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Good morning from the penultimate

day of competition here in

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Pyeongchang, eight gold medals up

for grabs today. We might be slowing

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down towards the end of it all, but

these athletes certainly are not. If

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you were watching on BBC One, you

will see we have just had a history

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in the parallel giant slalom, Ester

Ledecka becoming the first woman to

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win a gold medal in two different

sports at the same Winter Olympics,

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our first super-G on the skis, his

second coming are now favoured

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snowboard. We are going to head

straight back there, because the

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men's final is just coming up, so

let's rejoin our commentary team.

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This is it, the men's parallel giant

slalom, the big final. Sangho, on

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the blue course.

Korea is guaranteed

a silver or gold medal, but which

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colour will it be?

He is up against

the Swiss.

Has been riding very

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strong all day.

You call it, you are

the expert!

I don't know, my heart

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is saying Lee Sang Hwa oh, but as we

have seen, one tiny mistake can

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throw it all up. I will tell you in

about one minute's time!

Here we go,

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all of Korea expects, it is a better

start from Lee, who had a shocking

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start in the semifinal.

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start in the semifinal. Taking a

conservative line on the top of the

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course. That is a long way back, he

is going to have to go for it now,

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needs to carry speed from the steep

to the flat. And Galmarini from

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Switzerland is looking good.

Just

coming over the last knoll now.

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Karen Lee pull out the spectacular

again?

He did very well at the end

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of the course last time.

Switzerland

take the gold, Lee will have to

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settle for silver.

The crowd is

still going wild, I think they are

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very happy with the medal.

That is

absolutely wonderful. And Nevin

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Galmarini takes the gold medal for

Switzerland. Sea has had a fantastic

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day, qualified in first, just

flawlessly all day, a deserving

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winner, I think. And the league,

this is a personal best, fear that

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the World Championships last year in

Sierra Nevada. -- and leave. He won

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the world junior championships in

2015, but he has invested so much of

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his time, energy, for these home

Olympic Games, and for Nevin

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Galmarini, he has gone one better,

silver medallist in Sochi four years

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ago, and now a gold medal in the

men's parallel giant slalom.

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Yeah, he was flawless all day today,

wasn't he?

That is what you call a

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perfect race, absolutely perfect.

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Yeah, just looking at it, yes, he

was actually able to catch up from

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the steep to the flat, the second

intermediate time, gained back 0.2

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of a second.

He seemed faster at the

end of the course than at the start.

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Yeah. Look at the edge

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angle there. He didn't need to reach

for the line, he knew he was

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guaranteed the medal.

Celebrations for the Swiss, but also

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in South Korea, that is their first

ever Olympic medal on snow,

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brilliant stuff in Pyeongchang for

the locals. We will stay on the

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snowboard now, because the big air

final has been a brilliant addition

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to these Winter Olympics, and Billy

Morgan from GB was hoping it could

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be a brilliant end to its Winter

Olympics. He qualified in sixth

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place a few days ago. Carlos Garcia

Knight from New Zealand was the lead

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qualifier in that qualifying heat.

The format change slightly. Instead

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of the best of two jumps, there are

three jumps, the best two counting

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and being added together to get your

overall champion. Let's join Tim

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Warwood and Ed Leigh.

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Yes, this is good news, Billy Morgan

took a big hit in training, so the

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fact that he is up here is great

news. Hamish McMurray tanned Rowan

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Coultas next to him, Billy just

watching the flags. He made it

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through with big backside triple

1440 Caulker, but it was huge, and

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that is what he wants to land now.

-- cork.

Backside triple cork, it is

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massive!

Couldn't hold it.

It was

huge! Billy! Backside triple cork

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with the nose grab. Oh, and he was

cleaning to that with his

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fingernails. He really was.

Like

hanging off the edge of a cliff, and

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now the pressure is on Billy.

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30.0, Billy Morgan has it all to do

on his final two jumps.

Toutant has

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been in the game for more than a

decade, so, so strong. The Canadian

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is considered a veteran at 25, but

he can ride everything.

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he can ride everything. Of late, he

has been eclipsed on the Canadian

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team by the likes of Mark McMorris.

Switch frontside 1620, and the first

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rider to properly send it deep into

the landing.

That is very, very

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nice! That is huge.

Huge trick. He

has put himself very much in the

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running for this title, that is a

massive trek to punch out. 84.75,

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the judges leaving themselves

somewhere to go.

Next in, it is the

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Norwegian, Torgeir Bergrem, and we

watched him yesterday.

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Winding up into the backside 1620.

Huge, huge trick.

Look at the

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Norwegian!

He the snowboarder's

snowboarder, the Ryan Giggs of

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snowboarding, widely considered to

be one of

beautifully skilful.

Look

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at that, keeping the board pretty

much straight on the take-off,

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judges like that, using the grab

rails on the board to full effect.

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And he is happy with it.

88.50,

first place for Torgeir Bergrem, and

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deservedly so. Kyle Mack, a rider

always renowned for his different

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grounds, made it into the finals

with a backside triple cork 1440

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with a Japan grab, which almost

stalled the rotation. Oh!

My

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goodness!

That is the best one we

have seen from him.

Without a doubt,

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the best one we have seen from him.

To put the Japan grab in the middle

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of the trick kills all the rotation,

and then as he brings it back, it

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really is, reignites the trick, like

a turbo charge.

It is likely peels

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back an elastic band and then lets

go of it in the middle of the trick.

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The instinct, every part of it must

be saying, let go, save yourself!

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Olga Rypakova!

Uses the urge and

hold onto that one.

-- pull the

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ripcord.

82.00, that is as good as

you can go.

Well, it wasn't switch.

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True, true.

Switch regarded as more

difficult.

Back to the top, and this

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man is the king of big air.

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man is the king of big air.

So the

Canadian dropping in normal,

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forwards. Backside triple cork 1620!

Oh, that was a work of art!

It was

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huge, and it was clean.

Take a look

at Max Parrot there, he has done the

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whole trick on the take-off, he

grabs, he is not working, not

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fighting it. The whole trick, from

start to finish, is done on the

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take-off, and if you look, that 180

looks like it is part of the trick.

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Max Parrot, we know he has got the

cab 1800 in his bag, he has got two

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goes at that. Bergrem in first,

Parrot and second, Toutant and

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third. Kyle Mack is the only other

rider in the 80s. Billy under

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pressure now, he has worked so hard

to get here, he tore his lateral

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crew should ligament, that kept him

off his board for a month before

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these games. -- cruciate.

Come on,

Billy! Massive again!

And he holds

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it up, yes, it was huge, and he put

the nose grab on it, the hardest

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grab! Yes, Billy!

Really, really

nice. Huge triple cork. If the

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judges are rewarding size, they have

got to give them a big present for

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that one. Oh, my goodness! Borrow

Chuck Norris's thighs to put this

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one down, I think. And relief for

the British fans watching. 82.5

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zero.

There we go, that is the score

on the board. Billy Morgan has a

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serious, serious shop now. Next in,

Sebastien Toutant, the Canadian is

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sat on a very, very powerful 84.75.

A bit of breathing room here. And I

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think it is completely fair to say

that this kid is a video game

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snowboarder, he will go backside

again here.

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again here. Backside 1620.

How did

he hold onto that?! It was like a

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rodeo clown!

Huge, huge, huge second

hit for the man from Quebec.

He

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looked like he was handing onto a

palomino at the rodeo on the way

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out, but some of the toe edge stayed

in contact with the snow. Two 1620s,

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this is very, very precious. 89.50,

that puts him in a very, very strong

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position!

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position!

I want to see this boy do

well, Kyle Mack. Powerhouse. He is

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so mostly, he even sinks in

saltwater.

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He is a human Mack truck!

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If you have some gates that need

smashing down, you can call him!

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He already has the backside 1440.

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Ooh!

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No!

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That is a bloody Dracula!

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And I am not swearing,

that is the name of the grab,

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both hands on the tail.

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I have never seen it in a 14.

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I have seen him do it on the 1080.

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I don't think he can believe

that he has put it down in the 1440.

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Four called rotations, both hands on

the tail. He is fizzing after that

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one.

Not massive.

Not at all.

We saw

what happened with Sage Kotsenburg,

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pulling something out of the

ordinary in such, and it dominated

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slopestyle for him, and I think Kyle

Mack could do the same, this could

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push close to the 90 mark.

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Two big scores and in second

place at the moment.

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So, Mark Mcmorris, and he

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So, Mark Mcmorris, and he always

delivers in this situation. 11

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months ago he was in a medically

induced coma after breaking his

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ribs, his pelvis, his humorous

unsure and spleen. He broke his

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femur in 2016, he is the king of

rehab.

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rehab.

Same trick.

It is over for

Mark McMorris! And the Olympic Ring

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once more slips through his fingers.

Twice he has had the bronze medal

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but by his extremely high standards,

it was always a gold medal he was

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after.

A huge cheer from the crowd,

they know what he's gone through,

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what a journey he has had to be

here.

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An incredible work effort, Max

Parrot, the second man after Billy

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Morgan to land a quad core. Accused

of lacking style at times but

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certainly addressed that. Will we

see the cab 1800?

Is this it? It is!

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And he has gone!

He has landed

hundreds of those in training and

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suddenly everything is wide open. If

he had landed this trick, the final

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was put to bed. We have got that

lovely finish, and we are coming to

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the boil now because we have the

finish where the pressure is on Max

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Parrot.

Oh, his chin goes down. His

face! Do you want a grated cheek on

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your toast?

It is like sandpaper.

His switch backside 1620, he dropped

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but now he has to deliver, Carlos

Garcia Knight.

Spirit is very high

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in the New Zealand camp with the

16-year-old Porteus taking the

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bronze earlier in the day.

Switch

again.

He has gone too big. He went

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to big! And that is the end of

Carlos Garcia Knight. Oh, my

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goodness! Bottle that up, Eau Of

Disappointment.

His mum and dad

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would drive to the mountain, sit in

the car while he shredded all day on

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the mountain.

He made it look easy

in qualification.

He did. Let's look

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at the standing.

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So, Billy Morgan I think will go for

the frontside 1440 triple core but

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if he lands this, he is well within

the medal scores but remember he is

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the second of 12 riders to drop in

the third and final jumps of men's

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Big Air.

We know the whole of

Southampton is watching this.

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They've rented the sports centre,

there will be a big crowd cheering

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him on, and he needs to go

absolutely stratospherically that

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isn't something he struggles with,

to be honest.

Come on, Billy Morgan

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except!

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to be honest.

Come on, Billy Morgan

Double grab! Billy Morgan, yes!

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Billy Morgan with a double grab!

That is massive, absolutely huge!

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Oh, my goodness. He had us all

scared, he slammed in practice,

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dropped his first jump and he has

delivered second and third jump.

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This is very, very pressures.

He's

grabbing the tail and the mute on

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that.

The judges will love that,

they will love it! One line, two

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lines!

Beautiful, stands up like

Michael Knight from Knight Rider.

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Yes, Billy Morgan!

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Yes, Billy Morgan!

85.5, he is an

bronze medal position and it is a

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very long guns nervous wait for the

man from Southampton.

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man from Southampton. This man is in

very enviable position. Where will

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Sebastien Toutant take this third

and final jump?

Not one jump in the

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90s from the first two. The judges

leaving plenty in reserve.

Would you

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trust Chris Corning wouldn't try a

quad?

I don't trust he won't. He was

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chucking them on the practice in

Munchen club back for a laugh.

So,

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dropping in switch.

He has gone

massive...

And he tried to tidy it

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up, the cab 16, just by going even

bigger, he wanted to add to that

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score. This would be such a huge

result for Sebastien Toutant. You

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look over his results and it is only

the Quebec slopestyle key won. That

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looks like visualisation of the quad

core.

Is he going to try to do the

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quad core? This jump is too small to

see that trip.

I don't know, it

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looks like it.

He is starting right

back there. Surely not.

I think he's

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going forward. -- for it.

This would

be history right here. This would be

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the first quad in competition.

I

think he is going. I'm nervous and

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I've never seen him this site.

He is

going to have to rip this so hard.

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It is... And he nearly made it!

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It is... And he nearly made it! Oh,

my goodness! The backside quad core

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makes its appearance at the Olympics

and we've been talking about it

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since day one at the slopestyle and

we finally see it. Chris Corning has

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been building his entire career

around the idea he's going to come

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to the Olympics and land a quad core

and then the jump is too small.

Has

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that stopped him? No. He has ripped

it.

Full credit to this man. Two,

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three...

He dips so late. He only

needed a tiny, tiny bit more. Wow,

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Chris Corning has bent physics.

Anxious wait for Billy Morgan as we

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start getting through the heavy

hitters. This final here running in

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reverse order of qualifiers.

I am

starting to get restless in my seat.

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I feel like I have got ants in my

pants.

He drops in switch... Oh, and

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he has dropped it! How? How? After

being so consistent? I suppose it is

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a difference trick. He has worked so

hard on that backside 1620, and he

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squandered it. The second jump is

when it started to go wrong for him.

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He is such an incredible snowboarder

but he battles with consistency on

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the biggest stages.

What a shame for

the Norwegian.

Next in, Kyle Mack,

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currently sitting in silver medal

position. So, for Mack, an

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improvement for -- from his first

jump. If he can bump his score up...

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He will need 87. He can pull it up

to 87, he can move into gold medal

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position.

I don't think we will see

1440 in the high 80s.

He will need

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to... He either needs a 16 or a grab

that is truly out of this world and

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with the bloody Dracula on his

frontside 14, that is as much as it

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can do.

Backside triple core 16,

very nearly ran to 18.

What? 1620

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Japan? Wow!

I think he was trying to

take it around to 1800, by the looks

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of it.

I'm looking down to this and,

right now, of all the riders left to

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drop, Mark McMorris, Niklas

Mattsson, they've dropped their

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first jump is. There's only one man

who can knock everyone out. So,

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Sebastien Toutant guaranteed silver.

Kyle Mack guaranteed bronze. So,

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Billy Morgan can only get blasted by

that man.

The hole of the UK now

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just needs to watch this jump

through their eyes. Of course they

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watch it through their eyes! They

need to watch it through their

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fingers. I am beside myself, I can't

watch it. I'm torn between my friend

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in bronze and one of the best

snowboarders trying to do business

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on this big edge jump.

The hardest

trick we will see on this jump.

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Let's make no mistake about it,

here's here for gold.

He is coming

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in backwards.

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in backwards. Oh, no! He has gone!

What? Max Parrot scaling back his

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jump and missing.

He went to the

gold and he went home with nothing.

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So, the medals are settled. We said

it was a long shot but Billy Morgan,

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Great Britain, Southampton's finest

snowboarder go home with a bronze

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medal!

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medal! In exactly the same way Jenny

Jones worked so hard and was able to

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crown an impressive career with the

glory of an Olympic medal, Billy

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Morgan has done the same thing. The

man who has pioneered so many tricks

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but really struggled for that core

acceptance from the sport has come

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here and landed two breathtaking

tricks under pressure to take a

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silver medal and the story isn't so

different for Sebastien Toutant in

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gold-medal position. It is so lovely

seeing these two powerhouse nations

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of snowboarding, Canada and America,

matched very, very closely by

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Britain, one of the minnows of

snowboarding. In Billy Morgan, we

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have one of the most courageous and

pioneering of snowboarders. He has

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earned his reward here at the first

ever Big Air in Korea. A bronze

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medal. Congratulations, Billy.

Oh my God, Billy Morgan, you legend!

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What a wild ride that was.

What are

you thinking right this second?

I

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don't know, it's wild. I had bad

training, I fell, and I thought it

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was game over. I was thinking, I

hope I don't fall over three times.

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They would be devastated. My mates

are in a bar watching.

That was your

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mind saying, come on!

If I land one

jump, I'll be stoked and I did two.

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The first one was so deep and we saw

you have the crash. Second run, you

0:28:220:28:28

land it. What do you think going

into the third?

I didn't land one of

0:28:280:28:34

them in practice, and I had a sore

bottom. And Hamish said, go slower

0:28:340:28:40

and time it right. I just landed it

and I didn't know what to do.

Hasn't

0:28:400:28:45

sunk in yet you are a bronze

medallist?

No, I'm sure it'll hit me

0:28:450:28:51

later. I never expected it. If you

come in shooting for a medal, you're

0:28:510:28:56

ready for it but I didn't.

Two weeks

ago would you have thought that,

0:28:560:29:01

with your knee injury?

No. Like I

said, I said I'd be stoked if I made

0:29:010:29:06

the finals.

So, happy days.

Absolutely brilliant stuff from

0:29:060:29:11

Billy Morgan. The fifth medal of

TeamGB's Winter Olympics. It makes

0:29:110:29:17

it officially the most successful

Winter Olympics of all time it

0:29:170:29:20

stands. We are still waiting on

classification from four years ago,

0:29:200:29:25

we potentially wait for five, but

this makes it Britain's most

0:29:250:29:36

successful Winter Olympics.

0:29:360:29:38

Are you still teary, Tim?

That is

going to stick. We had it with

0:29:420:29:48

Jenny. Snowboarding is such a small

community, we all know each other

0:29:480:29:53

and certainly the British guys,

we've known each other for years. To

0:29:530:29:57

have to commentate on your friend in

an Olympic final, then winning a

0:29:570:30:02

medal. It's something I struggle to

do, I realise. I shed a little tear

0:30:020:30:07

but amazing, what a day.

0:30:070:30:12

We have heard from Billy, he had

injury problems, his dad had health

0:30:120:30:18

complications, to win a bronze,

incredible when you put everything

0:30:180:30:22

into consideration.

The standard of

the qualifiers, one of the best

0:30:220:30:25

snowboard competitions I have ever

seen, and any other day I would have

0:30:250:30:29

given Billy a really good shot, but

what we knew of the qualifiers and

0:30:290:30:33

how training had gone down, it was

really high level, possibly the

0:30:330:30:37

highest we have ever seen at a

contest. And into that the fact that

0:30:370:30:41

he had not ridden through January

with his ligament damage, and as you

0:30:410:30:45

say, his father had a stroke back in

the summer. It is ridiculous that he

0:30:450:30:52

managed to find that, crashing

moments before the final start,

0:30:520:30:55

dropping his first jump, to then

pull it all back together and land

0:30:550:30:59

two incredible jumps was

breathtaking.

And the third one, the

0:30:590:31:03

one he didn't nail previously, that

shows a lot of guts.

It really does,

0:31:030:31:09

considering he has not landed it

that much, he has had it in his

0:31:090:31:17

arsenal, he has been practising it

over the last few weeks, and is

0:31:170:31:20

coached texted me a video of it,

saying, what do think of this? Me

0:31:200:31:25

and Ed watched it about 50 times,

saying, that is a potential medal

0:31:250:31:29

winning trick, and he has done and

under the highest amount of

0:31:290:31:33

pressure, on his final jump, last

bite of the Jerry, pulled it out of

0:31:330:31:38

the bag, perfect, won him a medal.

One official medal on snow coming

0:31:380:31:45

into the Games, two in the freestyle

in Pyeongchang, what do you hope it

0:31:450:31:49

does for the sport of freestyle

skiing and snowboarding?

After

0:31:490:31:54

Jenny's medal, we saw the snow domes

and dry slopes below, lessons were

0:31:540:31:59

oversubscribed across the UK, so we

know how much of an impact that has

0:31:590:32:03

had. And you hope, looking forward,

the programmes that GB runs, the

0:32:030:32:08

futures project, the pathway

Project, which draws new talent from

0:32:080:32:12

grass-roots areas, puts them through

their paces, brings them up to this

0:32:120:32:18

elite level, hopefully we have got

plenty of talent behind Billy,

0:32:180:32:24

Jenny, Aimee, Katie, but it is the

younger generations who might start

0:32:240:32:29

finding the sport that we will see

in the three Olympic cycles' time,

0:32:290:32:33

replicating this, it is an exciting

prospect.

It has been really

0:32:330:32:38

exciting the whole time, thanks for

joining us, wonderful work from you

0:32:380:32:42

two and all the athletes, huge

congratulations to Billy Morgan for

0:32:420:32:47

his bronze medal. We hope we can get

him on the balcony a little bit

0:32:470:32:50

later in the programme. But for now,

we are going to be Curling Centre,

0:32:500:32:55

because it all comes down to the

final two, European champions Sweden

0:32:550:33:00

take on the USA for the gold medal.

USA will be on the podium for the

0:33:000:33:05

first time since 2006, when they won

bronze. This time it is a fight for

0:33:050:33:11

the ultimate prize in Pyeongchang.

Logan Gray and Jackie Lockhart join

0:33:110:33:15

me from the Curling Centre, how is

the atmosphere building down there?

0:33:150:33:20

They are starting to roll in,

generally it is about 50 minutes

0:33:200:33:23

into the game that they fill it up,

but we will definitely have a

0:33:230:33:29

deserving champion, whoever wins.

Really interesting battle, Jackie,

0:33:290:33:33

USA took a bit of time to get into

their stride, but they certainly

0:33:330:33:37

found form at the

0:33:370:33:39

their stride, but they certainly

found form at the right time.

They

0:33:390:33:40

came into the final with a 5-4

record, but Sweden have 7-2, a

0:33:400:33:46

fantastic game against Canada to get

to this final stage, and I don't

0:33:460:33:50

think anybody really expected that

to happen, so these guys are just

0:33:500:33:54

going to be out here enjoying

themselves, but they will have a

0:33:540:33:57

really tough battle on their hands

against the dominant Swedish team

0:33:570:34:01

that is Niklas Edin.

They certainly

are, European champions, the Swedes,

0:34:010:34:08

Logan, will a be feeling the

pressure slightly more going into

0:34:080:34:11

this final?

I think the USA have

already exceeded expectation, let's

0:34:110:34:18

say. Sweden changed their team after

they won bronze in Sochi, purely

0:34:180:34:23

because they couldn't achieve what

they haven't already, the Olympic

0:34:230:34:26

gold medal, so they will be feeling

a little bit of pressure, but they

0:34:260:34:30

have played so many high pressure

games, they will know how to tackle

0:34:300:34:34

it.

I love putting you guys on the

spot, can you pick a winner?

For me,

0:34:340:34:40

Niklas Edin, without question, has

been so superb all week, very

0:34:400:34:45

dominant across the whole season.

Same for me as well, Steve and I was

0:34:450:34:51

split on the bronze game, and Steve

was right on that occasion, but

0:34:510:34:54

Niklas Edin all the way, just too

good.

Well, there you have it, they

0:34:540:34:59

are both going for the same ones.

Can it be Sweden's Olympic gold

0:34:590:35:04

medal? Jackie and Logan, thank you

for joining me, we will join Steve

0:35:040:35:08

Cram to take us through this gold

medal match.

0:35:080:35:12

Thank you, Eilidh, yes, the

atmosphere building up, created

0:35:120:35:18

primarily by the US fans, although

plenty of Swedish bands in here,

0:35:180:35:24

they will give as good as they get,

as far as the singing and applause

0:35:240:35:28

which, excuse me, which greeted both

teams, but particularly the US team.

0:35:280:35:33

They are surprise men of this

competition. They have given

0:35:330:35:38

themselves an opportunity which I

don't think they could have ever

0:35:380:35:41

really dreamt of. John Shuster and

his team taking on Niklas Edin for

0:35:410:35:45

the gold medal. This is a match

which Edin would have thought about,

0:35:450:35:51

jumped about for so long, but I'm

not sure you would have expected to

0:35:510:35:54

be playing the USA in this final.

USA have never reached the men's

0:35:540:35:58

curling final, so what an

opportunity for them. They have been

0:35:580:36:06

gathering all sorts of support back

home. John Shuster, four time

0:36:060:36:10

Olympian, a bronze medallist from

2006. He has pulled this team

0:36:100:36:15

together at just the right time. So

let's hope they can give Niklas Edin

0:36:150:36:19

a great match here. Sweden, of

course, with the women's team taking

0:36:190:36:25

on Korea tomorrow, midnight tonight

UK time. So they have got a chance

0:36:250:36:28

of two gold medals in the curling

competition. We are expecting a few,

0:36:280:36:35

a bit of stardust being sprinkled at

the curling today, rumours that

0:36:350:36:40

Ivanka Trump will be appearing,

perhaps the King of Sweden as well.

0:36:400:36:43

We will keep an eye out for them.

But to be honest, most of the

0:36:430:36:47

stardust is in our commentary booth,

both of you going for Sweden?

We

0:36:470:36:53

are.

Yeah. Are you going to go for

USA?

No, I am going to go with you.

0:36:530:37:02

I did fancy Switzerland yesterday,

more because of the pressure that I

0:37:020:37:06

think Canada were under in a

negative way. I think Niklas Edin

0:37:060:37:13

has been playing superbly well, and

I just think USA, as you said, have

0:37:130:37:18

maybe overachieved to get this far,

and a silver medal is a great

0:37:180:37:21

result, and that is the danger for

them, that they have got a mattress

0:37:210:37:26

on their back. You know, when you

fall, it is a nice soft landing

0:37:260:37:29

here.

I totally agree, but the USA

are hot off the back of a number of

0:37:290:37:37

wins, five or six wins, all must win

games to get here, so no doubt their

0:37:370:37:43

confidence must be sky high right

now.

So Matt Hamilton, his famous

0:37:430:37:50

moustache, created its own Twitter

account.

0:37:500:37:56

account. And so many people back

home have jumped on the bandwagon of

0:37:560:38:01

Matt, played with his sister in the

mixed doubles. And he is a real

0:38:010:38:07

character, playing second for USA.

Rasmus Wranaa, I was just watching a

0:38:070:38:15

little clip from Niklas Edin and

Rasmus joined the team, what, 18

0:38:150:38:21

months, two years ago? He is the

latest addition to the team and he

0:38:210:38:24

was saying, yeah, he is a bit young,

he takes a few too many risks for my

0:38:240:38:30

liking, but I will get that out of

him! But he has been a great

0:38:300:38:34

addition to the team.

Yeah, they

call Rasmus Junior, and actually

0:38:340:38:41

they are littered with class

throughout the team, if there are

0:38:410:38:45

any mistakes, it doesn't tend to

come from Rasmus.

0:38:450:38:50

These two teams are extremely well

acquainted, they have played each

0:38:590:39:02

other 15 times in their career, and

surprisingly to make, Edin has only

0:39:020:39:08

won eight out of 15 against them, so

maybe not as straightforward as we

0:39:080:39:11

think it might be. Shuster has

actually won three of the last four

0:39:110:39:16

games against each other.

0:39:160:39:22

games against each other.

Well, the

Olympic final, you can wipe all of

0:39:230:39:27

those previous matches away with a

victory here. It doesn't really

0:39:270:39:32

matter, from their point of view.

They will say, I would swap all of

0:39:320:39:36

those wins, John Shuster, we said

this yesterday, similarly for Niklas

0:39:360:39:41

Edin, a moment he has been waiting

for.

0:39:410:39:49

for. Defeated last time in the

semifinals, Sweden.

0:39:490:39:58

semifinals, Sweden.

Defeated by GB

as well, and I've be Niklas Edin's

0:39:580:40:02

last shot, a shot to win, a run back

double, and he missed it by a hair,

0:40:020:40:06

and that is about all. So close to

making the final, must be absolutely

0:40:060:40:11

gut-wrenching for him.

Oskar

Eriksson, you can see some of the

0:40:110:40:16

stats for these guys, particularly

the Swedish team, they started

0:40:160:40:18

incredibly well. Actually quite

tough match against that steam here,

0:40:180:40:27

did it end of 8-60 my kid was the

toughest match up to that point.

0:40:270:40:38

toughest match up to that point. --

against that team here, did it end

0:40:390:40:41

up 8-6?

It was the first game where

we saw the GB men's team and thought

0:40:410:40:49

they might have a chance of making

the semifinals, a really strong

0:40:490:40:52

performance.

So if you are just

waking up on a Saturday morning, bit

0:40:520:41:00

of an early rise. Today! Plenty of

curling for you, this gold medal

0:41:000:41:07

match for the man and then Great

Britain is women going in the bronze

0:41:070:41:10

medal match against Japan, trying to

emulate what they did four years

0:41:100:41:17

ago. Huge disappointment that they

did make the gold medal match, but

0:41:170:41:21

they have got to pick themselves up.

Not much time to do that, the teams

0:41:210:41:27

who won, Korea and Sweden, they have

the whole day off today, the gold

0:41:270:41:31

medal matches 9am local time on

Sunday. We have seen plenty of light

0:41:310:41:40

-- blanked ends in the first end of

these matches.

In such a high

0:41:400:41:49

pressure situation, the last thing

you want to do is go all out and

0:41:490:41:53

give up a score of four and leave

yourself in a bad place, so both

0:41:530:41:56

teams will be quite happy to just

ease their way into this final.

0:41:560:42:04

The green hat, I have mentioned it

before, if you haven't seen the USA

0:42:090:42:14

before, a lucky mascot or whatever

you want to call a - lucky hat! Just

0:42:140:42:21

tucks it in his back pocket, Matt

Hamilton. It is the red caps that he

0:42:210:42:26

and John Shuster sport, I guess they

have come out in light blue, against

0:42:260:42:32

the blue and yellow of Sweden. Not

normally the colours you would

0:42:320:42:39

associate with the USA, but two of

them are wearing the red caps.

I am

0:42:390:42:46

just happy to see them not out here

in all white, like they did at the

0:42:460:42:50

start of the week.

Those white

trousers were a bit iffy.

They

0:42:500:42:57

looked a bit more suitable for

Wimbledon than a game of curling.

0:42:570:43:03

Yeah, this John Shuster team, it is

worth mentioning, you have talked

0:43:070:43:10

about it, Logan, they are a rag the

mob that have been put together

0:43:100:43:16

after going through a really

disappointing campaign in Sochi.

0:43:160:43:21

Shuster wasn't really considered

part of the future of USA curling,

0:43:210:43:25

but he put this team together, and

they have sort of muscled their way

0:43:250:43:31

back in, with good results, and

earned the right to represent USA at

0:43:310:43:37

the Olympics. Even when they were

2-4, just two wins and four losses

0:43:370:43:41

at one point in the round-robin, a

lot of people were writing them off

0:43:410:43:47

back home, apparently, and they have

had to eat their words somewhat. So

0:43:470:43:53

it blanked first end.

0:43:530:44:01

it blanked first end.

Sometimes it

is easiest to play with a chip on

0:44:030:44:06

your shoulder and something to

prove, and that is definitely the

0:44:060:44:09

case for John Shuster. The last two

Olympics have been a major

0:44:090:44:13

disappointment for them, for John

Shuster in particular, he was even

0:44:130:44:19

benched for a few of the games at

one of the Olympics, so for him to

0:44:190:44:22

be back here for a fourth time, with

a bronze medal in the bag from 2006,

0:44:220:44:28

he has already improved at this

time, so well done to John, whatever

0:44:280:44:31

the outcome today.

You are on

celebrity watch, by the way, Jackie!

0:44:310:44:39

I will keep an eye out, I do like

looking at the audience!

If you see

0:44:390:44:43

any crowns, led us no(!) That is an

as,'s parents, they will be waiting

0:44:430:44:52

expectantly for the gold medal match

tomorrow.

0:44:520:45:01

The lad with the hair, he is a

brother of one of the competitors

0:45:010:45:05

brothers. I think that his hat hair.

It is a cold wind out there.

And a

0:45:050:45:17

flurry of snow for the first time

for us here at the coast.

Looks like

0:45:170:45:24

we might get a bit more action in

the second, both teams looked like

0:45:240:45:31

they might throw guards.

0:45:310:45:33

I think one of the main keys for the

USA Today is to do exactly what they

0:45:370:45:43

did against Canada and play the same

game plan, keep it tight in the

0:45:430:45:47

early and don't let anything...

Don't like Sweden build-up to many

0:45:470:45:54

stones in play, especially in and

around the button because that will

0:45:540:45:58

play in the sweet hands and the USA

will look to make more deliberate

0:45:580:46:02

approach.

0:46:020:46:11

These guys put hours into dedicating

themselves into the sport and it is

0:46:280:46:35

whether or not you want to continue

for another four years. And some of

0:46:350:46:40

them from the past Olympics are

having a break.

Joe Polo, he has won

0:46:400:46:50

bronze before, playing in the second

position.

Christoffer Sundgren...

0:46:500:47:00

The lead for Sweden. Has played a

very nice shot. It makes its way

0:47:000:47:10

past that guard.

0:47:100:47:16

The crowd are building up here.

That

is a three-time world champion,

0:47:160:47:27

Lindholm. A couple of silver medals

along the way as well. I think

0:47:270:47:36

Niklas Edin is about to pass him in

his achievements in Swedish curling.

0:47:360:47:43

No question if you wins the gold

today, he will be the most decorated

0:47:430:47:48

curler in Sweden.

0:47:480:47:53

People getting excited already, the

flags waving. It is a bit early for

0:48:020:48:07

that.

0:48:070:48:12

that. The crowd, I'm not sure how

many of them are aficionados. We did

0:48:130:48:19

have plenty of very well-behaved

crowds. When Korea have been

0:48:190:48:32

playing, it has been difficult for

other teams to keep their focus but

0:48:320:48:35

all eyes on this match today.

0:48:350:48:43

This yellow, very visible on the

outside of the house. Is he going to

0:48:430:48:51

get both? That gets the crowd going,

a nice double takeout. Great shot.

0:48:510:49:05

Nicely done, rolls out into the

open. Those couple of guards out in

0:49:090:49:14

the front, it is a race between the

USA in Sweden to see who can

0:49:140:49:19

properly hide one behind here in the

second.

Matt Hamilton. Trying to see

0:49:190:49:31

if he can get his in behind. Not a

bad effort.

Great effort, actually.

0:49:310:49:39

He may be rolls a stone too far.

0:49:390:49:47

Just needed to hit it a fraction

closer to the nose and then it would

0:49:490:49:56

be perfect.

I think we might get a

good ooh. A loud one. They seem to

0:49:560:50:07

like them coming between the two

stones.

0:50:070:50:09

Right on cue, thanks, audience. I

was worried there for a while. It is

0:50:310:50:36

a little tight coming down. Sitting

in the match we were doing

0:50:360:50:43

yesterday, it was quite straight

down the middle. It was on the other

0:50:430:50:47

sheet.

It was in the ladies game.

Sheet C.

0:50:470:50:58

Sheet C. The audience don't have the

ability to see the line of the

0:50:590:51:02

stones so they are sitting and

hoping and holding their arrest to

0:51:020:51:06

see if it is going to get past the

stones at the top of the house.

0:51:060:51:11

There he goes, Tyler George. I think

he should have his own sitcom, the

0:51:110:51:18

Tyler George show. I can see it now.

He has played very well all week.

0:51:180:51:25

Certainly the last few matches in

which USA have produced those

0:51:250:51:30

results, he has been a big reason

why.

0:51:300:51:32

Oskar Eriksson skipped his own TV

before -- team before and went on to

0:51:390:51:48

win a silver medal a couple of years

ago.

He just rolls the other way.

0:51:480:51:54

Just about tucked in behind the red.

Nice shot.

0:51:540:51:59

So, these early exchanges, there has

been some good shotmaking early in

0:52:040:52:08

the game. Just trying to outwit each

other here. Or at least outdraw each

0:52:080:52:18

other, trying to get a slightly

better hit. That was the best so

0:52:180:52:21

far.

0:52:210:52:26

far. Has Tyler George got another

good shot here? He has as well. This

0:52:260:52:36

is a nice end of a good start to

this final.

There is a lot of good

0:52:360:52:48

shots being made at the back of the

house but I am surprised to see

0:52:480:52:53

Niklas Edin not be more offensive

and tried to get more stones in play

0:52:530:52:57

to make things happen because while

he's probably playing his own

0:52:570:53:00

players in the match, he is allowing

USA to get comfortable out there.

0:53:000:53:05

A bit tit-for-tat here. That is just

going to hang in.

0:53:190:53:27

Just asking whether he can see it

out the other side. So, a little

0:53:300:53:36

change-up hit if he decides to hit

and tried to roll back in but it is

0:53:360:53:43

a bit more difficult now because it

is the side he'd like to see, he

0:53:430:53:46

can't.

0:53:460:53:48

USA just need to be a different bit

careful here. The last thing they

0:54:110:54:16

want to do is over girl, and chipped

the red into the house so this one

0:54:160:54:22

is a little bit scary for John

Shuster.

First time down on this

0:54:220:54:27

side, this far out. Give it plenty

of ice, gone around nicely. Done

0:54:270:54:34

very well. He has, cracking shots.

Perfectly judged by John Shuster.

0:54:340:54:47

So, Niklas Edin, first chance to try

and score, still has the option of

0:55:050:55:12

blanking the end but there are two

guards there, so that is a bit of an

0:55:120:55:18

opportunity.

0:55:180:55:20

I was looking at lots of players

that have superstitions. I've read

0:55:280:55:35

one or two about their shoes and

different things. I saw Niklas Edin,

0:55:350:55:41

and I thought, he needs a new pair

of shoes. I'm sure he doesn't think

0:55:410:55:44

that!

As a player, you get

comfortable with what is on your

0:55:440:55:53

feet. It is heartbreaking in a new

pair of shoes.

It looks like he has

0:55:530:56:00

been wearing them about eight years.

He may well have done. Anyway, here

0:56:000:56:04

we go.

Thing is, the shoes can look

more battered than they are and it

0:56:040:56:12

is only from catching fast moving

stones and that sort of thing or

0:56:120:56:18

kicking stones away so you can start

throwing them in practice. It

0:56:180:56:23

doesn't affect your performance.

Lovely shot from Niklas Edin. So,

0:56:230:56:31

the first time that he has asked to

do that, he has performed

0:56:310:56:39

exceptionally well. Just about

tucked in behind the guard.

That is

0:56:390:56:43

a more offensive game we expect to

see from Niklas Edin, not chasing

0:56:430:56:48

the ones at the back because they

shouldn't be a danger especially

0:56:480:56:52

since he's got the hammer.

That is

the shot I expected to see earlier

0:56:520:56:56

in the end.

0:56:560:57:01

in the end. It should still be a

straightforward run here for John

0:57:020:57:06

Shuster.

If he manages this, then we

will try to force the one. He has

0:57:060:57:12

one sitting in the house. Missed it.

Now we have a chance for a

0:57:120:57:21

straightforward two for the Swedish

skip. So, first advantage swings in

0:57:210:57:27

the direction of Sweden. As long as

Niklas Edin can play a nice

0:57:270:57:35

straightforward draw in here. There

is one US stone just outside the

0:57:350:57:41

white rings, outside the eight foot.

He would like this for a nice start

0:57:410:57:49

to pick up two. He has worked this

well but that was a mistake from

0:57:490:57:53

John Shuster.

0:57:530:57:55

The guys guiding it down, sweeping

it in, doesn't have to get that far

0:58:120:58:18

in. Even if it sits on top of their

red, that's fine. So, Sweden take

0:58:180:58:23

the early lead in this gold medal

match. After two ends, Sweden 2-0.

0:58:230:58:32

And the flags of Sweden are being

waived.

0:58:320:58:39

waived. So, USA already know that if

they didn't already that Niklas

0:58:410:58:46

Edin, if you give him an opening, he

will take it. John Shuster made the

0:58:460:58:50

mistake and Sweden get two. How is

your celebrity watch going, Jackie?

0:58:500:58:56

There is some activity there.

Ivanka

Trump has entered the building. She

0:58:560:59:03

was watching the snow sports

yesterday and she has decided to

0:59:030:59:07

come in for the curling. For the USA

team, good for them, raising the

0:59:070:59:12

profile of first board.

No pressure,

lads!

-- raising the profile of

0:59:120:59:19

their sport.

0:59:190:59:21

It is a reasonable crowd,

considering career are not in the

0:59:270:59:32

match.

More still coming in. A lot

of people end up coming to the

0:59:320:59:36

curling after two or three ends. At

this stage of the competition in the

0:59:360:59:45

round-robin, if one team is

completely dominating, you can walk

0:59:450:59:49

off after six ends. The final has to

go to at least eight ends. Of

0:59:490:59:55

course, if they are tired after ten,

an extra end has to be played.

0:59:551:00:04

Switzerland of course picked up the

bronze medal and they will receive

1:00:041:00:07

their medals today. Rather than up

at the medal Plaza. I'm presuming

1:00:071:00:16

the Swiss team are around. They will

probably arrive a little bit later.

1:00:161:00:23

Great victory over Canada. Massive

shock, Canada not getting into the

1:00:231:00:27

final and then not winning a medal

in the men's curling. It capped off

1:00:271:00:32

what was a horrendous day for

Canada. They have had a pretty

1:00:321:00:37

rotten 36 hours or so at the USA.

No, it was Germany in the men's

1:00:371:00:45

hockey.

It was.

1:00:451:00:52

know I saw the two as lead buses

last night. -- athlete.

Sauerland

1:00:531:01:06

Steiner puts up his corner guard,

USA with the hammer. -- so land

1:01:061:01:18

Landsteiner. Couldn't be much

closer.

Yes, just makes the shot a

1:01:181:01:28

little bit tougher for John

Landsteiner, but he is coming from

1:01:281:01:32

the left-hand tack, which makes it

easier.

1:01:321:01:42

The World Championships, which

follow these Olympic Games in April,

1:01:501:01:52

will be held in the US, in Las

Vegas. Did you guys both play there?

1:01:521:02:01

Jackie is shaking her head.

No.

I

will be there relaxing.

I have never

1:02:011:02:08

been.

It has held a couple of

continental cups, Las Vegas, and

1:02:081:02:12

they went down really well, so the

World Championships should be a joy

1:02:121:02:16

to go and see, and I know a lot of

people back home have booked tickets

1:02:161:02:20

to go and watch their local team.

1:02:201:02:24

I don't think I'll get any more time

off my work!

And the women's World

1:02:271:02:36

Championships?

They are in... I want

to say Canada?

Yes, I think it is

1:02:361:02:44

Ontario.

Unfortunately, not both at

the same time, they'll separate

1:02:441:02:52

events now, they were split some

time ago.

1:02:521:02:58

time ago.

Actually, Scotland are

hosting the world junior

1:02:591:03:02

championships taking place in

Aberdeen at the start of March,

1:03:021:03:04

which the BBC will be providing some

coverage of, I believe.

And also

1:03:041:03:10

covering the Scottish World

Championship play-offs, so Kyle

1:03:101:03:16

Smith and Eve Muirhead, after the

Olympics campaign is finished,

1:03:161:03:19

obviously Kyle Smith's has finished,

Eve Muirhead fighting for the bronze

1:03:191:03:24

medal today, they will have another

competition against the winners of

1:03:241:03:27

the men's and women's Scottish

championships, Bruce Smart and

1:03:271:03:31

Hannah Fleming, and the winners of

those play-offs will represent

1:03:311:03:38

Scotland in the World Championships,

and there are highlights of that on

1:03:381:03:41

BBC Two in Scotland.

1:03:411:03:47

BBC Two in Scotland. So you won't

have to wait long to get a little

1:03:471:03:50

bit more curling in Scotland. You

can follow it on the BBC website as

1:03:501:03:54

well, I think. I know many of you

have been following the matches,

1:03:541:04:01

obviously, the TV coverage, but on

the website as well when you are at

1:04:011:04:05

work. Saturday today, though, you

can just sit back and relax. I know

1:04:051:04:10

some people work on Saturdays was

well! So hopefully managing to

1:04:101:04:13

follow it.

1:04:131:04:16

Well, Sweden lying two in there now,

in a strong position, so USA will

1:04:211:04:26

have to try and move things around a

bit. At the moment, no opportunity

1:04:261:04:30

for them to get into short position

as it stands, it will take them a

1:04:301:04:35

couple of shots to do so.

Matt

Hamilton, always aware of the crowd

1:04:351:04:39

as well. A real character. But he

has played well this week.

1:04:391:04:53

Gets second prize, keeps a couple of

yellow stone is an scoring positions

1:04:551:04:59

in the house.

Yeah, just called

enough of it to push them both in,

1:04:591:05:04

so may be able to use them at some

point, so Niklas Edin just wanting

1:05:041:05:09

to make sure they don't get any real

advantage from that.

1:05:091:05:14

Well, because USA managed to spin

both of their yellows in, Sweden

1:05:441:05:49

choosing to play a takeout. Of

course, USA have the last stone in

1:05:491:05:53

this third end.

Just bumping his own

red there, they have got three in

1:05:531:06:00

there, but a bit of space between

them, a chance for Tyler George to

1:06:001:06:05

move one or two of these - if not

all three.

1:06:051:06:17

Well, not a massive amount of

weight, just some nous weight.

Give

1:06:171:06:24

them a chance to sit in there.

No,

that is a really nice shot. Sits

1:06:241:06:33

right in the pocket between the two

red stone is, which will make them

1:06:331:06:38

almost impossible to move for

Sweden.

I think Niklas would like to

1:06:381:06:45

have it moved, it can't be moved

far, but a little bit further back,

1:06:451:06:49

or just come right in on top of it.

1:06:491:06:53

About his business very calmly,

Niklas Edin, no histrionics.

Was he

1:07:101:07:18

a bit more fiery in his early

career? I think he was, wasn't he?

1:07:181:07:22

He definitely was, much more

measured these days.

1:07:221:07:29

measured these days.

I saw a clip of

him saying, yeah, what is your most

1:07:301:07:36

embarrassing trait? And he said, I

am just really tired! Probably a bit

1:07:361:07:43

too much.

You can probably tell that

by his beard as well.

Perfectly

1:07:431:07:50

trimmed, and he says, I fold my

towels in a certain way and place

1:07:501:07:53

them. In a sport where millimetres

matter, he is an expert.

1:07:531:08:07

matter, he is an expert. I think the

one thing that he will be very aware

1:08:081:08:11

of his most Steven Nzonzi plays

against will raise their game to

1:08:111:08:16

play him.

1:08:161:08:21

play him. -- most teams he plays

against will raise their game to

1:08:211:08:24

blame. You have got to be prepared

for that. Another thing we have to

1:08:241:08:30

remember, there are four men in this

team, and they have got to play

1:08:301:08:33

their shots. Eriksson just hitting

that in a way which rolls over,

1:08:331:08:43

gives USA a bit of an opportunity

here.

1:08:431:08:50

here.

Can we double unstable no?

For

sure.

You heard what he wants to do,

1:08:511:08:58

stay there, get rid of both of

these.

1:08:581:09:07

these.

Maxes asking if ...

1:09:071:09:20

A lot of noses, very nosy!

Call that

the Eskimo shot, nose-nose. Eskimo

1:09:291:09:46

shot coming up here!

Yeah, because

we need more jargon,

1:09:461:09:54

we need more jargon, Steve(!)

Yes,

there is more than enough in the

1:09:551:09:58

curling world.

That is a really nice

shot.

1:09:581:10:03

CHEERING

And Ivanka Trump delighted there

1:10:031:10:06

right in the middle of your shot.

Great view of it, she is delighted

1:10:061:10:10

with what she is watching, USA

wanting to get themselves straight

1:10:101:10:15

back into this. And the chants go

up, a huge contingent halfway down

1:10:151:10:22

on the top tier. It is the onesies

that worry me - scary!

Tyler didn't

1:10:221:10:32

look that happy with that one, it

was a great shot, but he has left a

1:10:321:10:37

pretty straightforward double

take-out here for Niklas. I would

1:10:371:10:40

expect to see both of these yellow

stones disappear.

Yeah, it just spun

1:10:401:10:48

a little further, not much distance

between them.

1:10:481:10:53

So Niklas Edin trying to quell the

American crowd here. One and two.

1:10:551:11:05

Very well done. As you would expect.

That is Niklas Edin 's signature

1:11:051:11:18

shot, really, like an arrow coming

out of the blocks, that is quite

1:11:181:11:22

often the result there. We always

used to say that when you're playing

1:11:221:11:26

against Niklas Edin, you don't want

to fall behind this guy, because he

1:11:261:11:31

is so dangerous with the big weight

that it is almost impossible to get

1:11:311:11:33

back into the end.

And if you know

that, surely this US team knows that

1:11:331:11:41

- they have played him and found a

way to beating, you said at the

1:11:411:11:45

beginning. So they have got to try

and prevent those situations

1:11:451:11:51

developing.

I am still very much

impressed by the USA's performance

1:11:511:11:55

so far. They are, without question,

wanting to win that gold medal. They

1:11:551:12:00

are not going to be happy with

silver.

1:12:001:12:06

silver.

Just leaving one in there,

it is counting second.

1:12:071:12:15

it is counting second.

Well, there

may not be an opportunity for USA to

1:12:161:12:20

score two after this one. Sweden

lying second shot at the back of the

1:12:201:12:25

house here, so as long as Niklas can

remove that yellow stone and move to

1:12:251:12:29

a position at the back of the button

with a tapping brash, that would

1:12:291:12:33

make it impossible for USA to score

two. -- brush. It would be extremely

1:12:331:12:40

risky, anyway.

1:12:401:12:43

They have got two in, so I suppose

the main thing... Oh, he's going to

1:12:521:12:56

take this stone out, they will not

two in there. I will warm up to

1:12:561:13:02

this, don't worry!

You need to be

listening!

I was definitely

1:13:021:13:09

listening, but overthinking, very

dangerous after a couple of weeks of

1:13:091:13:11

curling!

Yeah, Niklas playing a

really nice, controlled

1:13:111:13:21

really nice, controlled weight here.

Doesn't want to move the double,

1:13:221:13:25

anyway.

May be rolled a little bit

too far, could be a chance for two

1:13:251:13:30

for USA.

That was a double where you

can stay is the hardest thing, and

1:13:301:13:36

he has left him that opportunity. So

I am sure he will take this on.

1:13:361:13:44

Yeah, the key to this next shot for

John Shuster is playing it in such a

1:13:441:13:48

way that he still scores one and

doesn't give up a steal, so he will

1:13:481:13:57

kind of err on the nose side, you

will not want to hit it too thin

1:13:571:14:02

underneath.

So Niklas Edin just

giving a small opportunity to John

1:14:021:14:07

Shuster, who has to play a really

good shot to get his two, he has to

1:14:071:14:11

remove both Swedish stones, the one

at the back, and then roll over to

1:14:111:14:16

the other one. Just needs to nudge

it a little bit, that is a great

1:14:161:14:21

shot from the USA skip, and we have

got a real match on. They are

1:14:211:14:26

already on their feet with the Stars

and Stripes being waved above this

1:14:261:14:33

rink here, and John Shuster has

woken the crowd up, and he has given

1:14:331:14:38

his team a massive lift there with a

superb shot. After three ends, it is

1:14:381:14:43

Sweden 2, United States 2.

1:14:431:14:49

In the grand scheme of things, you

know, it is almost a straightforward

1:14:511:14:56

shot but it is the Olympic final and

if you keep making shots like this,

1:14:561:15:02

keep matching Niklas Edin, do give

yourself a great opportunity.

The

1:15:021:15:06

way he played that, he wasn't even

interested in scoring one, he

1:15:061:15:10

committed to playing the double and

it paid off.

1:15:101:15:14

This USA team have got fantastic

support in the audience. They are

1:15:311:15:35

singing, they're cheering. And the

four boys down on the ice are loving

1:15:351:15:41

every minute of it.

1:15:411:15:48

John Shuster, -- John Landsteiner,

he is a corrosion engineer. He

1:15:491:16:00

should know something about the

wearing of the ice.

Or does he calls

1:16:001:16:06

it?

Answers on a postcard. I think

we should make the point, and one of

1:16:061:16:17

you was making the point yesterday,

curlers are not full-time. That is

1:16:171:16:23

prize-money in curling and Canada is

where most of that takes place with

1:16:231:16:27

a world tour. There are curlers for

whom he funding to allow them to be

1:16:271:16:31

full-time curlers, Great Britain

case in point, it is so important. A

1:16:311:16:37

lot of international curlers have to

keep down full-time jobs, many of

1:16:371:16:42

them.

Most of the countries outside

of the USA and Canada have full-time

1:16:421:16:52

programmes. I was reading about the

reigning world champion in Canada,

1:16:521:17:01

he struggles with family and work to

find two hours of practice a day,

1:17:011:17:05

whereas we have athletes like in

Great Britain who can practice up to

1:17:051:17:10

eight hours a day. So that is

generally seen as the Riesling why

1:17:101:17:16

the rest of the world is catching up

with Canada who have been so

1:17:161:17:22

dominant. There are about 2 million

curlers in Canada. We only have

1:17:221:17:30

around 20,000.

And Sweden, 5,000.

And they've got two teams into the

1:17:301:17:37

gold medal matches. So it isn't just

about numbers. As in any sport, you

1:17:371:17:43

get a couple of talented people, in

the likes of Niklas Edin... If you

1:17:431:17:52

have a good programme, a futile and

it people, look what they have done

1:17:521:17:55

in career, with the women's team.

Going for gold tomorrow against the

1:17:551:18:03

team led by the Swedish. Sweden

trying to win two gold medals in

1:18:031:18:09

curling but the men are going to

have a great match. It has started

1:18:091:18:13

very well. Good atmosphere in here.

Talking about curling populations,

1:18:131:18:22

in the USA, curling is one of the

fastest-growing sports. They have a

1:18:221:18:27

curling rink in every state now. I

don't think it'll be too long before

1:18:271:18:32

we see the Americans marching the

Canadian curling population.

1:18:321:18:41

Canadian curling population. That is

the cardinal sin. It could have come

1:18:441:18:47

up strong and left them in a strong

position is served Sweden can play a

1:18:471:18:52

freeze and rest one in the pocket

between the yellow and red Mac

1:18:521:18:57

stone.

1:18:571:18:58

I think Rasmus looks up to the

others in his team as regards the

1:19:111:19:22

beard. They are trying to bring this

one all the way in and just to sit

1:19:221:19:29

in there.

Another foot or so would

be nice but they have started very

1:19:291:19:33

well. We have hardly seen any

mistake shots at all. Very good

1:19:331:19:43

shots that have created scoring in

the two ends, the second and third.

1:19:431:19:50

Nice shots, both skips doing well,

set up well, while the rest of the

1:19:501:19:59

team... Matt Hamilton catching the

red on the way in. Going around the

1:19:591:20:05

other side this time.

1:20:051:20:06

He looms over them, Matt Hamilton.

"Keep Going, keep going!"

They would

1:20:151:20:23

have liked to have freeze but not a

bad result. This is no gimme for

1:20:231:20:33

Rasmus Wranaa. Trying to drag it as

far as possible with the brushes.

1:20:331:20:41

Looks a little bit heavy at the

moment so they may try to bounce off

1:21:061:21:11

the red. They managed to get enough

on the nose but it wasn't what they

1:21:111:21:16

were looking for. Pretty good

result, still.

1:21:161:21:19

Anything better on the internal?

The

top on, that would be better.

It is

1:21:381:21:47

great that they are miked up, he's

telling the whole audience what is

1:21:471:21:54

going on. Which is good for them.

I

think this is better.

Nobody else to

1:21:541:22:00

listen to out there, just these two

teams for the English-speaking

1:22:001:22:05

spectators, John Shuster giving them

a perfect version of events he would

1:22:051:22:10

like to see.

Just trying to chip the

red onto the one at the top of the

1:22:101:22:18

button.

1:22:181:22:23

Just read bounced back a little bit.

1:22:291:22:32

They wanted to keep it on the centre

line, it went thick, spun over and

1:22:451:22:51

moved the yellow out. They wanted to

keep it where it was. It was a tough

1:22:511:22:57

shot, very exact shots. It was very

difficult to make it stop dead where

1:22:571:23:02

you wanted to.

1:23:021:23:04

Not too sure what the nominated shot

was here, just take out the edge of

1:23:121:23:17

the four foot?

1:23:171:23:22

Be a chance to remove them both.

1:23:221:23:30

Just catches one, got it a little

straight. There was a chance to get

1:23:321:23:37

both. A little frustration for

Eriksson.

1:23:371:23:46

Do you want to kill it?

This is the sort of game the USA

1:24:041:24:10

didn't want to get into with Niklas

Edin. Edin's got two reds and the

1:24:101:24:21

guard, and the hammer.

1:24:211:24:28

Tyler George, trying to get through

the gap.

1:24:311:24:37

the gap. I think it is past the

guard.

Needs to get by the yellow.

1:24:371:24:43

He does it and tucks it in as well.

Nicely done by Tyler George. Still,

1:24:431:24:52

shot held by Sweden.

In this end,

USA are having to play some great

1:24:521:25:00

shock is to stay alive. It has been

really Sweden having the upper hand

1:25:001:25:06

through the hole end. Another great

shot by Tyler.

1:25:061:25:10

SWEDEN DISCUSS SHOT

1:25:301:25:36

I don't think any of us have Swedish

at hand, but work out what they will

1:25:401:25:45

choose to do here?

Thought process?

1:25:451:25:53

Thought process? You can see one

option is to hit the red and Ruolin

1:25:531:25:56

on top of the yellow --

1:25:561:26:05

on top of the yellow -- role in.

From his point of view, the two

1:26:081:26:11

yellows are a nice shot.

It is

interesting when they hit and Rolen

1:26:111:26:19

from the wide stone, it is a Swedish

one, not a USA.

I think they'd like

1:26:191:26:23

to get one of his red stones in

B-side that back yellow just added

1:26:231:26:29

protection. There is no way in

through the left-hand side. The draw

1:26:291:26:35

would overcome a world. -- the draw

would over curl.

1:26:351:26:44

A shotmaker which I am sure in the

audience they will find odd when

1:26:531:26:57

Sweden hit that own stone. Will he

get it right? Just about, rolled

1:26:571:27:09

over a tad more, it was a good

effort. But they are lying two here.

1:27:091:27:15

So, using his own stone, just caught

it a little thin.

1:27:151:27:20

Desperately trying to sweep it out.

Or at least sweep it further away

1:27:281:27:34

but did to manage too. So, John

Shuster, after a couple of tracking

1:27:341:27:41

shots in the previous end, he can

come straight through the gap.

1:27:411:27:47

He has got something now to that red

having come out a bit further back

1:27:531:28:00

as well. He has seen his team play a

similar shot last time. -- his

1:28:001:28:06

team-mate. If he over girls and

catches, he has a couple of options.

1:28:061:28:17

Needs to get past the guard, that is

the most important thing.

So, John

1:28:171:28:24

Shuster trying to draw write in

here, to the red that is in the four

1:28:241:28:28

foot, second one. He's got a chance,

very good chance, gets past is only

1:28:281:28:34

a low, just tapping that time, he

does, he lies shot. Another good

1:28:341:28:39

shot from the US skipper. He is

playing well. A little smile, a

1:28:391:28:48

little wrinkle of the nose as he

comes down to have a look.

Yes, very

1:28:481:28:54

good shot from John Shuster. Niklas

Edin will be forced to replicate

1:28:541:29:02

that shot to leave him resting

against the yellow stone just played

1:29:021:29:05

by John Shuster.

1:29:051:29:12

It is a really good standard set for

the gold medal match. You don't want

1:29:161:29:21

people to reach this far and not

play the game, not to make their

1:29:211:29:26

shots. It has been a very high

standard so far from both teams.

In

1:29:261:29:33

this end, a very high level of

difficulty of the shots being

1:29:331:29:36

played.

So, Niklas Edin, 100% so far

on takeouts. And,

1:29:361:29:56

on takeouts. And, indeed, for our

computer. Just trying to follow the

1:29:561:29:58

John Shuster. This is going to be

close. It is a tighter line, might

1:29:581:30:03

catch the yellow on the way in, it

does, which means it slides by the

1:30:031:30:08

other yellow and if anything has

made his job a bit more difficult.

1:30:081:30:16

John Shuster is lying shots. He

knows it is a difficult route in. He

1:30:161:30:24

has just seen Niklas Edin not

managed to replicate the shot he

1:30:241:30:28

made.

1:30:281:30:34

And has just managed to nudge that

closer, so shut the whole? Or come

1:30:341:30:40

in again?

I think they are looking

at playing the same shot again.

Is

1:30:401:30:45

he worried that if he puts a guard

at there, the red on the other side

1:30:451:30:51

that is sticking out, whether he

could just tap that?

Yeah, that is

1:30:511:30:55

still just a shot for one, but I

think they are kind of thinking,

1:30:551:31:01

let's try the steal here.

Yes, let's

just put one right in the button

1:31:011:31:05

whether yellow is sitting, then he

will have to tap his red.

He knows

1:31:051:31:11

this shot, he has just played it a

minute or two ago, so John Shuster

1:31:111:31:18

trying to replicate almost exactly

the shot he played with his first

1:31:181:31:21

stone. Got a little bit more on it,

this one.

Doesn't want to hit this

1:31:211:31:29

one and roll off it.

Well, he has

ended up with two there. But he has

1:31:291:31:37

pushed that the red back, there is

space between the two, and he has

1:31:371:31:41

given Niklas Edin a way out of this.

It was a dangerous shot, he could

1:31:411:31:52

have asked Edin to come down the

other side. For one, he still had

1:31:521:31:59

the chance of a steal, but he should

have shot that option off.

This is a

1:31:591:32:05

real gift for Niklas Edin, should be

straightforward shot for two in the

1:32:051:32:10

end. They have just played down this

line as well, so they know it curls

1:32:101:32:15

a lot. Playing a different weight,

though.

And he can't afford for the

1:32:151:32:22

shooting stone to move too much, cos

there is still a US red at the top

1:32:221:32:28

of the four foot.

Well, looking to

pass the guard by a few inches, hit

1:32:281:32:38

the five stone in the face.

So John

Shuster just giving Niklas Edin the

1:32:381:32:43

chance to get out of this tricky

situation here in the fourth end,

1:32:431:32:48

trying to move these two US stones.

Has he done it? No, I don't think

1:32:481:32:53

so, not going to get two. He might

have got the one, but that could be

1:32:531:32:59

a steal, John Shuster thinks so. I

think he is right. It is close,

1:32:591:33:03

though.

1:33:031:33:08

though. I reckon that is at least

half an inch closer, what do you

1:33:091:33:13

think?

I don't think I can call that

one. Why is oh, go on!

Tilting my

1:33:131:33:19

head here.

I think yellow was

closer, but we are going to have a

1:33:191:33:25

measure, it doesn't matter what I

think.

I will go red just to be

1:33:251:33:31

difficult.

I will sit on the fence,

like I have done most of the week!

1:33:311:33:35

That is why the measuring device is

there, because we can all disagree.

1:33:351:33:39

It all depends on how you are

looking at it from the overhead. It

1:33:391:33:44

is not exact. This is why we need

them to be measured.

So both skips

1:33:441:33:51

over

1:33:511:33:56

over threw their stones, that ice

doesn't pull as much as if you have

1:33:581:34:01

more running on the stones.

What

happened for Niklas, he

1:34:011:34:06

overcompensated and threw it out of

the way, he was scared it was going

1:34:061:34:10

to curl too much. I think this is

the US. There you go. Never in

1:34:101:34:18

doubt! Half an inch! Maybe three

millimetres!

1:34:181:34:28

Well, USA get the steal - not by

much, but that is crucial in terms

1:34:301:34:38

of, I think, confidence as well.

John Shuster didn't play the shot he

1:34:381:34:43

wanted with his second, but Niklas

Edin also just feeling the pressure

1:34:431:34:48

a little bit perhaps. So USA have

the lead now, they are 3-2 ahead

1:34:481:34:53

after four ends of this cracking

gold medal match. It is going to be

1:34:531:34:59

a close one. USA on top early on

here, and they have made some great

1:34:591:35:07

shots, that is the first little

error from Niklas Edin.

1:35:071:35:14

Are you ready, Matt?

1:35:291:35:37

So John Landsteiner, the lead for

USA.

Three!

It looks deeper than

1:35:371:35:51

three to me.

You can get it there.

Come on.

Good atmosphere in the

1:35:511:36:04

curling arena, and we are expecting

it to continue for the GB women's

1:36:041:36:10

match. If you are just getting up

this Saturday morning, this is the

1:36:101:36:13

gold medal match between USA and

Sweden. Niklas Edin, knocked out at

1:36:131:36:18

the semifinal stage by GB four years

ago, he has waited for his gold

1:36:181:36:25

medal opportunity, and the women's

team has also made the final,

1:36:251:36:28

beating Eve Muirhead and her team,

so the British team going for

1:36:281:36:35

bronze. And after Billy Morgan's

bronze today, Great Britain with

1:36:351:36:41

five medals at these Winter

Olympics, a chance to make it six in

1:36:411:36:46

a few hours' time. That match starts

at 11 o'clock this morning UK time.

1:36:461:36:57

Keep it moving!

Very upset after

losing the semifinal last night, so

1:36:571:37:06

one of the most difficult games to

play, the bronze game, after the

1:37:061:37:10

upset, knowing that you can't win

the gold medal you have been working

1:37:101:37:14

so hard for, but you need to have a

good night's sleep, dust yourself

1:37:141:37:19

off, get out there and make sure you

don't go home with nothing.

1:37:191:37:25

Yes, Niklas Edin knows what that

feels like, wanting to make sure he

1:37:391:37:46

doesn't end up in the same situation

again. One of the ways you do that,

1:37:461:37:49

you come out on top in the

round-robin, the fact that Canada...

1:37:491:37:54

Well, they were in the medal match,

beaten for the bronze medal, but not

1:37:541:37:58

in the gold medal match, Niklas

Edin, the one who guided his team

1:37:581:38:05

through the round-robin to finish

top. And they ended up playing

1:38:051:38:10

Switzerland.

1:38:101:38:15

One of the things I notice about

North American teams' communication

1:38:151:38:20

is that it is very pointed, like a

little bit negative in some ways.

1:38:201:38:27

Like, you don't want to do that, why

are we doing this? Rather than, what

1:38:271:38:32

about this option? This is another

option that could get a good result

1:38:321:38:36

- just sounds a bit more positive.

That seems to work for them, can't

1:38:361:38:40

criticise them too much, they are

here in the Olympic final!

Yeah,

1:38:401:38:45

they are doing something right.

I

think Matt Hamilton thought was

1:38:451:38:52

heavy there, but that just pulled

opposite, took the curl. You can see

1:38:521:39:01

in thinking, oh, my goodness, I have

overthrown this! Guppy did in the

1:39:011:39:05

last end, and that is what got them

in a spot of bother.

Granted, they

1:39:051:39:12

stole in the end, but it was looking

good for Sweden for a while.

Yes, he

1:39:121:39:17

needs to reign that moustache in,

giving him a bit of extra power this

1:39:171:39:21

afternoon. So Rasmus Wranaa. Second

for Sweden. Sweden keep the hammer,

1:39:211:39:36

of course, despite losing one, the

steal for the USA. And he just clips

1:39:361:39:42

that on the way through.

But that is

a good shot. Even, they have moved

1:39:421:39:49

the stole off the centre line, where

they do not want the player to be,

1:39:491:39:53

and they have spun another one in

the house. We saw my sister Lauren

1:39:531:39:57

playing a similar shot in the

semifinal against Sweden, a very

1:39:571:40:02

nifty shot to play.

Yes, and it is

on the right side - if you don't

1:40:021:40:06

make the shot, make sure you are

tied, rather than wide.

Yeah, he

1:40:061:40:13

looked a tad embarrassed, but Niklas

Edin saying, no, good, happy with

1:40:131:40:16

that.

It is one of those shots that

you would quite like to call

1:40:161:40:23

sometimes, but it is not always

guarantee that he will make it, and

1:40:231:40:26

there is not always a great second

option, so you will see the freeze

1:40:261:40:33

thrown more often.

1:40:331:40:37

Once more encouraging the sweepers,

Tyler George and John Landsteiner,

1:40:481:40:51

to work hard, take this one in. Is

it going to get round? Just catches.

1:40:511:41:00

Well, it doesn't quite roll across

and sit on the red.

Steve, you were

1:41:001:41:05

talking earlier about curling shoes,

and how they look a bit battered, I

1:41:051:41:11

am sure we need to start a campaign

to get Tyler a better pair! He has

1:41:111:41:14

been paying with a very old pair of

trainers for as long as I can

1:41:141:41:18

remember watching him play. They

look like old squash shoes that he

1:41:181:41:27

has turned into curling shoes!

They

look about 20 years old, must be his

1:41:271:41:32

favourites.

Must be. He has worn

them in well.

1:41:321:41:43

Well, important for Sweden that they

respond quickly and well here,

1:41:541:41:59

getting some stones in the house

now, and we said that might not be

1:41:591:42:02

the best option for the USA, but we

saw in the last end, they put a bit

1:42:021:42:07

more pressure of Niklas Edin, so

maybe wanting to have fewer stones

1:42:071:42:14

around this time.

1:42:141:42:17

So targeting...

Yes, they will come

down with a comfortable weight, they

1:42:241:42:28

want to get past the top red guard

and tapped the yellow through. But I

1:42:281:42:35

think that might have touched. I

think that touched the way past.

He

1:42:351:42:41

was definitely on the wrong side of

that stone there, just wanted to tap

1:42:411:42:44

it back. Let's have another look at

it coming through, it is very close.

1:42:441:42:52

Oh, it does as well, just a

fraction.

Young eyes.

Well spotted!

1:42:521:42:58

When the guys are sweeping so much

over the top of the stone, you can't

1:42:581:43:03

really see.

Well, I think the point

being, had it gone by, it would have

1:43:031:43:08

been a much better stone, because it

would have caught the yellow where

1:43:081:43:12

he wanted to. That slight nudge just

changed things. So Tyler George down

1:43:121:43:18

here with plenty of weight. And he

is keeping the pressure on Niklas

1:43:181:43:24

Edin. Like that one, looks up to the

crowd. John Landsteiner working

1:43:241:43:35

hard, sweeping well. And he has got

that yellow just to come across

1:43:351:43:47

behind a little bit too far perhaps,

Eriksson can see it, the yellow on

1:43:471:43:53

the left. Or will he go for the one

on the right here?

1:43:531:44:05

Sweden in a spot of bother here,

lying four against, and USA some

1:44:061:44:10

very useful stones at the end. They

could ignore those ones and play

1:44:101:44:17

draw around the corner guard to make

a freeze on the T-line.

1:44:171:44:28

Well, certainly, Niklas Edin having

to draw on all of his experience and

1:44:281:44:37

knowledge here. USA making some good

shots, and that won't not coming in

1:44:371:44:43

quite as far as he wanted to.

Yeah,

I think the left arm was a little

1:44:431:44:50

bit too long, they could have been

sweeping that most of the way.

1:44:501:44:54

They are talking about a/ bang.

He

is only short by a wallop. Smash,

1:45:151:45:25

bang, wallop.

1:45:251:45:28

John Landsteiner is there to tell

him what you can see. He is having a

1:45:391:45:45

peak now. He always does that,

stares down the other end, waits for

1:45:451:45:53

the call.

He must be bored today

because he doesn't have another game

1:45:531:45:57

to watch while this is going on!

They can't cover every option,

1:45:571:46:06

either. They have to play the shot

best for them and leave Niklas Edin

1:46:061:46:10

to play the shot he has to. They are

up over talking. So many options

1:46:101:46:16

here.

1:46:161:46:21

here.

They are pretty excited right

now because they smell a big

1:46:211:46:24

opportunity.

That is the danger, you

get too carried away. This is the

1:46:241:46:32

fifth end, and you're thinking, we

might not get so many chances to

1:46:321:46:36

score so well.

They are using up a

lot of thinking time anyway. They

1:46:361:46:42

have to .5 minutes more. I'm sure

they have their own opinion on the

1:46:421:46:45

bench.

1:46:451:46:48

Ivanka is off. She can't stand the

attention! I know, there is a queue

1:47:011:47:05

for the tea and coffee.

She's gone

to get to the front of the queue.

1:47:051:47:11

I'll ask to get me a coffee.

I'm

sure she can afford it!

1:47:111:47:17

These guys want to come in right

into the T-line, if they can. They

1:47:211:47:30

don't want to be too heavy. That is

a nice stone.

1:47:301:47:39

a nice stone.

Line three, which

Tyler George liked line read. To try

1:47:411:47:52

to close things at the other side.

Sweden have got to change something

1:47:521:48:01

here. Too many yellows. It is

getting crowded.

This yellow stone

1:48:011:48:06

splitting the centre line is scary

because even if they manage to get a

1:48:061:48:11

red stone behind it, it is an

extremely short race for the USA to

1:48:111:48:16

remove it. Maybe they will run it on

to the two yellow two that are

1:48:161:48:21

closest to the button.

Still got

three stones left, Sweden. He now

1:48:211:48:31

decides this is the time to get rid

of some of these.

They might be able

1:48:311:48:40

to spend the red stone up a bit. If

he can move it into a second shot

1:48:401:48:46

session, it occurred turn this end

around.

Lots of weight. He picked

1:48:461:48:56

out, go straight through, shooter

doesn't stay, either, not the result

1:48:561:49:00

they needed or wanted. A little look

from Niklas Edin.

Some of those

1:49:001:49:09

shots not coming off in this

gold-medal match.

For me, it was

1:49:091:49:16

surprising to see him play the shot

like that because he missed it on

1:49:161:49:19

the wrong side. If he had hit it

thinner, they could have got a good

1:49:191:49:25

result.

The only thing in his

favour, he has cleared a route in

1:49:251:49:33

but we still have two American

stones to be played.

1:49:331:49:43

I think they don't want to be overly

greedy because if they start to be

1:49:511:49:55

greedy and tried to take this end

from Niklas Edin and go further into

1:49:551:50:01

the house, they make it easier for

him to get closer to the four foot

1:50:011:50:06

and tried to manipulate that two for

themselves.

1:50:061:50:15

There is an opportunity still, if

they put the guard on for Niklas

1:50:151:50:23

Edin, to go around the right-hand

side, down into the shot in the

1:50:231:50:28

house, whether or not he has enough

weight to tap it through,

1:50:281:50:32

interesting to see.

I like the level

of communication in the USA team at

1:50:321:50:38

the moment. Although it is quite

pointed, there is a lot of

1:50:381:50:45

discussion about the right things

and supporting each other, and it is

1:50:451:50:49

what we didn't see from the

Canadians in the bronze medal game,

1:50:491:50:54

where it was as if somebody had

muted them all. It was strange.

I

1:50:541:50:59

don't think they could believe what

they were seeing themselves so they

1:50:591:51:02

were very quiet.

So, guard put in

place by USA, safety first here.

1:51:021:51:11

That's too long from the USA, they

are beginning to get closer to the

1:51:111:51:18

house because all they've done is

given Sweden and out because they

1:51:181:51:24

can draw one in behind and get in to

shot position. That was not a good

1:51:241:51:29

shot from John Shuster.

He was

caught between the devil and the

1:51:291:51:34

deep blue sea. He knew she didn't

want to be in the house but he was

1:51:341:51:37

way too short.

So, Niklas Edin, uses

the line to the front yellow, and

1:51:371:51:48

between the yellow and the red, come

into the house.

1:51:481:51:58

Needs to find a better shot than in

the last end. He can play two

1:51:581:52:06

accurate stones and still get two.

How is his first one? Will he be

1:52:061:52:15

able to respond here?

We are going

to see the Niklas Edin shots we

1:52:151:52:21

fully expect to see? Has he passed?

Just. Now they need to stop.

Needs

1:52:211:52:30

to stop. Just needs to pull up in

the button. Great shot from Niklas

1:52:301:52:36

Edin, responding well to the mistake

from his team-mate. Oskar will be

1:52:361:52:43

happy his skip has produced one

pair. To be fair, John Shuster gave

1:52:431:52:47

them the opportunity. That guard is

long, and they came by it by half an

1:52:471:52:53

inch or so. He tucks it in. Nice

shot from Edin. So, all change.

1:52:531:53:03

That's a long discussion a couple of

shots ago where USA were thinking

1:53:031:53:08

they could do a high five, and all

of a sudden they've got Sweden with

1:53:081:53:12

shot. There is still plenty in

there. So, similar shot from John

1:53:121:53:18

Shuster?

Niklas Edin was begging

them to stop because if it goes

1:53:181:53:26

further, it is easy for a draw so

this is forcing them to play the

1:53:261:53:31

draw.

Coming down the same route.

This looks like it might be even

1:53:311:53:37

tighter, this one. It is heavy.

Niklas Edin past the guard by a

1:53:371:53:42

whisper. Are they going to get the

edge of the red? No, straight

1:53:421:53:49

through.

I wonder if Tyler talked

John Shuster into that because he

1:53:491:53:56

was saying, a tap might be nice. All

of a sudden, he overthrows it.

That

1:53:561:54:07

was so, so close! If he had just

caught a fraction of that, it would

1:54:071:54:11

have changed the direction of the

stone, probably into the path of the

1:54:111:54:15

Swedish red.

1:54:151:54:22

Same shot for Niklas Edin, draw down

onto his red stain. Shouldn't be too

1:54:301:54:37

far away.

Great opportunity for

Niklas Edin. Just needs to follow

1:54:371:54:43

the stay and he sets down a minute

or two ago. A little bit more room

1:54:431:54:51

for error this time. It is more

about the weight here. He has given

1:54:511:54:55

it a little bit more ice. Will this

stop? Is it going to stop? He should

1:54:551:55:03

be fine.

It is. It just does.

It is

in his favour so they pick up two,

1:55:031:55:15

which is really what they needed to

do after giving up a steal in the

1:55:151:55:20

previous end. An enthralling match

this, some great shotmaking, some

1:55:201:55:25

mistakes creeping in as the pressure

builds but after five ends, there is

1:55:251:55:31

one shot in it, Sweden leading the

United States 4-3.

1:55:311:55:38

STUDIO: Sweden with a slight lead in

1:55:381:55:44

United States 4-3.

STUDIO: Sweden with a slight lead in

1:55:441:55:45

this match. I am still in

Pyeongchang. I'm not sure what has

1:55:451:55:48

happened with the weather! I am not

sure. The slopes are somewhere

1:55:481:55:55

behind me. If you've just joined us

on BBC Two, good morning, here is

1:55:551:56:00

what you've missed on an action

packed penultimate day at the Winter

1:56:001:56:03

Olympics. Snowboarder Billy Morgan

won Big Air bronze today, securing a

1:56:031:56:11

fifth medal of these Games for Great

Britain, a record Winter Olympic

1:56:111:56:14

Hall.

1:56:141:56:19

Hall. Canada's Toutant upstaged the

others, winning gold. The Czech

1:56:231:56:36

Republic Ledecka has won gold medals

in two different disciplines. The

1:56:361:56:47

first woman to ever do that. Germany

look a good bet to win the

1:56:471:56:53

bobsleigh. The German crew hold zero

point to nine second lead over their

1:56:531:57:00

South Korean live. -- rivals. The

Great Britain team finished 17 and

1:57:001:57:10

18. Switzerland claimed the final

Alpine skiing medal by taking the

1:57:101:57:19

team event. That Alpine team bronze

for Norway was the 48th Pyeongchang

1:57:191:57:28

medal. Surpassing USA's 37 set at

the Vancouver Games in 2010. A

1:57:281:57:36

second Russian athlete has been

thrown out of the Pyeongchang Winter

1:57:361:57:43

Olympics after failing a drugs test.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport

1:57:431:57:48

anti-doping division have announced

that decision today. So it was

1:57:481:57:53

history for Billy Morgan, a first

Olympic medal on a snowboard for a

1:57:531:57:58

man. He follows in the footsteps of

Jenny Jones who won bronze in Sochi

1:57:581:58:02

four years ago and after the event,

she spoke to Billy Morgan.

Oh my

1:58:021:58:08

God, Billy Morgan, you legend!

What

a wild ride that was.

What are you

1:58:081:58:16

thinking right this second?

I don't

know, it is just wild, I had bad

1:58:161:58:21

training, I fell on the first run, I

thought it was game over. I was

1:58:211:58:25

thinking I hope I don't fall over

three times and everyone will be

1:58:251:58:28

devastated at home. All my mates are

in a bar watching, and they're all

1:58:281:58:34

going to be like...

Oh. That was a

mindset?

Come on! I thought, if our

1:58:341:58:41

land one John, I'll be stoked.

The

first one was so deep. We saw you

1:58:411:58:47

had that crash. Second run, you

landed, what did you think on the

1:58:471:58:51

third?

I thought I needed to goes at

it. I had a sore bottom. Hamish told

1:58:511:58:59

me to go slower and time it right,

island it and I didn't know what to

1:58:591:59:03

do!

Has it sunk in yet? You are a

bronze medallist, Billy!

No, I'm

1:59:031:59:09

sure it'll hit me later. If you come

into the contest thinking I'm

1:59:091:59:14

shooting for a medal, you're ready

for it but I didn't.

Two weeks ago,

1:59:141:59:17

would you have thought that?

No. As

I said, I'd be stoked if I made the

1:59:171:59:24

finals.

So, yeah, happy days.

STUDIO: He has a big bronze medal

1:59:241:59:32

around his neck as well as a sore

bottom. We will head straight back

1:59:321:59:37

to the curling for the gold medal

match between Sweden and the USA.

1:59:371:59:43

Sweden, European champions, taking

on the USA. They have a slight lead

1:59:431:59:47

at the halfway point so let's head

back to our commentary team.

1:59:471:59:50

It is perfectly poised, United

States trailing by one, they will

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have the hammer in the sixth end.

Ivanka Trump here after her trip to

1:59:592:00:03

the Big Air, she is here to support

the United States team, they've got

2:00:032:00:08

great support in the stand as well.

They've had a great half-time talk,

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he said you've got this, just keep

playing the way you're going.

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They must be delighted with the way

they are played, they have kept

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Sweden shackled, really, Niklas Edin

taking the opportunity to get two

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nice

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nice draws at the end of that event,

I'm sure their team talk was pretty

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positive. All to play for, a match

that has so far lived up its gold

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medal billing.

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Lots of activity in the stands, a

lot of people head off at half-time

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for a cup of tea or whatever

refreshment is offered. They take a

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little while to get back into their

seats. Play continues, John

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Landsteiner, the lead. The two leads

have done a pretty good job so far,

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probably in terms of stats, the big

shots. Shuster has missed a couple,

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Matt Hamilton, of the other players,

has probably allowed a few small

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errors to creep in.

I think USA will

be disappointed to have gone in at

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half-time one behind, they

definitely had the upper hand in the

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fifth, it looked like Sweden did not

even score one, but those two misses

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by John Shuster to finish the end

really gifted the two to Sweden.

S,

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I think I was saying they're

probably know, and at the time they

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certainly knew, it must have been

going through their minds, we might

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not get those situations developing

again, where there is a chance to

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really score well. But if nothing

else, don't allow Sweden to get

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their two. They did in the end, that

guard from John Shuster not quite in

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the right place. As ever, two or

three inches out, six inches away

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from where you want to be, it allows

your opposition to capitalise. They

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don't often do, of course, but

Niklas Edin, one of the best, making

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sure he did. Two nice draws to

complete that fifth end, so we are

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now

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into the sixth.

They did not give

away any cheap points, so they will

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want to make sure they don't do that

in the second half if they want to

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win a gold medal.

Well, as the

pressure starts to build, all of

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these players are miced up, if you

do hear the odd expletive, we do

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apologise. And if you speak Swedish

and you have heard something you

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shouldn't have done, we would like

to apologise!

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He just picks that away.

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John Shuster has been tweeting, he

has got his kids here, Mr

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Youngsters, they had their picture

taken with Lindsey Vonn. -- his two

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youngsters. So many celebs have been

enjoying the journey of this US

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team, I think Mr T is their biggest

fan.

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All on his own, John Landsteiner,

trying to get across to that yellow,

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or in line with that yellow.

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or in line with that yellow. Well,

after two or three ends where we had

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plenty of stones in play, this one

might end up a little different

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here. I wonder is Sweden feel as if,

despite leading, they need to change

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things up a little.

I don't think

they will be changing their game

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plan in anyway, they have been quite

reserved, quite defensive by their

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standards, they just need to make a

few more shots. Very

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uncharacteristic miss in the first

and and then in the fourth end as

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well, so just tighten things up,

yeah, more of the same otherwise.

So

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if you are just waking up, this is

the gold medal match, Great Britain

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go in the women's bronze medal match

after this, 11am, Great Britain

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versus Japan. Japan lost out in the

extra end against Korea. Of course,

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Great Britain, any end, were well

beaten by Sweden, and although they

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didn't play I know Eve Muirhead

reiterated the fact that Sweden did

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play very well indeed. They were not

able to put any pressure on Anna

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Hasselborg, the scope of the Swedish

team, who had started well. So both

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Swedish curling teams going for gold

here, so Niklas Edin the first, they

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lead by one. They were trying to

sweep that out, it was never going

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to quite get there, that red. But

they do lie two, the USA, and they

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have the hammer. Oskar Eriksson

looking to make amends. He just got

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a look, didn't he, in the previous

end from Niklas Edin? I think they

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have got such high standards, these

guys. And it is not just Niklas

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Edin's gold medal - they are all

desperately fighting for this, they

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want it really badly. He talked a

lot, Edin, before these Olympic

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Games, people were saying about the

pressure, coming in as joint

2:06:482:06:51

favourites - and he said no, the

Olympic Games is the big stage, this

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is what I play for, this is what I

enjoy, the pressure is a positive

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thing. To show how good we are.

It

is true what they say, you have to

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be a little bit of a showman, you

have to be able to deal with the

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situation of the huge stage that you

are performing on. If you are not

2:07:112:07:14

comfortable on that stage, that is

when shots will not be played well

2:07:142:07:18

and stress will get to you. So if

you like the showmanship, here I am,

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I own this space, if it is not for

you, it is not for the

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faint-hearted, for sure.

It is

something you get taught as a

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junior, as a skip - you kind of

swagger about, almost intimidate

2:07:342:07:39

your opposition number, let them

know there is no way they are

2:07:392:07:42

winning today.

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Going for the double take-out here.

Gets it!

Well, that is improved the

2:07:572:08:05

situation for Sweden somewhat. As I

said, slightly different end to that

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which we have seen in the previous

two or three. USA with the hammer

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there, they obviously have the

opportunity

2:08:172:08:23

opportunity to blank the end. They

are still got a red out in front to

2:08:232:08:26

work with. -- they have still got.

2:08:262:08:30

As

good draw, stays high in the

house, so close to the guard. If

2:08:482:08:55

they had drifted down to the T-line,

there is more time for the stone to

2:08:552:08:59

go and allow Sweden to push it out

of the house, so would force a

2:08:592:09:03

Sweden to play a run bike instead,

which is a more missable shot. --

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runback.

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Ly well I think the Canadians are

getting a tough time from the

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American fans in here!

They are,

they are! A lot of Canadians would

2:09:332:09:38

have had tickets for this, as the

gold medal match - there would have

2:09:382:09:41

been a level of assumption around

Canada being in this game. Now, has

2:09:412:09:47

Niklas Edin got this right? Looking

to run this red back onto the

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yellow. Misses.

They have been

talking about that shot that Niklas

2:09:502:09:58

Edin missed to make the final, it

was a lot like this one, only just

2:09:582:10:02

missed the

2:10:022:10:07

missed the shot stone.

Well, he

calmly, I am sure not calmly inside,

2:10:112:10:15

look out much he was willing that

one, he thought he had it. And then

2:10:152:10:21

he realises he doesn't. He contains

his anger, he grabs his drinks

2:10:212:10:29

bottle and looks calm and collected

again, just a little shake of the

2:10:292:10:32

head.

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So, John Shuster, over to you.

2:10:442:10:48

Matt, it is always you! Always you,

Matt.

Just hearing them calling the

2:10:592:11:05

numbers as to where they think this

is going to finish up, how far back

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in the house.

Go ahead, go!

So seven

would have been right on the T-line.

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You heard him saying, one or two

comments of eight or nine, seven is

2:11:162:11:23

about right, seven and a half.

2:11:232:11:30

So the USA, with two there, a nice

position that he has put that yellow

2:11:302:11:34

in. There is a red there. If they

are trying to shift both of them at

2:11:342:11:45

the same time, they can only shift

one, of course, a great chance for

2:11:452:11:49

John Shuster to get his two. So I

think, what is it going to play, hit

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and roll over behind the yellow?

Yeah, he is going to try and come in

2:11:582:12:04

behind the USA yellow.

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It is not really worth going for the

double, you would risk giving up

2:12:172:12:21

three by going for it, so trying to

make it as difficult as possible for

2:12:212:12:26

USA to score two.

He would really

like to put this in behind the

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yellow, takes that one out, it is

just going to catch it a little

2:12:312:12:36

thin. How far is it going? Well,

right at the back of the house, but

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not really putting any pressure on

Joe -- John Shuster, so this will be

2:12:422:12:51

a fairly straightforward two. Just

has to get this into the eight foot,

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doesn't need to be any better than

that. They will get their two.

It

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has been a while since I have seen

Niklas Edin played so poorly,

2:13:012:13:04

actually. It is very surprising.

Well, you know, when the price... We

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said before this match, USA, it is

almost a shot to nothing, a silver

2:13:112:13:18

medal, no-one was not saying they

are not playing for gold, of course

2:13:182:13:25

they are, they are playing superbly

well. But Niklas Edin has set his

2:13:252:13:29

sights on this gold medal - he has

been very vocal about how much it

2:13:292:13:35

means to him, that this is what he

has come here for. At the start of

2:13:352:13:42

the competition, it looked as though

he got his team firing on all

2:13:422:13:46

cylinders, but it is USA who are on

fire here in this final. They pick

2:13:462:13:52

up two, they go back in the lead, it

is 5-4, it is not just the 1-shot

2:13:522:13:58

lead they have, they have the

momentum as well, making the better

2:13:582:14:00

shots. But the Hammack goes back to

Sweden, all still to play for here,

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Sweden have one many times from this

situation, and other four ends to

2:14:092:14:12

play here. Great support for both

teams.

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I don't think it is just an Olympic

gold medal that Niklas Edin is

2:14:262:14:30

playing for here. When you think

about, like, in tennis, Nadals,

2:14:302:14:36

Federers, Murrays, known as all-time

greats already and still in the

2:14:362:14:41

prime of their career, then Niklas

Edin, if you can pick up the gold

2:14:412:14:46

medal, he is moving into that

territory as well, as one of the

2:14:462:14:49

greatest ever. So there is a lot on

the line for Niklas, and I wonder if

2:14:492:14:58

that is tightening him up a little

bit.

2:14:582:15:04

The two-time Olympic champion

Nordberg is here as well. Canada are

2:15:042:15:14

used to winning medals and curling

and so are Sweden.

Niklas Edin is

2:15:142:15:20

carrying a huge weight on his

shoulders. The waiters put on

2:15:202:15:24

themselves. -- the weight is put on

themselves. He wants to get the

2:15:242:15:31

title and the credibility he

deserves.

You look at the body

2:15:312:15:37

language out there, the US guys are

having a great time.

2:15:372:15:45

having a great time. It is really

dangerous to play against a team

2:15:452:15:49

feeling that way, just enjoying

themselves, just making shots. You

2:15:492:15:54

look at the comparison to the

Swedes, they looked tense, shoulders

2:15:542:16:00

up around their ears, less

communication. It makes a

2:16:002:16:04

difference.

The USA team have

nothing to lose and everything to

2:16:042:16:08

gain just because nobody expected

them to be in the final of the

2:16:082:16:11

Olympic final.

I wonder, as this

progresses, whether or not that

2:16:112:16:21

becomes pressured to them because,

all of a sudden, you go, this is

2:16:212:16:25

great, we are in the Olympic final,

we are going to win a guaranteed

2:16:252:16:31

medal. All of a sudden, the big

prize is very close. The closer you

2:16:312:16:36

get to the gold medal, the more

difficult for anybody, the more

2:16:362:16:42

difficult these shots are going to

be.

At the elite level, it is quite

2:16:422:16:47

common, let's say, for the Games to

be tight all the way right down to

2:16:472:16:51

the final three ends. Where the

cream rises to the top is between

2:16:512:16:57

that seventh and tenth end, as the

two teams jostled to put themselves

2:16:572:17:01

in a position to pin each game on a

shot.

So, Christoffer Sundgren.

2:17:012:17:13

Hasn't done too much wrong at all.

Tops that US stone.

2:17:172:17:31

I think you can probably make the

backline! Either run the guard into

2:17:312:17:40

it, or...

I want to throw just

through.

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So, Matt Hamilton with that lucky

lime green hat. I think we are lucky

2:17:492:17:55

he doesn't wear it, to be honest. He

has it tucked into his back pocket.

2:17:552:18:03

Does he use the hat for anything?

I

don't know, it looks like it's been

2:18:092:18:15

nowhere else but the back pocket.

Not lucky on that occasion, was it?

2:18:152:18:22

And he is the one that has been

making little errors, that haven't

2:18:222:18:27

been too costly so far but there is

another one there.

2:18:272:18:31

Sweden will look to bounce back with

a score of two. A blank end is also

2:18:402:18:45

a good outcome for them.

Yeah, they

would carry the hammer into the

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eighth. At the moment, you'd say the

advantage with the US, for various

2:18:502:18:56

reasons, but it changes so fast. A

couple of stones $:/STARTFEED. All

2:18:562:19:02

of a sudden, you have a different

matter in your hands. Sweden, a

2:19:022:19:06

little mistake from Matt Hamilton.

2:19:062:19:10

Half a stone too far, they wanted it

alongside that yellow stone, really.

2:19:162:19:26

Maybe a chance to make the double

here. Going to try to sneak one by

2:19:392:19:44

the top guard and remove both of the

reds.

So, Matt Hamilton looking to

2:19:442:19:51

make amends.

2:19:512:19:53

He is watching it intently. Has it

got this one and the other one? The

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two of them go, a superb shots, and

once more the United States

2:20:012:20:06

cheerleaders are on their feet. They

will be acknowledged by Matt

2:20:062:20:13

Hamilton. He has a little look up.

He is the cheerleader of the team

2:20:132:20:20

down there as well. So, not only

does he take the two out but he has

2:20:202:20:24

tucked the yellow in as well. There

you go, is he pumped up or what?

2:20:242:20:32

Giving it large.

2:20:322:20:34

It is great to see Matt Hamilton

doing well because one of my

2:20:392:20:43

complaints about the mixed doubles,

he came into the event as the Aix

2:20:432:20:48

star, he became an overnight star in

America, and they didn't do very

2:20:482:20:52

well in the mixed doubles with his

sister so there was an opportunity

2:20:522:20:56

lost for the world of curling but

doing much better in the team game,

2:20:562:21:00

as you can see.

Yeah, by contrast,

you've just seen Rasmus Wranaa

2:21:002:21:09

smacking his rushed down, he is not

happy at all would shot he just

2:21:092:21:12

played. And it comes up short.

2:21:122:21:21

played. And it comes up short. So,

Tyler George, then. He doesn't look

2:21:222:21:24

like a sports star, with those

beaten up shoes he is renowned for

2:21:242:21:30

wearing, odd socks as well.

2:21:302:21:34

He has been playing superbly well

for the United States and again

2:21:392:21:43

today giving his skip an awful lot

to work with. Tyler George coming

2:21:432:21:48

right in that against the back stone

on the button.

He is making a run

2:21:482:21:56

for MVP.

He is.

2:21:562:22:04

Niklas Edin needs to get something

going for Sweden. They are fighting

2:22:052:22:10

this American team on the ice, they

are fighting the American crowd in

2:22:102:22:15

the stands. Most of the support is

with the stars and stripes. A little

2:22:152:22:23

clutch of yellow and blue down to

our left but we are talking about

2:22:232:22:28

20-30 people, just the families, one

or two over on the far side, not

2:22:282:22:34

making too much noise at the moment.

Oskar Eriksson, then.

2:22:342:22:39

They are playing a very poor end at

the moment, the Swedes, but they

2:22:452:22:50

will try to open up the front and

spin the red stationery stone into

2:22:502:22:56

the house. It didn't hit it quite

right. I think they'd hoped it would

2:22:562:23:02

hit the yellow in the wide shot. But

they have a chance to score.

2:23:022:23:10

they have a chance to score.

We are

expecting a guard here.

2:23:112:23:15

Niklas Edin is only one shot in

this. Sweden have the hammer here.

2:23:242:23:34

Tyler George will hope to sit this

one on the centre line. Just inside

2:23:342:23:40

the house would be perfect.

2:23:402:23:42

Another couple of inches would be

nice with Tyler George continuing to

2:23:562:24:02

play nice shots.

It seemed to settle

down very quickly.

That was a pretty

2:24:022:24:07

good look the that Sweden can see

about half of that stone and even

2:24:072:24:13

maybe more. We talked about John

Landsteiner having an advantage, so

2:24:132:24:21

he will be able to seek more than a

right-handed player will be able to

2:24:212:24:25

see. -- to see more.

2:24:252:24:34

see. -- to see more.

So, Oskar

Eriksson, got his skip into a little

2:24:342:24:35

bit of bother in the previous end.

The third, such an important role.

2:24:352:24:46

The skip is out there to make the

big shots but they have to be helped

2:24:462:24:50

a little bit more when things are

not going so well. Decent shot from

2:24:502:24:55

him. Does well.

Very good shots. I

think USA just still lying in shot

2:24:552:25:03

position. It will be difficult for

Sweden to score two.

It is an

2:25:032:25:13

improvement of how things were

looking a few minutes ago but I just

2:25:132:25:16

wonder whether they will close that

route in.

2:25:162:25:21

Tyler is after the guard. Will John

agree?

2:25:272:25:37

We have seen a lot of curl over the

right-hand side of the sheet, going

2:25:562:26:01

away from the home end and back end

as well, so a lot of ice. Once

2:26:012:26:11

again, was it in the fourth end,

John Shuster giving an opportunity

2:26:112:26:15

for Sweden. It's important he gets

it right down tween the yellow and

2:26:152:26:20

red guards.

We saw where Tyler

George put his brush, maybe a stone

2:26:202:26:29

ahead or further down on the ice in

between the red and yellow, trying

2:26:292:26:34

to lock this whole here. -- to block

this whole.

2:26:342:26:39

Skip likes the line. Cutting right

in between the two. It is going to

2:26:452:26:49

keep coming. It is still coming.

They've changed their mind now. That

2:26:492:26:57

is not what he decided to play but

it has ended up in another tricky

2:26:572:27:05

spot for Niklas Edin. Now... USA are

lying shot here.

2:27:052:27:13

And they've got three other stones

backing that up with that one

2:27:182:27:23

Swedish red in.

2:27:232:27:31

Just going to get rid of this.

He is

but he also wants to move the one on

2:27:342:27:40

the button as well.

2:27:402:27:42

Needs to get tight to the guard.

If

he catches it too skinny, it will

2:27:472:27:53

spring out on its own. He wants it

to get half of the stone at least

2:27:532:27:59

here. Not the best match that Niklas

Edin has played. He needs to find

2:27:592:28:08

his best form pretty quickly.

Playing a lot of weight, which I'm

2:28:082:28:13

surprised about.

2:28:132:28:19

surprised about. Nearly picked his

own.

You feel like he is rushing

2:28:192:28:22

things. He comes out very quickly

but he is crashing down, he doesn't

2:28:222:28:29

look as settled as he normally does.

Well, well, well.

That has missed by

2:28:292:28:38

a long way, that isn't Niklas Edin

out there.

2:28:382:28:41

He didn't miss the yellow stone by

much but where he was trying to hit

2:28:462:28:52

it, he missed by a long way.

Catching it to then was never going

2:28:522:28:56

to result in hitting that red. So,

Niklas Edin losing his cool a little

2:28:562:29:05

bit. Not in terms of temper, just in

terms of his ability to deliver the

2:29:052:29:11

type of stones he needs, if he is

going to help Sweden towards the

2:29:112:29:16

gold medal. The USA very much on

top, making their shots, forcing the

2:29:162:29:21

issue.

2:29:212:29:23

The USA was saying in their

discussion they don't mind giving up

2:29:322:29:36

the one because although that will

tie things up, they will have the

2:29:362:29:39

hammer in the eighth, possibly the

tenth and the way Sweden are

2:29:392:29:43

playing, that will be a huge

advantage for USA. So, John

2:29:432:29:49

Shuster... Still chatting about it

at the other end.

When you are

2:29:492:29:55

selecting a shot to play, it is

about leaving your opposition the

2:29:552:30:00

hardest shot possible and they've

identified two options, one down the

2:30:002:30:04

left-hand side and one down the

right-hand side. They will take away

2:30:042:30:08

the one that they've just played.

He's got to choose and to leave the

2:30:082:30:13

op shrimp that is most difficult for

Niklas Edin.

2:30:132:30:21

Right to it. Go!

2:30:272:30:30

Pretty good.

2:30:332:30:38

Niklas has made up his mind pretty

quickly. Oh, he has just stopped, he

2:30:502:30:55

is looking at the run back again.

That yellow that has just been

2:30:552:30:59

played?

2:30:592:31:07

Are they looking at pushing the red

onto the yellow into the pocket?

2:31:072:31:13

That was something that Oskar

2:31:132:31:19

That was something that Oskar look

that, across onto the one in the

2:31:192:31:22

button for two. Very difficult shot,

but normally, if anybody could make

2:31:222:31:27

it, it is Niklas Edin, but after

seeing that last one, I'm not so

2:31:272:31:30

sure.

Well, if he misses, he is

giving up one, because USA are...

2:31:302:31:39

You could argue, give up one, you

are two behind you have still got

2:31:392:31:44

the hammer.

That one would probably

create the opportunity to give him

2:31:442:31:49

two, or he could play the straight

raise on the yellow in the middle,

2:31:492:31:54

yellow, yellow, red, push that one

back and get is one.

That is what he

2:31:542:31:59

was looking at it initially.

It

looks like he has changed his mind.

2:31:592:32:05

This is what I said, the yellow that

he has just played, get one, type

2:32:052:32:12

things up. This has to work for him,

though. Still saying it is right at

2:32:122:32:22

there, has he got enough of this? He

has! So Niklas Edin rescues the

2:32:222:32:29

situation, takes is one, much to the

delight of the Swedish dignitaries

2:32:292:32:35

who are in. We are all tied up,

three ends to go in the gold medal

2:32:352:32:42

match, and it has been an absolute

crackers so far. I am sure we are

2:32:422:32:46

still got some great curling left.

It is 5-5, it will be the USA you

2:32:462:32:53

will have the hammer in the eighth,

possibly in the tent if we get

2:32:532:32:57

scoring in the eighth and ninth. --

in the tenth. Well, he found the

2:32:572:33:05

shop there, and I think that was the

least risky option for him. Going

2:33:052:33:12

for two when USA were lying shot, he

decided that one was better than

2:33:122:33:17

giving up another steal to the

United States. So Niklas Edin not

2:33:172:33:24

playing at his best, but he has been

forced to make some quite difficult

2:33:242:33:31

shots, and at least that one came

off for him.

He's not playing at his

2:33:312:33:37

best, but the score is still 5-5,

and I am impressed by the USA,

2:33:372:33:43

keeping themselves in this game, and

it would be interesting if Niklas

2:33:432:33:46

had been on his game, what the

difference of shops might have been.

2:33:462:33:51

Whoever wins this game, they have

fought very hard for it.

2:33:512:33:59

fought very hard for it. And we are

getting into the business end of the

2:33:592:34:01

game, the last UN is, eight, nine

and ten, that will really separate

2:34:012:34:07

the two teams. -- the last ends.

2:34:072:34:16

Interesting to see Sweden throw a

guard in this position. You would

2:34:192:34:22

see a lot of teams throwing into the

house, knowing that the USA will

2:34:222:34:27

throw a corner guard and try and

score a two in the eighth.

Yeah, and

2:34:272:34:34

it is a really high guard they have

thrown as well.

USA have caught the

2:34:342:34:43

tick shot, am I misunderstanding

this situation?! Normally, on the

2:34:432:34:49

world curling tour, they play eight

ends, maybe they have forgotten

2:34:492:34:54

there is two more at the Olympics!

We have seen this to a three times,

2:34:542:35:01

I am trying to think if it was the

US who did this, irony and thinking,

2:35:012:35:06

why are you doing that, changing

things up when it is going well? --

2:35:062:35:10

I remember thinking.

I don't think

USA have to do anything different at

2:35:102:35:15

the moment, they are playing really,

really well, so...

2:35:152:35:21

So United States with the hammer,

Tyler George just loosening off,

2:35:302:35:35

getting those shoulders relaxed. A

little bit more sweeping required.

A

2:35:352:35:42

tiny bit tight.

One thing is for

sure, the double centre guard from

2:35:422:35:51

Sweden is a real sign of intense

there, and extremely aggressive

2:35:512:35:54

approach when you don't have the

last stone, they are going to try

2:35:542:35:59

and steal in this eighth end.

Really

good!

Perfect spot from John

2:35:592:36:08

Landsteiner. Nice gentle jog, go to

call - just quiet, let's all the

2:36:082:36:17

other guys do the shouting.

2:36:172:36:23

This has got a lot of work to do,

starting to curl now. Going to be

2:36:352:36:42

quite good in the end, trying to

sweep it all the way back.

2:36:422:36:52

sweep it all the way back. He can

see that fairly easily.

2:36:522:37:00

see that fairly easily. Go to peel

off that top guard.

Probably a good

2:37:002:37:03

thing format Hamilton as well, only

playing 54% on draws. -- four Matt

2:37:032:37:11

Hamilton.

So Saturday morning at

home, this men's gold medal match

2:37:112:37:18

first, then to follow the women's

bronze medal match. Great Britain

2:37:182:37:25

versus Japan, Great Britain

desperate to go home with something

2:37:252:37:28

after losing out to Sweden in the

semifinal. Both Swedish teams making

2:37:282:37:32

it through to the gold medal match.

If you stay up late tonight, you can

2:37:322:37:39

see that gold medal match as well,

so the bronze medal match at 11am

2:37:392:37:45

this morning, and midnight tonight

the gold medal match between the

2:37:452:37:48

hosts, Korea, it will be absolutely

rammed in here, and they are taking

2:37:482:37:53

an Anna Hasselborg of Sweden, Team

Kim, the garlic girls, as they have

2:37:532:38:02

been called. A great men's final

here, nothing to choose between

2:38:022:38:07

these two teams, the guard being put

back in place by Sweden.

2:38:072:38:14

It might be good, but I not sure,

Logan, that it is absolutely right.

2:38:182:38:25

Matt Hamilton they want to play that

shot.

I think this is a good call,

2:38:252:38:31

it is not the high guard causing

them problems, the one closest to

2:38:312:38:36

the house, so try and check that one

and roll another yellow into the

2:38:362:38:40

house, which could be a scoring shot

later on.

A delicate shot here for

2:38:402:38:48

Matt Hamilton.

They are not taking a

lot of ice we saw that in the

2:38:482:38:56

earlier ends, I'm not sure which.

He

just chips the first one, that is

2:38:562:39:03

not going to reach the house, trying

to sweep it towards it.

It is

2:39:032:39:09

trying, it is trying.

Oh, it does!

It's just had the right spin on it,

2:39:092:39:15

I was writing it off before it had

finished its business there. Well

2:39:152:39:22

done, Matt, you knew what you were

doing. Later on, you know, in years

2:39:222:39:28

to come, if he wins the gold medal,

and he is replaying this to as

2:39:282:39:33

grandchildren, watch this, it looked

as though I got this wrong! Smart

2:39:332:39:38

shot from me there.

One thing USA

will be aware of is that guard right

2:39:382:39:43

at the top of the screen, that is

blocking off the kind of out-turn

2:39:432:39:50

draw, the anticlockwise rotation,

that could be a blogger at some

2:39:502:39:53

point later on. -- blocker.

So this

time they are going to try to get

2:39:532:40:04

this guard closer, as you said, they

almost have a bit of help from that

2:40:042:40:08

red that is a long way from the

house, out wide, blocking that route

2:40:082:40:12

in, as Logan was saying, a little

later. If it stays there. So two

2:40:122:40:19

guards out, perfectly lined up, one

in, and that one is now going to be

2:40:192:40:26

the target for Tyler George, I

think.

2:40:262:40:32

To lie that four, it is going to be

a delicate shot.

I'm not sure it is

2:40:412:40:46

even possible, the angle they would

have to hit it at, the weight it

2:40:462:40:51

would need, pretty sure it would

roll out the back door.

Maybe just

2:40:512:40:56

have too just miss that yellow, and

that is maybe a bit risky, you are

2:40:562:41:01

right, to make sure that it goes

with both weight and the angle at

2:41:012:41:05

which he needs to strike this red.

Very unlikely to keep this yellow

2:41:052:41:09

in. Let's see, though. The stones

seem to be rolling for the USA at

2:41:092:41:16

the moment. He has played another

good shot, that is the problem, you

2:41:162:41:24

see, a case of being... I don't know

about being greedy, but that was

2:41:242:41:30

always likely to happen.

I think you

hit the nail on the head, I think

2:41:302:41:35

that was greedy, they should have

clean picked that out, played the

2:41:352:41:39

easy shot, but instead they have

jammed it on the back one, and that

2:41:392:41:42

could be a nuisance later.

2:41:422:41:48

could be a nuisance later.

So Oskar

Eriksson, playing third for Niklas

2:41:492:41:52

Edin. The two of them need to drag

Sweden into a better position in

2:41:522:41:59

this match, against the hammer, with

three ends to go. Two and a half

2:41:592:42:04

ends, if you like, and he might have

played a decent shot, will he go by

2:42:042:42:09

the yellow? Just catches it a

little. Almost gets five.

2:42:092:42:19

little. Almost gets five. -- gets

by. You can just feel things

2:42:192:42:22

ratcheting up a little bit again.

2:42:222:42:30

Continuing with his hitting game,

Tyler George wants to get rid of

2:42:342:42:40

both of these roads. USA with the

hammer. -- these

2:42:402:42:49

hammer. -- these reds.

This is a key

shot for Tyler George - if you can

2:42:502:42:54

make this double, things are looking

very precarious for Sweden.

USA have

2:42:542:43:00

got those two yellows above the

T-line, has he got it? Well, he taps

2:43:002:43:08

one out, still that red is staying

there, but it means USA lie three.

2:43:082:43:15

Yeah, he is not celebrating quite as

much as the crowd are.

2:43:152:43:23

much as the crowd are.

USA! USA!

USA!

So that is a good target for

2:43:252:43:29

Niklas Edin, those two yellows.

Yeah, but they have to be careful,

2:43:292:43:35

he cannot go for them because the

back yellow will jam it, so they

2:43:352:43:39

will have to try and draw it again.

Has to make sure he is here and

2:43:392:43:46

right in the four foot.

2:43:462:43:54

This is a big shot.

That is why that

pesky red is at there. It looks a

2:43:552:44:03

long way from the house, but it is

just a bit of a distraction,

2:44:032:44:09

affecting the line he can come in

here. Should be able to thread this

2:44:092:44:13

through. Needs to come right into

the four foot, though, miss that top

2:44:132:44:20

yellow when he comes in. Missed the

guards last time.

Oh! It takes such

2:44:202:44:26

a lot of pull mem, they have to get

past that.

Still not hidden, though.

2:44:262:44:34

Grade weight from Niklas Edin.

No,

but he is showing that he is

2:44:342:44:40

starting, certainly with his draw

weight, not quite there but not

2:44:402:44:44

making it easy for USA. They want

their two, get back into what would

2:44:442:44:50

be a very good position with two

ends to go.

2:44:502:44:57

So, he thinks he can hit this back

and get a Little roller as well,

2:45:052:45:14

tuck it in, depending on whether the

red jams. It depends how he hits

2:45:142:45:23

this.

2:45:232:45:28

this.

That was a view of our Swiss

bronze medallists, who won last

2:45:292:45:32

night. Callander. -- against Canada.

So... Has he got enough of that? He

2:45:322:45:46

takes that one out, nudges his own a

little bit, making even more rooms

2:45:462:45:53

there. Time out for Sweden. There

are still facing two -- they are

2:45:532:46:04

still facing two. That third shot at

the moment, he is thinking...

2:46:042:46:14

the moment, he is thinking...

If

Sweden don't get this right, they

2:46:152:46:17

could lose a big end. Just two

bend-mac to go, that is not an

2:46:172:46:23

option.

2:46:232:46:28

option.

So, Lindberg comes down,

hasn't got far to go.

2:46:322:46:39

hasn't got far to go.

That is what

they are looking dad. And he is

2:46:392:46:47

worried that USA could use that.

They could pick up three or four.

He

2:46:512:47:00

is also worried he might leave 8445.

-- he might leave

2:47:002:47:12

-- he might leave double for five.

2:47:142:47:15

That would get rid of a couple of

yellows if you was able to hit the

2:47:192:47:26

top yellow.

He's got a lot of

options but whatever option he

2:47:262:47:30

takes, he has to execute it with

precision. And he needs to get his

2:47:302:47:35

stone right in the one foot, if

possible, on the centreline, if he

2:47:352:47:42

wants to try to secure not losing a

big end here.

The is obviously those

2:47:422:47:48

two back yellows, one of them is

closer than the red. He thinks if he

2:47:482:47:56

can move and almost, in and hit the

first one, move onto the they would

2:47:562:48:01

be lying second and third shot,

maybe even shot first and third. And

2:48:012:48:08

might be able to prevent the two.

The one thing going for Sweden is

2:48:082:48:14

that they are lying what looks like

third shot, so they need to make

2:48:142:48:20

sure they get another one into the

four foot and at least they are

2:48:202:48:25

looking at scoring, losing a score

of two.

He is trying to come in to

2:48:252:48:29

the yellow in between, not the one

where the brush is, that is the line

2:48:292:48:37

he wants but he is going to come to

the other yellow and push onto the

2:48:372:48:42

one on the outside of that. Sit

there and have even maybe lie shot,

2:48:422:48:48

first and third. He needs to hit the

back yellow and into the other one.

2:48:482:48:54

It is rolling right in. He hasn't

rolled.

He was trying to roll the

2:48:542:48:58

other way to push the other yellow.

He wanted to go the other way, push

2:48:582:49:02

the other yellow away. Sit shot and

maybe give up the worst two.

That's

2:49:022:49:10

why I thought he would play that. He

has just left that in the worst

2:49:102:49:14

possible spot.

This has given John

Shuster a huge opportunity. Those

2:49:142:49:22

two Swedish stones are lined up

nicely. Niklas Edin looks down,

2:49:222:49:27

knowing his gold-medal hopes may

have just disappeared with that

2:49:272:49:31

shot.

This could be the last shot of

the game. If John Shuster makes

2:49:312:49:36

this, they score five.

Oskar

Eriksson looking on. John Shuster of

2:49:362:49:43

the United States, rejected out of

the programme after the last

2:49:432:49:49

Olympics. He has a great chance!

They both go! It is five for the

2:49:492:49:55

USA! They look at the opposition,

high-fiveds all around. The stands

2:49:552:50:02

are going crazy. Just what sharing

Niklas Edin, they are wondering what

2:50:022:50:10

to do. Surely, this is United States

gold-medal now? What a turnaround in

2:50:102:50:21

this match, what a story this would

be in cloning. United States of

2:50:212:50:26

America, led by John Shuster 's...

Have almost got their ribbons around

2:50:262:50:37

their neck. Picking up five in the

eighth, Niklas Edin leaving the

2:50:372:50:44

double, Shuster playing it

perfectly, this, a man who was

2:50:442:50:51

ridiculed by American curling

supporters after Sochi. Even at the

2:50:512:50:54

beginning of the round-robin

competition here in South Korea, two

2:50:542:51:02

wins after six matches, they turned

it around, gathered momentum, and

2:51:022:51:06

look at that. John Shuster, in his

fourth Olympic Games is so close,

2:51:062:51:12

oh, so close, to the gold medal.

I

think somebody is going to have to

2:51:122:51:20

script Jackie's jaw off the floor.

We are speechless. This is what

2:51:202:51:25

films will be made of, this stuff.

This is incredible. USA had nothing

2:51:252:51:31

to lose. And everything to gain if

they played well. Unfortunately, it

2:51:312:51:39

has been a tight game but Niklas

Edin has made too many mistakes

2:51:392:51:43

today and I wonder whether his dream

has been too much of weight to carry

2:51:432:51:49

on his shoulders today.

There is one

thing I've learnt today as well,

2:51:492:51:53

that the curling experts, two of

them sitting next to me...

2:51:532:52:00

Switzerland beating Canada, what a

surprise, and although this isn't

2:52:002:52:04

over, it might as well be. USA five

ahead, to make ends to play, they

2:52:042:52:09

will play another round but Niklas

Edin knows, as he steps into the

2:52:092:52:15

shadows, that his chance of a gold

has gone in that end.

Just so that

2:52:152:52:22

you understand the challenge Sweden

have, if it was any other game other

2:52:222:52:28

than on Olympic knockout game, they

would have shaken hands right now,

2:52:282:52:31

they would have given up.

What they

really need, they need to take three

2:52:312:52:36

here and steel two in the last end,

and USA are not going to let that

2:52:362:52:41

happen now.

2:52:412:52:43

Jackie, you said they should make a

move. I read an article saying

2:52:492:52:52

exactly that. Who would play, the

different characters, and going back

2:52:522:52:59

to how John Shuster has really

suffered in these days of social

2:52:592:53:05

media, cruel jibes after his

performances at the last two Olympic

2:53:052:53:08

Games, where he was a bronze Olympic

medallist in 2006. Matt Hamilton

2:53:082:53:16

didn't perform in the mixed doubles

with his sister, who is here

2:53:162:53:21

watching as well.

2:53:212:53:26

watching as well. This is a runaway

train.

These guys have gone from

2:53:282:53:31

zero to hero in one big competition.

And sometimes that's what dreams are

2:53:312:53:36

made of, and it is your week and

everything is going for you, and it

2:53:362:53:42

has been. They have clawed a lot of

Games back which they looked they

2:53:422:53:48

were not going to win.

The American

story this week reminds me of a

2:53:482:53:54

certain Olympic 16 years ago.

Like

the girls game, 2002, yeah. Rhona

2:53:542:54:00

Martin and the girls came back from

what was looking like the Games were

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over, they got into a tie-breaker,

won five in a row, won the gold

2:54:062:54:11

medal and these guys are doing

something very similar. They will be

2:54:112:54:15

heroes back in their country, for

sure.

Matt Hamilton, he of the

2:54:152:54:23

moustache, John Landsteiner, the

quiet one, Tyler George, a liquor

2:54:232:54:26

store owner in the US, and he might

not have any more products left when

2:54:262:54:32

he gets home.

If I could say one

thing to the voice, the USA boys,

2:54:322:54:38

Matt Hamilton has to take that

moustache.

He does, normally. He

2:54:382:54:43

says he grows up for the season. His

wife hates it and I reckon there

2:54:432:54:48

will be a ritual shaving going on at

some point. The moustache, we were

2:54:482:54:54

talking about it early on, it has

its own Twitter account, celebrity

2:54:542:55:00

supporters, Aaron Rodgers, the Green

Bay Packers quarterback, and Ivanka

2:55:002:55:06

Trump in the stadium, watching this

performance from the United States.

2:55:062:55:11

It is almost a shame because sport

is about great dramatic moments and

2:55:112:55:15

we'd have just had one there and

there is this anti-climax afterwards

2:55:152:55:18

where you've got to keep going, play

it out, Niklas Edin knows, I am sure

2:55:182:55:24

we will get a handshake at the end

of this end. He is trying somehow to

2:55:242:55:30

manufacture something but not going

to see any mistakes from this USA

2:55:302:55:34

team, I'm sure. What a curling

competition we have had, both men

2:55:342:55:40

and women. The two medal matches to

come for the women, Great Britain

2:55:402:55:44

taking on Japan at 11am, stay with

us for that. What a shock.

2:55:442:55:57

Now that victory has been assured,

Ivanka Trump has left her seat. Not

2:56:002:56:05

sure whether or not she is in the

stadium. We have quite a few people

2:56:052:56:11

that have decided this is over but

it is the American fans that are

2:56:112:56:16

waiting for their moment to

celebrate properly.

This is the

2:56:162:56:21

first shot Tyler George has missed

today.

I just hope there isn't a

2:56:212:56:28

pitch invasion because they will be

slipping and sliding all over the

2:56:282:56:31

place. I'm sure there won't be.

There will be a ceremony a few

2:56:312:56:37

minutes afterwards.

Jackie, you were

saying Pharaoh that Derek Brown the

2:56:372:56:41

performance coach for USA curling is

a Scotsman and

2:56:412:56:53

a Scotsman and maybe a race might be

-- and honour might be on the cards.

2:56:542:57:07

These guys trying to keep the smile

off their faces because they know

2:57:072:57:14

the end is near.

It has been a

superb match. The person that has

2:57:142:57:18

not performed is Niklas Edin who is

one of the greats of the game. If

2:57:182:57:25

you had said to Niklas Edin you are

in the Olympic final, you are

2:57:252:57:28

playing the USA, he would have

thought that is my dream country, I

2:57:282:57:34

can beat the USA. Logan said it, the

record between them has been in

2:57:342:57:41

favour of John Shuster and that has

been the case today. You cannot take

2:57:412:57:46

anything away from this USA team.

They have played stunning matches

2:57:462:57:51

that they had to survive at the end

of the round-robin. They beat Canada

2:57:512:57:58

and Great Britain. Then they came

through the semifinal, beat Canada

2:57:582:58:03

and into the final and they've

beaten the Swedes. They weren't

2:58:032:58:10

lucky, they weren't soft, they've

beaten the best teams in the world,

2:58:102:58:14

Canada twice and now Sweden.

There

is nothing in the stats. The only

2:58:142:58:23

difference, Niklas Edin is playing

70% which is not like him, which has

2:58:232:58:28

made the difference here.

It has

gone quiet in the curling arena as

2:58:282:58:35

the enormity of this result starts

to sink in. USA are going to become

2:58:352:58:40

the Olympic champions in men's

curling. Niklas Edin blinking almost

2:58:402:58:48

in disbelief. They won a bronze in

Turin, with John Shuster in the

2:58:482:58:56

team.

2:58:562:59:01

team. His two campaigns in Vancouver

and Sochi ended up in nothing more

2:59:012:59:05

than embarrassment but not this

time.

2:59:052:59:14

They are from Duluth, Minnesota.

There will be dancing in the streets

2:59:142:59:22

in Duluth. What time is it there

now? Very early in the morning.

2:59:222:59:30

Probably about 3am, for a? -- 4am?

So, Niklas Edin... Will he keep this

2:59:312:59:46

going? If they get two here? I

thought we would see a handshake at

2:59:462:59:51

the end of this.

Not sure what is

happening. I think they might try...

2:59:512:59:59

They've taken their two.

Go down the

last end.

I suppose you could say

2:59:593:00:06

they are still fighting. There is

some muted applause. Sweden get two,

3:00:063:00:12

that is 10-7, on we go.

3:00:123:00:21

I feel really disappointed for

Niklas Edin's team, because they

3:00:223:00:25

have been the standout team of the

last four years, they have won

3:00:253:00:30

something like four European

Championships in a row, the worlds -

3:00:303:00:34

yeah, it just seemed like a fairy

tale ending for their four year

3:00:343:00:40

cycle to win the Olympics, and

unless something crazy happens in

3:00:403:00:43

its tenth end, it is not going to

happen.

We are talking like it is

3:00:433:00:48

all doom and gloom, but give them a

couple of days, they will reflect on

3:00:483:00:52

it, Olympic silver is still a

fantastic medal to get. But you have

3:00:523:00:58

got another four years to try to get

back to do it all again, that is

3:00:583:01:01

what the Olympics are. They only

come once every four years, and it

3:01:013:01:06

is a long claw-back to get back into

do it again.

3:01:063:01:11

The Swiss team are in for their

medals, the bronze medallists have

3:01:183:01:23

been for a cup of tea, they are

still there, just a few minutes now,

3:01:233:01:28

the ceremony will be beginning. But

they are going to have to wait, like

3:01:283:01:33

everybody else. So a corner guard

put in place, can't believe I am

3:01:333:01:39

saying this!

3:01:393:01:44

saying this! Switzerland are just

delaying, surely, the inevitable

3:01:453:01:48

here. Sweden, even. Why Ally got

Sweden and Switzerland mixed up all

3:01:483:01:53

week?! -- why have I.

Don't ask me,

I might start calling them Scotland!

3:01:533:02:02

All those USA boys, their hearts

will be pumping right out of their

3:02:023:02:05

body right now.

I wonder if John

Landsteiner, in his job as a

3:02:053:02:13

corrosion engineer, whether he has

studied the handling of a gold medal

3:02:133:02:16

over the years, how much

corrosion...

I hope he keeps it in a

3:02:163:02:20

safe place and there is no corrosion

on his medal!

Well, we still have to

3:02:203:02:25

go through this final end here,

Niklas Edin and his team carrying so

3:02:253:02:34

many hopes for themselves, as much

as anything else, obviously. Sweden

3:02:343:02:38

have a chance of a gold medal in the

women's, but they so wanted one in

3:02:383:02:49

immense. They thought they had a

team to deliver it. -- in the men's.

3:02:493:02:55

Well, the bookies will be happy with

this result, I don't know anybody

3:03:063:03:11

who picked USA to win this!

So what

they are not going to do is put any

3:03:113:03:19

stones in play that they don't have

to.

3:03:193:03:25

to. Sweden have got two guards out

there.

3:03:263:03:32

there. This is something I actually

cried admired, you know. I say going

3:03:333:03:36

through the motions. As a skip, you

are still talking to your team,

3:03:363:03:43

right, put one in here, have it

sitting on the T-line, please, yeah

3:03:433:03:48

OK. But in their heads, in their

hearts

you are hoping that your

3:03:483:03:53

opposition is going to throw a crazy

shot and miss everything.

It is not

3:03:533:04:01

just that, is it? You are looking

for a complete collapse at this

3:04:013:04:04

point.

3:04:043:04:09

This is almost a bit of a bonus, on

the other hand, for the USA, they

3:04:193:04:24

get a bit more time on the ice to

let this sink in. They will be

3:04:243:04:28

trying to concentrate on their

shots, though, just to make doubly

3:04:283:04:31

sure.

We have already said earlier

on today that the boom in USA, in

3:04:313:04:40

America, has really gone through the

roof. This is just going to add to

3:04:403:04:44

that boom.

I don't know if you know

the answer to this, either of you,

3:04:443:04:49

but will John Shuster be

representing the United States at

3:04:493:04:53

the World Championships? Has there

been a separate trial for that?

Not

3:04:533:04:57

sure.

Me neither, sorry.

I don't

know of anybody heard a fat lady

3:04:573:05:04

singing there!

Clearing her throat.

The band are striking up. Well, with

3:05:043:05:15

all due respect to Sweden and their

efforts to keep this going, you know

3:05:153:05:20

that, in the American ranks, they

are already getting ready to pop the

3:05:203:05:26

champagne corks, because they have

got something huge to celebrate

3:05:263:05:32

here. Tyler George, I have really

enjoyed watching him play these last

3:05:323:05:35

few days.

The stadium here is going

to go completely wild in a few

3:05:353:05:42

minutes. Sweden are running out of

stones fast here.

3:05:423:05:50

So as we get down to these last two

or three stones, guys, you're sort

3:05:543:06:00

of last thoughts, Jackie? On this

men's competition?

Do you know, it

3:06:003:06:05

is fantastic for curling, great that

we have seen other countries, seven

3:06:053:06:09

different countries in the play-off

stages here, but I have to say, I am

3:06:093:06:13

a tiny little bit shocked that

Sweden didn't perform the game I was

3:06:133:06:17

looking for them to play, because

they have been so consistent over

3:06:173:06:21

the last three or four years. So

shocked but also very impressed by

3:06:213:06:28

the state of play from these USA

boys, they wanted this medal more,

3:06:283:06:31

and they have played very well.

Just

to echo that, from what we have seen

3:06:313:06:35

in the play-offs, a good look at

Tyler's shoes! From what we have

3:06:353:06:44

seen in the play-offs, I think USA

are deserved winners, they have been

3:06:443:06:50

phenomenal.

Let's not forget, they

have beaten Canada, the top nations

3:06:503:06:56

who everybody admires - these guys

have come out and played an absolute

3:06:563:06:59

storm. Tyler will be getting free

shoes now, you won't have to worry

3:06:593:07:05

about that!

3:07:053:07:08

Well, there haven't been many boots

out there from the USA team, they

3:07:123:07:17

have been absolutely superb today,

and once we have seen another stone

3:07:173:07:22

countdown, I think that is pretty

much going to be it. Sweden have got

3:07:223:07:27

one in there, they have to score

three to tie this up. That is not

3:07:273:07:31

going to happen. A superb five in

the eighth end gave the United

3:07:313:07:38

States and an unsaleable lead. And

this team that was put together

3:07:383:07:50

after everybody had given up on

them, had given up on John Shuster,

3:07:503:07:54

and he wanted one more go, one more

try, one more Olympic journey. He

3:07:543:08:00

had a dream to come and perform

well, and hats off to Niklas Edin,

3:08:003:08:06

he knows it is all over, and he

plays the last stone of his Olympic

3:08:063:08:11

campaign in 2018. He is a great

champion, Niklas Edin, but he

3:08:113:08:19

couldn't find his game here today,

and applause comes from the American

3:08:193:08:22

quartet.

What a shot that is!

It is

still in the house!

Now the

3:08:223:08:32

handshakes come, so John

Landsteiner, Matt Hamilton, Tyler

3:08:323:08:36

George and John Shuster, their

leader, are the Olympic champions.

3:08:363:08:42

USA celebrate, commiserations to

Sweden. Niklas Edin will hope to

3:08:423:08:48

fight another day, but it has been

one surprise after another, one

3:08:483:08:56

superb form and is at another from

this brilliant American team. They

3:08:563:08:59

have thoroughly deserved it, the

best steam won, they are the gold

3:08:593:09:03

medallists. The Olympic champions,

receiving all of the plaudits that

3:09:033:09:10

they deserve from a huge contingent

here who have enjoyed every single

3:09:103:09:15

minute, the coach comes up to the

ice, who would have thought it? No

3:09:153:09:22

Canada, not even in the medals. So

it will be gold for the USA, Sweden

3:09:223:09:30

will have to settle for the silver

medal, and Switzerland take the

3:09:303:09:36

bronze. And if they do make a movie

about all of this, John Shuster

3:09:363:09:46

might just want to play himself, I

think, because he has enjoyed every

3:09:463:09:51

single moment of the limelight. Four

times he has been to the Olympic

3:09:513:09:56

Games, and he has had to wait until

coming all the way to Korea to get

3:09:563:10:00

the medal he not only richly

deserves but the one which he could

3:10:003:10:06

only have dreamt about. So what a

great final we have had, don't

3:10:063:10:11

forget we have got the Great Britain

women coming up in the bronze medal

3:10:113:10:15

match against Japan at 11am. And now

the tears come, great scenes.

Yes,

3:10:153:10:26

Phil Drobnick, who has been coaching

or working with the national team

3:10:263:10:30

for about 15 years, it will mean a

lot to him.

Ivanka Trump came back

3:10:303:10:35

in to see the closing stages of the

match, and she has enjoyed a great

3:10:353:10:40

day for the USA, they are the

curling Olympic champions.

3:10:403:10:43

So the USA take gold, a first ever

gold medal in curling, and a first

3:10:483:10:52

podium since their bronze back in

2006. John Shuster was skipped that

3:10:523:10:58

day as well, but like Steve Cram has

said in commentary, he has had quite

3:10:583:11:02

a time of it since then, only ten in

Vancouver, ninth in Sochi, dropped

3:11:023:11:07

from the team, but he has come back

to lead his country to the ultimate

3:11:073:11:11

Winter Olympic prize. Incredible

stuff, USA take gold, Sweden with

3:11:113:11:16

the silver, Switzerland the bronze

medal. Brilliant scenes at the

3:11:163:11:23

Curling Centre, we are bound to have

more tonight, because the first

3:11:233:11:28

medal in the women's curling is up

for grabs, it will be contested

3:11:283:11:32

between GB and Japan. Eve Muirhead

going down yesterday in the

3:11:323:11:39

semifinal to Sweden. We can relive

that story with Patrick Gearey.

3:11:393:11:42

The very best curlers see parts were

others do not, they find a way. Eve

3:11:463:11:52

Muirhead is a natural navigator, but

that doesn't stop you from slipping

3:11:523:11:54

sometimes. Against America, against

Korea, her team wondered of course

3:11:543:12:02

in their first match against Sweden

just as they were trying to cling

3:12:023:12:06

on, Eve didn't let go in time.

This

is a real disaster.

A curling noble,

3:12:063:12:14

red lights, red lines, along Bells.

But if you must make mistakes in the

3:12:143:12:19

sport, make them early and make them

right. Eve moved her pieces, Japan,

3:12:193:12:26

Canada, trapped in checkmate. On the

thinnest ice, Great Britain had

3:12:263:12:30

found their path. It brought them

back to Sweden, who had beaten them

3:12:303:12:37

in the round-robin.

We are ready to

rumble against Sweden. A chance to

3:12:373:12:43

get into the final to contest the

gold medal.

It started tactically,

3:12:433:12:48

Sweden taking none from end want to

keep the hammer, the last shot

3:12:483:12:52

advantage.

So it is a nine endgame

now, and that is what she usually

3:12:523:12:59

does, blanking the end.

Sporting

spirit is important in this game,

3:12:593:13:03

that is why Anna Sloan admitted she

touched a stone here.

I touched it.

3:13:033:13:08

Just saying she touched it, she will

have a little discussion.

3:13:083:13:14

The choice was now the Swedish files

's skip, remove the stone, leave it,

3:13:143:13:18

or moved it to where she thought it

would have gone. She chose to place

3:13:183:13:22

it outside the scoring zone, not a

popular move. Grey areas are one

3:13:223:13:30

thing, what matters is what happens

in the red, white and blue circles,

3:13:303:13:35

Sweden just about took two.

3:13:353:13:40

Sweden just about took two.

She has

just pushed it back, she did tap

3:13:413:13:44

that red back, but not enough.

By

the fifth end, they were 3-1 up, GB

3:13:443:13:51

needed to score. To do so, Eve's

judgment would have to be pretty

3:13:513:13:56

much perfect.

She has got to find a

way around on the right line with

3:13:563:14:01

the right weight, hit that red at

the back. Got a chance here! Got a

3:14:013:14:07

chance. As Eve Muirhead played a

cracker? Just needs to tap that

3:14:073:14:11

back, she has indeed. Well done, Eve

Muirhead, superb shot to finish the

3:14:113:14:15

fifth end. And after an early

advantage to Sweden, we are all tied

3:14:153:14:21

up, 3-3.

In the pause between sticks

and stones, time for words from the

3:14:213:14:26

coach.

Play simple, that would give

us a chance, given two or go in

3:14:263:14:34

tight.

Every time the Brits tried to

build something, the Swedes kept

3:14:343:14:38

taking stones.

Now then, how is your

luck? She may well have done it, she

3:14:383:14:45

has done very well indeed.

The

crossroads came in the seventh end,

3:14:453:14:50

Sweden 5-3 up. Momentum had slid

with almost every stone.

Anna

3:14:503:14:56

Hasselborg has played some wonderful

shots, if anything, she has been

3:14:563:14:59

playing a little better than Eve

Muirhead. Particularly on the draw

3:14:593:15:03

so far. As she got this right?

3:15:033:15:15

This one has been pushed out. It has

gone right through! It has gone

3:15:153:15:20

right through so there is the first

mistake from Anna Hasselborg. A

3:15:203:15:25

little bite of the lower lip, an

opportunity that Eve Muirhead has to

3:15:253:15:33

capitalise on. They like the line.

Great to get this one in. They need

3:15:333:15:46

to get past that yellow. What has

she done hit? Another good shot from

3:15:463:15:55

Eve Muirhead, it's just bumps out.

That has left... She can probably

3:15:553:16:04

take both of these yellows out.

With

her final shot, Anna Hasselborg set

3:16:043:16:09

Eve Muirhead a perilous problem.

This was a chance that was building.

3:16:093:16:14

The Swedish skip coming down. That

was a very good shot indeed.

The

3:16:143:16:25

best shot for Eve Muirhead. Was the

worst about to happen?

Cannot get

3:16:253:16:33

this wrong. Through the gap... Here

it comes. Now, then... It is going

3:16:333:16:44

to catch. Oh, oh, oh.

That is a

steal of a three, three to Sweden.

3:16:443:16:54

And Great Britain's hopes at such a

low point, it is going to be so

3:16:543:17:01

difficult for Great Britain to come

back from 8-3.

Surely the --

3:17:013:17:09

disoriented from the seventh, she

would get two back in the eighth?

3:17:093:17:13

The smallest of opportunities to

keep this alive.

Looking close, is

3:17:133:17:18

it?

Oh, what a shot by Eve Muirhead

just to keep the slimmest of hopes

3:17:183:17:28

alive for Great Britain.

Sweden were

now simply too far down the road.

3:17:283:17:32

So, Anna Hasselborg now ready to

cement the victory for Sweden. They

3:17:323:17:40

have been ahead or through this

match. And they have not put a foot

3:17:403:17:46

wrong, really, some small errors but

it has been Great Britain not able

3:17:463:17:50

to play their best game. Sweden have

been very, very good. Anna

3:17:503:17:55

Hasselborg in particular, well act

up by her team. I think we will see

3:17:553:18:00

the handshakes. Eve Muirhead's quest

for gold ends in this semifinal.

3:18:003:18:05

They still have the chance the

bronze but it is Anna Hasselborg's

3:18:053:18:11

day, and for Anna Sloan, Vicki

Adams, Lauren Gray and Eve Muirhead,

3:18:113:18:17

the best they can do is bronze.

Sweden joined their male

3:18:173:18:22

counterparts in the Olympic final.

We gave it our all tonight, the

3:18:223:18:27

Swedish girls were on fire. I missed

a couple of key draws and you can't

3:18:273:18:31

afford to do that. Absolutely

gutted. We have trained hard for the

3:18:313:18:36

last three or four years to be in

that position and unfortunately

3:18:363:18:40

today we were outplayed. But we

still have a medal to play for so we

3:18:403:18:45

will be giving it our all.

3:18:453:18:46

still have a medal to play for so we

will be giving it our all.

3:18:463:18:48

So, bronze the best GB's woman can

do here in Pyeongchang. We will look

3:18:513:18:55

ahead to that match in a moment.

Jackie Lockhart joins us. We have to

3:18:553:19:00

reflect on that final we have just

seen. The reason I like to ask you

3:19:003:19:04

who will win is so I can ask you

afterwards how big a surprise it was

3:19:043:19:09

because you both went for Sweden.

We

thought Sweden should win this

3:19:093:19:13

because they've been so consistent

here this week and probably over the

3:19:133:19:17

last three or four seasons but maybe

that was the commentator's curse we

3:19:173:19:23

gave them and we really didn't see

the Niklas Edin we are used to. He

3:19:233:19:28

seemed to be carrying the weight of

the world on his shoulders so a huge

3:19:283:19:35

shock for curling but a fantastic

result for curling at the same time

3:19:353:19:39

with USA, the Olympic gold

medallists. Can you believe it?

When

3:19:393:19:43

it comes to Olympic stories, John

Shuster's is up there, he must be so

3:19:433:19:48

emotional after everything he has

gone through.

This is his fourth

3:19:483:19:53

Olympics. He won a medal back in

2006 in Turin but he has dragged

3:19:533:19:58

himself time and time again to prove

themselves as a player and skip.

3:19:583:20:06

These are what dreams are made of.

You could make a film about this,

3:20:063:20:10

they've done so well, and they beat

Canada, they beat Niklas Edin. They

3:20:103:20:16

were beating the team sitting at the

top of the rankings so, very, very

3:20:163:20:22

impressed and what a fantastic

final.

And a great story, a first

3:20:223:20:26

gold medal for the USA. Was that an

example of the pressures and Olympic

3:20:263:20:31

final can put on even the best of

teams? I think you said before the

3:20:313:20:35

match USA were going in there

without the pressure. They could

3:20:353:20:39

enjoy it wearers Sweden were

expected to win.

That is the

3:20:393:20:43

pressure you put on yourself and

Niklas Edin has won so many medals

3:20:433:20:50

and if he had won that medal, he

would have been very well decorated

3:20:503:20:53

in his country. The players

themselves put that pressure on and

3:20:533:20:56

it is how they do deal with it. That

is what Eve suffered from yesterday.

3:20:563:21:02

She wanted to win and she didn't.

I'm sure Niklas Edin will come back,

3:21:023:21:08

like most players do. They have a

hunger and passion for the sport and

3:21:083:21:11

we will see them again.

If you look

at the three medals, a bronze for

3:21:113:21:17

Switzerland, gold for USA, and

nothing for Canada, does this show

3:21:173:21:21

the standard and competition in

men's curling is as strong as it has

3:21:213:21:25

ever been?

Very strong. The world

curling Federation, they are

3:21:253:21:30

delighted by this because it opens

up the door a little bit more. If

3:21:303:21:34

Canada want to keep up with the rest

of the countries, they will have to

3:21:343:21:38

step it up. Most of these European

and Asian Pacific countries have

3:21:383:21:45

full-time athletes training day and

night to get that world title and

3:21:453:21:49

Olympic dream. Canada have had it

easy for a long time. They have lots

3:21:493:21:54

of competitive players and it is

just match practice that has kept

3:21:543:21:57

them in and I think they have to

look at their programme.

The

3:21:573:22:01

excitement does not end at the

Curling Centre. All eyes will be on

3:22:013:22:06

there when Eve Muirhead's team go

for the bronze medal. They would

3:22:063:22:11

have loved to go for gold but they

need to pick themselves up. How

3:22:113:22:16

difficult a match will this be?

This

will be a very difficult match. Four

3:22:163:22:21

years ago in Sochi when we saw Eve

Muirhead lose the semifinal, the

3:22:213:22:26

girls picked themselves up to get

into that bronze medal game and win

3:22:263:22:30

it but I think it was a double blow

yesterday when they didn't win the

3:22:303:22:33

semifinal match because all they

wanted was the gold medal. I really,

3:22:333:22:38

really hope they can pull everything

they've got, every strength and

3:22:383:22:43

beliefs and the passion to take the

bronze medal.

They will be getting

3:22:433:22:49

cheered on from home. Will there be

nervous right now, what you know of

3:22:493:22:53

the girls? It is less than a couple

of hours before the match.

Of

3:22:533:22:57

course. If they didn't have nerves,

I'd be worried, but I want

3:22:573:23:02

confidence nerves. I know as well as

they do if they string their shots

3:23:023:23:06

together and play as a team they

will win but Japan will be a tough

3:23:063:23:10

match. Every game out there is tough

so we will have to have our fingers

3:23:103:23:14

crossed for later.

Yes, we do, and

we will show all of that action.

3:23:143:23:19

Thank you for joining us from the

Curling Centre. We will go back

3:23:193:23:24

there for the bronze medal match

between GB and Japan starting at

3:23:243:23:29

11:05am on BBC One. Pyeongchang has

seen the debut of the team event in

3:23:293:23:37

the Alpine skiing. It consists of

16. They race head-to-head and they

3:23:373:23:44

get a point for a wimp, the one with

the most points is the winner at the

3:23:443:23:51

end. We have seen the impact of ski

cross and Snowboard Cross has had at

3:23:513:23:59

the Olympics. Could this one grab

the attention of everyone watching?

3:23:593:24:03

It is liking stuff. 25 seconds on

average per race down the slalom so

3:24:033:24:09

let's join your commentator and see

who could win the first ever team

3:24:093:24:13

Olympic gold medal. He's Matt

Chilton.

3:24:133:24:19

Chilton. Time for the semifinals at

the alpine team event and the

3:24:193:24:23

line-up sees Austria taking on more

weight

3:24:233:24:25

line-up sees Austria taking on more

weight and then France up against

3:24:253:24:26

Switzerland. Austria versus Norway

in semifinal number one. Katharina

3:24:263:24:38

Liensberger and Kristin Lysdahl.

3:24:383:24:41

Now they are synchronised, turn for

turn, gate floodgate, we have not

3:24:463:24:50

had a dead heat yet in today's

condition and we won't have one

3:24:503:24:57

here. Liensberger by bites first for

Austria. Austria lead Norway 1-0. A

3:24:573:25:07

good fight for Katharina

Liensberger, what a great jump and

3:25:073:25:11

turned that was. Michael Matt in the

blue. A couple of early mistake 's

3:25:113:25:23

from the slalom bronze medallist.

This has opened up for

3:25:233:25:31

Nestvold-Haugen's favour. It is 1-1,

Nestvold-Haugen ties it. This is

3:25:313:25:41

where it started to come apart for

Michael Matt. His rhythm was out of

3:25:413:25:45

sync and he missed a gate. Res

three, the bronze medallist,

3:25:453:25:50

Katharina Gallhuber, and the winner

of the most recent head-to-head

3:25:503:25:54

World Cup competition, Nina

Haver-Loeseth. This should be good.

3:25:543:26:02

Nina Haver-Loeseth in red, Katharina

Gallhuber in blue. It is 1-1 after

3:26:023:26:09

the first two rounds. Away they go,

nothing to choose between them as

3:26:093:26:13

they approach the lip, a

synchronised Rob on land.

3:26:133:26:18

Haver-Loeseth more accurate. She

moves in front. She attempts to give

3:26:183:26:24

Norway a 2-1 lead. She let her in

and Gallhuber steel set by 0.1 six.

3:26:243:26:36

The Norwegian holds the helmet in

hands and she apologises to her

3:26:363:26:41

team-mates. This is the final race,

Marco Schwarz and Sebastian

3:26:413:26:46

Foss-Solevaag. Schwarz, having skied

well in the first leg, sat the last

3:26:463:26:52

race out. Schwarz is metronomic with

his rhythm and moves in front. The

3:26:523:27:00

Austrians are on the way, barring a

mistake... Austria are in the final!

3:27:003:27:09

They have defeated Norway, 3-1.

Norway will have to go and fight it

3:27:093:27:16

out for the bronze a little later.

Austria face the winner of our next

3:27:163:27:28

semifinal. France versus

Switzerland, semifinal number two,

3:27:283:27:33

and it will be Adeline Baud Mugnier

for France against Denise

3:27:333:27:36

Feierabend. It is all about medals.

Baud Mugnier. For Switzerland,

3:27:363:27:49

Denise Feierabend goes in blue.

3:27:493:27:55

Denise Feierabend goes in blue. Baud

Mugnier has looked sharp are so far

3:27:563:27:59

this afternoon, reflected in the way

the French skier has taken this a

3:27:593:28:06

part in the first 20 terms with the

final six to come. Baud Mugnier

3:28:063:28:10

gives France a lead of 1-0.

Feierabend left standing somewhat

3:28:103:28:18

there. France lead 1-0.

3:28:183:28:25

there. France lead 1-0. Now we will

see a serious battle between Clement

3:28:263:28:32

Noel and Ramon Zenhaeusern, the

giant Swiss against the young

3:28:323:28:37

Frenchman. Zenhaeusern left behind,

pushing too hard, and Noel has a

3:28:373:28:47

halfway advantage at the jump.

Zenhaeusern attempting to claw back

3:28:473:28:50

the time. He is doing it! What a

comeback from the big Swiss ski

3:28:503:28:58

racer who draws Switzerland level,

it is 1-1. That was something!

3:28:583:29:04

Zenhaeusern got left behind...

3:29:043:29:17

Switzerland are in the final, it is

the dream final in many ways. They

3:30:373:30:42

take on their great rivals Austria

in the battle for the gold and

3:30:423:30:46

silver. France will return

to fight

it out. Confirmation of

3:30:463:30:58

Switzerland's 3-1 win over France.

So now the main event, Austria take

3:30:583:31:05

on Switzerland, the two big players

in Alpine ski racing. The line-up

3:31:053:31:10

is...

3:31:103:31:15

Switzerland are in the blue cause to

kick things off with fire

3:31:193:31:27

kick things off with fire --

Feierabend, but you would put your

3:31:303:31:31

money on Liensberger. Liensberger is

out in front, halfway down the

3:31:313:31:36

course. She has a hard gate

advantage

3:31:363:31:46

course. She has a hard gate

advantage, Austria have a advantage.

3:31:463:31:52

Now the race we have all been

looking forward to as two of the

3:31:523:31:57

medallist from the men's slalom go

head to head. Mario Matt versus

3:31:573:32:03

Ramon Zenhaeusern, both medallist in

the slalom, going head to head in

3:32:033:32:09

the team event, but a slightly shaky

few towns from the Swiss, and Matt

3:32:093:32:15

looks more convincing, but now

Zenhaeusern moves up through the

3:32:153:32:17

gears and goes into overdrive as

Matt straddles and will be

3:32:173:32:21

disqualified. It is 1-1 in the

final.

3:32:213:32:27

final. Zenhaeusern brings

Switzerland back into contention

3:32:293:32:32

with a dynamic, explosive run. Great

start from Matt, but Zenhaeusern has

3:32:323:32:40

shown his capabilities in this head

to head. He was the winner in the

3:32:403:32:46

Stockholm event. It is

3:32:463:32:54

Stockholm event. It is 1-1 now,

Holdener versus Gallhuber, race and

3:32:543:32:56

three in the Alpine team event

final, Switzerland versus Austria.

3:32:563:33:00

Wendy Holdener in the red course for

Switzerland. Both medallist in the

3:33:003:33:09

Olympic slalom, simultaneous start,

no mistakes made, Gallhuber makes a

3:33:093:33:15

mistake and is thrown out of the

turn. She has a hard gate lead as

3:33:153:33:19

they come off the lip, Gallhuber has

been behind but has fought back into

3:33:193:33:25

contention in previous rounds budget

cannot overhaul Wendy Holdener's

3:33:253:33:28

lead. A 2-1 advantage for

Switzerland, 0.1 between them. The

3:33:283:33:38

last race of the Alpine ski racing

programme here in Pyeongchang, Marco

3:33:383:33:44

Schwarz against Daniel Yule for the

gold medal in the inaugural Alpine

3:33:443:33:50

team Olympic event. They are all

going to get a medal, but they all

3:33:503:33:55

want the gold. They are ready to go

in the fourth and final race in the

3:33:553:34:02

Alpine combined competition. Daniel

Yule of Switzerland in the blue

3:34:023:34:05

course, a better start from Marco

Schwarz of Austria, Whitland leads

3:34:053:34:09

to - one. Daniel Yule is back in

contention, I think he is in front.

3:34:093:34:16

-- Switzerland leads 2-1. Marco

Schwarz has gone out, and Daniel

3:34:163:34:23

Yule can cruise through, Switzerland

are the Olympic champions! They have

3:34:233:34:27

defeated their all-time rivals,

Austria, and they take the first

3:34:273:34:33

ever gold medal in the Alpine team

event. It will be silver for

3:34:333:34:39

Austria, Marco Schwarz's mistake

rules them out. Whitson and win by

3:34:393:34:44

3-1. -- Switzerland win by 3-1. The

battle of the giants, Norway

3:34:443:34:55

defeating France to win the bronze.

3:34:553:34:56

Switzerland take the first ever team

Alpine gold, brilliant event on the

3:35:013:35:04

slopes. We are going to stay on the

snow, because the penultimate day at

3:35:043:35:09

the games sees the penultimate medal

in the cross-country, the longest

3:35:093:35:14

event of the Games, the 50

kilometres mass start, a brutal test

3:35:143:35:20

of endurance. It has been

frustrating so far for Andrew

3:35:203:35:23

Musgrave of Great Britain, this is

his last event in Pyeongchang, and

3:35:233:35:27

we join the action with eight

kilometres to go.

3:35:273:35:32

Here come the chasers. These guys

are good enough, on a different day,

3:35:363:35:49

we could be looking at a four way

sprint for the medals, but three

3:35:493:35:58

very old men have gone extremely

hard, extremely early, and they are

3:35:583:36:01

not closing on the leaders.

3:36:013:36:07

not closing on the leaders. These

positions may be as good as it gets

3:36:073:36:10

for this quartet.

It just shows you

how absolutely perfectly timing was

3:36:103:36:15

from Niskanen. The only thing that

has gone wrong, and it may not have

3:36:153:36:19

gone permanently wrong is that

Bolshunov was able to stay with him

3:36:193:36:22

and has moved out head by virtue of

the exchange of skis. But even

3:36:223:36:29

Niskanen's timing and the way he

broke apart that field has proved

3:36:293:36:32

over the ensuing power now, since he

did it, to have been a perfect

3:36:323:36:37

decision in terms of taking out

Dario Cologna. The Norwegian

3:36:373:36:42

challenge has completely

disappeared, showing no signs of

3:36:423:36:47

life since, Alex Harvey is wrapped

up in that as well, and others have

3:36:473:36:51

been dropped,

3:36:513:36:59

been dropped, including Chervotkin.

Niskanen threw the switch of skis is

3:36:593:37:05

reeling back in the Russian. We

really are going to have an amazing

3:37:053:37:10

finish.

Could be very, very exciting

as they head towards the business

3:37:103:37:16

end of the race, all credits to

Niskanen, not just in terms of the

3:37:163:37:23

tactics of changing skis, but not

folding mentally after seeing the

3:37:233:37:28

21-year-old Russian close down the

huge lead that he worked so hard to

3:37:283:37:31

generate. Bolshunov still in front,

of course, but Niskanen tried to

3:37:313:37:39

make his way back up onto the

shoulder of the new leader. And with

3:37:393:37:45

every push and every drive, he is

closing, the gap is only four

3:37:453:37:52

seconds, Poltoranin is miles behind,

the Kazakhstan, in third. As we have

3:37:523:37:56

said a couple of times in our

coverage, every single person fell

3:37:563:38:01

by the wayside with this man's

tactics, apart from Bolshunov, but

3:38:013:38:06

this is good, positive skiing from

Niskanen. If he was tired, mentally

3:38:063:38:11

fragile or weakened by the Russian's

move ahead, he would be finding this

3:38:113:38:17

deficit much more difficult to close

down, so psychologically this is

3:38:173:38:21

working for Niskanen, because he is

closing the gap that the Russian

3:38:213:38:25

enjoyed at the end of that previous

circuit when he changed skis, and it

3:38:253:38:29

also tells us that the new skis are

working as well.

Which will be a

3:38:293:38:35

sigh of relief for the finished

team, can you imagine being the wax

3:38:353:38:39

technicians, you have seen your

athletes deliver this incredible

3:38:393:38:43

race, being caught up, needing to

put on a set of skis to deliver them

3:38:433:38:47

over the line, the national

embarrassment if suddenly they are

3:38:473:38:51

completely off the pace. Look at

Niskanen trying to keep the muscles

3:38:513:38:55

working. You have got to remember,

everybody is doing this in minus

3:38:553:39:00

eight with a significant amount of

wind chill, and there are many

3:39:003:39:02

athletes on the course who have now

skied, in the last hour and 51

3:39:023:39:07

minutes, Morkel eaters than they

have done at the rest of the

3:39:073:39:11

Olympics combine. -- more

kilometres. If you think about it,

3:39:113:39:15

not everybody does all of the races,

some have saved themselves for this,

3:39:153:39:21

and Niskanen is an example of

someone who is picked and chosen,

3:39:213:39:25

held himself back. This is a huge

race when it comes to the distance.

3:39:253:39:30

Now, Niskanen has completely closed

down that gap, once again right back

3:39:303:39:34

into the psychological battle of the

has what it takes with less than ten

3:39:343:39:40

kilometres to go.

We are in for a

great finish to this race, and I

3:39:403:39:45

know that Poltoranin is a long way

clear in third place, but according

3:39:453:39:49

to the last two checkpoints, he has

moved a further 30 seconds behind

3:39:493:39:54

these two, and that has allowed

Sundby to close down to within one

3:39:543:39:59

minute. So Sundby, Harvey and Larkov

are about 1.15 off the Kazakhstan

3:39:593:40:09

it, but now they are only 50 seconds

behind with six kilometres left to

3:40:093:40:15

ski. If it starts to unravel for

Poltoranin, it is not beyond the

3:40:153:40:19

bounds of possibility that somebody

like Sundby, with a big finish,

3:40:193:40:23

could get in the mix for bronze and

denied a man from Kazakhstan the

3:40:233:40:28

position he has occupied for 20

kilometres.

Not beyond the bounds of

3:40:283:40:32

possibility that Alex Harvey of

Canada could get on the Olympic

3:40:323:40:35

podium. He is still in there, tucked

in behind Sundby, and he has been

3:40:353:40:41

wanting that Olympic medal,

discussing the fact it will probably

3:40:413:40:43

be his very last Olympic appearance.

If that group containing Harvey

3:40:433:40:51

continues to get closer and closer

and into medal contention, Canada's

3:40:513:40:55

Alex Harvey will be in with a shout

at an Olympic medal. We will find

3:40:553:41:01

out inside a round about the next 20

or so minutes.

That is why the

3:41:013:41:07

director is now giving us a shot of

Poltoranin from Kazakhstan, because

3:41:073:41:12

there are now questions. He has

moved much further behind Bolshunov

3:41:123:41:18

and Niskanen in first and second. Is

there a little opening for Sundby,

3:41:183:41:25

Harvey, Larkov and Holund? The

weather is closing in, it is cold,

3:41:253:41:32

Niskanen misses the drink at that

point. I don't think that will be a

3:41:323:41:36

disaster, but we are getting towards

the business end of this race now,

3:41:363:41:40

excellent work from Niskanen to

close the gap on the 21-year-old

3:41:403:41:43

Alex Ainley Bolshunov. Nothing to

separate these two men. -- Alexey. A

3:41:433:41:52

little slip from the Russian, they

are so close, Niskanen could reach

3:41:523:41:58

out and touch Bolshunov's pole.

Poltoranin in third, totally

3:41:583:42:06

isolated, miles behind the men in

gold and silver, and, he hopes,

3:42:063:42:13

still a long way in front of these

four, but he was 1.46

3:42:133:42:22

four, but he was 1.46 behind

Bolshunov, but now there is no doubt

3:42:223:42:24

that these four are closing in in

what could become a five way battle

3:42:243:42:28

for the bronze. Poltoranin was going

to come under pressure, you would

3:42:283:42:33

expect, in these closing stages. It

is Larkov wearing 11, then it is

3:42:333:42:39

Sundby, then Alex Harvey, as Lee

said, trying to become North

3:42:393:42:45

America's first medallist in this

event. They are closing. They are

3:42:453:42:52

closing on Poltoranin in third.

Could it be the man from Kazakhstan,

3:42:523:42:57

aiming to be their first medallist

in 24 years? He could still hang on.

3:42:573:43:03

They have not got that long to go to

close him down. And this is what we

3:43:033:43:08

want from these epic races. We have

uncertainty in terms of who is going

3:43:083:43:12

to take gold and silver, and we now

have a little bit of uncertainty

3:43:123:43:18

whether Poltoranin, the 30 old from

Kazakhstan in his fourth Winter

3:43:183:43:23

Olympic Games, whether he can hold

on for the bronze. -- the

3:43:233:43:27

30-year-old. There is drama all

around these tracks, this is why

3:43:273:43:30

these races are so good to watch.

The gap between Poltoranin and

3:43:303:43:35

Larkov was about 54-55 seconds. It

is now 38 seconds, and that happened

3:43:353:43:41

in the space of 1.5 kilometres. We

have about six remaining. If you do

3:43:413:43:46

a little bit of maths, it could be

very close. Now, there is a

3:43:463:43:51

suggestion that you should not

employ a Finnish who has just skied

3:43:513:43:55

45 parameters as a goalkeeper any

time soon, no chance of Niskanen

3:43:553:43:58

holding onto that, not the end of

his race by any means, but as you

3:43:583:44:08

can see, still absolutely neck and

neck between Bolshunov and Niskanen

3:44:083:44:14

after what has felt like an

absolutely epic encounter. Now,

3:44:143:44:17

coming into the stadium, we have

very little time, very little

3:44:173:44:24

distance remaining for someone to

make a move out of these two. Will

3:44:243:44:28

anyone do it, or are they going to

wait?

3:44:283:44:38

Don't worry about the German, they

are a lap behind.

3:44:383:44:50

are a lap behind. They hear the bell

in this epic race. It is the very

3:44:503:44:55

last circuit in the men's 50

kilometres, the longest, hardest,

3:44:553:45:00

most arduous battle for gold you

could argue it means with the most

3:45:003:45:05

-- it comes within its glory. Iivo

Niskanen set his stall out early

3:45:053:45:10

before even the Games began, he was

targeting this as his desired gold

3:45:103:45:16

medal. It is the event that has been

part of the Winter Olympic programme

3:45:163:45:20

since the very beginning back in

1924. Niskanen is a huge star back

3:45:203:45:27

in Finland, and now this is the

dynamic in the battle for bronze,

3:45:273:45:36

this is such a shame for the

3:45:363:45:42

this is such a shame for the classic

ski specialist from Kazakhstan.

3:45:433:45:47

Where he was one minute and 50

seconds clear on its own, looking

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towards the medal, his energy is

spent. He wears bib five. That is

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sad to see because he played his

part in the dynamic of

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part in the dynamic of the race

sport is cruel, there is no room for

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sentiment it is sad for Poltoranin.

Cross-country fans will have seen

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just how much he helped Niskanen but

from our point of view it sets up an

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incredible finish for the bronze

medal because you will have four

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tired but expert contenders battling

over these last few kilometres to

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try to get into the medals, as we

watched Niskanen, still tailing

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Alexander Bolshunov, still nothing

between them. They have been skiing

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for just under two hours in minus

seven, with the winds whipping

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around their faces, and they are

still absolutely neck and neck as we

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watch the chasers coming through,

Poltoranin, can he hang on to the

3:47:023:47:11

end? That is his only chance. Sundby

looks to his left. Larkov, Holund,

3:47:113:47:21

Harvey. Poltoranin holding on behind

them now. If he could just stay on

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them for this final push to the

line, he might just still have a

3:47:303:47:35

chance but you'd have to think long

and hard about it.

Especially in the

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manner number 15 has been eroded so

quickly. There are still five,

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including Poltoranin, in the battle

for bronze, as has been the case for

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about 15 kilometres of this epic

test of nerve, steel and tactics.

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They are to .5 minutes adrift, and

this is a two-way battle for Winter

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Olympic glory, here on these

stunning tracks of Pyeongchang. We

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have been privileged enough to

witness some great, great finishers,

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some wonderful battles and

demonstrations of heart, nerve and

3:48:153:48:18

passion and here is another. Iivo

Niskanen has poured his heart and

3:48:183:48:24

soul into this campaign. It was good

enough to get rid of absolutely

3:48:243:48:30

everybody bar one. At one stage,

Abraham, the 21-year-old Russian was

3:48:303:48:37

45 seconds behind the thin. The talk

by little he held on to his nerve

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and believe that this is his day to

shine individually, after two

3:48:423:48:47

Silvers and a bronze, is he destined

to finish with gold? Niskanen has to

3:48:473:48:54

hang on, and I wonder is it going to

come down to a massive piece of

3:48:543:49:01

acceleration on that large, huge

field coming into the stadium, as it

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has done time and time again in all

the races so far?

You can see the

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conditions deteriorating out on the

course as well. That Hill has played

3:49:103:49:15

such a huge part in this hole

Olympics. Every race, it has been

3:49:153:49:21

used to its full advantage. Will it

be Bolshunov? Will it be Niskanen?

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Who has enough left to use that Hill

as they get closer and closer to it

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in the final stages of this race?

I

think the dynamic between the two

3:49:353:49:42

groups shows you for the very first

time these two are tired, they will

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not be caught by the chase group who

are two and a half minutes behind.

3:49:473:49:52

These two are tired, mentally and

physically, they are almost a spent

3:49:523:49:57

force part one of them is going to

find something here in the very

3:49:573:50:03

closing stages that will be

remembered for ever. Alexander

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Bolshunov, the 21-year-old from

Russia, he has skied a brilliant

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tactical race. Hasn't gone with the

early pace of Niskanen, worked his

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way back to the flying Finn who

tracks his every move. Talk about

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history, no fin has won this title

since 1960! The weight of history is

3:50:243:50:31

on Iivo Niskanen's shoulders, the

nation will be tuning in live to

3:50:313:50:36

watch their young hero from back

home, he is quite a character, he

3:50:363:50:43

co-owns a racehorse. His older

sister is a Winter Olympics

3:50:433:50:48

medallist and he took a medal four

years ago in the team sprint but

3:50:483:50:52

this is different. This gold would

be his and his alone, and it would

3:50:523:50:56

be an amazing slice of Winter

Olympic history, something that has

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not been done by a Finn in almost 50

years.

They are in front, that front

3:51:003:51:09

duo, and we have a potentially a

bronze medallist in there somewhere.

3:51:093:51:17

Note that there is no Alexey

Poltoranin. It is between Andrey

3:51:183:51:25

Larkov, Alex Harvey, and Hans

Christer Holund. Somewhere in net is

3:51:253:51:31

your bronze medallist and here are

your gold and silver medallists, it

3:51:313:51:36

is a case of which way is it going

to be? Wearing number eight,

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Niskanen, his life's work has been

to get this Olympic gold. Not any

3:51:413:51:48

other, but this one. In front of

him, a 21-year-old in Alexander

3:51:483:51:52

Bolshunov, who has a whole career

ahead of him but has exploded onto

3:51:523:51:56

the scene with a series of

impressive performances, and he is

3:51:563:52:05

going home with three medals but

none of them are gold. One of these

3:52:053:52:08

will win an Olympic title for the

first time in their career. We are

3:52:083:52:11

just about to find out who.

If

you've never watched cross-country

3:52:113:52:17

skiing before, it doesn't matter.

What is there not to admire about

3:52:173:52:23

two young men putting the years and

the years of their life on the line

3:52:233:52:30

for a chance to make history? Iivo

Niskanen has blown this entire field

3:52:303:52:38

apart. He has been so gutsy, so

balls see, determined that this

3:52:383:52:44

slice of history as his but he

hasn't been able to get rid of the

3:52:443:52:49

maroon shadow, who we can just about

see in these gloomy conditions in

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Pyeongchang, Alexander Bolshunov.

Three times he's been on the podium,

3:52:533:52:58

Bolshunov, but the one he wants as

this one. He has a chance, the

3:52:583:53:04

21-year-old, it is just too close to

call at the moment. Will it come

3:53:043:53:08

down to that massive hill for the

finish? These are the four men

3:53:083:53:13

battling for the bronze with Larkov

leading with Sundby cut in behind

3:53:133:53:17

him.

Through the murder, we see

these four coming through. Sundby

3:53:173:53:25

won't have his individual Olympic

title. You can see Niskanen pulling

3:53:253:53:28

away! He wants an Olympic gold for

himself on his own and he is going

3:53:283:53:34

now!

This is so gutsy from Iivo

Niskanen. That is how he has skied

3:53:343:53:43

this entire rows. He went to the

front at the start, and, after

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seeing his lead after changing skis,

he has maintained his focus and his

3:53:493:53:56

tactical composure. He has gone

early and hard. The Olympic athlete

3:53:563:54:02

of Russia, Alexander Bolshunov, is

slipping. He is trying to hang on.

3:54:023:54:08

Bolshunov got the individual bronze

in the sprints, he is quick. But

3:54:083:54:13

this man is being driven on by a

nation and by the weight of history.

3:54:133:54:24

He has broken Bolshunov! He sits up,

he knows he has been beaten in this

3:54:243:54:28

battle for the gold medal! You don't

often see an athlete giving away

3:54:283:54:34

like that but I think it shows you

just how much it had taken out of

3:54:343:54:39

Bolshunov to close the gap in the

first place.

And now Niskanen is

3:54:393:54:43

moving up the hill, we thought this

is where Bolshunov might be broken.

3:54:433:54:49

You can see he renews the attack but

the gap is there now and Niskanen

3:54:493:54:55

accelerated, and so unusual to see

an athlete simply say I can't match

3:54:553:54:59

that. That is it, after 49

kilometres, I haven't got what it

3:54:593:55:04

takes to stay with that man, and

Niskanen goes up this hill for a

3:55:043:55:10

final time, takes a look behind him,

and now the dissent towards the

3:55:103:55:17

arena, towards a gold medal.

Niskanen takes that sharp

3:55:173:55:21

left-hander, takes it carefully,

wants to stay on his feet, wants to

3:55:213:55:28

savour the moment of a lifetime. He

took a gold in the team sprint four

3:55:283:55:33

years ago but before these Games

began he said this is the title that

3:55:333:55:40

every Winter Olympic cross-country

skier wants, this is the event that

3:55:403:55:42

has been in the programme since

1924, that's why they've got the

3:55:423:55:48

flags with his face on it. This

would be massive. And an absolutely

3:55:483:55:55

superb performance from the flying

Finn, Iivo Niskanen pulling away

3:55:553:56:02

from Bolshunov. He had the heart and

desire, and the mental strength and

3:56:023:56:07

the self belief to pull away from a

huge field before halfway and

3:56:073:56:13

despite Bolshunov putting him under

pressure, it is going to be Iivo

3:56:133:56:17

Niskanen's day. The crowning moment

of a glittering career so far and he

3:56:173:56:22

is orchestrating the crowd! Over 50

years of history, and, finally, a

3:56:223:56:30

Finn is back on top in the most

gruelling of events. Iivo Niskanen

3:56:303:56:35

writes his name in the annals of the

all-time Winter Olympic rates in

3:56:353:56:38

this event and all credit to

Alexander Bolshunov. He is

3:56:383:56:45

absolutely shattered. He looks

disappointed. He was the only man in

3:56:453:56:50

the entire field who could do

anything to put Niskanen under

3:56:503:56:53

pressure and that is no disgrace

with yet another silver for him

3:56:533:56:58

because it is all gold for Niskanen.

STUDIO: The first gold for Finland's

3:56:583:57:06

Iivo Niskanen. Silver and bronze

went to Olympic Athletes from

3:57:063:57:12

Russia, Abraham Ackland Andrey

Larkov. Alex Harvey finished fourth,

3:57:123:57:15

missing out on being the first

Canadian to win a cross-country

3:57:153:57:20

medal.

3:57:203:57:25

Canadian to win a cross-country

medal. It has been another historic

3:57:253:57:28

day here in Pyeongchang. Ellie

Morgan became the first British man

3:57:283:57:33

to win an Olympic medal on a

snowboard. -- Billy Morgan. It was a

3:57:333:57:41

first curling gold as well for team

USA a little earlier. Barra and the

3:57:413:57:48

first woman to win Olympic gold on

skis and snowboard, adding Parallel

3:57:483:57:54

Giant Slalom to the Super-G title

she won Mac earlier in the Games.

3:57:543:58:00

Norway, the most Winter Olympic

medals won at a single Games. They

3:58:003:58:04

got their 38th medal today. It is

more than Team

3:58:043:58:08

got their 38th medal today. It is

more than Team GB have managed, but,

3:58:083:58:09

with five, this is how it stands.

Their best ever at the Winter

3:58:093:58:14

Olympics. Could it be more? Eve

Muirhead is going for bronze. Join

3:58:143:58:22

Clare Balding for all of that. From

me, goodbye and I'll see you

3:58:223:58:27

tomorrow.

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