BBC Two Day 7: Women's Skeleton second run and Ski Jumping

0:00:21 > 0:00:28Well we are heading straight to the Alpensia Sliding Centre, Laura Deas,

0:00:28 > 0:00:36number six in reverse order after us on the track for her second run.

0:00:36 > 0:00:43Here is John. COMMENTATOR:, in run number one, the mistake came

0:00:43 > 0:00:43Here is John. COMMENTATOR:, in run number one, the mistake came after

0:00:43 > 0:00:49laying number nine. The chicane, she brushed it with her left shoulder,

0:00:49 > 0:00:55clattered into the wall.Laura Deas is under way. This is where she

0:00:55 > 0:01:00needs a big run, settle into the run, do what she did before, make a

0:01:00 > 0:01:06small adjustment in the important corner. Towards the Dragon's tell.

0:01:06 > 0:01:11The top part of the track was good, she started to lose speed as she

0:01:11 > 0:01:17came into corner eight. Now she's relaxed. Can she find speed?The big

0:01:17 > 0:01:24party for her. Good girl, she has done it, com on, keep it together,

0:01:24 > 0:01:28stay relaxed, keep this position. I think she's going to hold onto the

0:01:28 > 0:01:38lead.She's got to go under 52 seconds at the lead. Then 15, 16, a

0:01:38 > 0:01:43wobble, hasn't quite gone under 52 seconds. She takes the lead. How bad

0:01:43 > 0:01:48is going to affect her final standings after the second run, we

0:01:48 > 0:01:53will have to wait and see. Some powerful athletes to come, she could

0:01:53 > 0:01:57have done with going quicker.She could but you know what, she melded,

0:01:57 > 0:02:02got it right, didn't do that on the first run but has that cost? She

0:02:02 > 0:02:08perfected it. She needed that confidence and directing the

0:02:08 > 0:02:13confidence of that good run will make her happy, make her be able to

0:02:13 > 0:02:17go to sleep tonight and bring it out tomorrow. Has she done too little

0:02:17 > 0:02:24too late in this very tight race? She was only 100th behind the next

0:02:24 > 0:02:35competitor. If the German makes mistakes, she could move up.

0:02:36 > 0:02:48Currently in fifth place. Must be better and she's done at exactly the

0:02:48 > 0:02:51same. Quite moderate.For an elite athlete. To be fair, the Germans

0:02:51 > 0:02:58have not got the fastest starts yet they are awesome drivers but if they

0:02:58 > 0:03:03had a start but was two or three hundredths quicker, they would be

0:03:03 > 0:03:09smashing it. They are naturally good at driving but is it enough on this

0:03:09 > 0:03:15track, you need to have a really good push.

0:03:18 > 0:03:22good push.Laura has dropped a long way off.As John? At the end, she is

0:03:22 > 0:03:33going to be 12-15 hundredths time. Bend 13, Fernstaedt, the direct

0:03:33 > 0:03:36comparison with Laura Deas and Laura stays in front of her. Up to fifth

0:03:36 > 0:03:45place.We have got to hope that run there, they will realise how good

0:03:45 > 0:03:53Laura's run was, good, beautiful to watch. Can Laura stand on the podium

0:03:53 > 0:04:00for a few more athletes?The track has had a lot of sleds down at

0:04:00 > 0:04:05tonight. Starting to change. Is it naturally losing speed which is why

0:04:05 > 0:04:11we are seeing a lot of the sliders coming in over that 52 second mark,

0:04:11 > 0:04:21before there was a handful coming in under it?These last four to go into

0:04:21 > 0:04:25Dean Lizzy Yarnold, were under 52 seconds, that barrier seems to be a

0:04:25 > 0:04:32struggle. Her debut Olympics, Herman. World champion in 2016.

0:04:32 > 0:04:40World ranked two, world silver medallist last year. Brimful of

0:04:40 > 0:04:52quality. Let's see how her start goes. 5.24 she managed to achieve.

0:04:52 > 0:04:56Laura was only two hundredth behind, she has thrown down the God that. It

0:04:56 > 0:05:01is about the first person that twitches. Minor little mistakes.

0:05:01 > 0:05:06Hundredths here and hundredths there, she's going to be behind a

0:05:06 > 0:05:10little bit from the start but how much can she close? As Laura pooed a

0:05:10 > 0:05:17run in... That will be the mistake that keeps behind, she is going to

0:05:17 > 0:05:22have to work hard, this will cost a lot of time. I do not think she will

0:05:22 > 0:05:25close, Laura will move up, yes, she has started to move behind coming

0:05:25 > 0:05:32into the speed trap.That was really hard, I winced as she had a corner

0:05:32 > 0:05:36and we can see that, it did affect her speed, making this tiny

0:05:36 > 0:05:41mistakes, as we saw in the men's race earlier, Laura smiling.No

0:05:41 > 0:05:47wonder, she is up to fourth.Dominic came down fourth, the Latvian comes

0:05:47 > 0:05:53down and makes that mistake, and Dominic managed to move up into

0:05:53 > 0:05:58third, the British slider. The pressure is on for these athletes to

0:05:58 > 0:06:01maintain their place and when you see an athlete go down in a really

0:06:01 > 0:06:05good time like Laura, that extra bit of tension, trying too hard,

0:06:05 > 0:06:11thinking about it too much and you need to go down with an empty head,

0:06:11 > 0:06:17so much going on. You have got to empty it out and it means Laura Deas

0:06:17 > 0:06:26is there on that finishing platform. Three to go. In third place, Janine

0:06:26 > 0:06:34Flock, ninth in the games in Sochi. Behind Lizzy Yarnold. Former world

0:06:34 > 0:06:40number one. Two World Cup victories to her name this winter. She was

0:06:40 > 0:06:43just over a tenth quicker than Laura Deas in run number one, that

0:06:43 > 0:06:48comparison again tween the two, you see for yourself, green means good

0:06:48 > 0:06:56news. Read means good news for Laura Deas.Similar start times, Laura

0:06:56 > 0:07:00just a little bit quicker, that was very messy, skidding around. The

0:07:00 > 0:07:06harder you steer the more your runners dig into the eyes, and slow

0:07:06 > 0:07:14you down so far can she do here on this flat section?Nothing in it

0:07:14 > 0:07:18between Laura Deas and Janine Flock. That is good for Laura, good there,

0:07:18 > 0:07:23she can start pulling away on this part of the track. Looking like she

0:07:23 > 0:07:29is making mistakes, this will keep her ahead of Laura at the moment.A

0:07:29 > 0:07:33much better run camp are with her first run, gone back to the coach

0:07:33 > 0:07:39and perfect at her steer and there she is. Maintained her lead, 15

0:07:39 > 0:07:45hundredths in the lead.Ahead of Laura, Laura looking likely to end

0:07:45 > 0:07:51the day in fourth place. Janine Flock has gone well. Two pig guns to

0:07:51 > 0:07:56go including Lizzy Yarnold as the second run reaches its climax.This

0:07:56 > 0:08:01is good, Laura Putin a faster run and she can do that tomorrow there

0:08:01 > 0:08:06is no reason she cannot pull herself towards the metal table and put

0:08:06 > 0:08:13pressure on these girls to make mistakes, like that.Laura, I think,

0:08:13 > 0:08:16just had nervousness in her legs, a little bit more attention, that's

0:08:16 > 0:08:22why she did not quite male perfect run on the first run but Janine,

0:08:22 > 0:08:28looking so happy, she has lived for so many years, this one is one that

0:08:28 > 0:08:37deserves to get a medal.

0:08:37 > 0:08:41deserves to get a medal. -- that is why she did not quite make a perfect

0:08:41 > 0:08:46run.

0:08:46 > 0:08:51run.The world champion. The youngest world champion, male or

0:08:51 > 0:08:56female aged just 22. Had a brilliant winter. One of the key moments of

0:08:56 > 0:09:02the entire women's skeleton event. Her start times three tenths down on

0:09:02 > 0:09:09Laura. And Janine Flock. She has got to drive this track so much to get

0:09:09 > 0:09:14any speed because of that slow start.That little mistake between

0:09:14 > 0:09:19four and five might be the key to her weaknesses on the track and what

0:09:19 > 0:09:26will cost the end of the day.She has to absolutely... She didn't... A

0:09:26 > 0:09:32perfect line, she clips it, 10-11, I do not think she will have enough on

0:09:32 > 0:09:38the uphill section to come through first.If she drops 15 hundredths

0:09:38 > 0:09:45from Janine Flock, Laura Deas might go ahead. Let's see. She fought back

0:09:45 > 0:09:51like the champion she is.

0:09:52 > 0:09:55like the champion she is. Loelling and Janine Flock separated by two

0:09:55 > 0:10:01hundredths of a second. The German girls go into corner 14 in the red

0:10:01 > 0:10:07and yet somehow through the uphill, 14, 15, 16 they find a few

0:10:07 > 0:10:16hundredths of a second.That pop them into the lead. Lizzy Yarnold

0:10:16 > 0:10:21went 51.56, if she finds that again she is great position. All of these

0:10:21 > 0:10:25girls apart from the Austrian have made mistakes, this is a chance, if

0:10:25 > 0:10:32Lizzy Yarnold can give herself more breathing space for tomorrow.The

0:10:32 > 0:10:39Olympic champion, rising once again to the intensity of battle at the

0:10:39 > 0:10:45Olympic Games.Lizzy Yarnold on her way. So good at performing under

0:10:45 > 0:10:52pressure, she loves the pressure, that thrill and she always competes

0:10:52 > 0:11:01really well in four run races, over two days, she made the same mistake

0:11:01 > 0:11:04some of the others made in the top part of the track, she needs to keep

0:11:04 > 0:11:10it together, she still has a lot of time in the lead.From the mistake,

0:11:10 > 0:11:14recovered well. She needs to do the same, jackal?Just about got away

0:11:14 > 0:11:24with that. Is this enough to stay in front of Janine Flock?I think she

0:11:24 > 0:11:30might just drop behind the Austrian as we go into the second.This will

0:11:30 > 0:11:34be very close between Loelling and Lizzy Yarnold, she has dropped back

0:11:34 > 0:11:42to third place, a tenth of a second off the leader.

0:11:46 > 0:11:51off the leader.My hands are shaking, my heart is pumping. Slower

0:11:51 > 0:11:56than average, but the times have been slower on this heat, she seems

0:11:56 > 0:12:01absolutely fine, she is happy, she made several mistakes on that front

0:12:01 > 0:12:06that she didn't do on the top. It is an unforgiving track, you have to

0:12:06 > 0:12:09have a clean run and I would actually say, I think Laura Deas

0:12:09 > 0:12:16fits down the best result of the second run. If she can be consistent

0:12:16 > 0:12:20tomorrow, all these athletes in the top four - five, everything is to

0:12:20 > 0:12:27play for, they have to stay calm and not make mistakes.Your point is

0:12:27 > 0:12:32good, but was not one athlete under 52 seconds.Maybe the track has

0:12:32 > 0:12:39slowed, the weather, the snow, the Canadian has had the fastest run,

0:12:39 > 0:12:45then it was Laura Deas, two hundredths behind but for Elizabeth,

0:12:45 > 0:12:49but first run has cost her potentially that medal, you can see,

0:12:49 > 0:12:57her quality of being the fastest. Loelling leads at halfway. Lizzy

0:12:57 > 0:13:03Yarnold and Laura Deas for Great Britain in third and fourth.

0:13:03 > 0:13:09STUDIO: terrific run from Laura Deas. Let's hear from her. With

0:13:09 > 0:13:16Matthew Pinsent.A fantastic couple of runs but especially that second,

0:13:16 > 0:13:22you must be delighted.Yes, with the first I wanted to shake out the

0:13:22 > 0:13:26nurse, it's been a day and a half since I was on the track, I wanted

0:13:26 > 0:13:30to relax and get that out of the way and then I had some things to work

0:13:30 > 0:13:35on for a second round would say nice position to be in. Meet some

0:13:35 > 0:13:39improvements on the second run, really happy with where I am sat.

0:13:39 > 0:13:44How have you find the track training and for racing?It's a tough,

0:13:44 > 0:13:50technical track and the rewards the fast person, you can't let your

0:13:50 > 0:13:55brain rest, it's hard work. Tonight, going home, recovering, coming back

0:13:55 > 0:14:00fresh tomorrow.So important. Right in the mix for medals, it must be

0:14:00 > 0:14:04very exciting.It's a really nice place to be, sitting in fourth, only

0:14:04 > 0:14:09seven hundredths out at a moment but it is a sport anything can happen,

0:14:09 > 0:14:13things can change. But yes, I want to stay really positive and find

0:14:13 > 0:14:20those hundreds tomorrow.I'm much of an inspiration was Dominik's

0:14:20 > 0:14:24performance?It went from heartbreak to elation in the space of a few

0:14:24 > 0:14:29minutes, what an inspiration, he has worked so hard for so many years, so

0:14:29 > 0:14:33pleased for him, that it came in the end. Well done and see you tomorrow.

0:14:33 > 0:14:39Thank you.STUDIO: looking very happy and relaxed. So she should.

0:14:39 > 0:14:45Laura Deas posted the second fastest time on the second run, all of the

0:14:45 > 0:14:49sliders were slower than they had been on the first but in her time

0:14:49 > 0:14:52only three hundredths of a second slower than her first. Alex? So

0:14:52 > 0:14:58encouraging.Normally you expect them to slow down on the second run,

0:14:58 > 0:15:03the track we prepared well, you have sleds going down, people putting

0:15:03 > 0:15:09down their feet, knocking the ice off the wall so for her to get that

0:15:09 > 0:15:13time, it's incredible.Just look, she said she had things to work on,

0:15:13 > 0:15:19but her second run was really strong, she made the improvement

0:15:19 > 0:15:24that she needed to.She looked a little bit skittish, making

0:15:24 > 0:15:27adjustments but obviously she settled a lot better in the second

0:15:27 > 0:15:33run, it flowed more smoothly, a lot cleaner, that gave her the speed.

0:15:33 > 0:15:36These are alive shops, Lizzy Yarnold on the left, her immediate reaction

0:15:36 > 0:15:43after the first run was to mouth the words I'm busy and she looked to Jen

0:15:43 > 0:15:50Bryant to support her from the track. Lost a bit of time, Alex, but

0:15:50 > 0:15:59there will be areas she knows she can't improve on. -- she can.

0:15:59 > 0:16:03We said they will chop and change positions. They will probably move

0:16:03 > 0:16:06around tomorrow. The times are so tight that anyone has got a chance

0:16:06 > 0:16:11still. You have got to pull together the two consistent runs tomorrow and

0:16:11 > 0:16:18keep your head in the game.Let's look at both runs. Laura Deas, what

0:16:18 > 0:16:27are you seeing from the professional viewpoint.She has to calm her

0:16:27 > 0:16:33nerves and be careful not to push out of the groove. She is loaded and

0:16:33 > 0:16:35relaxed.

0:16:40 > 0:16:44She settled into a nice body position. She is coming out of bends

0:16:44 > 0:16:49in good time. She is not hitting anything or skidding. She has a nice

0:16:49 > 0:16:54low line around the bend. She came out nice and early that set her up.

0:16:54 > 0:16:59This is an area where she had problems before. You can hear the

0:16:59 > 0:17:04helmet on the ice a bit. But it is not causing her problems. A lovely

0:17:04 > 0:17:11exit. She has to keep herself calm. This is the part where they have

0:17:11 > 0:17:16uphill and they can lose speed. She is maintaining it well. She will be

0:17:16 > 0:17:23over the finish with this amazing time and there we go.I love the

0:17:23 > 0:17:27fact that she is clearly enjoying it. Every time we talked about the

0:17:27 > 0:17:32advice you give to a first time Olympian, it is always, just enjoy

0:17:32 > 0:17:41it. And she is. She is full of smiles. Lizzie Yarnold posted the

0:17:41 > 0:17:45fastest time on her first run. Slipped back on her second run. She

0:17:45 > 0:17:50is in third place with two more runs to come tomorrow. Let's find out how

0:17:50 > 0:17:54she felt. She is with Matthew.

0:17:57 > 0:18:02How do you assess the performance?I haven't looked at the time sheet. I

0:18:02 > 0:18:08know I'm third, but the times are the important thing. Yes, it was, a

0:18:08 > 0:18:15much faster track than in training. I have got a bit of a threat and

0:18:15 > 0:18:18sore kind of sinus thing going on. Was that the issue at the end of the

0:18:18 > 0:18:23first run?I think I'm struggling to breathe enough, because it is very

0:18:23 > 0:18:30cold here. It is actually a little bit dusty as well. I'm doing lots of

0:18:30 > 0:18:37steaming over a bowl. But it's a brilliant track and yeah it has been

0:18:37 > 0:18:42a great first night racing. This is the bit I love, everyone getting

0:18:42 > 0:18:47nervous and getting a nice night's sleep.Compared to the last couple

0:18:47 > 0:18:52of seasons, you're right in the mix, it must be a wonderful feel

0:18:52 > 0:18:56somethingYes, at the World Championships last year I still got

0:18:56 > 0:19:00a bronze medal and so I love to compete at big events when everyone

0:19:00 > 0:19:07brings their best. So I think I'm still well in the mix and so yeah,

0:19:07 > 0:19:12that is the big goal, which is frightening to say sometimes, to be

0:19:12 > 0:19:16the first British winter Olympian to retain my title, it is not easy, it

0:19:16 > 0:19:20has been a hard few years, but hopefully can I do it for everyone

0:19:20 > 0:19:25who has supported me, all the National Lottery players and all

0:19:25 > 0:19:29afamily and everyone and thank you and I will do it for you. We will

0:19:29 > 0:19:43see you tomorrow. Thank you. STUDIO: No slider has successfully

0:19:43 > 0:19:47defended an Olympic tiet. -- title.

0:19:47 > 0:19:49STUDIO: No slider has successfully defended an Olympic tiet. -- title.

0:19:49 > 0:19:55This run wasn't as good as her first run. I don't think she was as

0:19:55 > 0:20:08relaxed. She was showing a bit side ways. She is still getting some

0:20:08 > 0:20:13great top speeds. Although she is taking knocks, she is not letting it

0:20:13 > 0:20:18worry her.That is where the experience comes, to stay relaxed

0:20:18 > 0:20:23and know you can still make up time and this is not the defining run.

0:20:23 > 0:20:28This is, we are only half way at the moment. Tomorrow is another day. The

0:20:28 > 0:20:32conditions will be different, the ice will be different. It depends

0:20:32 > 0:20:40how the athletes sleep and eat and relax.She has been having problem

0:20:40 > 0:20:44with her sinuses, she talked of the dust and the extreme cold and she is

0:20:44 > 0:20:48struggling to breathe.Hopefully she can sort that. She has been doing

0:20:48 > 0:20:53some steaming. If she can produce these runs when she is under the

0:20:53 > 0:20:59weather. If she is feeling better tomorrow, who knows.Is it good to

0:20:59 > 0:21:08go away and be in third, as opposed to fist. -- first. You have a day to

0:21:08 > 0:21:13think about it. Lizzie's taken that off a bit and moved back to third

0:21:13 > 0:21:20and can relax into it.I think that it has given her, the British public

0:21:20 > 0:21:25are not going to say she is in first and she is going to walk off with

0:21:25 > 0:21:35the gold. She is close to it.You can see how tight it is.

0:21:35 > 0:21:40can see how tight it is. Lizzie a tenth off the leader and 0 .17 off

0:21:40 > 0:21:44the leader for Laura Deas. That is not much.This is going to be a

0:21:44 > 0:21:49great race. And the real race starts tomorrow. That is what everyone

0:21:49 > 0:21:50should get excited about.

0:21:50 > 0:21:54tomorrow. That is what everyone should get excited about.When they

0:21:54 > 0:21:59analyse this, do they look at Loelling's run and say this is what

0:21:59 > 0:22:07she produced?To be honest at this stage, it is too #4r5i9. Late. They

0:22:07 > 0:22:17have -- too late. Thvest. They have to turn up with their game plan, fit

0:22:17 > 0:22:22and healthy and try and enjoy it. Now Jacqueline Loelling, she is

0:22:22 > 0:22:27leading, she has been a consistent performer?She is an amazing

0:22:27 > 0:22:33athlete. She has got really lovely style on the sled. The Germans tend

0:22:33 > 0:22:38to drive in a very specific way. They use a lot of toe-steering when

0:22:38 > 0:22:43they drive. She has done it just there. They tend to come from the

0:22:43 > 0:22:48same technical school. The Germans have got four tracks in Germany and

0:22:48 > 0:22:54they can get a lot of experience. The juniors in Germany, if you turn

0:22:54 > 0:22:59up to a track, there will be kids of eight, nine, ten, starting in luge

0:22:59 > 0:23:04and skeleton. They start them young, get them used to the idea of being

0:23:04 > 0:23:09on the ice. It is something they should be good at. And over the

0:23:09 > 0:23:12years they have produced some excellent skeleton drivers and she

0:23:12 > 0:23:20is the latest in a long line.This is beatable?Yes it is definitely.

0:23:20 > 0:23:27What is a tenth of a second? It is nothing.There is a very buoyant

0:23:27 > 0:23:33British skeleton camp. We heard Laura Deas talk of how proud and

0:23:33 > 0:23:38excited they were, because the fist British medal has been one by a

0:23:38 > 0:23:43skeleton slider and for the first time since 1948 it is a man. That

0:23:43 > 0:23:49was John Crammond in 1948. Now it is Dom Parsons and he can join us from

0:23:49 > 0:23:56the Sliding Centre. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you.How much pride

0:23:56 > 0:24:01do you take in this moment of having managed to achieve something you

0:24:01 > 0:24:11have worked so hard for?It's amazing. It hasn't, I still don't

0:24:11 > 0:24:16fully believe it. Yeah, I'm standing here with a medal in my hand.Hold

0:24:16 > 0:24:22it up for us, Dom! And you had that medal ceremony and what was great

0:24:22 > 0:24:27for you was a massive crowd, because the winner was from the host nation.

0:24:27 > 0:24:34So what was it like?Yeah, there was so much noise. There were quite a

0:24:34 > 0:24:40lot of Brits. I saw bobsled boys going crazy. My mum looked like she

0:24:40 > 0:24:45had a tear in her eye. It was a special feeling.During the race

0:24:45 > 0:24:53itself, you went through the full range from despair as you finished,

0:24:53 > 0:25:00thinking, oh no, to waiting and watching your competitor, Martin

0:25:00 > 0:25:07Dukurs who has been a stalwart of skeleton and that thing of going,

0:25:07 > 0:25:12oh, good he has slipped down and I'm in.Yes, I was still upset about my

0:25:12 > 0:25:16run when he was going down and I wasn't really watching what was

0:25:16 > 0:25:21going on. I couldn't believe it when I saw a three next to his name. Yes

0:25:21 > 0:25:27it is still a bit of disbelief.Just tell me a bit about your build up to

0:25:27 > 0:25:31this, about switching from being an athlete and what skeleton has been

0:25:31 > 0:25:40like and getting better at it as you have done.It's... Yes it has been a

0:25:40 > 0:25:48long four years. At certain points I thought I was well off this goal.

0:25:48 > 0:25:53Thanks to the work I have done with Kristin and the coaches for British

0:25:53 > 0:25:58skeleton and all the support from back home, I have managed to get

0:25:58 > 0:26:05things to come together at the right time. It is a huge relief.You still

0:26:05 > 0:26:08seem shell-shocked, were there moments when you thought this is

0:26:08 > 0:26:14never going to happen?There were low moments. I have got to admit

0:26:14 > 0:26:19some of the races this season I was wondering where I would find the

0:26:19 > 0:26:24speed. Then after Christmas, it all started coming together a bit more.

0:26:24 > 0:26:31So I came into the games on pretty good form.When did you think, yeah,

0:26:31 > 0:26:35can I do this, was it when you started posting those training

0:26:35 > 0:26:44times?It was, yes, quite early on. I had a bit of an abductor injury

0:26:44 > 0:26:50about two weeks ago and it was a stressful couple of weeks comes in

0:26:50 > 0:26:56here. And training to get that working and Funging so I could --

0:26:56 > 0:27:01functioning so I could push flat out. My first flat out push was do

0:27:01 > 0:27:07days before. Even in the training runs where I had to take it easy, I

0:27:07 > 0:27:12was getting good times. So we knew things were going well.Were you

0:27:12 > 0:27:19still in pain in competition?When I was pushing the sled I was fine.

0:27:19 > 0:27:24There was still some stiffness around my hip. But I only felt that

0:27:24 > 0:27:29between runs. It was fine while I was pushing.I think holding that

0:27:29 > 0:27:34medal, that is working like a healing stone. Nothing hurts any

0:27:34 > 0:27:43more.Yeah, it makes it all better. I have got no problems.You're

0:27:43 > 0:27:48straight back out to the sliding track to support your girlfriend and

0:27:48 > 0:27:54Laura and Lizzie, what have you made of their Fir two runs?Yeah, so I

0:27:54 > 0:27:57got here just in time to see Jackie's first run and then came

0:27:57 > 0:28:03down to the bottom of the track to shout at Jackie and Laura and

0:28:03 > 0:28:08Lizzie. Yeah, Laura and Lizzie are in a really good position, they're

0:28:08 > 0:28:11very close to the top. It is very tight. It will be a great couple of

0:28:11 > 0:28:21runs.You will be back for that will you?Definitely, I I shall be

0:28:21 > 0:28:28shouting myself hoarse.Well done. Woo!Chemmy is cheering you on. Well

0:28:28 > 0:28:34done.Thank you.

0:28:34 > 0:28:37done.Thank you.Dom Parsons, our first medallists from these games

0:28:37 > 0:28:48and the first since skeleton was reintroduced and the first man since

0:28:48 > 0:28:54John Crammond in 1948, who loss won bronze and David Carnegie in 1928.

0:28:54 > 0:29:03No 1 in the total on the right means that Great Britain enter the medal

0:29:03 > 0:29:10table. And gold went to South Korea. They are in tenth. Germany are in

0:29:10 > 0:29:19front having a stunning games. Looking again at Dom's run and at

0:29:19 > 0:29:24the time when he finished he had no idea. He thought it had shoved him

0:29:24 > 0:29:29off that podium, but because of Martin Dukurs making a mistake,

0:29:29 > 0:29:35Dom's added together time of four runs and not forgetting it is about

0:29:35 > 0:29:40consistency over the four. He was the third most consistent.Yes it is

0:29:40 > 0:29:45four miles, if you imagine you're going to run a four mile race, you

0:29:45 > 0:29:52won't win it in the first 800 metres. It is as you cross the line.

0:29:52 > 0:29:58The girls need to remember it is not over until that last sled crosses

0:29:58 > 0:30:05the line.If we look at what is coming up, tomorrow morning is the

0:30:05 > 0:30:10time to stay at home, turn on the television and watch is in unfold.

0:30:10 > 0:30:15Because at 10 o'clock we have Elise Christie hopefully in the

0:30:15 > 0:30:21quarter-finals of 1,500 metres. She has announced she is taking a break

0:30:21 > 0:30:26from that. And just focus on this, she is world champion in the 1,500

0:30:26 > 0:30:33metres. She is going at 10 and 10 past 11 for her semi-final. In

0:30:33 > 0:30:39between her semi-final and final we will go to the skeleton.

0:30:51 > 0:30:56This time tomorrow...How are we going to handle bad?We are going to

0:30:56 > 0:31:03handle it calmly... As I handle everything. Everyone gets excited,

0:31:03 > 0:31:08we want to be able to see good sport and get involved and enjoy it and

0:31:08 > 0:31:11know more about the competitors and thanks to you Alex, we know more

0:31:11 > 0:31:18about skeleton. That's why it's called skeleton because the sled is

0:31:18 > 0:31:25stripped back, Berrer.It's fast and it is scary and we are brilliant.

0:31:25 > 0:31:31Your prediction? Definitely a medal, hopefully two, what colour, who

0:31:31 > 0:31:35knows?We are going to calm down a little now before we get into the

0:31:35 > 0:31:39fast sports and it's the sedate sport of curling. When we left it at

0:31:39 > 0:31:46the half time marker at the end of end five, great written have got the

0:31:46 > 0:31:51scores back level, Sweden had a good end six, we join it in end eight,

0:31:51 > 0:31:57Sweden leading 6-5, and the commentators are Steve Cram and

0:31:57 > 0:32:06Jackie Lockhart. -- Great Britain.

0:32:06 > 0:32:11COMMENTATOR: extra ends, teams winning by just a shot, you would

0:32:11 > 0:32:15expect it at this level, theoretically. The high quality of

0:32:15 > 0:32:21teams here, had to come through the final qualification in December.

0:32:32 > 0:32:38All of the nations decide the representatives of the team

0:32:38 > 0:32:44differently, Great Britain selected both teams, who arrived here, Canada

0:32:44 > 0:32:50go for a play-off approach, basically the top ten teams based on

0:32:50 > 0:32:54results over the previous year, play-off to get the honour to where

0:32:54 > 0:33:02the Maple leaf. I think the USA with the same, actually. And Switzerland.

0:33:02 > 0:33:08They do have different approaches. Norway, for example, they were kind

0:33:08 > 0:33:13of selected but told if you do not medal at the Europeans you are going

0:33:13 > 0:33:17to have to play-off against the second best team.

0:33:24 > 0:33:28Silver Lakes standard opening, corner guard for Great Britain, the

0:33:28 > 0:33:34guard laid out.

0:33:36 > 0:33:40guard laid out. The strategy changes a little bit.

0:34:00 > 0:34:06Cammy Smith just watching.

0:34:12 > 0:34:21Well done. We can see, Cammy Smith, playing well, the figures reflect

0:34:21 > 0:34:28that, only the one takeout. The stats, pretty spectacular, to be

0:34:28 > 0:34:30honest.

0:34:48 > 0:34:55I think they were hoping to sit in front of the only read, they

0:34:55 > 0:35:00slightly over curled.

0:35:03 > 0:35:10Kyle just needs to forget the stone that he played in the previous end.

0:35:10 > 0:35:18He's been pretty consistent. I would say this is quite an important shot.

0:35:18 > 0:35:29Made some mistakes in the last couple of errands.

0:35:32 > 0:35:38Looked that way all the way down.

0:35:59 > 0:36:03We expected a much more defensive end from Sweden. Almost misjudged

0:36:03 > 0:36:12that one.Britain still have one. Looked as though that was going to

0:36:12 > 0:36:20result in a double takeout. You can see the draws from Kyle at 67%. For

0:36:20 > 0:36:29he struggled. -- where he struggled.

0:36:29 > 0:36:36Just saying, you can take a here more.

0:36:36 > 0:36:38Holding the brush for the line.

0:36:44 > 0:36:49That was nice communication from the boys, Kyle was asking his skipper if

0:36:49 > 0:36:56he laid the first one OK, if he hadn't, Kyle said he played it well,

0:36:56 > 0:37:02it must just be pulling here, I think they might we buy... So close.

0:37:07 > 0:37:13There must be a big finish at the end, and you heard Kyle saying it is

0:37:13 > 0:37:22curling more.He took a little more ice. Unless the line he set out on

0:37:22 > 0:37:25was wrong it seemed as though they were pretty happy.Sometimes you

0:37:25 > 0:37:33find the sheets of ice, it looks very flat but if you start going

0:37:33 > 0:37:39down to Nano millimetres and all sorts, the ice technicians are

0:37:39 > 0:37:43shaping the ice a little bit and that can sometimes make it curl a

0:37:43 > 0:37:51little more.Almost kind of going uphill a little and it comes into

0:37:51 > 0:37:57the centre much quicker.A chance to raise his own yellow onto the red

0:37:57 > 0:37:59that has been played.

0:38:09 > 0:38:16It's a difficult shot, they need to get closer to the guard. Rumble the

0:38:16 > 0:38:24one in the centre line as well.

0:38:24 > 0:38:26Move it! Move it!

0:38:30 > 0:38:40Not a bad result.The shooter is sad right on top of the Swedish stone

0:38:40 > 0:38:42and they sat in there for the third shot.

0:38:44 > 0:38:54You always know when it's not ended up too bad when Nicolas scratches

0:38:54 > 0:39:01his head a little bit.

0:39:25 > 0:39:32Lacking that front stone raised onto the yellow and red and he thinks the

0:39:32 > 0:39:39yellow can cross. Time out. Cars liking.

0:39:41 > 0:39:48liking. Wants to have a little bit of a think about this. What will

0:39:48 > 0:39:54they be worried about here?I think the shop they are mainly worried

0:39:54 > 0:40:03about is that Great Britain can make a raise onto the yellow stone. I

0:40:03 > 0:40:11think they want to get another one in there.

0:40:19 > 0:40:26Lindbergh was the second team in Sochi and Vancouver.

0:40:29 > 0:40:34Sochi and Vancouver.I don't know if Sebastian is playing now or

0:40:34 > 0:40:42travelling? Taking some time away from curling?

0:40:42 > 0:40:52from curling? This is when I wish I knew how to speak several languages!

0:40:52 > 0:41:01LAUGHTER surely there is something...

0:41:02 > 0:41:12If you had a phone... LAUGHTER we are running out of time.

0:41:28 > 0:41:34What are they calling here?

0:41:34 > 0:41:41Drawdown, yes, they are going to come in. And I think they would like

0:41:41 > 0:41:46to sit probably quite far back. I am not going to put myself out there

0:41:46 > 0:41:52and just yet.And the other thing, maybe, Ericsson mentioned a few

0:41:52 > 0:41:56minutes ago, he has only played four draws.They are putting the guard

0:41:56 > 0:42:05up. I thought the draw would be an odd shot.Create an opportunity to

0:42:05 > 0:42:11get the red alert even easier. Play the guard. To stop this run back

0:42:11 > 0:42:18from Great Britain.They seem very concerned about that. Was there a

0:42:18 > 0:42:24danger for Great Britain on the run back if you hit the yellow, the

0:42:24 > 0:42:27chance of the red hitting the back yellow?

0:42:54 > 0:43:01I am maybe panicking and deciding to do the shop before Nicolas... But

0:43:01 > 0:43:10Kyle just said, whatever they do now he might just tap it next.

0:43:14 > 0:43:19He doesn't need to see the inside.

0:43:30 > 0:43:34You may be able to hear, some American fans in tonight! Thomas

0:43:34 > 0:43:41pierhead, important shot, trying to set this up for his skipper, he has

0:43:41 > 0:43:51missed it!He needed to connect with a lot more of that stone. You heard

0:43:51 > 0:43:58him, he just aged it out as he let it go down the centre line. If you

0:43:58 > 0:44:06have wait, they are holding very straight.

0:44:16 > 0:44:23Looks like they are going to play your shot, Jackie.I would leave it

0:44:23 > 0:44:26on that line two, I was just panicking it wouldn't play earlier.

0:44:26 > 0:44:34Baby that is just the cos I am a woman. Of course, Thomas moved the

0:44:34 > 0:44:41rest, you can see a lot more of it now.

0:44:41 > 0:44:47now. -- maybe that is because I am a woman.I don't think there's any

0:44:47 > 0:44:54added value and that makes the shot is more difficult. Actually putting

0:44:54 > 0:45:00one at the back of the ring they may have made the draw easier. No added

0:45:00 > 0:45:00value.

0:45:11 > 0:45:25Him hitting the line, especially if your opposition can use to jam on or

0:45:25 > 0:45:34sit on.Needs a good draw here, Kyle Smith. Put a little bit of pressure

0:45:34 > 0:45:42on his counterparts. Looks like it is as good as it can be here.

0:45:42 > 0:45:46Hopefully they will have watched two shots from Kyle and they should know

0:45:46 > 0:45:54what this line is going to do.The line is better on this, has he given

0:45:54 > 0:45:58it enough?This will come up short.

0:45:58 > 0:46:10Wow.The initial call was that it was back 8 or back 4. They thought

0:46:10 > 0:46:16it was heavy.You heard them say exactly that.That is the same shot

0:46:16 > 0:46:22that Kyle Waddell played down there as well. His pulled more and caught

0:46:22 > 0:46:27the guard.

0:46:28 > 0:46:36the guard.This is not looking good here.

0:46:41 > 0:46:51Sweden still have to be careful, because they're only lying one shot.

0:46:57 > 0:47:05There is the thought if he comes in below that red that... He would

0:47:05 > 0:47:09still be able to for instance, Britain, with their last stone

0:47:09 > 0:47:14use...He has to ensure he has second shot. If he doesn't make a

0:47:14 > 0:47:19shot in the house to lie second shot, Britain will have an

0:47:19 > 0:47:24opportunity to come and catch the yellow and and the left above the

0:47:24 > 0:47:27red and tap it enough that they could tap the red through and get

0:47:27 > 0:47:32their 2 or even a 3. Important that he gets the second shot in. It is

0:47:32 > 0:47:39just where he puts it.They're going to draw away from the cluster.That

0:47:39 > 0:47:44is what I thought. Not give them a chance.If nay come down the other

0:47:44 > 0:47:57-- if they come down the other side they could set up a double take out.

0:47:58 > 0:48:10Just makes it.That is a good shot. There was a bit of a panic there. It

0:48:10 > 0:48:16looked like the stone darted off.

0:48:17 > 0:48:20looked like the stone darted off.It meant that... He hasn't given them a

0:48:20 > 0:48:29chance. Just watch how close this was. It would look even closer from

0:48:29 > 0:48:35that angle. But there wasn't much to choose. Not much room for error

0:48:35 > 0:48:43around that guard.We just have to draw here for a 1. And we are taking

0:48:43 > 0:48:48a different line. They're going to follow the similar shot to

0:48:48 > 0:48:54Nicholas's down here. Don't have to be hitten, they just have to hit the

0:48:54 > 0:49:014 foot.We have talked about learning from your opposition stones

0:49:01 > 0:49:08and they got caught out a bit on the other side. Hopefully they have been

0:49:08 > 0:49:16timing the shots so they understand the speed of this line.

0:49:17 > 0:49:27They just need to sit on that line. That is looking pretty good.

0:49:28 > 0:49:31That is looking pretty good. Slows it down a little and up. Britain

0:49:31 > 0:49:37take the 1. We are tied up. There are two ends left. The next one

0:49:37 > 0:49:41Sweden will have the hammer, Great Britain in the last one. If Sweden

0:49:41 > 0:49:45manage to hold Britain to one shot in that end, but at least they got

0:49:45 > 0:49:51their 1. And we have got a good game on still here. Sweden 6, Great

0:49:51 > 0:49:56Britain 6.

0:49:56 > 0:49:59Britain 6. Check on the scores elsewhere. Canada have sorted

0:49:59 > 0:50:08themselves out. Now 7-3 over Korea. The United States 8-5 now. Denmark

0:50:08 > 0:50:13did take a couple back. They're still fighting on in that one.

0:50:13 > 0:50:20They're still in the 8th. The match between Switzerland and Japan with

0:50:20 > 0:50:29Switzerland leading 5-3. They have the hammer in that 8th end. You

0:50:29 > 0:50:32know, we talked about the momentum swings, it has definitely moved to

0:50:32 > 0:50:39Sweden after the half way point. But it is still 6-6.It wouldn't feel

0:50:39 > 0:50:48like a GB win if it wasn't going right down to the wire, would it?

0:50:48 > 0:50:54They're not worrying about the clock. They still have six minutes.

0:50:54 > 0:51:00No time-outs left. Britain with a bit more thinking time.Thing is

0:51:00 > 0:51:05game has been a great advert for curling. It has been of the highest

0:51:05 > 0:51:09standard.I think whatever the outcome here, Britain have put up a

0:51:09 > 0:51:16really good performance against Sweden. Particularity the first --

0:51:16 > 0:51:21particularly the first five ends. The odd shot here and then since

0:51:21 > 0:51:25half way. All in all, they will be pleased with the way they have

0:51:25 > 0:51:31played. When you get this close, you want to get over the line if you

0:51:31 > 0:51:40can.That would be a booster for our guys. They can take the scalp of

0:51:40 > 0:51:45Sweden.

0:51:50 > 0:51:58In this situation what, Sweden will be looking for is a blank or a score

0:51:58 > 0:52:02of two, where as Britain will be trying to force a score of 1 either

0:52:02 > 0:52:11way. If they can steal one that would be great. Worse case they can

0:52:11 > 0:52:15get that all-important hammer back into the 10th end.

0:52:18 > 0:52:23Expecting to see a very aggressive end from GB. That is backed up by

0:52:23 > 0:52:27the two guards they have thrown in here. They're going to set their

0:52:27 > 0:52:33stall out here and go for it.An interesting thing here is Sweden

0:52:33 > 0:52:40don't have a lot of time. I see they have been in the head very quick

0:52:40 > 0:52:47after our team have played and he is indicating if they want an in turn

0:52:47 > 0:52:53or out turn. It would be interesting to see if they overrush. They could

0:52:53 > 0:52:59make mistakes.If you run out of time?Then you lose the game. It is

0:52:59 > 0:53:06important that you are in the hack and ready to play.

0:53:07 > 0:53:11and ready to play.I think they should get bonus points for the

0:53:11 > 0:53:16amount of minutes you save, to encourage the teams to play fast.

0:53:16 > 0:53:22Maybe a bonus shot. One shot?I like that. If you finish the game with

0:53:22 > 0:53:25more than five minutes on the clock, you can have a bonus point.

0:53:25 > 0:53:40LAUGHTER.Japan have tide it up against Switzerland. That is 5-5.

0:53:40 > 0:53:46It is all relevant for Great Britain. Only one win so far.

0:53:46 > 0:53:54Another nice shot. Sometimes you cannot do anything about the

0:53:54 > 0:53:57opposition in terms of their results. Now they're playing. But

0:53:57 > 0:54:01you will get sort of five matches into this and start to look at who

0:54:01 > 0:54:07is where and who you have got left to play.

0:54:08 > 0:54:12to play.Since Sweden struggled with their signature double take-outs.

0:54:12 > 0:54:19There is another one missed. That was actual lay very difficult one to

0:54:19 > 0:54:24play. It is easy to move both the yellows, but not easy to roll the

0:54:24 > 0:54:36shooter as well. It was a good effort.

0:54:39 > 0:54:50After couple of indifferent shots, Kyle wad Waddell played a good one.

0:54:50 > 0:55:00Can he follow that up. Britain trying to get some yellow in there.

0:55:00 > 0:55:07The guys are having to work this really hard.Just nudging it.Just

0:55:07 > 0:55:16been a game of just catching the guard for Kyle Waddell today.

0:55:20 > 0:55:24guard for Kyle Waddell today.A lot of whooping and hollering, feels

0:55:24 > 0:55:30like I'm at the Ryder Cup or something.Some of the garb that the

0:55:30 > 0:55:40United States are wearing it is a bit Ryder Cupesque!They probably

0:55:40 > 0:55:43weren't making as much noise.

0:55:48 > 0:55:53Just hangs on to it. The United States have won that one obviously,

0:55:53 > 0:56:099-5 against Denmark. Yeah OK. Canada look set for a win ginest Korea. --

0:56:09 > 0:56:15win against Korea. No surprise there. These two other matches, this

0:56:15 > 0:56:25one and the one next, 5-5 in that one. 6-all in this one. Sweden a

0:56:25 > 0:56:33good shot with their previous stone. This isn't ideal for GB having to

0:56:33 > 0:56:36play this take-out. They don't have an opportunity to be offensive at

0:56:36 > 0:56:41the moment.

0:56:43 > 0:56:47the moment. I wonder if Sweden will go for the kill here in the 9th end

0:56:47 > 0:57:02and try and put a few on the board? A change of tools.That indicates to

0:57:02 > 0:57:07me they have a stone that probably swings more and this could be a

0:57:07 > 0:57:12stone that Swinns more and they're happy to play it more when they're

0:57:12 > 0:57:20throwing a heavier weight. They have certainly changed the stone there.

0:57:20 > 0:57:30It is Oscar.I think he whistles for them not to touch the stone.It is

0:57:30 > 0:57:37usually the Danish skip that does that.Normally they whistle if they

0:57:37 > 0:57:41are suffering from a sore throat and can't call. I think they wanted that

0:57:41 > 0:57:44in the house. That is a disappointing shot.Kyle just went

0:57:44 > 0:57:48to have a look. It is the edge of the stone as to whether it's just

0:57:48 > 0:57:55cutting the line. He had a shake of the head to say no, it is not. It is

0:57:55 > 0:58:00not in.

0:58:01 > 0:58:05not in.Rather than just hit one of the reds that we can see, they're

0:58:05 > 0:58:19going to utilise their yellow and drive it into the reds.

0:58:30 > 0:58:39Catches one.That was a bit way ward from Thomas.That is just catching

0:58:39 > 0:58:49the circle. The edge of the ring.

0:58:53 > 0:58:58He started well today. In fact they all did. They have all just been

0:58:58 > 0:59:02slightly off in the second half. Not much. Just inches here and there. Or

0:59:02 > 0:59:07centimetres.

0:59:11 > 0:59:22Eriksson coming down to have a look. The clock still ticking.

0:59:32 > 0:59:39The yellow then?It is.I think it is and it is quite an interesting

0:59:39 > 0:59:42situation, because due too that yellow stone being in the house, it

0:59:42 > 0:59:46forces swede on the decide whether they want to blank the end or

0:59:46 > 0:59:51whether they want to go and score 2. They could play a take-out on the

0:59:51 > 0:59:57yellow to give themselves a chance to blank. Maybe leaves GB a hit and

0:59:57 > 1:00:07roll behind. So they're going to play a draw.This is the other side.

1:00:07 > 1:00:14This is to be fair this has been his shot. Eriksson. His draws have been

1:00:14 > 1:00:23pretty much spot on.

1:00:42 > 1:00:50The boys looking at lots of options and what they do, will how will

1:00:50 > 1:00:56Sweden counteract it?

1:01:06 > 1:01:15That one is not in. I think... The camera work showing us, showing us

1:01:15 > 1:01:22that it is. The yellow in front of Thomas Meer head, the angle at which

1:01:22 > 1:01:31he wants to try and hit the stone. -- Thomas Muirhead.Whatever he

1:01:31 > 1:01:38plays here his shooter still stays in the house, he doesn't want to

1:01:38 > 1:01:40roll out here.

1:01:51 > 1:01:56To do that they need to miss the double takeout all stock that's what

1:01:56 > 1:02:00I was saying, I thought at first he was looking at a double take out.

1:02:17 > 1:02:26That is a great shot by Kyle Smith. It did not spin over, the lying

1:02:26 > 1:02:32shot, they have the third as well, that yellow at the top, it cannot be

1:02:32 > 1:02:42ignored.You know what made that so good was that they rode for enough

1:02:42 > 1:02:48to force Sweden to hit and rule to the wing. Give them a great chance

1:02:48 > 1:02:50to make a double with the last one.

1:02:58 > 1:03:06Because they can't hit it on the inside.

1:03:17 > 1:03:28Every shot crucial now. He's done quite well. They are close enough

1:03:28 > 1:03:38together. Big opportunity here.Just rolled the stone too far, if he

1:03:38 > 1:03:42comes back and Kyle plays the double takeoff, Sweden still blank at the

1:03:42 > 1:03:45end by hitting the yellow on the other side but because he put them

1:03:45 > 1:03:51side by side, Britain can make the double takeout sit around.

1:03:54 > 1:03:58Well, well, well.

1:04:03 > 1:04:07Still plenty of stones left to play, two in this and of course, the tenth

1:04:07 > 1:04:14end. Some nice shots so far from Great Britain, certainly the latter

1:04:14 > 1:04:23half of this end. You can see little mistakes still creeping in. Kyle

1:04:23 > 1:04:30Smith, can he take both of these stones and stay in the house? He has

1:04:30 > 1:04:38missed it! Going to roll over.That is a real shame.What a chance that

1:04:38 > 1:04:42was! What a chance that was for Kyle Smith. He won't get too many of them

1:04:42 > 1:04:48when you are at the Olympic Games. And you've got one of the favourites

1:04:48 > 1:04:52on the ropes a little bit, you want to capitalise, just missing, not

1:04:52 > 1:04:58only missing, it is because he missed, he was not able to stay in

1:04:58 > 1:05:03the house, fairly straightforward drop for the Swedish skip. Going to

1:05:03 > 1:05:09take two.

1:05:09 > 1:05:25take two. That was a chance.Niklas Edin left the building, pretty much,

1:05:25 > 1:05:30left the sweepers to put it where it needs to go.A game of tiny margins.

1:05:30 > 1:05:36That is a shot he would make a lot of occasions, not that difficult,

1:05:36 > 1:05:44but he did this. Sweden picking up two and after nine pence, excuse me,

1:05:44 > 1:05:50they believed by two, going into the final end, Britain have the hammer.

1:05:50 > 1:05:558-6, it can see how despondent they are. Now, of course, if it goes to

1:05:55 > 1:06:00an extra end, Sweden have the hammer in the extra end. All the advantage

1:06:00 > 1:06:07very much with the Swedes.

1:06:08 > 1:06:10very much with the Swedes.You are absolutely spot on, Steve, we kind

1:06:10 > 1:06:16of had them on the ropes. It is a real shame that one shot could cost

1:06:16 > 1:06:21us the opportunity to win the game. If he had made that we would have at

1:06:21 > 1:06:26least had a 50% chance to win. Exactly three minutes on the clock

1:06:26 > 1:06:31for Sweden in this final end, they can't hang around. Decision-making.

1:06:31 > 1:06:36Between shots, they are going to be rushed a little bit, keep an eye on

1:06:36 > 1:06:42that clock.

1:06:42 > 1:06:49that clock.Niklas Edin has not returned from the little boys room.

1:07:01 > 1:07:10It makes Sweden's job easier, happy to give up one. Does not matter.

1:07:10 > 1:07:14Just making sure Great Britain do not score two here. Makes their job

1:07:14 > 1:07:16a little easier.

1:07:18 > 1:07:25I still say, we have all said it, whatever happens in this final end,

1:07:25 > 1:07:34it has been a good performance, they have matched Sweden most of the way.

1:07:36 > 1:07:38In that respectable probably be disappointed if they don't close

1:07:38 > 1:07:48this out, if it was not go that way. Plenty of things to be happy about.

1:07:48 > 1:07:53Tight match against Sweden. This is the top is to match Sweden have had,

1:07:53 > 1:07:56three very comfortable victories up until this point, the fourth match

1:07:56 > 1:08:03for Great Britain. Canada heading for a victory in their match against

1:08:03 > 1:08:13Korea.I think whatever the outcome in this game, it's going to be a

1:08:13 > 1:08:18positive feeling for team GB. I think if they can continue this sort

1:08:18 > 1:08:29of form there is no question they can win a medal this week.

1:08:42 > 1:08:48Cammy Smith once more, trying to come around this card he laid. --

1:08:48 > 1:08:55this guard.

1:08:56 > 1:09:04Some textbook play coming from Sweden. No need to take any risks

1:09:04 > 1:09:11from their point of view.When Sweden get the chance they are going

1:09:11 > 1:09:21to hit everything. Take away that barred there.

1:09:26 > 1:09:34Bit of a pity, isn't it? It could end up as a bit of a damp squib

1:09:34 > 1:09:40which is a bit of a shame because they played very well at times.As

1:09:40 > 1:09:45we have seen it just takes one mistake from your opposition and you

1:09:45 > 1:09:50can capitalise. The guys have to keep digging in.We've got a good

1:09:50 > 1:10:01setup. A great chance to score.One in the house, putting the guard on.

1:10:01 > 1:10:04They are nice and straight so it makes it very difficult for Sweden

1:10:04 > 1:10:09to remove both of them, they end up having to take the top one all the

1:10:09 > 1:10:11time.

1:10:17 > 1:10:21The question here for Kyle and the boys is, when do you do something

1:10:21 > 1:10:26other than continuing with the guard?Whether you do something with

1:10:26 > 1:10:31the Reds in the house, it's all about timing.They are only lying in

1:10:31 > 1:10:35third shot at the moment, they should do something with them. At

1:10:35 > 1:10:40some point they could draw one around the back.

1:10:46 > 1:10:50Could also try and come to them and tap them back a little bit and use

1:10:50 > 1:11:00them as backing at some point. If you opportunities.It's not bad.

1:11:00 > 1:11:09Sorry... Kyle had struggled with a little bit of draw weight in the

1:11:09 > 1:11:15last 2-3 ends but that was well played. Like waiting for a mistake

1:11:15 > 1:11:19to happen, these are fairly straightforward shots here, you need

1:11:19 > 1:11:25to make them attempt something a bit more difficult.You are not going to

1:11:25 > 1:11:29see Sweden and is one of these, one of the easiest shots in the game,

1:11:29 > 1:11:34especially with these guys and their level of accuracy, it's just the

1:11:34 > 1:11:38case of running the stones down at the moment so bad when GB make a

1:11:38 > 1:11:46move in the house, Sweden have less stones to retrieve the situation.

1:11:50 > 1:11:53Thomas needs to be accurate here as well. Coming down exactly the same

1:11:53 > 1:12:03line. They should know what this is doing.

1:12:12 > 1:12:24Here we go again. LAUGHTER Kyle is wanting the boys to stay for a

1:12:24 > 1:12:31blabber.He needs a little bit of social contact. Like Logan said,

1:12:31 > 1:12:36when are they going to actually do something with the two reds?A bit

1:12:36 > 1:12:43of team talk around this. How do they force the situation? Try and

1:12:43 > 1:12:51get two, take this to the extra end?

1:13:03 > 1:13:09I think there's an opportunity for a two rather than a three. I like

1:13:09 > 1:13:15Thomas's confidence. Two is what we are looking for, boys, at the

1:13:15 > 1:13:25minute, I think.The confidence of youth!

1:13:25 > 1:13:28youth! Britain with three stones left, Sweden two, just the skipper

1:13:28 > 1:13:33to play.

1:13:35 > 1:13:44to play. Whatever happens, I'd be trying to make Niklas Edin drawer,

1:13:44 > 1:13:48he has been just a little bit off tonight.We just have to make sure

1:13:48 > 1:13:53when Thomas hits this back he gets the role across the house that he is

1:13:53 > 1:13:59looking for, keeps the two yellows separated. Still in a good position

1:13:59 > 1:14:07to pick up two.The key to this end for GP is do not leave Sweden a

1:14:07 > 1:14:15double takeout.The line on it, did not get a cross.Like that. Because

1:14:15 > 1:14:20of the angle between two stones, it's not a natural double, you would

1:14:20 > 1:14:24probably hate it a little bit thinner than perhaps a quarter stone

1:14:24 > 1:14:28and you could make both these go away and it would pretty much be a

1:14:28 > 1:14:34game end.Yes, only two stones left for Britain, they must score two to

1:14:34 > 1:14:43tie this up. And if they take two of these out, it's not going to happen.

1:14:43 > 1:14:47Niklas Edin still has another stone after this, if he removes two

1:14:47 > 1:14:57here... Or something crazy...I am surprised. I am surprised at him, I

1:14:57 > 1:15:04feel like he is debating this one. One minute and 40 seconds thinking

1:15:04 > 1:15:11time left, two shots, just has another look down.His team are

1:15:11 > 1:15:15telling him, you do not have much time. I think he is going to go for

1:15:15 > 1:15:22the outside yellow. Yes. A hit across.Interesting. I think he's

1:15:22 > 1:15:25scared if he goes for the double takeout and gets it wrong, it's a

1:15:25 > 1:15:30little bit thin and he could miss it all together. What he is banking on

1:15:30 > 1:15:35as he knows by playing this hit and roll, it forces Kyle to play a

1:15:35 > 1:15:40double and it will bring the two yellows together, so he could make a

1:15:40 > 1:15:48double takeout his last one.He we go. Trying to hit this British stone

1:15:48 > 1:15:55and roll across, if he can. Pretty straight.

1:15:55 > 1:16:07Maybe not lying.I don't know who is lying second.

1:16:07 > 1:16:13lying second. That is what Thomas thinks.If that had just been

1:16:13 > 1:16:17quarter of an inch, half an inch further away. Just having another

1:16:17 > 1:16:22look.

1:16:24 > 1:16:37look.If he notices that, then we are in trouble.

1:16:38 > 1:16:45They should split their own yellow to open up the shot.That is a good

1:16:45 > 1:16:53call, low dpan. -- Logan.

1:16:53 > 1:17:02call, low dpan. -- Logan.Make this double tricky for him. Like that.

1:17:02 > 1:17:07double tricky for him. Like that.He played a really very good stone with

1:17:07 > 1:17:11his penultimate one in the previous end. It was just the last stone that

1:17:11 > 1:17:19was not what he wanted. At least put a bit of pressure on. Don't give

1:17:19 > 1:17:24Nicolas Edin an easy option.If you remember back to the 8th end, they

1:17:24 > 1:17:29played a couple of draws down here and got caught out by over curling.

1:17:29 > 1:17:40That should mean the take-out will curl a lot too.

1:17:40 > 1:17:50Where is this going?Will be close. Good shot.I was worried there. They

1:17:50 > 1:17:57swept it well, kept it on track.

1:17:58 > 1:18:01swept it well, kept it on track. He is saying, it is about as good as he

1:18:01 > 1:18:07thinks he could have done there.It is very clever curling from Nicolas

1:18:07 > 1:18:11Edin. He would have gone for that double. Be he misses and gives up

1:18:11 > 1:18:15two.They have got a chance here though. It is a big shot still. He

1:18:15 > 1:18:20has got to be accurate here. He has got the chance to take out both of

1:18:20 > 1:18:26these British stones, doesn't matter if his own goes. Britain only have

1:18:26 > 1:18:32only one stone left. He is not bothered about what else happens. He

1:18:32 > 1:18:40wants both of these stones. Nicolas Eden, the Swedish skip, his final

1:18:40 > 1:18:44stone looking to hit the first British stone on to the other, take

1:18:44 > 1:18:52them both out. And he has done it. It is going to go. That is it. Hand

1:18:52 > 1:18:58shakes. It has been a good match from Great Britain. For a long time

1:18:58 > 1:19:03they looked as if they had a chance to turn over this very good Swedish

1:19:03 > 1:19:12team. Sweden know they have been in a

1:19:12 > 1:19:17a tough match, but Eden found a way to get through. They move on to four

1:19:17 > 1:19:23wins from four matches. Britain with two wins and two losses after four.

1:19:23 > 1:19:26STUDIO:

1:19:26 > 1:19:28two wins and two losses after four. STUDIO: Stewed As Steve was saying

1:19:28 > 1:19:36that is two wins and two losses for the British men. They were be in

1:19:36 > 1:19:43action against South Korea. As for Eve Muirhead and her women's rink,

1:19:43 > 1:19:54not in action today, but they have two matches tomorrow. Speaking of

1:19:54 > 1:19:59tomorrow, it is a big one for Elise Christie, our short track speed

1:19:59 > 1:20:04skating hope. She has had a few days to dwell on what was a very

1:20:04 > 1:20:08difficult opening start to her programme in the women's 500 metres.

1:20:08 > 1:20:12Tomorrow it is the 1,500 and she is the world champion in that. Let's

1:20:12 > 1:20:19hope she can banish memories of this.The women's 500 metres. Four

1:20:19 > 1:20:27and a half laps of the track.

1:20:27 > 1:20:32There is Elise Christie, the world record holder at this distance. The

1:20:32 > 1:20:39start needs to be good. Away they go. Christie in second. Smart move,

1:20:39 > 1:20:44sliding through on the inside. Take the advantage over Boutin, this two

1:20:44 > 1:20:48should be the class of the field. That is what it looks like. Christie

1:20:48 > 1:20:56leading the way. Boutin is behind her. Up to the line. Elise Christie

1:20:56 > 1:21:00has successfully negotiated the first hurdle of the day. And

1:21:00 > 1:21:09Christie is going faster and faster here.

1:21:09 > 1:21:13here. Elise Christie the fastest qualifier, four and a half laps to

1:21:13 > 1:21:16make it into the final and the chance to race for gold. Away they

1:21:16 > 1:21:23go. And Christie second to that first corner. Kim Boutin of Canada

1:21:23 > 1:21:30taking it. Christie just closing the door as Yu had a look. Challenging

1:21:30 > 1:21:41on the inside. Goes to the front. Forced a bit wide. Kirchhoff leads.

1:21:41 > 1:21:47Christie holding off Boutin. Round the bend they come. Up to the line.

1:21:47 > 1:21:54Christie and van Kerkhof in a photo for first place. Yu is penalised and

1:21:54 > 1:22:02Boutin is advanced from third place into the final. Van Kerkhof, Elise

1:22:02 > 1:22:05Christie and Boutin all going through. At least she gets the

1:22:05 > 1:22:12chance to race for gold. Nearly time. The Olympic final in the

1:22:12 > 1:22:17women's 500 metres. The nation holds its breath. Away they go, the final

1:22:17 > 1:22:22is on. Christie trying to move through. She has work to do.

1:22:22 > 1:22:26Christie now trying to hug the inside line. Had a look. No room

1:22:26 > 1:22:32past Boutin. Christie tries to make it on the inside. Christie crashes

1:22:32 > 1:22:38out. She is out of it again. Boutin going... It is a photo finish on the

1:22:38 > 1:22:47line.

1:22:47 > 1:22:56line. There is a penalty for Cheong. Kim Boutin from Canada has the

1:22:56 > 1:23:01bronze. A crushing blow for Elise Christie. She has to go away and put

1:23:01 > 1:23:07it behind her and try to come back for the 1,000 and the 1,500.I was

1:23:07 > 1:23:14knocked over, I didn't fall on my own. I don't want this in a final. I

1:23:14 > 1:23:20don't think you get any benefit when somebody gets a personality. It is

1:23:20 > 1:23:27just -- penalty. I worked so hard for the 500 and it has been taken

1:23:27 > 1:23:32away from me. Even in the semi-final I got crashed in. I have a few days

1:23:32 > 1:23:38to reset and it is still almost a week until my best distance. The

1:23:38 > 1:23:46positive is... I don't know. Right now I can't keep living with this

1:23:46 > 1:23:50feeling. I mean it is out of my control. I got knocked over and

1:23:50 > 1:23:56that's that. STUDIO: How we would love to see

1:23:56 > 1:24:07tears of joy for Elise.

1:24:10 > 1:24:14She is the world champion in the 1,500 and she is one of keen

1:24:14 > 1:24:20favourites for gold. Then it is a very busy morning. We have got

1:24:20 > 1:24:24Lizzie Yarnold and Laura Deas in third and fourth in the women's

1:24:24 > 1:24:26skeleton bob.

1:24:43 > 1:24:48A lot to look forward to. We are going to start here with one of real

1:24:48 > 1:24:54Olympic favourites. It is the ski jumping. On Saturday, we saw the

1:24:54 > 1:25:04men's normal hill and they were flying distances of about 98. They

1:25:04 > 1:25:10they move up to the big hill and will be jumping 130 metres. It was

1:25:10 > 1:25:16part of the original first Olympics in 1924. So strap on your fat skis

1:25:16 > 1:25:23and take a deep, deep breath!Ski jumping takes place on either the

1:25:23 > 1:25:28normal hill or the large hill. Competitors jump further than the

1:25:28 > 1:25:37length of a football pitch at speeds of 90mph. Points are awards or the

1:25:37 > 1:25:43distance, style, posture and flight and landing. Points for distance are

1:25:43 > 1:25:48determined by where a jumper lands in relation to the K-point. It is

1:25:48 > 1:25:53the equivalent of a far score in golf. If they jump beyond that mark,

1:25:53 > 1:25:59they earn extra points. If they are short, they lose points. Each

1:25:59 > 1:26:05competitor has two jumps.

1:26:05 > 1:26:08competitor has two jumps. Japan's Kasai is back for a record eighth

1:26:08 > 1:26:20games. At the ripe old age of 45. Everybody hoping that Kasai can make

1:26:20 > 1:26:25it into the final.

1:26:32 > 1:26:42He jumps 122.5 metres and a combined score of 104.2. He is certainly

1:26:42 > 1:26:49through. That is a relief to all of us over the age of 40! And let's

1:26:49 > 1:26:55look and see who will join him. What a sight this is. It is one of true

1:26:55 > 1:27:01spectacles of any winter Olympics. Majestic. They're flying about six

1:27:01 > 1:27:08metres above the outrun and it is very scary at the top.

1:27:13 > 1:27:22COMMENTATOR: He goes into ninth. This is our last qualifier. We will

1:27:22 > 1:27:27see ten more in a minute. Stjernen has to make sure he doesn't make a

1:27:27 > 1:27:33mess out of this. Clean enough on the takeoff. Good distance. Again

1:27:33 > 1:27:40not the best.

1:27:40 > 1:27:47not the best. But it will be enough. 128.5.

1:27:49 > 1:27:55128.5. Ranked 12th in the world. His dad was a World Cup-winning ski

1:27:55 > 1:28:03jumper. He was fourth just outside the medals at last year's World

1:28:03 > 1:28:09Championships. Judges liked it. Qualification score puts him in

1:28:09 > 1:28:13tenth and that concludes our qualifiers. So here is the list

1:28:13 > 1:28:23starting from the top. Everyone has qualified. Kobayashi leads. What an

1:28:23 > 1:28:34outstanding jump that was.

1:28:55 > 1:28:59That is the end of their participation in this large hill

1:28:59 > 1:29:06event.

1:29:06 > 1:29:11event. Now we enjoy Kobayashi's jump one more time. That really was a

1:29:11 > 1:29:17thing of beauty.

1:29:17 > 1:29:23thing of beauty.Looks very calm, doesn't he? Yeah, I knock those out

1:29:23 > 1:29:27any day that ends with a Y.This should be fun. These guys are

1:29:27 > 1:29:32already qualified. They don't have to do anything. They're just jumping

1:29:32 > 1:29:45for the experience and to entertain the crowd.

1:29:49 > 1:29:57. That was a good jump. Brings the arms down. Gets over the top of the

1:29:57 > 1:30:02skis to make the most of the air under neath. You can see the snow

1:30:02 > 1:30:07swirling in the air around him. The landing gets away from him a bit.

1:30:07 > 1:30:13Maybe he would have been shooting for 18s otherwise from the judges.

1:30:13 > 1:30:18123.6. Again, he has already qualified. But that puts him into

1:30:18 > 1:30:29fourth place. Kubacki.

1:30:33 > 1:30:38Eighth in this event in last years championship, 35th in the Hill,

1:30:38 > 1:30:48coming back. That's OK. Solid but unspectacular.

1:30:48 > 1:30:55He had an odd week last week, the third best jump in qualifying and

1:30:55 > 1:31:00did not get out of the first round in the final itself. But he was

1:31:00 > 1:31:04getting himself into the top three in large hill training this week.

1:31:04 > 1:31:13See what he gets with the judges. 18s, they are fans. But since

1:31:13 > 1:31:22seventh. Not quite as impressive as qualifying. -- that puts him. This

1:31:22 > 1:31:29man has seen his younger brother go over 143 metres, and his other

1:31:29 > 1:31:38finished above him in last week's Olympic final. -- his brother. He

1:31:38 > 1:31:45has some questions to answer from a family point of view! And that will

1:31:45 > 1:31:53not answer them! You need to go and chat to your younger brother, he has

1:31:53 > 1:31:57got the measure of this course and these conditions and you are

1:31:57 > 1:32:04struggling a little bit.

1:32:04 > 1:32:08struggling a little bit. All right form wise on the way down, the

1:32:08 > 1:32:11Telemark was a little... Look at that from his younger brother, tried

1:32:11 > 1:32:21to keep that emotion bottled up! 150 metres. Your brother has just

1:32:21 > 1:32:27outjumped you buy the best part of 28 metres. That is a way. This will

1:32:27 > 1:32:41be interesting, the world champion. Finished 13th in the normal hill.

1:32:44 > 1:32:47That might go some way towards restoring things. Good understands.

1:32:47 > 1:32:57On hundreds 31 metres. -- 131 metres. Extending up through that

1:32:57 > 1:33:02body.

1:33:10 > 1:33:19The concentration. They make it look easy, it's not easy.

1:33:19 > 1:33:23easy, it's not easy. The judges very, very happy. They have shifted

1:33:23 > 1:33:29the gate again. The distance wasn't quite there but Stefan Kraft into

1:33:29 > 1:33:37sixth place.

1:33:37 > 1:33:44sixth place. This man and his moustache, forecast extra crispy!

1:33:44 > 1:33:50Whatever its doors for the aerodynamics that moustache works,

1:33:50 > 1:33:56135 metres. Robert Johannson. We are going to see three Norwegians in a

1:33:56 > 1:34:04row. This event has not won by a Norwegian since 1964. More than half

1:34:04 > 1:34:09a century ago. When that kind of moustache was still reasonably

1:34:09 > 1:34:16fashionable! Did not initially crouched into that Telemark as much

1:34:16 > 1:34:22as I would have liked. The judges contradict me beautifully, they say

1:34:22 > 1:34:30they loved it, there are played. Into the lead. 135 metres with the

1:34:30 > 1:34:37benefit of data points. -- fair play. Nor way have struggled in this

1:34:37 > 1:34:45event for 50 years. Norwegian ski jumping has such history, they won

1:34:45 > 1:34:49gold after gold when this event was originally introduced to the Winter

1:34:49 > 1:34:51Olympics.

1:34:57 > 1:35:02Big talk in the Norwegian media this week about Norway getting back on

1:35:02 > 1:35:11top of this event, 137 metres is how you do that, not as

1:35:14 > 1:35:18you do that, not as far as Kobayashi. But this is impressive.

1:35:18 > 1:35:27Held nicely. High five from the coaches. He is looking on eagerly.

1:35:27 > 1:35:31He thinks this is going to be good and it is good, 19s

1:35:31 > 1:35:38across-the-board. A little wind assistance so he lost some points.

1:35:38 > 1:35:45Slots in just behind Robert Johannson. Now, the last Norwegian

1:35:45 > 1:35:56we will see. Six in the normal hill.

1:35:58 > 1:36:03Just seen his teammates lay down some excellent jumps. That, though,

1:36:03 > 1:36:10may be a little short of what he was after, let's see... I think an extra

1:36:10 > 1:36:20five metres on that. Would have been more to his liking.

1:36:20 > 1:36:24more to his liking. Holding good form, the right-hand just coming out

1:36:24 > 1:36:34at the end to stabilise him on landing. Yes, fifth. There is Robert

1:36:34 > 1:36:40Johannson, occupying hotseat, very, very happy, this is what Norway

1:36:40 > 1:36:48wanted to see, their athletes to come backfiring this week.

1:36:48 > 1:36:51come backfiring this week. Led by the Germans, this man, the normal

1:36:51 > 1:36:59hill Olympic champion. Also the world silver medallist in the large

1:36:59 > 1:37:06hill, he could win this too. This, his initial statement in this event,

1:37:06 > 1:37:13dude on distance. Just a little trouble on the landing. -- good

1:37:13 > 1:37:19understands.

1:37:19 > 1:37:23Less than a week since he won the Olympic gold, bit of an outsider for

1:37:23 > 1:37:31that. Fantastic performance, he thinks he can do it again. Only

1:37:31 > 1:37:34placed around tenth in training this week but again he was top in the

1:37:34 > 1:37:41warmup jumps to night. Just a fraction of the leader line. Good

1:37:41 > 1:37:48scores from the judges. Only enough for fourth place right now, the

1:37:48 > 1:38:00Norwegians including Johannson hold the lead. And here now... Ninth in

1:38:00 > 1:38:05the normal hill event last week. Looked good in large hill training,

1:38:05 > 1:38:06just like his teammate.

1:38:15 > 1:38:20A little short of the Norwegian marker laid down, his moustache is

1:38:20 > 1:38:23shorter, his jump is shorter!

1:38:30 > 1:38:34Not the easiest conditions through that snow although it has to be

1:38:34 > 1:38:38said, World Cup ski jumpers are used to that, Babel jumping almost

1:38:38 > 1:38:48anything. His arms out for the Telemark. The distance combined with

1:38:48 > 1:38:53reasonably good but not spectacular judging means he will slip down and

1:38:53 > 1:39:00he will only be in 12th place. We have one to go. The wind has barely

1:39:00 > 1:39:04got it our way deceiving, that is good news, hopefully that stays for

1:39:04 > 1:39:12tomorrow. The defending Olympic champion, he only finished fourth.

1:39:12 > 1:39:24He needs something good. Poland expects from this man. It's good.

1:39:24 > 1:39:27It's not incredible statement of intent good but it is good enough,

1:39:27 > 1:39:32gets a smile.

1:39:40 > 1:39:43gets a smile. And Kamil Stoch will advance comfortably, in the top ten

1:39:43 > 1:39:46or so.

1:39:46 > 1:39:54But he's going to need to step it up. To look at successfully

1:39:54 > 1:40:02defending that Olympic gold medal when we reconvene on Saturday. Into

1:40:02 > 1:40:09that landing. Waiting for the judges. Seventh place with a

1:40:09 > 1:40:15distance for Kamil Stoch. Work to do for him and Poland. Robert Johannson

1:40:15 > 1:40:25of Norway is your top qualifier, all the scores are reset on Saturday, it

1:40:25 > 1:40:31means nothing on paper but that

1:40:31 > 1:40:32means nothing on paper but that is a big confidence boost for the

1:40:32 > 1:40:34Norwegians and it means when we come back to this hill on Saturday they

1:40:34 > 1:40:37will be looking to go for gold and take back control of this event for

1:40:37 > 1:40:43Germany. STUDIO: it could be the most celebrated moustache and all of

1:40:43 > 1:40:48Norway if it happens, I am keeping my fingers crossed. I know the

1:40:48 > 1:40:53Germans, Norwegians and Dutch have in carrying the weight sackfuls of

1:40:53 > 1:40:56medals from various locations but you get the feeling the British

1:40:56 > 1:41:01athletes are warming up nicely. There are metal hopes have been on

1:41:01 > 1:41:05ice for the first 6-7 days but things are thawing and not just for

1:41:05 > 1:41:12us.

1:41:12 > 1:41:16us. We've had the teams, the players, it's every man for himself,

1:41:16 > 1:41:20the individual event in figure skating. The short programme coming

1:41:20 > 1:41:26very soon. Also today, the medal mission, American Mikaela Shiffrin

1:41:26 > 1:41:37defends her slalom title, she won her first gold yesterday. And expect

1:41:37 > 1:41:40Norway's attacking Vikings to be in full cry as they go for a fifth gold

1:41:40 > 1:41:47in a row in the superquick men's super-g. Speaking of quick, it's

1:41:47 > 1:41:53headfirst hurtling in skeleton, Dom Parsons in a medal shakeup for the

1:41:53 > 1:41:57men, defending champion Lizzy Yarnold and Laura Deas just getting

1:41:57 > 1:42:02under way.

1:42:03 > 1:42:05under way. And the women's riders tackle the huge Winter Olympic

1:42:05 > 1:42:13obstacle course in snowboard cross, this was quite a final! But first.

1:42:13 > 1:42:18Relax, everybody, it's time for Christopher Dean. An oasis

1:42:18 > 1:42:18Relax, everybody, it's time for Christopher Dean. An oasis of calm

1:42:18 > 1:42:23in all the Olympic frenzy. Great to see you. You played such an

1:42:23 > 1:42:30important part for Savchenko and mass art yesterday. Has there been

1:42:30 > 1:42:38champagne and chocolate?I have had nothing yet. After an Olympic gold

1:42:38 > 1:42:42in Germany there is such a frenzy. I am sure they have been inundated

1:42:42 > 1:42:47with lots of requests. They are enjoying their moment, that is for

1:42:47 > 1:42:52sure and I think I will hear from them in a couple of days.I'm sure

1:42:52 > 1:42:55you will. Do you have any professional interest to declare in

1:42:55 > 1:43:07the men's event?I had to think about it, I have worked with the

1:43:07 > 1:43:11American boy and with Nathan when he was recovering from an injury.A

1:43:11 > 1:43:16limited extent but you have your finger in a pie. But before we get

1:43:16 > 1:43:20started on the quad fest, we have been enjoying our trip down memory

1:43:20 > 1:43:26lane, getting some nostalgic videos and so much so, people have asked,

1:43:26 > 1:43:35notably Vanessa on the hashed -- hash tag, asked to see Adam. We are

1:43:35 > 1:43:40going to have another Torvill and Dean perfect moment.

1:47:56 > 1:48:13APPLAUSE.COMMENTATOR: And just look at that! Everyone of them a 6.

1:48:13 > 1:48:18at that! Everyone of them a 6. We don't have to wait, we know. Jane

1:48:18 > 1:48:25Torvill and Christopher Dean are the world champions of 1983.It makious

1:48:25 > 1:48:32smile. T -- makes you smile.I have not seen that in such a long time.

1:48:32 > 1:48:38I'm exhausted just watching it.It must have been one of the most

1:48:38 > 1:48:44overwhelming reactions from any crowd. They were on their feet and

1:48:44 > 1:48:48roses and flowers on the ice. Sometimes the choice of music

1:48:48 > 1:48:54encourage people to be up with you. The music got everybody in the mood

1:48:54 > 1:48:59and they were stood up and clapping and it all came together.83. You

1:48:59 > 1:49:06were on your way to Sarajevo. But there had been back-to-back golds in

1:49:06 > 1:49:12the men's event and those were the days when figure skating was the

1:49:12 > 1:49:20Olympic games for Great Britain. When you look back at 1976, John

1:49:20 > 1:49:26Curry, Innsbruck. This was a very influencial performance. How would

1:49:26 > 1:49:32you sum up his approach and influence?John brought the artistry

1:49:32 > 1:49:39to the ice and he was the first that was a ballet dancer on ice. He

1:49:39 > 1:49:45brought the aesthetics, the style, everything came together on the ice.

1:49:45 > 1:49:51People loved his skating. But there were some within skating saying, it

1:49:51 > 1:49:56wasn't athletic enough. For me, it brought it all together. Athleticism

1:49:56 > 1:50:02and the ballet quality.It was art as well as sport.Yes.He went and

1:50:02 > 1:50:05moved to Colorado, because we didn't have the ice facilities here for

1:50:05 > 1:50:13that level. Robin Cousins followed and he became a gold medallist.From

1:50:13 > 1:50:23the same school. Robin had that artistry, but he brought the

1:50:23 > 1:50:29athleticism back into it. This is an amazing performance in Lake Placid.

1:50:29 > 1:50:36Still the exuberance, but he still had the John Curry grace.Yes she

1:50:36 > 1:50:42was tall and statuesque. The jumps were fluid. I think Robin brought it

1:50:42 > 1:50:55all together.Thereafter through the 80s, the picture was dominated by

1:50:55 > 1:51:10North America and then the Brians. They were actually

1:51:12 > 1:51:19They were actually coached or core graphed by the same woman. She was

1:51:19 > 1:51:25criticised, but Brian on the day championed and won.His influence is

1:51:25 > 1:51:33still part of skating, some of his moves are still gaining marks.He

1:51:33 > 1:51:40had a triple jump with one hand in the air. It has been deemed by the

1:51:40 > 1:51:44judges are giving it more credit to do jumps with hands in the air. You

1:51:44 > 1:51:51will see with the men and indeed a lot with the ladies certainly that

1:51:51 > 1:51:56every jump is in the air. It has taken it to its extreme. I think

1:51:56 > 1:52:02they should pull it back a bit. Such an influence.You mentioned the

1:52:02 > 1:52:07triples. Those were the old days. It is quads now. Is it the best jump

1:52:07 > 1:52:12hear the will win?I think it will be both. We still want the style.

1:52:12 > 1:52:17Certainly if you are going to go out there and do anything between three

1:52:17 > 1:52:23to five quads, which some of the men will do, you will win.Keep the

1:52:23 > 1:52:30questions coming. Hashtag ask Chris and you will enjoy an important

1:52:30 > 1:52:38short programme. It will be commentated on Catherine Downs and

1:52:38 > 1:52:39Robin Cousins.

1:52:39 > 1:52:42commentated on Catherine Downs and Robin Cousins. COMMENTATOR: This is

1:52:42 > 1:52:53the new star of Team USA.He was fourth in the US Championships.

1:52:53 > 1:52:55fourth in the US Championships. The selection committee took into

1:52:55 > 1:53:02account the whole season and brought the No 1, 3 and 4 to the games and

1:53:02 > 1:53:09he proved in the team event he was the right choice.He is the first

1:53:09 > 1:53:14openly gay Olympian for the United States and he has been outspoken

1:53:14 > 1:53:19against the Trump administration. He has been on social media answering

1:53:19 > 1:53:24his critics and his fans alike. But now it is time to let his skates do

1:53:24 > 1:53:30the talking.

1:53:30 > 1:53:36the talking.No quadruple jump planned. He will want the triple

1:53:36 > 1:53:52axel and the triple to be pristine. Triple flip and triple toe loop.

1:54:04 > 1:54:11The triple axel. He has got it.

1:54:50 > 1:54:59Lovely.

1:55:45 > 1:55:52The final element. Fantastic layback spin. Not something that we see in

1:55:52 > 1:56:01the men's event that often. Phenomenal flexibility.LAUGHTER. It

1:56:01 > 1:56:10is a party on the ice! A superstar is born for Team USA.You see that

1:56:10 > 1:56:15red box, not the fact that the triple axel wasn't called, but it

1:56:15 > 1:56:19wasn't pristine and the grade of execution from the judges will be a

1:56:19 > 1:56:27minus. But everything else on the money. He needed to be more forward

1:56:27 > 1:56:34on that take off from the triple axel. Watch the landing. Oh, there

1:56:34 > 1:56:40it is. There is the deduction. But the rest of it brilliant. One of the

1:56:40 > 1:56:50few men to do a layback spin within the combination.So up to the top of

1:56:50 > 1:56:54qualification goes Adam Rippon of the USA. I expect we will see a lot

1:56:54 > 1:57:02of him when he gets back to the United States.

1:57:10 > 1:57:22Aliyev representing Olympic Athletes of Russia. His first Olympic Games.

1:57:39 > 1:57:44Wow! Beautiful.

1:57:52 > 1:57:57I have to verify, because it re-Taited so fast -- rotated so

1:57:57 > 1:58:02fast.

1:58:02 > 1:58:09fast. Quadruple toe loop there.

1:58:43 > 1:58:51Beautiful triple axel.

1:59:58 > 2:00:12Wow! Wow! Wow! Wasn't ready for that.He suffered an ankle injury at

2:00:12 > 2:00:19the start of season. But he seemed to make up for any lost time.Here

2:00:19 > 2:00:33is the rotation - boom, boom, boom! There is a lyrical quality, you have

2:00:33 > 2:00:41fantastic music. That is what you want.Wow! It is a massive new

2:00:41 > 2:00:47season's best for him.

2:00:52 > 2:00:55He is pushing the 100 mark, and top of the leaderboard by a country

2:00:55 > 2:00:59mile.

2:00:59 > 2:01:03The Sochi silver medallist, a superstar in the world of figure

2:01:03 > 2:01:08skating. A three-time world champion, winning a record tenth

2:01:08 > 2:01:15Canadian championship before these games. Already goes away from

2:01:15 > 2:01:18Pyeongchang with team gold for Canada, but he was the weakest link

2:01:18 > 2:01:22in the team. Not a great short programme, then. Improvement is

2:01:22 > 2:01:30needed now.

2:01:44 > 2:01:49Quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop, he wants. Quadruple toe loop, he

2:01:49 > 2:01:53gets.

2:02:04 > 2:02:15Triple Lutz. Triple toe loop. Smart move.

2:02:47 > 2:02:57Triple Axel. It is his Achilles' heel.

2:04:07 > 2:04:13That's a bit more like the Patrick Chan who won three world titles. But

2:04:13 > 2:04:23still a mistake in there. How costly could that be, Robin?It

2:04:23 > 2:04:27could that be, Robin?It would be points down plus the deduction, so

2:04:27 > 2:04:31four points down in total. Made the rotation, not really sure why he

2:04:31 > 2:04:37wanted to do the combination. Maybe he was tactically playing it safe

2:04:37 > 2:04:42and then opting for an easier for him, triple and triple toe loop,

2:04:42 > 2:04:48which puts pressure on the triple Axel, and it is the Achilles' heel.

2:04:48 > 2:04:52One of the Canadian commentators calls the triple Axel Patrick Chan's

2:04:52 > 2:04:59virus. If it goes wrong then it will affect every element that follows.

2:04:59 > 2:05:03It hasn't been comfortable for him in a few years. And it was under

2:05:03 > 2:05:12rotated, so it will be downgraded. 90.01 then. The deductions at the

2:05:12 > 2:05:19end, a whole point for hitting the ice. Not enough to beat Dmitri Aliev

2:05:19 > 2:05:25fraud the Olympic Athletes from Russia. Some big names are still to

2:05:25 > 2:05:37come. Whatever comes over the next two and a half minutes or so, Yuzuru

2:05:37 > 2:05:42Hanyu will be carried through short programme on a wave of adoration is.

2:05:42 > 2:05:46There are Japanese flags 360 degrees, where ever he looks in this

2:05:46 > 2:05:54Ice Arena. The defending Olympic and world champion.

2:06:24 > 2:06:31Quadruple Salchow, made even more difficult for the entry from the

2:06:31 > 2:06:41spread-eagled both before and after the jump.

2:07:29 > 2:07:33Glorious triple Axel.

2:07:51 > 2:07:56Quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop, there it is.And there is the roar

2:07:56 > 2:07:59from the crowd.

2:08:47 > 2:08:52And the roof comes off the brink. Absolutely sublime from the

2:08:52 > 2:08:56defending Olympic champion, Yuzuru Hanyu from Japan.My hands are

2:08:56 > 2:09:04shaking. My whole body is shaking. That was absolutely glorious and

2:09:04 > 2:09:10faultless. And look at the mass Winnie the Pooh sacrifice! He loves

2:09:10 > 2:09:18Winnie the Pooh. Look at those firms.

2:09:18 > 2:09:22firms. -- those fans. Goodness me, he delivered. It wasn't in the plan

2:09:22 > 2:09:29either. He was thinking about the quadruple loop, but that Salchow was

2:09:29 > 2:09:34glorious. He's on a cereal being when he's on the ice. -- he's an

2:09:34 > 2:09:45cereal being. -- he's an ethereal being.If you need any indication as

2:09:45 > 2:09:52to the quality of this man, that's it. He's not far off that world

2:09:52 > 2:10:00record today, which he also holds. Nathan Chen of the USA, the first

2:10:00 > 2:10:04man to land five quads in a free programme, the US national champion.

2:10:04 > 2:10:08Saw him skate in the team event, and it wasn't a good performance from

2:10:08 > 2:10:13him. Those big jumps were not working for him. What can he do

2:10:13 > 2:10:18individually?

2:10:42 > 2:10:48Nathan Chen's opening combination. Went for the quadruple Lutz and went

2:10:48 > 2:10:57down.

2:11:49 > 2:11:52Stepping out of the quadruple toe loop. Slightly off-kilter on the

2:11:52 > 2:12:00take-off.

2:12:02 > 2:12:14And all so on the triple Axel, and that triple toe loop potentially a

2:12:14 > 2:12:18not valid element.

2:13:00 > 2:13:05There has been so much attention on this young man's shoulders. Just 18

2:13:05 > 2:13:09years old, because of what he can achieve when he's at his best. But

2:13:09 > 2:13:15you get the impression this might not be his day.Definitely not. He

2:13:15 > 2:13:22wanted a quadruple Lutz combination. The fall on the Lutz. I think the

2:13:22 > 2:13:28experience and lack of it is what has shown here in De Jong Nathan

2:13:28 > 2:13:41Chen.A season's best of 104 plus. It's way down for Nathan Chen.

2:13:41 > 2:13:44Mikael Kolyada, the Russian national champion and European bronze

2:13:44 > 2:13:49medallist from last month. And he didn't have a particularly good

2:13:49 > 2:13:52performance in the short programme in the team event. He will look to

2:13:52 > 2:14:03pull out the big tricks from the bag this time around.

2:14:16 > 2:14:21Another skater who has a quadruple Lutz plan. Just the triple Lutz,

2:14:21 > 2:14:34then. Playing safe there. He knows what's gone ahead of him.

2:14:34 > 2:14:40what's gone ahead of him. Now, what will he do for the combination?

2:14:40 > 2:14:45Quadruple toe loop he wants. He's down.

2:15:21 > 2:15:38Easy with the triple Axel. Beautiful position is therefore the spin.

2:15:43 > 2:15:52Not wavering off the spot.

2:16:42 > 2:16:45CHEERING APPLAUSE

2:16:45 > 2:16:51Another mistake in there for Mikhail Kolyada. He is scratching his head

2:16:51 > 2:17:04thinking what on error went wrong? You can see the tension, the crooked

2:17:04 > 2:17:08body-line, the left shoulder up almost into the ear. Not going to

2:17:08 > 2:17:23happen. But then look how light. The spins are exquisite.

2:17:24 > 2:17:32He is in fifth place with Adam Rippon. Yuzuru Hanyu way out in

2:17:32 > 2:17:41front, the only skater so far to break the magical 100 point barrier.

2:17:41 > 2:17:51Here comes his countrymen, the world silver medallist at his first

2:17:51 > 2:17:54Olympics, 20 years old, Shoma Uno. We saw him perform in the team

2:17:54 > 2:18:09event. Japan came fifth.Love the short programme.

2:18:12 > 2:18:16Two quadruple jumps planned.

2:18:22 > 2:18:33That was the first, quadruple flip.

2:19:52 > 2:20:00Quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop. Fantastic stuff.

2:20:02 > 2:20:17Just the triple axel. Very well to hold that.

2:20:36 > 2:20:43CHEERING APPLAUSE

2:20:43 > 2:20:47Shoma Uno, the dark horse of this Olympic competition lays down his

2:20:47 > 2:20:56claim for a place on the podium.I do enjoy watching him skate.

2:20:56 > 2:21:03Quadruple toe loop. Little tight in the shoulders but down

2:21:03 > 2:21:07the shoulders but down in the knees. He such a compact skater.Short but

2:21:07 > 2:21:14strong looking.

2:21:14 > 2:21:19strong looking. Just short of the season 's best. He becomes the

2:21:19 > 2:21:28second skater to date to break the 100 barrier. Still behind Yuzuru

2:21:28 > 2:21:41Hanyu who leads the way. Here is the long-time rival and training mate,

2:21:41 > 2:21:46Javier Fernandez. Two-time world champion who recently won his sixth

2:21:46 > 2:21:51consecutive European title. This is his final Olympics, he has already

2:21:51 > 2:21:56said it is his last season, he has had enough at the age of 26.

2:21:56 > 2:22:00Retirement beckons for Javier Fernandez.

2:22:14 > 2:22:23He will open with the temp the knead quad toe loop, triple toe loop,

2:22:23 > 2:22:34lovely stuff right in front of the judges.

2:22:34 > 2:22:47Second jump, quadruple salchow. Gorgeous.

2:22:58 > 2:23:06CROWD CLAP TO MUSIC.

2:23:08 > 2:23:16CROWD CLAP TO MUSIC.

2:23:20 > 2:23:28Beautiful triple axel, the jump elements done.

2:24:37 > 2:24:39CHEERING APPLAUSE

2:24:39 > 2:24:46CHUCKLES Here we go!CHUCKLES

2:24:46 > 2:24:49The Olympic medal is the only thing missing from his collection but it

2:24:49 > 2:24:55looks like he is out to put that right at the final time of asking.

2:24:55 > 2:25:02Where do we start? Perfect landing position from the quad to take off

2:25:02 > 2:25:12for the trouble, take off in the need for the quad salchow. Doesn't

2:25:12 > 2:25:17quite have the overall furnace of Yuzuru Hanyu technically Firmino. --

2:25:17 > 2:25:25overall finesse.Just a fraction of his season 's best. Javier Fernandez

2:25:25 > 2:25:35slots in between Yuzuru Hanyu and Shoma Uno into second place. Bronze

2:25:35 > 2:25:42medal at the last two World Championships, 20 years old as well,

2:25:42 > 2:25:46he has been one to watch for the last few years Jin Boyang. He

2:25:46 > 2:25:49completes this short programme.

2:26:07 > 2:26:12Planning two quadruple jumps in this short programme as well. Here is the

2:26:12 > 2:26:28first. Quadruple lutz, triple toe loop, and he's got it.

2:26:40 > 2:26:45And there is the quadruple toe loop, very nice indeed.

2:27:21 > 2:27:29Triple axel.CHEERING

2:28:34 > 2:28:35CHEERING APPLAUSE

2:28:35 > 2:28:41Don't forget me says Jin Boyang, do not count me out just yet.

2:28:41 > 2:28:49Thrilling. Definitely going to be over the 100. Where is he going to

2:28:49 > 2:28:56go?Seasons best is 100.17 and that looked pretty good to me. Seasons

2:28:56 > 2:29:12best material.An absolute cracker. It's an new season 's best, he

2:29:12 > 2:29:18breaks the 100 point barrier. So let's have a look at the results

2:29:18 > 2:29:23from today.

2:29:24 > 2:29:28from today. The two time world champion chasing his first Olympic

2:29:28 > 2:29:32medal in second. But Yuzuru Hanyu back to his untouchable best. The

2:29:32 > 2:29:38short programme is the building block for Olympic gold and Yuzuru

2:29:38 > 2:29:39Hanyu has laid the surest foundation.

2:29:43 > 2:29:48He certainly has, ten points better than he managed in Sochi four years

2:29:48 > 2:29:52ago, and the first time he has properly skated in four months, he's

2:29:52 > 2:29:56had a lot of problems.He has had in ankle injury he is coming back from

2:29:56 > 2:30:01but he's done all the right stuff. He was away from competition and

2:30:01 > 2:30:05rightly so, preparing for the Olympics. Back stronger than ever.

2:30:05 > 2:30:11About four points ahead of the Spaniard but in terms of the class

2:30:11 > 2:30:17how much further ahead is he than the rest of the field?He has got

2:30:17 > 2:30:21everything, style. What I love about him is the ease with which he moves

2:30:21 > 2:30:27over the ice. He can accelerate and get momentum so quickly and so easy.

2:30:27 > 2:30:32That goes towards his jumps that he's able to be tight in the air,

2:30:32 > 2:30:37rotate quickly and come out of the jumps with clean running edges, not

2:30:37 > 2:30:43on the tour peg, not skidding, fully rotated.He is such a superstar,

2:30:43 > 2:30:51when he turned up in Pyeongchang he had to be given an escort and he has

2:30:51 > 2:30:56this massive fan club who throw Winnie the Pooh's, it goes back to

2:30:56 > 2:31:00him having a Winnie the Pooh tissue holder which everyone latched onto.

2:31:00 > 2:31:07Look at this. He keeps a few of them but the rest of them go to a local

2:31:07 > 2:31:11children's hospital so everyone is willing him on.He has a huge

2:31:11 > 2:31:17following across Japan, he is a superstar.The headlines for the New

2:31:17 > 2:31:24York Times, Yuzuru Hanyu commands the stage, Nathan Chen falls off it.

2:31:24 > 2:31:29It's a huge role for him, going into this Olympics after Lindsey Vonn

2:31:29 > 2:31:33from skiing he was the next gold medal hope. It all unravelled for

2:31:33 > 2:31:38him on the night. I have seen him training in Colorado and he's pretty

2:31:38 > 2:31:43consistent. He trains hard and for this to happen, I can only put it

2:31:43 > 2:31:48down to the pressure upon him. This is his first Olympics. He is not

2:31:48 > 2:31:53lost anything this season. The eyes of America are on him and it just

2:31:53 > 2:31:59didn't work out.

2:32:00 > 2:32:05Very tentative, only 18 years of age.And you forget that the.Even

2:32:05 > 2:32:09in the team event, some reports said he looked a bit starstruck.I think

2:32:09 > 2:32:14the pressure of the media attention. He's a pretty laid-back guy, doesn't

2:32:14 > 2:32:18take it all on, but I think he has internalised all that pressure, and

2:32:18 > 2:32:23it has unfolded here on the short programme.It looks as though the

2:32:23 > 2:32:29Japanese might become the first, if he can keep it together, since

2:32:29 > 2:32:35Richard button a long time ago, to defend the title. In second place,

2:32:35 > 2:32:39Fernandez. How large is the clamour for this man to get an Olympic

2:32:39 > 2:32:47medal?He has won the World Championship twice, I believe. He is

2:32:47 > 2:32:47just a

2:32:47 > 2:32:49Championship twice, I believe. He is just a talent, and really engages

2:32:49 > 2:32:52with the audience. He's a storyteller, when he goes out there,

2:32:52 > 2:32:59he tells a story. This is a Charlie Chaplin -esque routine. And by the

2:32:59 > 2:33:04end of it the audience were with him, the music and style, and he

2:33:04 > 2:33:08engages people. Such a character, and you can see how he finishes with

2:33:08 > 2:33:16that move. People love him.He shares a coach with Yuzuru Hanyu as

2:33:16 > 2:33:21well.Brian also.

2:33:23 > 2:33:25well.Brian also. He's Japanese, Canadian, he's all over the place.

2:33:25 > 2:33:30But I imagine it's a good system for the two top boys because they see

2:33:30 > 2:33:35what each other is doing. They push each other, and it's really close.

2:33:35 > 2:33:38Between second and fourth, just four points separating them. In third

2:33:38 > 2:33:45place, Shoma Uno from Japan, a real buzz bomb by comparison to Yuzuru

2:33:45 > 2:33:53Hanyu.He is compact and powerful. When he skates, he gets really deep

2:33:53 > 2:33:58into the ice. He has the same coach as the ladies world champion from

2:33:58 > 2:34:03the 90s. They have a similar style, they get really deep into the ice.

2:34:03 > 2:34:08What I love about his skating, not a lot of people talk about spins, but

2:34:08 > 2:34:14he has very fast spins.Only 20 years of age. So is China's Jin

2:34:14 > 2:34:17Boyang. He is pushing for the bronze medal position and it's frightening

2:34:17 > 2:34:22the number of very young skaters we talk about. Nathan Chen is only 18.

2:34:22 > 2:34:27These are just out of their teens and they perform these incredible

2:34:27 > 2:34:33feats.If you don't have the quad, you can't be in the club of getting

2:34:33 > 2:34:36a medal, I don't think. Very few people will challenge these guys

2:34:36 > 2:34:41because of the quad. Some of the older skaters, let's say, if you

2:34:41 > 2:34:46don't have a quad, you will not get a medal.And we will see a heck of a

2:34:46 > 2:34:49lot more of them in the free programme tomorrow.They only have

2:34:49 > 2:34:53to put in two in the short programme. That's what they can do,

2:34:53 > 2:34:58but there is a potential for five in the long and Nathan Chen was the

2:34:58 > 2:35:07first to do that.Vincent, the skates EU have helped with his

2:35:07 > 2:35:17style.-- the skater who you have helped with his style. This was the

2:35:17 > 2:35:25quad Lutz.What other components of that, and what is he successfully

2:35:25 > 2:35:31doing?The Axel is the hardest jump, but the Lutz is the next hardest, if

2:35:31 > 2:35:35you're talking about quad. Nobody has done a quad of Axel, but the

2:35:35 > 2:35:43next hardest is the quad of Lutz. You have to rotate from the outside

2:35:43 > 2:35:46of the edge, and that makes it difficult.There will be a high

2:35:46 > 2:35:51degree of difficulty in some of the routines they will attempt tomorrow.

2:35:51 > 2:35:55Chris, we look forward to your company tomorrow. Don't forget to

2:35:55 > 2:36:00keep sending your questions in. We are talking Mission impossible in

2:36:00 > 2:36:06some respects in scheme because Mikaela Shiffrin is going for an

2:36:06 > 2:36:10unprecedented fourth gold medal. If she can pull it off, it was mission

2:36:10 > 2:36:14accomplished in terms of the first part of the jigsaw yesterday when

2:36:14 > 2:36:18she won gold in the giant slalom. Today comes the event where she is

2:36:18 > 2:36:25the defending champion, giant slalom. COMMENTATOR:Now it's the

2:36:25 > 2:36:34turn of Mikaela Shiffrin. She pushes out at the start hut. She is the

2:36:34 > 2:36:37finest exponent of giant slalom and slalom skiing in the world right

2:36:37 > 2:36:48now. She is getting after this giant slalom second run. She is looking

2:36:48 > 2:36:56for her second Olympic title. And she is on her way to gold medal

2:36:56 > 2:37:00position, surely now. It's been lightening quick from Mikaela

2:37:00 > 2:37:07Shiffrin. Mikaela Shiffrin is the Olympic champion for the second

2:37:07 > 2:37:13time.STUDIO: In the women's slalom she has claimed five of seven wins

2:37:13 > 2:37:17in the races in slalom that have been staged on the World Cup already

2:37:17 > 2:37:20this season, so in some respects it would be a bigger surprise if you

2:37:20 > 2:37:26didn't win. She's up against not one of the worlds best ski races, but

2:37:26 > 2:37:29history itself because in the long history of this event, in the

2:37:29 > 2:37:33Olympic games, no one has ever successfully defended the women's

2:37:33 > 2:37:37slalom title. Would she break the mould again? Let's find out with

2:37:37 > 2:37:45Graham Bell and Chilton. COMMENTATOR: Wendy Holdener will be

2:37:45 > 2:37:49first to ski, which is often an advantage. A nice clean track

2:37:49 > 2:37:54underfoot. She had a course inspection, will visualise the

2:37:54 > 2:37:58pattern of gates that lay before her. The 2018 Olympic women's slalom

2:37:58 > 2:38:06is underway. Wendy Holdener, the first to ski for Switzerland. She is

2:38:06 > 2:38:13the third ranked slalom skier on the 2018 World Cup tour, behind Mikaela

2:38:13 > 2:38:23Shiffrin, of course, and Petra Vlhova, second in the rankings.

2:38:23 > 2:38:30Regular on the World Cup podium, second, third, second, third, second

2:38:30 > 2:38:34in a parallel slalom in Stockholm. A serious threat for a medal today. As

2:38:34 > 2:38:41she hits the flat, this is great slalom skiing from Wendy Holdener.

2:38:41 > 2:38:47Superb acceleration, and she is laying down a really good marker.

2:38:47 > 2:38:50Full of confidence, no mistakes, good speed from turn to turn. And

2:38:50 > 2:38:58it's a cracking start. Apologies for the problem with the graphic there.

2:38:58 > 2:39:01Wendy Holdener, first downhill, and I would imagine she is pretty happy

2:39:01 > 2:39:10with that run.

2:39:10 > 2:39:14with that run. Nina Haver-Loeseth, comes fresh off the back of her

2:39:14 > 2:39:22first World Cup win for a while. Four tenths behind Wendy Holdener at

2:39:22 > 2:39:29the first intermediate, wearing the same colours as Wendy Holdener, but

2:39:29 > 2:39:35racing for Norway. They have a lot of the same livery week to week and

2:39:35 > 2:39:39in a major championships. No advertising is allowed on the race

2:39:39 > 2:39:48suits, of course. Nina Haver-Loeseth, 0.55 off the pace of

2:39:48 > 2:39:54Wendy Holdener. It has been a clean run. Slightly on the cautious side,

2:39:54 > 2:39:58hoping to get a second run. And she has made it to the foot of the

2:39:58 > 2:40:03course, just off the pace. She is in great shape, it will be tougher for

2:40:03 > 2:40:09the later starters. -- the course is in great shape. The return of

2:40:09 > 2:40:13Shiffrin, looking for the double. Encouraged out at the start gate by

2:40:13 > 2:40:22the coaches. Into this metronomic tempo. As a youngster, the

2:40:22 > 2:40:26Shiffrins, she was coached by her mother and father, they favoured

2:40:26 > 2:40:30deliberate practice over competition and she had limited time in ski

2:40:30 > 2:40:35races. Bearing in mind a ski race was only two runs and they felt she

2:40:35 > 2:40:40could do ten, 15, 20 runs in a day when practising. The family insisted

2:40:40 > 2:40:44Shiffrin would practice her turns even when going from the bottom of

2:40:44 > 2:40:49the race course to the ski lift. Most races ski straight down,

2:40:49 > 2:40:54scaring the living daylights out of tourists, but Shiffrin practised her

2:40:54 > 2:40:58turns whenever possible. It brought her the Olympic slalom title four

2:40:58 > 2:41:02years ago in Sochi. She was the Olympic gold medallist yesterday in

2:41:02 > 2:41:07giant slalom and she is in good shape as she goes for the double.

2:41:07 > 2:41:13Skiing into second. Excellent skiing. Still plenty of talented

2:41:13 > 2:41:19racers who could push for a top three place in this first leg. Anna

2:41:19 > 2:41:23Swenn Larsson is next to go. Has a wild upper body movement. Hands held

2:41:23 > 2:41:29that face

2:41:29 > 2:41:32that face height, and they come through to punch away the

2:41:32 > 2:41:36spring-loaded gates, rather like a boxer. Reminds me of a fellow Swede,

2:41:36 > 2:41:42that slightly unorthodox upper body movement. It's going well for Swenn

2:41:42 > 2:41:48Larsson so far. 33 hundredths of a second off the place of Wendy

2:41:48 > 2:41:57Holdener. She could move into second position and Bush Mikaela Shiffrin

2:41:57 > 2:42:01down a notch. With a fast finish here. Swenn Larsson is holding

2:42:01 > 2:42:08nothing back. She pushes for the line and has gone second. Terrific

2:42:08 > 2:42:12skiing from Anna Swenn Larsson. Terrific delete.

2:42:16 > 2:42:27The number one Austrian skier, Bernadette Schild. Her sister was a

2:42:27 > 2:42:30silver medallist behind Mikaela Shiffrin four years ago, and also

2:42:30 > 2:42:37second in 2010. That sister has now retired, leaving Bernadette to

2:42:37 > 2:42:44represent the family, doing that in some style this season, on the

2:42:44 > 2:42:50podium twice.

2:42:57 > 2:43:01Closing the gap to the leader, Wendy Holdener. But slower than Mikaela

2:43:01 > 2:43:06Shiffrin, judging by the intermediate time. Skiing

2:43:06 > 2:43:10potentially for third or fourth place, Bernadette Schild. In the

2:43:10 > 2:43:15end, fifth. Exactly one seconds slower than Wendy Holdener. By no

2:43:15 > 2:43:24means out of the medal hunt here. Frida Hansdotter, one of the top

2:43:24 > 2:43:32skiers in the world. Sixth in giant slalom yesterday. An exceptional

2:43:32 > 2:43:38giant slalom performance from Frida Hansdotter. Because she is really a

2:43:38 > 2:43:42slalom specialist. The third ranked slalom skier on the World Cup so far

2:43:42 > 2:43:46this season. And she is in front at the first intermediate, and the

2:43:46 > 2:43:54second split. Hansdotter is mixing things up here. We knew she was in

2:43:54 > 2:43:59good form with a good result in yesterday's GS, but this is her day,

2:43:59 > 2:44:06her chance to shine. Only just behind, nine hundredths of the pace

2:44:06 > 2:44:11of Wendy Holdener. Hansdotter powering through the bottom turns

2:44:11 > 2:44:17and I think she will be clear of Mikaela Shiffrin. Second place. The

2:44:17 > 2:44:2532-year-old showing the youngsters how to do it. Now, Katharina

2:44:25 > 2:44:28Gallhuber of Austria, the second Austrian on the Hill today.

2:44:28 > 2:44:35Bernadette Schild, team mate, seventh place. Gallhuber has lots of

2:44:35 > 2:44:42strength and technical ability. Lots of consistency this season, fifth in

2:44:42 > 2:44:44Stockholm, sixth in Zagreb and a couple of seventh places as well.

2:44:44 > 2:44:50The second best Austrian slalom skier of this World Cup season. She

2:44:50 > 2:44:58is holding her own here. A good start for Gallhuber. The top surface

2:44:58 > 2:45:02of this track is starting to deteriorate, meaning a deep rut is

2:45:02 > 2:45:06beginning to form. Not as deep as it will be for the racers starting in

2:45:06 > 2:45:12the late 20s and 30s. But it is beginning to develop. Katharina

2:45:12 > 2:45:17Gallhuber has handled it beautifully. It's a fine run. The

2:45:17 > 2:45:22starter number of 15. Not far off, a great result for Katharina

2:45:22 > 2:45:26Gallhuber, giving her a serious opportunity to shoot for a medal in

2:45:26 > 2:45:31the second leg. Wendy Holdener leading the way, she was first to

2:45:31 > 2:45:37ski. Hansdotter came in at number seven to go second. And Swenn

2:45:37 > 2:45:43Larsson holds third.

2:45:43 > 2:45:46Larsson holds third. Katharina Gallhuber, 0.31 is her advantage

2:45:46 > 2:45:54over her team-mate after the first leg. Gallhuber is away.

2:45:57 > 2:46:02Look at that, Katharina Gallhuber just about tripling her lead since

2:46:02 > 2:46:08the start at the first intermediate. A huge amount of time, she will not

2:46:08 > 2:46:12mind about the deteriorating course and the rough underfoot, she can

2:46:12 > 2:46:19drive through that with brute strength. Terrific skiing from

2:46:19 > 2:46:23Katharina Gallhuber. She could give Austria first and second. Building

2:46:23 > 2:46:27all the time, it gets better and better through every turn, her lead

2:46:27 > 2:46:32could be a second and a half. She is flying through the final turns and

2:46:32 > 2:46:43her advantage is 1.62 seconds. That is massive. Ninth quickest after the

2:46:43 > 2:46:49first run. I just wonder if this second run which was full of fire

2:46:49 > 2:46:59might move her up into the medals? And

2:47:09 > 2:47:15she is adding to her advantage, good, strong, Slaven skiing from the

2:47:15 > 2:47:27Austrians. -- slalom skiing. Bernadette Schild with some of the

2:47:27 > 2:47:31best slalom turns I have seen from her all season. Her timing is

2:47:31 > 2:47:38smooth. Now she makes are just first mistake. She had .75 but

2:47:38 > 2:47:42unfortunately the mistake came on the flat and it might just rob her

2:47:42 > 2:47:48of the chance to lead the Olympic slalom. She's gone second. If you

2:47:48 > 2:47:53make an error on the steep gravity can come to the rescue but she made

2:47:53 > 2:47:57the mistake just as she came onto the flat and there was no steepness

2:47:57 > 2:48:05to give her the quick exhilaration to recover.

2:48:05 > 2:48:08to recover. Now, fifth after the first run, needs some of the speed

2:48:08 > 2:48:16she showed to win the team event in Stockholm, the parallel event in

2:48:16 > 2:48:23Stockholm just prior to the Olympic Winter Games. She heads off into the

2:48:23 > 2:48:30wind which is blowing right up the hill. It can only slowing down. Now

2:48:30 > 2:48:35she is behind by two hundredths of a second. Katharina Gallhuber still

2:48:35 > 2:48:42leading the way. I wonder if she might go on to take a medal in this

2:48:42 > 2:48:45Olympic slalom. Nina Haver-Loeseth starting to find some speed now she

2:48:45 > 2:48:52is out of the teeth of the wind but the damage already done. .69 down.

2:48:52 > 2:48:55She might get in amongst the provisional medal positions but I

2:48:55 > 2:48:59don't think she will trouble the gold medal. She has gone second but

2:48:59 > 2:49:02look what she was dealing with, brutal gusting at the top of the

2:49:02 > 2:49:10course. Next ago Michaela Shifrin looking for the double, she became

2:49:10 > 2:49:17the giant slalom champion 24 hours ago and her advantage over Katharina

2:49:17 > 2:49:20Gallhuber is significant. Looks like the wind has eased off for Michaela

2:49:20 > 2:49:29Shifrin. Good, clean start. Four racers in the past have done the

2:49:29 > 2:49:35double in the same

2:49:35 > 2:49:43double in the same games. First mistake for Mikaela Shiffrin. The

2:49:43 > 2:49:51most

2:49:52 > 2:49:56can Mikaela Shiffrin do the double? Not only is she looking for the

2:49:56 > 2:50:01double she is hoping to defend the slalom gold she won four years ago

2:50:01 > 2:50:04in Sochi and she's finishing with incredible speed. She has gone

2:50:04 > 2:50:15second. She will not make it two gold medals. Mikaela Shiffrin made

2:50:15 > 2:50:19that mistake, that is the mistake which cost her the chance to lead

2:50:19 > 2:50:28the race. Three still to come. Anna Swenn Larsson, then Frida Hansdotter

2:50:28 > 2:50:33then Wendy Holdener. Anna Swenn Larsson away. Third after the first

2:50:33 > 2:50:41run. Into the breeze. She will not mind that too much I don't think.

2:50:41 > 2:50:46She has got incredible strength. She is maintaining most of her lead even

2:50:46 > 2:50:52as she battles through the wind. I heard her screaming in an effort to

2:50:52 > 2:50:57encourage herself back onto the ideal racing line. Anna Swenn

2:50:57 > 2:51:04Larsson of Sweden still in front. If she goes into first position here

2:51:04 > 2:51:09she will be guaranteed an Olympic medal. The time to beat one minute

2:51:09 > 2:51:1726.62 seconds. Anna Swenn Larsson pushing for the line. Has she done

2:51:17 > 2:51:25enough? She is third, she is in bronze and Katharina Gallhuber is

2:51:25 > 2:51:30guaranteed a medal, extraordinary. Katharina Gallhuber was only ninth

2:51:30 > 2:51:38after the first run but will finish with bronze at worst.

2:51:39 > 2:51:40with bronze at worst. Frida Hansdotter poised to race for the

2:51:40 > 2:51:47final time today. Her advantage over Katharina Gallhuber is significant.

2:51:47 > 2:51:541.03 seconds. Aggressive skiing at the top from Frida Hansdotter who

2:51:54 > 2:51:58had a solid first run and a good giant slalom day yesterday. Likes

2:51:58 > 2:52:05this hill. The majority of her advantage is intact, the worst of

2:52:05 > 2:52:11the wind is this part of the course. She drops in and starts to go to

2:52:11 > 2:52:18work and still 0.85 in front. Frida Hansdotter has never won an Olympic

2:52:18 > 2:52:25medal, can she put it right today? Sixth in the giant slalom yesterday.

2:52:25 > 2:52:30The former World Cup slalom champion. Half a second is the lead.

2:52:30 > 2:52:39Still a huge chunk of green in favour, can she beat that? She can!

2:52:39 > 2:52:47Moves into the gold medal position. She is guaranteed silver at worst.

2:52:47 > 2:52:51Sensible skiing from Frida Hansdotter. She knew she had a hefty

2:52:51 > 2:52:56advantage after the first run and she used it to good effect. Now they

2:52:56 > 2:53:06have to wait and watch. The last skier, Wendy Holdener of Switzerland

2:53:06 > 2:53:10who has had so many tight battles with Frida Hansdotter in the World

2:53:10 > 2:53:16Cup series, last season, this season. Now it is down to the second

2:53:16 > 2:53:22run of the Olympic slalom. Comes in with an advantage of two tenths,

2:53:22 > 2:53:31Wendy Holdener. She trails by 100th of a second. She's got the worst of

2:53:31 > 2:53:36the wind. It's absolutely quipping in from left to right. Up into the

2:53:36 > 2:53:42face, into the goggles. Three hundredths behind, not done too much

2:53:42 > 2:53:48more damage. From here on in she can start to relax a little more. She is

2:53:48 > 2:53:52out of the breeze, she has to push through every one of these turns,

2:53:52 > 2:53:56only four hundredths down, she can still turn it around and take the

2:53:56 > 2:54:04Olympic title. Wendy Holdener of Switzerland trying to deny Frida

2:54:04 > 2:54:10Hansdotter, she takes silver. Frida Hansdotter is the Olympic champion!

2:54:10 > 2:54:15The gold medal to Frida Hansdotter. Wendy Holdener takes the silver

2:54:15 > 2:54:19medal for Switzerland and Katharina Gallhuber comes away with the

2:54:19 > 2:54:28bronze, with Mikaela Shiffrin pushed out of the medals down to fourth.

2:54:28 > 2:54:33Frida Hansdotter is the Olympic slalom champion Abdur two

2:54:33 > 2:54:44sensational runs in Yongpyong. Frida Hansdotter so often the runner-up to

2:54:44 > 2:54:48Mikaela Shiffrin at the World Cup races finally gets her moment in the

2:54:48 > 2:54:51spotlight. I don't think she quite believe that but she got it done.

2:54:56 > 2:55:02That is the first global gold in the Olympics or a World Championship not

2:55:02 > 2:55:08won by Mikaela Shiffrin since 2011 and slalom.Incredible, all eyes

2:55:08 > 2:55:14were on Mikaela Shiffrin, this was her dominating discipline. 30 World

2:55:14 > 2:55:19Cups in slalom alone. Remembering her age, that is incredible. When

2:55:19 > 2:55:23she was not on form it opened up for the whole of the field to go OK I

2:55:23 > 2:55:28can do this. There was so much self belief. Because she was struggling

2:55:28 > 2:55:32today and not feeling well, Mikaela Shiffrin, throwing up before the

2:55:32 > 2:55:36first run, people saw it and used it as an opportunity to bring their

2:55:36 > 2:55:42best. I want to reiterate that Frida Hansdotter won this, Mikaela

2:55:42 > 2:55:47Shiffrin did not lose it. Frida Hansdotter was the best, she nailed

2:55:47 > 2:55:52it. It was only 500 psi head of Wendy Holdener but she deserves

2:55:52 > 2:55:58this. So many times she's been the bridesmaid and not the bride. The

2:55:58 > 2:56:03speed she is generating across the flat, the upper body today was

2:56:03 > 2:56:10stable, the legs firing underneath her. She was sixth in the giant

2:56:10 > 2:56:19slalom yesterday so brimming with confidence from that.You mention

2:56:19 > 2:56:23the skiing we have seen from this women, we have seen a lot of really

2:56:23 > 2:56:29good Swedish women

2:56:29 > 2:56:33good Swedish women in Alpine, a long tradition in technical skiing

2:56:33 > 2:56:38particularly.They have so much strength in numbers in the women's

2:56:38 > 2:56:43and men's racing. There are a few of them up there, we saw on the first

2:56:43 > 2:56:49run Anna Swenn Larsson had a good run, they all have individual

2:56:49 > 2:56:52styles, they are all a bit loose with the upper body but they don't

2:56:52 > 2:56:58let it distract you from what the legs are doing. Frida was so

2:56:58 > 2:57:03deserved, everyone is a big fan of hers. She is a very quiet girl and

2:57:03 > 2:57:09so often second so it was nice to see her win.This was a barnstormer

2:57:09 > 2:57:14from Katharina Gallhuber. Really unexpected, she was solid in the

2:57:14 > 2:57:19first round but the second round from steep to flat was flawless.

2:57:19 > 2:57:25This is what we expected from Mikaela Shiffrin. The best she had

2:57:25 > 2:57:29ever skied before this was fifth in Stockholm in the parallel slalom.

2:57:29 > 2:57:35Never been on the podium. Incredible, to do it with that much

2:57:35 > 2:57:38pressure, getting in a good position with the first run and then

2:57:38 > 2:57:43delivering, the Austrians are so good at it at big events.And the

2:57:43 > 2:57:48Washington Post says a rare flash of imperfection from Mikaela Shiffrin.

2:57:48 > 2:57:52She said I did not feel like myself, when we watched from the start you

2:57:52 > 2:57:59could see was off. The timing was not there. Hesitation at the top of

2:57:59 > 2:58:04the turns. The feet twisting instead of our and that was the only mistake

2:58:04 > 2:58:09she made. It was just a bit sluggish. I don't know if the medal

2:58:09 > 2:58:12ceremony last night to get out of her, we know she loves getting a lot

2:58:12 > 2:58:16of breast but it was not her day. But she came forth, it's not a

2:58:16 > 2:58:23disaster. But for her dominance it is not what she wanted.She was ill,

2:58:23 > 2:58:29physically unwell at the start and we just hope it's not a new case of

2:58:29 > 2:58:34moral virus which we know is going around out there. She said before

2:58:34 > 2:58:37the giant slalom gold that there were moments where she thought she

2:58:37 > 2:58:41did not know if she was good enough to do it and one thing we have not

2:58:41 > 2:58:48factored in is the fact she's the only 22. She comes to her Olympics

2:58:48 > 2:58:51and wins the first goal and people think that is number one, lets get

2:58:51 > 2:58:58number two.People saying she could win five medals and be the best they

2:58:58 > 2:59:05have ever seen, its huge praise but also huge pressure. Before the games

2:59:05 > 2:59:09she had a slight wobble, coming out of one race, it is so normal in

2:59:09 > 2:59:14Alpine skiing to do that. She parked it and won the giant slalom and so

2:59:14 > 2:59:18we all thought this was the start of the story for the three-mile Alpine

2:59:18 > 2:59:24skiing at the Olympics but it's not a shock, it does happen. She is very

2:59:24 > 2:59:28young to be harbouring all of this attention and she does have other

2:59:28 > 2:59:35events. I think she will not race the super-g tomorrow. It will be

2:59:35 > 2:59:39best to rest and come back for the Alpine combined at the end of the

2:59:39 > 2:59:44Olympics.And the downhill?I think if the training runs go well which

2:59:44 > 2:59:49they will because she's really good in the air when she will race that

2:59:49 > 2:59:56as well.Two British racers, Alex Tilley crashing out.

2:59:56 > 2:59:57as well.Two British racers, Alex Tilley crashing out.She was

2:59:57 > 3:00:00disappointed in the giant slalom and again, we will put this on slow

3:00:00 > 3:00:06motion in a second but it happened so quickly. She pulled back, inside

3:00:06 > 3:00:09hand down, this is a combination, we call it a here pen, the distance

3:00:09 > 3:00:11goes to

3:00:11 > 3:00:13call it a here pen, the distance goes to about five and a half metres

3:00:13 > 3:00:16so you have two charge into them and there is no recovery, now covering

3:00:16 > 3:00:22back. I feel for her because she had the potential to shine and make her

3:00:22 > 3:00:27mark. She's not this time but she's got it in the future. And Charlie

3:00:27 > 3:00:29Guest is an incredible

3:00:29 > 3:00:31got it in the future. And Charlie Guest is an incredible story, broken

3:00:31 > 3:00:35vertebrae in 2014, three years coming back, three national titles,

3:00:35 > 3:00:42the first run was solid, the second she had a really good run on the

3:00:42 > 3:00:45second coming 30th and was skiing like she was fluid,

3:00:45 > 3:00:46second coming 30th and was skiing like she was fluid, this is her

3:00:46 > 3:00:50first Olympics again so it's great we have two girls, two female

3:00:50 > 3:00:54athletes for Britain. They will push each other. They are not where they

3:00:54 > 3:00:56can be right now but will get there.

3:01:01 > 3:01:07We were now strapped on the longer skis, the super giant slalom, the

3:01:07 > 3:01:11super-g, what is different from the downhill course from yesterday

3:01:11 > 3:01:14rushing it's a completely new set. It can be different on any given day

3:01:14 > 3:01:22in super-g. Downhill is satellite. They know the set they will have.

3:01:22 > 3:01:25Super-g can be anything and anyone can put the gates anywhere they want

3:01:25 > 3:01:29on the hill. And they don't get training runs. You do an inspection

3:01:29 > 3:01:33on the morning of it, it takes an hour commies slides down, visualise

3:01:33 > 3:01:38the gates. And then you have to execute that line while travelling

3:01:38 > 3:01:42around 70 mph. There is a lot of risk. You want to just make the

3:01:42 > 3:01:48gates. If you are too clean, or to round on the Sunday line, you won't

3:01:48 > 3:01:53be fast enough.You have to have 35 turns in the super-g. It is twisty,

3:01:53 > 3:01:57turning and very first.

3:01:57 > 3:01:59Norway's pedigree in the super giant slalom, or super-g,

3:01:59 > 3:02:01is unparalled at the Winter Games.

3:02:01 > 3:02:03The great Lasse Kjus won it, Kjetil Andre Aamodt twice,

3:02:03 > 3:02:05Aksel Lund Svindal stretched their dominant run in

3:02:05 > 3:02:07Vancouver and Kjetil Jansrud kept it going in Sochi.

3:02:07 > 3:02:09Now they're going for a fifth gold in a row.

3:02:09 > 3:02:12History tells us this title could be heading north.

3:02:16 > 3:02:23COMMENTATOR: The 2018 Olympic men's super-g is underway here. The first

3:02:23 > 3:02:29Austrian on the course, Vincent Creek Meyer.

3:02:33 > 3:02:40-- Vincent Kriechmayr.The thing with super-g is you want to get

3:02:40 > 3:02:44exactly the right line. If you set up too far behind then you are safe,

3:02:44 > 3:02:48you will be on track, but we will not carry speed. You want to try to

3:02:48 > 3:02:53cut off the corners to the maximum, but if you cut them off too much,

3:02:53 > 3:02:57get direction run, and you will go out, as we saw the first two races

3:02:57 > 3:03:04do. Got the right direction over that jump, heading towards what was

3:03:04 > 3:03:09the paradise turn in the downhill and the Blue Dragon Valley.

3:03:09 > 3:03:15Kriechmayr safely through that section.

3:03:15 > 3:03:21section. That Valley caused Peter Fill problem. Set up closer to the

3:03:21 > 3:03:26line.Lessons learned from the first two who failed to finish. Kriechmayr

3:03:26 > 3:03:31with a good run so far. A World Cup winner this season, third ranked in

3:03:31 > 3:03:37the season-long World Cup super-g campaign.

3:03:38 > 3:03:43campaign. His season peak was in Colorado in November. Off the final

3:03:43 > 3:03:50jump, makes the last red turn and leads the Olympic super-g. The first

3:03:50 > 3:03:53man to complete the course. Kriechmayr leads the way.That's a

3:03:53 > 3:04:00good run from the Austrian.Dustin Cook for Canada is the next to ski.

3:04:00 > 3:04:0529 years old, Dustin Cook.

3:04:05 > 3:04:13He's ready to go, racing giant slalom as well, raced in yesterday's

3:04:13 > 3:04:19downhill, finishing outside the top 30, in 32nd position. We'll see how

3:04:19 > 3:04:24he deals with the top part of this track.He's a good technical racer,

3:04:24 > 3:04:32is Cook. And he's already ahead of Kriechmayr. We saw that yesterday in

3:04:32 > 3:04:36the downhill, the turns at the top don't necessarily equates to a fast

3:04:36 > 3:04:39time at the bottom because you need to be able to let the speed go from

3:04:39 > 3:04:47the steep to the flat.Super-g is the newest of the alpine

3:04:47 > 3:04:54disciplines, introduced in the Calgary games of 1988 when France

3:04:54 > 3:05:04won gold, and his hotel in Calgary has been named after that.

3:05:05 > 3:05:07has been named after that.Out of the Blue Dragon Valley. A bit

3:05:07 > 3:05:15tighter on the. That was more aggressive than Kriechmayr, who I

3:05:15 > 3:05:22think set up a bit too much behind coming out of Dragon Valley. White

3:05:23 > 3:05:30this will be tight, the Canadian Dustin Cook is about to reach the

3:05:30 > 3:05:35final element. He flies it, tucks in and it's straight finish. He misses

3:05:35 > 3:05:41the lead by a tent. Relief for Vincent Kriechmayr who stays in

3:05:41 > 3:05:46gold.

3:05:46 > 3:05:55gold. Bostjan Kline, the 26-year-old Slovenian. He's away. He comes from

3:05:55 > 3:06:04the Maribor ski club, that produces so many good races. Offered in GS

3:06:04 > 3:06:11and slalom and they turn out the occasional top downhill and super-g

3:06:11 > 3:06:17skier. They have had a World Cup winner, last season in the women's

3:06:17 > 3:06:23competition. Five hundredths in front at the first intermediate. A

3:06:23 > 3:06:27little bit wide at the lying there. That was the worst place to make

3:06:27 > 3:06:34that state because the course flattens out in that section.

3:06:35 > 3:06:39Heading over the jump and down towards the blue Valley.Just

3:06:39 > 3:06:46slightly late in the turn, entering the Blue Dragon Valley. Accelerating

3:06:46 > 3:06:51up to a top speed of 107 kph, through the turns of the Blue Dragon

3:06:51 > 3:06:57Valley. Really late there, brakes. Came over the rise and knew he was

3:06:57 > 3:07:01going slightly wrong direction. Because he was light, the skis went

3:07:01 > 3:07:05slightly sideways and it was a big skid in motion, but it didn't cost

3:07:05 > 3:07:09him too much time because he was almost weightless when he made the

3:07:09 > 3:07:18correction.The time to beat belongs to Vincent Kriechmayr. It's close.

3:07:18 > 3:07:26He has gone third, Bostjan Kline into bronze. Just floated wide. The

3:07:26 > 3:07:32defending champion, Jansrud.

3:07:34 > 3:07:37defending champion, Jansrud. He was the silver medallist behind

3:07:37 > 3:07:40team-mate Aksel Lund Svindal 24 hours ago in the men's downhill

3:07:40 > 3:07:47here. Can he turn that silver into gold and successfully defend his

3:07:47 > 3:07:53Olympic super-g crown?He was great at the top part of the course

3:07:53 > 3:07:57yesterday in the downhill. For me, he's the favourite in this

3:07:57 > 3:08:04competition today. He has better super-g skills than Svindal. Svindal

3:08:04 > 3:08:07will also be struggling with a swollen knee that swells up after

3:08:07 > 3:08:16each race. But this is great from Jansrud.Jansrud is flying. What a

3:08:16 > 3:08:21jump, incredible landing, 100% accuracy, and he's 1400 's in front.

3:08:21 > 3:08:25And now half a second infant. Jansrud is getting after this, he

3:08:25 > 3:08:34wants the gold again.He got it just right. Got the line exactly perfect.

3:08:34 > 3:08:39Again on the exit, just on the limit. The ideal situation with

3:08:39 > 3:08:49super-g, you want to be risking 200% but don't want to go over.

3:08:49 > 3:08:54but don't want to go over.The great Norwegian winning two games in a row

3:08:54 > 3:09:02in salt lick city in 2002 and Turin in 2006. Can Jansrud repeat that

3:09:02 > 3:09:07feat? It's a good lead, more than half a second.He's pumped, but he

3:09:07 > 3:09:15will have to wait.Number nine racer, axel

3:09:22 > 3:09:26he won the Olympic downhill yesterday. Now he goes for the

3:09:26 > 3:09:31double as he sets off in pursuit of the super-g title. It's never been

3:09:31 > 3:09:34done before. An American came close in 94, winning downhill gold and

3:09:34 > 3:09:46taking silver in the super-g. Frank Picard in

3:09:46 > 3:09:51Picard in 88 also went close. Straight through a controlled date,

3:09:51 > 3:09:57ducked his head into it. That will hurt. It's a scrappy run from

3:09:57 > 3:10:00Svindal. This was where he was so good yesterday, on the lower part of

3:10:00 > 3:10:06the course. Only one hundredth behind with all those mistakes. Not

3:10:06 > 3:10:14as risky going into the Blue Dragon Valley.He trails Jansrud. It will

3:10:14 > 3:10:18require a miracle finish from Aksel Lund Svindal to surpass the time set

3:10:18 > 3:10:27by his great friend and team-mate. The next intermediate, Svindal is

3:10:27 > 3:10:32four tenths of the place. Could still slip into silver. The top

3:10:32 > 3:10:40three separated by 0.61 the second. Svindal flies the jump. He almost

3:10:40 > 3:10:44didn't finish. He has finished in silver, despite almost tripping up.

3:10:44 > 3:10:50He has gone into second. That was a heart stopping moment at the base of

3:10:50 > 3:10:58the mountain. The next ago, lays Giezendanner, he's on his way for

3:10:58 > 3:11:10France. Number ten. -- the next to go, Blaise Giezendanner.We will see

3:11:10 > 3:11:17what he can do, risking it, going for it from the line. Over the

3:11:17 > 3:11:22rollers on the top part of the course. The roller coasters of the

3:11:22 > 3:11:27Dragons claw. Around the Paradise turn.

3:11:28 > 3:11:32turn.This camera angle gives you such a good idea of the speed these

3:11:32 > 3:11:38guys are travelling across the snow. A massive jump from Blaise

3:11:38 > 3:11:44Giezendanner. 32 metres of flying at full tilt.And that's in a super-g

3:11:44 > 3:11:48with no course inspection.The Frenchman is going well, half a

3:11:48 > 3:11:54second down. Top three at the base of the mountain divide by 0.51, so

3:11:54 > 3:11:57you need to be within half a second of Jansrud to get in the medals

3:11:57 > 3:12:03today.It's a good run from the Frenchman. He trained well in the

3:12:03 > 3:12:06downhill. Was disappointed with his downhill performance. This is a

3:12:06 > 3:12:10great time in the super-g from Blaise Giezendanner.He could go

3:12:10 > 3:12:16past Svindal and ski into silver medal position. Giezendanner is

3:12:16 > 3:12:22almost home, taking the final jump. A little late. He's got silver medal

3:12:22 > 3:12:29position. He has demoted Svindal to bronze. Giezendanner can't believe

3:12:29 > 3:12:34it. He's second in the Olympic super-g.He took a lot of risk and

3:12:34 > 3:12:43it paid off for him.Andreas Sander for Germany. Thomas Dressen starts

3:12:43 > 3:12:48with number 20, the first of the Germans to go is Andreas Sander. The

3:12:48 > 3:12:54last German winner of this was Marcus Fass Meyer, who did the GS