BBC Two Day 16: Men's Ice Hockey: Gold-Medal Match - Germany v OAR Winter Olympics

Good morning one very last time from

Jung Chang. We are almost at the end

of this roller-coaster ride but not

yet. There are still a couple of

medals up for grabs on this final

day and if you're watching on BBC

One, you will know the Olympic

Athletes from Russia and Germany are

battling for ice hockey gold so

let's get back to the Hockey Centre

where your commentators will take

over.

where your commentators will take

over. What a show this Olympic ice

hockey tournament has been both in

the women's side and the men's side,

so much drama along the way and now

it comes down to this. The Olympic

Athletes from Russia, having lost

their first game, then they came

back with four extremely impressive

wins against a German side who lost

their first two. And then they went

on to be Sweden and Canada and now

they are just above 13.5 minutes

away from matching the Russians

through the course of three whole

periods. It has been a remarkable

story, the Germans. Do they have

enough in the tank to give it one

last kick? This puck goes into the

net, it'll be clear down the ice by

the Germans. Do the Olympic Athletes

from Russia have more left in the

tank? They have had some impressive

performances. But now, can they go

up a gear? Have they still got it in

their system or are they done

already?

You are in a gold medal

game in the Olympics, you've got to

find that other gear, regardless of

how tired you are. Doesn't matter,

that extra year has to be there,

it's that simple.

Big turn over in

the

the zone, and you can see them out

there.

It might be just the changing

of the lines we saw, Kaprizov mixed

in with Kovalchuk.

in with Kovalchuk.

At what point do

they fit that line?

They've got to

switch up the matchups a little bit.

Well, Germany, they have closed the

massive gulf in shock -- shots in

this game. At one point it was total

domination by OAR. Since then, the

Germans have been so impressive. And

they have shown just why they not

only deserve to be here but why

they've been a really good team

throughout the course of this

tournament. Aus den Birken very

calmly hangs onto it.

That is, and

that is a great sign for Germany.

Head up, the netminder. He thought

about playing it to his defender

then thought the better of it. You

didn't notice any panic at all

there.

Big moment in this game... Kaprizov

getting increased ice time here. He

is playing with Kovalchuk and

Andronov. Germany come back into the

zone. They are going to try to take

this one deep. High one goes in,

easily cleared away by Kiselevich.

Doesn't get it out of the zone.

Kaprizov is there. And the youngster

will hand it back and go for a

change.

They try to go up the middle but it

isn't going to help. The whistle

will blow.

That is a great example

of how Germany has disrupted the

attack of the OAR team, that is

where they pick up speed. Here is

the shot right off the face off and

how about the block from Marcus

Kink?

Kink? Kovalchuk was ready in the

face-off and that was a big block

from the German side.

Straight out

of play. That'll be another whistle.

Face-off will go towards the

outside. Let's have a look at their

history. Seven times the USSR, the

red Army team, won the gold. The

unified team won called back in

1994. Since then, competing as

Russia, one silver, won bronze,

fourth, sixth and fifth. For a

country that loves hockey as much as

Russia does, it's been a lean spell

as this shot is blocked again and

now the breakaway.

In ice hockey, you can have a

delayed of side so if play goes over

the blue

the blue line, but the puck doesn't

play can continue. The official was

signalling that to.

Is there going to be a breakthrough

in the final ten minutes of this

third period, this gold-medal game,

which so many predicted would go the

way of the OAR. Germany are scrappy,

they have hung in, got the goal they

needed to get back into the game.

But, now, what is it going to come

down to in these final ten minutes?

Germany with a second wave, they

can't do enough.

It is in his skates.

This Olympic final will be one for

the ages.

the ages. If Germany are able to

produce the shop. -- the

produce the shop. -- the shock.

We

are now under nine minutes.

Good hustle from Russia. Small

turnover. A little shot on net from

rebound, any of those things might

be just what you need to break the

1-1 tie.

No penalties in period

number three so far. Have the

officials put their whistles away? I

don't think they have. With the way

this tournament has been refereed,

if you commit an infraction of then

expect it to be called.

They may not

but nothing's happened here for

there to be anything called which is

how Germany wants it. Think about

the other Games in the tournament...

You come the OAR, can they create

something? Not this time.

Germany clear away. The ride up the

middle! Can they finish it off?

Koshechkin is hammered into by his

own defender, and this looks like a

really painful blow on the wrist.

That's Sergey Kalinin. I don't know

if he caught an edge or what but he

almost went into his netminder, too.

I don't think you went in there by a

German. Maybe the second German

coming in there. What a bizarre

finish to this play.

finish to this play. You could see

his shoulder. So, he was diving and

he spun around, watchers right

shoulder as it falls into the post.

Yes, that would hurt, a lot. You

could see the desperation there.

could see the desperation there.

The

nets are held on by these rubber

plugs, if you like, that go into

holes, so they should be able to

move relatively easy but it is never

good when you fall in like that.

And

the net, it is steel, it is heavy,

to be able to get your shoulder on

there, you can get injured. The

crazy thing is, and I'd love to see

one more free play, I don't think

the puck ever went in but if the

netminder had made the save and he

got barrelled into the net by his

own player, that would be a goal and

what an opportunity from Germany.

They haven't engaged Russia at all.

They haven't stirred up the

emotions.

Maybe now, though! The

opportunity to break into the zone.

Great save again.

Aus den Birken did a terrific job of

getting back.

Oh, what a goal! What a fantastic

finish from Gusev! When the Olympic

athletes from the needed one of

their superstars to weigh in with a

goal, Gusev goes short side, is that

the golden goal? Is that the goal

that takes gold back to Russia? Six

minutes to go, and OAR are back in

the lead.

Well, there is your

turnover. Tenth point of the Games

for Gusev and watch this shot. Short

side right over the shoulder, Offaly

helmet of Danny aus den Birken.

Incredible play from the Russian

forward. For Germany, they've got to

respond quickly. They had chances to

get the puck up. You mentioned Pavel

Datsyuk, so crafty, never giving up.

Wow, what a shot.

Big goals, big

times. They've got the equaliser!

Amazing from Germany! They just will

not give up! Moments after they saw

themselves conceived, it goes back

to the other end and Kahun with a

chance, and he fires home, giving no

opportunity! What is an Olympic

final verse is proving to be again!

How many times have we seen a goal

scored right after one previous?

Terrific work! How about this shot

from Kahun? Talk about executing

when you get the chance? Up over the

glove of Koshechkin. It powers

through.

Ten seconds, two goals in

ten seconds.

Germany will not go

away, therein amazing hockey club.

-- they are an amazing hockey club.

It would've been so easy for them to

have looked at and gone, you know

what, maybe we have scaled the last

peak we were going to scale. But

they went back to the bench, and,

for Teva reason, they just found

some more belief -- for whatever

reason, they just found some more

belief. Who knows, could they go on

to win it here?

I shake my head. Just outstanding

team play from Germany! It is a Team

Wiggins some superstars and here is

one of them, Pavel Datsyuk. Going

too high. Five and a half minutes to

go in regulation time. Germany are

going to go! They have

opportunities. Macek into the body.

He didn't put it where he wanted to

but it goes to show that our

openings in this Russian team in

this third period to allow 211 this

late. Oh, my goodness and we will

get a couple of looks at the goals.

Ten seconds apart. First of all,

Gusev, such an amazing talent, right

off the helmet and into the back of

the net making it 2-1. And you saw

in their eyes there might be gold in

the near future. That reaction

lasted all of ten seconds as Germany

came down. Kahun put it high glove.

Great play from Hager where he takes

the stick away. And makes the

backhand pass. Look at the

celebration!

He has had a great tournament, he

has been the superstar on this

German team. It has been a team

effort but for me he has been the

one in every game looks like he

could do everything.

He is the difference maker, flight

in nature, but so dynamic. Two

goals, three assists for his German

team.

This has been remarkable.

Absolutely remarkable. The tenth

seeds coming into this tournament.

There was shock in Sweden.

Didn't quite manage that. There was

shock when they beat the Swedes.

Canada were left stunned. Stunned by

their semifinal. And now the nation

of Russia watchers on as its

superstars struggle with this German

team who have played brilliantly.

They have stuck to their systems.

They have played as a team and

created some great chances and

stifled the majority of the Russian

work.

Hit pretty hard there.

Could they really go on to become

Olympic champions?

One more breakthrough would be

enough.

It feels dangerous to say it but now

it feels like we are in overtime.

The next goal surely will win this

match.

Normally you would think so,

normally you would.

But in this tournament, on both the

men's and women's side, predictions

are now out of the window.

That was a crazy play. The puck

could so easily have gone in there.

A big faceoff win for Germany.

A big faceoff win for Germany.

Some

help here from Boyle.

We can see the flag bearer for

Germany, Christian Ehrhoff, but he

has a little work to do first.

If Germany win this, let us hope he

is in a state to be the flag bearer!

The closing ceremony is a little

later on, no doubt celebrations

either way will be exciting for

Germany.

Now they have another chance walking

in here, and they have scored!

What a goal! Germany lead 3-2.

This is a fairy tale. The tenth

seeds coming into this tournament.

And now they are three minutes and

16 seconds away from gold, a first

ever ice hockey gold medal. Marler,

the history maker potentially. What

a finish. -- Muller.

Such a

beautiful goal, look at the

patients, he waits and waits. The

Russian player goes down, Datsyuk

one of the best defensive players in

the world. And he puts it right

between the legs. Now, from a German

perspective, they had to calm

themselves down. This is so

important.

Jonas Muller. He will be

front page. He will be back page. He

will become a hero in Germany.

will become a hero in Germany. If

they can get through the next three

minutes of this game.

What do the Russians have left? They

will give it everything over the

next two and a half minutes. Can

they break the Germans down? Will it

be heartbreak again? Russia had not

been able to celebrate a gold medal

since 1992 in the sport that they

consider their own, in a sport that

they once more than any other in the

world.

The whistle will blow here, a

tripping call coming.

Is this going against Russia?

Number

21, Laverty minutes, tripping.

He was the player that got hurt.

With 2.11 left, the Olympic Athletes

from Russia will be short-handed.

Germany will never ever have a

better chance to win Olympic gold

than this. Russia will have to play

five on four, short-handed. Let us

see this goal again, it is great to

play.

I just love the poise. How about a

pass from Ehliz, confident to drop

that puck right onto Muller. And

then wait, six feet and seven

inches. The net minder goes down.

When he opens up his legs, Muller

puts it right between.

Germany will use this as a two

minute power kill if you like, they

need to get through, keeping

possession for as much as they can.

That is dangerous, you cannot take

shots, they will get blocked, it

could come back and bite you.

You always need someone high. You

have to make sure it gets through

that first forechecking.

The Russians will gamble. Telegin

steps on the inside. Great defensive

play.

The Russian net is empty.

Where will

they go from here? Five on five, no

net minder. Now there is space out

there. Kaprizov, puts it to the

middle. They are throwing themselves

at it. He has lost his helmet. They

have scored against!, they have

equalised! 55.5 seconds. It is that

man, Nikita Gusev, he steals the

gold medal from around the German

net and he says, not yet! There is

still time for more drama in this

tournament.

Utter disbelief. The Germans are on

a power play. OAR brings it to a

jaw. Gusev, the hero of this

tournament for the Olympic Athletes

from Russia. Up and over the

blocker. Germany can't believe it.

Look at this OAR side.

They lived to fight another day.

Nikita Gusev.

Nikita Gusev. He is off to the

locker room with a sore shoulder.

This is absolutely astonishing.

What a final ten minutes of this

game. Remember, let us set the table

here.

If it stays like this, 20 minutes of

four on four overtime still to come.

We wondered whether the drama of the

women's final on Thursday could be

beaten, whether the drama of

Germany's victory over Canada could

be beaten. These guys are giving it

a real go and Nikita Gusev, what a

tournament.

It was a scramble in front of the

net, watch the net minder. He goes,

just for a second, and because he

did that, he loses his marking and

he comes off his post and Gusev

chips it over his shoulder. Germany

were in perfect position on the

power play, they just had to clear

the puck and they couldn't do it.

They still have 45 seconds on the

man advantage.

What do you do? Do

you stick or do you twist?

Germany, has that been enough to

crush their spirit or do they have

one more moment?

He can't hang onto that one and he

gets hammered on the boards.

gets hammered on the boards. The

final few seconds.

final few seconds. A great stick in

there, brilliant job from Gavrikov

to tip it away. Datsyuk, a penny for

his thoughts.

his thoughts. You wouldn't want to

be a head coach here, your heart

must be racing.

This is why sports are just so

incredible. Nothing is scripted, two

teams giving it everything they can.

Olympic gold medal on the line. And

now we are down to under ten

seconds. Germany will have a chance

if Kahun can win this.

They have been good on faceoff so

far. A bit of conversation. Datsyuk

shrugging his shoulders. Kahun.

Versus Datsyuk. Datsyuk, Wiley,

whence it. A chance, the Germans

going so hard. We are going to

overtime! This Olympic ice hockey

tournament does not want to end yet.

Gusev showed all the will and desire

to force this extra period, after it

looked like Muller had given Germany

gold for the first time in their

history.

Shaking his head, he will be

frustrated. Gusev has given OAR

another life. 1992 was the last time

the gold medal went to Russia,

following a Winter Olympics ice

hockey tournament. And now we are in

a sudden-death scenario, the next

goal wins. Four on four, loads of

space on the ice, 20 minutes. If

after 20 minutes they are still

tied, like the women's final, we

will go to game winning shots, a

shoot out between these two teams.

Try to sum that up?

I will make it addiction, this game

is not getting a penalty shoot out.

-- a prediction. A gold will happen

will

will stop -- goal. There will be

stories about this game, about the

final ten minutes, hockey at its

finest. We still have more in store.

We have over time coming,

sudden-death, what a third period

and a tournament, the OAR and

Germany still tied at 3-3.

STUDIO:

Incredible stuff, like the

women's, this is going all the way.

It has been thrilling and we will be

back for that overtime.

If you didn't believe we were in the

heart of the action, we have been

watching a photo shoot of someone

who will play a big part in the

closing ceremony. He won a medal in

the big error, Billy Morgan has been

given the honour of carrying Great

Britain's flag at the closing

ceremony.

There he is having a

practice in front of the cameras.

Congratulations to Billy Morgan,

carrying the flag tonight at the

closing ceremony.

The Cross-Country Centre was the

venue for the first medal in

Pyeongchang way back at the start

and today it is the venue for the

final medal of these Gaines, Marit

Bjoergen made history on the first

day, her silver confirming her as

the most decorated female winter

Olympian of all time. She has had an

incredible Gaines, she won a medal

in all four of her events and has

been confirmed as the most

successful winter Olympian of all

time with her medals in Pyeongchang.

backhand pass. Look at the

celebration!

backhand pass. Look at the

celebration!

The woman who picked her to the

first gold was Charlotte Kalla. She

could also make history by winning a

gold in the first and last event of

the Olympics. Let's join our

commentary team of Ollie Williams

and Rob Walker.

Good morning, everybody. If you are

just getting up, you have set the

alarm at the perfect time. Our final

individual event unfolding in these

beautiful tracks of PyeongChang, the

Alpensia Cross-Country Centre Centre

has witnessed some wonderful drama

over the last 16 days and the women

have the honour for only the second

time in Olympic Winter history of

providing the last individual

medallists. As you've heard

medallists. As you've heard from the

studio, can Marit Bjoergen round off

a glittering career in style? She's

the reigning world champion in this

30 kilometre event and the defending

Winter Olympic champion and no woman

has successfully defended this title

so there is a potentially fairy tale

finish years so that is why we watch

world-class sportsmen and women

because sometimes fairy tale endings

don't happen. There are some of the

Norwegians out there with a point to

prove and Ollie Williams and I are

very excited about the race to come

and whether Charlotte Kalla can

produce a great moment for Sweden

and a great moment for the Winter

Olympics trivia books.

I think it

would be fantastic of Charlotte

Kalla could become the first person

ever to win the first and last gold

medals. If she does that, she would

become one of Sweden's greatest

Olympians ever, the most decorated

Swedish athlete. Beyond that,

watching this race at the moment,

you've got the sprinters, you've got

Marit Bjoergen, keep an eye on the

Finns. They hope to do something in

this race. There are five, six,

seven athlete to have a realistic

claim today but very few people are

looking beyond Marit Bjoergen,

wearing eight, and Charlotte Kalla

wearing five who you can't quite see

right now but you will there as your

two favourites, too absolute titans

of cross-country skiing with medals

galore between them. We are looking

now back into the arena. This race

is so longer allowed to change your

skis and the conditions are tricky

today, it has been warmer today than

it has been. So the wax you need on

your skis, a district you to call

and understand and these athletes

and their teams will be reacting to

that. There is a whole lot going on

here.

. We saw a very well timed

change of skis yesterday in the

men's's 50 kilometres.

men's's 50 kilometres. He created

history for the Finns, the man who

changed his skis. There she is,

Bjoergen, and Charlotte Kalla. I

wonder if this will be the dual we

are hoping to unfold. It will take

around an hour and a half for the

last Winter Olympic champion to

cross the line and maybe we are

being greedy but we're looking

forward to the site of Bjoergen and

Kalla on that circuit. One thing to

point out, the men and women, their

technical ability is fantastic

because these skis are very narrow.

They are not going as fast as you

would see in a giant slalom or

downhill but they are very well

adept on their skis. It's not just

that you put the miles in when you

train but they have ability and

skill as well as stamina and speed.

Particularly on slopes like the

downhill Sweet where you have to be

so careful and very technical coming

down there. There is a big incline,

you have to pull yourself up, then,

round, and you are using every

muscle to get up that Hill and it is

difficult conditions like this where

things change all the time. There is

Jessica Diggins. Heidi Weng, the

World Cup leader.

She swept all

before her on the World Cup circuit

but she has been bitterly

disappointed with her campaign so

far. That is a sub plot going on.

That was Von Siebenthal, struggling

for pace. It will be interesting

whether Weng can get herself a

medal. Her compatriots have been

producing the goods time and time

again. Bjoergen has been on the

podium every time she has contested.

Weng is struggling. The other

significance, the reason why the

cameras are focusing on Jessica

Diggins, she took a tumble and she

is doing well to get back into the

mix, the American who produced the

gold in the team sprint, in one of

the most memorable finishes.

The USA

will be focusing now on Jessica

Diggins, finally the headlines she

wanted. All of Norway will be

watching Marit Bjoergen and all of

Norway will be watching Charlotte

Kalla.

Kalla. We saw Niskinen take the lead

very early on, and he beat the OAR

athlete at the end. You'd be looking

at a break at the ten kilometre

mark, if you transpose that to the

women's race. If anyone will do it,

that will be Marit Bjoergen. There

is a lot of caution from the other

athletes. Let's have a look at the

number six is, who has proved to be

so adept, Ragnhild Haga. You can see

Bjoergen is testing the pace of the

field. This is a more strong

outfield than in the men's race. The

Norwegian not allowing her to get

more than a metre ahead. There are

about ten athletes within eyesight

of the first three and that is a

much more strong outfield and I

think Marit Bjoergen has set the

pace in a way she hopes she can

break many of the contenders in this

before we get to the ten kilometre

mark.

I think this move tells us two

things about Marit Bjoergen. One

that she is feeling confident, there

she is on the left of your picture,

and there is a group of about seven

or eight within striking distance.

Heidi Weng is not among them so it

could be heard difficult Games

continue with the last event. The

other thing this tactic tells us is

that Bjoergen may not want this to

come down to a burn up in the

stadium. She is an amazing athlete,

the greatest of all time, but

perhaps as she heads towards 38, she

realises the out and out explosive

speed she maybe had ten years ago

and eight years ago when she became

the sprint champion in Vancouver, is

not quite there. I'm not saying

she's trying to break everyone and

it is great from the storyline point

of view that Niskanen,

of view that Niskanen, sister to

Ivo, who won yesterday, is in the

top three, but she doesn't want the

faster finishes in the last bit of

the race.

The difficulty is

Charlotte Kalla, breaking her will

take a phenomenal amount of energy

to break her. And if she doesn't, if

Kalla can stay with her, and you

conceive that Weng is down, but if

Kalla stays with her, she has shown

she can turn it on against Marit

Bjoergen. She defeated Bjoergen in

the skiathlon, and if it came down

to it, I think your money would be

on Charlotte Kalla, as we look back,

and you can already see there are

some key contenders, Heidi Weng,

wearing number one, Andersson, they

are very far back for 25 minutes, in

an hour and a half's race.

This is

bold from Bjoergen. This is the last

time we will ever have the privilege

of watching her in the Winter

Olympics. That debut in the relay

back in 2002, taking the silver, her

first individual medal came in this

event in 2006 in two rain when she

got on the podium for a silver

medal. And this is a very confident

piece of skiing from Marit Bjoergen

and it has taken this field apart.

Stadlober, fifth in the standings,

world standings, but where we had

the eight within touching distance,

Bjoergen has moved further and

further away from even the likes of

Jessica Diggins. There she is, she

has the lead over Kalla. Our most

obvious question, and we will know

the answer at the end of the race,

this is bold and fast, is it going

to turn out that even this great

tactician and mistress of the great

occasion, has she gone too hard, too

early? We will have to wait and see.

STUDIO: We will be back to that 30

kilometre mass start in the cross

country but we have to head straight

back to the Hockey Centre because

this final is at a thrilling stage

of play. The Olympic Athletes from

Russia and Germany are locked at 3-3

at the end of normal time. They are

going into overtime so let's rejoin

our commentary team. Doesn't get

much better than this. An Olympic

final in overtime. It happened in

2010 in Vancouver. Sidney Crosby

stepped up to the plate scoring the

winner for Canada. 1994, Lili

Hammer, they went to overtime, it

was Sweden against Canada. They went

to a penalty shoot out, they got

through seven rounds. And that was

enough for Sweden to go on and take

victory. Will it be a shooter or

netminder who stars in overtime? It

is sudden death. Will it be the

tenth ranked Germans or the super

favourites going into this, the

Olympic Athletes from Russia, who

take gold? Next goal wins, simple as

that. Which way is it going to go,

Kent?

You've seen Nikita Gusev out

there already, two goals in the

third period and he is so dangerous

every time he is on the ice. Four on

format, lots of space for both

teams.

Good defensive play.

Seidenberg clears away for the.

Twice they've won bronze, never won

gold. This is their first ice hockey

final. Nobody anticipated they'd be

here. The men in red, though, no

doubt most people predicted they

would be here.

would be here.

Germany was 45 away

from gold, they had a power play,

they were leading 3-2, and they gave

up a short-handed goal at the last

minute, Gusev scoring the goal.

Gusev has had an amazing tournament,

he is a great player. The Russian

fans... Inside the Hockey Centre are

trying to do their bit to is heard

their players on. One mistake now,

one error, one moment of brilliance

would be enough. Easy start to this

period, Kaprizov goes in there.

Interesting, seven out there they

don't usually play together, the

Russian athletes, Telegin and

Kaprizov. What do they do here?

Well, four on format, you want to

maintain puck possession. If you

don't like what you see, you return

it. The Russians able to set up

behind their net, and it is about

beating your cheque. If you can get

past your cheque and have an open

lane to the net, UC 's scoring

chances.

Barabanov takes it wide but

that was good defensive play, very

strong by Seidenberg. Barabanov

still in possession.

They have to be careful not to take

a penalty. A big shot from just

inside the blue line, and sent

around. They are behind the back of

the net. It is sent towards the net,

it is sitting there. They can't

finish it off this time, agonisingly

for the Germans.

for the Germans.

A solid defence.

You get the sense right now Germany

is a little behind the eight ball.

Ehrhoff leading the rush. There is

lots of experience on this German

team, average H -- age of just above

29. Many of them winning

championships in their domestic

league.

They will take this one all the way

back into their own zone.

Ehrhoff wants his pass. Brooks

Macek, born in Winnipeg, the

Canadian presence in this final.

The whistle will blow here. A shrug

of the shoulders from the Russian

coaching staff.

A little bit tense for both teams.

Early on, four on four, no one

wanting to open it up to much. A lot

of times in regular plate if you get

four on four, you will get back and

forth. A little bit more

conservative.

Zub sending it behind his own goal.

Inevitably the defence will play a

big part in overtime, they have two

leaked into the play.

If two forechecking get caught deep

in the offensive territory and the

puck heads the other way, sometimes

the defence men can create a

harmless two on two into a three on

two on man rush.

This wasn't meant to be the last

gold medal of these Games but these

players are stretching it out as far

as they can.

You can see Ivan Telegin, he has a

little stone on his skate. Wanting

to let the referee no that he's not

trying to delay the game, he just

needs a quick break.

Zub in protection for OAR.

-- in possession. Which of them will

be thinking, penalty shots, that is

our best chance?

The OAR has the crafty players when

it comes to the one-on-one

situation. The German net minder is

pretty good as well.

pretty good as well.

Super

conservative play from both teams.

You get the sense no one wants to

make the big mistake. Because of

that no one is taking a big chance,

no one is jumping up into play. But

it will happen, the chances will

come. That is how four on four

works. The longer it goes, fatigue

sets in. That is when mistakes

happen. And when you get an

opportunity.

A great four checked by Gusev, he

goes towards the net, feeds it back.

This is what you were talking about,

the numbers flowing back. It takes a

big deflection. There may be space

to work a pass-through but great

defensive play by OAR.

Boyle will go all the way back.

Sergei Mozyakin has scored a goal

after goal in his career. I am not

sure how much ice time he will get

between now and penalty shots. He

may well get a penalty shot.

Four on

four doesn't set up so well as him

-- as well the him.

Saved by Aus Den

Berken!

What a remarkable save. He is down

and out, on his stomach. The only

thing between Coble Chock and a gold

medal is that left pad right there.

-- cobble Madison Chock.

-- cobble Madison Chock. --

Kovalchuk. What a save. One of the

best goal-scorers on the planet. An

unbelievable move. It couldn't get

through.

Gusev has been the provider so much

in this tournament. He is looking

for a hat-trick. It goes high and

over the top.

They have to be careful not to hang

onto the stick too long.

They are working that blue line.

Seidenberg has played so many

minutes in this game.

Trying to clear this one away.

You

can tell how tired these players are

on both sides. 32nd shifts, then

off, and any sustained pressure put

you over the edge.

Macek goes

underneath, he did a good job.

The big red machine has been in fine

form, looking very strong. But in

this Olympic final there have been

nerves.

It is flipped in by Voinov. Macek

wants to get in space. Good

defensive work but Macek keeps it

alive. Is there space for the

Germans, driving hard for the net

and we get a scrum here. Hager, more

good play from him.

You can see the game for Germany, it

has not engaged the Russians,

skating away. Hager trying to get

his rebound, one more look from

Kovalchuck. Aus Den Berken tried to

go, and it was just that left pad.

Great positioning.

What is he going to do? He passes to

the gates of the German. Every time

he has possession, he could win the

game. Here is that kind of player.

Kovalchuck again, how much energy

has he got? He manipulates

possession so well on that stick.

Datsyuk seems to caress the puck

around with short jabs.

I see a penalty coming.

Ouch.

So

slick with the puck. Penalty,

high-sticking. The stick rides up

and write off the chin of Datsyuk,

that is careless with your sticks,

one hand on it. It is tough to look

away from that if you are a referee.

And a tough one to give if you are

Patrik Rybar.

So experienced. He

scored that massive goal for, to

send them through. Send them through

to the semifinals. Now he is relying

on his team-mates to give him one

more shot to get back out there.

Four on three power play. This

Russian teen score about 25% of the

time.

One of the best penalty

killers.

This is with OAR, a chance

to take a gold medal back to Russia.

It is off the bar.

What a chance that was. What a

backhand from that Madison Chock.

Gusev again, a fake shot. They are

working it all over the place.

Voinov at the top. They score

exhibition at OAR have won it! A

powerplay goal.

powerplay goal. Gold will return to

Russia for the first time since

1992!

The Germans eventually beaten.

The penalty from Reimer came back to

Holborn, what a campaign from the

tenth. And finally, they deliver the

knockout blow -- came back to haunt

them.

The moment for Russia... And the

history will read OAR, but the

papers in Moscow will read a very

different story on Monday morning.

The gold they have wanted for so

long and it is the kid who scored

it, Kaprizov, Russian hockey's

golden boy.

Just too dangerous, too much. You

said at Voinov, Gusev, Datsyuk, and

Kaprizov, and they moved that puck

around to perfection. It was set up

so beautifully. A one-time shot.

There was no chance for the German

goal-tender. You can see defeat in

the German team's eyes. A

high-sticking penalty, and it was a

tough one to take. We have seen

calls like that being looked the

other way especially in overtime, it

makes you wonder.

Gusev. And what a shot from

Kaprizov. The golden goal.

A huge moment, Gusev again. The most

valuable player we think in this

tournament. Datsyuk who has won

everything there is to win in ice

hockey except an Olympic gold. The

man there on the edge of the crease.

Now he has the lot. 39 years of age,

the oldest man to win an Olympic

gold medal in the ice hockey

tournament. Kirill Kaprizov, one of

those names of legends, when you

leave through the hockey history

books that will cause so much

discussion. There may not be any NHL

players on the ice, but there have

been some star performer is, one of

the stars has been the German head

coach. That

coach. That man there, Aston buccan,

the net minder. -- Aus Den Birken.

This reinforces how proud he is, how

they have done such an unbelievable

job for their country, they done so

proud that they took this gold medal

game into overtime. 45 seconds away

from gold.

Once the sting wears off, they will

be proud club and they've earned the

respect of the hockey community and

especially these gold medal winners

from the Olympic Athletes from

Russia.

These are the great moments

when the two teams get a chance to

embrace, and get a chance to talk to

one another. What an Olympic ice

hockey tournament it has been. It

took penalty you shots in the

women's side and overtime in the

men's. Great pass from Gusev, he

found Kaprizov, and for the first

time since 1992, it is a team with

players from Russia which takes home

gold.

STUDIO: Incredible stuff at the

Hockey Centre and like it has been

described, it has been its

insatiable tournament in both the

men's and women's tournament.

Olympic Athletes from Russia might

take gold but the Germans are

celebrating a silver medal, their

best return from the Winter Olympics

in ice hockey. Absolutely brilliant

stuff. We are going to head straight

back to the cross centre because the

30 kilometre women's mass start is

under way. Norway's Marit Bjoergen

aiming for her fifth medal here in

PyeongChang and looking to end on an

ultimate high with a gold. The

37-year-old, the Iron Lady, is in a

league of her own, can she end on a

high? Let's join Ollie Williams and

Rob Walker.

COMMENTATOR: Thanks. Good morning

once again, everybody. The Iron Lady

is putting herself in pole position

to close a glorious career in style.

She is miles clear of the rest. She

is heading towards the age of 38.

Coming into this race, we were

talking about the great Charlotte

Kalla, who is still in the mix along

with the Finns and the

with the Finns and the Austrian,

Stadlober. If you've just joined us,

Bjoergen was having a probe at the

front but there was nothing

definitive but there is now because

she isn't shy and she isn't far off

being a minute in front. She has

been relentless with her pace. There

is a long way to go, this is 30 K,

and they are approaching 17.5

kilometres. Nine is Niskanen, whose

brother won the skiing yesterday.

Then Parmakoski. Ollie Williams

alongside me. Charlotte Kalla went

in for a pit stop, which is allowed,

which is why she disappeared from

this group, and from the overall

story 's perspective, you'd want to

see Kalla closing the gap on the

three women who are second, third

and fourth.

We are talking about

Charlotte Kalla closing the gap, who

have -- has to join the pack that

have to close the gap. Kalla has

been caught to some extent. She is

struggling a little just to close

this gap. She has closed it a little

bit. The bigger story, Marit

Bjoergen has gone out from the

start, laid waste to the rest of the

field and looks to be doing exactly

what she did in a very similar race

in year ago where she went out, put

20 seconds into the rest of the

field after five kilometres and then

beat everybody by two minutes. When

you see her one minute and six

seconds ahead of everyone else,

which she is right now, that is not

the kind of breakaway when you look

at them and say, maybe they will get

reeled back in. When she does this,

she wins by a distance. There is

very little her opponents can do,

short of something miraculous right

now, I think.

When Niskanen did this

yesterday in the men's 50

kilometres, there was one skier that

managed to go with him, and it

became a two-way dual for gold, it

was a fascinating race up here in

the hills of PyeongChang. At the

moment, this is a classic

frontrunning scenario. Marit

Bjoergen, less than 12 kilometres to

go. There is the Austrian,

Stadlober. Charlotte Kalla has

closed a couple of seconds, she is

in fifth but these three are working

well together and there is history

on the line for this trio, even if

they can't closed out Marit

Bjoergen. The Austrian has ever been

on the podium, no Finn has finished

higher than silver.

higher than silver. They are all

trailing in the wake of this woman.

What a story this would be if she

could finish this 16 year glittering

career in style, defending this

title.

Finish her career by having a

race of her own! Marit Bjoergen

started this race at the front, blew

everybody apart and has stayed at

the front. It is unbelievable.

the front. It is unbelievable. Here

is the 25-year-old, Stadlober. A

couple of top ten finishes, ninth in

the freestyle, she is searching for

her first major podium at Olympic

level as we cut back to see Marit

Bjoergen coming into the stadium.

Stadlober is fourth in the world

which is why she is wearing the four

on her bib Mac. We scour the

background to see when another skier

will appear on the picture. That is

the gap that Marit Bjoergen has. If

you're lucky, you might see the

skiers come down the hill. No. I

think Marit Bjoergen may get out of

the stadium before we even begin to

see anyone coming to chase. This is

now Teresa Stadlober, she is

inexperienced, but she has two Finns

who are very strong with her. The

other significance to Bjoergen

getting out of the stadium before

they come in is that is crushing for

them psychologically because they

will be having a look.

You can't see

their eyes because of their advisers

but they will look, a cursory look

out of the left-hand side, and they

will have been expecting to see

Marit Bjoergen, but she's already

out onto the tracks for another

circuit. Look at the plus figure

which shows you how far behind these

skiers are. The gap is growing and

growing and getting bigger and

bigger and the longer we go into

this race, the more it looks like

the 37-year-old from Norway has time

to this race to perfection. There is

a long way to go, just over six

miles, and something could go wrong,

but this is a massive, massive lead

for a woman who is looking to finish

with yet another piece of history.

Honestly, I'm thinking of things to

go wrong, and short of taking skis

off her or an alien invasion, I

don't know that there's much is

going to happen to make up part with

the gold medal. She has been making

a great gap all raced through. What

a great result for Jessica Diggins

when she won the sprint but Marit

Bjoergen now reasserting her

authority and reasserting her

position as the greatest

cross-country skier, the greatest

Winter Olympian of all time. If this

is the last time we see Marit

Bjoergen and the Winter Olympics,

she is going out in an unforgettable

style and Norway will celebrate this

until the end of days.

The Norwegian

coaches giving Marit Bjoergen all

the information she needs and she

will like hearing she is one-minute

and 16 seconds ahead of the

Austrian, Stadlober, in search of

their first medal, the Austrians.

Stadlober is pulling away. She comes

from a long dynasty of great

cross-country skiers. Her dad got a

gold and silver at the world

Championships in 99 and her mother

skied Alpine for Austria in the

Winter Olympic Games in 84 and 88.

There she is, Stadlober, slipping a

fraction around the corner. Then it

is Niskanen and Parmakoski. At the

moment, they are battling for silver

and bronze because you cannot see

this lead being eroded by Stadlober.

This needed to happen ten kilometres

ago. The reason it didn't, it was to

faster pace from Bjoergen. Finally,

we see Stadlober getting ahead. She

might get reeled back in. Meanwhile,

Kalla, who was going to be the big

rival for Marit Bjoergen, last seen

one minute and 30 back, 15 seconds

or so behind the chasing three and

that is it for Charlotte Kalla, I

think. I don't think she will get

back into the medals. It is going to

be a race for silver, there are

going to be probably these three

people in it, maybe Stina Nilsson

from Sweden, sitting in sixth place,

she might have the opportunity to

catch these three. But if it comes

down to it, I look at these three,

and I think Parmakoski is going to

be my leading contender for silver

because she has these sprint finish

and she should be the quickest up

the hill into the arena, if they

stay together.

And Parmakoski on the

right of your picture, wearing bib

seven, she has won five podium

appearances. She's been in the top

ten of all her races so far. You can

see that gap back to Nilsson and

Oestberg. They've now managed to

drop Niskanen, wearing April nine.

-- wearing bib nine. So, yet again,

since the last checkpoint, the lead

has increased for Marit Bjoergen

till one minute 21. Niskanen

beginning to struggle, unlike her

brother in the men's 50. What a

wonderful moment for Finland. She's

currently in fourth but there is no

doubt who is in the lead. What a

career this has been. Her first

medal in the relay as a teenager in

Salt Lake City. 16 years later,

still going strong. She has won a

medal in every event she has entered

so far here at the age of 37. In a

sport as physically punishing as

this, that is extraordinary. She

anchored the Norwegians to the gold

in the relay, she had a silver in

the biathlon, she tied for bronze in

the 10K. It is an unbelievable

career, and Hollywood would almost

laugh if you made this up and you

put Marit Bjoergen in this position

at the moment, with the age and lead

she has got with a field containing

world-class women some of whom are

10-15 years her junior.

Use saw

Teresa Stadlober look around to see

where everybody was, and I am doing

the same. Why is she out on her own?

Let's see where Parmakoski is. Marit

Bjoergen, if this was anyone else,

I'd be worried about them being out

on that own skiing for an hour on

that end. So, here is Teresa

Stadlober, who has a smile on her

face. She is going to come through

here now, so Teresa Stadlober still

coming through... Where on earth is

Parmakoski, who has evaporated from

the scene? So, Teresa Stadlober has

managed to end up out all on her

own. We will take a look here.

Did

one of them go the wrong way?

That

looks like that happened.

That could

be an absolute disaster for

Stadlober. She's gone the wrong way.

That is why she's out on her own!

That is a disaster! An absolute

disaster for Teresa Stadlober. She

has read the course is wrong, guided

by somebody? She looked like she was

talking to someone, whether it was

her coach or Marshall. And now

Parmakoski is out on her own. Marit

Bjoergen is so far down the road, it

is on thinkable but she has lost

Teresa Stadlober because she has

been taken down the wrong road and

for that to happen after 20

kilometres in the most gruelling

race of the Olympics, what a

disaster!

That is an absolute

nightmare for Teresa Stadlober, as

we watch Stina Nilsson, 19, and

Oestberg they've moved up a place. A

disaster for Stadlober. She was on

her way and looking comfortable in

second place, and a silver would

have been by far the best moment of

her career so far. She has gone off

course. It is a course with a lots

of twists and turns but it is the

first time in this last event we

have seen anybody going the wrong

way. Parmakoski is in the silver

medal position and Teresa Stadlober

two minutes 36 seconds adrift after

misreading the course. Even worse if

she was instructed mistakenly by a

coach to go a different way. It is

memories of Kramer, just on the

verge when he was breaking the

10,000 metre record and taking the

gold. An absolute nightmare for the

Austrian. And you take the silver

medallist out of the equation, she's

having to go some. She is out of the

shots at the moment. She has to go

some to close the gap. It means

Bjoergen is even further in front.

The only woman who has started to a

road that leads has gone the wrong

way.

I feel for Teresa Stadlober. In my

last university exam, I missed an

entire section and failed eye exam.

Now I have cold sweats watching

Stadlober, this is the Olympic

equivalent. Can you imagine that

when you have already done 20

kilometres in your last Olympic

event, you have been working at it

for years, never once in the

Olympics or World Championships, and

you go the wrong way. Parmakoski,

one minute and a half behind.

Nelson closing that gap a little.

There may be a chance to track down

Parmakoski.

Niskanen is gradually being caught

up.

Nilsson would not have been your

choice of Swedish contender, he

would have been looking at Charlotte

Kalla, she is two minutes and six

seconds back.

Marit Bjoergen is far off in the

distance.

Krista Parmakoski is now in silver

medal position. Teresa Stadlober

from Austria, I think her

aspirations have gone. It will

require an immense finish from her.

Parmakoski in seconds, no fin has

never finished higher than third,

what a story this will be for her,

seeking a hat-trick after two bronze

medals. More good news for the

Norwegians as Krista Parmakoski

comes in for a change of skis, Marit

Bjoergen has already changed skis. A

lead of 1.5 minutes will get even

bigger for Marit Bjoergen. The Finn

anxiously takes a look over.

Niskanen coming in for a pit stop.

Charlotte Kalla is in sixth.

Marit Bjoergen needs.

Marit Bjoergen needs.

Nelson and

Niskanen have been gifted an

opportunity.

opportunity. They hadn't been in

contention until Stadlober went the

wrong way.

We watch Teresa Stadlober eventually

coming through the stadium. My heart

goes out to her. Ingvild Flugstad

Oesberg is interesting for Norway,

she has been flying under the radar.

The headlines have been about Marit

Bjoergen. She is in a race of her

own. And the headlines about Heidi

Weng, the world number one, this was

her last chance. No one was talking

about Ingvild Flugstad Oesberg who

is already an Olympic champion from

the relay. And already a gold and

silver from Sochi. She may be in

with a chance of sneaking onto the

podium when ten minutes ago it

looked like she wouldn't get

anything. Wouldn't it be amazing if

Niskanen for Finland could get on

the podium alongside her team-mate,

Kuske.

-- Niskanen. If Stina Nilsson can

get onto the podium that would be

great.

There are some great stories waiting

to unfold as the last few kilometres

agonisingly tick down. They will be

feeling it, these women, they are

incredibly fit, the ultimate test of

upper body and leg strength,

especially when they are skiing in

classic style as opposed to free

skates. We are looking at an effort

of an hour and a half at the end of

what has been for many a brutal

selection of long distance and

sprint races. Watching the clock to

see how big this league is for Marit

Bjoergen. There is Parmakoski, twice

a bronze medallist already in

Pyeongchang. It is now a minute and

49. It is getting bigger. The

Norwegian coaches will be delighted

with what Bjoergen is doing at the

front and will be pleased to see

Oestberg and Nelson behind. I agree,

Nelson was a fabulous winner of the

sprint title, and she is in the mix

here in an event where we wouldn't

normally have expected her to

feature. The Swedish woman has

obviously taken great confidence

from that sprint victory and having

the likes of Kalla on the team who

has had a fine Games with four

medals.

medals.

We now just have Oestberg

and Nilsson in that shot. Kerttu

Niskanen macro is around 15 seconds

back. If you are unfamiliar, a medal

recap of Marit Bjoergen, seven gold

medals, four silver medals, three

bronze medals. That is the most

medals ever won by anyone at the

Winter Olympics.

Now it Bergen will be unquestionably

the best athlete you have ever seen

at the Winter Olympics.

And could be for quite some time. An

extraordinary record. Of longevity,

design and hunger and even more

amazing when you think that she's on

her way barring a technical disaster

the skis as we watched that battle

for bronze, it even more impressive

when you bear in mind Marit Bjoergen

is on her way to a fifth medal here

in Pyeongchang three years after

giving birth to her son. She has

come back after maternity leave and

arguably delivered the greatest

Games of her life. Five medals in

2010. This would be even more

spectacular at the age of 37.

Bjoergen is away and clear in gold

medal position at the moment. What a

performance so far from Krista

Parmakoski benefiting from the

disastrous mistake made by Tereza

Stadlober from Austria who was clear

in second place but went the wrong

way, she is miles back, three

minutes away. She could potentially

get disqualified forgetting -- for

going the wrong way.

Norway am a gold, Finland in silver,

and a battle between Sweden and

Norway for once.

Let us look at the deficit.

Parmakoski in silver medal position.

The gap was 1.40 nine. The other two

in battling for the bronze looks to

me as if they are reeling Parmakoski

in who has a slip. This gets very

interesting because three into two

doesn't go and maybe Parmakoski

macro will be dragged into a massive

battle by these women.

The view is deceptive, they are 14

seconds back.

We mentioned potentially some sort

of technical disaster with the skis,

I am not sure Bjoergen will switch

her skis.

This is absolutely the greatest

cross country skiing performance you

can ever imagine. Over a race this

distance, 30 kilometres, to start in

the lead, stay in the lead and race

the whole thing on your own with the

confidence and grim determination

you see on her face, is a talent

that virtually only one person

possesses. Norway hope in the men's

side this is what they will see on

Sunday.

Sunday. Marit Bjoergen has something

slightly different. She has none of

the showmanship all desire of drama

and she just has an ability to

punish her opponents and she is

showing every last ounce of it here.

There is Nielsen -- Nielsen. This is

the gap Parmakoski has over the two

behind her.

behind her.

Bjoergen has been

relentlessly hungry for success in

her career but with a degree of

humility. Cross-country skiing may

not be the biggest sport in Britain

but is by far and away the biggest

sport in Norway, they are massive

stars, with huge contracts, great

sponsorship opportunities laid at

their feet. They are worshipped

wherever they go. For Bjoergen to

have remained as grounded and humble

as she has speaks volumes about the

kind of person she is as well as

athlete she is.

Parmakoski holding

that 15 second gap with Oestberg and

Nilsson behind. They are running out

of time and kilometres.

of time and kilometres. We have

mentioned Marit Bjoergen last year

went out big and won by 22 macro

minutes. She may exceed that gap the

rate she is going -- and she won by

two minutes.

Krista Parmakoski map -- Is all on

her own. After that unfortunate

error with the course by Stadlober.

It will be tight if only because

Stina Nilsson, if she can turn it on

in the final kilometres she might be

able to catch up. I wonder whether

that is asking quite a lot of

Oestberg and Nilsson to catch up

with Krista Parmakoski as she heads

in for silver.

She is more than two minutes behind.

Stena Nilsson just behind. No Swede

has ever won a medal in this event.

What an honour for these women as

they close an unbelievable 16 days

of sporting drama here.

of sporting drama here. Their medals

will be awarded in the closing

ceremony, agreement entered to a

sensational games -- a brilliant end

to a sensational Games.

They are trying to move towards

Parmakoski who has had a wonderful

Games. There are two different

races, Marit Bjoergen has been

dynamite. They're in mind she is the

defending champion, yet another

accolade for her collection, no one

has ever won this title twice -- no

woman. We look at Parmakoski

continuing this drive away from

Oestberg. When Bjoergen one this

before, the margin was 2.6 seconds.

When she lost in Vancouver, the

margin was 0.3 of a second. These

races are usually very, very close.

Two minutes is a ridiculous margin

to hold over the rest of the field

and it is not as if this is a weak

field, it is one of the greatest

distance skiing fields we have ever

seen and she has taken them apart at

the age of 37, extraordinary.

And when she crosses the line, her

son went to be far away. She had to

make special arrangements to come

back. If you are male, you can have

a child and come back but if you're

trying to be a mother at the same

time, the ski Federation set up warm

rooms for caretakers of children and

their kids is to hang out while

Marit Bjoergen was competing, a

couple of others as well, they've

had to make adjustments to make sure

that parents to return to the

circuit get the support they need in

order to compete at the top end of

this board. As well as being a

mother to a young kid at the same

time and the way Marit Bjoergen has

been able to come back, have a child

in December 2015 and will again the

moment she comeback... That is

Teresa Stadlober, getting horribly

confused. Oh, this is going to be

one to forget for her. Returning to

Marit Bjoergen, the way she's been

able to be dominant at the Olympics

for more than a decade and be

allowed by her sport, facilitating

it, making it easy, and to come back

in this style, it is mind blowing

and such a tribute to her as an

individual.

Oestberg and Nilsson, nothing to

separate them in this battle for

bronze. Parmakoski has had a hand on

a

a medal. A great moment of history

awaits her. How the Finnish flags

will wave at the ceremony because

Niskanen will be getting his medal

tonight. Nilsson is the sprint

specialist. Oestberg has had a

disappointing Games, by her own

standards. Gold in the relay, this

would be her first individual medal

but there is a question over whether

it will be Norway or Sweden. The

cameras focusing in on the women in

second, third and fourth because

this is our long term leader. 30

kilometres. It isn't far off an hour

and a half of extreme physical

exertion and underlines just how

confident and classy Marit Bjoergen

is that she went so hard so early in

this race, determined to write this

final chapter with the Sunni fitting

end to this amazing career you'd

wish to see. And it is, barring a

mishap with her skis or a sudden

injury, it is going to finish with

gold, and gold number eight.

There

are only 15 women in this race

within five minutes of Marit

Bjoergen right now. Which is...

Nonsense! It is such a testament. I

know we are harping on about it but

the reason we are doing this is

because Marit Bjoergen was already

deserving of so many tributes coming

into this race and is now winning

what we assume to be her final

Olympic race in such... Unbelievable

fashion! You can't help but just

keep admiring it. She is doing get

looking comfortable. Every time we

look at the clock and say, how does

it look now? There is another few

seconds. Parmakoski, two minutes and

three seconds behind. She was hoping

to keep it close to the end. She is

two minutes away! One of the race

favourites! That is the kind of gap

we are talking about. Marit Bjoergen

is going out on top, it is very rare

you get to say that but she is doing

this.

Enjoy these images. If you are

not an expert in cross-country

skiing, it doesn't matter. We can

all surely appreciate what we are

witnessing some of the greatest of

all time, a once in a generation

athlete, as we watch Parmakoski

tried to edge ever closer to the

silver medal. Bjoergen is a once in

a generation woman who has destroyed

this field in her final sendoff.

Nilsson and Oestberg, toad slipping

there, the sprinter for Sweden,

trying to come home with what would

be her country's first medal in this

event. They are all miles behind a

woman we may wait decades to see

again in terms of quality. It is an

extraordinary record. She will go up

to 15 Winter Olympic medals.

Amazing. And a reminder she is doing

get in conditions that are not the

best. It is warm out there, but it

changes the snow hardpacked. It has

been warm for a couple of days. It

isn't the easiest to know what the

snow is going to do because the

weather hasn't been consistent.

Marit Bjoergen didn't care, made no

difference, still two minutes ahead,

and we are left for a procession for

Marit Bjoergen, Parmakoski coming in

for silver and a wonderful sprint

for bronze.

There will be great

drama in the stadium, and they will

form a guard of honour for this

woman. We're watching someone who

has transcended the boundaries of

her sport. For 16 years, she has

been at the top. She has done it

with humility, with a relentless

hunger for success that only the

greatest in the sport can ever know.

She is smiling now as she soaks up

the applause of a Winter Olympic

crown for the very last time. It is

an amazing moment, in a gruelling

sport in which many only survive at

the top for a couple of years. She's

been there for 16! She has rewritten

history. Even more importantly, she

has rewritten the boundaries of what

many thought was possible and all we

can do is watch in awe and wonder as

the greatest Winter Olympian of all

time signs off in her own inimitable

style. She will never forget these

moments and her achievements will go

down in the annals of time. This is

a very, very special moment for all

of us to witness. Eight gold medals,

15 in total, and now the tears, now

the celebration, now the realisation

that this 16 year journey is over

and it has finished in style.

Parmakoski, can she produce the best

medal in Finland have ever received

in this most brutal of events?

Oestberg pulling away from Nilsson,

who is trying to hang on, this

desperate battle for bronze.

Parmakoski looks good for silver.

Parmakoski easily away for the

silver. The battle is between these

two. Nilsson is a sprinter, she has

a sprint finish but does she have

any fuel left? Right now, Oestberg

has that tiny, little edge as we

come into this downhill, where you

see Krista Parmakoski right now,

never anywhere near Marit Bjoergen

but cruising towards a silver medal

and it looks like Oestberg has a

narrow advantage but don't count out

Nilsson because she has the

acceleration somewhat in her, as

long as she has enough to power her.

Cameras focusing on the battle for

bronze. Krista Parmakoski not too

far away from the finish line and

it'll be the best performance by a

thin in Winter Olympic history.

Twice Finnish women have taken the

bronze but there has never been a

gold or 's over. It looks like

Nilsson has pulled away from

Oestberg. Parmakoski is going to

take silver. It'll be three medals

at these Games for this superb

competitor. She can afford to ease

up and celebrate. Twice she has

finished third, now she takes the

second spot. Superb celebrations for

Finland. Look at this from Nilsson!

Usually a sprint specialist, she put

Sweden on the podium in this event

for the first time and how special

will the presentation be in the

stadium tonight? What an honour for

Nilsson and Parmakoski to say they

were in the same race and they will

be on the same podium as the woman

whose talent we will never see

again?

Looking at Nilsson, did she

almost even know she was in the

battle for bronze? She wasn't aware

what happened to Stadlober up ahead

of her. Kalla, lasting three minutes

behind Marit Bjoergen. This was the

Swede be expected on the podium.

Nilsson. There. Charlotte Kalla, one

of the pre-race favourites, she did

not have an answer to Marit Bjoergen

and she will finally come home in

fifth place. She is smiling, she is

pointing at the medal, she is giving

Nilsson a hug.

Nilsson a hug. We watched Niskanen

come in, she won't join her brother

but it has been a fantastic Olympics

for this family. We see Marit

Bjoergen smiling away.

What a

special, special race for us to

witness. It has been a privilege to

sit in the commentary box. Eight

gold medals Marit Bjoergen has won,

15 medals in total, but it isn't so

much what she's done, it is how

she's Dunnett, with humility, a

smile on her face, a very, very

special woman. And we will never see

her like again.

STUDIO: What an incredible

competitor Marit Bjoergen is. She

ends her Winter Olympic career here

in PyeongChang with individual gold.

It is a 15th Winter Olympic medal

ending an incredible career. The

37-year-old mother of one with five

Winter Olympic medals here in

PyeongChang along to the -- alone.

It has been a printer Olympics here,

to, for the Dutch speed skater who

has taken a gold and two silvers,

she will carry the flag for the

Netherlands tonight in what is her

final Winter Olympics. We are at the

end of the road as far as the medals

are concerned. The competition is

officially over, the party can start

now and what a party it will be for

Norway who topped the medal

standings and have made history with

39 medals in PyeongChang, a Winter

Olympic record. Germany finish in

second place. It has been a

wonderful Games for the home nation,

too. The TeamGB, it has been a ever

Winter Olympics. Five medals from

Lizzy Yarnold, Laura Deas, Dom

Parsons, Lizzy Atkin and Billy

Morgan. Disappointment for the USA,

their biggest ever team at a Winter

Games but 23 medals is well below

their target of 37, their worst

return in 20 years.

No more medals can be won here in

PyeongChang, this is the final day,

and good morning if you are just

joining us. We might not have any

medals left to win but we did have

one this morning. Here are the

headlines. Billy Morgan has been

named as Great Britain's flag bearer

for the 2018 closing ceremony. He

won the Big Air bronze to make sure

Great Britain and these Games with a

record tally of five. The South

Korean women's curling team saw

their Bedford gold fall at the final

hurdle as Sweden claimed their third

Olympic title. The garlic girls have

captured the nation's imagination

but the Swedes have clearly not read

the script. The Russian team will

not march behind their own flag at

the PyeongChang 2018 closing

ceremony after the IOC decided

against lifting the suspension. The

committee did say the suspension

could be lifted at a later date if

no further positive drugs test came

out of these Games. Two Russians

tested positive for doping at

PyeongChang. There was

disappointment yesterday for Team GB

up at the Sliding Centre. There was

real hope one of their two four-man

bob teams could challenge near the

top but, instead, after yesterday's

first two runs, they were sitting

17th and 18th with medal hopes

dashed. It was Germany leading the

way after the first two runs leading

into the first two runs earlier this

morning. Real interest, two from

South Korea, sitting in second place

heading into the final two runs, and

they could become the first Asian

bobsleigh team to win an Olympic

medal. Let's catch up with the

action from earlier today with John

Hunt and Joe Jackson.

Hunt and Joe Jackson. A warm welcome

back to the Sliding Centre for the

Hunt and Joe Jackson. A warm welcome

back to the Sliding Centre for the

final day of action, the culmination

of the men's four-man bob. A

brilliant team here and the goals,