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

Hello. It's state of the games in

Pyeongchang but nine is the magic

number on this special day, February

17, because there are nine gold

medals on offer and one has gone to

Great Britain and Lizzy Yarnold, who

has retained the bob skeleton titles

she claimed in Sochi. Laura Deas

also taking the bronze, the third

skeleton muddle by Britain in this

game is after Dom Parsons's bronze

in the men's -- skeleton muddle. We

will hear from Lizzy Yarnold Laura

soon. Already another Olympic super

Saturday for the British team. Not

for a century have Britain's Winter

Olympics claimed multiple medals on

the same day.

the same day. So, could Elise

Christie join them? Short track's

triple world champion still waiting

for her Olympic breakthrough, will

it finally come in the 1500 metres?

Lizzy has won that second gold. We

reflect on another slice of history

for her as she becomes the first

skeleton racer ever to retain title.

-- a title. Gold and bronze for

Britain at the Sliding Centre.

Whatever happens today,

Whatever happens today, Japan will

take medal for figure skating.

take medal for figure skating. Our

first glimpse of American megastar

Lindsey von as the ski women threw

themselves down the mountain in the

super-g in a race of stunning

surprises. In 26 years of frenetic

racing at the Winter Games in short

track speed skating there has been

one British medal, Nicky Gooch,

bronze in Lillehammer 1994. He is

now the coach of Elise Christie,

very much in her corner. As you know

Elise Christie is a brilliant

athlete, a multiple European

athlete, a multiple world champion,

but success is never come away at

the Olympics. It wasn't just Nicky

in her corner today but everyone in

Great Britain, would it finally come

right for her in the 1500 metres?

She was one of three British skaters

in this event today. In the second

She was one of three British skaters

in this event today. In the second

heat Kathryn Thomson eating in her

first games was the first Briton to

go and to go out. Thompson needed to

be in the top three to advance to

the semis but she finished fourth.

Elise Christie and Charlotte

Gilmartin progressed and in the

first of three semifinals, Kim of

South

South Korea is to way through to

fight the medals. And so as they

crossed the line, it was Charlotte

Gilmartin to try her luck, watched

by Wilf O'Reilly and Simon

Brotherton. COMMENTATOR: Let's go on

with the second of these three

semifinals. There is Charlotte

Gilmartin. Work to do here with

seven laps to go. Down she goes

again, Gilmartin has crashed out

just as she did in the heats of the

500 metres, but she is back on her

skates and back up and running on

the ice but a lap behind everybody

else. In the front

else. In the front it is Ter Mors

ahead of Fontana. Bringing up the

rear from the leading

rear from the leading group is

Kikuchi of Japan.

Ter Mors moving

into first place with three laps to

go so we will have to wait and see

what happens.

Fontana wasn't about

to give away. Ter Mors leads the way

in front, Fontana in second place,

she goes out wide,

she goes out wide, Kikuchi

travelling in third. First two over

the line Ter Mors and Fontana, and

is Lockett of Australia crashed, and

unable to challenge for the final.

We have a and B finals in these

events, the B final leg merely to

determine the final placing. This is

the second semifinal and here is

Charlotte Gilmartin.

Couldn't see

what happened there but she is

trying to come up the inside. The

Italian completely blocking her out.

Confirmation of the results, Ter

Mors of the Netherlands and Fontana

going through.

Here we go. Elise Christie needs to

finish in the first two to get into

the Olympic final.

the Olympic final. Minjeong on the

inside,

inside, Christie, Yang of China and

multi of Canada.

Will Christie adapt

the same tactics student in the

first round, and leave it for a

final burst of speed at the end? I'm

convinced looking at the field there

is no real specialist 1500 metres

skaters in this race so that is

probably the tactics, the race plan

she will adapt to. Choi sat

comfortably behind

comfortably behind Christie.

In the

first race of the day Christie was

confident enough in her speeds to

bide her time early on, and this is

what she has done initially, just

moving up a little, in front of Yang

Maltais into second place. Remember

Christie has to finish in the first

two here. Moves into second place

behind Li. Tight up the front, not

too much room there, the two Chinese

athletes dominate up to now with

seven to go.

Christie skating nice

lines going into the turn. Not going

into tight or being forced to be

squeezed onto that first block. She

is still looking very comfortable

indeed as Maltais tries to attack

around the outside.

Maltais makes a

move round the outside, suddenly

Christie looking boxed in our

Maltais makes her move so it is

Maltais, Zhou, Li and Christie with

four laps to go. Maltais has a

little bit of a gap here, Maltais,

going for a longer one, Zhou is

there an Christie has work to do now

because Ming Jeong comes round the

outside -- Choi comes round the

outside. Two laps to go, Christie

just a little bit patient, doesn't

want to crash into Zhou now the race

is on. Christie in third place, Choi

leads the way and it is between Zhou

and Christie as they come round the

final bend, and they both crash.

Christie has crashed again in the

semifinal, right on the final bend,

yet again, she ends up in a

distraught heap on the floor. She

was almost there, she was almost

about to qualify, she could see the

line in front of her, and what is

more, -- once more, Elise Christie

this time tangling with the Chinese

athlete, ends up on the deck against

the padding up the side of the

track. Choi qualifies first.

My

heart goes out to this young lady.

She skated a fantastic race. You can

see there. I hope there has been no

cut. It appeared as if Li might have

cut her blade into Christie's cut

resistant racing suit. In the side

of the right skate. An awful

disaster. You can see that there

again. She will be taken off by

stretcher. So, a disaster here for

Elise Christie.

What terrible

pictures for the second time in a

few days.

She's coming around the

outside, and of course, we only see

the angle here, we can see whether

she has passed Li of China, she

clearly hasn't passed her, and maybe

the knock of the left shoulder on Li

causes Li to go down, then Li... We

can get the rotation picture, we

need to go back a little bit, she

clearly takes Christie out. The big

question is, it is Elise in front of

Li at this point?

The other big

question at this moment of time of

course, is hopefully she is not

badly injured. Elise Christie is now

being placed on a stretcher, and

while the judges reach their

conclusions on that semifinal, Elise

Christie and Valerie Maltais have

received a

received a penalty,. Unfortunately

the sad scene we are seeing is of

the stretcher being wheeled from the

arena with Elise Christie lying on

top of it. They are the qualifiers

for the A final, and unfortunately

the world champion is not among

those who will race for gold earlier

today -- later today. Here is the

line-up for the final and the home

crowd beside themselves with

excitement at the possibility of

Choi claiming the middle.

Ter Mors looking for the first Dutch

goal. Choi makes her move. She has

the speed. Daylight now. The crowd

are getting really excited here.

Choi is one lap from the gold medal

in the Olympic Games. She is

streaking away from everybody else

here and the battle now is for

second place, gold for Choi, second

place for Li of China, Boutin of

Canada takes third, bronze for her,

but the home crowd have what they

wanted to see, a gold for Choi, the

big favourite going into this race.

She was favourite going into the 500

metres, she got the penalty, and now

she has gold.

Ter -- Choi didn't

finish the last race, she didn't

finish the final, but she finished

this one in style.

The coach is

there really enjoying this, the

12,000 spectators in the arena

loving every minute of this, and you

can see the emotion on her face, she

can't believe it.

When she made her

move, what a blistering turn of

pace. Nobody could live with it.

This is superb skating, going around

the outside, clearly firing on all

cylinders, making it look so easy,

her power to weight ratio is so

phenomenal.

An extraordinary burst

of pace that left everybody else

racing for the other medals for

silver. A great race -- great race

from the 17-year-old Ter -- Li from

China who timed her effort well. A

dominant victory for Choi. We

shouldn't forget she was the overall

world champion at 16. She has seven

world titles of various descriptions

and is still only 19, including

twice the overall world champion.

This topped with Lott, winning the

gold in front of a home crowd.

STUDIO:

gold in front of a home crowd.

STUDIO:, a hometown for Korea. Elise

Christie not so much smiling. After

the collision police Christie was

taken to

the collision police Christie was

taken to hospital. Her boyfriend

told the BBC she is looking to

compete in the final event, the 1000

metres, on Tuesday, and you have to

admire her bouncing back if she can

do that, everything crossed for her

for Tuesday. Yesterday Dom Parsons

kept alive Britain's proud record in

skeleton bob at the Olympic Games

because in all seven editions the

sport has featured in the games

since 1928, a British slider has

always ended up on the podium. We

are a world power in this one, great

to see! The problem is, we have

never had two sliders on the same

podium. Would that change today?

Defending champion Lizzy Yarnold was

attempting to make history by

becoming the first bob skeleton site

ever -- slider to defend the title

is and Wrexham's Laura Deas was in

with a shout as well. Let's show you

the standings. Jacqueline Loelling

ahead of them all, and Janine

the standings. Jacqueline Loelling

ahead of them all, and Janine flop

very much in the mix, but just two

sense of a second between first and

fourth places. It is the blink of an

eye, so here we go, in the

commentary box 2010 Vancouver

champion Amy Williams alongside John

Jackson and John Hunt. COMMENTATOR:

Round three goes from the leaders

down, 1-20, and ready to go,

Jacqueline Loelling. This is the

young German who has dominated this

event for the last two years. She

leads just a fraction, 200th of

leads just a fraction, 200th of a

second ahead. Four-time winner in

the World Cup. She is one of the

slowest starters, her best start has

been 5.34 in the early rounds,

Loelling under way, and slow again,

5.42, but she has a happy habit of

making up good speed through the

run.

She is one of the most

consistent sliders we have here. Is

that start going to be her Achilles'

heel? Will the girls are out start

her drive faster? She did not make

one mistake yesterday. Is that the

mistake that will cost her or will

she allow the other girls to move up

as they start coming in, especially

the British girls. She has been the

best slider so far.

52.04 which is OK but only average

when you bear in mind what so many

of the girls did in-run number one.

Second placed Austria's Janine

Flock. Austria have never won a

medal in this. Flock seems to be at

her best. She was former world

number one back in 2015. She's got a

much quicker start habitually. She's

pretty close to 5.17 once again.

Probably nerves in the legs which is

increasing the tension. She's a

solid rider and when she gets it

right, she flies. Let's see here, on

her first run yesterday she hit the

wall coming out of that nine. She

had a really great run in the

second. Is all about getting the

steers in the right place.

Minimising those oscillations, the

highs and the lows. That was really

good from Janine She really wants an

Olympic medal.

Down they come to 14,

two bends to go the Flock. 15 can be

tricky. The final bend, oscillations

to finish with an she's finished

ahead of Loelling. She's the tenth

of a second ahead of Loelling.

Janine Flock giving it everything.

The coach is going to be thrilled

with that.

Lots of British fans here

and key five minutes coming up for

the Britons. Lizzy Yarnold, Olympic

champion from Sochi. She goes third,

starting this run a tenth of a

second off the lead, as was

Loelling. We are looking for a start

time of sub 5.20, that would be

lovely to send Yarnold on her way.

Decent start.

Lizzie made mistakes

yesterday which is why she is now

behind. If she puts a big run in

here like she did on the first run

yesterday, she will be in the lead

at the bottom. Her first run

yesterday was phenomenal. Now she's

coming to the part of the track,

she's already made mistakes in the

second run. This is the important

one, she needs to nail this

straight. That's not so bad, she's

coming to back corner OK. She's

keeping herself in the mix with the

Austrian slider.

Not going to be

much between it as Yarnold heads to

the finish. 15 looked fine. Did that

tap on ten cost her son 's speed? It

did but only a tiny bit. Yarnold

only to hundredths off the lead.

When she took that hit it was

parallel, has led wasn't skidding

into it and then continued straight

into corner 12.

From Lizzy Yarnold

to Laura Deas. Starting this third

run in fourth place, she has

probably been the most consistent in

terms of time of all of these

athletes over the first two runs.

Again, a fast starter. We are

looking

looking for 5.10 as a start. She's

away nicely.

She is so strong, so

powerful. Her background is

equestrianism. She trains so hard in

the Jim every single day. It really

pays off having the best start here.

Can she work with this track, can

she find the speed from every one of

these corners? She absolutely nailed

it. That's the best we've seen. Run

one yesterday she didn't get quite

right, she got it back on to run

two.

Speed dropping off slightly

relative to Flock. Not separated by

much at the line. Speed dropped off

quite dramatically, Laura Deas.

Laura stays in place, and she's 19

hundredths off the leader Janine

Flock. A significant five minutes,

highly significant. Deas has done

fine and now Flock leads from Lizzy

Yarnold, Loelling, Flock is in

fourth place.

fourth place. Anna Fernstaedt is so

young, she's just 21. Anna

Fernstaedt is not a good starter.

She's put herself under immense

pressure if she is to try and close

on these fronts for.

The difference

is between having a fast start and a

slow start. With a fast start, you

can make little errors and get away

with them. When you have a slow

start like the Germans, you have to

be perfect everywhere. What the

Germans are very good at doing that

because they build speed. As she

comes round 12, you can't hear her

as much as you could Laura. Maybe

that's why Laura lost a bit of

speed. She's not really gaining so

their equipment isn't working.

Interesting to see how much that

closes. She's breathing down Laura

Deas's neck for fourth place. She

found some impetus there are.

She

did. It is about the lined at the

bottom of the track where she is

finding speed and building and

building and building.

Fernstaedt

has improved her position. Next,

going six, another German, Tina

Hermann. She's had identical starts

so far, both 5.24. She's a tiny bit

slower.

A struggle to get the

perfect line she wanted into corner

one. She's an incredible driver and

are expected to see her a bit

further up the field. Let's see what

she can do today. If she's thought

about it with her coaches overnight.

Normally throughout the training

runs you have videos on entrances

and exits of each corner, you go

home and study them and see what the

perfect line is and what other

sliders. On race day you've got to

go out there and do it.

Can Hermann

close

close like Fernstaedt did? Hermann

crosses the line and she's trimmed

off a bit of the deficit, to go a

tenth behind Fernstaedt. Those two

Germans Fernstaedt and Hermann have

kept a bit of pressure on Deas. We

were wondering whether this might be

a four athlete racer the medals,

possibly. Fernstaedt and Hermann

have kept themselves alive. As

things stand, Janine Flock leads by

just a whisker from Lizzy Yarnold

the defending champion. Laura Deas

still right in the mix in fourth.

And now we come to the potential

medallists.

medallists. Hermann is two tenths of

a second of Jacqueline Loelling. The

thing with Hermann is, she's been

improving and improving all the way.

If you're looking for times, 51.8 or

better would put some pressure on

Deas or Jacqueline Loelling.

She had

a 51.83. She's found the groove

today and the settings she needed to

tweak. This is going to put pressure

on the next two or three sliders.

Whether it's good enough to get her

into the medals I'm not too sure, it

will totally put pressure on

Fernstaedt and Laura Deas.

The

tricky 15th to negotiate. Lovely

from Hermann. She's had a good

Olympic Games, and she goes 51.8

which we thought she would need to

crank the pressure up on the other

five who are looking for medals.

That was an incredible run. She's

got the fastest pushed out of all

the Germans. She is tiny. That was a

beautiful run.

Carbon copy, Anna

Fernstaedt. Improvements seem right

the way through the competition.

She's 14 hundredths of Hermann.

Laura Deas is next of course. Anna

Fernstaedt needs to do what Hermann

has just done.

Has start a bit

slower but that was the best art of

her competition so far. She's giving

it 110%. She wants to beat her

German rival, probably best friend.

When you get here on race day you

are each for your own. You and your

thread need to get down to the

bottom as fast as you can. So far

this is looking good. She's having

to control it there, just slightly

controlled the skid. So far pretty

clean, but the time is bleeding away

a bit more. Like most of the

Germans, can she make it back in the

spot and three corners?

They are

really good at holding speed.

Hermann keeps her nose in front.

Hermann moves up to fifth place.

Hold it together!

How are we at

home? Laura Deas goes next to Great

Britain in fourth place. Let's not

forget the Laura it is her first

Olympic Games, aged 29. Stunningly

consistent, good starter. We want

that 51.8 or better. First we need

the usual good start. Can she get

under 5.1 to give her a cracking

shot? She's got it. Laura Deas has a

super start.

Can she hold it

together now? She's got to stay

calm. She'll have seen everyone

slowly leaving the changing rooms.

Just using her feet. She's got quite

a big lead. Perfect lines, perfect

sliding.

Four tenths up on Hermann.

She's got her eyes on the medal if

she can.

Now she can't clip into

that corner... Perfect. She's

improved on that. We've got to hope

the exit of nine was enough to keep

her moving up the leaderboard.

Bend

15. Lovely, right up the middle.

Slightly high on the entrance to 16.

She's confirmed as fourth at the

very worst. Laura Deas has done all

she can, will it be enough? 51.9,

I'm not sure...

She wasn't quite as

relaxed as she was on her previous

run. She knows she wants to move up.

Just there, that's what probably did

it. She didn't have the perfect line

she had on the run before. She did

perfect her steer and didn't clip.

Let's see what's going to happen.

She is there, still in the

leaderboard.

Jacqueline Loelling,

two years of complete excellence.

She admitted to nerves that the

start of the competition. Loelling

has got 252 second runs to her name.

If she does that here, Loelling is

in trouble. She's had a magnificent

two years, really the worlds best

Loelling is ranked number one in the

world and has a phenomenal track

record. She's been up there winning

medals week in week out. She's had

for podium finishes. She truly

believes to be up here on the

podium.

How is it looking to you,

John?

The deficit is from the start

but she's making little mistakes

here. Is this going to be the run

that sees Laura Deas move up into a

medal? That's a big skid. That could

be the mistake that is going to give

Laura Deas what she needs. She's

still building speed...

Second blast

curve, she was wide. Nothing between

Fernstaedt and Laura Deas...

Loelling just touches Laura Deas

out. She does what she does all of

the time and that is a fine speed,

very, very late. She's got amazing

credentials. Fernstaedt guaranteed a

medal. Lizzy Yarnold next --

Loelling guaranteed a medal. Can

Lizzy Yarnold make history and

Winick -- win it again?

She has started well and needs to

focus on the track. Don't worry

about the German or the Austrian,

she needs to put in a perfect run,

she cannot make a mistake at all on

this run, everything looking good so

far, the lines are good, good

control, building speeds at this

corner drops away into nine. This is

crucial. Look at the Gap, she has

half a second. Will this run give

her her second gold medal and

defence her Olympic title?

Spend 15

to negotiate. She had a big lead

over Loelling, this could be at

least silver for Lizzy Yarnold, she

goes to the front and how! Look at

the time, 51.46 to pile the pressure

on Janine Flock.

That is a gold

medal winning run, I am sure of it.

We are looking at the two-time

Olympic champion.

That was a track

record, unbelievable, yes she made a

mistake but she had so much time in

her bag to be able to play with. I

really believe that Lizzy Yarnold

has just popped down potentially a

gold medal run, but, Janine, hold it

together, girl, you have a good push

and she can do this. Mentally she

needs to focus.

For Austria, who

have never won a medal, Janine

Flock, former world number one,

needs the run of her 28 years to tip

out Lizzy Yarnold. It looks a big

ask. She has a decent enough start,

5.2 to.

That will not be enough, she

made a little mistake there, this

will drop away, she has lost time.

This is how good Lizzy's run was,

one mistake and already she is tenth

behind. Can she get control and

build up down the run? This is not

about her staying in front of Lizzy.

Is she going to drop behind the

silver or even the bronze? It is a

big gap back to Laura Deas, the run

is good, looking like she will hold

onto a bronze position but time is

dropping away.

All the time. Looks

like Lizzy Yarnold will win gold

again. Where will Flock finish, has

Deas got a medal in her? Flock is

fourth, Yarnold wins gold again!

CHEERING Laura Deas has won bronze

as well.

Lizzy Yarnold, what a performance,

the first British athlete to

successfully defend her Olympic

title, and for Laura Deas, who

dreams of medals at Badminton and

Birley, she now has one at the

Olympic Games. Geneva Flock

crestfallen, you have to feel for

her.

We now have a gold medal and a

bronze medal by Laura Deas. There is

her fiance. There will be a big

party tonight in team Great Britain.

Lizzy Yarnold won gold by nearly

half a second, Jacqueline Loelling

in silver, and the wonderful bronze

medal for Laura Deas. Celebrations

all-round.

CHEERING

OK, are we ready?

How are you feeling to rack up a

gold medal in Sochi with another

here?

I am exhausted! Yesterday

after the first run I almost pulled

out of the competition because my

chest infection was so uncomfortable

and I couldn't breathe, so my physio

gave me talking to and said, you can

do it, and if it wasn't for every

single one of the team and my coach

I wouldn't be here right now so I am

hugely grateful to them.

You haven't

found the pressure easy, an enormous

amount of pressure on your shoulders

in this game.

I love pressure, I

enjoy pressure, it is a privilege

and if it wasn't for the support of

everyone at home, my family, my

husband...

Wanted to say to you?

At

the end? I have no idea?

How your

runs from a technical point of view?

The second run yesterday I was just

trying to get down so it didn't

matter what happened, so I could

fight another day today. Today I

made a couple of mistakes on the

straight but it is all about

believing in whatever happens,

taking the hits when they come at

getting back on line. Wardy, my

first coach, taught me to do the

basics well and have form and

confidence. I am relieved to have

done the race had been consistent

and Laura and I are on the podium

together.

More relief than enjoyment

or a vicious mix?

Exhaustion mainly!

LAUGHTER

or a vicious mix?

Exhaustion mainly!

LAUGHTER.

I'm going to cough, sorry!

What was it like before you went,

did you relish being a fraction

behind?

I relished it, if she had

won, rightly so, because the best

athlete wins so I was looking

forward to being able to chase her.

Women in sport pushy server and

pushed the platform of success and

that is a good thing for everyone --

push each other.

What you have left

to do in this sport?

LAUGHTER

I

don't know! I just want to take a

nap!

Well-deserved.

Thank you!

Laura

Deas...

Deas...

Deep breath, in a is

doubtless, it amazing that you.

I

can't believe it's happening. I knew

I could do it, and I thought it

would be snatched away. When Janine

came down behind me I just couldn't

believe it was happening, I am so

pleased Lizzy as well, a dream come

true.

You were so consistent in all

your runs, you must have been happy

overnight, won't you?

It was a good

position to be chasing the pack into

today and I always knew the

consistency would win the day, and I

am just really pleased to put down

that last run. I can barely feel my

legs, I was so nervous, but I just

did it, and I can't believe this is

real!

And even then there was an

agonising couple of minutes

afterwards.

Yes, I didn't think I

had done enough, I didn't think it

would happen, and I watched Janine

make mistakes earlier on the track

and I thought, maybe, then the

further she came down the track I

thought, maybe, but you don't know

on this track until the last split

comes in. Magical!

You have come to

your first Olympics and probably

slip better than ever before,

haven't you?

I think I have done

myself proud!

You've certainly done

that.

I always knew four consistent

runs would put me in a strong

position so that was my goal from

the start.

Life will change, you

know?

Yeah, I can't believe it!

Well

done.

Thank you.

Congratulations to

Laura, and of course to Lizzy,

because with Amy Williams's Goldin

Vancouver then back to back for

Lizzy Yarnold, three golds in a row

in bob skeleton for Britain's women,

and the last time Britain achieved

back-to-back golds was figure

skating. Christopher Dean was part

of that with Jayne Torvill, John

Curry, Robin Cousins and you guys.

Your reaction first of all to being

able to take that pressure and come

back and win consecutive gold

medals, how much do you admire that

in Lizzy Yarnold?

Amazing ability

just to sustain over that period and

keep the training up, be physically

on your game all the time then come

back and achieve that, it's an

amazing feeling.

And with a chest

infection, and she smashed their own

track record in the last run, two

tense of the second, that is the

mentality of an Olympic champion, a

double Olympic champion.

Mind of

steel, and the chest infection will

not get in the way.

We would train

when we were ill, when we had

injuries, because that would happen

when you are at the Olympics, and

clearly Lizzy also.

Extraordinary

scenes and history in the making. We

would surely get more reaction to

that of the afternoon goes on but

when we reflect back on figure

skating's finest hour for Great

Britain, you had ten years apart

before coming back and trying to win

another gold medal, from 84-94. Can

you tell us about why you decided to

put yourself through the Olympic

ring and the circumstances that led

to that?

I think we were mad, to be

honest! It was all about the

challenge. What happens is we turned

professional, so we start to skate

and earn money, and the Olympics at

that time, you could be professional

and go back, but the rules had

changed a lot that was the first

year they did that. So got

eligibility back and for us it was a

challenge, something we didn't do we

would have regretted it.

We have

been allowing ourselves when Chris

is in the studio to give ourselves

what we call eight for and Dean

time-out and we will do it again,

because you mentioned is 1994. We

will see the men's programme

shortly. Let's remind ourselves of

the night when you are Jayne skated

on the wold wide audience and 20

million people in Britain when they

face the music and danced.

COMMENTATOR:

Four minutes will

decide whether medals go in this

Olympic Games. -- where the medals

go.

CHEERING

APPLAUSE

That is absolutely marvellous. What

a tremendous reception. STUDIO:

Bronze medal, you were robbed!

a tremendous reception. STUDIO:

Bronze medal, you were robbed! The

judges didn't like it so much, was

it the pesky somersault that did it

for you?

That's what they laid claim

to but we thought it looked good.

You still maintain strong

connections in choreography terms

with the Olympic Games. You

choreograph the gold medal winning

routine of the Germans in the pairs.

We have been having a feature called

#AskChris. A good one came in the

other day that said, did you ever

consider doing the men's individual

skating before you teamed up with

different partners in dance?

I tried

it for two weeks and then people

said for my safety maybe I shouldn't

do with Pennywell. I was going to

hurt myself -- maybe I shouldn't do

it any more.

This is going to be the

first men's without the

first men's without the charismatic

Pluchenko. When you look back on his

influence it was significant over

the years.

Heap brought charisma to

the sport. Very masculine,

identified with the audience. A

character on ice. It's become very

technical, very difficult,

character on ice. It's become very

technical, very difficult, very

athletic. He was able to pull back

together but at the same time his

personality was strong and people

identified with him. I think maybe

that's what's happening with Hanyu

from Japan.

The then 19-year-old

Yuzuru Hanyu who came through to

become the first male skater to win

gold from Japan and he became an

instant megastar.

instant megastar. Figure skating in

Japan was already established, they

had gold already.

His athletic

ability and

had gold already.

His athletic

ability and also the style, his

grace, his ease on the ice and

technical ability was second to

none.

Indeed. Today he was trying to

do something which hadn't been done

since 1952, to win back-to-back gold

medals. It was last done in Oslo by

Dick Button the American.

Extraordinarily when you look back

at his influence, he was the first

to complete a triple jump in any

competition, how things have

changed.

We were talking about that.

It's taken 60 years to get to the

quads. Maybe in another 60 years

will get to the quint? You never

know.

Quadruple rotation is what

it's about. If you don't have it,

you're not in the club. Let's check

the standings before we go into the

free programmes.

Watching what is really one of the

special occasions of any games, the

1980s men's Olympic champion, Robin

cousins and Katherine Downes.

COMMENTATOR: Now Young Nathan Chen,

which Nathan are we going to see on

the ice today? He's just 18, he's

received a real lashing in the

American press over the last few

days because of huge mistakes in

short programmes in both the team

event and here individually. This

could be great, the pressure is off.

Quat lutz, glorious there to open.

Second quad... Quadruple flip,

double toe loop.

Another quart flip, hands down but

rotation none.

rotation none. -- quad flip.

Quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop.

And another.

And another. Quadruple Salchow that

time.

This is the performance he needed to

give.

CHEERING

I'll show you says Nathan Chen!

Write me off as a flash in the pan

at your peril. He answers his

critics with some whopping quads.

History has been made. One, two,

three, four, five, six quadruple

jumps. That's the one with the hand

down but again, the rotation,

there's no question about him

getting around there, and a whopping

83.90 points from those quadruple

jumps alone.

Nathan Chen was the

first man to land five quadruple

jumps during a free skate, he is now

the first man and six quadruple

jumps, and at the Olympics as well.

CHEERING

Bowl.

Bowl. 215.08. -- wow.

That is a new

world record.

And a 40 point lead

the Nathan Chen.

the Nathan Chen. Vincent Zhou,

Nathan Chen's mini me. He's 17. The

world junior champion, he looked

really good in the warm up. Can he

match his countryman?

match his countryman?

Five quadruple

jumps planned for Vincent. The

opening one is the most difficult,

quadruple lutz. Which in the warm up

he made easily. With a triple toe

loop on the end, that was absolutely

superb.

Made the rotation on the quadruple

flip, just fell off the landing.

Credit will be given, though.

Is be there for the quadruple

Salchow. --

Salchow. -- easily there.

A big element coming up, going for a

second quadruple lutz and he's got

it.

And there's the toe loop. Five quads

on paper, five done.

Triple Axel, double toe loop.

And the last triple Axel, that's the

big element is done. Not the

greatest landing, but it was there.

Wow. Triple lutz, loop, triple flip.

Huge points there on the entry. --

on the end.

CHEERING

17-year-old Vincent Zhou follows up

a stunning short programme with a

brilliant, brilliant performance in

the free skate. Five quads. If we

hadn't seen six from Nathan Chen we

would be up out of our seats. The

brilliance is making us complacent.

It is. He did slip out of the

landing on the quad flip so it

wasn't pristine, but it was

credited. Again, 20 points from that

first quad lutz triple toe loop

combination. Huge scores.

192.16, an enormous season 's best

from Vincent Djourou. Bo Yang Jing

-- Bo Yang Jing, a great short

programme has kept him in. Here he

is with his programme, Shooting For

The Stars.

Four quadruple jumps planned in this

programme.

The first one will be the lutz.

It

almost hit the edge.

And it was

glorious, but how close was that the

wall?

wall? The second one planned now is

the quadruple Sal

the quadruple Sal -- Salchow. He's

got that as well.

Triple Axel loop, triple Salchow.

Quadruple toe loop. Oh, and down.

Completely off kilter on the

take-off of that.

Has another one planned, so can he

do it in the combination?

Yes, he can, but just with the

double toe loop.

Triple axel.

Triple lutz, triple toe loop.

Triple flip.

Going Galactic, Jin Boyang is

rocketing into the medals for now.

It doesn't inspire as an overall

performance. Under rotated their on

the quad. It hasn't come up is under

rotated, but they haven't got a

chance of seeing that slow motion we

are seeing, and I would definitely

call that under.

call that under.

194.45, just enough

to knock Nathan Jones of the gold

medal position for now. How

comfortably will the weight of

history sit on the shoulders of this

man? Reigning Olympic and world

champion usurers and you looking to

be the first man to win consecutive

gold medals at the Olympics in 66

years since the American Dick Button

in 1948 and 1952.

Opening jump is the quadruple

Salchow.

CHEERING

He's got it.

It may not have appeared three times

in the warm up but it appeared, he

did everything to make it happen

right here in the opening of this

free programme. Second quad planned.

And there it is. Exquisite quadruple

toe loop.

Triple flip.

CHEERING Quadruple Salchow, triple

toe loop combination.

Absolutely on the money.

CHEERING

CHEERING.

Triple axel loop, triple Salchow.

Oh, saved on that triple lutz.

CHEERING

CHEERING.

CHEERING

CHEERING.

User Rouhani you -- user Rouhani

you, surely enough for him to retain

his Olympic title.

his Olympic title. -- Yuzuru Hanyu.

Not the mind blowing programme we

saw before.

Did well not to put his

hand down so get credit for the

quad. Here the lutz, leaning,

leaning, leaning. Don't put the hand

down! LAUGHTER

leaning, leaning. Don't put the hand

down! LAUGHTER.

So a new season's

best, 20 point clear at the top of

the leaderboard, and that surely,

ladies and gentlemen, is the 2018

Olympic champion.

Fernandes, the

two-time world champion, his sixth

consecutive European title just last

month, and he is only three points

behind user Rouhani you after the

short programme, and this is his

last Olympics, he will retire after

this and would dearly love to finish

with a medal.

I would say if he goes

clean with all the quality could do

it. -- with all the quads, he could

do it. Quadruple toe loop to open.

Second quad, then, in combination.

Quadruple Salchow, double toe loop.

Would have liked quad- triple.

Triple axel, triple toe loop. Those

are the points that he didn't get

after the quad.

Needs this second quadruple Salchow,

just a double.

Triple axel. Lovely.

CHEERING

Guts and glory far Javier Fernandez.

He's won the World Championship

twice, never an Olympic medal.

Surely he'll be coming away from

Pyeongchang with one. What colour

will it be?

I think he needed that

Quad if he was going to be pushing

for that gold. But the performance

is glorious and he is so at home out

there and he loves it. And he

delivers.

He's so proud of the

legacy he'll leave in Spain.

Absolutely.

It's a season's best.

But it's not enough for the gold

medal. Its silver far Javier

Fernandez for now.

Fernandez for now. Shoma Uno knows

that he must go perfectly. He was

less than a point in front after the

short programme. Such a slender

grasp on the bronze medal.

grasp on the bronze medal.

I

absolutely love this programme. Uno

didn't have a great warm up. Down on

the first of his squads, the quad

loop.

Could that be a middle gone?

Three more quads planned. The

programme collectively is so strong.

He won't want to make another

mistake. Second quad is the flip.

He's got it.

Spread eagle into the triple Axel.

Quadruple toe loop, double toe loop.

Not the best landing on the double.

Two feet down.

That was the fourth quad toe loop.

And the best one.

And this will be crucial. Triple

Axel loop, triple flip, and that may

well be the bronze medal right

there.

Triple Salchow, double toe loop.

CHEERING

There was less than a point between

Shoma Uno and no medal at all. Has

he done enough to hang onto the

bronze medal position?

A deduction

for the fall. The last quad was the

best of all of them. But he delivers

such a strong performance, I would

like to think the component scores

will work in his favour.

He's not

only bumped Jin Boyang, he's bumped

Javier Fernandez as well. A Japanese

1-2. CHEERING

Javier Fernandez will have to settle

for the bronze!

That's phenomenal

Uno.

Yuzuru Hanyu, back-to-back

Olympic titles and there are the

tears of a champion. Let's have a

look at the final confirmation.

Javier Fernandez, not the fairy tale

gold with which he would have wanted

to end his career. Pipped into

bronze medal position by Shoma Uno

with a fantastic final skate. Yuzuru

Hanyu, back-to-back Olympic titles

and he will surely go down as one of

the greatest ever skaters.

It wasn't

a gold, it wasn't a silver, but it

was an Olympic medal. Something I

always wanted. We put a lot of work

into this and I'm super happy that I

got it today.

I know you are very

good friends with Yuzuru Hanyu, what

did it mean to share the podium?

It

meant a lot. We work every day

almost together and we seek how hard

figure skating is. We put in a lot

of effort. To see both of us on the

podium, it makes us super happy.

of effort. To see both of us on the

podium, it makes us super happy.

STUDIO: You've just witnessed the

greatest quad fest in history. The

New York Times was keeping close

watch on it, 45 attempts at quads,

34 landed. Extraordinary.

That was

just in the long programme. It's

gone down in history as the most

quads ever attempted in a

competition.

The most revolutionary?

Yes, OK. But, Yuzuru Hanyu becomes

the first back-to-back winner of the

gold.

Amazing and such a talented

skater and well-deserved. His style,

his ability. Just the

skater and well-deserved. His style,

his ability. Just the flow out of

those quad jumps is astounding. The

style and I liked the programme and

the choreography. He put everything

together. He stepped out of a couple

of jumps where he lost some points

but overall he is the standard. He's

the one everyone will be gunning for

in the future. Let's see he

continues after this.

There were big

screens in Tokyo setup. In the end

it was a significant collision of 11

points to win the gold, but he

didn't

points to win the gold, but he

didn't win the free skate.

You've

got the short programme and the long

programme. The long programme was

won by Nathan Chen.

programme. The long programme was

won by Nathan Chen. By a huge margin

as well, some nine points. He went

out and completed five quads, six

rotated, one he put his hand down

on. That's the most ever landed by a

man.

He took a lot of abuse. He was

one of America's shining stars but

in many respects would you say he's

redeemed himself?

Going forward to

Beijing, Scott Hamilton who was a

former Olympic champion said in his

first Olympics he finished fifth.

Nathan Chen finished fifth.

We shall

see in four years' time. Shame you

know, getting the silver. It's the

first time Japan have had two

athletes on the same podium since

1972. What was superior in his

routine to Fernandez in the end?

He

just had the technical ability but

on his component marks, his style,

he went down there clearly but his

choreography was passionate. His

style of skating. He is so deep into

the ice when he skates over the ice.

Look at the landing, the depth of

edge, the fluidity. Technically he

had more technical difficulty ban

Fernandez. But a great day for

Japan. I'm sure they will be both

superstars when they go back there.

Also in Spain, because this was

spraying's wonderful Javier

Fernandez getting their first medal

on ice ever.

I love his

storytelling. Whenever he's out

there there's always a theme. He

really connects with the audience.

Some of the other skaters, their

heads and eye lines tend to be down.

He's always focusing on the

audience. He engages them and the

audience get behind him. That can

give you a huge lift.

He's a former

two-time world champion but he's

never got an Olympic medal. How much

is the skating fraternity feeling

his delight at achieving it finally?

Absolutely. He's a skater's skater

as well, and he's a character.

People love to go and see him skate.

How would you rate that as an

Olympic occasion in the men's

programme?

I think it's one of the

best we've seen on all aspects. The

sport has lifted itself so high now.

How much further can

sport has lifted itself so high now.

How much further can we go in terms

of rotation?

Dick Button did his

triple in 52. 60 years later we are

up to quad. Maybe in 60 years will

get the quint!

It augurs well for

the next Olympics in Beijing. We are

looking forward to the ice dance

next.

That's my event, and I think

Jayne will be up here as well.

Always a pleasure. Thank you. From

ice to snow we go, because we are

now freestyle skiing in the

slopestyle. Great Britain had medal

hopes going into this event and many

of the other freestyle skiing events

as well. Before this event started

today for the women, there had been

no British medals ever won an snow.

For many of us who remember slalom

bronze in Salt Lake City in 2002,

that will always live long in our

hearts and minds. As you know it was

a common cold remedy which

eventually led to head testing

positive. Today Katie Summerhayes

and Izzy Atkin, who since the age of

15 has been competing for Great

Britain, were aiming to throw down a

history making run.

COMMENTATOR: Katie Summerhayes,

Sheffield steel. She's been told by

the physio it may not be in her best

interest to write, her ankle is

giving her a lot of pain. She has

bottled some courage and is on the

course.

Very strong rail rider. This

course suits her style.

She had a

450 out of that in qualifying and it

was very, very strong. The cleanest

we've seen her actually slide across

that pyramid. Switch one out of the

tractor seat.

tractor seat. 540, switch now into

the second jump. Really nice from

Katie. Just needs to get this score

down. 900 to the knuckle. That won't

have done her ankle any good at all.

Worked really hard with Darren

Roberts to get herself match fit,

and at the moment 61.4, in first for

now.

Next in, Yuki Tsubota. Thank

you right. Different line of that

rail then opted to flow across the

course.

Getting busy which is what

you want to see.

Not reverting

between forwards and backwards,

keeping the skis in one direction or

the other between the jumps. That

cheeky little flip off the saddle.

Won't score superhigh with the

judges, more of the setup feature.

540, you hear a collective gasp from

the shapers on the knuckle. Big 900,

two and a half rotations, into the

bottom jump, solid.

720, very clean.

This to me is a qualifying run,

almost like putting a score on the

board rather than going for your

best run. Tsubota gets the classic

75, just shy, from the judges.

75, just shy, from the judges. Sarah

Hoefflin, Swiss father, New Zealand

mother, grew up in England and very

interested in joining the GB Park

and pipe programme but couldn't get

a British passport. Lovely to 70

out.

Really nice, she charges, this

girl. Good flow, what the judges

like to see.

She had the unenviable

task of opening qualifying with the

first run, and was impeccably clean

with that first run, which saw her

qualify very comfortably.

She has

big old tricks when she wants them,

she can dredge that trip back. Yes,

beautiful Switch ten, right, so

consistent. Spinning the opposite

way to impress the judges, which she

does, and that is why she claimed X

Games gold big air just a few weeks

ago.

Clock wise Switch seven or

backward 720 into anticlockwise

Switch 720. Very impressive being

able to spin immaculately both ways.

Halfway through the finals, Sarah

True to into first place. -- Sarah

Hoefflin.

Hoefflin. Gremaud of Switzerland.

Really nice.

Not as tidy as

qualifying but still very technical.

A lot of things going on during

that.

Lining up the gap on the

double kinks switch as well, a lot

harder than it looks.

Cheeky 360

tail off the saddle. First jump,

spinning... Bit short! Come on, now,

Tuck. Some speed. You really have

too flowed...

Silky 900. Very, very

smooth. First of the double corks.

There it is! Huge double cork 900.

Brilliant. It will be no surprise to

see Gremaud move into the top spot

here.

Happy with that, isn't she?

Very happy and rightly so. I think

this one will clip the 90s.

88.

Still very good.

Now we come to

Britain's Isabel Atkin, the

19-year-old, silver in Aspen at X

Games two weeks ago. She has the

pedigree, and undoubtedly the

ability. 450 out, lovely and

technical. New here, looking into

that rail really nicely.

that rail really nicely.

Huge gap on

the down bar, little hand grab, 360

off the saddle. Come on, Izzy Atkin.

Back on the 720.

A tiny sit down but

she winds up into the nine.

Very

nice. Needs the Switch nine here.

With a revert. Puts it down, just

past 900, reverts round to 1080, not

the cleanest of landings but looking

at that you cannot guess whether she

was going for a Switch ten or Switch

nine.

I think it was a nine.

It is

the best of three rounds, though, so

not all doom and gloom for Izzy

Atkin just yet.

68.4 puts on fourth

just behind Yuki Tsubota.

just behind Yuki Tsubota. Killi of

Norway.

Odds-on favourite for the

gold medal here.

Took silver in big

air in the X Games.

This is going to

hurt her.

Oh!

I was about to say,

going so slow is what will hurt her

not only points wise, she just

didn't have enough speed to slide

through the rails.

Cam, Dahlstom set

the bar just as high here? -- can

Emma Dahlstrom? Opting not to use

poles. Same trick as Izzy Atkin with

the left spin out, right spin out,

sorry. 270 of the double King,

sliding all the way through it, then

making her way to the left side of

the course with this big down bar,

again using the grab. Really hooks

into the back leg.

Clean through the

top section, Dahlstrom.

Oh!

Couldn't

get it round. So Emma Dahlstrom is

human after all.

So let's take a

look at the standings after run one.

OK, so Maggie Voisin, who broke her

leg before Sochi and was unable to

complete, so is soaking up the

experience in Pyeongchang -- unable

to compete. Tidy first rail.

Charging through the top section.

We

have said it time and again with her

runs, she is super relaxed.

Not

trying to get rid of any speed,

getting everything perfect.

Everything at the right speed. Into

the jumps, three jumps, then. The

first really nice, 900.

Taking off,

Switch.

Switch.

Switch 900.

Back-to-back

minds. Izzard attend? Oh! And again,

the final jump proves undoing.

Voisin will have to put it all on

the line in-run three.

the line in-run three. Next in,

Burmansson, wisdom beyond her years,

just 15 years old and skied very

mature late in the qualification. --

very matured leave. She stayed -- if

she stays on her feet you have to

say she is a favourite for gold,

even with one of her stock runs, she

might not have too accelerate too

hard if she can just find the

consistency.

Went to that rail there

are a little early. The judges will

be looking for any way to penalised

these skiers. But off the top. Now

into the jumps.

A very, very relaxed

style.

style.

Oh! Puts it into the front

now. Final jump.

She's gone very,

very light.

Yes...

Oh, she's gone!

Wow!

To be brutally honest falling

over in the finish area, I don't

know where the cut-off point is for

the judges.

65.

I think they let it

slip.

slip.

Pat Sharples gently talking to

Katie Summerhayes. They have been

working together I think for nearly

a decade now. The relationship key

to Katie's success. She came so

close in Sochi. Can she make it

count here in 2018?

She is nursing a

ankle injury and has been advised by

her physio not to ski in this final.

She is doing it through gritted

teeth. There is the 450 out, nice,

really solid rails from Summerhayes.

She has that slide really nicely, as

locked those two together.

Now, the

rails were definitely up, so jump

wise, she is hitting that slightly

smaller middle jump, which will cost

a few points, that's for sure.

Switch five.

And a big 900. She punches the air.

Come on, Katie Summerhayes!

That is

a fantastic platform to roll into

the third and final run. So Katie, I

think certainly she felt the first

school was a bit low. Let's see the

second score. 71.4. Yes, nod of the

head there, not her biggest tricks

all the way through and maybe the

smaller kicker hurt her a little.

Next to drop, Isabel Atkin. She is

one of the world's best, she proved

a discount two weeks ago at X Games

when she took silver.

when she took silver. Lovely 450

off.

Really nice.

off.

Really nice.

Error at the hip

than cutting across to the down

rail. Huge gap.

Love that. So many

of the women not going for that gap,

kind of riding up and along and then

locking into that rail. Landed much

cleaner than last time.

Yes. So

judges looking for spins in

different directions.

The nine is

clean.

So right side- left side

spins there. Now, Switch, 900 on the

bottom jump.

And it is very, very

tidy. What a coup it would be to

move into the third and final runs

in a medal position. Putting the

pressure on everyone else. She is

currently sat in fifth with a 68.4

to move into the bronze medal

position, she would need a 74.4.

79.4, she does it with five points

to spare, Izzy Atkin moves into the

bronze medal position.

bronze medal position.

Killi

qualified in third place, dropped

her first run, what has she got

here? This girl, the janitor, swept

the board in 2017, winning pretty

much everything there was to win.

Oh!

Cleans up, that was the double

King and she messed up on her first

run.

Yes.

Very clean through the

rails, then, she finishes those off

with the Switch 180.

with the Switch 180. 720 of the

skewed take-off, rotating with the

direction of travel. A left and

right spin, she comes into the final

kicker, Switch, right spin, looks

very clean, very tidy there.

Really

nice from the Norwegian.

And the

Vikings are already celebrating. I

think we are going to see the her go

directly against Izzy Atkin's score

in terms of difficulty, technicality

and cleanliness. If you add up the

numbers, spins on that one, seven

20-900- 720. 76.8, so fourth

position for the Norwegian. Only one

run left to drop. The medals at the

moment look like this.

Katie Summerhayes with an extremely

painful ankle in sixth. Shadow

boxing from the 15-year-old

Burmansson. And she has come, not

out of nowhere, she had been I think

Junior world champion, no, silver,

but then she turned up in the World

Cup this year and just dominated.

Yes, then the bronze medal.

No

transition period.

Seamless, just

came straight through, and that

bronze medal at X Games a few weeks

ago ditto the world of good, but

then look at this girl, she won gold

in that same contest, think that

would have done her the world of

good.

The X Games is the closest we

have in terms of pressure, TV

audiences, live crowds, to the

Olympic environment so it is a

decent barometer.

Voisin struggling to replicate that

form. She's looked good on the rails

but it's this last jump that has

eluded her.

She's gone through the

rails.

Now the focus and the

pressure boils down to the kickers.

Lovely nine on the first tipped.

Really nice.

Really nice.

She's got that one. Can

she hold it together now, when it

matters?

She's gone big.

Yes she

can. A very clean run, and suddenly

is she snaps out of the composed ski

mode and let the poles fly as she

arrived in the finish area. Great

style, great composure and

incredibly technical.

That's the

Maggie Voisin we know.

She didn't

look fast by those two falls.

look fast by those two falls. So

third place, she bumps Izzy Atkin

down into fourth. Now it's the turn

of Katie Summerhayes. She came so

close four years ago in Sochi. Big

smile on her face now. Really down

to earth, one of the most well liked

women on the freestyle skiing World

Cup tour. Makes her way onto this

calls for the third and final time.

270 out of that down Bath.

270 out of that down Bath. Just 270

out, that was the 450 that wanted.

But unable to replicate that from

earlier on.

She's lost one of the

big scoring points out of her run

there. The 540, very much a setup

for this jump. She's letting this

run go. You cannot blame her. We

haven't gone hard on this up until

now... Katie! She's skiing with a

very badly damaged ankle. There's

her sister Molly. She can barely

walk out of the ski boots.

walk out of the ski boots. She

really tagged that knuckle.

really tagged that knuckle.

She's

one of the most liked.

one of the most liked.

Hoefflin has

the run, consistency, style and

technicality to take the top spot.

She's a gold medallist at the X

Games just a few weeks ago in the

big air. Can she throw those jump

tricks into this run alongside these

rails?

Very tidy. Maybe not her

cleanest rail jumps but there were

no mistakes there.

no mistakes there. Lovely style.

Big

grab. Really snatching at the 1080.

Went huge on that.

900, excuse me.

Get fit round! She crashed on that

on her second run! And the Swiss are

making a very good case at a

lock-out of gold and silver. Sarah

Hoefflin with a very strong run.

Currently on an 83.8. I wouldn't be

surprised if we see this from

Mathilde Gremaud who's in gold medal

position on an 88.

position on an 88.

That puts her

into gold medal position. Ten points

ahead of bronze, Maggie Voisin.

ahead of bronze, Maggie Voisin. Next

is Mathilde Gremaud. Unseated from

the top spot by her fellow

countrywomen Sarah Hoefflin. Can she

regain the gold spot?

regain the gold spot? Switch up with

the pretzel to 70.

Really nice.

Switch gap into the last part of

that kick rail. Flows through the

rails, really nice. Great execution,

super clean in that top section. A

little short on the 720. Now tuck.

Remember, speed is your friend. 900.

Slightly off axis. Are we going to

see the double ten? No! She didn't

give it enough, she lost her grab.

So we now have our three current

medal positions. Bronze, silver and

gold in the finish area. Next drop

will be Great Britain's Izzy Atkin,

currently in fourth position. Medal

tantalisingly close, she can touch

it. What has she got in her run? Pat

Sharples just said you're an

absolute boss, your skiing amazing.

Clean run up, biggest run of her

life.

life. Mechanical with the 450. Laid

it down beautifully.

Locks that in

so beautifully. She comes up from

the side until the skis onto it. And

the gap over... This run is flowing

for her now.

The best rails we've

seen from her. 720 is there. Now,

come on Izzy Atkin. 900s there.

Final jump. CHEERING

Super-clean. We saw her read revert

that. To get into the medals she

needs to up it by just under two

points. 1.8 points. It's so much

cleaner its third-place!

84.6. Izzy

Atkin with a very, very strong run,

just under four points off the

silver medal position. The Swede, 25

years old, she breezed through her

first run with a 91.4. She's tried

to channel the same fun spirit but

the pressure is telling now on the

third and final run. She's yet to

land a run at Phoenix Park. Can she

do it now when it counts?

I feel

like I've been in this place before.

Four years ago, women's snowboard

slopestyle. Will it be the same

outcome.

outcome. Emma Dahlstrom going smooth

and tidy, into the backflip.

and tidy, into the backflip.

No!

She's down! And that, ladies and

gentlemen, confirms the medals.

Great Britain's Izzy Atkin takes

bronze. Mathilde Gremaud and Sarah

Hoefflin make it a 1-2 in silver and

gold has little and. It is a second

bronze medal for Great Britain. That

is a very welcome sight.

What a final that was. The seeds

were everywhere in there, it was a

really weird qualifier but then all

the best 12 in there for the final.

It could have been anyone.

There

were tonnes of big names in the

field, it could have been anyone. I

was standing at the bottom after my

third and final run. I was just

waiting for those last three or four

girls to drop, my heart was racing.

I can't believe it.

First Olympic

medal on skis and is known in a

long, long time. If you must be

pretty overwhelmed.

I am still

speechless. I'm really excited and

happy. I'm stoked with how I skied

and also stoked to win the bronze.

An incredible result of Izzy Atkin.

She came into that third run and she

knew she was out of the third medal

spot. She had improving some way. We

were unsure if she was going to go

for a more technical trick or clean

up her run. Her switch 900 was

beautiful. That was a tense wait. I

know how it feels now to be

watching. It's the first-ever medal

for these freestyle skiers and I

think everyone in the team was

watching with nerves at the bottom.

No doubt that will put so much

confidence in four James Woods going

in tomorrow. The Izzy herself, to

know she's been able to do it. She's

worked so hard to get to where she's

got two and made it happen. I think

now we have a ski and a snowboard

and we are going from strength to

strength with the freestyle which is

absolutely awesome. STUDIO: Jenny

with her own bronze from Sochi. This

is Izzy Atkin at 19. She grew up in

Utah and opted to ski for Great

Britain when she was only 15. She

really had to press on that last

run. Not too much in order to move

up into the medals. Between Laura,

Lizzie and is the we have three

winners of precious pieces of metal

today. It is officially the greatest

day in the history of Britain's

Winter Olympics. Never before has

this country won three medals on the

same day on a Winter Olympics. The

best ever 1984

same day on a Winter Olympics. The

best ever 1984 with two.

It shows

the whole team is united. When

someone gets that breakthrough

moment it really flows through to

everyone. The energy is something we

hoped the ball would start rolling

earlier but now it's come, who knows

where we can play with this.

That

means the British team has

officially met its target. As you

say, maybe the floodgates have

opened. We'll talk about that in a

moment but let's talk about Izzy.

She has maturity

moment but let's talk about Izzy.

She has maturity beyond her years.

Not to go for glory on this final

run.

She battled everything today.

In her second run in qualifying she

had to deliver and get through to

the final. The first two runs were

good but it was this last run. She

knew she could do it. You heard Pat

Sharples say go for this, clean it

up. She cleaned it up with the

switch 900 on the bottom which was

an incredible achievement. It's

really impressive to be that young

and hold it together.

She had with

some positive form, X Games silver

in January.

She had performed going

in. Because she was so young we

didn't want to put her in the medal

predictions. Everyone in the team

knew she had the talent, but we

didn't want to put all that pressure

on her. It was letting her do her

own thing. We are so lucky that five

years ago she chose to compete for

Britain. I saw a great article where

her father said she could have gone

either way. The American freestyle

system is so big, and she's quite a

quiet character. In order for her to

shine shooter Che 's Team GB.

Katie

Summerhayes finishing in seven

despite a bad ankle.

There was a lot

of self-doubt. She worked so hard in

the gym to get there. She put it out

there to get to the final. She was

disappointed with seventh because on

her day she can be a podium

contender. She's still young enough

and hungry enough to get a gold.

Lets get your reaction to events

earlier in the skeleton,

particularly Lizzy. Beating her own

track record by two tenths of a

second. That is the mental mark of a

champion.

To be coming into that

last run knowing you had to do that,

and she looked so calm and

collected. She had a plan, she

executed it. We thought it was a big

call to retain the title from four

years ago. I don't think she doubted

it for a second. She had the self

belief that on paper shouldn't be

there and that is why she is a

champion. She deserves that and she

deserves to be the most decorated

Winter Olympian we've had with the

double.

We've had some wonderful

champions in the past.

And it didn't come easily. She had

sinus problems, we saw her affected

in the first two runs yesterday. She

fought for that and after how

technical that track was, you have

to be a great driver with a good

start, and she had the whole

package.

Nobody has retained it in

Great Britain's history. But you

also have to say in terms of

succession planning, Laura Deas,

could Beijing be her moment, next

time?

The fact that they have worked

together and friends competing on