast by those two falls.

1:47:07 > 1:47:09look fast by those two falls. So third place, she bumps Izzy Atkin

1:47:09 > 1:47:20down into fourth. Now it's the turn of Katie Summerhayes. She came so

1:47:20 > 1:47:25close four years ago in Sochi. Big smile on her face now. Really down

1:47:25 > 1:47:31to earth, one of the most well liked women on the freestyle skiing World

1:47:31 > 1:47:40Cup tour. Makes her way onto this calls for the third and final time.

1:47:40 > 1:47:46270 out of that down Bath.

1:47:46 > 1:47:52270 out of that down Bath. Just 270 out, that was the 450 that wanted.

1:47:52 > 1:48:01But unable to replicate that from earlier on.She's lost one of the

1:48:01 > 1:48:07big scoring points out of her run there. The 540, very much a setup

1:48:07 > 1:48:15for this jump. She's letting this run go. You cannot blame her. We

1:48:15 > 1:48:22haven't gone hard on this up until now... Katie! She's skiing with a

1:48:22 > 1:48:31very badly damaged ankle. There's her sister Molly. She can barely

1:48:31 > 1:48:36walk out of the ski boots.

1:48:36 > 1:48:42walk out of the ski boots. She really tagged that knuckle.

1:48:45 > 1:48:53really tagged that knuckle.She's one of the most liked.

1:48:55 > 1:48:57one of the most liked.Hoefflin has the run, consistency, style and

1:48:57 > 1:49:04technicality to take the top spot. She's a gold medallist at the X

1:49:04 > 1:49:09Games just a few weeks ago in the big air. Can she throw those jump

1:49:09 > 1:49:16tricks into this run alongside these rails?Very tidy. Maybe not her

1:49:16 > 1:49:23cleanest rail jumps but there were no mistakes there.

1:49:25 > 1:49:34no mistakes there. Lovely style.Big grab. Really snatching at the 1080.

1:49:34 > 1:49:43Went huge on that.900, excuse me. Get fit round! She crashed on that

1:49:43 > 1:49:50on her second run! And the Swiss are making a very good case at a

1:49:50 > 1:49:58lock-out of gold and silver. Sarah Hoefflin with a very strong run.

1:49:58 > 1:50:04Currently on an 83.8. I wouldn't be surprised if we see this from

1:50:04 > 1:50:13Mathilde Gremaud who's in gold medal position on an 88.

1:50:14 > 1:50:19position on an 88.That puts her into gold medal position. Ten points

1:50:19 > 1:50:25ahead of bronze, Maggie Voisin.

1:50:26 > 1:50:28ahead of bronze, Maggie Voisin. Next is Mathilde Gremaud. Unseated from

1:50:28 > 1:50:34the top spot by her fellow countrywomen Sarah Hoefflin. Can she

1:50:34 > 1:50:41regain the gold spot?

1:50:41 > 1:50:50regain the gold spot? Switch up with the pretzel to 70.Really nice.

1:50:51 > 1:50:56Switch gap into the last part of that kick rail. Flows through the

1:50:56 > 1:51:04rails, really nice. Great execution, super clean in that top section. A

1:51:04 > 1:51:13little short on the 720. Now tuck. Remember, speed is your friend. 900.

1:51:13 > 1:51:22Slightly off axis. Are we going to see the double ten? No! She didn't

1:51:22 > 1:51:30give it enough, she lost her grab. So we now have our three current

1:51:30 > 1:51:36medal positions. Bronze, silver and gold in the finish area. Next drop

1:51:36 > 1:51:44will be Great Britain's Izzy Atkin, currently in fourth position. Medal

1:51:44 > 1:51:51tantalisingly close, she can touch it. What has she got in her run? Pat

1:51:51 > 1:51:56Sharples just said you're an absolute boss, your skiing amazing.

1:51:56 > 1:52:04Clean run up, biggest run of her life.

1:52:04 > 1:52:13life. Mechanical with the 450. Laid it down beautifully.Locks that in

1:52:13 > 1:52:18so beautifully. She comes up from the side until the skis onto it. And

1:52:18 > 1:52:26the gap over... This run is flowing for her now.The best rails we've

1:52:26 > 1:52:38seen from her. 720 is there. Now, come on Izzy Atkin. 900s there.

1:52:38 > 1:52:48Final jump. CHEERING Super-clean. We saw her read revert

1:52:48 > 1:52:56that. To get into the medals she needs to up it by just under two

1:52:56 > 1:53:06points. 1.8 points. It's so much cleaner its third-place!84.6. Izzy

1:53:06 > 1:53:12Atkin with a very, very strong run, just under four points off the

1:53:12 > 1:53:20silver medal position. The Swede, 25 years old, she breezed through her

1:53:20 > 1:53:27first run with a 91.4. She's tried to channel the same fun spirit but

1:53:27 > 1:53:32the pressure is telling now on the third and final run. She's yet to

1:53:32 > 1:53:40land a run at Phoenix Park. Can she do it now when it counts?I feel

1:53:40 > 1:53:46like I've been in this place before. Four years ago, women's snowboard

1:53:46 > 1:53:53slopestyle. Will it be the same outcome.

1:53:54 > 1:54:02outcome. Emma Dahlstrom going smooth and tidy, into the backflip.

1:54:03 > 1:54:10and tidy, into the backflip.No! She's down! And that, ladies and

1:54:10 > 1:54:15gentlemen, confirms the medals. Great Britain's Izzy Atkin takes

1:54:15 > 1:54:23bronze. Mathilde Gremaud and Sarah Hoefflin make it a 1-2 in silver and

1:54:23 > 1:54:30gold has little and. It is a second bronze medal for Great Britain. That

1:54:30 > 1:54:41is a very welcome sight.

1:54:41 > 1:54:46What a final that was. The seeds were everywhere in there, it was a

1:54:46 > 1:54:49really weird qualifier but then all the best 12 in there for the final.

1:54:49 > 1:54:54It could have been anyone.There were tonnes of big names in the

1:54:54 > 1:54:58field, it could have been anyone. I was standing at the bottom after my

1:54:58 > 1:55:03third and final run. I was just waiting for those last three or four

1:55:03 > 1:55:12girls to drop, my heart was racing. I can't believe it.First Olympic

1:55:12 > 1:55:17medal on skis and is known in a long, long time. If you must be

1:55:17 > 1:55:23pretty overwhelmed.I am still speechless. I'm really excited and

1:55:23 > 1:55:29happy. I'm stoked with how I skied and also stoked to win the bronze.

1:55:29 > 1:55:32An incredible result of Izzy Atkin. She came into that third run and she

1:55:32 > 1:55:39knew she was out of the third medal spot. She had improving some way. We

1:55:39 > 1:55:43were unsure if she was going to go for a more technical trick or clean

1:55:43 > 1:55:50up her run. Her switch 900 was beautiful. That was a tense wait. I

1:55:50 > 1:55:56know how it feels now to be watching. It's the first-ever medal

1:55:56 > 1:55:58for these freestyle skiers and I think everyone in the team was

1:55:58 > 1:56:05watching with nerves at the bottom. No doubt that will put so much

1:56:05 > 1:56:12confidence in four James Woods going in tomorrow. The Izzy herself, to

1:56:12 > 1:56:17know she's been able to do it. She's worked so hard to get to where she's

1:56:17 > 1:56:22got two and made it happen. I think now we have a ski and a snowboard

1:56:22 > 1:56:26and we are going from strength to strength with the freestyle which is

1:56:26 > 1:56:34absolutely awesome. STUDIO: Jenny with her own bronze from Sochi. This

1:56:34 > 1:56:41is Izzy Atkin at 19. She grew up in Utah and opted to ski for Great

1:56:41 > 1:56:45Britain when she was only 15. She really had to press on that last

1:56:45 > 1:56:53run. Not too much in order to move up into the medals. Between Laura,

1:56:53 > 1:56:58Lizzie and is the we have three winners of precious pieces of metal

1:56:58 > 1:57:04today. It is officially the greatest day in the history of Britain's

1:57:04 > 1:57:07Winter Olympics. Never before has this country won three medals on the

1:57:07 > 1:57:13same day on a Winter Olympics. The best ever 1984

1:57:13 > 1:57:15same day on a Winter Olympics. The best ever 1984 with two.It shows

1:57:15 > 1:57:19the whole team is united. When someone gets that breakthrough

1:57:19 > 1:57:28moment it really flows through to everyone. The energy is something we

1:57:28 > 1:57:31hoped the ball would start rolling earlier but now it's come, who knows

1:57:31 > 1:57:35where we can play with this.That means the British team has

1:57:35 > 1:57:40officially met its target. As you say, maybe the floodgates have

1:57:40 > 1:57:47opened. We'll talk about that in a moment but let's talk about Izzy.

1:57:47 > 1:57:48She has maturity

1:57:48 > 1:57:49moment but let's talk about Izzy. She has maturity beyond her years.

1:57:49 > 1:57:56Not to go for glory on this final run.She battled everything today.

1:57:56 > 1:57:59In her second run in qualifying she had to deliver and get through to

1:57:59 > 1:58:04the final. The first two runs were good but it was this last run. She

1:58:04 > 1:58:09knew she could do it. You heard Pat Sharples say go for this, clean it

1:58:09 > 1:58:14up. She cleaned it up with the switch 900 on the bottom which was

1:58:14 > 1:58:18an incredible achievement. It's really impressive to be that young

1:58:18 > 1:58:25and hold it together.She had with some positive form, X Games silver

1:58:25 > 1:58:32in January.She had performed going in. Because she was so young we

1:58:32 > 1:58:36didn't want to put her in the medal predictions. Everyone in the team

1:58:36 > 1:58:39knew she had the talent, but we didn't want to put all that pressure

1:58:39 > 1:58:45on her. It was letting her do her own thing. We are so lucky that five

1:58:45 > 1:58:49years ago she chose to compete for Britain. I saw a great article where

1:58:49 > 1:58:53her father said she could have gone either way. The American freestyle

1:58:53 > 1:59:00system is so big, and she's quite a quiet character. In order for her to

1:59:00 > 1:59:04shine shooter Che 's Team GB.Katie Summerhayes finishing in seven

1:59:04 > 1:59:11despite a bad ankle.There was a lot of self-doubt. She worked so hard in

1:59:11 > 1:59:16the gym to get there. She put it out there to get to the final. She was

1:59:16 > 1:59:20disappointed with seventh because on her day she can be a podium

1:59:20 > 1:59:26contender. She's still young enough and hungry enough to get a gold.

1:59:26 > 1:59:30Lets get your reaction to events earlier in the skeleton,

1:59:30 > 1:59:35particularly Lizzy. Beating her own track record by two tenths of a

1:59:35 > 1:59:40second. That is the mental mark of a champion.To be coming into that

1:59:40 > 1:59:45last run knowing you had to do that, and she looked so calm and

1:59:45 > 1:59:50collected. She had a plan, she executed it. We thought it was a big

1:59:50 > 1:59:54call to retain the title from four years ago. I don't think she doubted

1:59:54 > 1:59:59it for a second. She had the self belief that on paper shouldn't be

1:59:59 > 2:00:03there and that is why she is a champion. She deserves that and she

2:00:03 > 2:00:06deserves to be the most decorated Winter Olympian we've had with the

2:00:06 > 2:00:15double.We've had some wonderful champions in the past.

2:00:16 > 2:00:21And it didn't come easily. She had sinus problems, we saw her affected

2:00:21 > 2:00:26in the first two runs yesterday. She fought for that and after how

2:00:26 > 2:00:30technical that track was, you have to be a great driver with a good

2:00:30 > 2:00:34start, and she had the whole package.Nobody has retained it in

2:00:34 > 2:00:40Great Britain's history. But you also have to say in terms of

2:00:40 > 2:00:45succession planning, Laura Deas, could Beijing be her moment, next

2:00:45 > 2:00:49time?The fact that they have worked together and friends competing on

2:00:49 > 2:00:54the track, Lizzy has helped mentor Laura, and you saw their enjoyment

2:00:54 > 2:00:59for being on the podium together, that is Olympic and friendship

2:00:59 > 2:01:02goals, it surpasses sport when you see someone you care about do their

2:01:02 > 2:01:07best, and she is the future. She held it together so well. All three

2:01:07 > 2:01:13of our bronze medallists, Dom, Izzy and Laura, all were in fourth place

2:01:13 > 2:01:19going into the last run, whether they were dropping or going into the

2:01:19 > 2:01:22side they believe they had to perform well.What does that tell

2:01:22 > 2:01:29us?It tells us that Brits have something in here, we are edgy,

2:01:29 > 2:01:32mentally strong, and I think we haven't had

2:01:32 > 2:01:33mentally strong, and I think we haven't had that before,

2:01:33 > 2:01:37psychologically we have always been in Winter Olympics a bit weak in

2:01:37 > 2:01:40that area, that we are not now, and it is incredible to achieve what

2:01:40 > 2:01:45they have done.It is extraordinary, three of the six skeleton medals

2:01:45 > 2:01:51going to British sliders, worth the investment, definitely.Definitely,

2:01:51 > 2:01:55and get the next generation into its. Talking about freestyle skiing,

2:01:55 > 2:02:00and we will do more of that in aerials, probably the thing you

2:02:00 > 2:02:06haven'ttried, or you probably have, this is quite a story, Lloyd

2:02:06 > 2:02:07Wallace, appearing

2:02:07 > 2:02:09this is quite a story, Lloyd Wallace, appearing in his very first

2:02:09 > 2:02:14Olympics, turning 23, this is six months after he was put in an

2:02:14 > 2:02:18induced coma for 24 hours after a severe head injury while training in

2:02:18 > 2:02:23Switzerland. He is in his first Games. He knew nothing of the

2:02:23 > 2:02:28accident but we salute his Olympic debut today. Got over the 100 points

2:02:28 > 2:02:32barrier, just not enough to qualify for tomorrow's final, but keeps an

2:02:32 > 2:02:37amazing family tradition, his dad, Robin, competed in this discipline

2:02:37 > 2:02:42is a demo sport in Calgary and his man finished only just out of the

2:02:42 > 2:02:47medal in Albertville in 92 and Lillehammer in 94. I believe his

2:02:47 > 2:02:50younger sister Ella Deke is also involved in the British setup. You

2:02:50 > 2:02:57have to say, that family has second to none spatial awareness. He didn't

2:02:57 > 2:03:02land this one.He kind of did then pre-released on landing. I know

2:03:02 > 2:03:05those bindings don't want to be out because you can get injured but for

2:03:05 > 2:03:07me it was a heavy

2:03:07 > 2:03:08because you can get injured but for me it was a heavy landing, and so

2:03:08 > 2:03:13close. The fact that he went that big on his Olympic debut, he knew he

2:03:13 > 2:03:18could do it, and raising.Next time. It is official, Norway is the

2:03:18 > 2:03:25greatest Winter Olympic nation there has ever been, and they now have the

2:03:25 > 2:03:28two greatest decorated Winter Olympians of all time because the

2:03:28 > 2:03:33iron Lady has been doing it for them once again today. She came into

2:03:33 > 2:03:38these games with ten medals, six gold, and she has only made history

2:03:38 > 2:03:49again today in the women's relay.

2:03:53 > 2:03:56She is closing in on another superb piece of Winter Olympic

2:03:56 > 2:03:59She is closing in on another superb piece of Winter Olympic history,

2:03:59 > 2:04:08Mario. Gold from the very first, and she is finishing in style. Gold

2:04:08 > 2:04:14again for the iron Lady of Norway.

2:04:14 > 2:04:20In Pyeongchang, the iron ladies kept collecting medals, silver in

2:04:20 > 2:04:24skiathlon, now the most decorated female Winter Olympian, bronze in

2:04:24 > 2:04:29the ten K free her 12th Olympic medal. Now with the four times five

2:04:29 > 2:04:37K relay, a chance to go level at the top. Her team-mates Haga skied

2:04:37 > 2:04:40remarkably to put Norway in contention but they were third when

2:04:40 > 2:04:46began.Bjoergen the iron Lady delivers goal for Norway and becomes

2:04:46 > 2:04:50the greatest cross-country skier the sport has ever seen. She has become

2:04:50 > 2:05:00a legend.The magic is in somehow repeating the

2:05:00 > 2:05:04a legend.The magic is in somehow repeating the trick.13 Olympic

2:05:04 > 2:05:07medals, seven gold, and the Norwegians have suspended betting on

2:05:07 > 2:05:12Norwegian sports personality of the year.She is something else, 37

2:05:12 > 2:05:17years young.Incredible, to sustain that level of performance that so

2:05:17 > 2:05:23many years, I don't know how she does it.Another 30-something in the

2:05:23 > 2:05:29women's super-g was Lindsay Vaughan, who has had a tech it Olympic Korea

2:05:29 > 2:05:37--

2:05:37 > 2:05:42-- Lindsay Vonn, who didn't go to Sochi because of injury, she said

2:05:42 > 2:05:45Chi felt like a caged ball going into the start today with huge

2:05:45 > 2:05:53expectation from the American media. She is performing so well in World

2:05:53 > 2:05:56Cups, three victories back-to-back coming into this, she looked ready,

2:05:56 > 2:06:01frothing allover social media, she just wanted to go.She wasn't the

2:06:01 > 2:06:05only one ready to charge as we will see in the women's super-g with Matt

2:06:05 > 2:06:07Chilton.

2:06:07 > 2:06:12COMMENTATOR: First to race, one of the favourites, the incredible

2:06:12 > 2:06:22Lindsey Vonn.

2:06:26 > 2:06:3143 high-speed alternating red and blue control gates. Good start for

2:06:31 > 2:06:35Lindsey Vonn, nothing wrong with this, start just above 1100 metres

2:06:35 > 2:06:40over a course length of just over two kilometres. Good jump in there

2:06:40 > 2:06:44from Lindsey Vonn and she nailed the next turn, now slightly out of the

2:06:44 > 2:06:49ideal racing line, but the speed is immense from the American, and that

2:06:49 > 2:06:53was absolutely perfect. She flew, she landed, she turned untucked, and

2:06:53 > 2:07:00she is eating up the ground here. Next intermediate 41 .41, we will

2:07:00 > 2:07:05compare that to the others as they come down this course, speed trap,

2:07:05 > 2:07:1188, then accelerates to around 94 kilometres per hour. It has not been

2:07:11 > 2:07:16perfect by any means. But this could take some beating. Lindsey Vonn

2:07:16 > 2:07:19starting number one, if she finishes, this could be very hard to

2:07:19 > 2:07:26beat today. Course shining in the early afternoon sunshine. She is

2:07:26 > 2:07:30late there. That could ruin her chance of a medal. She put the

2:07:30 > 2:07:34brakes on and lost all her speed, and as a result, she may not win a

2:07:34 > 2:07:42medal. One minute, 21.49, at huge mistake inside the finishing line.

2:07:42 > 2:07:46-- within sight of the finishing line. It was going so well and then

2:07:46 > 2:07:52she went on to the staff smoke at the track.It's with the terrain, if

2:07:52 > 2:08:00you come into it with speed is hard, if you don't it's not hard.Next to

2:08:00 > 2:08:08ski, Hannah Schnarf of Italy, 33 years of age, not the oldest in the

2:08:08 > 2:08:12race but certainly one of the more experienced athletes today. Just

2:08:12 > 2:08:17missed a medal in the super-g four years ago in Sochi when she was

2:08:17 > 2:08:24fourth. Recent form has given her place on the Italian team. She was

2:08:24 > 2:08:29six in Lake Louise, finished second, her first Merck to lick visit the

2:08:29 > 2:08:36podium in Cortina dump out so in super-g. Wonderful landing. Tearing

2:08:36 > 2:08:46it up here. Hannah Scharf barely moving from the top position in what

2:08:46 > 2:08:51was the paradise turn in the men's downhill in super-g. She has the

2:08:51 > 2:08:55reward for the brave line. .48 in front, Schnarf makes a slight

2:08:55 > 2:09:00mistake there. Now, coming to the exit of the blue Dragon Valley, has

2:09:00 > 2:09:07to finish cleanly. Can't afford any mistakes but if she gets it right,

2:09:07 > 2:09:14gold medal position awaits. .18 in front of Lindsey Vonn, and Lindsey

2:09:14 > 2:09:18Vonn's mistake was at this point and if Schnarf is clean she can take the

2:09:18 > 2:09:22lead. Slightly late in the line there but manages to keep the skis

2:09:22 > 2:09:29within the blue racing laying, and she tucks in, has she done enough?

2:09:29 > 2:09:35Yes, she has, Schnarf into gold for Italy.

2:09:36 > 2:09:42Italy.Hello!The Swiss pocket rocket ready to race, Lara Gut, the

2:09:42 > 2:09:47best super-g skier of the season so far, second in the opener in Lake

2:09:47 > 2:09:54Louise then finally got the World Cup winning 14 year -- win in

2:09:54 > 2:09:59Cortina. She missed most of last season with an injury she picked up

2:09:59 > 2:10:05at the World Championships, but not before she had taken a medal. Lara

2:10:05 > 2:10:11Gut on her way in the Olympic super-g.

2:10:16 > 2:10:24Lara Gut is one of the biggest sporting stars in Switzerland,

2:10:24 > 2:10:27possibly the best-known female sporting star. 40.934 Schnarf but

2:10:27 > 2:10:37Gut is hot on her heels, 100th of a second off the pace. What can she do

2:10:37 > 2:10:42on the bottom part of this course? She was bronze medallist at the

2:10:42 > 2:10:46World Championships in Saint Moritz on home snow last debris, bronze

2:10:46 > 2:10:51medallist in the Olympic downhill four years ago in Sochi, and is

2:10:51 > 2:10:55definitely a big event athlete, but she has to finish with a flourish

2:10:55 > 2:10:59here to trouble the top of the leaderboard. Slightly late in the

2:10:59 > 2:11:04line, drifts out beyond the blue racing line and over the tales of

2:11:04 > 2:11:09her skis. She is lucky to still be standing, but she skis into gold.

2:11:09 > 2:11:17Gut leads the way by four hundreds of a second, a risky finish, but it

2:11:17 > 2:11:23has brought her the lead in the Olympic super-g. What a spectacular

2:11:23 > 2:11:27jump, landed on the inside ski then jammed the inside leg -- edge of

2:11:27 > 2:11:32that right skied into the snow to continue carving. That was her final

2:11:32 > 2:11:41jump. Lara Gut has never won an Olympic gold.

2:11:41 > 2:11:47Olympic gold. Weirather, great friends and former trading partner

2:11:47 > 2:11:53of Lara Gut. Weirather has now employed the services of leading

2:11:53 > 2:11:56Austrian coaches. Her father was a multiple World Cup winner for the

2:11:56 > 2:12:03Austrian team. Her mother was a multiple Olympic champion from

2:12:03 > 2:12:07Lichtenstein, and it is in the colours of Lichtenstein that

2:12:07 > 2:12:12Weirather braces, off and running here. She has had a good season, won

2:12:12 > 2:12:16the super-g on the World Cup campaign on the 3rd of December in

2:12:16 > 2:12:21Lake Louise. Not much luck in giant slalom two days ago but this is

2:12:21 > 2:12:26where she really finds her feet, and she is 11 hundredths in front of Gut

2:12:26 > 2:12:32about split. Slightly lower in the line, might have just lost that

2:12:32 > 2:12:37lead, there Ben, and getting bumped around, sent to the sides of the

2:12:37 > 2:12:44track when she least needs it. 11 hundredths behind -- in front at the

2:12:44 > 2:12:49last intermediate, then maybe Eric, and this time she only has 500s to

2:12:49 > 2:12:54play with. This will be tight. Gut leads the way for Switzerland.

2:12:54 > 2:12:58Charging down the mountain comes Tina want a map from Lichtenstein,

2:12:58 > 2:13:06but she was too wide on that final turn. Has she done enough to lead?

2:13:06 > 2:13:15Oh! 100th of a second! Weirather into gold. What a fantastic race

2:13:15 > 2:13:21here at Chung slammed today. Doesn't get any tighter, Weirather now into

2:13:21 > 2:13:31gold. The Rica Brignone from Italy, bronze in the giant slalom, was a

2:13:31 > 2:13:40World Cup winner in super-g this season. She won in Austria on the

2:13:40 > 2:13:4414th of January. Her mother was a talented alpine skier, winning four

2:13:44 > 2:13:52World Cup slalom competitions in the late 70s and early 80s. Brignone is

2:13:52 > 2:14:00getting after this. Nice turn. Did she time it correctly? Brignone, the

2:14:00 > 2:14:0727-year-old, represents the valley just the other side of the Mont

2:14:07 > 2:14:13blanc tunnel from Chamonix. Drifting away from her slightly now, .46 of

2:14:13 > 2:14:20the pace. Has to be 100% clean and accurate, on the final third of this

2:14:20 > 2:14:28track, to push for a medal. Weirather leads, one minute 21.22 is

2:14:28 > 2:14:33the target time. Brignone has had a pretty solid run, as she managed to

2:14:33 > 2:14:39make up time? She has. It is clean, it is accurate, and all of a sudden

2:14:39 > 2:14:43they are all paying attention at the base of the Olympic super-g track

2:14:43 > 2:14:51because the Italian is along. Great run from Brignone. Brignone skis

2:14:51 > 2:14:57into fourth. Relief 14 Weirather, she jumps for joy. Brignone let's

2:14:57 > 2:15:08out a scream of disappointment.

2:15:09 > 2:15:15Is on her way, the winner of the Testament here last year. -- Goggia

2:15:15 > 2:15:22is on her way. Promising start, nice Highline for severe Goggia who will

2:15:22 > 2:15:25take all the possible risks to reach her goal of winning the Olympic

2:15:25 > 2:15:34title. Hasn't won a World Cup Super-G this season but she's been

2:15:34 > 2:15:40successful twice in the downhill discipline. That was a beautiful

2:15:40 > 2:15:45flight and turned. She is accurate in the air. She lands at 99

2:15:45 > 2:15:53kilometres an hour and Sofia Goggia is going to go close.

2:15:53 > 2:15:55is going to go close. Goggia is quicker than Weirather. Can she hold

2:15:55 > 2:16:00it together? She sometimes she can make a mistake and there is one.

2:16:00 > 2:16:05Goggia might have just blown it! Goodness me, she was lopsided.

2:16:05 > 2:16:16Somehow she stayed on her skis. She's paid the price,

2:16:16 > 2:16:18She's paid the price, she's 0.32 behind. Last section. Goggia has

2:16:18 > 2:16:27lived dangerously on the bottom half of this Super-G track. Can she do 19

2:16:27 > 2:16:33Weirather the Olympic title? No, she can't. After that massive mistake

2:16:33 > 2:16:39there's no real surprise that Goggia isn't in amongst the medals. The

2:16:39 > 2:16:45defending champion is ready to go. Anna Veith from Austria won the gold

2:16:45 > 2:16:52four years ago.

2:16:52 > 2:16:57four years ago. 100th the second up at the first intermediate. Anna

2:16:57 > 2:17:00Veith, the 28-year-old Austrian on the course set by her coach.

2:17:00 > 2:17:07Cruising through the first ten or 11 terms. It all looks good so far the

2:17:07 > 2:17:14Anna Veith. Back from injury. The line there was OK. Look at her low

2:17:14 > 2:17:19aerodynamic shape. She's been longer in the tuck than anyone else in this

2:17:19 > 2:17:27race so far. She's so soft on her skis. Next intermediate sees Anna

2:17:27 > 2:17:35Veith trail by half a second. She won the Val d'Isere Super-G. We've

2:17:35 > 2:17:45seen some skiers find time and speed in the middle part of this track.

2:17:45 > 2:17:51Can Anna Veith get close to Weirather? She's inside by 21

2:17:51 > 2:17:56hundredths the second. Is pushing to give Austria the Super-G golden

2:17:56 > 2:18:01double.

2:18:01 > 2:18:05double. Anna Veith may well defend the Gold she won four years ago in

2:18:05 > 2:18:14Sochi. Anna Veith leads the Olympic Super-G, by a tenth of a second.

2:18:14 > 2:18:17Magnificent skiing from the Austrian. The Austrians have

2:18:17 > 2:18:28dominated this event.

2:18:30 > 2:18:36The newly married Anna Veith leads the way in 2018. Connie Huetter is

2:18:36 > 2:18:42next to race for Austria.

2:18:47 > 2:18:52Huetter has the fastest split, at around the six second mark. She's in

2:18:52 > 2:18:59front by 100th of a second. Missed most of last season with injury. But

2:18:59 > 2:19:08has had a pretty good 2018 so far. Skidded sideways there. Brakes on

2:19:08 > 2:19:14foot Huetter. To be sure of making the next turn. Remarkably Lindsey

2:19:14 > 2:19:17Vonn is still an equal fifth position, despite grinding to a halt

2:19:17 > 2:19:22at the base of the mountain just above the finishing line. The

2:19:22 > 2:19:27American is still in the top five. That's incredible. Lindsey Vonn will

2:19:27 > 2:19:35bounce back, I'm sure. The women's downhill is next week. Downhill

2:19:35 > 2:19:40training to come. Three days of that. No training for the Super-G.

2:19:40 > 2:19:47It's all down to course inspection. 0.45 behind, Huetter. The damage

2:19:47 > 2:19:56isn't as bad as you might have imagined... 11 hundredths of a

2:19:56 > 2:20:01second separate the top three. Huetter isn't far-off. She's in

2:20:01 > 2:20:07seven. A good result for Huetter. Could have been so much better had

2:20:07 > 2:20:13it not been for that one glaring error. This was it. Skis sideways.

2:20:13 > 2:20:20Now the multitalented Ester Ledecka is next. She's armed with both skis

2:20:20 > 2:20:24and snowboards because she's competing in the parallel giant

2:20:24 > 2:20:31slalom event held next week. Finished 23rd in the Alpine giant

2:20:31 > 2:20:36slalom, it will be a first-ever Ester Ledecka. She will be the

2:20:36 > 2:20:40first-ever athlete to compete in skiing and snowboarding at an

2:20:40 > 2:20:47Olympic Winter Games. She has two separate training teams, one for

2:20:47 > 2:20:50snowboarding, one has skiing. She picks and chooses her races

2:20:50 > 2:20:56throughout the regular World Cup season. Screaming through some of

2:20:56 > 2:21:01these terms as she tries to keep herself on track. The speed looks

2:21:01 > 2:21:07pretty good Ester Ledecka. That was a better landing. Nicely done. Soft

2:21:07 > 2:21:14on landing. Continued on her way. Three hundredths off the pace. Now

2:21:14 > 2:21:1918 hundredths in front. Can Ester Ledecka mix things up here? Possibly

2:21:19 > 2:21:24not... The speed seemed to remain intact. She's absolutely throwing it

2:21:24 > 2:21:35down this Olympic Super-G course. Everyone is paying attention.

2:21:35 > 2:21:41Ledecka still in front by four hundredths of a second. The

2:21:41 > 2:21:45snowboarding skier, the skiing snowboarder, may get amongst the

2:21:45 > 2:21:50medals! That would be an incredible story! What a chump, she's landed,

2:21:50 > 2:21:57can she do it? She's done it! Ledecka leads the Olympic Super-G.

2:21:57 > 2:22:07Surely that's the gold medal? She cannot believe it! It's happened.

2:22:07 > 2:22:22Remarkable. Ester Ledecka is the Olympic Super-G champion.

2:22:22 > 2:22:26Olympic Super-G champion. What a fantastic story!No!Yes indeed!

2:22:26 > 2:22:32She's done it.

2:22:32 > 2:22:35She's done it. That is one of the most astonishing Olympic stories of

2:22:35 > 2:22:44all time.

2:22:44 > 2:22:50all time. There is our champion, the disbelieving Esther Ledecka. Shall

2:22:50 > 2:22:55become the first-ever gold medal winning athlete from the Czech

2:22:55 > 2:23:01Republic in Alpine skiing. What a story! STUDIO: You are right, by

2:23:01 > 2:23:07100th of a second, the smallest margin in Alpine skiing. What will

2:23:07 > 2:23:12be Alpine world be experiencing now? You wanted to pick up her jaw

2:23:12 > 2:23:16Farhat! I did think a cameraman has ever been in the most influential

2:23:16 > 2:23:23position to say you've just won gold. She is rewriting the rules.

2:23:23 > 2:23:26Technically we are supposed to hate each other, the snowboarders and

2:23:26 > 2:23:33skiers. We don't. But the skills required to be that good at both

2:23:33 > 2:23:39disciplines is amazing. She was ecstatic with her 23rd in GS. It's

2:23:39 > 2:23:46incredible.It's extraordinary. She had a pair of Michaela Shifrin's

2:23:46 > 2:23:53skis.Obviously she pulled out so they thought let's give a pair to

2:23:53 > 2:23:55Ester

2:23:55 > 2:23:58they thought let's give a pair to Ester. It wasn't just the skis, she

2:23:58 > 2:24:05skied them to victory and it was all her doing. She trains three weeks of

2:24:05 > 2:24:09Alpine, then three weeks of snowboarding and so on. It's unheard

2:24:09 > 2:24:13of.This was a bolt from the blue especially with the likes of Lindsey

2:24:13 > 2:24:19Vonn.If you put money on her you would be a very rich person indeed.

2:24:19 > 2:24:23Lindsey Vonn came out of the starting gate like a caged animal,

2:24:23 > 2:24:28just one mistake was her and doing. I feel for her. In Super-G you've

2:24:28 > 2:24:33got to go on that limit. You don't want to overturn. You heard her say

2:24:33 > 2:24:38she didn't think she would have speed going in. I really want to

2:24:38 > 2:24:45hold my hands up to her because she summed it up about Ester winning.

2:24:45 > 2:24:51She said I wish I had as much of letters is as she does to go from

2:24:51 > 2:24:55sport and sport. Lindsey Vonn said unfortunately I'm any good at ski

2:24:55 > 2:25:02racing, and she beat me. So humble in the loss.

2:25:02 > 2:25:06in the loss.It was absolutely mad. There's very few times you see the

2:25:06 > 2:25:12top racers choose early starts. It's very, very unlikely these days that

2:25:12 > 2:25:16someone steals everybody's blunder and this is exactly what happened.

2:25:16 > 2:25:21It was Heron scarer at the end of Ledecka's run.She's lose, she's

2:25:21 > 2:25:30fast. She dropped her hit back at the last jump. The skiing is maybe

2:25:30 > 2:25:35not as

2:25:36 > 2:25:40not as perfect as Weirather but she was letting the ski go everywhere.

2:25:40 > 2:25:45It's all about time. We thought it was all over. She manages just a

2:25:45 > 2:25:50blip or wood, and then the best reaction ever. We see so many people

2:25:50 > 2:25:56going wild in the finish. She had minutes of disbelief. Anna Veith was

2:25:56 > 2:26:04out doing celebratory interviews. Sobering Farhat.I'm sure that will

2:26:04 > 2:26:07be one of the most memorable moments of the Pyeongchang games. Thank you

2:26:07 > 2:26:13very much. It's hard to believe but we are halfway through these games.

2:26:13 > 2:26:19It feels like we have had enough Olympic action in one day to last us

2:26:19 > 2:26:24an entire Games. Some of it frustrating, some of it absolutely

2:26:24 > 2:26:31fantastic. As you know, Lizzy Yarnold has become the first Briton

2:26:31 > 2:26:34to successfully defend their Winter Olympic title after clinching gold

2:26:34 > 2:26:42in the women's skeleton. In the same event Laura Deas took the bronze.

2:26:42 > 2:26:47There was another bronze the Team GB in the women's skis slopestyle,

2:26:47 > 2:26:5119-year-old Izzy Atkin became the first Briton to officially win an

2:26:51 > 2:26:56Olympic medal on skis. However not all good news, with Elise Christie

2:26:56 > 2:27:02crashing in the semifinals of the 1500 short track. They say she will

2:27:02 > 2:27:08compete in Tuesday's 1000 metres despite being carried from the ice.

2:27:08 > 2:27:14Norway won the women's's cross-country skiing relay. She is

2:27:14 > 2:27:24the first women to win seven golds at the games. And Stoch becomes only

2:27:24 > 2:27:31the third man to win at least three ski jumping goals.

2:27:33 > 2:27:40ski jumping goals. So we have in the medal table... Germany with a

2:27:40 > 2:27:45record-breaking Games soap after them. A great day from Norway and

2:27:45 > 2:27:50Great Britain. Up in 16th place and they've the target of four medals in

2:27:50 > 2:28:03one Games. More Winter wonder coming your way.

2:28:18 > 2:28:21It's appropriate in Korea that we've had the yen and the young of sport.

2:28:21 > 2:28:26Elise Christie will be back to fight another day on Tuesday but a

2:28:26 > 2:28:30record-breaking day, three medals, one day. Officially the best ever in

2:28:30 > 2:28:38Britain's history. It's been great. Bye-bye.

2:28:38 > 2:28:43COMMENTATOR: Izzy Atkin takes bronze. Laura Deas goes next to

2:28:43 > 2:28:52Great Britain. Laura Deas has done all she can, will it be enough?

2:28:52 > 2:28:57Lizzy Yarnold next. The Olympic champion, can she make history?

2:28:57 > 2:29:03Lizzy Yarnold wins gold again! Laura Deas has won bronze as well!