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

Welcome back if you have switched

over from BBC1, welcome to continued

cover of the Winter Olympics from

Pyeongchang. Chemmy is with me and

we are going take you straight to

final two competitors of finals in

the men's moguls. Matt Chilton can

tell us what happened.

the men's moguls. Matt Chilton can

tell us what happened.

tell us what happened. COMMENTATOR:

Matt Graham is next, followed

Matt Graham is next, followed by Sho

Endo of Japan. Can he put an

Australian in the Super Six? A full

twisting back somersault. The skiing

is fantastic. Matt blame is in

control. He has not put a foot wrong

yet. He has gone for the big knee

skin 1080. He has nailed it. It is

fast. I think that will be good

enough to see him through to the

final to give him a chance of skiing

for a medal. The two Australian

women missed out in the medals last

night. But Matt Graham has an

opportunity to be one of the final

six year. Elegant, high.

six year. Elegant, high. Floated,

full twisting back somersault. The

turns were as good as any we have

seen tonight. He chose to go down

the right-hand side of the track. He

has 14.8 speed points. He has got to

be one of the highest scoring on the

turns which make up 60% of the marks

remember and that second aerial was

a beauty. He has gone fourth. With

one to come, he has qualified. He is

in the final six!

in the final six! The last man out,

Sho Endo from Japan. Sho Endo last

to ski in is in round. Can he get in

the final six? She endo makes the

first ten turns. Beautifully

executed. Full twisting back

somersault. No problems with

landing. Now he is in trouble. He is

over! And his Olympics ends right

there and he may have done some

damage. He seems to be clutching his

right arm. No, he is back on his

feet. No, I think he is OK. Thank

goodness for that. Sho Endo has

failed to finish. And that means...

Well once, we will see the final

scores through.

Matt Graham, Slatten, and Gagnon are

the last three.

the last three. That is the way it

will conclude in the reverse order

of their positions after this round.

It is an unfortunate end for Sho

Endo, who was the top scorer in the

previous final, but he has failed to

capitalise. It ended spectacularly.

But with no medals. So

But with no medals. So the

Rather deject Sho Endo heads off as

we get confirmation of the top six.

The only European is Slatten from

Norway.

The only European is Slatten from

Norway.

STUDIO: So many failing to complete

because you have got go for it.

The

level is so high and the height

they're getting on the jump is

incredible. But there is no landing

space and they have got to get

straight back into the bumps.

There

has been a good run from Canadian

and mainly men from Quebec. This was

his run, he wasn't the top

qualifier, but I think his jumps are

so impressive. Particularly the

second one.

So precise. So airtight.

Look at the speed. The upper body is

staying down hill. The feet power

from side to side. This, Clare, you

loved this. Look at that - iron

cross in the air. So much height.

He

has been unstoppable on the World

Cup circuit for the last two seasons

and won 13 consecutive races.

That

is an incredible stat. He is from

Canada, from Quebec, the snow is

very similar to South Korea, it is

man made and he is the man to beat.

They have to keep the knees relaxed

to be able to pump them right up to

their chest.

They're jarring each

time, they're trying to carve into

the bumps. 60% of what the judges

look at is the turn space. The air

time he has was incredible.

This is

the shot I love. Look at that for a

slo-mo and right up into the night

sky. It looks so dramatic. It seems

the wind has definitely dropped and

they're lower down the mountain.

Different resort. They're down the

valley and the wind doesn't affect

them as much. If it was windy it

would be dises a draws --

disastrous. It is great to have an

event that isn't affected by the

wind. We will have a battle of the

big dogs in moguls, because they

will push it hard.

A bottle of big

dogs, love it. Now our leader, he

posted the highest score.

They have

the knee markers on. You can see

them trying to get into the flow. So

precise with the movements. Fast

pumping the legs. The head is so

stable. Everything is working under

the body. The legs side to side,

having to get the timing right and

then look at that, landing right

into the moguls.

Although Japan lost

their world champion. Did you see

the Australians with their bare

chests.

Yes, every day let's get

somebody out with the bare chest.

Such an Aussie thing. Love it. We

had one Aussie guy through. The

Australians are so strong in this

discipline, the girls last night and

the guys tonight.

You were saying,

now for recreational skiers, back

when I learned to ski, you were

trying to do that, have your knees

together. Now, no one skis like

that.

They don't ski like that on

the piste. We have a horrible term

called a mincer.

These are the best

of it. Here we are live back for the

final six. They will be judged by

those men behind the glass and Matt

Chilton watching on for the medals

to be decided.

COMMENTATOR: Time for the Super Six.

There are two Canadians in this

final. There is a Japanese skier who

will be the last to ski.

will be the last to ski. The

starting order is irrelevant.

Previous scores are scrubbed out. It

is a fresh start. The best score of

the six will win gold.

the six will win gold. And Gagnon

starts. He means business. A power.

Start. Beautiful full twisting back

somer salt. Flowing from bump to

bump. Magnificent from Gagnon. A

lack of control on a couple of

turns. But he has managed to get it

back on his terms. Big D spin. Lands

it perfectly and clocks 25.3

seconds. He sets the standard in the

final. That is all he can do. His

turns weren't perfect and you have

to say that Gagnon skied quite

beautifully. Fourth in Sochi. Can he

get on the podium and get himself an

Olympic medal tonight? A couple of

errors through the turns. He never

let them get too far away from him.

He put in this magnificent corked

1080 to complete his run. The

landing was solid.

Kingsbury to come. 77.02 to Gagnon.

Penalised for the mistakes in the

middle part of the course.

middle part of the course. Slatten

hadn't even qualified before

tonight. He had to ski all the way

from the first run tonight to make

his way to the super final. The only

European in the contest. It's over

for Slatten. He will not be amongst

the medals tonight. He is doing the

right thing, because who knows what

will happen to the rest. He won't

get a DNF. Sensible skiing. Put in a

big jump to finish. 26.71 through

the speed gun. Gagnon still leading

the way. Slatten will get a score,

because he finished his run. He will

need a whole lot of luck now to get

a medal. Highly unlikely with the

others to go. Including the

astonishing Daichi Hara, the young

Japanese man. Started well for

Slatten.

Slatten. Then the landing let him

down. He was looking for good aerial

scores as he bounced recklessly and

eventually coming to a halt. Given a

33.61. Silver medal position for the

moment! Gagnon leading the way. Next

the Australian, Matt Graham. Who had

a group of bare-chested supporters

watching him a little while ago.

They have wrapped up now - thank

goodness. The man who finished 7th

in Sochi.

Full twisting back somersault to

kick it off.

These are good, fast accurate turns.

Big D-spin, what a run from Matt

Graham from Australia. That's got

the Australians on their feet as if

they needed an excuse. And that

might see him score 80-plus and put

him into gold medal position. First

jump elegant, skis locked together.

Full twisting back somersault, right

back into the money turns in the

middle part of the course. Couldn't

spot any mistakes and then he went

big on the final kicker. Three

lateral twists. The big corked 10.

Got the landing. And skied on.

Come

on!

It is gold medal position. Big

score, 82.57 for Graham of

Australia.

Three to come.

Three to come. Gagnon put down to

silver medal position now. Matt

Graham leads the way. Casey

Andringa, the only American in this

super final. He is ready to go. 22

years old. And he's off and running.

Ten turns to negotiate before he

flies. He put in a grab on that back

somersaults, a beautiful execution

of the jump for him. Has he got the

speed and control? The turns look

pretty good. Andringa goes high and

sits down and he will not take the

lead.

Good effort from Casey Andringa.

Left it all on the Hill. And with

two to come, Matt Graham knows that

he has got a medal. Just too much to

mark down here. The turns in the

middle part of the course were a

highlight for Casey Andringa. The

landing at the bottom part of the

course was Paul, and that's where

he's lost the chance to lead this

Olympic final. Just Mikael

Kingsbury, the world number one, the

youngest man in the super final,

Daichi Hara, to come. What score

will be give to Casey Andringa? Went

for the big cab driver double grab

but sat down on landing. Waiting for

the inevitable bad news, I think.

Into third. A generous score. But

he's behind Matt Graham who has gold

medal position and behind

Marc-Antoine Gagnon who isn't

silver. Guaranteed -- Robert is in

silver.

Matt Graham is guaranteed a medal.

The last Australian to win this was

always viewed by the Australians as

a Canadian. Talking of Canadians,

here is Mikael Kingsbury. The world

number one, the one thing that's

missing is the Olympic gold medal.

Can he complete the set? Off and

running, big D-spin, the landing was

absolutely bang on from Mikael

Kingsbury. Barely a movement before

he started with the turns in the

middle part of the course. Covering

the ground super quick. He flies,

lands, skis off, what's to be given

a full gold medal position with just

Daichi Hara to come. The Canadians

are celebrating. Surely that's a

medal for Mikael Kingsbury, who took

the silver behind his compatriots

four years ago in Sochi. God is to

wait for the deliberations from the

judges. Big 1080. -- he has got to

wait for the deliberations. Superb

aerial form from Mikael Kingsbury.

It was a double full posting back

somersaults with two twists. Really

hope degree of difficulty there. --

high degree of difficulty. Second

kicker, made sure of the landing and

it was smooth and soft. The Canadian

coach enjoys it. Will that be good

enough for gold medal position with

one to come from Mikael Kingsbury,

he leads! That will take some

beating. Kingsbury is guaranteed

silver at worst.

silver at worst. He leads the way,

Kingsbury. One to come. The youngest

man in the contest. Daichi Hara from

Japan. Just 20. He stands between

Mikael Kingsbury and his gold medal.

It's a massive task now for Daichi

Hara.

The last skier of the 2018 Olympic

moguls competition is away. Daichi

Hara of Japan. The first

Hara of Japan. The first through

solidly.

These are the turns where

he has been on fire tonight.

Beautiful skiing from Daichi Hara.

Fast, direct and he goes high and

grabs, lands softly and sweetly and

skis away. Will it be enough for a

medal? I'm not sure it's enough for

gold. The degree of difficulty

displayed by Mikael Kingsbury in his

aerial manoeuvres might just see him

take the title. But Daichi Hara may

well be on for medal here. Kingsbury

sits in gold medal position at the

moment. Matt Graham of Australia

holds the silver. Marc-Antoine

Gagnon of Canada is the man in

bronze. Will Daichi Hara change the

top of the leaderboard here? Whose

time is fast.

time is fast. Not as fast as either

Graham or Kingsbury.

He may get a medal but it's not

going to be gold. I can't see the

judges giving him enough to go past

Mikael Kingsbury. He's praying. He's

waiting. He's got the bronze! Daichi

Hara has a medal for Japan but

Mikael Kingsbury is the Olympic

bumps champion at last. The world

number one fulfils his dream and

wins the biggest prize in mogul

skiing.

skiing. His compatriot has won it

for the last two Olympics for

Canada. Three in a row for the

Canadians, and the Australians have

a silver medal. And the 20-year-old

from Japan, Daichi Hara, has the

men's moguls Olympic bronze medal.

What a contest today.

Well, they didn't know too much

about Daichi Hara coming into this

competition. Matt Graham and Mikael

Kingsbury established competitors on

the World Cup, Kingsbury the world

number one, he's one more World Cup

races than anyone in mogul skiing

history. Tonight he's got the one

that really matters to him. He would

have given up all those World Cup

points to take the elliptical.

Olympic -- Olympic gold. Last night

France took the gold with Canada

just missing out. In the women's

event. And I think that was his mum

and dad who have travelled to South

Korea to watch complete. The

anticipation and the Beeld. Within

the Canadian media to this --

build-up within the Canadian media

to this competition was immense

because everyone was aware of what

Mikael Kingsbury is capable of. He

has got a park named after him in

his hometown, he's got celebrity

status in Canadian media circles.

Tonight he will leave as the Olympic

champion. It will be Canada's second

gold medal of the Olympic Winter

Games. The Silver ghost to Matt

Graham. With Daichi Hara taking the

bronze.

STUDIO: what a happy podium. First

medals of the games for Japan and

Australia but that was the one that

was missing for Mikael Kingsbury.

Australia but that was the one that

was missing for Mikael Kingsbury.

It

was so deserved, his degree of

difficulty in the aerials was huge,

executed perfectly. A massive score

and get his reaction and what it

meant to him.

I want if it would

help him going down second last

rather than last?

Britto the -- we

have talked about being up there

last, no one is around you. But with

that performance, nothing would have

floored him. It was amazing.

Talk us

through the speed, the accuracy, the

flexibility required for this.

First

of all, he got the pace straight off

the

of all, he got the pace straight off

the bat, really quickly into the

rhythm. The first air was beautiful,

so clean. Look at this, upper so

strong, -- upper body so strong and

disciplined, legs pumping, doesn't

make it look too bad on the knees

and that shows you how effortless it

is for him. Beautiful airtime, so

clean over the line. He knew it,

this was the one missing, the one he

wanted. The crowd knew it.

A big

Canadian team supported him, his

family out there but he is great

friends with all of the moguls

sisters, and she said, just Dean,

she said it was amazing for them all

to be there and in contention.

Yes, once you have someone that

strong in your team, it lists you

all. You need someone pushing those

boundaries. You want someone on your

team on your side. And he demolished

it. The other guys lifted up their

level as well. He didn't win by

default. He won because he had the

perfect run. Perfect line and

execution. That's an Olympic gold

medallist through and through. I'm

very glad that the Australian fans

who have put their jacket on were

rewarded for their brave the early

on with a medal. You saw what it

meant in the finishing area for Matt

Graham. He put it out there, a clean

run, not a degree of difficulty but

really clean. In terms of a podium,

I have not seen one where every one

was buzzing. Relatively unknown

Daichi Hara who was a surprise, he

comes in.

Youngest son of the whole

lot. -- youngest one of the whole

lot.

All of those emotions, that is

what you look for. That means that

we can switch to various other

sports, we have such a range of

things available.

Women's ski

jumping came into the Olympic Games

only four years ago. That is after

an awful lot of campaigning. It took

them 16 years to get there. And I

think it's a beautiful sport to

watch. They try and stay in the air

for as long as they can. And the

wind speed has been factoring in, it

delayed the men until after

midnight. But we will go to the

women's competition after this

guide.

Ski jumping takes place on either

the normal hell of a large hill.

Competitors typically jump further

than the length of a football pitch

at speeds of 90 miles an hour.

Distance is the biggest factor in

success. But points are also awarded

for style in proud run, posture,

fight and landing. Points for

distance are determined where the

person lands in equivalency to be

Kbyte which is the equivalent of a

par score in -- the K-point which is

the equivalent of the putt in golf.

Each competitor has two jumps which

are combined. -- it's the equivalent

of the past go in golf. -- par

score.

Chemmy Alcott has tried just about

everything but have you tried this?

No, I had been the top of one and

that Iran is so. I would probably --

ramp is so big. I would possibly do

it on that celebrity programme but

it is all about the tiny adjustments

they make, the hip action. They are

jumping on the ground is training,

it is about the hip action. The

girls have come on so far in four

years. This is another showcase for

female sport. We didn't see it, we

saw the weather take away the

slopestyle this morning but we will

see it tonight.

There have been some

delays at the ski jumping but we're

going to head over there lies in the

hope, certainly it looks as though

they are about to get underway. The

defending champion is from Germany.

As we can see, flying through the

air, we will join our commentary

team.

So, she slides into sixth place. She

will get a second jump today. It's a

Slovenian parade.

Slovenian parade. Ursa Bogataj, but

into two-year-olds. I mentioned the

system that that people come up in,

she was a bronze medallist in 2012

at the youth and a.

She was sixth in

Sapporo earlier this week as well

which is the best that she has had

this season.

She will have two come

off the bar, it looks like red.

A

quick overview on the light system,

it is like a traffic light. Red,

yellow and green. We can look at the

win here. Looks like it's coming up

the hill at the bottom. Almost

everywhere, swirling a little bit

but it's just a little bit to week.

There's a good headwind making its

way up the hill.

They watch the coach's flag to know

they're optimising the wind. They

have ten seconds when its green to

go and it is go time for Bogataj. He

could be on the bubble.

That was a

rough jump for her. Somebody who has

almost been on the podium in the

World Cup this year. So late and the

knees come back. A deadly

combination of the two. That is not

going to get her on top of that air

pressure. It will just act like a

giant brake. Even the landing is

sketchy.

Pretty bang on there. 18.

He will get a second jump though.

He will get a second jump though. A

nice look at how steep the in run is

and the athletes, everybody else

wearing parkers.

Looking at the

flags on the labding hill. Labd --

landing hill. It is not a safety

issue, it is a fairness issue. They

want to see everybody gets a fair

chance of getting down into the

bottom.

Key Yar Hoelzl. There have been some

young ski jumpers along the way.

She

will be pulled off the bar, because

of the red light. Resettled. Get

those butterflies in check.

I would

say most of the field are either in

their late teens or early 20s. We

have one at 33 and one at 30. The

wind has completely died. Under

normal circumstances it would be

great. There is no safety issue. But

again it is all about fairness. It

is not fair right now to send a

skier and not give them the same

advantage given to their

competitors.

competitors.

Hoelzl.

They're sending

her and the coach does not like it.

Let's see if she can go for it. 99.5

metres is the jump she needs to jump

into the lead and short of that

leader line. And the hand's up in

the air. Often they give gestures

when they land.

She knew what was

going on and that the wind had died.

You're at the point as a skier when

you watch a coach flag you, you can

tell if it is an enthusiastic flag,

or, I can't believe he just sent me.

I think that was the latter.

She

does move into 8th place. First

round score. Distance and style

points together, 92.2.

Carina Vogt once we get back to see

her, she is not a just a flash of

brilliance, she is a big event ski

jumper. She can be behind in the

World Cup circuit and come to a

world Championship and demolish the

field. We are going to see a gate

change here. But she is a veteran.

She can handle this. She loves the

pressure cooker. She does and I'm

just keeping my eye on the gate. The

way the gates work is the higher up

that you start on the ski jump

inrun, the faster the ski will be.

They have gone up. So they can give

the athletes that are not getting

the favour of the wind conditions a

bit more speed to make up for that

fact. Hopefully we can see Carina

put down a big jump. Olympic winner

in 2014. She is the 2015 and 2017

world champion. She is a big event

skier. Lots of experience doing it.

So a delay like this is not

something that I would see as a

problem for her. She has nerves of

steel. I find it interesting to see

the athletes with lots of blankets

on. I see competitions in Finland

and Norway and every where in cold

climates and I rarely see them

having to cover up like this.

having to cover up like this. Carina

Vogt stretching it out a little bit.

We will have more in just a moment.

STUDIO: So a delay before Carina

Vogt is about to jump. She is going

to take her time. This is where

experience really matters. But the

delay could be three or four or five

minutes. So we are going to take an

opportunity to catch up on some of

women's ice hockey. Because we have

got a goals edit of Switzerland

against Japan. We will be back with

the ski jumping shortly.

COMMENTATOR: It goes in, something

of nothing of Sara Benz. A spin and

a throw of the net and it took

Fujimoto by surprise.

It goes wide

and Benz picks it up and watch

Fujimoto. She does not expect this

what -- whatsoever.

Meier will walk

into one. That really was too easy.

What a pass that was and a chance

and a goal! Benz' second of the

game. Meier's pass tape to tape and

Switzerland almost go coast-to-coast

in scoring a second power play goal.

Look at the presence of mind from

Meier, firing it all the way to the

blue line. She was able to sneak in

behind the Japanese defend pers.

Full stride. Gets her head over the

blocker of Fujimoto. And the

dramatic finish as she slides into

the net as well. But what a pass.

Muller steps in and she scores. It

looked like Fujimoto had got enough

of that. But muller too powerful.

A

leg kick on the finish. But watch

this - terrific instinct. And just

over powering the shot through

Fujimoto.

Considering a set place

from a face-off.

What a hit that was. Japan on the

board.

This is what Japan has to do

if they want to close this gap.

if they want to close this gap. What

a play sees s Kubo going hard.

That

will do for Switzerland. Time going

to run out for Japan. Switzerland

are through. They're into the

quarter-finals. Of this Winter

Olympics. With the second successive

win.

STUDIO: A fantastic win for

Switzerland.

STUDIO: A fantastic win for

Switzerland. You haven't missed

anything in the ski jumping. The

wind is still too strong.

wind is still too strong. But Chemmy

Alcott, we had one competitor who

couldn't compete because of injury.

Her does kin went to see her in

hospital.

He is the hardest working

man at the Olympics.

Calling her big

foot.

I know. So complimentary. You

need people to still be thinking

about her. She has a week to stay in

hospital. So fantastic that Jamie

made that time. He has another event

coming up, the Big Air.

Vogt is

about to go in the ski jumping.

Let's rejoin our commentators.

about to go in the ski jumping.

Let's rejoin our commentators.

She is still flying high. Can she

pull off a big jump? Not bad

considering all that delay.

Pretty

good, seeing as the Green Line, the

leader mark, she had quite a lead.

While that may not be enough to get

into the lead, it may get her into

the top four. I like the way she

does her first phase. She is a

little active with her arms, but

they come down by her side. It is

important to keep your upper body

nice and low. That was close.

nice and low. That was close.

Moves

into second place. Behind Iraschhko

Stolz.

Avvakumova next.

A bit of snow

falling as well.

The Russian champion, 2014

Olympician. She was 16th. That is a

solid jump.

That is a great jump for

her and she knows it. When you have

all that extra time to think about

it and to come down and put a large

jump like that, perfect timing,

decent technique off the takeoff.

Her flight is very quiet. Not a lot

of extra movement. She could be

challenging Iraschhko Stolz for the

lead.

She is on her way back. She

had a knee injury just over a year

ago, rounding into form is the

26-year-old and she takes over first

place by a shade of a point over

Iraschhko Stolz. Four to go and one

will be Yuki Ito. She is from a

small village that is the same home

time as another famous skier.

We talk about Takanashi, but Ito is

a two times silver medallist in the

World Championships.

Coach was not happy with the wind.

Ito and that is well short of what

we know she is capable of.

Yes, she

is the hill record holder on this

hill. I think the wind wasn't there

for her. The compensation points

might help a bit, but probably not

enough. She was late as well. Not

only was the wind not helping, she

wasn't helping herself with a

takeoff like that. She does fly very

nicely. Great transit.

nicely. Great transit. Landing one

foot in front of other.

Almost a how

to guide to landing.

Sara Takanashi, the 21-year-old,

enters her second Olympics, the most

decorated women's ski jumper in

history. But hasn't been able to win

the bigger then. Yet! -- the big

event. Floating in there, she may

have the lead.

What a beautiful

clutched jumped from her. That was

incredible. Right near the bottom.

She's super compact. Take-off looked

decent, timing OK, I would like to

have seen a little bit more forward

momentum. Comes in again for a great

landing, no, it wasn't there. It

depends on the angle that the judges

saw it from. Maybe that was more

like 18. She could have scored 19. I

wouldn't give her that if I had seen

that landing in slow motion.

It was

an angle they did not see, she moves

into first place. A 6-point lead as

well but could come into play.

well but could come into play. Final

two to go in this first round and

Katharina Althaus. She's as fit as

she's ever been, leaning over those

skis. And she to hit the leader

line.

From her trial job just before

this round, it was a great one, I

was expecting things that she

delivers, that is right down,

aggressive, a little bit late of the

take-off but she keeps her upper

body very low and in these windy

conditions, especially with

headwind, it is an advantage to do

that. It's going to be close. I

think she can take over the lead

with that job. -- with that jump.

Longest jump we have seen today. And

yes, she is in first place. Three

points up on Sara Takanashi. We have

got ourselves a competition and were

just finishing up the first round.

Here is your world number one, Maren

Lundby of Norway. She would love to

give Norway its tenth Olympic gold

medal. In ski jumping. But first you

need a big one here.

Not bad.

Little

bit short but she said that she's

been struggling at this venue, she

tweaked her technique and it's all

about confidence and she's looked

really good all week in official

training.

She needed a 107 metre

jump, this will not protect in first

place but it will put her in

contention and that's all we can ask

for. She will be clutch in the

second jump. I still think she is

still favourite for gold. Still in

the mix, it's going to be a

barn-burner of a final round with

five athletes going for gold.

She is

now in first place. We have got a

competition, Maren Lundby on top,

one more jump to go for the medals.

And that's coming up after the

break.

Obviously we are not taking a break

here because it's the BBC! Well

done, put that away! Building and

building on the women's ski jump. I

was pleased to see Sara Takanashi

put a good job in because it in

such, the nurse -- in Sochi, the

nurse had got her.

It's amazing, so

technical. It looks like you're just

on the ramp and going for it but

there's so much

on the ramp and going for it but

there's so much to consider, the

wind, it's the one sport where a

headwind helps because it picks your

tip up and throws you further down

the landing. The judges take that

into consideration which is why the

monks at the bottom are important,

-- the marks at the bottom are

important.

The most sports, the

heavier you are the better because

it makes you go faster, but in ski

jumping, the lie to you our makes a

real difference.

That's why ski

jumping, the weight is heavily

monitored because they don't want

the athletes getting too low in

their weight. That's such a mental

to their health. It's quite

monitored and their ski length is

interesting, you are only allowed

one which is 145% off your height.

One kilo loss in weight, makes a

difference cosmic yes, two to four

metres difference, so it's huge.

So

maybe water retention, they have

less water before the event so they

don't have the weight.

Extraordinary. We will be back with

the final jumps in about ten or 15

minutes. They take the break now so

most of those ones that you saw will

go through. This morning we saw

Germany take gold in the women's by

affluent pancake -- biathlon pancake

pursuit. It's now time for the men.

It's a German who will set off first

because they have a staggered start.

If you win the spread, it puts you

in front, which I think is a bit

unfair because you have already got

advantage.

Let's let them know that,

I'm sure there's a reason for it!

I

think we should change the rules.

It's still a very exciting, tissue.

-- competition.

Ahead of the start of the men's

pursuit of the biathlon, the big

story

story yesterday, who just missed the

bronze. The two men we are expecting

to dominate other men who have won

14 out of 15 this season.

Inexplicably, they both missed three

targets at their first attempt at

the range, instantly ending their

hopes of a medal.

hopes of a medal. Fourcade finished

in eighth so he will have a deficit

of 22 seconds over the surprise

German winner. Taking an individual

gold at his third games.

gold at his third games. The key

start is, that he will start behind

the German, the Finn. Can either of

the big men in road those deficits

and give them -- themselves a chance

of a medal? Fourcade has a better

opportunity, aiming for a piece of

history. No man has ever

successfully defended his title. The

man they all chase is Peiffer, who

is celebrating yesterday was

amazing.

amazing. Here comes Dole, the

reigning world champion. And now

Martin Fourcade quest for redemption

begins.

They are waiting for an opportunity

to join this fascinating contest. In

a way, he has nothing to

a way, he has nothing to lose,

Thingnes Boe. If anyone can mount a

challenge, it is the fastest ski

Norwegian but he needs one of the

best performances of his season to

get anywhere close to the leaders

come the business end of this

pursuit.

pursuit. So, Peiffer coming into the

range, Fourcade leading the chasing

group.

group. Quite blustery conditions.

Thingnes Boe has taken 12 seconds

out of his deficit at the two K

marker. Peiffer, wearing one.

Fourcade is in shooting range to

because that is where he entered the

range. It will flash red for a miss.

Doesn't matter whether they go left

or right, the idea is to have a set

of five white circles. Aiming at 4.5

centimetres in the prone position.

Watch Fourcade, he has missed.

Peiffer has shot clean. So too,

Doll, the other German. Great work

from the German duo.

Doll will be on to the second loop

pretty quickly. How about that,

Germany second, third and fourth.

Eberhard going well. Thingnes Boe

now in the range. Three out of five.

Now four out of five.

Now four out of five. Boe has shot

clean and needed that. The top seven

all shooting clean,. Here is the 4.5

kilometre checkpoint.

Nothing to separate these two. Let's

see what damage they have done on

the others. Doll was 12 seconds off

the pace. When they exited the

shooting range for the first time,

around about the same. What about

Acree one?

Acree one? 20 seconds, Boe just in

front of him. -- what about

Fourcade? Not the Boe brother he is

used to chasing.

So, this will be the second of the

prone shoots. Aiming at 4.5

centimetre target. When they are

standing, which is obviously more

difficult, the target goes up in

size to 12.5 centimetres. Thingnes

Boe has just gone through that

checkpoint at 4.5 K in exactly a

minute off the pace says he hasn't

managed to close any on the second

circuit so far. Peiffer coming

through on the inside. Eberhard on

the right. Desperate to get on the

podium after missing out last night.

They will be watching these leading

two, side by side. If one makes a

mistake, the other becomes aware and

they have got to block it out. The

psychology of these visits to the

range is enormous, and it's

blustery. These conditions are

tough. Trying to lower their pulse

and give themselves the best

possible chance of shooting clean.

Doll looks as though he's coming

into the range in third position,

Schempp fourth, watch out

Schempp fourth, watch out four

Fourcade because when he needs to,

he can shoot very quickly. That

gives you an idea how tricky the

wind is. A few adjustments required

because the conditions have changed

since they zeroed their rifles.

Peiffer and Eberhard matching each

other, but MS for Eberhard and

Peiffer shoots clean. -- a this for

Eberhard. -- it was amiss. Fantastic

German.

Fourcade out on the course without

penalty, better from the Frenchman,

what we expect. Amiss is when it

flashes red.

They're out on the course, thick and

fast. Martin Fourcade, 24 seconds

adrift. Thingnes Boe is having a

nightmare games so far. Two Mrs and

he will definitely not getting a

medal in this race either. Two more

opportunity to come in the

individual and massive sprint. He is

a class act, we cannot write it off.

But unlike Peiffer, Thingnes Boe is

not producing his best form of the

season when he needs it. The German

is.

Peiffer leads.

Boe is in third. Germany one, two

and four. Whose nerve will crack on

this third visit to the range?

Fourcade just needs to transport

himself into his World Cup

mentality. 15 appearances, 15 World

Cup races this season. 15 podium

finishes! Six victories. Seven

runner up spots and twice third.

Martin Fourcade needs to remind

himself of that form if he is to

secure a piece of Winter Olympic

history by successfully defending

this title. He has given himself an

opportunity. At the beginning of

this circuit he was 21 seconds off

the pace. Now he is coming in pretty

much dead level with Peiffer. A look

of concern there on the face of the

German coaches. Peiffer has shot

clean at every stage so far. Can he

do so now with Fourcade putting him

under pressure? There is the miss -

the first mistake from Peiffer.

Samuelsson has a miss. Schempp.

Fourcade is the only one who can get

through clean and he has done it. It

is a massive opportunity for Martin

Fourcade. Everybody else feeling the

pressure, but Fourcade's nerve held

good. This is a race about

redemption. A bit of a problem for

Eric Lesser. He has already had one

miss. Having a few issues there with

his rifle.

his rifle. Fourcade leads. Peiffer

is in second. 20 seconds adrift. The

reason that Fourcade is in the lead

is that every single man with whom

he came into the range for the third

shoot missed one and he didn't. This

is showerly Martin -- surely Martin

Fourcade's race to lose. After his

bitter disappointment in the press

conference last night, this one you

suspect would mean a great deal to

him. Peiffer looks like he is in the

lead, he is not. He is 20 seconds

down on Martin Fourcade.

down on Martin Fourcade. 500 metres

separates Fourcade from victory. It

has been superb from the Frenchman.

Doll just taking a bit of a

breather. Composing himself for the

battle to come over the last 500

metres. Driving wind, freezing cold,

minus 12, probably feels more like

minus 20. I suspect with the amount

of adrenaline coursing through their

veins, they won't be feeling that.

Silver and bronze look assured,

barring a fall, but which way

around? They're miles clear of the

rest. Samuelsson just composing

himself for a big drive to the line.

The Swedish coach roaring his young

charge on. Samuelsson going for

this, trying to put Benedikt Doll

under pressure. Doll's not out of

this. Remember, he is a world

champion in his own right from last

year. Samuelsson and Doll, but here

comes Martin Fourcade - the French

flag flying high! This is redemption

for a man who was so disappointed

with his performance yesterday. He

becomes the first biathlete in

history to successfully defend this

title and how much will this mean.

So much character, so much heart.

Fourcade has delivered today where

he couldn't yesterday and what a

brilliant silver medal for Sebastian

Samuelsson. He is only 20 years of

age and he comes home behind

Fourcade and Doll a worthy medal

winner. Three different stories. I

think there is a hint of relief in

the demeanour of mar kin Fourcade.

He has re-established himself. He is

back on top, where he believes he

belongs.

STUDIO: Stewed amazing he made up

that deficit.

That gives France their second gold

of the games. But Germany out in

front.

This time tomorrow we hope that

Great Britain may make it on to that

medal table, it will be all down to

this woman.

When I'm on the ice, I'm

free. Speed, movement, power. On the

edge, never fully in control. No one

ever can be. Being disqualified in

Sochi hurt.

They have gone down.

Not

as much as the death threats and the

bullying that came with it. I got

abuse over the internet and stuff. I

thought about never skating again.

It took me two years to get out of

that. It made me tougher than I ever

thought I could be. I thought, I can

do this. I will do this.

do this. I will do this. I'm not

scared!

Christie aiming to become

the first British woman to win the

title.

I'm ready for the spotlight.

Christie leading the charge. It is

going to be tight. Shi has done it.

She is the world champion. Elise

Christie. Here is Christie on the

inside. It is another gold.

Proving

something to the world - one gold,

two golds, three golds.

The title

goes to Elise Christie.

When

something breaks your heart it takes

a while to love it again, but I'm

smiling now!

She is embracing the

pressure and embracing the

opportunity. This is how we hope it

will work out for her tomorrow at 10

she is in the quarter-finals of 500

metres.

Oh, my word we were trying not to

get nervous. Hazel Irving will take

us through the rest of afternoon.

Did you see the times. Laura Deas

setting the pace. When she won her

gold medal Aimee comes through. This

time all the attention on Lizzie

Yarnold. But Laura Deas second. This

was the first run.

The men as well, Dom Parsons doing

well. Six on his first run. Makes a

few adjustments. Second run - look

at that.

It is an extraordinary

record Britain has. It was first

introduced, the event, in 1928 and

Britain got a bronze. 1948 bronze

again. And then entered the Olympic

programme in 2002 and we have gone

bronze, silver, gold, gold.

It is

Britain's most successful 21st

Century winter sport.

We were

talking yesterday with Aimee about

the investment potential, there is

that start push track at Bath. What

would be good if you could create an

ice house like they have in Calgary,

where you have a push start, but it

is under icy conditions all the

time. Note to self and everybody

else listening - that would be nice.

Just a few million pound.

Just a few million pound.

The

competition Saturdays for the men.

Before that, you have got something

to enjoy, we are going go women's

ski jumping and this is the second

round. They have Haddish yous with

the wind. The wind has been

inconsistent. We are going to hear

from our commentators.

Top

That will help boost the sport.

She has had some struggles and some

nasty falls. If you look her up on

YouTube. If that is the sort of

thing you like to do. The style was

excellent. Should put her into the

lead.

She said she is honoured to

have that role as an ambassador for

the sport and she is the new leader.

That is not a lawn mower you can

hear. It is the Winter Games, but

leaf blowers to get rid of the fresh

snow.

As if the sound of the skis

were not enough. You have leaf

blowers on either side. It can be

distracting. Ski jumpers are not

used to seeing is people standing

there. We have situations where the

leaf blowers are necessary. It is an

adjustment. You need to be focussed

right in front of you and can't be

looking out. It is hard to do to

keep that tunnel vision going. But

again the veterans on this tour, you

may have seen it before. It looks

like the snow is coming down harder.

There is a bit of tail wind at the

takeoff. That is where we see the

coaches standing. So that is a

factor why they holding her right

now and it is not because the wind

is too strong, it is just coming in

the wrong direction.

the wrong direction.

Bogataj still

waiting.

waiting.

Lundby is the first round

leader. The rest of the room looking

on. I don't think they want their

picture on the TV. Usually it is

relaxed. They keep it loose and

there is a lot of joking.

It is the

pressure cooker now. I know I keep

saying that world. From what we saw

in the first round and how tight it

is and we could have very well five

different women contend for the gold

medal here - unbelievable

competition. And this delay is not

going to cool it down. You know

those nerves are as high as they

have ever been in that ready room.

You can see the direction of the

arrows at the bottom of hill and it

is looking at the top. It is really

light. I wouldn't say there is much

more Nan a breath of a -- than a

breath of a wind. But it is coming

down the hill and it is important

the competition is front. When the

air comes from the front it helps

the athlete. If you have wind from

the back, it is a disadvantage and

it feels like you're jumping into

nothing and there is nothing to hold

you up. And they need more speed to

do that. Their hesitant to move the

gate as well. They're going to wait

it out and see if we can end up with

a fair final 30. The interesting

part I see is the top five athletes.

It is tight. How tight? It is only

six metres difference between the

top five. That is not a lot. You're

going to have some jockeying for

position. I think the medallist,

either one of winners, is going to

come from the top five.

come from the top five.

Bogataj

getting back in.

The bindings are

interesting. They only do they have

a plastic piece to look in and allow

the heel to come off the ski. They

also have a second safety system,

where they have a string that is

drilled into the back of the ski as

well as at the back of the boot and

if that primary system fails, they

have a safeguard. It won't be pretty

and takes a lot of skill to land a

jump if the binding comes off. It is

very rare. It happened last year

back in 2016. I think that those

details are the things that the

athletes have to think about before

these events and everything should

be working smoothly. We did see an

equipment issue in the first round.

She did qualify for the second jump.

She did qualify for the second jump.

We are starting back up again with

the Slovenian, Ursa Bogataj.

Slovenia is a ski jumping nation.

The crowd want to do well. The wind

is getting better.

Ursa Bogataj a

little short of the leader line,

shaking her head a bit, 81 metres.

She looked like her feet got almost

ahead of her hips and that take off.

She was quite far behind in the

first phase of the flight. Yes, a

bit of wind out there. I think it is

pushing the athletes around a bit.

We saw it a couple of jumps ago. It

is tricky to navigate, especially

when you're not expecting it.

when you're not expecting it.

So,

second place for now.

second place for now. One of the

Olympic Athletes from Russia, Sofia

Tikhonova. Silver medallist at the

youth Olympic Games in 2016. 19

years of age from St Petersburg,

Russia, leaping into the night air

at Alpensia.

Big jump. That was

close, I think it might be close to

that distant she needs to take the

lead. 86 metres. One of the longest

we have seen in this second round,

so great for her. The come and go

angle. This is happening quite a bit

on this hill. You can see where

there is some strong air up top and

it falls away in the second part,

leaving the athlete to fall out the

sky, it feels like the bottom falls

out of the floor.

Sofia Tikhonova

into third place. In terms of some

of the jump sizes we have seen into

the 105 - 106 range in the first

round. Sarah Hendrickson, it is good

to see her here. Had to earn her

way. She was one of the best in the

world, the world champion in 2013.

Knee injuries hurt her results in

2014 but here she could be on top.

She only just got here by winning

the American trials, she has some

guts.

Absolutely. 88 metre jump in

difficult conditions. Jumping off

into the abyss it looks like from

that angle. It looks like the wind

is coming from the left-hand side.

You can see her left ski with

further wrap and closer to her

shoulder. -- further up. That should

put her in the lead.

And it does.

She said it was pretty emotional,

she fit, those trials at her home

club with 7000 fans cheering her on.

We will see where Sarah ends up

today.

today. Julia Kykkanen Finland with

that unorthodox style of getting

off. Pouncing upwards and leaning

over the skis. Short of the leader

line and her arms up. We often talk

about gestures at the bottom, 84

metres.

Whenever you see that

gesture in jumping I think one of

the obvious things it is saying is,

I don't know what happened there and

at the same time it can be like,

what do I have to do to get a jump

that puts me in the lead? Power of

the take off. The left ski seemed to

be higher again. Coming in for the

landing, decent, but the feet

weren't separated quite enough in

order to be perfect. Reflected in

the judges scores.

Again, distance

points combined with your style

points. Sarah Hendrickson, the big

smile on the leader's circle. Here

comes Alexandra Kustova. A busy

month for her. Beginning of the

month at Junior Championships, won

is Phil silver medal in the team

event. On the 19-year-old spreading

those skis wide there.

Looks like

she is one of the tallest skiers and

that can be an advantage in the air,

but you have to be on top of the

wind pressure, you can't be hanging

behind at all because it will just

eat you alive if that is the case.

Great fly along camera view, great

view of the jump. The wind seems to

be coming from the left for the

first part of the jump.

Fifth place.

So, Sarah Hendrickson is on top,

your current leader. Again, the

first round scores added to the

final-round scores to give you that

combined total. That will determine

the medals. Ten athletes have gone,

20 more to go, including that lead

pack at the bottom. Boy, it has been

an unbelievable evening of jumping.

The conditions have been changing

back and forth and now a little bit

of snow in the air, but Sarah

Hendrickson, for heard this is a

memorable night. Through all the

knee injuries and everything she has

been through, almost having to self

fund to get here this year.

It is a

challenge to get to the Olympics and

having a look at that replay of that

jump, I didn't realise how well that

take off went. If your technique is

excellent, it matters a little less.

She rode one down the hill, a

beautiful jump, so good to see here,

a big jump like that.

Good luck

inside that ready room. They are

keeping warm in there. It is a

pretty frigid night. All of those

women still to come. Manuela

Malsiner, one of two sisters in this

competition today. Family pride on

the line.

The wind is coming from

behind. Might affect the gate again.

Kind of fluttering in and out of

that wind corridor. It is a set of

parameters that allows for a certain

amount with in there, but that is

too long, she can't stay much more

than 35-40 seconds and that bar, the

legs feel like dead weight.

The

staff evaluating the situation. And

again, if you are just joining us,

the men and women volunteers on the

right-hand side with the leaf

blowers, trying to get that fresh

snow out of the tracks on the

in-run.

Clear that this weather

front has brought more than just a

little bit of snow, but a little

more uncertainty as we move on here

in this final round.

Manuela

Malsiner sitting down and that gate.

Represented Italy at two World

Championships. And the athletes,

they always wait for the coach's

flag, not just the green light but

the coach gives them the time to go

and it is go time for Malsiner.

Looks to be in a position to

challenge.

A great job for her, to

come back after having to get off

the bar a couple of times, moving it

around, 89 metres is an excellent

jump for her. Take off looked pretty

good. Fantastic timing. Momentum

moving forward and as soon as she

gets on her flight position, she

locks it in. Mesa locked, toes are

being pulled, the skis are up by her

shoulders. Beautiful jump for her.

And she will be happy with that

score, into the lead. 163.4.

Malsiner takes over from Sarah

Hendrickson.

The youngest in the

competition today, 16 years of age

Lucile Morat.

After some equipment

delays... Lucile Morat, a little bit

short of that leader line, but as I

was saying earlier, and she's

shaking her head. Still, this

Olympic experience to be able to

build on for 2022 in Beijing. So

massive.

It is massive. A decent

take off, really high with the upper

body and then tries to bring it back

down again. We see her pushing

against her skis and that causes

them to move around quite a bit on

her. Able to bring those tips back

in for the landing. That is

something to be desired. Especially

if you do the right foot back when

the judges are behind you on the

right side, we don't see that

separation very much, they might not

appreciate that tell Mark landing.

The Norwegian, Silje Opseth. 18

years of age and looking to make an

impact that these Olympic Games, her

first. And she sure does! That was

massive!

Great jump for the

Norwegian. Sometimes it helps to see

your team-mate doing so well. You

can say, I train with that person

every single day, I can see them, I

know them. If they can do something

big, I can do something big. At the

moment, her team-mate provides a

window the inspiration she needs.

Puts a jump well past that green.

Puts a clearly into the lead. What a

jump.

jump.

Silje Opseth. It might be the

biggest we have seen so far in this

round, still some huge jumps to come

from the leaders but she is the new

leader, 178.2 for the youngster who

won team gold at the world Junior

Championships last month.

One of the veterans in the field,

Anastasiya Barannikova. 30 years of

age. 17th after the first run. What

does she have in the final-round?

That is maybe the short as we have

seen in this round.

I don't know

what happened there. Surprisingly

short for her, surprising. We could

see on the replay if there was

something that went wrong with the

take off. She's not happy, little

shake of the head. She almost

started behind... Her in-run

position looked bad. Yes, her feet

are really low compared to her hips.

Her arms go way back. There is

nothing about that jump that I like,

just nothing.

There seemed to be no

oompf.

That is probably some of the

worst we have seen so far.

Surprising from Barannikova, as her

day and Olympic Games ends here.

Lara Malsiner can she better her

sister?

Good wind coming up the

hill, an enthusiastic flag from her

coach.

Enthusiasm is always a

confidence builder. Can Lara build

on that? She certainly does.

A great

jump, coach likes it. He knew as

soon as the light turns green.

Always a good sign as a skier, it

shows there is something good going

on down below that he might not be

able to see. Along for the ride

along here. 'S move all the way

round. Great take off, great flight,

stylish landing. She should get

excellent style points for that

jump.

And Lara Malsiner, yes she

does better her elder sister. Right

now in first place. Not bad for the

17-year-old.

17-year-old.

Yuka Seto, strong

Japanese team competing here in

Pyeongchang.

It is her first Olympic

experience. She was fifth at this

testament in Pyeongchang. She likes

the rhythm of the in-run. Almost

gets to that line. We are seeing

some big jumps.

I think we will see

bigger jumps in the second round

than we saw in the first round. 89

metres. Not quite to the Cape point,

about ten metres short of it. If you

go to the K-point, you get bonus

points. If you go just before the

K-point, they will take away two

points from your score.

Yuka Seto

into third place. Lara Malsiner in

the lead.

Chiara Hoelzl Of Austria, we talk

about athletes that get to train

with the best. She gets to train

with Daniela Iraschko-Stolz. Good

speed, 87.2 kilometres an hour and

it translates into some distance.

Beautiful jump for the Austrian,

that was an excellent, excellent

ride. 95.5 metres. We are creeping

closer and closer to that K-point.

Just wait, if you think those are

long jumps, stick around for the

last 5-10 skiers because it will be

huge. It will be a battle for these

medals.

The snow is still falling and she is

clearly past that leader line. At

least five metres past. A great job

on this final round.

on this final round.

Hoelzl moves

into first place.

Jacqueline

Can she build on what the

Austrians are building today. She is

going to go down early. Not the

distance she needed. She never had a

whole lot of height.

I do like the first face of

Seifriedsberger's flight. Telemark

landing. That should put her into

second.

It sure does. Slides her

right in there. This is her first

Olympic experience after the

heartbreak of a knee injury kept her

out of Stochy. -- Sochi.

She is coming in with confidence.

But well short of where she needs to

be to contend for medals here.

That

won't cut it. That will not cut it.

89 metres at this point in the

round. And the wind is still being

even and fair. That is not going to

work. A good view from the front of

V-position.

V-position. Decent Telemark landing.

Into third and there is the leader.

Hoelzl of Austria. 193.2. On account

of an over 100 metre jump.

of an over 100 metre jump.

Iwabuchi

of Japan and look at that in run and

the speed she is picking up. That

was close. That was a close one. The

jab knees fans liking that jump. She

is having a look around. Will it be

enough to move her into the lead?

Another jump of 89 metres. Takeoff

looked good. I like her flight

position. Another nice and relaxed

face. It is good to see in the air.

Excellent V-style. Japanese coach is

happy.

She will move into second

place.

place. Five points behind Hoelzl of

Austria as you get to see those

towers. 10 to go for the medals and

they're the best in the world. You

know the nerves are quick enough

here as the conditions move and

change - wind and snow. A bit of

everything in this women's final.

This is a real test of ski jumping

nerve. Good view of takeoff again.

That is one of best takeoffs I have

seen today. A beautiful takeoff.

Smooth into the flight,

transitioning into the landing.

Slides into that Telemark right

before that K-point. Good for her.

She gets to warm up a little bit.

And the victor's, winner's circle if

she stay theres.

I'm going to say

those are Crystals.

those are Crystals.

Final ten it is

Ramona Straub of Germany.

It is a

good one.

good one.

That is huge from Straub

and she knows it.

98.5 metres.

Smooth. She does not move a muscle

the whole way down and slaps in that

Telemark landing. German coach says,

yeah, that is what she needed to

move into the lead.

Straub goes into the lead. Yuki Ito.

23 years of age. From Japan. The

coach gives her the wave. What does

the double world silver medallist

have? Can she launch herself up the

leaderboard. She is short again. It

is a tough day for her.

It is and I

noticed the wind turned around on

her. The coach gave her a flag at

the start of the 10-second period.

The wind meter was showing tail wind

right off the start. Her takeoff

started with her hips coming up and

she tried to move them forward. Once

you do that and the first movement

of your hips is in the vertical

direction and not a 45 degree angle

into the air. That is when you're

going to run into problem bes. It

looks like that affected her there.

Not enough to put her on top in

second place. She gives a little bow

to all her fans watching.

Seyfarth has shown she still has it

today. But short in this jump. She

looked way better in the first

round. With two jumps in a major

competition, you need to put two big

jumps together. That is what is

going to separate the winners from

the loser here. Her feet were almost

directly under her hips when she

left the takeoff. The term we use to

describe that, you're getting your

feet way in front of you and you're

punting a field goal. I think the

pressure got to her on that one.

Yes, third for her. Strong German

contingent to come. Three in fact.

Including

Including the defending champion,

Vogt.

Vogt. 17-year-old Nika Kriznar -

double gold medallist at the world

junior Championships. She is coming

in hot and flying high. Woah that is

big.

Unbelievable. What a jump for

her. She had crazy good height. 104

metres, one of the longest jumps we

have seen here today. Excellent

movement. Into the first place,

transitions beautifully with her pig

tail flapping and lands it almost

down to the hillside 109 metres and

that is the jump that you need in

order to take over the lead. That

may even put her in contention for a

medal with a jump like that.

Wow!

There you go. Into first place.

223.2. As Straub will have to hop

out of that leader's circle - make

way for the teenager. Nika Kriznar

of Slovenia. Big event skier. The

defending Olympic champion. If she

brings her best at the best events.

Can she bring it here?

Good height.

She may have it. What about the

style? It looked good and she had

the air she had. The wind was from

behind. They went down a gate. That

gave her more compensation. She is

nice and patient and holds back a

little bit and waits until she gets

to the second phase to drive her

upper body forward.

And stretches

all the way down to the landing.

This is going to be close. To see if

Carina Vogt can take over the lead.

Just that concentration in... She

does. She is into first place. Got a

bit of an edge, about a four-point

lead now.

Daniela Iraschko-Stolz didn't know

she would be here. She had two knee

injuries and the silver medallist in

Sochi is sailing in for gold. Oh,

she is short! That is close. It is

going to be disappointing for her.

She had the positioning to move into

a medal and I don't think that will

do it. That may move her into third

place now. With four more skiers to

go after this. Take off looked OK.

She is a great flyer and keeps that

chest so low in the first place of

the flight. Wow! This is going to be

crazy. We are going to see some wild

jumps in the last four skiers.

Iraschko-Stolz, those robotic knees,

she said she hoped to wrap her

career in the World Championships in

Austria and she is crushed right

now.

now. Smiling in that leader's circle

is the defending champion. Can she

make it two in a row with four to

do?

do? Accuse mow have a,

-- That looks

good and long

She is right around

the point. The fist pump says it.

Carina may want to get on to her

tiptoes, because Avvakumova could be

on the way.

Look at the

concentration. She is so relaxed. It

is almost like time stands still.

Your eyes get as big as pizza plates

and you can sail one down. It is a

feeling and she was on top of that

one. That was amazing.

Like

Iraschko-Stolz, she has been on the

come back trail and she is on top!

And can she hang on for a medal.

That means we won't have a defending

gold medallist. Carina Vogt will

have to wait to see if she gets any

medal.

medal.

Sara Takanashi the most

decorated skier in history. Can she

come up big here? She sure does. A

big jump. All she had to do was go

to K-point at 98 metres to take the

lead. She did that clearly with

103.5 metres. Could she have finally

slayed the dragon and earned herself

an Olympic gold? We know she has

definitely earned a medal of some

colour. What will it be?

Fourth in

Sochi. Hasn't won a gold medal at

the World Championships. And for

every win she has on the World Cup

circuit - 53 of them - she want s to

show she can turn up when it counts.

You bet she does. A big lead. The

Japanese fans are going wild. Look

at the emotion from her, can she

hang on with two to go?

How is this for some drama? A bit of

a holed up. After you watched

Takanashi slay this hill.

It looks

like the wind has picked up quite a

bit so they are going to move her

down one gate. This will give her

some

some bonus points. Gone down to gate

number 23, just over 86 metres of

in-run track. The athletes

travelling roughly 85 kilometres an

hour down this in-run before they

hit the take-off.

Takanashi in the

leader's circle. Katharina Althaus

up top, knowing what she needs to do

to challenge for the gold medal.

Althaus floating, reaching for every

metre, I think she's done it.

I

think she's done it! What a jump

under such pressure. 106 metres.

The

record is 109 metres. The women are

bringing it in the final round.

Great view of the take off here,

excellent take off, nice and low of

the body, Ansbach, palms back.

the body, Ansbach, palms back. --

arms back. It is going to be close,

going to be close...

going to be close... Takanashi in

the leader's circle knows she has a

medal, but what will it be?

Tasha

Naki jumped for the gold and it

looked good until Althaus came down.

And floated down, and she is on top.

Katharina Althaus on gold medal

position with one to go. She bumps

her team-mate Carina Vogt from the

lead above Matt circle. You have to

feel for Takanashi. She will land a

medal, it might not be the one she

wanted, but she will have to see

what colour it will be because Maren

Lundby, number one in the world...

Going for the gold, leaning over the

skis. Can she get there? She does,

it's hers!

Wow, what a jump from

her! Unbelievable, 110 metres, one

metre off the hill record. I don't

believe it! I don't believe it!

Maren Lundby has claimed Norway's

tenth gold medal at the Olympic

Winter Games, but the first ever in

women's ski jumping and she is

ecstatic.

Awesome, just perfect! She

has been on fire this season. I

picked her to win this event. I

didn't know if it could happen after

the first round. There were so many

competitors that were close to her

but look at how far she goes. That

is crazy! That is to the bottom, you

can't go much further than that. The

Norwegian coach is ecstatic. Great

for them. What a win for Norway.

Pointing to the sky, the number one.

She was laser focused through the

snow. She could see the gold medal

right ahead of her and it is hers.

STUDIO: Congratulations to Maren

Lundby, an absolute clutch

performance. She has been doing it

all season. In fact, she has won six

of the last seven World Cup contests

and it is confirmation, Norway's

first-ever gold in the women's, only

the second time it has been run.

They have equalled Finland's ten, so

some Scandinavian bragging rights

will go begging over the next few

days in the women's hill and team

competitions. Great to see Takanashi

finally getting that medal. She

thought it was going to be gold but

she will settle for the bronze on

this occasion. Well, we are past the

witching hour

this occasion. Well, we are past the

witching hour and it has just gone

midnight, ten to midnight in Korea

right now. Once again, this ski

jumping those late. It was possibly

going to be one of the most guilt

edged day of the games with eight

medals up for grabs per in the end

only seven were settled because that

he might have heard earlier, some

adverse weather conditions in Korea,