0:00:47 > 0:00:55MUSIC PLAYS
0:01:08 > 0:01:13Good morning from the penultimate day of competition here in
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Pyeongchang, eight gold medals up for grabs today. We might be slowing
0:01:17 > 0:01:21down towards the end of it all, but these athletes certainly are not. If
0:01:21 > 0:01:26you were watching on BBC One, you will see we have just had a history
0:01:26 > 0:01:32in the parallel giant slalom, Ester Ledecka becoming the first woman to
0:01:32 > 0:01:37win a gold medal in two different sports at the same Winter Olympics,
0:01:37 > 0:01:41our first super-G on the skis, his second coming are now favoured
0:01:41 > 0:01:45snowboard. We are going to head straight back there, because the
0:01:45 > 0:01:56men's final is just coming up, so let's rejoin our commentary team.
0:01:58 > 0:02:06This is it, the men's parallel giant slalom, the big final. Sangho, on
0:02:06 > 0:02:10the blue course.Korea is guaranteed a silver or gold medal, but which
0:02:10 > 0:02:19colour will it be?He is up against the Swiss.Has been riding very
0:02:19 > 0:02:27strong all day.You call it, you are the expert!I don't know, my heart
0:02:27 > 0:02:33is saying Lee Sang Hwa oh, but as we have seen, one tiny mistake can
0:02:33 > 0:02:43throw it all up. I will tell you in about one minute's time!Here we go,
0:02:43 > 0:02:49all of Korea expects, it is a better start from Lee, who had a shocking
0:02:49 > 0:02:55start in the semifinal.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59start in the semifinal. Taking a conservative line on the top of the
0:02:59 > 0:03:05course. That is a long way back, he is going to have to go for it now,
0:03:05 > 0:03:09needs to carry speed from the steep to the flat. And Galmarini from
0:03:09 > 0:03:19Switzerland is looking good.Just coming over the last knoll now.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Karen Lee pull out the spectacular again?He did very well at the end
0:03:23 > 0:03:30of the course last time.Switzerland take the gold, Lee will have to
0:03:30 > 0:03:33settle for silver.The crowd is still going wild, I think they are
0:03:33 > 0:03:43very happy with the medal.That is absolutely wonderful. And Nevin
0:03:43 > 0:03:51Galmarini takes the gold medal for Switzerland. Sea has had a fantastic
0:03:51 > 0:03:53day, qualified in first, just flawlessly all day, a deserving
0:03:53 > 0:04:00winner, I think. And the league, this is a personal best, fear that
0:04:00 > 0:04:06the World Championships last year in Sierra Nevada. -- and leave. He won
0:04:06 > 0:04:11the world junior championships in 2015, but he has invested so much of
0:04:11 > 0:04:16his time, energy, for these home Olympic Games, and for Nevin
0:04:16 > 0:04:23Galmarini, he has gone one better, silver medallist in Sochi four years
0:04:23 > 0:04:30ago, and now a gold medal in the men's parallel giant slalom.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41Yeah, he was flawless all day today, wasn't he?That is what you call a
0:04:41 > 0:04:47perfect race, absolutely perfect.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57Yeah, just looking at it, yes, he was actually able to catch up from
0:04:57 > 0:05:04the steep to the flat, the second intermediate time, gained back 0.2
0:05:04 > 0:05:10of a second.He seemed faster at the end of the course than at the start.
0:05:10 > 0:05:24Yeah. Look at the edge
0:05:26 > 0:05:30angle there. He didn't need to reach for the line, he knew he was
0:05:30 > 0:05:34guaranteed the medal. Celebrations for the Swiss, but also
0:05:34 > 0:05:39in South Korea, that is their first ever Olympic medal on snow,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42brilliant stuff in Pyeongchang for the locals. We will stay on the
0:05:42 > 0:05:49snowboard now, because the big air final has been a brilliant addition
0:05:49 > 0:05:53to these Winter Olympics, and Billy Morgan from GB was hoping it could
0:05:53 > 0:05:58be a brilliant end to its Winter Olympics. He qualified in sixth
0:05:58 > 0:06:02place a few days ago. Carlos Garcia Knight from New Zealand was the lead
0:06:02 > 0:06:06qualifier in that qualifying heat. The format change slightly. Instead
0:06:06 > 0:06:11of the best of two jumps, there are three jumps, the best two counting
0:06:11 > 0:06:15and being added together to get your overall champion. Let's join Tim
0:06:15 > 0:06:20Warwood and Ed Leigh.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32Yes, this is good news, Billy Morgan took a big hit in training, so the
0:06:32 > 0:06:39fact that he is up here is great news. Hamish McMurray tanned Rowan
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Coultas next to him, Billy just watching the flags. He made it
0:06:42 > 0:06:50through with big backside triple 1440 Caulker, but it was huge, and
0:06:50 > 0:06:59that is what he wants to land now. -- cork.Backside triple cork, it is
0:06:59 > 0:07:05massive!Couldn't hold it.It was huge! Billy! Backside triple cork
0:07:05 > 0:07:11with the nose grab. Oh, and he was cleaning to that with his
0:07:11 > 0:07:15fingernails. He really was.Like hanging off the edge of a cliff, and
0:07:15 > 0:07:26now the pressure is on Billy.
0:07:26 > 0:07:3430.0, Billy Morgan has it all to do on his final two jumps.Toutant has
0:07:34 > 0:07:38been in the game for more than a decade, so, so strong. The Canadian
0:07:38 > 0:07:49is considered a veteran at 25, but he can ride everything.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52he can ride everything. Of late, he has been eclipsed on the Canadian
0:07:52 > 0:08:01team by the likes of Mark McMorris. Switch frontside 1620, and the first
0:08:01 > 0:08:05rider to properly send it deep into the landing.That is very, very
0:08:05 > 0:08:17nice! That is huge.Huge trick. He has put himself very much in the
0:08:17 > 0:08:23running for this title, that is a massive trek to punch out. 84.75,
0:08:23 > 0:08:31the judges leaving themselves somewhere to go.Next in, it is the
0:08:31 > 0:08:38Norwegian, Torgeir Bergrem, and we watched him yesterday.
0:08:46 > 0:08:53Winding up into the backside 1620. Huge, huge trick.Look at the
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Norwegian!He the snowboarder's snowboarder, the Ryan Giggs of
0:08:57 > 0:09:04snowboarding, widely considered to be one ofbeautifully skilful.Look
0:09:04 > 0:09:08at that, keeping the board pretty much straight on the take-off,
0:09:08 > 0:09:12judges like that, using the grab rails on the board to full effect.
0:09:12 > 0:09:20And he is happy with it.88.50, first place for Torgeir Bergrem, and
0:09:20 > 0:09:24deservedly so. Kyle Mack, a rider always renowned for his different
0:09:24 > 0:09:30grounds, made it into the finals with a backside triple cork 1440
0:09:30 > 0:09:35with a Japan grab, which almost stalled the rotation. Oh!My
0:09:35 > 0:09:40goodness!That is the best one we have seen from him.Without a doubt,
0:09:40 > 0:09:44the best one we have seen from him. To put the Japan grab in the middle
0:09:44 > 0:09:50of the trick kills all the rotation, and then as he brings it back, it
0:09:50 > 0:09:55really is, reignites the trick, like a turbo charge.It is likely peels
0:09:55 > 0:09:59back an elastic band and then lets go of it in the middle of the trick.
0:09:59 > 0:10:05The instinct, every part of it must be saying, let go, save yourself!
0:10:05 > 0:10:13Olga Rypakova!Uses the urge and hold onto that one.-- pull the
0:10:13 > 0:10:19ripcord.82.00, that is as good as you can go.Well, it wasn't switch.
0:10:19 > 0:10:28True, true.Switch regarded as more difficult.Back to the top, and this
0:10:28 > 0:10:35man is the king of big air.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42man is the king of big air.So the Canadian dropping in normal,
0:10:42 > 0:10:49forwards. Backside triple cork 1620! Oh, that was a work of art!It was
0:10:49 > 0:10:55huge, and it was clean.Take a look at Max Parrot there, he has done the
0:10:55 > 0:10:59whole trick on the take-off, he grabs, he is not working, not
0:10:59 > 0:11:03fighting it. The whole trick, from start to finish, is done on the
0:11:03 > 0:11:09take-off, and if you look, that 180 looks like it is part of the trick.
0:11:09 > 0:11:18Max Parrot, we know he has got the cab 1800 in his bag, he has got two
0:11:18 > 0:11:25goes at that. Bergrem in first, Parrot and second, Toutant and
0:11:25 > 0:11:32third. Kyle Mack is the only other rider in the 80s. Billy under
0:11:32 > 0:11:38pressure now, he has worked so hard to get here, he tore his lateral
0:11:38 > 0:11:42crew should ligament, that kept him off his board for a month before
0:11:42 > 0:11:51these games. -- cruciate.Come on, Billy! Massive again!And he holds
0:11:51 > 0:11:56it up, yes, it was huge, and he put the nose grab on it, the hardest
0:11:56 > 0:12:02grab! Yes, Billy!Really, really nice. Huge triple cork. If the
0:12:02 > 0:12:06judges are rewarding size, they have got to give them a big present for
0:12:06 > 0:12:11that one. Oh, my goodness! Borrow Chuck Norris's thighs to put this
0:12:11 > 0:12:23one down, I think. And relief for the British fans watching. 82.5
0:12:23 > 0:12:28zero.There we go, that is the score on the board. Billy Morgan has a
0:12:28 > 0:12:37serious, serious shop now. Next in, Sebastien Toutant, the Canadian is
0:12:37 > 0:12:47sat on a very, very powerful 84.75. A bit of breathing room here. And I
0:12:47 > 0:12:51think it is completely fair to say that this kid is a video game
0:12:51 > 0:12:57snowboarder, he will go backside again here.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02again here. Backside 1620.How did he hold onto that?! It was like a
0:13:02 > 0:13:11rodeo clown!Huge, huge, huge second hit for the man from Quebec.He
0:13:11 > 0:13:15looked like he was handing onto a palomino at the rodeo on the way
0:13:15 > 0:13:21out, but some of the toe edge stayed in contact with the snow. Two 1620s,
0:13:21 > 0:13:29this is very, very precious. 89.50, that puts him in a very, very strong
0:13:29 > 0:13:34position!
0:13:35 > 0:13:42position!I want to see this boy do well, Kyle Mack. Powerhouse. He is
0:13:42 > 0:13:48so mostly, he even sinks in saltwater.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51He is a human Mack truck!
0:13:51 > 0:13:58If you have some gates that need smashing down, you can call him!
0:13:58 > 0:14:00He already has the backside 1440.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Ooh!
0:14:02 > 0:14:04No!
0:14:04 > 0:14:06That is a bloody Dracula!
0:14:06 > 0:14:10And I am not swearing, that is the name of the grab,
0:14:10 > 0:14:13both hands on the tail.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15I have never seen it in a 14.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18I have seen him do it on the 1080.
0:14:18 > 0:14:26I don't think he can believe that he has put it down in the 1440.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Four called rotations, both hands on the tail. He is fizzing after that
0:14:31 > 0:14:40one.Not massive.Not at all.We saw what happened with Sage Kotsenburg,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43pulling something out of the ordinary in such, and it dominated
0:14:43 > 0:14:46slopestyle for him, and I think Kyle Mack could do the same, this could
0:14:46 > 0:14:53push close to the 90 mark.
0:14:56 > 0:15:04Two big scores and in second place at the moment.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06So, Mark Mcmorris, and he
0:15:06 > 0:15:10So, Mark Mcmorris, and he always delivers in this situation. 11
0:15:10 > 0:15:15months ago he was in a medically induced coma after breaking his
0:15:15 > 0:15:22ribs, his pelvis, his humorous unsure and spleen. He broke his
0:15:22 > 0:15:29femur in 2016, he is the king of rehab.
0:15:32 > 0:15:39rehab.Same trick.It is over for Mark McMorris! And the Olympic Ring
0:15:39 > 0:15:45once more slips through his fingers. Twice he has had the bronze medal
0:15:45 > 0:15:49but by his extremely high standards, it was always a gold medal he was
0:15:49 > 0:15:55after.A huge cheer from the crowd, they know what he's gone through,
0:15:55 > 0:16:03what a journey he has had to be here.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08An incredible work effort, Max Parrot, the second man after Billy
0:16:08 > 0:16:15Morgan to land a quad core. Accused of lacking style at times but
0:16:15 > 0:16:29certainly addressed that. Will we see the cab 1800?Is this it? It is!
0:16:29 > 0:16:34And he has gone!He has landed hundreds of those in training and
0:16:34 > 0:16:38suddenly everything is wide open. If he had landed this trick, the final
0:16:38 > 0:16:43was put to bed. We have got that lovely finish, and we are coming to
0:16:43 > 0:16:47the boil now because we have the finish where the pressure is on Max
0:16:47 > 0:16:57Parrot.Oh, his chin goes down. His face! Do you want a grated cheek on
0:16:57 > 0:17:09your toast?It is like sandpaper. His switch backside 1620, he dropped
0:17:09 > 0:17:14but now he has to deliver, Carlos Garcia Knight.Spirit is very high
0:17:14 > 0:17:27in the New Zealand camp with the 16-year-old Porteus taking the
0:17:27 > 0:17:36bronze earlier in the day.Switch again.He has gone too big. He went
0:17:36 > 0:17:42to big! And that is the end of Carlos Garcia Knight. Oh, my
0:17:42 > 0:17:59goodness! Bottle that up, Eau Of Disappointment.His mum and dad
0:17:59 > 0:18:08would drive to the mountain, sit in the car while he shredded all day on
0:18:08 > 0:18:13the mountain.He made it look easy in qualification.He did. Let's look
0:18:13 > 0:18:17at the standing.
0:18:25 > 0:18:31So, Billy Morgan I think will go for the frontside 1440 triple core but
0:18:31 > 0:18:36if he lands this, he is well within the medal scores but remember he is
0:18:36 > 0:18:42the second of 12 riders to drop in the third and final jumps of men's
0:18:42 > 0:18:47Big Air.We know the whole of Southampton is watching this.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52They've rented the sports centre, there will be a big crowd cheering
0:18:52 > 0:18:57him on, and he needs to go absolutely stratospherically that
0:18:57 > 0:19:02isn't something he struggles with, to be honest.Come on, Billy Morgan
0:19:02 > 0:19:06except!
0:19:06 > 0:19:10to be honest.Come on, Billy Morgan Double grab! Billy Morgan, yes!
0:19:10 > 0:19:17Billy Morgan with a double grab! That is massive, absolutely huge!
0:19:17 > 0:19:22Oh, my goodness. He had us all scared, he slammed in practice,
0:19:22 > 0:19:27dropped his first jump and he has delivered second and third jump.
0:19:27 > 0:19:33This is very, very pressures.He's grabbing the tail and the mute on
0:19:33 > 0:19:43that.The judges will love that, they will love it! One line, two
0:19:43 > 0:19:46lines!Beautiful, stands up like Michael Knight from Knight Rider.
0:19:46 > 0:19:52Yes, Billy Morgan!
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Yes, Billy Morgan!85.5, he is an bronze medal position and it is a
0:19:58 > 0:20:06very long guns nervous wait for the man from Southampton.
0:20:06 > 0:20:17man from Southampton. This man is in very enviable position. Where will
0:20:17 > 0:20:23Sebastien Toutant take this third and final jump?Not one jump in the
0:20:23 > 0:20:3290s from the first two. The judges leaving plenty in reserve.Would you
0:20:32 > 0:20:36trust Chris Corning wouldn't try a quad?I don't trust he won't. He was
0:20:36 > 0:20:43chucking them on the practice in Munchen club back for a laugh.So,
0:20:43 > 0:20:52dropping in switch.He has gone massive...And he tried to tidy it
0:20:52 > 0:20:56up, the cab 16, just by going even bigger, he wanted to add to that
0:20:56 > 0:21:04score. This would be such a huge result for Sebastien Toutant. You
0:21:04 > 0:21:13look over his results and it is only the Quebec slopestyle key won. That
0:21:13 > 0:21:19looks like visualisation of the quad core.Is he going to try to do the
0:21:19 > 0:21:25quad core? This jump is too small to see that trip.I don't know, it
0:21:25 > 0:21:30looks like it.He is starting right back there. Surely not.I think he's
0:21:30 > 0:21:40going forward. -- for it.This would be history right here. This would be
0:21:40 > 0:21:47the first quad in competition.I think he is going. I'm nervous and
0:21:47 > 0:21:55I've never seen him this site.He is going to have to rip this so hard.
0:21:55 > 0:22:03It is... And he nearly made it!
0:22:04 > 0:22:08It is... And he nearly made it! Oh, my goodness! The backside quad core
0:22:08 > 0:22:12makes its appearance at the Olympics and we've been talking about it
0:22:12 > 0:22:18since day one at the slopestyle and we finally see it. Chris Corning has
0:22:18 > 0:22:22been building his entire career around the idea he's going to come
0:22:22 > 0:22:26to the Olympics and land a quad core and then the jump is too small.Has
0:22:26 > 0:22:35that stopped him? No. He has ripped it.Full credit to this man. Two,
0:22:35 > 0:22:45three...He dips so late. He only needed a tiny, tiny bit more. Wow,
0:22:45 > 0:22:54Chris Corning has bent physics. Anxious wait for Billy Morgan as we
0:22:54 > 0:23:01start getting through the heavy hitters. This final here running in
0:23:01 > 0:23:07reverse order of qualifiers.I am starting to get restless in my seat.
0:23:07 > 0:23:15I feel like I have got ants in my pants.He drops in switch... Oh, and
0:23:15 > 0:23:24he has dropped it! How? How? After being so consistent? I suppose it is
0:23:24 > 0:23:31a difference trick. He has worked so hard on that backside 1620, and he
0:23:31 > 0:23:37squandered it. The second jump is when it started to go wrong for him.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42He is such an incredible snowboarder but he battles with consistency on
0:23:42 > 0:23:50the biggest stages.What a shame for the Norwegian.Next in, Kyle Mack,
0:23:50 > 0:23:54currently sitting in silver medal position. So, for Mack, an
0:23:54 > 0:24:05improvement for -- from his first jump. If he can bump his score up...
0:24:05 > 0:24:13He will need 87. He can pull it up to 87, he can move into gold medal
0:24:13 > 0:24:21position.I don't think we will see 1440 in the high 80s.He will need
0:24:21 > 0:24:28to... He either needs a 16 or a grab that is truly out of this world and
0:24:28 > 0:24:35with the bloody Dracula on his frontside 14, that is as much as it
0:24:35 > 0:24:45can do.Backside triple core 16, very nearly ran to 18.What? 1620
0:24:45 > 0:24:54Japan? Wow!I think he was trying to take it around to 1800, by the looks
0:24:54 > 0:24:58of it.I'm looking down to this and, right now, of all the riders left to
0:24:58 > 0:25:04drop, Mark McMorris, Niklas Mattsson, they've dropped their
0:25:04 > 0:25:09first jump is. There's only one man who can knock everyone out. So,
0:25:09 > 0:25:19Sebastien Toutant guaranteed silver. Kyle Mack guaranteed bronze. So,
0:25:19 > 0:25:29Billy Morgan can only get blasted by that man.The hole of the UK now
0:25:29 > 0:25:35just needs to watch this jump through their eyes. Of course they
0:25:35 > 0:25:37watch it through their eyes! They need to watch it through their
0:25:37 > 0:25:44fingers. I am beside myself, I can't watch it. I'm torn between my friend
0:25:44 > 0:25:52in bronze and one of the best snowboarders trying to do business
0:25:52 > 0:26:01on this big edge jump.The hardest trick we will see on this jump.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Let's make no mistake about it, here's here for gold.He is coming
0:26:05 > 0:26:11in backwards.
0:26:12 > 0:26:20in backwards. Oh, no! He has gone! What? Max Parrot scaling back his
0:26:20 > 0:26:30jump and missing.He went to the gold and he went home with nothing.
0:26:30 > 0:26:37So, the medals are settled. We said it was a long shot but Billy Morgan,
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Great Britain, Southampton's finest snowboarder go home with a bronze
0:26:41 > 0:26:46medal!
0:26:46 > 0:26:51medal! In exactly the same way Jenny Jones worked so hard and was able to
0:26:51 > 0:26:57crown an impressive career with the glory of an Olympic medal, Billy
0:26:57 > 0:27:02Morgan has done the same thing. The man who has pioneered so many tricks
0:27:02 > 0:27:09but really struggled for that core acceptance from the sport has come
0:27:09 > 0:27:11here and landed two breathtaking tricks under pressure to take a
0:27:11 > 0:27:16silver medal and the story isn't so different for Sebastien Toutant in
0:27:16 > 0:27:22gold-medal position. It is so lovely seeing these two powerhouse nations
0:27:22 > 0:27:29of snowboarding, Canada and America, matched very, very closely by
0:27:29 > 0:27:34Britain, one of the minnows of snowboarding. In Billy Morgan, we
0:27:34 > 0:27:38have one of the most courageous and pioneering of snowboarders. He has
0:27:38 > 0:27:44earned his reward here at the first ever Big Air in Korea. A bronze
0:27:44 > 0:27:54medal. Congratulations, Billy. Oh my God, Billy Morgan, you legend!
0:27:54 > 0:27:58What a wild ride that was.What are you thinking right this second?I
0:27:58 > 0:28:03don't know, it's wild. I had bad training, I fell, and I thought it
0:28:03 > 0:28:10was game over. I was thinking, I hope I don't fall over three times.
0:28:10 > 0:28:17They would be devastated. My mates are in a bar watching.That was your
0:28:17 > 0:28:22mind saying, come on!If I land one jump, I'll be stoked and I did two.
0:28:22 > 0:28:28The first one was so deep and we saw you have the crash. Second run, you
0:28:28 > 0:28:34land it. What do you think going into the third?I didn't land one of
0:28:34 > 0:28:40them in practice, and I had a sore bottom. And Hamish said, go slower
0:28:40 > 0:28:45and time it right. I just landed it and I didn't know what to do.Hasn't
0:28:45 > 0:28:51sunk in yet you are a bronze medallist?No, I'm sure it'll hit me
0:28:51 > 0:28:56later. I never expected it. If you come in shooting for a medal, you're
0:28:56 > 0:29:01ready for it but I didn't.Two weeks ago would you have thought that,
0:29:01 > 0:29:06with your knee injury?No. Like I said, I said I'd be stoked if I made
0:29:06 > 0:29:11the finals.So, happy days. Absolutely brilliant stuff from
0:29:11 > 0:29:17Billy Morgan. The fifth medal of TeamGB's Winter Olympics. It makes
0:29:17 > 0:29:20it officially the most successful Winter Olympics of all time it
0:29:20 > 0:29:25stands. We are still waiting on classification from four years ago,
0:29:25 > 0:29:36we potentially wait for five, but this makes it Britain's most
0:29:36 > 0:29:38successful Winter Olympics.
0:29:42 > 0:29:48Are you still teary, Tim?That is going to stick. We had it with
0:29:48 > 0:29:53Jenny. Snowboarding is such a small community, we all know each other
0:29:53 > 0:29:57and certainly the British guys, we've known each other for years. To
0:29:57 > 0:30:02have to commentate on your friend in an Olympic final, then winning a
0:30:02 > 0:30:07medal. It's something I struggle to do, I realise. I shed a little tear
0:30:07 > 0:30:12but amazing, what a day.
0:30:12 > 0:30:18We have heard from Billy, he had injury problems, his dad had health
0:30:18 > 0:30:22complications, to win a bronze, incredible when you put everything
0:30:22 > 0:30:25into consideration.The standard of the qualifiers, one of the best
0:30:25 > 0:30:29snowboard competitions I have ever seen, and any other day I would have
0:30:29 > 0:30:33given Billy a really good shot, but what we knew of the qualifiers and
0:30:33 > 0:30:37how training had gone down, it was really high level, possibly the
0:30:37 > 0:30:41highest we have ever seen at a contest. And into that the fact that
0:30:41 > 0:30:45he had not ridden through January with his ligament damage, and as you
0:30:45 > 0:30:52say, his father had a stroke back in the summer. It is ridiculous that he
0:30:52 > 0:30:55managed to find that, crashing moments before the final start,
0:30:55 > 0:30:59dropping his first jump, to then pull it all back together and land
0:30:59 > 0:31:03two incredible jumps was breathtaking.And the third one, the
0:31:03 > 0:31:09one he didn't nail previously, that shows a lot of guts.It really does,
0:31:09 > 0:31:17considering he has not landed it that much, he has had it in his
0:31:17 > 0:31:20arsenal, he has been practising it over the last few weeks, and is
0:31:20 > 0:31:25coached texted me a video of it, saying, what do think of this? Me
0:31:25 > 0:31:29and Ed watched it about 50 times, saying, that is a potential medal
0:31:29 > 0:31:33winning trick, and he has done and under the highest amount of
0:31:33 > 0:31:38pressure, on his final jump, last bite of the Jerry, pulled it out of
0:31:38 > 0:31:45the bag, perfect, won him a medal. One official medal on snow coming
0:31:45 > 0:31:49into the Games, two in the freestyle in Pyeongchang, what do you hope it
0:31:49 > 0:31:54does for the sport of freestyle skiing and snowboarding?After
0:31:54 > 0:31:59Jenny's medal, we saw the snow domes and dry slopes below, lessons were
0:31:59 > 0:32:03oversubscribed across the UK, so we know how much of an impact that has
0:32:03 > 0:32:08had. And you hope, looking forward, the programmes that GB runs, the
0:32:08 > 0:32:12futures project, the pathway Project, which draws new talent from
0:32:12 > 0:32:18grass-roots areas, puts them through their paces, brings them up to this
0:32:18 > 0:32:24elite level, hopefully we have got plenty of talent behind Billy,
0:32:24 > 0:32:29Jenny, Aimee, Katie, but it is the younger generations who might start
0:32:29 > 0:32:33finding the sport that we will see in the three Olympic cycles' time,
0:32:33 > 0:32:38replicating this, it is an exciting prospect.It has been really
0:32:38 > 0:32:42exciting the whole time, thanks for joining us, wonderful work from you
0:32:42 > 0:32:47two and all the athletes, huge congratulations to Billy Morgan for
0:32:47 > 0:32:50his bronze medal. We hope we can get him on the balcony a little bit
0:32:50 > 0:32:55later in the programme. But for now, we are going to be Curling Centre,
0:32:55 > 0:33:00because it all comes down to the final two, European champions Sweden
0:33:00 > 0:33:05take on the USA for the gold medal. USA will be on the podium for the
0:33:05 > 0:33:11first time since 2006, when they won bronze. This time it is a fight for
0:33:11 > 0:33:15the ultimate prize in Pyeongchang. Logan Gray and Jackie Lockhart join
0:33:15 > 0:33:20me from the Curling Centre, how is the atmosphere building down there?
0:33:20 > 0:33:23They are starting to roll in, generally it is about 50 minutes
0:33:23 > 0:33:29into the game that they fill it up, but we will definitely have a
0:33:29 > 0:33:33deserving champion, whoever wins. Really interesting battle, Jackie,
0:33:33 > 0:33:37USA took a bit of time to get into their stride, but they certainly
0:33:37 > 0:33:39found form at the
0:33:39 > 0:33:40their stride, but they certainly found form at the right time.They
0:33:40 > 0:33:46came into the final with a 5-4 record, but Sweden have 7-2, a
0:33:46 > 0:33:50fantastic game against Canada to get to this final stage, and I don't
0:33:50 > 0:33:54think anybody really expected that to happen, so these guys are just
0:33:54 > 0:33:57going to be out here enjoying themselves, but they will have a
0:33:57 > 0:34:01really tough battle on their hands against the dominant Swedish team
0:34:01 > 0:34:08that is Niklas Edin.They certainly are, European champions, the Swedes,
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Logan, will a be feeling the pressure slightly more going into
0:34:11 > 0:34:18this final?I think the USA have already exceeded expectation, let's
0:34:18 > 0:34:23say. Sweden changed their team after they won bronze in Sochi, purely
0:34:23 > 0:34:26because they couldn't achieve what they haven't already, the Olympic
0:34:26 > 0:34:30gold medal, so they will be feeling a little bit of pressure, but they
0:34:30 > 0:34:34have played so many high pressure games, they will know how to tackle
0:34:34 > 0:34:40it.I love putting you guys on the spot, can you pick a winner?For me,
0:34:40 > 0:34:45Niklas Edin, without question, has been so superb all week, very
0:34:45 > 0:34:51dominant across the whole season. Same for me as well, Steve and I was
0:34:51 > 0:34:54split on the bronze game, and Steve was right on that occasion, but
0:34:54 > 0:34:59Niklas Edin all the way, just too good.Well, there you have it, they
0:34:59 > 0:35:04are both going for the same ones. Can it be Sweden's Olympic gold
0:35:04 > 0:35:08medal? Jackie and Logan, thank you for joining me, we will join Steve
0:35:08 > 0:35:12Cram to take us through this gold medal match.
0:35:12 > 0:35:18Thank you, Eilidh, yes, the atmosphere building up, created
0:35:18 > 0:35:24primarily by the US fans, although plenty of Swedish bands in here,
0:35:24 > 0:35:28they will give as good as they get, as far as the singing and applause
0:35:28 > 0:35:33which, excuse me, which greeted both teams, but particularly the US team.
0:35:33 > 0:35:38They are surprise men of this competition. They have given
0:35:38 > 0:35:41themselves an opportunity which I don't think they could have ever
0:35:41 > 0:35:45really dreamt of. John Shuster and his team taking on Niklas Edin for
0:35:45 > 0:35:51the gold medal. This is a match which Edin would have thought about,
0:35:51 > 0:35:54jumped about for so long, but I'm not sure you would have expected to
0:35:54 > 0:35:58be playing the USA in this final. USA have never reached the men's
0:35:58 > 0:36:06curling final, so what an opportunity for them. They have been
0:36:06 > 0:36:10gathering all sorts of support back home. John Shuster, four time
0:36:10 > 0:36:15Olympian, a bronze medallist from 2006. He has pulled this team
0:36:15 > 0:36:19together at just the right time. So let's hope they can give Niklas Edin
0:36:19 > 0:36:25a great match here. Sweden, of course, with the women's team taking
0:36:25 > 0:36:28on Korea tomorrow, midnight tonight UK time. So they have got a chance
0:36:28 > 0:36:35of two gold medals in the curling competition. We are expecting a few,
0:36:35 > 0:36:40a bit of stardust being sprinkled at the curling today, rumours that
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Ivanka Trump will be appearing, perhaps the King of Sweden as well.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47We will keep an eye out for them. But to be honest, most of the
0:36:47 > 0:36:53stardust is in our commentary booth, both of you going for Sweden?We
0:36:53 > 0:37:02are.Yeah. Are you going to go for USA?No, I am going to go with you.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06I did fancy Switzerland yesterday, more because of the pressure that I
0:37:06 > 0:37:13think Canada were under in a negative way. I think Niklas Edin
0:37:13 > 0:37:18has been playing superbly well, and I just think USA, as you said, have
0:37:18 > 0:37:21maybe overachieved to get this far, and a silver medal is a great
0:37:21 > 0:37:26result, and that is the danger for them, that they have got a mattress
0:37:26 > 0:37:29on their back. You know, when you fall, it is a nice soft landing
0:37:29 > 0:37:37here.I totally agree, but the USA are hot off the back of a number of
0:37:37 > 0:37:43wins, five or six wins, all must win games to get here, so no doubt their
0:37:43 > 0:37:50confidence must be sky high right now.So Matt Hamilton, his famous
0:37:50 > 0:37:56moustache, created its own Twitter account.
0:37:56 > 0:38:01account. And so many people back home have jumped on the bandwagon of
0:38:01 > 0:38:07Matt, played with his sister in the mixed doubles. And he is a real
0:38:07 > 0:38:15character, playing second for USA. Rasmus Wranaa, I was just watching a
0:38:15 > 0:38:21little clip from Niklas Edin and Rasmus joined the team, what, 18
0:38:21 > 0:38:24months, two years ago? He is the latest addition to the team and he
0:38:24 > 0:38:30was saying, yeah, he is a bit young, he takes a few too many risks for my
0:38:30 > 0:38:34liking, but I will get that out of him! But he has been a great
0:38:34 > 0:38:41addition to the team.Yeah, they call Rasmus Junior, and actually
0:38:41 > 0:38:45they are littered with class throughout the team, if there are
0:38:45 > 0:38:50any mistakes, it doesn't tend to come from Rasmus.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02These two teams are extremely well acquainted, they have played each
0:39:02 > 0:39:08other 15 times in their career, and surprisingly to make, Edin has only
0:39:08 > 0:39:11won eight out of 15 against them, so maybe not as straightforward as we
0:39:11 > 0:39:16think it might be. Shuster has actually won three of the last four
0:39:16 > 0:39:22games against each other.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27games against each other.Well, the Olympic final, you can wipe all of
0:39:27 > 0:39:32those previous matches away with a victory here. It doesn't really
0:39:32 > 0:39:36matter, from their point of view. They will say, I would swap all of
0:39:36 > 0:39:41those wins, John Shuster, we said this yesterday, similarly for Niklas
0:39:41 > 0:39:49Edin, a moment he has been waiting for.
0:39:49 > 0:39:58for. Defeated last time in the semifinals, Sweden.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02semifinals, Sweden.Defeated by GB as well, and I've be Niklas Edin's
0:40:02 > 0:40:06last shot, a shot to win, a run back double, and he missed it by a hair,
0:40:06 > 0:40:11and that is about all. So close to making the final, must be absolutely
0:40:11 > 0:40:16gut-wrenching for him.Oskar Eriksson, you can see some of the
0:40:16 > 0:40:18stats for these guys, particularly the Swedish team, they started
0:40:18 > 0:40:27incredibly well. Actually quite tough match against that steam here,
0:40:27 > 0:40:38did it end of 8-60 my kid was the toughest match up to that point.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41toughest match up to that point. -- against that team here, did it end
0:40:41 > 0:40:49up 8-6?It was the first game where we saw the GB men's team and thought
0:40:49 > 0:40:52they might have a chance of making the semifinals, a really strong
0:40:52 > 0:41:00performance.So if you are just waking up on a Saturday morning, bit
0:41:00 > 0:41:07of an early rise. Today! Plenty of curling for you, this gold medal
0:41:07 > 0:41:10match for the man and then Great Britain is women going in the bronze
0:41:10 > 0:41:17medal match against Japan, trying to emulate what they did four years
0:41:17 > 0:41:21ago. Huge disappointment that they did make the gold medal match, but
0:41:21 > 0:41:27they have got to pick themselves up. Not much time to do that, the teams
0:41:27 > 0:41:31who won, Korea and Sweden, they have the whole day off today, the gold
0:41:31 > 0:41:40medal matches 9am local time on Sunday. We have seen plenty of light
0:41:40 > 0:41:49-- blanked ends in the first end of these matches.In such a high
0:41:49 > 0:41:53pressure situation, the last thing you want to do is go all out and
0:41:53 > 0:41:56give up a score of four and leave yourself in a bad place, so both
0:41:56 > 0:42:04teams will be quite happy to just ease their way into this final.
0:42:09 > 0:42:14The green hat, I have mentioned it before, if you haven't seen the USA
0:42:14 > 0:42:21before, a lucky mascot or whatever you want to call a - lucky hat! Just
0:42:21 > 0:42:26tucks it in his back pocket, Matt Hamilton. It is the red caps that he
0:42:26 > 0:42:32and John Shuster sport, I guess they have come out in light blue, against
0:42:32 > 0:42:39the blue and yellow of Sweden. Not normally the colours you would
0:42:39 > 0:42:46associate with the USA, but two of them are wearing the red caps.I am
0:42:46 > 0:42:50just happy to see them not out here in all white, like they did at the
0:42:50 > 0:42:57start of the week.Those white trousers were a bit iffy.They
0:42:57 > 0:43:03looked a bit more suitable for Wimbledon than a game of curling.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Yeah, this John Shuster team, it is worth mentioning, you have talked
0:43:10 > 0:43:16about it, Logan, they are a rag the mob that have been put together
0:43:16 > 0:43:21after going through a really disappointing campaign in Sochi.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25Shuster wasn't really considered part of the future of USA curling,
0:43:25 > 0:43:31but he put this team together, and they have sort of muscled their way
0:43:31 > 0:43:37back in, with good results, and earned the right to represent USA at
0:43:37 > 0:43:41the Olympics. Even when they were 2-4, just two wins and four losses
0:43:41 > 0:43:47at one point in the round-robin, a lot of people were writing them off
0:43:47 > 0:43:53back home, apparently, and they have had to eat their words somewhat. So
0:43:53 > 0:44:01it blanked first end.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06it blanked first end.Sometimes it is easiest to play with a chip on
0:44:06 > 0:44:09your shoulder and something to prove, and that is definitely the
0:44:09 > 0:44:13case for John Shuster. The last two Olympics have been a major
0:44:13 > 0:44:19disappointment for them, for John Shuster in particular, he was even
0:44:19 > 0:44:22benched for a few of the games at one of the Olympics, so for him to
0:44:22 > 0:44:28be back here for a fourth time, with a bronze medal in the bag from 2006,
0:44:28 > 0:44:31he has already improved at this time, so well done to John, whatever
0:44:31 > 0:44:39the outcome today.You are on celebrity watch, by the way, Jackie!
0:44:39 > 0:44:43I will keep an eye out, I do like looking at the audience!If you see
0:44:43 > 0:44:52any crowns, led us no(!) That is an as,'s parents, they will be waiting
0:44:52 > 0:45:01expectantly for the gold medal match tomorrow.
0:45:01 > 0:45:05The lad with the hair, he is a brother of one of the competitors
0:45:05 > 0:45:17brothers. I think that his hat hair. It is a cold wind out there.And a
0:45:17 > 0:45:24flurry of snow for the first time for us here at the coast.Looks like
0:45:24 > 0:45:31we might get a bit more action in the second, both teams looked like
0:45:31 > 0:45:33they might throw guards.
0:45:37 > 0:45:43I think one of the main keys for the USA Today is to do exactly what they
0:45:43 > 0:45:47did against Canada and play the same game plan, keep it tight in the
0:45:47 > 0:45:54early and don't let anything... Don't like Sweden build-up to many
0:45:54 > 0:45:58stones in play, especially in and around the button because that will
0:45:58 > 0:46:02play in the sweet hands and the USA will look to make more deliberate
0:46:02 > 0:46:11approach.
0:46:28 > 0:46:35These guys put hours into dedicating themselves into the sport and it is
0:46:35 > 0:46:40whether or not you want to continue for another four years. And some of
0:46:40 > 0:46:50them from the past Olympics are having a break.Joe Polo, he has won
0:46:50 > 0:47:00bronze before, playing in the second position.Christoffer Sundgren...
0:47:00 > 0:47:10The lead for Sweden. Has played a very nice shot. It makes its way
0:47:10 > 0:47:16past that guard.
0:47:16 > 0:47:27The crowd are building up here.That is a three-time world champion,
0:47:27 > 0:47:36Lindholm. A couple of silver medals along the way as well. I think
0:47:36 > 0:47:43Niklas Edin is about to pass him in his achievements in Swedish curling.
0:47:43 > 0:47:48No question if you wins the gold today, he will be the most decorated
0:47:48 > 0:47:53curler in Sweden.
0:48:02 > 0:48:07People getting excited already, the flags waving. It is a bit early for
0:48:07 > 0:48:12that.
0:48:13 > 0:48:19that. The crowd, I'm not sure how many of them are aficionados. We did
0:48:19 > 0:48:32have plenty of very well-behaved crowds. When Korea have been
0:48:32 > 0:48:35playing, it has been difficult for other teams to keep their focus but
0:48:35 > 0:48:43all eyes on this match today.
0:48:43 > 0:48:51This yellow, very visible on the outside of the house. Is he going to
0:48:51 > 0:49:05get both? That gets the crowd going, a nice double takeout. Great shot.
0:49:09 > 0:49:14Nicely done, rolls out into the open. Those couple of guards out in
0:49:14 > 0:49:19the front, it is a race between the USA in Sweden to see who can
0:49:19 > 0:49:31properly hide one behind here in the second.Matt Hamilton. Trying to see
0:49:31 > 0:49:39if he can get his in behind. Not a bad effort.Great effort, actually.
0:49:39 > 0:49:47He may be rolls a stone too far.
0:49:49 > 0:49:56Just needed to hit it a fraction closer to the nose and then it would
0:49:56 > 0:50:07be perfect.I think we might get a good ooh. A loud one. They seem to
0:50:07 > 0:50:09like them coming between the two stones.
0:50:31 > 0:50:36Right on cue, thanks, audience. I was worried there for a while. It is
0:50:36 > 0:50:43a little tight coming down. Sitting in the match we were doing
0:50:43 > 0:50:47yesterday, it was quite straight down the middle. It was on the other
0:50:47 > 0:50:58sheet.It was in the ladies game. Sheet C.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02Sheet C. The audience don't have the ability to see the line of the
0:51:02 > 0:51:06stones so they are sitting and hoping and holding their arrest to
0:51:06 > 0:51:11see if it is going to get past the stones at the top of the house.
0:51:11 > 0:51:18There he goes, Tyler George. I think he should have his own sitcom, the
0:51:18 > 0:51:25Tyler George show. I can see it now. He has played very well all week.
0:51:25 > 0:51:30Certainly the last few matches in which USA have produced those
0:51:30 > 0:51:32results, he has been a big reason why.
0:51:39 > 0:51:48Oskar Eriksson skipped his own TV before -- team before and went on to
0:51:48 > 0:51:54win a silver medal a couple of years ago.He just rolls the other way.
0:51:54 > 0:51:59Just about tucked in behind the red. Nice shot.
0:52:04 > 0:52:08So, these early exchanges, there has been some good shotmaking early in
0:52:08 > 0:52:18the game. Just trying to outwit each other here. Or at least outdraw each
0:52:18 > 0:52:21other, trying to get a slightly better hit. That was the best so
0:52:21 > 0:52:26far.
0:52:26 > 0:52:36far. Has Tyler George got another good shot here? He has as well. This
0:52:36 > 0:52:48is a nice end of a good start to this final.There is a lot of good
0:52:48 > 0:52:53shots being made at the back of the house but I am surprised to see
0:52:53 > 0:52:57Niklas Edin not be more offensive and tried to get more stones in play
0:52:57 > 0:53:00to make things happen because while he's probably playing his own
0:53:00 > 0:53:05players in the match, he is allowing USA to get comfortable out there.
0:53:19 > 0:53:27A bit tit-for-tat here. That is just going to hang in.
0:53:30 > 0:53:36Just asking whether he can see it out the other side. So, a little
0:53:36 > 0:53:43change-up hit if he decides to hit and tried to roll back in but it is
0:53:43 > 0:53:46a bit more difficult now because it is the side he'd like to see, he
0:53:46 > 0:53:48can't.
0:54:11 > 0:54:16USA just need to be a different bit careful here. The last thing they
0:54:16 > 0:54:22want to do is over girl, and chipped the red into the house so this one
0:54:22 > 0:54:27is a little bit scary for John Shuster.First time down on this
0:54:27 > 0:54:34side, this far out. Give it plenty of ice, gone around nicely. Done
0:54:34 > 0:54:47very well. He has, cracking shots. Perfectly judged by John Shuster.
0:55:05 > 0:55:12So, Niklas Edin, first chance to try and score, still has the option of
0:55:12 > 0:55:18blanking the end but there are two guards there, so that is a bit of an
0:55:18 > 0:55:20opportunity.
0:55:28 > 0:55:35I was looking at lots of players that have superstitions. I've read
0:55:35 > 0:55:41one or two about their shoes and different things. I saw Niklas Edin,
0:55:41 > 0:55:44and I thought, he needs a new pair of shoes. I'm sure he doesn't think
0:55:44 > 0:55:53that!As a player, you get comfortable with what is on your
0:55:53 > 0:56:00feet. It is heartbreaking in a new pair of shoes.It looks like he has
0:56:00 > 0:56:04been wearing them about eight years. He may well have done. Anyway, here
0:56:04 > 0:56:12we go.Thing is, the shoes can look more battered than they are and it
0:56:12 > 0:56:18is only from catching fast moving stones and that sort of thing or
0:56:18 > 0:56:23kicking stones away so you can start throwing them in practice. It
0:56:23 > 0:56:31doesn't affect your performance. Lovely shot from Niklas Edin. So,
0:56:31 > 0:56:39the first time that he has asked to do that, he has performed
0:56:39 > 0:56:43exceptionally well. Just about tucked in behind the guard.That is
0:56:43 > 0:56:48a more offensive game we expect to see from Niklas Edin, not chasing
0:56:48 > 0:56:52the ones at the back because they shouldn't be a danger especially
0:56:52 > 0:56:56since he's got the hammer.That is the shot I expected to see earlier
0:56:56 > 0:57:01in the end.
0:57:02 > 0:57:06in the end. It should still be a straightforward run here for John
0:57:06 > 0:57:12Shuster.If he manages this, then we will try to force the one. He has
0:57:12 > 0:57:21one sitting in the house. Missed it. Now we have a chance for a
0:57:21 > 0:57:27straightforward two for the Swedish skip. So, first advantage swings in
0:57:27 > 0:57:35the direction of Sweden. As long as Niklas Edin can play a nice
0:57:35 > 0:57:41straightforward draw in here. There is one US stone just outside the
0:57:41 > 0:57:49white rings, outside the eight foot. He would like this for a nice start
0:57:49 > 0:57:53to pick up two. He has worked this well but that was a mistake from
0:57:53 > 0:57:55John Shuster.
0:58:12 > 0:58:18The guys guiding it down, sweeping it in, doesn't have to get that far
0:58:18 > 0:58:23in. Even if it sits on top of their red, that's fine. So, Sweden take
0:58:23 > 0:58:32the early lead in this gold medal match. After two ends, Sweden 2-0.
0:58:32 > 0:58:39And the flags of Sweden are being waived.
0:58:41 > 0:58:46waived. So, USA already know that if they didn't already that Niklas
0:58:46 > 0:58:50Edin, if you give him an opening, he will take it. John Shuster made the
0:58:50 > 0:58:56mistake and Sweden get two. How is your celebrity watch going, Jackie?
0:58:56 > 0:59:03There is some activity there.Ivanka Trump has entered the building. She
0:59:03 > 0:59:07was watching the snow sports yesterday and she has decided to
0:59:07 > 0:59:12come in for the curling. For the USA team, good for them, raising the
0:59:12 > 0:59:19profile of first board.No pressure, lads!-- raising the profile of
0:59:19 > 0:59:21their sport.
0:59:27 > 0:59:32It is a reasonable crowd, considering career are not in the
0:59:32 > 0:59:36match.More still coming in. A lot of people end up coming to the
0:59:36 > 0:59:45curling after two or three ends. At this stage of the competition in the
0:59:45 > 0:59:49round-robin, if one team is completely dominating, you can walk
0:59:49 > 0:59:55off after six ends. The final has to go to at least eight ends. Of
0:59:55 > 1:00:04course, if they are tired after ten, an extra end has to be played.
1:00:04 > 1:00:07Switzerland of course picked up the bronze medal and they will receive
1:00:07 > 1:00:16their medals today. Rather than up at the medal Plaza. I'm presuming
1:00:16 > 1:00:23the Swiss team are around. They will probably arrive a little bit later.
1:00:23 > 1:00:27Great victory over Canada. Massive shock, Canada not getting into the
1:00:27 > 1:00:32final and then not winning a medal in the men's curling. It capped off
1:00:32 > 1:00:37what was a horrendous day for Canada. They have had a pretty
1:00:37 > 1:00:45rotten 36 hours or so at the USA. No, it was Germany in the men's
1:00:45 > 1:00:52hockey.It was.
1:00:53 > 1:01:06know I saw the two as lead buses last night. -- athlete.Sauerland
1:01:06 > 1:01:18Steiner puts up his corner guard, USA with the hammer. -- so land
1:01:18 > 1:01:28Landsteiner. Couldn't be much closer.Yes, just makes the shot a
1:01:28 > 1:01:32little bit tougher for John Landsteiner, but he is coming from
1:01:32 > 1:01:42the left-hand tack, which makes it easier.
1:01:50 > 1:01:52The World Championships, which follow these Olympic Games in April,
1:01:52 > 1:02:01will be held in the US, in Las Vegas. Did you guys both play there?
1:02:01 > 1:02:08Jackie is shaking her head.No.I will be there relaxing.I have never
1:02:08 > 1:02:12been.It has held a couple of continental cups, Las Vegas, and
1:02:12 > 1:02:16they went down really well, so the World Championships should be a joy
1:02:16 > 1:02:20to go and see, and I know a lot of people back home have booked tickets
1:02:20 > 1:02:24to go and watch their local team.
1:02:27 > 1:02:36I don't think I'll get any more time off my work!And the women's World
1:02:36 > 1:02:44Championships?They are in... I want to say Canada?Yes, I think it is
1:02:44 > 1:02:52Ontario.Unfortunately, not both at the same time, they'll separate
1:02:52 > 1:02:58events now, they were split some time ago.
1:02:59 > 1:03:02time ago.Actually, Scotland are hosting the world junior
1:03:02 > 1:03:04championships taking place in Aberdeen at the start of March,
1:03:04 > 1:03:10which the BBC will be providing some coverage of, I believe.And also
1:03:10 > 1:03:16covering the Scottish World Championship play-offs, so Kyle
1:03:16 > 1:03:19Smith and Eve Muirhead, after the Olympics campaign is finished,
1:03:19 > 1:03:24obviously Kyle Smith's has finished, Eve Muirhead fighting for the bronze
1:03:24 > 1:03:27medal today, they will have another competition against the winners of
1:03:27 > 1:03:31the men's and women's Scottish championships, Bruce Smart and
1:03:31 > 1:03:38Hannah Fleming, and the winners of those play-offs will represent
1:03:38 > 1:03:41Scotland in the World Championships, and there are highlights of that on
1:03:41 > 1:03:47BBC Two in Scotland.
1:03:47 > 1:03:50BBC Two in Scotland. So you won't have to wait long to get a little
1:03:50 > 1:03:54bit more curling in Scotland. You can follow it on the BBC website as
1:03:54 > 1:04:01well, I think. I know many of you have been following the matches,
1:04:01 > 1:04:05obviously, the TV coverage, but on the website as well when you are at
1:04:05 > 1:04:10work. Saturday today, though, you can just sit back and relax. I know
1:04:10 > 1:04:13some people work on Saturdays was well! So hopefully managing to
1:04:13 > 1:04:16follow it.
1:04:21 > 1:04:26Well, Sweden lying two in there now, in a strong position, so USA will
1:04:26 > 1:04:30have to try and move things around a bit. At the moment, no opportunity
1:04:30 > 1:04:35for them to get into short position as it stands, it will take them a
1:04:35 > 1:04:39couple of shots to do so.Matt Hamilton, always aware of the crowd
1:04:39 > 1:04:53as well. A real character. But he has played well this week.
1:04:55 > 1:04:59Gets second prize, keeps a couple of yellow stone is an scoring positions
1:04:59 > 1:05:04in the house.Yeah, just called enough of it to push them both in,
1:05:04 > 1:05:09so may be able to use them at some point, so Niklas Edin just wanting
1:05:09 > 1:05:14to make sure they don't get any real advantage from that.
1:05:44 > 1:05:49Well, because USA managed to spin both of their yellows in, Sweden
1:05:49 > 1:05:53choosing to play a takeout. Of course, USA have the last stone in
1:05:53 > 1:06:00this third end.Just bumping his own red there, they have got three in
1:06:00 > 1:06:05there, but a bit of space between them, a chance for Tyler George to
1:06:05 > 1:06:17move one or two of these - if not all three.
1:06:17 > 1:06:24Well, not a massive amount of weight, just some nous weight.Give
1:06:24 > 1:06:33them a chance to sit in there.No, that is a really nice shot. Sits
1:06:33 > 1:06:38right in the pocket between the two red stone is, which will make them
1:06:38 > 1:06:45almost impossible to move for Sweden.I think Niklas would like to
1:06:45 > 1:06:49have it moved, it can't be moved far, but a little bit further back,
1:06:49 > 1:06:53or just come right in on top of it.
1:07:10 > 1:07:18About his business very calmly, Niklas Edin, no histrionics.Was he
1:07:18 > 1:07:22a bit more fiery in his early career? I think he was, wasn't he?
1:07:22 > 1:07:29He definitely was, much more measured these days.
1:07:30 > 1:07:36measured these days.I saw a clip of him saying, yeah, what is your most
1:07:36 > 1:07:43embarrassing trait? And he said, I am just really tired! Probably a bit
1:07:43 > 1:07:50too much.You can probably tell that by his beard as well.Perfectly
1:07:50 > 1:07:53trimmed, and he says, I fold my towels in a certain way and place
1:07:53 > 1:08:07them. In a sport where millimetres matter, he is an expert.
1:08:08 > 1:08:11matter, he is an expert. I think the one thing that he will be very aware
1:08:11 > 1:08:16of his most Steven Nzonzi plays against will raise their game to
1:08:16 > 1:08:21play him.
1:08:21 > 1:08:24play him. -- most teams he plays against will raise their game to
1:08:24 > 1:08:30blame. You have got to be prepared for that. Another thing we have to
1:08:30 > 1:08:33remember, there are four men in this team, and they have got to play
1:08:33 > 1:08:43their shots. Eriksson just hitting that in a way which rolls over,
1:08:43 > 1:08:50gives USA a bit of an opportunity here.
1:08:51 > 1:08:58here.Can we double unstable no?For sure.You heard what he wants to do,
1:08:58 > 1:09:07stay there, get rid of both of these.
1:09:07 > 1:09:20these.Maxes asking if ...
1:09:29 > 1:09:46A lot of noses, very nosy!Call that the Eskimo shot, nose-nose. Eskimo
1:09:46 > 1:09:54shot coming up here!Yeah, because we need more jargon,
1:09:55 > 1:09:58we need more jargon, Steve(!)Yes, there is more than enough in the
1:09:58 > 1:10:03curling world.That is a really nice shot.
1:10:03 > 1:10:06CHEERING And Ivanka Trump delighted there
1:10:06 > 1:10:10right in the middle of your shot. Great view of it, she is delighted
1:10:10 > 1:10:15with what she is watching, USA wanting to get themselves straight
1:10:15 > 1:10:22back into this. And the chants go up, a huge contingent halfway down
1:10:22 > 1:10:32on the top tier. It is the onesies that worry me - scary!Tyler didn't
1:10:32 > 1:10:37look that happy with that one, it was a great shot, but he has left a
1:10:37 > 1:10:40pretty straightforward double take-out here for Niklas. I would
1:10:40 > 1:10:48expect to see both of these yellow stones disappear.Yeah, it just spun
1:10:48 > 1:10:53a little further, not much distance between them.
1:10:55 > 1:11:05So Niklas Edin trying to quell the American crowd here. One and two.
1:11:05 > 1:11:18Very well done. As you would expect. That is Niklas Edin 's signature
1:11:18 > 1:11:22shot, really, like an arrow coming out of the blocks, that is quite
1:11:22 > 1:11:26often the result there. We always used to say that when you're playing
1:11:26 > 1:11:31against Niklas Edin, you don't want to fall behind this guy, because he
1:11:31 > 1:11:33is so dangerous with the big weight that it is almost impossible to get
1:11:33 > 1:11:41back into the end.And if you know that, surely this US team knows that
1:11:41 > 1:11:45- they have played him and found a way to beating, you said at the
1:11:45 > 1:11:51beginning. So they have got to try and prevent those situations
1:11:51 > 1:11:55developing.I am still very much impressed by the USA's performance
1:11:55 > 1:12:00so far. They are, without question, wanting to win that gold medal. They
1:12:00 > 1:12:06are not going to be happy with silver.
1:12:07 > 1:12:15silver.Just leaving one in there, it is counting second.
1:12:16 > 1:12:20it is counting second.Well, there may not be an opportunity for USA to
1:12:20 > 1:12:25score two after this one. Sweden lying second shot at the back of the
1:12:25 > 1:12:29house here, so as long as Niklas can remove that yellow stone and move to
1:12:29 > 1:12:33a position at the back of the button with a tapping brash, that would
1:12:33 > 1:12:40make it impossible for USA to score two. -- brush. It would be extremely
1:12:40 > 1:12:43risky, anyway.
1:12:52 > 1:12:56They have got two in, so I suppose the main thing... Oh, he's going to
1:12:56 > 1:13:02take this stone out, they will not two in there. I will warm up to
1:13:02 > 1:13:09this, don't worry!You need to be listening!I was definitely
1:13:09 > 1:13:11listening, but overthinking, very dangerous after a couple of weeks of
1:13:11 > 1:13:21curling!Yeah, Niklas playing a really nice, controlled
1:13:22 > 1:13:25really nice, controlled weight here. Doesn't want to move the double,
1:13:25 > 1:13:30anyway.May be rolled a little bit too far, could be a chance for two
1:13:30 > 1:13:36for USA.That was a double where you can stay is the hardest thing, and
1:13:36 > 1:13:44he has left him that opportunity. So I am sure he will take this on.
1:13:44 > 1:13:48Yeah, the key to this next shot for John Shuster is playing it in such a
1:13:48 > 1:13:57way that he still scores one and doesn't give up a steal, so he will
1:13:57 > 1:14:02kind of err on the nose side, you will not want to hit it too thin
1:14:02 > 1:14:07underneath.So Niklas Edin just giving a small opportunity to John
1:14:07 > 1:14:11Shuster, who has to play a really good shot to get his two, he has to
1:14:11 > 1:14:16remove both Swedish stones, the one at the back, and then roll over to
1:14:16 > 1:14:21the other one. Just needs to nudge it a little bit, that is a great
1:14:21 > 1:14:26shot from the USA skip, and we have got a real match on. They are
1:14:26 > 1:14:33already on their feet with the Stars and Stripes being waved above this
1:14:33 > 1:14:38rink here, and John Shuster has woken the crowd up, and he has given
1:14:38 > 1:14:43his team a massive lift there with a superb shot. After three ends, it is
1:14:43 > 1:14:49Sweden 2, United States 2.
1:14:51 > 1:14:56In the grand scheme of things, you know, it is almost a straightforward
1:14:56 > 1:15:02shot but it is the Olympic final and if you keep making shots like this,
1:15:02 > 1:15:06keep matching Niklas Edin, do give yourself a great opportunity.The
1:15:06 > 1:15:10way he played that, he wasn't even interested in scoring one, he
1:15:10 > 1:15:14committed to playing the double and it paid off.
1:15:31 > 1:15:35This USA team have got fantastic support in the audience. They are
1:15:35 > 1:15:41singing, they're cheering. And the four boys down on the ice are loving
1:15:41 > 1:15:48every minute of it.
1:15:49 > 1:16:00John Shuster, -- John Landsteiner, he is a corrosion engineer. He
1:16:00 > 1:16:06should know something about the wearing of the ice.Or does he calls
1:16:06 > 1:16:17it?Answers on a postcard. I think we should make the point, and one of
1:16:17 > 1:16:23you was making the point yesterday, curlers are not full-time. That is
1:16:23 > 1:16:27prize-money in curling and Canada is where most of that takes place with
1:16:27 > 1:16:31a world tour. There are curlers for whom he funding to allow them to be
1:16:31 > 1:16:37full-time curlers, Great Britain case in point, it is so important. A
1:16:37 > 1:16:42lot of international curlers have to keep down full-time jobs, many of
1:16:42 > 1:16:52them.Most of the countries outside of the USA and Canada have full-time
1:16:52 > 1:17:01programmes. I was reading about the reigning world champion in Canada,
1:17:01 > 1:17:05he struggles with family and work to find two hours of practice a day,
1:17:05 > 1:17:10whereas we have athletes like in Great Britain who can practice up to
1:17:10 > 1:17:16eight hours a day. So that is generally seen as the Riesling why
1:17:16 > 1:17:22the rest of the world is catching up with Canada who have been so
1:17:22 > 1:17:30dominant. There are about 2 million curlers in Canada. We only have
1:17:30 > 1:17:37around 20,000.And Sweden, 5,000. And they've got two teams into the
1:17:37 > 1:17:43gold medal matches. So it isn't just about numbers. As in any sport, you
1:17:43 > 1:17:52get a couple of talented people, in the likes of Niklas Edin... If you
1:17:52 > 1:17:55have a good programme, a futile and it people, look what they have done
1:17:55 > 1:18:03in career, with the women's team. Going for gold tomorrow against the
1:18:03 > 1:18:09team led by the Swedish. Sweden trying to win two gold medals in
1:18:09 > 1:18:13curling but the men are going to have a great match. It has started
1:18:13 > 1:18:22very well. Good atmosphere in here. Talking about curling populations,
1:18:22 > 1:18:27in the USA, curling is one of the fastest-growing sports. They have a
1:18:27 > 1:18:32curling rink in every state now. I don't think it'll be too long before
1:18:32 > 1:18:41we see the Americans marching the Canadian curling population.
1:18:44 > 1:18:47Canadian curling population. That is the cardinal sin. It could have come
1:18:47 > 1:18:52up strong and left them in a strong position is served Sweden can play a
1:18:52 > 1:18:57freeze and rest one in the pocket between the yellow and red Mac
1:18:57 > 1:18:58stone.
1:19:11 > 1:19:22I think Rasmus looks up to the others in his team as regards the
1:19:22 > 1:19:29beard. They are trying to bring this one all the way in and just to sit
1:19:29 > 1:19:33in there.Another foot or so would be nice but they have started very
1:19:33 > 1:19:43well. We have hardly seen any mistake shots at all. Very good
1:19:43 > 1:19:50shots that have created scoring in the two ends, the second and third.
1:19:50 > 1:19:59Nice shots, both skips doing well, set up well, while the rest of the
1:19:59 > 1:20:05team... Matt Hamilton catching the red on the way in. Going around the
1:20:05 > 1:20:06other side this time.
1:20:15 > 1:20:23He looms over them, Matt Hamilton. "Keep Going, keep going!"They would
1:20:23 > 1:20:33have liked to have freeze but not a bad result. This is no gimme for
1:20:33 > 1:20:41Rasmus Wranaa. Trying to drag it as far as possible with the brushes.
1:21:06 > 1:21:11Looks a little bit heavy at the moment so they may try to bounce off
1:21:11 > 1:21:16the red. They managed to get enough on the nose but it wasn't what they
1:21:16 > 1:21:19were looking for. Pretty good result, still.
1:21:38 > 1:21:47Anything better on the internal?The top on, that would be better.It is
1:21:47 > 1:21:54great that they are miked up, he's telling the whole audience what is
1:21:54 > 1:22:00going on. Which is good for them.I think this is better.Nobody else to
1:22:00 > 1:22:05listen to out there, just these two teams for the English-speaking
1:22:05 > 1:22:10spectators, John Shuster giving them a perfect version of events he would
1:22:10 > 1:22:18like to see.Just trying to chip the red onto the one at the top of the
1:22:18 > 1:22:23button.
1:22:29 > 1:22:32Just read bounced back a little bit.
1:22:45 > 1:22:51They wanted to keep it on the centre line, it went thick, spun over and
1:22:51 > 1:22:57moved the yellow out. They wanted to keep it where it was. It was a tough
1:22:57 > 1:23:02shot, very exact shots. It was very difficult to make it stop dead where
1:23:02 > 1:23:04you wanted to.
1:23:12 > 1:23:17Not too sure what the nominated shot was here, just take out the edge of
1:23:17 > 1:23:22the four foot?
1:23:22 > 1:23:30Be a chance to remove them both.
1:23:32 > 1:23:37Just catches one, got it a little straight. There was a chance to get
1:23:37 > 1:23:46both. A little frustration for Eriksson.
1:24:04 > 1:24:10Do you want to kill it? This is the sort of game the USA
1:24:10 > 1:24:21didn't want to get into with Niklas Edin. Edin's got two reds and the
1:24:21 > 1:24:28guard, and the hammer.
1:24:31 > 1:24:37Tyler George, trying to get through the gap.
1:24:37 > 1:24:43the gap. I think it is past the guard.Needs to get by the yellow.
1:24:43 > 1:24:52He does it and tucks it in as well. Nicely done by Tyler George. Still,
1:24:52 > 1:25:00shot held by Sweden.In this end, USA are having to play some great
1:25:00 > 1:25:06shock is to stay alive. It has been really Sweden having the upper hand
1:25:06 > 1:25:10through the hole end. Another great shot by Tyler.
1:25:30 > 1:25:36SWEDEN DISCUSS SHOT
1:25:40 > 1:25:45I don't think any of us have Swedish at hand, but work out what they will
1:25:45 > 1:25:53choose to do here? Thought process?
1:25:53 > 1:25:56Thought process? You can see one option is to hit the red and Ruolin
1:25:56 > 1:26:05on top of the yellow --
1:26:08 > 1:26:11on top of the yellow -- role in. From his point of view, the two
1:26:11 > 1:26:19yellows are a nice shot.It is interesting when they hit and Rolen
1:26:19 > 1:26:23from the wide stone, it is a Swedish one, not a USA.I think they'd like
1:26:23 > 1:26:29to get one of his red stones in B-side that back yellow just added
1:26:29 > 1:26:35protection. There is no way in through the left-hand side. The draw
1:26:35 > 1:26:44would overcome a world. -- the draw would over curl.
1:26:53 > 1:26:57A shotmaker which I am sure in the audience they will find odd when
1:26:57 > 1:27:09Sweden hit that own stone. Will he get it right? Just about, rolled
1:27:09 > 1:27:15over a tad more, it was a good effort. But they are lying two here.
1:27:15 > 1:27:20So, using his own stone, just caught it a little thin.
1:27:28 > 1:27:34Desperately trying to sweep it out. Or at least sweep it further away
1:27:34 > 1:27:41but did to manage too. So, John Shuster, after a couple of tracking
1:27:41 > 1:27:47shots in the previous end, he can come straight through the gap.
1:27:53 > 1:28:00He has got something now to that red having come out a bit further back
1:28:00 > 1:28:06as well. He has seen his team play a similar shot last time. -- his
1:28:06 > 1:28:17team-mate. If he over girls and catches, he has a couple of options.
1:28:17 > 1:28:24Needs to get past the guard, that is the most important thing.So, John
1:28:24 > 1:28:28Shuster trying to draw write in here, to the red that is in the four
1:28:28 > 1:28:34foot, second one. He's got a chance, very good chance, gets past is only
1:28:34 > 1:28:39a low, just tapping that time, he does, he lies shot. Another good
1:28:39 > 1:28:48shot from the US skipper. He is playing well. A little smile, a
1:28:48 > 1:28:54little wrinkle of the nose as he comes down to have a look.Yes, very
1:28:54 > 1:29:02good shot from John Shuster. Niklas Edin will be forced to replicate
1:29:02 > 1:29:05that shot to leave him resting against the yellow stone just played
1:29:05 > 1:29:12by John Shuster.
1:29:16 > 1:29:21It is a really good standard set for the gold medal match. You don't want
1:29:21 > 1:29:26people to reach this far and not play the game, not to make their
1:29:26 > 1:29:33shots. It has been a very high standard so far from both teams.In
1:29:33 > 1:29:36this end, a very high level of difficulty of the shots being
1:29:36 > 1:29:56played.So, Niklas Edin, 100% so far on takeouts. And,
1:29:56 > 1:29:58on takeouts. And, indeed, for our computer. Just trying to follow the
1:29:58 > 1:30:03John Shuster. This is going to be close. It is a tighter line, might
1:30:03 > 1:30:08catch the yellow on the way in, it does, which means it slides by the
1:30:08 > 1:30:16other yellow and if anything has made his job a bit more difficult.
1:30:16 > 1:30:24John Shuster is lying shots. He knows it is a difficult route in. He
1:30:24 > 1:30:28has just seen Niklas Edin not managed to replicate the shot he
1:30:28 > 1:30:34made.
1:30:34 > 1:30:40And has just managed to nudge that closer, so shut the whole? Or come
1:30:40 > 1:30:45in again?I think they are looking at playing the same shot again.Is
1:30:45 > 1:30:51he worried that if he puts a guard at there, the red on the other side
1:30:51 > 1:30:55that is sticking out, whether he could just tap that?Yeah, that is
1:30:55 > 1:31:01still just a shot for one, but I think they are kind of thinking,
1:31:01 > 1:31:05let's try the steal here.Yes, let's just put one right in the button
1:31:05 > 1:31:11whether yellow is sitting, then he will have to tap his red.He knows
1:31:11 > 1:31:18this shot, he has just played it a minute or two ago, so John Shuster
1:31:18 > 1:31:21trying to replicate almost exactly the shot he played with his first
1:31:21 > 1:31:29stone. Got a little bit more on it, this one.Doesn't want to hit this
1:31:29 > 1:31:37one and roll off it.Well, he has ended up with two there. But he has
1:31:37 > 1:31:41pushed that the red back, there is space between the two, and he has
1:31:41 > 1:31:52given Niklas Edin a way out of this. It was a dangerous shot, he could
1:31:52 > 1:31:59have asked Edin to come down the other side. For one, he still had
1:31:59 > 1:32:05the chance of a steal, but he should have shot that option off.This is a
1:32:05 > 1:32:10real gift for Niklas Edin, should be straightforward shot for two in the
1:32:10 > 1:32:15end. They have just played down this line as well, so they know it curls
1:32:15 > 1:32:22a lot. Playing a different weight, though.And he can't afford for the
1:32:22 > 1:32:28shooting stone to move too much, cos there is still a US red at the top
1:32:28 > 1:32:38of the four foot.Well, looking to pass the guard by a few inches, hit
1:32:38 > 1:32:43the five stone in the face.So John Shuster just giving Niklas Edin the
1:32:43 > 1:32:48chance to get out of this tricky situation here in the fourth end,
1:32:48 > 1:32:53trying to move these two US stones. Has he done it? No, I don't think
1:32:53 > 1:32:59so, not going to get two. He might have got the one, but that could be
1:32:59 > 1:33:03a steal, John Shuster thinks so. I think he is right. It is close,
1:33:03 > 1:33:08though.
1:33:09 > 1:33:13though. I reckon that is at least half an inch closer, what do you
1:33:13 > 1:33:19think?I don't think I can call that one. Why is oh, go on!Tilting my
1:33:19 > 1:33:25head here.I think yellow was closer, but we are going to have a
1:33:25 > 1:33:31measure, it doesn't matter what I think.I will go red just to be
1:33:31 > 1:33:35difficult.I will sit on the fence, like I have done most of the week!
1:33:35 > 1:33:39That is why the measuring device is there, because we can all disagree.
1:33:39 > 1:33:44It all depends on how you are looking at it from the overhead. It
1:33:44 > 1:33:51is not exact. This is why we need them to be measured.So both skips
1:33:51 > 1:33:56over
1:33:58 > 1:34:01over threw their stones, that ice doesn't pull as much as if you have
1:34:01 > 1:34:06more running on the stones.What happened for Niklas, he
1:34:06 > 1:34:10overcompensated and threw it out of the way, he was scared it was going
1:34:10 > 1:34:18to curl too much. I think this is the US. There you go. Never in
1:34:18 > 1:34:28doubt! Half an inch! Maybe three millimetres!
1:34:30 > 1:34:38Well, USA get the steal - not by much, but that is crucial in terms
1:34:38 > 1:34:43of, I think, confidence as well. John Shuster didn't play the shot he
1:34:43 > 1:34:48wanted with his second, but Niklas Edin also just feeling the pressure
1:34:48 > 1:34:53a little bit perhaps. So USA have the lead now, they are 3-2 ahead
1:34:53 > 1:34:59after four ends of this cracking gold medal match. It is going to be
1:34:59 > 1:35:07a close one. USA on top early on here, and they have made some great
1:35:07 > 1:35:14shots, that is the first little error from Niklas Edin.
1:35:29 > 1:35:37Are you ready, Matt?
1:35:37 > 1:35:51So John Landsteiner, the lead for USA.Three!It looks deeper than
1:35:51 > 1:36:04three to me.You can get it there. Come on.Good atmosphere in the
1:36:04 > 1:36:10curling arena, and we are expecting it to continue for the GB women's
1:36:10 > 1:36:13match. If you are just getting up this Saturday morning, this is the
1:36:13 > 1:36:18gold medal match between USA and Sweden. Niklas Edin, knocked out at
1:36:18 > 1:36:25the semifinal stage by GB four years ago, he has waited for his gold
1:36:25 > 1:36:28medal opportunity, and the women's team has also made the final,
1:36:28 > 1:36:35beating Eve Muirhead and her team, so the British team going for
1:36:35 > 1:36:41bronze. And after Billy Morgan's bronze today, Great Britain with
1:36:41 > 1:36:46five medals at these Winter Olympics, a chance to make it six in
1:36:46 > 1:36:57a few hours' time. That match starts at 11 o'clock this morning UK time.
1:36:57 > 1:37:06Keep it moving!Very upset after losing the semifinal last night, so
1:37:06 > 1:37:10one of the most difficult games to play, the bronze game, after the
1:37:10 > 1:37:14upset, knowing that you can't win the gold medal you have been working
1:37:14 > 1:37:19so hard for, but you need to have a good night's sleep, dust yourself
1:37:19 > 1:37:25off, get out there and make sure you don't go home with nothing.
1:37:39 > 1:37:46Yes, Niklas Edin knows what that feels like, wanting to make sure he
1:37:46 > 1:37:49doesn't end up in the same situation again. One of the ways you do that,
1:37:49 > 1:37:54you come out on top in the round-robin, the fact that Canada...
1:37:54 > 1:37:58Well, they were in the medal match, beaten for the bronze medal, but not
1:37:58 > 1:38:05in the gold medal match, Niklas Edin, the one who guided his team
1:38:05 > 1:38:10through the round-robin to finish top. And they ended up playing
1:38:10 > 1:38:15Switzerland.
1:38:15 > 1:38:20One of the things I notice about North American teams' communication
1:38:20 > 1:38:27is that it is very pointed, like a little bit negative in some ways.
1:38:27 > 1:38:32Like, you don't want to do that, why are we doing this? Rather than, what
1:38:32 > 1:38:36about this option? This is another option that could get a good result
1:38:36 > 1:38:40- just sounds a bit more positive. That seems to work for them, can't
1:38:40 > 1:38:45criticise them too much, they are here in the Olympic final!Yeah,
1:38:45 > 1:38:52they are doing something right.I think Matt Hamilton thought was
1:38:52 > 1:39:01heavy there, but that just pulled opposite, took the curl. You can see
1:39:01 > 1:39:05in thinking, oh, my goodness, I have overthrown this! Guppy did in the
1:39:05 > 1:39:12last end, and that is what got them in a spot of bother.Granted, they
1:39:12 > 1:39:17stole in the end, but it was looking good for Sweden for a while.Yes, he
1:39:17 > 1:39:21needs to reign that moustache in, giving him a bit of extra power this
1:39:21 > 1:39:36afternoon. So Rasmus Wranaa. Second for Sweden. Sweden keep the hammer,
1:39:36 > 1:39:42of course, despite losing one, the steal for the USA. And he just clips
1:39:42 > 1:39:49that on the way through.But that is a good shot. Even, they have moved
1:39:49 > 1:39:53the stole off the centre line, where they do not want the player to be,
1:39:53 > 1:39:57and they have spun another one in the house. We saw my sister Lauren
1:39:57 > 1:40:02playing a similar shot in the semifinal against Sweden, a very
1:40:02 > 1:40:06nifty shot to play.Yes, and it is on the right side - if you don't
1:40:06 > 1:40:13make the shot, make sure you are tied, rather than wide.Yeah, he
1:40:13 > 1:40:16looked a tad embarrassed, but Niklas Edin saying, no, good, happy with
1:40:16 > 1:40:23that.It is one of those shots that you would quite like to call
1:40:23 > 1:40:26sometimes, but it is not always guarantee that he will make it, and
1:40:26 > 1:40:33there is not always a great second option, so you will see the freeze
1:40:33 > 1:40:37thrown more often.
1:40:48 > 1:40:51Once more encouraging the sweepers, Tyler George and John Landsteiner,
1:40:51 > 1:41:00to work hard, take this one in. Is it going to get round? Just catches.
1:41:00 > 1:41:05Well, it doesn't quite roll across and sit on the red.Steve, you were
1:41:05 > 1:41:11talking earlier about curling shoes, and how they look a bit battered, I
1:41:11 > 1:41:14am sure we need to start a campaign to get Tyler a better pair! He has
1:41:14 > 1:41:18been paying with a very old pair of trainers for as long as I can
1:41:18 > 1:41:27remember watching him play. They look like old squash shoes that he
1:41:27 > 1:41:32has turned into curling shoes!They look about 20 years old, must be his
1:41:32 > 1:41:43favourites.Must be. He has worn them in well.
1:41:54 > 1:41:59Well, important for Sweden that they respond quickly and well here,
1:41:59 > 1:42:02getting some stones in the house now, and we said that might not be
1:42:02 > 1:42:07the best option for the USA, but we saw in the last end, they put a bit
1:42:07 > 1:42:14more pressure of Niklas Edin, so maybe wanting to have fewer stones
1:42:14 > 1:42:17around this time.
1:42:24 > 1:42:28So targeting...Yes, they will come down with a comfortable weight, they
1:42:28 > 1:42:35want to get past the top red guard and tapped the yellow through. But I
1:42:35 > 1:42:41think that might have touched. I think that touched the way past.He
1:42:41 > 1:42:44was definitely on the wrong side of that stone there, just wanted to tap
1:42:44 > 1:42:52it back. Let's have another look at it coming through, it is very close.
1:42:52 > 1:42:58Oh, it does as well, just a fraction.Young eyes.Well spotted!
1:42:58 > 1:43:03When the guys are sweeping so much over the top of the stone, you can't
1:43:03 > 1:43:08really see.Well, I think the point being, had it gone by, it would have
1:43:08 > 1:43:12been a much better stone, because it would have caught the yellow where
1:43:12 > 1:43:18he wanted to. That slight nudge just changed things. So Tyler George down
1:43:18 > 1:43:24here with plenty of weight. And he is keeping the pressure on Niklas
1:43:24 > 1:43:35Edin. Like that one, looks up to the crowd. John Landsteiner working
1:43:35 > 1:43:47hard, sweeping well. And he has got that yellow just to come across
1:43:47 > 1:43:53behind a little bit too far perhaps, Eriksson can see it, the yellow on
1:43:53 > 1:44:05the left. Or will he go for the one on the right here?
1:44:06 > 1:44:10Sweden in a spot of bother here, lying four against, and USA some
1:44:10 > 1:44:17very useful stones at the end. They could ignore those ones and play
1:44:17 > 1:44:28draw around the corner guard to make a freeze on the T-line.
1:44:28 > 1:44:37Well, certainly, Niklas Edin having to draw on all of his experience and
1:44:37 > 1:44:43knowledge here. USA making some good shots, and that won't not coming in
1:44:43 > 1:44:50quite as far as he wanted to.Yeah, I think the left arm was a little
1:44:50 > 1:44:54bit too long, they could have been sweeping that most of the way.
1:45:15 > 1:45:25They are talking about a/ bang.He is only short by a wallop. Smash,
1:45:25 > 1:45:28bang, wallop.
1:45:39 > 1:45:45John Landsteiner is there to tell him what you can see. He is having a
1:45:45 > 1:45:53peak now. He always does that, stares down the other end, waits for
1:45:53 > 1:45:57the call.He must be bored today because he doesn't have another game
1:45:57 > 1:46:06to watch while this is going on! They can't cover every option,
1:46:06 > 1:46:10either. They have to play the shot best for them and leave Niklas Edin
1:46:10 > 1:46:16to play the shot he has to. They are up over talking. So many options
1:46:16 > 1:46:21here.
1:46:21 > 1:46:24here.They are pretty excited right now because they smell a big
1:46:24 > 1:46:32opportunity.That is the danger, you get too carried away. This is the
1:46:32 > 1:46:36fifth end, and you're thinking, we might not get so many chances to
1:46:36 > 1:46:42score so well.They are using up a lot of thinking time anyway. They
1:46:42 > 1:46:45have to .5 minutes more. I'm sure they have their own opinion on the
1:46:45 > 1:46:48bench.
1:47:01 > 1:47:05Ivanka is off. She can't stand the attention! I know, there is a queue
1:47:05 > 1:47:11for the tea and coffee.She's gone to get to the front of the queue.
1:47:11 > 1:47:17I'll ask to get me a coffee.I'm sure she can afford it!
1:47:21 > 1:47:30These guys want to come in right into the T-line, if they can. They
1:47:30 > 1:47:39don't want to be too heavy. That is a nice stone.
1:47:41 > 1:47:52a nice stone.Line three, which Tyler George liked line read. To try
1:47:52 > 1:48:01to close things at the other side. Sweden have got to change something
1:48:01 > 1:48:06here. Too many yellows. It is getting crowded.This yellow stone
1:48:06 > 1:48:11splitting the centre line is scary because even if they manage to get a
1:48:11 > 1:48:16red stone behind it, it is an extremely short race for the USA to
1:48:16 > 1:48:21remove it. Maybe they will run it on to the two yellow two that are
1:48:21 > 1:48:31closest to the button.Still got three stones left, Sweden. He now
1:48:31 > 1:48:40decides this is the time to get rid of some of these.They might be able
1:48:40 > 1:48:46to spend the red stone up a bit. If he can move it into a second shot
1:48:46 > 1:48:56session, it occurred turn this end around.Lots of weight. He picked
1:48:56 > 1:49:00out, go straight through, shooter doesn't stay, either, not the result
1:49:00 > 1:49:09they needed or wanted. A little look from Niklas Edin.Some of those
1:49:09 > 1:49:16shots not coming off in this gold-medal match.For me, it was
1:49:16 > 1:49:19surprising to see him play the shot like that because he missed it on
1:49:19 > 1:49:25the wrong side. If he had hit it thinner, they could have got a good
1:49:25 > 1:49:33result.The only thing in his favour, he has cleared a route in
1:49:33 > 1:49:43but we still have two American stones to be played.
1:49:51 > 1:49:55I think they don't want to be overly greedy because if they start to be
1:49:55 > 1:50:01greedy and tried to take this end from Niklas Edin and go further into
1:50:01 > 1:50:06the house, they make it easier for him to get closer to the four foot
1:50:06 > 1:50:15and tried to manipulate that two for themselves.
1:50:15 > 1:50:23There is an opportunity still, if they put the guard on for Niklas
1:50:23 > 1:50:28Edin, to go around the right-hand side, down into the shot in the
1:50:28 > 1:50:32house, whether or not he has enough weight to tap it through,
1:50:32 > 1:50:38interesting to see.I like the level of communication in the USA team at
1:50:38 > 1:50:45the moment. Although it is quite pointed, there is a lot of
1:50:45 > 1:50:49discussion about the right things and supporting each other, and it is
1:50:49 > 1:50:54what we didn't see from the Canadians in the bronze medal game,
1:50:54 > 1:50:59where it was as if somebody had muted them all. It was strange.I
1:50:59 > 1:51:02don't think they could believe what they were seeing themselves so they
1:51:02 > 1:51:11were very quiet.So, guard put in place by USA, safety first here.
1:51:11 > 1:51:18That's too long from the USA, they are beginning to get closer to the
1:51:18 > 1:51:24house because all they've done is given Sweden and out because they
1:51:24 > 1:51:29can draw one in behind and get in to shot position. That was not a good
1:51:29 > 1:51:34shot from John Shuster.He was caught between the devil and the
1:51:34 > 1:51:37deep blue sea. He knew she didn't want to be in the house but he was
1:51:37 > 1:51:48way too short.So, Niklas Edin, uses the line to the front yellow, and
1:51:48 > 1:51:58between the yellow and the red, come into the house.
1:51:58 > 1:52:06Needs to find a better shot than in the last end. He can play two
1:52:06 > 1:52:15accurate stones and still get two. How is his first one? Will he be
1:52:15 > 1:52:21able to respond here?We are going to see the Niklas Edin shots we
1:52:21 > 1:52:30fully expect to see? Has he passed? Just. Now they need to stop.Needs
1:52:30 > 1:52:36to stop. Just needs to pull up in the button. Great shot from Niklas
1:52:36 > 1:52:43Edin, responding well to the mistake from his team-mate. Oskar will be
1:52:43 > 1:52:47happy his skip has produced one pair. To be fair, John Shuster gave
1:52:47 > 1:52:53them the opportunity. That guard is long, and they came by it by half an
1:52:53 > 1:53:03inch or so. He tucks it in. Nice shot from Edin. So, all change.
1:53:03 > 1:53:08That's a long discussion a couple of shots ago where USA were thinking
1:53:08 > 1:53:12they could do a high five, and all of a sudden they've got Sweden with
1:53:12 > 1:53:18shot. There is still plenty in there. So, similar shot from John
1:53:18 > 1:53:26Shuster?Niklas Edin was begging them to stop because if it goes
1:53:26 > 1:53:31further, it is easy for a draw so this is forcing them to play the
1:53:31 > 1:53:37draw.Coming down the same route. This looks like it might be even
1:53:37 > 1:53:42tighter, this one. It is heavy. Niklas Edin past the guard by a
1:53:42 > 1:53:49whisper. Are they going to get the edge of the red? No, straight
1:53:49 > 1:53:56through.I wonder if Tyler talked John Shuster into that because he
1:53:56 > 1:54:07was saying, a tap might be nice. All of a sudden, he overthrows it.That
1:54:07 > 1:54:11was so, so close! If he had just caught a fraction of that, it would
1:54:11 > 1:54:15have changed the direction of the stone, probably into the path of the
1:54:15 > 1:54:22Swedish red.
1:54:30 > 1:54:37Same shot for Niklas Edin, draw down onto his red stain. Shouldn't be too
1:54:37 > 1:54:43far away.Great opportunity for Niklas Edin. Just needs to follow
1:54:43 > 1:54:51the stay and he sets down a minute or two ago. A little bit more room
1:54:51 > 1:54:55for error this time. It is more about the weight here. He has given
1:54:55 > 1:55:03it a little bit more ice. Will this stop? Is it going to stop? He should
1:55:03 > 1:55:15be fine.It is. It just does.It is in his favour so they pick up two,
1:55:15 > 1:55:20which is really what they needed to do after giving up a steal in the
1:55:20 > 1:55:25previous end. An enthralling match this, some great shotmaking, some
1:55:25 > 1:55:31mistakes creeping in as the pressure builds but after five ends, there is
1:55:31 > 1:55:38one shot in it, Sweden leading the United States 4-3.
1:55:38 > 1:55:44STUDIO: Sweden with a slight lead in
1:55:44 > 1:55:45United States 4-3. STUDIO: Sweden with a slight lead in
1:55:45 > 1:55:48this match. I am still in Pyeongchang. I'm not sure what has
1:55:48 > 1:55:55happened with the weather! I am not sure. The slopes are somewhere
1:55:55 > 1:56:00behind me. If you've just joined us on BBC Two, good morning, here is
1:56:00 > 1:56:03what you've missed on an action packed penultimate day at the Winter
1:56:03 > 1:56:11Olympics. Snowboarder Billy Morgan won Big Air bronze today, securing a
1:56:11 > 1:56:14fifth medal of these Games for Great Britain, a record Winter Olympic
1:56:14 > 1:56:19Hall.
1:56:23 > 1:56:36Hall. Canada's Toutant upstaged the others, winning gold. The Czech
1:56:36 > 1:56:47Republic Ledecka has won gold medals in two different disciplines. The
1:56:47 > 1:56:53first woman to ever do that. Germany look a good bet to win the
1:56:53 > 1:57:00bobsleigh. The German crew hold zero point to nine second lead over their
1:57:00 > 1:57:10South Korean live. -- rivals. The Great Britain team finished 17 and
1:57:10 > 1:57:1918. Switzerland claimed the final Alpine skiing medal by taking the
1:57:19 > 1:57:28team event. That Alpine team bronze for Norway was the 48th Pyeongchang
1:57:28 > 1:57:36medal. Surpassing USA's 37 set at the Vancouver Games in 2010. A
1:57:36 > 1:57:43second Russian athlete has been thrown out of the Pyeongchang Winter
1:57:43 > 1:57:48Olympics after failing a drugs test. The Court of Arbitration for Sport
1:57:48 > 1:57:53anti-doping division have announced that decision today. So it was
1:57:53 > 1:57:58history for Billy Morgan, a first Olympic medal on a snowboard for a
1:57:58 > 1:58:02man. He follows in the footsteps of Jenny Jones who won bronze in Sochi
1:58:02 > 1:58:08four years ago and after the event, she spoke to Billy Morgan.Oh my
1:58:08 > 1:58:16God, Billy Morgan, you legend!What a wild ride that was.What are you
1:58:16 > 1:58:21thinking right this second?I don't know, it is just wild, I had bad
1:58:21 > 1:58:25training, I fell on the first run, I thought it was game over. I was
1:58:25 > 1:58:28thinking I hope I don't fall over three times and everyone will be
1:58:28 > 1:58:34devastated at home. All my mates are in a bar watching, and they're all
1:58:34 > 1:58:41going to be like...Oh. That was a mindset?Come on! I thought, if our
1:58:41 > 1:58:47land one John, I'll be stoked.The first one was so deep. We saw you
1:58:47 > 1:58:51had that crash. Second run, you landed, what did you think on the
1:58:51 > 1:58:59third?I thought I needed to goes at it. I had a sore bottom. Hamish told
1:58:59 > 1:59:03me to go slower and time it right, island it and I didn't know what to
1:59:03 > 1:59:09do!Has it sunk in yet? You are a bronze medallist, Billy!No, I'm
1:59:09 > 1:59:14sure it'll hit me later. If you come into the contest thinking I'm
1:59:14 > 1:59:17shooting for a medal, you're ready for it but I didn't.Two weeks ago,
1:59:17 > 1:59:24would you have thought that?No. As I said, I'd be stoked if I made the
1:59:24 > 1:59:32finals.So, yeah, happy days. STUDIO: He has a big bronze medal
1:59:32 > 1:59:37around his neck as well as a sore bottom. We will head straight back
1:59:37 > 1:59:43to the curling for the gold medal match between Sweden and the USA.
1:59:43 > 1:59:47Sweden, European champions, taking on the USA. They have a slight lead
1:59:47 > 1:59:50at the halfway point so let's head back to our commentary team.
1:59:55 > 1:59:59It is perfectly poised, United States trailing by one, they will
1:59:59 > 2:00:03have the hammer in the sixth end. Ivanka Trump here after her trip to
2:00:03 > 2:00:08the Big Air, she is here to support the United States team, they've got
2:00:08 > 2:00:13great support in the stand as well. They've had a great half-time talk,
2:00:13 > 2:00:20he said you've got this, just keep playing the way you're going.
2:00:20 > 2:00:25They must be delighted with the way they are played, they have kept
2:00:25 > 2:00:30Sweden shackled, really, Niklas Edin taking the opportunity to get two
2:00:30 > 2:00:35nice
2:00:35 > 2:00:39nice draws at the end of that event, I'm sure their team talk was pretty
2:00:39 > 2:00:43positive. All to play for, a match that has so far lived up its gold
2:00:43 > 2:00:50medal billing.
2:00:58 > 2:01:02Lots of activity in the stands, a lot of people head off at half-time
2:01:02 > 2:01:06for a cup of tea or whatever refreshment is offered. They take a
2:01:06 > 2:01:13little while to get back into their seats. Play continues, John
2:01:13 > 2:01:17Landsteiner, the lead. The two leads have done a pretty good job so far,
2:01:17 > 2:01:25probably in terms of stats, the big shots. Shuster has missed a couple,
2:01:25 > 2:01:30Matt Hamilton, of the other players, has probably allowed a few small
2:01:30 > 2:01:38errors to creep in.I think USA will be disappointed to have gone in at
2:01:38 > 2:01:40half-time one behind, they definitely had the upper hand in the
2:01:40 > 2:01:49fifth, it looked like Sweden did not even score one, but those two misses
2:01:49 > 2:01:57by John Shuster to finish the end really gifted the two to Sweden.S,
2:01:57 > 2:02:01I think I was saying they're probably know, and at the time they
2:02:01 > 2:02:06certainly knew, it must have been going through their minds, we might
2:02:06 > 2:02:09not get those situations developing again, where there is a chance to
2:02:09 > 2:02:15really score well. But if nothing else, don't allow Sweden to get
2:02:15 > 2:02:19their two. They did in the end, that guard from John Shuster not quite in
2:02:19 > 2:02:26the right place. As ever, two or three inches out, six inches away
2:02:26 > 2:02:30from where you want to be, it allows your opposition to capitalise. They
2:02:30 > 2:02:35don't often do, of course, but Niklas Edin, one of the best, making
2:02:35 > 2:02:40sure he did. Two nice draws to complete that fifth end, so we are
2:02:40 > 2:02:50now
2:02:52 > 2:02:57into the sixth.They did not give away any cheap points, so they will
2:02:57 > 2:03:00want to make sure they don't do that in the second half if they want to
2:03:00 > 2:03:05win a gold medal.Well, as the pressure starts to build, all of
2:03:05 > 2:03:12these players are miced up, if you do hear the odd expletive, we do
2:03:12 > 2:03:15apologise. And if you speak Swedish and you have heard something you
2:03:15 > 2:03:25shouldn't have done, we would like to apologise!
2:03:25 > 2:03:32He just picks that away.
2:03:32 > 2:03:40John Shuster has been tweeting, he has got his kids here, Mr
2:03:40 > 2:03:45Youngsters, they had their picture taken with Lindsey Vonn. -- his two
2:03:45 > 2:03:53youngsters. So many celebs have been enjoying the journey of this US
2:03:53 > 2:04:02team, I think Mr T is their biggest fan.
2:04:10 > 2:04:15All on his own, John Landsteiner, trying to get across to that yellow,
2:04:15 > 2:04:21or in line with that yellow.
2:04:21 > 2:04:25or in line with that yellow. Well, after two or three ends where we had
2:04:25 > 2:04:28plenty of stones in play, this one might end up a little different
2:04:28 > 2:04:38here. I wonder is Sweden feel as if, despite leading, they need to change
2:04:38 > 2:04:45things up a little.I don't think they will be changing their game
2:04:45 > 2:04:49plan in anyway, they have been quite reserved, quite defensive by their
2:04:49 > 2:04:54standards, they just need to make a few more shots. Very
2:04:54 > 2:05:00uncharacteristic miss in the first and and then in the fourth end as
2:05:00 > 2:05:07well, so just tighten things up, yeah, more of the same otherwise.So
2:05:07 > 2:05:10if you are just waking up, this is the gold medal match, Great Britain
2:05:10 > 2:05:17go in the women's bronze medal match after this, 11am, Great Britain
2:05:17 > 2:05:24versus Japan. Japan lost out in the extra end against Korea. Of course,
2:05:24 > 2:05:28Great Britain, any end, were well beaten by Sweden, and although they
2:05:28 > 2:05:33didn't play I know Eve Muirhead reiterated the fact that Sweden did
2:05:33 > 2:05:43play very well indeed. They were not able to put any pressure on Anna
2:05:43 > 2:05:50Hasselborg, the scope of the Swedish team, who had started well. So both
2:05:50 > 2:05:58Swedish curling teams going for gold here, so Niklas Edin the first, they
2:05:58 > 2:06:06lead by one. They were trying to sweep that out, it was never going
2:06:06 > 2:06:14to quite get there, that red. But they do lie two, the USA, and they
2:06:14 > 2:06:22have the hammer. Oskar Eriksson looking to make amends. He just got
2:06:22 > 2:06:32a look, didn't he, in the previous end from Niklas Edin? I think they
2:06:32 > 2:06:38have got such high standards, these guys. And it is not just Niklas
2:06:38 > 2:06:41Edin's gold medal - they are all desperately fighting for this, they
2:06:41 > 2:06:48want it really badly. He talked a lot, Edin, before these Olympic
2:06:48 > 2:06:51Games, people were saying about the pressure, coming in as joint
2:06:51 > 2:06:56favourites - and he said no, the Olympic Games is the big stage, this
2:06:56 > 2:06:59is what I play for, this is what I enjoy, the pressure is a positive
2:06:59 > 2:07:06thing. To show how good we are.It is true what they say, you have to
2:07:06 > 2:07:11be a little bit of a showman, you have to be able to deal with the
2:07:11 > 2:07:14situation of the huge stage that you are performing on. If you are not
2:07:14 > 2:07:18comfortable on that stage, that is when shots will not be played well
2:07:18 > 2:07:22and stress will get to you. So if you like the showmanship, here I am,
2:07:22 > 2:07:26I own this space, if it is not for you, it is not for the
2:07:26 > 2:07:34faint-hearted, for sure.It is something you get taught as a
2:07:34 > 2:07:39junior, as a skip - you kind of swagger about, almost intimidate
2:07:39 > 2:07:42your opposition number, let them know there is no way they are
2:07:42 > 2:07:45winning today.
2:07:57 > 2:08:05Going for the double take-out here. Gets it!Well, that is improved the
2:08:05 > 2:08:09situation for Sweden somewhat. As I said, slightly different end to that
2:08:09 > 2:08:17which we have seen in the previous two or three. USA with the hammer
2:08:17 > 2:08:23there, they obviously have the opportunity
2:08:23 > 2:08:26opportunity to blank the end. They are still got a red out in front to
2:08:26 > 2:08:30work with. -- they have still got.
2:08:48 > 2:08:55Asgood draw, stays high in the house, so close to the guard. If
2:08:55 > 2:08:59they had drifted down to the T-line, there is more time for the stone to
2:08:59 > 2:09:03go and allow Sweden to push it out of the house, so would force a
2:09:03 > 2:09:12Sweden to play a run bike instead, which is a more missable shot. --
2:09:12 > 2:09:17runback.
2:09:29 > 2:09:33Ly well I think the Canadians are getting a tough time from the
2:09:33 > 2:09:38American fans in here!They are, they are! A lot of Canadians would
2:09:38 > 2:09:41have had tickets for this, as the gold medal match - there would have
2:09:41 > 2:09:47been a level of assumption around Canada being in this game. Now, has
2:09:47 > 2:09:50Niklas Edin got this right? Looking to run this red back onto the
2:09:50 > 2:09:58yellow. Misses.They have been talking about that shot that Niklas
2:09:58 > 2:10:02Edin missed to make the final, it was a lot like this one, only just
2:10:02 > 2:10:07missed the
2:10:11 > 2:10:15missed the shot stone.Well, he calmly, I am sure not calmly inside,
2:10:15 > 2:10:21look out much he was willing that one, he thought he had it. And then
2:10:21 > 2:10:29he realises he doesn't. He contains his anger, he grabs his drinks
2:10:29 > 2:10:32bottle and looks calm and collected again, just a little shake of the
2:10:32 > 2:10:42head.
2:10:44 > 2:10:48So, John Shuster, over to you.
2:10:59 > 2:11:05Matt, it is always you! Always you, Matt.Just hearing them calling the
2:11:05 > 2:11:07numbers as to where they think this is going to finish up, how far back
2:11:07 > 2:11:16in the house.Go ahead, go!So seven would have been right on the T-line.
2:11:16 > 2:11:23You heard him saying, one or two comments of eight or nine, seven is
2:11:23 > 2:11:30about right, seven and a half.
2:11:30 > 2:11:34So the USA, with two there, a nice position that he has put that yellow
2:11:34 > 2:11:45in. There is a red there. If they are trying to shift both of them at
2:11:45 > 2:11:49the same time, they can only shift one, of course, a great chance for
2:11:49 > 2:11:58John Shuster to get his two. So I think, what is it going to play, hit
2:11:58 > 2:12:04and roll over behind the yellow? Yeah, he is going to try and come in
2:12:04 > 2:12:11behind the USA yellow.
2:12:17 > 2:12:21It is not really worth going for the double, you would risk giving up
2:12:21 > 2:12:26three by going for it, so trying to make it as difficult as possible for
2:12:26 > 2:12:31USA to score two.He would really like to put this in behind the
2:12:31 > 2:12:36yellow, takes that one out, it is just going to catch it a little
2:12:36 > 2:12:42thin. How far is it going? Well, right at the back of the house, but
2:12:42 > 2:12:51not really putting any pressure on Joe -- John Shuster, so this will be
2:12:51 > 2:12:56a fairly straightforward two. Just has to get this into the eight foot,
2:12:56 > 2:13:01doesn't need to be any better than that. They will get their two.It
2:13:01 > 2:13:04has been a while since I have seen Niklas Edin played so poorly,
2:13:04 > 2:13:11actually. It is very surprising. Well, you know, when the price... We
2:13:11 > 2:13:18said before this match, USA, it is almost a shot to nothing, a silver
2:13:18 > 2:13:25medal, no-one was not saying they are not playing for gold, of course
2:13:25 > 2:13:29they are, they are playing superbly well. But Niklas Edin has set his
2:13:29 > 2:13:35sights on this gold medal - he has been very vocal about how much it
2:13:35 > 2:13:42means to him, that this is what he has come here for. At the start of
2:13:42 > 2:13:46the competition, it looked as though he got his team firing on all
2:13:46 > 2:13:52cylinders, but it is USA who are on fire here in this final. They pick
2:13:52 > 2:13:58up two, they go back in the lead, it is 5-4, it is not just the 1-shot
2:13:58 > 2:14:00lead they have, they have the momentum as well, making the better
2:14:00 > 2:14:09shots. But the Hammack goes back to Sweden, all still to play for here,
2:14:09 > 2:14:12Sweden have one many times from this situation, and other four ends to
2:14:12 > 2:14:21play here. Great support for both teams.
2:14:26 > 2:14:30I don't think it is just an Olympic gold medal that Niklas Edin is
2:14:30 > 2:14:36playing for here. When you think about, like, in tennis, Nadals,
2:14:36 > 2:14:41Federers, Murrays, known as all-time greats already and still in the
2:14:41 > 2:14:46prime of their career, then Niklas Edin, if you can pick up the gold
2:14:46 > 2:14:49medal, he is moving into that territory as well, as one of the
2:14:49 > 2:14:58greatest ever. So there is a lot on the line for Niklas, and I wonder if
2:14:58 > 2:15:04that is tightening him up a little bit.
2:15:04 > 2:15:14The two-time Olympic champion Nordberg is here as well. Canada are
2:15:14 > 2:15:20used to winning medals and curling and so are Sweden.Niklas Edin is
2:15:20 > 2:15:24carrying a huge weight on his shoulders. The waiters put on
2:15:24 > 2:15:31themselves. -- the weight is put on themselves. He wants to get the
2:15:31 > 2:15:37title and the credibility he deserves.You look at the body
2:15:37 > 2:15:45language out there, the US guys are having a great time.
2:15:45 > 2:15:49having a great time. It is really dangerous to play against a team
2:15:49 > 2:15:54feeling that way, just enjoying themselves, just making shots. You
2:15:54 > 2:16:00look at the comparison to the Swedes, they looked tense, shoulders
2:16:00 > 2:16:04up around their ears, less communication. It makes a
2:16:04 > 2:16:08difference.The USA team have nothing to lose and everything to
2:16:08 > 2:16:11gain just because nobody expected them to be in the final of the
2:16:11 > 2:16:21Olympic final.I wonder, as this progresses, whether or not that
2:16:21 > 2:16:25becomes pressured to them because, all of a sudden, you go, this is
2:16:25 > 2:16:31great, we are in the Olympic final, we are going to win a guaranteed
2:16:31 > 2:16:36medal. All of a sudden, the big prize is very close. The closer you
2:16:36 > 2:16:42get to the gold medal, the more difficult for anybody, the more
2:16:42 > 2:16:47difficult these shots are going to be.At the elite level, it is quite
2:16:47 > 2:16:51common, let's say, for the Games to be tight all the way right down to
2:16:51 > 2:16:57the final three ends. Where the cream rises to the top is between
2:16:57 > 2:17:01that seventh and tenth end, as the two teams jostled to put themselves
2:17:01 > 2:17:13in a position to pin each game on a shot.So, Christoffer Sundgren.
2:17:17 > 2:17:31Hasn't done too much wrong at all. Tops that US stone.
2:17:31 > 2:17:40I think you can probably make the backline! Either run the guard into
2:17:40 > 2:17:49it, or...I want to throw just through.
2:17:49 > 2:17:55So, Matt Hamilton with that lucky lime green hat. I think we are lucky
2:17:55 > 2:18:03he doesn't wear it, to be honest. He has it tucked into his back pocket.
2:18:09 > 2:18:15Does he use the hat for anything?I don't know, it looks like it's been
2:18:15 > 2:18:22nowhere else but the back pocket. Not lucky on that occasion, was it?
2:18:22 > 2:18:27And he is the one that has been making little errors, that haven't
2:18:27 > 2:18:31been too costly so far but there is another one there.
2:18:40 > 2:18:45Sweden will look to bounce back with a score of two. A blank end is also
2:18:45 > 2:18:50a good outcome for them.Yeah, they would carry the hammer into the
2:18:50 > 2:18:56eighth. At the moment, you'd say the advantage with the US, for various
2:18:56 > 2:19:02reasons, but it changes so fast. A couple of stones $:/STARTFEED. All
2:19:02 > 2:19:06of a sudden, you have a different matter in your hands. Sweden, a
2:19:06 > 2:19:10little mistake from Matt Hamilton.
2:19:16 > 2:19:26Half a stone too far, they wanted it alongside that yellow stone, really.
2:19:39 > 2:19:44Maybe a chance to make the double here. Going to try to sneak one by
2:19:44 > 2:19:51the top guard and remove both of the reds.So, Matt Hamilton looking to
2:19:51 > 2:19:53make amends.
2:19:57 > 2:20:01He is watching it intently. Has it got this one and the other one? The
2:20:01 > 2:20:06two of them go, a superb shots, and once more the United States
2:20:06 > 2:20:13cheerleaders are on their feet. They will be acknowledged by Matt
2:20:13 > 2:20:20Hamilton. He has a little look up. He is the cheerleader of the team
2:20:20 > 2:20:24down there as well. So, not only does he take the two out but he has
2:20:24 > 2:20:32tucked the yellow in as well. There you go, is he pumped up or what?
2:20:32 > 2:20:34Giving it large.
2:20:39 > 2:20:43It is great to see Matt Hamilton doing well because one of my
2:20:43 > 2:20:48complaints about the mixed doubles, he came into the event as the Aix
2:20:48 > 2:20:52star, he became an overnight star in America, and they didn't do very
2:20:52 > 2:20:56well in the mixed doubles with his sister so there was an opportunity
2:20:56 > 2:21:00lost for the world of curling but doing much better in the team game,
2:21:00 > 2:21:09as you can see.Yeah, by contrast, you've just seen Rasmus Wranaa
2:21:09 > 2:21:12smacking his rushed down, he is not happy at all would shot he just
2:21:12 > 2:21:21played. And it comes up short.
2:21:22 > 2:21:24played. And it comes up short. So, Tyler George, then. He doesn't look
2:21:24 > 2:21:30like a sports star, with those beaten up shoes he is renowned for
2:21:30 > 2:21:34wearing, odd socks as well.
2:21:39 > 2:21:43He has been playing superbly well for the United States and again
2:21:43 > 2:21:48today giving his skip an awful lot to work with. Tyler George coming
2:21:48 > 2:21:56right in that against the back stone on the button.He is making a run
2:21:56 > 2:22:04for MVP.He is.
2:22:05 > 2:22:10Niklas Edin needs to get something going for Sweden. They are fighting
2:22:10 > 2:22:15this American team on the ice, they are fighting the American crowd in
2:22:15 > 2:22:23the stands. Most of the support is with the stars and stripes. A little
2:22:23 > 2:22:28clutch of yellow and blue down to our left but we are talking about
2:22:28 > 2:22:3420-30 people, just the families, one or two over on the far side, not
2:22:34 > 2:22:39making too much noise at the moment. Oskar Eriksson, then.
2:22:45 > 2:22:50They are playing a very poor end at the moment, the Swedes, but they
2:22:50 > 2:22:56will try to open up the front and spin the red stationery stone into
2:22:56 > 2:23:02the house. It didn't hit it quite right. I think they'd hoped it would
2:23:02 > 2:23:10hit the yellow in the wide shot. But they have a chance to score.
2:23:11 > 2:23:15they have a chance to score.We are expecting a guard here.
2:23:24 > 2:23:34Niklas Edin is only one shot in this. Sweden have the hammer here.
2:23:34 > 2:23:40Tyler George will hope to sit this one on the centre line. Just inside
2:23:40 > 2:23:42the house would be perfect.
2:23:56 > 2:24:02Another couple of inches would be nice with Tyler George continuing to
2:24:02 > 2:24:07play nice shots.It seemed to settle down very quickly.That was a pretty
2:24:07 > 2:24:13good look the that Sweden can see about half of that stone and even
2:24:13 > 2:24:21maybe more. We talked about John Landsteiner having an advantage, so
2:24:21 > 2:24:25he will be able to seek more than a right-handed player will be able to
2:24:25 > 2:24:34see. -- to see more.
2:24:34 > 2:24:35see. -- to see more.So, Oskar Eriksson, got his skip into a little
2:24:35 > 2:24:46bit of bother in the previous end. The third, such an important role.
2:24:46 > 2:24:50The skip is out there to make the big shots but they have to be helped
2:24:50 > 2:24:55a little bit more when things are not going so well. Decent shot from
2:24:55 > 2:25:03him. Does well.Very good shots. I think USA just still lying in shot
2:25:03 > 2:25:13position. It will be difficult for Sweden to score two.It is an
2:25:13 > 2:25:16improvement of how things were looking a few minutes ago but I just
2:25:16 > 2:25:21wonder whether they will close that route in.
2:25:27 > 2:25:37Tyler is after the guard. Will John agree?
2:25:56 > 2:26:01We have seen a lot of curl over the right-hand side of the sheet, going
2:26:01 > 2:26:11away from the home end and back end as well, so a lot of ice. Once
2:26:11 > 2:26:15again, was it in the fourth end, John Shuster giving an opportunity
2:26:15 > 2:26:20for Sweden. It's important he gets it right down tween the yellow and
2:26:20 > 2:26:29red guards.We saw where Tyler George put his brush, maybe a stone
2:26:29 > 2:26:34ahead or further down on the ice in between the red and yellow, trying
2:26:34 > 2:26:39to lock this whole here. -- to block this whole.
2:26:45 > 2:26:49Skip likes the line. Cutting right in between the two. It is going to
2:26:49 > 2:26:57keep coming. It is still coming. They've changed their mind now. That
2:26:57 > 2:27:05is not what he decided to play but it has ended up in another tricky
2:27:05 > 2:27:13spot for Niklas Edin. Now... USA are lying shot here.
2:27:18 > 2:27:23And they've got three other stones backing that up with that one
2:27:23 > 2:27:31Swedish red in.
2:27:34 > 2:27:40Just going to get rid of this.He is but he also wants to move the one on
2:27:40 > 2:27:42the button as well.
2:27:47 > 2:27:53Needs to get tight to the guard.If he catches it too skinny, it will
2:27:53 > 2:27:59spring out on its own. He wants it to get half of the stone at least
2:27:59 > 2:28:08here. Not the best match that Niklas Edin has played. He needs to find
2:28:08 > 2:28:13his best form pretty quickly. Playing a lot of weight, which I'm
2:28:13 > 2:28:19surprised about.
2:28:19 > 2:28:22surprised about. Nearly picked his own.You feel like he is rushing
2:28:22 > 2:28:29things. He comes out very quickly but he is crashing down, he doesn't
2:28:29 > 2:28:38look as settled as he normally does. Well, well, well.That has missed by
2:28:38 > 2:28:41a long way, that isn't Niklas Edin out there.
2:28:46 > 2:28:52He didn't miss the yellow stone by much but where he was trying to hit
2:28:52 > 2:28:56it, he missed by a long way. Catching it to then was never going
2:28:56 > 2:29:05to result in hitting that red. So, Niklas Edin losing his cool a little
2:29:05 > 2:29:11bit. Not in terms of temper, just in terms of his ability to deliver the
2:29:11 > 2:29:16type of stones he needs, if he is going to help Sweden towards the
2:29:16 > 2:29:21gold medal. The USA very much on top, making their shots, forcing the
2:29:21 > 2:29:23issue.
2:29:32 > 2:29:36The USA was saying in their discussion they don't mind giving up
2:29:36 > 2:29:39the one because although that will tie things up, they will have the
2:29:39 > 2:29:43hammer in the eighth, possibly the tenth and the way Sweden are
2:29:43 > 2:29:49playing, that will be a huge advantage for USA. So, John
2:29:49 > 2:29:55Shuster... Still chatting about it at the other end.When you are
2:29:55 > 2:30:00selecting a shot to play, it is about leaving your opposition the
2:30:00 > 2:30:04hardest shot possible and they've identified two options, one down the
2:30:04 > 2:30:08left-hand side and one down the right-hand side. They will take away
2:30:08 > 2:30:13the one that they've just played. He's got to choose and to leave the
2:30:13 > 2:30:21op shrimp that is most difficult for Niklas Edin.
2:30:27 > 2:30:30Right to it. Go!
2:30:33 > 2:30:38Pretty good.
2:30:50 > 2:30:55Niklas has made up his mind pretty quickly. Oh, he has just stopped, he
2:30:55 > 2:30:59is looking at the run back again. That yellow that has just been
2:30:59 > 2:31:07played?
2:31:07 > 2:31:13Are they looking at pushing the red onto the yellow into the pocket?
2:31:13 > 2:31:19That was something that Oskar
2:31:19 > 2:31:22That was something that Oskar look that, across onto the one in the
2:31:22 > 2:31:27button for two. Very difficult shot, but normally, if anybody could make
2:31:27 > 2:31:30it, it is Niklas Edin, but after seeing that last one, I'm not so
2:31:30 > 2:31:39sure.Well, if he misses, he is giving up one, because USA are...
2:31:39 > 2:31:44You could argue, give up one, you are two behind you have still got
2:31:44 > 2:31:49the hammer.That one would probably create the opportunity to give him
2:31:49 > 2:31:54two, or he could play the straight raise on the yellow in the middle,
2:31:54 > 2:31:59yellow, yellow, red, push that one back and get is one.That is what he
2:31:59 > 2:32:05was looking at it initially.It looks like he has changed his mind.
2:32:05 > 2:32:12This is what I said, the yellow that he has just played, get one, type
2:32:12 > 2:32:22things up. This has to work for him, though. Still saying it is right at
2:32:22 > 2:32:29there, has he got enough of this? He has! So Niklas Edin rescues the
2:32:29 > 2:32:35situation, takes is one, much to the delight of the Swedish dignitaries
2:32:35 > 2:32:42who are in. We are all tied up, three ends to go in the gold medal
2:32:42 > 2:32:46match, and it has been an absolute crackers so far. I am sure we are
2:32:46 > 2:32:53still got some great curling left. It is 5-5, it will be the USA you
2:32:53 > 2:32:57will have the hammer in the eighth, possibly in the tent if we get
2:32:57 > 2:33:05scoring in the eighth and ninth. -- in the tenth. Well, he found the
2:33:05 > 2:33:12shop there, and I think that was the least risky option for him. Going
2:33:12 > 2:33:17for two when USA were lying shot, he decided that one was better than
2:33:17 > 2:33:24giving up another steal to the United States. So Niklas Edin not
2:33:24 > 2:33:31playing at his best, but he has been forced to make some quite difficult
2:33:31 > 2:33:37shots, and at least that one came off for him.He's not playing at his
2:33:37 > 2:33:43best, but the score is still 5-5, and I am impressed by the USA,
2:33:43 > 2:33:46keeping themselves in this game, and it would be interesting if Niklas
2:33:46 > 2:33:51had been on his game, what the difference of shops might have been.
2:33:51 > 2:33:59Whoever wins this game, they have fought very hard for it.
2:33:59 > 2:34:01fought very hard for it. And we are getting into the business end of the
2:34:01 > 2:34:07game, the last UN is, eight, nine and ten, that will really separate
2:34:07 > 2:34:16the two teams. -- the last ends.
2:34:19 > 2:34:22Interesting to see Sweden throw a guard in this position. You would
2:34:22 > 2:34:27see a lot of teams throwing into the house, knowing that the USA will
2:34:27 > 2:34:34throw a corner guard and try and score a two in the eighth.Yeah, and
2:34:34 > 2:34:43it is a really high guard they have thrown as well.USA have caught the
2:34:43 > 2:34:49tick shot, am I misunderstanding this situation?! Normally, on the
2:34:49 > 2:34:54world curling tour, they play eight ends, maybe they have forgotten
2:34:54 > 2:35:01there is two more at the Olympics! We have seen this to a three times,
2:35:01 > 2:35:06I am trying to think if it was the US who did this, irony and thinking,
2:35:06 > 2:35:10why are you doing that, changing things up when it is going well? --
2:35:10 > 2:35:15I remember thinking.I don't think USA have to do anything different at
2:35:15 > 2:35:21the moment, they are playing really, really well, so...
2:35:30 > 2:35:35So United States with the hammer, Tyler George just loosening off,
2:35:35 > 2:35:42getting those shoulders relaxed. A little bit more sweeping required.A
2:35:42 > 2:35:51tiny bit tight.One thing is for sure, the double centre guard from
2:35:51 > 2:35:54Sweden is a real sign of intense there, and extremely aggressive
2:35:54 > 2:35:59approach when you don't have the last stone, they are going to try
2:35:59 > 2:36:08and steal in this eighth end.Really good!Perfect spot from John
2:36:08 > 2:36:17Landsteiner. Nice gentle jog, go to call - just quiet, let's all the
2:36:17 > 2:36:23other guys do the shouting.
2:36:35 > 2:36:42This has got a lot of work to do, starting to curl now. Going to be
2:36:42 > 2:36:52quite good in the end, trying to sweep it all the way back.
2:36:52 > 2:37:00sweep it all the way back. He can see that fairly easily.
2:37:00 > 2:37:03see that fairly easily. Go to peel off that top guard.Probably a good
2:37:03 > 2:37:11thing format Hamilton as well, only playing 54% on draws. -- four Matt
2:37:11 > 2:37:18Hamilton.So Saturday morning at home, this men's gold medal match
2:37:18 > 2:37:25first, then to follow the women's bronze medal match. Great Britain
2:37:25 > 2:37:28versus Japan, Great Britain desperate to go home with something
2:37:28 > 2:37:32after losing out to Sweden in the semifinal. Both Swedish teams making
2:37:32 > 2:37:39it through to the gold medal match. If you stay up late tonight, you can
2:37:39 > 2:37:45see that gold medal match as well, so the bronze medal match at 11am
2:37:45 > 2:37:48this morning, and midnight tonight the gold medal match between the
2:37:48 > 2:37:53hosts, Korea, it will be absolutely rammed in here, and they are taking
2:37:53 > 2:38:02an Anna Hasselborg of Sweden, Team Kim, the garlic girls, as they have
2:38:02 > 2:38:07been called. A great men's final here, nothing to choose between
2:38:07 > 2:38:14these two teams, the guard being put back in place by Sweden.
2:38:18 > 2:38:25It might be good, but I not sure, Logan, that it is absolutely right.
2:38:25 > 2:38:31Matt Hamilton they want to play that shot.I think this is a good call,
2:38:31 > 2:38:36it is not the high guard causing them problems, the one closest to
2:38:36 > 2:38:40the house, so try and check that one and roll another yellow into the
2:38:40 > 2:38:48house, which could be a scoring shot later on.A delicate shot here for
2:38:48 > 2:38:56Matt Hamilton.They are not taking a lot of ice we saw that in the
2:38:56 > 2:39:03earlier ends, I'm not sure which.He just chips the first one, that is
2:39:03 > 2:39:09not going to reach the house, trying to sweep it towards it.It is
2:39:09 > 2:39:15trying, it is trying.Oh, it does! It's just had the right spin on it,
2:39:15 > 2:39:22I was writing it off before it had finished its business there. Well
2:39:22 > 2:39:28done, Matt, you knew what you were doing. Later on, you know, in years
2:39:28 > 2:39:33to come, if he wins the gold medal, and he is replaying this to as
2:39:33 > 2:39:38grandchildren, watch this, it looked as though I got this wrong! Smart
2:39:38 > 2:39:43shot from me there.One thing USA will be aware of is that guard right
2:39:43 > 2:39:50at the top of the screen, that is blocking off the kind of out-turn
2:39:50 > 2:39:53draw, the anticlockwise rotation, that could be a blogger at some
2:39:53 > 2:40:04point later on. -- blocker.So this time they are going to try to get
2:40:04 > 2:40:08this guard closer, as you said, they almost have a bit of help from that
2:40:08 > 2:40:12red that is a long way from the house, out wide, blocking that route
2:40:12 > 2:40:19in, as Logan was saying, a little later. If it stays there. So two
2:40:19 > 2:40:26guards out, perfectly lined up, one in, and that one is now going to be
2:40:26 > 2:40:32the target for Tyler George, I think.
2:40:41 > 2:40:46To lie that four, it is going to be a delicate shot.I'm not sure it is
2:40:46 > 2:40:51even possible, the angle they would have to hit it at, the weight it
2:40:51 > 2:40:56would need, pretty sure it would roll out the back door.Maybe just
2:40:56 > 2:41:01have too just miss that yellow, and that is maybe a bit risky, you are
2:41:01 > 2:41:05right, to make sure that it goes with both weight and the angle at
2:41:05 > 2:41:09which he needs to strike this red. Very unlikely to keep this yellow
2:41:09 > 2:41:16in. Let's see, though. The stones seem to be rolling for the USA at
2:41:16 > 2:41:24the moment. He has played another good shot, that is the problem, you
2:41:24 > 2:41:30see, a case of being... I don't know about being greedy, but that was
2:41:30 > 2:41:35always likely to happen.I think you hit the nail on the head, I think
2:41:35 > 2:41:39that was greedy, they should have clean picked that out, played the
2:41:39 > 2:41:42easy shot, but instead they have jammed it on the back one, and that
2:41:42 > 2:41:48could be a nuisance later.
2:41:49 > 2:41:52could be a nuisance later.So Oskar Eriksson, playing third for Niklas
2:41:52 > 2:41:59Edin. The two of them need to drag Sweden into a better position in
2:41:59 > 2:42:04this match, against the hammer, with three ends to go. Two and a half
2:42:04 > 2:42:09ends, if you like, and he might have played a decent shot, will he go by
2:42:09 > 2:42:19the yellow? Just catches it a little. Almost gets five.
2:42:19 > 2:42:22little. Almost gets five. -- gets by. You can just feel things
2:42:22 > 2:42:30ratcheting up a little bit again.
2:42:34 > 2:42:40Continuing with his hitting game, Tyler George wants to get rid of
2:42:40 > 2:42:49both of these roads. USA with the hammer. -- these
2:42:50 > 2:42:54hammer. -- these reds.This is a key shot for Tyler George - if you can
2:42:54 > 2:43:00make this double, things are looking very precarious for Sweden.USA have
2:43:00 > 2:43:08got those two yellows above the T-line, has he got it? Well, he taps
2:43:08 > 2:43:15one out, still that red is staying there, but it means USA lie three.
2:43:15 > 2:43:23Yeah, he is not celebrating quite as much as the crowd are.
2:43:25 > 2:43:29much as the crowd are.USA! USA! USA!So that is a good target for
2:43:29 > 2:43:35Niklas Edin, those two yellows. Yeah, but they have to be careful,
2:43:35 > 2:43:39he cannot go for them because the back yellow will jam it, so they
2:43:39 > 2:43:46will have to try and draw it again. Has to make sure he is here and
2:43:46 > 2:43:54right in the four foot.
2:43:55 > 2:44:03This is a big shot.That is why that pesky red is at there. It looks a
2:44:03 > 2:44:09long way from the house, but it is just a bit of a distraction,
2:44:09 > 2:44:13affecting the line he can come in here. Should be able to thread this
2:44:13 > 2:44:20through. Needs to come right into the four foot, though, miss that top
2:44:20 > 2:44:26yellow when he comes in. Missed the guards last time.Oh! It takes such
2:44:26 > 2:44:34a lot of pull mem, they have to get past that.Still not hidden, though.
2:44:34 > 2:44:40Grade weight from Niklas Edin.No, but he is showing that he is
2:44:40 > 2:44:44starting, certainly with his draw weight, not quite there but not
2:44:44 > 2:44:50making it easy for USA. They want their two, get back into what would
2:44:50 > 2:44:57be a very good position with two ends to go.
2:45:05 > 2:45:14So, he thinks he can hit this back and get a Little roller as well,
2:45:14 > 2:45:23tuck it in, depending on whether the red jams. It depends how he hits
2:45:23 > 2:45:28this.
2:45:29 > 2:45:32this.That was a view of our Swiss bronze medallists, who won last
2:45:32 > 2:45:46night. Callander. -- against Canada. So... Has he got enough of that? He
2:45:46 > 2:45:53takes that one out, nudges his own a little bit, making even more rooms
2:45:53 > 2:46:04there. Time out for Sweden. There are still facing two -- they are
2:46:04 > 2:46:14still facing two. That third shot at the moment, he is thinking...
2:46:15 > 2:46:17the moment, he is thinking...If Sweden don't get this right, they
2:46:17 > 2:46:23could lose a big end. Just two bend-mac to go, that is not an
2:46:23 > 2:46:28option.
2:46:32 > 2:46:39option.So, Lindberg comes down, hasn't got far to go.
2:46:39 > 2:46:47hasn't got far to go.That is what they are looking dad. And he is
2:46:51 > 2:47:00worried that USA could use that. They could pick up three or four.He
2:47:00 > 2:47:12is also worried he might leave 8445. -- he might leave
2:47:14 > 2:47:15-- he might leave double for five.
2:47:19 > 2:47:26That would get rid of a couple of yellows if you was able to hit the
2:47:26 > 2:47:30top yellow.He's got a lot of options but whatever option he
2:47:30 > 2:47:35takes, he has to execute it with precision. And he needs to get his
2:47:35 > 2:47:42stone right in the one foot, if possible, on the centreline, if he
2:47:42 > 2:47:48wants to try to secure not losing a big end here.The is obviously those
2:47:48 > 2:47:56two back yellows, one of them is closer than the red. He thinks if he
2:47:56 > 2:48:01can move and almost, in and hit the first one, move onto the they would
2:48:01 > 2:48:08be lying second and third shot, maybe even shot first and third. And
2:48:08 > 2:48:14might be able to prevent the two. The one thing going for Sweden is
2:48:14 > 2:48:20that they are lying what looks like third shot, so they need to make
2:48:20 > 2:48:25sure they get another one into the four foot and at least they are
2:48:25 > 2:48:29looking at scoring, losing a score of two.He is trying to come in to
2:48:29 > 2:48:37the yellow in between, not the one where the brush is, that is the line
2:48:37 > 2:48:42he wants but he is going to come to the other yellow and push onto the
2:48:42 > 2:48:48one on the outside of that. Sit there and have even maybe lie shot,
2:48:48 > 2:48:54first and third. He needs to hit the back yellow and into the other one.
2:48:54 > 2:48:58It is rolling right in. He hasn't rolled.He was trying to roll the
2:48:58 > 2:49:02other way to push the other yellow. He wanted to go the other way, push
2:49:02 > 2:49:10the other yellow away. Sit shot and maybe give up the worst two.That's
2:49:10 > 2:49:14why I thought he would play that. He has just left that in the worst
2:49:14 > 2:49:22possible spot.This has given John Shuster a huge opportunity. Those
2:49:22 > 2:49:27two Swedish stones are lined up nicely. Niklas Edin looks down,
2:49:27 > 2:49:31knowing his gold-medal hopes may have just disappeared with that
2:49:31 > 2:49:36shot.This could be the last shot of the game. If John Shuster makes
2:49:36 > 2:49:43this, they score five.Oskar Eriksson looking on. John Shuster of
2:49:43 > 2:49:49the United States, rejected out of the programme after the last
2:49:49 > 2:49:55Olympics. He has a great chance! They both go! It is five for the
2:49:55 > 2:50:02USA! They look at the opposition, high-fiveds all around. The stands
2:50:02 > 2:50:10are going crazy. Just what sharing Niklas Edin, they are wondering what
2:50:10 > 2:50:21to do. Surely, this is United States gold-medal now? What a turnaround in
2:50:21 > 2:50:26this match, what a story this would be in cloning. United States of
2:50:26 > 2:50:37America, led by John Shuster 's... Have almost got their ribbons around
2:50:37 > 2:50:44their neck. Picking up five in the eighth, Niklas Edin leaving the
2:50:44 > 2:50:51double, Shuster playing it perfectly, this, a man who was
2:50:51 > 2:50:54ridiculed by American curling supporters after Sochi. Even at the
2:50:54 > 2:51:02beginning of the round-robin competition here in South Korea, two
2:51:02 > 2:51:06wins after six matches, they turned it around, gathered momentum, and
2:51:06 > 2:51:12look at that. John Shuster, in his fourth Olympic Games is so close,
2:51:12 > 2:51:20oh, so close, to the gold medal.I think somebody is going to have to
2:51:20 > 2:51:25script Jackie's jaw off the floor. We are speechless. This is what
2:51:25 > 2:51:31films will be made of, this stuff. This is incredible. USA had nothing
2:51:31 > 2:51:39to lose. And everything to gain if they played well. Unfortunately, it
2:51:39 > 2:51:43has been a tight game but Niklas Edin has made too many mistakes
2:51:43 > 2:51:49today and I wonder whether his dream has been too much of weight to carry
2:51:49 > 2:51:53on his shoulders today.There is one thing I've learnt today as well,
2:51:53 > 2:52:00that the curling experts, two of them sitting next to me...
2:52:00 > 2:52:04Switzerland beating Canada, what a surprise, and although this isn't
2:52:04 > 2:52:09over, it might as well be. USA five ahead, to make ends to play, they
2:52:09 > 2:52:15will play another round but Niklas Edin knows, as he steps into the
2:52:15 > 2:52:22shadows, that his chance of a gold has gone in that end.Just so that
2:52:22 > 2:52:28you understand the challenge Sweden have, if it was any other game other
2:52:28 > 2:52:31than on Olympic knockout game, they would have shaken hands right now,
2:52:31 > 2:52:36they would have given up.What they really need, they need to take three
2:52:36 > 2:52:41here and steel two in the last end, and USA are not going to let that
2:52:41 > 2:52:43happen now.
2:52:49 > 2:52:52Jackie, you said they should make a move. I read an article saying
2:52:52 > 2:52:59exactly that. Who would play, the different characters, and going back
2:52:59 > 2:53:05to how John Shuster has really suffered in these days of social
2:53:05 > 2:53:08media, cruel jibes after his performances at the last two Olympic
2:53:08 > 2:53:16Games, where he was a bronze Olympic medallist in 2006. Matt Hamilton
2:53:16 > 2:53:21didn't perform in the mixed doubles with his sister, who is here
2:53:21 > 2:53:26watching as well.
2:53:28 > 2:53:31watching as well. This is a runaway train.These guys have gone from
2:53:31 > 2:53:36zero to hero in one big competition. And sometimes that's what dreams are
2:53:36 > 2:53:42made of, and it is your week and everything is going for you, and it
2:53:42 > 2:53:48has been. They have clawed a lot of Games back which they looked they
2:53:48 > 2:53:54were not going to win.The American story this week reminds me of a
2:53:54 > 2:54:00certain Olympic 16 years ago.Like the girls game, 2002, yeah. Rhona
2:54:00 > 2:54:06Martin and the girls came back from what was looking like the Games were
2:54:06 > 2:54:11over, they got into a tie-breaker, won five in a row, won the gold
2:54:11 > 2:54:15medal and these guys are doing something very similar. They will be
2:54:15 > 2:54:23heroes back in their country, for sure.Matt Hamilton, he of the
2:54:23 > 2:54:26moustache, John Landsteiner, the quiet one, Tyler George, a liquor
2:54:26 > 2:54:32store owner in the US, and he might not have any more products left when
2:54:32 > 2:54:38he gets home.If I could say one thing to the voice, the USA boys,
2:54:38 > 2:54:43Matt Hamilton has to take that moustache.He does, normally. He
2:54:43 > 2:54:48says he grows up for the season. His wife hates it and I reckon there
2:54:48 > 2:54:54will be a ritual shaving going on at some point. The moustache, we were
2:54:54 > 2:55:00talking about it early on, it has its own Twitter account, celebrity
2:55:00 > 2:55:06supporters, Aaron Rodgers, the Green Bay Packers quarterback, and Ivanka
2:55:06 > 2:55:11Trump in the stadium, watching this performance from the United States.
2:55:11 > 2:55:15It is almost a shame because sport is about great dramatic moments and
2:55:15 > 2:55:18we'd have just had one there and there is this anti-climax afterwards
2:55:18 > 2:55:24where you've got to keep going, play it out, Niklas Edin knows, I am sure
2:55:24 > 2:55:30we will get a handshake at the end of this end. He is trying somehow to
2:55:30 > 2:55:34manufacture something but not going to see any mistakes from this USA
2:55:34 > 2:55:40team, I'm sure. What a curling competition we have had, both men
2:55:40 > 2:55:44and women. The two medal matches to come for the women, Great Britain
2:55:44 > 2:55:57taking on Japan at 11am, stay with us for that. What a shock.
2:56:00 > 2:56:05Now that victory has been assured, Ivanka Trump has left her seat. Not
2:56:05 > 2:56:11sure whether or not she is in the stadium. We have quite a few people
2:56:11 > 2:56:16that have decided this is over but it is the American fans that are
2:56:16 > 2:56:21waiting for their moment to celebrate properly.This is the
2:56:21 > 2:56:28first shot Tyler George has missed today.I just hope there isn't a
2:56:28 > 2:56:31pitch invasion because they will be slipping and sliding all over the
2:56:31 > 2:56:37place. I'm sure there won't be. There will be a ceremony a few
2:56:37 > 2:56:41minutes afterwards.Jackie, you were saying Pharaoh that Derek Brown the
2:56:41 > 2:56:53performance coach for USA curling is a Scotsman and
2:56:54 > 2:57:07a Scotsman and maybe a race might be -- and honour might be on the cards.
2:57:07 > 2:57:14These guys trying to keep the smile off their faces because they know
2:57:14 > 2:57:18the end is near.It has been a superb match. The person that has
2:57:18 > 2:57:25not performed is Niklas Edin who is one of the greats of the game. If
2:57:25 > 2:57:28you had said to Niklas Edin you are in the Olympic final, you are
2:57:28 > 2:57:34playing the USA, he would have thought that is my dream country, I
2:57:34 > 2:57:41can beat the USA. Logan said it, the record between them has been in
2:57:41 > 2:57:46favour of John Shuster and that has been the case today. You cannot take
2:57:46 > 2:57:51anything away from this USA team. They have played stunning matches
2:57:51 > 2:57:58that they had to survive at the end of the round-robin. They beat Canada
2:57:58 > 2:58:03and Great Britain. Then they came through the semifinal, beat Canada
2:58:03 > 2:58:10and into the final and they've beaten the Swedes. They weren't
2:58:10 > 2:58:14lucky, they weren't soft, they've beaten the best teams in the world,
2:58:14 > 2:58:23Canada twice and now Sweden.There is nothing in the stats. The only
2:58:23 > 2:58:28difference, Niklas Edin is playing 70% which is not like him, which has
2:58:28 > 2:58:35made the difference here.It has gone quiet in the curling arena as
2:58:35 > 2:58:40the enormity of this result starts to sink in. USA are going to become
2:58:40 > 2:58:48the Olympic champions in men's curling. Niklas Edin blinking almost
2:58:48 > 2:58:56in disbelief. They won a bronze in Turin, with John Shuster in the
2:58:56 > 2:59:01team.
2:59:01 > 2:59:05team. His two campaigns in Vancouver and Sochi ended up in nothing more
2:59:05 > 2:59:14than embarrassment but not this time.
2:59:14 > 2:59:22They are from Duluth, Minnesota. There will be dancing in the streets
2:59:22 > 2:59:30in Duluth. What time is it there now? Very early in the morning.
2:59:31 > 2:59:46Probably about 3am, for a? -- 4am? So, Niklas Edin... Will he keep this
2:59:46 > 2:59:51going? If they get two here? I thought we would see a handshake at
2:59:51 > 2:59:59the end of this.Not sure what is happening. I think they might try...
2:59:59 > 3:00:06They've taken their two.Go down the last end.I suppose you could say
3:00:06 > 3:00:12they are still fighting. There is some muted applause. Sweden get two,
3:00:12 > 3:00:21that is 10-7, on we go.
3:00:22 > 3:00:25I feel really disappointed for Niklas Edin's team, because they
3:00:25 > 3:00:30have been the standout team of the last four years, they have won
3:00:30 > 3:00:34something like four European Championships in a row, the worlds -
3:00:34 > 3:00:40yeah, it just seemed like a fairy tale ending for their four year
3:00:40 > 3:00:43cycle to win the Olympics, and unless something crazy happens in
3:00:43 > 3:00:48its tenth end, it is not going to happen.We are talking like it is
3:00:48 > 3:00:52all doom and gloom, but give them a couple of days, they will reflect on
3:00:52 > 3:00:58it, Olympic silver is still a fantastic medal to get. But you have
3:00:58 > 3:01:01got another four years to try to get back to do it all again, that is
3:01:01 > 3:01:06what the Olympics are. They only come once every four years, and it
3:01:06 > 3:01:11is a long claw-back to get back into do it again.
3:01:18 > 3:01:23The Swiss team are in for their medals, the bronze medallists have
3:01:23 > 3:01:28been for a cup of tea, they are still there, just a few minutes now,
3:01:28 > 3:01:33the ceremony will be beginning. But they are going to have to wait, like
3:01:33 > 3:01:39everybody else. So a corner guard put in place, can't believe I am
3:01:39 > 3:01:44saying this!
3:01:45 > 3:01:48saying this! Switzerland are just delaying, surely, the inevitable
3:01:48 > 3:01:53here. Sweden, even. Why Ally got Sweden and Switzerland mixed up all
3:01:53 > 3:02:02week?! -- why have I.Don't ask me, I might start calling them Scotland!
3:02:02 > 3:02:05All those USA boys, their hearts will be pumping right out of their
3:02:05 > 3:02:13body right now.I wonder if John Landsteiner, in his job as a
3:02:13 > 3:02:16corrosion engineer, whether he has studied the handling of a gold medal
3:02:16 > 3:02:20over the years, how much corrosion...I hope he keeps it in a
3:02:20 > 3:02:25safe place and there is no corrosion on his medal!Well, we still have to
3:02:25 > 3:02:34go through this final end here, Niklas Edin and his team carrying so
3:02:34 > 3:02:38many hopes for themselves, as much as anything else, obviously. Sweden
3:02:38 > 3:02:49have a chance of a gold medal in the women's, but they so wanted one in
3:02:49 > 3:02:55immense. They thought they had a team to deliver it. -- in the men's.
3:03:06 > 3:03:11Well, the bookies will be happy with this result, I don't know anybody
3:03:11 > 3:03:19who picked USA to win this!So what they are not going to do is put any
3:03:19 > 3:03:25stones in play that they don't have to.
3:03:26 > 3:03:32to. Sweden have got two guards out there.
3:03:33 > 3:03:36there. This is something I actually cried admired, you know. I say going
3:03:36 > 3:03:43through the motions. As a skip, you are still talking to your team,
3:03:43 > 3:03:48right, put one in here, have it sitting on the T-line, please, yeah
3:03:48 > 3:03:53OK. But in their heads, in their heartsyou are hoping that your
3:03:53 > 3:04:01opposition is going to throw a crazy shot and miss everything.It is not
3:04:01 > 3:04:04just that, is it? You are looking for a complete collapse at this
3:04:04 > 3:04:09point.
3:04:19 > 3:04:24This is almost a bit of a bonus, on the other hand, for the USA, they
3:04:24 > 3:04:28get a bit more time on the ice to let this sink in. They will be
3:04:28 > 3:04:31trying to concentrate on their shots, though, just to make doubly
3:04:31 > 3:04:40sure.We have already said earlier on today that the boom in USA, in
3:04:40 > 3:04:44America, has really gone through the roof. This is just going to add to
3:04:44 > 3:04:49that boom.I don't know if you know the answer to this, either of you,
3:04:49 > 3:04:53but will John Shuster be representing the United States at
3:04:53 > 3:04:57the World Championships? Has there been a separate trial for that?Not
3:04:57 > 3:05:04sure.Me neither, sorry.I don't know of anybody heard a fat lady
3:05:04 > 3:05:15singing there!Clearing her throat. The band are striking up. Well, with
3:05:15 > 3:05:20all due respect to Sweden and their efforts to keep this going, you know
3:05:20 > 3:05:26that, in the American ranks, they are already getting ready to pop the
3:05:26 > 3:05:32champagne corks, because they have got something huge to celebrate
3:05:32 > 3:05:35here. Tyler George, I have really enjoyed watching him play these last
3:05:35 > 3:05:42few days.The stadium here is going to go completely wild in a few
3:05:42 > 3:05:50minutes. Sweden are running out of stones fast here.
3:05:54 > 3:06:00So as we get down to these last two or three stones, guys, you're sort
3:06:00 > 3:06:05of last thoughts, Jackie? On this men's competition?Do you know, it
3:06:05 > 3:06:09is fantastic for curling, great that we have seen other countries, seven
3:06:09 > 3:06:13different countries in the play-off stages here, but I have to say, I am
3:06:13 > 3:06:17a tiny little bit shocked that Sweden didn't perform the game I was
3:06:17 > 3:06:21looking for them to play, because they have been so consistent over
3:06:21 > 3:06:28the last three or four years. So shocked but also very impressed by
3:06:28 > 3:06:31the state of play from these USA boys, they wanted this medal more,
3:06:31 > 3:06:35and they have played very well.Just to echo that, from what we have seen
3:06:35 > 3:06:44in the play-offs, a good look at Tyler's shoes! From what we have
3:06:44 > 3:06:50seen in the play-offs, I think USA are deserved winners, they have been
3:06:50 > 3:06:56phenomenal.Let's not forget, they have beaten Canada, the top nations
3:06:56 > 3:06:59who everybody admires - these guys have come out and played an absolute
3:06:59 > 3:07:05storm. Tyler will be getting free shoes now, you won't have to worry
3:07:05 > 3:07:08about that!
3:07:12 > 3:07:17Well, there haven't been many boots out there from the USA team, they
3:07:17 > 3:07:22have been absolutely superb today, and once we have seen another stone
3:07:22 > 3:07:27countdown, I think that is pretty much going to be it. Sweden have got
3:07:27 > 3:07:31one in there, they have to score three to tie this up. That is not
3:07:31 > 3:07:38going to happen. A superb five in the eighth end gave the United
3:07:38 > 3:07:50States and an unsaleable lead. And this team that was put together
3:07:50 > 3:07:54after everybody had given up on them, had given up on John Shuster,
3:07:54 > 3:08:00and he wanted one more go, one more try, one more Olympic journey. He
3:08:00 > 3:08:06had a dream to come and perform well, and hats off to Niklas Edin,
3:08:06 > 3:08:11he knows it is all over, and he plays the last stone of his Olympic
3:08:11 > 3:08:19campaign in 2018. He is a great champion, Niklas Edin, but he
3:08:19 > 3:08:22couldn't find his game here today, and applause comes from the American
3:08:22 > 3:08:32quartet.What a shot that is!It is still in the house!Now the
3:08:32 > 3:08:36handshakes come, so John Landsteiner, Matt Hamilton, Tyler
3:08:36 > 3:08:42George and John Shuster, their leader, are the Olympic champions.
3:08:42 > 3:08:48USA celebrate, commiserations to Sweden. Niklas Edin will hope to
3:08:48 > 3:08:56fight another day, but it has been one surprise after another, one
3:08:56 > 3:08:59superb form and is at another from this brilliant American team. They
3:08:59 > 3:09:03have thoroughly deserved it, the best steam won, they are the gold
3:09:03 > 3:09:10medallists. The Olympic champions, receiving all of the plaudits that
3:09:10 > 3:09:15they deserve from a huge contingent here who have enjoyed every single
3:09:15 > 3:09:22minute, the coach comes up to the ice, who would have thought it? No
3:09:22 > 3:09:30Canada, not even in the medals. So it will be gold for the USA, Sweden
3:09:30 > 3:09:36will have to settle for the silver medal, and Switzerland take the
3:09:36 > 3:09:46bronze. And if they do make a movie about all of this, John Shuster
3:09:46 > 3:09:51might just want to play himself, I think, because he has enjoyed every
3:09:51 > 3:09:56single moment of the limelight. Four times he has been to the Olympic
3:09:56 > 3:10:00Games, and he has had to wait until coming all the way to Korea to get
3:10:00 > 3:10:06the medal he not only richly deserves but the one which he could
3:10:06 > 3:10:11only have dreamt about. So what a great final we have had, don't
3:10:11 > 3:10:15forget we have got the Great Britain women coming up in the bronze medal
3:10:15 > 3:10:26match against Japan at 11am. And now the tears come, great scenes.Yes,
3:10:26 > 3:10:30Phil Drobnick, who has been coaching or working with the national team
3:10:30 > 3:10:35for about 15 years, it will mean a lot to him.Ivanka Trump came back
3:10:35 > 3:10:40in to see the closing stages of the match, and she has enjoyed a great
3:10:40 > 3:10:43day for the USA, they are the curling Olympic champions.
3:10:48 > 3:10:52So the USA take gold, a first ever gold medal in curling, and a first
3:10:52 > 3:10:58podium since their bronze back in 2006. John Shuster was skipped that
3:10:58 > 3:11:02day as well, but like Steve Cram has said in commentary, he has had quite
3:11:02 > 3:11:07a time of it since then, only ten in Vancouver, ninth in Sochi, dropped
3:11:07 > 3:11:11from the team, but he has come back to lead his country to the ultimate
3:11:11 > 3:11:16Winter Olympic prize. Incredible stuff, USA take gold, Sweden with
3:11:16 > 3:11:23the silver, Switzerland the bronze medal. Brilliant scenes at the
3:11:23 > 3:11:28Curling Centre, we are bound to have more tonight, because the first
3:11:28 > 3:11:32medal in the women's curling is up for grabs, it will be contested
3:11:32 > 3:11:39between GB and Japan. Eve Muirhead going down yesterday in the
3:11:39 > 3:11:42semifinal to Sweden. We can relive that story with Patrick Gearey.
3:11:46 > 3:11:52The very best curlers see parts were others do not, they find a way. Eve
3:11:52 > 3:11:54Muirhead is a natural navigator, but that doesn't stop you from slipping
3:11:54 > 3:12:02sometimes. Against America, against Korea, her team wondered of course
3:12:02 > 3:12:06in their first match against Sweden just as they were trying to cling
3:12:06 > 3:12:14on, Eve didn't let go in time.This is a real disaster.A curling noble,
3:12:14 > 3:12:19red lights, red lines, along Bells. But if you must make mistakes in the
3:12:19 > 3:12:26sport, make them early and make them right. Eve moved her pieces, Japan,
3:12:26 > 3:12:30Canada, trapped in checkmate. On the thinnest ice, Great Britain had
3:12:30 > 3:12:37found their path. It brought them back to Sweden, who had beaten them
3:12:37 > 3:12:43in the round-robin.We are ready to rumble against Sweden. A chance to
3:12:43 > 3:12:48get into the final to contest the gold medal.It started tactically,
3:12:48 > 3:12:52Sweden taking none from end want to keep the hammer, the last shot
3:12:52 > 3:12:59advantage.So it is a nine endgame now, and that is what she usually
3:12:59 > 3:13:03does, blanking the end.Sporting spirit is important in this game,
3:13:03 > 3:13:08that is why Anna Sloan admitted she touched a stone here.I touched it.
3:13:08 > 3:13:14Just saying she touched it, she will have a little discussion.
3:13:14 > 3:13:18The choice was now the Swedish files 's skip, remove the stone, leave it,
3:13:18 > 3:13:22or moved it to where she thought it would have gone. She chose to place
3:13:22 > 3:13:30it outside the scoring zone, not a popular move. Grey areas are one
3:13:30 > 3:13:35thing, what matters is what happens in the red, white and blue circles,
3:13:35 > 3:13:40Sweden just about took two.
3:13:41 > 3:13:44Sweden just about took two.She has just pushed it back, she did tap
3:13:44 > 3:13:51that red back, but not enough.By the fifth end, they were 3-1 up, GB
3:13:51 > 3:13:56needed to score. To do so, Eve's judgment would have to be pretty
3:13:56 > 3:14:01much perfect.She has got to find a way around on the right line with
3:14:01 > 3:14:07the right weight, hit that red at the back. Got a chance here! Got a
3:14:07 > 3:14:11chance. As Eve Muirhead played a cracker? Just needs to tap that
3:14:11 > 3:14:15back, she has indeed. Well done, Eve Muirhead, superb shot to finish the
3:14:15 > 3:14:21fifth end. And after an early advantage to Sweden, we are all tied
3:14:21 > 3:14:26up, 3-3.In the pause between sticks and stones, time for words from the
3:14:26 > 3:14:34coach.Play simple, that would give us a chance, given two or go in
3:14:34 > 3:14:38tight.Every time the Brits tried to build something, the Swedes kept
3:14:38 > 3:14:45taking stones.Now then, how is your luck? She may well have done it, she
3:14:45 > 3:14:50has done very well indeed.The crossroads came in the seventh end,
3:14:50 > 3:14:56Sweden 5-3 up. Momentum had slid with almost every stone.Anna
3:14:56 > 3:14:59Hasselborg has played some wonderful shots, if anything, she has been
3:14:59 > 3:15:03playing a little better than Eve Muirhead. Particularly on the draw
3:15:03 > 3:15:15so far. As she got this right?
3:15:15 > 3:15:20This one has been pushed out. It has gone right through! It has gone
3:15:20 > 3:15:25right through so there is the first mistake from Anna Hasselborg. A
3:15:25 > 3:15:33little bite of the lower lip, an opportunity that Eve Muirhead has to
3:15:33 > 3:15:46capitalise on. They like the line. Great to get this one in. They need
3:15:46 > 3:15:55to get past that yellow. What has she done hit? Another good shot from
3:15:55 > 3:16:04Eve Muirhead, it's just bumps out. That has left... She can probably
3:16:04 > 3:16:09take both of these yellows out.With her final shot, Anna Hasselborg set
3:16:09 > 3:16:14Eve Muirhead a perilous problem. This was a chance that was building.
3:16:14 > 3:16:25The Swedish skip coming down. That was a very good shot indeed.The
3:16:25 > 3:16:33best shot for Eve Muirhead. Was the worst about to happen?Cannot get
3:16:33 > 3:16:44this wrong. Through the gap... Here it comes. Now, then... It is going
3:16:44 > 3:16:54to catch. Oh, oh, oh.That is a steal of a three, three to Sweden.
3:16:54 > 3:17:01And Great Britain's hopes at such a low point, it is going to be so
3:17:01 > 3:17:09difficult for Great Britain to come back from 8-3.Surely the --
3:17:09 > 3:17:13disoriented from the seventh, she would get two back in the eighth?
3:17:13 > 3:17:18The smallest of opportunities to keep this alive.Looking close, is
3:17:18 > 3:17:28it?Oh, what a shot by Eve Muirhead just to keep the slimmest of hopes
3:17:28 > 3:17:32alive for Great Britain.Sweden were now simply too far down the road.
3:17:32 > 3:17:40So, Anna Hasselborg now ready to cement the victory for Sweden. They
3:17:40 > 3:17:46have been ahead or through this match. And they have not put a foot
3:17:46 > 3:17:50wrong, really, some small errors but it has been Great Britain not able
3:17:50 > 3:17:55to play their best game. Sweden have been very, very good. Anna
3:17:55 > 3:18:00Hasselborg in particular, well act up by her team. I think we will see
3:18:00 > 3:18:05the handshakes. Eve Muirhead's quest for gold ends in this semifinal.
3:18:05 > 3:18:11They still have the chance the bronze but it is Anna Hasselborg's
3:18:11 > 3:18:17day, and for Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams, Lauren Gray and Eve Muirhead,
3:18:17 > 3:18:22the best they can do is bronze. Sweden joined their male
3:18:22 > 3:18:27counterparts in the Olympic final. We gave it our all tonight, the
3:18:27 > 3:18:31Swedish girls were on fire. I missed a couple of key draws and you can't
3:18:31 > 3:18:36afford to do that. Absolutely gutted. We have trained hard for the
3:18:36 > 3:18:40last three or four years to be in that position and unfortunately
3:18:40 > 3:18:45today we were outplayed. But we still have a medal to play for so we
3:18:45 > 3:18:46will be giving it our all.
3:18:46 > 3:18:48still have a medal to play for so we will be giving it our all.
3:18:51 > 3:18:55So, bronze the best GB's woman can do here in Pyeongchang. We will look
3:18:55 > 3:19:00ahead to that match in a moment. Jackie Lockhart joins us. We have to
3:19:00 > 3:19:04reflect on that final we have just seen. The reason I like to ask you
3:19:04 > 3:19:09who will win is so I can ask you afterwards how big a surprise it was
3:19:09 > 3:19:13because you both went for Sweden.We thought Sweden should win this
3:19:13 > 3:19:17because they've been so consistent here this week and probably over the
3:19:17 > 3:19:23last three or four seasons but maybe that was the commentator's curse we
3:19:23 > 3:19:28gave them and we really didn't see the Niklas Edin we are used to. He
3:19:28 > 3:19:35seemed to be carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders so a huge
3:19:35 > 3:19:39shock for curling but a fantastic result for curling at the same time
3:19:39 > 3:19:43with USA, the Olympic gold medallists. Can you believe it?When
3:19:43 > 3:19:48it comes to Olympic stories, John Shuster's is up there, he must be so
3:19:48 > 3:19:53emotional after everything he has gone through.This is his fourth
3:19:53 > 3:19:58Olympics. He won a medal back in 2006 in Turin but he has dragged
3:19:58 > 3:20:06himself time and time again to prove themselves as a player and skip.
3:20:06 > 3:20:10These are what dreams are made of. You could make a film about this,
3:20:10 > 3:20:16they've done so well, and they beat Canada, they beat Niklas Edin. They
3:20:16 > 3:20:22were beating the team sitting at the top of the rankings so, very, very
3:20:22 > 3:20:26impressed and what a fantastic final.And a great story, a first
3:20:26 > 3:20:31gold medal for the USA. Was that an example of the pressures and Olympic
3:20:31 > 3:20:35final can put on even the best of teams? I think you said before the
3:20:35 > 3:20:39match USA were going in there without the pressure. They could
3:20:39 > 3:20:43enjoy it wearers Sweden were expected to win.That is the
3:20:43 > 3:20:50pressure you put on yourself and Niklas Edin has won so many medals
3:20:50 > 3:20:53and if he had won that medal, he would have been very well decorated
3:20:53 > 3:20:56in his country. The players themselves put that pressure on and
3:20:56 > 3:21:02it is how they do deal with it. That is what Eve suffered from yesterday.
3:21:02 > 3:21:08She wanted to win and she didn't. I'm sure Niklas Edin will come back,
3:21:08 > 3:21:11like most players do. They have a hunger and passion for the sport and
3:21:11 > 3:21:17we will see them again.If you look at the three medals, a bronze for
3:21:17 > 3:21:21Switzerland, gold for USA, and nothing for Canada, does this show
3:21:21 > 3:21:25the standard and competition in men's curling is as strong as it has
3:21:25 > 3:21:30ever been?Very strong. The world curling Federation, they are
3:21:30 > 3:21:34delighted by this because it opens up the door a little bit more. If
3:21:34 > 3:21:38Canada want to keep up with the rest of the countries, they will have to
3:21:38 > 3:21:45step it up. Most of these European and Asian Pacific countries have
3:21:45 > 3:21:49full-time athletes training day and night to get that world title and
3:21:49 > 3:21:54Olympic dream. Canada have had it easy for a long time. They have lots
3:21:54 > 3:21:57of competitive players and it is just match practice that has kept
3:21:57 > 3:22:01them in and I think they have to look at their programme.The
3:22:01 > 3:22:06excitement does not end at the Curling Centre. All eyes will be on
3:22:06 > 3:22:11there when Eve Muirhead's team go for the bronze medal. They would
3:22:11 > 3:22:16have loved to go for gold but they need to pick themselves up. How
3:22:16 > 3:22:21difficult a match will this be?This will be a very difficult match. Four
3:22:21 > 3:22:26years ago in Sochi when we saw Eve Muirhead lose the semifinal, the
3:22:26 > 3:22:30girls picked themselves up to get into that bronze medal game and win
3:22:30 > 3:22:33it but I think it was a double blow yesterday when they didn't win the
3:22:33 > 3:22:38semifinal match because all they wanted was the gold medal. I really,
3:22:38 > 3:22:43really hope they can pull everything they've got, every strength and
3:22:43 > 3:22:49beliefs and the passion to take the bronze medal.They will be getting
3:22:49 > 3:22:53cheered on from home. Will there be nervous right now, what you know of
3:22:53 > 3:22:57the girls? It is less than a couple of hours before the match.Of
3:22:57 > 3:23:02course. If they didn't have nerves, I'd be worried, but I want
3:23:02 > 3:23:06confidence nerves. I know as well as they do if they string their shots
3:23:06 > 3:23:10together and play as a team they will win but Japan will be a tough
3:23:10 > 3:23:14match. Every game out there is tough so we will have to have our fingers
3:23:14 > 3:23:19crossed for later.Yes, we do, and we will show all of that action.
3:23:19 > 3:23:24Thank you for joining us from the Curling Centre. We will go back
3:23:24 > 3:23:29there for the bronze medal match between GB and Japan starting at
3:23:29 > 3:23:3711:05am on BBC One. Pyeongchang has seen the debut of the team event in
3:23:37 > 3:23:44the Alpine skiing. It consists of 16. They race head-to-head and they
3:23:44 > 3:23:51get a point for a wimp, the one with the most points is the winner at the
3:23:51 > 3:23:59end. We have seen the impact of ski cross and Snowboard Cross has had at
3:23:59 > 3:24:03the Olympics. Could this one grab the attention of everyone watching?
3:24:03 > 3:24:09It is liking stuff. 25 seconds on average per race down the slalom so
3:24:09 > 3:24:13let's join your commentator and see who could win the first ever team
3:24:13 > 3:24:19Olympic gold medal. He's Matt Chilton.
3:24:19 > 3:24:23Chilton. Time for the semifinals at the alpine team event and the
3:24:23 > 3:24:25line-up sees Austria taking on more weight
3:24:25 > 3:24:26line-up sees Austria taking on more weight and then France up against
3:24:26 > 3:24:38Switzerland. Austria versus Norway in semifinal number one. Katharina
3:24:38 > 3:24:41Liensberger and Kristin Lysdahl.
3:24:46 > 3:24:50Now they are synchronised, turn for turn, gate floodgate, we have not
3:24:50 > 3:24:57had a dead heat yet in today's condition and we won't have one
3:24:57 > 3:25:07here. Liensberger by bites first for Austria. Austria lead Norway 1-0. A
3:25:07 > 3:25:11good fight for Katharina Liensberger, what a great jump and
3:25:11 > 3:25:23turned that was. Michael Matt in the blue. A couple of early mistake 's
3:25:23 > 3:25:31from the slalom bronze medallist. This has opened up for
3:25:31 > 3:25:41Nestvold-Haugen's favour. It is 1-1, Nestvold-Haugen ties it. This is
3:25:41 > 3:25:45where it started to come apart for Michael Matt. His rhythm was out of
3:25:45 > 3:25:50sync and he missed a gate. Res three, the bronze medallist,
3:25:50 > 3:25:54Katharina Gallhuber, and the winner of the most recent head-to-head
3:25:54 > 3:26:02World Cup competition, Nina Haver-Loeseth. This should be good.
3:26:02 > 3:26:09Nina Haver-Loeseth in red, Katharina Gallhuber in blue. It is 1-1 after
3:26:09 > 3:26:13the first two rounds. Away they go, nothing to choose between them as
3:26:13 > 3:26:18they approach the lip, a synchronised Rob on land.
3:26:18 > 3:26:24Haver-Loeseth more accurate. She moves in front. She attempts to give
3:26:24 > 3:26:36Norway a 2-1 lead. She let her in and Gallhuber steel set by 0.1 six.
3:26:36 > 3:26:41The Norwegian holds the helmet in hands and she apologises to her
3:26:41 > 3:26:46team-mates. This is the final race, Marco Schwarz and Sebastian
3:26:46 > 3:26:52Foss-Solevaag. Schwarz, having skied well in the first leg, sat the last
3:26:52 > 3:27:00race out. Schwarz is metronomic with his rhythm and moves in front. The
3:27:00 > 3:27:09Austrians are on the way, barring a mistake... Austria are in the final!
3:27:09 > 3:27:16They have defeated Norway, 3-1. Norway will have to go and fight it
3:27:16 > 3:27:28out for the bronze a little later. Austria face the winner of our next
3:27:28 > 3:27:33semifinal. France versus Switzerland, semifinal number two,
3:27:33 > 3:27:36and it will be Adeline Baud Mugnier for France against Denise
3:27:36 > 3:27:49Feierabend. It is all about medals. Baud Mugnier. For Switzerland,
3:27:49 > 3:27:55Denise Feierabend goes in blue.
3:27:56 > 3:27:59Denise Feierabend goes in blue. Baud Mugnier has looked sharp are so far
3:27:59 > 3:28:06this afternoon, reflected in the way the French skier has taken this a
3:28:06 > 3:28:10part in the first 20 terms with the final six to come. Baud Mugnier
3:28:10 > 3:28:18gives France a lead of 1-0. Feierabend left standing somewhat
3:28:18 > 3:28:25there. France lead 1-0.
3:28:26 > 3:28:32there. France lead 1-0. Now we will see a serious battle between Clement
3:28:32 > 3:28:37Noel and Ramon Zenhaeusern, the giant Swiss against the young
3:28:37 > 3:28:47Frenchman. Zenhaeusern left behind, pushing too hard, and Noel has a
3:28:47 > 3:28:50halfway advantage at the jump. Zenhaeusern attempting to claw back
3:28:50 > 3:28:58the time. He is doing it! What a comeback from the big Swiss ski
3:28:58 > 3:29:04racer who draws Switzerland level, it is 1-1. That was something!
3:29:04 > 3:29:17Zenhaeusern got left behind...
3:30:37 > 3:30:42Switzerland are in the final, it is the dream final in many ways. They
3:30:42 > 3:30:46take on their great rivals Austria in the battle for the gold and
3:30:46 > 3:30:58silver. France will returnto fight it out. Confirmation of
3:30:58 > 3:31:05Switzerland's 3-1 win over France. So now the main event, Austria take
3:31:05 > 3:31:10on Switzerland, the two big players in Alpine ski racing. The line-up
3:31:10 > 3:31:15is...
3:31:19 > 3:31:27Switzerland are in the blue cause to kick things off with fire
3:31:30 > 3:31:31kick things off with fire -- Feierabend, but you would put your
3:31:31 > 3:31:36money on Liensberger. Liensberger is out in front, halfway down the
3:31:36 > 3:31:46course. She has a hard gate advantage
3:31:46 > 3:31:52course. She has a hard gate advantage, Austria have a advantage.
3:31:52 > 3:31:57Now the race we have all been looking forward to as two of the
3:31:57 > 3:32:03medallist from the men's slalom go head to head. Mario Matt versus
3:32:03 > 3:32:09Ramon Zenhaeusern, both medallist in the slalom, going head to head in
3:32:09 > 3:32:15the team event, but a slightly shaky few towns from the Swiss, and Matt
3:32:15 > 3:32:17looks more convincing, but now Zenhaeusern moves up through the
3:32:17 > 3:32:21gears and goes into overdrive as Matt straddles and will be
3:32:21 > 3:32:27disqualified. It is 1-1 in the final.
3:32:29 > 3:32:32final. Zenhaeusern brings Switzerland back into contention
3:32:32 > 3:32:40with a dynamic, explosive run. Great start from Matt, but Zenhaeusern has
3:32:40 > 3:32:46shown his capabilities in this head to head. He was the winner in the
3:32:46 > 3:32:54Stockholm event. It is
3:32:54 > 3:32:56Stockholm event. It is 1-1 now, Holdener versus Gallhuber, race and
3:32:56 > 3:33:00three in the Alpine team event final, Switzerland versus Austria.
3:33:00 > 3:33:09Wendy Holdener in the red course for Switzerland. Both medallist in the
3:33:09 > 3:33:15Olympic slalom, simultaneous start, no mistakes made, Gallhuber makes a
3:33:15 > 3:33:19mistake and is thrown out of the turn. She has a hard gate lead as
3:33:19 > 3:33:25they come off the lip, Gallhuber has been behind but has fought back into
3:33:25 > 3:33:28contention in previous rounds budget cannot overhaul Wendy Holdener's
3:33:28 > 3:33:38lead. A 2-1 advantage for Switzerland, 0.1 between them. The
3:33:38 > 3:33:44last race of the Alpine ski racing programme here in Pyeongchang, Marco
3:33:44 > 3:33:50Schwarz against Daniel Yule for the gold medal in the inaugural Alpine
3:33:50 > 3:33:55team Olympic event. They are all going to get a medal, but they all
3:33:55 > 3:34:02want the gold. They are ready to go in the fourth and final race in the
3:34:02 > 3:34:05Alpine combined competition. Daniel Yule of Switzerland in the blue
3:34:05 > 3:34:09course, a better start from Marco Schwarz of Austria, Whitland leads
3:34:09 > 3:34:16to - one. Daniel Yule is back in contention, I think he is in front.
3:34:16 > 3:34:23-- Switzerland leads 2-1. Marco Schwarz has gone out, and Daniel
3:34:23 > 3:34:27Yule can cruise through, Switzerland are the Olympic champions! They have
3:34:27 > 3:34:33defeated their all-time rivals, Austria, and they take the first
3:34:33 > 3:34:39ever gold medal in the Alpine team event. It will be silver for
3:34:39 > 3:34:44Austria, Marco Schwarz's mistake rules them out. Whitson and win by
3:34:44 > 3:34:553-1. -- Switzerland win by 3-1. The battle of the giants, Norway
3:34:55 > 3:34:56defeating France to win the bronze.
3:35:01 > 3:35:04Switzerland take the first ever team Alpine gold, brilliant event on the
3:35:04 > 3:35:09slopes. We are going to stay on the snow, because the penultimate day at
3:35:09 > 3:35:14the games sees the penultimate medal in the cross-country, the longest
3:35:14 > 3:35:20event of the Games, the 50 kilometres mass start, a brutal test
3:35:20 > 3:35:23of endurance. It has been frustrating so far for Andrew
3:35:23 > 3:35:27Musgrave of Great Britain, this is his last event in Pyeongchang, and
3:35:27 > 3:35:32we join the action with eight kilometres to go.
3:35:36 > 3:35:49Here come the chasers. These guys are good enough, on a different day,
3:35:49 > 3:35:58we could be looking at a four way sprint for the medals, but three
3:35:58 > 3:36:01very old men have gone extremely hard, extremely early, and they are
3:36:01 > 3:36:07not closing on the leaders.
3:36:07 > 3:36:10not closing on the leaders. These positions may be as good as it gets
3:36:10 > 3:36:15for this quartet.It just shows you how absolutely perfectly timing was
3:36:15 > 3:36:19from Niskanen. The only thing that has gone wrong, and it may not have
3:36:19 > 3:36:22gone permanently wrong is that Bolshunov was able to stay with him
3:36:22 > 3:36:29and has moved out head by virtue of the exchange of skis. But even
3:36:29 > 3:36:32Niskanen's timing and the way he broke apart that field has proved
3:36:32 > 3:36:37over the ensuing power now, since he did it, to have been a perfect
3:36:37 > 3:36:42decision in terms of taking out Dario Cologna. The Norwegian
3:36:42 > 3:36:47challenge has completely disappeared, showing no signs of
3:36:47 > 3:36:51life since, Alex Harvey is wrapped up in that as well, and others have
3:36:51 > 3:36:59been dropped,
3:36:59 > 3:37:05been dropped, including Chervotkin. Niskanen threw the switch of skis is
3:37:05 > 3:37:10reeling back in the Russian. We really are going to have an amazing
3:37:10 > 3:37:16finish.Could be very, very exciting as they head towards the business
3:37:16 > 3:37:23end of the race, all credits to Niskanen, not just in terms of the
3:37:23 > 3:37:28tactics of changing skis, but not folding mentally after seeing the
3:37:28 > 3:37:3121-year-old Russian close down the huge lead that he worked so hard to
3:37:31 > 3:37:39generate. Bolshunov still in front, of course, but Niskanen tried to
3:37:39 > 3:37:45make his way back up onto the shoulder of the new leader. And with
3:37:45 > 3:37:52every push and every drive, he is closing, the gap is only four
3:37:52 > 3:37:56seconds, Poltoranin is miles behind, the Kazakhstan, in third. As we have
3:37:56 > 3:38:01said a couple of times in our coverage, every single person fell
3:38:01 > 3:38:06by the wayside with this man's tactics, apart from Bolshunov, but
3:38:06 > 3:38:11this is good, positive skiing from Niskanen. If he was tired, mentally
3:38:11 > 3:38:17fragile or weakened by the Russian's move ahead, he would be finding this
3:38:17 > 3:38:21deficit much more difficult to close down, so psychologically this is
3:38:21 > 3:38:25working for Niskanen, because he is closing the gap that the Russian
3:38:25 > 3:38:29enjoyed at the end of that previous circuit when he changed skis, and it
3:38:29 > 3:38:35also tells us that the new skis are working as well.Which will be a
3:38:35 > 3:38:39sigh of relief for the finished team, can you imagine being the wax
3:38:39 > 3:38:43technicians, you have seen your athletes deliver this incredible
3:38:43 > 3:38:47race, being caught up, needing to put on a set of skis to deliver them
3:38:47 > 3:38:51over the line, the national embarrassment if suddenly they are
3:38:51 > 3:38:55completely off the pace. Look at Niskanen trying to keep the muscles
3:38:55 > 3:39:00working. You have got to remember, everybody is doing this in minus
3:39:00 > 3:39:02eight with a significant amount of wind chill, and there are many
3:39:02 > 3:39:07athletes on the course who have now skied, in the last hour and 51
3:39:07 > 3:39:11minutes, Morkel eaters than they have done at the rest of the
3:39:11 > 3:39:15Olympics combine. -- more kilometres. If you think about it,
3:39:15 > 3:39:21not everybody does all of the races, some have saved themselves for this,
3:39:21 > 3:39:25and Niskanen is an example of someone who is picked and chosen,
3:39:25 > 3:39:30held himself back. This is a huge race when it comes to the distance.
3:39:30 > 3:39:34Now, Niskanen has completely closed down that gap, once again right back
3:39:34 > 3:39:40into the psychological battle of the has what it takes with less than ten
3:39:40 > 3:39:45kilometres to go.We are in for a great finish to this race, and I
3:39:45 > 3:39:49know that Poltoranin is a long way clear in third place, but according
3:39:49 > 3:39:54to the last two checkpoints, he has moved a further 30 seconds behind
3:39:54 > 3:39:59these two, and that has allowed Sundby to close down to within one
3:39:59 > 3:40:09minute. So Sundby, Harvey and Larkov are about 1.15 off the Kazakhstan
3:40:09 > 3:40:15it, but now they are only 50 seconds behind with six kilometres left to
3:40:15 > 3:40:19ski. If it starts to unravel for Poltoranin, it is not beyond the
3:40:19 > 3:40:23bounds of possibility that somebody like Sundby, with a big finish,
3:40:23 > 3:40:28could get in the mix for bronze and denied a man from Kazakhstan the
3:40:28 > 3:40:32position he has occupied for 20 kilometres.Not beyond the bounds of
3:40:32 > 3:40:35possibility that Alex Harvey of Canada could get on the Olympic
3:40:35 > 3:40:41podium. He is still in there, tucked in behind Sundby, and he has been
3:40:41 > 3:40:43wanting that Olympic medal, discussing the fact it will probably
3:40:43 > 3:40:51be his very last Olympic appearance. If that group containing Harvey
3:40:51 > 3:40:55continues to get closer and closer and into medal contention, Canada's
3:40:55 > 3:41:01Alex Harvey will be in with a shout at an Olympic medal. We will find
3:41:01 > 3:41:07out inside a round about the next 20 or so minutes.That is why the
3:41:07 > 3:41:12director is now giving us a shot of Poltoranin from Kazakhstan, because
3:41:12 > 3:41:18there are now questions. He has moved much further behind Bolshunov
3:41:18 > 3:41:25and Niskanen in first and second. Is there a little opening for Sundby,
3:41:25 > 3:41:32Harvey, Larkov and Holund? The weather is closing in, it is cold,
3:41:32 > 3:41:36Niskanen misses the drink at that point. I don't think that will be a
3:41:36 > 3:41:40disaster, but we are getting towards the business end of this race now,
3:41:40 > 3:41:43excellent work from Niskanen to close the gap on the 21-year-old
3:41:43 > 3:41:52Alex Ainley Bolshunov. Nothing to separate these two men. -- Alexey. A
3:41:52 > 3:41:58little slip from the Russian, they are so close, Niskanen could reach
3:41:58 > 3:42:06out and touch Bolshunov's pole. Poltoranin in third, totally
3:42:06 > 3:42:13isolated, miles behind the men in gold and silver, and, he hopes,
3:42:13 > 3:42:22still a long way in front of these four, but he was 1.46
3:42:22 > 3:42:24four, but he was 1.46 behind Bolshunov, but now there is no doubt
3:42:24 > 3:42:28that these four are closing in in what could become a five way battle
3:42:28 > 3:42:33for the bronze. Poltoranin was going to come under pressure, you would
3:42:33 > 3:42:39expect, in these closing stages. It is Larkov wearing 11, then it is
3:42:39 > 3:42:45Sundby, then Alex Harvey, as Lee said, trying to become North
3:42:45 > 3:42:52America's first medallist in this event. They are closing. They are
3:42:52 > 3:42:57closing on Poltoranin in third. Could it be the man from Kazakhstan,
3:42:57 > 3:43:03aiming to be their first medallist in 24 years? He could still hang on.
3:43:03 > 3:43:08They have not got that long to go to close him down. And this is what we
3:43:08 > 3:43:12want from these epic races. We have uncertainty in terms of who is going
3:43:12 > 3:43:18to take gold and silver, and we now have a little bit of uncertainty
3:43:18 > 3:43:23whether Poltoranin, the 30 old from Kazakhstan in his fourth Winter
3:43:23 > 3:43:27Olympic Games, whether he can hold on for the bronze. -- the
3:43:27 > 3:43:3030-year-old. There is drama all around these tracks, this is why
3:43:30 > 3:43:35these races are so good to watch. The gap between Poltoranin and
3:43:35 > 3:43:41Larkov was about 54-55 seconds. It is now 38 seconds, and that happened
3:43:41 > 3:43:46in the space of 1.5 kilometres. We have about six remaining. If you do
3:43:46 > 3:43:51a little bit of maths, it could be very close. Now, there is a
3:43:51 > 3:43:55suggestion that you should not employ a Finnish who has just skied
3:43:55 > 3:43:5845 parameters as a goalkeeper any time soon, no chance of Niskanen
3:43:58 > 3:44:08holding onto that, not the end of his race by any means, but as you
3:44:08 > 3:44:14can see, still absolutely neck and neck between Bolshunov and Niskanen
3:44:14 > 3:44:17after what has felt like an absolutely epic encounter. Now,
3:44:17 > 3:44:24coming into the stadium, we have very little time, very little
3:44:24 > 3:44:28distance remaining for someone to make a move out of these two. Will
3:44:28 > 3:44:38anyone do it, or are they going to wait?
3:44:38 > 3:44:50Don't worry about the German, they are a lap behind.
3:44:50 > 3:44:55are a lap behind. They hear the bell in this epic race. It is the very
3:44:55 > 3:45:00last circuit in the men's 50 kilometres, the longest, hardest,
3:45:00 > 3:45:05most arduous battle for gold you could argue it means with the most
3:45:05 > 3:45:10-- it comes within its glory. Iivo Niskanen set his stall out early
3:45:10 > 3:45:16before even the Games began, he was targeting this as his desired gold
3:45:16 > 3:45:20medal. It is the event that has been part of the Winter Olympic programme
3:45:20 > 3:45:27since the very beginning back in 1924. Niskanen is a huge star back
3:45:27 > 3:45:36in Finland, and now this is the dynamic in the battle for bronze,
3:45:36 > 3:45:42this is such a shame for the
3:45:43 > 3:45:47this is such a shame for the classic ski specialist from Kazakhstan.
3:45:47 > 3:45:55Where he was one minute and 50 seconds clear on its own, looking
3:45:55 > 3:46:07towards the medal, his energy is spent. He wears bib five. That is
3:46:07 > 3:46:14sad to see because he played his part in the dynamic of
3:46:15 > 3:46:23part in the dynamic of the race sport is cruel, there is no room for
3:46:24 > 3:46:28sentiment it is sad for Poltoranin. Cross-country fans will have seen
3:46:28 > 3:46:33just how much he helped Niskanen but from our point of view it sets up an
3:46:33 > 3:46:36incredible finish for the bronze medal because you will have four
3:46:36 > 3:46:42tired but expert contenders battling over these last few kilometres to
3:46:42 > 3:46:48try to get into the medals, as we watched Niskanen, still tailing
3:46:48 > 3:46:51Alexander Bolshunov, still nothing between them. They have been skiing
3:46:51 > 3:46:57for just under two hours in minus seven, with the winds whipping
3:46:57 > 3:47:02around their faces, and they are still absolutely neck and neck as we
3:47:02 > 3:47:11watch the chasers coming through, Poltoranin, can he hang on to the
3:47:11 > 3:47:21end? That is his only chance. Sundby looks to his left. Larkov, Holund,
3:47:21 > 3:47:30Harvey. Poltoranin holding on behind them now. If he could just stay on
3:47:30 > 3:47:35them for this final push to the line, he might just still have a
3:47:35 > 3:47:42chance but you'd have to think long and hard about it.Especially in the
3:47:42 > 3:47:46manner number 15 has been eroded so quickly. There are still five,
3:47:46 > 3:47:53including Poltoranin, in the battle for bronze, as has been the case for
3:47:53 > 3:47:59about 15 kilometres of this epic test of nerve, steel and tactics.
3:47:59 > 3:48:04They are to .5 minutes adrift, and this is a two-way battle for Winter
3:48:04 > 3:48:10Olympic glory, here on these stunning tracks of Pyeongchang. We
3:48:10 > 3:48:15have been privileged enough to witness some great, great finishers,
3:48:15 > 3:48:18some wonderful battles and demonstrations of heart, nerve and
3:48:18 > 3:48:24passion and here is another. Iivo Niskanen has poured his heart and
3:48:24 > 3:48:30soul into this campaign. It was good enough to get rid of absolutely
3:48:30 > 3:48:37everybody bar one. At one stage, Abraham, the 21-year-old Russian was
3:48:37 > 3:48:4245 seconds behind the thin. The talk by little he held on to his nerve
3:48:42 > 3:48:47and believe that this is his day to shine individually, after two
3:48:47 > 3:48:54Silvers and a bronze, is he destined to finish with gold? Niskanen has to
3:48:54 > 3:49:01hang on, and I wonder is it going to come down to a massive piece of
3:49:01 > 3:49:05acceleration on that large, huge field coming into the stadium, as it
3:49:05 > 3:49:10has done time and time again in all the races so far?You can see the
3:49:10 > 3:49:15conditions deteriorating out on the course as well. That Hill has played
3:49:15 > 3:49:21such a huge part in this hole Olympics. Every race, it has been
3:49:21 > 3:49:30used to its full advantage. Will it be Bolshunov? Will it be Niskanen?
3:49:30 > 3:49:35Who has enough left to use that Hill as they get closer and closer to it
3:49:35 > 3:49:42in the final stages of this race?I think the dynamic between the two
3:49:42 > 3:49:47groups shows you for the very first time these two are tired, they will
3:49:47 > 3:49:52not be caught by the chase group who are two and a half minutes behind.
3:49:52 > 3:49:57These two are tired, mentally and physically, they are almost a spent
3:49:57 > 3:50:03force part one of them is going to find something here in the very
3:50:03 > 3:50:08closing stages that will be remembered for ever. Alexander
3:50:08 > 3:50:12Bolshunov, the 21-year-old from Russia, he has skied a brilliant
3:50:12 > 3:50:19tactical race. Hasn't gone with the early pace of Niskanen, worked his
3:50:19 > 3:50:24way back to the flying Finn who tracks his every move. Talk about
3:50:24 > 3:50:31history, no fin has won this title since 1960! The weight of history is
3:50:31 > 3:50:36on Iivo Niskanen's shoulders, the nation will be tuning in live to
3:50:36 > 3:50:43watch their young hero from back home, he is quite a character, he
3:50:43 > 3:50:48co-owns a racehorse. His older sister is a Winter Olympics
3:50:48 > 3:50:52medallist and he took a medal four years ago in the team sprint but
3:50:52 > 3:50:56this is different. This gold would be his and his alone, and it would
3:50:56 > 3:51:00be an amazing slice of Winter Olympic history, something that has
3:51:00 > 3:51:09not been done by a Finn in almost 50 years.They are in front, that front
3:51:09 > 3:51:17duo, and we have a potentially a bronze medallist in there somewhere.
3:51:18 > 3:51:25Note that there is no Alexey Poltoranin. It is between Andrey
3:51:25 > 3:51:31Larkov, Alex Harvey, and Hans Christer Holund. Somewhere in net is
3:51:31 > 3:51:36your bronze medallist and here are your gold and silver medallists, it
3:51:36 > 3:51:41is a case of which way is it going to be? Wearing number eight,
3:51:41 > 3:51:48Niskanen, his life's work has been to get this Olympic gold. Not any
3:51:48 > 3:51:52other, but this one. In front of him, a 21-year-old in Alexander
3:51:52 > 3:51:56Bolshunov, who has a whole career ahead of him but has exploded onto
3:51:56 > 3:52:05the scene with a series of impressive performances, and he is
3:52:05 > 3:52:08going home with three medals but none of them are gold. One of these
3:52:08 > 3:52:11will win an Olympic title for the first time in their career. We are
3:52:11 > 3:52:17just about to find out who.If you've never watched cross-country
3:52:17 > 3:52:23skiing before, it doesn't matter. What is there not to admire about
3:52:23 > 3:52:30two young men putting the years and the years of their life on the line
3:52:30 > 3:52:38for a chance to make history? Iivo Niskanen has blown this entire field
3:52:38 > 3:52:44apart. He has been so gutsy, so balls see, determined that this
3:52:44 > 3:52:49slice of history as his but he hasn't been able to get rid of the
3:52:49 > 3:52:53maroon shadow, who we can just about see in these gloomy conditions in
3:52:53 > 3:52:58Pyeongchang, Alexander Bolshunov. Three times he's been on the podium,
3:52:58 > 3:53:04Bolshunov, but the one he wants as this one. He has a chance, the
3:53:04 > 3:53:0821-year-old, it is just too close to call at the moment. Will it come
3:53:08 > 3:53:13down to that massive hill for the finish? These are the four men
3:53:13 > 3:53:17battling for the bronze with Larkov leading with Sundby cut in behind
3:53:17 > 3:53:25him.Through the murder, we see these four coming through. Sundby
3:53:25 > 3:53:28won't have his individual Olympic title. You can see Niskanen pulling
3:53:28 > 3:53:34away! He wants an Olympic gold for himself on his own and he is going
3:53:34 > 3:53:43now!This is so gutsy from Iivo Niskanen. That is how he has skied
3:53:43 > 3:53:49this entire rows. He went to the front at the start, and, after
3:53:49 > 3:53:56seeing his lead after changing skis, he has maintained his focus and his
3:53:56 > 3:54:02tactical composure. He has gone early and hard. The Olympic athlete
3:54:02 > 3:54:08of Russia, Alexander Bolshunov, is slipping. He is trying to hang on.
3:54:08 > 3:54:13Bolshunov got the individual bronze in the sprints, he is quick. But
3:54:13 > 3:54:24this man is being driven on by a nation and by the weight of history.
3:54:24 > 3:54:28He has broken Bolshunov! He sits up, he knows he has been beaten in this
3:54:28 > 3:54:34battle for the gold medal! You don't often see an athlete giving away
3:54:34 > 3:54:39like that but I think it shows you just how much it had taken out of
3:54:39 > 3:54:43Bolshunov to close the gap in the first place.And now Niskanen is
3:54:43 > 3:54:49moving up the hill, we thought this is where Bolshunov might be broken.
3:54:49 > 3:54:55You can see he renews the attack but the gap is there now and Niskanen
3:54:55 > 3:54:59accelerated, and so unusual to see an athlete simply say I can't match
3:54:59 > 3:55:04that. That is it, after 49 kilometres, I haven't got what it
3:55:04 > 3:55:10takes to stay with that man, and Niskanen goes up this hill for a
3:55:10 > 3:55:17final time, takes a look behind him, and now the dissent towards the
3:55:17 > 3:55:21arena, towards a gold medal. Niskanen takes that sharp
3:55:21 > 3:55:28left-hander, takes it carefully, wants to stay on his feet, wants to
3:55:28 > 3:55:33savour the moment of a lifetime. He took a gold in the team sprint four
3:55:33 > 3:55:40years ago but before these Games began he said this is the title that
3:55:40 > 3:55:42every Winter Olympic cross-country skier wants, this is the event that
3:55:42 > 3:55:48has been in the programme since 1924, that's why they've got the
3:55:48 > 3:55:55flags with his face on it. This would be massive. And an absolutely
3:55:55 > 3:56:02superb performance from the flying Finn, Iivo Niskanen pulling away
3:56:02 > 3:56:07from Bolshunov. He had the heart and desire, and the mental strength and
3:56:07 > 3:56:13the self belief to pull away from a huge field before halfway and
3:56:13 > 3:56:17despite Bolshunov putting him under pressure, it is going to be Iivo
3:56:17 > 3:56:22Niskanen's day. The crowning moment of a glittering career so far and he
3:56:22 > 3:56:30is orchestrating the crowd! Over 50 years of history, and, finally, a
3:56:30 > 3:56:35Finn is back on top in the most gruelling of events. Iivo Niskanen
3:56:35 > 3:56:38writes his name in the annals of the all-time Winter Olympic rates in
3:56:38 > 3:56:45this event and all credit to Alexander Bolshunov. He is
3:56:45 > 3:56:50absolutely shattered. He looks disappointed. He was the only man in
3:56:50 > 3:56:53the entire field who could do anything to put Niskanen under
3:56:53 > 3:56:58pressure and that is no disgrace with yet another silver for him
3:56:58 > 3:57:06because it is all gold for Niskanen. STUDIO: The first gold for Finland's
3:57:06 > 3:57:12Iivo Niskanen. Silver and bronze went to Olympic Athletes from
3:57:12 > 3:57:15Russia, Abraham Ackland Andrey Larkov. Alex Harvey finished fourth,
3:57:15 > 3:57:20missing out on being the first Canadian to win a cross-country
3:57:20 > 3:57:25medal.
3:57:25 > 3:57:28Canadian to win a cross-country medal. It has been another historic
3:57:28 > 3:57:33day here in Pyeongchang. Ellie Morgan became the first British man
3:57:33 > 3:57:41to win an Olympic medal on a snowboard. -- Billy Morgan. It was a
3:57:41 > 3:57:48first curling gold as well for team USA a little earlier. Barra and the
3:57:48 > 3:57:54first woman to win Olympic gold on skis and snowboard, adding Parallel
3:57:54 > 3:58:00Giant Slalom to the Super-G title she won Mac earlier in the Games.
3:58:00 > 3:58:04Norway, the most Winter Olympic medals won at a single Games. They
3:58:04 > 3:58:08got their 38th medal today. It is more than Team
3:58:08 > 3:58:09got their 38th medal today. It is more than Team GB have managed, but,
3:58:09 > 3:58:14with five, this is how it stands. Their best ever at the Winter
3:58:14 > 3:58:22Olympics. Could it be more? Eve Muirhead is going for bronze. Join
3:58:22 > 3:58:27Clare Balding for all of that. From me, goodbye and I'll see you
3:58:27 > 3:58:29tomorrow.