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Elise Christie, but World Champion,
clearly not fully fit with that | 0:00:37 | 0:00:42 | |
ankle damage, but keen to have a go
here if she can get through this | 0:00:42 | 0:00:46 | |
heat. She will have another couple
of days to recover. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
A wave a go, and Christie goes down
before they reach the very first | 0:00:48 | 0:00:54 | |
corner. And I think we will be
restarting the race. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
She's going to go again, Elise
Christie is not finished. Away they | 0:00:58 | 0:01:03 | |
go. Christie at the back of the
field. She has avoided any trouble. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:09 | |
And now she can get up to speed.
Three laps to go as they come | 0:01:09 | 0:01:15 | |
around, and Christie just about
manages to stay on her feet, just | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
forcing her way into second place as
they take the bell. Van Ruijven of | 0:01:18 | 0:01:23 | |
the Netherlands leads with half a
lap to go. Christie in position to | 0:01:23 | 0:01:29 | |
qualify here. Van Ruijven first over
the line, Christie in second. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:33 | |
And this time, she manages to get
the job done, almost going down | 0:01:33 | 0:01:37 | |
again there.
Managed to stay up and the referees | 0:01:37 | 0:01:41 | |
are looking at the video replay.
The referee has gone across. Yellow | 0:01:41 | 0:01:47 | |
card, Elise Christie. I can't
believe they have awarded her a | 0:01:47 | 0:01:51 | |
yellow card.
Elise Christie is out of the Olympic | 0:01:51 | 0:01:53 | |
Games. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:54 | |
It has been a desperately
disappointing game for Team GB, for | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
Elise Christie, a heartbreaking day.
Her Olympic Games are over, and she | 0:02:00 | 0:02:05 | |
will take a fair while now to
recover both emotionally and indeed | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
physically. She has this ankle
injury, she may have damaged it by | 0:02:09 | 0:02:14 | |
trying to qualify for the
quarterfinals of the 1000 metres. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
Sarah Lindsey has been a friend and
team-mate for over a decade. Nicola | 0:02:17 | 0:02:22 | |
Minichiello is a World Championship
gold medal winning bobsleigh driver, | 0:02:22 | 0:02:26 | |
and Amy Williams, and Olympic
champion. They know what it takes to | 0:02:26 | 0:02:30 | |
be the best. Sarah Lindsey, right
now, Elise Christie, you would think | 0:02:30 | 0:02:34 | |
has had enough. But she said she
would be back for Beijing. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:38 | |
Straightaway reflecting and fairly
clear-headed. It may be that we'll | 0:02:38 | 0:02:43 | |
catch up with her in the next few
days. She came out very positive, | 0:02:43 | 0:02:48 | |
and she loves our sport and has done
so much for it. Like she was saying, | 0:02:48 | 0:02:54 | |
she has all these messages from kids
and people she's inspired, which I | 0:02:54 | 0:02:58 | |
think probably helps her.
It isn't always the easy stories, it | 0:02:58 | 0:03:03 | |
is the tough ones that have more
effect. Oh, my God, sport has such | 0:03:03 | 0:03:09 | |
highs and unfortunately today, such
devastating lows today. She is a | 0:03:09 | 0:03:13 | |
competitor, a three-time world
champion, reigning world champion, | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
but today she is an athlete that has
gone out and not met anything she | 0:03:16 | 0:03:21 | |
wanted to do. Devastating for her.
Amy, when you are the star of the | 0:03:21 | 0:03:26 | |
show, and you have been in that
position when you are the one that | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
everyone is looking at, it does make
it even more difficult, doesn't it? | 0:03:29 | 0:03:35 | |
Yeah, this pressure on athletes, and
you are fighting for yourself and | 0:03:35 | 0:03:39 | |
your coaches, for your team, for
Great Britain, and it mounts up and | 0:03:39 | 0:03:43 | |
becomes so big. But she is so
inspirational to so many young | 0:03:43 | 0:03:48 | |
people, the determination and grit,
picking yourself up. Unfortunately, | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
yes, in sport, there are not always
highs, there are highs and lows, and | 0:03:51 | 0:03:57 | |
we are watching her, and her low is
in the public eye at these Olympics. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:02 | |
It should be for her. She said in
her interview, she will go back out | 0:04:02 | 0:04:08 | |
and represent Great Britain and do
Britain proud. She is taking a lot | 0:04:08 | 0:04:12 | |
of responsible on there. She has
already done a lot for the sport, | 0:04:12 | 0:04:16 | |
and everybody knows what track is.
But we are devastated for her, and | 0:04:16 | 0:04:21 | |
we fielded the -- we are
disappointed, and it is times 1 | 0:04:21 | 0:04:29 | |
million for Elise. If you are just
joining us on BBC Two, this is what | 0:04:29 | 0:04:33 | |
she said as soon as she came back
out after realising she had a yellow | 0:04:33 | 0:04:38 | |
card and was described by.
I did everything I could to turn | 0:04:38 | 0:04:44 | |
this around. I have ligament damage
in my ankle, and putting a skate on | 0:04:44 | 0:04:49 | |
is not the comfiest thing in the
world. We did everything we could to | 0:04:49 | 0:04:54 | |
turn this around. It just wasn't
meant to be. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:59 | |
If it was any other competition,
would you have been on the start | 0:04:59 | 0:05:03 | |
line today? No, I would have been
off the ice for five of weeks. I | 0:05:03 | 0:05:09 | |
wouldn't have gone on in the World
Championships, and it wouldn't have | 0:05:09 | 0:05:13 | |
been my choice. The only reason they
gave me the choice is because it is | 0:05:13 | 0:05:17 | |
an Olympics. The worst that could
happen is I damage it more, and I | 0:05:17 | 0:05:22 | |
may have, I have been kicked and
thrown off the start. But that | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
didn't matter. I trained all my life
for this. It meant everything for | 0:05:25 | 0:05:31 | |
me. Yet, it is done.
I hope everyone watching will think | 0:05:31 | 0:05:38 | |
you have a hell of a lot of guts.
Yet, thanks! I | 0:05:38 | 0:05:46 | |
Yet, thanks! I felt I really wanted
to get short track out there. It is | 0:05:46 | 0:05:50 | |
such an amazing sport. I am going to
put my hands up, and say I have no | 0:05:50 | 0:05:57 | |
idea why I have a yellow card. When
I watched the race, I was kicked on | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
the start and fell over. I have
never had a yellow card in my life, | 0:06:01 | 0:06:05 | |
I rarely get penalties. I went up
the inside, and on the video, I am | 0:06:05 | 0:06:11 | |
past the girl. I have no idea! The
only thing I can think of is | 0:06:11 | 0:06:17 | |
possibly the referee doesn't think
it is safe for me to race with my | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
ankle as it is. He was encouraging
me to get off the ice after the fall | 0:06:20 | 0:06:25 | |
at the start. If that is it, fair
enough. I can see why he might not | 0:06:25 | 0:06:29 | |
want me to race like that, because
it might not be the safest. But, | 0:06:29 | 0:06:34 | |
yeah...
We know how much work you put in. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:39 | |
You are talking about putting short
track out there, you have already | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
done that, you are the short track
champion. How do you some up these | 0:06:42 | 0:06:47 | |
games, because I think it's fair to
say it has not gone very well. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:51 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
You will have to ask me tomorrow.
Right now, I am shell-shocked. I | 0:06:55 | 0:07:01 | |
worked so hard to come back from
this injury. I think 1000 people | 0:07:01 | 0:07:07 | |
wouldn't have skated with my ankle
how it was. The only thing I can say | 0:07:07 | 0:07:13 | |
is, I can promise Britain I will
come back from this, and I will come | 0:07:13 | 0:07:20 | |
back for Beijing. And hopefully, I
can do Britain proud then. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:24 | |
STUDIO: She is thinking of how to
put this right. Incredibly brave and | 0:07:24 | 0:07:30 | |
resilient, Elise Christie, she
stayed out doing interviews with | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
radio, television as well. Here is
the response of Team GB's | 0:07:32 | 0:07:39 | |
performance director for short track
skating, Stewart Laing. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
First of all, if I can ask about
Elise Christie, the big short track | 0:07:41 | 0:07:47 | |
hope for the games. It ended
tonight, and I don't know how to | 0:07:47 | 0:07:52 | |
describe the circumstances in which
it ended. Put it into words for us. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
A shock, if you like. We have worked
really hard over the last two days | 0:07:55 | 0:08:02 | |
to get Elise to the start line and
able to compete. She competed, she | 0:08:02 | 0:08:08 | |
finished, she crossed the line in
second. And then, unfortunately, had | 0:08:08 | 0:08:10 | |
a Jelle Klaasen. We are in shock. --
had a yellow card. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:19 | |
Were their complaints about the
decision, getting the yellow card? I | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
haven't watched the racing back and
haven't had the chance to catch up | 0:08:23 | 0:08:27 | |
with Nicky. We have been focusing on
making sure we are able to look | 0:08:27 | 0:08:31 | |
after Elise and support her. She has
done a lot of media, so I am not in | 0:08:31 | 0:08:37 | |
a position to comment on the yellow
card at this point. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
The fact she was on the start line
at all is testament to her and her | 0:08:40 | 0:08:45 | |
desire to be out there. She did say
the sort of injury she had, | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
normally, if it wasn't the Olympic
Games, she would look at 5-6 weeks | 0:08:48 | 0:08:53 | |
of the eyes. Maybe 4-6. And that is
purely and simply because we want | 0:08:53 | 0:08:59 | |
the ligaments and ankle to be as
strong as we can do. On the eyes, | 0:08:59 | 0:09:03 | |
they are pushing from a 17 inch
blade, and the power is going | 0:09:03 | 0:09:08 | |
through the ankle. We would like it
to be as optimal as it can be. The | 0:09:08 | 0:09:13 | |
Olubi games comes every four years.
We were medically cleared, we made | 0:09:13 | 0:09:17 | |
the decision and Elise was at heart
of that decision. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
You say you want to support Elise
now, speaking to her afterwards, she | 0:09:20 | 0:09:25 | |
seemed like she was already focusing
on Beijing. She seems like she is | 0:09:25 | 0:09:29 | |
already better than where she was
four years back at Sochi. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:34 | |
Absolutely. You have seen Elise this
evening, she is far more robust | 0:09:34 | 0:09:39 | |
after she was at Sochi. We have a
national lottery to thank for that | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
and the support they have given us
throughout the four years cycle. It | 0:09:42 | 0:09:46 | |
is great to hear an athlete in the
position Elise is in talking about | 0:09:46 | 0:09:51 | |
Beijing and the future. Hopefully,
with the support of the national | 0:09:51 | 0:09:55 | |
Lottery and UK sport, we continue
the journey and target Beijing will | 0:09:55 | 0:10:00 | |
stop I think the medal target was 1-
to medals. It didn't happen for us, | 0:10:00 | 0:10:05 | |
what is your take on that? A lot of
people have said this is short | 0:10:05 | 0:10:11 | |
track, which it is. We can't forget,
Elise made a capital a final, coming | 0:10:11 | 0:10:16 | |
forth outside the podium, so we have
shown we have a genuine podium | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
potential. We weren't able to
realise it here. There are a number | 0:10:20 | 0:10:24 | |
of great athletes coming through the
ranks, Farrell Treacy, highest | 0:10:24 | 0:10:28 | |
position, 14, at this and in big
games. Kat Thomson, in another four | 0:10:28 | 0:10:33 | |
years, I am sure she will be vying
for medals as well. The future is | 0:10:33 | 0:10:37 | |
bright, we will have potential that
we didn't realise it. This is the | 0:10:37 | 0:10:43 | |
sport of short track, it is a crazy
sport. Everyone watching can see | 0:10:43 | 0:10:47 | |
that. You can be the best in the
world, and all it takes is a nudge | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
to go down. For the people that
decide whether money goes, do they | 0:10:51 | 0:10:56 | |
understand that? I understand so.
The director of performance were at | 0:10:56 | 0:11:01 | |
the World Champion chips where Elise
became world champion. We talk about | 0:11:01 | 0:11:05 | |
being triple world champion, because
one of them is not an Olympic event. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:10 | |
But they fell in love with short
track and have shown the support to | 0:11:10 | 0:11:15 | |
short track speed skating over this
Olympic cycle. | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
What is next for Elise, Charlotte,
Kat | 0:11:18 | 0:11:23 | |
What is next for Elise, Charlotte,
Kat, after Pyeongchang? We go home | 0:11:23 | 0:11:25 | |
and review, take a break. At the end
of a cycle, people work hard. One | 0:11:25 | 0:11:32 | |
thing this season was that the
Olympic qualifiers were so early, | 0:11:32 | 0:11:36 | |
there was only a two week break from
the end of one season to the next. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:40 | |
Everyone will take downtime and
breast, it will vary in terms of | 0:11:40 | 0:11:44 | |
time. I think Elise and Charlotte
might take a little bit longer, that | 0:11:44 | 0:11:48 | |
is absolutely fine, but both are
talking about their future and that | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
is on the ice, which is great to
hear. Have they discuss that with | 0:11:51 | 0:11:55 | |
you? They both mentioned Beijing? It
is not something we have entertained | 0:11:55 | 0:12:00 | |
getting stuck into now because we
want to focus on Pyeongchang, but | 0:12:00 | 0:12:04 | |
the fact they are walking through
the mix zone and talking about it, | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
and that is music to my ears.
Tough luck on the way it has panned | 0:12:07 | 0:12:12 | |
out this week, but thanks for your
time over the week. Thanks for the | 0:12:12 | 0:12:17 | |
support. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
It has been a long night and come
addition for Stewart Laing and the | 0:12:20 | 0:12:24 | |
short track team and support team.
These the allocation of funding is. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:30 | |
Short track were predicted 1-2-mac | 0:12:30 | 0:12:39 | |
They have achieved that name. We
have to see how that goes. -- | 0:12:39 | 0:12:48 | |
haven't achieved. Like Stewart said, | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
have to see how that goes. --
haven't achieved. Like Stewart said, | 0:12:51 | 0:12:51 | |
we demonstrated we were good enough,
but it is impossible to predict in | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
our sport. That is what makes it so
different. If you keep investing in | 0:12:55 | 0:13:00 | |
Bobsleigh and skeleton, results will
improve. You can invest as much as | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
you like in short track, and you
have an incident where you foul or | 0:13:03 | 0:13:08 | |
someone found you and you are out.
Three medals at the Olympic Games | 0:13:08 | 0:13:12 | |
potentially, but coming away with
none. It can go in your favour as | 0:13:12 | 0:13:15 | |
well, you can be outside medal
contenders, things can go wrong and | 0:13:15 | 0:13:19 | |
you can take advantage, it is swings
and roundabouts. It is such a | 0:13:19 | 0:13:23 | |
terrible shame that we have somebody
so good, she is the fastest girl out | 0:13:23 | 0:13:29 | |
there, and it has unfolded the way
it has. Do you think the Olympics is | 0:13:29 | 0:13:33 | |
becoming this thing in her head? Did
you see her skate differently? Is | 0:13:33 | 0:13:37 | |
there anything you wish she had
done? She skated brilliantly. If you | 0:13:37 | 0:13:45 | |
look back through all the races,
things were happening to her out of | 0:13:45 | 0:13:48 | |
her control. She went into the
Olympics satisfied with her previous | 0:13:48 | 0:13:53 | |
performances. She is World Champion.
On paper, that is much more | 0:13:53 | 0:13:57 | |
difficult than the Olympics. The
Olympics comes with other things | 0:13:57 | 0:14:01 | |
that make it harder, but she knows
she is the best, and she is | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
comfortable with that. Obviously,
the Olympics holds a lot of kudos | 0:14:04 | 0:14:09 | |
for everybody outside the sport, and
it gets media attention, so there is | 0:14:09 | 0:14:14 | |
more pressure. She has gone into the
com petition with a lot of weight on | 0:14:14 | 0:14:17 | |
her shoulders. Looking at the
funding graphic, Nicola, you were | 0:14:17 | 0:14:21 | |
looking at Bobsleigh, who hasn't
received any funding. Misha McNeill | 0:14:21 | 0:14:26 | |
and Measham more of the quickest duo
after the first run -- Mica Moore. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:32 | |
We know they have talent and
potential. This is testament, if you | 0:14:32 | 0:14:38 | |
look at the start time, the start
differential for every hundredth of | 0:14:38 | 0:14:41 | |
a second at the start, that is
automatically around 3 or 4-mac | 0:14:41 | 0:14:48 | |
hundredths. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:50 | |
They would have been right up there
or do you see from this that gives | 0:14:51 | 0:14:58 | |
you encouragement that they could
move up the leaderboard? They need | 0:14:58 | 0:15:02 | |
to be consistent on the start still.
If they can maintain the time they | 0:15:02 | 0:15:06 | |
had on this long run, she is driving
it really well. She didn't make any | 0:15:06 | 0:15:11 | |
big mistakes. She didn't really make
any mistakes on what you can see. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:15 | |
Tiny taps here and there. This will
have given her confidence. She has | 0:15:15 | 0:15:20 | |
great speed. She is building it up
as she goes down the track. To know | 0:15:20 | 0:15:25 | |
after run one, she is in sixth
place. The double Olympic champion | 0:15:25 | 0:15:32 | |
is in first place, who started
faster and yet Mica has crept up. I | 0:15:32 | 0:15:39 | |
would take a lot of confidence. She
knows she needs to do exactly the | 0:15:39 | 0:15:43 | |
same thing three more times and she
might move up. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:48 | |
Exactly. America leading the way, as
Amy mentions, Kayleigh Humphreys, | 0:15:48 | 0:15:56 | |
the double Olympic champion in
fifth. Misha McNeill just behind her | 0:15:56 | 0:15:59 | |
in sick. If you could say anything
to them right now, what would it be? | 0:15:59 | 0:16:09 | |
Just do your thing. Just focus on
her. At this point, there will be | 0:16:09 | 0:16:14 | |
Olympic fever going crazy. Everyone
will want to talk about the | 0:16:14 | 0:16:19 | |
opportunity of medals, but she needs
to concentrate, same track, same | 0:16:19 | 0:16:23 | |
sled, same drive, same start. They
are going in reverse order. Here are | 0:16:23 | 0:16:27 | |
one of the German crews. It's pick
it up with John Jackson and John | 0:16:27 | 0:16:33 | |
Hunt. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:37 | |
COMMENTATOR: Eighth quickest off the
blocks in one with 547, and they | 0:16:41 | 0:16:45 | |
have gone slightly slower. The
Austrian is leading. We go in | 0:16:45 | 0:16:52 | |
reverse order from 20 down to one. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:57 | |
She was one of the potential outside
medallists, top five, top six, she | 0:16:57 | 0:17:02 | |
is overdriving the sled. She hasn't
dialled into the track today, for | 0:17:02 | 0:17:06 | |
whatever reason, whether it is just
first round nerve, she is not an | 0:17:06 | 0:17:11 | |
experienced pilot. That is what she
is costing her time. The German sled | 0:17:11 | 0:17:15 | |
love this track. They love the speed
at the bottom. But I don't know | 0:17:15 | 0:17:19 | |
whether she has done too much and
forced the line, and not found the | 0:17:19 | 0:17:22 | |
speed. This is the world number
seven pairing we are looking at a | 0:17:22 | 0:17:26 | |
the moment. They are not looking
like that at the moment. They can't | 0:17:26 | 0:17:31 | |
get past Hengster, which is a great
disappointment. There the Austrians | 0:17:31 | 0:17:38 | |
enjoy a bit more time in centre
stage. Same sort of time, but they | 0:17:38 | 0:17:44 | |
just needed to go quicker. Others
round them are going quicker. That | 0:17:44 | 0:17:48 | |
is a different, when we talk about
consistency with medal, it has to be | 0:17:48 | 0:17:53 | |
quick, this is going to be middle of
the road which is why she is sat | 0:17:53 | 0:17:58 | |
where is is. Not a bad run at all.s
there was no real mistake, a nudge | 0:17:58 | 0:18:05 | |
in the wall, you see the difference
between the lines here, a lot | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
smoother line from the German sled,
that could be just how much more | 0:18:09 | 0:18:14 | |
work she has done, as they come on
to the same line as exiting the | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
corner.
All these in the bottom half are | 0:18:17 | 0:18:24 | |
currently desperately trying to get
near to 51 seconds. When we get to | 0:18:24 | 0:18:30 | |
the leaders they will be trying to
get nearer 50. That is the | 0:18:30 | 0:18:34 | |
difference. Here for Romania in 12th
place. We have consince and Grecu. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:42 | |
Very versatile these two. Each can
operate either pilot or brake. The | 0:18:42 | 0:18:49 | |
Romanians have done really well at
this Olympic games in all sorts of | 0:18:49 | 0:18:53 | |
disciplines.
We saw it in luge, we saw it in the | 0:18:53 | 0:18:58 | |
men's two man bob as well. Trying to
hold on to 12th place. They need a | 0:18:58 | 0:19:06 | |
5.50 sort of start to push them to
their goals. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:09 | |
Again, one of the teams that are
just suffering a bit with their | 0:19:09 | 0:19:14 | |
overall sort of result, just because
of their start. If they had a good | 0:19:14 | 0:19:19 | |
start they would be further up the
order. This pilot really drives | 0:19:19 | 0:19:23 | |
well. Maria is still a developing
pilot but has some good skills in | 0:19:23 | 0:19:28 | |
the front of a sled. All the lines
here are looking good, as she comes | 0:19:28 | 0:19:31 | |
across, this pivotal part of the
track, a nudge and a little | 0:19:31 | 0:19:35 | |
nudge,some he is closing in, but is
it going to sort, the time grow or | 0:19:35 | 0:19:39 | |
is she going to catch up to the
Austrian, she has lost a lot of time | 0:19:39 | 0:19:44 | |
coming down that straight. It will
be disappointing for them. They have | 0:19:44 | 0:19:48 | |
dropped behind, can they pull any
time back? No, they have lost over | 0:19:48 | 0:19:55 | |
three tenths in one run on the
Austrians who continue to smile and | 0:19:55 | 0:19:59 | |
improve their position. Hengster
still our leader. They will be | 0:19:59 | 0:20:05 | |
disappointed with that, Constantin.
It is a rare bad run for them. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:10 | |
Nothing major but the bits are the
difference, the times are so tight. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
If you make one mistake you have got
the potential of dropping back two | 0:20:14 | 0:20:20 | |
or three place, a little nudge here,
little mistake at the top, but all | 0:20:20 | 0:20:25 | |
in all she might have overdrove 12,
which can cost a lot of time at the | 0:20:25 | 0:20:30 | |
bottom.
Moving all the time to the top ten. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:37 | |
Mica McNeill and Mica Moore sit
sixth. Belgian, in 11th place. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:46 | |
Williamson and arts. Sixth in Sochi,
fine result there. -- Aerts. . Twice | 0:20:46 | 0:20:56 | |
being ranked in the top four, that
has drifted away a bit. | 0:20:56 | 0:21:03 | |
And here she goes, this is one of
the slowest starring teams. 5.53 | 0:21:03 | 0:21:10 | |
they achieved earlier, they have
gone slower, I that handicap | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
themselves with this start They do.
This has been Willemsen's problem, | 0:21:13 | 0:21:19 | |
she has had top four result, she is
a quality driver but the issue is | 0:21:19 | 0:21:24 | |
everybody has the same I quipment as
the Belgians and so she is on a | 0:21:24 | 0:21:29 | |
level playing field. That is why she
can't drive them back like she used | 0:21:29 | 0:21:33 | |
to be able to.
She was good down the straight | 0:21:33 | 0:21:38 | |
again, amazing line, right down the
middle. She will carry the speed, a | 0:21:38 | 0:21:42 | |
tap there, that won't cost her too
much, but the peed is starting to | 0:21:42 | 0:21:47 | |
drop away, because the Austrians'
run was really good. History | 0:21:47 | 0:21:53 | |
repeating itself for Willemsen here,
can she hold the Austrians at bay? | 0:21:53 | 0:21:58 | |
No, drops behind them. As the
Austrians celebrate further they | 0:21:58 | 0:22:03 | |
were clear at the top of this hill.
Seven 8th of a mile. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:14 | |
Not going to be sixth again on that
run, John. No, certainly not. It is | 0:22:14 | 0:22:18 | |
just because they have got far too
much work to do from this point on, | 0:22:18 | 0:22:22 | |
when they are at the top of the
track, you can see here, she has a | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
great line through the, the oh, into
corner 12, she does a bit too much | 0:22:26 | 0:22:31 | |
there, and scrubs off some speed. I
think she overdrove the bottom of | 0:22:31 | 0:22:35 | |
the track, which is why she started
losing speed. There is our leader. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:41 | |
Working till the last minute.
Taylor, putting in the graft. She | 0:22:41 | 0:22:48 | |
leads. Next up for the Olympic
athletes of Russian team. In tenth | 0:22:48 | 0:22:58 | |
place. Kocherzhova and Rodionova. In
stark contrast to the Belgian team, | 0:22:58 | 0:23:05 | |
these guys are like rockets off the
blocks but it all just goes horribly | 0:23:05 | 0:23:10 | |
wrong. At the end of testify track.
You expect a good time here off the | 0:23:10 | 0:23:15 | |
block, 5.30 something like that.
5.39. Still good. One of the best. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:20 | |
This is why it is going wrong, you
can hear her driving straightaway. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:24 | |
The big mistake there, a bit too
much in the top three Conners | 0:23:24 | 0:23:28 | |
already, she is overdriving. That is
where she is losing speed. She is | 0:23:28 | 0:23:32 | |
doing too much. You can hear her
cutting ice, she will get that wrong | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
because she runs too long, too long
on eight. She is getting a bit | 0:23:35 | 0:23:39 | |
behind the sled. What I mean is she
is missing the steering points which | 0:23:39 | 0:23:44 | |
is why she looks a bit out of
control. She has not been settled at | 0:23:44 | 0:23:49 | |
all on this run. She will be lucky
to stay ahead at this point from | 0:23:49 | 0:23:53 | |
looking what the the clock is doing.
She was nearly 25th hundreds in | 0:23:53 | 0:24:00 | |
front of the Austrians that is in
danger of evaporating and it has. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:06 | |
She has lost nearly half a second on
the Ouse stran, Hengster still in | 0:24:06 | 0:24:11 | |
front. That was pretty moderate
stuff from the Russians. Lots of | 0:24:11 | 0:24:17 | |
mistake, all the way down that, was
the problem, from corner four, on | 0:24:17 | 0:24:21 | |
wards, it was just tap, corner,
entrance wrong, entrance wrong, | 0:24:21 | 0:24:26 | |
entrance wrong, and you can't have
that at this level. The start was | 0:24:26 | 0:24:30 | |
good, but you need four consistent
drives, and there is half a second | 0:24:30 | 0:24:36 | |
difference nearly between the first
and second run, she has lost five | 0:24:36 | 0:24:40 | |
places on one run, everything is so
tight. You can't afford to make | 0:24:40 | 0:24:45 | |
mistakes like that. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:50 | |
mistakes like that. That. Hengster.
Chat things the through. Here now, | 0:24:54 | 0:25:03 | |
Canadians. Three teams here at the
Olympic Games. They are all in the | 0:25:03 | 0:25:07 | |
top nine at the moment. We will see
Humphreys and Rissling shortly. This | 0:25:07 | 0:25:14 | |
is De Bruyne and Lotholz in ninth
place. The snapshot of run one was a | 0:25:14 | 0:25:23 | |
good started but it slowly but
surely slipped away, down the run, | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
they lost speed after aed good
start. 5.48. Almost exactly the same | 0:25:26 | 0:25:32 | |
as run one, let us see if they can
hold it this time. Christina is a | 0:25:32 | 0:25:38 | |
relatively inexperienced pilot
compared to the other Canadian, but | 0:25:38 | 0:25:40 | |
maybe it was just a bit of first
round nerve, hopefully she can | 0:25:40 | 0:25:46 | |
settle in and make a move move
forward. Don't think about the | 0:25:46 | 0:25:51 | |
Austrian, think about moving forward
and getting up the ranks. That | 0:25:51 | 0:25:56 | |
should help her. She is pulling out
of big margin, a lot will be to do | 0:25:56 | 0:26:00 | |
with the start. This driver has been
cleaned up. Maybe she might lose | 0:26:00 | 0:26:05 | |
speed at the bottom but still she
will have a lead. Lead. She started | 0:26:05 | 0:26:11 | |
off with a three tenth advantage and
it has grown to four tent, you are | 0:26:11 | 0:26:16 | |
right, that just puts a bit of
pressure on the next to to go, in | 0:26:16 | 0:26:22 | |
8th and seventh place. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:27 | |
8th and seventh place. It wasn't a
lot quicker. That is the consistency | 0:26:28 | 0:26:32 | |
you need. If you can't put four
consistent runs down you end up | 0:26:32 | 0:26:39 | |
dropping place, great overhead shots
of the way the brake woman and pilot | 0:26:39 | 0:26:44 | |
come into the sled. A couple of
little errors but overall that was a | 0:26:44 | 0:26:48 | |
good run. She will be happy with her
first day's work. You can see how | 0:26:48 | 0:26:54 | |
tight it is to miss the right wall
and get into that corner. | 0:26:54 | 0:27:01 | |
Canada lead but that leaderboard
will be shaken up dramaticically in | 0:27:01 | 0:27:05 | |
the next 15 minutes.
-- dramatically. You can see the | 0:27:05 | 0:27:11 | |
camaraderie between the athlete,
ewhen hen they know they have put | 0:27:11 | 0:27:15 | |
one down well they congratulate each
other. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:21 | |
other. In 8th place for Switzerland
Rebsamen and Hafner. Shouting to | 0:27:24 | 0:27:29 | |
each other, coaches bellowing,
unbelievely Sabrina was fourth in | 0:27:29 | 0:27:35 | |
the World Championships 13 years
ago. 5.53. Not as quick as she would | 0:27:35 | 0:27:40 | |
have hoped for. She has been in the
sport of sliding for a while. She | 0:27:40 | 0:27:45 | |
took a few years out. Did skeleton
and now she is back in the | 0:27:45 | 0:27:49 | |
bobsleigh, she is a quality pilot.
Although she makes a mistake there, | 0:27:49 | 0:27:54 | |
she runs a bit long on seven, a bit
too high, to stay in front testify | 0:27:54 | 0:28:01 | |
Canadians. Di.had a good run. She is
tolding -- holding it but needs to | 0:28:01 | 0:28:06 | |
be good through this part of track
to keep hold. It is going to be a | 0:28:06 | 0:28:11 | |
dead tie.
She was very high on the curve | 0:28:11 | 0:28:16 | |
there, she hit to the left-hand
side, exit of 15 as well. Two costly | 0:28:16 | 0:28:23 | |
points at the tail there. And Hafner
can't get past De Bruyne. In fact, | 0:28:23 | 0:28:31 | |
was 17 hundreds off. She is looking
quizzical about that. Sloppy in | 0:28:31 | 0:28:37 | |
place, she had a mistake at the top
and one down the bottom and | 0:28:37 | 0:28:42 | |
overdrove the sled. The start was
OK, again, her roughly about where | 0:28:42 | 0:28:47 | |
she would be within the pack but
they both get in together to try and | 0:28:47 | 0:28:56 | |
carry velocity, not bad through
here, squeezes through, maybe | 0:28:56 | 0:29:02 | |
overdrove corner 12 a bit. That is
what has cost her a bit of time. | 0:29:02 | 0:29:07 | |
The British women will be out in a
minute. There is a big pairing to | 0:29:07 | 0:29:11 | |
come next for Canada, who have had a
great games here. Rissling and | 0:29:11 | 0:29:19 | |
Heather Moyse, standing in seventh
place. | 0:29:19 | 0:29:24 | |
They were so consistent through
their run, just really not quite | 0:29:24 | 0:29:29 | |
fast enough with a 50.81 first time.
They were second quickest off the | 0:29:29 | 0:29:35 | |
blocks and they finished of course
if seventh place as well. -- seventh | 0:29:35 | 0:29:41 | |
quickest off the block. Moyse is an
amazing athlete at the break. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:47 | |
Rissling got in touch with her on
Instagram to form this partnership. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:52 | |
Moyse was formally with the former
double gold medallist Humphreys. The | 0:29:52 | 0:30:01 | |
first thing to watch for and hay
have done it again, exactly the | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
same.
Now this run, I believe will be, no, | 0:30:04 | 0:30:10 | |
I don't think, she made a mistake
there, I was going to say this run | 0:30:10 | 0:30:14 | |
could be the one she moves forward.
She was third here last year but she | 0:30:14 | 0:30:19 | |
has made a mistake at the top. Top.
So I don't know if she going to | 0:30:19 | 0:30:24 | |
settle in. He will want to stay in
front of her team-mate who has put | 0:30:24 | 0:30:28 | |
the run down and she was really good
through there, she has a big lead. | 0:30:28 | 0:30:34 | |
Will this be the run that will put
pressure on Mica McNeill who is | 0:30:34 | 0:30:38 | |
coming up? As she comes through the
big curve into the speed trap. 83mph | 0:30:38 | 0:30:45 | |
at their peak. Rissling and Moyse,
and that leader sap rated. They had | 0:30:45 | 0:30:52 | |
a big advantage at one stage over De
Bruyne. They held the advantage but | 0:30:52 | 0:30:59 | |
it whittleded away, round the last
three or four curves. It could have | 0:30:59 | 0:31:04 | |
been because corner 12 wasn't as
good, you don't look at the split | 0:31:04 | 0:31:09 | |
you go through, you look at the one
before, that is where the mistakes | 0:31:09 | 0:31:13 | |
have been made or you have
overdriven the sled. Again, you have | 0:31:13 | 0:31:16 | |
two time Olympic champion on the
back of your sled, it brings | 0:31:16 | 0:31:20 | |
confidence to you, and she is a
young pilot, first Olympic game, but | 0:31:20 | 0:31:24 | |
it is about building that experience
and that is what Heather is there | 0:31:24 | 0:31:28 | |
are to to help her build experience.
You can see the difference between | 0:31:28 | 0:31:33 | |
the two Canadian sled, there is not
much difference in the line, | 0:31:33 | 0:31:38 | |
Rissling at the back,er sorry the
other way round, it is not much | 0:31:38 | 0:31:42 | |
difference in the line, you can see
the small margins we have got | 0:31:42 | 0:31:46 | |
between the top pilots coming | 0:31:46 | 0:31:53 | |
14th quickest after run one with
that 552, but they were a dream team | 0:31:56 | 0:32:03 | |
down this track to put themselves in
sixth place. Given what wrestling | 0:32:03 | 0:32:08 | |
has done, there is a big chance they
can hold six or better. 553 was | 0:32:08 | 0:32:15 | |
anticipated. This gap will grow a
little bit and that is down to the | 0:32:15 | 0:32:22 | |
start. Mica is driving this track
really well, considering that she | 0:32:22 | 0:32:27 | |
has only had ten runs on this track.
You can see the gap is starting to | 0:32:27 | 0:32:31 | |
close. This is the part of the track
she has been doing so well, getting | 0:32:31 | 0:32:36 | |
the straight right. Coming through
clean, she gets a tap, but she will | 0:32:36 | 0:32:40 | |
carry enough speed at this point.
Another mistake, she needs to settle | 0:32:40 | 0:32:44 | |
into the run. She is closing, but is
there enough track to come in front | 0:32:44 | 0:32:49 | |
of the Canadians at the bottom? It
has gone green, they are quicker, | 0:32:49 | 0:32:54 | |
can they put pressure on Kaillie
Humphries for the next position. | 0:32:54 | 0:32:57 | |
4-mac hundreds ahead of wrestling.
That is a slight improvement of 100, | 0:32:57 | 0:33:05 | |
relative to wrestling, who has just
gone. But now, Kaillie Humphries to | 0:33:05 | 0:33:10 | |
go. Babbel end run two no worse than
six. It wasn't to be. It was due to | 0:33:10 | 0:33:22 | |
the little mistakes in the lower
part of the track. She had a great | 0:33:22 | 0:33:27 | |
load into the sled. It was this,
here. Getting a tap and she makes a | 0:33:27 | 0:33:38 | |
mistake and that is where the time
difference has gone. Overall, what a | 0:33:38 | 0:33:42 | |
great day for this team. Sixth place
at the higher end of expectations, | 0:33:42 | 0:33:49 | |
John, wasn't it? It was.
Realistically, Mica has had a top | 0:33:49 | 0:33:53 | |
ten, but six is good. Now, Kaillie
Humphries finds herself in fifth | 0:33:53 | 0:33:59 | |
place with work to do if she is to
hold on to the gold medal for the | 0:33:59 | 0:34:04 | |
third time. Electric start, usually.
We are | 0:34:04 | 0:34:12 | |
We are talking 5.31, so she has done
it again. Curiously for her, even at | 0:34:12 | 0:34:17 | |
her elevated standard, it dribbled
away in run number one. This is the | 0:34:17 | 0:34:23 | |
run Kaillie Humphries needs to keep
her Olympic... retaining her Olympic | 0:34:23 | 0:34:29 | |
title for a third time alive. If she
gets it wrong at any point, her | 0:34:29 | 0:34:32 | |
chances of a medal are gone,
certainly the gold. She needs to be | 0:34:32 | 0:34:36 | |
good through this point. This is her
sort of best now. I think she is | 0:34:36 | 0:34:42 | |
losing speed. I don't know whether
Mica will come in front of her, but | 0:34:42 | 0:34:49 | |
she is losing speed to the British
sled. If she keeps on losing speed, | 0:34:49 | 0:34:53 | |
she is already 2-mac tempts behind.
She only finishes a tenth ahead of | 0:34:53 | 0:35:00 | |
Mica McNeill. More of a gap between
Humphries and McNeill between fifth | 0:35:00 | 0:35:07 | |
and six, but whether that is good
enough, | 0:35:07 | 0:35:13 | |
enough, there is real doubts now
that Kaillie Humphries can get | 0:35:15 | 0:35:17 | |
herself another gold-medal. You can
see it in her eyes. She knows it | 0:35:17 | 0:35:24 | |
wasn't good enough. A great pair of
athletes on the sled. A great start, | 0:35:24 | 0:35:30 | |
but she is losing speed at the
bottom of the track. That is coming | 0:35:30 | 0:35:33 | |
from over driving eight down to 12,
killing the speed as we get down to | 0:35:33 | 0:35:40 | |
the bottom part of the track. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:45 | |
the bottom part of the track. You
just can't find the speed, it is so | 0:35:46 | 0:35:48 | |
easy to lose it. Into the top four.
Two strong American teams, and two | 0:35:48 | 0:35:55 | |
strong German teams. Next up in
fourth place, Stephanie Schneider. | 0:35:55 | 0:36:00 | |
She went 5.35 earlier. Number five
in the world. She dropped to 18 last | 0:36:00 | 0:36:06 | |
year or the year before, largely due
to injury, a broken collarbone | 0:36:06 | 0:36:12 | |
twice, I think. There is a rumour
around that she is still carrying an | 0:36:12 | 0:36:17 | |
injury here, Schneider. 5.35, she
has gone quicker than that. There is | 0:36:17 | 0:36:23 | |
every chance she can cement her
position relative to Kaillie | 0:36:23 | 0:36:26 | |
Humphries. That was a little mistake
there in corner two on the entrance | 0:36:26 | 0:36:32 | |
to corner three. Another mistake
there. She is a relatively | 0:36:32 | 0:36:36 | |
inexperienced pilot compared to
Kaillie | 0:36:36 | 0:36:38 | |
inexperienced pilot compared to
Kaillie. Is this where she will drop | 0:36:38 | 0:36:41 | |
behind and Kaillie will show her
experience? The Germans really, | 0:36:41 | 0:36:49 | |
their equipment loves the fast part
of the track down here. Is this | 0:36:49 | 0:36:52 | |
where she pulls ahead of Kaillie
Humphries because she has started | 0:36:52 | 0:36:56 | |
losing speed? It certainly looks
like she is losing speed at the | 0:36:56 | 0:37:00 | |
bottom compared to Kayleigh. The
Germans sled stone normally lose | 0:37:00 | 0:37:03 | |
speed. A fraction ahead of
Humphries. Humphries has seen the | 0:37:03 | 0:37:13 | |
gap close on Schneider. There she
is, Kaillie | 0:37:13 | 0:37:18 | |
gap close on Schneider. There she
is, Kaillie, on the right. 50.93 | 0:37:18 | 0:37:21 | |
won't be good enough. We saw it in
the men's event, run two, | 0:37:21 | 0:37:26 | |
invariably, they were slower than
run one. That is what happened here. | 0:37:26 | 0:37:29 | |
It certainly is. They have obviously
had 17 sled is go down already. The | 0:37:29 | 0:37:37 | |
track will scuff up a little bit,
but some of the lines are not as | 0:37:37 | 0:37:41 | |
consistent and good as the first
run. They were online and in the | 0:37:41 | 0:37:47 | |
zone. Now, they are relaxing and
things are getting loose for these | 0:37:47 | 0:37:51 | |
inexperienced pilots stop Mica
McNeill and Mica Moore, no worse | 0:37:51 | 0:38:01 | |
than six at the end of today. It is
a great achievement. Now we move on | 0:38:01 | 0:38:07 | |
to those who have a big chance for
the medals. First of the American | 0:38:07 | 0:38:14 | |
teams, Sabina Hafner, bronze
medallist in Sochi. Always | 0:38:14 | 0:38:19 | |
competitive together with Aja Evans
behind her. They won in Park City, | 0:38:19 | 0:38:27 | |
consistent this winter, the only
blip | 0:38:27 | 0:38:34 | |
blip came earlier in the season.
5.32 would be a good replica time, | 0:38:39 | 0:38:45 | |
slightly slower, a 50.59 would be
good news like they achieved in run | 0:38:45 | 0:38:50 | |
number one. It would and they have
got through the crucial part of the | 0:38:50 | 0:38:54 | |
track really well. I was watching to
see if they got through. 1 Hundred | 0:38:54 | 0:39:01 | |
behind at the moment. They will
start pulling away from the Germans | 0:39:01 | 0:39:03 | |
as they come down the track, because
they made a lot of mistakes at this | 0:39:03 | 0:39:07 | |
point. Building speed now. This is
crucial, the corner as they come | 0:39:07 | 0:39:10 | |
through the stage. The American
sleds really like building speed at | 0:39:10 | 0:39:17 | |
the bottom part of the track. Is it
enough? Yes, I think she will pull | 0:39:17 | 0:39:22 | |
ahead, but by how much in the flat
part of the track? Four hundreds | 0:39:22 | 0:39:28 | |
ahead of the run one, she has
dropped back into the red. She is | 0:39:28 | 0:39:32 | |
behind Schneider now. We did not
expect that. Schneider and Jamie | 0:39:32 | 0:39:38 | |
Greubel Poser swap places. Schneider
goes third, Greubel Poser will | 0:39:38 | 0:39:44 | |
probably be fought. The two still to
come may have good runs. We should | 0:39:44 | 0:39:50 | |
know, John, never, ever assume
before we see on this track. | 0:39:50 | 0:39:55 | |
Certainly not. Just to go back to
Mica's run, Mica was faster than the | 0:39:55 | 0:40:01 | |
person that was in... she is around
third and fourth place. It shows how | 0:40:01 | 0:40:07 | |
well the Brits driving. That mistake
in the straight cost her. Worth | 0:40:07 | 0:40:15 | |
emphasising, Mica's overall position
to the leader is now only 0.16 off | 0:40:15 | 0:40:23 | |
Schneider. Let's see what the final
two do. This is Mariama Jamanka, the | 0:40:23 | 0:40:30 | |
former Hammer thrower, presenting
Germany with Lisa Buckwitz. They are | 0:40:30 | 0:40:35 | |
good starters, not usually the
fastest. 5.37 was their speed in run | 0:40:35 | 0:40:42 | |
one, marginally slower. Jamanka gave
it everything in run one to sit | 0:40:42 | 0:40:50 | |
second. A mistake that she got away
with. The sled touched down. A | 0:40:50 | 0:40:55 | |
mistake again. These small margins,
these pilots have to be perfect. The | 0:40:55 | 0:41:03 | |
first person to fringe will miss out
on a medal. Medals can't be won | 0:41:03 | 0:41:07 | |
today, but they can be lost, as you
get through centimetres off the | 0:41:07 | 0:41:13 | |
perfect line, but that is the
difference between getting it right | 0:41:13 | 0:41:16 | |
and costing time. She has got to
keep a good margin as she comes down | 0:41:16 | 0:41:19 | |
to the speed trap. A good margin as
well. Jamanka finishing well for | 0:41:19 | 0:41:24 | |
Germany. She puts herself in a great
position. Jamanka has moved three | 0:41:24 | 0:41:32 | |
tenths ahead of Schneider and
Greubel Poser. It is a case | 0:41:32 | 0:41:45 | |
Greubel Poser. It is a case now of
Elana Meyers Taylor doing better. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:50 | |
That was great from Jamanka. A
couple of little mistakes here and | 0:41:50 | 0:41:53 | |
there. It was almost perfect.
Through here, it looks like she taps | 0:41:53 | 0:41:59 | |
on the wall, just there, that nudge
across is crucial, just hundredths | 0:41:59 | 0:42:04 | |
of a second. What we need to see now
is Elana Meyers Taylor put a big run | 0:42:04 | 0:42:09 | |
in. If she doesn't, she's going to
drop behind. Because that was a good | 0:42:09 | 0:42:13 | |
run. It was. Jamanka in great shape.
1 to go. | 0:42:13 | 0:42:26 | |
Currently in first place, the
Americans, Elana Meyers Taylor and | 0:42:26 | 0:42:31 | |
Lauren James. They were the quickest
starters and they were in front as | 0:42:31 | 0:42:36 | |
well at the finish. They had a two
hundreds advantage. They have seen | 0:42:36 | 0:42:44 | |
Jamanka take a big lead over the
rest of the field. Meyers Taylor | 0:42:44 | 0:42:49 | |
needs to do the same. If you missed
run one, it was very quick but | 0:42:49 | 0:42:53 | |
littered with errors. Meyers Taylor
goes off in pursuit of the one prize | 0:42:53 | 0:42:58 | |
that has eluded her throughout her
career, an Olympic gold medal, 5.21 | 0:42:58 | 0:43:03 | |
is a track record to start with.
This is why they are in the lead. | 0:43:03 | 0:43:07 | |
That is a big mistake. That is what
is going to cost her, 23 hundredths | 0:43:07 | 0:43:14 | |
of May but her in the red, or she
may hold onto the green. She has | 0:43:14 | 0:43:19 | |
lost a tenth in two corners, so I
think she will struggle to keep | 0:43:19 | 0:43:24 | |
that, unless she is perfect, which
she wasn't through here on the first | 0:43:24 | 0:43:28 | |
run. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:34 | |
run. Yeah, you can see it, but has
she got enough? Meyers Taylor was | 0:43:34 | 0:43:39 | |
fast as well. Germany, the states,
Jamanka, 2-1, the two will be the | 0:43:39 | 0:43:46 | |
leaders. Meyers Taylor has lost the
lead, 7 hundredths behind Mariama | 0:43:46 | 0:43:53 | |
Jamanka, who will lead after day
one. The big message is that those | 0:43:53 | 0:43:58 | |
two are a comfortable margin ahead
of Humphries, Greubel Poser. But | 0:43:58 | 0:44:07 | |
Mica McNeill, as we will see in a
moment, is less than two tenths of | 0:44:07 | 0:44:14 | |
the medals at the moment. A big
statement run from Mariama Jamanka | 0:44:14 | 0:44:18 | |
in particular. As Meyers Taylor
loses the lead. It was this mistake. | 0:44:18 | 0:44:25 | |
We have gone past it already. Not
here, that was another mistake. It | 0:44:25 | 0:44:29 | |
was in corner two when she had a big
tap on the left and a big slide | 0:44:29 | 0:44:33 | |
around corner three. That cost her.
You can see the snow thrown up as | 0:44:33 | 0:44:37 | |
the break woman stopping the sleds.
It is hard to stop these sleds at 80 | 0:44:37 | 0:44:43 | |
mph. | 0:44:43 | 0:44:48 | |
mph. Everyone heading back and
requiring a big night of sleep. | 0:44:50 | 0:44:57 | |
Getting the congratulations is
Mariama Jamanka, on the right, Elana | 0:44:57 | 0:45:01 | |
Meyers Taylor, who lost the lead. At
the halfway stage, close between | 0:45:01 | 0:45:05 | |
Jamanka and Elana Meyers Taylor,
quite a big gap to Schneider, | 0:45:05 | 0:45:11 | |
Greubel Poser and the defending
Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries | 0:45:11 | 0:45:15 | |
in fifth place. But then, only a
tenth behind them the Great Britain, | 0:45:15 | 0:45:19 | |
still in sixth place. Mica McNeill
and Mica Moore. | 0:45:19 | 0:45:26 | |
STUDIO: | 0:45:26 | 0:45:33 | |
behind but only just. | 0:45:33 | 0:45:36 | |
Great speed in the first two runs,
quite exciting. | 0:45:38 | 0:45:45 | |
It is a brand-new track so this is
day six on the track for us, and we | 0:45:45 | 0:45:49 | |
haven't had a lot of time here, our
focus, we wanted to build each run | 0:45:49 | 0:45:53 | |
on the start and the drive down, but
it's a front track and it's going | 0:45:53 | 0:45:58 | |
well so far, so we're looking
forward to carrying that into | 0:45:58 | 0:46:00 | |
tomorrow. What has been your mind
set for your first Olympics? Oh my | 0:46:00 | 0:46:05 | |
gosh, mainly enjoy it. It is both
our first Olympics and we have done | 0:46:05 | 0:46:09 | |
so well to get here, and we just
want to ensure it and hopefully that | 0:46:09 | 0:46:14 | |
enjoyment will result in a good
position. | 0:46:14 | 0:46:21 | |
Mica, most team B athletes have an
enormous amount of support but you | 0:46:22 | 0:46:26 | |
have had supporters who got you
here. Definitely, we stand by all | 0:46:26 | 0:46:31 | |
the way through to the Olympics were
were brought by the people. We want | 0:46:31 | 0:46:36 | |
to say a massive thank you, our
family and friends behind us all the | 0:46:36 | 0:46:40 | |
way and the kind messages from
everyone at home. It has been | 0:46:40 | 0:46:44 | |
incredible and overwhelming support.
We have urn theed our Wi-Fi off | 0:46:44 | 0:46:47 | |
today because we wanted to just
focus on the race but we are excited | 0:46:47 | 0:46:53 | |
to read the messages tomorrow. So we
have 21, 22 hourses before you race | 0:46:53 | 0:46:57 | |
again, what is your mind going to be
full of between now and then? I | 0:46:57 | 0:47:02 | |
think I am going to replay the run
through my mind. It was fun, I | 0:47:02 | 0:47:07 | |
enjoyed it. It is amazing to be out
there with Mica. There There is a | 0:47:07 | 0:47:13 | |
message from everything in the
studio which is do your thing. Thank | 0:47:13 | 0:47:17 | |
you so much.
Just great to see those smiling | 0:47:17 | 0:47:22 | |
faces. This is the classic underdog
story. This is so exciting, and she | 0:47:22 | 0:47:29 | |
had the talent, she had the
potential. This is a reflection, she | 0:47:29 | 0:47:33 | |
said there is no pressure, they are
going tout to enjoy it. Considering | 0:47:33 | 0:47:38 | |
she has had less runs than everybody
else on the track, she has a nice | 0:47:38 | 0:47:43 | |
feeling for it. Mica is a great
driver, they are a fantastic team. | 0:47:43 | 0:47:48 | |
They put down two solid teams. They
are only 16 hundredth off bronze | 0:47:48 | 0:47:55 | |
medal place. They have had six runs
to learn these 16 corners, and you | 0:47:55 | 0:48:00 | |
are doing like two or three steers
or more in each corner, having to | 0:48:00 | 0:48:04 | |
change your decision so quickly, if
you make a bump like that, how am I | 0:48:04 | 0:48:08 | |
going to get through the next one?
She is such a natural driver, and, | 0:48:08 | 0:48:13 | |
me and Nicola have beaming faces
because it is | 0:48:13 | 0:48:17 | |
me and Nicola have beaming faces
because it is so exciting to see two | 0:48:17 | 0:48:19 | |
young girls not knowing this track
in sixth place. As they say power by | 0:48:19 | 0:48:22 | |
the people. Everybody who has
invested in them they are getting | 0:48:22 | 0:48:26 | |
their money's worth. Just a bit. If
it wasn't for the people, the | 0:48:26 | 0:48:30 | |
British public who got behind them,
they wouldn't be here, that is just, | 0:48:30 | 0:48:33 | |
they wouldn't have got to the start
line. This is just an amazing story. | 0:48:33 | 0:48:37 | |
You wonder if they had had full
support and funding, how much higher | 0:48:37 | 0:48:42 | |
up would they be? This is our
future, these two girls are here in | 0:48:42 | 0:48:47 | |
the bobsleigh, that I train in Bath.
They have the push track there, they | 0:48:47 | 0:48:51 | |
can practise their start, get
stronger and faster, she is a | 0:48:51 | 0:48:55 | |
natural driver, and we with good
coaching and a lot of time on the | 0:48:55 | 0:48:58 | |
ice bring on four years after that.
I can't believe they have to car | 0:48:58 | 0:49:03 | |
Irish their own bob off the ice! One
of the runs I am sure they will look | 0:49:03 | 0:49:07 | |
at to see how the drive course well
is the Jamaican first crew She is | 0:49:07 | 0:49:18 | |
fantastic. She is relatively
inexperienced but the underdog. She | 0:49:18 | 0:49:23 | |
wasn't one of the favourite, she has
gone out there. Fantastic velocity | 0:49:23 | 0:49:29 | |
again and the lines are clean. It a
tidy run. 3.72, the fastest of the | 0:49:29 | 0:49:36 | |
second runs. Yes, and once you have
got that, you have your confidence, | 0:49:36 | 0:49:40 | |
you know the track, you like it, you
have to be consistent, keep your | 0:49:40 | 0:49:44 | |
head together and it is such a
psychological game, the drivers can | 0:49:44 | 0:49:48 | |
be almost as skilled as each other,
who can hold it together in the | 0:49:48 | 0:49:52 | |
head. As we saw after the Germans
come down here, the Americans had an | 0:49:52 | 0:49:58 | |
incredible start time. Track record,
they couldn't keep it together on | 0:49:58 | 0:50:00 | |
the head. It is, you have tiny
change, hundredth of a second. I | 0:50:00 | 0:50:06 | |
think we will see a few of the bobs
in the top 1, 2, 3 places should | 0:50:06 | 0:50:13 | |
shift round. It could be exciting.
After the first day the Olympic | 0:50:13 | 0:50:21 | |
champion was in sixth place. There
has been a lot of talk about the | 0:50:21 | 0:50:26 | |
Jamaican crew, the first female crew
30 years after the men made their | 0:50:26 | 0:50:32 | |
debut. It has been a disappointed
two runs. On the first run, Jaz | 0:50:32 | 0:50:37 | |
slipped is off the handle. It took
her four or five steps to get in her | 0:50:37 | 0:50:42 | |
groove. It was just messy, her first
two of the week, Fenlator-Victorian | 0:50:42 | 0:50:47 | |
is the pilot. Behind her, Russell
who was a good relay runner, didn't | 0:50:47 | 0:50:55 | |
she win a World Championship gold
medal? Yes, in the 2013 World | 0:50:55 | 0:51:00 | |
Championships, so she is world
class, and for her transferring over | 0:51:00 | 0:51:04 | |
to bobsleigh it was about trying to
use everything she had through | 0:51:04 | 0:51:09 | |
track, in March she will be starting
in the front seat so it is | 0:51:09 | 0:51:13 | |
continuing their legacy. 30 years
after the men in 1988 from Calgary. | 0:51:13 | 0:51:19 | |
To see a Jamaican bobsleigh and a
woman's one, it is history in the | 0:51:19 | 0:51:23 | |
making. Let's hear from both of them
they spoke the Matthew. | 0:51:23 | 0:51:28 | |
making. Let's hear from both of them
they spoke the Matthew. Hower with | 0:51:28 | 0:51:30 | |
your runs? I am pretty proud of the
runs today. They were consistent. I | 0:51:30 | 0:51:34 | |
know there is little things that can
be improved. Runs won't be perfect. | 0:51:34 | 0:51:39 | |
Looking to debrief today, see what I
can improve upon tomorrow and start | 0:51:39 | 0:51:43 | |
again tomorrow. Your week has been a
bit up and down I guess with | 0:51:43 | 0:51:47 | |
training and some of the politics
behind the scene, has that been | 0:51:47 | 0:51:51 | |
difficult to deal with? Not really
for me, because I have thought | 0:51:51 | 0:51:58 | |
myself to separate stuff if that is
not my job. My job is to be an | 0:51:58 | 0:52:04 | |
athlete here, I am here to come,
slide, recuperate and revise what we | 0:52:04 | 0:52:08 | |
did in the day and stuff like that.
Are you happy with the equipment and | 0:52:08 | 0:52:14 | |
the coach you have at the moment I
mean, I am happy with what we have | 0:52:14 | 0:52:20 | |
now and I was before, it doesn't
change what happens a, I am enjoying | 0:52:20 | 0:52:25 | |
the moment right now. Jamaica has a
proud tradition in bobsleigh, how | 0:52:25 | 0:52:29 | |
important is it for you to be here,
continuing that? It really means a | 0:52:29 | 0:52:33 | |
lot. At the end of the day, as much
as we are not happy with our place, | 0:52:33 | 0:52:38 | |
we know there is a bigger picture,
we are the what happens a, I am | 0:52:38 | 0:52:43 | |
enjoying the moment right now.
Jamaica has a proud tradition in | 0:52:43 | 0:52:45 | |
bobsleigh, how important is it for
you to be here, continuing that? It | 0:52:45 | 0:52:48 | |
really means a lot. At the end of
the day, as much as we are not happy | 0:52:48 | 0:52:51 | |
with our place, we know there is a
bigger picture, we are the first | 0:52:51 | 0:52:55 | |
women's eteam for our "and land and
the first women's team in the Winter | 0:52:55 | 0:52:57 | |
Olympic, that is a trailblazer, I am
hoping to build on that, that is | 0:52:57 | 0:53:00 | |
what barriers are made to be broken
and we will take that positive and | 0:53:00 | 0:53:02 | |
use it as motivation for tomorrow to
get better. | 0:53:02 | 0:53:04 | |
So just to recap, Germany lead the
way, going into heat three, and | 0:53:04 | 0:53:07 | |
Great Britain are in the top six.
Could they move up into a medal | 0:53:07 | 0:53:10 | |
position? Could they finish top
five, top four? Who knows, they will | 0:53:10 | 0:53:12 | |
be sleeping tonight dreaming,
dreamling of the chance of a medal | 0:53:12 | 0:53:15 | |
tomorrow and heat three will be live
at 11.40 tomorrow and heat four, the | 0:53:15 | 0:53:19 | |
medal decided run when they go in
reverse order will be from 1.00 on | 0:53:19 | 0:53:24 | |
BBC Two. But it is time now for me
to hand on the baton, or if we were | 0:53:24 | 0:53:29 | |
doing the relay I in short track I
would push you to Hazel Ervine. | 0:53:29 | 0:53:36 | |
Ladies the champagne is on ice in
the women's bob for tomorrow. We are | 0:53:36 | 0:53:40 | |
looking forward to that. I am sure
you is been following the ice hockey | 0:53:40 | 0:53:44 | |
matches so far. It has looked
predictable in the women's events | 0:53:44 | 0:53:49 | |
with the USA against Canada,
anything but predictable in the | 0:53:49 | 0:53:51 | |
men's and we had quarterfinal places
up for grabs today, and the first of | 0:53:51 | 0:53:55 | |
the matches we will see pits the
Finns against South Korea. This has | 0:53:55 | 0:53:59 | |
been a cracking match so far. It is
still going on, five goals so far | 0:53:59 | 0:54:04 | |
and these are they. | 0:54:04 | 0:54:06 | |
still going on, five goals so far
and these are they. | 0:54:06 | 0:54:11 | |
Looking to switch play round.
Tolvane. Should be dealt with by | 0:54:11 | 0:54:24 | |
Plant. Fantastic finish. | 0:54:24 | 0:54:31 | |
Plant. Fantastic finish. Kontiola.
You don't see too many players in | 0:54:31 | 0:54:40 | |
world hockey that can do that and
Finland have a lead. | 0:54:40 | 0:54:47 | |
Side of the net. The man out in
front and a second power play goal. | 0:54:49 | 0:54:59 | |
Comes off his skates and goes over
the line. Not a thing of beauty but | 0:54:59 | 0:55:03 | |
a thing of real function and Finland
are well on course for a date with | 0:55:03 | 0:55:08 | |
the Canadians in the quarterfinals.
They are leading the hosts Korea but | 0:55:08 | 0:55:13 | |
two goals to nil. Tolvanen did well.
The danger is not cleared and it is | 0:55:13 | 0:55:19 | |
in the back of the net.
Heiskanen with the Senate shot. He | 0:55:19 | 0:55:32 | |
stayed with it and snapped it home.
Dalton couldn't keep it out and | 0:55:32 | 0:55:39 | |
Finland lead by three goals to nil.
Is there one last chance? Under ten | 0:55:39 | 0:55:45 | |
minutes to go. It is there. A goal
for the Koreans. Finished off from | 0:55:45 | 0:55:56 | |
close range. Look what it means.
This place has erupted. Korean flags | 0:55:56 | 0:56:05 | |
everywhere waving. Radunske scores.
Where ever you glance there is | 0:56:05 | 0:56:12 | |
something happening in this game.
Fall, a turn over, a chance and now | 0:56:12 | 0:56:15 | |
the opportunity to work it. There is
a player without his stick as well. | 0:56:15 | 0:56:19 | |
That is a great finish. 3-2. Korea
fighting back here. They have | 0:56:19 | 0:56:26 | |
momentum. They are moving they want
a place in the quarterfinals and in | 0:56:26 | 0:56:34 | |
their first Olympic game, they are
lighting it up right now. | 0:56:34 | 0:56:37 | |
Stunning finish. And you have to
credit him. A terrific shot from Ahn | 0:56:37 | 0:56:51 | |
Jin Hui. He has this arena rocking
now. | 0:56:51 | 0:56:59 | |
now. Kontiola touched it. A good
save by Dalton. He is not worried | 0:57:00 | 0:57:06 | |
about getting three goal, he wants
his team to have four. Dalton | 0:57:06 | 0:57:11 | |
continues to stand tall as he tracks
that puck off the rebound. | 0:57:11 | 0:57:22 | |
that puck off the rebound. Off the
shot of Ohtam Galina Arsekina. What | 0:57:22 | 0:57:23 | |
a save. Even with number 8 is
lurking as well. It goes through his | 0:57:23 | 0:57:31 | |
skates. That is fantastic stuff
there by Dalton. Nice and low. Easy | 0:57:31 | 0:57:41 | |
for his team-mates to tip. Got all
the way through as well. | 0:57:41 | 0:57:54 | |
Matt Dalton has been a super start. | 0:57:55 | 0:58:03 | |
Quickly it comes back and high and
over the top from the Finnings as | 0:58:03 | 0:58:06 | |
well.
-- Finns as well. | 0:58:06 | 0:58:13 | |
Now it comes back anchorians will
step in again and try and clear this | 0:58:13 | 0:58:17 | |
one away. Good work to get it down
the ice from Cho Min Ho. Finland | 0:58:17 | 0:58:31 | |
trailing but they fought back as
Swift goes in the corner, he will go | 0:58:31 | 0:58:36 | |
chasing. Neat play though by the
Finns to get it away and it is with | 0:58:36 | 0:58:41 | |
one of their youngs player, the man
who leads the way in points so far, | 0:58:41 | 0:58:47 | |
Tolv a anen. Plant, this one hurts.
Tolvanen you have to respect him all | 0:58:47 | 0:58:56 | |
over the ice, you give him an inch
and he can make you pay and see the | 0:58:56 | 0:59:03 | |
frustration from Plante. He gets his
one handed stick, and he has one | 0:59:03 | 0:59:06 | |
hand on it. When you get it in
between the arms and body, the | 0:59:06 | 0:59:11 | |
referees don't like that. That is a
tough call. But it goes to show how | 0:59:11 | 0:59:22 | |
dangerous Tolvanen is. | 0:59:22 | 0:59:27 | |
dangerous Tolvanen is. Plante's dad
play for Peterborough. That is where | 0:59:29 | 0:59:33 | |
he played his junior career, now
gracing an Olympic Games for South | 0:59:33 | 0:59:38 | |
Korea. Here is a chance at the side
of the net. This is Finland's | 0:59:38 | 0:59:42 | |
opportunity to finish this. It is
forced home and they have the goal | 0:59:42 | 0:59:45 | |
they want. Finally some breathing
space for Finland. On the power | 0:59:45 | 0:59:52 | |
play, again. It is their third power
play goal of the game. Plante didn't | 0:59:52 | 1:00:01 | |
like the decision, the scramble
forcing Pastor Maldonado Dalton and | 1:00:01 | 1:00:05 | |
over the line. This is an ugly goal.
Everyone gets a whack at it. | 1:00:05 | 1:00:10 | |
Everybody everyone gets a whack and
it rolls round, you can't watch the | 1:00:10 | 1:00:14 | |
puck. When you are in front of the
net and you are a defence man you | 1:00:14 | 1:00:18 | |
have to take the body, you have to
push it there and you can just see, | 1:00:18 | 1:00:25 | |
he got three and four whacks. He had
to be put on. That is too bad. | 1:00:25 | 1:00:38 | |
And a win disappears ever so
slightly out of this building. | 1:00:41 | 1:00:49 | |
Heiskanen will get the credit for
that goal. | 1:00:49 | 1:00:55 | |
that goal. So, it's back to the
grindstone for the Koreans. They | 1:00:56 | 1:01:00 | |
have to just keep working. They have
a chance, once, twice, a hack and | 1:01:00 | 1:01:05 | |
aid whack and been nearly replied
immediately. They are going to keep | 1:01:05 | 1:01:10 | |
working this zone. They've done so
well. | 1:01:10 | 1:01:21 | |
Pushed out in front again. And now,
Finland will get this clear. They | 1:01:21 | 1:01:26 | |
did really well there. No quit at
any point in this Korean team. | 1:01:26 | 1:01:35 | |
They're going for it all the way.
You have got to like this response, | 1:01:35 | 1:01:40 | |
giving up the power play to go down
4-2. They come right back out, and | 1:01:40 | 1:01:46 | |
get a chance at the side of the net.
A big hit. Quick puck movement, back | 1:01:46 | 1:01:55 | |
on the stick of the Koreans, and
they will move into the zone with | 1:01:55 | 1:01:59 | |
some speed. Skating forward is | 1:01:59 | 1:02:12 | |
some speed. Skating forward is. | 1:02:12 | 1:02:12 | |
He froze and didn't do anything.
Good skating from the Finns to get | 1:02:13 | 1:02:24 | |
in first. Winning position back,
players in front of the net, trying | 1:02:24 | 1:02:29 | |
to squeeze this one. Anywhere will
do. Finland will come forward. Drop | 1:02:29 | 1:02:40 | |
pass. Across the net, and the puck
goes out of play. | 1:02:40 | 1:02:52 | |
Across the net, and the puck
goes out of play. | 1:02:52 | 1:02:53 | |
Finland, thanks to you so Hietanen,
what do the Koreans do to work their | 1:02:54 | 1:02:59 | |
way back in? They have to keep going
the same way they have and get into | 1:02:59 | 1:03:03 | |
the zone. | 1:03:03 | 1:03:09 | |
The Finns do such a good job of
keeping their teams to the outside. | 1:03:16 | 1:03:20 | |
We have seen instances of breaking
through. There is nothing to save it | 1:03:20 | 1:03:27 | |
for now, you have the crowd behind
you and your whole country behind | 1:03:27 | 1:03:30 | |
you. | 1:03:30 | 1:03:35 | |
Huge hit. Somehow he managed to ride
that. Incredible stuff from told | 1:03:38 | 1:03:45 | |
Annan, 20 years of age, he will be
bound for the National Hockey League | 1:03:45 | 1:03:50 | |
in the not too distant future. He is
a frightening talent. | 1:03:50 | 1:03:57 | |
A nice pass, but not held onto by
Swift. A bit hard handed at times. | 1:04:00 | 1:04:12 | |
Plant, the goal on his hooking
penalty has given that breathing | 1:04:13 | 1:04:19 | |
space for Finland, who have
possession back again. Behind the | 1:04:19 | 1:04:23 | |
back of the net, they are looking to
make a shooting option. | 1:04:23 | 1:04:34 | |
Looking for something more, though.
They needed a tip to make a | 1:04:39 | 1:04:43 | |
difference. Finland have got the
Koreans running all over the place | 1:04:43 | 1:04:46 | |
right now. This is all Finland.
Takes a big deflection. | 1:04:46 | 1:05:01 | |
Koskiranta. Still Koskiranta. As
they try to bring it in, they can | 1:05:03 | 1:05:11 | |
clear way. Second time of asking, do
just that. Eight and a half remain, | 1:05:11 | 1:05:18 | |
in terms of minutes in this game, as
the offside is given here against | 1:05:18 | 1:05:23 | |
the Koreans. Finland lead 4-2, what
a ride this has been. What a | 1:05:23 | 1:05:32 | |
remarkable game, and this really
shouldn't have been this close. It | 1:05:32 | 1:05:35 | |
should not be within two. This is
the fifth seed going against the | 1:05:35 | 1:05:40 | |
12th seed, looking for a date with
Canada in the quarters. That second | 1:05:40 | 1:05:46 | |
period was one of the most electric
periods we have seen in a while. | 1:05:46 | 1:05:50 | |
Corriere getting the entire crowd on
their feet, making believers out of | 1:05:50 | 1:05:56 | |
everyone -- Korea.
Time is running out, and Finland | 1:05:56 | 1:06:06 | |
have looked much better in this
period. For those that had tickets | 1:06:06 | 1:06:10 | |
and missing this event, they are
missing a really good game of | 1:06:10 | 1:06:14 | |
hockey. Technically, there will be
better games, but in terms of | 1:06:14 | 1:06:21 | |
spirit, fight, desire or stop isn't
this what the Olympic Games is | 1:06:21 | 1:06:25 | |
about.
This is a Korean team way down in | 1:06:25 | 1:06:30 | |
the world rankings going against the
fourth ranked Finnish team. And they | 1:06:30 | 1:06:37 | |
are making a game of it. Fabulous
stuff. We all know, if this was a | 1:06:37 | 1:06:43 | |
Disney movie, what would happen over
the course of the next eight minutes | 1:06:43 | 1:06:47 | |
and ten seconds. This is real life.
But sometimes, there are these odd | 1:06:47 | 1:06:56 | |
moments, where art and real life
collide. | 1:06:56 | 1:07:04 | |
Maybe I am doing a disservice to
sports films saying they are as | 1:07:04 | 1:07:10 | |
artistic as that one goes into the
glove of Koskinen. Relying on their | 1:07:10 | 1:07:19 | |
centre man to win a draw. Get the
puck out. Around their own zone more | 1:07:19 | 1:07:25 | |
often than they would like. Paek, a
former NHL player. He has to be | 1:07:25 | 1:07:39 | |
proud with what he sees today. But
you bet he still wants more. This is | 1:07:39 | 1:07:45 | |
not the end for the Koreans, this is
the start for their hockey | 1:07:45 | 1:07:50 | |
programme. They have been promoted
to the top tier, irrespective of | 1:07:50 | 1:07:53 | |
what happens here, they have a World
Championships to go to. They have a | 1:07:53 | 1:07:57 | |
chance to build and have a programme
in place as it is tipped towards | 1:07:57 | 1:08:02 | |
goal, well saved by Matt Dalton.
This has put them on the map. And | 1:08:02 | 1:08:07 | |
has hopefully inspired the next
generation of eight, nine, | 1:08:07 | 1:08:10 | |
ten-year-olds that want to be
international ice occupiers for | 1:08:10 | 1:08:14 | |
Korea. I am sure there are a load of
new fans in Korea will stop they | 1:08:14 | 1:08:19 | |
want to be just like their new
heroes. The Olympic men's hockey | 1:08:19 | 1:08:22 | |
team.
Will they get one more chance? | 1:08:22 | 1:08:33 | |
That's the question. Will they get
one chance they can put away, reduce | 1:08:33 | 1:08:37 | |
it to one and see what they can come
up with in the last few minutes? | 1:08:37 | 1:08:43 | |
It's what they need to do to break
this game down. | 1:08:43 | 1:08:48 | |
They've taken on all the big guns,
really, in this tournament. A bit of | 1:08:50 | 1:08:57 | |
speed into the zone. Can they finish
this one off? Such a good | 1:08:57 | 1:09:04 | |
opportunity for told | 1:09:04 | 1:09:10 | |
opportunity for told Annan -- and he
didn't take advantage of it. Pushed | 1:09:12 | 1:09:13 | |
into the zone and taken back by the
Finns. Time is ticking. Six and a | 1:09:13 | 1:09:26 | |
half minutes, potentially, remaining
on this Korea Olympic Ice Hockey | 1:09:26 | 1:09:30 | |
Challenge. | 1:09:30 | 1:09:36 | |
Finland are hoping they will end it.
They may end it now with a chance. | 1:09:38 | 1:09:42 | |
Dalton! That left catching glove has
been electric in this game. He | 1:09:42 | 1:09:49 | |
plucks that one out of the. Dalton's
been simply fabulous here this | 1:09:49 | 1:09:55 | |
evening, doing everything in his
power, 34-35 shots directed his way. | 1:09:55 | 1:10:01 | |
And you're right, that left hand is
getting a work out, the amount of | 1:10:01 | 1:10:07 | |
times he has had to raise that thing
up. He turns aside the goal-scorer | 1:10:07 | 1:10:14 | |
there. He got the fourth goal for
Iceland, Hietanen. | 1:10:14 | 1:10:23 | |
The face of was won there bike Korea
but they will do it again. 11:10 at | 1:10:23 | 1:10:35 | |
night, this arena is so loud. | 1:10:35 | 1:10:43 | |
Face-off win by the Finns. Pushed
towards the net. That is well | 1:10:43 | 1:10:49 | |
stocked in the end, and pushed down
the line. Trying to use the boards, | 1:10:49 | 1:10:57 | |
but it's in finish possession.
Awkward looking play and this gives | 1:10:57 | 1:11:03 | |
an opportunity. A pass out in front
for the Koreans. | 1:11:03 | 1:11:10 | |
I think you are going to see two
lines on the ice from the Koreans | 1:11:10 | 1:11:14 | |
the rest of the way.
I think we are going to see a little | 1:11:14 | 1:11:22 | |
bit more, here is Swift. Plante
barrels his way forward, but without | 1:11:22 | 1:11:32 | |
any real opportunity to get in the
zone. Finland bring it back with | 1:11:32 | 1:11:37 | |
ease. | 1:11:37 | 1:11:46 | |
ease. Lepisto checking his options.
That is another good stop by the | 1:11:46 | 1:11:50 | |
netminder, Dalton. Well set, the
winner of this game, place tomorrow | 1:11:50 | 1:11:57 | |
against Canada, and you can bet that
the Canadians are probably the | 1:11:57 | 1:12:02 | |
happiest team watching this game
here. I'm sure a lot of people are | 1:12:02 | 1:12:09 | |
expecting an easy romp for Finland,
get into the third period, extend | 1:12:09 | 1:12:14 | |
their bench, play four lines. Save
lots of reserves for tomorrow. But | 1:12:14 | 1:12:18 | |
it is going to be all hands on deck
for this remaining few moments. It | 1:12:18 | 1:12:24 | |
is late at night, and amazing that
anybody can sleep in this kind of | 1:12:24 | 1:12:28 | |
atmosphere. Can you imagine if Korea
turned it around from here? And the | 1:12:28 | 1:12:36 | |
child remains asleep. You can
imagine in the teenage years, the | 1:12:36 | 1:12:39 | |
conversations they will have around
the table. "You Were there that | 1:12:39 | 1:12:44 | |
night, you know?"
I don't remember anything. Was that | 1:12:44 | 1:12:49 | |
a Korean or an American had? Maybe
it was one of those half and half | 1:12:49 | 1:12:53 | |
things. Maybe it is for Mike Testa | 1:12:53 | 1:13:08 | |
thoroughly enjoyable game, this,
five minutes and nine seconds to go. | 1:13:10 | 1:13:21 | |
These players have done Paek and the
Korean Federation proud here with | 1:13:21 | 1:13:30 | |
the way they have played through
this tournament. They have shown | 1:13:30 | 1:13:34 | |
they are not just making up the
numbers, which is so important. As | 1:13:34 | 1:13:39 | |
hosts, when you get the opportunity,
and their big aim now is to get | 1:13:39 | 1:13:45 | |
there by rights and their play
within the World Championships and | 1:13:45 | 1:13:48 | |
group qualifying campaigns. And how
amazing would it be for a Korean | 1:13:48 | 1:13:52 | |
team to make it through to Beijing?
Icing is called here. There is Jimmy | 1:13:52 | 1:14:01 | |
Paek, never going to see him get a
sweat on that bench. He is never | 1:14:01 | 1:14:09 | |
going to shout and scream. He is the
antidote to so many. The anxious | 1:14:09 | 1:14:16 | |
looks are on the Finnish bench with
their coach Lauri Marjamaki. | 1:14:16 | 1:14:25 | |
Deflected shot goes over the top.
Pushed all the way round. Using the | 1:14:25 | 1:14:35 | |
boards well. | 1:14:35 | 1:14:40 | |
Finland get to it first. Finland
have taken the sting out of this | 1:14:43 | 1:14:48 | |
game beautifully. | 1:14:48 | 1:14:54 | |
game beautifully. Three assists in
this game Tolvanen. | 1:14:54 | 1:15:10 | |
Testwuide. They break in with speed.
Options are out in front. If they | 1:15:13 | 1:15:18 | |
can force it there. It bobbles
through the crease. Korea can hold | 1:15:18 | 1:15:22 | |
it on the blue line. It is a high
chip. | 1:15:22 | 1:15:29 | |
Played away. Testwuide again. Takes
the hit to make the play. Good | 1:15:34 | 1:15:40 | |
stuff. | 1:15:40 | 1:15:46 | |
stuff. Looks like he was maybe going
to go up and over. Would have been | 1:15:46 | 1:15:51 | |
the first time we had seen that.
Striding up the middle with bait of | 1:15:51 | 1:15:55 | |
purpose. Finland trying to finish
this out. Tipped out in front. Goes | 1:15:55 | 1:16:00 | |
wide of the target. Osala.
Now it goes wide. Finland are | 1:16:00 | 1:16:18 | |
chipping in and out. Miss play. | 1:16:18 | 1:16:30 | |
Big stretch for Plante. How much
longer before the coach removes his | 1:16:31 | 1:16:38 | |
netminder? Not long. Here comes
Plante. | 1:16:38 | 1:16:43 | |
Pushes it into the corner.
Finland have it. They will send it | 1:16:43 | 1:16:48 | |
down the ice.
The net is empty. But the shot | 1:16:48 | 1:16:55 | |
misses, bad rebound, that causes
everybody to panic. Weird bounce off | 1:16:55 | 1:16:59 | |
the glass. We are into the final two
minutes. And will it be the final | 1:16:59 | 1:17:06 | |
two minutes of this Korean team's
interest in this hockey tournament, | 1:17:06 | 1:17:11 | |
I wonder? It looks that way.
But a goal here and that may be | 1:17:11 | 1:17:18 | |
throws it up in the air again.
Finland have it. Oh, nice move. | 1:17:18 | 1:17:23 | |
Really really good. Now steadies
himself. Shot is blocked. | 1:17:23 | 1:17:33 | |
himself. Shot is blocked. This is
the opportunity maybe for the Finns. | 1:17:33 | 1:17:38 | |
Deflects wide. Reagan to Swift.
Swift dangerous play but they have | 1:17:38 | 1:17:44 | |
men forward.
Testwuide. | 1:17:44 | 1:17:49 | |
Pushes it behind the net. Lepisto
first man there waiting for it. | 1:17:49 | 1:17:53 | |
Flips it round.
Not hell at the blue line. They have | 1:17:53 | 1:17:57 | |
given it everything they could. They
are running out of steam. They need | 1:17:57 | 1:18:02 | |
two, three, four guys on the puck,
they can't get up ice in time. Three | 1:18:02 | 1:18:07 | |
guys standing at the blue line. Only
one on pursuit. | 1:18:07 | 1:18:11 | |
Rip round the boards again. The
Finns have it here. Maybe now they | 1:18:11 | 1:18:16 | |
will put this game to bed. | 1:18:16 | 1:18:25 | |
will put this game to bed. Kennel
none takes it deep. Finland have | 1:18:25 | 1:18:28 | |
done so well. Goodness me, that
would have been a bad end to this | 1:18:28 | 1:18:33 | |
one. The end is nigh for Korea. And
the Korean ice hockey team, | 1:18:33 | 1:18:41 | |
Pyeongchang 2018.
Finland just playing keep away right | 1:18:41 | 1:18:46 | |
now. Could be another chance, it is
deflected off a stick, a skate. It | 1:18:46 | 1:18:53 | |
goes in.
Manninen will get the credit for it. | 1:18:53 | 1:19:05 | |
It extinguishes any hopes Korea have
of reaching the seemy final, they | 1:19:05 | 1:19:10 | |
deserve so much credit that. I have
given Finland a huge fright and they | 1:19:10 | 1:19:14 | |
have told the rest of the world,
hey, we're here, take us seriously. | 1:19:14 | 1:19:20 | |
That is what this Olympic Games is
all about. | 1:19:20 | 1:19:24 | |
Look at Young number five. He is
exhausted. He can't even move. He | 1:19:24 | 1:19:29 | |
was out there for the last
two-and-a-half minute, he had | 1:19:29 | 1:19:33 | |
nothing left. You were right Seth,
this Korean team can hold their head | 1:19:33 | 1:19:38 | |
high, to take Finland to an empty
net goal, in this qualification | 1:19:38 | 1:19:44 | |
game, that is something else.
The Korean ice hockey adventure is | 1:19:44 | 1:19:55 | |
over. It's first Olympics for the
men and the women, has brought so | 1:19:55 | 1:19:59 | |
many talking points of, from those
historic first goals to the | 1:19:59 | 1:20:04 | |
opportunities that it has created
for the peninsula. But as a purely | 1:20:04 | 1:20:09 | |
sporting spectacle, this was
something special. 3-0 down at one | 1:20:09 | 1:20:13 | |
point. Finland were in control.
Korea fought back to make it 3-2 | 1:20:13 | 1:20:19 | |
before Finland put their foot down
in the final period. The empty | 1:20:19 | 1:20:24 | |
netter at the end, little more than
adding fat to the score line. Canada | 1:20:24 | 1:20:30 | |
up next with the Finns, but the
nation has embraced this tournament. | 1:20:30 | 1:20:35 | |
I think the world of ice hockey has
firmly embraced Korea. | 1:20:35 | 1:20:42 | |
It could have been easy for the
Korean team to pack things up when | 1:20:42 | 1:20:47 | |
they were down 3-0. You had them
electrify the nation and make | 1:20:47 | 1:20:58 | |
everyone believe, even the it was
just for a half hour it was | 1:20:58 | 1:21:05 | |
possible. You can see the respect
among these teams in the handshake, | 1:21:05 | 1:21:11 | |
Finland moves on to Canada. They
will be more tired than they thought | 1:21:11 | 1:21:15 | |
they were going to be. The Finns
will play the Adrians in the | 1:21:15 | 1:21:21 | |
quarterfinal and well I, -- the
Canadians in the quarterfinal. We | 1:21:21 | 1:21:24 | |
will have more from the men's team
in a moment. One women's team to | 1:21:24 | 1:21:28 | |
tell you about it. Featured Korea. | 1:21:28 | 1:21:32 | |
in a moment. One women's team to
tell you about it. Featured Korea. | 1:21:32 | 1:21:35 | |
Sip the pan-Korean team. They have
caused a real stir not least because | 1:21:35 | 1:21:39 | |
of the nature of that unification,
they haven't played particularly | 1:21:39 | 1:21:41 | |
well, they have lost all four
matches until the last one today. | 1:21:41 | 1:21:45 | |
They scored one goal but it didn't
matter. They were playing Sweden, | 1:21:45 | 1:21:50 | |
foer the seventh and eighth place.
It was the wooden spoon, would this | 1:21:50 | 1:21:53 | |
be the last time we would see the
history making team on ice? Who | 1:21:53 | 1:21:58 | |
know, they did lose 6-1, there was a
sign off goal. | 1:21:58 | 1:22:08 | |
sign off goal. Goal. The two Koreas
still technically at war. 20,000 | 1:22:08 | 1:22:15 | |
fans have watched their matches and
their Canadian coach who has had to | 1:22:15 | 1:22:21 | |
bond two squads together, with the
South Korean President and the North | 1:22:21 | 1:22:25 | |
Korean President's sister there to
see them. They said the players have | 1:22:25 | 1:22:30 | |
been incredible and it was a
testament, there she is to the | 1:22:30 | 1:22:33 | |
bonding power of sport. I never
imagined she said the team would | 1:22:33 | 1:22:36 | |
connect this well. After the last
practise yesterday we had eight | 1:22:36 | 1:22:40 | |
players from the north and five of
our team and they were hugging and | 1:22:40 | 1:22:44 | |
taking pictures together. Sport is
breaking down the barrier. It would | 1:22:44 | 1:22:47 | |
be good to think it was.
We had ping-pong diplomacy in the | 1:22:47 | 1:22:54 | |
'70s, we might have big stick
diplomacy or puck diplomacy which is | 1:22:54 | 1:22:58 | |
problematic on a number of levels.
Back to the men's competition we go | 1:22:58 | 1:23:02 | |
then, and it is the USA who are
traditionally strong but only on | 1:23:02 | 1:23:08 | |
North American ice. The last time
they won a medal grey the north | 1:23:08 | 1:23:14 | |
American continent was in the 72
games in Japan and that was a | 1:23:14 | 1:23:18 | |
silver, they are a long away from
home and a away off a medal. They | 1:23:18 | 1:23:23 | |
are up against Slovakia for a place
in the quarters. | 1:23:23 | 1:23:28 | |
Intercepting that puck on the break.
Oh. Now a chance down the middle. | 1:23:31 | 1:23:37 | |
Goes wide.
Second opportunity. Following up, | 1:23:37 | 1:23:44 | |
third of the tournament for him.
And the pressure from the Americans | 1:23:44 | 1:23:49 | |
to start the second session has seen
them take the lead in this game. | 1:23:49 | 1:23:54 | |
This is an elimination game and you
need the take your goals when you | 1:23:54 | 1:23:58 | |
can. What an effort from Terry. The
goal tender lost his stick there. | 1:23:58 | 1:24:07 | |
It could be game over at the end of
this next five minute period if the | 1:24:07 | 1:24:12 | |
US play it well.
Quick shot, quick goal. | 1:24:12 | 1:24:18 | |
Wow! The US lead by two goals to
nil. Are they now on course for a | 1:24:18 | 1:24:27 | |
place in the quarterfinals? This was
the only reason that James is on | 1:24:27 | 1:24:32 | |
this team right now. All he does is
play on the powerplays. For that one | 1:24:32 | 1:24:37 | |
time shot, there, one of the finest
in the game and terrific job from | 1:24:37 | 1:24:43 | |
Terry, coming across the top.
Forcing the two Slovakian forwards | 1:24:43 | 1:24:48 | |
to respect him. Looking for a third,
USA and they have done it. Terry | 1:24:48 | 1:24:56 | |
with another great play, | 1:24:56 | 1:25:02 | |
with another great play, and he
picked up another player. Watch the | 1:25:03 | 1:25:06 | |
work from Terry here. Wins the
battle behind the net. | 1:25:06 | 1:25:15 | |
battle behind the net. He recognises
Archibollo. Into the high spot. On | 1:25:15 | 1:25:18 | |
and off his stick in a second. What
a play from Terry. | 1:25:18 | 1:25:25 | |
US clogging up the middle. Sacked so
low in the zone. Another one time | 1:25:25 | 1:25:29 | |
and they score. And the deficit cut
to two goals. And the Slovakians are | 1:25:29 | 1:25:35 | |
keeping on fighting. Look at this
rocket. Looked like the net minder | 1:25:35 | 1:25:43 | |
may have got a piece of it but not
enough. | 1:25:43 | 1:25:50 | |
He did well. A a wonderful finish. A
fourth for the USA. Great puck | 1:25:50 | 1:25:58 | |
movement, out in front. The
Americans have played a perfect | 1:25:58 | 1:26:02 | |
game. They have kept Slovakian
forwards away from danger and what a | 1:26:02 | 1:26:09 | |
play here. As O'Neill drops it off
to Liddle. We talk about the quick | 1:26:09 | 1:26:17 | |
puck movement, up the Americans,
their speed, letting the puck do the | 1:26:17 | 1:26:22 | |
work, they have done that in spades.
Spades. | 1:26:22 | 1:26:27 | |
Another goal for the Americans, the
netminder beaten clean, and it is | 1:26:32 | 1:26:39 | |
the superstar of this American team
Donnato will top and tail it. He | 1:26:39 | 1:26:46 | |
scored the first and he will enjoy
the adulation, he is having a superb | 1:26:46 | 1:26:52 | |
tournament now. That is one
confident player right there. Coming | 1:26:52 | 1:26:56 | |
down on the strong side. Head up,
short side rocket. | 1:26:56 | 1:27:05 | |
And the US fully deserve this.
Really impressive forever the | 1:27:06 | 1:27:10 | |
youngsters.
And have been led once again by | 1:27:10 | 1:27:17 | |
Donnato and team USA are going to
the quarterfinals of this men's | 1:27:17 | 1:27:22 | |
competition and now they have done
it in some style. | 1:27:22 | 1:27:26 | |
competition and now they have done
it in some style. | 1:27:26 | 1:27:30 | |
They will play the 1998 cheques who
won the gold medal 20 years ago. | 1:27:30 | 1:27:35 | |
Only a quarter of hour before Norway
took to the ice against Slovenia, a | 1:27:35 | 1:27:41 | |
new story broke of the third
positive test in the games and it | 1:27:41 | 1:27:46 | |
was for one of their player, a 29,
tested positive for a drug which can | 1:27:46 | 1:27:50 | |
be taken for asthma because it opens
up the airway, now he accepted that | 1:27:50 | 1:27:56 | |
violation immediately, he didn't
wait for the B sample and will leave | 1:27:56 | 1:28:02 | |
within 24 hours, how he has been one
of the key men for Slovenia, he | 1:28:02 | 1:28:06 | |
scored the winner the other night.
His team will now have to face this | 1:28:06 | 1:28:11 | |
important match without him, and
remember quarterfinal place up for | 1:28:11 | 1:28:14 | |
grabs against Norway. Now. | 1:28:14 | 1:28:17 | |
remember quarterfinal place up for
grabs against Norway. Now. | 1:28:17 | 1:28:18 | |
Power play time for the Slovenians.
Goes across the zone and that is | 1:28:18 | 1:28:24 | |
over the top.
Another shot on the goal. | 1:28:24 | 1:28:31 | |
Or is it? It is. Took some time for
the referee to recognise that. | 1:28:31 | 1:28:38 | |
28 seconds of the power play elapse.
And Sloviansk that from the lead. | 1:28:38 | 1:28:45 | |
This powered past the net mind e you
can see it get hung up in the net. | 1:28:45 | 1:28:58 | |
No doubt about it the leader for
Norway, that is the Captain. Norway | 1:28:58 | 1:29:07 | |
score! Score! Touched home, Norway's
hard work at the beginning of this | 1:29:07 | 1:29:14 | |
period has them back on level terms.
And now this game is up in the air, | 1:29:14 | 1:29:18 | |
a place in the quarterfinals remains
very much at stake. What a pass back | 1:29:18 | 1:29:24 | |
door. Way too nonchalant, the
Slovenian defender, next goal wins. | 1:29:24 | 1:29:33 | |
We are going to overtime, 60 minutes
can't split these two. That was a | 1:29:33 | 1:29:40 | |
wrecking ball play. Lost possession.
Still, can he finish in style can | 1:29:40 | 1:29:45 | |
they force it over the line? Where
is it? Could be a chance, lots of | 1:29:45 | 1:29:51 | |
bodies and they score. Norway have
won it in overtime. The shock coming | 1:29:51 | 1:29:57 | |
from high up in the zone. | 1:29:57 | 1:30:03 | |
Late on the play. He fires and
Norway are heading to the | 1:30:05 | 1:30:12 | |
quarterfinals for the very first
time in their history. | 1:30:12 | 1:30:17 | |
STUDIO: Slovenia will play the
Olympic Athletes from Russia, and | 1:30:21 | 1:30:27 | |
one more Place to be decided between
the Swiss men and the Germans. The | 1:30:27 | 1:30:32 | |
Germans didn't qualify with 18th
Sochi, so have made good progress to | 1:30:32 | 1:30:36 | |
get this far. Watch out for the
Swiss goalkeeper, one of the best in | 1:30:36 | 1:30:42 | |
the tournament. He is a former NHL
players with the Anaheim ducks. | 1:30:42 | 1:30:49 | |
COMMENTATOR: Dramatic start to the
match. Confirmation that... One-time | 1:30:57 | 1:31:05 | |
slapshot and a goal. | 1:31:05 | 1:31:11 | |
slapshot and a goal. It is Germany.
Eventually, the puck found its way | 1:31:11 | 1:31:16 | |
across to the left-hand side, Hiller
couldn't keep it down. 1-0 to | 1:31:16 | 1:31:25 | |
Germany. Really good save from the
one-timer. Almost a second chance | 1:31:25 | 1:31:33 | |
but forced into the corner. Loose in
front. | 1:31:33 | 1:31:42 | |
front. It fell for Suter. Scrambling
the defence of the Germans and this | 1:31:45 | 1:31:56 | |
is a good battle, a game getting to
the net crasher. And they were | 1:31:56 | 1:32:02 | |
rewarded. The Swiss head coach, 42
years of age, he had a spell it in | 1:32:02 | 1:32:14 | |
the NHL, played 27 games for
Arizona. Germany have it, ripped in | 1:32:14 | 1:32:24 | |
and finished, the puck went loose in
front and Seidenberg sends jemmy | 1:32:24 | 1:32:33 | |
through to the quarterfinals of the
limpet games. Yannic Seidenberg was | 1:32:33 | 1:32:41 | |
quickest. It rebound did offer
Hiller, and Yannic Seidenberg | 1:32:41 | 1:32:46 | |
wrapped it home and Germany win 2-1
with a goal early in overtime. It is | 1:32:46 | 1:32:52 | |
Germany who will go through to face
Sweden in the quarterfinals. If you | 1:32:52 | 1:32:59 | |
get your rebound is, that's a big
goal. The Swiss were probably slight | 1:32:59 | 1:33:06 | |
favourites heading into the game. A
mild upset, but the Germans are | 1:33:06 | 1:33:11 | |
advancing and moving on.
Unfortunately, it means the Swiss | 1:33:11 | 1:33:17 | |
are heading home. It was a cagey
affair all night. | 1:33:17 | 1:33:20 | |
Germany will now face Sweden in the
men's quarterfinal, and that is | 1:33:24 | 1:33:28 | |
history for them today. We are
hanging up the padding and sweaty | 1:33:28 | 1:33:32 | |
ice hockey kit, if you have ever
been in an Ice Hockey Challenge in | 1:33:32 | 1:33:35 | |
room you will know where I am coming
from, and we are instead changing | 1:33:35 | 1:33:38 | |
into outfits that are altogether
more elegant. | 1:33:38 | 1:33:45 | |
Yes, the rough and tumble is over
for today, it is strictly about | 1:33:45 | 1:33:49 | |
artistry on the ice as we enjoy the
concluding free dance. The | 1:33:49 | 1:33:58 | |
semifinals in sight for Kyle Smith
and the British men, who are finding | 1:33:58 | 1:34:02 | |
their group, two matches to come,
their first against Norway. Wind | 1:34:02 | 1:34:06 | |
them and they are in with a shout.
It is the same for Eve Muirhead and | 1:34:06 | 1:34:10 | |
the British women. They are up
against the Japanese in their | 1:34:10 | 1:34:14 | |
concluding round-robin match. It is
about Elise again. Victor skate in | 1:34:14 | 1:34:17 | |
her ninth Olympic event of her
career, 1000 metres. | 1:34:17 | 1:34:23 | |
From the intensity of the ice rink,
we pop outside and dropped in on the | 1:34:23 | 1:34:28 | |
women's ski half pipe final.
But because it is the big day in ice | 1:34:28 | 1:34:34 | |
dance, we have reunited Torvill and
Dean, they have glided in here. | 1:34:34 | 1:34:39 | |
There they go, look at that. 34
years. You don't have... We were | 1:34:39 | 1:34:48 | |
only one when we did it. You were
very particular about things going | 1:34:48 | 1:34:54 | |
on the ice. Everybody has little
things they do and I will call them | 1:34:54 | 1:35:01 | |
repetition, we had to do it every
time in the same way. A routine. My | 1:35:01 | 1:35:05 | |
guards were on the left, Jayne 's
was on the right. It is just | 1:35:05 | 1:35:15 | |
repetition. One time, we came from a
show and they had been moved. We | 1:35:15 | 1:35:22 | |
tripped or something. From then on
it had to be. So your shoes neatly | 1:35:22 | 1:35:27 | |
placed together at the door before
you came in? Everything is perfectly | 1:35:27 | 1:35:32 | |
lined up. What was the dynamic
between the two of you on a day like | 1:35:32 | 1:35:36 | |
today going into an Olympic final?
Who was the calming influence? I | 1:35:36 | 1:35:42 | |
think I was always the Karma one,
anyway. And I still am. But we | 1:35:42 | 1:35:48 | |
didn't really talk that much, to be
honest. We knew what we had to do, | 1:35:48 | 1:35:55 | |
and there were no more words left.
We trained up to that point, there | 1:35:55 | 1:35:59 | |
was a little look. We were like
caged lions at that point, the | 1:35:59 | 1:36:04 | |
pacing backwards and forwards,
prepping, ready to get ready. You | 1:36:04 | 1:36:11 | |
have done these routines hundreds of
times before you go out there, | 1:36:11 | 1:36:15 | |
Bolero in particular. Were you
twitchy, because I remember the | 1:36:15 | 1:36:18 | |
vivid warm up. Everybody else was
together, touchy and freely, and you | 1:36:18 | 1:36:23 | |
went your separate ways, why did you
do that? We started to do that | 1:36:23 | 1:36:26 | |
because, in the warm up, it got so
competitive to the sometimes people | 1:36:26 | 1:36:32 | |
would have crashes. The Russian
skaters never gave way. It was more | 1:36:32 | 1:36:39 | |
intimidation tactics. So we thought,
we don't want to be involved in | 1:36:39 | 1:36:44 | |
that. We didn't need to skate
together at that point, because we | 1:36:44 | 1:36:47 | |
knew what we had to do. We had done
the training sessions, and we used | 1:36:47 | 1:36:52 | |
that time to warm up and relax, get
into the eyes. It is conditioning | 1:36:52 | 1:36:56 | |
yourself, rather than going through
the programme. By that time, you | 1:36:56 | 1:37:00 | |
have done it so many times, so it is
being confident enough to say you | 1:37:00 | 1:37:04 | |
are ready, going out and feeling the
ice, and when the music goes, we do | 1:37:04 | 1:37:08 | |
it. Will it unknown of other
competitors to see you so lose? | 1:37:08 | 1:37:13 | |
People started talking about it. It
was never intended for that reason. | 1:37:13 | 1:37:17 | |
I guess it did start people
thinking, why are they doing that? | 1:37:17 | 1:37:22 | |
OK. When we were training and had
practices, we did everything from | 1:37:22 | 1:37:26 | |
end to end. The whole run-through.
No other competitors would do that, | 1:37:26 | 1:37:32 | |
they did part of it. It was a
psychological bit of skating. Jayne, | 1:37:32 | 1:37:39 | |
when Chris was here last week, we
showed your Bolero routine from | 1:37:39 | 1:37:43 | |
1984, but for the time out today, we
have decided to show you something | 1:37:43 | 1:37:49 | |
from 1994, because you faced the
music and dance to again to bronze | 1:37:49 | 1:37:53 | |
medal. At the gala, you got the
Bolero costumes out once again to | 1:37:53 | 1:37:57 | |
prove to everybody that you
definitely still had it. We already | 1:37:57 | 1:38:00 | |
knew you did and you did it again.
Here is our time out once again, | 1:38:00 | 1:38:05 | |
Bolero a decade on. | 1:38:05 | 1:38:11 | |
There you go, 1994. One lovely thing
about that was all the crowd stood | 1:42:43 | 1:42:48 | |
up with home-made sixes, do you
remember that? | 1:42:48 | 1:42:51 | |
up with home-made sixes, do you
remember that? | 1:42:51 | 1:42:54 | |
It was very charming, but it was
still remembered. It is all about | 1:42:54 | 1:42:57 | |
the dancers today, we are seeing who
will follow in your skate tracks. | 1:42:57 | 1:43:04 | |
Jayne, you were with us yesterday to
review the short dance, but Chris, a | 1:43:04 | 1:43:09 | |
hugely interesting battle between
the Canadians and French, with whom | 1:43:09 | 1:43:12 | |
you have been working. Horrible luck
with the costume. The costume | 1:43:12 | 1:43:19 | |
malfunction, obviously, affected
them and what she was trying to do | 1:43:19 | 1:43:22 | |
at certain points to cover her
modesty. I think they did incredibly | 1:43:22 | 1:43:28 | |
well to get through it, but it
clearly affected the performance. | 1:43:28 | 1:43:31 | |
Not much as a partner, a male
partner, that you can do, why could | 1:43:31 | 1:43:38 | |
they not stop? They could not stop,
because if they did, they would have | 1:43:38 | 1:43:42 | |
lost three points. They would have
had a 3-point deduction right away. | 1:43:42 | 1:43:47 | |
They would know that and would know
that they would have lost any point | 1:43:47 | 1:43:50 | |
of a gold. OK. Is it going to shape
costume choices for a generation or? | 1:43:50 | 1:43:58 | |
Safety clasps will be improved,
that's for sure. We saw Nick and | 1:43:58 | 1:44:06 | |
Penny do rumba musics and justice,
how much did you admire the routine | 1:44:06 | 1:44:09 | |
from them? It was great. I
choreographed it for them, they | 1:44:09 | 1:44:13 | |
said, we have got the music and we
loved the music from 1994, and we | 1:44:13 | 1:44:16 | |
would love to use a variation of it.
I said, absolutely. They said, would | 1:44:16 | 1:44:21 | |
you work with us on a? It was a
privilege to work with them. I have | 1:44:21 | 1:44:27 | |
admired them from afar. They are so
enthusiastic, and they give a lot | 1:44:27 | 1:44:32 | |
back. They don't stand and wait for
information, if you give them | 1:44:32 | 1:44:36 | |
inspiration, they run with it. It is
great. In the top ten into the free | 1:44:36 | 1:44:41 | |
dance, Jayne, with less than two
points separating the Canadians and | 1:44:41 | 1:44:45 | |
the French, how much life is left in
this as a contest that they? You | 1:44:45 | 1:44:50 | |
have your top two and the rest of
them stop having said that, within | 1:44:50 | 1:44:56 | |
that top ten, there are some really
high standards of skating. The | 1:44:56 | 1:45:03 | |
talent is amazing, and where dance
has gone too now and what they | 1:45:03 | 1:45:06 | |
achieved. For the French pair, their
first Olympic Games, how much value | 1:45:06 | 1:45:13 | |
from Canada would you place on
experience? They have won a gold and | 1:45:13 | 1:45:19 | |
a silver. Hugely experienced, and
they have been together from such a | 1:45:19 | 1:45:23 | |
young age. They know each other so
well. They know how they react under | 1:45:23 | 1:45:28 | |
pressure, they know what they need
to do. For the French, their first | 1:45:28 | 1:45:32 | |
Olympics, they have been world
champions, so they want to stay at | 1:45:32 | 1:45:35 | |
the top and they want to win that
Olympic gold. It is neck and neck, | 1:45:35 | 1:45:40 | |
and they train together. In Canada,
they are both coached by the same | 1:45:40 | 1:45:46 | |
coaches, so they know what each
other are capable of, and they know | 1:45:46 | 1:45:49 | |
on the night, they both can deliver.
Jayne, would you have done that? | 1:45:49 | 1:45:53 | |
Could you train with great Bible 's
day in, day out? It is an | 1:45:53 | 1:45:57 | |
interesting one. You feel like you
shouldn't meet until you are | 1:45:57 | 1:46:02 | |
competing together. But you are
going back to the French's first | 1:46:02 | 1:46:07 | |
Olympics, is World Champion some
your first Olympics, whatever level, | 1:46:07 | 1:46:11 | |
it is something completely
different. The pressure is different | 1:46:11 | 1:46:15 | |
as well. To come second, even to get
the silver medal is such an amazing | 1:46:15 | 1:46:22 | |
thing to achieve. Let's have a quick
look at how things stood going into | 1:46:22 | 1:46:28 | |
this programme. | 1:46:28 | 1:46:29 | |
look at how things stood going into
this programme. The free dance will | 1:46:29 | 1:46:32 | |
decide the medals, less than two
points separate the Canadians and | 1:46:32 | 1:46:35 | |
the French. | 1:46:35 | 1:46:40 | |
No glitter ball, all watched by
Robin Cousins. And. This is the ice | 1:46:45 | 1:46:55 | |
dance free dance, and we will see
gold, silver, bronze handed out in | 1:46:55 | 1:47:00 | |
this final day of the Olympic
competition. | 1:47:00 | 1:47:02 | |
The Canadian pair are a point ahead
of Nick and Penny. They are | 1:47:10 | 1:47:16 | |
qualifying in tenth. Piper and Paul
in ninth. The pressure is on James | 1:47:16 | 1:47:22 | |
Bond and his Bond girl. | 1:47:22 | 1:47:28 | |
Wonderful control. Curved lift. | 1:48:01 | 1:48:10 | |
Beautiful through the rotational
lift. The lovely quality and | 1:50:51 | 1:50:56 | |
softness in Paul and Piper. | 1:50:56 | 1:51:07 | |
Such a striking combination out on
the ice and we enjoyed their | 1:51:18 | 1:51:23 | |
inventive contemporary short dance
yesterday, this old school Bond | 1:51:23 | 1:51:28 | |
movie glamour and action. They are
thrilled with it. Smouldered | 1:51:28 | 1:51:34 | |
throughout. | 1:51:34 | 1:51:40 | |
If I have one tiny niggle the music
was so dramatic and fast. I wanted | 1:51:40 | 1:51:45 | |
them to have a bit more attack, but
it is so smooth and lovely quality | 1:51:45 | 1:51:51 | |
within the elements. Level two on
the twizzles. | 1:51:51 | 1:51:56 | |
107.31. That is a big season's best
for them, improving by five points | 1:51:56 | 1:52:03 | |
on they previous mark and they leap
up to the top of the leaderboard and | 1:52:03 | 1:52:07 | |
that really has heaped the pressure
on Nick and Penny who skate next. | 1:52:07 | 1:52:13 | |
So here we go, just over four
minutes and this Olympic journey | 1:52:13 | 1:52:16 | |
will be over for Nick and Penny from
a shattered kneecap through 20 month | 1:52:16 | 1:52:22 | |
of edespair, recovery to today.
Tenth place at the moment. They are | 1:52:22 | 1:52:25 | |
looking to push up the leaderboard
here and they need to be perfect. | 1:52:25 | 1:52:34 | |
And that was the lift. How is it
looking Robin? So far, so good. | 1:55:56 | 1:56:12 | |
The ultimate story of grit and
determination has happy ending out | 1:56:42 | 1:56:47 | |
on the ice for now at least. It may
not be a medal but this means nor | 1:56:47 | 1:56:53 | |
them than precious metal. Just being
back out there skating together and | 1:56:53 | 1:56:59 | |
at an Olympics. Robin, what can you
see? I am seeing, diagonal sequence | 1:56:59 | 1:57:05 | |
level four. Combination spin,
synchronised twizzle, all four, | 1:57:05 | 1:57:12 | |
circular step level three. Curve
lift level four. We are seeing | 1:57:12 | 1:57:19 | |
positive GOEs across the board.
Penny just a slight wobble on the | 1:57:19 | 1:57:24 | |
second turn of the twizzle. Caught
back up. 101.96. It keeps them | 1:57:24 | 1:57:31 | |
behind the Canadian, they are in
third place at the moment. They are | 1:57:31 | 1:57:34 | |
desperate to finish the top ten, the
bad news as far as the British are | 1:57:34 | 1:57:38 | |
concerned is that there is a bit | 1:57:38 | 1:57:46 | |
concerned is that there is a bit of
a gap, a upup. Six points the | 1:57:46 | 1:57:49 | |
difference so it looks like Nick and
Penny will finish just outside the | 1:57:49 | 1:57:53 | |
top ten. | 1:57:53 | 1:58:03 | |
Powerful stuff from Andrew and
Caitlin, as they tried to chase down | 2:02:02 | 2:02:07 | |
their countrymen in first position.
They are very, very pleased with the | 2:02:07 | 2:02:11 | |
performance. The Canadians and the
US have such depth of talent in | 2:02:11 | 2:02:17 | |
their squads. Andrew was a little
bit lucky on that third resort, to | 2:02:17 | 2:02:23 | |
incorporate the exit. Just falling
off is slightly. They are below | 2:02:23 | 2:02:28 | |
their team-mates from a technical
element score, but they are ahead in | 2:02:28 | 2:02:34 | |
the component scores. It is going to
be very tight in the free dance. It | 2:02:34 | 2:02:42 | |
is enough. 107.6 to five. We have
new leaders. That is enough to push | 2:02:42 | 2:02:47 | |
them above Piper Guinness and Paul. | 2:02:47 | 2:03:02 | |
Follow the storytelling. She is
blind through the whole first part, | 2:03:27 | 2:03:34 | |
which is why she will never look at
her partner. | 2:03:34 | 2:03:37 | |
Very nicely through the Twizell
turns. | 2:03:49 | 2:03:58 | |
Site is restored. | 2:05:48 | 2:05:51 | |
Her site is restored. | 2:05:58 | 2:05:59 | |
Living the story out there. | 2:07:24 | 2:07:29 | |
They are a very tall couple. She
manages to keep the elegance in | 2:07:30 | 2:07:37 | |
lifts and some not so pretty
positions. But she makes them work. | 2:07:37 | 2:07:41 | |
Beautiful. Great line. Ankles
crossed just a little bit tighter. | 2:07:41 | 2:07:54 | |
111.45 for Ekaterina Bobrova and
Dmitri Soloviev. They are top of the | 2:07:54 | 2:07:59 | |
leaderboard for now. Anna Cappellini
and Luca Lanotte a. 2014 world | 2:07:59 | 2:08:10 | |
champions from Italy. | 2:08:10 | 2:08:12 | |
Luca did very well to recover on the
second and third sets of twizzles. | 2:09:04 | 2:09:10 | |
Slightly off on the first one, but
they will get the credit for the | 2:09:10 | 2:09:13 | |
level. | 2:09:13 | 2:09:15 | |
Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte are
just one point behind the bronze | 2:12:20 | 2:12:23 | |
medal position. This was their fight
for a first Olympic medal. Have they | 2:12:23 | 2:12:29 | |
done enough to enter the fray? They
have had a one point deduction | 2:12:29 | 2:12:37 | |
because the third element, the
straight-line lift, exceeded the | 2:12:37 | 2:12:40 | |
duration that it is allowed to be in
the air. That is a point you do not | 2:12:40 | 2:12:45 | |
want to be giving away. It leaves
them in second. They have slipped a | 2:12:45 | 2:12:52 | |
position. Ekaterina Bobrova and
Dmitri Soloviev topped standings for | 2:12:52 | 2:12:56 | |
now. | 2:12:56 | 2:13:00 | |
These two very much in the battle,
particularly for the bronze medal | 2:13:00 | 2:13:04 | |
position. Who knows, they could go
even better. But there are just two | 2:13:04 | 2:13:09 | |
one hundredths of a point between
Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani. | 2:13:09 | 2:13:20 | |
The rivalry is heating up. | 2:13:23 | 2:13:34 | |
Maia and Alex are hoping that
Pyeongchang 2018 is there paradise. | 2:13:40 | 2:13:46 | |
Very smooth, through the steps
sequence and into the straight-line | 2:15:18 | 2:15:23 | |
lift. | 2:15:23 | 2:15:29 | |
Perfection through the twizzles.
They are so precise through their | 2:16:07 | 2:16:15 | |
feet. | 2:16:15 | 2:16:20 | |
It is signature Shibutanis, clean
and precise. The performance of the | 2:17:37 | 2:17:43 | |
game for them. They are already
going home with a bronze medal in | 2:17:43 | 2:17:46 | |
the back from the team event and
that looks like a medal winning | 2:17:46 | 2:17:50 | |
performance to me. That is the best
I have seen them, they are so | 2:17:50 | 2:17:56 | |
precise technically always,
consistent, consistent, consistent. | 2:17:56 | 2:18:00 | |
But sometimes it is lacking the joy
or emotion and you could see | 2:18:00 | 2:18:05 | |
individually they were both loving
that moment being on the ice and | 2:18:05 | 2:18:09 | |
that's what I need to see. That's
what I haven't had from them that | 2:18:09 | 2:18:13 | |
often. It's always been clinical for
me. We have new leaders, just as we | 2:18:13 | 2:18:23 | |
expected, and that will pile the
pressure on. But Maia and Alex | 2:18:23 | 2:18:32 | |
Shibutani have really gone for it
here. Silver medal position at the | 2:18:32 | 2:18:37 | |
moment for the two times world
champions, Gabriella Papadakis and | 2:18:37 | 2:18:42 | |
Guillaume Cizeron the reigning
European champions, and they are | 2:18:42 | 2:18:49 | |
less than two points behind Tessa
Virtue and Scott Moir who lead the | 2:18:49 | 2:18:54 | |
way. That wardrobe malfunction, her
dress falling off during the | 2:18:54 | 2:18:59 | |
performance yesterday, really
knocked them but still less than one | 2:18:59 | 2:19:01 | |
point in it. | 2:19:01 | 2:19:10 | |
APPLAUSE | 2:23:09 | 2:23:10 | |
APPLAUSE. | 2:23:10 | 2:23:16 | |
It is silky and smooth, sublime from
the off. This was billed as a battle | 2:23:16 | 2:23:20 | |
for the gold between them and their
training partners Tessa Virtue and | 2:23:20 | 2:23:27 | |
score Moir. Beat that. It is
exquisite to watch them skate | 2:23:27 | 2:23:32 | |
because individually strong, good,
solid skaters. Together it is | 2:23:32 | 2:23:39 | |
special and that's what happens. The
music will start and then you will | 2:23:39 | 2:23:42 | |
see and it is the detail for me.
Even the way the fingers intertwined | 2:23:42 | 2:23:48 | |
in the opening move. It just draws
you win and commands your attention. | 2:23:48 | 2:23:53 | |
Some musical and they feel every
moment that they are together. There | 2:23:53 | 2:23:58 | |
is that connection. | 2:23:58 | 2:24:03 | |
is that connection. A new season 's
best, a new world record. | 2:24:07 | 2:24:15 | |
best, a new world record. 123.35,
and it's going to be a very big ask | 2:24:15 | 2:24:20 | |
now for Tessa Virtue and score Moir
to claim their second Olympic title. | 2:24:20 | 2:24:25 | |
Tessa and | 2:24:25 | 2:24:31 | |
Tessa and Scott desperately trying
to save their gold medal chances. | 2:24:31 | 2:24:36 | |
But Madison Hubbell and Zachary
Donohue currently sit in the bronze | 2:24:36 | 2:24:41 | |
medal position, but they saw that
performance from Maia and Alex | 2:24:41 | 2:24:47 | |
Shibutani and they will need to be
brilliant here if they want to go | 2:24:47 | 2:24:50 | |
home in the medals. | 2:24:50 | 2:24:56 | |
APPLAUSE | 2:29:03 | 2:29:05 | |
APPLAUSE.
It was fabulous and dramatic but | 2:29:05 | 2:29:11 | |
putting your hands down on the price
makes it an instant 1-point | 2:29:11 | 2:29:16 | |
reduction because it was considered
before and I'd written a note here | 2:29:16 | 2:29:20 | |
that there is never anything
tentative about these two when they | 2:29:20 | 2:29:24 | |
hit the ice. It is gangbusters of
equality and they wanted to make | 2:29:24 | 2:29:30 | |
that happen right there. There was
no room for error at all in that | 2:29:30 | 2:29:34 | |
programme if they wanted to beat
Maia and Alex Shibutani. Also team | 2:29:34 | 2:29:40 | |
USA onto the podium but that is
going to be a problem. It is 109.94 | 2:29:40 | 2:29:52 | |
so they slot into third place then,
with Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir yet | 2:29:52 | 2:29:58 | |
to skate so it is that
heartbreaking, agonising fourth | 2:29:58 | 2:30:04 | |
position then for Madison and
Zachary. | 2:30:04 | 2:30:10 | |
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the
world champions, the 2010 Olympic | 2:30:12 | 2:30:18 | |
champions, in the gold medal
position coming into the free dance. | 2:30:18 | 2:30:21 | |
But they are going to be
extraordinary if they want to win | 2:30:21 | 2:30:25 | |
this gold medal. They are going to
need to beat the new world record, | 2:30:25 | 2:30:28 | |
laid down by Gabriella | 2:30:28 | 2:30:37 | |
laid down by Gabriella Papadakis and
Culane Cizeron, just two dances ago. | 2:30:37 | 2:30:46 | |
It is brilliant, but is it enough
for Olympic gold for the world | 2:34:42 | 2:34:46 | |
champions from Canada? Well, they
wanted to deliver and they certainly | 2:34:46 | 2:34:55 | |
did. I am looking at the screens,
trying to do the maths. It is tight | 2:34:55 | 2:35:02 | |
at the top. Goodness me. They know
they could not do any more. | 2:35:02 | 2:35:19 | |
Virtue and Moir knew they had to
give everything, they could not | 2:35:19 | 2:35:22 | |
leave anything on the ice. And they
didn't, they absolutely smashed it. | 2:35:22 | 2:35:27 | |
They've done it! 122.40! The
comeback kid is complete for Tessa | 2:35:27 | 2:35:33 | |
Virtue and Scott Moir | 2:35:33 | 2:35:37 | |
comeback kid is complete for Tessa
Virtue and Scott Moir. They took two | 2:35:37 | 2:35:42 | |
years away from competition and
returned to win World Championship | 2:35:42 | 2:35:45 | |
gold. Now it is the Olympic gold as
well. Absolutely thrilling. | 2:35:45 | 2:35:53 | |
Phenomenal. Amazing champions,
amazing performers. Yes, very | 2:35:53 | 2:36:00 | |
different to Papadakis and Cizeron.
The silver medal is deserved, but | 2:36:00 | 2:36:04 | |
these two are supreme. I don't think
we could have skated any better. | 2:36:04 | 2:36:12 | |
With the pressure mounting, we felt
the weight of the world as we took | 2:36:12 | 2:36:16 | |
to the ice. We looked at each other
and said, let's skate for us. We | 2:36:16 | 2:36:20 | |
deserve this, we are ready and we
love this programme, so let's please | 2:36:20 | 2:36:23 | |
do it how we are able to. You went
in knowing that you needed a massive | 2:36:23 | 2:36:28 | |
performance to beat a world-record
score? We train with them, so we | 2:36:28 | 2:36:34 | |
knew what to expect. We didn't know
they have posted a world-record, but | 2:36:34 | 2:36:37 | |
we could have bet the house on it
that they would. We had to come out | 2:36:37 | 2:36:43 | |
hungry and have our skate. That is
what we are most proud of. A lot of | 2:36:43 | 2:36:49 | |
things can go different ways in
sport. We stuck to our plan and we | 2:36:49 | 2:36:52 | |
are proud to come out of the
competition with a gold medal. I am | 2:36:52 | 2:36:56 | |
so happy to be back, I really
enjoyed myself out there. The | 2:36:56 | 2:36:59 | |
audience are great, it felt like a
great skate. I soaked up the moment | 2:36:59 | 2:37:03 | |
and I loved it, and I am so happy to
be back. The score has put a damper | 2:37:03 | 2:37:09 | |
on the whole experience. I felt like
we gave it everything. The school is | 2:37:09 | 2:37:18 | |
disappointing, because that is not
what we came here to do. Sometimes | 2:37:18 | 2:37:22 | |
the score can dampen your feeling
about the performance, I tried to | 2:37:22 | 2:37:24 | |
think about how we felt after we
finished. We both thought that we | 2:37:24 | 2:37:31 | |
had done a great job and performed
as well as we wanted to. We are | 2:37:31 | 2:37:34 | |
going to try to remember that, I
think. | 2:37:34 | 2:37:41 | |
11th place finish, but no doubt | 2:37:41 | 2:37:44 | |
11th place finish, but no doubt
about the winners, by less than a | 2:37:44 | 2:37:47 | |
point. The pressure they wonder to
produce a faultless routine, how | 2:37:47 | 2:37:50 | |
much did you admire the way they
went about their business today? | 2:37:50 | 2:37:53 | |
Amazing. He said they trained with
them, so they know they are capable | 2:37:53 | 2:38:00 | |
of doing an amazing routine. For
them to come out at the end of | 2:38:00 | 2:38:04 | |
everybody and do that performance,
it was magnificent. It means that | 2:38:04 | 2:38:11 | |
they now have five medals, three
gold and two Silver, they are the | 2:38:11 | 2:38:16 | |
most decorated figure skaters in
Olympic history. When you think | 2:38:16 | 2:38:19 | |
about it, that is partly due to the
fact that the team events have come | 2:38:19 | 2:38:22 | |
in. When you think about it, Robin
Cousins and you, we could have found | 2:38:22 | 2:38:28 | |
some pairs! Yes, where was the team
event in the 80s! We thought the | 2:38:28 | 2:38:34 | |
short dance and the free dance
should have medals as well. What was | 2:38:34 | 2:38:37 | |
your impression of the routine?
Completely different from the style | 2:38:37 | 2:38:40 | |
we saw from the French, they really
put the squeeze on the Canadians? | 2:38:40 | 2:38:44 | |
The French skated beautifully. Just
so easy to watch. The Canadians, | 2:38:44 | 2:38:49 | |
when they came out, as Chris said,
they had lots of pressure and they | 2:38:49 | 2:38:53 | |
knew that they had to skate a team
performance. | 2:38:53 | 2:38:56 | |
Between the two Makarov then, Scott
and Tessa are dramatic, and the | 2:39:01 | 2:39:08 | |
French, they present themselves, as
you said, liquid, fluid, so easy. | 2:39:08 | 2:39:15 | |
Something special. As Robin said,
when they are out there, when they | 2:39:15 | 2:39:19 | |
are skating perfectly together,
something else takes over. You feel | 2:39:19 | 2:39:21 | |
like you are watching something very
special. They actually won the free | 2:39:21 | 2:39:25 | |
dance. Indeed, we were talking about
closeness on the ice, which mirrors | 2:39:25 | 2:39:30 | |
the way you skated. Jayne | 2:39:30 | 2:39:35 | |
closeness on the ice, which mirrors
the way you skated. Jayne, you spoke | 2:39:35 | 2:39:36 | |
about having deep edges when you
skate, what do you mean? What we see | 2:39:36 | 2:39:40 | |
with the French is that we see them
get speed from seemingly nowhere. | 2:39:40 | 2:39:45 | |
That is their technical really deep
knee bends, strong edges. That is | 2:39:45 | 2:39:49 | |
what makes them look so fluid. | 2:39:49 | 2:39:52 | |
They are so close together, and it
makes it look special as well. Had | 2:39:55 | 2:40:00 | |
it not been for that faulty button,
could it have been French? Maybe it | 2:40:00 | 2:40:07 | |
did come down to a clasp on the
dress that caused them to become | 2:40:07 | 2:40:10 | |
distracted during the short dance.
But that doesn't matter now. It is | 2:40:10 | 2:40:15 | |
the final result, they have to put
it behind them and move forward. | 2:40:15 | 2:40:18 | |
Don't take anything away from them.
They are magnificent. What now? Both | 2:40:18 | 2:40:24 | |
for the Canadians and for the
French? Do you think that Scott and | 2:40:24 | 2:40:29 | |
Tessa will continue? I don't know if
they want to make even more history | 2:40:29 | 2:40:33 | |
by going for a third Olympic gold.
They have done amazingly well with | 2:40:33 | 2:40:37 | |
what they have achieved. I have a
feeling they might not. So difficult | 2:40:37 | 2:40:41 | |
to maintain that standard, through
their careers. For sure, the French | 2:40:41 | 2:40:47 | |
will continue to the next Olympics
in Beijing and they will have a lot | 2:40:47 | 2:40:51 | |
to... You know, they will want to
prove themselves. They have to stay | 2:40:51 | 2:40:54 | |
at the top of their game for the
next four years to be present at | 2:40:54 | 2:40:57 | |
Beijing. You were in Lake Placid,
you had that experience at the first | 2:40:57 | 2:41:04 | |
Olympics. To come away with silver,
knowing that they could be the top | 2:41:04 | 2:41:08 | |
dogs in four years, wonderful? They
are probably slightly disappointed | 2:41:08 | 2:41:12 | |
at this time. But when they think
back and people will be talking to | 2:41:12 | 2:41:16 | |
them, saying, look what you have
done, the first Olympics, you could | 2:41:16 | 2:41:19 | |
have easily have had gold, but you
got silver and that is not bad. We | 2:41:19 | 2:41:23 | |
might be talking about the new
generation, not just the French. | 2:41:23 | 2:41:27 | |
Also some very good American pairs.
The Shibutanis, upgrading their | 2:41:27 | 2:41:33 | |
fourth place. Do you think this was
the right way around? We saw Madison | 2:41:33 | 2:41:38 | |
Hubbell and Zach Donohoe give them a
good run for their money, but this | 2:41:38 | 2:41:42 | |
was the bronze medal winning team? | 2:41:42 | 2:41:46 | |
This is the best performance I have
seen of theirs all season. They have | 2:41:46 | 2:41:51 | |
a reputation for being smooth, but
not going beyond a certain level, | 2:41:51 | 2:41:55 | |
not giving heart and the motion. But
on this performance they gave more | 2:41:55 | 2:41:59 | |
than I have ever seen. They
deservedly got the bronze medal. | 2:41:59 | 2:42:03 | |
Zach and Madison made that mistake,
that is how critical it is. You make | 2:42:03 | 2:42:09 | |
the slightest mistake and pay for
it. Just like you said they had done | 2:42:09 | 2:42:13 | |
at the World Championships as well.
It must be really hard to take? Yes, | 2:42:13 | 2:42:17 | |
it is not the first time he
stumbled. We shall see! | 2:42:17 | 2:42:26 | |
Penny and Nick, from Great Britain's
perspective, the achievement of | 2:42:26 | 2:42:30 | |
being there, how much can you admire
the way that they skated? I thought | 2:42:30 | 2:42:34 | |
they skated really well. I was
surprised to see them dropping a | 2:42:34 | 2:42:37 | |
place, given that performance. I
thought in the short dance that | 2:42:37 | 2:42:43 | |
there were moments that were
slightly lacking in confidence. You | 2:42:43 | 2:42:48 | |
know, coming out from that accident.
There were a couple of moments where | 2:42:48 | 2:42:52 | |
I thought they were trying to be too
careful to not make mistakes and | 2:42:52 | 2:42:55 | |
they lost a bit of Unison on their
twizzles and turns. This | 2:42:55 | 2:43:00 | |
performance, they gave everything.
Their gold medal is being able to | 2:43:00 | 2:43:06 | |
get these games and perform, equip
themselves in the way that they | 2:43:06 | 2:43:11 | |
have. That is their gold medal. They
should be very proud of themselves. | 2:43:11 | 2:43:14 | |
Going through all of this, they have
been up and down emotionally. Penny | 2:43:14 | 2:43:20 | |
has got some great. She sure has, to
get back onto the ice. The gap | 2:43:20 | 2:43:27 | |
between ice dance and pairs, is it
narrowing? Saw the lifts that we saw | 2:43:27 | 2:43:32 | |
out there, it crosses the line? Is
getting very athletic and acrobatic | 2:43:32 | 2:43:37 | |
to some degree. The two are getting
closer. With the paired skaters, | 2:43:37 | 2:43:42 | |
they said to me, when I
choreographed for the Germans, make | 2:43:42 | 2:43:45 | |
us a nice dance routine. It is
crossing over. When we saw Virtue | 2:43:45 | 2:43:53 | |
and Moir, there were some elements,
particularly above the shoulders, | 2:43:53 | 2:44:00 | |
that was kind of frowned upon in
your day, Jayne Torvill? | 2:44:00 | 2:44:05 | |
that was kind of frowned upon in
your day, Jayne You said that they | 2:44:05 | 2:44:10 | |
can't lift the body weight? She can
stand on the shoulders beyond his | 2:44:10 | 2:44:15 | |
back, but he can't use his hands to
support their weight. Standing on | 2:44:15 | 2:44:19 | |
the thighs, who knows? Ouch! A
couple more questions have come in. | 2:44:19 | 2:44:28 | |
When the ice skaters are in full
flow, can they tell if they are not | 2:44:28 | 2:44:32 | |
in sync with one another? I guess
they are talking with twizzles, step | 2:44:32 | 2:44:37 | |
sequences, is there anything you can
do to correct that when you are in | 2:44:37 | 2:44:39 | |
full flow? | 2:44:39 | 2:44:41 | |
It is a committed thing when you go
into it, on twizzles, when you have | 2:44:44 | 2:44:48 | |
committed, you can't do much to
change that. What you try to do, you | 2:44:48 | 2:44:52 | |
have the timing and rhythm that you
don't get off sync with each other. | 2:44:52 | 2:44:57 | |
If that happens, it is hard to
correct. You were never in that | 2:44:57 | 2:45:01 | |
position? | 2:45:01 | 2:45:06 | |
You never have to correct anything.
Not with me, clearly! Thank you so | 2:45:08 | 2:45:16 | |
much and Jayne you are back
tomorrow, but it's been a pleasure | 2:45:16 | 2:45:22 | |
reuniting you today. I don't know
whether Jayne and Chris were as at | 2:45:22 | 2:45:27 | |
home on skis as skates? I am mostly
on skis now. May be a new career | 2:45:27 | 2:45:37 | |
beckons but you are welcome to stay
and analyse the biathlon and Nordic | 2:45:37 | 2:45:43 | |
combines but I suspect you might
want to have a coffee. | 2:45:43 | 2:45:51 | |
Paddy Geary can bring us up to speed
with two events that sum up | 2:45:51 | 2:45:54 | |
all that is gruelling and great
about the Nordic sports | 2:45:54 | 2:45:56 | |
experience. | 2:45:56 | 2:45:57 | |
The mixed by Athlone relay is still
a new event. The idea, each team has | 2:45:57 | 2:46:03 | |
two men and two women, women ski
three lots of two kilometres each, | 2:46:03 | 2:46:10 | |
the then do the same but with loops
of 2.5 kilometres. | 2:46:10 | 2:46:21 | |
of 2.5 kilometres. The four time
world champion in biathlon, but it | 2:46:21 | 2:46:24 | |
doesn't make him perfect. Missed
shots mean dropped places. France | 2:46:24 | 2:46:31 | |
started to take control, it was over
to skiing shooting superstar to | 2:46:31 | 2:46:35 | |
finish it. This man already has two
gold medals at the games and was so | 2:46:35 | 2:46:41 | |
dominant he could stage manage his
descent sporting history. | 2:46:41 | 2:46:48 | |
descent sporting history. The
greatest French or summer Olympian, | 2:46:49 | 2:46:51 | |
gold number three in the
Pyeongchang. Behind that Italy were | 2:46:51 | 2:46:57 | |
about to make Germany's day words,
pipping them to a bronze. The | 2:46:57 | 2:47:01 | |
Germans felt Vindic had cut in front
of the month early. To the only | 2:47:01 | 2:47:12 | |
Winter Olympics bought that only
involves men, Nordic combined, a | 2:47:12 | 2:47:16 | |
mixture of the endurance of
cross-country on the exuberance of | 2:47:16 | 2:47:19 | |
ski jumping. There are two
individual events, one on a normal | 2:47:19 | 2:47:23 | |
hill and this was on the large
health which | 2:47:23 | 2:47:33 | |
health which saw the Japanese going
into the lead. Then a ten kilometres | 2:47:33 | 2:47:38 | |
slog of skis, sweat and snow. The
Norwegian battled his way to the | 2:47:38 | 2:47:42 | |
front, behind him three Germans were
waiting for their moment. Four years | 2:47:42 | 2:47:46 | |
ago in Sochi it went wrong right at
the end, but could he and his | 2:47:46 | 2:47:55 | |
countrymen stay in front this time?
Germany one, two, three, they are | 2:47:55 | 2:48:03 | |
stunned and elated. It is exhausting
just watching it. Germany dominate | 2:48:03 | 2:48:10 | |
the Larch Hill Nordic combined. Yes,
a clean sweep for the Germans and | 2:48:10 | 2:48:14 | |
they will be bumped up even further
in the medal table. In the roaring | 2:48:14 | 2:48:20 | |
game of curling its getting into the
nitty-gritty now because with only | 2:48:20 | 2:48:25 | |
two matches left for both men and
women, they must get to the top four | 2:48:25 | 2:48:30 | |
in the round robin stage is to
qualify for the knockout stages. | 2:48:30 | 2:48:34 | |
There is no better man to have in
your corner than Kyle Smith and his | 2:48:34 | 2:48:40 | |
dad, David Smith, a former world
champion himself. Word reaches us | 2:48:40 | 2:48:44 | |
that both Dave and his wife have had
a quiet word in their son's years | 2:48:44 | 2:48:52 | |
and I'm sure confidence levels were
boosted ahead of their penultimate | 2:48:52 | 2:48:56 | |
match today. This is how it looked
coming in | 2:48:56 | 2:48:59 | |
match today. This is how it looked
coming in because Great Britain in | 2:48:59 | 2:49:00 | |
third place is tied with the
Canadians going into this match. | 2:49:00 | 2:49:04 | |
Only the top four going through
today, they took on the Norwegians | 2:49:04 | 2:49:10 | |
for who it was effectively wind or
bust today. It wasn't just their | 2:49:10 | 2:49:16 | |
trousers that might give Kyle a few
headaches today. We're joining it in | 2:49:16 | 2:49:21 | |
the first end.
COMMENTATOR: We have been remarking | 2:49:21 | 2:49:32 | |
about how Thomas has warmed up to
this competition, younger brother | 2:49:32 | 2:49:40 | |
Rob Eve Muirhead of course. | 2:49:40 | 2:49:50 | |
World champion, Olympics and --
Olympic silver medallist in | 2:49:52 | 2:49:59 | |
Vancouver. | 2:49:59 | 2:50:09 | |
This is his 373rd International game
for Norway. | 2:50:12 | 2:50:20 | |
for Norway. His not only very
experienced, he's been very | 2:50:23 | 2:50:27 | |
successful but you were saying, am I
right in thinking there was a bit if | 2:50:27 | 2:50:32 | |
not controversy but discussion
overall whether he should be here or | 2:50:32 | 2:50:39 | |
not, Ulsrud. You are right, there is
another up-and-coming men's team | 2:50:39 | 2:50:47 | |
that has been producing some great
results on the world curling tour | 2:50:47 | 2:50:51 | |
over the last couple of seasons but
also they beat Norway in the recent | 2:50:51 | 2:50:59 | |
World Championships. They went to
the last World Championships for | 2:50:59 | 2:51:02 | |
Norway but Ulsrud was given the nod
on the premise that they made the | 2:51:02 | 2:51:09 | |
play-offs at the European
Championships, which they managed to | 2:51:09 | 2:51:12 | |
do, but then finished fourth. This
is pending up a nice tidy end for | 2:51:12 | 2:51:18 | |
Great Britain. Just | 2:51:18 | 2:51:24 | |
Great Britain. Just looking for...
Did they ask for a technician? They | 2:51:25 | 2:51:30 | |
have lost a stone? How can you lose
a stone? | 2:51:30 | 2:51:38 | |
a stone? It was called into action
earlier today. He has brought a CD | 2:51:38 | 2:51:42 | |
with him as well. | 2:51:42 | 2:51:48 | |
with him as well. That's the first
time I've seen the man with the Alan | 2:51:48 | 2:51:51 | |
key come on with another piece of
equipment. Anyway, we are all set. | 2:51:51 | 2:51:59 | |
He should have his own programme you
know. What's his name? Mark. | 2:51:59 | 2:52:10 | |
know. What's his name? Mark. Allen
key mark. This could be a great | 2:52:13 | 2:52:19 | |
start for Britain. Yes, this could
be a good start for Britain. | 2:52:19 | 2:52:31 | |
be a good start for Britain. Even
with that mistake earlier in the end | 2:52:31 | 2:52:33 | |
from Kyle, he's taking a look at
this one and you know what, he might | 2:52:33 | 2:52:41 | |
be able to get all three if he hits
it perfect. Yes, just on that shot | 2:52:41 | 2:52:51 | |
there, was it the intention to roll
that side? Would it not have been | 2:52:51 | 2:52:56 | |
better to go the other way? As long
as they were sticking around in the | 2:52:56 | 2:53:00 | |
house, the last thing they would
want to do is create an easy double | 2:53:00 | 2:53:05 | |
straight up. So Ulsrud in a bit of
bother here because Great Britain | 2:53:05 | 2:53:14 | |
with three stones and the hammer
here. If he gets this wrong, Great | 2:53:14 | 2:53:19 | |
Britain could pick up three. If he
gets it right and takes all three | 2:53:19 | 2:53:23 | |
are out, it could just be one.
Generally speaking this is the kind | 2:53:23 | 2:53:29 | |
of shocked we want to see Ulsrud
playing. He's potentially less | 2:53:29 | 2:53:37 | |
accurate when throwing the
take-outs. There you go. We have | 2:53:37 | 2:53:43 | |
seen on this outside sheet, this is
sheet A they are playing on. There | 2:53:43 | 2:53:51 | |
are four sheets. Some players
struggle on the outside. Anyway he | 2:53:51 | 2:53:55 | |
managed to get on so it is a
straightforward draw for Great | 2:53:55 | 2:53:59 | |
Britain and this would set them up
really nicely. | 2:53:59 | 2:54:11 | |
really nicely. Kyle Smith has on
occasion have some difficult shots, | 2:54:12 | 2:54:18 | |
lots of difficult shots to make, but
the fact he has come up when it | 2:54:18 | 2:54:21 | |
matters most with the right shots
and got some good victories. Really | 2:54:21 | 2:54:28 | |
close games. We've had extra ends, a
lot of pressure on the skip. Not on | 2:54:28 | 2:54:35 | |
this occasion, this is fairly
straightforward. We wouldn't mind if | 2:54:35 | 2:54:39 | |
it all went like this today. So this
is a cracking start for the British | 2:54:39 | 2:54:45 | |
men. Pick up their three in the
first end and that will give them | 2:54:45 | 2:54:50 | |
not only a lot of confidence but it
will affect Norway also and they | 2:54:50 | 2:54:55 | |
have got a chasing game now right
from the very start. | 2:54:55 | 2:55:00 | |
And Kyle Smith clearly in good form
out on the ice. They will pick them | 2:55:00 | 2:55:04 | |
up again in this expense whether
British team have established a | 2:55:04 | 2:55:10 | |
commanding 6-3 lead. It is looking
very good this point. | 2:55:10 | 2:55:16 | |
COMMENTATOR: He has just been
missing, hasn't he. Kyle Smith is | 2:55:30 | 2:55:34 | |
saying, come on, have a go.
Switzerland have restored order in | 2:55:34 | 2:55:44 | |
that match against Korea. It was a
steal of three. | 2:55:44 | 2:55:59 | |
steal of three. Korea now trail
Switzerland 5-4. Not too far away. | 2:55:59 | 2:56:07 | |
Great short. Nicely done. Not much
in it here. That was almost as if to | 2:56:07 | 2:56:20 | |
say, well I am trying.
Time out for Great Britain while | 2:56:20 | 2:56:30 | |
they have a little think about this.
They know, let's not open the door | 2:56:30 | 2:56:36 | |
for Norway. It is the sixth end,
keep control of this match. And this | 2:56:36 | 2:56:43 | |
is kind of what I was talking about.
This was almost inevitable and they | 2:56:43 | 2:56:47 | |
could have predicted this would
happen. I'm just not sure they | 2:56:47 | 2:56:51 | |
played the right shot with the last
one. | 2:56:51 | 2:56:58 | |
one. I always think he's like a
policeman who's coming on duty. Arms | 2:56:58 | 2:57:04 | |
behind, arching out there. Evening
all! | 2:57:04 | 2:57:18 | |
I want to get rid of the sixth one.
I want to get rid of the other one. | 2:57:18 | 2:57:27 | |
He could still have this one and
then his round again. | 2:57:27 | 2:57:35 | |
Has he picked up that? I don't think
they say that in Sweden, do they? | 2:57:38 | 2:57:45 | |
Aye? So he's saying let's get rid of
it. | 2:57:45 | 2:57:55 | |
So Britain using their time-out,
using it at a good time. They don't | 2:57:58 | 2:58:02 | |
want to allow Norway back in this
and find themselves in a sticky | 2:58:02 | 2:58:08 | |
situation a little bit later. | 2:58:08 | 2:58:14 | |
Just inside here for Kyle Smith. He
hits it right on the nose. It is a | 2:58:20 | 2:58:30 | |
good shot there. Well, only one
stone left for Norway. He's going to | 2:58:30 | 2:58:38 | |
take that on and try to come in
behind the red. Is he? No, I think | 2:58:38 | 2:58:45 | |
they are just going to play the
straight draw here, Steve. If you | 2:58:45 | 2:58:50 | |
play the take-out, it is much more
difficult to control where the | 2:58:50 | 2:58:55 | |
throwing stone goes. He has played
down the line so he's probably | 2:58:55 | 2:59:00 | |
thinking I know what this is like.
They really need to steal here, | 2:59:00 | 2:59:06 | |
there's no benefit in them losing
red stones. But if he loses three, | 2:59:06 | 2:59:11 | |
it is game over, isn't it? But when
you are chasing the game three shots | 2:59:11 | 2:59:16 | |
down, you don't have the last stone,
you need to take every opportunity | 2:59:16 | 2:59:20 | |
to score that you can. | 2:59:20 | 2:59:26 | |
This needs to be good then, needs to
be tucked away as well as he can. It | 2:59:38 | 2:59:46 | |
is curling a lot already, an awful
lot. He's on the top one. This be | 2:59:46 | 2:59:53 | |
curtains. It could be a situation
which Norway decides there is no way | 2:59:53 | 3:00:01 | |
back from. You can shake hands and
decide enough is enough. It will be | 3:00:01 | 3:00:06 | |
9-3 and you cannot see Norway coming
back from that. At the worst it will | 3:00:06 | 3:00:12 | |
be 8-3 so straightforward shot here
from Kyle Smith to pick up three. | 3:00:12 | 3:00:17 | |
The discussion going on between the
Norwegian team at the moment. I | 3:00:17 | 3:00:21 | |
think it is probably along the lines
of let's get out of here, guys, | 3:00:21 | 3:00:27 | |
because it's been a rotten day at
the office. Let's regroup. It's been | 3:00:27 | 3:00:32 | |
an excellent performance from the
British team so far, and Kyle Smith | 3:00:32 | 3:00:36 | |
wanting to put the icing on the cake
here. He thinks he's a bit heavy, he | 3:00:36 | 3:00:41 | |
says. Should be OK though. | 3:00:41 | 3:00:48 | |
That will come in nicely and pick up
his three. That is going to be it, | 3:00:51 | 3:00:55 | |
the Norwegian team coming over. They
may decide to keep going. They are | 3:00:55 | 3:01:00 | |
still deciding. | 3:01:00 | 3:01:05 | |
9-3 to Great Britain. And they play
on. And seven, both teams have two | 3:01:05 | 3:01:13 | |
stones remaining. Norway are still
hanging on in there. | 3:01:13 | 3:01:16 | |
At least 2016 worlds, the
standardising of the brushes came | 3:01:29 | 3:01:35 | |
in, just like the F1 tyres, if you
like. It is usually the case, isn't | 3:01:35 | 3:01:40 | |
it? Technology comes into any
element of sport. You try to push | 3:01:40 | 3:01:45 | |
the boundaries and then it gets
reined back in, when people think it | 3:01:45 | 3:01:48 | |
is an unfair advantage. Or at least
there is a development that isn't | 3:01:48 | 3:01:53 | |
available to everybody. You have
players that have been playing for | 3:01:53 | 3:01:56 | |
ever, they realise when they were
sweeping, because of the new | 3:01:56 | 3:01:59 | |
learning that has been taking place,
they are actually making them curl | 3:01:59 | 3:02:02 | |
more, they are not making it go
straight like they were trying to | 3:02:02 | 3:02:07 | |
do. It changed the thinking about
sweeping. | 3:02:07 | 3:02:15 | |
Another great shot from Kyle Smith. | 3:02:17 | 3:02:23 | |
Double takeout. A familiar story
from Norway. Nothing with Norway to | 3:02:23 | 3:02:34 | |
work with. | 3:02:34 | 3:02:41 | |
Could sit on top, perhaps. Got it
behind the front garden. That is | 3:02:42 | 3:02:49 | |
very easy to see. | 3:02:49 | 3:02:51 | |
If they were not resigned to their
fate after six ends, you get the | 3:02:56 | 3:03:02 | |
feeling that another and passes here
and with another score for Britain, | 3:03:02 | 3:03:06 | |
one for Norway, the fact they have
kept going to pick one up, you might | 3:03:06 | 3:03:15 | |
surely think that is enough. See
what they decide. | 3:03:15 | 3:03:21 | |
Trying to keep that match in
Switzerland going at 5-5. | 3:03:30 | 3:03:35 | |
That would put Switzerland on six
wins, and would guarantee them in | 3:03:42 | 3:03:45 | |
the semifinals. | 3:03:45 | 3:03:54 | |
Canada and Great Britain would be on
six wins, and then a gap to the rest | 3:03:54 | 3:03:57 | |
of the field. | 3:03:57 | 3:04:04 | |
The line is good! | 3:04:08 | 3:04:16 | |
Broom! This looks very good. He just
keeps turning the screw, doesn't he? | 3:04:18 | 3:04:28 | |
Thomas just needs to accept he's not
going to beat Kyle Smith today. I | 3:04:28 | 3:04:31 | |
don't know if anybody can. He is on
fire right now. | 3:04:31 | 3:04:40 | |
It has been very good from the very
beginning. Particularly from Kyle | 3:04:40 | 3:04:45 | |
Smith. You have to be set up by your
team, they have given opportunities | 3:04:45 | 3:04:49 | |
to play good shots, but he has
missed nothing. | 3:04:49 | 3:04:57 | |
I admire their fortitude in the
sense of sticking to the task. | 3:04:59 | 3:05:11 | |
If you speak to him, he would say,
in 2011, I was 9-3 down, with four | 3:05:23 | 3:05:29 | |
to play, this and that happened. He
has enough experience, he has been | 3:05:29 | 3:05:32 | |
there so many times before. | 3:05:32 | 3:05:40 | |
Anything with 73 in, I remember.
Good year. You look puzzled? | 3:05:40 | 3:05:50 | |
Sunderland won the FA Cup. 1973. How
didn't I know that? I've no idea, it | 3:05:50 | 3:06:00 | |
is famous. William | 3:06:00 | 3:06:08 | |
almost trying an impossible shot.
Trying to tap the Redstone. Just | 3:06:09 | 3:06:13 | |
trying to sneak past the guard, and
no more. | 3:06:13 | 3:06:21 | |
They did not shake hands after the
sixth end. They decided to keep | 3:06:21 | 3:06:26 | |
fighting. That is exactly what they
are trying to do. Desperate to try | 3:06:26 | 3:06:31 | |
and get his two here. A difficult
shot for the Norwegian skip. He had | 3:06:31 | 3:06:37 | |
some difficult shots to make without
any success, really. This is wide. | 3:06:37 | 3:06:49 | |
There is the one. The match is over.
The handshakes finally come. Delayed | 3:06:50 | 3:06:57 | |
by an end in which Norway really
prolonged their own agony. 9-3 down, | 3:06:57 | 3:07:01 | |
trying to force a couple. In so
doing, they gave up the steel to | 3:07:01 | 3:07:07 | |
Great Britain. That has been their
best performance of the Olympic | 3:07:07 | 3:07:10 | |
Games so far. Not just the score,
but the manner in which they played. | 3:07:10 | 3:07:16 | |
Great Britain have beaten Norway
10-3. They now have five wins. With | 3:07:16 | 3:07:21 | |
just one match to go, a victory
against the USA would guarantee them | 3:07:21 | 3:07:24 | |
a place in the semifinals. Great
Britain walk off the ice a very | 3:07:24 | 3:07:29 | |
happy team indeed. | 3:07:29 | 3:07:31 | |
Congratulations, do you think that
was your best performance? Probably. | 3:07:35 | 3:07:39 | |
There were still a couple of slack
ones, but we applied the pressure. | 3:07:39 | 3:07:43 | |
Really pleased. You were out of the
blocks like Usain Bolt, three in the | 3:07:43 | 3:07:49 | |
first? Yes, good start. That was
when we managed to win the hammer | 3:07:49 | 3:07:54 | |
and get three on the ball
straightaway. It is great to get a | 3:07:54 | 3:07:57 | |
head start like that. We managed to
keep it going, which was good. Of | 3:07:57 | 3:08:02 | |
course, now you are sitting in a
very comfortable position in terms | 3:08:02 | 3:08:06 | |
of qualification, because you know
it is in your hands. That is what | 3:08:06 | 3:08:09 | |
you want to have, one more win and
you are through? Yes, if we knew we | 3:08:09 | 3:08:14 | |
would come into the next game of the
round-robin needing a win and it is | 3:08:14 | 3:08:17 | |
in our hands, we would be happy. We
have put ourselves in a great | 3:08:17 | 3:08:20 | |
position and need to do the job
tomorrow. I am going to give you a | 3:08:20 | 3:08:24 | |
technical question, do you think you
play better in red? It is my | 3:08:24 | 3:08:28 | |
favourite colour, to be honest! I
really enjoy playing in red. We were | 3:08:28 | 3:08:34 | |
saying that you played so well
today, maybe it would have been good | 3:08:34 | 3:08:37 | |
to be coming back tonight? I know
you have a session out tonight, but | 3:08:37 | 3:08:41 | |
I guess it is a question of
gathering yourself for tomorrow? It | 3:08:41 | 3:08:45 | |
is nice to have a break. It has been
a bit relentless, to be honest. It | 3:08:45 | 3:08:49 | |
doesn't feel like we have had a lot
of time off. Nice to enjoy the rest | 3:08:49 | 3:08:53 | |
of the day, supporting the girls
later on, really focus for the game | 3:08:53 | 3:08:57 | |
tomorrow. Well played,
congratulations. | 3:08:57 | 3:09:02 | |
This is the situation out of the
completed matches. | 3:09:02 | 3:09:11 | |
If Great Britain win, they will
definitely go through. There will be | 3:09:13 | 3:09:17 | |
no need for the curling version of
the Duckworth-Lewis method! Looking | 3:09:17 | 3:09:26 | |
rather chipper, what gives you cause
for celebration? They played really | 3:09:26 | 3:09:31 | |
well. They came out with great
confidence. They took three in the | 3:09:31 | 3:09:35 | |
first end from Thomas, that is no
mean feat. That set the tone. They | 3:09:35 | 3:09:41 | |
were out there from start to finish,
with a job to do, delivered. Three | 3:09:41 | 3:09:48 | |
wins in a row, a very good time to
start coming good in this | 3:09:48 | 3:09:51 | |
competition. It is such a long week,
you can't perform at 100% the whole | 3:09:51 | 3:09:59 | |
time. That is not possible. It is
good to build, as the week goes on, | 3:09:59 | 3:10:04 | |
when you get to the play-off games
in a straight knockout, you want to | 3:10:04 | 3:10:06 | |
be performing at your best. That is
when you need to pick. You know this | 3:10:06 | 3:10:14 | |
rink very well, you were
instrumental in picking them out in | 3:10:14 | 3:10:17 | |
the early days, how well established
as the team? They played three | 3:10:17 | 3:10:21 | |
juniors together, they had a very
successful junior career. They know | 3:10:21 | 3:10:24 | |
each other inside out. It is a key
factor to this team dynamic. Yes, I | 3:10:24 | 3:10:32 | |
was involved in putting them into
the regional Academy Way back when | 3:10:32 | 3:10:34 | |
they were young boys, to get that
extra coaching and drive them | 3:10:34 | 3:10:39 | |
forward. It is really nice to see
how much they have progressed and | 3:10:39 | 3:10:43 | |
matured over the years. They come
from very good stock! You have Kyle | 3:10:43 | 3:10:50 | |
and his brother Kami, the sons of
Dave Smith, who himself was | 3:10:50 | 3:10:58 | |
instrumental in getting culling into
the Olympic Games in the first | 3:10:58 | 3:11:00 | |
place. What is the story? They have
skipped the Great Britain team in | 3:11:00 | 3:11:07 | |
1988, when it was a demonstration
sport at the Olympics. He was | 3:11:07 | 3:11:10 | |
basically part of selling culling to
the IOC, to get it into the | 3:11:10 | 3:11:14 | |
Olympics. Now his son, his two
Sands, they are playing. Dave had a | 3:11:14 | 3:11:20 | |
hugely successful career. It has
driven his son's. He has won world | 3:11:20 | 3:11:26 | |
junior medals, he is a champion. He
has so much experience to pass on | 3:11:26 | 3:11:34 | |
and they have that in the household.
And the Muirhead champion, two sons | 3:11:34 | 3:11:40 | |
in the mail setup as well. He is at
home at the moment is to mark He has | 3:11:40 | 3:11:45 | |
had to stay at home and look after
the animals. | 3:11:45 | 3:11:50 | |
Somebody had to do it. He will be a
nervous wreck. The farm might be | 3:11:50 | 3:11:54 | |
abandoned for the next few days. He
has his daughter, skippering the | 3:11:54 | 3:12:00 | |
women's team as well. What do you
like about Kyle and the way the | 3:12:00 | 3:12:03 | |
communication levels have been
peeking between the team? That is so | 3:12:03 | 3:12:08 | |
important in the sport of culling?
Hugely important. When they were | 3:12:08 | 3:12:12 | |
younger, they were fiery youngsters
on the ice. Now they have matured so | 3:12:12 | 3:12:18 | |
much, the communication is
fantastic. They work well together. | 3:12:18 | 3:12:27 | |
Kyle is calm, he does not get
flustered. He keeps a lid on any | 3:12:27 | 3:12:32 | |
issues that could arise. They deal
with them and move on. In the past, | 3:12:32 | 3:12:38 | |
issues may have lingered through the
game. Now they just been | 3:12:38 | 3:12:47 | |
game. Now they just been -- bin that
and move on. A lot of pressure, | 3:12:47 | 3:12:54 | |
after that silver. All going well
for Great Britain. So, to the women. | 3:12:54 | 3:12:59 | |
It has been a long time since Rhona
took the gold medal, with Fiona and | 3:12:59 | 3:13:10 | |
Mags. That was the first gold at
Great Britain managed to | 3:13:10 | 3:13:19 | |
establishing any sport since Torvill
and Dean. She was also there in | 3:13:19 | 3:13:22 | |
Sochi, as the head women's coach to
see Eve Muirhead follow her on an | 3:13:22 | 3:13:26 | |
Olympic podium. | 3:13:26 | 3:13:32 | |
It all comes down to this. The last
stone of the final end, a chance to | 3:13:32 | 3:13:38 | |
win an Olympic medal. This young
British team, skipped by the young | 3:13:38 | 3:13:43 | |
Eve Muirhead. They are the world
champions. Now they could be the | 3:13:43 | 3:13:47 | |
Olympic bronze medallists, if this
is right. She is watching anxiously. | 3:13:47 | 3:13:52 | |
Hold your nerve, hold your breath.
Watch this stone. They are sweeping | 3:13:52 | 3:13:57 | |
it. They are watching it. Even is
coming down and is looking | 3:13:57 | 3:14:02 | |
anxiously. They have got to keep
working. There is no chance to | 3:14:02 | 3:14:06 | |
celebrate yet. The stone is going to
get there. The brushes are in the | 3:14:06 | 3:14:12 | |
air. Britain have won the bronze
medal! Eve Muirhead held her nerve. | 3:14:12 | 3:14:19 | |
Those icy blue eyes can light up. | 3:14:19 | 3:14:24 | |
How would you sum up your emotions
when that was going on? You could | 3:14:25 | 3:14:28 | |
not control what was going on on the
ice, what was it like watching it? | 3:14:28 | 3:14:33 | |
Scary, on the ice you can control
what is happening, when you are | 3:14:33 | 3:14:36 | |
sitting behind the scenes, you
can't, you just have to sit and | 3:14:36 | 3:14:39 | |
hope! Hope that all of the hard work
pays off and they perform on the | 3:14:39 | 3:14:42 | |
day. Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki
Adams, returning from the rink in | 3:14:42 | 3:14:49 | |
Sochi. Lauren Gray was the ultimate,
moving up to leading the team. A | 3:14:49 | 3:14:53 | |
very established team. They have
some trials and tribulations over | 3:14:53 | 3:14:57 | |
the last few days but they went to
the penultimate match today with | 3:14:57 | 3:15:00 | |
four wins and three defeats. Eve and
her team-mates had the semifinals in | 3:15:00 | 3:15:06 | |
the sites if they could win their
last two matters. That was against | 3:15:06 | 3:15:10 | |
the rather surprisingly high-flying
Japanese team. We are going to join | 3:15:10 | 3:15:13 | |
this one because Britain went 3-1 | 3:15:13 | 3:15:16 | |
Japanese team. We are going to join
this one because Britain went 3-1 | 3:15:16 | 3:15:16 | |
down after two ends. They bounced
back with a steel in the sixth, the | 3:15:16 | 3:15:22 | |
Japanese skipper made some pretty
crucial errors. This was one of | 3:15:22 | 3:15:24 | |
them. | 3:15:24 | 3:15:25 | |
We will join it at the start of the
ninth, 7-5 to Britain. | 3:15:30 | 3:15:38 | |
Watching these two teams, w have had
a good competition. Japan surprised | 3:15:50 | 3:15:58 | |
people to be in contention. Their
last two matches against Great | 3:15:58 | 3:16:03 | |
Britain and against Switzerland.
Although they were in a good | 3:16:03 | 3:16:08 | |
position coming into this, with five
win, no guarantee that five wins and | 3:16:08 | 3:16:12 | |
four losses is going to get them
through. Great Britain would love to | 3:16:12 | 3:16:16 | |
make it six wins. They have to win
this one first against Japan. If | 3:16:16 | 3:16:19 | |
they can get this one over the line,
then they face Canada with their | 3:16:19 | 3:16:25 | |
final match. A record of 5-4 will,
I'm pretty sure, see you in a | 3:16:25 | 3:16:31 | |
tie-break match. A record of 6-3,
then you will definitely be through. | 3:16:31 | 3:16:36 | |
5-4 may be good enough to go
through. All of that will come out | 3:16:36 | 3:16:42 | |
in the wash. | 3:16:42 | 3:16:50 | |
Actually USA picked up two over
Korea. That one is still very much | 3:16:50 | 3:16:54 | |
in the balance. Didn't look as if
that was going to happen in that | 3:16:54 | 3:16:59 | |
previous end. Watching that ahead of
us. 7-6 Korea lead that one. | 3:16:59 | 3:17:09 | |
So Japan with the hammer here. Those
two stones just coming to rest side | 3:17:09 | 3:17:16 | |
by side from Lauren. | 3:17:16 | 3:17:23 | |
Yurika Yoshida two years younger
than her sister. Putting the two | 3:17:29 | 3:17:35 | |
corner guards up. | 3:17:35 | 3:17:40 | |
corner guards up. Little short with
that one. | 3:17:42 | 3:17:49 | |
So after four stones have been
played then you can remove the | 3:17:49 | 3:17:52 | |
guards. They are protected up until
that point, if they're out of the | 3:17:52 | 3:17:57 | |
house, in front of the house. | 3:17:57 | 3:18:03 | |
house, in front of the house. Eve
Muirhead asking Vicki Adams just to | 3:18:05 | 3:18:07 | |
remove this one. | 3:18:07 | 3:18:08 | |
Well, I always think the last three
ends is when you see the good | 3:18:16 | 3:18:21 | |
players really come to the fore,
make their shots. The skips making | 3:18:21 | 3:18:29 | |
the right decisions. Reading the
game, reading the situation. For Eve | 3:18:29 | 3:18:34 | |
Muirhead, trying to keep control of
this. | 3:18:34 | 3:18:41 | |
Very much about managing the
pressure at this stage in the game. | 3:18:41 | 3:18:49 | |
A little changing in tactics here.
Japan just going to use these two | 3:18:51 | 3:18:56 | |
stones of Great Britain's to sit in
front of, make it hard to remove. | 3:18:56 | 3:19:01 | |
Eve just going to ignore this one
and take the corner. The corner will | 3:19:01 | 3:19:05 | |
cause the trouble if she doesn't
move it. They need one in behind | 3:19:05 | 3:19:08 | |
there and a little mistake or a
slight error of judgment and Japan | 3:19:08 | 3:19:14 | |
could have the opportunity to great
a two. You want to hit this and roll | 3:19:14 | 3:19:20 | |
it out of the house. They catch too
much of it. | 3:19:20 | 3:19:27 | |
That's not the best position to be
in, sitting in front of those | 3:19:27 | 3:19:31 | |
stones. A little mistake from Vicki. | 3:19:31 | 3:19:43 | |
Japan will be hoping to get their
two tied up. Great Britain would | 3:19:43 | 3:19:48 | |
have the hammer in the final end,
one would be enough to win it, of | 3:19:48 | 3:19:53 | |
course. Japan might, I don't think
will be in any situation where this | 3:19:53 | 3:19:58 | |
end will end up being blanked.
Anything other than two for Japan | 3:19:58 | 3:20:05 | |
really is going to give Great
Britain a massive opportunity. | 3:20:05 | 3:20:10 | |
Because even if Japan were to steal,
a little tap back there, it wouldn't | 3:20:10 | 3:20:18 | |
be enough to win. Obviously, if
Britain got a steal here, then that | 3:20:18 | 3:20:23 | |
would be a really good position to
be in. Japan would keep the hammer | 3:20:23 | 3:20:26 | |
into the last end, but we would be
three ahead. So all of that to be | 3:20:26 | 3:20:32 | |
played out. | 3:20:32 | 3:20:38 | |
When you think that Great Britain,
after five games, had only two wins | 3:20:38 | 3:20:42 | |
and three losses in the run in that
they were going to have, a win here | 3:20:42 | 3:20:50 | |
would be a massive confidence
booster. So what is she thinking | 3:20:50 | 3:20:58 | |
here, Eve? Sorry that's Eve, you're
Jackie! They would like to get rid | 3:20:58 | 3:21:07 | |
of both of these yellows. They are
worried it might jam on the back | 3:21:07 | 3:21:11 | |
red. | 3:21:11 | 3:21:19 | |
No more time outs for Great Britain.
Japan still yet to use theirs. You | 3:21:19 | 3:21:31 | |
saw Glen Howard looking on.
He has to leave it up to them now. | 3:21:31 | 3:21:36 | |
Little signals, that's not allowed.
That's not allowed. Definitely a no, | 3:21:36 | 3:21:40 | |
no. Not even hand signals. No. We
don't use referees. We have umpires | 3:21:40 | 3:21:48 | |
on the ice. They will be checking to
see if you are looking up for | 3:21:48 | 3:21:51 | |
guidance from your coaches. Only
allowed the one minute time out. | 3:21:51 | 3:21:58 | |
That's OK. That's OK, isn't it? Not
a bad result. A little flop in | 3:22:00 | 3:22:09 | |
there. Not bad. Not bad says Anna.
There is an opportunity for Japan to | 3:22:09 | 3:22:17 | |
catch the red and tap the yellow
back and push the red a little bit. | 3:22:17 | 3:22:21 | |
She won't want to put too much
weight on it, just enough for a tap, | 3:22:21 | 3:22:26 | |
tap, tap. | 3:22:26 | 3:22:32 | |
A little bit of tap dancing here
required. | 3:22:33 | 3:22:44 | |
required. Chinami Yoshida. | 3:22:44 | 3:22:51 | |
That was very gentle tap. Is that
yellow a target? So the red is safe | 3:22:59 | 3:23:07 | |
in there at the minute. Just the way
the angles are sitting. | 3:23:07 | 3:23:19 | |
the angles are sitting. I heard
she's not going for that. So the | 3:23:19 | 3:23:24 | |
decisions have to be Eve's now.
There are no time-outs left. | 3:23:24 | 3:23:36 | |
There are no time-outs left. So Eve
just looking to protect that centre | 3:23:36 | 3:23:40 | |
line again. This is where, you know,
Eve's experience now tells you. You | 3:23:40 | 3:23:49 | |
almost forget she's been to tleet
Olympic Games and multiple World | 3:23:49 | 3:23:54 | |
Championships. They are the current
European Champions, of course. Right | 3:23:54 | 3:24:01 | |
on the centre line. Just trying to
protect the ability for those stones | 3:24:01 | 3:24:08 | |
to be used at some point. So now
Japan wanting to shift them out of | 3:24:08 | 3:24:13 | |
there. Try to get a clear run in. A
clear look at what's going on | 3:24:13 | 3:24:23 | |
around. They need the two here
desperately, Japan. | 3:24:23 | 3:24:31 | |
So Yoshida... I think she's
overthrone. Going to jam. Jammed it | 3:24:37 | 3:24:43 | |
on, yeah. Again, the mistakes have
been there. If you are just tuning | 3:24:43 | 3:24:48 | |
into this. It was a difficult start
for Great Britain. They only picked | 3:24:48 | 3:24:52 | |
up one with the hammer in the first
end. Japan managed to pick up three | 3:24:52 | 3:24:57 | |
in the second end. So they were 3-1
up at that point. We clawed our way | 3:24:57 | 3:25:03 | |
back into it. Then 3-3 at the
halfway point. Great Britain | 3:25:03 | 3:25:11 | |
answered with a three. A steal of
three, wasn't it, that lead 6-3. | 3:25:11 | 3:25:17 | |
Since then they have been trading
scores, but it's been the mistakes | 3:25:17 | 3:25:23 | |
from Japan that Great Britain have
been able to capitalise on that have | 3:25:23 | 3:25:26 | |
put us in this position. So we have
to make sure we can guard this up | 3:25:26 | 3:25:32 | |
because we don't want to leave that
yellow open and let Japan get to tap | 3:25:32 | 3:25:38 | |
it. That might look a long way away,
but when you sit from where we're | 3:25:38 | 3:25:48 | |
sitting, it's making the line into
that yellow very difficult indeed. | 3:25:48 | 3:25:54 | |
With Great Britain lying shot here,
the idea is to try and force or get | 3:25:54 | 3:26:00 | |
Japan forcing. She still thinks she
can see it through that gap. There | 3:26:00 | 3:26:07 | |
is a Tynaway gap through there.
Enough to get a stone through. This | 3:26:07 | 3:26:10 | |
has got to be good. So what she is
looking at here is kind of a turn | 3:26:10 | 3:26:18 | |
out across the centre line.
Clock-wise rotation of the stone | 3:26:18 | 3:26:21 | |
down that centre line, just turning
towards the right. But she's got | 3:26:21 | 3:26:24 | |
to... It's going to be tight. A high
red guard to had nip late. A yellow | 3:26:24 | 3:26:33 | |
in the house. A great shot if she
pulls it off. Very difficult. Swing | 3:26:33 | 3:26:37 | |
through this gap between the two
reds. Not sure she's going... Oh, is | 3:26:37 | 3:26:43 | |
she there. Catches it is wrong. Oh.
She still taps it in. Not enough | 3:26:43 | 3:26:48 | |
this time. But still an opportunity.
Great Britain still have shot, | 3:26:48 | 3:26:52 | |
though. Was unlucky. That was a
brave shot to take on. A really | 3:26:52 | 3:26:56 | |
brave shot. She almost made it. Just
that little nick. All of these | 3:26:56 | 3:27:01 | |
things make a difference. It you
willers the angle at which you hit | 3:27:01 | 3:27:05 | |
the second stone. Too thin. Didn't
get the tack back. Wasn't able to | 3:27:05 | 3:27:09 | |
move the British stone, just glanced
it. Great Britain still lying shot. | 3:27:09 | 3:27:17 | |
Guard up those that she can't get to
the one foot. | 3:27:19 | 3:27:26 | |
the one foot. Foot. | 3:27:29 | 3:27:29 | |
Yeah, I think there is a plan there.
Looking for the run back, isn't she? | 3:27:30 | 3:27:37 | |
Yeah. You can't cover both options.
You have to chose to cover the | 3:27:37 | 3:27:42 | |
runback and leave her with the draw
to the one foot. For a one. I would | 3:27:42 | 3:27:47 | |
leave her with a draw to the one
foot. Yeah. That's one and that's | 3:27:47 | 3:27:51 | |
OK. Then you have the hammer, one up
in the final end. So I think Eve | 3:27:51 | 3:27:57 | |
Muirhead settling for safety first
here. I think there is only an | 3:27:57 | 3:28:02 | |
opportunity for her to get a one
even if she plays the runback. Yeah. | 3:28:02 | 3:28:07 | |
It's a red she's running back on to
the yellow. Don't line them up. | 3:28:07 | 3:28:15 | |
Don't line them up. Lined them up. | 3:28:15 | 3:28:27 | |
Well, that's the option and... Just
don't know where the red at the top | 3:28:27 | 3:28:32 | |
of the house is going to go. Is the
draw just too difficult here? If she | 3:28:32 | 3:28:37 | |
gets this right, she could actually
have two yellows in the house here, | 3:28:37 | 3:28:42 | |
but it could... It's just - It could
go horribly run. I need my third for | 3:28:42 | 3:28:52 | |
judging the angles. Where is she
when I need her. Here it goes. | 3:28:52 | 3:28:55 | |
Stones be will be moving around
here. She hasn't given that much | 3:28:55 | 3:28:58 | |
weight. Trying the same shot. She
can't see any of her stones surely. | 3:28:58 | 3:29:04 | |
Maybe... That's going to catch the
red. And that one. A steal of a win | 3:29:04 | 3:29:10 | |
there for Great Britain. A steal,
that might be the match for Great | 3:29:10 | 3:29:14 | |
Britain. One more end to go. I don't
think she could see hardly of that | 3:29:14 | 3:29:19 | |
yellow. She could see two or three
inches first time. Didn't make it. | 3:29:19 | 3:29:24 | |
That was a very difficult shot. She
could have at least had a go to draw | 3:29:24 | 3:29:27 | |
in for the one. She doesn't make it.
So another steal for Great Britain. | 3:29:27 | 3:29:30 | |
It means that Japan will have the
hammer in the final end, but they | 3:29:30 | 3:29:34 | |
are three shots down. 8-5 after
nine. Things looking good for Great | 3:29:34 | 3:29:43 | |
Britain. Smart from Eve Muirhead.
She could... She thought she had | 3:29:43 | 3:29:48 | |
given the opportunity to move those
stones around. Again the draw was | 3:29:48 | 3:29:50 | |
there. She didn't fancy it. She
didn't back herself with that. How | 3:29:50 | 3:29:55 | |
much of that yellow. You really
think she was going for that yellow? | 3:29:55 | 3:29:58 | |
I think she was going for the red to
chip the red out. Chip it out. She | 3:29:58 | 3:30:03 | |
had hardly any weight to do that
either. I know. Yeah. It was a big | 3:30:03 | 3:30:07 | |
call. | 3:30:07 | 3:30:07 | |
Well... Eve Muirhead will not be
complaining. Great Britain have | 3:30:12 | 3:30:17 | |
taken this match and turned it
around from the second and, after a | 3:30:17 | 3:30:22 | |
disappointing start to the match. To
be fair, they were not making their | 3:30:22 | 3:30:27 | |
shots either. They have got their
act together, Eve in particular. | 3:30:27 | 3:30:32 | |
With Japan needing three here, Great
Britain will not be giving them | 3:30:32 | 3:30:35 | |
anything to work with, just sending
this stone through. | 3:30:35 | 3:30:41 | |
Excitement elsewhere as well. Korea,
in the ninth end, still leading the | 3:30:42 | 3:30:49 | |
USA, 7-6. Canada are still trailing
China by one. They picked up one in | 3:30:49 | 3:30:59 | |
the ninth. China have the hammer and
they are leading by one. | 3:30:59 | 3:31:08 | |
they are leading by one. That could
have been the impact. If Great | 3:31:10 | 3:31:18 | |
Britain beat Japan here, Great
Britain could put Canada out of the | 3:31:18 | 3:31:21 | |
Olympic Games if they were to beat
them in the final match of the round | 3:31:21 | 3:31:26 | |
robin. Got to win this match first,
of course. But a win against Canada | 3:31:26 | 3:31:32 | |
would warranty Great Britain in the
semifinals. If Canada lose that | 3:31:32 | 3:31:37 | |
much... There are a lot of ifs here,
why don't we just wait and see? | 3:31:37 | 3:31:44 | |
The point about Eve and their team
is that they have got into a winning | 3:31:50 | 3:31:55 | |
habit. If they win this one, it is
three in a row. Two guards being put | 3:31:55 | 3:32:01 | |
up by Japan. Cheering ringing around
for the match. I will tell you what | 3:32:01 | 3:32:12 | |
Korea scored in the ninth end. They
scored two and look in charge. That | 3:32:12 | 3:32:17 | |
is a good result for Great Britain
as well. Korea go marching on, if | 3:32:17 | 3:32:25 | |
they win that one, but it puts paid
to the USA's chances of getting past | 3:32:25 | 3:32:29 | |
Great Britain. | 3:32:29 | 3:32:33 | |
So far, so good. Sport is about
peeking at the right time. I think | 3:32:33 | 3:32:43 | |
they are doing that now. The team
are starting to perform well. The | 3:32:43 | 3:32:53 | |
three they gave up in the second
end, did not start the match well. | 3:32:53 | 3:32:57 | |
There wasn't any sense of panic,
looking at each other going, what | 3:32:57 | 3:33:02 | |
are we doing? Just calmly going
about their business, waiting for | 3:33:02 | 3:33:07 | |
the opportunities to arise. Forcing
bad shots from Japan. They came, and | 3:33:07 | 3:33:14 | |
when they came, they jumped all over
it and got the scores. Big score on | 3:33:14 | 3:33:20 | |
the sixth end, when they picked up
three, turning the match around. All | 3:33:20 | 3:33:25 | |
they need to do here is to make sure
they don't do anything silly and | 3:33:25 | 3:33:29 | |
every stone that get sent down the
ice, every take out, another one | 3:33:29 | 3:33:34 | |
goes. Japan have to score three to
tie this up. Eve Muirhead will be | 3:33:34 | 3:33:40 | |
trying to make sure that doesn't
happen. | 3:33:40 | 3:33:49 | |
The first one in, trying to hide
behind the guard. Eve Muirhead will | 3:34:08 | 3:34:15 | |
just remove the guard. | 3:34:15 | 3:34:23 | |
Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams, Lauren
Gray, they have all played their | 3:34:29 | 3:34:32 | |
part in this victory and the big
match yesterday. It was a great team | 3:34:32 | 3:34:36 | |
performance. Smiles all around from
Vicki | 3:34:36 | 3:34:44 | |
performance. Smiles all around from
Vicki. You hardly ever see Anna | 3:34:44 | 3:34:47 | |
without a smile. They know that they
are close to wrapping this one up. | 3:34:47 | 3:34:51 | |
Just no mistakes from here on in. | 3:34:51 | 3:34:54 | |
Chinami Yoshida, they know that
Japan still have a chance of | 3:35:11 | 3:35:14 | |
qualifying even with a defeat,
depending on how results go | 3:35:14 | 3:35:19 | |
elsewhere. I'm not saying it is a
defeat, they have not lost yet. Yes, | 3:35:19 | 3:35:23 | |
but they need to work very
quickly... I know, I am just saying. | 3:35:23 | 3:35:28 | |
They only have three stones yet, but
Great Britain have two after this | 3:35:28 | 3:35:35 | |
one. So, it is becoming increasingly
impossible for Japan to get three. | 3:35:35 | 3:35:45 | |
Just the faintest of Nicks, but it
goes. How do you assess this | 3:35:46 | 3:35:55 | |
performance in this match, Jackie? I
think the girls came out. As you | 3:35:55 | 3:36:01 | |
say, Japan put some pressure on. The
girls reacted straight back kept | 3:36:01 | 3:36:06 | |
themselves in the game. As much as
Japan have made the errors, we have | 3:36:06 | 3:36:12 | |
capitalised every time they have
made those errors. That is a | 3:36:12 | 3:36:15 | |
positive you want to keep moving
forward. The team dynamics are | 3:36:15 | 3:36:18 | |
strong, the communications are good.
Eve was playing really well. I can | 3:36:18 | 3:36:24 | |
see she has got that confidence
back. She was missing that in the | 3:36:24 | 3:36:27 | |
start of the week. I am really
positive about these girls making | 3:36:27 | 3:36:32 | |
the play-off stages. Once they are
here, it is a whole new ball game. | 3:36:32 | 3:36:42 | |
Japan have three wins already, Great
Britain would move to five. If Japan | 3:36:42 | 3:36:49 | |
ended up with 5-4, they lost due to
its land, they could still win the | 3:36:49 | 3:36:53 | |
match and qualify themselves. The
fact that we have beaten Japan in | 3:36:53 | 3:36:56 | |
the round robin means that although
we have a five in four record, if it | 3:36:56 | 3:37:02 | |
comes to a chance, we get ranked
higher. | 3:37:02 | 3:37:14 | |
They will play these stones out.
Have you ever seen anybody get a | 3:37:18 | 3:37:25 | |
score of three from a situation like
this? | 3:37:25 | 3:37:33 | |
Never say never, but just make sure
that you get the same routine, clean | 3:37:37 | 3:37:42 | |
your stone, do it right. | 3:37:42 | 3:37:46 | |
I think Fujisawa will apologise to
her team. It has been as much her | 3:37:59 | 3:38:07 | |
mistakes as anybody else. That is
what the skipper is therefore, you | 3:38:07 | 3:38:10 | |
can make the big shots and win for
your team, but if you are not | 3:38:10 | 3:38:13 | |
playing well, then the full glare of
the spotlight is on you. | 3:38:13 | 3:38:22 | |
the spotlight is on you. Nice. It
has not been a nice performance for | 3:38:22 | 3:38:25 | |
her, sadly. Great Britain should
wrap this up. Eve Muirhead just | 3:38:25 | 3:38:29 | |
needs to take one out here. Then it
is all over. | 3:38:29 | 3:38:36 | |
Eve Muirhead, ready to put the
finishing touch to what has been a | 3:38:53 | 3:38:55 | |
superb performance by the British
women. They had to win this match | 3:38:55 | 3:39:03 | |
against Japan, after a difficult
start, they got it together and | 3:39:03 | 3:39:06 | |
there the handshake comes. Great
Britain have won three in a row now, | 3:39:06 | 3:39:11 | |
a record of two and three after five
matches. They now have five wins | 3:39:11 | 3:39:18 | |
from eight games. One game left
against Canada. That would guarantee | 3:39:18 | 3:39:23 | |
them a slot in the top four. Even
with the five wins they are in a | 3:39:23 | 3:39:27 | |
good position, but they would want
to guarantee that against Canada. | 3:39:27 | 3:39:31 | |
Well done to Eve Muirhead and her
team. | 3:39:31 | 3:39:37 | |
Once | 3:39:38 | 3:39:38 | |
Once again, congratulations. A good
win. It look easy in the end, but it | 3:39:38 | 3:39:42 | |
was a difficult match early on? Was,
we knew that it would be tough. We | 3:39:42 | 3:39:48 | |
gave them a lot of respect. We
played our own game. We went down a | 3:39:48 | 3:39:52 | |
couple early. We had a great fifth
and chat with the coaches. We must | 3:39:52 | 3:39:57 | |
have done something well, because we
came back with three in the sixth | 3:39:57 | 3:40:01 | |
end. Three in a row, things are
looking good? Things are looking | 3:40:01 | 3:40:05 | |
good. I know it is a cliche, but we
take one stone, one game at a time. | 3:40:05 | 3:40:13 | |
Winds are always important, but I am
really pleased with the team | 3:40:13 | 3:40:18 | |
performance out there. I thought it
was solid and we are a good unit. Go | 3:40:18 | 3:40:23 | |
into the round robin and do the same
there. Do you feel things are really | 3:40:23 | 3:40:29 | |
coming together? Yesterday was a
really good performance. The team | 3:40:29 | 3:40:33 | |
really coming together, and did
again today? Close games make us | 3:40:33 | 3:40:40 | |
feel totally focused. We really get
into the game. If we can play to | 3:40:40 | 3:40:44 | |
that standard, we are going in the
right direction. I have to hesitate, | 3:40:44 | 3:40:48 | |
because the Canadian team standing
behind you. Canada in the last | 3:40:48 | 3:40:53 | |
match, you can guarantee your place
in a semifinal, and you can also | 3:40:53 | 3:40:56 | |
knockout Canada? As the girls were
saying, we prepare the same way for | 3:40:56 | 3:41:02 | |
every match and give everybody
maximum respect. We are going to do | 3:41:02 | 3:41:05 | |
the same thing, the exact same
approach. I understand you saying | 3:41:05 | 3:41:12 | |
that, but you would put out a major
rival? We take every game at a time. | 3:41:12 | 3:41:16 | |
We said before that we give a lot of
respect to the opposition. It is | 3:41:16 | 3:41:21 | |
important that we go up a gear from
now. Every game we have got slightly | 3:41:21 | 3:41:26 | |
better. That was two back-to-back
performances. We are feeling really | 3:41:26 | 3:41:29 | |
good going in to tomorrow.
Hopefully, if we play great again, | 3:41:29 | 3:41:33 | |
who knows what could happen? Well
done tonight. | 3:41:33 | 3:41:42 | |
Beautifully and diplomatically done,
with the Canadian standing on their | 3:41:42 | 3:41:44 | |
shoulders! Confirmation that if the
curlers win that match, they are | 3:41:44 | 3:41:51 | |
through. If not, we might be through
to the tie-breaker. Please, no! | 3:41:51 | 3:41:58 | |
Rachel Homan has two matches for
Canada, and then she is up against | 3:41:58 | 3:42:03 | |
the Russians. It could be an
interesting day for one of the | 3:42:03 | 3:42:06 | |
favourites. Take us through that
match. From 1-3 down, a very brisk | 3:42:06 | 3:42:11 | |
turnaround. Was there one shot that
summed up the ability that they had | 3:42:11 | 3:42:19 | |
in that match? Definitely, you can
see that when they were down they | 3:42:19 | 3:42:23 | |
didn't get frustrated. They just
kept plugging away. At the end, | 3:42:23 | 3:42:27 | |
there was only one in the scoreline,
and Japan were lying three. It was a | 3:42:27 | 3:42:31 | |
crucial shot. | 3:42:31 | 3:42:37 | |
A crucial shot, not just to freeze
it, she had to move it back. | 3:42:44 | 3:42:53 | |
This round-robin stages so tricky.
How different an animal is Eve in | 3:42:54 | 3:43:02 | |
the knockout stages? She loves to
play the big shots. That is what | 3:43:02 | 3:43:09 | |
this skipper needs to do. They have
to play big shots when it matters, | 3:43:09 | 3:43:16 | |
and she has been doing it all week.
Can you quantify the pressure that | 3:43:16 | 3:43:19 | |
will be on Rachel Homan's head for
Canada? This is one of their | 3:43:19 | 3:43:24 | |
national sports. Huge expectation?
Huge. You know, they would be | 3:43:24 | 3:43:31 | |
expected to be taking home the gold
medal. To go three losses | 3:43:31 | 3:43:37 | |
back-to-back at the beginning of the
week, she was seriously under | 3:43:37 | 3:43:40 | |
pressure. She had to win the rest of
the games and now she has dropped | 3:43:40 | 3:43:44 | |
one today. She will be having a
sleepless night, I would think, | 3:43:44 | 3:43:49 | |
tonight. She has got two must win
games. Yes, she's perfectly capable | 3:43:49 | 3:43:54 | |
of doing that and she has the
ability, that something is not right | 3:43:54 | 3:43:57 | |
with her performance this week.
There is something bothering her. | 3:43:57 | 3:44:00 | |
She is not the Rachel Homan that we
know. | 3:44:00 | 3:44:03 | |
Interesting all-round, you don't
have the traditional powers at the | 3:44:07 | 3:44:10 | |
top, Korea and Japan going well, how
would you quantify the way things | 3:44:10 | 3:44:15 | |
have changed in women, coming into
this? We can clearly see it in the | 3:44:15 | 3:44:20 | |
way things have gone? Definitely.
Korea, Japan, China, they are new to | 3:44:20 | 3:44:28 | |
the sport in comparison to a lot of
the countries. But technically and | 3:44:28 | 3:44:33 | |
tactically they have just trained so
hard. They spend so much time in | 3:44:33 | 3:44:39 | |
Canada learning from the good
Canadian teams. They have jumped up | 3:44:39 | 3:44:42 | |
the rankings. The nice thing to
watch when they are playing is the | 3:44:42 | 3:44:47 | |
consistency. You know, they are very
quiet, they get on with the job and | 3:44:47 | 3:44:52 | |
they just do it. You know, they are
nice to watch. They could be a big | 3:44:52 | 3:44:58 | |
threat for the British teams.
Absolutely come in a nutshell, from | 3:44:58 | 3:45:02 | |
everything you have seen, who would
you say at this point is favourite | 3:45:02 | 3:45:06 | |
for gold? I am putting you on the
spot. In the women's? My money, | 3:45:06 | 3:45:12 | |
depending on what happens with who
plays who, my money would be a Great | 3:45:12 | 3:45:17 | |
Britain and Korea final. That would
be very interesting and very noisy, | 3:45:17 | 3:45:20 | |
I suspect! We shall see how it works
out tomorrow and we will chat with | 3:45:20 | 3:45:26 | |
you more when we know how things are
going against the Canadians | 3:45:26 | 3:45:29 | |
tomorrow. There are some Olympic
stories that are more compelling | 3:45:29 | 3:45:33 | |
than others. Sadly, that of Elise
Christie falls into that category. | 3:45:33 | 3:45:37 | |
So too does the plight of another
skater, actually, many years ago. | 3:45:37 | 3:45:43 | |
And her story has had those
reflecting on the story of Dan | 3:45:43 | 3:45:47 | |
Johnson. He was a speed skater for
the Americans and, like Elise | 3:45:47 | 3:45:51 | |
Christie, he was a favourite in many
events coming into many events. He | 3:45:51 | 3:45:59 | |
had a history of falls and
underachievement, and even tragedy. | 3:45:59 | 3:46:02 | |
His younger sister passed away on
the morning of one of his finals in | 3:46:02 | 3:46:06 | |
1988. When he came to Lillehmammer
in 1994, he did not have a single | 3:46:06 | 3:46:10 | |
medal in three games. This was his
eighth and final go at this in the | 3:46:10 | 3:46:15 | |
1000 bidders. -- meters. | 3:46:15 | 3:46:23 | |
eighth and final go at this in the
1000 bidders. -- meters. Going into | 3:46:24 | 3:46:25 | |
the 1988 Olympics I wept in there as
favourite for the gold in the 500m | 3:46:25 | 3:46:29 | |
and the 1,000 as well. My sister was
diagnosed with leukaemia about a | 3:46:29 | 3:46:35 | |
year | 3:46:35 | 3:46:35 | |
diagnosed with leukaemia about a
year before the Olympics She passed | 3:46:35 | 3:46:37 | |
away on the morning of the 500m.
COMMENTATOR: He pledged this medal | 3:46:37 | 3:46:44 | |
to her if he gets the medal. My left
skate slipped out from upped meed | 3:46:44 | 3:46:48 | |
and I fell.
COMMENTATOR: He's gone. That is | 3:46:48 | 3:46:51 | |
tragedy. | 3:46:51 | 3:46:51 | |
COMMENTATOR: He's gone. That is
tragedy. It was certainly one of the | 3:46:51 | 3:46:54 | |
most difficult days of my life.
COMMENTATOR: Jansen a faller in the | 3:46:54 | 3:46:59 | |
500. He has fallen again. It maybe
wasn't meant to be. I never ever | 3:46:59 | 3:47:03 | |
considered giving up. I had one more
chance in the 1000m in 1994. I was | 3:47:03 | 3:47:09 | |
ready. It worked out.
COMMENTATOR: The world record has | 3:47:09 | 3:47:13 | |
done to Dan Jansen. I set a world
record. | 3:47:13 | 3:47:17 | |
COMMENTATOR: The gold medal to
Jansen. It was his last chance in | 3:47:17 | 3:47:20 | |
his fourth Olympics. You ask
yourself, look in 20 years from now | 3:47:20 | 3:47:25 | |
I want to be able to look back and
know there's not anything else I | 3:47:25 | 3:47:29 | |
could have done to be at my best. If
you can answer yes to that question | 3:47:29 | 3:47:33 | |
for the rest of your life you'll
never ever regret. | 3:47:33 | 3:47:36 | |
for the rest of your life you'll
never ever regret. An absolutely | 3:47:36 | 3:47:39 | |
extraordinary moment. They skated
around the ice with his family to | 3:47:39 | 3:47:44 | |
the skater's waltz. Incredible. | 3:47:44 | 3:47:50 | |
The official report of the 94
Olympics said of it, | 3:47:53 | 3:47:55 | |
"At that moment, there
were | 3:47:55 | 3:47:57 | |
no Norwegians, Dutch,
Americans or people of other | 3:47:57 | 3:47:58 | |
nationalities among the spectators,
only fans of Dan Jansen." | 3:47:58 | 3:48:01 | |
So, it ended happily for Jansen. | 3:48:01 | 3:48:02 | |
And in the precarious
world of short track, | 3:48:02 | 3:48:04 | |
the 1000m is also the distance that
represents | 3:48:04 | 3:48:11 | |
a chance for Elise Christie. | 3:48:13 | 3:48:16 | |
It's her ninth event in three Games. | 3:48:16 | 3:48:18 | |
And after a second fall
in Pyeongchang and subsequent | 3:48:18 | 3:48:20 | |
ankle ligament injury,
she'd shown real courage to even be | 3:48:20 | 3:48:22 | |
in the start line today. | 3:48:22 | 3:48:24 | |
Real guts. | 3:48:24 | 3:48:27 | |
Christie in Heat 5, with fellow
Britons Kathryn Thomson | 3:48:27 | 3:48:29 | |
and Charlotte Gilmartin
also in action. | 3:48:29 | 3:48:31 | |
and Charlotte Gilmartin
also in action. | 3:48:31 | 3:48:34 | |
COMMENTATOR: Here we go the heats of
the Women's 1000m. Kathryn Thomson | 3:48:34 | 3:48:40 | |
from Great Britain in this one. Look
at the line-up. A tough one. | 3:48:40 | 3:48:49 | |
Kathryn Thomson moves around the
outside. | 3:49:01 | 3:49:08 | |
outside. She knows they will be
challenging at the end. She knows | 3:49:08 | 3:49:11 | |
that's the place where she needs to
be. | 3:49:11 | 3:49:19 | |
be. Kathryn Thomson has to mix it
for as long as she can in this race. | 3:49:19 | 3:49:24 | |
She's the outsider here of these
four. She is staying as near to the | 3:49:24 | 3:49:27 | |
front as she can. Four to go over
the line next time. . Is in the | 3:49:27 | 3:49:31 | |
running here at the moment. Fontana
is biding her time in third place. | 3:49:31 | 3:49:39 | |
Everybody wants to come past. Past.
Fontana into first place. Two lapse | 3:49:39 | 3:49:50 | |
over the line. Maltais in second
place. Kooreman third. Kathryn | 3:49:50 | 3:49:58 | |
Thomson losing touch in the closing
stages of the race. This is going to | 3:49:58 | 3:50:01 | |
form. Kooreman trying to upset the
odds. She will battle her way | 3:50:01 | 3:50:08 | |
through. | 3:50:08 | 3:50:13 | |
through. Matlais stays on her feet.
In fourth place Kathryn Thomson of | 3:50:14 | 3:50:18 | |
Great Britain. Confirmation of the
result of Heat 4. Elise Christie, | 3:50:18 | 3:50:24 | |
clearly not fully fit. With that
ankle damage, picked up in the crash | 3:50:24 | 3:50:28 | |
in the semi-final of the 1500m the
other day. Keen to have a go. If she | 3:50:28 | 3:50:33 | |
can get through this Heat she will
have another couple of days to | 3:50:33 | 3:50:35 | |
recover. Lara Van Ruijven 12th in
the world. Andrea Keszler got a | 3:50:35 | 3:50:45 | |
European Championship silver last
year. Magdalena Warakomska from | 3:50:45 | 3:50:48 | |
Poland. Away they go. Christie goes
down they reach the very first | 3:50:48 | 3:50:56 | |
corner. Her race was over before it
even started. She is still on the | 3:50:56 | 3:51:05 | |
ground as the race continues. Van
Ruijven skates around. The officials | 3:51:05 | 3:51:11 | |
go across to check on her. The other
athletes are coming to a halt. I | 3:51:11 | 3:51:17 | |
think we will be restarting the
race, but whether Elise Christie | 3:51:17 | 3:51:22 | |
will be able to restart the race, we
cannot be sure. Here it is again. | 3:51:22 | 3:51:27 | |
Shefrments put the toe in the front
on the right skate into the ice as | 3:51:27 | 3:51:30 | |
she goeses in there. Oh, she caught
the blade of Keszler. I think she | 3:51:30 | 3:51:36 | |
caught the blade of Keszler. Yeah.
No words for it, really. You see | 3:51:36 | 3:51:39 | |
there. She clips the back of the
blade of Keszler as she goes into | 3:51:39 | 3:51:44 | |
that bend. They are allowed to
restart. Now the question is, do | 3:51:44 | 3:51:52 | |
they feel that the fall. I think
it's over. I think the Olympic Games | 3:51:52 | 3:51:57 | |
is finally over for Elise Christie.
I don't think it is. I think they | 3:51:57 | 3:52:00 | |
are checking the blades. They are
allowed to do this. They are also | 3:52:00 | 3:52:05 | |
repairing the ice. Just checking the
blade there. She is going to go | 3:52:05 | 3:52:10 | |
again, Elise Christie. She is not
finished. | 3:52:10 | 3:52:15 | |
Away they go. Christie at the back
of the field, but at least she | 3:52:15 | 3:52:21 | |
avoided any trouble. She can get up
to speed. I think the start was | 3:52:21 | 3:52:24 | |
going to be the hardest part for
her. Absolutely. Particularly after | 3:52:24 | 3:52:27 | |
the fall as well. She can't really
put any pressure on it. So now it's | 3:52:27 | 3:52:32 | |
a question of nine laps. Skaters one
and two will go through and we are | 3:52:32 | 3:52:37 | |
hoping and praying for Elise
Christie to qualify here. | 3:52:37 | 3:52:42 | |
Six-and-a-half lapse to go Van
Ruijven on the front. Keszler in | 3:52:42 | 3:52:45 | |
second place. Warakomska of Poland.
A fit Elise Christie shouldn't have | 3:52:45 | 3:52:51 | |
a problem getting through from this
heat. The draw has been kind to her | 3:52:51 | 3:52:56 | |
relatively speaking. But can she get
up to full speed? Can she find a way | 3:52:56 | 3:53:00 | |
through? To finish in the first two
here? The last lap time, 9: 7: 5 as | 3:53:00 | 3:53:09 | |
Christie moves through into third
place. One and two to qualify. | 3:53:09 | 3:53:12 | |
Christie ready to make a challenge
here with three laps to go. Van | 3:53:12 | 3:53:16 | |
Ruijven comes round. Christie has a
look on the inside. Just about | 3:53:16 | 3:53:19 | |
mansion to stay on her feet.
Christie sees a gap. Forced out wide | 3:53:19 | 3:53:24 | |
again. Staying in third place. Van
Ruijven two lapse to go. Christie | 3:53:24 | 3:53:29 | |
will take the long way round. Almost
goes into the back of Warakomska. | 3:53:29 | 3:53:34 | |
Just forcing her way into second
place. A battle between Warakomska | 3:53:34 | 3:53:39 | |
and Christie. Van Ruijven leads with
half a lap to go. Christie in | 3:53:39 | 3:53:44 | |
position to qualify here. Van
Ruijven first over the line. | 3:53:44 | 3:53:48 | |
Christie in second. Warakomska three
and Keszler four. At the second | 3:53:48 | 3:53:52 | |
attempt tempt the race was completed
she picked herself up off the ice, | 3:53:52 | 3:53:58 | |
literally, to have a second go and
this time she mansion to get the job | 3:53:58 | 3:54:02 | |
done. She's through the Heat. Elise
Christie, the World Champion, is | 3:54:02 | 3:54:07 | |
still in. It was quite a physical
race. She is carried from the arena. | 3:54:07 | 3:54:12 | |
At least not on a stretcher this
time. Run being repairs for Elise | 3:54:12 | 3:54:18 | |
Christie. -- running repairs for
Elise Christie. We await the judges | 3:54:18 | 3:54:22 | |
verdict. Chris was involved in the
physicality of it. Absolutely. | 3:54:22 | 3:54:28 | |
Showing the courage this young lady
has. Sheer determination. It would | 3:54:28 | 3:54:32 | |
have been quite easy to turn around
and say - OK I will stop. I'm | 3:54:32 | 3:54:35 | |
injured. That's it. There was
Keszler and another incident. This | 3:54:35 | 3:54:41 | |
is the Keszler. Keszler comes in on
to Christie. Doesn't Christie get | 3:54:41 | 3:54:46 | |
involved with Warakomska as they
come around again a little bit. A | 3:54:46 | 3:54:49 | |
little bit as well. I mean there are
two issues. You are not allowed if | 3:54:49 | 3:54:53 | |
somebody is am coulding up the
inside, you are not allowed to | 3:54:53 | 3:54:56 | |
change lanes to block that skater
coming up the inside. Warakomska is | 3:54:56 | 3:55:00 | |
waiting. On the off chance she can
get through here. Looking anxiously | 3:55:00 | 3:55:07 | |
up at the scoreboard that hangs high
above the rink. The review is taking | 3:55:07 | 3:55:15 | |
place. I'm hoping that it's coming
close to reaching a conclusion now. | 3:55:15 | 3:55:23 | |
So Elise Christie has left the scene
of the race, but the result has not | 3:55:23 | 3:55:29 | |
been confirmed as of yet. The
referee has gone across. Yellow | 3:55:29 | 3:55:35 | |
card, Elise Christie. That's really
amazing. I can't believe that | 3:55:35 | 3:55:43 | |
they've ard awarded her a yellow
card. That puts the tin hat on her | 3:55:43 | 3:55:49 | |
Olympic Games. It's hard to think
how it could have got any worse. But | 3:55:49 | 3:55:54 | |
it just has. Elise Christie is out
of the Olympic Games. So let's get | 3:55:54 | 3:56:00 | |
on with the last of the Heats now.
Kim Boutin, Charlotte Gilmartin and | 3:56:00 | 3:56:15 | |
Saito and Mascitto from Italy. She's
on the deck. Nothing to do with | 3:56:15 | 3:56:20 | |
anything else. They won't stop the
race. That's right. If you saw | 3:56:20 | 3:56:25 | |
yesterday if they fall they
sometimes restart the race. In this | 3:56:25 | 3:56:30 | |
case there was no problem with Coe
colliding with another skater. What | 3:56:30 | 3:56:34 | |
happened with Elise Christie so the
starter will not restart the race. | 3:56:34 | 3:56:38 | |
On paper you would say Boutin most
likely to win the heat. Charlotte | 3:56:38 | 3:56:43 | |
Gilmartin has a chance of going
through here. She certainly has. She | 3:56:43 | 3:56:46 | |
needs to stamp her authority on to
this race a little bit. The British | 3:56:46 | 3:56:50 | |
camp down after what happened to
Elise Christie. It's important now | 3:56:50 | 3:56:57 | |
that Charlotte Gilmartin tucks into
that second place and main it is a | 3:56:57 | 3:57:00 | |
her position. Five to go. Charlotte
Gilmartin in second place behind Kym | 3:57:00 | 3:57:05 | |
Boutin of Canada. Saito and Mascitto
she needs to keep behind. Boutin has | 3:57:05 | 3:57:11 | |
the speed to come out on top in
every scenario here. Ittic makes it | 3:57:11 | 3:57:16 | |
look so easy, Boutin. Two rms a on
her back even in the curve -- arms. | 3:57:16 | 3:57:24 | |
It's important that charm really
hangs on to the back of her tail | 3:57:24 | 3:57:27 | |
now. It will be a big race here for
second place. Charlotte Gilmartin | 3:57:27 | 3:57:31 | |
being put under pressure from Saito
of Japan. She is in a fight now here | 3:57:31 | 3:57:35 | |
to qualify. One lap to go over the
line this time. Boutin leads the | 3:57:35 | 3:57:39 | |
way. Saito of Japan in second place.
Charlotte Gilmartin losing a bit of | 3:57:39 | 3:57:44 | |
ground now. Doesn't look like
Gilmartin will be able to close the | 3:57:44 | 3:57:47 | |
gap. She can't. Kym Boutin wins that
Heat. As one would expect. It went | 3:57:47 | 3:57:54 | |
to form in that sense. Hitomi Saito
ranked 22 at this distance had too | 3:57:54 | 3:58:03 | |
much speed for Charlotte Gilmartin
who goes out of the competition at | 3:58:03 | 3:58:05 | |
the first hurdle. Confirmation comes
through quickly. | 3:58:05 | 3:58:13 | |
through quickly. Kim Boutin and
Hitomi Saito going through and | 3:58:13 | 3:58:16 | |
Charlotte Gilmartin in third place.
Charlotte Gilmartin and Elise | 3:58:16 | 3:58:21 | |
Christie failing to make it through
from the heads of the Women's 100m. | 3:58:21 | 3:58:25 | |
First of all tell us what is going
through your mind right now in | 3:58:25 | 3:58:30 | |
First of all tell us what is going
through your mind right now in To be | 3:58:30 | 3:58:30 | |
honest, Not much. Of I a few days
ago I didn't think I would be | 3:58:30 | 3:58:37 | |
getting on the ice. I did everything
I could to turn it around. I have | 3:58:37 | 3:58:43 | |
ligament damage in my ankle. Putting
a skate on with that is not comfy. | 3:58:43 | 3:58:53 | |
We did everything we could to turn
it around. It wasn't meant to be. If | 3:58:53 | 3:58:57 | |
it was any other competition, would
you have been on that start line | 3:58:57 | 3:59:00 | |
today? No I would have been off the
ice for five or six weeks and | 3:59:00 | 3:59:07 | |
rehabing I wouldn't have got on as a
World Championships I would have | 3:59:07 | 3:59:12 | |
been told I'm not getting on. They
gave me the choice because it's the | 3:59:12 | 3:59:17 | |
Olympics. The worse could happen is
I damage it more. I may well have, | 3:59:17 | 3:59:21 | |
I've been kicked in it and fallen
off the start. It didn't matter. I'd | 3:59:21 | 3:59:27 | |
trained trained all my life for
this. It was everything to me. Yeah, | 3:59:27 | 3:59:30 | |
it's done. I think everyone watching
will think that you have got a hell | 3:59:30 | 3:59:36 | |
of a lot of guts. Yeah, thanks. I
don't know, I just felt I owed it to | 3:59:36 | 3:59:43 | |
Britain, you know. I really want to
get short track out there. It's an | 3:59:43 | 3:59:47 | |
amazing sport. Obviously at times it
does this to you. I've no idea why | 3:59:47 | 3:59:55 | |
I've got a yellow card. When I
watched the race I was kicked on the | 3:59:55 | 3:59:58 | |
start and fell over. I've never had
a yellow card in my life. I barely | 3:59:58 | 4:00:04 | |
get penalties. I went up the inside.
I've no idea. The only thing I think | 4:00:04 | 4:00:13 | |
of is possibly the referee doesn't
think it's safe for me to race with | 4:00:13 | 4:00:17 | |
my ankle the way it is. He was
encouraging me to get off the ice | 4:00:17 | 4:00:21 | |
after the fall at the start. If that
is it, fair enough, you know. I can | 4:00:21 | 4:00:26 | |
see why he might not want me to race
like that. . Might not be the | 4:00:26 | 4:00:30 | |
safest. Yeah. I think 1,000 people
wouldn't have skated with my ankle | 4:00:30 | 4:00:38 | |
the way it was. I can barely move my
knee. I can promise Britain I will | 4:00:38 | 4:00:44 | |
fight back from this. I will come
back for Beijing. Hopefully, I can | 4:00:44 | 4:00:50 | |
do Britain proud then. Back to
Beijing. | 4:00:50 | 4:00:56 | |
Well, the decision to race was hers.
However, the yellow card for | 4:00:56 | 4:01:00 | |
blocking the path of the Polish
skater is frankly adding insult to | 4:01:00 | 4:01:03 | |
injury. She was carried from the
rink, that was always the plan | 4:01:03 | 4:01:07 | |
because of the injury to her ankle.
But she gave that interview shortly | 4:01:07 | 4:01:11 | |
afterwards. Some newspapers are
already calling her the most cursed | 4:01:11 | 4:01:17 | |
sportsperson in British limbic
astray. Pretty sad. But the fact | 4:01:17 | 4:01:19 | |
that she showed up at all top --
took a lot of guts. It is one of the | 4:01:19 | 4:01:27 | |
chief headlines on the 11th day of
the games. | 4:01:27 | 4:01:32 | |
Meanwhile, Mica McNeill, lying sixth
in the women's Bob. Germany lead | 4:01:32 | 4:01:41 | |
ahead of the final two runs. Tessa
Virtue and Scott Moir won gold by | 4:01:41 | 4:01:52 | |
breaking the world record, a
breathtaking display. The Canadians | 4:01:52 | 4:01:55 | |
are now the most successful figure
skaters in Olympic history. And | 4:01:55 | 4:02:00 | |
there was a German clean sweep in
the Nordic combined lawn delivered a | 4:02:00 | 4:02:03 | |
large hill event, overcoming a
handicap of more than half a minute | 4:02:03 | 4:02:09 | |
after the ski jumping to take gold.
And France's most successful | 4:02:09 | 4:02:18 | |
Olympian picked up the fifth gold of
his career, Fourcade getting his | 4:02:18 | 4:02:26 | |
third gold in these games. Incident
packed in the relay for the women. | 4:02:26 | 4:02:30 | |
South Korea taking the gold. Two
teams in the capital after final | 4:02:30 | 4:02:36 | |
were disqualified. That meant the
Netherlands got the bronze. And Ziga | 4:02:36 | 4:02:44 | |
Jeglic has been suspended after
testing positive for a banned | 4:02:44 | 4:02:49 | |
substance. | 4:02:49 | 4:02:52 | |
When it comes to the school deliver
critical of hard knocks, Rowan | 4:02:53 | 4:02:56 | |
Cheshire knows all about that. It
was four years ago in Sochi she was | 4:02:56 | 4:02:59 | |
all set for the first of her
competitions to make a debut. She | 4:02:59 | 4:03:02 | |
was involved in a training crash.
Frankly, the twists and turns of her | 4:03:02 | 4:03:09 | |
career were very hard to follow
thereafter. | 4:03:09 | 4:03:17 | |
I was feeling really confident about
my skiing and my fitness. I was | 4:03:17 | 4:03:20 | |
going into it really happy. I don't
remember the crash actually | 4:03:20 | 4:03:25 | |
happening. I don't remember the
hospital or anything like that. It | 4:03:25 | 4:03:30 | |
is only in the morning that I
actually have any recollection. It | 4:03:30 | 4:03:35 | |
was something like a compression.
When you knock yourself out and | 4:03:35 | 4:03:38 | |
can't remember it, it is always
scary when you don't know what you | 4:03:38 | 4:03:41 | |
have done, you can't think about how
you can fix that. It happening | 4:03:41 | 4:03:44 | |
again. -- a concussion. That was the
first of three con cushions. That | 4:03:44 | 4:03:51 | |
was in February 20 14. What was the
timeline? After that, I went away in | 4:03:51 | 4:03:57 | |
October, October or September. I
ended up hitting my head again. | 4:03:57 | 4:04:09 | |
ended up hitting my head again. Then
again, in the third place. It really | 4:04:09 | 4:04:13 | |
hit me. It was scary, how I reacted,
with my concussion. Did you feel | 4:04:13 | 4:04:21 | |
yourself changing, in the way that
you felt you dealt with situations? | 4:04:21 | 4:04:29 | |
Yes, normal things, travelling, I
would not travel by myself. I | 4:04:29 | 4:04:32 | |
wouldn't leave the house. It gave me
a lot of anxiety to do normal | 4:04:32 | 4:04:36 | |
things. You get overly emotional
about situations you wouldn't | 4:04:36 | 4:04:43 | |
normally. Not with it, and just not
there. A lot of people with | 4:04:43 | 4:04:50 | |
concussions go through those things.
It is kind of tough, mentally, to | 4:04:50 | 4:04:54 | |
think, why am I feeling like this? I
am the only one that is feeling like | 4:04:54 | 4:04:58 | |
this. It is very hard. It is having
a three assurance that you are not | 4:04:58 | 4:05:02 | |
the only one and it gets better with
time. It takes a while to heal | 4:05:02 | 4:05:06 | |
itself, really. You are still very
young. The experiences of the last | 4:05:06 | 4:05:10 | |
three and a half years, has it
changed your enjoyment of skiing? It | 4:05:10 | 4:05:17 | |
did. It really did. I remember I
told my dad I didn't want to do it | 4:05:17 | 4:05:22 | |
any more. I burst out crying. I was
so sad about it. I was, like, | 4:05:22 | 4:05:28 | |
clearly, I don't want to quit if I
am going to be this sad. When you | 4:05:28 | 4:05:32 | |
have fear of just a tap on your
head, it takes away the fun. Finding | 4:05:32 | 4:05:37 | |
out enjoyment and getting the
adrenaline back was a big thing. It | 4:05:37 | 4:05:43 | |
is there now, it is obvious?
Definitely, I am back on the horse | 4:05:43 | 4:05:47 | |
and enjoying it so much. Mike
Crockart looking to Pyeongchang, | 4:05:47 | 4:05:55 | |
what are your expectations? I really
want a medal, that is one of my | 4:05:55 | 4:05:58 | |
goals. I'm not trying to think about
it too much. | 4:05:58 | 4:06:06 | |
Ben is back, he rode on the half
pipe on the snowboard for two games. | 4:06:10 | 4:06:15 | |
Rowan's story is a reminder of the
Tizzard Jeopardy in a lot of what | 4:06:15 | 4:06:18 | |
you guys do? Absolutely, half pipe
has its dangers. Rohan had a massive | 4:06:18 | 4:06:24 | |
crash in training in Sochi. I was
actually first on the scene. We were | 4:06:24 | 4:06:29 | |
watching them in training, and we
had to run up. You do really see the | 4:06:29 | 4:06:34 | |
consequences then that it can give.
She took it on the shoulder. What | 4:06:34 | 4:06:40 | |
she did over the next four years,
going into this Games, she managed | 4:06:40 | 4:06:49 | |
to get herself together. Her
confidence took a big knock, going | 4:06:49 | 4:06:51 | |
into the next couple of World Cups.
She needed to gather a bit of | 4:06:51 | 4:06:56 | |
momentum, which she did. It must
have placed a huge amount of | 4:06:56 | 4:07:00 | |
pressure on all of you who push the
boundaries in sport, when you see | 4:07:00 | 4:07:03 | |
that happening to a team-mate. How
did that affect you? The ski and | 4:07:03 | 4:07:08 | |
snowboard team trained together. I
was on the road with Rowan for quite | 4:07:08 | 4:07:12 | |
some time. You have to be there for
her, you have to encourage her as an | 4:07:12 | 4:07:18 | |
athlete. Try to take a role where
you try to push her, tried to help | 4:07:18 | 4:07:23 | |
her get back to where she was. She
managed to get into the half pipe | 4:07:23 | 4:07:29 | |
final, a fantastic come back, only
12 did. How would you sum up the | 4:07:29 | 4:07:33 | |
nature of the differences, the
tricks we are going to see from the | 4:07:33 | 4:07:37 | |
snowboarders, to the free skiers? Is
it a different language, times, yes, | 4:07:37 | 4:07:42 | |
but the nature of tricks? Completely
different language, skiers named | 4:07:42 | 4:07:49 | |
their grabs differently to
snowboarders. You have two edges on | 4:07:49 | 4:07:52 | |
the skis. You get a really good grip
going up the walls, compared to | 4:07:52 | 4:07:56 | |
snowboarders. I think the skiing
world is also quite new, compared to | 4:07:56 | 4:08:02 | |
the snowboard half pipe. You didn't
see the skiers entering the half | 4:08:02 | 4:08:06 | |
pipe until a later stage. But they
have really caught up. The amplitude | 4:08:06 | 4:08:10 | |
is really, really good. I think that
they really do showcase the sport | 4:08:10 | 4:08:16 | |
amazingly well. OK, Rowan qualify
for one of the top 12, to get into | 4:08:16 | 4:08:21 | |
this final. Today we have James
Woods, we have Tim Wall would and | 4:08:21 | 4:08:26 | |
Edley, as fluent and snowboard as
they are in skis and which. -- in | 4:08:26 | 4:08:32 | |
ski language. | 4:08:32 | 4:08:33 | |
Rowan Cheshire and, sat next to me,
the man of the moment from ski slope | 4:08:37 | 4:08:42 | |
yesterday, James Woods. Good to have
you here. Thank you. This is the | 4:08:42 | 4:08:49 | |
best seat in the house! As we heard
earlier on, Rowan battling back from | 4:08:49 | 4:08:57 | |
that horrendous concussion in Sochi.
But she has made it to the Olympics | 4:08:57 | 4:09:01 | |
and is about to drop in for her
first time. Just needs to stay the | 4:09:01 | 4:09:11 | |
tech side down. Nice alley-oop. Best
amplitude we have seen so far. In 2D | 4:09:11 | 4:09:18 | |
nine. Solid five. Into the seventh.
Into the switch alley-oop. Lovely. | 4:09:18 | 4:09:34 | |
Great first run. Definitely got the
most amplitude we have seen so far. | 4:09:34 | 4:09:41 | |
And she has got nine in there. She
has upped the difficulty that we | 4:09:41 | 4:09:45 | |
have seen from the previous runs.
75.4. She slots in behind the | 4:09:45 | 4:09:53 | |
Russian. | 4:09:53 | 4:09:58 | |
Russian. The defending Olympic
champion, the three times ex games | 4:09:58 | 4:10:01 | |
gold medallist. She knows what she
is doing, no slouch on ace set of | 4:10:01 | 4:10:06 | |
skis. Just trying to tick the
amplitude box. That is a big thing. | 4:10:06 | 4:10:18 | |
You're going to see a lot of
rotations. Look at that, | 4:10:18 | 4:10:24 | |
back-to-back sevens. We talked about
it at the top, she is ticking the | 4:10:24 | 4:10:28 | |
amplitude box and highlighted that
by going small on the next one. That | 4:10:28 | 4:10:32 | |
is true. Oh, no! She dropped the
back-to-back nines at the bottom. | 4:10:32 | 4:10:39 | |
One of the most experienced players
in this final is the first one to go | 4:10:39 | 4:10:43 | |
down. I wasn't expecting that. | 4:10:43 | 4:10:47 | |
Next, Annalisa Drew. The other
undisputed powerhouse. | 4:10:47 | 4:10:59 | |
She is a spinning top, she can
generate her own magnetic field. | 4:10:59 | 4:11:07 | |
That is a massive 900. Back-to-back
nines. Putting those nice and high | 4:11:13 | 4:11:22 | |
up the pipe. | 4:11:22 | 4:11:27 | |
Looking good, 540. Nice, solid grab.
Could she get two more? No, big | 4:11:27 | 4:11:37 | |
seven to finish. I loved that run, I
really like it. For me, that is a | 4:11:37 | 4:11:44 | |
classic pipe run. She prioritised
amplitude over everything else. But | 4:11:44 | 4:11:49 | |
she was able to get a technicality
in there. | 4:11:49 | 4:11:53 | |
That is a fantastic run from
Annalisa Drew. Putting points on the | 4:11:58 | 4:12:01 | |
board, she has big tricks she will
be able to drop in the final. | 4:12:01 | 4:12:07 | |
Brita Sigourney is wearing the
number | 4:12:07 | 4:12:18 | |
number one bib for a reason. Coming
into this, with some inside | 4:12:18 | 4:12:23 | |
knowledge on the scene, for me, this
is the battle between Brita | 4:12:23 | 4:12:30 | |
Sigourney for this win. | 4:12:30 | 4:12:34 | |
She wants this. That alley-oop 440,
that is technical difficulty in a | 4:12:34 | 4:12:43 | |
nutshell. Rotating up the pipe, and
travel back down it. A beautiful | 4:12:43 | 4:12:49 | |
run. I got the shivers then. This | 4:12:49 | 4:12:57 | |
run. I got the shivers then. This is
simmering, turn down the gas! It is | 4:12:57 | 4:13:00 | |
going to catch. It has already
caught, I am too excited. I am a | 4:13:00 | 4:13:10 | |
newbie, but I am already excited.
Look at that, the 390, only pulled | 4:13:10 | 4:13:16 | |
down by the 89. It is a very
difficult thing, judging and the | 4:13:16 | 4:13:23 | |
points thing. But the essence of it
is to love the placings. The score | 4:13:23 | 4:13:29 | |
is really just a little message, a
little communication from the judges | 4:13:29 | 4:13:32 | |
to the riders more than anything.
89.8, that is telling me that the | 4:13:32 | 4:13:36 | |
judges are telling Brita that if she
gets the grabs she will be well up | 4:13:36 | 4:13:42 | |
there into the 90s. Barry Martyn | 4:13:42 | 4:13:54 | |
there into the 90s. Barry Martyn --
Marie Martinod, absolutely slaying | 4:13:54 | 4:13:55 | |
it. They have been coming of age
over the last few decades. Age is | 4:13:55 | 4:14:04 | |
just a number for Marie Martinod.
Silver medallist from Sochi. Skiing | 4:14:04 | 4:14:13 | |
out her plan. | 4:14:13 | 4:14:20 | |
She is fizzing. Oh! We said it, she
is skiing clever, ticking the boxes | 4:14:22 | 4:14:34 | |
and doing exactly what the judges
want to see. | 4:14:34 | 4:14:40 | |
Cassie Sharpe, coming out of
Vancouver. Her brother got the | 4:14:40 | 4:14:44 | |
silver at the ex-games. | 4:14:44 | 4:14:51 | |
The family are very happy to have at
least one member in there. | 4:14:52 | 4:15:01 | |
You can see how clean and
confidently she comes through this | 4:15:01 | 4:15:04 | |
pipe. Take it from us, she is
ticking the boxes for the judges. | 4:15:04 | 4:15:10 | |
Massive truck driver. That was
beautiful! Beautiful last trip. You | 4:15:10 | 4:15:15 | |
could not have rolled a bowling ball
any smoother than that. Just hit the | 4:15:15 | 4:15:20 | |
transition. That was a fantastic run
from Cassie | 4:15:20 | 4:15:25 | |
transition. That was a fantastic run
from Cassie. Lots of switches. | 4:15:25 | 4:15:29 | |
Solid, consistent grabs. | 4:15:29 | 4:15:34 | |
Amazing skiing. The last woman to
drop in the first run of women's ski | 4:15:34 | 4:15:42 | |
half pipe finals. That is Cassie
Sharpe. She takes the lead with a | 4:15:42 | 4:15:46 | |
94.4. | 4:15:46 | 4:15:53 | |
Cassie Sharpe chased closely by
Marie Martinod. | 4:15:53 | 4:16:02 | |
Marie Martinod. And Brita Sigourney
and Annalisa | 4:16:03 | 4:16:06 | |
Marie Martinod. And Brita Sigourney
and Annalisa Drew. Next in Valeriya | 4:16:06 | 4:16:13 | |
Demidova. Is that no the the sickest
name possible. It doesn't get better | 4:16:13 | 4:16:21 | |
than that. They are not giving out
medals for name. They should be. | 4:16:21 | 4:16:27 | |
First time I saw her was at the
World Cup in New Zealand in 2017, | 4:16:27 | 4:16:32 | |
really recently. She has got a
bright future in this. Watch | 4:16:32 | 4:16:37 | |
hereticcle skiing through the middle
of the pipe. Enjoy tricks. Watch how | 4:16:37 | 4:16:43 | |
solid and smooth it is. You need to
have brill yanlt edge control. | 4:16:43 | 4:16:47 | |
Absolutely. To drive and get the
power to launch out of the pipe. | 4:16:47 | 4:16:53 | |
Yesterday Murray was talking about
landing. They call it in the pipe | 4:16:53 | 4:16:59 | |
world, face the judges. You don't
want to land facing the judges. You | 4:16:59 | 4:17:03 | |
want to land pointing at the next
wall. Technically, really nice. Just | 4:17:03 | 4:17:07 | |
17 years of age as well. This is
beautiful, clean, tech,skiing. She | 4:17:07 | 4:17:16 | |
is lacking | 4:17:16 | 4:17:21 | |
is lacking the aplitude. That's
really nice. Fifth place. 80.6. | 4:17:22 | 4:17:31 | |
Rewarded for good, clean looking
skiing. | 4:17:31 | 4:17:37 | |
skiing. Rowan Cheshire of Great
Britain. She's done so much getting | 4:17:38 | 4:17:41 | |
here. We keep talking about that.
Can I say she's a badass. I be | 4:17:41 | 4:17:50 | |
proibly can't. You just did. I
learnt to ski at Stoke dry slope | 4:17:50 | 4:17:58 | |
where she learnt to ski. Did you?
Yeah. | 4:17:58 | 4:18:02 | |
Beautiful. Come on Rowan. This run
is flawless so far. Every single | 4:18:05 | 4:18:14 | |
grab, even on that nine. You could
see coming out of the #00 on her | 4:18:14 | 4:18:20 | |
third hit, going into that 540 she
had the scuff on the bottom. | 4:18:20 | 4:18:25 | |
Unfortunate she's gone down. A less
easy way of spinning. | 4:18:25 | 4:18:33 | |
easy way of spinning. Next in Maddie
Bowman. | 4:18:34 | 4:18:43 | |
Bowman. She Bowman. Bowman. | 4:18:45 | 4:18:47 | |
Took a gold in the halfpipe under
the | 4:18:49 | 4:18:58 | |
the floodlights in Aspen if a win
can help you through this, that's | 4:19:02 | 4:19:03 | |
it. Landing flat. Did well to keep
it going and get out into the switch | 4:19:03 | 4:19:10 | |
seven. Yeah. She managed to back
that up with the right five, left | 4:19:10 | 4:19:19 | |
nine into the right. No, no! Oh, no.
Are you joking. That is a | 4:19:19 | 4:19:24 | |
disappointment. That is huge, huge
pressure going into the third run. | 4:19:24 | 4:19:30 | |
That run was really, really good.
Her mum down in the finish area | 4:19:30 | 4:19:35 | |
there. So distraught for her. That
run is so close. She can touch it. | 4:19:35 | 4:19:42 | |
My goodness. The run that got a gold
at X Games. | 4:19:42 | 4:19:56 | |
Let us see how this first 900. I was
comparing Rowan's to hers. Nice and | 4:19:59 | 4:20:04 | |
big. She holds it together. Over
rotation. Holding it down. She put | 4:20:04 | 4:20:09 | |
in a back-to-back. How did she get
away with that. Leaving a ski on the | 4:20:09 | 4:20:14 | |
deck. After everything we have said.
She took a a bit of the deck through | 4:20:14 | 4:20:22 | |
it. Not affecting her run. The speed
is there. Phenomenal. Wow. 10: 80 to | 4:20:22 | 4:20:28 | |
finish. First spin we have seen over
900. It That was huge. That was a | 4:20:28 | 4:20:35 | |
fantastic show of Recovery.
Recovery, courage. | 4:20:35 | 4:20:43 | |
Recovery, courage. Oh, my goodness.
You said that, that big chunk of | 4:20:43 | 4:20:49 | |
blue lip being pulled down... Into
this. How do you keep your speed up | 4:20:49 | 4:20:58 | |
after that? I don't know. | 4:20:58 | 4:21:05 | |
after that? I don't know. That score
is... You can hear her saying. She | 4:21:07 | 4:21:11 | |
did hit the deck. Got punished just
then for that deck. | 4:21:11 | 4:21:17 | |
Lovely style on the first hit.
Starting to up the technicality with | 4:21:30 | 4:21:35 | |
the second. You can see how
confident she is feeling after | 4:21:35 | 4:21:38 | |
landing that first round and getting
a big score. The speed is there. | 4:21:38 | 4:21:46 | |
Final hit for her. To 10. Yes, she
lands the 10. Wow. The 33-year-old, | 4:21:46 | 4:21:58 | |
mother of one absolutely destroying
it here at Phoenix Park. Wow. She | 4:21:58 | 4:22:06 | |
has backed the judges into a serious
corner. | 4:22:06 | 4:22:15 | |
corner. My goodness. Not the
improvement. I thought it would be | 4:22:15 | 4:22:20 | |
more than that. I thought it would
be more too. | 4:22:20 | 4:22:29 | |
be more too. The judges are not
giving themselves room to put | 4:22:29 | 4:22:33 | |
someone in between Marie's two runs.
That is a dangerous place to be in | 4:22:33 | 4:22:36 | |
really. That's hard. Cassie is
running the game right now. She's | 4:22:36 | 4:22:43 | |
the skiers skier. The favourite to
win. She's in the lead. She will | 4:22:43 | 4:22:49 | |
feel seriously good. Two more runs
to do some business. Penultimate | 4:22:49 | 4:22:52 | |
run. She's already in the lead. Big
spin first hit. Solid grab on that | 4:22:52 | 4:22:58 | |
900. Has her legs turned on. Into
the flare. How relaxed was that. 360 | 4:22:58 | 4:23:06 | |
switch. Down the pipe, 360. Now,
needs to... There is the truck | 4:23:06 | 4:23:14 | |
driver. Really nice. Finally,
funning with a bang. Oh my days. | 4:23:14 | 4:23:22 | |
Really talking. A 10 to finish.
Everything in between was big and | 4:23:22 | 4:23:29 | |
stylish. Cassie landed the run she
came here and wanted in her dreams, | 4:23:29 | 4:23:35 | |
I think. The best run she had done.
Cassiebooted herself out of top | 4:23:35 | 4:23:43 | |
place, I reckon. Straight through
the net. 95.8. On the budser. She | 4:23:43 | 4:23:54 | |
has put it out of reach of everybody
else there. There are the standings | 4:23:54 | 4:24:02 | |
after run two. | 4:24:02 | 4:24:13 | |
Rowan Cheshire from Great Britain
drops in for her third and final | 4:24:17 | 4:24:20 | |
run. Sat in seventh position. She
has the tools to improve. She will | 4:24:20 | 4:24:28 | |
have the third run nerves after
missing that second run. Started off | 4:24:28 | 4:24:33 | |
nice and smooth. No, no, no! . She's
fallen on the left nine on the third | 4:24:33 | 4:24:40 | |
hit. She WAPPed out the nine on the
second hit for the alley-oop. She | 4:24:40 | 4:24:45 | |
had skilled scaled it back. | 4:24:45 | 4:24:53 | |
had skilled scaled it back. Next in
Maddie Bowman. On the form she has, | 4:24:57 | 4:25:04 | |
she could move up the rankings
considerably. She needs to lay-down | 4:25:04 | 4:25:08 | |
a run. She dropped the first two.
Yeah. It's all there. | 4:25:08 | 4:25:18 | |
Yeah. It's all there. Big air to
start things off. Huge 540. Tail | 4:25:18 | 4:25:26 | |
into 720. Switch 17. Here it is. The
900. Come on. Do it, do it. Oh, no! | 4:25:26 | 4:25:44 | |
You are kidding. What is a shame. I
thought she was going to lay. It I | 4:25:44 | 4:25:48 | |
thought she was going to let it go
after the 9. The defending Olympic | 4:25:48 | 4:25:55 | |
champion crashing out in the finals,
all three runs. | 4:25:55 | 4:26:08 | |
That has left the standings wide
open for the rest of the results. | 4:26:14 | 4:26:22 | |
Maddie Bowman is a favourite. Look
how aggressive she is riding through | 4:26:22 | 4:26:26 | |
this halfpipe. If you are not
aggressive it will chew you up and | 4:26:26 | 4:26:29 | |
spit you out as we said in the past.
She's attacking this. She is. Solid | 4:26:29 | 4:26:34 | |
540. Last trick here now. 20 just.
Just gets it round at the top. Gets | 4:26:34 | 4:26:43 | |
those rear tips of the skis in over
the lip shech puts it down. Awave | 4:26:43 | 4:26:48 | |
and a smile from her. What it does
mean, I had a look with Maddie | 4:26:48 | 4:26:57 | |
Bowman falling, Rowan Cheshire is
guaranteed seventh place. Oh! 82.2. | 4:26:57 | 4:27:09 | |
Ayana improving her score. The last
four riders to drop are the four top | 4:27:09 | 4:27:16 | |
riders. Annalisa Drew outside the
medals. Can she pull it out of the | 4:27:16 | 4:27:22 | |
bag and lay-down a score worthy of
some metal? Goodness that was a | 4:27:22 | 4:27:27 | |
massive 900 on the first. She needs
the run of her life to upset the | 4:27:27 | 4:27:31 | |
apple cart. So far it's looking like
that. Beautiful alley-oop. To the | 4:27:31 | 4:27:40 | |
five. Calming things down. A gentle
pause between the technicality we | 4:27:40 | 4:27:44 | |
will see at the bottom here. We need
the fireworks here. Wow. Wow, that | 4:27:44 | 4:27:49 | |
was clean. I'm so glad I dipped my
vision out of the window then to see | 4:27:49 | 4:27:55 | |
that last landing. Ladies and
gentlemen, that was so clean. Wow. | 4:27:55 | 4:28:00 | |
Annalisa Drew regardless of score
and ranking she can be incredibly | 4:28:00 | 4:28:04 | |
proud of three runs in the bag in
the Olympic final. That is a huge, | 4:28:04 | 4:28:10 | |
huge attribute to her skiing. The
judges will be staring this run down | 4:28:10 | 4:28:15 | |
and comparing it exactly against
Brita Sigourney's run. Annalisa | 4:28:15 | 4:28:23 | |
Drew, the American was on an 86. 8.
# 0.8. She has a point clear. She is | 4:28:23 | 4:28:36 | |
in the medals for now. -- 90.8. Next
is Brita who she dumped out of | 4:28:36 | 4:28:48 | |
bronze position. Could be an It
awkward flight home. Knocked her | 4:28:48 | 4:28:54 | |
fella country woman out of the
medals. Brita Sigourney has it all | 4:28:54 | 4:28:59 | |
to do. This is when you find out
what you are made of. You thought | 4:28:59 | 4:29:04 | |
you had a medal, got that close. Now
you have to lay-down a huge clean | 4:29:04 | 4:29:10 | |
run, arguably the best run of her
life under pressure. She has got the | 4:29:10 | 4:29:19 | |
technical difficulty, the confidence
and the grabs and everything to play | 4:29:19 | 4:29:22 | |
with it. Brita is the only person in
this field that can challenge Cassie | 4:29:22 | 4:29:30 | |
Sharpe. She has gone to fourth
place. How she will deal with that | 4:29:30 | 4:29:36 | |
will be wicked interesting.
Distracted or motivation. Let's find | 4:29:36 | 4:29:39 | |
out. Huge alley-oop. Confident going
into this. Biggest air of the day, | 4:29:39 | 4:29:44 | |
was it is? She made a 900 look like
a 500. She got that grab. That is | 4:29:44 | 4:29:52 | |
what her last run lacked. That is
why she was down on the points | 4:29:52 | 4:29:56 | |
before. Needs the fireworks here. So
clean. Oh, my. Last 180. Rides out. | 4:29:56 | 4:30:05 | |
They are hugging at the bottom. I
don't know where the judges go with | 4:30:05 | 4:30:08 | |
this. For me, I think... She's in
those medals, man. No way about it. | 4:30:08 | 4:30:14 | |
Absolutely. But I don't, I think
it's better than Martinod's run. It | 4:30:14 | 4:30:23 | |
was bigger. She had the style and
cleanliness. The grab on that as | 4:30:23 | 4:30:28 | |
well. That is the battle we came to
see. I'm sorry everybody else. This | 4:30:28 | 4:30:32 | |
is the battle we came to see. We
came to see the rock star this is is | 4:30:32 | 4:30:39 | |
the Cassi Sharpe versus Brita
Sigourney. You don't want anyone on | 4:30:39 | 4:30:45 | |
a victory lap. Oh, my goodness. Oh,
my goodness. Bronze. Dodging a huge | 4:30:45 | 4:30:52 | |
you will aboutlet. That was an
amazing run from Marie. The judges | 4:30:52 | 4:30:57 | |
are seeing things we can't see on
the stream we are getting. Brita | 4:30:57 | 4:31:02 | |
swift a few grabs. Not holding them
correctly. That is what the judges | 4:31:02 | 4:31:06 | |
punished her for, to be | 4:31:06 | 4:31:12 | |
Are we going to see the defending
silver medallist, from Le Plan in | 4:31:13 | 4:31:17 | |
France? Marine Monta | 4:31:17 | 4:31:24 | |
she needs the run of her life here.
Gold fever in the ski half pipe | 4:31:24 | 4:31:31 | |
finals. Marie Martinod is on the
hunt. | 4:31:31 | 4:31:37 | |
Right side five. The nine was so
well measured. Really clean. She has | 4:31:39 | 4:31:48 | |
gone! | 4:31:48 | 4:31:53 | |
gone! You don't need to be a rocket
surgeon to do the maths on that one. | 4:31:53 | 4:32:01 | |
So, Marie Martinod raising her
hands, celebrating the silver. At | 4:32:01 | 4:32:05 | |
the top of the pipe, Cassie Sharpe
gives her coach a high five and gets | 4:32:05 | 4:32:13 | |
a gold. The idea of a gold medal,
she lets that subtle. Back up to the | 4:32:13 | 4:32:21 | |
Sharpe. Her brother missed out on a
snowboard slopestyle team. Now | 4:32:21 | 4:32:27 | |
Cassie Sharpe comes home with a
gold. What a fantastic day for the | 4:32:27 | 4:32:34 | |
family and Canada, following up on
the silver in the women's slope. | 4:32:34 | 4:32:44 | |
They got the bronze and silver. She
lets it go! It is almost relief, | 4:32:44 | 4:32:52 | |
isn't it? The pressure is gone. You
talk about fighting against | 4:32:52 | 4:32:59 | |
yourself. My goodness! She is in the
zone. Beautiful. That is going at | 4:32:59 | 4:33:08 | |
the top of the run. I guarantee you,
before the end of the season she | 4:33:08 | 4:33:11 | |
will be throwing that at the top of
the run. It is so strong. Cassie | 4:33:11 | 4:33:15 | |
Sharpe, undoubtedly, emphatically
taking gold in the women's ski half | 4:33:15 | 4:33:23 | |
pipe finals. I fantastic battle. | 4:33:23 | 4:33:30 | |
A performance that was head and
shoulders above the rest. Marie | 4:33:30 | 4:33:35 | |
Martinod brings out her daughter.
The 33-year-old mother of one, | 4:33:35 | 4:33:39 | |
taking the silver medal. | 4:33:39 | 4:33:45 | |
taking the silver medal. In first
place, Cassie Sharpe. Fantastic | 4:33:45 | 4:33:48 | |
performance from the Canadian. | 4:33:48 | 4:33:55 | |
You are so involved! There are tears
creeping into my eyes, seeing her | 4:33:56 | 4:34:03 | |
with her child. That is amazing.
Imagine being carried out by your | 4:34:03 | 4:34:09 | |
mum on to the Olympic podium. If you
are ever going to be inspired to | 4:34:09 | 4:34:13 | |
chase a medal, that is it. Mothers
around the world celebrating Marie | 4:34:13 | 4:34:19 | |
Martinod's silver. Brita Sigourney,
the American, in bronze. Cassie | 4:34:19 | 4:34:24 | |
Sharpe with the gold. | 4:34:24 | 4:34:30 | |
Olympic champion, how does that
feel? Incredible! It doesn't quite | 4:34:30 | 4:34:34 | |
feel real, but I put a whole bunch
of work into getting here. It feels | 4:34:34 | 4:34:39 | |
good. Fair to say that you have been
bossing it since Oslo, the X-Games, | 4:34:39 | 4:34:43 | |
how much pressure where you and
coming into the Allen Rix? -- how | 4:34:43 | 4:34:50 | |
much pressure were you under, coming
into the Olympics? I was under | 4:34:50 | 4:34:56 | |
pressure, but I spent time preparing
for it, getting consistent. I am | 4:34:56 | 4:35:01 | |
really thankful I did the work
beforehand. Rowan, huge | 4:35:01 | 4:35:06 | |
congratulations. Seventh place, you
must be thrilled? I am over the | 4:35:06 | 4:35:11 | |
moon, it was a gold mine to reach
the finals, I had minimal training. | 4:35:11 | 4:35:15 | |
Over the moon to get to the finals.
To put down a run, sometimes, my | 4:35:15 | 4:35:19 | |
nerves get to me and it is the first
one when I tend to fall. It was good | 4:35:19 | 4:35:26 | |
to land a good run. I am really
happy. That is a huge step by Rowan | 4:35:26 | 4:35:31 | |
Cheshire. Well done to her. Cassie
Sharpe, you have got to say, you | 4:35:31 | 4:35:35 | |
really wanted a Chloe Kim and Shaun
White moment, didn't it? It was on | 4:35:35 | 4:35:41 | |
the second run. Some watching it
might have sensed an anti-climax, | 4:35:41 | 4:35:46 | |
but the second run really nailed it
for her? They introduced the 3-run | 4:35:46 | 4:35:51 | |
final. It really does mix it up a
little bit. Sometimes, you could get | 4:35:51 | 4:35:58 | |
it on your first run, and you have
two more to go. But she is so good | 4:35:58 | 4:36:02 | |
in the pipe. She is so smooth. She
executes her tricks absolutely | 4:36:02 | 4:36:07 | |
perfectly. Lovely to see the 900s,
and she got the 1080 as well. This | 4:36:07 | 4:36:14 | |
is skiing at its finest. I think
that Cassie is going to improve more | 4:36:14 | 4:36:18 | |
and more this season. I could almost
say that she has not quite peaked in | 4:36:18 | 4:36:24 | |
her career, even at the Olympics.
She has got far to go. | 4:36:24 | 4:36:31 | |
Many amateur skiers like myself
would have no problems in going | 4:36:31 | 4:36:34 | |
backwards, but it is trying to go
backwards that is the problem, we | 4:36:34 | 4:36:37 | |
just end up doing it for the wrong
reasons. It does put you in mind of | 4:36:37 | 4:36:41 | |
the fact that in snowboarding you
are really working with one edge at | 4:36:41 | 4:36:44 | |
a time. In skiing, you are working
with two at a time. Two skis, two | 4:36:44 | 4:36:50 | |
polls, there are more moving parts
that can go wrong? Absolutely. I | 4:36:50 | 4:36:56 | |
think skiers, they can come out of
their skis if they land too heavy. | 4:36:56 | 4:37:02 | |
Really, they have got it a lot
harder than us snowboarders. For | 4:37:02 | 4:37:08 | |
them to handle two skis, two poles,
taking them down is hard work. And | 4:37:08 | 4:37:16 | |
grabbing with them, how does that
work? Some of them have got gloves | 4:37:16 | 4:37:21 | |
were the poles clip into their
glove, they can open their grasp a | 4:37:21 | 4:37:26 | |
little bit to reach down and grab.
You find it does help. The poles are | 4:37:26 | 4:37:34 | |
shorter as well. They don't have to
throw them around too much. But it | 4:37:34 | 4:37:37 | |
does help. We have seen the half
pipe since 1988 for snowboarders. | 4:37:37 | 4:37:43 | |
How much more is to come in free
skiing? It is not in its infancy, | 4:37:43 | 4:37:48 | |
but in Olympic terms it is fairly
new? Still a really new sport. It | 4:37:48 | 4:37:53 | |
only got introduced in the last
Olympics in 2014. It has far to go. | 4:37:53 | 4:38:00 | |
The ladies and the man, they have a
lot of tricks to get done, compared | 4:38:00 | 4:38:07 | |
to the snowboarders, that seemed to
be a little bit more established. | 4:38:07 | 4:38:10 | |
Shall we look at the men? It was
qualifying, and in fact we have got | 4:38:10 | 4:38:15 | |
three British skiers in this one.
Also look out for the Kiwi brothers, | 4:38:15 | 4:38:21 | |
making it a family affair for New
Zealand. | 4:38:21 | 4:38:26 | |
Peter Speight, the 28-year-old. He
got a fourth in China, back in | 4:38:26 | 4:38:31 | |
December. He has some good form
coming into this. Look at the focus. | 4:38:31 | 4:38:41 | |
Come on, the lad from Sheffield. He
has clipped the deck. I don't think | 4:38:41 | 4:38:49 | |
there was any wind, was there?? | 4:38:49 | 4:38:57 | |
Going marginally across the deck
area, and he has got a 22 foot fall. | 4:39:00 | 4:39:05 | |
Back to the top. Yet another heavy
hitter. Torin Yater-Wallace. Torin | 4:39:05 | 4:39:15 | |
has been battling so hard with
injuries and more. He has been in | 4:39:15 | 4:39:20 | |
and out of hospital. He was really
ill? Yes, 2015, he nearly died. | 4:39:20 | 4:39:27 | |
Really!? It's not funny, actually,
it is terrible. But he has come | 4:39:27 | 4:39:32 | |
back, he has a movie out, it is
incredible. This boy's story. The | 4:39:32 | 4:39:39 | |
double 12 at the top, putting him
right into the flat. He manages to | 4:39:39 | 4:39:44 | |
keep his legs turned on. Into the
huge, lazy seven Switch 20. A thing | 4:39:44 | 4:39:51 | |
of beauty. He was eight cameramen
out. And he put that right into the | 4:39:51 | 4:39:57 | |
back pocket of the pipe. A little
double 900 at the bottom. That is a | 4:39:57 | 4:40:05 | |
huge thing for the judges. Using the
entirety of the pipe. | 4:40:05 | 4:40:14 | |
89.6. It is the lead for Torin
Yater-Wallace. | 4:40:15 | 4:40:23 | |
David Wise, the defending champion.
His form goes up and down a little | 4:40:27 | 4:40:31 | |
bit. Of course, his form is peaking
perfectly right here. Absolutely, | 4:40:31 | 4:40:36 | |
the best shout on the way into the
pipe. Hello, world! | 4:40:36 | 4:40:40 | |
He is incredibly consistent. His
form goes up and down. He took a | 4:40:44 | 4:40:47 | |
couple of years when he was mellow
in the half pipe, but results wise | 4:40:47 | 4:40:51 | |
he has always been there,
unstoppable form. A few weeks ago, | 4:40:51 | 4:40:57 | |
the X-Games, you saw him unveil all
of the double corks! Again, as you | 4:40:57 | 4:41:03 | |
said, mistakes from the big guns.
David Wise, the double cork has cost | 4:41:03 | 4:41:09 | |
him. Someone that can perform under
pressure is David Wise, and he will | 4:41:09 | 4:41:14 | |
need to do that. | 4:41:14 | 4:41:16 | |
Kevin Rolland, the Frenchman, so, so
dominant. Has he dropped off in the | 4:41:20 | 4:41:28 | |
last few years? Honestly? No. Kevin
has been at that top level. He has | 4:41:28 | 4:41:34 | |
been engineering tricks. He has been
dialling, and he can perform right | 4:41:34 | 4:41:38 | |
now. This is what he is doing,
making sure his run has every single | 4:41:38 | 4:41:42 | |
base to play in the final, should he
make it there. A lot of people | 4:41:42 | 4:41:49 | |
landing flat on the right-hand wall.
I have only heard really good | 4:41:49 | 4:41:56 | |
reports on this half pipe from the
riders, skiers and snowboarders, I | 4:41:56 | 4:41:59 | |
can only imagine it is over arousal,
a bit of anxiety. But look, it is | 4:41:59 | 4:42:07 | |
not a thing for Kevin, but he
manages to power it out. Gingerly, | 4:42:07 | 4:42:14 | |
he has done something? It looks like
his left hip, that is what he was | 4:42:14 | 4:42:18 | |
pushing on. I don't know if it was
during the run. | 4:42:18 | 4:42:28 | |
Kevin Rolland moves into second
position, just ahead of Beau-James | 4:42:31 | 4:42:36 | |
Wells. | 4:42:36 | 4:42:42 | |
I tell you what, he is in a lot of
pain. | 4:42:42 | 4:42:49 | |
Alex Ferreira. The youngster, from
Aspen, Colorado. He plied his trade | 4:42:49 | 4:42:59 | |
up there. Learned from the very
best. Sell that the X-Games a few | 4:42:59 | 4:43:06 | |
weeks ago. Astronomical! -- Silver
at the X-Games. The first one, so | 4:43:06 | 4:43:13 | |
big, into the seven, landing
backwards. Into the switch. | 4:43:13 | 4:43:22 | |
backwards. Into the switch. The 1262
the moon, he had his legs turned on. | 4:43:22 | 4:43:27 | |
What a run. Reports about
consistency. We mention it with a | 4:43:27 | 4:43:31 | |
lot of these guys, Alex Pereira has
come... Well, he is a veteran now, | 4:43:31 | 4:43:36 | |
still young, but he came out of
nowhere in Aspen. Torin came first, | 4:43:36 | 4:43:45 | |
and Alex was nipping at his heels.
All of a sudden, he is a stable in | 4:43:45 | 4:43:50 | |
all of these competitions. --
stable. | 4:43:50 | 4:43:55 | |
92.6. The kid who sat in... Can I
also say... He sat in Torin | 4:43:58 | 4:44:05 | |
Yater-Wallace's shadow for so long
and he has stepped out of it at the | 4:44:05 | 4:44:09 | |
Olympics, moving ahead of his mate
it one of the most pressurised | 4:44:09 | 4:44:12 | |
modifications we have seen in a
while. Before we came on air, I | 4:44:12 | 4:44:16 | |
asked James Woods who he thought was
good to take the win, and he said | 4:44:16 | 4:44:20 | |
Alex Pereira. Byron Wells. You're
going to see everything from him. | 4:44:20 | 4:44:27 | |
Dropping into the pipe. He takes
none of the speed that anybody else | 4:44:27 | 4:44:30 | |
does. He starts off switch. He is
one of the most talented skiers, in | 4:44:30 | 4:44:40 | |
my opinion, in the whole world.
Unfortunately, he spends a lot of | 4:44:40 | 4:44:43 | |
time injured. He can get off the
sofa and into a run like this. | 4:44:43 | 4:44:47 | |
Massive, so far. The alley-oop, the
flat five at the end. A work of art. | 4:44:47 | 4:44:56 | |
It is art. This is exactly what I am
talking about. This is art. Byron | 4:44:56 | 4:45:03 | |
putting on a show for all of us. I
would like to see this kind of | 4:45:03 | 4:45:09 | |
skiing getting rewarded. He had less
hits than anybody else, but he used | 4:45:09 | 4:45:12 | |
the entire pipe, and that is a big
thing with the judges. Albert Shia | 4:45:12 | 4:45:21 | |
if his beard has not sold it for
you, he is also a helicopter pirate. | 4:45:21 | 4:45:26 | |
-- helicopter pilot. | 4:45:26 | 4:45:27 | |
A big unit, but he has got some
style and power in the pipe. | 4:45:31 | 4:45:38 | |
A pocket rocket in the half pipe, he
has come out of nowhere. He is | 4:45:38 | 4:45:43 | |
incredibly passionate about it and
he will go absolutely all-out, to | 4:45:43 | 4:45:46 | |
put on the best show, and hopefully
get himself into the finals. Look | 4:45:46 | 4:45:50 | |
for him going big. Very innovative,
double seat belt wrapped to start | 4:45:50 | 4:45:55 | |
things out. | 4:45:55 | 4:46:00 | |
Straight to the flats. This is where
he went really deep. He ises ming | 4:46:00 | 4:46:04 | |
the wall. He still hasn't touched
down yet. All of that impact. 22 | 4:46:04 | 4:46:08 | |
feet of wall. However high he was
out of it, at least 10, 12 feet, I | 4:46:08 | 4:46:13 | |
would say. | 4:46:13 | 4:46:19 | |
would say. The last skier to drop in
this the first | 4:46:19 | 4:46:27 | |
this the first run of ??CAPNE
qualification. | 4:46:29 | 4:46:34 | |
qualification. True gentleman we
love him. He has been working really | 4:46:35 | 4:46:37 | |
hard at this. If you watch the Ski
Sunday opening title you will see | 4:46:37 | 4:46:46 | |
him in the halfpipe. Really? It's a
difficult place to be dropping in | 4:46:46 | 4:46:51 | |
last. He has had to watch the entire
competition going down. A long time | 4:46:51 | 4:46:56 | |
since his last practice run. He will
be feeling. It I'm sure he will put | 4:46:56 | 4:47:00 | |
down a fallify case we know he can
do. 900 to start thicks off. First | 4:47:00 | 4:47:04 | |
of the two double flares that Murray
is capable of. There is the right | 4:47:04 | 4:47:09 | |
side. 20. Tail grab. Yes. Come on,
Murray. Hold it together, bud. The | 4:47:09 | 4:47:16 | |
other double. To the other side.
Stand-up. Yes. He nailed it, didn't | 4:47:16 | 4:47:23 | |
he? Yeah. When he dropped in it's
the most relaxed I've seen him in | 4:47:23 | 4:47:28 | |
the pipe. He looked absolutely
settled. It was really, really nice. | 4:47:28 | 4:47:33 | |
That last hit. Held on to this,
didn't he? Yeah. He held on to it | 4:47:33 | 4:47:37 | |
rather than being in the driving
seat. That little wiggle to squeak | 4:47:37 | 4:47:42 | |
his skis base down. It will pinch
him. He completed that run. A run he | 4:47:42 | 4:47:46 | |
should be really happy with. At the
moment, the bubble score for 12th | 4:47:46 | 4:47:58 | |
place is the Austrian Ladner. That
is within his reach. I think so. 66, | 4:47:59 | 4:48:05 | |
ninth place for Murray Buchan. A
little smile creeping over his face | 4:48:05 | 4:48:10 | |
there. He has loads of room to go.
He tidies up that run it's mid to | 4:48:10 | 4:48:17 | |
high 70s. | 4:48:17 | 4:48:22 | |
high 70s. Back up at the top, Peter
Speight is ready. Come on, Pete. | 4:48:23 | 4:48:30 | |
Learnt on the dry slope halfpipe of
your hometown, Sheffield. Yeah. | 4:48:30 | 4:48:40 | |
your hometown, Sheffield. Yeah. Got
the 900 in the bag. Back-to-back | 4:48:40 | 4:48:43 | |
900s. Landing a little bit flat.
He's pulled it out and kept the | 4:48:43 | 4:48:49 | |
momentum into that flare. He will be
feeling good. He's all the way into | 4:48:49 | 4:48:52 | |
his run. Into his rhythm, got his
groove on. Building good speed for | 4:48:52 | 4:48:58 | |
theses last hits. Japan, poking it
out. Stoked with that. Put a run | 4:48:58 | 4:49:04 | |
down. We have said it time and time
again, all you want to do is just | 4:49:04 | 4:49:08 | |
come and put your run down. It
doesn't matter really what happens. | 4:49:08 | 4:49:12 | |
It's such a big build-up to get to
these Games. Into the 720. He misses | 4:49:12 | 4:49:21 | |
the mute. That will cost him with
the judges. 64.6 at the moment. | 4:49:21 | 4:49:29 | |
Solid. Good enough for 11th place.
He did a fantastic first run. | 4:49:29 | 4:49:36 | |
Amazing. Looking very, very pretty.
He has so much more to give. Like | 4:49:36 | 4:49:41 | |
the other top guys, Beau.
Interesting. A long time before the | 4:49:41 | 4:49:46 | |
final drops. A couple more days.
Interesting to see whether he use it | 4:49:46 | 4:49:52 | |
is for a practice run or amp up his
score. On 86. | 4:49:52 | 4:50:00 | |
score. On 86. 2, currently in fifth
place. Did you hear that when he | 4:50:02 | 4:50:04 | |
took off. He's enjoying this run. I
think he will do the run that he | 4:50:04 | 4:50:09 | |
knows he will do incredibly well.
Double 12 into big cork outed 540. | 4:50:09 | 4:50:18 | |
Double flare. We saw that from
Murray, the double flae previously. | 4:50:18 | 4:50:23 | |
Wow. Two in the bag. That is the
performance that Beau was after. Two | 4:50:23 | 4:50:31 | |
solid runnings, calm,ical Kew lated
and perfectly executed. That will | 4:50:31 | 4:50:35 | |
give him a big old boost of
confidence. So he's improved. Very | 4:50:35 | 4:50:40 | |
nicely. 88. | 4:50:40 | 4:50:45 | |
nicely. 88. 2 for Beau-James Wells.
As all eyes go back to the top for | 4:50:45 | 4:50:51 | |
Aaron Blunck. X Games gold medals in
the pipe 2017. No stranger to the | 4:50:51 | 4:51:02 | |
podium. Absolutely not. This is some
pressure right now. Second run. | 4:51:02 | 4:51:09 | |
Halfway through the pack. He has to
land his next run to get his place | 4:51:09 | 4:51:13 | |
in the final. With it all to do,
from Colorado. Completely blind | 4:51:13 | 4:51:23 | |
switch double nine. How he does that
I do not know. To switch right side | 4:51:23 | 4:51:29 | |
down pipe seven. Not as big as he
normally goes. No. Bring it round, | 4:51:29 | 4:51:34 | |
Aaron Blunck. Yes. Thank goodness.
It wouldn't be a final without Aaron | 4:51:34 | 4:51:37 | |
Blunck. No, it would not. We can all
breathe again now. We want to see | 4:51:37 | 4:51:43 | |
the best guys in the final. We want
to see these big trucks we know | 4:51:43 | 4:51:49 | |
these guy can do in the final.
Amazing back-to-back doublings. | 4:51:49 | 4:51:52 | |
We haven't seen it there. For me,
Aaron Blunck has come out and | 4:51:52 | 4:51:55 | |
really, really turned it on. | 4:51:55 | 4:52:01 | |
really, really turned it on. 94.4.
Zero to hero. From 12th spot to 1st. | 4:52:02 | 4:52:15 | |
He always leaves it out there. He
does. He goes for it all out. Didn't | 4:52:18 | 4:52:26 | |
quite get the grab he did on the
first run. The 720, he's managed to | 4:52:26 | 4:52:33 | |
hold on to. It's not the run that he
wanted. No. Such a shame. A bit of | 4:52:33 | 4:52:40 | |
wind on the second hit pushing him
back in the middle of the pipe. A | 4:52:40 | 4:52:44 | |
big, big pop. Potentially nerves or
jitters that will push him | 4:52:44 | 4:52:49 | |
off-the-wall. You know, anxiety a
little bit. Back up to the top of | 4:52:49 | 4:52:55 | |
the pipe for the final skier to drop
in. It is Great Britain's Murray | 4:52:55 | 4:53:01 | |
Buchan. 66 on the first run.
Currently sat in 14th place. Well | 4:53:01 | 4:53:08 | |
within his grasp is a finals Berthe.
In 12th place at the moment is | 4:53:08 | 4:53:17 | |
Andreas Gohl. If he can tidy up that
run a little bit he will make the | 4:53:17 | 4:53:22 | |
top 12. Come on. Come on Murray
Buchan. Come on Murray. The rest of | 4:53:22 | 4:53:29 | |
his first run was absolutely
beautiful. Nice left side 900 tail | 4:53:29 | 4:53:32 | |
grab to start things off. Right side
540. Going big and holding it | 4:53:32 | 4:53:37 | |
strong. We saw Brendan come unstuck.
First of his double flares to the | 4:53:37 | 4:53:44 | |
left, right side, 720 tail grab.
Very clean, very within Murray's | 4:53:44 | 4:53:48 | |
ability. Switch right down to pipe.
20. Into his second, yes Murray. Two | 4:53:48 | 4:53:54 | |
double flares. Better than run one.
Way cleaner. It absolutely was. It | 4:53:54 | 4:54:00 | |
was better than run one. There is
Izzy. It was better than run one. | 4:54:00 | 4:54:07 | |
Was it better than Andreas' run? He
has to improve by 2.7 to make the | 4:54:07 | 4:54:18 | |
finals here. Oh. Life can be so
cruel. Come on, Murray. | 4:54:18 | 4:54:25 | |
Oh! They have punished him for the
missed grabs on that double. That is | 4:54:25 | 4:54:32 | |
such a shame for Murray. Two out of
two killer, killer pipe runs. To the | 4:54:32 | 4:54:38 | |
top of his ability. He walks away
with 14th at the Olympic Winter | 4:54:38 | 4:54:43 | |
Games. Confirmation of the results
here: The Americans in the top three | 4:54:43 | 4:54:48 | |
spots. Two Kiwis, brothers. | 4:54:48 | 4:54:58 | |
spots. Two Kiwis, brothers. Murray
Buchan in 14th | 4:54:58 | 4:54:59 | |
spots. Two Kiwis, brothers. Murray
Buchan in 14th place. You came this | 4:54:59 | 4:55:02 | |
close. Talk us through the
qualifying. To be honest, I thought | 4:55:02 | 4:55:05 | |
I skied quite good. I put down a
good run. I was happy with it. The | 4:55:05 | 4:55:09 | |
score came in I thought I it was
slightly low. It could have gone | 4:55:09 | 4:55:14 | |
either way. My second run I thought
was better. I thought my landings | 4:55:14 | 4:55:17 | |
were cleaner. Some of my grabs were
better. On my right double my grab | 4:55:17 | 4:55:22 | |
wasn't great. I'm quite disappointed
that I came so close and didn't make | 4:55:22 | 4:55:25 | |
the cut. It was very close indeed.
That final of the ski pipe on | 4:55:25 | 4:55:32 | |
Thursday without the three British
skiers. Albeit that the defending | 4:55:32 | 4:55:36 | |
champion Wise woos was down in
eighth position. Ben you reckon he | 4:55:36 | 4:55:40 | |
is the man to watch in this final.
Why, what do you think he has that | 4:55:40 | 4:55:45 | |
the others don't? I know that David
has a. | 4:55:45 | 4:55:49 | |
Better run in him already. Maybe he
was holding back a little bit. I'm | 4:55:49 | 4:55:53 | |
not so sure. The back-to-back double
12 is certainly something that he's | 4:55:53 | 4:55:57 | |
definitely got in the bag that you
might see tomorrow. Who knows. But | 4:55:57 | 4:56:01 | |
all I do know is that I can see that
he's held back quite a bit. That's | 4:56:01 | 4:56:06 | |
interesting to see because that
doesn't look like he's held much | 4:56:06 | 4:56:08 | |
there. It was extraordinary, isn't
it? The height they are getting in | 4:56:08 | 4:56:14 | |
the pipe itself is really beautiful
to watch, isn't it? Yes, the skiers | 4:56:14 | 4:56:18 | |
can generate so much speed, compared
to us snowboarders. They drop in far | 4:56:18 | 4:56:24 | |
different to what we are doing. As
soon as they get into the halfpipe | 4:56:24 | 4:56:28 | |
on their edges, they seem to
accelerate. Compared to what we are | 4:56:28 | 4:56:33 | |
like.
We have to pump the transitions. We | 4:56:33 | 4:56:35 | |
have to big up the Kiwis. We talked
about the Wells brotherses they are | 4:56:35 | 4:56:40 | |
in fourth and fifth position. Very
impressive indeed from Byron wells, | 4:56:40 | 4:56:48 | |
unusual getting into the pipe. He
does it differently. Straight into | 4:56:48 | 4:56:54 | |
this witch Ali woop double. The
judges will look for a variety, for | 4:56:54 | 4:56:57 | |
difference. Anything that is quite
unique. I think they have rewarded | 4:56:57 | 4:57:02 | |
him very well. Byron is a character
as well in the ski world. He loved | 4:57:02 | 4:57:09 | |
his Harley-Davidsons. He's very much
a good Kiwi. He is indeed a great | 4:57:09 | 4:57:13 | |
Kiwi. The Kiwies haven't won any
medals since 1992. New Zealand will | 4:57:13 | 4:57:18 | |
be interested in that. Let us look
at the medals table. | 4:57:18 | 4:57:22 | |
be interested in that. Let us look
at the medals table. Norway and | 4:57:22 | 4:57:26 | |
Germany share the limelight. | 4:57:26 | 4:57:29 | |
More action on ice and snow at
8.00pm, live from mid need Eve Muir | 4:57:41 | 4:57:47 | |
read facing Canada. The women's
downhill live at 2.00am. Kyle Smith | 4:57:47 | 4:57:55 | |
on the the against the UA in his
last curling | 4:57:55 | 4:57:58 | |
on the the against the UA in his
last curling round robin match. So | 4:57:58 | 4:58:02 | |
it looks like it is curling and
bobsled who could make the | 4:58:02 | 4:58:06 | |
difference as Great Britain tries to
win a record fifth medal in these | 4:58:06 | 4:58:10 | |
Olympic Games. They have already met
their target of four. Everything | 4:58:10 | 4:58:15 | |
else, frankly, Ben, is Olympic gravy
at this point we are hoping to pour | 4:58:15 | 4:58:19 | |
on some more of it over the next
couple of days. In the meantime, | 4:58:19 | 4:58:23 | |
from Ben and me and the rest of the
team, goodbye. | 4:58:23 | 4:58:32 |