BBC Two Day 3: Men's Moguls finals and Ski Jumping Women's Normal Hill

0:00:36 > 0:00:43Welcome back if you have switched over from BBC1, welcome to continued

0:00:43 > 0:00:48cover of the Winter Olympics from Pyeongchang. Chemmy is with me and

0:00:48 > 0:00:56we are going take you straight to final two competitors of finals in

0:00:56 > 0:01:02the men's moguls. Matt Chilton can tell us what happened.

0:01:02 > 0:01:07the men's moguls. Matt Chilton can tell us what happened.

0:01:08 > 0:01:15tell us what happened. COMMENTATOR: Matt Graham is next, followed

0:01:20 > 0:01:24Matt Graham is next, followed by Sho Endo of Japan. Can he put an

0:01:24 > 0:01:31Australian in the Super Six? A full twisting back somersault. The skiing

0:01:31 > 0:01:39is fantastic. Matt blame is in control. He has not put a foot wrong

0:01:39 > 0:01:47yet. He has gone for the big knee skin 1080. He has nailed it. It is

0:01:47 > 0:01:51fast. I think that will be good enough to see him through to the

0:01:51 > 0:01:59final to give him a chance of skiing for a medal. The two Australian

0:01:59 > 0:02:04women missed out in the medals last night. But Matt Graham has an

0:02:04 > 0:02:14opportunity to be one of the final six year. Elegant, high.

0:02:14 > 0:02:17six year. Elegant, high. Floated, full twisting back somersault. The

0:02:17 > 0:02:22turns were as good as any we have seen tonight. He chose to go down

0:02:22 > 0:02:31the right-hand side of the track. He has 14.8 speed points. He has got to

0:02:31 > 0:02:40be one of the highest scoring on the turns which make up 60% of the marks

0:02:40 > 0:02:46remember and that second aerial was a beauty. He has gone fourth. With

0:02:46 > 0:02:54one to come, he has qualified. He is in the final six!

0:02:59 > 0:03:09in the final six! The last man out, Sho Endo from Japan. Sho Endo last

0:03:09 > 0:03:16to ski in is in round. Can he get in the final six? She endo makes the

0:03:16 > 0:03:22first ten turns. Beautifully executed. Full twisting back

0:03:22 > 0:03:26somersault. No problems with landing. Now he is in trouble. He is

0:03:26 > 0:03:32over! And his Olympics ends right there and he may have done some

0:03:32 > 0:03:37damage. He seems to be clutching his right arm. No, he is back on his

0:03:37 > 0:03:44feet. No, I think he is OK. Thank goodness for that. Sho Endo has

0:03:44 > 0:03:51failed to finish. And that means... Well once, we will see the final

0:03:51 > 0:03:56scores through.

0:04:04 > 0:04:12Matt Graham, Slatten, and Gagnon are the last three.

0:04:13 > 0:04:19the last three. That is the way it will conclude in the reverse order

0:04:19 > 0:04:25of their positions after this round. It is an unfortunate end for Sho

0:04:25 > 0:04:30Endo, who was the top scorer in the previous final, but he has failed to

0:04:30 > 0:04:41capitalise. It ended spectacularly. But with no medals. So

0:04:43 > 0:04:45But with no medals. So the

0:05:13 > 0:05:25Rather deject Sho Endo heads off as we get confirmation of the top six.

0:05:26 > 0:05:30The only European is Slatten from Norway.

0:05:30 > 0:05:34The only European is Slatten from Norway.

0:05:34 > 0:05:40STUDIO: So many failing to complete because you have got go for it.The

0:05:40 > 0:05:45level is so high and the height they're getting on the jump is

0:05:45 > 0:05:49incredible. But there is no landing space and they have got to get

0:05:49 > 0:05:54straight back into the bumps.There has been a good run from Canadian

0:05:54 > 0:06:04and mainly men from Quebec. This was his run, he wasn't the top

0:06:04 > 0:06:08qualifier, but I think his jumps are so impressive. Particularly the

0:06:08 > 0:06:16second one.So precise. So airtight. Look at the speed. The upper body is

0:06:16 > 0:06:21staying down hill. The feet power from side to side. This, Clare, you

0:06:21 > 0:06:27loved this. Look at that - iron cross in the air. So much height.He

0:06:27 > 0:06:33has been unstoppable on the World Cup circuit for the last two seasons

0:06:33 > 0:06:40and won 13 consecutive races.That is an incredible stat. He is from

0:06:40 > 0:06:47Canada, from Quebec, the snow is very similar to South Korea, it is

0:06:47 > 0:06:54man made and he is the man to beat. They have to keep the knees relaxed

0:06:54 > 0:07:01to be able to pump them right up to their chest.They're jarring each

0:07:01 > 0:07:06time, they're trying to carve into the bumps. 60% of what the judges

0:07:06 > 0:07:11look at is the turn space. The air time he has was incredible.This is

0:07:11 > 0:07:16the shot I love. Look at that for a slo-mo and right up into the night

0:07:16 > 0:07:21sky. It looks so dramatic. It seems the wind has definitely dropped and

0:07:21 > 0:07:25they're lower down the mountain. Different resort. They're down the

0:07:25 > 0:07:29valley and the wind doesn't affect them as much. If it was windy it

0:07:29 > 0:07:35would be dises a draws -- disastrous. It is great to have an

0:07:35 > 0:07:39event that isn't affected by the wind. We will have a battle of the

0:07:39 > 0:07:45big dogs in moguls, because they will push it hard.A bottle of big

0:07:45 > 0:07:54dogs, love it. Now our leader, he posted the highest score.They have

0:07:54 > 0:07:59the knee markers on. You can see them trying to get into the flow. So

0:07:59 > 0:08:03precise with the movements. Fast pumping the legs. The head is so

0:08:03 > 0:08:08stable. Everything is working under the body. The legs side to side,

0:08:08 > 0:08:12having to get the timing right and then look at that, landing right

0:08:12 > 0:08:25into the moguls.Although Japan lost their world champion. Did you see

0:08:25 > 0:08:32the Australians with their bare chests.Yes, every day let's get

0:08:32 > 0:08:37somebody out with the bare chest. Such an Aussie thing. Love it. We

0:08:37 > 0:08:42had one Aussie guy through. The Australians are so strong in this

0:08:42 > 0:08:48discipline, the girls last night and the guys tonight.You were saying,

0:08:48 > 0:08:53now for recreational skiers, back when I learned to ski, you were

0:08:53 > 0:08:57trying to do that, have your knees together. Now, no one skis like

0:08:57 > 0:09:07that.They don't ski like that on the piste. We have a horrible term

0:09:07 > 0:09:12called a mincer.These are the best of it. Here we are live back for the

0:09:12 > 0:09:17final six. They will be judged by those men behind the glass and Matt

0:09:17 > 0:09:25Chilton watching on for the medals to be decided.

0:09:25 > 0:09:36COMMENTATOR: Time for the Super Six.

0:09:38 > 0:09:49There are two Canadians in this final. There is a Japanese skier who

0:09:49 > 0:09:58will be the last to ski.

0:09:58 > 0:10:00will be the last to ski. The starting order is irrelevant.

0:10:00 > 0:10:06Previous scores are scrubbed out. It is a fresh start. The best score of

0:10:06 > 0:10:14the six will win gold.

0:10:14 > 0:10:17the six will win gold. And Gagnon starts. He means business. A power.

0:10:17 > 0:10:24Start. Beautiful full twisting back somer salt. Flowing from bump to

0:10:24 > 0:10:30bump. Magnificent from Gagnon. A lack of control on a couple of

0:10:30 > 0:10:40turns. But he has managed to get it back on his terms. Big D spin. Lands

0:10:40 > 0:10:47it perfectly and clocks 25.3 seconds. He sets the standard in the

0:10:47 > 0:10:57final. That is all he can do. His turns weren't perfect and you have

0:10:57 > 0:11:05to say that Gagnon skied quite beautifully. Fourth in Sochi. Can he

0:11:05 > 0:11:12get on the podium and get himself an Olympic medal tonight? A couple of

0:11:12 > 0:11:20errors through the turns. He never let them get too far away from him.

0:11:20 > 0:11:28He put in this magnificent corked 1080 to complete his run. The

0:11:28 > 0:11:33landing was solid.

0:11:39 > 0:11:47Kingsbury to come. 77.02 to Gagnon. Penalised for the mistakes in the

0:11:47 > 0:11:56middle part of the course.

0:11:56 > 0:11:57middle part of the course. Slatten hadn't even qualified before

0:11:57 > 0:12:04tonight. He had to ski all the way from the first run tonight to make

0:12:04 > 0:12:10his way to the super final. The only European in the contest. It's over

0:12:10 > 0:12:19for Slatten. He will not be amongst the medals tonight. He is doing the

0:12:19 > 0:12:25right thing, because who knows what will happen to the rest. He won't

0:12:25 > 0:12:33get a DNF. Sensible skiing. Put in a big jump to finish. 26.71 through

0:12:33 > 0:12:42the speed gun. Gagnon still leading the way. Slatten will get a score,

0:12:42 > 0:12:46because he finished his run. He will need a whole lot of luck now to get

0:12:46 > 0:12:59a medal. Highly unlikely with the others to go. Including the

0:12:59 > 0:13:04astonishing Daichi Hara, the young Japanese man. Started well for

0:13:04 > 0:13:11Slatten.

0:13:11 > 0:13:15Slatten. Then the landing let him down. He was looking for good aerial

0:13:15 > 0:13:23scores as he bounced recklessly and eventually coming to a halt. Given a

0:13:23 > 0:13:3333.61. Silver medal position for the moment! Gagnon leading the way. Next

0:13:33 > 0:13:40the Australian, Matt Graham. Who had a group of bare-chested supporters

0:13:40 > 0:13:44watching him a little while ago. They have wrapped up now - thank

0:13:44 > 0:13:49goodness. The man who finished 7th in Sochi.

0:13:53 > 0:13:56Full twisting back somersault to kick it off.

0:14:00 > 0:14:08These are good, fast accurate turns.

0:14:08 > 0:14:15Big D-spin, what a run from Matt Graham from Australia. That's got

0:14:15 > 0:14:22the Australians on their feet as if they needed an excuse. And that

0:14:22 > 0:14:31might see him score 80-plus and put him into gold medal position. First

0:14:31 > 0:14:37jump elegant, skis locked together. Full twisting back somersault, right

0:14:37 > 0:14:42back into the money turns in the middle part of the course. Couldn't

0:14:42 > 0:14:48spot any mistakes and then he went big on the final kicker. Three

0:14:48 > 0:14:59lateral twists. The big corked 10. Got the landing. And skied on.Come

0:14:59 > 0:15:07on!It is gold medal position. Big score, 82.57 for Graham of

0:15:07 > 0:15:13Australia.

0:15:15 > 0:15:19Three to come.

0:15:19 > 0:15:22Three to come. Gagnon put down to silver medal position now. Matt

0:15:22 > 0:15:30Graham leads the way. Casey Andringa, the only American in this

0:15:30 > 0:15:43super final. He is ready to go. 22 years old. And he's off and running.

0:15:43 > 0:15:48Ten turns to negotiate before he flies. He put in a grab on that back

0:15:48 > 0:15:54somersaults, a beautiful execution of the jump for him. Has he got the

0:15:54 > 0:16:04speed and control? The turns look pretty good. Andringa goes high and

0:16:04 > 0:16:11sits down and he will not take the lead.

0:16:11 > 0:16:17Good effort from Casey Andringa. Left it all on the Hill. And with

0:16:17 > 0:16:24two to come, Matt Graham knows that he has got a medal. Just too much to

0:16:24 > 0:16:32mark down here. The turns in the middle part of the course were a

0:16:32 > 0:16:37highlight for Casey Andringa. The landing at the bottom part of the

0:16:37 > 0:16:42course was Paul, and that's where he's lost the chance to lead this

0:16:42 > 0:16:49Olympic final. Just Mikael Kingsbury, the world number one, the

0:16:49 > 0:16:56youngest man in the super final, Daichi Hara, to come. What score

0:16:56 > 0:17:05will be give to Casey Andringa? Went for the big cab driver double grab

0:17:05 > 0:17:13but sat down on landing. Waiting for the inevitable bad news, I think.

0:17:13 > 0:17:19Into third. A generous score. But he's behind Matt Graham who has gold

0:17:19 > 0:17:27medal position and behind Marc-Antoine Gagnon who isn't

0:17:27 > 0:17:36silver. Guaranteed -- Robert is in silver.

0:17:36 > 0:17:43Matt Graham is guaranteed a medal. The last Australian to win this was

0:17:43 > 0:17:50always viewed by the Australians as a Canadian. Talking of Canadians,

0:17:50 > 0:17:53here is Mikael Kingsbury. The world number one, the one thing that's

0:17:53 > 0:17:59missing is the Olympic gold medal. Can he complete the set? Off and

0:17:59 > 0:18:02running, big D-spin, the landing was absolutely bang on from Mikael

0:18:02 > 0:18:11Kingsbury. Barely a movement before he started with the turns in the

0:18:11 > 0:18:15middle part of the course. Covering the ground super quick. He flies,

0:18:15 > 0:18:20lands, skis off, what's to be given a full gold medal position with just

0:18:20 > 0:18:28Daichi Hara to come. The Canadians are celebrating. Surely that's a

0:18:28 > 0:18:34medal for Mikael Kingsbury, who took the silver behind his compatriots

0:18:34 > 0:18:41four years ago in Sochi. God is to wait for the deliberations from the

0:18:41 > 0:18:48judges. Big 1080. -- he has got to wait for the deliberations. Superb

0:18:48 > 0:18:57aerial form from Mikael Kingsbury. It was a double full posting back

0:18:57 > 0:19:06somersaults with two twists. Really hope degree of difficulty there. --

0:19:06 > 0:19:13high degree of difficulty. Second kicker, made sure of the landing and

0:19:13 > 0:19:18it was smooth and soft. The Canadian coach enjoys it. Will that be good

0:19:18 > 0:19:22enough for gold medal position with one to come from Mikael Kingsbury,

0:19:22 > 0:19:29he leads! That will take some beating. Kingsbury is guaranteed

0:19:29 > 0:19:35silver at worst.

0:19:37 > 0:19:44silver at worst. He leads the way, Kingsbury. One to come. The youngest

0:19:44 > 0:19:54man in the contest. Daichi Hara from Japan. Just 20. He stands between

0:19:54 > 0:19:58Mikael Kingsbury and his gold medal.

0:20:02 > 0:20:10It's a massive task now for Daichi Hara.

0:20:10 > 0:20:16The last skier of the 2018 Olympic moguls competition is away. Daichi

0:20:16 > 0:20:24Hara of Japan. The first

0:20:24 > 0:20:28Hara of Japan. The first through solidly.These are the turns where

0:20:28 > 0:20:33he has been on fire tonight. Beautiful skiing from Daichi Hara.

0:20:33 > 0:20:40Fast, direct and he goes high and grabs, lands softly and sweetly and

0:20:40 > 0:20:46skis away. Will it be enough for a medal? I'm not sure it's enough for

0:20:46 > 0:20:51gold. The degree of difficulty displayed by Mikael Kingsbury in his

0:20:51 > 0:20:56aerial manoeuvres might just see him take the title. But Daichi Hara may

0:20:56 > 0:21:02well be on for medal here. Kingsbury sits in gold medal position at the

0:21:02 > 0:21:06moment. Matt Graham of Australia holds the silver. Marc-Antoine

0:21:06 > 0:21:14Gagnon of Canada is the man in bronze. Will Daichi Hara change the

0:21:14 > 0:21:23top of the leaderboard here? Whose time is fast.

0:21:23 > 0:21:35time is fast. Not as fast as either Graham or Kingsbury.

0:21:35 > 0:21:40He may get a medal but it's not going to be gold. I can't see the

0:21:40 > 0:21:47judges giving him enough to go past Mikael Kingsbury. He's praying. He's

0:21:47 > 0:21:55waiting. He's got the bronze! Daichi Hara has a medal for Japan but

0:21:55 > 0:22:01Mikael Kingsbury is the Olympic bumps champion at last. The world

0:22:01 > 0:22:08number one fulfils his dream and wins the biggest prize in mogul

0:22:08 > 0:22:13skiing.

0:22:14 > 0:22:17skiing. His compatriot has won it for the last two Olympics for

0:22:17 > 0:22:27Canada. Three in a row for the Canadians, and the Australians have

0:22:27 > 0:22:33a silver medal. And the 20-year-old from Japan, Daichi Hara, has the

0:22:33 > 0:22:43men's moguls Olympic bronze medal. What a contest today.

0:22:45 > 0:22:48Well, they didn't know too much about Daichi Hara coming into this

0:22:48 > 0:22:56competition. Matt Graham and Mikael Kingsbury established competitors on

0:22:56 > 0:23:00the World Cup, Kingsbury the world number one, he's one more World Cup

0:23:00 > 0:23:04races than anyone in mogul skiing history. Tonight he's got the one

0:23:04 > 0:23:08that really matters to him. He would have given up all those World Cup

0:23:08 > 0:23:18points to take the elliptical. Olympic -- Olympic gold. Last night

0:23:18 > 0:23:26France took the gold with Canada just missing out. In the women's

0:23:26 > 0:23:31event. And I think that was his mum and dad who have travelled to South

0:23:31 > 0:23:33Korea to watch complete. The anticipation and the Beeld. Within

0:23:33 > 0:23:38the Canadian media to this -- build-up within the Canadian media

0:23:38 > 0:23:44to this competition was immense because everyone was aware of what

0:23:44 > 0:23:48Mikael Kingsbury is capable of. He has got a park named after him in

0:23:48 > 0:23:54his hometown, he's got celebrity status in Canadian media circles.

0:23:54 > 0:23:59Tonight he will leave as the Olympic champion. It will be Canada's second

0:23:59 > 0:24:04gold medal of the Olympic Winter Games. The Silver ghost to Matt

0:24:04 > 0:24:09Graham. With Daichi Hara taking the bronze.

0:24:09 > 0:24:17STUDIO: what a happy podium. First medals of the games for Japan and

0:24:17 > 0:24:20Australia but that was the one that was missing for Mikael Kingsbury.

0:24:20 > 0:24:21Australia but that was the one that was missing for Mikael Kingsbury.It

0:24:21 > 0:24:27was so deserved, his degree of difficulty in the aerials was huge,

0:24:27 > 0:24:29executed perfectly. A massive score and get his reaction and what it

0:24:29 > 0:24:32meant to him.I want if it would help him going down second last

0:24:32 > 0:24:39rather than last?Britto the -- we have talked about being up there

0:24:39 > 0:24:43last, no one is around you. But with that performance, nothing would have

0:24:43 > 0:24:50floored him. It was amazing.Talk us through the speed, the accuracy, the

0:24:50 > 0:24:55flexibility required for this.First of all, he got the pace straight off

0:24:55 > 0:24:55the

0:24:55 > 0:24:56of all, he got the pace straight off the bat, really quickly into the

0:24:56 > 0:25:05rhythm. The first air was beautiful, so clean. Look at this, upper so

0:25:05 > 0:25:08strong, -- upper body so strong and disciplined, legs pumping, doesn't

0:25:08 > 0:25:13make it look too bad on the knees and that shows you how effortless it

0:25:13 > 0:25:17is for him. Beautiful airtime, so clean over the line. He knew it,

0:25:17 > 0:25:24this was the one missing, the one he wanted. The crowd knew it.A big

0:25:24 > 0:25:28Canadian team supported him, his family out there but he is great

0:25:28 > 0:25:35friends with all of the moguls sisters, and she said, just Dean,

0:25:35 > 0:25:38she said it was amazing for them all to be there and in contention.

0:25:40 > 0:25:44Yes, once you have someone that strong in your team, it lists you

0:25:44 > 0:25:49all. You need someone pushing those boundaries. You want someone on your

0:25:49 > 0:25:54team on your side. And he demolished it. The other guys lifted up their

0:25:54 > 0:25:59level as well. He didn't win by default. He won because he had the

0:25:59 > 0:26:03perfect run. Perfect line and execution. That's an Olympic gold

0:26:03 > 0:26:09medallist through and through. I'm very glad that the Australian fans

0:26:09 > 0:26:12who have put their jacket on were rewarded for their brave the early

0:26:12 > 0:26:16on with a medal. You saw what it meant in the finishing area for Matt

0:26:16 > 0:26:22Graham. He put it out there, a clean run, not a degree of difficulty but

0:26:22 > 0:26:27really clean. In terms of a podium, I have not seen one where every one

0:26:27 > 0:26:32was buzzing. Relatively unknown Daichi Hara who was a surprise, he

0:26:32 > 0:26:37comes in.Youngest son of the whole lot. -- youngest one of the whole

0:26:37 > 0:26:43lot.All of those emotions, that is what you look for. That means that

0:26:43 > 0:26:46we can switch to various other sports, we have such a range of

0:26:46 > 0:26:50things available.Women's ski jumping came into the Olympic Games

0:26:50 > 0:26:55only four years ago. That is after an awful lot of campaigning. It took

0:26:55 > 0:27:01them 16 years to get there. And I think it's a beautiful sport to

0:27:01 > 0:27:05watch. They try and stay in the air for as long as they can. And the

0:27:05 > 0:27:14wind speed has been factoring in, it delayed the men until after

0:27:14 > 0:27:16midnight. But we will go to the women's competition after this

0:27:16 > 0:27:22guide. Ski jumping takes place on either

0:27:22 > 0:27:25the normal hell of a large hill. Competitors typically jump further

0:27:25 > 0:27:30than the length of a football pitch at speeds of 90 miles an hour.

0:27:30 > 0:27:34Distance is the biggest factor in success. But points are also awarded

0:27:34 > 0:27:38for style in proud run, posture, fight and landing. Points for

0:27:38 > 0:27:47distance are determined where the person lands in equivalency to be

0:27:47 > 0:27:55Kbyte which is the equivalent of a par score in -- the K-point which is

0:27:55 > 0:27:58the equivalent of the putt in golf. Each competitor has two jumps which

0:27:58 > 0:28:07are combined. -- it's the equivalent of the past go in golf. -- par

0:28:07 > 0:28:13score.

0:28:14 > 0:28:17Chemmy Alcott has tried just about everything but have you tried this?

0:28:17 > 0:28:24No, I had been the top of one and that Iran is so. I would probably --

0:28:24 > 0:28:30ramp is so big. I would possibly do it on that celebrity programme but

0:28:30 > 0:28:37it is all about the tiny adjustments they make, the hip action. They are

0:28:37 > 0:28:40jumping on the ground is training, it is about the hip action. The

0:28:40 > 0:28:44girls have come on so far in four years. This is another showcase for

0:28:44 > 0:28:50female sport. We didn't see it, we saw the weather take away the

0:28:50 > 0:28:53slopestyle this morning but we will see it tonight.There have been some

0:28:53 > 0:28:57delays at the ski jumping but we're going to head over there lies in the

0:28:57 > 0:29:02hope, certainly it looks as though they are about to get underway. The

0:29:02 > 0:29:11defending champion is from Germany. As we can see, flying through the

0:29:11 > 0:29:21air, we will join our commentary team.

0:29:44 > 0:29:55So, she slides into sixth place. She will get a second jump today. It's a

0:29:55 > 0:30:03Slovenian parade.

0:30:03 > 0:30:06Slovenian parade. Ursa Bogataj, but into two-year-olds. I mentioned the

0:30:06 > 0:30:12system that that people come up in, she was a bronze medallist in 2012

0:30:12 > 0:30:17at the youth and a.She was sixth in Sapporo earlier this week as well

0:30:17 > 0:30:21which is the best that she has had this season.She will have two come

0:30:21 > 0:30:27off the bar, it looks like red.A quick overview on the light system,

0:30:27 > 0:30:33it is like a traffic light. Red, yellow and green. We can look at the

0:30:33 > 0:30:38win here. Looks like it's coming up the hill at the bottom. Almost

0:30:38 > 0:30:45everywhere, swirling a little bit but it's just a little bit to week.

0:30:45 > 0:30:53There's a good headwind making its way up the hill.

0:30:56 > 0:30:59They watch the coach's flag to know they're optimising the wind. They

0:30:59 > 0:31:09have ten seconds when its green to go and it is go time for Bogataj. He

0:31:09 > 0:31:14could be on the bubble.That was a rough jump for her. Somebody who has

0:31:14 > 0:31:19almost been on the podium in the World Cup this year. So late and the

0:31:19 > 0:31:22knees come back. A deadly combination of the two. That is not

0:31:22 > 0:31:31going to get her on top of that air pressure. It will just act like a

0:31:31 > 0:31:46giant brake. Even the landing is sketchy.Pretty bang on there. 18.

0:31:46 > 0:31:53He will get a second jump though.

0:31:55 > 0:32:04He will get a second jump though. A nice look at how steep the in run is

0:32:04 > 0:32:08and the athletes, everybody else wearing parkers.Looking at the

0:32:08 > 0:32:18flags on the labding hill. Labd -- landing hill. It is not a safety

0:32:18 > 0:32:24issue, it is a fairness issue. They want to see everybody gets a fair

0:32:24 > 0:32:36chance of getting down into the bottom.

0:32:51 > 0:33:03Key Yar Hoelzl. There have been some young ski jumpers along the way.She

0:33:03 > 0:33:08will be pulled off the bar, because of the red light. Resettled. Get

0:33:08 > 0:33:15those butterflies in check.I would say most of the field are either in

0:33:15 > 0:33:24their late teens or early 20s. We have one at 33 and one at 30. The

0:33:24 > 0:33:26wind has completely died. Under normal circumstances it would be

0:33:26 > 0:33:31great. There is no safety issue. But again it is all about fairness. It

0:33:31 > 0:33:38is not fair right now to send a skier and not give them the same

0:33:38 > 0:33:46advantage given to their competitors.

0:33:46 > 0:33:54competitors.Hoelzl.They're sending her and the coach does not like it.

0:33:54 > 0:34:00Let's see if she can go for it. 99.5 metres is the jump she needs to jump

0:34:00 > 0:34:07into the lead and short of that leader line. And the hand's up in

0:34:07 > 0:34:12the air. Often they give gestures when they land.She knew what was

0:34:12 > 0:34:16going on and that the wind had died. You're at the point as a skier when

0:34:16 > 0:34:23you watch a coach flag you, you can tell if it is an enthusiastic flag,

0:34:23 > 0:34:31or, I can't believe he just sent me. I think that was the latter.She

0:34:31 > 0:34:38does move into 8th place. First round score. Distance and style

0:34:38 > 0:34:49points together, 92.2.

0:35:23 > 0:35:31Carina Vogt once we get back to see her, she is not a just a flash of

0:35:31 > 0:35:36brilliance, she is a big event ski jumper. She can be behind in the

0:35:36 > 0:35:42World Cup circuit and come to a world Championship and demolish the

0:35:42 > 0:35:47field. We are going to see a gate change here. But she is a veteran.

0:35:47 > 0:35:53She can handle this. She loves the pressure cooker. She does and I'm

0:35:53 > 0:35:57just keeping my eye on the gate. The way the gates work is the higher up

0:35:57 > 0:36:04that you start on the ski jump inrun, the faster the ski will be.

0:36:04 > 0:36:11They have gone up. So they can give the athletes that are not getting

0:36:11 > 0:36:14the favour of the wind conditions a bit more speed to make up for that

0:36:14 > 0:36:21fact. Hopefully we can see Carina put down a big jump. Olympic winner

0:36:21 > 0:36:28in 2014. She is the 2015 and 2017 world champion. She is a big event

0:36:28 > 0:36:33skier. Lots of experience doing it. So a delay like this is not

0:36:33 > 0:36:39something that I would see as a problem for her. She has nerves of

0:36:39 > 0:36:46steel. I find it interesting to see the athletes with lots of blankets

0:36:46 > 0:36:54on. I see competitions in Finland and Norway and every where in cold

0:36:54 > 0:37:01climates and I rarely see them having to cover up like this.

0:37:06 > 0:37:09having to cover up like this. Carina Vogt stretching it out a little bit.

0:37:09 > 0:37:17We will have more in just a moment.

0:37:22 > 0:37:30STUDIO: So a delay before Carina Vogt is about to jump. She is going

0:37:30 > 0:37:34to take her time. This is where experience really matters. But the

0:37:34 > 0:37:39delay could be three or four or five minutes. So we are going to take an

0:37:39 > 0:37:46opportunity to catch up on some of women's ice hockey. Because we have

0:37:46 > 0:37:52got a goals edit of Switzerland against Japan. We will be back with

0:37:52 > 0:37:59the ski jumping shortly.

0:38:09 > 0:38:15COMMENTATOR: It goes in, something of nothing of Sara Benz. A spin and

0:38:15 > 0:38:24a throw of the net and it took Fujimoto by surprise.It goes wide

0:38:24 > 0:38:33and Benz picks it up and watch Fujimoto. She does not expect this

0:38:33 > 0:38:46what -- whatsoever.Meier will walk into one. That really was too easy.

0:38:46 > 0:38:53What a pass that was and a chance and a goal! Benz' second of the

0:38:53 > 0:39:02game. Meier's pass tape to tape and Switzerland almost go coast-to-coast

0:39:02 > 0:39:09in scoring a second power play goal. Look at the presence of mind from

0:39:09 > 0:39:16Meier, firing it all the way to the blue line. She was able to sneak in

0:39:16 > 0:39:21behind the Japanese defend pers. Full stride. Gets her head over the

0:39:21 > 0:39:26blocker of Fujimoto. And the dramatic finish as she slides into

0:39:26 > 0:39:32the net as well. But what a pass.

0:39:32 > 0:39:39Muller steps in and she scores. It looked like Fujimoto had got enough

0:39:39 > 0:39:49of that. But muller too powerful.A leg kick on the finish. But watch

0:39:49 > 0:39:53this - terrific instinct. And just over powering the shot through

0:39:53 > 0:40:02Fujimoto.Considering a set place from a face-off.

0:40:11 > 0:40:24What a hit that was. Japan on the board.This is what Japan has to do

0:40:24 > 0:40:30if they want to close this gap.

0:40:33 > 0:40:42if they want to close this gap. What a play sees s Kubo going hard.That

0:40:42 > 0:40:46will do for Switzerland. Time going to run out for Japan. Switzerland

0:40:46 > 0:40:52are through. They're into the quarter-finals. Of this Winter

0:40:52 > 0:41:01Olympics. With the second successive win.

0:41:01 > 0:41:02STUDIO: A fantastic win for Switzerland.

0:41:02 > 0:41:06STUDIO: A fantastic win for Switzerland. You haven't missed

0:41:06 > 0:41:15anything in the ski jumping. The wind is still too strong.

0:41:15 > 0:41:21wind is still too strong. But Chemmy Alcott, we had one competitor who

0:41:21 > 0:41:25couldn't compete because of injury. Her does kin went to see her in

0:41:25 > 0:41:32hospital.He is the hardest working man at the Olympics.Calling her big

0:41:32 > 0:41:38foot.I know. So complimentary. You need people to still be thinking

0:41:38 > 0:41:42about her. She has a week to stay in hospital. So fantastic that Jamie

0:41:42 > 0:41:51made that time. He has another event coming up, the Big Air.Vogt is

0:41:51 > 0:41:56about to go in the ski jumping. Let's rejoin our commentators.

0:41:56 > 0:42:01about to go in the ski jumping. Let's rejoin our commentators.

0:42:01 > 0:42:09She is still flying high. Can she pull off a big jump? Not bad

0:42:09 > 0:42:17considering all that delay.Pretty good, seeing as the Green Line, the

0:42:17 > 0:42:23leader mark, she had quite a lead. While that may not be enough to get

0:42:23 > 0:42:28into the lead, it may get her into the top four. I like the way she

0:42:28 > 0:42:34does her first phase. She is a little active with her arms, but

0:42:34 > 0:42:39they come down by her side. It is important to keep your upper body

0:42:39 > 0:42:46nice and low. That was close.

0:42:50 > 0:42:55nice and low. That was close.Moves into second place. Behind Iraschhko

0:42:55 > 0:43:00Stolz.

0:43:13 > 0:43:17Avvakumova next.A bit of snow falling as well.

0:43:22 > 0:43:26The Russian champion, 2014 Olympician. She was 16th. That is a

0:43:26 > 0:43:31solid jump.That is a great jump for her and she knows it. When you have

0:43:31 > 0:43:36all that extra time to think about it and to come down and put a large

0:43:36 > 0:43:42jump like that, perfect timing, decent technique off the takeoff.

0:43:42 > 0:43:52Her flight is very quiet. Not a lot of extra movement. She could be

0:43:52 > 0:43:55challenging Iraschhko Stolz for the lead.She is on her way back. She

0:43:55 > 0:44:01had a knee injury just over a year ago, rounding into form is the

0:44:01 > 0:44:0826-year-old and she takes over first place by a shade of a point over

0:44:08 > 0:44:22Iraschhko Stolz. Four to go and one will be Yuki Ito. She is from a

0:44:22 > 0:44:31small village that is the same home time as another famous skier.

0:44:37 > 0:44:42We talk about Takanashi, but Ito is a two times silver medallist in the

0:44:42 > 0:44:46World Championships.

0:44:46 > 0:44:53Coach was not happy with the wind. Ito and that is well short of what

0:44:53 > 0:44:59we know she is capable of.Yes, she is the hill record holder on this

0:44:59 > 0:45:04hill. I think the wind wasn't there for her. The compensation points

0:45:04 > 0:45:09might help a bit, but probably not enough. She was late as well. Not

0:45:09 > 0:45:12only was the wind not helping, she wasn't helping herself with a

0:45:12 > 0:45:22takeoff like that. She does fly very nicely. Great transit.

0:45:23 > 0:45:30nicely. Great transit. Landing one foot in front of other.Almost a how

0:45:30 > 0:45:38to guide to landing.

0:45:46 > 0:45:51Sara Takanashi, the 21-year-old, enters her second Olympics, the most

0:45:51 > 0:45:55decorated women's ski jumper in history. But hasn't been able to win

0:45:55 > 0:46:03the bigger then. Yet! -- the big event. Floating in there, she may

0:46:03 > 0:46:08have the lead.What a beautiful clutched jumped from her. That was

0:46:08 > 0:46:22incredible. Right near the bottom. She's super compact. Take-off looked

0:46:22 > 0:46:26decent, timing OK, I would like to have seen a little bit more forward

0:46:26 > 0:46:32momentum. Comes in again for a great landing, no, it wasn't there. It

0:46:32 > 0:46:36depends on the angle that the judges saw it from. Maybe that was more

0:46:36 > 0:46:41like 18. She could have scored 19. I wouldn't give her that if I had seen

0:46:41 > 0:46:49that landing in slow motion.It was an angle they did not see, she moves

0:46:49 > 0:46:58into first place. A 6-point lead as well but could come into play.

0:46:59 > 0:47:02well but could come into play. Final two to go in this first round and

0:47:02 > 0:47:10Katharina Althaus. She's as fit as she's ever been, leaning over those

0:47:10 > 0:47:18skis. And she to hit the leader line.From her trial job just before

0:47:18 > 0:47:24this round, it was a great one, I was expecting things that she

0:47:24 > 0:47:31delivers, that is right down, aggressive, a little bit late of the

0:47:31 > 0:47:34take-off but she keeps her upper body very low and in these windy

0:47:34 > 0:47:38conditions, especially with headwind, it is an advantage to do

0:47:38 > 0:47:42that. It's going to be close. I think she can take over the lead

0:47:42 > 0:47:52with that job. -- with that jump. Longest jump we have seen today. And

0:47:52 > 0:47:57yes, she is in first place. Three points up on Sara Takanashi. We have

0:47:57 > 0:48:02got ourselves a competition and were just finishing up the first round.

0:48:08 > 0:48:13Here is your world number one, Maren Lundby of Norway. She would love to

0:48:13 > 0:48:20give Norway its tenth Olympic gold medal. In ski jumping. But first you

0:48:20 > 0:48:27need a big one here.Not bad.Little bit short but she said that she's

0:48:27 > 0:48:31been struggling at this venue, she tweaked her technique and it's all

0:48:31 > 0:48:33about confidence and she's looked really good all week in official

0:48:33 > 0:48:41training.She needed a 107 metre jump, this will not protect in first

0:48:41 > 0:48:44place but it will put her in contention and that's all we can ask

0:48:44 > 0:48:51for. She will be clutch in the second jump. I still think she is

0:48:51 > 0:49:01still favourite for gold. Still in the mix, it's going to be a

0:49:01 > 0:49:07barn-burner of a final round with five athletes going for gold.She is

0:49:07 > 0:49:12now in first place. We have got a competition, Maren Lundby on top,

0:49:12 > 0:49:15one more jump to go for the medals. And that's coming up after the

0:49:15 > 0:49:21break.

0:49:23 > 0:49:27Obviously we are not taking a break here because it's the BBC! Well

0:49:27 > 0:49:33done, put that away! Building and building on the women's ski jump. I

0:49:33 > 0:49:37was pleased to see Sara Takanashi put a good job in because it in

0:49:37 > 0:49:43such, the nurse -- in Sochi, the nurse had got her.It's amazing, so

0:49:43 > 0:49:49technical. It looks like you're just on the ramp and going for it but

0:49:49 > 0:49:49there's so much

0:49:49 > 0:49:52on the ramp and going for it but there's so much to consider, the

0:49:52 > 0:49:55wind, it's the one sport where a headwind helps because it picks your

0:49:55 > 0:49:59tip up and throws you further down the landing. The judges take that

0:49:59 > 0:50:03into consideration which is why the monks at the bottom are important,

0:50:03 > 0:50:10-- the marks at the bottom are important.The most sports, the

0:50:10 > 0:50:13heavier you are the better because it makes you go faster, but in ski

0:50:13 > 0:50:15jumping, the lie to you our makes a real difference.That's why ski

0:50:15 > 0:50:19jumping, the weight is heavily monitored because they don't want

0:50:19 > 0:50:23the athletes getting too low in their weight. That's such a mental

0:50:23 > 0:50:30to their health. It's quite monitored and their ski length is

0:50:30 > 0:50:36interesting, you are only allowed one which is 145% off your height.

0:50:36 > 0:50:44One kilo loss in weight, makes a difference cosmic yes, two to four

0:50:44 > 0:50:50metres difference, so it's huge.So maybe water retention, they have

0:50:50 > 0:50:54less water before the event so they don't have the weight.

0:50:54 > 0:50:59Extraordinary. We will be back with the final jumps in about ten or 15

0:50:59 > 0:51:06minutes. They take the break now so most of those ones that you saw will

0:51:06 > 0:51:13go through. This morning we saw Germany take gold in the women's by

0:51:13 > 0:51:21affluent pancake -- biathlon pancake pursuit. It's now time for the men.

0:51:21 > 0:51:25It's a German who will set off first because they have a staggered start.

0:51:25 > 0:51:29If you win the spread, it puts you in front, which I think is a bit

0:51:29 > 0:51:35unfair because you have already got advantage.Let's let them know that,

0:51:35 > 0:51:39I'm sure there's a reason for it!I think we should change the rules.

0:51:39 > 0:51:46It's still a very exciting, tissue. -- competition.

0:51:49 > 0:51:57Ahead of the start of the men's pursuit of the biathlon, the big

0:51:57 > 0:51:57story

0:51:58 > 0:52:01story yesterday, who just missed the bronze. The two men we are expecting

0:52:01 > 0:52:09to dominate other men who have won 14 out of 15 this season.

0:52:16 > 0:52:20Inexplicably, they both missed three targets at their first attempt at

0:52:20 > 0:52:28the range, instantly ending their hopes of a medal.

0:52:28 > 0:52:30hopes of a medal. Fourcade finished in eighth so he will have a deficit

0:52:30 > 0:52:35of 22 seconds over the surprise German winner. Taking an individual

0:52:35 > 0:52:41gold at his third games.

0:52:44 > 0:52:47gold at his third games. The key start is, that he will start behind

0:52:47 > 0:52:54the German, the Finn. Can either of the big men in road those deficits

0:52:54 > 0:53:04and give them -- themselves a chance of a medal? Fourcade has a better

0:53:04 > 0:53:09opportunity, aiming for a piece of history. No man has ever

0:53:09 > 0:53:19successfully defended his title. The man they all chase is Peiffer, who

0:53:19 > 0:53:25is celebrating yesterday was amazing.

0:53:28 > 0:53:37amazing. Here comes Dole, the reigning world champion. And now

0:53:37 > 0:53:42Martin Fourcade quest for redemption begins.

0:54:06 > 0:54:14They are waiting for an opportunity to join this fascinating contest. In

0:54:14 > 0:54:23a way, he has nothing to

0:54:23 > 0:54:25a way, he has nothing to lose, Thingnes Boe. If anyone can mount a

0:54:25 > 0:54:29challenge, it is the fastest ski Norwegian but he needs one of the

0:54:29 > 0:54:32best performances of his season to get anywhere close to the leaders

0:54:32 > 0:54:38come the business end of this pursuit.

0:54:40 > 0:54:46pursuit. So, Peiffer coming into the range, Fourcade leading the chasing

0:54:46 > 0:54:51group.

0:54:54 > 0:55:02group. Quite blustery conditions. Thingnes Boe has taken 12 seconds

0:55:02 > 0:55:12out of his deficit at the two K marker. Peiffer, wearing one.

0:55:12 > 0:55:15Fourcade is in shooting range to because that is where he entered the

0:55:15 > 0:55:20range. It will flash red for a miss. Doesn't matter whether they go left

0:55:20 > 0:55:25or right, the idea is to have a set of five white circles. Aiming at 4.5

0:55:25 > 0:55:38centimetres in the prone position. Watch Fourcade, he has missed.

0:55:38 > 0:55:49Peiffer has shot clean. So too, Doll, the other German. Great work

0:55:49 > 0:55:55from the German duo.

0:55:59 > 0:56:04Doll will be on to the second loop pretty quickly. How about that,

0:56:04 > 0:56:17Germany second, third and fourth. Eberhard going well. Thingnes Boe

0:56:17 > 0:56:29now in the range. Three out of five. Now four out of five.

0:56:29 > 0:56:34Now four out of five. Boe has shot clean and needed that. The top seven

0:56:34 > 0:56:43all shooting clean,. Here is the 4.5 kilometre checkpoint.

0:56:46 > 0:56:50Nothing to separate these two. Let's see what damage they have done on

0:56:50 > 0:57:00the others. Doll was 12 seconds off the pace. When they exited the

0:57:00 > 0:57:04shooting range for the first time, around about the same. What about

0:57:04 > 0:57:10Acree one?

0:57:10 > 0:57:19Acree one? 20 seconds, Boe just in front of him. -- what about

0:57:19 > 0:57:25Fourcade? Not the Boe brother he is used to chasing.

0:57:31 > 0:57:36So, this will be the second of the prone shoots. Aiming at 4.5

0:57:36 > 0:57:43centimetre target. When they are standing, which is obviously more

0:57:43 > 0:57:49difficult, the target goes up in size to 12.5 centimetres. Thingnes

0:57:49 > 0:57:54Boe has just gone through that checkpoint at 4.5 K in exactly a

0:57:54 > 0:57:58minute off the pace says he hasn't managed to close any on the second

0:57:58 > 0:58:07circuit so far. Peiffer coming through on the inside. Eberhard on

0:58:07 > 0:58:13the right. Desperate to get on the podium after missing out last night.

0:58:19 > 0:58:26They will be watching these leading two, side by side. If one makes a

0:58:26 > 0:58:29mistake, the other becomes aware and they have got to block it out. The

0:58:29 > 0:58:33psychology of these visits to the range is enormous, and it's

0:58:33 > 0:58:39blustery. These conditions are tough. Trying to lower their pulse

0:58:39 > 0:58:44and give themselves the best possible chance of shooting clean.

0:58:44 > 0:58:50Doll looks as though he's coming into the range in third position,

0:58:50 > 0:58:56Schempp fourth, watch out

0:58:56 > 0:58:58Schempp fourth, watch out four Fourcade because when he needs to,

0:58:58 > 0:59:01he can shoot very quickly. That gives you an idea how tricky the

0:59:01 > 0:59:08wind is. A few adjustments required because the conditions have changed

0:59:08 > 0:59:16since they zeroed their rifles. Peiffer and Eberhard matching each

0:59:16 > 0:59:25other, but MS for Eberhard and Peiffer shoots clean. -- a this for

0:59:25 > 0:59:38Eberhard. -- it was amiss. Fantastic German.

0:59:38 > 0:59:44Fourcade out on the course without penalty, better from the Frenchman,

0:59:44 > 0:59:55what we expect. Amiss is when it flashes red.

0:59:58 > 1:00:03They're out on the course, thick and fast. Martin Fourcade, 24 seconds

1:00:03 > 1:00:13adrift. Thingnes Boe is having a nightmare games so far. Two Mrs and

1:00:13 > 1:00:18he will definitely not getting a medal in this race either. Two more

1:00:18 > 1:00:20opportunity to come in the individual and massive sprint. He is

1:00:20 > 1:00:27a class act, we cannot write it off. But unlike Peiffer, Thingnes Boe is

1:00:27 > 1:00:29not producing his best form of the season when he needs it. The German

1:00:29 > 1:00:33is.

1:00:33 > 1:00:39Peiffer leads.

1:00:46 > 1:00:53Boe is in third. Germany one, two and four. Whose nerve will crack on

1:00:53 > 1:01:06this third visit to the range?

1:01:06 > 1:01:09Fourcade just needs to transport himself into his World Cup

1:01:09 > 1:01:15mentality. 15 appearances, 15 World Cup races this season. 15 podium

1:01:15 > 1:01:28finishes! Six victories. Seven runner up spots and twice third.

1:01:28 > 1:01:32Martin Fourcade needs to remind himself of that form if he is to

1:01:32 > 1:01:36secure a piece of Winter Olympic history by successfully defending

1:01:36 > 1:01:41this title. He has given himself an opportunity. At the beginning of

1:01:41 > 1:01:48this circuit he was 21 seconds off the pace. Now he is coming in pretty

1:01:48 > 1:01:54much dead level with Peiffer. A look of concern there on the face of the

1:01:54 > 1:01:59German coaches. Peiffer has shot clean at every stage so far. Can he

1:01:59 > 1:02:08do so now with Fourcade putting him under pressure? There is the miss -

1:02:08 > 1:02:21the first mistake from Peiffer. Samuelsson has a miss. Schempp.

1:02:21 > 1:02:26Fourcade is the only one who can get through clean and he has done it. It

1:02:26 > 1:02:33is a massive opportunity for Martin Fourcade. Everybody else feeling the

1:02:33 > 1:02:38pressure, but Fourcade's nerve held good. This is a race about

1:02:38 > 1:02:47redemption. A bit of a problem for Eric Lesser. He has already had one

1:02:47 > 1:02:55miss. Having a few issues there with his rifle.

1:02:56 > 1:03:06his rifle. Fourcade leads. Peiffer is in second. 20 seconds adrift. The

1:03:06 > 1:03:10reason that Fourcade is in the lead is that every single man with whom

1:03:10 > 1:03:18he came into the range for the third shoot missed one and he didn't. This

1:03:18 > 1:03:26is showerly Martin -- surely Martin Fourcade's race to lose. After his

1:03:26 > 1:03:30bitter disappointment in the press conference last night, this one you

1:03:30 > 1:03:36suspect would mean a great deal to him. Peiffer looks like he is in the

1:03:36 > 1:03:46lead, he is not. He is 20 seconds down on Martin Fourcade.

1:03:46 > 1:03:48down on Martin Fourcade. 500 metres separates Fourcade from victory. It

1:03:48 > 1:03:54has been superb from the Frenchman. Doll just taking a bit of a

1:03:54 > 1:04:00breather. Composing himself for the battle to come over the last 500

1:04:00 > 1:04:08metres. Driving wind, freezing cold, minus 12, probably feels more like

1:04:08 > 1:04:16minus 20. I suspect with the amount of adrenaline coursing through their

1:04:16 > 1:04:21veins, they won't be feeling that. Silver and bronze look assured,

1:04:21 > 1:04:27barring a fall, but which way around? They're miles clear of the

1:04:27 > 1:04:36rest. Samuelsson just composing himself for a big drive to the line.

1:04:36 > 1:04:42The Swedish coach roaring his young charge on. Samuelsson going for

1:04:42 > 1:04:47this, trying to put Benedikt Doll under pressure. Doll's not out of

1:04:47 > 1:04:50this. Remember, he is a world champion in his own right from last

1:04:50 > 1:04:59year. Samuelsson and Doll, but here comes Martin Fourcade - the French

1:04:59 > 1:05:04flag flying high! This is redemption for a man who was so disappointed

1:05:04 > 1:05:10with his performance yesterday. He becomes the first biathlete in

1:05:10 > 1:05:14history to successfully defend this title and how much will this mean.

1:05:14 > 1:05:19So much character, so much heart. Fourcade has delivered today where

1:05:19 > 1:05:25he couldn't yesterday and what a brilliant silver medal for Sebastian

1:05:25 > 1:05:33Samuelsson. He is only 20 years of age and he comes home behind

1:05:33 > 1:05:37Fourcade and Doll a worthy medal winner. Three different stories. I

1:05:37 > 1:05:51think there is a hint of relief in the demeanour of mar kin Fourcade.

1:05:51 > 1:05:57He has re-established himself. He is back on top, where he believes he

1:05:57 > 1:06:04belongs. STUDIO: Stewed amazing he made up

1:06:04 > 1:06:09that deficit.

1:06:09 > 1:06:13That gives France their second gold of the games. But Germany out in

1:06:13 > 1:06:15front.

1:06:20 > 1:06:24This time tomorrow we hope that Great Britain may make it on to that

1:06:24 > 1:06:29medal table, it will be all down to this woman.When I'm on the ice, I'm

1:06:29 > 1:06:38free. Speed, movement, power. On the edge, never fully in control. No one

1:06:38 > 1:06:47ever can be. Being disqualified in Sochi hurt.They have gone down.Not

1:06:47 > 1:06:54as much as the death threats and the bullying that came with it. I got

1:06:54 > 1:07:00abuse over the internet and stuff. I thought about never skating again.

1:07:00 > 1:07:09It took me two years to get out of that. It made me tougher than I ever

1:07:09 > 1:07:24thought I could be. I thought, I can do this. I will do this.

1:07:24 > 1:07:30do this. I will do this. I'm not scared!Christie aiming to become

1:07:30 > 1:07:34the first British woman to win the title.I'm ready for the spotlight.

1:07:34 > 1:07:40Christie leading the charge. It is going to be tight. Shi has done it.

1:07:40 > 1:07:44She is the world champion. Elise Christie. Here is Christie on the

1:07:44 > 1:07:53inside. It is another gold.Proving something to the world - one gold,

1:07:53 > 1:07:58two golds, three golds.The title goes to Elise Christie.When

1:07:58 > 1:08:01something breaks your heart it takes a while to love it again, but I'm

1:08:01 > 1:08:07smiling now!She is embracing the pressure and embracing the

1:08:07 > 1:08:14opportunity. This is how we hope it will work out for her tomorrow at 10

1:08:14 > 1:08:26she is in the quarter-finals of 500 metres.

1:08:27 > 1:08:35Oh, my word we were trying not to get nervous. Hazel Irving will take

1:08:35 > 1:08:40us through the rest of afternoon. Did you see the times. Laura Deas

1:08:40 > 1:08:47setting the pace. When she won her gold medal Aimee comes through. This

1:08:47 > 1:08:53time all the attention on Lizzie Yarnold. But Laura Deas second. This

1:08:53 > 1:08:56was the first run.

1:09:10 > 1:09:17The men as well, Dom Parsons doing well. Six on his first run. Makes a

1:09:17 > 1:09:20few adjustments. Second run - look at that.It is an extraordinary

1:09:20 > 1:09:27record Britain has. It was first introduced, the event, in 1928 and

1:09:27 > 1:09:35Britain got a bronze. 1948 bronze again. And then entered the Olympic

1:09:35 > 1:09:42programme in 2002 and we have gone bronze, silver, gold, gold.It is

1:09:42 > 1:09:45Britain's most successful 21st Century winter sport.We were

1:09:45 > 1:09:52talking yesterday with Aimee about the investment potential, there is

1:09:52 > 1:09:56that start push track at Bath. What would be good if you could create an

1:09:56 > 1:10:01ice house like they have in Calgary, where you have a push start, but it

1:10:01 > 1:10:07is under icy conditions all the time. Note to self and everybody

1:10:07 > 1:10:16else listening - that would be nice. Just a few million pound.

1:10:16 > 1:10:18Just a few million pound.The competition Saturdays for the men.

1:10:18 > 1:10:23Before that, you have got something to enjoy, we are going go women's

1:10:23 > 1:10:31ski jumping and this is the second round. They have Haddish yous with

1:10:31 > 1:10:37the wind. The wind has been inconsistent. We are going to hear

1:10:37 > 1:10:40from our commentators.

1:10:46 > 1:10:54TopThat will help boost the sport. She has had some struggles and some

1:10:54 > 1:11:01nasty falls. If you look her up on YouTube. If that is the sort of

1:11:01 > 1:11:04thing you like to do. The style was excellent. Should put her into the

1:11:04 > 1:11:10lead.She said she is honoured to have that role as an ambassador for

1:11:10 > 1:11:18the sport and she is the new leader.

1:11:26 > 1:11:33That is not a lawn mower you can hear. It is the Winter Games, but

1:11:33 > 1:11:40leaf blowers to get rid of the fresh snow.As if the sound of the skis

1:11:40 > 1:11:47were not enough. You have leaf blowers on either side. It can be

1:11:47 > 1:11:52distracting. Ski jumpers are not used to seeing is people standing

1:11:52 > 1:11:56there. We have situations where the leaf blowers are necessary. It is an

1:11:56 > 1:12:01adjustment. You need to be focussed right in front of you and can't be

1:12:01 > 1:12:09looking out. It is hard to do to keep that tunnel vision going. But

1:12:09 > 1:12:15again the veterans on this tour, you may have seen it before. It looks

1:12:15 > 1:12:20like the snow is coming down harder. There is a bit of tail wind at the

1:12:20 > 1:12:24takeoff. That is where we see the coaches standing. So that is a

1:12:24 > 1:12:29factor why they holding her right now and it is not because the wind

1:12:29 > 1:12:36is too strong, it is just coming in the wrong direction.

1:12:39 > 1:12:45the wrong direction.Bogataj still waiting.

1:12:48 > 1:12:51waiting.Lundby is the first round leader. The rest of the room looking

1:12:51 > 1:12:57on. I don't think they want their picture on the TV. Usually it is

1:12:57 > 1:13:02relaxed. They keep it loose and there is a lot of joking.It is the

1:13:02 > 1:13:06pressure cooker now. I know I keep saying that world. From what we saw

1:13:06 > 1:13:11in the first round and how tight it is and we could have very well five

1:13:11 > 1:13:14different women contend for the gold medal here - unbelievable

1:13:14 > 1:13:22competition. And this delay is not going to cool it down. You know

1:13:22 > 1:13:26those nerves are as high as they have ever been in that ready room.

1:13:26 > 1:13:31You can see the direction of the arrows at the bottom of hill and it

1:13:31 > 1:13:35is looking at the top. It is really light. I wouldn't say there is much

1:13:35 > 1:13:43more Nan a breath of a -- than a breath of a wind. But it is coming

1:13:43 > 1:13:48down the hill and it is important the competition is front. When the

1:13:48 > 1:13:52air comes from the front it helps the athlete. If you have wind from

1:13:52 > 1:13:56the back, it is a disadvantage and it feels like you're jumping into

1:13:56 > 1:14:01nothing and there is nothing to hold you up. And they need more speed to

1:14:01 > 1:14:07do that. Their hesitant to move the gate as well. They're going to wait

1:14:07 > 1:14:13it out and see if we can end up with a fair final 30. The interesting

1:14:13 > 1:14:20part I see is the top five athletes. It is tight. How tight? It is only

1:14:20 > 1:14:27six metres difference between the top five. That is not a lot. You're

1:14:27 > 1:14:32going to have some jockeying for position. I think the medallist,

1:14:32 > 1:14:42either one of winners, is going to come from the top five.

1:14:42 > 1:14:46come from the top five.Bogataj getting back in.The bindings are

1:14:46 > 1:14:56interesting. They only do they have a plastic piece to look in and allow

1:14:56 > 1:15:02the heel to come off the ski. They also have a second safety system,

1:15:02 > 1:15:07where they have a string that is drilled into the back of the ski as

1:15:07 > 1:15:11well as at the back of the boot and if that primary system fails, they

1:15:11 > 1:15:18have a safeguard. It won't be pretty and takes a lot of skill to land a

1:15:18 > 1:15:27jump if the binding comes off. It is very rare. It happened last year

1:15:27 > 1:15:33back in 2016. I think that those details are the things that the

1:15:33 > 1:15:37athletes have to think about before these events and everything should

1:15:37 > 1:15:50be working smoothly. We did see an equipment issue in the first round.

1:15:52 > 1:15:54She did qualify for the second jump.

1:15:54 > 1:16:06She did qualify for the second jump. We are starting back up again with

1:16:06 > 1:16:17the Slovenian, Ursa Bogataj. Slovenia is a ski jumping nation.

1:16:17 > 1:16:26The crowd want to do well. The wind is getting better.Ursa Bogataj a

1:16:26 > 1:16:31little short of the leader line, shaking her head a bit, 81 metres.

1:16:31 > 1:16:37She looked like her feet got almost ahead of her hips and that take off.

1:16:37 > 1:16:41She was quite far behind in the first phase of the flight. Yes, a

1:16:41 > 1:16:44bit of wind out there. I think it is pushing the athletes around a bit.

1:16:44 > 1:16:49We saw it a couple of jumps ago. It is tricky to navigate, especially

1:16:49 > 1:16:59when you're not expecting it.

1:16:59 > 1:17:05when you're not expecting it.So, second place for now.

1:17:05 > 1:17:10second place for now. One of the Olympic Athletes from Russia, Sofia

1:17:10 > 1:17:17Tikhonova. Silver medallist at the youth Olympic Games in 2016. 19

1:17:17 > 1:17:22years of age from St Petersburg, Russia, leaping into the night air

1:17:22 > 1:17:28at Alpensia.Big jump. That was close, I think it might be close to

1:17:28 > 1:17:34that distant she needs to take the lead. 86 metres. One of the longest

1:17:34 > 1:17:39we have seen in this second round, so great for her. The come and go

1:17:39 > 1:17:46angle. This is happening quite a bit on this hill. You can see where

1:17:46 > 1:17:49there is some strong air up top and it falls away in the second part,

1:17:49 > 1:17:53leaving the athlete to fall out the sky, it feels like the bottom falls

1:17:53 > 1:17:58out of the floor.Sofia Tikhonova into third place. In terms of some

1:17:58 > 1:18:06of the jump sizes we have seen into the 105 - 106 range in the first

1:18:06 > 1:18:11round. Sarah Hendrickson, it is good to see her here. Had to earn her

1:18:11 > 1:18:17way. She was one of the best in the world, the world champion in 2013.

1:18:17 > 1:18:21Knee injuries hurt her results in 2014 but here she could be on top.

1:18:21 > 1:18:25She only just got here by winning the American trials, she has some

1:18:25 > 1:18:34guts.Absolutely. 88 metre jump in difficult conditions. Jumping off

1:18:34 > 1:18:38into the abyss it looks like from that angle. It looks like the wind

1:18:38 > 1:18:42is coming from the left-hand side. You can see her left ski with

1:18:42 > 1:18:48further wrap and closer to her shoulder. -- further up. That should

1:18:48 > 1:18:58put her in the lead.And it does. She said it was pretty emotional,

1:18:58 > 1:19:05she fit, those trials at her home club with 7000 fans cheering her on.

1:19:05 > 1:19:11We will see where Sarah ends up today.

1:19:13 > 1:19:22today. Julia Kykkanen Finland with that unorthodox style of getting

1:19:22 > 1:19:26off. Pouncing upwards and leaning over the skis. Short of the leader

1:19:26 > 1:19:30line and her arms up. We often talk about gestures at the bottom, 84

1:19:30 > 1:19:37metres.Whenever you see that gesture in jumping I think one of

1:19:37 > 1:19:40the obvious things it is saying is, I don't know what happened there and

1:19:40 > 1:19:44at the same time it can be like, what do I have to do to get a jump

1:19:44 > 1:19:51that puts me in the lead? Power of the take off. The left ski seemed to

1:19:51 > 1:19:58be higher again. Coming in for the landing, decent, but the feet

1:19:58 > 1:20:03weren't separated quite enough in order to be perfect. Reflected in

1:20:03 > 1:20:11the judges scores.Again, distance points combined with your style

1:20:11 > 1:20:19points. Sarah Hendrickson, the big smile on the leader's circle. Here

1:20:19 > 1:20:26comes Alexandra Kustova. A busy month for her. Beginning of the

1:20:26 > 1:20:32month at Junior Championships, won is Phil silver medal in the team

1:20:32 > 1:20:38event. On the 19-year-old spreading those skis wide there.Looks like

1:20:38 > 1:20:42she is one of the tallest skiers and that can be an advantage in the air,

1:20:42 > 1:20:46but you have to be on top of the wind pressure, you can't be hanging

1:20:46 > 1:20:51behind at all because it will just eat you alive if that is the case.

1:20:51 > 1:20:55Great fly along camera view, great view of the jump. The wind seems to

1:20:55 > 1:21:02be coming from the left for the first part of the jump.

1:21:04 > 1:21:06Fifth place.

1:21:13 > 1:21:18So, Sarah Hendrickson is on top, your current leader. Again, the

1:21:18 > 1:21:22first round scores added to the final-round scores to give you that

1:21:22 > 1:21:27combined total. That will determine the medals. Ten athletes have gone,

1:21:27 > 1:21:3220 more to go, including that lead pack at the bottom. Boy, it has been

1:21:32 > 1:21:38an unbelievable evening of jumping. The conditions have been changing

1:21:38 > 1:21:44back and forth and now a little bit of snow in the air, but Sarah

1:21:44 > 1:21:47Hendrickson, for heard this is a memorable night. Through all the

1:21:47 > 1:21:53knee injuries and everything she has been through, almost having to self

1:21:53 > 1:21:58fund to get here this year.It is a challenge to get to the Olympics and

1:21:58 > 1:22:03having a look at that replay of that jump, I didn't realise how well that

1:22:03 > 1:22:09take off went. If your technique is excellent, it matters a little less.

1:22:09 > 1:22:14She rode one down the hill, a beautiful jump, so good to see here,

1:22:14 > 1:22:20a big jump like that.Good luck inside that ready room. They are

1:22:20 > 1:22:24keeping warm in there. It is a pretty frigid night. All of those

1:22:24 > 1:22:36women still to come. Manuela Malsiner, one of two sisters in this

1:22:36 > 1:22:43competition today. Family pride on the line.The wind is coming from

1:22:43 > 1:22:50behind. Might affect the gate again. Kind of fluttering in and out of

1:22:50 > 1:22:57that wind corridor. It is a set of parameters that allows for a certain

1:22:57 > 1:23:05amount with in there, but that is too long, she can't stay much more

1:23:05 > 1:23:10than 35-40 seconds and that bar, the legs feel like dead weight.The

1:23:10 > 1:23:16staff evaluating the situation. And again, if you are just joining us,

1:23:16 > 1:23:19the men and women volunteers on the right-hand side with the leaf

1:23:19 > 1:23:24blowers, trying to get that fresh snow out of the tracks on the

1:23:24 > 1:23:29in-run.Clear that this weather front has brought more than just a

1:23:29 > 1:23:33little bit of snow, but a little more uncertainty as we move on here

1:23:33 > 1:23:43in this final round.Manuela Malsiner sitting down and that gate.

1:23:43 > 1:23:50Represented Italy at two World Championships. And the athletes,

1:23:50 > 1:23:55they always wait for the coach's flag, not just the green light but

1:23:55 > 1:24:03the coach gives them the time to go and it is go time for Malsiner.

1:24:03 > 1:24:08Looks to be in a position to challenge.A great job for her, to

1:24:08 > 1:24:13come back after having to get off the bar a couple of times, moving it

1:24:13 > 1:24:17around, 89 metres is an excellent jump for her. Take off looked pretty

1:24:17 > 1:24:26good. Fantastic timing. Momentum moving forward and as soon as she

1:24:26 > 1:24:29gets on her flight position, she locks it in. Mesa locked, toes are

1:24:29 > 1:24:39being pulled, the skis are up by her shoulders. Beautiful jump for her.

1:24:39 > 1:24:46And she will be happy with that score, into the lead. 163.4.

1:24:46 > 1:24:53Malsiner takes over from Sarah Hendrickson.The youngest in the

1:24:53 > 1:25:05competition today, 16 years of age Lucile Morat.After some equipment

1:25:05 > 1:25:08delays... Lucile Morat, a little bit short of that leader line, but as I

1:25:08 > 1:25:12was saying earlier, and she's shaking her head. Still, this

1:25:12 > 1:25:16Olympic experience to be able to build on for 2022 in Beijing. So

1:25:16 > 1:25:22massive.It is massive. A decent take off, really high with the upper

1:25:22 > 1:25:26body and then tries to bring it back down again. We see her pushing

1:25:26 > 1:25:30against her skis and that causes them to move around quite a bit on

1:25:30 > 1:25:36her. Able to bring those tips back in for the landing. That is

1:25:36 > 1:25:39something to be desired. Especially if you do the right foot back when

1:25:39 > 1:25:43the judges are behind you on the right side, we don't see that

1:25:43 > 1:25:49separation very much, they might not appreciate that tell Mark landing.

1:25:54 > 1:25:59The Norwegian, Silje Opseth. 18 years of age and looking to make an

1:25:59 > 1:26:03impact that these Olympic Games, her first. And she sure does! That was

1:26:03 > 1:26:09massive!Great jump for the Norwegian. Sometimes it helps to see

1:26:09 > 1:26:12your team-mate doing so well. You can say, I train with that person

1:26:12 > 1:26:17every single day, I can see them, I know them. If they can do something

1:26:17 > 1:26:23big, I can do something big. At the moment, her team-mate provides a

1:26:23 > 1:26:29window the inspiration she needs. Puts a jump well past that green.

1:26:29 > 1:26:37Puts a clearly into the lead. What a jump.

1:26:37 > 1:26:40jump.Silje Opseth. It might be the biggest we have seen so far in this

1:26:40 > 1:26:45round, still some huge jumps to come from the leaders but she is the new

1:26:45 > 1:26:53leader, 178.2 for the youngster who won team gold at the world Junior

1:26:53 > 1:27:01Championships last month. One of the veterans in the field,

1:27:01 > 1:27:06Anastasiya Barannikova. 30 years of age. 17th after the first run. What

1:27:06 > 1:27:12does she have in the final-round? That is maybe the short as we have

1:27:12 > 1:27:15seen in this round.I don't know what happened there. Surprisingly

1:27:15 > 1:27:19short for her, surprising. We could see on the replay if there was

1:27:19 > 1:27:23something that went wrong with the take off. She's not happy, little

1:27:23 > 1:27:28shake of the head. She almost started behind... Her in-run

1:27:28 > 1:27:32position looked bad. Yes, her feet are really low compared to her hips.

1:27:32 > 1:27:36Her arms go way back. There is nothing about that jump that I like,

1:27:36 > 1:27:45just nothing.There seemed to be no oompf.That is probably some of the

1:27:45 > 1:27:50worst we have seen so far. Surprising from Barannikova, as her

1:27:50 > 1:28:04day and Olympic Games ends here. Lara Malsiner can she better her

1:28:04 > 1:28:08sister?Good wind coming up the hill, an enthusiastic flag from her

1:28:08 > 1:28:14coach.Enthusiasm is always a confidence builder. Can Lara build

1:28:14 > 1:28:20on that? She certainly does.A great jump, coach likes it. He knew as

1:28:20 > 1:28:28soon as the light turns green. Always a good sign as a skier, it

1:28:28 > 1:28:31shows there is something good going on down below that he might not be

1:28:31 > 1:28:38able to see. Along for the ride along here. 'S move all the way

1:28:38 > 1:28:43round. Great take off, great flight, stylish landing. She should get

1:28:43 > 1:28:48excellent style points for that jump.And Lara Malsiner, yes she

1:28:48 > 1:28:57does better her elder sister. Right now in first place. Not bad for the

1:28:57 > 1:29:0217-year-old.

1:29:05 > 1:29:0817-year-old.Yuka Seto, strong Japanese team competing here in

1:29:08 > 1:29:17Pyeongchang.It is her first Olympic experience. She was fifth at this

1:29:17 > 1:29:21testament in Pyeongchang. She likes the rhythm of the in-run. Almost

1:29:21 > 1:29:25gets to that line. We are seeing some big jumps.I think we will see

1:29:25 > 1:29:29bigger jumps in the second round than we saw in the first round. 89

1:29:29 > 1:29:38metres. Not quite to the Cape point, about ten metres short of it. If you

1:29:38 > 1:29:49go to the K-point, you get bonus points. If you go just before the

1:29:49 > 1:29:55K-point, they will take away two points from your score.Yuka Seto

1:29:55 > 1:30:04into third place. Lara Malsiner in the lead.

1:30:04 > 1:30:11Chiara Hoelzl Of Austria, we talk about athletes that get to train

1:30:11 > 1:30:17with the best. She gets to train with Daniela Iraschko-Stolz. Good

1:30:17 > 1:30:22speed, 87.2 kilometres an hour and it translates into some distance.

1:30:22 > 1:30:25Beautiful jump for the Austrian, that was an excellent, excellent

1:30:25 > 1:30:33ride. 95.5 metres. We are creeping closer and closer to that K-point.

1:30:33 > 1:30:37Just wait, if you think those are long jumps, stick around for the

1:30:37 > 1:30:41last 5-10 skiers because it will be huge. It will be a battle for these

1:30:41 > 1:30:47medals.

1:30:47 > 1:30:53The snow is still falling and she is clearly past that leader line. At

1:30:53 > 1:31:05least five metres past. A great job on this final round.

1:31:05 > 1:31:16on this final round.Hoelzl moves into first place.

1:31:21 > 1:31:25JacquelineCan she build on what the Austrians are building today. She is

1:31:25 > 1:31:31going to go down early. Not the distance she needed. She never had a

1:31:31 > 1:31:37whole lot of height.

1:31:44 > 1:31:57I do like the first face of Seifriedsberger's flight. Telemark

1:31:57 > 1:32:05landing. That should put her into second.It sure does. Slides her

1:32:05 > 1:32:11right in there. This is her first Olympic experience after the

1:32:11 > 1:32:25heartbreak of a knee injury kept her out of Stochy. -- Sochi.

1:32:27 > 1:32:32She is coming in with confidence. But well short of where she needs to

1:32:32 > 1:32:37be to contend for medals here.That won't cut it. That will not cut it.

1:32:37 > 1:32:4289 metres at this point in the round. And the wind is still being

1:32:42 > 1:32:52even and fair. That is not going to work. A good view from the front of

1:32:52 > 1:32:59V-position.

1:32:59 > 1:33:07V-position. Decent Telemark landing. Into third and there is the leader.

1:33:07 > 1:33:22Hoelzl of Austria. 193.2. On account of an over 100 metre jump.

1:33:25 > 1:33:28of an over 100 metre jump.Iwabuchi of Japan and look at that in run and

1:33:28 > 1:33:37the speed she is picking up. That was close. That was a close one. The

1:33:37 > 1:33:43jab knees fans liking that jump. She is having a look around. Will it be

1:33:43 > 1:33:50enough to move her into the lead? Another jump of 89 metres. Takeoff

1:33:50 > 1:33:57looked good. I like her flight position. Another nice and relaxed

1:33:57 > 1:34:08face. It is good to see in the air. Excellent V-style. Japanese coach is

1:34:08 > 1:34:18happy.She will move into second place.

1:34:18 > 1:34:23place. Five points behind Hoelzl of Austria as you get to see those

1:34:23 > 1:34:30towers. 10 to go for the medals and they're the best in the world. You

1:34:30 > 1:34:34know the nerves are quick enough here as the conditions move and

1:34:34 > 1:34:39change - wind and snow. A bit of everything in this women's final.

1:34:39 > 1:34:46This is a real test of ski jumping nerve. Good view of takeoff again.

1:34:46 > 1:34:53That is one of best takeoffs I have seen today. A beautiful takeoff.

1:34:53 > 1:34:58Smooth into the flight, transitioning into the landing.

1:34:58 > 1:35:06Slides into that Telemark right before that K-point. Good for her.

1:35:06 > 1:35:13She gets to warm up a little bit. And the victor's, winner's circle if

1:35:13 > 1:35:28she stay theres.I'm going to say those are Crystals.

1:35:30 > 1:35:34those are Crystals.Final ten it is Ramona Straub of Germany.It is a

1:35:34 > 1:35:40good one.

1:35:40 > 1:35:52good one.That is huge from Straub and she knows it.98.5 metres.

1:35:52 > 1:35:59Smooth. She does not move a muscle the whole way down and slaps in that

1:35:59 > 1:36:03Telemark landing. German coach says, yeah, that is what she needed to

1:36:03 > 1:36:08move into the lead.

1:36:17 > 1:36:29Straub goes into the lead. Yuki Ito. 23 years of age. From Japan. The

1:36:29 > 1:36:34coach gives her the wave. What does the double world silver medallist

1:36:34 > 1:36:40have? Can she launch herself up the leaderboard. She is short again. It

1:36:40 > 1:36:44is a tough day for her.It is and I noticed the wind turned around on

1:36:44 > 1:36:52her. The coach gave her a flag at the start of the 10-second period.

1:36:52 > 1:36:59The wind meter was showing tail wind right off the start. Her takeoff

1:36:59 > 1:37:03started with her hips coming up and she tried to move them forward. Once

1:37:03 > 1:37:10you do that and the first movement of your hips is in the vertical

1:37:10 > 1:37:14direction and not a 45 degree angle into the air. That is when you're

1:37:14 > 1:37:18going to run into problem bes. It looks like that affected her there.

1:37:18 > 1:37:24Not enough to put her on top in second place. She gives a little bow

1:37:24 > 1:37:35to all her fans watching.

1:37:41 > 1:37:47Seyfarth has shown she still has it today. But short in this jump. She

1:37:47 > 1:37:51looked way better in the first round. With two jumps in a major

1:37:51 > 1:37:56competition, you need to put two big jumps together. That is what is

1:37:56 > 1:38:04going to separate the winners from the loser here. Her feet were almost

1:38:04 > 1:38:10directly under her hips when she left the takeoff. The term we use to

1:38:10 > 1:38:15describe that, you're getting your feet way in front of you and you're

1:38:15 > 1:38:24punting a field goal. I think the pressure got to her on that one.

1:38:24 > 1:38:30Yes, third for her. Strong German contingent to come. Three in fact.

1:38:30 > 1:38:35Including

1:38:35 > 1:38:44Including the defending champion, Vogt.

1:38:45 > 1:38:49Vogt. 17-year-old Nika Kriznar - double gold medallist at the world

1:38:49 > 1:38:56junior Championships. She is coming in hot and flying high. Woah that is

1:38:56 > 1:39:05big.Unbelievable. What a jump for her. She had crazy good height. 104

1:39:05 > 1:39:09metres, one of the longest jumps we have seen here today. Excellent

1:39:09 > 1:39:17movement. Into the first place, transitions beautifully with her pig

1:39:17 > 1:39:23tail flapping and lands it almost down to the hillside 109 metres and

1:39:23 > 1:39:28that is the jump that you need in order to take over the lead. That

1:39:28 > 1:39:32may even put her in contention for a medal with a jump like that.Wow!

1:39:32 > 1:39:47There you go. Into first place. 223.2. As Straub will have to hop

1:39:47 > 1:39:55out of that leader's circle - make way for the teenager. Nika Kriznar

1:39:55 > 1:40:08of Slovenia. Big event skier. The defending Olympic champion. If she

1:40:08 > 1:40:15brings her best at the best events. Can she bring it here?Good height.

1:40:15 > 1:40:20She may have it. What about the style? It looked good and she had

1:40:20 > 1:40:26the air she had. The wind was from behind. They went down a gate. That

1:40:26 > 1:40:31gave her more compensation. She is nice and patient and holds back a

1:40:31 > 1:40:37little bit and waits until she gets to the second phase to drive her

1:40:37 > 1:40:44upper body forward.And stretches all the way down to the landing.

1:40:44 > 1:40:50This is going to be close. To see if Carina Vogt can take over the lead.

1:40:50 > 1:41:00Just that concentration in... She does. She is into first place. Got a

1:41:00 > 1:41:09bit of an edge, about a four-point lead now.

1:41:15 > 1:41:18Daniela Iraschko-Stolz didn't know she would be here. She had two knee

1:41:18 > 1:41:24injuries and the silver medallist in Sochi is sailing in for gold. Oh,

1:41:24 > 1:41:29she is short! That is close. It is going to be disappointing for her.

1:41:29 > 1:41:32She had the positioning to move into a medal and I don't think that will

1:41:32 > 1:41:38do it. That may move her into third place now. With four more skiers to

1:41:38 > 1:41:45go after this. Take off looked OK. She is a great flyer and keeps that

1:41:45 > 1:41:49chest so low in the first place of the flight. Wow! This is going to be

1:41:49 > 1:41:59crazy. We are going to see some wild jumps in the last four skiers.

1:41:59 > 1:42:06Iraschko-Stolz, those robotic knees, she said she hoped to wrap her

1:42:06 > 1:42:09career in the World Championships in Austria and she is crushed right

1:42:09 > 1:42:15now.

1:42:16 > 1:42:19now. Smiling in that leader's circle is the defending champion. Can she

1:42:19 > 1:42:28make it two in a row with four to do?

1:42:28 > 1:42:43do? Accuse mow have a,-- That looks good and longShe is right around

1:42:43 > 1:43:02the point. The fist pump says it. Carina may want to get on to her

1:43:02 > 1:43:06tiptoes, because Avvakumova could be on the way.Look at the

1:43:06 > 1:43:12concentration. She is so relaxed. It is almost like time stands still.

1:43:12 > 1:43:19Your eyes get as big as pizza plates and you can sail one down. It is a

1:43:19 > 1:43:24feeling and she was on top of that one. That was amazing.Like

1:43:24 > 1:43:28Iraschko-Stolz, she has been on the come back trail and she is on top!

1:43:28 > 1:43:37And can she hang on for a medal. That means we won't have a defending

1:43:37 > 1:43:43gold medallist. Carina Vogt will have to wait to see if she gets any

1:43:43 > 1:43:48medal.

1:43:48 > 1:43:54medal.Sara Takanashi the most decorated skier in history. Can she

1:43:54 > 1:44:02come up big here? She sure does. A big jump. All she had to do was go

1:44:02 > 1:44:08to K-point at 98 metres to take the lead. She did that clearly with

1:44:08 > 1:44:16103.5 metres. Could she have finally slayed the dragon and earned herself

1:44:16 > 1:44:21an Olympic gold? We know she has definitely earned a medal of some

1:44:21 > 1:44:30colour. What will it be?Fourth in Sochi. Hasn't won a gold medal at

1:44:30 > 1:44:39the World Championships. And for every win she has on the World Cup

1:44:39 > 1:44:47circuit - 53 of them - she want s to show she can turn up when it counts.

1:44:47 > 1:44:55You bet she does. A big lead. The Japanese fans are going wild. Look

1:44:55 > 1:45:05at the emotion from her, can she hang on with two to go?

1:45:07 > 1:45:20How is this for some drama? A bit of a holed up. After you watched

1:45:20 > 1:45:25Takanashi slay this hill.It looks like the wind has picked up quite a

1:45:25 > 1:45:29bit so they are going to move her down one gate. This will give her

1:45:29 > 1:45:34some

1:45:35 > 1:45:44some bonus points. Gone down to gate number 23, just over 86 metres of

1:45:44 > 1:45:49in-run track. The athletes travelling roughly 85 kilometres an

1:45:49 > 1:45:55hour down this in-run before they hit the take-off.Takanashi in the

1:45:55 > 1:45:58leader's circle. Katharina Althaus up top, knowing what she needs to do

1:45:58 > 1:46:10to challenge for the gold medal. Althaus floating, reaching for every

1:46:10 > 1:46:14metre, I think she's done it.I think she's done it! What a jump

1:46:14 > 1:46:22under such pressure. 106 metres.The record is 109 metres. The women are

1:46:22 > 1:46:30bringing it in the final round. Great view of the take off here,

1:46:30 > 1:46:40excellent take off, nice and low of the body, Ansbach, palms back.

1:46:40 > 1:46:42the body, Ansbach, palms back. -- arms back. It is going to be close,

1:46:42 > 1:46:48going to be close...

1:46:48 > 1:46:51going to be close... Takanashi in the leader's circle knows she has a

1:46:51 > 1:46:56medal, but what will it be?Tasha Naki jumped for the gold and it

1:46:56 > 1:47:06looked good until Althaus came down. And floated down, and she is on top.

1:47:06 > 1:47:10Katharina Althaus on gold medal position with one to go. She bumps

1:47:10 > 1:47:18her team-mate Carina Vogt from the lead above Matt circle. You have to

1:47:18 > 1:47:22feel for Takanashi. She will land a medal, it might not be the one she

1:47:22 > 1:47:27wanted, but she will have to see what colour it will be because Maren

1:47:27 > 1:47:35Lundby, number one in the world... Going for the gold, leaning over the

1:47:35 > 1:47:42skis. Can she get there? She does, it's hers!Wow, what a jump from

1:47:42 > 1:47:49her! Unbelievable, 110 metres, one metre off the hill record. I don't

1:47:49 > 1:47:55believe it! I don't believe it! Maren Lundby has claimed Norway's

1:47:55 > 1:48:01tenth gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games, but the first ever in

1:48:01 > 1:48:07women's ski jumping and she is ecstatic.Awesome, just perfect! She

1:48:07 > 1:48:11has been on fire this season. I picked her to win this event. I

1:48:11 > 1:48:16didn't know if it could happen after the first round. There were so many

1:48:16 > 1:48:21competitors that were close to her but look at how far she goes. That

1:48:21 > 1:48:26is crazy! That is to the bottom, you can't go much further than that. The

1:48:26 > 1:48:34Norwegian coach is ecstatic. Great for them. What a win for Norway.

1:48:34 > 1:48:39Pointing to the sky, the number one. She was laser focused through the

1:48:39 > 1:48:47snow. She could see the gold medal right ahead of her and it is hers.

1:48:47 > 1:48:51STUDIO: Congratulations to Maren Lundby, an absolute clutch

1:48:51 > 1:48:56performance. She has been doing it all season. In fact, she has won six

1:48:56 > 1:49:01of the last seven World Cup contests and it is confirmation, Norway's

1:49:01 > 1:49:07first-ever gold in the women's, only the second time it has been run.

1:49:07 > 1:49:13They have equalled Finland's ten, so some Scandinavian bragging rights

1:49:13 > 1:49:18will go begging over the next few days in the women's hill and team

1:49:18 > 1:49:23competitions. Great to see Takanashi finally getting that medal. She

1:49:23 > 1:49:28thought it was going to be gold but she will settle for the bronze on

1:49:28 > 1:49:31this occasion. Well, we are past the witching hour

1:49:31 > 1:49:35this occasion. Well, we are past the witching hour and it has just gone

1:49:35 > 1:49:38midnight, ten to midnight in Korea right now. Once again, this ski

1:49:38 > 1:49:42jumping those late. It was possibly going to be one of the most guilt

1:49:42 > 1:49:45edged day of the games with eight medals up for grabs per in the end

1:49:45 > 1:49:49only seven were settled because that he might have heard earlier, some

1:49:49 > 1:49:53adverse weather conditions in Korea, some howling winds once again and

1:49:53 > 1:49:56that has affected the Alpine programme. We were due to see one of

1:49:56 > 1:50:01the stars in waiting of the games, Michaela Shiffrin of the USA but

1:50:01 > 1:50:04that has been postponed until Thursday. And we do have a bumper

1:50:04 > 1:50:09Alpine day in prospect on Thursday, because the men's downhill is also

1:50:09 > 1:50:14rescheduled for that day. So get your bindings looked at. Ready for a

1:50:14 > 1:50:18big one on Thursday. We are going to calm things down just a little bit

1:50:18 > 1:50:22on a slow burning tension for you as we head indoors now. Reaching the

1:50:22 > 1:50:27sharp end of the new event in curling, the mixed team doubles.

1:50:27 > 1:50:34This one, one man, one woman, eight ends instead of ten, eight stones

1:50:34 > 1:50:38instead of ten. We are at the semifinal stage right now and it is

1:50:38 > 1:50:43Norway up against Canada for a place in the final tomorrow. So there is a

1:50:43 > 1:50:49guaranteed silver medal at least. This one is very tight. Canada 5-4

1:50:49 > 1:50:55ahead going into the penultimate end, the seventh end watched by

1:50:55 > 1:50:58Jackie Lockhart and Steve Cram.

1:50:58 > 1:50:58end, the seventh end watched by Jackie Lockhart and Steve Cram.

1:50:58 > 1:51:02COMMENTATOR: Winners of this semi-going to the final to contest

1:51:02 > 1:51:10the gold medal. The losers into the bronze medal match, which will be

1:51:10 > 1:51:21played tomorrow morning, local time, the same time back home. Her

1:51:21 > 1:51:25accuracy has just dropped a little bit, it was 80% but now in the 70s.

1:51:25 > 1:51:34She has played pretty well. Just that one end where they gave it up

1:51:34 > 1:51:39to Canada.Through her stone a little tight. Thought we might have

1:51:39 > 1:51:45seen the power play happen in this end but Canada chosen not to play it

1:51:45 > 1:51:53here.Which is interesting... Because they won't have the

1:51:53 > 1:51:58opportunity, you can't use it in an extra end...Unless they do not

1:51:58 > 1:52:05score here. Interesting to see how their strategy goes on this one.

1:52:05 > 1:52:14Kaitlyn Lawes needs to be right up with this, don't want to bounce of

1:52:14 > 1:52:19anything. Looking for a freeze. Maybe they don't like the whole

1:52:19 > 1:52:23power play scenario. Preferred to play this normal game.A lovely

1:52:23 > 1:52:31shot. I thought they were going to catch the yellow and chip it out but

1:52:31 > 1:52:37that was very well played. Could she be coming into form in the last two

1:52:37 > 1:52:41ends?That will give her a bit of confidence back if nothing else,

1:52:41 > 1:52:45that previous end and that nice shot there. You can see the clock ticking

1:52:45 > 1:52:50away in the background, as well. Both teams with 22 minutes total of

1:52:50 > 1:52:54thinking time, the time between the shots they played. Plenty of time

1:52:54 > 1:53:03left for both teams.

1:53:06 > 1:53:13A pretty good shot, as well.Yes. Just tapping it a little closer.You

1:53:13 > 1:53:17don't always have to go for the shot right away when you are playing this

1:53:17 > 1:53:20game, it is about the angles and setting things up for your next

1:53:20 > 1:53:22shot.

1:53:26 > 1:53:29A very energetic game, this mixed doubles. You have to be physically

1:53:29 > 1:53:34fit. There is a lot of sweeping, and often just one sweeper and then you

1:53:34 > 1:53:37have to have your heart rate dropped and recover very quickly to sit down

1:53:37 > 1:53:47and be able to throw a finessed and well delivered stone.Norway doing a

1:53:47 > 1:53:54good job of not giving John Morris too many opportunities for those big

1:53:54 > 1:54:01shots that he so likes. So just having to draw in here again.All

1:54:01 > 1:54:08that, it's good.Both of them sound happy with this.He doesn't want to

1:54:08 > 1:54:14bounce off it, just wants to stop. Just a little...

1:54:17 > 1:54:21It's a good stone.

1:54:25 > 1:54:29I like listening to the Canadians because they are always chatting,

1:54:29 > 1:54:32always speaking, always communicating.

1:54:40 > 1:54:50So, Magnus Nedregotten will continue where he left off last time.Just

1:54:50 > 1:54:55going to throw a clockwise rotation stone down here. It should turn

1:54:55 > 1:55:01right towards the centre of the house. Hopefully get a little tap on

1:55:01 > 1:55:06his yellows but he will want a straight tap, and the top face of

1:55:06 > 1:55:12the yellow.This needs to curl.We see it curling a lot at the end but

1:55:12 > 1:55:21this hasn't got enough of it.A good bad one, you know what I mean?What

1:55:21 > 1:55:28he has done, he's edged his. In a bit.That's what I meant.That's

1:55:28 > 1:55:33harder for Canada to remove it.A little bit of a result there.I

1:55:33 > 1:55:38don't think it helps us leaving it there.OK, here we go for another

1:55:38 > 1:55:47one of John's.He always seems to want to throw the big Stone. I think

1:55:47 > 1:55:49it's a smart move. I remember him saying in the first match when they

1:55:49 > 1:55:54lost in a way, he didn't feel like they'd played their own game, their

1:55:54 > 1:56:00natural game. Maybe overthinking mixed doubles.Yes. I mean, if he

1:56:00 > 1:56:05catches as much as he can see, even just half of the red stone, it

1:56:05 > 1:56:09should catch the yellow in the house. I think he is hoping to get

1:56:09 > 1:56:16the back yellow as well. His accuracy has been very good.He can

1:56:16 > 1:56:28see half of this red stone. He didn't catch... So close. Good shot,

1:56:28 > 1:56:37though, from John Morris. Just watch this.Oooh.Did catch it but not

1:56:37 > 1:56:45enough, just a glancing blow. Moved it half an inch, no more. This is

1:56:45 > 1:56:53becoming crucial now. The pub

1:56:53 > 1:56:55becoming crucial now. The pub -- penultimate end, leading by one, no

1:56:55 > 1:57:03mistakes now.These stones are all in a line, so...Can they use that

1:57:03 > 1:57:09to come across? Nudge that Canadian back one out?He's not going to go

1:57:09 > 1:57:16for the actual shot, the red one, he will use the back one to the back

1:57:16 > 1:57:21red and if he stays stays where it is almost a back and it makes it

1:57:21 > 1:57:28harder for Canada to throw a big shot to get a high school here. --

1:57:28 > 1:57:35high score here.

1:57:36 > 1:57:42So again, no room for error here. Magnus Nedregotten using his own

1:57:42 > 1:57:55stone. Right on the face, right on the nose. Well, that is a mistake.

1:57:55 > 1:58:01Brian Gray there in the crowd, coaching the Finnish team. He is a

1:58:01 > 1:58:07Scottish lad.

1:58:07 > 1:58:12Ideally, this. What they have to be very careful of

1:58:12 > 1:58:19here, coming up and that they don't leave it at an angle that Norway can

1:58:19 > 1:58:24remove two of them.I just don't know where it's going to be a good

1:58:24 > 1:58:31spot for us. Back here? OK? That's another option, I think. What

1:58:31 > 1:58:38he doesn't want to do is almost hit and just leave a mess, because then

1:58:38 > 1:58:43nor Norway can come up and tap them back a bit and then the Reds can

1:58:43 > 1:58:50become Canada's enemy because they can't get the yellow out.Hang on...

1:58:57 > 1:59:03There's the clock ticking away. Canada with just four minutes. One

1:59:03 > 1:59:08more end to come, of course, so they are getting a little tight on time.

1:59:08 > 1:59:17They are, properly need about three minutes an end.That means rushed

1:59:17 > 1:59:24shots when you don't want to be rushing. The draw from John Morris.

1:59:24 > 1:59:28Try and make sure they score well here. One more stone for Norway

1:59:28 > 1:59:34after this. Then Kaitlyn Lawes will have the hammer for the last own.

1:59:34 > 1:59:38It's coming in, looks pretty good at this point but got to work it,

1:59:38 > 1:59:45though.He liked the weight and it was all the way out there but the

1:59:45 > 1:59:52minute they weight comes off...

1:59:52 > 1:59:56So they are going to try and play the shot that he didn't manage to

1:59:56 > 2:00:02make last time. I think, is that right?Yes, just going to try and

2:00:02 > 2:00:07catch her own. She hasn't got a lot of room to play with but has the

2:00:07 > 2:00:11opportunity of out counting that back red, if she just hits and flops

2:00:11 > 2:00:18in, touching the edge of the one foot Circle.Again, we know Kaitlyn

2:00:18 > 2:00:23Lawes. She has certainly been better in the previous end, beginning of

2:00:23 > 2:00:30this end, but the way she has been playing, the more pressure Kristin

2:00:30 > 2:00:33Skaslien can apply... Here is Kaitlyn Lawes, a little bite of the

2:00:33 > 2:00:42lip.She has been very good at these rules, it's just these hip shots she

2:00:42 > 2:00:44has to execute.Steadying herself.

2:00:50 > 2:00:57Just going to try to head to their own stone, the yellow, let it roll

2:00:57 > 2:01:03across. That's not bad. Again catching it a little on the nose.

2:01:03 > 2:01:13Not there for a second shot either. Frustration for the Norwegians.

2:01:13 > 2:01:18Three is here and you would think that is it. There is another end and

2:01:18 > 2:01:22they will certainly play, you can get for in and end but it's a big

2:01:22 > 2:01:35ask for Norway. So close and she knows it.

2:01:35 > 2:01:39Still a difficult shot because if she'd throws it out at all she could

2:01:39 > 2:01:45get the right angle into a back red and give up once a year. So on the

2:01:45 > 2:01:52nose is what she is looking for this is a key shot here she is up right

2:01:52 > 2:02:03away. .

2:02:03 > 2:02:12Is she passed? I think she is. She's done enough!She has done enough.

2:02:12 > 2:02:17Three for Canada, that is going to make a mountain it looks ominous for

2:02:17 > 2:02:27Norway to climb. Only one end left. For shots in the mac now. Little

2:02:27 > 2:02:32mistake, slight

2:02:33 > 2:02:43mistake, slight mistake and Kaitlyn Lawes this time taking full

2:02:43 > 2:02:50advantage.

2:02:50 > 2:02:56Well done.You could see the passion they had, it was well swept.Just

2:02:56 > 2:03:06nudged it didn't it?The relief on her face there.STUDIO: Relief but

2:03:06 > 2:03:10shortly after that's joy as well because that three in the seventh

2:03:10 > 2:03:14was the foundation of the victory in the eighth and final end, too much

2:03:14 > 2:03:18for the Norwegians to do having conceded the three and that is far

2:03:18 > 2:03:23too much now, it is all over, Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris into

2:03:23 > 2:03:27the inaugural final of the curling mixed doubles event. Congratulations

2:03:27 > 2:03:32to them, they will either play the team from Switzerland or from Russia

2:03:32 > 2:03:37who will face off in the other semifinal, Switzerland six time

2:03:37 > 2:03:40world champions, the Russians with the world title under their belt as

2:03:40 > 2:03:41well.

2:03:45 > 2:03:52We are staying on the ice for figure skating and we are joined by

2:03:52 > 2:03:55Christopher Dean, multiple world champion and one half of the

2:03:55 > 2:04:02greatest power couple of the 80s, Torvill and Dean, or if you are one

2:04:02 > 2:04:08of the younger generation he is a head judge on dancing on ice.That

2:04:08 > 2:04:12was a long speech!It's a big intro, you have had a long career. It's

2:04:12 > 2:04:15great to have you and I know you have a huge creative input in many

2:04:15 > 2:04:20of the teams who are out here just now, how does it feel to be involved

2:04:20 > 2:04:26even from nine hours flight away?I love working with the top teams

2:04:26 > 2:04:30around the world. This past season I have been fortunate to work with the

2:04:30 > 2:04:38French and the Americans, and the English team as well. I keep my foot

2:04:38 > 2:04:45on the ice with the choreography but I'm not one for being on the

2:04:45 > 2:04:49sidelines. I just like doing the choreography and sending them off.

2:04:49 > 2:04:54I'm sure you will be watching very interested lay in all we have got,

2:04:54 > 2:05:01the team event coming up. Before we start off, it was the 12th of

2:05:01 > 2:05:06February 1984, it was a significant date because you were performing in

2:05:06 > 2:05:11what was the original dance, the precursor to Bolero, this was the

2:05:11 > 2:05:20paso doble and we want you to see it again. You can imagine Craig Revel

2:05:20 > 2:05:24Horwood parring on your lines when we watch this one. Enjoy.

2:05:33 > 2:05:38COMMENTATOR: So, the moment we have been waiting for.

2:05:38 > 2:05:38COMMENTATOR: So, the moment we have been waiting for. Certainly and the

2:05:38 > 2:05:42music.

2:08:59 > 2:09:03APPLAUSE

2:09:03 > 2:09:11STUDIO: 34 years ago today. I know Bolero became the indelible

2:09:11 > 2:09:16trademark, but how fondly do you remember that routine?People love

2:09:16 > 2:09:20that routine, they say they love Bolero but they also remember the

2:09:20 > 2:09:25paso doble as well because it's so characteristic, we spent a lot of

2:09:25 > 2:09:30time getting the shapes and the look and trying to put the image of the

2:09:30 > 2:09:34matador, putting it technically on the ice for the judges.It strikes

2:09:34 > 2:09:37me that had Strictly Come Dancing been a thing back then we might have

2:09:37 > 2:09:44appreciated more of your dancing, the skating itself. You paid a huge

2:09:44 > 2:09:51amount of attention to images and things?Yeah, we really researched

2:09:51 > 2:09:57the topic, the paso doble, where it's coming from, the whole point is

2:09:57 > 2:10:01the girl in this case was the cake, hence the dress, the design, the

2:10:01 > 2:10:11whole setup. She was my cape. Those are the images we saw on the posters

2:10:11 > 2:10:16and what we would see on the TV. We tried to incorporate that into the

2:10:16 > 2:10:21dance.It is hard for people who were not part of that generation to

2:10:21 > 2:10:27realise how big you and Jayne where in the 80s, as I said earlier, the

2:10:27 > 2:10:31kind of ultimate power duo. Is there a part of you that misses the

2:10:31 > 2:10:37frenzy? It was a frenzy for a long time.It was a frenzy but I don't

2:10:37 > 2:10:44think it is what it is now, given the social media surrounding

2:10:44 > 2:10:49everyone. We were able to put ourselves in a bubble. Four TV

2:10:49 > 2:10:52channels and a few newspapers, we would isolate ourselves and go off

2:10:52 > 2:10:56and train and not know what was going on in the world. But when we

2:10:56 > 2:11:04came home from the Olympics we realised the support we had got, we

2:11:04 > 2:11:07had gone around the city of Nottingham and everyone came out

2:11:07 > 2:11:11onto the streets. It was a huge parade, the city centre full of

2:11:11 > 2:11:17people. It's not until you come home you realise how many people had been

2:11:17 > 2:11:20supporting you and been behind you because when you are at their it's

2:11:20 > 2:11:25just you and the other athletes. You're so focused on why you are

2:11:25 > 2:11:32there and the competition and you don't really realise the extent of

2:11:32 > 2:11:35the viewing public.There are so many other questions I would love to

2:11:35 > 2:11:47ask and I know everyone at home will want to as well, hashtag asked Chris

2:11:47 > 2:11:55-- ask Chris. How many times have you heard O? As part of you still

2:11:55 > 2:12:00twitch when you hear the opening strings?When we finished we always

2:12:00 > 2:12:04moved onto the next thing, we were ready to put it away and start

2:12:04 > 2:12:08something new. But as we turned professional and started touring

2:12:08 > 2:12:11around the world we realised it was never going to happen because people

2:12:11 > 2:12:20wanted to see Bolero. Over the years it's come really close to our hearts

2:12:20 > 2:12:25and very affectionate. Often I will be at home listening on the radio

2:12:25 > 2:12:31and Bolero comes on.And you immediately start doing that?I

2:12:31 > 2:12:37dropped to my knees!Incredible. In the meantime some fun to stick

2:12:37 > 2:12:43figure skating, the team competition is one of the new events which only

2:12:43 > 2:12:47started in Sochi and it's a combination of all the different

2:12:47 > 2:12:52disciplines each skate earns up to a maximum of ten points. These were

2:12:52 > 2:12:58the standings after five events yesterday. A powerful Canadian team

2:12:58 > 2:13:03six points ahead of the defending champions. The United States with a

2:13:03 > 2:13:07fight on their hands because it seems if they want another bronze as

2:13:07 > 2:13:13they got in Sochi they would have that one point lead over the

2:13:13 > 2:13:18Italians. Japan is the only other nation qualified to skate in the

2:13:18 > 2:13:21last three disciplines, the long programmes, the long free programmes

2:13:21 > 2:13:27in the men's, women's and ice dance disciplines. Settle back and soak

2:13:27 > 2:13:35this up with Robin Cousins and Katherine Downes.

2:13:36 > 2:13:39The Russian national champion representing the Olympic Athletes

2:13:39 > 2:13:48from Russia.He has three quadruple jumps planned. Shall we see how he

2:13:48 > 2:13:57manages?

2:13:57 > 2:14:01manages?He skates to Elvis Presley because he says he feels a bit like

2:14:01 > 2:14:04Elvis Presley. I read that in an interview.

2:14:18 > 2:14:25He is opening with a quadruple lutes which is the most difficult of the

2:14:25 > 2:14:30quadruple jumps. When it works it is exquisite. When it doesn't it's not

2:14:30 > 2:14:35great. And that was not a great one there. Made the rotation so he will

2:14:35 > 2:14:41get given credit for it. Wanted the landing on a running edge, not on

2:14:41 > 2:14:43the backside.

2:14:46 > 2:14:52Second quadruple.

2:14:52 > 2:15:02Did not make the rotation there. That will definitely be an by in the

2:15:02 > 2:15:07box. The boxes upon the left of your screen for each element. Red means

2:15:07 > 2:15:17review, yellow means review, green means accepted. Triple axel, double.

2:15:17 > 2:15:23Watch the box go green. The technical panel deciding which

2:15:23 > 2:15:32elements are clean and which are to be reviewed.

2:16:25 > 2:16:31Can he now composed himself and prepare and deliver another Queen

2:16:31 > 2:16:40quadruple jump.

2:16:41 > 2:16:46quadruple jump. Quadruple toe loop is planned.

2:16:51 > 2:16:59is planned. Yes, he can. Not the best landing so the grade of

2:16:59 > 2:17:04execution points will probably be minors but he gets credit for the

2:17:04 > 2:17:09element.

2:17:10 > 2:17:16element. Lovely light and easy triple axle.

2:17:20 > 2:17:27triple axle. Big jumping element that he absolutely needs to nail.

2:17:27 > 2:17:32Triple combination jumps.

2:18:49 > 2:18:56The Olympic Athletes From Russia in silver medal position for now. They

2:18:56 > 2:19:02would have wanted to see that on point. But as we saw in the short

2:19:02 > 2:19:07programme they did not quite nail the courts.He's very much on or

2:19:07 > 2:19:12nothing skater.

2:19:14 > 2:19:17nothing skater.Well down on his season 's best which is up around

2:19:17 > 2:19:23180. A pat on the shoulder for Mikhail Kolyada. The whole team I

2:19:23 > 2:19:32think nobody could have done better. -- know that he could have done

2:19:32 > 2:19:37better. A rather controversial entry, Adam Rippon, into the US team

2:19:37 > 2:19:42as he came fourth in the national championships but the selectors

2:19:42 > 2:19:50decided he was the man to skate for them in the Olympic Games. Let's see

2:19:50 > 2:20:01if he can put the controversy behind him.

2:20:06 > 2:20:27The music is The Arrival of the Birds. Adam will open

2:20:27 > 2:20:37Birds. Adam will open with double axle. Will he go for the quadruple

2:20:37 > 2:20:42lutz? Triple loop.

2:22:14 > 2:22:24And that is the first of two planned triple axle moves.

2:22:32 > 2:22:48And the second triple axle. Got it.

2:22:58 > 2:23:07Triple flip and triple toe loop. Adam not having that speed across

2:23:07 > 2:23:14the ice but he is making those jumps happen.

2:23:27 > 2:23:37Second triple lutz.

2:24:20 > 2:24:27You do not see many of the men doing that laid-back position but Adam is

2:24:27 > 2:24:35doing it exquisitely. Along with all the other positions in his spin.

2:24:35 > 2:24:42Thrilling.He is happy. I think he enjoyed his first Olympic

2:24:42 > 2:24:53experience. He shied away from doing a couple of the quads.It was on the

2:24:53 > 2:25:03list here, he did not do it in the US Championships. That first axle,

2:25:03 > 2:25:07he will wipe the floor with the Italians with that Queen

2:25:07 > 2:25:18performance. I thought it was beautiful.172. And he is going

2:25:18 > 2:25:24ahead of Mafia or so of Italy. Team USA into the bronze medal position

2:25:24 > 2:25:34for now.

2:25:35 > 2:25:43-- Matteo Rizzo.

2:25:45 > 2:25:59Winner of team and individual silver in Sochi.

2:26:20 > 2:26:27Patrick Chan has planned to quadruple jumps. There is the first

2:26:27 > 2:26:34one, beautiful, with a triple toe loop in combination. The second

2:26:34 > 2:26:41quadruple is a repeat and he is allowed one of those. That is going

2:26:41 > 2:26:47to come right now.

2:26:49 > 2:26:59to come right now. Exquisite, absolutely glorious.

2:27:00 > 2:27:13That should have been a triple axle in a combination.

2:27:46 > 2:27:58That is better, triple lutz loop.

2:28:17 > 2:28:26Second triple axle. He made the location but not the landing. --

2:28:26 > 2:28:36rotation.

2:28:41 > 2:28:48Two hands down on the triple loop.

2:29:17 > 2:29:24Triple flip. Added a double toe loop, he needs to try to add some

2:29:24 > 2:29:29point.

2:30:31 > 2:30:38CHEERING APPLAUSE

2:30:38 > 2:30:41The Patrick Chan we know and love has not yet turned up at these

2:30:41 > 2:30:46games.

2:30:47 > 2:30:49games. Mistakes there, and characteristic.He has not had a

2:30:49 > 2:30:57great season. He is up in the 170's 180's if he is on form. I thought

2:30:57 > 2:31:01after the knees of those opening jumps and the combination that this

2:31:01 > 2:31:06was his moment and he would be exquisite. But I don't know at what

2:31:06 > 2:31:14point it just slightly falls off. They have given him a massive new

2:31:14 > 2:31:23season 's best, his previous was a after a difficult season. That is a

2:31:23 > 2:31:32massive new season 's best. So let's look at the standings. Patrick Chan

2:31:32 > 2:31:35three-time world champion leading the way and takes the ten points for

2:31:35 > 2:31:43Canada. Adam Rippon, what a skate from him at his first Olympics in

2:31:43 > 2:31:45third.

2:31:49 > 2:31:55This is how the teams standings are shaping up. Canada out in front,

2:31:55 > 2:31:58extending the lead to seven points ahead of the Olympic Athletes from

2:31:58 > 2:32:00Russia.

2:32:07 > 2:32:13The ladies and the ice dancers still to come.

2:32:20 > 2:32:28Mirai Nagasu for the USA who are currently in bronze medal position.

2:32:48 > 2:32:55She has got it, triple axel to open the programme. The music of Miss

2:32:55 > 2:33:05Saigon. The green box ticked.

2:33:05 > 2:33:09Saigon. The green box ticked. Triple flip, triple toe loop. Did very well

2:33:09 > 2:33:16to save that but save it she did.

2:33:16 > 2:33:22And be triple

2:34:27 > 2:34:44double axel, triple toe loop, double toe lip. -- loop.

2:34:52 > 2:35:00Triple Lutz double toe loop.

2:35:03 > 2:35:06Triple flip.

2:36:00 > 2:36:12One triple jump left. Triple loop.

2:36:19 > 2:36:23And she's got that!

2:36:31 > 2:36:35CHEERING APPLAUSE

2:36:35 > 2:36:43Or my goodness me.Team a USA are on their feet.

2:36:43 > 2:36:48their feet.There is the triple flip, triple toe loop. Did very well

2:36:48 > 2:36:56to hold that on.

2:36:56 > 2:37:01to hold that on.The new season is best for Mirai Nagasu of the USA.

2:37:01 > 2:37:07137.5 three. Top of the standings for now.

2:37:12 > 2:37:18And is now the Canadians looking to consolidate the gold medal position

2:37:18 > 2:37:24way out in front. Seven points ahead of the rest of the field, a World

2:37:24 > 2:37:27Championship bronze medallist, her second Olympics. She was the

2:37:27 > 2:37:33youngest member of team Canada in Sochi, just 16 years old, here she

2:37:33 > 2:37:37is four years later with a lot more experience under her belt. She is a

2:37:37 > 2:37:45powerful skater.She is also the current Canadian number one, the

2:37:45 > 2:37:52national champion. She was two seasons ago as well. Last season it

2:37:52 > 2:38:09was her team-mate opens up with the triple toe lip, triple toe loop.

2:38:22 > 2:38:31Nice, triple lutz. Terrific bounce and elevation on the take-off of her

2:38:31 > 2:38:36jumps. Has had difficulty controlling it in the past but the

2:38:36 > 2:38:47last couple of seasons good consistency. Triple flip.

2:39:42 > 2:39:49Second triple lutz in combination with two double toe loops, better

2:39:49 > 2:39:56and stronger than the first.

2:39:58 > 2:40:06And there is the triple loop.

2:40:36 > 2:40:44Final jumping pass. Triple salchow and a double axel, there is the

2:40:44 > 2:40:47salchow and there is the double axel.

2:41:44 > 2:41:46CHEERING APPLAUSE

2:41:46 > 2:41:51That's it, that's got to be gold for Canada! Clean and strong from

2:41:51 > 2:41:58Gabrielle Daleman. With the world champions to come in the ice dancing

2:41:58 > 2:42:04it's now only a formality, just give them the gold! CHUCKLES

2:42:04 > 2:42:08She wanted to lay down a gauntlet and I think she did that. I think

2:42:08 > 2:42:12you will see a new season 's best and you are probably correct, team

2:42:12 > 2:42:17Canada will still be in the lead.I am going early! It's a massive

2:42:17 > 2:42:26season 's best.

2:42:33 > 2:42:41Alina Zagitova 15 years old, the Prodigy. Beat the double world

2:42:41 > 2:42:45champion to win the European title just a few weeks ago. She is

2:42:45 > 2:42:52something else.

2:44:56 > 2:45:00In for the first jumping pass and the most difficult combination we

2:45:00 > 2:45:11will see in the ladies event, triple lutz, triple loop combination.

2:45:18 > 2:45:26Double axle. Triple toe loop.

2:45:29 > 2:45:40Here is the triple flip, double toe, double loop combination.

2:46:00 > 2:46:05Triple lutz.

2:46:18 > 2:46:34And another triple flip. Last jump is the axle.

2:46:47 > 2:46:58Alina Zagitova you little firecracker! What a talent.

2:46:58 > 2:47:01firecracker! What a talent.She is 15 but there is such maturity in the

2:47:01 > 2:47:09choreography and in the way that she moves.It is a new season 's best

2:47:09 > 2:47:17for the 15-year-old Alina Zagitova. Her first Olympics. 158. Fantastic

2:47:17 > 2:47:24final performance and takes the ten points for the Olympic Athletes From

2:47:24 > 2:47:34Russia. USA in second and Canada in third with Gabrielle Daleman. But

2:47:34 > 2:47:38that is unlikely to affect the Canadian team standings, bear out in

2:47:38 > 2:47:44front. Just five points clear now so their lead cut back to five points

2:47:44 > 2:47:50by the Olympic Athletes From Russia. But Canada have an unassailable lead

2:47:50 > 2:47:54and they are Olympic champions. Olympic Athletes From Russia will

2:47:54 > 2:47:58take the silver while the USA will take bronze. Ice dancing still to

2:47:58 > 2:48:12come. Silver medallists, for the Olympics

2:48:12 > 2:48:17athletes from Russia.

2:48:41 > 2:48:52Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev.

2:49:17 > 2:49:26Excellent, great speed going in and fast on those terms themselves.

2:49:26 > 2:49:34-- turns.

2:52:51 > 2:52:51APPLAUSE

2:52:51 > 2:52:58APPLAUSE. That will be a high five for silver for the Olympic Athletes

2:52:58 > 2:53:03From Russia. Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev, the final members

2:53:03 > 2:53:09of the team to skate.And there they are. It was beautiful, more

2:53:09 > 2:53:15storytelling for the first part of the programme, not looking at his

2:53:15 > 2:53:21face at all and then she discovered light after being blind and was able

2:53:21 > 2:53:25to see everything around her and then it was reversed and he ended up

2:53:25 > 2:53:30not being able to see.So the Canadians cannot be caught out in

2:53:30 > 2:53:37front. They will take the Olympic title. It is a straight swap from

2:53:37 > 2:53:41this watch the Olympics for Canada were beaten into second place by the

2:53:41 > 2:53:46Russians. -- from Sochi.

2:53:52 > 2:54:03Russia have consolidated the silver medal.

2:54:05 > 2:54:15And likely to be another bronze for the United States of America,

2:54:15 > 2:54:17the United States of America, here are the Shibutanis to claim bronze

2:54:17 > 2:54:32for the USA. A bit of Coldplay.

2:57:10 > 2:57:22Superb, the twizzles.

2:58:30 > 2:58:31APPLAUSE

2:58:31 > 2:58:39APPLAUSE. The crowd really enjoyed that. More precision skating from

2:58:39 > 2:58:49the Shibutanis.It is smooth.They said they have been building up to

2:58:49 > 2:58:54this creatively over the past three years. They had a creative trilogy

2:58:54 > 2:58:58of dancers and this is the culmination of that at the Olympics.

2:58:58 > 2:59:05I think is the best for them. This is where they want to deliver it. If

2:59:05 > 2:59:10I dare say it I would like to have more light and shade. It is just so

2:59:10 > 2:59:19smooth. Add almost a plateau all the way through. Being siblings of

2:59:19 > 2:59:23course it is going to have a different dynamic than a lot of the

2:59:23 > 2:59:30other teams.

2:59:30 > 2:59:39other teams.112 and that will be the bronze in the back for Team USA.

2:59:39 > 2:59:47And the gold medal already in the bag. So just a masterclass from the

2:59:47 > 2:59:50world champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and fitting way to close

2:59:50 > 2:59:56up this team event. The gold medal around their necks when this routine

2:59:56 > 3:00:01is done.

3:04:06 > 3:04:11CHEERING APPLAUSE

3:04:11 > 3:04:17From the Mulan Rouge to the top of the podium, that will put Canada out

3:04:17 > 3:04:21of sight. The gold medal was already there is but Scott Moir and Tessa

3:04:21 > 3:04:26Virtue our head shoulders above the rest.This solidifies her second

3:04:26 > 3:04:33gold medal, the won the gold medal in Vancouver 2010 and I absolutely

3:04:33 > 3:04:39love every second and every move of that performance. What I love is

3:04:39 > 3:04:44every performance is choreographed uniquely inasmuch as not only ice

3:04:44 > 3:04:48dance, you could switch music sometimes with other skaters and the

3:04:48 > 3:04:51routine would be the same and it would work and be brilliant but

3:04:51 > 3:04:55everything they do, every detail of this is designed specifically and

3:04:55 > 3:05:00only with this music. It would not work anywhere else.What does this

3:05:00 > 3:05:01mean?

3:05:01 > 3:05:05work anywhere else.What does this mean?A testament to the strong

3:05:05 > 3:05:08performances from our team-mates. It was so inspiring and we had no doubt

3:05:08 > 3:05:13they would lay it down. It gave us a nice cushion as we took the ice

3:05:13 > 3:05:17today and were able to savour the moment and embrace it and be present

3:05:17 > 3:05:23every step of the way.Last time in Sochi it was silver for the team and

3:05:23 > 3:05:26you have converted it to gold, what's changed in the last four

3:05:26 > 3:05:33years?That is a good question.Give me a great answer! Kaboul that will

3:05:33 > 3:05:39be tough, I'm not the best that those, but I think we have a special

3:05:39 > 3:05:45team.I think our attitude changed from Sochi. I think we were a bit

3:05:45 > 3:05:50too casual. I think this team event is just like hockey and curling

3:05:50 > 3:05:57medals, we are a figure skating country and I feel like the best

3:05:57 > 3:06:00choreographers skaters and coaches have come from Canada and it's

3:06:00 > 3:06:04something we need to be in the mix for. I'm super proud of these

3:06:04 > 3:06:08athletes making this happen, skate Canada and our high performance

3:06:08 > 3:06:13director, this is a great journey and I think these guys deserve it.

3:06:13 > 3:06:17They certainly did, big Canadian team, very strong, that is the gold

3:06:17 > 3:06:21medal they wanted and in the end the ice dancers did not have too perform

3:06:21 > 3:06:26at all, the medal was already in the bag. In terms of Scott Moir and

3:06:26 > 3:06:32Tessa Virtue, the retired but the lure of competition was too strong.

3:06:32 > 3:06:38Does that ring any bells?They only had a few years, we had ten! But

3:06:38 > 3:06:45they are amazing, watching that, everything was synchronised and so

3:06:45 > 3:06:49passionate. Every time I have watched them perform it feels like

3:06:49 > 3:06:53it's for the first time. It's so together and it feels fresh which is

3:06:53 > 3:06:59what they can bring.The good stuff by Patrick Chan who won all ten

3:06:59 > 3:07:03points in the men's free programme and from a skaters perspective, the

3:07:03 > 3:07:08guys saying he is a skaters skater. This is the gold medal which has

3:07:08 > 3:07:12been missing from his personal collection for a long time.He has

3:07:12 > 3:07:17got the team gold now, I am sure he would like to be out there competing

3:07:17 > 3:07:22for the individual gold as well but that might be a step too far, he

3:07:22 > 3:07:28does not quite have the jumps. But he is a skaters skater. The way he

3:07:28 > 3:07:34can move around the ice effortlessly, his style, everything

3:07:34 > 3:07:38about him is beautiful. Such a quality in his skating other than

3:07:38 > 3:07:46when he is falling over.It's not an individual gold medal as you say but

3:07:46 > 3:07:51so many Canadians who have got close to claiming a gold medal. I know

3:07:51 > 3:07:56it's not an individual event but it's a milestone for Canadians men's

3:07:56 > 3:08:01skating.Absolutely. I think Scott said it, they are an ice country,

3:08:01 > 3:08:07everything is about ice up there. They are superstars in their own

3:08:07 > 3:08:12country and it's great to see that level of skating, in skating itself.

3:08:12 > 3:08:17I know there are are mixed thoughts about whether this team competition

3:08:17 > 3:08:21should go at the beginning or the end of the Olympic programme but in

3:08:21 > 3:08:26terms of plodding up-and-coming stars, Russia have had a fantastic

3:08:26 > 3:08:28grounding particularly with this wonderful 15-year-old Alina

3:08:28 > 3:08:33Zagitova. How important for her to get a feel of the ice at the

3:08:33 > 3:08:34Olympics.

3:08:34 > 3:08:38get a feel of the ice at the Olympics.It is important and she's

3:08:38 > 3:08:43gone out and given an amazing performance, skating the same ice

3:08:43 > 3:08:47rink with the same courts, they know what each other is capable of. It

3:08:47 > 3:08:55will come down on tonight and that is what is fascinating about this

3:08:55 > 3:08:59event, those four minutes in your life which will count in that

3:08:59 > 3:09:06moment.It has given us a real taste for the ladies individual event. The

3:09:06 > 3:09:07actual team contest itself there

3:09:07 > 3:09:07for the ladies individual event. The actual team contest itself there is

3:09:07 > 3:09:14a bit of debate about if it serves as a warm up. What is your view?I

3:09:14 > 3:09:18would like to see it at the end of the event. I think the first time

3:09:18 > 3:09:22you want to see these skaters perform it is the head to head on

3:09:22 > 3:09:27the individual events then make this camaraderie of the team at the end

3:09:27 > 3:09:33of the competition. But that is my personal opinion, and the IOC see it

3:09:33 > 3:09:37differently.It would be like a gold medal winning gal if you didn't like

3:09:37 > 3:09:43that. I have tonnes of questions that you have had hundreds and thank

3:09:43 > 3:09:47you for getting in touch. Where do we start? Do you feel you work

3:09:47 > 3:09:58robbed in Willy Hammer and do you regret putting the left in?We don't

3:09:58 > 3:10:03regret anything, we challenged ourselves. It was ten years, 1984,

3:10:03 > 3:10:09coming back ten years after to the Olympics was a big ask and to still

3:10:09 > 3:10:17be part of that, still be top of the game was our challenge, did we feel

3:10:17 > 3:10:21robbed? I think the British public felt that but you go into it with

3:10:21 > 3:10:26your eyes open. You know the possibilities. We went in with the

3:10:26 > 3:10:32view of trying to win but it didn't happen.There has been quite a lot

3:10:32 > 3:10:36on the technical side, Tracy asks if skaters have reached the limit of

3:10:36 > 3:10:41human Pozzo the in the jumps, have you ever landed a quarter?Quads are

3:10:41 > 3:10:51not my thing. The technique to pull off a quart and the power that you

3:10:51 > 3:10:55need, I am at the rank were the kids are doing all of this and the

3:10:55 > 3:11:01preciseness of it and the amount of time they had two practice to get

3:11:01 > 3:11:06perfected, it is purely a timing thing, a strange thing. It is also

3:11:06 > 3:11:11courage. You are launching yourself into the air, rotating four times

3:11:11 > 3:11:16and coming down on a single edge trying to land it cleanly. Nine

3:11:16 > 3:11:24times out of ten at the beginning you will not do it.Will there be a

3:11:27 > 3:11:31quintuple?I think it might. Maybe not in the next few years but ten

3:11:31 > 3:11:39years down the road who knows?Just to say, Sarah got in touch to say it

3:11:39 > 3:11:43worked the other way around, talking about the paso doble, I knew what a

3:11:43 > 3:11:48paso doble was when Strictly Come Dancing first hit our screens

3:11:48 > 3:12:00because of Torvill and Dean, another one saying no questions for Chris,

3:12:01 > 3:12:08just respect. You can go and have some down time and think about

3:12:08 > 3:12:13perfecting the quad or the quintuple. Each nation has their

3:12:13 > 3:12:17best loved Olympians, Chris is one of ours as is Sir Steve Redgrave,

3:12:17 > 3:12:23I'm sure many of you sat up to watch him get his fifth gold medal. The

3:12:23 > 3:12:27Netherlands are trying to achieve something similar because no Dutch

3:12:27 > 3:12:33woman or man has ever won five gold medals in Orange in a summer or

3:12:33 > 3:12:42Winter Games but Irene had the chance to do that nine medals in

3:12:42 > 3:12:48speed skating, she could own the record outright. Would both records

3:12:48 > 3:12:56come? We will go into the later seeded players with Wilf O'Reilly

3:12:56 > 3:12:58and Simon Brotherton.

3:13:03 > 3:13:03COMMENTATOR:

3:13:03 > 3:13:11COMMENTATOR: A very strong performer. Quite a struggle for the

3:13:11 > 3:13:20American to come back to top form. She missed the whole of the 2014-15

3:13:20 > 3:13:25season after problems coming from a concussion. Perhaps the expectation

3:13:25 > 3:13:31not as great as it would have been. The other issue America had in Sochi

3:13:31 > 3:13:37was the quality of the racing suits. Aerodynamics is very important.

3:13:37 > 3:13:44There were a number of issues, we can see the other Americans skating,

3:13:44 > 3:13:49they will be in other suits because not all of the athletes were happy

3:13:49 > 3:13:54with the Olympic uniform which they were provided with.Let's have a

3:13:54 > 3:13:59look and see how they are getting on.

3:14:05 > 3:14:12Brittany Bowe clearly going rather better. Still outside that quickest

3:14:12 > 3:14:17time.

3:14:18 > 3:14:21time.I think Brittany Bowe will be going into the last lap a lot

3:14:21 > 3:14:25stronger so she will go under the time.She looks all business,

3:14:25 > 3:14:31Brittany Bowe. Nice fluid movement, work for Natalia Czerwonka to do,

3:14:31 > 3:14:39she's the gap, ten to a second now. If she has a strong finish we could

3:14:39 > 3:14:45have a new leader. We will not have long to find out, less than half a

3:14:45 > 3:14:49minute. Down the back straight they go. Still striding purposefully

3:14:49 > 3:14:58forward. In real time she is inside the fastest time, hugging the inner

3:14:58 > 3:15:03blue line. Down the finishing straight. Here comes Brittany Bowe

3:15:03 > 3:15:07of the United States. We will have a new leader, yes, just over half a

3:15:07 > 3:15:15second.

3:15:20 > 3:15:29Superb last lap and a lot of discussion about these racing suits.

3:15:29 > 3:15:34Brittany Bowe has got her hair tucked up on the top overhead so

3:15:34 > 3:15:39that the wind will go over the top of the racing suit instead of down

3:15:39 > 3:15:43the back. There is a lot of discussion about whether that be

3:15:43 > 3:15:52allowed but a superb piece of skating by Brittany Bowe.

3:15:52 > 3:15:58Almost ready to go.

3:16:03 > 3:16:10From Canada, 25 years of age, Brianne Tutt.

3:16:14 > 3:16:26And I'm Ian Gorst. Looking for Olympic success.

3:16:26 > 3:16:34-- Ireen Wust.

3:16:35 > 3:16:40Four times Olympic gold medallist.

3:16:42 > 3:16:48Ireen Wust and Brianne Tutt will have to go for it again. The

3:16:48 > 3:16:58pressure is on the great chemistry. You can see the red flag, the red

3:16:58 > 3:17:07armband. Obviously Ireen Wust cannot wait to get away. The orange and

3:17:07 > 3:17:14blue, just moving fractionally and only one false start allowed. So now

3:17:14 > 3:17:21both skaters will have to remain perfectly still.

3:17:21 > 3:17:28perfectly still. The 12 times world champion. The most successful

3:17:28 > 3:17:34Olympic athlete of all time for the Netherlands.

3:17:35 > 3:17:44And away they go. Ireen Wust getting straight into her stride. Punching

3:17:44 > 3:17:50her way through the air. It will be important for her now coming down

3:17:50 > 3:17:54the home straight, the first 300 metres. You can see the Canadian

3:17:54 > 3:18:00will be looking to try to creep behind the Canadian as she comes out

3:18:00 > 3:18:05of the first turn but it is a superb opening for Ireen Wust.The crowd

3:18:05 > 3:18:10really getting into this now, plenty of Dutch people here. Here they go

3:18:10 > 3:18:16crossing over. Going onto the inside of the track now, Ireen Wust. This

3:18:16 > 3:18:22could work well for Brianne Tutt from Canada if she can keep tabs on

3:18:22 > 3:18:30Ireen Wust all around.It is important, to see what time she will

3:18:30 > 3:18:37go through at. An amazing time for Ireen Wust.Just four tenths of a

3:18:37 > 3:18:43second outside the quickest time set by Brittany Bowe so still some work

3:18:43 > 3:18:49to do. Has she got enough left in the tank when she most needs it on

3:18:49 > 3:18:54the last lap? You can see the blue line and that is how far she is

3:18:54 > 3:18:59behind Brittany Bowe at the moment. That last lap I think she will do

3:18:59 > 3:19:03much better. One tenth of a second quicker than Brittany Bowe.The

3:19:03 > 3:19:07crowd being told what is going on and really getting behind Ireen

3:19:07 > 3:19:13Wust. Away she goes down the back straight, halfway towards the final

3:19:13 > 3:19:18bend. It needs to be a big finish and so far it looks as though she is

3:19:18 > 3:19:22coming up with that. Because the advantage is growing with every

3:19:22 > 3:19:28stride. Add the finishing straight towards the line, Ireen Wust is

3:19:28 > 3:19:37going for the lead and she gets it. 1.54, taking into place. Ireen Wust

3:19:37 > 3:19:41from the Netherlands nudges Brittany Bowe from the top position on the

3:19:41 > 3:19:48podium. She is the new leader. And the big question of course is that

3:19:48 > 3:19:53going to be enough for the remaining skaters still to come. They know

3:19:53 > 3:20:05what time they have got to beat. 1.5 four.

3:20:05 > 3:20:11four. A great piece of aggressive skating from Ireen Wust. The crowd

3:20:11 > 3:20:17really cheering her on. It is going to be a very anxious wait now for

3:20:17 > 3:20:25her given the class of some of the athletes still to come. Not least

3:20:25 > 3:20:32the next on the Petrak, Marrit Leenstra. She was fourth in Sochi.

3:20:32 > 3:20:41Can she get on the podium this time? So much talent in the Dutch squad.

3:20:41 > 3:20:49Ireen Wust has done all that she can.

3:20:53 > 3:20:58can. Marrit Leenstra from the Netherlands. Finished second over

3:20:58 > 3:21:081500 metres in three World Cup races this season. 38 years of age,

3:21:08 > 3:21:17Katarzyna Bachleda-Curus. Could she challenge for the podium?

3:21:23 > 3:21:35Settled and ready to go. Away first time.

3:21:35 > 3:21:37time. A very aggressive start from Marrit Leenstra on the inside

3:21:37 > 3:21:43wearing the orange and blue.

3:21:46 > 3:21:47wearing the orange and blue. Neat and tidy around the corner, Marrit

3:21:47 > 3:21:55Leenstra. Strong and quick, a nice flow. And it is the fastest time

3:21:55 > 3:21:59already. Having made that start is it going to prove to be the

3:21:59 > 3:22:05platform, can she carry that speed on for the full three and three

3:22:05 > 3:22:14quarters lap distance? Coached by the Italian national coach.

3:22:14 > 3:22:16the Italian national coach. And lived there most of the time in

3:22:16 > 3:22:20Italy but already you can see a good three tenths of a second ahead of

3:22:20 > 3:22:28Ireen Wust.Has she gone out too quickly or has she got the form to

3:22:28 > 3:22:37hold it? Almost half a second inside the quickest time at this stage.

3:22:37 > 3:22:44Important now that she stays tight to that in a name. Skating a very

3:22:44 > 3:22:51good line. Looks very comfortable. One lap to go for Marrit Leenstra,

3:22:51 > 3:22:56she finished just off the podium in Sochi. Is this a skate that will get

3:22:56 > 3:23:02her a medal for years later? The advantage whistling away. Almost

3:23:02 > 3:23:14stride by stride and now level and suddenly now she is outside.

3:23:14 > 3:23:15suddenly now she is outside. Whether Ireen Wust just getting faster

3:23:15 > 3:23:20towards the end, impossible to say. But the finish was so good for Ireen

3:23:20 > 3:23:25Wust. Despite having made such an excellent start, Marrit Leenstra

3:23:25 > 3:23:30just could not keep it going. Coming up for second place at the moment.

3:23:30 > 3:23:35Katarzyna Bachleda-Curus from Poland quick enough for tenth and for now

3:23:35 > 3:23:47at least Ireen Wust remains in the gold medal position.

3:23:47 > 3:23:49gold medal position.Of course still two pairs to come including the

3:23:49 > 3:23:53world number one from Japan, considered as the favourite in

3:23:53 > 3:24:03current form. I think the effort from Ireen Wust, she skated in the

3:24:03 > 3:24:083000 metres and missed the gold medal so really looking to get gold

3:24:08 > 3:24:15in the 1500 metres. Superb technique from Marrit Leenstra. Really tight,

3:24:15 > 3:24:21tucked position. Became a bit ragged, the burning of the next, the

3:24:21 > 3:24:30heart and the lungs. -- the legs.

3:24:30 > 3:24:34heart and the lungs. -- the legs. So she must wait nervously as well to

3:24:34 > 3:24:42see if she can get a medal this time. Not much room for manoeuvre

3:24:42 > 3:24:47now for Brittany Bowe. She is likely to be nudged off the podium given

3:24:47 > 3:24:58the class of the four skaters still to go out onto the ice.

3:24:58 > 3:25:15to go out onto the ice. Next up we have Lotte Van Beek.

3:25:15 > 3:25:23have Lotte Van Beek. Third in Sochi. Going for gold here.

3:25:28 > 3:25:38Going for gold here. And Kikuchi.

3:25:41 > 3:25:45A conveyor belt of world-class Dutch skaters as we get to the closing

3:25:45 > 3:25:53pairs. And away they go. Three and three quarters laps of the track. A

3:25:53 > 3:26:01good clean start. Lotte Van Beek opened so hard that she paid the

3:26:01 > 3:26:05penalty in the latter part of the race. And Lotte Van Beek may be just

3:26:05 > 3:26:10holding back a little bit, a little bit more bad-tempered case. And

3:26:10 > 3:26:18hopefully then keeping that speed for the last lap.Three tenths of a

3:26:18 > 3:26:23second inside the quickest time, she has not overcooked it on the opening

3:26:23 > 3:26:33300 metres. She moves to the outside of the track this time.

3:26:33 > 3:26:35of the track this time. And the Japanese skater moving through on

3:26:35 > 3:26:40the inside.

3:26:42 > 3:26:46the inside. The Dutch coach trying to prepare these Japanese skaters

3:26:46 > 3:26:51and really they have dominated this season. Both have a second slower