BBC Two Day 11: GB Women Curlers take on Japan Winter Olympics

COMMENTATOR: Oh, they've gone down!

I can't believe it, Christie has

been penalised again!

Elise Christie

gets the chance to race the gold! A

nation holds its breath...

Christie

is out of it once again! Elise

Christie, to get into the Olympic

final... And Christie has crashed

again on the final bend! Yet again

she ends up in a distraught heap on

the floor!

And getting up is something Elise

Christie hopes to do again and

today. Welcome to another lovely

sunny day here in Pyeongchang. We

have not had a definitive word yet

on whether Elise Christie will line

up in her heats later today, but we

can tell you she has been on the ice

this morning.

She spent a full hour

on the skates, and she still has a

bit of time to make her mind up, her

hit not taking place until this

evening, just after ten o'clock in

the morning at home. We are

expecting an announcement from Team

GB might soon. We will bring you any

news once we get it. But there is

still loads more to come here at the

Winter Olympics as we go into day 11

and here is what is coming up over

the next few hours. Team Muirhead

are on the ice in their penultimate

game of the round robin stages

against Japan, one of their rivals

for a semifinal place. Rowan

Cheshire completes her incredible

comeback from injury, she goes in

the women's ski halfpipe final. We

will see the conclusion of the ice

dance competition, where Tessa

Virtue and Scott Moir are going for

a second Olympic title in this

event. And we will be live at the

ice hockey, Slovenia and Norway

competing for the right to play the

Olympic Athletes from Russia in the

quarterfinals. If you were watching

over on BBC One, you will see that

the match between Great Britain and

Japan had reached a crucial stage at

the end of end four, so we're going

to head straight back there. Let's

rejoin our commentary team of Jackie

Lockhart and Steve Cram.

Well, while you were a way things

have approved for Great Britain. Eve

Muirhead played a nice shot in after

Japan's third had not managed to

improve the situation for them. And

indeed the skip has just played

another shot trying to take out two

stones near the bottom edit this has

improved things definitely. A bit of

pressure now being applied by Eve

Muirhead. Great Britain lying two.

Although Japan have to hammer... The

point of this end, I guess, Jackie,

was either a steal or force one, so

every opportunity?

Yeah, it was not

looking pretty at the beginning of

the end, but some really nice shots

right and and Eve and the game has

really changed, because Japan have

made a couple of mistakes. They had

two chances to hit the Great Britain

stone out and they failed to do

that, so at the moment we are lying

three shots.

three shots. And she's going to have

to make a play on these two and I

think just take her one if she hits

them correctly.

There's no way she

can move that Blackstone, is there?

She's looking at it ambitiously,

there is no way?

I definitely don't

think so, she's got to make a play

on these two in the 4ft.

The cheers

are ringing around, just to remind

you that there are two other matches

taking place here. Canada have

picked up... They must have got a

steal. They've gone 3-2 ahead

against China. Sorry, I tell a fib!

No, I'm not! It's been a long week

and a half! Anyway, Canada lead that

13-2. USA playing Korea, this full

house today hoping that Korea

women's team can continue in the way

in which they've been playing so

far. They top the table. Great

Britain and Japan, in this battle in

the middle of it Canada and

the middle of it Canada and others

as well, and Great Britain have got

Japan above them but a win for Great

Britain would turn the tables. So,

all to play for here. Top four only,

of course, go into the semifinals.

If they are tied, we have

tie-breaks, which are on Thursday.

Thursday morning here, it will be

Wednesday midnight at home. Now, how

is this...? Oh! Now, stayed, stay,

stay! That might be a steal! Great

Britain is steel won by about an

inch. Did not quite work out at all

for Japan. So, after a couple of

errors, Great Britain forcing the

steal. And it's all tied up, much

better scoreboard from a British

perspective. And now, instead of

looking at a deficit towards

halfway, Japan still have the

hammer, but it might have been a

difficult deficit to turn around,

but they have tied this up and as we

enter the fifth end, a bit more

confidence for the British women.

Yeah, Anna Sloan played a really,

really nice stone, right in find a

lot of mess out front, onto the 4ft,

and that really set up that end to

create that steal attrition followed

by a couple of errors from Japan,

but that's a great end there.

Great

jacket, too.

jacket, too. Can't miss him in the

crowd!

crowd! Well, they're watching the

match which is taking place next to

this rate Britain-Japan match.

Korea-USA.

Korea-USA. There are not many empty

seats, a few people standing on the

back walls, a lot of people walking

around between ends as well, so I

think probably if everyone sat in

their seats, I'm not quite sure

there's enough seats!

STEVE CRAM: Right, I think now this

is the point at which Eve, Anna,

Vicki and Lauren really need to pull

together. They've got themselves

back in this. Difficult start,

giving up three at the second end.

They've managed to level this up.

And now, what that means as well as,

the hammer has switched I guess in

Britain's favour, we will have it in

the sixth, eighth and the tenth.

If

the play goes according to plan,

yeah.

yeah. So, Yurika Yoshida just

overthrowing that there. Not getting

it quite how they wanted it.

And

those little mistakes that crept

into the shots from the Japanese

team in that previous end, that sits

with them as well.

with them as well. Lauren Gray, just

watching this one intently. We've

got a good view of it as well. Just

a little roll would be good as pass

might get that... Just rolls over

half a stone more than she would

have liked, but not a bad shot.

Yeah, from the other end, Yurika

Yoshida can see that just picking

out the other side, so choosing to

play the clockwise rotation to this.

STEVE CRAM: I think it was Suzuki

who sent one through in the previous

end, was it? I'm just trying to

think, a series of poor shots at the

everybody on your team is making big

shots, it always seems like it

becomes infectious as well.

JACKIE LOCKHART: So, Vicki Adams

playing just to freeze on top of

that yellow.

that yellow. Vicki's mum not here,

actually, this week but she's at

home, finding this all very

difficult to watch as a parent! Hope

you're doing OK there, Kate. That is

a nice stone, it's tee-high.

Yeah, good effort there. The

Japanese team here playing strange

tactics for me. They've got the

hammer, but snap quite happy to

leave that centre guard on, in most

cases you would be saying, clear

that up.

Yeah, I thought at first

she was half suggesting to get rid

of that centre guard, but...

of that centre guard, but... Just

hatches that red and just moves

across. Still in the 8ft.

Korea pulled one back against the

USA, it's 3-2, Mr chance to pick up

if.

if. -- to pick up two. If the USA

were to win that one, that puts them

on five and three as well.

Yeah, we

could end up having a real bunfight

in the middle of the pack here.

USA's last matches against Sweden.

So, the girls really need to bring

this right up on top. Try and pull

it as far as they can... And that's

a lovely shot from Vicki.

Yeah, a

couple of good shots from Vicki.

Just trying to set this up again,

make it hard for Japan to get there

two.

You can see again, she's just trying

to... She's looking for a hit and

roll across?

Axe line just to come

onto the red.

She's just going to

sit on the red?

Yeah. Just create

some movement and sham space. But

she's really playing a strange game

here.

These stones when they deliver them

really look like they're high, but

they've got a lot of curl at the

end.

PLAYER: It's either that or we just

pick it.

That was actually my first

call...

STEVE CRAM: Anna Sloan just wanting

to pick that, it will disappear

between the red and the yellow at

the back with a bit of luck, if she

catches it right. Showing a bit of

confidence from Anna Sloan as well.

This looks pretty good. Lycett shot.

That was a nice throw.

Yeah, and is

warming to the task.

You can just see the thought

process, not so straightforward for

Fujisawa now, starting to look at

that guard. Maybe even trying to run

it back onto the other red. She's

fancying a little hit and flop over.

She is changing her mind again.

Unfortunately for Japan, the red

stone at the front is causing a bit

of bother at the moment. They can't

see the right angles for getting the

double. They will just have to try

and play a control play and flopped

in behind.

That was the original call from the

skip.

A little straight, maybe. Just Mrs

that back Stone so it is still out

there for Eve Muirhead now to ask

Anna Sloan to play a similar or

better shot than that one. Yoshida

not able to hit and roll in. Just a

width or more. After that nice to

pick with that last stone, Anna

Sloan, hoping she can follow that up

with another good shot. It looks a

little better if it holds its line.

Looking for the role if they can get

it.

Oh, what a good shot. That is a

cracker from Anna Sloan, two

wonderful shots, she played a nice

setup in the previous end as well.

Eventually we are going to see Japan

clear that front. She was to drive

it onto the red at the bottom or

catch the red in the wing. The one

that has caused the problems, she

left it there, she played an unusual

strategy the first stones thrown.

This might go between them. It did.

Right between them. We have got The

Great Beauty is time. Watching that,

you could see where she was going to

hit it, it was tight. If you want to

play that, it is difficult to get it

to squeeze between those two reds,

but there was enough of a gap. We

are left with two reds sitting shot,

two skips left to play.

Even just wants to replace that

guard anywhere in the centre is

good.

In the last two Benz, we have seen

them keep the pressure on -- ends.

Saying to Vicki, it is going to

overcome.

Yes, if it goes right across the

other side. They want to stop it

half and Hough.

About there. --

half. That is frustrating.

Just frustrating. You might be

thinking that is OK. We can see from

this end she has a good view of

this.

Even forcing one here would be a

good result.

Looking at Fujisawa, 56%, she hasn't

been going that well, mind you, Eve

Muirhead, 61%. That draw wasn't the

best. You can see the stats, but it

only tells you half the story

because if you make the right shop

at the right time...

Just hoping to get a little roll the

cross. That is a nice stone. I

thought they had lost it, over sweat

it, then they left it.

it, then they left it. -- swept.

That back stone will be a help to

them now.

There are a couple of options. They

were looking at tapping the yellow

through.

through. But you have the danger of

tapping it right out.

You don't want to leave a shot put

three, put it that way.

They were looking at it, ignoring

it, putting a shot in the house.

I think Ely is tempted, that yellow

will go past the red and catch the

other red. And then you are just

giving up one.

giving up one. Altadore which needs

-- really needs to be accurate.

Had this been later in the game and

every shot counted, but we are early

in the game. This is a good call. If

it doesn't work and you lose a big

end.

If she catches this right and goes

past the red onto the yellow at the

back, it has got a chance. Eve

Muirhead has played a corker, a

great shot from Eve Muirhead. And

now that means, smiles all round for

everybody, it means Japan will only

be able to take one here.

A good selection of shot and great

execution from the skip.

She was worried it would jam but it

just caught the right side of it.

Again, that is another... It takes

the wind out on the sales of Japan,

they thought maybe they had a chance

of something good here. She had to

make sure of a one. She has to hold

it.

it. I was thinking, get your one

here. I was so excited about the

other shot. We were thinking, what

is she doing? She is blanking the

end. We have reached the halfway

point in this very important match

for GB. After a tussle, it is all

tied.

EILIDH: And falling staff at the

Curling Centre, we will be right

back after the mid-game

Imagine spending years of your life

dedicating yourself to training

comic eating, living right, then

seeing some success at the Junior

World Championships in the year

before the Games, only to be told

five months before boarding the

plane to Pyeongchang that your

funding is being cut completely.

Something Mica McNeill and make or

have had to overcome just to be

here. -- Mica Moore.

All of the hard use your work

thinking this is an Olympic Games,

we want to be in the best shape

possible, then it gets stopped.

It was heartbreaking.

It was heartbreaking.

BBC sport

understands a British bobsleigh is

set to withdraw five months before

the Winter Olympics. Mica McNeill

says she is gutted and shot to be

told there was no money left to fund

her team because of an overspend.

It was my career, it was as low as

you can get. You have worked hard.

It is crushed. You don't know if you

can turn around from that.

Athletes don't just give up. We

really have to be positive and there

has to be something we can do. We

just had to try.

Obviously, learning that we weren't

going to get our funding for the

winter was difficult but I think

that we instantly came together with

a plan that we could move forwards

because the season was coming around

very quickly. We did that very well.

A lot of hard work into it.

I honestly didn't know if it was

going to work. I thought we might

get a terrible response, a lot of

criticism for setting it up. We set

it up and it started rolling. I

think it was day six we hit 28

grand. It was so emotional. I was

shopping one day with my mum, she

said, what are you doing? I started

crying because it was so

overwhelming.

Bobsleigh is such a small sport, you

don't think people are watching all

looking out for your results. To

learn that people were willing to

support us and help us on our

journey was amazing.

We want to say thank you for your

contribution to our campaign.

We have had a good few days back on

the and we are excited about our

season.

We can't thank people enough. Some

people would put money in there and

not don't actually how much it means

to our team.

At any major championships anything

can happen. It is whoever performs

on the day. What we have been

working towards is getting that

consistency and making sure we can

perform on the day.

The Olympics is every athletes's

dream. It is the highest level that

you can compete at. It would mean,

just to get there, it is so special

and to be competing for a medal is

absolutely incredible.

A great story of never giving up on

your dreams and it shows what it

means to where the Olympic rings.

Mica McNeill has warned before at

junior level, Solver at the youth

Olympics, alongside Jazmin Sawyers,

long jumper.

They have looked pretty good in

training at Pyeongchang. They aren't

expected to medal but sometimes when

fuelled by determination anything

can happen. We will see them in,

edition for the first time today,

their first two runs out at 11:50am.

Let us head back to the curling

where it is very tight between GB

and Japan, a must win game for Eve

Muirhead if they are to have their

destiny in their own hands ahead of

the semifinal stages. Just the top

four go through. Their penultimate

game. Back to Jackie Lockhart and

Steve

All hanging in the balance. In match

with Great Britain have got

themselves back into after a tricky

start. They are playing better than

they were. 3-3. The Japanese three

all coming in the second end.

all coming in the second end. Eve

Muirhead thinking a bit shocked, the

Japanese ASCAP decided to blank the

end. -- Eve Muirhead with a great

shot. The Japanese skipper decided

to blank the end.

The task again is to try to limit

the scoring. Big cheers go up, Korea

are playing USA and I can tell you

there has been a significant score

in the match between China and

Canada, China picked up three in the

fifth end. They are leading Canada

5-3. That would be a match in which

it China would win, that would help

GB, if Korea were to beat USA, that

would help Great Britain.

Lots of permutations still

available. The first step went right

to the back on the centre line. --

first stone.

What we have seen is Japan making

some really terrible errors and

allowing us to keep in this game. We

have showed real resilience to stay

in the game.

What you need to do, once you have

stayed in the game, to take control

of it.

The Japanese front end have been

setting up Fujisawa to finish off

the end, and she just hasn't been

doing that. Eve has been playing

really well in the latter stages,

when she has two, so kick if we can

break the concentration of the

Japanese team here and pull ahead.

Japanese team here and pull ahead.

A

big roar going up and I will update

you with what is happening in the

other match. A nice stone there from

Yurika Yoshida. Well, Dave picked up

four, Korea.

It's all very noisy in

the stadium!

These Korean women are

taking this competition by the

scruff of the neck, they are playing

exceptionally well.

exceptionally well. And they've just

taken a 6-43 lead at the halfway

point in their match with the USA.

--

-- a 6-3 lead. A double takeout

there from Vicki.

The little pocket

rocket, as I've named her!

Just

looking at the stats of the teams,

nobody's doing particularly well,

but in the Japanese team, you've got

the lead, Yurika Yoshida, playing

94%, the other one playing 75%, then

68% and then 65%.

And that really

relates to what I said. The Japanese

team are setting themselves up but

they're just not finishing it off.

And if we could capitalise on that,

then all credit to us.

And another

mistake there. That one going all

the way through.

JACKIE LOCKHART: So, a real chance

for us now machine we don't have the

hammer, to come around that guard.

STEVE CRAM: There is a buzz here in

the stadium and they have all come

to see the Korean team win, but

they're watching these other matches

as well. Right Britain against

Japan. China versus Canada. All of

the games at this stage of the

competition are a vital. Just

watching this one come in, a little

bit more would be useful... Just

getting half covered.

Yep, it's just

finish to in the teal part of the

rings there! That was a good sweep!

Are Japan now going to play the

sensible game and clear the guard,

which they didn't do in the last

end?

Yumi Suzuki is having a pretty good

game in terms of stats, she hasn't

had to do too much, though. Well,

she sticks one. One has gone but the

otherwise has stayed in the house.

Still got those two out front as

well, one is their own.

well, one is their own.

So, Eve

happy to leave a red at the top of

the house as a guard. She's going to

come in the other side that she will

want to sit tee-high if possible.

It

is a nice gap to come through. Anna

Sloan has played a couple of great

shots the last couple of events. --

the last couple of ends. How close

is that going to get to the guard?

It looks as though it is heading

that way...

Are we passed the

guards? I don't think we are... Keep

it coming, they just need to

catch...

Keep going!

That's OK

because it has closed up about side.

It may well be useful. It is in a

tricky place, just making it

difficult for Japan to come in. So,

which one is she going to move, this

one here...?

She's going to go for

the shot she sees, but I still think

the yellow at the front is going to

cause her trouble and she

potentially should be utilising her

high centre guard but she doesn't

want into the pack, but she's just

going to ignore it and hit the one

in the house.

Like you said it

almost seems like a waste of a stone

in the sense that she could get rid

of maybe two instead of one. It

might not have come off but at least

could have attempted it and at the

very worst she would have got rid of

that front guard. That's not a bad

result tassles just coming across

onto this right-hand side.

onto this right-hand side. This is

the open side that Eve Muirhead

wants to come in on now, with Anna

Sloan.

So, still another great

opportunity here for us to get one

in. Top of the red would be really

good.

Anna thinks it is heavy. Asking them

to lay off sweeping, not going to

need any help... Doesn't look that

heavy, does it?

No, it doesn't!

Could be perfect, actually!

They

need to work this, try and get it in

as much as they can and get it

tucked in as well. Almost into the

4ft. I don't know what's going to

thought she had laid out there but

it was a nice stone! A little smile

from Anna.

from Anna. Sloan the stone! Let's

start giving them nicknames! Like

when you play Phil The Power Taylor!

I've already got Vicki the pocket

rocket! I'll go with that!

So, Chinami Yoshida has been

struggling a little bit.

struggling a little bit. Well, it

clears things up a little bit out

front. So, she will be pleased with

that shot. Just for one minute

thought she might have caught that a

little skinny, but does the job.

little skinny, but does the job.

I

think we are sitting two reds at the

moment.

We are.

The Japanese skip is

having a look herself. So, just a

guard here from Eve. Centreline

would be OK.

So, it's fast becoming

a battle of the skips. It often is,

but given that there has been quite

open situations, when the two skips

come to the hack, and Eve Muirhead,

after a slightly wobbly start...

Starting to find her accuracy. Now,

just wants to get this right on the

centreline if she can.

Got to sweep

it now... Got to take it a little

bit further if they can... We might

actually have just given a glimpse

therefore the yellow to be pushed

onto the red.

onto the red. She did say she wanted

to split the line, but I think

probably closer, so it's more

difficult for Japan. We have left I

think all of that yellow visible. It

has to be hit properly, fully on the

nose, to... Yeah, we can see the

angle better from that camera angle.

But if she had sit fully on the

nose, it won't be shot. Unless if

she does hit it and it takes the

British stone at the back out as

well.

well. I think she was just looking

to catch it slightly off centre.

Well, Dave stayed off this

completely.

Yeah, don't want to lose

their shooter.

Well, that's another

mistake there from the Japanese

skip.

skip. They're just about lying

second shot there. At that British

stone is still there, Eve Muirhead

with one to play. She must be

getting a little frustrated with

herself. I thought she was going to

play that with a bit more weight.

Even at that weight I'm not sure it

would have moved.

I think if she had

made a fuller connection with the

yellow she might have got a bit of

momentum, but when you just catch

the edge, you don't get that

momentum running through the stone.

Talking about momentum, there has

been a bit of a shift towards Great

Britain in this match - it is still

tied up, but the last three ends, it

has been Britain who have been in

the driving seat. So, Eve Muirhead

just wants to come in on the top of

the 4ft here, on the other side.

Yeah, if we can get both of these

level, then it is a really difficult

shot for Japan.

shot for Japan. So, we really wanted

to be level, but we've come just in

behind it, so there is an

opportunity for Japan to hit that

and remove both of them.

The only

thing I would say is, the red stone

at the back is lying ahead of the

other two yellows.

Yes, it is.

My

head hurts! It is lying third shot!

Anyway it is ahead of the two

yellows, it is closer! I think what

Eve has got to keep doing here, as

we've seen the Japanese skip is

struggling, and Eve just has to keep

asking the questions, keep saying to

Fujisawa, come and make the shot.

Keep the pressure on.

Again, if she

doesn't get this right, then the

British stone is going to stay,

we'll get the steal.

There is a high

red card out there, got to get past

the guard... Is she passed the

guard...?

It might just get by. But

not enough, we could be two here.

Even...

Three?

Did Anna just move

that stone?

It went out of the

house.

That's going to be three,

then. This could be a huge

turnaround for Great Britain. Eve

Muirhead set that up and I think

Anna Sloan set it up as well, some

nice play from the whole team, Vicki

Adams played a couple of nice shots

early in that end. So, all of a

sudden, a complete change around in

this match. Japan have not managed

to score since the second end and

from being 3-1 down, Great Britain

now, after six pence, lead 6-3. And

the skip for Japan is having a bit

of a shocker.

Number she's certainly

not stepping up to the mark today,

that's for sure. And you're right,

we've been putting the pressure on

constantly, and she just hasn't been

answering the question. A really

great end from Great Britain, and

that will have boosted their

confidence into the last four ends

that we've got to play.

They won't

be looking elsewhere at all because

they have got to concentrate on

this, but I will keep you up to

date. And there have only picked up

one when they had the hammer in the

sixth end, so China still leader

that one. USA, after Korea took four

in the fifth, they're 6-3 down

against Korea. So far, so good.

It has gone a little bit quiet

amongst the Japanese contingent.

There were a lot of smiles and good

chatter and communication earlier

on. Inevitably, they must be

feeling... Well, I would think the

first two must be thinking, we

haven't done anything wrong here, or

not much one. You win together and

you lose together.

you lose together.

Yeah, the

Japanese team were setting

themselves up really well in the

first half of this game. And there's

nothing you can do if your skip is

not having a good game, you've just

got to keep persevering and hope

that she comes good. And really that

was the only difference at the

beginning of the game, and we were

holding ourselves in there. But that

sixth end there was really well

played.

played. Japan, giving us the option,

by leaving their centre guards on,

that's really strange, they did that

in the fifth and sixth as well, and

for me, strategically is now playing

the wrong game.

That's what happens

under pressure, you're not thinking

straight.

straight. Although they were

leading, after about the third end,

it was almost as if... They were not

being defensive but we were in the

driving seat and they were getting

drawn into what Great Britain was

trying to do, and they were not

thinking straight, not making the

simple decisions. I still think,

when your skip is starting to

struggle, and more often than not it

is the skip who has got to make the

shot decisions as well, then your

team is going to struggle. Still

time for Japan to turn this around,

though, this is the seventh end. The

good news again, if you're just

getting up this morning to this

crucial match between Great Britain

and Japan, it has all been turned

around, it's going well, and Great

Britain will have the hammer... I've

been saying who is going to have the

hammer in which end but it just

hasn't worked out that way. But at

the moment it would be the eighth

and the tenth, which would be good.

Always the danger, watching the men

this morning when they took a big

lead, they then increased it. Just

keep the pressure on. If the job is

not done here by any stretch of the

imagination, they have the play as

if it was still 3-3. You have two

manage the scoreboard. In terms of

intensity, concentration,...

A little harder for Japan to hide

behind that high yellow god, just

edging it out. As a result we can

see it clearly and she will want to

remove this.

Vicki played a couple of really good

shots in the previous end.

That is OK.

A decent position.

Unfortunately it has come behind the

team line, and opportunity for Japan

to sit on it. I think they would

have liked to have kept it further

across the sheet -- T-line.

Yumi Suzuki here. It is looking all

right. Getting it as far as they

can.

Not quite getting there, not bad

attempt.

Still just missing their shots a

little bit. When it comes to the

skip, there's little Mrs mean so

much more.

much more. -- misses. Eve Muirhead

has her arm out, it looks wide on

that side.

They still have two breads lined up,

pushing the yellow outcome still

lying shot, not quite the result Eve

was after. Nevertheless, not too

much damage.

One of the things that people maybe

don't realise, Eve Muirhead, her

standing in the sport is very high.

There is a lot of respect for her

abilities as skip internationally.

When other skips come up against Eve

when she is starting to play well,

that must have a bearing on how they

play. When it comes down to the last

three ends, they note Eve Muirhead

has the ability if she is playing

well to make the big shots and the

right decisions.

Playing against a skip with her

credibility, it can be a point or

two on the board before you have

started because the position may be

scared of who they are playing.

-- the opposition. Almost there, not

quite getting right on top of that

red, let us see what Eve is

suggesting.

We are hearing a lot of the other

players, you don't need a microphone

on hand!

Anna Sloan's voice is telling the

whole crowd.

I don't occasionally be odd word

slips in that shouldn't do, it is

from the players. They all have

microphones. If they do show their

frustration in a way they shouldn't,

there is usually a word from the

umpire at some point.

It is not us!

Hopefully we have a

good crowd watching at home this

morning.

If you are getting up for work, hang

in there. If this match goes on for

an extra round it will go on the

longer.

That could be quite good. A nice

shot. But we don't want you to be

late getting into work or score.

It is score holidays. If there are

any young kids watching if they are

rock...

Did you ever get up this early on

your score holidays?

If they are up.

I did. And they will be up to watch

the curling. And if mum and dad want

to take you to the curling, please

go to the Internet and look at the

try curling website, and find a

curling rink close to you. Take your

kids along or even yourself to have

a go. And the BBC inspired website,

for ideas on how to keep yourself

fit.

A nice shot, she is controlling

that.

It is still sitting out there, she

got a little nick from the first

red, trying to get inside. If she

had just got past that and pushed

that redback and gone in a little

bit, it would be much better for

her.

We either have to take that hit on

the nose rather than avoiding it,

which is a good call. On the topic

of spreading the love for curling,

the World Junior Championships will

be taking place in Aberdeen, from

3-10 March. Any youngsters or

parents who want to watch shone

Julia Carling, for McCutcheon watch

some junior curling. I will be

perfectly to watch and support the

Scottish teams playing in that. A

great opportunity to see some of

these elite athletes playing at the

top of their sport.

We have many world junior champions,

former world junior champion is here

taking part in the Olympics. So you

might be -- you might see future

medallists.

Eve was a five times

junior world champion. All of these

kids with huge omission to be the

best and get to the Olympics games

and win a medal.

and win a medal.

I am being told

those World Junior Championships you

can see on the BBC sport website.

That is fantastic. If you are in the

crowd, we will spot you there.

crowd, we will spot you there. That

is good news, coverage of curling,

every Olympics, everybody gets

excited about it, and good to see

the junior World Championships. The

next Winter Olympic Games in

Beijing. The World Championships are

held every year. Usually in March.

March- April.

March- April. The Olympic curling,

edition... Actually, let us talk

about that later. This is important.

Fujisawa facing these three British

stones, Eve Muirhead has played

well. One more stone to go. Tried to

get two. She has done well.

Eve

might have the chance to run that

fact.

Both on the same side, if Eve can

lift these than the two yellows, we

can put the pressure back on again.

Remind me to come back to that. It

is not a hard question, just

curious.

Eve Muirhead has played some smart

shots in the last three, and Buffer

ends, attempting to remove both

these yellows, if she can get these

right -- the last three or four

ends.

Well, sadly, it just didn't move

that yellow stone enough to be lying

to move beyond the two British

rates. A chance for Japan -- reds.

That was close. This will put Japan

) in it. With a one shot lead, three

to go. She has got to be accurate.

She has to be careful. She wants to

roll in. If she over Carlos, she

could jam it back onto her own

yellow.

Fujisawa, needing to find a good

shot. She has not been playing well

at all.

at all. They are not touching this

at all. They are trying to hold it

now. Where is that going? It might

just hang on. It will. Japan get

their two and we now have a match

which is much closer. It looked as

if that Britain might limit them to

one, Eve Muirhead couldn't quite get

the double take out, just missing

the back stone, didn't quite catch

enough of it. After seven ends, one

shot in it. Great Britain will have

the hammer in the eighth and the

tenth.

Your question? At the Olympic Games,

everyone is getting interested in

curling, men and women together, the

World Championships, you always have

in separate venues. Wouldn't it be

more interesting from a television

perspective Round The World Yacht

Race to have the World Championships

with the men and women playing

together.

That is how it should be. But the

sponsors... The last time I

played... I won't mention any names

of sponsors, the last time I played

in the World Championships in 2004,

that was the last time men and women

play together. It makes it difficult

for the coaches, the ice people,

support staff. You have senior and

mixed doubles men and women, a lot

of events. It has been done to

create sponsors taking individual

championships. They tried a

championship in Canada and Europe. I

liked it, it was better for the

audience to watch both. The world

Federation decided to keep it

separate.

Does that help? I was just curious

why you wouldn't put the two

together.

Like everything in life, it comes

down to money.

It makes it more attractive to

television around the world to have

them together which would help with

sponsorship. Anyway, it was a

question well answered!

We've still got a real match on

here, three ends to go. They will be

looking to restore their lead of

three with eight good end here.

Lauren Gray, the lead, just outing

that stone on the left-hand side of

the house as they look at it. You

can see the comparison between the

two leads the younger of the Yoshida

sisters has played well, so has

Lauren Gray. It has been at the

other end of the Japanese team,

really, that things have been a bit

of a struggle. Although they managed

to get the two in that previous end.

So, long guard put out there. Quick

update, elsewhere, Korea still

leading 6-4 over the USA. China

blanked the seventh end and have

taken the hammer into the eighth.

They still lead 5-4 over Canada.

Canada having picked one up in the

sixth.

That is a little error there.

She must have under thrown that and

we have tapped the yellow in.

Still got plenty of people in

watching this, a really good

atmosphere. USA fans chanting,

Korean fans responding.

Korean fans responding. And Canada

against China. So, a butler mistake

there from Lauren. Yumi Suzuki

trying to capitalise, coming all the

way round. That's a decent draw from

her.

her. I love it how they go, nicer!

So, this is where we see the

different game play wheel

previously, Japan would have ignored

the centres, but Eve being well

educated in the strategy of the

game, quite happy to clear up the

front here. Great Britain have got

the hammer.

That's worked out pretty well.

That's not so much of a danger,

particularly having cleaned things

out a little bit up front.

And it

has taken them all away from the 4ft

area, that red circle.

So, that's

improved matters. Important that we

get the two, or at least we keep

control of this match now, having

got ahead. Three ends left. Keep

scoring, and you win this. That's

sat just about on the button.

Just

probably a foot too far, but we're

not going to worry about that,

because we're going to use some of

the reds out the front to come onto

it. The girls having to shout quite

loud to each other machine the

crowds are cheering on their local

Korean team.

Yeah, every time we

come to the conclusion of an end, as

we did just there, then there's a

bit of noise. Korea have picked up

one, so that's 7-4 now, so the crowd

are staying pretty happy. That Adams

just having to concentrate, lock all

of that out. -- Vicki Adams.

Nice shot. Took a yellow in the

house out as well.

It did. Well,

this is cleaning up quite nicely at

the moment. Fujisawa looking to

replace that. She has that shot on

the button, is deal to make it as

difficult as possible for Eve

Muirhead to get there. Still four

stones left.

Great Britain's men had a

comfortable victory over Norway this

morning, which set them up nicely,

as they've now won five matches. The

British women want to join them on

the same score, which would put them

in a good position in the table.

Their last match is against Canada.

Canada, of course, pregames medal

favourites, who have been struggling

in this round robin competition.

They're at three and three, but they

are trailing China at the moment,

although it is close. So, Great

Britain really want to win this one

against Japan. Although they won't

be too concerned looking elsewhere,

it would be very good for the

British cause if Korea were to beat

USA. And they're leading 7-4 at the

moment. And if China were to beat

Canada. So, let's listen to Eve

here. They have asked for a

time-out.

PLAYER: I just think we've got a

chance to move it from here...

chance to move it from here...

Would

that be an option...?

Can you get

both?

I think you're always leaving

one up here.

I'm just worried if we

go for that and miss it and they

come here.

If you miss that and they

go there... That's completely

different between the two shots.

Why

can't we just peel the tight one?

That's not bad.

Right now, half a

stone, that's my only...

We've got

to move it at one point. You want to

move it, who you're thinking half?

You don't think that's out there?

The only thing I'm thinking is, we

could move it and if we do that,

that's fine, too.

You're going to

choke up the draw, that's all.

I

just think we need to score here.

I

think if we go for...

If you're

going to go for it, try and get that

one.

We almost want them coming to

try to get a shot around that.

If

you do that what's she going to do?

I think she might come here.

STEVE CRAM: Well, they only had

three seconds left there when they

finally seemed to reach some sort of

conclusion! So, my latest new term -

choke off the draw!

JACKIE LOCKHART: Yeah, we're

learning all the new terminology

from the Canadians! There is the

difference of bringing in a Canadian

into the strategy of it. The girls

thought they were going to peel off

the top guard but they didn't want

to because they thought it was too

long civil...

He has asked them to

do

do that, yeah. Well, there is still

that red out there, it is a long way

out. He is -- Eve is going to have

to be accurate.

I'm not sure that's

better.

But he was very concerned, I

think he's thinking Eve needs to be

able to draw for digital.

Yep, and

what was really difficult was, the

guards were all in a line down the

playing field, and it is really

difficult to get those two out

without staying yourselves, and

that's what we saw happen. The Great

Britain stone has stayed in front

and it is still acting as a centre

guard for Japan.

Still got three

stones left. This one is just about

going to get round, is it? Not

quite. Still helping protect that

yellow. It's a long way down there,

though.

Yeah, they had to be much,

much closer to the house. This is a

slightly off macro angle, so it

should be much easier to lift both

of them, and roll yourself to open

up that 4ft.

So, Anna Sloan, trying to take both

of these are, her own and the

yellow.

Would have been nice if that

had hit that one as well! Didn't

quite go across, it's still sitting

out there. At least it's not right

on the centreline, gives them

something to work off as well. I

think she's just going to try and

replace the guard. So, this is when

the skips, we've said about

Fujisawa, her team really need her

to find her accuracy here. Because

she's been struggling all the way

through, and particularly...

through, and particularly... She's

running at 61% average across the

shots generally. So, Eve is just

coming to check ice that they take.

Standing right behind the brush

being held by Yoshida.

being held by Yoshida. So, Fujisawa

is trying to put a guard back in.

She just wants to stop on the

centreline.

centreline.

Write down the middle of

the sheet there. Not bothered about

being in the house.

That's better.

Well, it's 6-5. If you do get just

one, then a lead of two with two

ends left, not a bad position to be

in, you would normally take that,

particularly with having the hammer

in the final end.

in the final end. If they were to

blank the ninth, they would still be

needing their two.

So, Eve can't see

any of, she would have to play like

a back ring weight to come onto the

top of it and just tap it back. We

have to be careful that we get the

right line of the stone machine if

they tapped off it, then it is an

easy stone for Japan to remove.

So,

Eve Muirhead hoping to continue in

the way in which she's been playing.

This is going to be tight again...

It needs to be tight, but... Looking

all right, for line.

Please, shot.

Just taps it back six

inches, and it's still just above

the tee line. Is she going to try

and come in off the side?

and come in off the side? There was

a bit of acai there!

They haven't used a time out yet.

We

desperately won't want to lose a two

here, and we have given ourselves

every opportunity of picking up a

two in this end. The trouble is,

there's a red high out of the house,

and it's whether you can get enough.

Yeah, she can see enough of it.

Well, it is an ambitious looking

shot she's after again here. That's

where you need to hit it, right

there.

She can afford to be a little

on the inside, because she is going

to run... I don't know if there is a

hole in between the red and yellow,

but she might just catch one of them

and stay in that area.

and stay in that area.

Well, she's

got to be incredibly accurate here.

She's just trying to see where... I

think she was kind of hoping to play

one of those shots, the yellow comes

across, hits her yellow and rebounds

back into the red and pushes it back

of the button.

Yeah, because the red

and the yellow on the outside,

they're too flat. She's almost going

to have to use her own yellow here.

And she will hope to get a rebound,

she wants to catch that yellow which

is on the red in the 4ft and rebound

back into the red.

It is a big shot and it would be a

cracking shot if it comes off.

Satsuki Fujisawa trying to limit

Great Britain's opportunity to get

two. She needs plenty of weight with

this to get around the red in the

right way. It is tight.

Just catches it. Just catching the

guard.

That makes things a lot easier for

Eve Muirhead. All the way down that

was looking close.

She didn't have

to be as tight. She was wanting the

inside of her yellow to come off and

get a big enough load to get into

the centre of the house. An

opportunity for us to pick up two.

Eve Muirhead has forced the

situation herself, it is up to her

to make it work. That yellow is

close.

She doesn't want to chip her own

bread.

One is better than none. --

her own red.

This is really high at

the moment.

I would rather that than

the other way. She wants to bring it

in now. I am not sure it has got

enough on it. Not good enough. What

she was doing is airing on the side

of caution. Only getting one.

They will get the hammer in the

final end. At the moment, it is a

two shot lead.

two shot lead. Eight end completed.

Two to go. You can see Eve was

thinking, I do not want to move my

own red out of shot position, she

needed to be a little wider to run

through to the yellow on the back.

Not quite there on that occasion.

That previous stone she played was

good. A mistake again, another from

the Japanese skip leaves Great

Britain still in control.

Elsewhere, China have picked up one

in the eighth. All to play for. 6-4

in favour of China over Canada.

Canada have the hammer in the night.

Korea still in charge of their

match, over USI, 7-4 -- USA.

match, over USI, 7-4 -- USA. Good

morning everybody at home tuning in.

Tuning into a little bit more

curling, having your breakfast. And

watching these teams who have had a

good condition, Japan really have

surprised a lot of people to be in

contention. Their last two matches

against Great Britain and

Switzerland.

Switzerland. A good position coming

into this with five wins, but no

guarantee five wins and four bosses

would get them through. Great

Britain have to win this first

against Japan, then they face Canada

with their final match, with a

record of five and four, would see

you in the tie-break match. Six and

three and you will definitely be

through. Five and four may be good

enough to go through.

USA picked up two over Korea, that

is still in the balance. Didn't look

as if that was going to happen. 7-6,

career lead.

career lead. -- Korea. Japan with

the hammer.

the hammer. Those two stones coming

to rest side by side.

Yurika Yoshida, the younger sister,

two years younger.

Putting the two corner guards up.

A little short with that one.

After four stones played, then you

can remove the guards, they have

protected up to that point.

protected up to that point. Eve

Muirhead asking Vicki Adams to

remove this one.

I always think the last three ends,

that is when you see the good

players really come to the fore,

make their shots, the skips making

the right decision. Reading the

game, we the situation. Eve Muirhead

try to keep control of this.

Very much about managing the

pressure at this stage of the game.

Tactics here, Japan using these two

stones of Great Britain to sit in

front, make them hard to remove. A

corner will be the one that will

cause trouble. They need to get one

in behind. A little mistake or error

of judgment and Japan could have the

opportunity to create two.

They really want to hit this and

roll it out of the house.

Not the best position to be in, in

front of those stones. A little

mistake from Vicki.

Here are the permutations. Japan

will be hoping to get there another

two and tie it up, Great Britain

would have the hammer in the final

end and one would be enough to win.

Japan I don't think we'll be in a

situation where this end will end up

being blanked.

Anything other than a 22 for Japan

really is going to give Great

Britain a massive opportunity, even

if Japan were to steal, a little tap

back there, it wouldn't be enough to

win.

And obviously if Great Britain got a

steal here, that would be a good

position to be in. We would be three

ahead. All of that to be played out.

In these next few minutes.

When you think that the Great

Britain after five games had only

two wins and three buses -- losses,

and a win here would be a massive

confidence booster. So what is she

thinking here, Eve?

They would like to get rid of both

of these killers but it might jam on

the back.

No more time outs for Great Britain.

Japan still get to use theirs. You

saw Glen Howard looking on, he will

leave it up to them now.

Little signals are not allowed.

Definitely not allowed.

Not even

little hand signals.

We have umpires on the ace and they

will be checking, looking up for

guidance from the coaches. They are

only allowed a one minute time-out.

That is OK.

Not bad.

Not bad, she says.

There is an

opportunity to catch the red and tap

the yellow back and push the read a

little bit. She went on to put too

much weight on it -- Push the red.

-- she won't want to put too much

weight on it.

A little bit of tap dancing here

required!

Chinami Yoshida.

That was a very gentle tap. Was the

yellow a target?

The red is safe in there at the

minute. It is the way the angles are

sitting.

She is not going for that. The

decisions now, no time outs now, the

decisions have to be Eve's.

Eve just looking to take that centre

line again.

This is where her experience now

tells you, do you always forget she

has been to three Olympic Games and

multiple World Championships. These

guys are the current European

champions, of course.

champions, of course. Right on the

centre line. Just trying to protect

them.

Now, Japan wanting to shift them out

of there. To try and get a clear run

in, a clear look at what is going

on. They desperately need their two,

Japan.

Yoshida.

I think she has overthrown this.

She has jammed it on. Again, the

mistakes have been there. If you are

just tuning in, a difficult start

for Great Britain. They only picked

up one with the hammer in the first

end. Japan managed to pick up three

in the second end. 3-1 up at that

point. We clawed our way back into

it. Got it to 3-3 at the halfway

point. Great Britain answered with a

three, a steal of three. That lead

of 6-3. Since then, they had been

trading scores. It has been the

mistakes from Japan that Great

Britain have been able to capitalise

on to put them in this position.

We have to make sure to guard this

up. We don't want to leave that

yellow open and let Japan get to tap

it.

That might look a long way away but

from where we are sitting... It is

making the line into that yellow

very difficult indeed. With Great

Britain line shot here, the idea is

to try and force or get Japan... She

still thinks she can see that

through that tiny gap through there.

Enough to get a stone through but

this has got to be good. What she is

looking at here is kind of a turnout

across the centre line.

A clockwise rotation down the centre

line, turning towards the right. She

has a high red guard to manipulate,

a yellow in the house, this has got

to be a great shot.

Very difficult. She will try to

swing through this gap between the

two reds.

Is she there?

She captures

her own. Tapping it in but not

enough. Still an opportunity, Great

Britain still have shot. That was a

brave shot to take on. She almost

made it. Just that little neck. All

these things make a difference, it

alters the angle for the second

stone, just to them. She wasn't able

to move the British stone, just

glanced it. Great Britain still

lying shot.

We need to guard up. Soon she can't

get to the one.

PLAYER:

If she knows it is this

front red...

She is looking for the run back.

We

can't cover both options, either

choose to cover the run back and

leave her with the draw to the one

foot, 481. Kocher I would rather

that, because that is one, and you

have the hammer for the final end.

Eve Muirhead settling for safety

first here.

Don't line them up, don't line them

up!

Well, that's the option.

Just don't

know where the red at the top of the

house is going to go.

Would you just

not play the draw here?

If she gets

this right, she could actually have

two yellows in the house, but...

It

could go horribly wrong as well.

Here we go, then. You're going to

see some stones moving around here.

She haven't given that much weight,

though.

She's still trying the same

shot!

She can't see any of those

stones, Chouly?! That's going to

catch the red...

So, a steal of one

for Great Britain.

And that might

well be the match here for Great

Britain, with one more end to go. I

don't think she could see hardly any

of that yellow. She could see two or

three inches first-time and she

didn't make that. She could at least

have had a go to draw in for the

one. She didn't make it,

one. She didn't make it, so another

steal for Great Britain, things

looking good for Great Britain.

Well, that was smart from Eve

Muirhead.

Muirhead. There might have been the

opportunity for her to move those

stones around, the Rossi was there

but she didn't fancy it. She was

really going for that yellow do you

think?

I think she was going to chip

the red out.

But she had hardly any

weight to do that, either.

I know,

it was a big call.

it was a big call.

Well, Eve

Muirhead won't be complaining about

that. Great Britain have taken this

match and turned it around from the

second end after a disappointing

start. They have got their act

together, Eve in particular. And so,

with Japan needing three here, Great

Britain won't be giving them

anything to work with. So,

excitement elsewhere as well. Korea,

in the ninth end, still leading USA

sevensix. And Canada are still

trailing China by one. They picked

upper one in the ninth. So, China

have the hammer and are leading by

one. Well!

That could have a real

impact on...

Well, let's just put it

this way. If, and it is still and

if, Great Britain beat Japan here,

then Great Britain could put Canada

out of these Olympic Games if they

were to be them in the final match

of the round robin. Got to win this

match first, of course. But a win

against Canada would guarantee Great

Britain in the semifinals, and if

Canada lose that much - there's a

lot of ifs here...

The point about Eve and her team is,

they've got into a winning habit

now. If they win this one, it's

three in a row. Two guards being put

up by Japan. Cheers are ringing

round for the match involving Korea.

I'll tell you what they've scored in

that ninth end - in fact they've

scored two, so they look in charge

there as well. That's a good result

for Great Britain as well, Korea

leading over USA, in the sense that

Korea go marching on if they win

that one, top of the table, but it

puts paid to the USA's chances of

getting past Great Britain. So far,

so good.

Yeah, and sport is all

about peaking at the right time, and

if I'm looking at this team down

here, I think it is now doing that

now. The team as a whole are all

starting to perform well.

What I

like about this team is, the three

that gave up in that second end,

didn't start the match well, there

wasn't any sense of panic, there

wasn't any sense of looking at each

other going, what are we doing,

guys? It was just calmly going about

their business and waiting for the

opportunities to arise, forcing bad

shots from Japan. And they came, and

when they camp other jumped all over

it and got that big score in the

sixth end, when they picked up three

and turned the match around. And all

they need to do here is to make sure

they don't do anything silly, and

every stone that gets sent down

here, every takeout, Japan have to

score three to tie this up. And Eve

Muirhead will be trying to make sure

that doesn't happen.

So, the first one in. So, what Eve

Muirhead will do is just remove the

guard.

Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams, Lauren

Gray, they've all played their part

in this victory and indeed in the

big match yesterday, that was a

great team performance. Smiles all

around from Vicki. We hardly ever

see and are without a smile. And

they know that they're close to

wrapping this one up. Just no

mistakes from here on in.

Chinami Yoshida. Japan still have a

chance of qualifying, even with this

defeat, depending on how results go

elsewhere. I say that, they haven't

lost it yet.

lost it yet.

They need a three.

I

know, just not giving it away yet!

This time I'm positive!

Be impossible for Japan to get

three. -- becoming increasingly

impossible. How do you assess this

performance, Jackie?

I think the

girls came out and Japan put some

pressure on, but the girls reacted

straight back and kept themselves in

the game. As much as Japan have made

the error is, we've capitalised

every time they've made these

errors, so that's a positive that we

want to keep moving forward. The

team dynamics are strong, the

communication is good, and Eve is

playing really well. I can see she's

got that confidence back, and I

think she was missing that in the

start of the week, so I'm really

positive about these girls

definitely making the play-offs, and

after that it is a whole new ball

game.

Well, one of the keys to this

victory as well as that Japan have

five wins already, Great Britain

would move to five if we wrap this

up. Japan have one more match, so do

Great Britain. So, if Japan ended up

with 5-4, they could still qualify

themselves, but the fact that we've

beaten Japan in the round robin,

even if we had the same record, if

it came to a choice between the two,

then we get ranked higher because of

the round robin result of.

the round robin result of. --

result. So, they will play these

stones out. Have you ever seen

anyone get a score of three from a

situation like this?

Well, we would

have to have a clean miss.

have to have a clean miss. Never say

never, but you just make sure, the

same routine, clean your stone, get

it right.

Yeah, I think Fujisawa will probably

walk off the ice today and probably

apologise a little bit to her team.

She hasn't been the best, she's been

playing very well in the

competition, but not today, and it's

been as much her mistakes as anyone

else. That's what the skip is

therefore. You can make the big

shots and win it for your team, but

if you're not playing well, then the

full glare of the spotlight is on

you. Well, it hasn't been a nice

performance, sadly, for her. And

Great Britain should wrap this up

here. Eve Muirhead just needs to

take one out here and then it's all

over.

So, Eve Muirhead, ready to put the

finishing touch to what's been a

superb performance by the British

women. They had to win this match

against Japan. After a difficult

start, they got it together, and

they've played very well indeed. And

there is the handshake. Great

Britain have won three in a row now

from a record of two and three after

five matches, they now have five

wins from their eight games, just

one match left against Canada. That

much could guarantee them a slot in

the top four. Even with the five

wins now, they are in a pretty good

position but they would want to

guarantee it in the match against

Canada. Well done to Eve Muirhead

and her team. Really good

performance. All turned around in

the sixth end. Great Britain win

this one against Japan.

Eyelid a great win for for the women

and the Team GB men were on the ice

as well this morning and they were

in a similar position, knowing they

needed to win their remaining two

matches to ensure safe passage

through to the semifinals. It was a

really assured performance from Kyle

Smith's rink against the Norwegians,

they won it 10-3 and afterwards they

spoke to Steve Cram. Adulation is,

guys, another great one at, do you

think that was your best

performance?

I would say so

probably. There was a couple of

slack ones but we always need to

apply the pressure afterwards, so

really pleased with that

performance.

You were out of the

blocks like Usain Bolt, in the

first?

Yeah, good start, be managed

to win the hammer and get a good

three on the board straightaway.

Yeah, it is great to get a head

start like that and we managed to

keep it going, which was good.

And,

of course, now, you're sitting in a

very double position in terms of

qualification, because you know it's

in your hands, which is always what

you want, one more win and you are

through?

Exactly. If we knew that we

were coming into the last game of

the round robin and it was in our

hands we would be happy. We have put

ourselves in a great position and we

just need to do the job tomorrow.

A

really technical question - do you

think you play better in red?

It is

my favourite colour, to be honest! I

really enjoy playing in red!

We were

saying that you played so well

today, maybe it would have been good

to have been coming back tonight but

I guess it is a case of gathering

yourself ready for tomorrow?

I think

it is actually quite nice to have a

bit of a break for the rest of the

day because it has a bit rental and

relentless, to be honest. It feels

like we have not had a lot of time

off so it will be nice to relax and

support the girls later run and get

ready for tomorrow.

Well played

today, congratulations.

Well, good afternoon. From

Pyeongchang, we are heading into the

late afternoon here in South Korea.

Plenty of action so far today. Here

is what has happened on day 11 so

far in Pyeongchang. Great Britain's

men are making their debut here but

they are looking a good bet for an

Olympic medal after thrashing former

world champions Norway 10-3 in their

penultimate round robin match today.

Canada's pre-event favourite Cassie

Sharpe lived up to her billing by

taking halfpipe told in a dominant

performance at the Phoenix Snow

Park. Britain's Rowan Cheshire

finished a hugely creditable

seventh. Ryan Donato scored twice as

the USA beat Slovakia 5-1 to book a

spot in the men's Olympic ice hockey

quarterfinals, where they will play

Czech Republic. The GB pair narrowly

missed out on qualifying for the

men's halfpipe final. The American

trio topped the pile.

trio topped the pile. The

Pyeongchang Olympics has had its

third failed drugs test. The Court

of Arbitration for Sport has

announced that the Slovenia men's

ice hockey player has tested

positive for a banned substance. He

has accepted the violation and will

leave the Olympics within 24 hours.

Elise Christie on the ice this

morning, spending an hour on her

skates, the first time back at since

injuring herself in the 1,500 metres

semifinal. She said she is on her

way to the Ice Arena ahead of the

1000m heat which she hopes to take

her place on the start.

We have had so many stories of sheer

strength, resilience and willpower

at these Games and we have another

in the ski half pipe. Rowan Cheshire

four years ago was training in Sochi

ahead of making her Olympic debut

when disaster struck. A heavy fall

led to severe concussion. Her

Olympic dream was over but more

worryingly was her condition. She

went home, got back on her skis but

the suffered another 22 concussions

leading to severe side effects. She

has been on the road to recovery and

is back now, fulfilling her Olympic

dream. It has been a huge effort

from her. Before these games, we

went to meet her.

I was feeling really confident about