BBC Two Day 10: GB take on Denmark in Men's Curling action Winter Olympics

Good morning and a very happy Monday

morning from here in Pyeongchang. If

you are feeling a little jaded after

the weekend and not quite ready to

grasp the week ahead, we have had to

the motivation you need.

the motivation you need. This is day

ten of the Winter Olympics, and here

is what is coming up over the next

few hours. Kyle Smith and his team

have won three and lost three so

far. That makes today's match

against Denmark a must-win if they

are to keep their destiny in their

own hands. There will be wanting to

progress from the round robin to

Thursday she lays semifinals. Big

Air makes its Olympic debut today.

It is just two chances to qualify

for the final. Nick Buckland and

Penny Coomes staged their own

miracle on ice today in the ice

dance, less than two years after

Penny shattered her kneecap into

eight pieces. And the women's ice

hockey competition has reached the

semifinal stage. We'll show you how

Finland got on against the USA.

We're going to start with some live

sport, and if you were watching on

BBC ones you will know that the

men's curlers are back in action. It

is not to a mastering stage now in

the wrong Ruben, the seventh game

out of nine. -- in the round robin.

Britain went into this one with

three wins and three defeats,

including a heavy defeat to South

Korea, which was a bit of a

surprise, to be honest. It leaves

Great Britain sitting fourth in the

table. They're in a pretty decent

position but it is in their hands -

they have Norway and the USA yet to

come. Today it is Denmark. And if

you missed what has happened so far,

I have just reached the end of the

third end, Denmark with the final

stone of that end and it would be

enough to give them appoint and a

slender lead as we approach the

fourth end of this match. They are

now in that fourth end, so let's

head back to the

now in that fourth end, so let's

head back to the Curling Centre with

Logan Gray Steve Cram.

STEVE CRAM: And this is now

developing reasonably well for Great

Britain. Thomas Muirhead about to

play the first of his two stones.

That's Kyle Smith, the skip,

determining what shot he wants

Thomas Muirhead to make. We were

remarking earlier on about how

Thomas Muirhead is really coming

into

Thomas Muirhead is really coming

into his own, the WORD, playing some

really nice shots already this

morning. And it is a fairly tight

affair here, 2-1, all three ends

resulting in just one shot being

taken by the team with the hammer,

Great Britain trying to change that

here. Denmark have missed the chance

of moving that British stone earlier

on, so they're lying two at the

moment.

LOGAN GRAY: Thomas Muirhead there

making a good, clear call early on

in the path of the stone to decide

to change the shot. He wanted to

draw around the corner guard but he

threw it to heavy but they still

made the most of that stone.

A

chance to take both of these here.

Johnny Frederiksen, very experienced

player, his accuracy not so good at

the moment.

the moment.

This looks pretty close

to double takeout. Oh, he just

clipped the high side of it.

He

does.

And now this is a lovely

opportunity for Team GB. Nothing in

the centre of play, so GB can afford

to take some risk here.

Yeah, that

Romeo there just moving, and it

stays in. It has a yellow not

exactly behind it but it gives Great

Britain the chance, as you said, to

try to build an opportunity for Kyle

Smith to get a two with the hammer,

he would be the first to do it in

this match.

this match. A win here, they really

need to win, they've got three

winnable matches, winning all of

them would definitely put them in

the top four to qualify for the

semifinals. Two wins may well be

good enough.

Began, just a bit pacey

there. -- again, just a bit pacey

there. I think they were actually

trying to tap it, just did not quite

get the line right in the end.

It's early stages still in this

match, I haven't done anything

horrendously wrong get, but also

they haven't made the really big

shot. Oddly enough, they've played

better in the two ends where Denmark

have had the hammer. But this one is

not yet over.

Yeah, sometimes not

having the last stone gives you a

bit of an opportunity to control the

play I playing first, essentially.

Rasmus Stjerne...

Did you know that

his surname means star in Danish?

I

might not have known that but it is

a similar word to... I will come

back to that!

They're going for the

double here... Oh, he's got it.

Great shot, and he also gets a

rebound back into the 4ft. That's a

cracking shot. You said he likes his

shotmaking, that's his first one of

the afternoon. Brings a big smile to

his face. Could not really have got

back to Khamenei Better Care Fund

fist pump, first one we've seen in

this match. We've seen some great

reactions.

Delighted

with that again, Kyle has been a

little bit up and down.

This is a

very difficult shot, with no cards

in play, trying to make the perfect

freeze.

It's got a good chance...

That's a pretty good effort there

from the British skipper.

from the British skipper.

Yeah, it

was a great attempt just it did just

bounce a fraction, which might make

this a bit easier for Rasmus.

Rasmus's partner shipped the Danish

team at the last Olympic Games. --

skipped.

skipped.

So, he's wanting to catch

this really thin. Well, he's got it

out anyway. That's a nice shot.

out anyway. That's a nice shot. This

is kind of becoming a little bit of

of a series of repetition here,

taking one at each end.

A force

fest!

Is that what you call it?

I

just made it up! We do talk a lot

about force efficiency in curling,

it is a step which you are looking

to be higher, because you're forcing

the opposition to score one off the

last stone.

That's all well and good

but if you can't pick up two with

your own, then we result in the

situation we have here, where it's

level pegging. So, just coming in

for his one.

for his one. That was a nice draw,

pretty much onto the button. You see

when it is clear like that, you can

make a nice shot. It is when you

HAVE to do it with all of the stones

all around that it becomes a bit

more difficult to. But that was

nicely played. So, as you were, to

two -- 2-2 after four ends.

Elsewhere, Italy have picked up two

against Korea. Switzerland have

still got a little bit of a

stranglehold in their match. Union

Jacks flying. A couple of big ones

out there in the arena today.

out there in the arena today.

That's

Rasmus Stjerne's dad in the middle,

Tommy, who we were talking about

earlier. USA lead Canada 3-2, but

Canada have the hammer in the

fourth. So, the hammer now reverts

back to Denmark.

back to Denmark.

Fifth end, and this

is already becoming a bit of a tight

affair, which... Fair enough, but

Great Britain will want to try and

just left there came a little bit,

given they have the hammer, just

to... You can't really say they've

done much wrong here, they've been

playing reasonably well, file missed

a couple of opportunities perhaps in

the second, but... Keep making your

shots. Keep trying to put a bit of

Russia on the opposition. Rasmus

Stjerne played a great shot there.

Nothing you can do about that. But

to be fair it was made a little

easier for him. That one just

running on a

running on a bit. The curling

schedule is that the men's final is

actually on the Saturday evening

here in the Gangneung Curling

Centre, which is... Help me!

Lunchtime! In ever in 11 o'clock

next Saturday.

next Saturday.

Let's hope we've got

one of the British teams in one of

those finals, if not of course at

least we want to get into one of the

medal matches. To do that they've

got to get into the semifinals

first. And to do that, they really

need to win here!

I think they're

planning on taking the game to

Denmark. They've thrown two centre

guards, which is and extremely

offensive option when you don't have

the last stone. But I like to see

that, actually, from this team,

because I feel as if our best chance

of beating Denmark is to draw them

into a kind of more drawing game,

tapping things around, I think that

will play into Kyle's hands. It

seems like a sensible approach to

me.

And as you said, when use all

the kind of shot which Rasmus

Stjerne made in the last end, then,

don't give him too many of those if

that's what he likes doing. Or at

least make them a little more

difficult.

difficult. Don't make it as

straightforward.

Especially if they

can start to put some pressure on

the second player from Denmark,

Mikkel Poulsen, he's probably the

guy they're most likely to get

mistakes out of.

mistakes out of.

Yeah, Kyle Waddell

here, he's had a couple of near

misses, shots not quite coming off.

Just needs to nail a couple. This

one has got a chance. Tucks in

there.

Well, we've got lots of

cover. Three stones now.

I think all that Romeo granite out

in front is making Rasmus Stjerne a

little bit nervous here.

A really good tussle going on in the

match next to this one here. Great

Britain have got to play USA, and

it's funny, you look at matches and

you think, which way would we like

that want to go home and it is 3-3

at the moment. Canada would-be

expect it to win that and if they

didn't, they would pretty much be on

target to go through. -- if they did

win it. If they were to lose it,

that would make USA pretty much out

of things, but if USA won it it

would mean that our match with the

USA would become a crunch match. But

it would also mean Canada would have

three losses. So it brings them back

into the pack as well.

into the pack as well.

And it maybe

gives GB a chance to finish second

or third rather than fourth, which

would help their chances in the

semifinals.

Ifs, buts, maybes.

I don't think they will be too

worried who they will be playing

against in the semifinal. There

isn't a lot between Canada and

Sweden.

That was nicely done. With a double

take-out, Poulsen.

I was reading an article about

Thomas Muirhead and how he came to

be having the delivery technique he

has, something we commonly called

the Manitoba Tuck, which originated

in Kapunda. And actually it was

based on watching his father play

the semifinal against one of the

legends of the game, and Canada went

on to win the gold medal. They

thought, if that guy can use that

technique, that is the way to go for

us. They are the only two players in

Scotland who delivered that

technique. When we are learning how

to play, that you can't slide on

your toe, you will hurt your knee.

We were told even you won't deliver,

achieve anything, but they have done

very well.

Very well, yes. His brother Glen

delivering with the same technique,

they alternate for Team GB.

Eve doesn't? No, she slides flat

foot.

Much more common to see players in

Canada, I can't think of any other

players in Europe who play with that

delivery.

Manitoba.

Knees of steel.

Johnny Frederiksen after that's

pretty good shot, I thought might

have attempted to move them. Trying

to give himself, it just sits there,

trying to manufacture their two.

Great Britain lying shot still,

just.

Another chance for Thomas Muirhead

to shift these Danish stones, at

least one, maybe both.

least one, maybe both. He would like

to stay in the house.

He has done well, doesn't quite get

rid of it. Just clinging on. Sits

there for third. He has pushed that

yellow back.

yellow back.

Denmark have played

another good end. They didn't get

sucked into the game GB wanted them

to play around the centre guards.

They will maybe have a chance to

school two here.

Gone are the days of their being

easy games at the Olympics. Every

team out here is very capable of

winning.

winning. That has just gone out.

Johnny Frederiksen gets

congratulations from his team-mates.

He raises his sticks.

Frederiksen

didn't play

didn't play with Rasmus early in the

season.

season. He is definitely the calming

influence in this team. He doesn't

set the world alight with his

shotmaking but he's very steady.

Looking like a straightforward score

of two for Denmark. Kyle, not

anywhere near where he wanted to hit

that stone with his first one.

He

doesn't want to give Kyle an option

to take two stones out. They are

lying shot with that one. As long as

he doesn't give them an option to

take them both. He will have a good

chance for his Omidyar.

chance for his Omidyar. -- two.

If Great Britain bought Denmark were

going to be a pushover, it is

certainly not the case. A bit of

thinking going on, half the British

team up there. All Defour when they

reach the halfway point will know

they are in a tough match -- four.

Just another stone required here for

Denmark. They seem to have it under

control.

control. That stone looks like it is

mostly open, for Kyle Smith if he

wanted to play a cake out on that

one, he could roll over in front of

the back one. Hutcheon take-out.

-- Take-out. They have to give it a

go. They have a chance to force it

if they can make that hit and roll,

or go onto the back one.

or go onto the back one. Actually,

they are going for the double take

out.

It is on, isn't it? They have an

option for that, let's see how he

gets on with it.

Looking to hit may

be two inches of that yellow stone.

First, they need to make contact

with that first one. The danger is

they could give up three.

Has he got

this one? He might have missed it.

Too thin, can you believe it? I was

worried he was going to do this it

altogether, he did for a while.

That was close. Their immediate

reaction made it sound like they

were going to miss.

Nearly got it.

It is funny, it went from it is

going to miss, then when it hit, it

will take them both. It was very

close, a good attempt. Denmark have

a straightforward draw to pick up

two. Rasmus Stjerne.

A little long with his last one,

gave a glimmer of hope for Kyle

Smith for that double take-out. A

centimetre off it.

This is already developing into a

match where Great Britain will have

to find their best shots because

Denmark are playing very well

indeed, as we reach the halfway

point, they pick up two in the fifth

and, leading Great Britain 4-2.

We will be back with curling

shortly. Let us have a look at the

headlines so far.

Australia's reigning world champion

Anna Gasser bounced back from

disappointment to top the pile in

big air qualifying with a massive

score of 98 points. Aimee Fuller

failed to qualify for the final.

Four years after his Olympic dream

became a nightmare, Cheshire reached

the half pipe final. Cassie Sharp

recorded the best two runs in

qualification and start as

favourite.

Two years after shattering her

kneecap, British ice dancers Penny

Coomes and Nick Buckland finished an

impressive tenth in the short dance

which also featured a world record

from the Canadian duo.

It has been reported a member of the

Olympic Athletes from Russia team

has failed a drugs test. The IOC

have yet to confirm the identity but

reports have named the athlete as

part of the bronze at all mixed

curling team.

Lindsey Vonn looks a good bet to

reclaim her title after downhill

training. Despite easing off at the

end of her run, she recorded the

third fastest time.

Let us head back to the Gangneung

Curling

And the second half of this match,

Denmark have a slight lead over

Great Britain. Great Britain are

going for a must win match if they

are to give themselves a chance of

progressing to the semifinals.

Back to Logan Gray and Steve Cram.

COMMENTATOR: I'd like to get a

kettle in the commentary box but we

have had to do without our March

Break!

Smacks being passed around by the

Danish team. All upbeat. Chatting

about how things have gone on. We

were listening to the British team

talk.

talk. Getting a supportive talk from

Viktor Kjell.

Viktor Kjell. Making sure, his point

was, the simple shots have to be

100%. Having a quick look at a

couple of the highlights from the

first half. A match which Great

Britain really need to win. They can

win. Denmark, one of the teams who

wouldn't be fancied to be in the

semifinals. If Britain are to get

into the top four, they have three

matches, one against Denmark here.

They need the win. They have no wait

to play after this.

to play after this. They need to

convert. They have only managed to

pick up one when they have had the

hammer.

I am sure they will be enjoying the

support from the crowd but they need

to find something themselves.

If you think, we are getting beat,

4-2, not what you need. The idea is

picked up two in the next end. Not a

lot to choose between the teams. In

terms of statistics. Or who has

played the better shot. The two

skips slightly with the edge.

There have been if you good ones

from Rasmus, a very good player. As

we have been saying, very

comfortable with making those big

shots when he needs to. At the

moment, the bigger concern is around

second positions, a big opportunity

for Kyle Waddell to perform, his

performance levels aren't quite

there.

The three other matches being played

this afternoon. Korea are leading

Italy fivethree.

Top of the table

tussle between Sweden and

Switzerland, Sweden are undefeated

so far, but it is Switzerland

leading that 15-2 at the halfway

point. And

point. And USA-Canada on the sheet

next to this one, it is very, very

between Canada, the gold-medal

favourites, and the USA. I say that,

I think most people would say Sweden

are very much coal favourites with

them.

-- co-favourites with them. Cammy

Smith putting out a fairly

straightforward opening to this end.

And

And Denmark, I think you're probably

right, the Leeds have not quite been

getting their stones in the right

places, particularly when they've

had the hammer, which is why Britain

have managed to keep them down to

one, prior to that fifth end. So,

it's important that they reciprocate

and tick up their two here.

That's actually a good shot in the

end! Sometimes it is actually better

to make it roll out to the wing

beyond the guard. So, even if

Denmark did decide to remove it,

then the draw is wide open for the

next one. So broken appeal the guard

instead.

-- so, they're going to

peel the guard instead. If you want

to get into a medal opportunity,

there will be itself look go your

way and some which don't. You just

have to accept it will balance out

generally through the week, not to

get too fed up when it seems the

other team have made a so-called

lucky shot, because you will have

the odd one yourself as well.

I

think the GB women's team are

definitely due some look to even

things up! They have had a couple of

bad breaks in the last couple of

games, culminating in that final

stone of the game against Sweden

yesterday.

yesterday. -- due some luck.

STEVE CRAM: Yeah, that has almost

been forgotten already, the thing

about curling is that there are so

many matches, if something happens

in one match and it seems like big

news and you talk about it, then

before you know where you are, a lot

of other matches have taken place

and you've moved on.

LOGAN GRAY: And to be fair, there

have been a few stories this week

but they have all been swept aside

for the time being with this alleged

doping scandal.

Yeah, that's

obviously going to take precedent.

All sorts of issues for the Winter

Olympics, but it is the sport of

curling at the moment which is going

to have lots of press and media

around today. Just about get it, not

quite.

quite. Mikkel Poulsen has left that

yellow exactly where the guard was.

Britain lying second. That's what we

heard Kyle Smith say.

We need to

roll somewhere if he knows he's got

the double! I don't mind this!

So,

the preference for Kyle Waddell is

the hit and roll.

Well, one of the

things that Viktor Kjell said at

half-time was not to overcome to get

things. So, it seems like they're

sticking to that game plan.

But he

did say, when you play the

straightforward shots, they've got

to be 100%.

You might have heard as talking

during the week, that sign, it

wasn't him saying, keep your chin

up, it was in terms of the weight he

wants this to be played at. So, from

the football the way to the head in

ascending order in terms of weight.

-- from the football the way to the

head. It is interesting, that's the

first time I've heard Viktor Kjell

really talk to the guys. He's a

fairly astute man, an awful lot of

experience, of course. And his

former

former team-mate out there today,

and you just sends a bit of concern

from him, they know that if this

gets away from them, they're going

to be relying on results elsewhere,

and to win their last two matches.

He really wants to win this one.

So, this is called splitting the

house. This is the tactic GB are

employing, to try to put the two

Romeo stones on opposite sides of

the house, so a double takeout can't

be played.

Yeah, they might have two

shots there, but given where they

are...

are...

I think Hearts were in mouths

there a little bit that it might

drift all the way through.

Johnny Frederiksen, 42-year-old,

huge experience. They're playing

well together here. He didn't start

this match particularly well, but

he's made some nice shots since the

first couple of ends.

A slightly adventurous call here

from Denmark, they're going to try

and play a freeze here.

Johnny

Frederiksen lists among his

interests poker playing, so perhaps

he's happy to take a chance or two.

Needs to go a little more...

Needs to go a little more... It sort

of came off and went back on again,

so they didn't manage to get that to

freeze.

Yeah, it was a good shot,

actually. Just makes GB work a

little bit harder to score their

two. Still a good chance here for

Team GB.

All the way!

So, Thomas Muirhead

asking for both of them to sweep it,

but only Cammy Smith sweeping,

giving it all he's got here... Well,

they still sit two. Just taps his

own out.

Yeah, good enough, but he

would have liked to stay on the face

of the Yellowstone, and that could

have turned two into three

potentially.

I think this time Denmark have maybe

accepted Barry Bennell ooze score of

two. But they are going to limit it

to just the two. -- they have

accepted that they are going to lose

the two. But they are going to

limits it to that.

Yeah, it is funny

how, when the stones move and sit

and you think it will not be

affecting things much on the edge of

the house, the fact that that

British stone on the left as you

look is just an inch or two closer

than the other two has meant that

Great Britain have got a good

opportunity here to get their two.

Just two stones left for Britain.

So, we should see a trading of

stones here, and then Great Britain

will have a chance to come in with

their last stone and take the two.

And then we will be all tied up and

we'll be starting to think, right,

now, four ends, play your best

stuff, let's get this one done with.

Is he just wondering whether he can

sit and roll over against those

yellows and maybe lie shot? Is that

risky?

I would not say it is risky,

is the. He knows that if he hits it

on the nose, it's a sitting duck.

They could roll right over into that

pocket and maybe force GB just to

score one. It looks very makeable,

too.

Yep. Well, all of a sudden,

when we thought... I just wonder...

Perhaps there wasn't much else Kyle

Smith could do with that, really.

That option was not really on for

him, because obviously, that stone

was further down the house, where

this one has come to rest, further

up, gives them a chance to

roller-coaster those yellow and use

them as a stop. -- to roll across to

those yellows.

This one is going to

come down with some heat, he's

throwing it extremely hard.

Could do

with hitting this on the nose... Oh,

he's got it.

Yeah, just a little bit

too much on the inside.

Yeah, he has

just given us enough room to shift

that. If that had sat on those

yellows, then it would have been

very, very difficult to shift. Just

had a little bit too much on it. And

it means... Yeah, you can see, he

knows how close that was! Very close

indeed! So, opportunities still

there for the two.

LOGAN GRAY: I am a little bit

hesitant to say this, but this shot

is almost on missable. You can hit

this on the nose or anywhere on the

left-hand side, and it will be two

for Team GB.

So, Kyle Smith, then,

needs to make sure of this. It will

mean that he will get his two, Great

Britain will tie this up... He just

needs to tap this yellow out and sit

there. It looks good. Well done,

very good indeed. Didn't even need

the added backstop, if you like, of

the other two. So, Great Britain and

Denmark, after six ends, the score

is tied up, everything still to play

for. That's better. Ebb and flow

within an end, part and parcel of

the game. But for those watching,

and if you're just joining us on a

Monday morning, a bit of curling

before you go to work, maybe before

you go to school. It's school

holidays, isn't it? Lost track!

It's

not far away from school holidays, I

don't know. I lose track of it. It

is the school holidays, we've been

told.

Well, if it is the school

holidays, what on earth are you

doing up at this time of the

morning! Have a lie-in! Great

Britain getting closer and closer to

the opportunity to win the metals,

but they need to win this one. That

would put them with four wins and

three losses and they would be

sitting in a much stronger position.

Two matches after this. Each team

plays nine. Five wins would give

them a chance of qualifying

certainly. Or maybe into a tie-break

scenario to get into the top four.

Very quickly, as we see the first

couple of stones of this seventh

end, the scores elsewhere are...

Korea and Italy is a bit closer now,

it is 5-4 in favour of Korea.

Switzerland still controlling the

game against Sweden, leading five

two. Sweden undefeated so far. And a

bit of a tussle between USA and

Canada, 4-3 USA leading. Canada have

the hammer in the sixth.

I am pleased to say the coffee has

arrived! Always interesting, I know

we talk about it, in a curling

arena, Logan knows all about this,

the balance between the ice, and

this ice is so crucial, the playing

surface, it really dictate how the

game is played. And yet we have got

3000 people in here watching, coffee

and tea going on. The regulating of

the temperature, it is an expert's

job.

I had a chat with the deputy ice

technician Mark yesterday talking

about these end sheets. There has

been a struggle on the outside, the

left-hand side in that I think they

are struggling for the amount of

heat coming from the crowd. They are

quite happy with how the ice is

cutting and it is reasonably flat

but once these people pour in, how

do they control the temperature of

the Earth closest to the stand? It

can affect how the stones run.

One way is to blow hot air onto the

back of our necks, sorry, cold air,

did I say hot air, I can't remember

what that is!

A good stone here from Denmark

coming in from behind the corner

guard.

guard. They have the hammer here, of

course. Johnny Frederiksen a little

bit bread in the face. 42, still

sweeping hard. -- read. Who said it

is not a physical sport?

Kyle Waddell.

The plan is obviously you get to

this stage with four end left, you

try to limit the opposition to one

end, maybe even a steal. The team

that has the even end with the

hammer, honestly means they won't

have the hammer at the final end, at

the moment that would sit with

represent but that is not

necessarily great if you need to

score two because you go to an extra

end and the hammer blows to the

other end. You want to limit Denmark

to one.

A score of one either way it is

good, GB don't want this end to be

blanked. They don't want to give up

a score of two, either. All of a

sudden, the probability of where

that stone stretches back, but with

a good shot, GB could put themselves

in a strong position in this seven

end.

He wants to come right in onto that

stone.

Letting it do its own work. Thinking

it will bounce. Yes.

A little bit of a missed

opportunity.

Just a little too much.

While Thomas looks like he is grown

in confidence, it feels like

Waddell, it is going in the other

direction. We talked about being a

rock in the first couple of games.

Since then, he has not pushed on

like some of the other players.

You know Carl Waddell better than

me. I don't think he gets to

affected by the frustration, I think

he will always be in there like a

little terrier, thinking, the next

one, I will get it. I am hoping it

won't affect him if he isn't quite

making his shots.

After that lovely shot by Mikel

Poulsen, GB are in a spot of bother.

Trying to drive this down into the

one on the button. No, just picks it

off.

off.

Just caught enough of that one.

Cameron Smith doing a great job on

his own, sweeping.

Just watching elsewhere, we will

keep doing this, I know you can't

see the matches but it is relevant

to Great Britain. USA are leading

Canada 5-3, they have just stolen

one in the sixth end. I don't quite

know how that happened. Canadian

stones everywhere. How on earth they

managed to do that they have done.

Sweden and Switzerland, Switzerland

controlling that one. The USA -

Canada one will be important for

Great Britain. It would bring Canada

back to the middle group which

contained Great Britain. It will be

a surprise if Canada... I don't

think they will expect to lose three

matches, certainly not in the Vonn.

-- four.

With a couple of games yet to go. So

that would be a surprise.

Both the men and women's teams were

undefeated in both World

Championships last year. To see them

both losing games in the Olympics

just shows the gravity of the

occasion and how much it means to

these teams.

Heavy again here from Thomas

Muirhead, they are saying. Don't

touch it, he is saying. It pulled

up. They thought it would keep

going.

Feeling a bit more confident, with

the sweepers putting it in a spot

they want it. They don't want

everyone to pray it stops.

At least it is lying shot, looking a

little bit vulnerable. He is

thinking of shifting the guard.

Before Britain get the chance to

plug some holes.

This one goes here, that one goes

there. That is the best Danish I can

do!

A bit of discussion here, important,

every single end down the home

stretch in these last end. You have

to make the right decision, not only

choosing the shot, and the delivery.

You heard the whistling from Rasmus

Stjerne to get his team's attention,

he tends to do that when his stones

are in play.

This is a curling event and not a

dog show!

Johnny Frederiksen. The veteran on

this team. Huge experience. He is

playing well now. It took awhile to

get going here. He has delivered

some really nice stones his team.

Trying to come right in on top of

this. The British breadline, shocked

at the moment. Tapping it back. --

read line.

read line. -- British red line, shot

at the moment.

GB need to tread carefully.

He is

saying whether to freeze it or guard

it.

Time out. This is a tricky

situation. They have plenty of

yellows, just that one British red.

Two shots left.

Two shots left. Viktor scale already

on his way -- Viktor Kjell.

on his way -- Viktor Kjell. If he is

a bit more forceful... Viktor tends

to ask them what they are thinking,

reinforces their own thoughts. I

wonder whether he is trying to be

more assertive, let us see if we can

hear what he says.

I would quite like to plant one in

there, your first instinct was

right.

At the same time, if you guard it,

then we are guarding for our lives

it feels like because we have got a

lot of yellow bananas in there right

now.

now.

Even if it is that as he is

blasting it, we have the back.

It is

perfect.

Yellow bananas in there! As opposed

to green bananas!

He looks happy enough, Viktor Kjell.

Sauntering back down to his coaching

position. I think I actually enjoyed

that exchange. It was a bit

different, a bit more, this is what

I think, trust your instinct, you

are right, put it in there. He said,

why put a guard, you will be

guarding for your lives, you will

use three, even more if you get that

wrong? Road you will lose. -- you

will lose three.

A big shop here for Kyle Smith.

I

think Viktor was almost of the

opinion, you only really have one

shot to play here. The freeze is the

obvious one.

He had to get this right, though.

Well... It has ended up moving one

of the yellows, the skip getting

ahead of it. Great Britain is not

coming up with the goods, Kyle Smith

just catching that yellow on the way

and he needed to come past that one

and sit on top of the other. It is

sitting right on the button. There

are four yellows, two British reds.

Let us see what he is thinking. Get

rid of that one. Then we will have

five yellows.

Britain have been up against it in

the last three ends. Denmark seizing

the initiative in the fifth, they

managed to get their two to tie it

up in the safe but very much up

against it in the seventh. What has

Sterne got here? Just pushing his

own over. They are lined up nicely,

look at that. All of the sudden,

that is a change in Britain's

favour. They have to take advantage

of it. He will be annoyed at that.

I

thought he was going to slide past

that one. Just pushing it back. It

has really opened the door for GB.

This is a bit of a mast make for

Team GB. If they don't make it to,

then it could be an easy shot for a

big score.

And he has got to clear

on in through this as well, they're

never straightforward shots. Look at

his drawers, only 50% accuracy the

Kyle Smith. Well, this one needs to

be 100%.

be 100%. Well, is now happy with the

line. If the weight is right... Does

not want to curl too much. They've

got to try and hold it, and that's

what they're doing... Got to keep it

out there... Get past that first

one... Once more, doesn't manage to

get past. It is in there but it just

needed to come right in. It just

starts to pull.

starts to pull.

When you said it was

heavy I'm thinking, don't touch

it...

Just a bit of a mess of

communication, misjudgements all

over the place. Slightly misjudging

the line and the weight, and it all

adds up to a missed shot. The good

news is that they have covered the

inside edge of that stone, so the

double takeout is no gimme.

No, and

Great Britain, they're lying second

and third shot there. He's just

looking to see if he can spring them

out with that... As you were saying

he likes to come in off the sides.

Well, he can see a big opportunity.

I suppose he has got to be careful

that he doesn't start seeing, you

know, flashing lights, and...

know, flashing lights, and... In the

sense of celebration of a big shot

here. They are lying shot, but who

would love to turn that into two or

maybe even more. Just onto that back

British red, and they might be able

to get three...?

LOGAN GRAY: I'm kind of looking at

this red on the right-hand side in

front of Mikkel Poulsen, the one

closest to the centre, and I feel

like he could run that other one

onto it. I think there might be an

opportunity to run it across onto

the two reds, that might be the most

makeable shot, with the lowest risk.

STEVE CRAM: I think he's looking at

that other yellow, the one on the

edge of the 8ft, try and bring that

in. He's thinking, either it will

take the top red or it will take the

back red. Because it can't hit his

yellows. At least it doesn't look as

though it can.

Johnny keeps pointing

out that red that I like that I

think Rasmus sees the negatives of

it, and they could actually lose one

by doing so. But you know what, a

score of one for GB would not be a

terrible result for Denmark. And

they've got a chance to end the game

pretty much here if they made that.

Well, if he makes the big shot, and

he clears both of them out,

Howard...? UCI thought he was

initially thinking, if you come of

this second one in from the

left-hand side, that it's at the

option of taking either British

stone out.

Just don't know if this

shot's possible. They would need to

hit the back side of the red Stoner

just played by Kyle very thin

indeed.

Well, he has headed down the

other end, he's got to play. Denmark

down to nine minutes already left in

thinking time, it should be OK for

them. So, here we go. Rasmus Stjerne

looking for the big shot here to get

some big scores for Denmark. No.

Well! Interesting there, they DO get

their one! That was nowhere near!

Great force!

Well, we have got out

of jail a little bit there. Because

neither of Kyle's shots were where

he wanted them to be. But somehow,

it contrived that Denmark only got

their one, where that could have

been so much worse.

been so much worse. So, come on,

Great Britain, Kyle Smith and his

team need to capitalise on that.

Seven ends, Bow Trail by one but it

could have been so much worse.

could have been so much worse.

And

on those two shots at the end of the

end, I think Team GB are

co-favourites all of a sudden.

co-favourites all of a sudden. That

has got to give the GB men a big

boost going into these last three

ends.

Exactly. I think they've got

to think, OK, we're three ends to

go, we've got the hammer in the

eighth and the tenth if it goes with

scoring, pick up our two, get ahead,

limit them to one... It is so easy

said, though, isn't it? Very

quickly, the other matches. Korea,

7-4 up against Italy now. Sweden

trying to get back against

Switzerland but the Swiss lead

fivethree. But the intriguing match

next to this one - USA against

Canada in the USA have just limited

Canada to one in the previous end,

so they still lead 5-4 and they have

the hammer in the eighth. But with a

one shot lead. So, USA have got the

upper hand in that matchup the

moment.

moment. But the Canadian skip is

well capable of closing that out as

well, he has done that on more than

one occasion already in these Games.

So, Oliver Dupont... If you're just

joining us, he's part of the curling

dynasty, the Dupont family.

dynasty, the Dupont family.

If

Canada did lose to the United

States, they would have lost three

games in a row and I wonder when the

last time that happened would be!

Switzerland have been playing very

well, Great Britain maybe meeting

them at the right time early in the

competition. It was such a difficult

start for Great Britain, with

Switzerland and Canada and Sweden up

early.

Well, this has been quite a

consistent strategy by Kyle Smith.

In the eighth end situation, to

throw one corner guard. You might

see some teams use two. Sometimes

they have tapped the opposition

stones rather than just going for

the straight draw. That's pretty

much perfect.

Cammy has really warmed to the week,

doing well. He has got a lot of hard

sweeping to do also. But he seems

pretty relaxed out there.

It's Kyle Waddell who could do with

really finding his form, get the

stones exactly where he wants them -

not ) not near. Well capable of it.

He has just been perhaps a little

off this afternoon. But he's

certainly not playing badly.

certainly not playing badly. That's

not too bad at all. Just putting the

guard back in place.

And is taken out again by Mikkel

Poulsen. Trying to get it all the

way out on the other side, the

shooter. Just... He's left it there.

Looks far enough over not to be a

worry.

There's some big cheers going on, a

lot of Swiss fans in, they're

jumping up and down.

jumping up and down. Logan can tell

me what happened there, and that

match is over. They have shaken

hands with Switzerland leading

tenthree. Well, Nicolas is just

taking a look back down the ice, he

must be thinking, what happened

there?! Five?!

The thing about this

format, only wins and losses matter,

it does not matter how many you lose

by. And Sweden were always up

against it.

against it. When you take lots of

risk, then you give the opposition

the chance to get lots of points on

the board.

Great Britain up until

this point have been happy to ignore

these two stones in the house but

now stare getting a bit of

attention. So, Thomas Muirhead

playing third. Still got that guard

out there. It is biting, still in

the hospital as it were.

It has been

the draws, really, which have been

the issue of the Thomas, just a few

heavy once. This one needs to stick

around.

around. -- just a few heavy ones. We

just set it back a little bit and

threw it a little bit wide.

Well, that should make the end

reasonably straightforward for

Denmark. There will be quite happy

to see this end blanked. But in the

ninth we would expect to see GB try

and blanked that one again to take

the advantage into ten.

the advantage into ten.

That is a

pity, certainly there was an

opportunity to leak, with that stone

out front of. However, didn't make

it so, could well be heading for a

blanked end here.

They're actually switching up and

going for the...

Yeah, they left it

in the end.

Well, sometimes a miss

opens the door, and Denmark see this

as an opportunity to take it to GB.

They could just peel the guard.

Yeah, they might think, OK, the

chance for a steal maybe. A blanked

end, fair enough, it's 5-4, but you

do keep the hammer if you steal, and

that would make it 6-4. Don't want

that to happen.

This one is just

struggling a little bit for line. It

is a long way outside the guard, so

needs to curl a lot.

needs to curl a lot.

Yeah, you could

hear the question, do you think you

can get it behind that guard? There

might be a faint limb of a chance

still here. -- glimmer of a chance.

Cammy down the other end just

asking, how much of that can you

see, can he see all of it?

Yeah, all

of it and a bit more, it seems.

Kyle Smith hoping that he can catch

this off the nose.

Sitting behind

that guard. Get rid of these.

that guard. Get rid of these.

It

looks like they are going all out. A

big weight from Kyle Smith.

A beauty. What a shot, Kyle Smith

coming up with one there, a great

shot. Come on, boys. He stuck it in

right behind the guard, gets the

double takeout.

A great shot. Funny how these things

work out. They missed two. Rasmus

making a dubious call, doesn't quite

make the shot, and the end had

turned on its head.

A great shot, this is what you want

the skip to do, come up with the

goods. Still hasn't got his two. It

depends what Stjerne does here. A

different situation for Great

Britain now.

Trying to come round behind, but

coming up short.

It has a good line.

They swept it while.

Still a chance for two. He should be

able to catch enough of that, not to

them, with the right weight, state

in the house and push that yellow

out. -- stay in the house.

Right, Kyle Smith, what have you

got?

They don't want to miss a wide end.

Their own bread still in the house

will be tricky to get past. -- their

own red.

And obviously he had to sit in the

house and stay after he catches this

at hopefully the right angle. A

tricky shot.

tricky shot. The rewards are huge if

they can get two. Kyle Smith needs

one of his best here.

Very tight, it catches the guard. It

will hold for one.

will hold for one. It was close, a

title shot, nearly there.

Kyle Smith picks up one. We are tied

again with two end to go. Denmark

will carry the hammer into the

night. This one still very much all

to play for -- ninth.

Canada managed a still in the eighth

end of their match, that is now

tied. That may have tipped in

Canada's favour with the USA having

the hammer in the ninth end.

So, Logan. Hammer for Denmark.

Classic play here, limit then to

one, two in the tenth, when the

match.

That is the plan. I remember a start

from a previous game may be against

Canada. Where Kyle Smith and his

team were 50-50 to win.

It is too close to call. A lot of

work still to be done.

A lot of work to be done. Showing

his emotion with his penultimate

stone, trying to G the guys up,

saying, we can do this -- gee.

Not an easy shot. But they are very

much still in it.

Did well with their last stone,

acknowledging at the right time they

weren't going to make the shot but

still played it to score one.

They avoided the steel. Just took

enough of that glancing blow.

These little things look as if they

hardly matter.

Trying to come in behind that guard.

Right on the line.

A perfect setup

once again from Cammy Smith. Really

been impressed with his performance

this week, this fortnight.

We have been going a fortnight with

the mixed doubles will stop they

have been going less than a week,

they started on Wednesday.

A long competition. You have to be

consistently good.

consistently good. Teams that con

that -- teams that can consistently

perform.

You won't win every match, you will

lose some, lose some end. It is

getting across the line when it

matters which is what Great Britain

have to think about. Three matches

to go, this against Denmark, Norway

the next one after this. Two wins in

those two would put them in a good

position.

Just hearing some banter between

them. One of the problems for GB is

nobody has maximised the opportunity

that comes with the mistakes from

Denmark.

Until now. A nice shot. Very good.

It is what you want from Kyle

Waddell, playing second.

This is Poulsen, going to get rid of

that guard. Whistling from Stjerne.

Curling, a Scottish sport very much,

all the guys here, is the home

programme based in sterling, but it

is Team GB at the Olympic Games and

representing them very well. Another

good shot from Kyle. Pulling his

hand up.

I am not sure, Kyle had his arm

raised, then he was waving. Not too

bad. He looked really concerned

about that.

What they are doing is

trying to keep Denmark as far away

from the house as possible. Putting

that long guard to keep them out of

there.

Once again, just like in the

seventh, a score of one either

weight is a good result for GB who

don't want to lose a blank or a

score of Ambati.

score of Ambati. -- two.

Would you

be happy stealing one?

Absolutely.

Absolutely. There are some generally

known stats about the scenarios down

the last end, one is if you are one

shot up, and you don't have the last

stone, then you are expected to win

55-60% of the time. If you are one

down with, then 45% of the time. Not

much in that. But with a blank, you

are looking at only chance of

winning 25% of the time.

Just over curling that one there.

Let us hope the stats work in

Britain's favour. Number two -- two

end left. It has been a real puzzle

from the beginning against this

Danish team, a team they would

certainly have voted to beat -- a

real tussle. But in the Olympic

Games nothing is certain at all.

Anyone capable of beating anybody

else almost. Korea are leading

Italy. The only other team Britain

Archer Korea have beaten is Great

Britain. That was a shock. No shame

in losing to Sweden and Canada. They

gave Sweden a really good match.

gave Sweden a really good match. A

line shot, that one red out in

front. -- eight lying shot.

This is a more defensive approach.

Stjerne once Johnny Frederiksen to

roll it in here.

roll it in here. Trying to use that

guard that is out there. He has

played while, Johnny Frederiksen his

first stars want so good but since

then he has been really solid.

then he has been really solid.

That

looks wide.

Very wide. That is a

mistake from Frederiksen. He took

that in as well. A huge error from

him, wait out wide.

I am shocked about that, the stones

are curling so much you have two

throw it a mile wide to miss that

altogether.

He was lucky to hit any of it.

You

heard Karl saying, we are good if we

get rid of it, thinking of getting

rid of this yellow that is sitting

behind the British red on the

pattern. -- button. No time out

available, they have used their

time-outs.

I think it has got to be guard,

Kyle.

Thomas, sorry, Kyle, asking himself,

I guess, if that is the right way of

putting it, to be really accurate

with the guard. Plenty of red in

there, making this difficult for

Stjerne. If we were to steal one,

brilliant. Second-best is limit

Denmark to one.

With a good guard it is difficult

for Denmark to score. There isn't

any double takeout on the GB reds

because they would have to lose

their own yellow.

He thought it was a little light at

first but it doesn't look that way.

Starting to pop up.

It has overcome

a fraction but they have shown the

best side to Denmark.

He is looking

at getting rid of the other one,

perhaps. This is where Stjerne, I he

has been put in this position by his

third. Looking at what the options

are.

I think this will drive right back.

Seems like the best chance of

scoring.

They want to get their one. They

started out with the option taking

two. They don't want to give the

steal at all. At least take a shot

lead into the final end.

Maybe he WAS going for the wide one,

Steve!

Well, he got neither! I'm not

sure because that was betwixt and

between. Initially he seemed to

indicate taking this red onto the

other red which is out on the

right-hand side. I'm not quite sure

why he thought that was a good

option, anyway, either way, the

point is, he missed, he took top red

and didn't catch either of the

others. So, one star left for each

team here. Takeouts, 97% for Kyle

Smith, that's good to see.

A good

bounce back after having a torrid

time yesterday.

time yesterday. Well, that doesn't

make too much difference. Hopefully

anyway.

anyway.

Well, he's got a fairly

straightforward widget here

available to him. And that would be

a result. We said at the beginning

of this end, limit them to one, take

your two in the final end with the

hammer. Of course, easier said than

done. But this has been a good last

couple of ends, played well, by

Great Britain.

Great Britain. And Stjerne trying to

ensure he gets his one here, fairly

straightforward, knock that red

back, sit in for his one. That looks

pretty good.

So, here we go into a final end

again, and Great Britain still in

with a good chance of winning this.

Denmark do lead, they picked up one

in the ninth but it was

well-constructed by Great Britain,

some nice shots played, so Denmark

lead this 6-5 into the last end.

Great Britain with the hammer,

everything to play for.

LOGAN GRAY: Yeah, that was a really

well worked end from Great Britain

to get the force and they will have

eight good chance to score two on

this end. Every single one of their

games seems to have gone to the wire

this week.

Well, it is the Olympic

Games and nothing is supposed to be

easy at this level. We've just seen

Switzerland win 10-3 in the seventh

against the co-favourites Sweden. I

think coming here we knew this men's

team had ability and had chances.

But it was never going to be easy.

They would have to play some of

their best stuff to get through. To

make it to the semifinals. And

there's still the chance for them of

course, a big chance, if they were

to come out winning this one. They

really would love to get to six

wins. Looking up again next or, you

can see stones everywhere. It is

still fivefive, USA with the hammer

in the ninth. It looks as though

they might be lying shot, I can't

really see. It is at the far end

from where we are at the moment. But

we will keep an eye on that because

that will have a bearing on Great

Britain, all of the matches will, as

we come down the stretch in the

round robin competition.

Yeah,

actually it looks like the USA might

have a shot to score two or three in

that end.

Cammy has played well,

hasn't he? He has done a really good

job. He's been calm, he's delivered

his stones really well. Not sure

what his stats are.

56%.

Yeah, not

bad, I would probably suggest he has

played better than that.

I think

Cammy himself can take some credit

for a couple of the wins that have

gone on the board this week. There

have been three extremely tight

James and I think we've required six

tick shots and he has made them all.

Well, there are some cheers going

up, with the Stars & Stripes

fluttering in the stands. And then

the chant goes up, USA. We just wait

to see what has happened over there,

it certainly looks like a couple

from where we are sitting. Yes,

indeed, they took two. So,

sevenfive. Canada do do have the

hammer in the final end in that one.

We've said all along, if Canada go

to three losses, and if Great

Britain were to win this one, we

would be tied with Canada. I'm not

sure we would have been saying that,

but it is more to do with them, in

the sense of the expectation for

this Canadian team. I think for most

Canadian fans the expectation is

that you pretty much win all of your

round-robin matches.

round-robin matches. After defeats

to Sweden and Switzerland they have

now got a right scrap on against

their big rivals, their neighbours,

the USA. If you are still new to

curling, the stones which are out in

front of the house, you have to wait

until four stones have been played

before you can remove any of them,

any of the opposition stones.

What do we do?

STEVE CRAM: Don't worry, in the skip

is in control! It's just trying to

think about the options. Not much

kicking around there at my one, that

one Danish stone in there. What

everyone's you want to! Is he going

to into asking to draw in at this

point?

LOGAN GRAY: They're thinking, play a

split on this top red. They need to

play this extremely well or their

chance to score two here could go

right here, right now.

The thing

about this opportunity, not that

this is easy to score two, but if

you score one, the extra end, the

hammer goes to Denmark again. So

they will somehow want to finish it

here if they can. If they score

nothing, they will lose. Might have

got it...

got it...

I think they've played a

good shot there. It doesn't look

like there is a double takeout

available.

No. The concern there was

that you throw a corner guard, and

potentially Denmark can run it into

the one in the house and spill

everything. If you put a centre

guard on

everything. If you put a centre

guard on, then they might not get a

chance to do that. So, they decided

to make a move early. Plenty of

whistling going on!

It is like being

at some sort of sheepdog trials or

something like that, isn't it?

I'm

sure his team knows what the various

whistles mean!

Yeah, I've spoken to

a few people about it in the past,

and I don't think they've been that

excited about being whistled at when

they're sweeping!

So, Kyle Waddell,

he'll be hoping this is the last

stone of this match for him. Just

want to try and hit this yellow and

roll across. Tomy Robb head working

it hard! Well done.

it hard! Well done. So, Kyle Waddell

playing a couple of good shots,

helping to set this last end up. If

we want to win it, we want two, it

is crucial that he gives at least

the chance for a two. Four stones

left for each team.

left for each team. Johnny

Frederiksen had a horrendous shot in

the previous end. Almost a complete

miss. He's caught the outside of the

British stone and edged it in, which

helped matters immensely. He's gone

for the double. It's a good shot of.

Sticks on the wide one.

What a

chance now!

That is a massive help

to Great Britain! Denmark only have

three stones left, and Britain have

got one in the house. Just catches

on that wide yellow. That's the

thing. Yeah, look at his face. When

you're watching curling, sometimes

you ignore the outer stones, that's

why they're left, even if they're

not in the house, they're left

because of stones can jam against

them.

Well, now, it is a great

chance to score two.

Thomas Muirhead, the younger brother

of the skip of the women's team, who

will be playing a very important

match for them this evening as well.

Even more of a must-win. They have

got a much tougher running than the

men have. That's nicely played by

Thomas, though. -- tougher run-in.

It is not all over yet by any

stretch of the imagination. We've

seen mistakes from both sides, when

it looked as though they just had to

play normal stands. -- normal

stones. The crowd are enthralled,

there's a great tussle going on

between Korea and Italy. Korea have

been in the lead all the way through

that, but Italy have clawed a couple

back to make it sevensix. Korea,

though, have the hammer in the final

end there. And in the other match,

the USA two ahead going into the

final end against Canada. So, here

we go, then. If you're waiting to go

to work, just hang on a bit, it will

all be over in a short while. That

just sticks out there. He didn't

start so well, he had a really good

period in the middle of the

competition and in the middle of

this match, Johnny Frederiksen, but

since then he hasn't given his skip

what he needed, what he wanted.

Determination on the face of Thomas

Muirhead here. He's had a good

match. This, hopefully, his last

stone. On the nose... Well done.

stone. On the nose... Well done. He

wants to try and bring the Danish

stone closer to that other British

one, to try and make it so that he

is at some point going to have a

chance to get two.

The other thing

to be aware of is that this sequence

of takeouts, everyone that is made,

the stone moves a little bit higher

in the house, and more and more of

an angle becomes available

potentially for Rasmus to have a

crack at a Crosshouse double with

his last one.

his last one.

That's exactly what I

was thinking.

He can also create an

angle through hit and roll. Oh, they

HAVE swept it for the nose.

Yep.

But

the boys know that there could

double after this one, but it is

extremely difficult shot.

Well, Kyle

Smith has two stones left. Rasmus

Stjerne, just the one. He will

perhaps have a chance, because Kyle

Smith

Smith should just nose this one,

push it out. There is a aid gap

across to the other side of the

house between those two British

stones, and he will undoubtedly then

try and take both of them, takeouts,

97% accuracy for Kyle Smith.

If

they're feeling particularly brave,

they could try and roll away from

the red stone, but they must keep,

the house... -- they must keep, the

house.

Just a little roll the other

way. How is your luck, Rasmus?

That's incredible, surely he has

just got to hit and hope for a

mistake here?

His other option is to

draw round that one.

Rasmus is

having a good look at whether this

shot is even possible. He can give

it a fair lash, Rasmus. He's looking

at the draw as well.

at the draw as well. He's looking at

where they would lie second shot,

assuming he gets it in the right

place.

place. Or what the draw would be

like. If he hides it, then it is not

so easy for Kyle Smith to take it

out himself. He only needs to make

it and take it out, because we've

got two stones in. What is he doing

now? He's going for the takeout.

Scrap all that I was saying!

Yep,

this is going to be absolutely

flying down the ice.

A great try, Stjerne coming within a

couple of inches of making that, an

incredible try. What an attempt from

the Danish skip.

Unbelievable effort. They over swept

it in the end, hit it a fraction,

maybe one more millet metre --

millimetre.

You will see the speed at which he

hit back, it almost rebounds. Giving

it enough of a turn to go past the

red stone in such a way that Great

Britain now just need to draw into

the house to win this match against

Denmark. A huge win the Kyle Smith

and his team, a straightforward

shot, his nerves will be jangling no

doubt but he has played really well

in his last end to manufacture this

opportunity. If they win this which

it looks as if they are going to do,

they will be sitting in a very good

position in terms of qualification.

Kyle Smith watching this stone into

the house. Fist pumps all round,

handshakes to the Danish team. A

great match, both teams have played

really well. Great Britain are

getting better as this, edition goes

on. They get this one across the

line, so important, beating Denmark

7-6. Four wins and three losses. In

a very good position in terms of

equivocation, what a match.

What will that do the their

confidence, a huge performance

particularly from Kyle.

He had a great game after a

difficult time yesterday, managed to

get them over the winning line. They

keep grinding out these wins, they

all seem to go to the wire.

We will keep you updated with

matters elsewhere. USA still leading

Canada, the Italy - career match

still going on.

The good news is GB have one that

important match against Don Mark,

putting paid to Denmark's chances of

qualifying. -- against Denmark.

A great win for GB, they have Norway

and the USA to play in that round

robin. The women are back on the ice

later. A must win for them, they

placed Flint, that is on that

11:05am. -- they play Switzerland.

If you've just joined us, good

morning on day ten of the winter

Olympics. Here is what has been

happening so far.

Anna Gasser bounced back from her

disappointment to top the pile in

big air qualifying with a massive

score of 98. Aimee Fuller failed to

qualify.

Two years after shattering her

kneecap, British ice dancers Penny

Coomes and Nick Buckland finished an

impressive ten in the short dance

which also featured in one record

from the Canadian duo.

It has been reported a member of the

Olympic Athletes from Russia team

has failed a drugs test, the Court

of arbitration has confirmed they

have opened an investigation against

the athlete part of the mixed bronze

medal winning curling team.

Lindsey Vonn looks a good bet to

claim her title again despite easing

off she recorded the third fastest

time.

Mathieu

Mathieu Faivre has been expelled

from the Winter Olympics for angry

comments made to journalists after

the grand slalom contest on Sunday.

If you ever needed any proof big air

was for the bravest amongst us,

Aimee Fuller has delivered, she

posted this picture on her Twitter

page just after crashing in that

second run of her qualifying. It

looks painful. Fair play, she is

still smiling.

I am delighted to be joined by the

chair of UK Sport Katherine

Grainger. Welcome to our lovely

balcony and Pyeongchang. The great

and historic winter Olympics, how

have you assessed Team GB?

My first experience life of the

winter greens, I have usually been

watching in training camp from a

hotel room. There are sports I can't

believe it is physically impossible

-- physically possible to do. We had

huge hopes athletes would deliver,

there have been historic

performances.

Have you had a

favourite moment?

Are you allowed? I don't know if I