BBC Two Day 4: Alpine Combined Slalom and Ice Hockey Winter Olympics

Good morning on day four at

Pyeongchang and the good news is the

wind, although it may not look like

it, has dropped enough to finally

get the Alpine skiing under way, the

men's combined is happening at the

moment. The downhill took place this

morning. After that, all the big

hitters are in the mix, Thomas

Dressen from Germany to the way

ahead of the slalom session taking

place at the moment, let's head over

to the Alpine Centre and join Graham

Bell and

The race is underway. Justin

Murisier they had started but didn't

get very far.

This athlete starting on a nice,

clean tracks. A lot of offset in

this slalom run, this is our early

start number, he will need to get a

good time down. A little

disappointed with his downhill. He

could get a medal from this position

if he puts a great slalom run in.

No one has gone before him. A fresh

canvas. He is carving some sweet

terms, the Frenchman,, and his

combined time here, the benchmark

now.

Starting with their downhill time,

going in reverse order according to

downhill positions. Thomas Dressen

will be last to ski.

The best of the slalom racers will

come in the middle part of this

second run, including the great

Marcel Hirscher, still looking for

his first Olympic medal. Despite his

world titles. He has never claimed

an Olympic gold medal.

Next up, the Croatian.

He does have some slalom skills, not

quite the same clean turn as

Muffat-Jeandet.

With every race down, the get

slower. Not much rocks but the

chatters, it is so icy. -- rucks. It

will leave a chatter in the ice

making it more difficult towards the

final racer.

Can't get anywhere near the target

time, a long way down.

I fully expect that time to be one

of the fastest slalom runs from

Victor Muffat-Jeandet, might even be

the fastest. Luca Aerni will be

coming up, Marcel Hirscher, Alexis

Pinturault, I think those guys will

be taking the medals.

Ted Ligety, since his gold medal

winning run, he has eased off on the

slalom campaign, concentrating on

giant slalom where he is the current

Olympic champion, defending that

next week.

Not far of Muffat-Jeandet.

A good

run from Ted Ligety, he has fought

his way back to form. A little slow

on the transition. He likes the

courses where they have a big

offset, turning from one side to the

other. He is not far off. 0.40

three. Just behind. Currently in

Silver medal position.

Muffat-Jeandet still in the lead, in

gold medal position, for France.

Ted Ligety has been concentrating on

getting back to form in giant

slalom.

Just a little rusty on slalom.

Here is our leader. And here is the

next man coming out of the start

house.

We is move straight on to Luca

Aerni. Thompson opting out of the

slalom.

Lucas Benny, the combined champion

of the world, he won the gold medal

ahead of Marcel Hirscher last

February. From a long way back in

the downhill. Not a good start,

struggling for grip.

Trying to generate speed. He has

lost a lot of time on

Muffat-Jeandet. By my reckoning,

this could put Muffat-Jeandet onto

the podium. This shows how good the

Frenchman was.

Luca Aerni has made a mess on the

top half and is struggling to find

speed on the bottom. A long way

down. Nearly two seconds down.

Luca Aerni is no slouch in slalom,

but if you look at his skis and the

chatter, it is not the same clean

angle. It is about how quickly you

can get the ski onto the edge and

the top of the turn. Anyone can

carve below the gate, it is whether

you can get the pressure on the

gravity which is not working in your

favour.

Back to the top.

Back to the top. The turn of the

Serbian, someone we don't know an

awful lot about, not a regular World

Cup competitor. A cautious start.

Beginning with an advantage but that

has already gone, one second down.

Looking a lot like a downhill skier.

I reckon the gold medal will be

decided once Alexis Pinturault has

gone.

The downhill is a rather not good at

slalom or won't even start. --

downhill skiers are either.

Some of the downhill skiers are OK

in slalom but need to be more than

OK with Marcel Hirscher in

extraordinary form.

Getting an Olympic finishing

position to go on his CV.

I would say Victor Muffat-Jeandet

will go into bronze.

Six feet and seven inches, Bryce

Bennett from the United States of

America, from the Squaw Valley ski

club in California, quite a

character. Starting with a lead over

Muffat-Jeandet which has tailed off.

He is now behind.

He remembers his slalom skiing days.

Everyone learns to ski slalom and

giant slalom until the age of 18

when you take up downhill. And

speeding -- specialising in the

speed disciplines.

He could be the new Bodi Miller type

of character within the American

team, a maverick, slightly

unorthodox, I look forward to seeing

him in the men's downhill on

Thursday morning. We will have it

live view across the BBC.

-- live for you.

No change,

Muffat-Jeandet still leading the

way.

These are the scenes at the top,

discussions underway. One of these

slow

slow VM in -- Slovenian skiers. They

grow up doing nothing much but

slalom because they have these

small, short mountains. He has an

advantage over Muffat-Jeandet. Let's

see if he can transform that.

An experienced slalom skier. Getting

the legs out from underneath him to

get a maximum edge, skiing on a

nice, round line. Good upper body

lower body separation. This is a

good run.

Keeping himself within striking

distance. .53 behind. The demands of

the course become more tricky on the

final pitch, it gets quite steep and

icy. Stefan Hadalin won't be pushing

for the lead, how close can he go?

Into third position for the moment.

Pushing Luca Aerni out of the

medals.

Muffat-Jeandet in gold, Ted Ligety

in silver, Stefan Hadalin, the

Slovenian, skiing into bronze.

It is that under gate, the left

foot. The banana gate. 15 from home,

particularly difficult.

This is the Dane, Christopher

Faarup.

A little agricultural, his slalom

technique.

He is merely one second off the

pace.

Too much over the ski,

blocking over the ski, typical

slalom skiing.

A bit like me skiing slalom there.

Looking for the finish. The

important thing is to tell your kids

I skied in the Olympics in 2018. I

came 28th, what ever it is, in the

combined event. Christopher Faarup

from Denmark, not traditionally a

big alpine skiing nation or though

they do like their skiing.

they do like their skiing. 7.67

down. Muffat-Jeandet leads, liberty

is second, Hadalin, the Slovenian is

third -- Ted Ligety.

Marco Schwarz is next.

He definitely has a chance of the

podium if he puts a good run in. He

doesn't have the advantage of going

early. Still a long way off the

likes of Marcel Hirscher and Alexis

Pinturault.

Here he is, a regular World Cup

slalom specialist, attacking the top

part of the course, through the

first five turns, you can tell the

difference between those who ski

regularly top level slalom. He is

still in the green. All of that

advantage has gone, he has lost half

a second.

He is skidding, you can see from the

snow coming out from the skis. This

is the check under gate, the banana.

And in sight of the finish. Still

potentially good enough to go into

silver medal position.

Can he finish with a flourish and

put pressure on Muffat-Jeandet? He

has come close.

Good enough for second.

Muffat-Jeandet still leading the way

for France. Marco Schwarz has skied

into silver medal position, for

Austria.

Ted Ligety stays in third.

Muffat-Jeandet, his time on the

slalom leg, really come to be ahead.

Ted Ligety and Marco Schwarz. The

best three months of slalom so far.

Surrounded by Austrian team members,

they are here in huge numbers.

Alpine skiing the most important

event for them. They have a gold

medal from the men's louche,

unexpected. -- luge.

This tall, rangy Norwegian, his lead

has already been wiped out.

He is very strong, very powerful.

Those are good turns, risking it

there. Just at the top section.

Generating speed onto the flat.

He needs to be within that margin,

.43, to push for a provisional place

on the Olympic podium here. It isn't

happening to Kilde. We look forward

to see him in the Super-G later in

the programme. For the moment, he is

in eighth.

And we will see a lot

more of that as the race goes on, as

we get to the fastest skier from the

first run but the downhiller 's will

have an advantage over the slalom

skiers will it be enough? I don't

think so.

Still to come, Marceau

here sure, Alexis Pinturault, the

two standout names in terms of

pedigree on the store 's list. --

Marcel Hirscher.

Marcel Hirscher. Next to come,

Thomas Mermillod Blondin, he knows

his way through a slalom track and

he is skiing some decent skiing.

Look at that little jump, that

little delay, you don't see the

specialist slalom skiers. Skiing

with a wide stance which means his

outside leg has to go a further

distance.

.07, keeping himself in

touch, could he give France first

and second in the middle part of

this slalom leg of the men's Alpine

combined? He is still in the hunt, I

don't think you will overhaul the

lead of Victor Muffat-Jeandet but he

might

might push Marco Schwarz damn.

That

is the best skiing so far from a

downhiller that we have seen. Victor

Muffat-Jeandet, Marco Schwarz, they

are very technical. Moving the start

down has played to the technical

skiers' favour.

The margin in favour

of the next starter over the current

leader. And he brings with him a

lead over Victor Muffat-Jeandet.

Already reduced to 0.34.

He is a

little bit slow of his edges. Just a

fraction of a second late.

He has

come within view of the spectators.

Several thousand of them here. The

grandstand has filled out nicely for

this first Alpine event of the 2018

programme. This slalom, the

individual slalom events will not be

held here, they are over a John

Pugh, closer to the Olympic hub.

This is the slalom stage of the

Alpine skiing, this plus the

Super-G. The team event will be over

at the other course.

at the other course. Still the one

to three.

Well, and won could win

this but I think it would need a

mistake from Hirscher or the others.

These are the standings.

A very

distant pointing run from Luca

Aerni. He just didn't perform

anywhere near his level of ability.

Use either do not start, using the

downhill leg of the combined for

extra training run. I think we will

see pretty more of them. I think we

will not see Aksel Lund Svindal,

either.

So, we're halfway through

this event. 15 have skied, 15 to

come. The medals will be decided by

the time Thomas Dressen comes done.

1:19.24 the fastest this morning.

Alexis Pinturault buckling up,

getting ready to race. Auto

trinket-mac is it the other French

guy, Maxence Muzaton? You see him

doing his core Walmart, Marcel

Hirscher, doing a couple of hundred

crunches on the snow. As soon as he

finished his downhill run this

morning, he skied to the bottom,

another few hundred metres below

where we are, made his way to his

hotel room. He does this, he doesn't

hang about, doesn't wait to see what

everybody else is doing, just

follows it fire social media then

comes back in time to race later.

Dominik Paris, in good shape after

the downhill. He is eighth after the

speed event this morning.

For a big

man, he can ski downhill pretty

well.

So, Maxence Muzaton will be

the next man on the Hill.

Beautiful day now, blue skies, you

look across the view from the top

here, it is stunning across the

mountains of Korea. 70% of the

peninsula is mountainous. It is all

artificial snow here with the odd

sprinkling. So, Maxence Muzaton is

away for the French team. The course

has had a little longer repair from

the course workers than it normally

gets which means it is just little

soft. Oh, he is out! 0.31 he was up

before he sent his skis out through

disqualification.

I don't think that

Maxence Muzaton is going to

challenge for the medals anyway.

Just a little bit slow and laboured

on the turn, and if you're not

training lots and lots of slalom,

gate after gate after gate, you lose

the ability to ski with your ski

tips centred metres away from the

base of the gate.

base of the gate.

Olympic champion

in giant slalom in 2010, all three

medallists from that race are, on

paper, in this competition. Carlo

Janka joined on the podium by the

two Norwegians, but it remains to be

seen whether they start. It is good

to see Carlo Janka having a crack

here. He has lost most of his lead.

Janka better slalom and giant skier

than he was a slalom skier. He's

been struggling with injuries over

the last few years and slalom you

need to put the hours in.

It is

worth emphasising that Janka is

racing with a ruptured anterior

cruciate ligament, decided not to

have surgery and he has some wind.

It doesn't help. It helps with

downhill but in a slalom, it means

you can't see the ground.

Makes a

great pictures, though, in

high-definition. Beautiful scenes

with the snow being blown down

around the racer. No change at the

top, Victor Muffat-Jeandet, who was

second to ski, still leads the way.

He has now seen off 17 who have

followed him down the mountain and

failed to take the lead away from

the Frenchman. Victor Muffat-Jeandet

in gold could still hold on for a

medal. Ted Ligety is third. Marcel

Hirscher is second.

I think Victor

Muffat-Jeandet will hold on for a

medal. It is a question of one of

the downhillers common can someone

like Paris or Christof Innerhofer do

it?

Oh, goodness me, he didn't get

very far.

He has downhiller written

all over him, the size of him.

Victor Muffat-Jeandet got away with

that one quite easily.

It is a bit

like asking, you know... It is a bit

like asking in rugby switching it

all around. Let's have the second

half where the backs will play in

the scrum and then the props have to

go out on the wing.

It is like

asking Roger Federer to play

badminton.

He'd probably be very

good at Badminton, the!

good at Badminton, the! -- though!

So, now here's the main man, Marcel

Hirscher, the best technical skier

in the world. 1.01 seconds his

advantage Victor Muffat-Jeandet

after the first run. Skied a

beautiful lake this morning, Marcel

Hirscher, the one thing missing is

an Olympic gold medal.

Can he put it

right today? It is looking pretty

good but not as clean as Victor

Muffat-Jeandet on the top part of

the cause. He is laying them over,

this is where the acceleration is

coming, Marcel Hirscher risking

everything.

He has added to his

lead. Marcel Hirscher is doing what

he does best in the Alpine skiing

world. The wind, he is battling his

way through it. The wind is whipping

up, try its best to distract Marcel

Hirscher. Can he do enough to move

into gold medal position? Yes,

comfortably! More than a second! Oh,

glorious slalom skiing from Marcel

Hirscher.

Well, he has seen off one

of the French challengers but he

would have wanted to put down more

of a lead over Victor Muffat-Jeandet

because he will have a nervous wait

because in two skiers time it is

Alexis Pinturault.

Marcel Hirscher

is in gold medal position, he

congratulates Victor Muffat-Jeandet,

who still holds onto silver. Ted

Ligety has been pushed out of the

medals.

So, Marcel Hirscher in the

lead and we will find out in two

skiers time, I think that will be

medals decided. It is a question for

me, it is between Marcel Hirscher

and Alexis Pinturault for me. He has

to survive this attack of nine

downhillers who will each do their

best to hack their way down this

slalom.

Next

slalom.

Next to ski Mauro Caviezel,

who took a medal last February, the

bronze medallist there. His

advantage over Marcel Hirscher is

slight. There isn't any way that he

can overhaul Marcel Hirscher's lead

but can he push for a provisional

podium position?

Can he get ahead of

Victor Muffat-Jeandet? He is already

half a second off Marcel Hirscher.

Caviezel is going to have to go

some. Trying to get the skis out

from underneath him, quite a wide

stance, skiing a longer distance.

And he is out of the medals, 1.43

down, a couple of wide terms, missed

his direct route through the

spring-loaded slalom gates and he is

now fighting for one of the minor

places here. Top three divided by

1.35 seconds. And Caviezel is 3.08

down. Marcel Hirscher will stay in

the leader's enclosure. Victor

Muffat-Jeandet

Muffat-Jeandet in silver, Marco

Schwarz in bronze. Next to come, it

will be Alexis Pinturault next to

ski in the slalom.

ski in the slalom. Marcel Hirscher

looks pretty cool but he is looking

at the monitor available to him. It

is also a giant screen he can look

up and. There is the man that could

change things around. Pinturault

from France. He is ready to race for

the final time today. Pinturault

pushes hard out of the start gate,

doesn't have an awful lot over

Marcel Hirscher coming into this

second leg of today's Alpine

combined, 0.2 wait.

Started well

enough. A little stumble.

Counterrotating! Great recovery from

Pinturault. Again the same mistake,

just jetted out on the turn. Marcel

Hirscher was so good on the lower

part of this course.

Pinturault now

finds himself in low Marcel

Hirscher, turning on the red light

for the first time, 0.14, it is

still good enough potentially for

silver medal position but that is no

way because Marcel Hirscher was so

quick on the bottom half, there is

no way Pinturault and move into

gold. He has gone into second.

He

didn't have the wind Marcel Hirscher

had, able to catch up some but that

is it, that is what we thought and

it is all decided now. Marcel

Hirscher gold, Pinturault silver.

He

gave it everything. Brave slalom run

from the Frenchman. Had his moments

when he was almost down and out but

made good recoveries to keep himself

carving.

That was a brilliant

demonstration of counter rotation.

He was in the air wanting to get his

skis to turn so he needed to turn

his body the other way, so he is all

twisted. He is still good enough to

keep the pressure on the outside

ski. These guys are judged by their

speed of recovery. Brilliant slalom

skiing by Pinturault but couldn't

match this man.

Two French men, bronze and silver,

and Austrian in gold, the American

next to ski. .54 the advantage he

has over Marcel Hirscher.

It is a question of whether one of

them can make the bronze medal. Nine

more of them.

more of them. All out and out

downhill skiers.

We don't even know whether Janz

We don't even know whether Janz Root

and Svindal will turn up to race. --

Jansrud.

Grinding to a halt, he will try to

get the finish. No change here.

Still to come, some downhill

specialists.

Thomas Dressen, he will be the final

skier on the Hill.

Marcel Hirscher is moving towards

his first ever Olympic gold medal.

They are on a TV time-out now. The

course workers are out there trying

to fill in any holes, repair broken

gates, get the course back to race

fitness, as we reflect on the top

three. The second skier on the

mountain but the first to finish was

Victor offered Shandy, he may hold

on for a medal. Alexis Pinturault,

his compatriot, in silver medal

position, having survived a couple

of near misses in his slalom run.

To be fair, these are the

favourites, the top three going into

the competition. So, no surprises,

really. The question is can one of

these pull something out of the bad.

Innerhofer did it in Sochi.

He got the bronze.

He went mental in

the finish area, over the moon he

had mixed a bronze medal. -- he had

taken.

Peter Fill, twice the World Cup

downhill champion. The leader in the

World Cup combined standings, second

and third earlier this year.

We haven't seen Svindal, have we?

I don't think his knees could cope

with downhill slalom. They have to

go for it. It will be quite

entertaining. It would be good,

technically! Exactly like watching a

front row forward tried to take the

ball down the wing.

-- trying. Next to ski, Dominik

Paris, one of the big names in World

Cup downhill skiing.

Cup downhill skiing. A gentle giant,

very likeable Italian. Looking down

the course. Turns much tighter than

he is used to. Can Dominik Paris

find the slalom legs that he used to

work out as a youngster, not a bad

start, keeping the turned high. He

will have lost time. Fractionally

into the red zone.

Was that a straddle? He knew it and

he stopped.

It took him a while. You get fined

if you straddle and you know about

it and you continue to the finish.

The left ski just inside the gate.

He is so big, heavy and strong.

His leg doesn't even move away. The

reason they require the race to stop

is if they carry on paper and

unnecessary ruck.

Now, the Austrian, a lot of noise

from the fans.

Sluggish and snow. -- slow.

He is out of the course as well.

No

change, Muffat-Jeandet in gold.

change, Muffat-Jeandet in gold. --

in bronze. As Kriechmayr fails to

finish.

Who can do something? It is possible

to sneak the bronze but they will

have two produce the slalom run of

their lives.

Kriechmayr has found a little

Austrian corner to seek some solace.

Peter Fill, the Italian, who leads

the World Cup Alpine combined

standings. He needs some of that

form now to push for a place. He has

won some of the biggest races in the

world. Downhill champion of the

World Cup. The Italian is way but he

is out.

Down and out. It seems like the ones

who are skidding are staying on

their feet and the ones who are

carving are not able to control it.

Using those skis... Almost half the

length of what he uses in downhill.

2.18, downhill ski length. Here,

1.60 five. A huge difference. They

have brought out these tiny toys

compared to what they use for the

day job.

Christof

Christof Innerhofer. 0.79, the

margin he brings into this slalom

competition. Over Marcel Hirscher

after the downhill leg.

He still has a chunk of time in his

favour.

Can he sneak the bronze again? Good

turns. The best of the downhill

skiers so far.

Still in the hunt for the bronze

medal position.

medal position. It is getting a

little shaky. He is too far away. He

doesn't have the ability to

accelerate and claw back the lost

time. I think Muffat-Jeandet is safe

in third. Innerhofer is down in

12th.

Muffat-Jeandet knows he is

comfortable in bronze medal

position. There is still Jansrud who

could still do it.

He was good at the top but ran out

of speed and steam on the lower

section.

Hirscher leads the way in the first

Alpine event of the Olympic

programme.

It could be his first gold medal of

three, and the team event.

It could be four.

No one has ever done that. Let us

see what Jansrud can do. He has a

one second advantage. Look at the

wind which has moved up the hill,

moving debris around. Look at the

safety netting shaking at the side

of the track.

The question is can he sneak a

bronze?

It is read this time. He has half a

second to play with if he is to

remain in the hunt for a bass pedal.

Slowing right up as he came through

that banana gate. Where

Muffat-Jeandet was very good.

Jansrud has more chances to come.

Right now, seventh in the Alpine

combined. I think the bronze medal

is pity much guaranteed for Victor

Muffat-Jeandet.

Last Turski will be Thomas Dressen.

Interesting to see how Thomas

Dressen gets on.

-- last to ski. He has the better

skills here. We will see.

Hirscher has the gold at the moment,

Pinturault of France in the over,

Muffat-Jeandet is in bronze medal

position.

Next to ski will be the Olympic

downhill champion from four years

ago.

Just signalling how he was skidding

out.

Tour, rangy, powerful a test-bed,

also won the World Cup race. His

advantage over Hirscher is more than

a second. Oh, he is out, a heavy

hit.

I hope he is OK for the downhill

after that. He has taken out a

coach.

And one of the cameramen. One of the

course workers.

A Trail of destruction.

Not a quick stop, it is shiny on the

top surface.

He is looking. That is the skill of

a downhill skier, never gripped up

-- never give up, still thinking.

Those course workers, a little slow

to react.

to react. Matthias Mayer, back on

his feet. No news of the coursework

worker who took the brunt of this,

after the straddle.

Having a look, seeing the inflatable

bag.

bag. The crew there. The Cameron has

crampons on, that would have been

nasty.

The course worker, I would

have been pulling out of position.

Muffat-Jeandet.

Back to the top. No Svindal. With

two to come, with one to come,

Marcel Hirscher and Alexis

Pinturault are guaranteed medals.

Can Thomas Dressen snatch the bronze

medal from the grasp of

Muffat-Jeandet? Off to a steady

start, looks comfortable in slalom.

Steady is the operative word. Just

half a second up now.

If he wants

the bronze, he has to finish within

1.01 of Marcel Hirscher. At the next

spit, he is chilling. But that was

tidy. Coming down to the split. It

has grown. Almost certainly out of

reach now. The French are starting

to think they will take two medals.

Thomas Dressen lives dangerously but

finishes in ninth place. The medals

are decided. At last, Marcel

Hirscher is an Olympic champion. He

takes the men's Alpine combined

gold. It has been a long wait,

silver medallist last time. A first

Olympic medal for Victor

Muffat-Jeandet has shown such

promise this season, joined on the

podium by Alexis Pinturault who will

take the silver, for France. Old for

Hirscher, silver for Pinturault, the

bronze to Muffat-Jeandet.

-- gold. Great to finally get the

Alpine events underway. Marcel

Hirscher played his first Olympic

gold medal, potentially another two

up the grounds. -- up for grabs.

This is what is coming up.

We will catch up with Wilf O'Reilly,

and at around 7:10am we bring you

all the action from the women's

half-pipe finals. Then the women's

ice hockey with Finland taking on

Canada and at 8am, the first Alpine

medal was won in the men's Alpine

combined rerun. History was made

today at the Curling Centre because

the mixed team event, which is a new

event here at this Olympics had

reached its conclusion with the

bronze medal up for grabs contested

by the Olympic Athletes from Russia

and Norway and to take us through

what happened let's join our

commentary team.

COMMENTATOR: OAR have the option of

power play in the final end were

they to deem it necessary, or

whether they felt it is something

they could use. Norway need a big

score if they can.

They want to take

this as far across as they can.

Norway must be thinking all their

Christmass came at once with that

end.

There was such a look of

resignation on the face of

address-mac, thinking we are going

to be 8-4 down with two to go. And

he is much more experienced, he

would have played in a way that

would have

would have given him more chance. It

is about capitalising on it. To do

something in this end. The first two

stones, that will slip I as well.

Frustrated with that.

Frustrated with that. Norway got the

hammer and these kinds of shots are

not going to be any use to them, if

the Olympic Athletes from Russia put

their stones in front of them. It is

about using the forefoot and

protecting the forefoot.

The smile

has gone for the time being. The

only other thing on the flip side,

how many opportunities to OAR need?

It is a bit like missing an open

goal. It is going to play on your

mind. They have had chances in their

other matches and even last night

they had a chance as well against

Switzerland. They were almost

offered the chance to win the match

by Rios. They gave them an

opportunity which perhaps you could

argue they should have taken but

they didn't. Again, they are missing

out on that previous end.

We are

being very critical of them and what

they did last time but they actually

still do have a lot of things going

for them in this bronze medal game.

They have two shot lead with a

strong position on the seventh end,

and having scored in the sixth end,

you'd expect scoring to alternate

between the two teams and they

should have a shot to win the game

the way things are going.

The thing

about the previous end, first of

all, Bryzgalova Waterstone out, then

he misses it at the end. You can't

keep doing that even though it is in

their favour. Norway are capable.

This looks a little better.

This

does look better.

does look better. It moves that red

stone back making the scoring error

bigger just by pushing stones out of

the forefoot circle and reducing the

traffic.

Magnus Nedregotten is a good cross

country skier as well.

You were

saying that to me, cross-country

skiing, he did that when he was

younger. He made the Alpine skiing

team as well. So we've got some good

athletes. He did the skiathlon.

Got

gold, silver and bronze for the

Norwegians. Great performance for

Andrew Musgrave as well for team GB.

Yeah, best ever position.

Working hard, good ad sweeping,

Krushelnitskiy.

Great lengths, just over hit by a

fraction.

fraction. Norway can make a play on

it and raise it on to the button.

it and raise it on to the button. If

it finished there, it would be great

but it ran an extra six inches

opening up the yellow stone.

She

says, no way!

So, the brush is the target. Trying

to move these OAR stones using his

own.

With a bit of work to do here.

Opens things up a little bit but

still not that easy to see how they

are going to score an easy two, and

they need to score a couple of

points in the seventh.

They

definitely want to try and get two

to be up close and personal with the

OAR going into the last end.

So, Anastasia happy to take this

bank one. It may seem negative but

it is damage limitation at the

moment, they don't want more to

score anymore than one or two.

score anymore than one or two.

One

of those English words the foreign

teams use is actually a Canadian

term for the speed of throwing it.

You are talking about the house

yesterday, just indicating there he

wanted to hit the outside right

stone, to come onto the other red,

then rebound back towards the

button.

button.

Easy to draw these things

up, not so easy to execute.

A heck

of a shot if it happens. Let's see.

I was going to say, that would be

high risk strategy, high reward.

He

is looking to play enough weight to

come right to the back of these.

To

tuck it behind the two stones and

the button, get it into second or

third position.

Just slightly

overhead. There was such a ball at

the end and we have seen that a few

times. There is a big amount of

drive for it to pull towards the

centre line.

centre line. That is the issue you

have when you play these delicate

little weights. If you don't get

them perfect, they are not going to

work for you. That is unfortunate

because had it caught the red at

all, it would have moved it and it

would have sat there.

Maybe the

wrong call them.

wrong call them. We have a tweener,

when you are between two shots.

Last

night, it was almost like

night, it was almost like hole-mac

was -- Krushelnitskiy was playing a

shot that was neither one nor the

other.

A tweener, I will put it in

my book.

What happened there it was

almost a bit of indecision and you

needed to commit to one short all

the other. They decided not to do

one shot and prayed for it to curl

and ended up with neither.

That is a great shot.

Well, look at

this! Norway with the hammer will

hopefully come in and pick up one.

And even this, all of a certain,

what looked like easy shots, trying

to hang on to this match by their

fingernails. The least reward they

would have wanted from this end,

meaning they will be heading into

the final end with a they are

leading and with the hammer.

All

seems very easy for us to say she's

only got to draw one shot but she is

facing former, and that is when the

mental game comes into play. Don't

think about the fact you're facing

four shots, it is a simple ball draw

to the one foot.

If she misses this,

I think it'll be handshakes. They

seem OK with this.

Needs to work...

It looks heavy. There is just one

they are going to give up. That

still is...

A mountain to climb. It

is the Himalayas all rolled into one

for them. 7-4 down. OAR in a

Williams position as we head into

the final end.

the final end. -- brilliant

position. Barring anything crazy

happening, bronze medal position

brushed up with OAR on it.

Even if

they are 3-0 up, they are not safe.

Russia have got to keep their head

in the game and, likewise, Norway.

And we are not just trying to keep

the people at home interested.

Remember what happened last year.

SHE SHOUTS "SWEEP!"

Last in the world final, Canada were

leading by three and they lost four

to give up the gold-medal.

And that

was Canada's last shot, just went

all wrong for them, and Switzerland

had a free draw and won the world

championship. It is amazing how the

game can change.

That is what Norway

will be hanging onto, that thought.

I think the issue for OAR is to not

be too defensive here. You don't

want it to build to a situation

where Norway can pick up three. On

the other hand, you have to play

your shots.

Again, they are just

sliding too far. They want to be in

the front half of the forefoot, you

want to control the front half and

these stones are sitting at the back

and they are not the best at the

minute. One of them was already

placed there, of course.

The other

thing we should mention about last

ends and big comebacks was that the

OAR team from the last

game against Switzerland, it went

all the way to the last end. They

can't make their bad misses. Knowing

where to turn for your shots and

play to that.

Looks like it could be

a good shot from Bryzgalova.

Nice

shot, nice angled shot. Doesn't look

good for Norway, unless they can do

something spectacular. There is the

opportunity now for moving some of

these stones.

Pleased with that.

Every single stone now that they

place accurately edging them closer

and closer to the podium.

Something needs to happen for Norway

here. They are the ones making the

mistakes much more than their

opponents.

Making some mistakes

towards the home end. This is quite

good. Just trying to shuffle things

around a little bit. He has put that

red stone right into the pocket

which may well cancel out the two

yellow stone 's.

Time-out. OAR using

their time-out, having had the time

to use their power play with first

steel. They would have used it, it

is a moot point. Norway retain the

hammer into the final end.

It messes with your team game head

when you are thinking about that.

It is completely different in a team

game.

It can be disconcerting.

Decision made.

It looks as though they will just

come in. It is all about where this

ends up.

It will pull right into that

centreline, that is a nice shot. On

the right side, as well.

Not easy to move that.

This is a team is closing the door

on Norway at the moment. It is never

over until it is over.

Just one bad

shot.

A nice look from the other end.

Anything they can do here?

I wonder if they can see enough of

the top yellow. They will have two

almost risk passing that top read

because they need to catch as much

of it as they can see. Again, played

nicely.

A good weight.

It has opened it up a little bit.

They still have stones in there but

plenty of raids. -- reds. They just

want to make sure Norway do not get

three.

The good thing for Norway at the

moment is there are if you yellow

stones kicking about. The problem is

the one at the back at the bottom

which has lined up. They need to get

all three of those red stones out of

there.

The decision from the over your team

to sit on top of their own or close

to their own. -- OAR team.

Not dissimilar to the shop they

played a few moments ago.

A nice shot. Just wanting to change

the angle of the yellow.

She has had a really good game,

Bryzgalova.

Just two left, and their Olympic

hopes are starting to disappear.

They need to make something happen

or at least put a little bit of

pressure on to Krushelnitckii. He

looks a worried man, he shouldn't

be. Maybe his nerves, already coming

to the fore. He knows he will have a

chance, a big chance.

It hasn't worked out too well for

them.

them. Still, the OAR team.

They are counting Laverty.

It will

be over after this one, pretty much.

It needs something impossible for --

from the Norwegians.

The way our team need to remove that

yellow. The OAR team.

It hasn't been the best of matches

for Norway, the architects of their

own demise.

For the OAR team. It doesn't sit but

nonetheless it is beginning to look

as if this is the end for Norway.

Having a look to see if there is

anyway to take three out.

anyway to take three out. It is not

just taking something out, they need

to sit in the house for three.

And retaining the other three

yellows is the problem.

Kristin doesn't have the same fire

power as the Russian.

I think the view is, at least give

it a try, giving it everything she

has got, pushing all her weight

behind it.

Has she actually made contact?

It was a good try, and excellent

try. That is it. The handshakes, it

means the OAR team win their first

ever medal.

STUDIO: Making history with the

first ever adult in mixed team

kerning, the final takes place

From a British point of view, all

eyes today are on the Gagnon Ice

Arena where Elise Christie aimed to

become an Olympic medallist

hopefully Olympic champion for the

first time. I am delighted to be

joined by Wilf O'Reilly from the Ice

Arena. I was so nervous watching her

heat on Saturday. How much is

excitement building at the Ice Arena

ahead of her first quarterfinal?

Saturday was a big game changer, she

came through it very comfortably and

constantly. I think it will get

easier as evening gets on even

though the pressure and excitement

will rise. The camp is relaxed and

they are enjoying it.

It is extreme pressure on her,

pressure she puts on herself. How

mentally strong did she have to be

on Saturday to get through that

first race after Sochi?

She had said she has never been that

nervous before. On a scale, I would

properly say Saturday evening, it

was probably ten plus. Coming in

today, she skated very well, join

the first lane in the quarterfinals,

the second, she had more recovery

for the semifinal. Now it is a

question of keeping calm, relaxed,

doing anything she has done over the

last four years.

She got an Olympic record on

Saturday. She says she gets faster

with the heats. In theory if she

stays out of trouble we should have

our first British medal of the

winter Olympics.

Absolutely. I am calling that Elise

Christie will win a medal here. Not

putting any colours in there yet but

I am convinced she can come away

with a medal.

We saw in the documentary, still on

the iPlayer, incredible to see the

emotional investment put in by her,

family, coach. How much stronger is

she now given everything she has

gone through over the last four

years?

The support she has had, UK Sport,

her coach, family, it has been a

tremendous support. She must feel it

is payback time for all the support

and thanks. I don't think the

pressure will be as much, but

enjoying the evening. Is she

enjoying the experience? One of the

failures of the Olympic Games is the

pressure becomes too much. Hopefully

that won't be the case. From last

Saturday, I don't think that will be

the case.

I cannot wait for those races to

take place later. The quarterfinal

of the 500m takes place at ten

o'clock your time on BBC One. Going

all the way through to the final

today just after midday. Hopefully

Elise Christie will be in the final

and winning a medal of some colour.

From one lady bossing the ice to one

bossing this note in the women's

half pipe, Chloe Kim came here with

huge expectations on her shoulders.

She qualified for Sochi but wasn't

allowed to compete because at 13 she

was too young. One of only two to

have secured a perfect 100 on the

pipe. Let us see if she can live up

to her big billing. Jenny Jones, is

one of your commentators.

The most successful snowboarder ever

to strap in.

Her fifth Olympics. She has only

ever missed one. She has a gold

medal, the first time of asking in

salt lake city. A bronze medal at

the last two. Constantly asked when

she will retire. A question you must

have sympathy with?

Only a year older than when I was at

the Olympics. She is still rising at

this high level so why shouldn't she

be competing?

Here we go.

Massive. Signature move. A lot of

travel down the pipe.

A huge frontside ten.

That is huge. Into the huge

frontside 120. The tail grab. Kelly

Clark has just set a huge high mark

here in the ladies' halfpipe finals.

She looks so much more solid than

yesterday.

Here she is, two years later at her

fifth Olympics.

Jiayu Liu, we have seen she is

capable of one of the most

technical, stylish, creative and

high runs.

And she does a lot at the top.

We will see hopefully her first run

with a switch method, dropping in

backwards now. The switch is like

writing with your left hand.

Switch for her first trip.

So hard to keep the heel on the

wall. A beautiful run. Landing nice

and high in the transitions.

Front seven. Lovely stuff. Could

have gone around a bit more, she is

happy. She was so relaxed.

Attention to detail, getting the

grab, holding them.

grab, holding them.

She is really

happy with that.

Chloe Kim. She is of South Korean

descent, parents emigrated to the

States, she is then this person ever

to win three X Games gold medals,

only that she has won them

consecutively.

Wouldn't you love to

know what is playing in her inner

right now?

She is without question

the best half-pipe rider in the

world. Whether she can put it

together now under pressure from the

Chinese bride Liu Jiayu. Absolutely

huge to start things off. Frontside

1080! Switch now, loses some speed

but she still gets the 720.

Frontside 900!

There is the McTwist

with the indy grab. Into a huge

inverted seven.

What a run from her.

What a run.

And you can hear the

Koreans going crazy down at the

bottom. This is the frontside 1080.

Kelly Clark put it in third hit,

Chloe Kim butted in second head. The

back-to-back 1080, that is where she

can go... A place nobody else can

go. She is looking surprised but I

think on the form she has shown over

the last three years, it is almost

expected. There you have it,

confirmation of first runs scores

with still two more to go, Chloe Kim

in gold-medal position. Kelly Clark

in bronze medal position, a

tradition in Olympic finals. That

was her position in both Sochi and

Vancouver. Arielle Gold, her older

brother, Taylor. Snowboarding is in

the family. Come on, Arielle Gold.

Sean is this frontside 1080 on the

first hit. Is she going to go

lighter? No.

Landed!

She scrubbed a

few degrees off of it but she will

take that.

The backflip on the third

hit.

Needs to crank up the speed,

get the amplitude up.

Frontside 900.

Oh, lovely into the heave Ho

Michalchuk to finish. That is a very

big run from Arielle Gold.

That is

cat amongst the pigeons run. The

inferred with this at the top of the

pipe? She didn't get it round but

the grab was nice.

It is big and

Chloe Kim did her 1080 on the

second.

I don't think it'll trouble

the top spot.

I don't think she

agrees with that. Her face dropped.

Interesting, where can Kelly Clark

go? She had a really and first-run,

really, really strong.

Did she have

time to process what score just came

in for Arielle Gold because that may

have affected what she then takes on

from that, what the judges are

looking for.

Well, there was

certainly a couple of holes, as you

both said, under rotation on the

1080 could have been a big part of

it. When 1080s... Oh, that was huge!

Kelly Clark is going stratospheric.

She has got to put the ten in here.

And she makes it again.

Really nice.

Her speed has gone but she can

generate speed. The one thing is she

is good at is pumping the

transitions and already she is back

near the two metre mark.

Both hands

of the wheel, she gripped onto the

tail for that last one. That is the

biggest first it we have seen so

far, frontside air on the first hit.

There it was, both hands on the

tail.

That feels satisfying, doesn't

it?

81.75! So, they like the

amplitude! Definitely like the

amplitude at the top. Next up, Liu

Jiayu,, AKA

ski.

She has definitely got

breathing room.

I beg to differ, it

is only four points.

Ahead of fourth

place, so she is in the medals by

ten points.

Yeah.

Switch backside air.

Even better

tweet on that. Into the switch

seven. What a direct line! Huge

nine. Massive!

1080.

nine. Massive!

1080.

She is happy.

That was the same run, she has tried

to go bigger on it and squeeze a

little bit more out of it.

I'd say

it was really clean, the landings.

It is an interesting idea. What it

means is she isn't thinking about

chasing down Chloe Kim. It means she

is into securing second place. Do

you think any of the girls have that

mindset?

Lovely grab, and lovely

landing.

Really does a good job of

keeping the speed.

Oh, the

amplitude, you both called it, it

has worked for her. She has added

4.25 points to that score. What she

has done is put the pressure on this

woman, Chloe Kim. Are we going to

see the back-to-back tens? We have

already seen one she landed them

very comfortably two weeks ago at X

Games.

I wouldn't be fulled by the

smiles and the waves, she is a

fierce competitor. I think she will

unveil just why she is the queen of

ladies half-pipe at the moment.

Are

we going to see the ten? Yes. I'll!

Chloe Kim is human after all.

The

first of the 1080s was lower.

She

wasn't carrying as much speed so

even though she landed it perfectly,

there was not enough amplitude to

get that 1080. If that had been

landed, there is no one else with

back-to-back tens, that would have

closed the door on gold. Right now,

it is still open. Confirmation of

the scores after the second descent

down this in normal SuperPipe. --

this enormous SuperPipe. Arielle

Gold just outside the medals. She

landed a brilliant run on her second

run. Can she step it up?

Yes!

Absolutely huge 1080 to kick

things off. Switch seven. Build up

the speed and get the amplitude up.

Nice crippler.

Lost some amplitude.

She has. Frontside nine. Huge

McTwist, heave Ho at the bottom,

hands in the air.

Is it enough?

Let's see how cleanly she gets it

round because we know that is

important. It is that clean landing.

It isn't far off. She is under 90

degrees. It is only Chloe Kim who

has it clean. The first hit is huge.

She's claiming it.

An 11 point

shift. Wow, that is huge.

Kelly has

to put in another big trick. She has

to.

Come on.

Do as Beyonce would do. Huge

frontside air. That will kill the

speed. And, again, flat but she is

holding the speed. Big frontside

ten, beautiful. Switch seven.

Landing flat, how is she still

standing up? Huge crippler. That was

the improvement.

That was the extra

hit.

Wow, can Kelly Clark move up

the rankings with that one? Big

backside five.

83.5. It is a slight improvement for

Kelly Clark but not enough to

overhaul Arielle Gold. The pressure

now comes back up to the top of the

pipe. She's been so relaxed all day,

Liu Jiayu of China. Such a relaxed

rider. She has been taking cues from

some of the creative riders in

snowboarding, Danny Davis one of

them, and she opens up with a

beautiful switch method, one of the

hardest tricks.

This is a

celebration of snowboarding

write-in. -- right here. Beautiful,

very nice hide on the second hit.

The 1080! 900!

Yes! She is still so

high!

Backside five, frontside ten.

Oh, she's gone. If she had landed

that, we would have had a big game

on our hands. She has left it all in

the pipe in Phoenix Park. This was a

beautiful switch method.

beautiful switch method. Oh, there

it is, confirmation for Chloe Kim

that she is the 2018 women's

snowboard half-pipe gold medallist.

Liu Jiayu knows she is the silver

medallist, 89.75 for that second run

score giving her the silver. So, as

so often has been the case for Shaun

White, her fellow country person,

Chloe Kim will be gifted the lap of

honour.

Shui tweeted this before

she'd even realised.

She has tweeted

when I finish my breakfast... My

stubborn self decided not to finish

my breakfast Sam Wykes and now I am

getting h-angry.

getting h-angry. -- my breakfast

sandwich. She's eating up this pipe

for breakfast.

Please do the

back-to-backs.

She isn't holding

back. She's going... Yes!

Back-to-back tens. Big front line to

the flat, had her legs turned on,

there is the McTwist defying logic.

The final inverted seven, your

Olympic champion!

Chloe Kim!

Following in the footsteps of Shaun

White in Vancouver, landing

back-to-back 1080s when she didn't

need to. Absolutely brilliant run

from Chloe Kim, and no disputing who

takes the gold medal. I think we

might be looking at the beginning of

a very long reign for a new queen of

half-pipe snowboarding.

Such a

strong rider, amazing level of

writing.

The back foot over the

head, so difficult to get the body

position for that.

And here we see

the first of these tens, straight up

the wall, she's gone, she uncorks

like a wild Cobra, coming all the

way around, locks it in, only

looking at this next trip.

The

composure she was over the board.

You need to have and know you are

landing the 1080.

The

landing the 1080.

The clinging on

that edge. Yes, I know I've already

won but look what I can do. I am so

proud of this standard of riding.

98.25! A phenomenal run from Chloe

Kim! Look at what it means to her.

It isn't just the Americans in the

crowd, the South Koreans. Her

parents emigrated to Southern

California just before she was born.

And she has written here and claimed

gold in the two nations. So,

confirmation of the result. In

bronze medal position, Arielle Gold,

just missing out their UC Kelly

Clark. In silver, China with Liu

Jiayu. In gold medal position,

dominating the women's snowboard

half-pipe, it is Chloe Kim.

How are you feeling? How have you

felt from the love and support?

Someone just hit it up with ice

cream so I'm down with that.

You

tweeted you were h-angry earlier on,

do you think it helps that final run

because you unleashed it.

I was

getting really h-angry, and not

stoked because my stomach was

rumbling. What I think I just

transferred all that anger from the

having an empty stomach into my

third run and it worked.

I get

pretty h-angry but there is no way

I'm ever able going to be able to do

that, phenomenal stuff from

17-year-old Chloe Kim. High

expectations coming in and she rose

to them and more. When it comes to

pipe riding, it doesn't get much

bigger than America's Shaun White, a

double Golden pig medallist already,

he had a tough time in Sochi four

years ago finishing fourth in the

pipe, he is looking for redemption

and this time around. He took part

in the men's qualifying today and

let's just see. He didn't

disappoint.

What can Shaun White do? He

definitely sprinkles pressure on his

breakfast cereal. A huge frontside

double ten.

The biggest two we have seen.

Absolutely perfect, the frontside

540. On the heel edge, he has held

it into the double. Frontside double

1260. You start wondering if Shaun

White isn't operating with some kind

of different gravitational force.

Look how he lands that, absolutely

perfectly, straight across. This

here, the switch double 1080. The

world grows up to meet him.

He was grabbing his binding,

interesting, on the backhand, to hug

himself in. The only mistake I can

see. When you think the skyhook was

one of the tricks used in 2006 for

his gold medal. It is like a bit of

nostalgia he indulges himself in.

Let us see this, he unveiled this

trick, you would say he perhaps

let's go... No, he held it the whole

run, he took his fingers off.

98.5!

You made both runs look pretty easy,

another day at the office for you?

Maybe the second run, the first, I

was a little nervous. You get all

the way to the Olympics and people

forget you made it. You say, I still

have to get to qualify. I am more

nervous here. It is a shame if you

don't make it being one of the

expected guys. It went really well.

93. Now, at the top. I even bumped

my school with a 95. I figured I

needed to centre on that one.

How

important is the starting position

for you tomorrow?

I just like it. I really wanted it

again to match up the vision I had

in my mind.

It has meant everything

to me today.

Do you enjoy being pushed?

Of course, you can't run as fast

unless someone is chasing you. It

has been nice to see them step it

up, do challenging runs. Put the

pressure on me to answer back with

something special.

And more from you tomorrow? Of

course, some different combinations,

we will see what happens.

Thank you.

Good morning, if you have just

joined us. Just past 7:30am. Late

afternoon here, the day has

certainly delivered so far. Here is

a little bit of what you might have

missed.

The Olympic athletes of Russia made

history in the mixed curling when

they beat Norway 8-4, in the bronze

medal match, the first medal ever

awarded in mixed curling. Canada and

Switzerland, head-to-head for the

gold medal.

Marcel Hirscher kicked off the

Alpine skiing programme in style,

winning the combined gold medal,

first Olympic title for the Austrian

widely regarded as one of the

greatest skiers of all time.

Shaun White's bid to win a historic

third half pipe gold medal is on

track, topping the qualifying with

an incredible run, awarded 95.5 out

of a possible 100.

Chloe Kim, one of the moments of the

game, claiming snowboard half pipe

gold in style, a near flawless

display.

Some great stuff so far. We are

going back to some live sport, to

the Hockey Centre. Canada are going

for a fifth successive medal taking

on Finland in the group qualifying

match. Canada have won their opening

game, Finland lost to the USA.

Let us take a quick look at our ice

hockey guide.

Ice hockey is one of the fastest

team sports in the world, with the

puck travelling at up to 100 miles

an hour. This is a full contact

sport which can be brutal. Each

match starts with a face-off in the

centre of the ice. The aim is to

score more goals than the

opposition. Six the side teams

contest games of 320 minute periods

with overtime and shoot out if

required. Penalties are given if

action is deemed to have broken the

rules. A penalised player has the

served time in the penalty box.

When a team has a player sent off,

they are said to be playing

short-handed while the opposing team

is on a power play. The best

opportunity to score.

For the first time since 1994, the

men's Olympic ice hockey will not

feature players from the NHL,

pulling out the world's biggest

talents. The IOC decided it would no

longer cover the cost of insurance,

travel and accommodation.

Here we go, then. A second chance to

have a look at an impressive side

beaten in the opener conceding a

late empty net. Canada made hard

work of it but Rebecca Johnston was

the start of the show, two goals and

assist. The defending champions

beginning with a relatively

comfortable victory against the

Olympic Athletes from Russia.

Victory for Canada will see them

guaranteed top two spot. For

Finland, to keep in the fight for a

place, automatically in the

semifinals, they need to ensure they

get something out of this game

today. Kent Simpson is alongside me.

When you look at this game, what are

the perils facing the Canadians?

It starts in net for Finland.

Their goalkeeper, making 39th says

out of 40 shots. Team Canada

shooters will have to be on their

game to get past her.

Finland was very impressive against

the US. Last year at the World

Championships, Finland actually beat

Canada. Canada is aware of what this

Finland team poses for them.

That is crucial. It means you only

have to play five rather than six

games. A change in goal for Canada,

Szabados gets the nod.

We saw Desbiens start against

Russia. She looked nervous. A

surprise seeing her in there. Not

such a surprise to see Szabados.

Batty, she was wonderful in that

opening game against the United

States. -- Noora Raty.

This is a stellar match between two

of probably the top four in the

world.

Szabados, a former gold medal winner

in Sochi. Flying fur trade in some

of the lower professional leagues in

the United States playing alongside

them. The real story for Shannon

Szabados. You can bet she is excited

to get her 20 18th Olympic Games

going with her first start.

Jenni Hiirikoski, the captain of the

Finland team, a crucial player.

These teams know each other very

well. They played against each other

in the World Championships in the

last three seasons. Their last

meeting crucially was a 4-3 victory,

for Finland. Finland know what it

takes in the group phasers to beat

this Canadian side having done it

not so long ago.

not so long ago. They have been very

close going into the final four

minutes of games. One of the keys,

not to make the stakes like that. An

opportunity! Brilliant. Through the

back door. Noora Raty bit. Living at

Costa the most simple of tasks. --

leaving Agosta.

What a start for Canada. Terrific

pressure. Melodie Daoust pics of the

past.

past. -- picks off. Opening up a

passing lane back door. Meghan

Agosta, the team Canada Vectra. All

she needed to be was in the right

spot, no chance for Noora Raty. 35

seconds in. -- veteran.

Any plans Finland may have had of

keeping it tight, they are not quite

out that they may well need some

reassessment.

Finland will have two reassess what

is going on here. Canada wearing

those black Jodie is -- jerseys

against the white and blue of

Finland.

What a sharp look these jerseys are,

you don't typically see that much

black on a Canadian jersey. This is

the replay, what a pass, lifting it

up just enough to get past the

defender. Meghan Agosta, driving

hard, stopping in front of the net,

an easy tap in.

Canada, with Sordet. Quick playback.

-- Saulnier. Jenner was hungry for

the shot but Noora Raty was equal to

it.

A real big say from Noora Raty. Not

happy letting in the first shot of

the game. Another two on one.

Something Finland will have to

identify. Jenner trying to go high

glove. Noora Raty equal to the task.

Wakefield for Canada. Setting things

going here. The Canadians asserting

their dominance as another shot goes

in.

in. The whistle blows.

If you Finland you need to compose

yourself quickly. Finding yourself

down 35 seconds into the game. It

has been all Canada. Finland have to

control themselves pretty quick.

Try to return it to Daoust, but

deflected clear.

deflected clear. Another pass in the

middle, it could have been offside.

Another chance. Canada, sensational,

in this opening two and a half

minutes. They have played some

terrific hockey.

terrific hockey.

The speed they have

come up with to start this game, the

way they are moving.

Better from Finland, tried to force

out in front. Given away in their

own zone. But they have held it

again, Finland is giving themselves

the best opportunity here, much

better. A bit of energy from the

Finns to get this game back on track

for them.

for them.

That is the type of

response Finland needed, a bit of

pressure. Ultimately leading to a

point-blank shot blocked nicely.

Into the zone a long rebound. A

better effort on goal.

Daoust this is more like the game we

expected. A penalty is going to be

called here, and just as Finland get

themselves moving, Susanna Tapani is

going to take a penalty and hand

Canada and early power play.

I don't

like this for Tapani. Finland really

ramping up their game, pushing the

pace up from their side and just a

little too aggressive, the body

contact, on Sarah Nurse. You can

have a little bit of body contact,

you can't bodycheck in the women's

game and that was a bodychecked by

Tapani.

Puck straight out from the

stick of Michelle Karvinen. Balls

seconds elapsed.

Finland is going to

make their way back, they will have

to have the number one forward,

Michelle Karvinen.

Canada trying to

create the face of. Given away.

Valila very much in the swing of

things and the key cog to this

Finland game.

50 seconds killed off the power

play, Canada not getting the good

set of time they would have wanted.

Good work by Finland winning their

battles and being able to take it

around. This is better.

around. This is better. Spooner we

collects. Canada pressing hard.

Agosta?. Back to the blue line,

high, hard shot. That was a cannon.

Nobody was able to get the tip and

it becomes an easy clear for the

Finns.

Fortunately, though shot was

about six feet high. The goal head

is about four feet so missed the

target by quite a lot.

With

defensive work by the Finns, Mickey

-- making it difficult to get into

the zone. Spooner will take a

penalty. That was poor from Spooner.

That was Jenni Hiirikoski doing some

great work. Basically forcing

Spooner to play the body, and that

will nullify the power play. There

was only a few seconds left. When

that is done it'll be a power play

for Finland.

And -- and illegal hit

is the call. Finland having survived

after going behind after 35 seconds

now have the opportunity to get

themselves back into this game.

There is Michelle Karvinen.

Very

strong penalty call for Finland, no

great scoring chances the Canada.

Finland going into the power play.

Hiirikoski waiting for that penalty

to expire, gets to score a power

play goal in this tournament.

Nuutinen, has got her legs going in

this tournament so far.

Finland are now on the power play so

a one skater advantage. It is with

Susanna Tapani. Will the power play

look different for the Finns, do you

think?

Well, we saw Rosa Lindstedt

out there at the start, they have

since changed but that is something

we found intriguing in the opening

game against the USA, putting a

large defender right in front of the

net, trying to create some screens.

You do have to make sure you get

bodies in front of Shannon Szabados.

She really is one of the very best

practitioner two of goal-tending.

She played men's hockey before

returning to the women's game. Do

they push themselves physically and

go and play professionally in the

men's legal term to make to they

support the women's league? A few of

them have had that crisis of