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

Afternoon and welcome to coverage on

BBC two, Day ten of the winter

Olympics in Pyeongchang. If you were

watching the curling on BBC One the

eighth end is under way. Let's catch

up with the only other action this

morning, the two man bobsleigh,

captained by Brad Hall with Joel

Fearon on board. We will see their

fourth and final run and we will see

the medals being decided. For now

let's head straight back to the

Curling Centre, Great Britain's

women need to win this game against

Switzerland's otherwise it will be

too tense for all of us. Jackie

Lockhart

COMMENTATOR: thank you. Our nerves

have been frayed a fair bit already.

Close matches all the way through.

While you were away for eight few

moments, things switched around in

this way, Micky Adams played a great

shot, we had a red tucked in behind

the yellow came close on that. The

second shot sprung the British red,

I see one left on the left, still

trying to build this opportunity,

using the guard out there.

Esther Neuenschwander starting to be

a bit suspect, this is that Mike

Skipper has rescued the situation.

Another chance for Anna Sloan. Still

out there, the yellow one. This is a

shot Vicki Adams played with her

first stone very well.

first stone very well. Still a

chance here. Need a good shot here.

Need a good shot here.

Got a couple of options, you hear

the girls saying, the other way.

Good that they are looking at both

options. Just got it on the nose.

Still high. If Switzerland's head

that they really need a road to get

in the house and if they don't get

in the house for counting red

Britain could come round behind the

centre or the corner. Depending

where the Swiss stone finishes.

Depending where the

Swiss stone finishes.

Keep updating you with the match is

going on elsewhere, 6-4, in the

Denmark match, not affecting the

table too much, Sweden and Japan

hardly scoring at all.

hardly scoring at all. The USA

waiting to close out their match

against China. They had a time out,

China, I was wondering what on earth

they were saying, so little left.

Jackie, though on.

I hate to say

this, China had another issue with

the stones. And the ice technician

came out with his Allen key, that

famous Alan Kay, we have seen many

times this week, I don't know what

happened, I was trying to

concentrate on our game but I saw

there was a situation and the umpire

was there. I'm guessing the ladies

out here have to be careful to keep

an eye on the stones to make sure

they are working and activated

before you play them, tilt the stone

up as she played it, that activates

it.

Not in there. Did not get the

roll in.

Great opportunity for us to

pull one in, right into the middle.

Keeping it in the top four, don't

slip behind, girls.

Eve Muirhead has

been an excellent form. She just

needs to draw a little better, one

or two of the drawers have not been

top-notch although most of her

shotmaking has been. Trying to pull

her team through this match. Eve

Muirhead. With her drawer to try and

come in with a bit of protection.

See if she can tempt Silvana

Tirinzoni.

We want to get two here.

We want to try and get cover, we see

Lauren trying to sweep this as hard

as she can. A little bit more.

That's lovely.

Just covering the

other side. Well done, sweeping and

Eve Muirhead.

She's looking to play the front

yellow back.

One more stone for Switzerland's.

Great Britain wouldn't really want,

necessarily, to take one, what do

you think about blanking it, if she

ends up cleaning these two?

Yes, I

guess she would. She doesn't want a

one, she wants two.

one, she wants two. It Silvana

Tirinzoni cactuses, the trouble is

if she gets it right, she will be in

a yellow card. -- yellow card. If

she takes them all out, nothing in

the house.

the house.

She hasn't come down with

too much weight here.

She has played

very well, not a lot of call, is it

right? She's got it.

CHEERING

Eve could still blank verse. She

could still take this out. Coming to

have a look and a discussion about

what to do. She has the option of

taking one or trying to blank the

end and if she blanks the end, they

take the hammer into the ninth, it

will of course mean that

Switzerland's will have the hammer

into the tent.

into the tent. -- into the tenth.

She's saying... A big decision here.

That is what evil is saying, will I

take one but if I take that she is

going to try and force them... Who

has got the hammer?

But on the other

hand what she was saying, she was

also saying if we blank it she will

try and force one, it might enable

us to get two.

I think first and

foremost, in the normal situation

you would say let's like it, take

the hammer into the ninth, hopefully

the girls can try and get two in the

ninth end and be one up. Or they

have got the opportunity to blanket.

She is going to try and force one.

In the ninth. And then trust herself

to get two in the tenth because

obviously, if they do get two in

obviously, if they do get two in the

ninth, it's getting hard, isn't it?

Anyway, after eight, it's 6-5, the

point to remember is Great Britain,

if it's all tied, if we don't get it

across the line in the tenth and it

ends up I two to Switzerland's and

one to great written, we forced the

one, we are all tied up at ten, we

go into an extra end if it stays,

the scoring with the hammer stays

this way. Switzerland's would have

the hammer in the extra end. I and

still reasonably happy, I think you

keep your nose in front, make them

make the shots, the play.

Ivo is backing herself to get two.

Any

Any time... I am looking at the

scoreboard as well! Have we got this

wrong?

Did you not think she...

No.

Sorry, Jackie! LAUGHTER I wondered

why you were looking puzzled at me.

They did take one.

Honestly, I don't

think I am concentrating, I thought

she was going to blank the end.

We

were talking about if she blanked

the end for the options were. She

took the one. And as I was trying to

explain, if it goes with the two

explain, if it goes with the two and

two...

I apologise, it is late at

night here, it is early in the

morning back at home!

I tell you

what we will do, there are economics

students and a banker on the Swiss

team, with a bit of luck they have

got this sorted and they know what

they have to do.

It's finished between the USA and

China, 10-4. They shook hands after

the eighth. That will put the USA on

four wins. That is what Great

Britain are trying to get, four wins

and three losses, sadly from a

British perspective if we end up on

the same record as the USA they beat

us earlier in the week and to break

ties and ranking, you cannot go out

if you are tied for fourth, it will

go to a tie-break match if there are

two teams tied for fourth. For

instance, fourth and fifth place

with the same record, if it's a case

of breaking a tie when there are

more than one team with a same

record, the decision in the

round-robin goes in the favour of

the team, let's say it was 5-4 to

the USA and there was another team

involved, the USA would be ranked

higher than Great Britain.

It's all come to cater, anyway.

Hopefully it won't come to that!

What Switzerland's are doing...

Everyone is being a little bit... A

bit cagey. I just remembered the

words of Glenn Howard at half time

saying to the British team, just

don't go too long with those guards,

that is ringing in their ears. Four

stones. And only now can they be

removed. If Eve wants them to be.

Going to try and come round here.

There isn't a lot of space between

the stones. But get one in. Down the

centre.

This is very, very close. Going to

tap it in.

I love the expressions of Vicki

Adams, the same way that the

expression of Anna comes...

Kind of

exasperated. They did not want to

push that too far back into the

open, they were trying to keep it

tight. Top half of the house.

After the China USA match, a nice

little play on that stone, knocking

the British stone further back into

the house, after the China USA match

we did not have a full house but we

have lost about half of what we had

and this is as empty as I have seen

the arena during round-robin. It's

gone a little quiet in here, the

British women need to keep their

concentration, you can hear every

single word, everyone in the arena

can hear the guys. I think the other

teams are turning and listening.

What did she say? What did she say?

OK, so were not going to go and

chase the yellow at the moment, we

are going to try and tap up the red

at the front into the forefoot.

It's

almost playing the short that she

inadvertently played last time.

Really just about the angle she

hates this on.

A little bit of a

chance. Eve wants to sweep the same,

get this in just a little bit more.

Take a little bit of weight of that,

she had too much on the first one.

We have got two counters in there.

It could be useful. A lot of stones

out front which should be to our

advantage if we were to try and

steal but we have to get in. This

won't be the end that Switzerland's

like because they know there's lots

of stones out there. At the

forefoot.

They are looking at the

best ones.

To raise in or tap up. She is

looking a little nonplussed at the

moment, Tirinzoni. Plenty of stones

left to play. She is trying to think

ahead, what could happen.

I'm trying to think where we are on

the time-out situation. We haven't

had a time-out, have we?

No, I don't

think we have had a time out.

Nor

has Switzerland. Each team are

allowed one. He's telling us what he

thinks but they can't see that.

They

want to create a two. They have to

clear up that front area. She has to

make sure she has a guarantee. She

wants to score here, that's for

sure.

sure.

It is still Siegrist to play,

who is playing second tier. This is

now coming down to almost every

stone being crucial for both teams.

A must win for Britain, but if it

can be, even more of a must win... I

say Mass went because Britain's last

three matches have been so tough,

Canada last one. This one against

Switzerland. No easy games coming

up, I suppose there are no easy

games at this stage of the

competition. This is well out there.

Is it heavy? It might pull up, but

I'm not sure by how much.

Helping it

on its way. A bit of a wasted stone

there.

there.

Switzerland, we have got

second and third.

Sorry, I was

trying to work it out.

She was

trying to come into the four foot.

Playing a really dangerous game when

she'd got last stone here. There's a

wall of stones at the front. If we

can get in behind first.

Amat is

trying to make a better attempt than

that that we just saw. -- Anna.

As

to make sure it is past the guard.

I

don't think it is, I don't think it

was ever out far enough, never. You

could argue we have just had two

stones that haven't changed things

too much, although the Swiss one is

in the house. It's not, it's Paul

Stone at the moment, Britain lying

two and three. She has asked, have

another go. This is Neuenschwander.

She will want this to finish on the

eight foot, the white part of the

circle, but she won't want it to go

too far back.

This might have split

the difference between those two

previous shots. It looks a bit

better. One to help it on its way.

Just gets enough.

Just gets enough.

So Switzerland to

lying two shots at the moment.

Eve

wants to follow it in. Anna needs to

make the correction from that first

stone. I don't think she likes it

out there.

I guess even if you touch this, or

this...

OK.

That's good. The one

Switzerland just played is tucked in

right behind. Anna wouldn't be able

to see anything of it, especially as

a left-handed player, setting on the

right-hand hack. This is probably a

better choice here.

Vicky said we

know what the ice stars here. Going

to come down and trying to up one of

those front reds, on the right-hand

side as we look at it down the ice

from Ana's point of view. Needs to

turn quite a lot here.

Has she got

enough of it, though?

enough of it, though? Well swept,

girls!

Well swept, just on there,

counting shot. Well done from Anna

Sloan. All that does is changes the

dynamic of what Tirinzoni can ask

Neuenschwander to do because Great

Britain have one in there. Not by

much.

much. As you said, although stones

out front now, she's looking to see

which one she wants to use or to

clear a path.

She probably should

have done it earlier but we have one

in there.

Only three stones left, if

she wants to score two... This one

has to be really effective. She has

stones to use in the house. Britain

have also got three in their hanging

around. That one just at the top of

the four foot line, only just.

I

think she has to look at the shot

which is the most dangerous, and

that is the red at the top, just to

the left hand side of the

centreline. Because if she goes for

yellow and she doesn't make it,

she's still left unguarded. I think

she has to go for the one, if she

doesn't make it, she probably clears

it a little in the middle. Now, were

they also looking at the shimmy,

where they can get two of them in

the middle of these two reds?

Do a jingle between them and write

in? A strange word, shimmy!

If only

the viewers could see what you are

doing! Let's see.

Catch two of the

man...

Straight through, straight

through.

My goodness, I never

thought I could happen!

Hands-on

head for Switzerland.

head for Switzerland. Neuenschwander

just clips the tiniest, just look at

that, just gave it enough,

completely missed the British stone.

Trying to hit that first red. Well,

well, well stop

.

You could try that -- you couldn't

do that if you tried!

Neuenschwander

sliding straight through the house,

through the gap. Like you said, if

you wanted to do it, you couldn't.

There comes a smile from the

Tirinzoni. It's not over yet for

them, but it just makes her job more

difficult to stop she has two stones

left. So has Eve Muirhead.

So, we're

just going to try and block route

in, put another guard up. Just right

on the centreline is what we're

looking for.

Exactly, because

they've got the one played by

Neuenschwander, Eve Muirhead has

gone OK, fair enough, let's block

that off, which she has done

perfectly well. And even more stones

out in front now. She has to pick

something here to move. She

desperately needs to try and get

two. Great Britain, a lying shot.

Which one does she choose question

what she can't get brand anything

there to get into the four foot.

She's looking at moving the centre

reds if she can. She wasn't

initially looking at a yellow, but

there is an opportunity for her to

promote her own yellow into the

house. I think she would probably

want to leave that with her last.

Should she clear up the front, Eve

can't cover both, the centre and the

rays on the yellow. It depends what

she does with this stone here.

That

is key for her, what she needs to be

able to do. She has called a

time-out. With her last stone, a

move that out the way. She wants to

have a clear or some sort of run at

it. Here comes Gerry Adam to have a

look. Taking his time whilst he is

walking, to give them more time to

think about it. Once he arrives, the

Time out starts.

He gets 45 seconds

to get to the head and then gets a

one minute to speak to the girls.

The match between Japan and Sweden,

incidentally, is a cracking match.

Probably one of those that might

have gone match of the day at the

end as a bore draw but it is an

important match for all.

Looks pretty natural... It is either

play red, yellow and that one or

yellow...

In an attempt end Sweden

with the hammer, Sweden with a five

and one record. So that is the shot

she is going to try. Risky.

She's only got one opportunity at

this. Reds at the front there. I

guess this is the old risk versus

reward, go for it just now, if you

get this right, Great Britain are

lying three against the few. Push

the red through. If you don't, we

could have an opportunity to steal a

one and go two up without the

hammer.

Big shot here for Tirinzoni.

A lot of pressure on the Swiss skip.

She has played some great shots. One

or two really nice take outs. That

is thin. Just catches it, doesn't

sit, though. She has improved the

situation, definitely improved the

situation. Where does Eve put this

question much you could take one

away and then only get two. That is

the best option.

The yellow is wide

open.

Nearly missed altogether.

Hit

the yellow and roll into the four

foot, behind all the red guards

again.

I don't know what they're

laughing at. She did catch it so

thin. Not quite sure... They've just

asked them to move that stone that

was still out there. What she did do

was clear a path into Eve down the

side. So Eve Muirhead can remove

this stone, and that means at best,

at best, Sweden will get two and

will lead by one. Great Britain will

have the hammer on the final end.

Oooh... That was a shame. Just over

ran it.

Doesn't affect things too

much. There is no way she can take

both of those stones. Great Britain

second and third stone.

There is not

a lot of room to draw in there so

she has chosen to hit this. Hitting

it on the nose would be good enough.

She needs to catch the inside edge.

You can see, the red stone at the

top of the eight but the Great

Britain is half in and half out of

the eight foot and the 12 foot. So a

hit and roll required here if she

wants to pick up a two, otherwise

Switzerland will only get a wonder.

Either way -- only get a one. This

is still a match Great Britain can

win here. Where is this going to

stop? Just catches it on the nose.

Just enough of a roll and gets two.

Switzerland keeping this match very

much in the balance. They know Gow

into the lead. It has been a seesaw

scoring match between these two.

Both playing well, particular reader

two Skips. It is Switzerland who now

have the slim advantage, 7-6 as we

move into the tenth and final end,

unless it is tied, and then we would

move to an extra end. Great Britain,

you would say one is not good enough

here. In a sense it would keep the

advantage with Switzerland into that

extra end. They want to win it here,

get your two.

get your two. A bit unfortunate. If

Eve's shot had done something

similar there, it would have had a

great

chance. She played a really

good rays with her yellow. We had

another opportunity to get it

rolling, just didn't get it going.

It is all to play for. Great Britain

in a real tussle. It is also 7-7 in

the match between Denmark and OAR

and 4-4 between Japan and Sweden. We

would like Sweden to win that match,

they have the hammer in the final

end. Sweden, five wins, we expect

them to go on and secure their place

in the semifinal. A win for them

would keep Japan in the mix

mid-table, four wins an four losses.

If Britain win this, that is the

record they would have. So a Swedish

victory there would be in favour of

Team GB.

Lauren Gray with the corner guard

called here.

This is all very

exciting, Jackie, but I wouldn't

have minded the odd 8-4, 10-3, walk

off early.

Every game the girls have

played has been very close. And the

guys. The guys. The talent out here

is extremely high.

Switzerland trying to come down,

come in behind their. The high

yellow.

It's about as good as she's ever

managed to do actually, to get them

lined up.

What a time to do it, in

the last end!

Yes.

We can't touch

that centre yellow outfront because

it is in the free guards own but we

can try and catch the one in the

house and push it back and get a

little bit of a roll. She won't be

able to see much of it, so she has

to play a delicate, controlled

weight down here. Playing clockwise

rotation of the stone.

Eve is

asking, where is it going?

They really need to connect with the

stone, Vicki Adams is trying to help

this. Going to catch some of it.

Well swept. Well swept, Laurent was

a little concerned when she let that

go.

Lauren I contrast with Van, known by

her facial expressions. Vicki Adams

never gives anything away. -- by

contrast with Anne.

Manuela Siegrist playing second in,

quietly gone about her business.

Going to tap that in a little bit

more. She is not too pleased with

that.

that. Getting quieter and quieter in

the arena. As other matches have

even completed.

The British bands behind the far

end. -- the British fans. A clutch

of supporters.

It's a nice shot, that, well played.

Level.

They did not want to knows

that, the other red.

She was saying

exactly what I thought, she had

overcooked it, as she put it there.

The first part of the job in this

end, working out, Manuela Siegrist,

next to go. Her second stone.

Jackie, almost holding our breath

with every shot.

Defensive stop she

wanted to try and get onto the top

of that there are, I did wonder if

she would try and hit some of the

Reds, the last thing she wanted to

do was lose two. We have two in the

house.

Time out. I think what is

happening here, Eve is saying we

have a good situation, I want to

make sure we make the right decision

about where we put the stones, the

chance of a two, you come to this,

almost halfway through, we have five

stones, they have four. Let's hear

what Glenn Howard has to say.

what Glenn Howard has to say.

Can we

get a third shot?

I think so. You

could rip the guard, it's not going

to be pretty. We got five to come.

We could come and stuff it on top.

On top of the red? I like that

better.

better.

If we stuff that, she has to

run at.

She locks it on top, then we

have to do a little top stuff. Stuff

it on top, she runs at.

Alongside

that back one.

that back one.

Eve had a good one

down here before.

That's going to

hurt us. If she makes that...

There

is a bit of stuffing going to go on

here.

That's another word for it,

stuffing, said it on top of the red.

There was an opportunity to take the

centre of. That could be a danger to

you but he did say, you have got to

run the whole end, ensuring you have

two always in the house. This is a

really clever call from Glenn

Howard.

But is what he is therefore,

to give them the right strategy.

It's not about, they then have to be

relied upon to deliver the shop is

but he's trying to get them to think

ahead, think three, four, five

stones ahead.

Stone placement is

key, to get past the guard and she

has to be on top of that.

It's

curling locks, an awful lot.

Is she

passed? Just passed, well swept!

That was a super sweep by Team GB.

Every shot that we make, in that

way, makes it more difficult for

Switzerland, not just because the

situation in the game. But as this

pressure ramps up, noisy shops,

don't give any easy shots away, they

made a mistake running right

through, trying to capitalise on

that.

We are sitting on the bottom,

one high, on the forefoot, that is

the area you want to protect. Going

to catch the guard... Going to catch

the guard.

the guard. Switzerland, at the

moment, not in a very good position.

No, and Eve is going to try and make

it a little bit worse, she will

happily use that, use what she was

trying to do. Rohler cross and head

out right one and sit in front of

the two red stones, if she can. A

bit more protection upfront. Try to

catch this on the right side. A bit

like that. Not quite what you

wanted.

Plan B, that will do fine!

Switzerland going to run the red

into the red pack in the house, try

and move several of them. She needs

to try and create a way in here for

herself because at the moment, she

is in trouble.

She could get there

is absolutely right and Britain

might still be left with one in here

but if she doesn't, that looks

really... She has done well, they

still have three. Partial result,

partial result, no better. Eve is

now happy to take this brand guard

away. When you are hitting stones

like that, to get everything going

the way you want it to, absolutely

perfect. That situation was one they

had to do something.

Didn't want to hit her stones there,

Great Britain lying one, two and

three. She's going to move some more

here, going to try and come in and

freeze on that back one.

She is

trying to work out which way to do

it.

She has two make it difficult

for Great Britain to get more than

one, two here.

She's Guptill emit

them to one.

That might be 40 men.

Yes, sorry, she is trying to freeze

one in there.

-- she's lot to limit them to one.

Silvana Tirinzoni, two stones left.

This is their Olympic Games, in

terms of the result, put them out of

contention. For Eve Muirhead, Anna

Sloan and the other team, you can

see an opportunity building here.

Silvana Tirinzoni, that trauma keeps

at 100%, I'm still not sure if it's

true, she has got a good chance of

making this. Trying to come and

freeze against the British red.

Turning now, turning.

Slowing down,

not enough, she hasn't got enough.

That's still two, maybe even three

for Great Britain. And she knows,

she will come and have a little

look, I am sure.

I think we go here.

Eve does not want her to have the

option to play that again.

No,

especially when she has just come

down that line, if she puts one to

the other side and says OK, I am

drawing you away from the corner

pocket, she needs a cover in the

back of that.

Actually, by being

slightly over to the right as you

and I look at it, she has room to

come in and freeze on the bottom

red. Eve will want to make sure that

does not happen.

If Eve closes the

door on this pocket that makes it

that the gold, silver and will not

have anywhere to go. -- Silvana

Tirinzoni.

Maybe not sure about

this.

this.

The trouble is if we go too

far, we leave a bigger pocket.

Would

a short be better here, surely?

Perhaps the other side, even if she

makes the pocket, you still got the

draw for one to get...

A chance if

she wants it. That's probably why

Ken Howard was shaking his head.

Given her an opportunity again, that

opportunity.

I can tell you there

are cheers next to this house, Japan

have stolen in the final end, not a

good result for Great Britain, Japan

beaten Sweden, that means Japan have

five wins, two losses, they will

have the same record as Sweden after

seven matches, Great Britain have

two tough matches to finish, yes I

said one of them was against Canada

but the other one is against Japan.

Well, Great Britain need to win this

one first. And that's far from

certain. So, the final stone for

Silvana Tirinzoni, trying to make

life difficult for Eve Muirhead

here, Great Britain are lying, we

think two, this is a perfect shot...

Will get inside those two. Where is

this going? Where is this going?

It's got a chance, it's wider, will

it catch the red on the way in, it

won't, will it go by and the other

side, I don't think so, it might

bump.

They offer swept that.

They

might bump, that means it can be

pushed out. Eve Muirhead a chance to

win this.

Silvana Tirinzoni looking

gutted, that was sleeping there,

they were just not wait too quickly,

they needed to leave it until it got

the poll. Could this be an

opportunity for Great Britain to tap

it through?

She needs to do is move

that back. Just checking whether, if

she moves that, the shooter would be

in. We've got another one counting.

Ahead of that yellow, at least if

the other one, the sort of three

o'clock lying isn't the same.

Looks

like she's playing a head to check

it out.

Here we go. This is going to

be good. Just got to get rid of the

yellow.

Clean is always good. Good,

this could be good. Excellent.

It's

enough, I'm pretty sure. Not much in

it, the handshake. They aren't going

to bother measuring that. They

decided it was close enough, Eve

Muirhead finally manages to get the

victory for the British team, in a

match which went both ways, Britain

on top, then Switzerland, it was a

seesaw all the way, finally two in

the tenth end means great written

come out on top, 8-7, much-needed

victory keeps their hopes very much

alive of guaranteeing a place in the

semifinals, two more matches to

come, tough ones against Japan and

Canada but they beat Switzerland,

job done.

STUDIO: It was a terrific match to

watch. Rhona Howie is next to me.

The Swiss gave Eve a chance and she

took it stops are absolutely. If she

hadn't rolled off, Eve would have

had a drop of one.

Just that's like

miscommunication in their sweeping

gave Eve a chance and she nailed it.

We will get an interview with the

four very soon. I am sure we will be

back with them. Let's just have a

look at the dying ends of the tenth

end, and talk us through what you

are thinking as a skip, what you

need to do.

It is one of these

shots, you can see the whole stone

and no more. She couldn't be tight

and hit the guard, she could afford

to be on the wide side and roll out,

as she did. She had two other

counters in there. She knew the side

to air on Angie didn't play down

weight but positive weight.

Let's

look at the standings. We have Japan

and Canada still to come. Great

Britain, and there have been match

is going on at the same time. You

were following what was happening.

And exciting lead Japan and Sweden

had a big ding dong game and Japan

beat Sweden. Though it means Japan

and Sweden are now on the same

record, five wins and two losses.

Great Britain currently in joint

fourth place with the USA. In terms

of

fourth place with the USA. In terms

of what that means, basically

Britain still in control of their

own destiny and that is the

important thing. Not looking around

thinking I hope so and so beat them.

You don't want to rely on other

people to win or lose. Destiny is

still in their own hands. They have

Japan and Canada, they are capable

of beating both these countries and

if they do that they are in the

semifinals.

Overall, how do you

think they played?

A bit of an edgy

game, some great shots and some

silly shots from both teams. It came

down to that tenth end. Britain

played a fantastic tenth end and put

the pressure on Switzerland.

played a fantastic tenth end and put

the pressure on Switzerland.

Going

back, the final two stones. The

Swiss had the hammer and Britain

were leading 5-3 at this stage. I

think what a lot of people will be

impressed with is how Britain came

back after that controversial hog

line issue that even. They have come

back strongly but the Swiss were

making life testing all the time.

Yes, this was a great freeze by Eve

making life testing all the time.

Yes, this was a great freeze by Eve,

she came right in, froze on top of

the yellow and lay shot. Not an easy

shot.

So the pressure was on

Tirinzoni. Explain why it is so

difficult.

Because the British stone

is frozen on the yellow Swiss stone,

she has to hit it exactly in the

right place and she does it

perfectly to score two.

That brought

the scores back to 5-5. And all the

time you are thinking, the build-up,

the build-up, the build up.

Sometimes the Swiss were in really

strong positions and make good

decisions. There was one stone, if

they played at 50,000 times they

couldn't have missed it the way they

did. This was bad luck as much as

anything.

She was trying to go

through the gap here. It would have

put Britain in big trouble. They

didn't sweep and she just rubbed the

top one. That was the key shot per

Switzerland to make that. If they

had,

Switzerland to make that. If they

had, Britain in big trouble, but

Miss called sweeping.

Ifs, buts

maybes. Eve Muirhead and her team

getting the win. Let's hear the

reaction from them.

Well done, but you're not making

this easy, are you?

No. That was a

tough game and a game of inches.

Both teams played really well, a lot

of good shot making. We knew, I

think we have two win about every

game now. I think we stepped up a

dear friend yesterday and if we can

keep this going until tomorrow.

A

good point there, Lauren. It looks

like everyone was on their game from

the start tonight?

Yes, that was our

intention. We knew we pretty much

needed to win every game from here

and we wanted to be as professional

and play as well as we could. We

feel like we did that and it was a

very tight game and we are very

happy to have won.

Does it get

frustrating when you know you are

playing well on the opposition keep

matching you?

Yes, I think you get a

bit of frustration that we have

worked a lot on how to compose

ourselves, refocus and concentrate

on one stone at a time and that is

what we did.

Two games to go, tough

games. Japan got a win tonight

against Sweden. You have them and

Canada.

Yes, we do. I think we've

taken every game here down to the

wire. Obviously that is what we are

going to be expecting for our next

two games. We are going to go back,

debrief, relax and come out fighting

again tomorrow.

Well done.

Let's

have a look at the standings.

again tomorrow.

Well done.

Let's

have a look at the standings. Japan

and Canada, the matches still to

come for Great Britain. The

Canadians, having started badly,

have come into form and could be

difficult. They lost their first

three.

And then they won the next

three. They are on their way up.

Japan in second place. Republic of

Korea going well, lots of home

support them. Sweden in joint second

in Great Britain currently in joint

fourth. Two games still to come, and

it

fourth. Two games still to come, and

it will be fairly tense tomorrow.

Say and they're what you said about

the importance that the men and

women?

Very important. Wins tomorrow

would put us that in the semifinals

for both men and women. We are still

in the running. Losses will make us

all very nervous.

You said it is one

of the biggest days of British

curling ever.

Did I?

Yes, that's

what you said! Thank you for talking

so expertly for it. Let's bring you

up to date on the state of affairs

for Elise Christie. After her

incredibly painful looking crash and

departure, the latest issue will

undergo a fitness test tomorrow to

determine if she can compete in her

final bid for winter Olympic Glory

in the 1000 metres. The hits are

tomorrow. She was on the ice today

purely to see if she could put the

boot on and skate around a bit. She

will go through a training session

tomorrow. If she comes through that

and that is still a big if, she will

compete tomorrow evening Korean

time. To be honest, UK time we will

know at around 2am, 2:30am whether

or not Elise Christie will be lining

up at ten o'clock tomorrow morning

for the heat of her 1000 metres. He

also said she absolutely wants to

and if medically we are happy and it

is clear, the decision will be hers

to skate. Indications I got just

now, she is very keen to do so.

Michaela Shiffrin has had to change

plans a bit because the Alpine

schedule has become very packed.

Games organisers have announced the

women's combined event is moved

forward a day to Thursday and that

has persuaded Michaela Shiffrin to

skip Wednesday's downhill. She said,

as much as I wanted to compete in

the Olympic downhill, with the

schedule change it's important to

focus my energy on preparing for the

combined. Remember, she has already

won

combined. Remember, she has already

won gold in the giant slalom. She

skipped the super-g. She wanted to

skate on the downhill but because it

is getting very tight, she is going

to concentrate on Thursday's

combined. That is the news and the

American superstar. Right, we are

going to be focusing on the two man

Bob. The final run to co-and they

are in reverse order, Great Britain

hoping for a place in the top ten.

Let's see what happened in the third

run.

COMMENTATOR: We're underway, the

men's two-man bob.

men's two-man bob.

Watch for the

start time, five seconds dead is

routine for them. 5.05 slightly

slower. This is where he tipped it

over yesterday, but he is fine now,

49.30 two. But that the slowest of

his three runs. Just opens the door

a little bit, maybe.

a little bit, maybe. Justin Kripps

and Alexander Kopacz. A usual

cracking start. 4.90 three.

This is

a big run from these guys and they

will keep coming away from the

Germans. This is their move towards

the front but it is still going to

be within hundredths at the end.

Kripps Well that 300s evaporate

slightly? A good lead by over a

tenth. Kripps has put the pressure

on. Now Francesco Friedrich and

Thorsten Margis. Needs a 4.90 start

to get him under to get any chance

of matching what Kripps did. The

world number six pairing come to

their finish now. Let's see where

they are. Alongside Kripps and

second.

second. World number two, a

four-time world champion in the

two-man bob. Can they get it right

now I'd keep themselves in medal

contention?

Phenomenal equipment, he

is not usually this barbaric and he

will have to fight to become Olympic

champion from this point.

12

hundredths of a second. Ragged

through 16 but he has closed. Look

at that, a track record for him and

he is now breathing down Kripps'

neck. Here we go for Great Britain.

Good luck to Brad Hall. What an

overachiever and this has been up

until now. He has never finished

higher a World Cup than 13th in a

two-man bob. Here he is seventh

place in Olympic Games. Can he get

under five seconds for his start? He

is bang on.

Not the rani needed out

of that corner. Just settling into

this. We know he can write this.

Mistakes at two and four have cost

him, falling a second behind the

Canadians on gold medal position at

the moment. STUDIO: From seventh

place after two runs, the GB pair

Brad Hall in 11th place. They will

go in reverse order. You drove at

two

go in reverse order. You drove at

two Olympics, three Olympics?

Three.

The problem at this course comes

very early on.

It is. The dangerous

track of very fast but very

technical, you can lose speed in so

many places. Curved two is where

it's happening. You need the

velocity but curved two it is like

two

velocity but curved two it is like

two corners and one. The start is

very open. It right up. At the end,

this thread is high and it tightens

up, it is designed to throw you into

the wall where you lose your speed.

Curve four a key point also. Easy

describes loose in that top section,

they are dropping down.

A few

examples here of them coming into

this.

It throws you in and it is

flat through curve three, so if you

lose the velocity, you can't gain it

back.

We can look here at Brad Hall,

who has been driving this course

very well.

Doing great, but it drops

into the wall and pushes him away.

He has a ready lost ten kilometres

an hour. Really sad. I think it just

unsettles him, pushes him of his

rhythm and the the run of the two

days, a real shame.

You can see the

speed builds as they go down the

course. This is what is so is so

cool about the Bob Tway rather than

skeleton and

skeleton and luge, you can see where

they are on the course.

Through

curves 15 and 16. There are three

key areas, the two combination, two,

three and four and as you come off

curve nine you need to come off left

and get through the bend straight.

There are two curves, not a straight

line, carry your speed through the

uphill section and hopefully you

minimise the loss.

The great thing

about the bob, so much room you can

even fit a camera on the front. This

gives me slight motion sickness I

can't watch! I will let you talk us

through it.

Curve one is short,

curved two, it tightens up and it

wants to throw you into the wall and

then a flat section. Curve four very

different to how it has been for all

the training so catching a lot of

pilots out. Curve five and six

combination corners, trying to carry

your speed through. As you start to

get through curve eight and nine,

you go into that straight, you try

to carry as much speed as possible

and avoid the wall. He we see it. It

is actually two curves although

bendy street as we it. Ten, 11, if

you can continual speed, a couple of

big corners and then uphill.

Do you

ever go so high on the side you run

out of ice?

You do. A lot of the

times the sleds are crashing,

yesterday someone was right up

there. It throws you up. A sled will

always get to the bottom, but how

you manipulate the pressures depends

which way up you get.

If you get a

bit Karthik like me, that is not...

-- Karthik.

-- Karthik.

I find that

I find that really quite queasy

making.

Canada but they beat Switzerland,

job done.

When you are what when you are

watching it, you're focusing one

corner to the next.

Cool Runnings,

feel the rhythm, feel the ride.

Feel

the rhythm, feel the ride, correct.

I wanted to ask, the organisers, is

that of to them to decide the track

or are the regulations they have to

follow?

There are regulations,

especially after

especially after Vancouver, a fatal

accident before it even started. Now

they have really tightened up there

is a track commission, the track

commission have to analyse plans and

constantly go back and say... For

last three Olympics the maximum

addict speed has been blown by 15-20

kilometres an hour. Technology and

athletes evolve, as much as at this

.6 years out from an Olympics, that

is the optimal speed, every nation

is pushing to get faster and

technology progresses on a weekly

basis.

Let's find out who is the

fastest on the fourth and final run

and further Britain can move up from

11th place into ten. We join it, the

commentators John Jackson and John

COMMENTATOR:. Holding a big lead

over at the Frenchman. At the start

of this run. Although he has not had

the happiest of competitions, he is

a class act when he gets it right.

He went very well here at the World

Cup in the four man event, finishing

second. No real excuse, he knows the

track, he has been a little bit

inconsistent.

He has done well, had

podiums. A quality pilot but

sometimes his style is a little bit

loose in terms of when he is

driving, he can be very good are

buying off all the walls. He still

creates speed and you think how is

he doing that. A pilot of his

standard should not make that

mistake and is standard and it will

be the little mistakes that cost him

and potentially dropped the French

but have the French done enough?

That was a good line. He should be

able to hold onto the lead but it's

not about the French, it's about

trying to move forward into the top

ten. He needs a quick one here.

Lovely and clean through 15, if a

little high. That is the quickest

he's been at this Olympic Games.

That just shows high-quality the

French team is, they were three

hundredths quicker. The runs prior

to that let them down.

to that let them down.

So Brad Hall

to come. Peter starting again, he's

getting older, less easy to jump

into that front seat.

Coming through

the tricky transition. Two, three, a

really good shot, a good idea they

have put into these sleds. As you

get older it's more difficult to

maintain speed, to keep up with the

best pilots in the world but getting

into this lead is easier once you

have the technique.

Next to go for

the United States.

the United States. Olsen/Weinstock.

Olsen had his appendix out two weeks

ago. Can he threw in his strongest

run to put pressure on Brad Hall who

comes next?

Evan on the back just

lifted the sled slightly, his foot

not going forward, that was a great

start. That is why he is an Olympic

athlete, transferred into the front

seat and he's been the most

consistent American pilot out of all

three, he really gets this track but

it's his little bit of an

experience, sliding on the corner

but he needs to put on a good run

especially through this part, a

little bit high, losing speed a

little. That's due to him doing too

much in the track.

Round the Olympic

Bend, you can see he has stopped

behind. Goes first at the moment.

One in eight nine to the line from

here and he drops further back,

ultimate disappointment for Olsen

who drops behind the French man.

Heinrich improves another position.

That is bad news for Olsen, it's

good news for Brad Hall who comes

next.

Potentially what happened with

Brad on the first run, he lost a

little bit of control all the way

down but the ice was -11, it was not

that cold yesterday, for what it

could be doing, lost a little bit of

control, you see the athlete on the

back lifting the sled. For Brad,

because the ice is a lot warmer,

this is the condition these runners

working. Hopefully he will have more

control and food in a run like you

did on the first two yesterday,

that's what he needs to stay in

front of the Swiss.

I think Brad

halt to come for Great Britain. He

has got all of Sussex right behind

him. All of Great Britain behind

him, it would be a major

disappointment of few drops behind

Olsen after what we have seen from

the American. The key here is can he

get himself up to the top ten. Brad

Hall, Christopher Spring to come,

one of the world's best, seems as

though it's between those two for

top ten. Hall needs a really good

one here, his start time... For .97,

pretty decent.

Needs to get through

the corner and that won't help him,

that little tap. A big lead over

this was but I don't know whether

that tap at the top will help him

out. He needs to try and tune in to

the track and be perfect from now

on. He's been good on this track, a

lot of feel for it, been good at

this point on the track, a little

bit late coming in, don't know

whether he has the speed to stay

ahead. We want Brad to be in the top

ten, dropping away, going to be down

to the hundredths, can he do enough?

Going to be close. Fading away. Not

to be. Not to be. Recall Peter goes

ahead. Olsen was not the problem.

Peter was. And Peter, such an

experienced Swiss rider was two

tends behind Brad Hall before the

fourth run and Hall has lasted.

Nothing much wrong with that run

other than the little knock at the

top, great push from the guys. That

little exit from two into three that

cost him. Brad gets hold of it

quickly but we are not going to get

to see it. He had already lost the

speed from the top at that point,

all in all, I think he has had a

good competition, to finish sort of

top 12 or however he finishes, he

could still finish top ten if others

move around him, I had him down for

a top 12, good result.

He is 11th at

the moment. I think Chris Spring, he

is next for Canada, I think he is

probably the only one if he were to

be untidy, Brad might get ahead of

him but I think it's a long shot.

Let's just see. As Chris Spring is

about to go for Canada. The former

100 metres sprinter in Australia.

Third Olympic Games, remember, that

potentially upgraded fifth-place in

Sochi in this event. Been a

disappointing week for him relative

to what he achieved in Russia.

It

is, the first time he made that

mistake, between this pairing they

have the most Olympic experience of

everybody, looking at eight Olympic

Games between them and Chris is a

quality pilot, I was expecting him

to be one of the medal favourites,

looking at training and he's making

little errors, is he going to have

enough to stay in front of the

Swiss, that is enough. I don't know

whether he has the speed, well he

dropped behind Brad and Brad moved

back? Chris is holding onto his

speed a little better but I think

it's going to be down to the

hundreds. Look at that. He has gone

ahead of Peter. Brad Hall drops

slightly further back. Chris Spring

showing some of his renowned quality

there. Not that quick but good

enough just to take him to the front

at the moment.

You could see him out

there having a little bit of banter

with the Swiss, pointing out,

showing that, a little margin.

This

is great competition between the

guys, me and Chris have had some

great races against each other over

the use, you can see how much the

steering is working, there were too

many mistakes. He would have wanted

to push forward more. Rather than

scraping in in front of the Swiss.

Brad Hall, 12th place, that is where

he will finish, top 12. Getting

very, very interesting now. Next to

go for Canada, don't forget, shortly

Canada will try and win gold. That

will be

will be down to Justin Cripps. Nicky

in ninth place. He is far too far

off. Now he has his

eyes on whatever to.

He can put in a

good run. He could pull himself up a

couple of places but definitely out

of the medals. Trying to see if

these guys can get into the top

eight, top six sort of area. The

Canadian equipment is working well,

good run so far, nice and clean, all

about the key area, not just about

coming to corner 12 a little bit

late. You can see speed building as

he comes through the big Olympic

corner and building to the speed

trap, this will be a big margin.

Let's see how he finishes, confirmed

a top ten performance. Nice and

consistent.

consistent. From Poloniato. Nick

confirmed ninth, that's how it

feels, your first Olympic Games. The

man who has better two man results

rather than four and this was his

moment, to a large extent he has

taken it.

For his first Olympic

Games, you can see this led sliding

as it drifts across, coming late,

big wave in the final corner but

again, a top ten result for a pilot

of his level of driving, that's not

bad at all, I would be happy with

that.

Eight more to go, it looks as

though Ben Meyer and the next two,

Kibermaris, are too far off the

medals. The leading five have a

significant break over these three.

Ben Meyer, a tenth behind Kibermaris

who is ahead of him at the moment.

Ben Meyer, knocked in 49 points

three, if he can find a 49 point to

and produces best run, that's his

chance to improve from his current

eighth place. He needs a good start,

usually very quick, can he break the

record?

Marcus Rand a long way on

the back of the sled, these are some

of the best athletes that Austria

has put his sled is set up really

soft, you see the way he came into

the corner, the suspension

compressed on the front, he likes a

soft settle, the faster the sled

will be but it's about being able to

control the outcome he can't, he has

a good feel for the sled. Building

speed, has he got enough to get

through here to hold onto the

position? That was a good run by

Nick, the gaps are minimal, he

cannot afford to make any mistakes.

I think he's going to drop back

behind the Canadians.

Poloniato

might be about to go eighth at the

Olympic Games, Meyer rocking and

rolling on the final turn, he misses

out. Miaow three punches the air,

eighth for him. Not going to get any

worse. -- Poloniato.

The brakeman

probably ran a cycle to four, and by

a cycle I mean two steps. A little

bit earlier the sled would not have

jolted to the right and touched the

wall, by running two for you kill

the velocity, the driver loads in,

takes a couple of steps to far, he

just ran too far and not the sled

over towards outside, that's a great

view of the first corner through the

nose camera put in there, into the

tricky corner. As the athletes are

further down the track in corner 12,

these are really small margins, a

couple of hundredths of a second and

it's less than the blink of an eye

and you can see, Canadian athletes,

saying the twitch at the top.

So now, Oscars Melbourne Ardis

Oskars Melbadis --. A

So now, Oscars Melbourne Ardis

Oskars Melbadis --. A 24-year-old.

Number four in the world. Usually a

superb starter. Fourth in the World

Championships. His best World Cup

finished this year was third. He was

really hopeful of bettering that.

Oskars Melbadis, let's see this

usual cracking start. 4.90 for him.

He is rock with the starting.

He did

a lot of work at the top of the

track. You could see... That will

cost a lot of time. If he wanted to

put a run towards the medals, that

wasn't the move he needed to take.

This is now possibly holding onto

Benjamin Maier and Nick Pollin

Artur. Good Poloniato move in front

of this because of the mistake of

the top? That is uncharacteristic of

the Latvian. And because it is so

close, he is going to fall back two

places.

Yes, looking as though

Poloniato and Maier might come past.

Will end badly for the Latvian? It

does. They both go past him.

Poloniato improving his edition and

Maier going up a place. Poloniato

guaranteed to seventh, Maier

guaranteed eighth.

Six to go.

Hopefully we will get a replay of

turn two. Look at the front of the

sled, where the front runners are.

You can see the black running shoes

on the ice. Look at how much work he

is doing. Can you see? They turn so

much. The ice is not reacting,

because he has tried so hard, it is

just sliding across the ice rather

than digging in and turning.

He

should have understood?

Tried to

steer too much too quickly on the

runners couldn't purchase.

Currently

in sixth place is the Korean,

Yunjong Won. His rate, on is

Youngwoo Seo. These athletes are

good. One was rated number one in

the world. He's been hiding his

light under a bushel in the Olympic

Games. He can't get himself a medal

but he is quick way. And he has been

improving every run. His first run

average, that the second and very

quick on the third run. Almost as if

he has timed it slightly wrong.

They

gambled. They gambled hoping because

one of they were one of the lowest

ranked they would be one of the

last. First run was average. Good

through that curve. We should not

see any mistakes from this pilot at

all. He knows this track inside out

like the back of his hand. He is now

pushing to stay in front of

Poloniato at the bottom. I don't

think he's got enough in this led to

move up towards the top five, who

are all covered by 13 hundredths of

a second as they head towards the

medals. This is a good run, a clean

run. This is what we should be

expecting from this Korean pilot who

knows the track so well.

He is up

from 15 to the finish. 1:49.36 his

time. He has dropped back to

something like run two for

time. He has dropped back to

something like run two for. They

don't care, do they?

This is what I

was saying about the differences in

temperatures between the first and

second His fastest run was when the

mine ice was minus 11. Did they

purposely turn it down a little bit

to make it colder, to suit the

Korean equipment? It is a home

games, home advantage. I'm sure the

coach will have had a word with the

track manager, come on mate, help us

out. As they come into curve seven

and over the finish line.

and over the finish line.

Yunjong

Won stays in sixth place. Strap

yourself in for a fantastic race for

the medals now. The top five are

separated by just 13 hundredths of a

second. Going now for Germany, we

have three medal contenders. Nico

Walther. Spectacular when leading

after run number one. He has dropped

back to fifth place as they begin

this final assault on the medals.

The question here, has he put

himself under too much pressure to

re-establish his position?

Is might

have been the equipment that didn't

work on -11 and this is the sort of

temperature it worked in yesterday.

He is an absolute magician in the

front of the sled. You don't

normally see him make mistakes. He

has the best feel out of all the

pilots coming up next. So, into the

last five. Don't be surprised if you

still see a German one, two three on

the podium. They haven't had any

medals at the last Olympics. They

are coming out fighting. They medals

at this games. Germans cannot go

away from an Olympic Games... That

is a perfect line. Nothing wrong

with this run at all. It is

absolutely perfect. Just a little

tap but it won't cost him any speed.

Will he ducked his head as he comes

round the final bend?

He has to get

really close to 49 seconds to put

the pressure on. 49.35. His slowest

of four. I think that is him done

for.

I think you could be right, I

really do. He is looking at the

clock. He has come down first. That

is all he can do now. He has put the

best run in that he can. Maybe his

equipment was set up better for

yesterday, not quite working today,

but he can do no more. His Olympic

run is over. Now we just need to

watch the other celebs come down and

see where he ends up. -- the other

sleds come down.

Nico, fantastic

component to bobsleigh piloting that

has a medal just dropped away? We

have been long enough here this

fortnight to never write any

possibility off. Strange things have

happened consistently.

But Melbadis, who comes next starts

just 100th of Nico Walther. We need

the same sort of time to confirm

that position. I think he needs to

go a good deal quicker to put the

medal chase up in the air.

He just

needs to put in a clean run. The

time will be the time, whatever it

is at the bottom. You can have a run

like you did on his second run

yesterday when he absolutely messed

up on some of the top curves. If he

has a good run, the rest are under

pressure because he is one of the

quickest guys on the field. Twice he

has been 49.0 eight. That is

required. First you need his usual

4.9 start. Let's see if he gets it.

The gap will open up initially

because of the gap between the

German in the lead and this thread

here. He will stop pulling away.

Will he drive well enough? Good

through there. Made a mistake there

yesterday. Will he be good enough to

stay in front of the German at the

bottom, who had a perfect run? All

these top pilots, there is nothing

between them, absolutely nothing.

The skill level these guys have is

amazing. That is another perfect run

into that

corner. He has a absolutely nailed,

slightly better than Nico Walther

through this part of the track. No

tap. Has he got enough to hold on?

He starts to lose a little ground.

I

think he will, 15 clean, 16, does he

take the lead, Melbadis? He does.

Guaranteed fourth at worst. Melbadis

has done all he can. He has finished

15 hundredths ahead of Nico Walther.

It is a good effort. Will it be

enough for a medal? We will see

shortly. .

These next three,

Johannes Lochner has been very

consistent this season but no

Olympic experience. Francesco

Friedrich and Olympic champion but

struggled at the last Olympic Games.

If he puts a run in like his first

run, he will absolutely put pressure

on Justin Kripps, the last pilot to

come down and has been the most

consistent this season and won the

overall World Cup. These last three

will be fighting for hundredths and

hundredths of a second.

It looks

like Nico Walther is going to miss

out. Melbadis currently with the

lead. Free to come. Johannes Lochner

had three hundredths of an advantage

over Melbadis going into this fourth

and final medal run. Silver

medallist at two World

Championships. He is world number

six. He is slightly overachieving

here. Karen he get himself a medal?

His starts have been perfect. Just

gone a shade quicker.

Their velocity

will be very good. It looks like as

they come into the sled, it jumped

forward as they both loaded. That is

what you want, good velocity at the

top. Not so much about the start

time but how much speed at the top

you are carrying into the first

couple of corners. He has driven

them perfectly. A nice high line,

right on the limits as he pushes

himself across. A little bit high

but early... That is going to cost

him. Is he going to fall behind the

Latvians at the bottom? They do find

a lot of speed at the bottom of the

track. Another mistake, this is

falling away from him. They will not

get a medal at this rate.

But the

Latvian is. The final run gets

ragged and he drops further back

behind Nico Walther. He has blown

it, Lochner. Melbadis has himself a

guaranteed medal for Latvia.

This is

what we have seen in all of the

competition so far. Certainly in

these single competitions, the last

three or four coming down have all

moved around because somebody has

made a mistake. Is that the pressure

that has just got to this young

pilot, Johannes Lochner? Not really

any mistakes until he got to that

exit nine into 12, that little tap

as you come down the Dragon's tale

is what cost. Everything was

perfect. This is what cost him a

potential Olympic medal. A couple of

centimetres the other way and he

would have been down in front of the

Latvians and his team-mates.

Well,

well, well. This means... The

Germans so want to get this gold

medal. They had three chances. They

only have one more chance of gold

and it remains at the hands of

Francesco Friedrich, the man who had

a nightmare in Sochi went so well

fancied. He is a superb, superb

pilot. But can he now put his name

alongside the greats? Let's see how

he's starts.

One thing we know for

certain, Germany are going to get a

medal because Nico Walther is set in

second. Whatever happens here, if he

comes down in front or behind him,

they have a medal, which is what

they need. But he is not bothered

about Nico Walther winning a bronze

medal, what he is worried about is

getting the gold. He licked the

afterburners on run one. A new track

record. The any person we have seen

go on ducks that 49 seconds. Is this

going to be the run that will win

it? That was almost perfect but he

is starting to pull away. Has he

come into that corner a little late,

which will cost him speed? A little

tap. It is dropping of.

Down to six

hundredths, clean out 15, has here

-- got enough customer just moved

ahead of the Latvian. Friedrich goes

to the front, guaranteed silver.

Melbadis guaranteed bronze. Are we

going to get one final upheaval, as

Justin Kripps for Canada waits on

the sidelines? Friedrich has done

all he can.

One thing Justin Kripps

has to do now is absolutely nailed

this. If he doesn't, he could drop

out of the medals, because

everything is so tight at the

moment. He has two tents. If he

wants a medal he has to come in

front of Nico Walther. He has been

the most consistent pilot, he should

be able to stay in front of the

Germans but you never know. One

mistake is so costly at this level,

because everybody has been

absolutely perfect.

Our Germany

going to win gold with Francesco

Friedrich Horwill Canada win gold --

Horwill Canada win gold with this

man, Justin Kripps, who is in the

next 60 seconds or so attempting to

win gold in this two man event for

Canada for the first time since 1998

when Pierre did it. Friedrich in his

sights. Kripps has had identical

starts on each of his three runs.

4.93 the figure to watch out for. He

is capable of a 49.09, which, of

course, we'll do it if he can repeat

it. The start all-important. 4.93 as

Kripps goes for gold for character.

4.9 two. You will see initially in

fall back into the red as they have

done because of the start deficit

between these and Friedrich. Watch

now. Justin is going to have to

drive the run of his life to come

down. He has been so consistent this

year. He has been on the podium

almost every race and has had two

top fours. His worst result is top

four. He is mailing lists. Starting

to pull in front of the Germans.

They had made mistakes at this

point. He cannot afford any

mistakes. This will be gold for

Canada unless he makes a mistake

down at the bottom. Definitely a

gold medal run.

Go Kripps, the world

number one for Canada, can he do it?

It is a dead heat, it is a dead heat

with Friedrich! For the first time

in 20 years we have a dead heat.

That is absolutely extraordinary! In

1998, the Italian dead heated with

the Canadian and we have the same

scenario again. Kripps and Friedrich

shared the gold.

Astonishing drama. At the Sliding

Centre. What an amazing finish. You

just don't get any closer than that

and you can see straight away, the

camaraderie between these teams. The

first people to congratulate the

Canadians was the German payer, they

are sharing the gold medal with,

what an absolute corker of a race.

Maybe if Friedrich thought it had

gone, maybe he was saying to

himself, Cripps is going to beat us,

he did not appear to do much wrong.

He didn't, but maybe he over drove

the last couple of curves to find

the right line. What an amazing

competition. This is what bobsleigh

is about, close racing.

Well. Just

fantastic. Germany back with the

gold, Friedrich can forget all about

what happened at Sochi. And Justin

Cripps, 31, gives Canada gold as

well at the end of a stellar season

for him. Onerous

for him. Onerous -- honours even,

both strike gold.

It couldn't go to

four nicer people. The two

four nicer people. The two Germans,

amazing people, you can see what it

means to everybody, especially the

Germans, they potentially thought

they could have missed out and they

thought it was not happening for

them but he is the man doing the

business. Will this give him the

confidence to do the business in the

four man as well?

People will be

asking back home, why not have a

run-off, a run head-to-head, for

gold? These are great scenes, they

deserve it.

We have just had a four

run run-off, why have one? You could

say, why don't we go down to this

thousands like the luge doors. But

this is great. Why change it?

STUDIO:

Fair point from John Jackson, it

produces drama, shared gold medal,

Canada and Germany, bronze to Latvia

who had the fastest with run, how

extraordinary Germany came into the

final run six hundredths of a second

behind and went exactly six

hundredths of a second faster.

Nicola let's reflect on the position

and a run of Brad Hall and Joel

fearing, finishing 12th.

Able be

disappointed after yesterday but

what an amazing result, that is

Brad's best ever result on