BBC Two Day 10: GB Women in Curling, Two-Man Bobsleigh and Men's Ski Jumping

0:00:24 > 0:00:29Afternoon and welcome to coverage on BBC two, Day ten of the winter

0:00:29 > 0:00:35Olympics in Pyeongchang. If you were watching the curling on BBC One the

0:00:35 > 0:00:41eighth end is under way. Let's catch up with the only other action this

0:00:41 > 0:00:50morning, the two man bobsleigh, captained by Brad Hall with Joel

0:00:50 > 0:00:54Fearon on board. We will see their fourth and final run and we will see

0:00:54 > 0:00:58the medals being decided. For now let's head straight back to the

0:00:58 > 0:01:04Curling Centre, Great Britain's women need to win this game against

0:01:04 > 0:01:09Switzerland's otherwise it will be too tense for all of us. Jackie

0:01:09 > 0:01:15Lockhart

0:01:15 > 0:01:21COMMENTATOR: thank you. Our nerves have been frayed a fair bit already.

0:01:21 > 0:01:30Close matches all the way through. While you were away for eight few

0:01:30 > 0:01:35moments, things switched around in this way, Micky Adams played a great

0:01:35 > 0:01:42shot, we had a red tucked in behind the yellow came close on that. The

0:01:42 > 0:01:50second shot sprung the British red, I see one left on the left, still

0:01:50 > 0:01:53trying to build this opportunity, using the guard out there.

0:02:04 > 0:02:10Esther Neuenschwander starting to be a bit suspect, this is that Mike

0:02:10 > 0:02:18Skipper has rescued the situation. Another chance for Anna Sloan. Still

0:02:18 > 0:02:24out there, the yellow one. This is a shot Vicki Adams played with her

0:02:24 > 0:02:31first stone very well.

0:02:32 > 0:02:34first stone very well. Still a chance here. Need a good shot here.

0:02:34 > 0:02:38Need a good shot here.

0:02:38 > 0:02:42Got a couple of options, you hear the girls saying, the other way.

0:02:42 > 0:02:49Good that they are looking at both options. Just got it on the nose.

0:02:49 > 0:02:56Still high. If Switzerland's head that they really need a road to get

0:02:56 > 0:03:00in the house and if they don't get in the house for counting red

0:03:00 > 0:03:04Britain could come round behind the centre or the corner. Depending

0:03:04 > 0:03:06where the Swiss stone finishes.

0:03:06 > 0:03:10Depending where the Swiss stone finishes.

0:03:10 > 0:03:17Keep updating you with the match is going on elsewhere, 6-4, in the

0:03:17 > 0:03:21Denmark match, not affecting the table too much, Sweden and Japan

0:03:21 > 0:03:26hardly scoring at all.

0:03:27 > 0:03:29hardly scoring at all. The USA waiting to close out their match

0:03:29 > 0:03:35against China. They had a time out, China, I was wondering what on earth

0:03:35 > 0:03:40they were saying, so little left. Jackie, though on.I hate to say

0:03:40 > 0:03:49this, China had another issue with the stones. And the ice technician

0:03:49 > 0:03:53came out with his Allen key, that famous Alan Kay, we have seen many

0:03:53 > 0:03:57times this week, I don't know what happened, I was trying to

0:03:57 > 0:04:01concentrate on our game but I saw there was a situation and the umpire

0:04:01 > 0:04:05was there. I'm guessing the ladies out here have to be careful to keep

0:04:05 > 0:04:10an eye on the stones to make sure they are working and activated

0:04:10 > 0:04:15before you play them, tilt the stone up as she played it, that activates

0:04:15 > 0:04:24it.Not in there. Did not get the roll in.Great opportunity for us to

0:04:24 > 0:04:29pull one in, right into the middle. Keeping it in the top four, don't

0:04:29 > 0:04:36slip behind, girls.Eve Muirhead has been an excellent form. She just

0:04:36 > 0:04:42needs to draw a little better, one or two of the drawers have not been

0:04:42 > 0:04:49top-notch although most of her shotmaking has been. Trying to pull

0:04:49 > 0:04:56her team through this match. Eve Muirhead. With her drawer to try and

0:04:56 > 0:05:02come in with a bit of protection. See if she can tempt Silvana

0:05:02 > 0:05:09Tirinzoni.We want to get two here. We want to try and get cover, we see

0:05:09 > 0:05:14Lauren trying to sweep this as hard as she can. A little bit more.

0:05:14 > 0:05:23That's lovely.Just covering the other side. Well done, sweeping and

0:05:23 > 0:05:30Eve Muirhead.

0:05:30 > 0:05:37She's looking to play the front yellow back.

0:05:41 > 0:05:50One more stone for Switzerland's. Great Britain wouldn't really want,

0:05:50 > 0:05:54necessarily, to take one, what do you think about blanking it, if she

0:05:54 > 0:06:01ends up cleaning these two?Yes, I guess she would. She doesn't want a

0:06:01 > 0:06:06one, she wants two.

0:06:06 > 0:06:09one, she wants two. It Silvana Tirinzoni cactuses, the trouble is

0:06:09 > 0:06:17if she gets it right, she will be in a yellow card. -- yellow card. If

0:06:17 > 0:06:24she takes them all out, nothing in the house.

0:06:25 > 0:06:32the house.She hasn't come down with too much weight here.She has played

0:06:32 > 0:06:36very well, not a lot of call, is it right? She's got it.

0:06:36 > 0:06:42CHEERING Eve could still blank verse. She

0:06:42 > 0:06:47could still take this out. Coming to have a look and a discussion about

0:06:47 > 0:06:52what to do. She has the option of taking one or trying to blank the

0:06:52 > 0:06:57end and if she blanks the end, they take the hammer into the ninth, it

0:06:57 > 0:07:00will of course mean that Switzerland's will have the hammer

0:07:00 > 0:07:10into the tent.

0:07:10 > 0:07:15into the tent. -- into the tenth. She's saying... A big decision here.

0:07:15 > 0:07:19That is what evil is saying, will I take one but if I take that she is

0:07:19 > 0:07:31going to try and force them... Who has got the hammer?But on the other

0:07:31 > 0:07:36hand what she was saying, she was also saying if we blank it she will

0:07:36 > 0:07:42try and force one, it might enable us to get two.I think first and

0:07:42 > 0:07:44foremost, in the normal situation you would say let's like it, take

0:07:44 > 0:07:51the hammer into the ninth, hopefully the girls can try and get two in the

0:07:51 > 0:07:59ninth end and be one up. Or they have got the opportunity to blanket.

0:07:59 > 0:08:06She is going to try and force one. In the ninth. And then trust herself

0:08:06 > 0:08:15to get two in the tenth because obviously, if they do get two in

0:08:15 > 0:08:18obviously, if they do get two in the ninth, it's getting hard, isn't it?

0:08:18 > 0:08:26Anyway, after eight, it's 6-5, the point to remember is Great Britain,

0:08:26 > 0:08:31if it's all tied, if we don't get it across the line in the tenth and it

0:08:31 > 0:08:39ends up I two to Switzerland's and one to great written, we forced the

0:08:39 > 0:08:46one, we are all tied up at ten, we go into an extra end if it stays,

0:08:46 > 0:08:48the scoring with the hammer stays this way. Switzerland's would have

0:08:48 > 0:08:56the hammer in the extra end. I and still reasonably happy, I think you

0:08:56 > 0:09:00keep your nose in front, make them make the shots, the play.

0:09:09 > 0:09:22Ivo is backing herself to get two. Any

0:09:22 > 0:09:29Any time... I am looking at the scoreboard as well! Have we got this

0:09:29 > 0:09:39wrong?Did you not think she...No. Sorry, Jackie! LAUGHTER I wondered

0:09:39 > 0:09:46why you were looking puzzled at me. They did take one.Honestly, I don't

0:09:46 > 0:09:50think I am concentrating, I thought she was going to blank the end.We

0:09:50 > 0:09:53were talking about if she blanked the end for the options were. She

0:09:53 > 0:10:07took the one. And as I was trying to explain, if it goes with the two

0:10:07 > 0:10:12explain, if it goes with the two and two...I apologise, it is late at

0:10:12 > 0:10:16night here, it is early in the morning back at home!I tell you

0:10:16 > 0:10:24what we will do, there are economics students and a banker on the Swiss

0:10:24 > 0:10:27team, with a bit of luck they have got this sorted and they know what

0:10:27 > 0:10:30they have to do.

0:10:40 > 0:10:46It's finished between the USA and China, 10-4. They shook hands after

0:10:46 > 0:10:53the eighth. That will put the USA on four wins. That is what Great

0:10:53 > 0:10:57Britain are trying to get, four wins and three losses, sadly from a

0:10:57 > 0:11:01British perspective if we end up on the same record as the USA they beat

0:11:01 > 0:11:06us earlier in the week and to break ties and ranking, you cannot go out

0:11:06 > 0:11:11if you are tied for fourth, it will go to a tie-break match if there are

0:11:11 > 0:11:15two teams tied for fourth. For instance, fourth and fifth place

0:11:15 > 0:11:19with the same record, if it's a case of breaking a tie when there are

0:11:19 > 0:11:27more than one team with a same record, the decision in the

0:11:27 > 0:11:32round-robin goes in the favour of the team, let's say it was 5-4 to

0:11:32 > 0:11:35the USA and there was another team involved, the USA would be ranked

0:11:35 > 0:11:42higher than Great Britain.

0:11:43 > 0:11:47It's all come to cater, anyway. Hopefully it won't come to that!

0:11:47 > 0:11:52What Switzerland's are doing... Everyone is being a little bit... A

0:11:52 > 0:11:59bit cagey. I just remembered the words of Glenn Howard at half time

0:11:59 > 0:12:05saying to the British team, just don't go too long with those guards,

0:12:05 > 0:12:13that is ringing in their ears. Four stones. And only now can they be

0:12:13 > 0:12:23removed. If Eve wants them to be. Going to try and come round here.

0:12:23 > 0:12:27There isn't a lot of space between the stones. But get one in. Down the

0:12:27 > 0:12:34centre.

0:12:34 > 0:12:43This is very, very close. Going to tap it in.

0:12:49 > 0:12:58I love the expressions of Vicki Adams, the same way that the

0:12:58 > 0:13:05expression of Anna comes...Kind of exasperated. They did not want to

0:13:05 > 0:13:09push that too far back into the open, they were trying to keep it

0:13:09 > 0:13:18tight. Top half of the house.

0:13:27 > 0:13:35After the China USA match, a nice little play on that stone, knocking

0:13:35 > 0:13:39the British stone further back into the house, after the China USA match

0:13:39 > 0:13:43we did not have a full house but we have lost about half of what we had

0:13:43 > 0:13:49and this is as empty as I have seen the arena during round-robin. It's

0:13:49 > 0:13:56gone a little quiet in here, the British women need to keep their

0:13:56 > 0:14:00concentration, you can hear every single word, everyone in the arena

0:14:00 > 0:14:08can hear the guys. I think the other teams are turning and listening.

0:14:08 > 0:14:20What did she say? What did she say? OK, so were not going to go and

0:14:20 > 0:14:24chase the yellow at the moment, we are going to try and tap up the red

0:14:24 > 0:14:32at the front into the forefoot.It's almost playing the short that she

0:14:32 > 0:14:37inadvertently played last time.

0:14:47 > 0:14:53Really just about the angle she hates this on.A little bit of a

0:14:53 > 0:15:00chance. Eve wants to sweep the same, get this in just a little bit more.

0:15:00 > 0:15:08Take a little bit of weight of that, she had too much on the first one.

0:15:08 > 0:15:13We have got two counters in there. It could be useful. A lot of stones

0:15:13 > 0:15:16out front which should be to our advantage if we were to try and

0:15:16 > 0:15:23steal but we have to get in. This won't be the end that Switzerland's

0:15:23 > 0:15:27like because they know there's lots of stones out there. At the

0:15:27 > 0:15:38forefoot.They are looking at the best ones.

0:15:38 > 0:15:47To raise in or tap up. She is looking a little nonplussed at the

0:15:47 > 0:15:54moment, Tirinzoni. Plenty of stones left to play. She is trying to think

0:15:54 > 0:16:01ahead, what could happen.

0:16:01 > 0:16:07I'm trying to think where we are on the time-out situation. We haven't

0:16:07 > 0:16:12had a time-out, have we?No, I don't think we have had a time out.Nor

0:16:12 > 0:16:21has Switzerland. Each team are allowed one. He's telling us what he

0:16:21 > 0:16:28thinks but they can't see that.They want to create a two. They have to

0:16:28 > 0:16:38clear up that front area. She has to make sure she has a guarantee. She

0:16:38 > 0:16:45wants to score here, that's for sure.

0:16:46 > 0:16:53sure.It is still Siegrist to play, who is playing second tier. This is

0:16:53 > 0:17:00now coming down to almost every stone being crucial for both teams.

0:17:00 > 0:17:05A must win for Britain, but if it can be, even more of a must win... I

0:17:05 > 0:17:10say Mass went because Britain's last three matches have been so tough,

0:17:10 > 0:17:17Canada last one. This one against Switzerland. No easy games coming

0:17:17 > 0:17:23up, I suppose there are no easy games at this stage of the

0:17:23 > 0:17:31competition. This is well out there. Is it heavy? It might pull up, but

0:17:31 > 0:17:40I'm not sure by how much.Helping it on its way. A bit of a wasted stone

0:17:40 > 0:17:46there.

0:17:46 > 0:17:49there.Switzerland, we have got second and third.Sorry, I was

0:17:49 > 0:17:53trying to work it out.She was trying to come into the four foot.

0:17:53 > 0:18:00Playing a really dangerous game when she'd got last stone here. There's a

0:18:00 > 0:18:06wall of stones at the front. If we can get in behind first.Amat is

0:18:06 > 0:18:14trying to make a better attempt than that that we just saw. -- Anna.As

0:18:14 > 0:18:20to make sure it is past the guard.I don't think it is, I don't think it

0:18:20 > 0:18:27was ever out far enough, never. You could argue we have just had two

0:18:27 > 0:18:30stones that haven't changed things too much, although the Swiss one is

0:18:30 > 0:18:38in the house. It's not, it's Paul Stone at the moment, Britain lying

0:18:38 > 0:18:46two and three. She has asked, have another go. This is Neuenschwander.

0:18:46 > 0:18:50She will want this to finish on the eight foot, the white part of the

0:18:50 > 0:18:54circle, but she won't want it to go too far back.This might have split

0:18:54 > 0:18:59the difference between those two previous shots. It looks a bit

0:18:59 > 0:19:08better. One to help it on its way. Just gets enough.

0:19:09 > 0:19:19Just gets enough.So Switzerland to lying two shots at the moment.Eve

0:19:19 > 0:19:30wants to follow it in. Anna needs to make the correction from that first

0:19:30 > 0:19:39stone. I don't think she likes it out there.

0:19:39 > 0:19:49I guess even if you touch this, or this...OK.That's good. The one

0:19:49 > 0:19:54Switzerland just played is tucked in right behind. Anna wouldn't be able

0:19:54 > 0:20:00to see anything of it, especially as a left-handed player, setting on the

0:20:00 > 0:20:05right-hand hack. This is probably a better choice here.Vicky said we

0:20:05 > 0:20:11know what the ice stars here. Going to come down and trying to up one of

0:20:11 > 0:20:16those front reds, on the right-hand side as we look at it down the ice

0:20:16 > 0:20:24from Ana's point of view. Needs to turn quite a lot here.Has she got

0:20:24 > 0:20:32enough of it, though?

0:20:32 > 0:20:39enough of it, though? Well swept, girls!Well swept, just on there,

0:20:39 > 0:20:43counting shot. Well done from Anna Sloan. All that does is changes the

0:20:43 > 0:20:49dynamic of what Tirinzoni can ask Neuenschwander to do because Great

0:20:49 > 0:20:58Britain have one in there. Not by much.

0:20:58 > 0:21:02much. As you said, although stones out front now, she's looking to see

0:21:02 > 0:21:08which one she wants to use or to clear a path.She probably should

0:21:08 > 0:21:13have done it earlier but we have one in there.Only three stones left, if

0:21:13 > 0:21:20she wants to score two... This one has to be really effective. She has

0:21:20 > 0:21:25stones to use in the house. Britain have also got three in their hanging

0:21:25 > 0:21:33around. That one just at the top of the four foot line, only just.I

0:21:33 > 0:21:37think she has to look at the shot which is the most dangerous, and

0:21:37 > 0:21:44that is the red at the top, just to the left hand side of the

0:21:44 > 0:21:52centreline. Because if she goes for yellow and she doesn't make it,

0:21:52 > 0:21:55she's still left unguarded. I think she has to go for the one, if she

0:21:55 > 0:22:01doesn't make it, she probably clears it a little in the middle. Now, were

0:22:01 > 0:22:08they also looking at the shimmy, where they can get two of them in

0:22:08 > 0:22:14the middle of these two reds? Do a jingle between them and write

0:22:14 > 0:22:21in? A strange word, shimmy!If only the viewers could see what you are

0:22:21 > 0:22:31doing! Let's see.Catch two of the man...Straight through, straight

0:22:31 > 0:22:35through.My goodness, I never thought I could happen!Hands-on

0:22:35 > 0:22:41head for Switzerland.

0:22:41 > 0:22:43head for Switzerland. Neuenschwander just clips the tiniest, just look at

0:22:43 > 0:22:48that, just gave it enough, completely missed the British stone.

0:22:48 > 0:22:51Trying to hit that first red. Well, well, well stop

0:22:55 > 0:23:04.You could try that -- you couldn't do that if you tried!Neuenschwander

0:23:04 > 0:23:09sliding straight through the house, through the gap. Like you said, if

0:23:09 > 0:23:14you wanted to do it, you couldn't. There comes a smile from the

0:23:14 > 0:23:19Tirinzoni. It's not over yet for them, but it just makes her job more

0:23:19 > 0:23:26difficult to stop she has two stones left. So has Eve Muirhead.So, we're

0:23:26 > 0:23:34just going to try and block route in, put another guard up. Just right

0:23:34 > 0:23:41on the centreline is what we're looking for.Exactly, because

0:23:41 > 0:23:45they've got the one played by Neuenschwander, Eve Muirhead has

0:23:45 > 0:23:48gone OK, fair enough, let's block that off, which she has done

0:23:48 > 0:23:53perfectly well. And even more stones out in front now. She has to pick

0:23:53 > 0:23:57something here to move. She desperately needs to try and get

0:23:57 > 0:24:04two. Great Britain, a lying shot. Which one does she choose question

0:24:04 > 0:24:11what she can't get brand anything there to get into the four foot.

0:24:11 > 0:24:15She's looking at moving the centre reds if she can. She wasn't

0:24:15 > 0:24:20initially looking at a yellow, but there is an opportunity for her to

0:24:20 > 0:24:23promote her own yellow into the house. I think she would probably

0:24:23 > 0:24:29want to leave that with her last. Should she clear up the front, Eve

0:24:29 > 0:24:34can't cover both, the centre and the rays on the yellow. It depends what

0:24:34 > 0:24:38she does with this stone here.That is key for her, what she needs to be

0:24:38 > 0:24:42able to do. She has called a time-out. With her last stone, a

0:24:42 > 0:24:47move that out the way. She wants to have a clear or some sort of run at

0:24:47 > 0:24:57it. Here comes Gerry Adam to have a look. Taking his time whilst he is

0:24:57 > 0:25:01walking, to give them more time to think about it. Once he arrives, the

0:25:01 > 0:25:08Time out starts.He gets 45 seconds to get to the head and then gets a

0:25:08 > 0:25:19one minute to speak to the girls. The match between Japan and Sweden,

0:25:19 > 0:25:23incidentally, is a cracking match. Probably one of those that might

0:25:23 > 0:25:26have gone match of the day at the end as a bore draw but it is an

0:25:26 > 0:25:35important match for all. Looks pretty natural... It is either

0:25:35 > 0:25:43play red, yellow and that one or yellow...In an attempt end Sweden

0:25:43 > 0:25:48with the hammer, Sweden with a five and one record. So that is the shot

0:25:48 > 0:25:52she is going to try. Risky.

0:25:57 > 0:26:06She's only got one opportunity at this. Reds at the front there. I

0:26:06 > 0:26:11guess this is the old risk versus reward, go for it just now, if you

0:26:11 > 0:26:19get this right, Great Britain are lying three against the few. Push

0:26:19 > 0:26:23the red through. If you don't, we could have an opportunity to steal a

0:26:23 > 0:26:27one and go two up without the hammer.Big shot here for Tirinzoni.

0:26:27 > 0:26:36A lot of pressure on the Swiss skip. She has played some great shots. One

0:26:36 > 0:26:44or two really nice take outs. That is thin. Just catches it, doesn't

0:26:44 > 0:26:50sit, though. She has improved the situation, definitely improved the

0:26:50 > 0:26:54situation. Where does Eve put this question much you could take one

0:26:54 > 0:26:59away and then only get two. That is the best option.The yellow is wide

0:26:59 > 0:27:07open.Nearly missed altogether.Hit the yellow and roll into the four

0:27:07 > 0:27:12foot, behind all the red guards again.I don't know what they're

0:27:12 > 0:27:18laughing at. She did catch it so thin. Not quite sure... They've just

0:27:18 > 0:27:22asked them to move that stone that was still out there. What she did do

0:27:22 > 0:27:30was clear a path into Eve down the side. So Eve Muirhead can remove

0:27:30 > 0:27:38this stone, and that means at best, at best, Sweden will get two and

0:27:38 > 0:27:44will lead by one. Great Britain will have the hammer on the final end.

0:27:51 > 0:27:59Oooh... That was a shame. Just over ran it.Doesn't affect things too

0:27:59 > 0:28:06much. There is no way she can take both of those stones. Great Britain

0:28:06 > 0:28:14second and third stone.There is not a lot of room to draw in there so

0:28:14 > 0:28:20she has chosen to hit this. Hitting it on the nose would be good enough.

0:28:20 > 0:28:24She needs to catch the inside edge. You can see, the red stone at the

0:28:24 > 0:28:29top of the eight but the Great Britain is half in and half out of

0:28:29 > 0:28:35the eight foot and the 12 foot. So a hit and roll required here if she

0:28:35 > 0:28:42wants to pick up a two, otherwise Switzerland will only get a wonder.

0:28:42 > 0:28:50Either way -- only get a one. This is still a match Great Britain can

0:28:50 > 0:28:56win here. Where is this going to stop? Just catches it on the nose.

0:28:56 > 0:29:02Just enough of a roll and gets two. Switzerland keeping this match very

0:29:02 > 0:29:09much in the balance. They know Gow into the lead. It has been a seesaw

0:29:09 > 0:29:14scoring match between these two. Both playing well, particular reader

0:29:14 > 0:29:21two Skips. It is Switzerland who now have the slim advantage, 7-6 as we

0:29:21 > 0:29:27move into the tenth and final end, unless it is tied, and then we would

0:29:27 > 0:29:36move to an extra end. Great Britain, you would say one is not good enough

0:29:36 > 0:29:39here. In a sense it would keep the advantage with Switzerland into that

0:29:39 > 0:29:47extra end. They want to win it here, get your two.

0:29:47 > 0:29:52get your two. A bit unfortunate. If Eve's shot had done something

0:29:52 > 0:29:59similar there, it would have had a greatchance. She played a really

0:29:59 > 0:30:03good rays with her yellow. We had another opportunity to get it

0:30:03 > 0:30:11rolling, just didn't get it going. It is all to play for. Great Britain

0:30:11 > 0:30:18in a real tussle. It is also 7-7 in the match between Denmark and OAR

0:30:18 > 0:30:24and 4-4 between Japan and Sweden. We would like Sweden to win that match,

0:30:24 > 0:30:30they have the hammer in the final end. Sweden, five wins, we expect

0:30:30 > 0:30:34them to go on and secure their place in the semifinal. A win for them

0:30:34 > 0:30:39would keep Japan in the mix mid-table, four wins an four losses.

0:30:39 > 0:30:45If Britain win this, that is the record they would have. So a Swedish

0:30:45 > 0:30:50victory there would be in favour of Team GB.

0:31:01 > 0:31:09Lauren Gray with the corner guard called here.This is all very

0:31:09 > 0:31:14exciting, Jackie, but I wouldn't have minded the odd 8-4, 10-3, walk

0:31:14 > 0:31:20off early.Every game the girls have played has been very close. And the

0:31:20 > 0:31:31guys. The guys. The talent out here is extremely high.

0:31:41 > 0:31:50Switzerland trying to come down, come in behind their. The high

0:31:50 > 0:31:55yellow.

0:31:55 > 0:31:59It's about as good as she's ever managed to do actually, to get them

0:31:59 > 0:32:11lined up.What a time to do it, in the last end!Yes.We can't touch

0:32:11 > 0:32:17that centre yellow outfront because it is in the free guards own but we

0:32:17 > 0:32:22can try and catch the one in the house and push it back and get a

0:32:22 > 0:32:27little bit of a roll. She won't be able to see much of it, so she has

0:32:27 > 0:32:33to play a delicate, controlled weight down here. Playing clockwise

0:32:33 > 0:32:43rotation of the stone.Eve is asking, where is it going?

0:32:44 > 0:32:47They really need to connect with the stone, Vicki Adams is trying to help

0:32:47 > 0:32:56this. Going to catch some of it. Well swept. Well swept, Laurent was

0:32:56 > 0:33:03a little concerned when she let that go.

0:33:17 > 0:33:20Lauren I contrast with Van, known by her facial expressions. Vicki Adams

0:33:20 > 0:33:27never gives anything away. -- by contrast with Anne.

0:33:34 > 0:33:42Manuela Siegrist playing second in, quietly gone about her business.

0:33:42 > 0:33:49Going to tap that in a little bit more. She is not too pleased with

0:33:49 > 0:33:54that.

0:33:55 > 0:33:58that. Getting quieter and quieter in the arena. As other matches have

0:33:58 > 0:34:04even completed.

0:34:06 > 0:34:13The British bands behind the far end. -- the British fans. A clutch

0:34:13 > 0:34:19of supporters.

0:34:20 > 0:34:29It's a nice shot, that, well played. Level.They did not want to knows

0:34:29 > 0:34:35that, the other red.She was saying exactly what I thought, she had

0:34:35 > 0:34:44overcooked it, as she put it there. The first part of the job in this

0:34:44 > 0:34:51end, working out, Manuela Siegrist, next to go. Her second stone.

0:35:02 > 0:35:07Jackie, almost holding our breath with every shot.Defensive stop she

0:35:07 > 0:35:10wanted to try and get onto the top of that there are, I did wonder if

0:35:10 > 0:35:16she would try and hit some of the Reds, the last thing she wanted to

0:35:16 > 0:35:23do was lose two. We have two in the house.Time out. I think what is

0:35:23 > 0:35:27happening here, Eve is saying we have a good situation, I want to

0:35:27 > 0:35:32make sure we make the right decision about where we put the stones, the

0:35:32 > 0:35:40chance of a two, you come to this, almost halfway through, we have five

0:35:40 > 0:35:48stones, they have four. Let's hear what Glenn Howard has to say.

0:35:48 > 0:35:55what Glenn Howard has to say.Can we get a third shot?I think so. You

0:35:55 > 0:36:01could rip the guard, it's not going to be pretty. We got five to come.

0:36:01 > 0:36:05We could come and stuff it on top. On top of the red? I like that

0:36:05 > 0:36:10better.

0:36:12 > 0:36:17better.If we stuff that, she has to run at.She locks it on top, then we

0:36:17 > 0:36:26have to do a little top stuff. Stuff it on top, she runs at.Alongside

0:36:26 > 0:36:32that back one.

0:36:32 > 0:36:37that back one.Eve had a good one down here before.That's going to

0:36:37 > 0:36:43hurt us. If she makes that...There is a bit of stuffing going to go on

0:36:43 > 0:36:52here.That's another word for it, stuffing, said it on top of the red.

0:36:52 > 0:36:59There was an opportunity to take the centre of. That could be a danger to

0:36:59 > 0:37:04you but he did say, you have got to run the whole end, ensuring you have

0:37:04 > 0:37:09two always in the house. This is a really clever call from Glenn

0:37:09 > 0:37:14Howard.But is what he is therefore, to give them the right strategy.

0:37:14 > 0:37:21It's not about, they then have to be relied upon to deliver the shop is

0:37:21 > 0:37:25but he's trying to get them to think ahead, think three, four, five

0:37:25 > 0:37:31stones ahead.Stone placement is key, to get past the guard and she

0:37:31 > 0:37:37has to be on top of that.It's curling locks, an awful lot.Is she

0:37:37 > 0:37:52passed? Just passed, well swept! That was a super sweep by Team GB.

0:37:52 > 0:38:00Every shot that we make, in that way, makes it more difficult for

0:38:00 > 0:38:04Switzerland, not just because the situation in the game. But as this

0:38:04 > 0:38:10pressure ramps up, noisy shops, don't give any easy shots away, they

0:38:10 > 0:38:13made a mistake running right through, trying to capitalise on

0:38:13 > 0:38:21that.We are sitting on the bottom, one high, on the forefoot, that is

0:38:21 > 0:38:27the area you want to protect. Going to catch the guard... Going to catch

0:38:27 > 0:38:34the guard.

0:38:34 > 0:38:36the guard. Switzerland, at the moment, not in a very good position.

0:38:36 > 0:38:42No, and Eve is going to try and make it a little bit worse, she will

0:38:42 > 0:38:45happily use that, use what she was trying to do. Rohler cross and head

0:38:45 > 0:38:52out right one and sit in front of the two red stones, if she can. A

0:38:52 > 0:38:58bit more protection upfront. Try to catch this on the right side. A bit

0:38:58 > 0:39:08like that. Not quite what you wanted.Plan B, that will do fine!

0:39:14 > 0:39:20Switzerland going to run the red into the red pack in the house, try

0:39:20 > 0:39:27and move several of them. She needs to try and create a way in here for

0:39:27 > 0:39:31herself because at the moment, she is in trouble.She could get there

0:39:31 > 0:39:35is absolutely right and Britain might still be left with one in here

0:39:35 > 0:39:41but if she doesn't, that looks really... She has done well, they

0:39:41 > 0:39:54still have three. Partial result, partial result, no better. Eve is

0:39:54 > 0:40:00now happy to take this brand guard away. When you are hitting stones

0:40:00 > 0:40:03like that, to get everything going the way you want it to, absolutely

0:40:03 > 0:40:09perfect. That situation was one they had to do something.

0:40:16 > 0:40:22Didn't want to hit her stones there, Great Britain lying one, two and

0:40:22 > 0:40:26three. She's going to move some more here, going to try and come in and

0:40:26 > 0:40:32freeze on that back one.She is trying to work out which way to do

0:40:32 > 0:40:38it.She has two make it difficult for Great Britain to get more than

0:40:38 > 0:40:46one, two here.She's Guptill emit them to one.That might be 40 men.

0:40:46 > 0:40:56Yes, sorry, she is trying to freeze one in there.

0:40:56 > 0:41:08-- she's lot to limit them to one. Silvana Tirinzoni, two stones left.

0:41:08 > 0:41:13This is their Olympic Games, in terms of the result, put them out of

0:41:13 > 0:41:23contention. For Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan and the other team, you can

0:41:23 > 0:41:25see an opportunity building here.

0:41:31 > 0:41:40Silvana Tirinzoni, that trauma keeps at 100%, I'm still not sure if it's

0:41:40 > 0:41:43true, she has got a good chance of making this. Trying to come and

0:41:43 > 0:41:51freeze against the British red. Turning now, turning.Slowing down,

0:41:51 > 0:42:01not enough, she hasn't got enough. That's still two, maybe even three

0:42:01 > 0:42:08for Great Britain. And she knows, she will come and have a little

0:42:08 > 0:42:17look, I am sure.I think we go here. Eve does not want her to have the

0:42:17 > 0:42:22option to play that again.No, especially when she has just come

0:42:22 > 0:42:27down that line, if she puts one to the other side and says OK, I am

0:42:27 > 0:42:31drawing you away from the corner pocket, she needs a cover in the

0:42:31 > 0:42:36back of that.Actually, by being slightly over to the right as you

0:42:36 > 0:42:40and I look at it, she has room to come in and freeze on the bottom

0:42:40 > 0:42:46red. Eve will want to make sure that does not happen.If Eve closes the

0:42:46 > 0:42:51door on this pocket that makes it that the gold, silver and will not

0:42:51 > 0:42:59have anywhere to go. -- Silvana Tirinzoni.Maybe not sure about

0:42:59 > 0:43:04this.

0:43:05 > 0:43:10this.The trouble is if we go too far, we leave a bigger pocket.Would

0:43:10 > 0:43:17a short be better here, surely? Perhaps the other side, even if she

0:43:17 > 0:43:22makes the pocket, you still got the draw for one to get...A chance if

0:43:22 > 0:43:30she wants it. That's probably why Ken Howard was shaking his head.

0:43:30 > 0:43:38Given her an opportunity again, that opportunity.I can tell you there

0:43:38 > 0:43:43are cheers next to this house, Japan have stolen in the final end, not a

0:43:43 > 0:43:49good result for Great Britain, Japan beaten Sweden, that means Japan have

0:43:49 > 0:43:54five wins, two losses, they will have the same record as Sweden after

0:43:54 > 0:43:59seven matches, Great Britain have two tough matches to finish, yes I

0:43:59 > 0:44:05said one of them was against Canada but the other one is against Japan.

0:44:05 > 0:44:10Well, Great Britain need to win this one first. And that's far from

0:44:10 > 0:44:18certain. So, the final stone for Silvana Tirinzoni, trying to make

0:44:18 > 0:44:24life difficult for Eve Muirhead here, Great Britain are lying, we

0:44:24 > 0:44:31think two, this is a perfect shot... Will get inside those two. Where is

0:44:31 > 0:44:37this going? Where is this going? It's got a chance, it's wider, will

0:44:37 > 0:44:41it catch the red on the way in, it won't, will it go by and the other

0:44:41 > 0:44:47side, I don't think so, it might bump.They offer swept that.They

0:44:47 > 0:44:52might bump, that means it can be pushed out. Eve Muirhead a chance to

0:44:52 > 0:45:01win this.Silvana Tirinzoni looking gutted, that was sleeping there,

0:45:01 > 0:45:05they were just not wait too quickly, they needed to leave it until it got

0:45:05 > 0:45:10the poll. Could this be an opportunity for Great Britain to tap

0:45:10 > 0:45:18it through?She needs to do is move that back. Just checking whether, if

0:45:18 > 0:45:25she moves that, the shooter would be in. We've got another one counting.

0:45:25 > 0:45:29Ahead of that yellow, at least if the other one, the sort of three

0:45:29 > 0:45:36o'clock lying isn't the same.Looks like she's playing a head to check

0:45:36 > 0:45:41it out.Here we go. This is going to be good. Just got to get rid of the

0:45:41 > 0:45:49yellow.Clean is always good. Good, this could be good. Excellent.It's

0:45:49 > 0:45:55enough, I'm pretty sure. Not much in it, the handshake. They aren't going

0:45:55 > 0:45:58to bother measuring that. They decided it was close enough, Eve

0:45:58 > 0:46:04Muirhead finally manages to get the victory for the British team, in a

0:46:04 > 0:46:09match which went both ways, Britain on top, then Switzerland, it was a

0:46:09 > 0:46:14seesaw all the way, finally two in the tenth end means great written

0:46:14 > 0:46:21come out on top, 8-7, much-needed victory keeps their hopes very much

0:46:21 > 0:46:26alive of guaranteeing a place in the semifinals, two more matches to

0:46:26 > 0:46:29come, tough ones against Japan and Canada but they beat Switzerland,

0:46:29 > 0:46:33job done.

0:46:33 > 0:46:42STUDIO: It was a terrific match to watch. Rhona Howie is next to me.

0:46:42 > 0:46:47The Swiss gave Eve a chance and she took it stops are absolutely. If she

0:46:47 > 0:46:53hadn't rolled off, Eve would have had a drop of one.Just that's like

0:46:53 > 0:46:57miscommunication in their sweeping gave Eve a chance and she nailed it.

0:46:57 > 0:47:03We will get an interview with the four very soon. I am sure we will be

0:47:03 > 0:47:09back with them. Let's just have a look at the dying ends of the tenth

0:47:09 > 0:47:13end, and talk us through what you are thinking as a skip, what you

0:47:13 > 0:47:18need to do.It is one of these shots, you can see the whole stone

0:47:18 > 0:47:21and no more. She couldn't be tight and hit the guard, she could afford

0:47:21 > 0:47:26to be on the wide side and roll out, as she did. She had two other

0:47:26 > 0:47:31counters in there. She knew the side to air on Angie didn't play down

0:47:31 > 0:47:38weight but positive weight.Let's look at the standings. We have Japan

0:47:38 > 0:47:42and Canada still to come. Great Britain, and there have been match

0:47:42 > 0:47:50is going on at the same time. You were following what was happening.

0:47:50 > 0:47:54And exciting lead Japan and Sweden had a big ding dong game and Japan

0:47:54 > 0:48:00beat Sweden. Though it means Japan and Sweden are now on the same

0:48:00 > 0:48:04record, five wins and two losses. Great Britain currently in joint

0:48:04 > 0:48:10fourth place with the USA. In terms of

0:48:10 > 0:48:12fourth place with the USA. In terms of what that means, basically

0:48:12 > 0:48:14Britain still in control of their own destiny and that is the

0:48:14 > 0:48:18important thing. Not looking around thinking I hope so and so beat them.

0:48:18 > 0:48:22You don't want to rely on other people to win or lose. Destiny is

0:48:22 > 0:48:26still in their own hands. They have Japan and Canada, they are capable

0:48:26 > 0:48:30of beating both these countries and if they do that they are in the

0:48:30 > 0:48:35semifinals.Overall, how do you think they played?A bit of an edgy

0:48:35 > 0:48:39game, some great shots and some silly shots from both teams. It came

0:48:39 > 0:48:44down to that tenth end. Britain played a fantastic tenth end and put

0:48:44 > 0:48:45the pressure on Switzerland.

0:48:45 > 0:48:47played a fantastic tenth end and put the pressure on Switzerland.Going

0:48:47 > 0:48:51back, the final two stones. The Swiss had the hammer and Britain

0:48:51 > 0:48:55were leading 5-3 at this stage. I think what a lot of people will be

0:48:55 > 0:49:00impressed with is how Britain came back after that controversial hog

0:49:00 > 0:49:08line issue that even. They have come back strongly but the Swiss were

0:49:08 > 0:49:13making life testing all the time. Yes, this was a great freeze by Eve

0:49:13 > 0:49:13making life testing all the time. Yes, this was a great freeze by Eve,

0:49:13 > 0:49:23she came right in, froze on top of the yellow and lay shot. Not an easy

0:49:23 > 0:49:28shot.So the pressure was on Tirinzoni. Explain why it is so

0:49:28 > 0:49:33difficult.Because the British stone is frozen on the yellow Swiss stone,

0:49:33 > 0:49:36she has to hit it exactly in the right place and she does it

0:49:36 > 0:49:41perfectly to score two.That brought the scores back to 5-5. And all the

0:49:41 > 0:49:45time you are thinking, the build-up, the build-up, the build up.

0:49:45 > 0:49:51Sometimes the Swiss were in really strong positions and make good

0:49:51 > 0:49:55decisions. There was one stone, if they played at 50,000 times they

0:49:55 > 0:49:58couldn't have missed it the way they did. This was bad luck as much as

0:49:58 > 0:50:02anything.She was trying to go through the gap here. It would have

0:50:02 > 0:50:08put Britain in big trouble. They didn't sweep and she just rubbed the

0:50:08 > 0:50:12top one. That was the key shot per Switzerland to make that. If they

0:50:12 > 0:50:12had,

0:50:12 > 0:50:15Switzerland to make that. If they had, Britain in big trouble, but

0:50:15 > 0:50:22Miss called sweeping.Ifs, buts maybes. Eve Muirhead and her team

0:50:22 > 0:50:27getting the win. Let's hear the reaction from them.

0:50:27 > 0:50:33Well done, but you're not making this easy, are you?No. That was a

0:50:33 > 0:50:38tough game and a game of inches. Both teams played really well, a lot

0:50:38 > 0:50:43of good shot making. We knew, I think we have two win about every

0:50:43 > 0:50:47game now. I think we stepped up a dear friend yesterday and if we can

0:50:47 > 0:50:53keep this going until tomorrow.A good point there, Lauren. It looks

0:50:53 > 0:50:58like everyone was on their game from the start tonight?Yes, that was our

0:50:58 > 0:51:02intention. We knew we pretty much needed to win every game from here

0:51:02 > 0:51:06and we wanted to be as professional and play as well as we could. We

0:51:06 > 0:51:09feel like we did that and it was a very tight game and we are very

0:51:09 > 0:51:13happy to have won.Does it get frustrating when you know you are

0:51:13 > 0:51:18playing well on the opposition keep matching you?Yes, I think you get a

0:51:18 > 0:51:22bit of frustration that we have worked a lot on how to compose

0:51:22 > 0:51:25ourselves, refocus and concentrate on one stone at a time and that is

0:51:25 > 0:51:30what we did.Two games to go, tough games. Japan got a win tonight

0:51:30 > 0:51:34against Sweden. You have them and Canada.Yes, we do. I think we've

0:51:34 > 0:51:40taken every game here down to the wire. Obviously that is what we are

0:51:40 > 0:51:44going to be expecting for our next two games. We are going to go back,

0:51:44 > 0:51:50debrief, relax and come out fighting again tomorrow.Well done.Let's

0:51:50 > 0:51:51have a look at the standings.

0:51:51 > 0:51:54again tomorrow.Well done.Let's have a look at the standings. Japan

0:51:54 > 0:51:57and Canada, the matches still to come for Great Britain. The

0:51:57 > 0:52:00Canadians, having started badly, have come into form and could be

0:52:00 > 0:52:05difficult. They lost their first three.And then they won the next

0:52:05 > 0:52:10three. They are on their way up. Japan in second place. Republic of

0:52:10 > 0:52:15Korea going well, lots of home support them. Sweden in joint second

0:52:15 > 0:52:20in Great Britain currently in joint fourth. Two games still to come, and

0:52:20 > 0:52:20it

0:52:20 > 0:52:22fourth. Two games still to come, and it will be fairly tense tomorrow.

0:52:22 > 0:52:25Say and they're what you said about the importance that the men and

0:52:25 > 0:52:31women?Very important. Wins tomorrow would put us that in the semifinals

0:52:31 > 0:52:36for both men and women. We are still in the running. Losses will make us

0:52:36 > 0:52:40all very nervous.You said it is one of the biggest days of British

0:52:40 > 0:52:48curling ever.Did I?Yes, that's what you said! Thank you for talking

0:52:48 > 0:52:53so expertly for it. Let's bring you up to date on the state of affairs

0:52:53 > 0:52:59for Elise Christie. After her incredibly painful looking crash and

0:52:59 > 0:53:03departure, the latest issue will undergo a fitness test tomorrow to

0:53:03 > 0:53:08determine if she can compete in her final bid for winter Olympic Glory

0:53:08 > 0:53:16in the 1000 metres. The hits are tomorrow. She was on the ice today

0:53:16 > 0:53:19purely to see if she could put the boot on and skate around a bit. She

0:53:19 > 0:53:24will go through a training session tomorrow. If she comes through that

0:53:24 > 0:53:27and that is still a big if, she will compete tomorrow evening Korean

0:53:27 > 0:53:33time. To be honest, UK time we will know at around 2am, 2:30am whether

0:53:33 > 0:53:36or not Elise Christie will be lining up at ten o'clock tomorrow morning

0:53:36 > 0:53:41for the heat of her 1000 metres. He also said she absolutely wants to

0:53:41 > 0:53:45and if medically we are happy and it is clear, the decision will be hers

0:53:45 > 0:53:50to skate. Indications I got just now, she is very keen to do so.

0:53:50 > 0:53:54Michaela Shiffrin has had to change plans a bit because the Alpine

0:53:54 > 0:53:59schedule has become very packed. Games organisers have announced the

0:53:59 > 0:54:03women's combined event is moved forward a day to Thursday and that

0:54:03 > 0:54:08has persuaded Michaela Shiffrin to skip Wednesday's downhill. She said,

0:54:08 > 0:54:12as much as I wanted to compete in the Olympic downhill, with the

0:54:12 > 0:54:16schedule change it's important to focus my energy on preparing for the

0:54:16 > 0:54:18combined. Remember, she has already won

0:54:18 > 0:54:24combined. Remember, she has already won gold in the giant slalom. She

0:54:24 > 0:54:28skipped the super-g. She wanted to skate on the downhill but because it

0:54:28 > 0:54:31is getting very tight, she is going to concentrate on Thursday's

0:54:31 > 0:54:37combined. That is the news and the American superstar. Right, we are

0:54:37 > 0:54:43going to be focusing on the two man Bob. The final run to co-and they

0:54:43 > 0:54:46are in reverse order, Great Britain hoping for a place in the top ten.

0:54:46 > 0:54:52Let's see what happened in the third run.

0:54:52 > 0:55:04COMMENTATOR: We're underway, the men's two-man bob.

0:55:04 > 0:55:07men's two-man bob.Watch for the start time, five seconds dead is

0:55:07 > 0:55:15routine for them. 5.05 slightly slower. This is where he tipped it

0:55:15 > 0:55:20over yesterday, but he is fine now, 49.30 two. But that the slowest of

0:55:20 > 0:55:27his three runs. Just opens the door a little bit, maybe.

0:55:27 > 0:55:31a little bit, maybe. Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz. A usual

0:55:31 > 0:55:38cracking start. 4.90 three.This is a big run from these guys and they

0:55:38 > 0:55:41will keep coming away from the Germans. This is their move towards

0:55:41 > 0:55:48the front but it is still going to be within hundredths at the end.

0:55:48 > 0:55:56Kripps Well that 300s evaporate slightly? A good lead by over a

0:55:56 > 0:56:05tenth. Kripps has put the pressure on. Now Francesco Friedrich and

0:56:05 > 0:56:11Thorsten Margis. Needs a 4.90 start to get him under to get any chance

0:56:11 > 0:56:14of matching what Kripps did. The world number six pairing come to

0:56:14 > 0:56:22their finish now. Let's see where they are. Alongside Kripps and

0:56:22 > 0:56:27second.

0:56:30 > 0:56:32second. World number two, a four-time world champion in the

0:56:32 > 0:56:40two-man bob. Can they get it right now I'd keep themselves in medal

0:56:40 > 0:56:44contention?Phenomenal equipment, he is not usually this barbaric and he

0:56:44 > 0:56:49will have to fight to become Olympic champion from this point.12

0:56:49 > 0:56:56hundredths of a second. Ragged through 16 but he has closed. Look

0:56:56 > 0:57:01at that, a track record for him and he is now breathing down Kripps'

0:57:01 > 0:57:05neck. Here we go for Great Britain. Good luck to Brad Hall. What an

0:57:05 > 0:57:09overachiever and this has been up until now. He has never finished

0:57:09 > 0:57:15higher a World Cup than 13th in a two-man bob. Here he is seventh

0:57:15 > 0:57:19place in Olympic Games. Can he get under five seconds for his start? He

0:57:19 > 0:57:25is bang on.Not the rani needed out of that corner. Just settling into

0:57:25 > 0:57:34this. We know he can write this. Mistakes at two and four have cost

0:57:34 > 0:57:36him, falling a second behind the Canadians on gold medal position at

0:57:36 > 0:57:49the moment. STUDIO: From seventh place after two runs, the GB pair

0:57:49 > 0:57:58Brad Hall in 11th place. They will go in reverse order. You drove at

0:57:58 > 0:57:58two

0:57:58 > 0:58:00go in reverse order. You drove at two Olympics, three Olympics?Three.

0:58:00 > 0:58:05The problem at this course comes very early on.It is. The dangerous

0:58:05 > 0:58:08track of very fast but very technical, you can lose speed in so

0:58:08 > 0:58:13many places. Curved two is where it's happening. You need the

0:58:13 > 0:58:15velocity but curved two it is like two

0:58:15 > 0:58:17velocity but curved two it is like two corners and one. The start is

0:58:17 > 0:58:21very open. It right up. At the end, this thread is high and it tightens

0:58:21 > 0:58:27up, it is designed to throw you into the wall where you lose your speed.

0:58:27 > 0:58:31Curve four a key point also. Easy describes loose in that top section,

0:58:31 > 0:58:35they are dropping down.A few examples here of them coming into

0:58:35 > 0:58:43this.It throws you in and it is flat through curve three, so if you

0:58:43 > 0:58:47lose the velocity, you can't gain it back.We can look here at Brad Hall,

0:58:47 > 0:58:51who has been driving this course very well.Doing great, but it drops

0:58:51 > 0:58:55into the wall and pushes him away. He has a ready lost ten kilometres

0:58:55 > 0:59:01an hour. Really sad. I think it just unsettles him, pushes him of his

0:59:01 > 0:59:06rhythm and the the run of the two days, a real shame.You can see the

0:59:06 > 0:59:10speed builds as they go down the course. This is what is so is so

0:59:10 > 0:59:17cool about the Bob Tway rather than skeleton and

0:59:20 > 0:59:26skeleton and luge, you can see where they are on the course.Through

0:59:26 > 0:59:31curves 15 and 16. There are three key areas, the two combination, two,

0:59:31 > 0:59:35three and four and as you come off curve nine you need to come off left

0:59:35 > 0:59:38and get through the bend straight. There are two curves, not a straight

0:59:38 > 0:59:41line, carry your speed through the uphill section and hopefully you

0:59:41 > 0:59:46minimise the loss.The great thing about the bob, so much room you can

0:59:46 > 0:59:50even fit a camera on the front. This gives me slight motion sickness I

0:59:50 > 0:59:55can't watch! I will let you talk us through it.Curve one is short,

0:59:55 > 0:59:58curved two, it tightens up and it wants to throw you into the wall and

0:59:58 > 1:00:02then a flat section. Curve four very different to how it has been for all

1:00:02 > 1:00:06the training so catching a lot of pilots out. Curve five and six

1:00:06 > 1:00:10combination corners, trying to carry your speed through. As you start to

1:00:10 > 1:00:13get through curve eight and nine, you go into that straight, you try

1:00:13 > 1:00:18to carry as much speed as possible and avoid the wall. He we see it. It

1:00:18 > 1:00:23is actually two curves although bendy street as we it. Ten, 11, if

1:00:23 > 1:00:28you can continual speed, a couple of big corners and then uphill.Do you

1:00:28 > 1:00:33ever go so high on the side you run out of ice?You do. A lot of the

1:00:33 > 1:00:36times the sleds are crashing, yesterday someone was right up

1:00:36 > 1:00:41there. It throws you up. A sled will always get to the bottom, but how

1:00:41 > 1:00:44you manipulate the pressures depends which way up you get.If you get a

1:00:44 > 1:00:49bit Karthik like me, that is not... -- Karthik.

1:00:49 > 1:00:52-- Karthik.

1:00:52 > 1:00:53I find that

1:00:53 > 1:00:57I find that really quite queasy making.

1:00:57 > 1:01:01Canada but they beat Switzerland, job done.

1:01:01 > 1:01:09When you are what when you are watching it, you're focusing one

1:01:09 > 1:01:17corner to the next.Cool Runnings, feel the rhythm, feel the ride.Feel

1:01:17 > 1:01:23the rhythm, feel the ride, correct. I wanted to ask, the organisers, is

1:01:23 > 1:01:28that of to them to decide the track or are the regulations they have to

1:01:28 > 1:01:36follow?There are regulations, especially after

1:01:39 > 1:01:43especially after Vancouver, a fatal accident before it even started. Now

1:01:43 > 1:01:47they have really tightened up there is a track commission, the track

1:01:47 > 1:01:51commission have to analyse plans and constantly go back and say... For

1:01:51 > 1:01:58last three Olympics the maximum addict speed has been blown by 15-20

1:01:58 > 1:02:03kilometres an hour. Technology and athletes evolve, as much as at this

1:02:03 > 1:02:10.6 years out from an Olympics, that is the optimal speed, every nation

1:02:10 > 1:02:14is pushing to get faster and technology progresses on a weekly

1:02:14 > 1:02:17basis.Let's find out who is the fastest on the fourth and final run

1:02:17 > 1:02:24and further Britain can move up from 11th place into ten. We join it, the

1:02:24 > 1:02:25commentators John Jackson and John

1:02:29 > 1:02:38COMMENTATOR:. Holding a big lead over at the Frenchman. At the start

1:02:38 > 1:02:45of this run. Although he has not had the happiest of competitions, he is

1:02:45 > 1:02:50a class act when he gets it right. He went very well here at the World

1:02:50 > 1:02:56Cup in the four man event, finishing second. No real excuse, he knows the

1:02:56 > 1:03:04track, he has been a little bit inconsistent.He has done well, had

1:03:04 > 1:03:08podiums. A quality pilot but sometimes his style is a little bit

1:03:08 > 1:03:14loose in terms of when he is driving, he can be very good are

1:03:14 > 1:03:19buying off all the walls. He still creates speed and you think how is

1:03:19 > 1:03:25he doing that. A pilot of his standard should not make that

1:03:25 > 1:03:28mistake and is standard and it will be the little mistakes that cost him

1:03:28 > 1:03:34and potentially dropped the French but have the French done enough?

1:03:34 > 1:03:39That was a good line. He should be able to hold onto the lead but it's

1:03:39 > 1:03:43not about the French, it's about trying to move forward into the top

1:03:43 > 1:03:51ten. He needs a quick one here. Lovely and clean through 15, if a

1:03:51 > 1:04:00little high. That is the quickest he's been at this Olympic Games.

1:04:00 > 1:04:05That just shows high-quality the French team is, they were three

1:04:05 > 1:04:20hundredths quicker. The runs prior to that let them down.

1:04:20 > 1:04:27to that let them down.So Brad Hall to come. Peter starting again, he's

1:04:27 > 1:04:32getting older, less easy to jump into that front seat.Coming through

1:04:32 > 1:04:38the tricky transition. Two, three, a really good shot, a good idea they

1:04:38 > 1:04:43have put into these sleds. As you get older it's more difficult to

1:04:43 > 1:04:48maintain speed, to keep up with the best pilots in the world but getting

1:04:48 > 1:04:53into this lead is easier once you have the technique.Next to go for

1:04:53 > 1:05:02the United States.

1:05:02 > 1:05:10the United States. Olsen/Weinstock. Olsen had his appendix out two weeks

1:05:10 > 1:05:15ago. Can he threw in his strongest run to put pressure on Brad Hall who

1:05:15 > 1:05:21comes next?Evan on the back just lifted the sled slightly, his foot

1:05:21 > 1:05:30not going forward, that was a great start. That is why he is an Olympic

1:05:30 > 1:05:35athlete, transferred into the front seat and he's been the most

1:05:35 > 1:05:40consistent American pilot out of all three, he really gets this track but

1:05:40 > 1:05:43it's his little bit of an experience, sliding on the corner

1:05:43 > 1:05:46but he needs to put on a good run especially through this part, a

1:05:46 > 1:05:54little bit high, losing speed a little. That's due to him doing too

1:05:54 > 1:05:58much in the track.Round the Olympic Bend, you can see he has stopped

1:05:58 > 1:06:05behind. Goes first at the moment. One in eight nine to the line from

1:06:05 > 1:06:09here and he drops further back, ultimate disappointment for Olsen

1:06:09 > 1:06:16who drops behind the French man. Heinrich improves another position.

1:06:16 > 1:06:19That is bad news for Olsen, it's good news for Brad Hall who comes

1:06:19 > 1:06:26next.Potentially what happened with Brad on the first run, he lost a

1:06:26 > 1:06:31little bit of control all the way down but the ice was -11, it was not

1:06:31 > 1:06:35that cold yesterday, for what it could be doing, lost a little bit of

1:06:35 > 1:06:40control, you see the athlete on the back lifting the sled. For Brad,

1:06:40 > 1:06:46because the ice is a lot warmer, this is the condition these runners

1:06:46 > 1:06:50working. Hopefully he will have more control and food in a run like you

1:06:50 > 1:06:54did on the first two yesterday, that's what he needs to stay in

1:06:54 > 1:07:02front of the Swiss.I think Brad halt to come for Great Britain. He

1:07:02 > 1:07:06has got all of Sussex right behind him. All of Great Britain behind

1:07:06 > 1:07:10him, it would be a major disappointment of few drops behind

1:07:10 > 1:07:16Olsen after what we have seen from the American. The key here is can he

1:07:16 > 1:07:22get himself up to the top ten. Brad Hall, Christopher Spring to come,

1:07:22 > 1:07:26one of the world's best, seems as though it's between those two for

1:07:26 > 1:07:34top ten. Hall needs a really good one here, his start time... For .97,

1:07:34 > 1:07:40pretty decent.Needs to get through the corner and that won't help him,

1:07:40 > 1:07:45that little tap. A big lead over this was but I don't know whether

1:07:45 > 1:07:51that tap at the top will help him out. He needs to try and tune in to

1:07:51 > 1:07:55the track and be perfect from now on. He's been good on this track, a

1:07:55 > 1:08:00lot of feel for it, been good at this point on the track, a little

1:08:00 > 1:08:04bit late coming in, don't know whether he has the speed to stay

1:08:04 > 1:08:09ahead. We want Brad to be in the top ten, dropping away, going to be down

1:08:09 > 1:08:15to the hundredths, can he do enough? Going to be close. Fading away. Not

1:08:15 > 1:08:24to be. Not to be. Recall Peter goes ahead. Olsen was not the problem.

1:08:24 > 1:08:32Peter was. And Peter, such an experienced Swiss rider was two

1:08:32 > 1:08:38tends behind Brad Hall before the fourth run and Hall has lasted.

1:08:38 > 1:08:42Nothing much wrong with that run other than the little knock at the

1:08:42 > 1:08:47top, great push from the guys. That little exit from two into three that

1:08:47 > 1:08:53cost him. Brad gets hold of it quickly but we are not going to get

1:08:53 > 1:08:57to see it. He had already lost the speed from the top at that point,

1:08:57 > 1:09:02all in all, I think he has had a good competition, to finish sort of

1:09:02 > 1:09:06top 12 or however he finishes, he could still finish top ten if others

1:09:06 > 1:09:12move around him, I had him down for a top 12, good result.He is 11th at

1:09:12 > 1:09:20the moment. I think Chris Spring, he is next for Canada, I think he is

1:09:20 > 1:09:24probably the only one if he were to be untidy, Brad might get ahead of

1:09:24 > 1:09:31him but I think it's a long shot. Let's just see. As Chris Spring is

1:09:31 > 1:09:40about to go for Canada. The former 100 metres sprinter in Australia.

1:09:40 > 1:09:43Third Olympic Games, remember, that potentially upgraded fifth-place in

1:09:43 > 1:09:47Sochi in this event. Been a disappointing week for him relative

1:09:47 > 1:09:51to what he achieved in Russia.It is, the first time he made that

1:09:51 > 1:09:57mistake, between this pairing they have the most Olympic experience of

1:09:57 > 1:10:02everybody, looking at eight Olympic Games between them and Chris is a

1:10:02 > 1:10:05quality pilot, I was expecting him to be one of the medal favourites,

1:10:05 > 1:10:09looking at training and he's making little errors, is he going to have

1:10:09 > 1:10:14enough to stay in front of the Swiss, that is enough. I don't know

1:10:14 > 1:10:18whether he has the speed, well he dropped behind Brad and Brad moved

1:10:18 > 1:10:22back? Chris is holding onto his speed a little better but I think

1:10:22 > 1:10:29it's going to be down to the hundreds. Look at that. He has gone

1:10:29 > 1:10:36ahead of Peter. Brad Hall drops slightly further back. Chris Spring

1:10:36 > 1:10:44showing some of his renowned quality there. Not that quick but good

1:10:44 > 1:10:48enough just to take him to the front at the moment.You could see him out

1:10:48 > 1:10:52there having a little bit of banter with the Swiss, pointing out,

1:10:52 > 1:10:57showing that, a little margin.This is great competition between the

1:10:57 > 1:11:02guys, me and Chris have had some great races against each other over

1:11:02 > 1:11:05the use, you can see how much the steering is working, there were too

1:11:05 > 1:11:10many mistakes. He would have wanted to push forward more. Rather than

1:11:10 > 1:11:19scraping in in front of the Swiss. Brad Hall, 12th place, that is where

1:11:19 > 1:11:28he will finish, top 12. Getting very, very interesting now. Next to

1:11:28 > 1:11:32go for Canada, don't forget, shortly Canada will try and win gold. That

1:11:32 > 1:11:37will be

1:11:38 > 1:11:46will be down to Justin Cripps. Nicky in ninth place. He is far too far

1:11:46 > 1:11:55off. Now he has his

1:12:03 > 1:12:10eyes on whatever to.He can put in a good run. He could pull himself up a

1:12:10 > 1:12:14couple of places but definitely out of the medals. Trying to see if

1:12:14 > 1:12:19these guys can get into the top eight, top six sort of area. The

1:12:19 > 1:12:24Canadian equipment is working well, good run so far, nice and clean, all

1:12:24 > 1:12:29about the key area, not just about coming to corner 12 a little bit

1:12:29 > 1:12:34late. You can see speed building as he comes through the big Olympic

1:12:34 > 1:12:37corner and building to the speed trap, this will be a big margin.

1:12:37 > 1:12:44Let's see how he finishes, confirmed a top ten performance. Nice and

1:12:44 > 1:12:53consistent.

1:12:53 > 1:12:59consistent. From Poloniato. Nick confirmed ninth, that's how it

1:12:59 > 1:13:04feels, your first Olympic Games. The man who has better two man results

1:13:04 > 1:13:08rather than four and this was his moment, to a large extent he has

1:13:08 > 1:13:14taken it.For his first Olympic Games, you can see this led sliding

1:13:14 > 1:13:18as it drifts across, coming late, big wave in the final corner but

1:13:18 > 1:13:25again, a top ten result for a pilot of his level of driving, that's not

1:13:25 > 1:13:33bad at all, I would be happy with that.Eight more to go, it looks as

1:13:33 > 1:13:41though Ben Meyer and the next two, Kibermaris, are too far off the

1:13:41 > 1:13:46medals. The leading five have a significant break over these three.

1:13:46 > 1:13:51Ben Meyer, a tenth behind Kibermaris who is ahead of him at the moment.

1:13:51 > 1:14:02Ben Meyer, knocked in 49 points three, if he can find a 49 point to

1:14:02 > 1:14:10and produces best run, that's his chance to improve from his current

1:14:10 > 1:14:15eighth place. He needs a good start, usually very quick, can he break the

1:14:15 > 1:14:22record?Marcus Rand a long way on the back of the sled, these are some

1:14:22 > 1:14:26of the best athletes that Austria has put his sled is set up really

1:14:26 > 1:14:31soft, you see the way he came into the corner, the suspension

1:14:31 > 1:14:35compressed on the front, he likes a soft settle, the faster the sled

1:14:35 > 1:14:39will be but it's about being able to control the outcome he can't, he has

1:14:39 > 1:14:43a good feel for the sled. Building speed, has he got enough to get

1:14:43 > 1:14:48through here to hold onto the position? That was a good run by

1:14:48 > 1:14:51Nick, the gaps are minimal, he cannot afford to make any mistakes.

1:14:51 > 1:14:58I think he's going to drop back behind the Canadians.Poloniato

1:14:58 > 1:15:01might be about to go eighth at the Olympic Games, Meyer rocking and

1:15:01 > 1:15:07rolling on the final turn, he misses out. Miaow three punches the air,

1:15:07 > 1:15:16eighth for him. Not going to get any worse. -- Poloniato.The brakeman

1:15:16 > 1:15:22probably ran a cycle to four, and by a cycle I mean two steps. A little

1:15:22 > 1:15:26bit earlier the sled would not have jolted to the right and touched the

1:15:26 > 1:15:30wall, by running two for you kill the velocity, the driver loads in,

1:15:30 > 1:15:35takes a couple of steps to far, he just ran too far and not the sled

1:15:35 > 1:15:39over towards outside, that's a great view of the first corner through the

1:15:39 > 1:15:44nose camera put in there, into the tricky corner. As the athletes are

1:15:44 > 1:15:50further down the track in corner 12, these are really small margins, a

1:15:50 > 1:15:53couple of hundredths of a second and it's less than the blink of an eye

1:15:53 > 1:16:02and you can see, Canadian athletes, saying the twitch at the top.

1:16:04 > 1:16:12So now, Oscars Melbourne Ardis Oskars Melbadis --. A

1:16:12 > 1:16:13So now, Oscars Melbourne Ardis Oskars Melbadis --. A 24-year-old.

1:16:13 > 1:16:20Number four in the world. Usually a superb starter. Fourth in the World

1:16:20 > 1:16:25Championships. His best World Cup finished this year was third. He was

1:16:25 > 1:16:34really hopeful of bettering that. Oskars Melbadis, let's see this

1:16:34 > 1:16:41usual cracking start. 4.90 for him. He is rock with the starting.He did

1:16:41 > 1:16:45a lot of work at the top of the track. You could see... That will

1:16:45 > 1:16:49cost a lot of time. If he wanted to put a run towards the medals, that

1:16:49 > 1:16:55wasn't the move he needed to take. This is now possibly holding onto

1:16:55 > 1:17:01Benjamin Maier and Nick Pollin Artur. Good Poloniato move in front

1:17:01 > 1:17:05of this because of the mistake of the top? That is uncharacteristic of

1:17:05 > 1:17:10the Latvian. And because it is so close, he is going to fall back two

1:17:10 > 1:17:20places.Yes, looking as though Poloniato and Maier might come past.

1:17:20 > 1:17:25Will end badly for the Latvian? It does. They both go past him.

1:17:25 > 1:17:31Poloniato improving his edition and Maier going up a place. Poloniato

1:17:31 > 1:17:36guaranteed to seventh, Maier guaranteed eighth.Six to go.

1:17:36 > 1:17:41Hopefully we will get a replay of turn two. Look at the front of the

1:17:41 > 1:17:47sled, where the front runners are. You can see the black running shoes

1:17:47 > 1:17:52on the ice. Look at how much work he is doing. Can you see? They turn so

1:17:52 > 1:17:57much. The ice is not reacting, because he has tried so hard, it is

1:17:57 > 1:18:02just sliding across the ice rather than digging in and turning.He

1:18:02 > 1:18:07should have understood?Tried to steer too much too quickly on the

1:18:07 > 1:18:13runners couldn't purchase.Currently in sixth place is the Korean,

1:18:13 > 1:18:22Yunjong Won. His rate, on is Youngwoo Seo. These athletes are

1:18:22 > 1:18:29good. One was rated number one in the world. He's been hiding his

1:18:29 > 1:18:33light under a bushel in the Olympic Games. He can't get himself a medal

1:18:33 > 1:18:39but he is quick way. And he has been improving every run. His first run

1:18:39 > 1:18:43average, that the second and very quick on the third run. Almost as if

1:18:43 > 1:18:48he has timed it slightly wrong.They gambled. They gambled hoping because

1:18:48 > 1:18:58one of they were one of the lowest ranked they would be one of the

1:18:58 > 1:19:02last. First run was average. Good through that curve. We should not

1:19:02 > 1:19:05see any mistakes from this pilot at all. He knows this track inside out

1:19:05 > 1:19:12like the back of his hand. He is now pushing to stay in front of

1:19:12 > 1:19:15Poloniato at the bottom. I don't think he's got enough in this led to

1:19:15 > 1:19:20move up towards the top five, who are all covered by 13 hundredths of

1:19:20 > 1:19:24a second as they head towards the medals. This is a good run, a clean

1:19:24 > 1:19:28run. This is what we should be expecting from this Korean pilot who

1:19:28 > 1:19:39knows the track so well.He is up from 15 to the finish. 1:49.36 his

1:19:39 > 1:19:45time. He has dropped back to something like run two for

1:19:45 > 1:19:46time. He has dropped back to something like run two for. They

1:19:46 > 1:19:52don't care, do they?This is what I was saying about the differences in

1:19:52 > 1:19:57temperatures between the first and second His fastest run was when the

1:19:57 > 1:20:01mine ice was minus 11. Did they purposely turn it down a little bit

1:20:01 > 1:20:07to make it colder, to suit the Korean equipment? It is a home

1:20:07 > 1:20:11games, home advantage. I'm sure the coach will have had a word with the

1:20:11 > 1:20:16track manager, come on mate, help us out. As they come into curve seven

1:20:16 > 1:20:25and over the finish line.

1:20:25 > 1:20:28and over the finish line.Yunjong Won stays in sixth place. Strap

1:20:28 > 1:20:32yourself in for a fantastic race for the medals now. The top five are

1:20:32 > 1:20:38separated by just 13 hundredths of a second. Going now for Germany, we

1:20:38 > 1:20:48have three medal contenders. Nico Walther. Spectacular when leading

1:20:48 > 1:20:52after run number one. He has dropped back to fifth place as they begin

1:20:52 > 1:20:57this final assault on the medals. The question here, has he put

1:20:57 > 1:21:01himself under too much pressure to re-establish his position?Is might

1:21:01 > 1:21:06have been the equipment that didn't work on -11 and this is the sort of

1:21:06 > 1:21:10temperature it worked in yesterday. He is an absolute magician in the

1:21:10 > 1:21:13front of the sled. You don't normally see him make mistakes. He

1:21:13 > 1:21:18has the best feel out of all the pilots coming up next. So, into the

1:21:18 > 1:21:22last five. Don't be surprised if you still see a German one, two three on

1:21:22 > 1:21:26the podium. They haven't had any medals at the last Olympics. They

1:21:26 > 1:21:32are coming out fighting. They medals at this games. Germans cannot go

1:21:32 > 1:21:36away from an Olympic Games... That is a perfect line. Nothing wrong

1:21:36 > 1:21:40with this run at all. It is absolutely perfect. Just a little

1:21:40 > 1:21:46tap but it won't cost him any speed. Will he ducked his head as he comes

1:21:46 > 1:21:50round the final bend?He has to get really close to 49 seconds to put

1:21:50 > 1:21:56the pressure on. 49.35. His slowest of four. I think that is him done

1:21:56 > 1:22:01for.I think you could be right, I really do. He is looking at the

1:22:01 > 1:22:06clock. He has come down first. That is all he can do now. He has put the

1:22:06 > 1:22:10best run in that he can. Maybe his equipment was set up better for

1:22:10 > 1:22:14yesterday, not quite working today, but he can do no more. His Olympic

1:22:14 > 1:22:18run is over. Now we just need to watch the other celebs come down and

1:22:18 > 1:22:29see where he ends up. -- the other sleds come down.Nico, fantastic

1:22:29 > 1:22:33component to bobsleigh piloting that has a medal just dropped away? We

1:22:33 > 1:22:37have been long enough here this fortnight to never write any

1:22:37 > 1:22:44possibility off. Strange things have happened consistently.

1:22:50 > 1:22:54But Melbadis, who comes next starts just 100th of Nico Walther. We need

1:22:54 > 1:22:59the same sort of time to confirm that position. I think he needs to

1:22:59 > 1:23:04go a good deal quicker to put the medal chase up in the air.He just

1:23:04 > 1:23:08needs to put in a clean run. The time will be the time, whatever it

1:23:08 > 1:23:12is at the bottom. You can have a run like you did on his second run

1:23:12 > 1:23:16yesterday when he absolutely messed up on some of the top curves. If he

1:23:16 > 1:23:21has a good run, the rest are under pressure because he is one of the

1:23:21 > 1:23:27quickest guys on the field. Twice he has been 49.0 eight. That is

1:23:27 > 1:23:35required. First you need his usual 4.9 start. Let's see if he gets it.

1:23:35 > 1:23:38The gap will open up initially because of the gap between the

1:23:38 > 1:23:42German in the lead and this thread here. He will stop pulling away.

1:23:42 > 1:23:46Will he drive well enough? Good through there. Made a mistake there

1:23:46 > 1:23:50yesterday. Will he be good enough to stay in front of the German at the

1:23:50 > 1:23:54bottom, who had a perfect run? All these top pilots, there is nothing

1:23:54 > 1:23:57between them, absolutely nothing. The skill level these guys have is

1:23:57 > 1:24:05amazing. That is another perfect run into that

1:24:15 > 1:24:17corner. He has a absolutely nailed, slightly better than Nico Walther

1:24:17 > 1:24:20through this part of the track. No tap. Has he got enough to hold on?

1:24:20 > 1:24:23He starts to lose a little ground.I think he will, 15 clean, 16, does he

1:24:23 > 1:24:26take the lead, Melbadis? He does. Guaranteed fourth at worst. Melbadis

1:24:26 > 1:24:28has done all he can. He has finished 15 hundredths ahead of Nico Walther.

1:24:28 > 1:24:31It is a good effort. Will it be enough for a medal? We will see

1:24:31 > 1:24:42shortly. .These next three, Johannes Lochner has been very

1:24:42 > 1:24:47consistent this season but no Olympic experience. Francesco

1:24:47 > 1:24:50Friedrich and Olympic champion but struggled at the last Olympic Games.

1:24:50 > 1:24:55If he puts a run in like his first run, he will absolutely put pressure

1:24:55 > 1:24:58on Justin Kripps, the last pilot to come down and has been the most

1:24:58 > 1:25:03consistent this season and won the overall World Cup. These last three

1:25:03 > 1:25:06will be fighting for hundredths and hundredths of a second.It looks

1:25:06 > 1:25:10like Nico Walther is going to miss out. Melbadis currently with the

1:25:10 > 1:25:18lead. Free to come. Johannes Lochner had three hundredths of an advantage

1:25:18 > 1:25:24over Melbadis going into this fourth and final medal run. Silver

1:25:24 > 1:25:27medallist at two World Championships. He is world number

1:25:27 > 1:25:32six. He is slightly overachieving here. Karen he get himself a medal?

1:25:32 > 1:25:38His starts have been perfect. Just gone a shade quicker.Their velocity

1:25:38 > 1:25:43will be very good. It looks like as they come into the sled, it jumped

1:25:43 > 1:25:47forward as they both loaded. That is what you want, good velocity at the

1:25:47 > 1:25:51top. Not so much about the start time but how much speed at the top

1:25:51 > 1:25:54you are carrying into the first couple of corners. He has driven

1:25:54 > 1:25:58them perfectly. A nice high line, right on the limits as he pushes

1:25:58 > 1:26:02himself across. A little bit high but early... That is going to cost

1:26:02 > 1:26:06him. Is he going to fall behind the Latvians at the bottom? They do find

1:26:06 > 1:26:10a lot of speed at the bottom of the track. Another mistake, this is

1:26:10 > 1:26:16falling away from him. They will not get a medal at this rate.But the

1:26:16 > 1:26:23Latvian is. The final run gets ragged and he drops further back

1:26:23 > 1:26:29behind Nico Walther. He has blown it, Lochner. Melbadis has himself a

1:26:29 > 1:26:32guaranteed medal for Latvia.This is what we have seen in all of the

1:26:32 > 1:26:36competition so far. Certainly in these single competitions, the last

1:26:36 > 1:26:40three or four coming down have all moved around because somebody has

1:26:40 > 1:26:45made a mistake. Is that the pressure that has just got to this young

1:26:45 > 1:26:49pilot, Johannes Lochner? Not really any mistakes until he got to that

1:26:49 > 1:26:55exit nine into 12, that little tap as you come down the Dragon's tale

1:26:55 > 1:26:59is what cost. Everything was perfect. This is what cost him a

1:26:59 > 1:27:02potential Olympic medal. A couple of centimetres the other way and he

1:27:02 > 1:27:07would have been down in front of the Latvians and his team-mates.Well,

1:27:07 > 1:27:11well, well. This means... The Germans so want to get this gold

1:27:11 > 1:27:16medal. They had three chances. They only have one more chance of gold

1:27:16 > 1:27:20and it remains at the hands of Francesco Friedrich, the man who had

1:27:20 > 1:27:27a nightmare in Sochi went so well fancied. He is a superb, superb

1:27:27 > 1:27:32pilot. But can he now put his name alongside the greats? Let's see how

1:27:32 > 1:27:38he's starts.One thing we know for certain, Germany are going to get a

1:27:38 > 1:27:42medal because Nico Walther is set in second. Whatever happens here, if he

1:27:42 > 1:27:46comes down in front or behind him, they have a medal, which is what

1:27:46 > 1:27:50they need. But he is not bothered about Nico Walther winning a bronze

1:27:50 > 1:27:54medal, what he is worried about is getting the gold. He licked the

1:27:54 > 1:27:58afterburners on run one. A new track record. The any person we have seen

1:27:58 > 1:28:07go on ducks that 49 seconds. Is this going to be the run that will win

1:28:07 > 1:28:10it? That was almost perfect but he is starting to pull away. Has he

1:28:10 > 1:28:13come into that corner a little late, which will cost him speed? A little

1:28:13 > 1:28:23tap. It is dropping of.Down to six hundredths, clean out 15, has here

1:28:23 > 1:28:30-- got enough customer just moved ahead of the Latvian. Friedrich goes

1:28:30 > 1:28:35to the front, guaranteed silver. Melbadis guaranteed bronze. Are we

1:28:35 > 1:28:41going to get one final upheaval, as Justin Kripps for Canada waits on

1:28:41 > 1:28:47the sidelines? Friedrich has done all he can.One thing Justin Kripps

1:28:47 > 1:28:52has to do now is absolutely nailed this. If he doesn't, he could drop

1:28:52 > 1:28:55out of the medals, because everything is so tight at the

1:28:55 > 1:29:00moment. He has two tents. If he wants a medal he has to come in

1:29:00 > 1:29:05front of Nico Walther. He has been the most consistent pilot, he should

1:29:05 > 1:29:08be able to stay in front of the Germans but you never know. One

1:29:08 > 1:29:12mistake is so costly at this level, because everybody has been

1:29:12 > 1:29:18absolutely perfect.Our Germany going to win gold with Francesco

1:29:18 > 1:29:25Friedrich Horwill Canada win gold -- Horwill Canada win gold with this

1:29:25 > 1:29:30man, Justin Kripps, who is in the next 60 seconds or so attempting to

1:29:30 > 1:29:35win gold in this two man event for Canada for the first time since 1998

1:29:35 > 1:29:43when Pierre did it. Friedrich in his sights. Kripps has had identical

1:29:43 > 1:29:49starts on each of his three runs. 4.93 the figure to watch out for. He

1:29:49 > 1:29:56is capable of a 49.09, which, of course, we'll do it if he can repeat

1:29:56 > 1:30:03it. The start all-important. 4.93 as Kripps goes for gold for character.

1:30:03 > 1:30:084.9 two. You will see initially in fall back into the red as they have

1:30:08 > 1:30:14done because of the start deficit between these and Friedrich. Watch

1:30:14 > 1:30:18now. Justin is going to have to drive the run of his life to come

1:30:18 > 1:30:23down. He has been so consistent this year. He has been on the podium

1:30:23 > 1:30:28almost every race and has had two top fours. His worst result is top

1:30:28 > 1:30:32four. He is mailing lists. Starting to pull in front of the Germans.

1:30:32 > 1:30:36They had made mistakes at this point. He cannot afford any

1:30:36 > 1:30:39mistakes. This will be gold for Canada unless he makes a mistake

1:30:39 > 1:30:44down at the bottom. Definitely a gold medal run.Go Kripps, the world

1:30:44 > 1:30:51number one for Canada, can he do it? It is a dead heat, it is a dead heat

1:30:51 > 1:30:55with Friedrich! For the first time in 20 years we have a dead heat.

1:30:55 > 1:31:06That is absolutely extraordinary! In 1998, the Italian dead heated with

1:31:06 > 1:31:11the Canadian and we have the same scenario again. Kripps and Friedrich

1:31:11 > 1:31:16shared the gold.

1:31:19 > 1:31:27Astonishing drama. At the Sliding Centre. What an amazing finish. You

1:31:27 > 1:31:31just don't get any closer than that and you can see straight away, the

1:31:31 > 1:31:37camaraderie between these teams. The first people to congratulate the

1:31:37 > 1:31:40Canadians was the German payer, they are sharing the gold medal with,

1:31:40 > 1:31:47what an absolute corker of a race. Maybe if Friedrich thought it had

1:31:47 > 1:31:50gone, maybe he was saying to himself, Cripps is going to beat us,

1:31:50 > 1:31:56he did not appear to do much wrong. He didn't, but maybe he over drove

1:31:56 > 1:32:00the last couple of curves to find the right line. What an amazing

1:32:00 > 1:32:08competition. This is what bobsleigh is about, close racing.Well. Just

1:32:08 > 1:32:15fantastic. Germany back with the gold, Friedrich can forget all about

1:32:15 > 1:32:23what happened at Sochi. And Justin Cripps, 31, gives Canada gold as

1:32:23 > 1:32:31well at the end of a stellar season for him. Onerous

1:32:31 > 1:32:35for him. Onerous -- honours even, both strike gold.It couldn't go to

1:32:35 > 1:32:42four nicer people. The two

1:32:43 > 1:32:46four nicer people. The two Germans, amazing people, you can see what it

1:32:46 > 1:32:49means to everybody, especially the Germans, they potentially thought

1:32:49 > 1:32:58they could have missed out and they thought it was not happening for

1:32:58 > 1:33:03them but he is the man doing the business. Will this give him the

1:33:03 > 1:33:08confidence to do the business in the four man as well?People will be

1:33:08 > 1:33:13asking back home, why not have a run-off, a run head-to-head, for

1:33:13 > 1:33:19gold? These are great scenes, they deserve it.We have just had a four

1:33:19 > 1:33:26run run-off, why have one? You could say, why don't we go down to this

1:33:26 > 1:33:34thousands like the luge doors. But this is great. Why change it?

1:33:34 > 1:33:38STUDIO: Fair point from John Jackson, it

1:33:38 > 1:33:43produces drama, shared gold medal, Canada and Germany, bronze to Latvia

1:33:43 > 1:33:48who had the fastest with run, how extraordinary Germany came into the

1:33:48 > 1:33:53final run six hundredths of a second behind and went exactly six

1:33:53 > 1:33:57hundredths of a second faster. Nicola let's reflect on the position

1:33:57 > 1:34:04and a run of Brad Hall and Joel fearing, finishing 12th.Able be

1:34:04 > 1:34:08disappointed after yesterday but what an amazing result, that is

1:34:08 > 1:34:09Brad's best ever result on

1:34:09 > 1:34:09what an amazing result, that is Brad's best ever result on a global

1:34:09 > 1:34:15scale. His best ever result, this was all about reparation for the

1:34:15 > 1:34:21four man.He still has joined us. Let's hear from Brad and Joel, they

1:34:21 > 1:34:29have in speaking to Matthew Pinsent. Brad, run three three Mac and four,

1:34:29 > 1:34:35how was it?Not as good as yesterday. Pretty solid runs. Made a

1:34:35 > 1:34:42mistake in each run, you can't make a stake on this track and I suffered

1:34:42 > 1:34:46the consequences.Joel, what did you make of diving tonight?Like I said,

1:34:46 > 1:34:53always really proud of Brad, come such a long way, what is it, 12? I

1:34:53 > 1:34:58mean, we cannot be upset about that, we know they two man is not where we

1:34:58 > 1:35:05shine, that's been -- beat our position by a place. If we do that

1:35:05 > 1:35:09in the four man, we are going to be number one so you can't be too upset

1:35:09 > 1:35:15about that.There is a rumour going around you are under the weather.A

1:35:15 > 1:35:20little bit under the weather but good guys around me, looking after

1:35:20 > 1:35:24me, we had to deal with that today but it means I just get fed and well

1:35:24 > 1:35:30for the four man, get out there and smash it up.I can see the smile is

1:35:30 > 1:35:35there, we reckon that the top two man position in the Olympics for

1:35:35 > 1:35:41many years.Is it? I didn't know. Like Joel said, my personal best in

1:35:41 > 1:35:48the World Cup is 13th, before the competition me and the coach we had

1:35:48 > 1:35:53a chat, and we said if we beat that, that's the main aim, we finished

1:35:53 > 1:35:56seventh after the first day, we still beat our target, I guess I

1:35:56 > 1:36:02have got to be happy.You've topped John Jackson.Guys, thanks for the

1:36:02 > 1:36:06love.Lovely to see them smiling, some

1:36:06 > 1:36:07love.Lovely to see them smiling, some of the highlights of the final

1:36:07 > 1:36:14run. They slipped from seventh down to 12 but Nicola, it's all a

1:36:14 > 1:36:18learning experience, it's about the four man and the two teams that will

1:36:18 > 1:36:23go for that.This was preparation, we know Brad is hugely talented,

1:36:23 > 1:36:28relatively inexperienced compared to the other guys, on the driving four

1:36:28 > 1:36:33or five years, it's about preparation for next week and for

1:36:33 > 1:36:37Beijing in 2020.Let's look at the crews who assured the gold, the last

1:36:37 > 1:36:43time this happened and 98, Canada involved there as well but Germany,

1:36:43 > 1:36:50what a drive from Friedrich.So exciting. Cripps, kept swapping and

1:36:50 > 1:37:02changing, or over four miles of ice. You see the Germans jumping for joy.

1:37:02 > 1:37:08Latvia, that bronze medal was great. The Canadians.Just fantastic.

1:37:08 > 1:37:14Canada have really started to put the metal down as last season,

1:37:14 > 1:37:19Cripps, World Cup champion this year. It was hit and miss, second,

1:37:19 > 1:37:23third, he was there or thereabouts, really just pulled it together, so

1:37:23 > 1:37:29exciting.Actually when they came over the line, they looked up for

1:37:29 > 1:37:34the green light, it wasn't green, neither was it read, because it was

1:37:34 > 1:37:39exactly the same score and I love the shots of the Germans and the

1:37:39 > 1:37:41Canadians, everybody hugging, it seems like a really tight that

1:37:41 > 1:37:48community, bobsleigh. Look at that, real sportsmanship, the Germans

1:37:48 > 1:37:54celebrating with the Canadians, they get a gold medal each, that is a

1:37:54 > 1:37:58tenth gold medal of the Olympic Games for Germany and for Canada, a

1:37:58 > 1:38:04six gold, no silver awarded. Then it goes bronze for Latvia. Nida Dar

1:38:04 > 1:38:09when it was a dead heat for gold there was a dead heat for bronze and

1:38:09 > 1:38:15GB were one of the teams that were in the dead heat.It's fantastic.

1:38:15 > 1:38:21It's family, we travelled together for five months of the year, same

1:38:21 > 1:38:25hotel, travel, these guys know each other in and out and it's amazing to

1:38:25 > 1:38:29see everyone celebrating. Fantastic but Germany, they had a shocker in

1:38:29 > 1:38:32Sochi. Allowed to get on the top podium first but here come the

1:38:32 > 1:38:40Canadians. For men in the gold medal position.At least they didn't have

1:38:40 > 1:38:45to stretch the podium, it was set up for the four man Bob. Always space

1:38:45 > 1:38:50for four people. I love that. Afterwards Matthews spoke to the

1:38:50 > 1:38:58Canadian pair.Alex, Justin, congratulations, what quite a debut.

1:38:58 > 1:39:04To win an Olympics. Incredible. How close did you think it was going to

1:39:04 > 1:39:10be before that last run?Tremendous start, we knew it was going to be a

1:39:10 > 1:39:14knife fight and we tried to squeeze out every second we could. Justin

1:39:14 > 1:39:19had an amazing run, it was enough. It must have been an amazing

1:39:19 > 1:39:23feeling, especially to stand together with two great sliders on

1:39:23 > 1:39:29the podium.Incredible. After seeing for Friedrich did in the first run,

1:39:29 > 1:39:34sliding well today, super fast run, setting the track record, I knew I

1:39:34 > 1:39:38needed everything for that last run, mentally and physically. We managed

1:39:38 > 1:39:42to do it, come down in a tie with those guys was incredible, winning

1:39:42 > 1:39:47the Olympics and sharing it with friends, amazing.The last time

1:39:47 > 1:39:50people so you sliding on the BBC, the Canadian bobsleigh was on its

1:39:50 > 1:39:55side in Sochi.You just need to put it on TV more often, we had a couple

1:39:55 > 1:40:01of good results from then. Quite a comeback.Fantastic.Well done.

1:40:01 > 1:40:08Thank you. Congratulations, Germany and Canada sharing that, the

1:40:08 > 1:40:11commentators said it doesn't get much closer.Funny enough that was

1:40:11 > 1:40:17one of the closest in history, because only the second time in

1:40:17 > 1:40:21Olympic history, the five sleds going into the final run were all

1:40:21 > 1:40:26within a quarter of a second, extraordinary. We had a dead heat in

1:40:26 > 1:40:33another speed event in Sochi, the women's downhill, alpine skier,

1:40:33 > 1:40:37speed events, extraordinarily, it happens.In the cross country

1:40:37 > 1:40:42skiing, we have to go to a photo finish and you think how can this be

1:40:42 > 1:40:47this close at the end of 35 minutes of huff and puff.Get your binding

1:40:47 > 1:40:52in front, that is the key. Thank you so much, been great. I am going to

1:40:52 > 1:40:56take you through some of the highlights, I think Nicola you are

1:40:56 > 1:41:00with me some of that, you go and have a well earned lunch.Watch out

1:41:00 > 1:41:05for her and coffee cups. I heard about that.If you want squeaky on

1:41:05 > 1:41:13time when it comes to this as Sir Alex Ferguson quaintly printed --

1:41:13 > 1:41:20put it, you can go no better than ski jumping. I did a feature there,

1:41:20 > 1:41:22right place, right time, turned out to be one of the greatest

1:41:22 > 1:41:27competitions in Olympic history and it was won by the host nation.

1:41:27 > 1:41:32Absolute mass hysteria particularly when this guy, the man who flunked

1:41:32 > 1:41:36his final jump four years earlier to throw away a gold medal in

1:41:36 > 1:41:44Lillehammer, he out jumped the hell, 137 metres, tens of thousands of

1:41:44 > 1:41:47people went bananas and I still get goosebumps thinking about it. The

1:41:47 > 1:41:51middle of a blizzard. I don't know how they did it. I'm not the only

1:41:51 > 1:41:57one who loves this team event, I know you do as well, whose jumpers

1:41:57 > 1:42:02would fly today? As we join this in the last round, it's very tight. The

1:42:02 > 1:42:06Norwegians have never won this event, Germany in second, the Polish

1:42:06 > 1:42:13team who have the double individual big hill champion in their team in

1:42:13 > 1:42:19bronze medal, the Japanese insects. We have a jump per team and they are

1:42:19 > 1:42:27cleared for takeoff. With Ollie Williams.

1:42:38 > 1:42:50COMMENTATOR: solid jump. He reacts immediately. That keeps Poland in

1:42:50 > 1:42:56contention. You heard almost a springboard sound of them leaping

1:42:56 > 1:43:04into the air. Like a fighter jet engine soaring down that hill. Look

1:43:04 > 1:43:10how quickly he lands this. Immediately knows it's good. You can

1:43:10 > 1:43:15see the green line when you jump, you know what you are trying to

1:43:15 > 1:43:27beat. That gives Poland to offer jobs gone. Keep in mind, when we see

1:43:27 > 1:43:39the German score, after this job. In the first round, he had 128 metres

1:43:39 > 1:43:49and just over 124 points. This is round two. Now... 129 metres. Was

1:43:49 > 1:43:56that a little short? Of what he thinks he needs? When I say

1:43:56 > 1:43:58mistakes, they can change everything, I'm not talking about

1:43:58 > 1:44:05the kind of mistake that sees you only jump 30 metres, I talk about if

1:44:05 > 1:44:10you lose 3-4 metres, that could be enough. Five points were in it

1:44:10 > 1:44:15between three teams at the start of the final round, there is a member

1:44:15 > 1:44:19of the German team providing some encouragement. I don't know, he

1:44:19 > 1:44:31doesn't know! Poland goal ahead of Germany. With two jumps to go. Well.

1:44:31 > 1:44:35The last of the second group. From Norway. He needs to keep his

1:44:35 > 1:44:47composure. And keep them ahead. Will he do it?

1:44:51 > 1:44:56Big jump, good jump, that looks as if it will be enough. Mr

1:44:56 > 1:45:01reliability. Has not been anywhere near the medals, unlike most

1:45:01 > 1:45:05Norwegian team members who have had such a good Olympics on the ski jump

1:45:05 > 1:45:15but top 15s in both events, fourth, consistency across the members that

1:45:15 > 1:45:19are so important, because you cannot get rid of any scores, you can't

1:45:19 > 1:45:24count three of them, you need four and that is for someone like Andreas

1:45:24 > 1:45:31comes in and that's why he gets that kind of reaction.

1:45:31 > 1:45:37They will be buzzing in Norway right now. Here is the score, still in

1:45:37 > 1:45:45first, it is a 30 point gap with two to go. That leaves it all to do.

1:45:45 > 1:45:51Look at this, Poland and Germany are slipping. If Norway could stay just

1:45:51 > 1:45:54about faultless with these last two jumps they will have their

1:45:54 > 1:46:00first-ever team gold medal. Austria, a shade ahead of Slovenia for

1:46:00 > 1:46:07fourth. Japan out on their own in sixth. And we have two sets of

1:46:07 > 1:46:14jumpers left to go. Norway, so far, dominating this Olympic team final

1:46:14 > 1:46:22and well on their way to that first ever team Olympic ski jump gold.

1:46:29 > 1:46:35A joy to watch this Norwegian team jump. We have a couple more

1:46:35 > 1:46:41opportunities to carry on. This is your start list for group three out

1:46:41 > 1:46:52of four. Austria have the job of overhauling Slovenia.

1:47:03 > 1:47:21118 metres in the first round. And that is not brilliant, 113.5. Not an

1:47:21 > 1:47:34improvement on his first round.

1:47:39 > 1:47:43When you land that far back, you can see how far behind you are. The

1:47:43 > 1:47:48coach looks and despondently. You have do stand here and wait for the

1:47:48 > 1:47:56score but not much fun, a bit of a sorry way to end your Olympics. But

1:47:56 > 1:48:07only 23, he will be back.From Russia,

1:48:07 > 1:48:16Russia, Mikael.

1:48:18 > 1:48:23He had 115 metres in the first round. And practically the same in

1:48:23 > 1:48:35the second round. Again, not at the top end of world-class.

1:48:35 > 1:48:39top end of world-class. All the Russian jump so far have been within

1:48:39 > 1:48:44about 115-123 metres.

1:48:47 > 1:48:51about 115-123 metres.If you are wondering why is style apart of

1:48:51 > 1:49:01this, why are there judges? It has always been this way. Kasai

1:49:01 > 1:49:05Preparing for his jump. There has always been a debate as to whether

1:49:05 > 1:49:08there should be style but that voice has been and that status quo

1:49:08 > 1:49:11prevails right now. The judges are watching this, not just for

1:49:11 > 1:49:19distance. Roundabout 125 metres for Kasai. 125 and the money. The

1:49:19 > 1:49:26landing was a bit scruffy. This is what the judges are looking at,

1:49:26 > 1:49:30looking at your form and the way you lean over those skis. The poise.

1:49:30 > 1:49:41Every ski jumper holds themselves so still, knees bent. Nice landing for

1:49:41 > 1:49:45Kasai. Some people have suggest get rid of the judges and just do it and

1:49:45 > 1:49:51distance, the danger with that is safety. Japan to second. There are

1:49:51 > 1:49:56issues or there have been issues around ski jumping with weight

1:49:56 > 1:50:01because the less you wait, the further you can jump. Laws have been

1:50:01 > 1:50:07brought in as to how athletes control their weight.Here is Bartol

1:50:07 > 1:50:11from Slovenia. That is one consideration. Judging it, the

1:50:11 > 1:50:18theory goes, keeps athletes doing things in a safe manner. Not too bad

1:50:18 > 1:50:24from Bartol, but again, 122 metres is not going to challenge anyone at

1:50:24 > 1:50:28the top end of proceedings.

1:50:34 > 1:50:42Three years and the World Cup circuit, Bartol. Slovenia building a

1:50:42 > 1:50:45reasonable ski jump team. Maybe in four years' time when we had to

1:50:45 > 1:50:50Beijing, they will have more of a say in this team final but not right

1:50:50 > 1:51:01now. First for the time being, but not for long.

1:51:01 > 1:51:07not for long. Grigore has seen Matt from Bartol.

1:51:07 > 1:51:10from Bartol. Slovenia on 8:36.7. Austria are left now in this mini

1:51:10 > 1:51:16battle for fourth place.

1:51:17 > 1:51:21battle for fourth place. 2011 world champion. Two bronze medals,

1:51:21 > 1:51:25Vancouver in 2010. Great pedigree, his form not so good right now. And

1:51:25 > 1:51:36again, I think he wanted more from that jump. 122.5. Just about the

1:51:36 > 1:51:42same distance as Bartol. Bartol scored 111 points, so there is your

1:51:42 > 1:51:51reference. Will this be above or below the 111 points?

1:51:52 > 1:51:56below the 111 points?Almost bang on, 111.3, and that will be enough

1:51:56 > 1:52:03to keep Austria about three points ahead of Slovenia, fighting it out

1:52:03 > 1:52:13for that somewhat sad fourth place. Into the medal contenders.

1:52:13 > 1:52:16Into the medal contenders.Kubacki, he has been on and off. He needs

1:52:16 > 1:52:22consistency now more than ever.

1:52:25 > 1:52:32It is OK, it is OK, not quite as far as his monster 138.5 first-round

1:52:32 > 1:52:41jump but it close enough to keep them in the hunt maybe for a silver

1:52:41 > 1:52:45against Germany. Could they even get past Norway for Goldcrest, we will

1:52:45 > 1:52:49need to see mistakes from Norway for that to happen. Andreas

1:52:57 > 1:53:01Kubacki through the outcome holder until the last minute, you absorb

1:53:01 > 1:53:05the landing on the front leg, shift the weight to your back leg and if

1:53:05 > 1:53:15you are happy, do that. Thumbs up from Kubacki. One 235.3 points.

1:53:15 > 1:53:29Poland go first and that puts pressure on Freitag.

1:53:33 > 1:53:43Relatively long jump. He's holding in his reaction. 134.5 metres. Looks

1:53:43 > 1:53:50back up at the hill. Little talking to himself because that is a good

1:53:50 > 1:53:57jump but it is so, so close. We just saw Kubacki put down 1:35.5. It

1:53:57 > 1:54:04comes down to judging and those few compensation points, no wind out

1:54:04 > 1:54:10there tonight hardly. Look at those German fans, willing on Freitag. And

1:54:10 > 1:54:17at the top of the hill, the Olympic champion looking on. Will he have

1:54:17 > 1:54:25that Freitag feeling? Second place. Rats is the translation from

1:54:25 > 1:54:34Freitag. Poland have a .6 lead going into the last two athletes. Forfang

1:54:34 > 1:54:40needs to be solid and long butty has a bit of a cushion. Our silver

1:54:40 > 1:54:47medallist on the normal hills. It is a good jump. Again, the distance

1:54:47 > 1:54:52wasn't quite up there with what we have seen. 132 metres. So, Norway

1:54:52 > 1:54:57might lose a little ground on Poland and Germany here, or at least lose a

1:54:57 > 1:55:02little of that advantage they have built up. They had about a 30 point

1:55:02 > 1:55:09gap. Let's see if those few extra metres are going to make a

1:55:09 > 1:55:13difference. Remember, the judges are looking at this as well. It is a

1:55:13 > 1:55:19good looking jump form wise, start still until the end. Almost offering

1:55:19 > 1:55:29up a little prayer. Johannson dons the helmet. He will be the last man

1:55:29 > 1:55:36down for Norway. They stay in first place. They preserved that 30 or so

1:55:36 > 1:55:43point advantage. Almost a breath of relief for Forfang. The judges were

1:55:43 > 1:55:50happy and you will see now that that gap has closed to more like 20

1:55:50 > 1:55:55points separating Norway and Poland, with Germany just a fraction behind.

1:55:55 > 1:55:5920 points for your last jump is still a lot to play with but it

1:55:59 > 1:56:03means Robert Johannson has to get it right. We are going into the final

1:56:03 > 1:56:09set of jumps, with pressure on Johannson and Poland and Germany

1:56:09 > 1:56:18slugging it out at the top end behind Norway. We look again at

1:56:18 > 1:56:23Forfang's jump. A little shaky on the landing. You could see the

1:56:23 > 1:56:27Norwegian coach is sort of saying, all right, good enough, good enough.

1:56:27 > 1:56:30They get to congregate down at the bottom, the Norwegian team, because

1:56:30 > 1:56:37they are in the lead. Three out of four down. One group to go, here

1:56:37 > 1:56:47they are. These men will decide their Pyeongchang 2018 team medals.

1:56:53 > 1:57:07Up to the top we go. Eight jumps left. We begin with

1:57:10 > 1:57:15left. We begin with Finland, Aalto. His last jump of this Olympic Games.

1:57:15 > 1:57:24A little short of the Cape point.

1:57:24 > 1:57:28A little short of the Cape point. -- K-point. 6.5 metres back, he will

1:57:28 > 1:57:31lose points from the 60 base score because of that and then the judges

1:57:31 > 1:57:38will give him another score based on this style.

1:57:41 > 1:57:47Into the landing. Not too much distance between those legs, ideally

1:57:47 > 1:57:53you would have a little more separation between those. 16.5s is

1:57:53 > 1:58:00OK for the judges. 104 points and Aalto bowels out of these Olympics.

1:58:00 > 1:58:14Olympic athlete from Russia Kliomov. He scored 111 points in the first

1:58:14 > 1:58:24round, and this is the second round. Just back of that red line. 122

1:58:24 > 1:58:37metres. So, lost a metre between his two rounds.

1:58:39 > 1:58:44Straighten up, ankles out, the shape and the skis, which is the method of

1:58:44 > 1:58:47ski jumping adopted by just about everybody at international level.

1:58:47 > 1:58:54And into that landing, which is mandatory, you don't have a choice,

1:58:54 > 1:59:01have to land that way, otherwise the judges deduct points. 108.8.

1:59:08 > 1:59:12Kobayashi from Japan. I know I keep banging on about him, he has been so

1:59:12 > 1:59:18much fun to watch. He has a hill record with a huge jump earlier.

1:59:18 > 1:59:25Will he come anywhere close here? No. And that reaction tells you he

1:59:25 > 1:59:29is a little frustrated not to go further. 130 metres is still

1:59:29 > 1:59:35reasonable. But he has done so much better, and I think he will do so

1:59:35 > 1:59:42much better in future. Remember this name for four years' time.

1:59:46 > 1:59:52A couple of 130 metre jumps for Kobayashi. That makes uncomfortably

1:59:52 > 1:59:57the best Japanese jumper here tonight. 20 metres or so ahead of

1:59:57 > 2:00:04anybody else from his country.

2:00:05 > 2:00:12There is the score. Japan will finish on 940.5, and they are second

2:00:12 > 2:00:21right now. Here comes Slovenia. Prevc, his last chance to have some

2:00:21 > 2:00:26kind of impact. They are in a battle with Austria. Three points behind.

2:00:26 > 2:00:34He had 134.5 metres before. That, again, would help.

2:00:34 > 2:00:39It is going to be a relatively close jump. Maybe a little bit further

2:00:39 > 2:00:46back? One metre back. 133.5.

2:00:47 > 2:00:49back? One metre back. 133.5. Prevc did not figure in the middle is the

2:00:49 > 2:00:53way he would have liked to. He was the silver medallist on the normal

2:00:53 > 2:00:57hill, the bronze medallist on the large hill. That never happened for

2:00:57 > 2:01:01him here. He was 12th and tenth instead. Beating Austria into fourth

2:01:01 > 2:01:07place. That would at least be something for Slovenia to leave the

2:01:07 > 2:01:15Latics with. They have never won 8-team medal. It is only Peter Prevc

2:01:15 > 2:01:20that has made an impression in recent years. That is the Slovenian

2:01:20 > 2:01:26score. We know that Michael Hayboeck has to get Australia above the

2:01:26 > 2:01:33Slovenians. Already stressful enough for them to beat fighting for

2:01:33 > 2:01:38fourth. They don't want to finish fifth.

2:01:38 > 2:01:50Long! That should be enough to send Austria into fourth place overall.

2:01:50 > 2:01:57Into provisional first above Slovenia right now. Michael Hayboeck

2:01:57 > 2:02:03was the surprise leader after the first hill. He finished strongly and

2:02:03 > 2:02:05took sixth place in the end. It looks like he has delivered where it

2:02:05 > 2:02:11mattered. Austria don't have the strength to be competing for medals.

2:02:11 > 2:02:18But that is at least a promising way to end their ski jump Olympics.

2:02:24 > 2:02:28138.5, and Austria move 11 points ahead of Slovenia. It looks like

2:02:28 > 2:02:37they will settle for fourth. That means we have three jumpers to go

2:02:37 > 2:02:41and three medals to decide. Nothing those guys can do. It is down to

2:02:41 > 2:02:44these. Andreas Wellinger for Germany.

2:02:49 > 2:02:53He has an Olympic gold and Olympic silver already. He is going to get

2:02:53 > 2:02:58another medal. What colour is it going to be? It is quite long. He

2:02:58 > 2:03:08looks like he wanted a little bit more. 134.5. It opens the door a

2:03:08 > 2:03:15fraction for Poland.

2:03:17 > 2:03:20Andreas Wellinger, only 22 years old, still the only returning member

2:03:20 > 2:03:26of the German squad that won team gold in Sochi. Norway look right now

2:03:26 > 2:03:30like they are going to take that away from Germany this time around.

2:03:30 > 2:03:34But what a talent this man is, gold and silver. His team-mates have been

2:03:34 > 2:03:45standing there applauding all week. Here is Jiminy's final score.

2:03:45 > 2:03:531075.7. -- Germany. We'll see if the man who won gold on Saturday can

2:03:53 > 2:03:58poll above that,

2:04:00 > 2:04:06poll above that, Kamil Stoch. Three times and Olympic champion. He won

2:04:06 > 2:04:09the gold on Saturday and they smuggled crates of beer into the

2:04:09 > 2:04:12Olympic Village afterwards. Poland were just happy to be celebrating.

2:04:12 > 2:04:19Will they celebrate again?

2:04:19 > 2:04:23Will they celebrate again? 134.5. It matches Andreas Wellinger. We will

2:04:23 > 2:04:29go to the judges.

2:04:30 > 2:04:38Well, we had such a nail-biting finish between Wellinger and Stoch

2:04:38 > 2:04:44in the final. You can see Stoch Pratichetti cheering his nails

2:04:44 > 2:04:50through his gloves. In the end, he won by a narrow margin and Wellinger

2:04:50 > 2:04:55settled for silver. Now they are battling for medals on behalf of

2:04:55 > 2:05:00their country. Look at this from Kamil Stoch. Gliding into the

2:05:00 > 2:05:05landing, cushioning it so nicely. All they can do now is wait for the

2:05:05 > 2:05:13score. Look at those faces. Gripped on the screen. They are going to see

2:05:13 > 2:05:21it when you see it. They are second, 1072.4. They will at least take the

2:05:21 > 2:05:31bronze medal. But Germany stay ahead of them. Will it be silver or gold?

2:05:31 > 2:05:36Robert Johansson of Norway has about a 20 point cushion to play with. For

2:05:36 > 2:05:45him and for Norway, gold is just some whiskers away!

2:05:48 > 2:05:59Here he goes, for gold. It is long! It is clean! It is surely enough for

2:05:59 > 2:06:07gold. Gold for Robert Johansson. Gold for the team. They are on top

2:06:07 > 2:06:14of him already. He has been imperious all Olympics long. Two

2:06:14 > 2:06:19bronze medals. Now they are going to be champions at the team event for

2:06:19 > 2:06:24the first time in their history, which is mad, it is crazy! The

2:06:24 > 2:06:27Norwegians invented this. They have won 30 medals at the Olympics, they

2:06:27 > 2:06:32have never won the team event. The man who has captured so much

2:06:32 > 2:06:39attention around the world is the man who gets to glide home to gold

2:06:39 > 2:06:45on behalf of a whole nation. It is not official yet, but it was good.

2:06:45 > 2:06:51It was long. It was clean. It had everything it needed to win a gold

2:06:51 > 2:06:56medal. And it is just a matter of the score coming out in front of our

2:06:56 > 2:07:04faces any second now.

2:07:07 > 2:07:16There it is! It is gold. 1098.5. There will be no close shave in this

2:07:16 > 2:07:22Olympic team final. Robert Johansson delivers the gold for Norway. They

2:07:22 > 2:07:26will stand on top of that team podium step for the first time.

2:07:26 > 2:07:31There was whiskers are golden. Norway are your team ski jump

2:07:31 > 2:07:34Olympic champions.

2:07:37 > 2:07:41How many more can he dream up? I think that moustache should get a

2:07:41 > 2:07:44gold medal of its own. Absolutely fantastic. Extraordinary, that is

2:07:44 > 2:07:49their first gold medal ever in the team event. In fact, we have some

2:07:49 > 2:07:52bragging rights, as you know, the Finns love their ski jumping, and it

2:07:52 > 2:07:57means that Norway are officially one ahead of them in the overall gold

2:07:57 > 2:08:06medal count in ski jumping in the Olympics, with 11, to the ten. The

2:08:06 > 2:08:09Norwegians are having their best games ever. When you think about it,

2:08:09 > 2:08:13the standards are crazy for them. They have already won 28 medal so

2:08:13 > 2:08:18far, and their previous best was 26. For Kamil Stoch and the Polish team,

2:08:18 > 2:08:23again, a first time on the podium in the team event. Happy days all-round

2:08:23 > 2:08:32for whisker wearers. We are now going to cut loose with margin,

2:08:32 > 2:08:35high-kicking and slashing. It is the ice hockey, the sharp end of the

2:08:35 > 2:08:39women's ice hockey. It is semi-final time. We have the USA up against

2:08:39 > 2:08:44Finland in the first. Finland have been on the podium twice, but only

2:08:44 > 2:08:47with a bronze medal. This US side contains six of the members of the

2:08:47 > 2:08:51team who claimed silver behind Canada four years ago. They are

2:08:51 > 2:08:57itching for the chance to upgrade that. They guaranteed silver on

2:08:57 > 2:09:01offer in the first semifinal, watched by Kate Simpson and Seth

2:09:01 > 2:09:07Bennett.

2:09:07 > 2:09:10Game day on semifinals day in the women's tournament. This is the

2:09:10 > 2:09:15opportunity. The opportunity for four teams to state their case for

2:09:15 > 2:09:22gold.

2:09:22 > 2:09:29This could be a chance? Yes! The Americans have the lead. Marvin

2:09:29 > 2:09:38found time and space. Out in front, and that is what it means to her in

2:09:38 > 2:09:49a semifinal. Huge mistake by the Finns. The US get the starter this

2:09:49 > 2:09:56game they want.

2:10:14 > 2:10:23This could be a chance! What a finish that was!

2:10:23 > 2:10:29finish that was! Cameranesi, the US capitalising on Finnish mistakes.

2:10:29 > 2:10:33Two goals could be enough to send them to the gold medal game. A huge

2:10:33 > 2:10:38giveaway in the zone, and before they had blinked, it was in the back

2:10:38 > 2:10:46of their own net. What anticipation from Cameranesi. Looking to the

2:10:46 > 2:10:56middle of the ice. What a shot. Short side.

2:10:56 > 2:11:06Interesting from

2:11:07 > 2:11:11Brant row. Monica could not handle it again. It went into her skater.

2:11:11 > 2:11:16It was a nice play from Brant. Getting this one all the way across.

2:11:16 > 2:11:20Too far wide.

2:11:29 > 2:11:34Here is Cameranesi, putting it on a tight angle. Ten more seconds with a

2:11:34 > 2:11:40two player advantage. They want to go back door.

2:11:40 > 2:11:46Another opportunity, and they convert.

2:11:48 > 2:11:53convert. Five on three power play. The USA are steam-rollering towards

2:11:53 > 2:11:59the gold-medal game. Too much, too strong, and Finland cannot handle

2:11:59 > 2:12:06them.

2:12:06 > 2:12:10them. Great finish from Jocelyne Lamoureux. And that is another goal.

2:12:10 > 2:12:16Finally, it comes.

2:12:16 > 2:12:18Finally, it comes. 6.05 remaining in the second period. For Hilary

2:12:18 > 2:12:24Knight, this has been the

2:12:25 > 2:12:30Knight, this has been the wait and the US are well on their way.It

2:12:30 > 2:12:34will be a message for Team Canada, to say that this America team came

2:12:34 > 2:12:37out and dominated, we have got to come out and do the same thing

2:12:37 > 2:12:45against the LA are in the semifinal. -- against the OAR. That is a

2:12:45 > 2:12:54wonderful finish.Beautiful play from the Americans.

2:12:54 > 2:12:56from the Americans. They are sensational right now. There is very

2:12:56 > 2:13:00little that Finland can do about this. Cameranesi claims his second

2:13:00 > 2:13:05of the game.

2:13:05 > 2:13:09The USA through to the final, but who would they face? All of Canada

2:13:09 > 2:13:17was expecting a semifinal against the Olympic athletes from Russia to

2:13:17 > 2:13:24be easy enough, they are going for a fifth medal. They thumped the

2:13:24 > 2:13:27Russians 5-0 in the group game. Could they had them for six this

2:13:27 > 2:13:29time? Let's see.

2:13:39 > 2:13:45Spooner, playing it in front. Wonderful opening goal for

2:13:45 > 2:13:49Wakefield. Again, it is the creativity of Spooner. So big and

2:13:49 > 2:13:55strong. The Canadian forward, whose family are from just outside

2:13:55 > 2:14:01Manchester, delivering a beautiful pass for Wakefield. Canada are

2:14:01 > 2:14:08already on the board.Terrific work by the two Canadian forwards. It

2:14:08 > 2:14:12looks like she's going to go behind the net, and then she throws it back

2:14:12 > 2:14:16towards Jennifer Wakefield. Look at the netminder. She just leaves her

2:14:16 > 2:14:23post ever so slightly. That creates a little opening on the short side.

2:14:23 > 2:14:25Just couldn't get enough with her glove.

2:14:38 > 2:14:47Scores! Something out of nothing. When Canada needed a shot in the

2:14:47 > 2:14:53arm, their inspirational captain delivered. With a two goal lead,

2:14:53 > 2:15:00they have one foot in another Olympic final.

2:15:00 > 2:15:12Olympic final. What a nice backhand. White starts the play, creating a

2:15:12 > 2:15:20couple of OAR players coming to her. Moving it over to Poulin?.

2:15:33 > 2:15:37At The Side Of The Net, Wakefield. She scores. Tight angle effort and

2:15:37 > 2:15:38she powers that one

2:15:38 > 2:15:43She scores. Tight angle effort and she powers that one through. They

2:15:43 > 2:15:47couldn't close the door, couldn't keep it out and Canada are on their

2:15:47 > 2:15:56way to the Olympic final for a fifth Winter Olympic gold medal in a row.

2:16:00 > 2:16:04Canada will come forward again. There was a trip there. And another

2:16:04 > 2:16:13goal. The players seemed to pause and wait and Emily Clark cashes in.

2:16:13 > 2:16:19Two minutes into the final session, and Canada score two quick goals,

2:16:19 > 2:16:25and they now will be heading without doubt for a meeting, a date with

2:16:25 > 2:16:32destiny, a date with the archrivals, a date with the USA in the Olympic

2:16:32 > 2:16:42final yet again. The Russians can't clear their own zone. Slap pass. How

2:16:42 > 2:16:49did that not go in from Johnson? This time, she does get there. If at

2:16:49 > 2:16:55first, you don't succeed, try, try and try again. Johnson collected it,

2:16:55 > 2:16:58dispatched its second time, third goal of the tournament for her. And

2:16:58 > 2:17:02Canada now have their fifth, and they have their first power play

2:17:02 > 2:17:08goal of the night as they had comfortably into the Olympic final

2:17:08 > 2:17:15once again.I love the second effort here. Melodie Daoust is a player we

2:17:15 > 2:17:19have talked about, and the impact she has had. Faked shot. Then

2:17:19 > 2:17:26Rebecca Johnson does a great job to stay on the park. With the net

2:17:26 > 2:17:34minders behind her, he fired it high. And that was the know doubt

2:17:34 > 2:17:40one, the rebound off the crossbar. No one knew where it was except for

2:17:40 > 2:17:41Babek Johnstone.

2:17:43 > 2:17:47Canada will be able to celebrate here because, despite making hard

2:17:47 > 2:17:54work of it for much of this game, they are the ones that will go on

2:17:54 > 2:17:58and, once again, they keep that perfect record, reaching every

2:17:58 > 2:18:02single women's Ice Hockey Challenge gold-medal match. So the reigning

2:18:02 > 2:18:11four time Olympic champions will face the four time reigning world

2:18:11 > 2:18:12champions, the USA against team Canada.

2:18:13 > 2:18:18For the sixth time in seven occasions in which women's eyes oche

2:18:18 > 2:18:23has been included, it is USA against Canada, surprise, surprise. The IOC

2:18:23 > 2:18:27has announced the women's ice oche competition will be extended from

2:18:27 > 2:18:33eight to ten teams in Beijing, 2022. But it will be the same two in the

2:18:33 > 2:18:37final regardless of what they do, but it should be a great final on

2:18:37 > 2:18:41Thursday. Plenty more on ice action, some of it with a dash of

2:18:41 > 2:18:47refinement, some of it with a dash of raw speed.

2:18:48 > 2:18:52Jenny Coomes and Nick Buckland face the music in the ice dance in their

2:18:52 > 2:18:55third Olympic Games, they have beaten long odds just to be here.

2:18:55 > 2:19:01They will be going like the clappers today in the men's 500 metres,

2:19:01 > 2:19:07shortest of the long track races, 35 seconds worth of explosive skating.

2:19:07 > 2:19:10Bursting with adrenaline, there is some testosterone flying around as

2:19:10 > 2:19:17well. The final runs in the two man bob. The snowboard riders have

2:19:17 > 2:19:21dropped into the half pipe already, now the free skiers get their

2:19:21 > 2:19:26chance, what could possibly go wrong?

2:19:26 > 2:19:31And new for 2018, snowboard big air create a big impression on its games

2:19:31 > 2:19:34debut, Britain's Aimee Fuller one of the women making Olympic history

2:19:34 > 2:19:37today. And we are very delighted to welcome

2:19:37 > 2:19:42another woman who made Olympic history, Jayne Torvill, gold

2:19:42 > 2:19:45medallist, bronze medallist, wonderful to have you with us. We

2:19:45 > 2:19:52have been chatting away to your on ice partner, Crist, what have you in

2:19:52 > 2:19:58joints over?I have watched as much as I can. The figure skating, I have

2:19:58 > 2:20:02enjoyed watching the snowboarding and the tricks they do. It's nice to

2:20:02 > 2:20:07have new sports in the Olympics.It sure is. When you look at some of

2:20:07 > 2:20:17the ice-skating, Chris choreographed the routine. More than the odd echo

2:20:17 > 2:20:23of Bolero in there, we thought.Of course. I know he worked with them,

2:20:23 > 2:20:27but hadn't seen the routine. I saw it and they were wearing purple

2:20:27 > 2:20:35costumes. I was, like, whoa. It was fitting that...Yeah. Good timing on

2:20:35 > 2:20:40your part, because you are here for the ice dance, we will enjoy the

2:20:40 > 2:20:44short dance, but you will know over the last few days, we have been

2:20:44 > 2:20:47having a Daly should opt for Bill and Dean, a scout through the back

2:20:47 > 2:20:53archives of your greatest hits. Because it is the of short dance

2:20:53 > 2:20:57that they can't we thought we would pick your last competitive outing in

2:20:57 > 2:20:59Lily hammer.

2:21:01 > 2:21:06It was the rumba, and that is today's time-out.

2:23:28 > 2:23:32COMMENTATOR: Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skating at their

2:23:32 > 2:23:41best. The feeling, the moves, and some of those neat, little moves

2:23:41 > 2:23:46that caught the public's imagination and those British supporters, I must

2:23:46 > 2:23:50say that there are more flowers coming onto the ice following Jane

2:23:50 > 2:23:54and Chris's programme than we have seen at any time during these

2:23:54 > 2:23:56championships.

2:23:58 > 2:24:03STUDIO: Watching that, what was it like sitting through that, when did

2:24:03 > 2:24:07you last see it?Not for a long time. It was interesting to try to

2:24:07 > 2:24:11remember the steps as they were happening, but there are a few

2:24:11 > 2:24:14moments in there which I remember because they work the difficult bits

2:24:14 > 2:24:18we had to work on many times.That was officially your last victory,

2:24:18 > 2:24:25because you won that small dance.In the ice dance at the time, there was

2:24:25 > 2:24:29a compulsory dance section, the original dance and free dance. In

2:24:29 > 2:24:34the original dance, we came first. Going into the free dance, we were

2:24:34 > 2:24:38Lions first overall, but then it didn't work after then. -- lying

2:24:38 > 2:24:44first.We talked to Chris about the somersault and how the judges didn't

2:24:44 > 2:24:49really seem to go for that, but you were in a no-win situation. You came

2:24:49 > 2:24:56into play by the rules, but were judged Fritz Lee.It was a difficult

2:24:56 > 2:25:01one, -- differently. Turning amateur, we wanted to come back and

2:25:01 > 2:25:05not be the ones trying to break all the rules. So we listen to

2:25:05 > 2:25:12everything. What they originally wanted was lots of footwork, going

2:25:12 > 2:25:15back to ballroom dancing. At the European Championships, which we

2:25:15 > 2:25:22actually won, we did a lot more basic dance routines, with not many

2:25:22 > 2:25:28lifts. Going out of that, they said we needed more highlights. We

2:25:28 > 2:25:32revamped the whole programme and put big moves in. We were told the

2:25:32 > 2:25:34somersault wasn't allowed, even though it was at the end of the

2:25:34 > 2:25:39programme. Never mind. If you've got lots of questions, I'm

2:25:39 > 2:25:45sure you have, ask

2:25:45 > 2:25:49sure you have, ask Jane. The rumba is something we will hear again,

2:25:49 > 2:25:52because the British pair of Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland will use it

2:25:52 > 2:25:56as well. We are looking forward to that.Any and Nick asked Chris to

2:25:56 > 2:26:01work with them over the summer, and they wanted to use that music. They

2:26:01 > 2:26:06asked if they could use that music. Within their routine, there are a

2:26:06 > 2:26:10couple of steps that they asked if they could use as a tribute to us,

2:26:10 > 2:26:14which is very endearing.It is indeed. After a litany of injuries,

2:26:14 > 2:26:21the fact they are at a third Olympic Games is extraordinary. It is a

2:26:21 > 2:26:26miracle, really.

2:26:39 > 2:26:44It's so hard to train for an Olympics when you are healthy. You

2:26:44 > 2:26:51push your body to the absolute limit every day. There's only so much your

2:26:51 > 2:27:00body can deal with. In a second, my life changed.

2:27:00 > 2:27:04Figure skater Penny Coomes has suffered career threatening knee

2:27:04 > 2:27:07injuries in training, which could end her hopes of competing at the

2:27:07 > 2:27:09Winter Olympics.

2:27:13 > 2:27:17Like that, I'm on the floor with half of my kneecap here, and the

2:27:17 > 2:27:20other half down here. I remember crying, not from the pain, but from

2:27:20 > 2:27:27what could be. And yeah, I've had the hardest year and a half of my

2:27:27 > 2:27:32life, but at the same time, it's the strongest I've ever had to be, and

2:27:32 > 2:27:36it's been a really rewarding time. That is a career ending injury for

2:27:36 > 2:27:4399 point numbers and people.Yeah. Definitely. We just didn't know what

2:27:43 > 2:27:50the way forward was, I think, once it happened, we put everything in

2:27:50 > 2:27:53perspective. It is only ice-skating, but it is something we have grown up

2:27:53 > 2:27:58with and that we absolutely adore. There was only one thing we were

2:27:58 > 2:28:03going to do, that was come back and pick up where we left off.

2:28:05 > 2:28:09So many people were, like, that's it, it is done and you can't come

2:28:09 > 2:28:15back from this. I remember reading those things and being so mad. I

2:28:15 > 2:28:18channelled that energy. I remember at our combat using that energy and

2:28:18 > 2:28:23being out there, and being, this is all the people that thought I can't

2:28:23 > 2:28:28do this, because I can.

2:28:34 > 2:28:39Not every day was a good day, and I didn't do it on my own. When I was

2:28:39 > 2:28:46down, I had my physio, my psychologist, Simon, and of course

2:28:46 > 2:28:51Nick. For me, at one point, I said to him, "I don't know if I can do

2:28:51 > 2:28:56this. I don't know that my knee will be strong enough again." He just

2:28:56 > 2:29:00said, "That's OK." And I think I needed to hear that in order to get

2:29:00 > 2:29:05better.In Michigan, this is where you are based, why here?

2:29:05 > 2:29:11Funnily enough, Michigan is an ice dance hub, there are three big ice

2:29:11 > 2:29:16dance camps, and Igor is one of the best in the world. We have come here

2:29:16 > 2:29:20for the last four years and trained with a lot of our rivals, I guess,

2:29:20 > 2:29:24which spurs us on every day in training, which is an interesting

2:29:24 > 2:29:27dynamic. But we get on really well and it is really cool.

2:29:27 > 2:29:33What does Pyeongchang represent for you?

2:29:35 > 2:29:43I'm sorry... It's just so emotional, because you know, this has always

2:29:43 > 2:29:49been my goal. When we first set out, we said we would do an Olympic

2:29:49 > 2:29:55Games, and Pyeongchang, we always said we would be our best here. To

2:29:55 > 2:30:03have that taken away... I feel like I've learnt it tenfold before I've

2:30:03 > 2:30:07even got there.Going out there after what we have been through will

2:30:07 > 2:30:13be a fitting end to this period of our lives. But the best bit is, kind

2:30:13 > 2:30:16of, yet to come.

2:30:16 > 2:30:23Penny has come through a career threatening knee injury, Nick had

2:30:23 > 2:30:27heart surgery. How much do you admire their efforts just to be in

2:30:27 > 2:30:30Pyeongchang?They have been through so much. I would just like to wish

2:30:30 > 2:30:35them good luck for the free dance. Indeed, I am sure there will be

2:30:35 > 2:30:44delighted to hear this. This is what they have been working towards, they

2:30:44 > 2:30:47have not been able to do them before, and here they are. Watching

2:30:47 > 2:30:52a lot of luck. How difficult is it as a skater, in

2:30:52 > 2:30:56any discipline, to come back after injuries in your sport? As you said

2:30:56 > 2:30:59earlier, it is externally unforgiving, the surface that you

2:30:59 > 2:31:05are working on. You suffered some injuries?1983, we were training for

2:31:05 > 2:31:09the European Championships. That was the year we did the Bolero routine.

2:31:09 > 2:31:16In one point, I was flying to the air horizontally, and Chris had hold

2:31:16 > 2:31:21of my arms. He tripped and he could not twist me to land. I just landed

2:31:21 > 2:31:26from a great height, right on my hip. My first thought was that I had

2:31:26 > 2:31:30broken my leg or my hip, because it was a really big impact. But then I

2:31:30 > 2:31:35stood up, I this we had broken my leg. -- I obviously had not broken

2:31:35 > 2:31:39my leg. I was feeling tingling in my arm and could not lift it. The force

2:31:39 > 2:31:45that we had between us, the pull, had pulled the ligaments around my

2:31:45 > 2:31:52shoulder blade and fractured it. The devastating thing for us was missing

2:31:52 > 2:31:55the European Championships. I'm not sure how long it was before, but it

2:31:55 > 2:32:01was not long enough to recover. I was in constant physio.I am sure

2:32:01 > 2:32:04you remember the physical difficulties of recovering, but

2:32:04 > 2:32:11mentally, I am sure you can empathise with Penny?Yes, what she

2:32:11 > 2:32:16touched on their is that she has done so much rehab and physio that,

2:32:16 > 2:32:20in some ways, she is probably stronger, coming back, having all of

2:32:20 > 2:32:24that work on it, the rest of the body, it is probably stronger.

2:32:24 > 2:32:28Having that time to train for a bit longer, having had to miss some of

2:32:28 > 2:32:31the competitions. That is how I felt, going into the World

2:32:31 > 2:32:35Championships. I had more time to train for it somehow. Mentally, that

2:32:35 > 2:32:40helped me.We will see how they do in a short dance. The favourites,

2:32:40 > 2:32:48Tessa virtue and Scott Moore. They went away from the sport, but it was

2:32:48 > 2:32:54the lure of competition that brought them back. Jane will remember that!

2:32:54 > 2:33:03No phone votes required in the Olympic version of Dancing On Ice.

2:33:04 > 2:33:10Here they are, Great Britain's comeback kid is, 20 months ago,

2:33:10 > 2:33:13Penny shattered her kneecap into eight pieces. They missed most of

2:33:13 > 2:33:17last season and she was reconstructed, rehabilitated. A

2:33:17 > 2:33:24battle to defy the odds, for the third time at deal of the games.

2:36:18 > 2:36:22She was told she would never skate again, but Penny Coombs and Nick

2:36:22 > 2:36:28Buckland are back on Olympic ice. Here they are. What will it mean to

2:36:28 > 2:36:33them to be back?Amazing. The first event of the season for them was the

2:36:33 > 2:36:39qualifying event in Germany. They qualified and they won the event.

2:36:39 > 2:36:45They got Team GB the spot.That was their last possible chance to

2:36:45 > 2:36:49qualify for the games, they needed to come back and win. And they did.

2:36:49 > 2:36:56They have done everything asked of them.

2:36:56 > 2:37:06them. 68.36. A season best is 71.9. We have seen the scores from the

2:37:06 > 2:37:10judges a little bit down from what you would expect. They leap to the

2:37:10 > 2:37:12top of the leaderboard with that performance. They have a

2:37:12 > 2:37:15qualification mark against their name and they are through to

2:37:15 > 2:37:17tomorrow's free skate.

2:37:20 > 2:37:28One of two Canadian pairs to skate in this group. Top ten for four

2:37:28 > 2:37:33successive years. Not selected former years ago. They are lucky to

2:37:33 > 2:37:36make their mark on this Olympics instead. I am delighted to say we

2:37:36 > 2:37:40are joined in the commentary box by Nick Buckland and Penny will

2:37:40 > 2:37:41hopefully join us in a bit.

2:37:48 > 2:37:59Personalised boots, too.

2:38:13 > 2:38:21Cleanly through the synchronised

2:38:21 > 2:38:31twizzles. Unusual pattern on the ice, to see them done that way.

2:38:31 > 2:38:38They always provide different music choices. I am always interested to

2:38:38 > 2:38:51see what they come out with, Pipe band Paul. -- Piper and Paul.

2:40:18 > 2:40:21That looked like it was a little bit ahead of the music to me. I don't

2:40:21 > 2:40:26know if they will get caught on it. It had looked a little bit ahead of

2:40:26 > 2:40:27the music.

2:40:33 > 2:40:38Great change of position, there. That, ladies and gentlemen, is the

2:40:38 > 2:40:40voice of Penny Coombs!

2:40:43 > 2:40:47Penny, squeezing into the commentary box just a few seconds before the

2:40:47 > 2:40:55end of Piper and Paul's routine. They always bring something new to

2:40:55 > 2:40:59the table, they are very creative. There was a lot of nice costume

2:40:59 > 2:41:04features in that, which always makes us smile. Definitely an enjoyable

2:41:04 > 2:41:10couple.Only Paul could pull those sleeves off.

2:41:12 > 2:41:1669.60. Bumped off for now, is that what you would expect from these

2:41:16 > 2:41:21two? They are quality?We have always been close with Piper and

2:41:21 > 2:41:25Paul. I was expecting something around that mark. It is definitely

2:41:25 > 2:41:29within reaching distance in the free dance. We will be in the same group

2:41:29 > 2:41:33as them, the judges will be able to directly compare.They have targets

2:41:33 > 2:41:39on their backs now?Absolutely!The second Canadian pair of the ultimate

2:41:39 > 2:41:49group in the short programme. Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje. They

2:41:49 > 2:41:56came seventh in Sochi four years ago. Another quality couple to come

2:41:56 > 2:41:59out of Canada, with Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir yet to come.

2:42:05 > 2:42:15They have such depth, the Canadians, in their high -- I stand squat. --