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Well we are heading straight to the

Alpensia Sliding Centre, Laura Deas,

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number six in reverse order after us

on the track for her second run.

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Here is John. COMMENTATOR:, in run

number one, the mistake came

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Here is John. COMMENTATOR:, in run

number one, the mistake came after

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laying number nine. The chicane, she

brushed it with her left shoulder,

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clattered into the wall.

Laura Deas

is under way. This is where she

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needs a big run, settle into the

run, do what she did before, make a

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small adjustment in the important

corner. Towards the Dragon's tell.

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The top part of the track was good,

she started to lose speed as she

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came into corner eight. Now she's

relaxed. Can she find speed?

The big

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party for her. Good girl, she has

done it, com on, keep it together,

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stay relaxed, keep this position. I

think she's going to hold onto the

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lead.

She's got to go under 52

seconds at the lead. Then 15, 16, a

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wobble, hasn't quite gone under 52

seconds. She takes the lead. How bad

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is going to affect her final

standings after the second run, we

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will have to wait and see. Some

powerful athletes to come, she could

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have done with going quicker.

She

could but you know what, she melded,

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got it right, didn't do that on the

first run but has that cost? She

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perfected it. She needed that

confidence and directing the

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confidence of that good run will

make her happy, make her be able to

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go to sleep tonight and bring it out

tomorrow. Has she done too little

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too late in this very tight race?

She was only 100th behind the next

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competitor. If the German makes

mistakes, she could move up.

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Currently in fifth place. Must be

better and she's done at exactly the

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same. Quite moderate.

For an elite

athlete. To be fair, the Germans

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have not got the fastest starts yet

they are awesome drivers but if they

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had a start but was two or three

hundredths quicker, they would be

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smashing it. They are naturally good

at driving but is it enough on this

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track, you need to have a really

good push.

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good push.

Laura has dropped a long

way off.

As John? At the end, she is

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going to be 12-15 hundredths time.

Bend 13, Fernstaedt, the direct

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comparison with Laura Deas and Laura

stays in front of her. Up to fifth

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place.

We have got to hope that run

there, they will realise how good

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Laura's run was, good, beautiful to

watch. Can Laura stand on the podium

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for a few more athletes?

The track

has had a lot of sleds down at

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tonight. Starting to change. Is it

naturally losing speed which is why

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we are seeing a lot of the sliders

coming in over that 52 second mark,

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before there was a handful coming in

under it?

These last four to go into

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Dean Lizzy Yarnold, were under 52

seconds, that barrier seems to be a

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struggle. Her debut Olympics,

Herman. World champion in 2016.

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World ranked two, world silver

medallist last year. Brimful of

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quality. Let's see how her start

goes. 5.24 she managed to achieve.

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Laura was only two hundredth behind,

she has thrown down the God that. It

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is about the first person that

twitches. Minor little mistakes.

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Hundredths here and hundredths

there, she's going to be behind a

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little bit from the start but how

much can she close? As Laura pooed a

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run in... That will be the mistake

that keeps behind, she is going to

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have to work hard, this will cost a

lot of time. I do not think she will

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close, Laura will move up, yes, she

has started to move behind coming

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into the speed trap.

That was really

hard, I winced as she had a corner

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and we can see that, it did affect

her speed, making this tiny

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mistakes, as we saw in the men's

race earlier, Laura smiling.

No

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wonder, she is up to fourth.

Dominic

came down fourth, the Latvian comes

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down and makes that mistake, and

Dominic managed to move up into

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third, the British slider. The

pressure is on for these athletes to

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maintain their place and when you

see an athlete go down in a really

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good time like Laura, that extra bit

of tension, trying too hard,

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thinking about it too much and you

need to go down with an empty head,

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so much going on. You have got to

empty it out and it means Laura Deas

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is there on that finishing platform.

Three to go. In third place, Janine

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Flock, ninth in the games in Sochi.

Behind Lizzy Yarnold. Former world

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number one. Two World Cup victories

to her name this winter. She was

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just over a tenth quicker than Laura

Deas in run number one, that

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comparison again tween the two, you

see for yourself, green means good

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news. Read means good news for Laura

Deas.

Similar start times, Laura

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just a little bit quicker, that was

very messy, skidding around. The

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harder you steer the more your

runners dig into the eyes, and slow

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you down so far can she do here on

this flat section?

Nothing in it

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between Laura Deas and Janine Flock.

That is good for Laura, good there,

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she can start pulling away on this

part of the track. Looking like she

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is making mistakes, this will keep

her ahead of Laura at the moment.

A

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much better run camp are with her

first run, gone back to the coach

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and perfect at her steer and there

she is. Maintained her lead, 15

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hundredths in the lead.

Ahead of

Laura, Laura looking likely to end

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the day in fourth place. Janine

Flock has gone well. Two pig guns to

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go including Lizzy Yarnold as the

second run reaches its climax.

This

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is good, Laura Putin a faster run

and she can do that tomorrow there

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is no reason she cannot pull herself

towards the metal table and put

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pressure on these girls to make

mistakes, like that.

Laura, I think,

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just had nervousness in her legs, a

little bit more attention, that's

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why she did not quite male perfect

run on the first run but Janine,

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looking so happy, she has lived for

so many years, this one is one that

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deserves to get a medal.

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deserves to get a medal. -- that is

why she did not quite make a perfect

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run.

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run.

The world champion. The

youngest world champion, male or

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female aged just 22. Had a brilliant

winter. One of the key moments of

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the entire women's skeleton event.

Her start times three tenths down on

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Laura. And Janine Flock. She has got

to drive this track so much to get

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any speed because of that slow

start.

That little mistake between

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four and five might be the key to

her weaknesses on the track and what

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will cost the end of the day.

She

has to absolutely... She didn't... A

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perfect line, she clips it, 10-11, I

do not think she will have enough on

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the uphill section to come through

first.

If she drops 15 hundredths

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from Janine Flock, Laura Deas might

go ahead. Let's see. She fought back

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like the champion she is.

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like the champion she is. Loelling

and Janine Flock separated by two

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hundredths of a second. The German

girls go into corner 14 in the red

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and yet somehow through the uphill,

14, 15, 16 they find a few

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hundredths of a second.

That pop

them into the lead. Lizzy Yarnold

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went 51.56, if she finds that again

she is great position. All of these

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girls apart from the Austrian have

made mistakes, this is a chance, if

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Lizzy Yarnold can give herself more

breathing space for tomorrow.

The

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Olympic champion, rising once again

to the intensity of battle at the

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Olympic Games.

Lizzy Yarnold on her

way. So good at performing under

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pressure, she loves the pressure,

that thrill and she always competes

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really well in four run races, over

two days, she made the same mistake

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some of the others made in the top

part of the track, she needs to keep

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it together, she still has a lot of

time in the lead.

From the mistake,

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recovered well. She needs to do the

same, jackal?

Just about got away

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with that. Is this enough to stay in

front of Janine Flock?

I think she

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might just drop behind the Austrian

as we go into the second.

This will

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be very close between Loelling and

Lizzy Yarnold, she has dropped back

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to third place, a tenth of a second

off the leader.

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off the leader.

My hands are

shaking, my heart is pumping. Slower

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than average, but the times have

been slower on this heat, she seems

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absolutely fine, she is happy, she

made several mistakes on that front

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that she didn't do on the top. It is

an unforgiving track, you have to

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have a clean run and I would

actually say, I think Laura Deas

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fits down the best result of the

second run. If she can be consistent

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tomorrow, all these athletes in the

top four - five, everything is to

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play for, they have to stay calm and

not make mistakes.

Your point is

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good, but was not one athlete under

52 seconds.

Maybe the track has

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slowed, the weather, the snow, the

Canadian has had the fastest run,

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then it was Laura Deas, two

hundredths behind but for Elizabeth,

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but first run has cost her

potentially that medal, you can see,

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her quality of being the fastest.

Loelling leads at halfway. Lizzy

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Yarnold and Laura Deas for Great

Britain in third and fourth.

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STUDIO: terrific run from Laura

Deas. Let's hear from her. With

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Matthew Pinsent.

A fantastic couple

of runs but especially that second,

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you must be delighted.

Yes, with the

first I wanted to shake out the

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nurse, it's been a day and a half

since I was on the track, I wanted

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to relax and get that out of the way

and then I had some things to work

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on for a second round would say nice

position to be in. Meet some

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improvements on the second run,

really happy with where I am sat.

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How have you find the track training

and for racing?

It's a tough,

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technical track and the rewards the

fast person, you can't let your

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brain rest, it's hard work. Tonight,

going home, recovering, coming back

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fresh tomorrow.

So important. Right

in the mix for medals, it must be

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very exciting.

It's a really nice

place to be, sitting in fourth, only

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seven hundredths out at a moment but

it is a sport anything can happen,

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things can change. But yes, I want

to stay really positive and find

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those hundreds tomorrow.

I'm much of

an inspiration was Dominik's

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performance?

It went from heartbreak

to elation in the space of a few

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minutes, what an inspiration, he has

worked so hard for so many years, so

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pleased for him, that it came in the

end. Well done and see you tomorrow.

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Thank you.

STUDIO: looking very

happy and relaxed. So she should.

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Laura Deas posted the second fastest

time on the second run, all of the

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sliders were slower than they had

been on the first but in her time

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only three hundredths of a second

slower than her first. Alex? So

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encouraging.

Normally you expect

them to slow down on the second run,

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the track we prepared well, you have

sleds going down, people putting

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down their feet, knocking the ice

off the wall so for her to get that

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time, it's incredible.

Just look,

she said she had things to work on,

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but her second run was really

strong, she made the improvement

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that she needed to.

She looked a

little bit skittish, making

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adjustments but obviously she

settled a lot better in the second

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run, it flowed more smoothly, a lot

cleaner, that gave her the speed.

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These are alive shops, Lizzy Yarnold

on the left, her immediate reaction

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after the first run was to mouth the

words I'm busy and she looked to Jen

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Bryant to support her from the

track. Lost a bit of time, Alex, but

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there will be areas she knows she

can't improve on. -- she can.

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We said they will chop and change

positions. They will probably move

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around tomorrow. The times are so

tight that anyone has got a chance

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still. You have got to pull together

the two consistent runs tomorrow and

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keep your head in the game.

Let's

look at both runs. Laura Deas, what

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are you seeing from the professional

viewpoint.

She has to calm her

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nerves and be careful not to push

out of the groove. She is loaded and

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relaxed.

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She settled into a nice body

position. She is coming out of bends

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in good time. She is not hitting

anything or skidding. She has a nice

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low line around the bend. She came

out nice and early that set her up.

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This is an area where she had

problems before. You can hear the

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helmet on the ice a bit. But it is

not causing her problems. A lovely

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exit. She has to keep herself calm.

This is the part where they have

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uphill and they can lose speed. She

is maintaining it well. She will be

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over the finish with this amazing

time and there we go.

I love the

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fact that she is clearly enjoying

it. Every time we talked about the

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advice you give to a first time

Olympian, it is always, just enjoy

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it. And she is. She is full of

smiles. Lizzie Yarnold posted the

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fastest time on her first run.

Slipped back on her second run. She

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is in third place with two more runs

to come tomorrow. Let's find out how

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she felt. She is with Matthew.

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How do you assess the performance?

I

haven't looked at the time sheet. I

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know I'm third, but the times are

the important thing. Yes, it was, a

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much faster track than in training.

I have got a bit of a threat and

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sore kind of sinus thing going on.

Was that the issue at the end of the

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first run?

I think I'm struggling to

breathe enough, because it is very

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cold here. It is actually a little

bit dusty as well. I'm doing lots of

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steaming over a bowl. But it's a

brilliant track and yeah it has been

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a great first night racing. This is

the bit I love, everyone getting

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nervous and getting a nice night's

sleep.

Compared to the last couple

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of seasons, you're right in the mix,

it must be a wonderful feel

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something

Yes, at the World

Championships last year I still got

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a bronze medal and so I love to

compete at big events when everyone

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brings their best. So I think I'm

still well in the mix and so yeah,

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that is the big goal, which is

frightening to say sometimes, to be

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the first British winter Olympian to

retain my title, it is not easy, it

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has been a hard few years, but

hopefully can I do it for everyone

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who has supported me, all the

National Lottery players and all

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afamily and everyone and thank you

and I will do it for you. We will

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see you tomorrow. Thank you.

STUDIO: No slider has successfully

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defended an Olympic tiet. -- title.

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STUDIO: No slider has successfully

defended an Olympic tiet. -- title.

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This run wasn't as good as her first

run. I don't think she was as

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relaxed. She was showing a bit side

ways. She is still getting some

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great top speeds. Although she is

taking knocks, she is not letting it

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worry her.

That is where the

experience comes, to stay relaxed

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and know you can still make up time

and this is not the defining run.

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This is, we are only half way at the

moment. Tomorrow is another day. The

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conditions will be different, the

ice will be different. It depends

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how the athletes sleep and eat and

relax.

She has been having problem

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with her sinuses, she talked of the

dust and the extreme cold and she is

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struggling to breathe.

Hopefully she

can sort that. She has been doing

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some steaming. If she can produce

these runs when she is under the

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weather. If she is feeling better

tomorrow, who knows.

Is it good to

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go away and be in third, as opposed

to fist. -- first. You have a day to

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think about it. Lizzie's taken that

off a bit and moved back to third

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and can relax into it.

I think that

it has given her, the British public

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are not going to say she is in first

and she is going to walk off with

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the gold. She is close to it.

You

can see how tight it is.

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can see how tight it is. Lizzie a

tenth off the leader and 0 .17 off

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the leader for Laura Deas. That is

not much.

This is going to be a

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great race. And the real race starts

tomorrow. That is what everyone

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should get excited about.

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tomorrow. That is what everyone

should get excited about.

When they

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analyse this, do they look at

Loelling's run and say this is what

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she produced?

To be honest at this

stage, it is too #4r5i9. Late. They

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have -- too late. Thvest. They have

to turn up with their game plan, fit

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and healthy and try and enjoy it.

Now Jacqueline Loelling, she is

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leading, she has been a consistent

performer?

She is an amazing

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athlete. She has got really lovely

style on the sled. The Germans tend

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to drive in a very specific way.

They use a lot of toe-steering when

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they drive. She has done it just

there. They tend to come from the

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same technical school. The Germans

have got four tracks in Germany and

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they can get a lot of experience.

The juniors in Germany, if you turn

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up to a track, there will be kids of

eight, nine, ten, starting in luge

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and skeleton. They start them young,

get them used to the idea of being

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on the ice. It is something they

should be good at. And over the

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years they have produced some

excellent skeleton drivers and she

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is the latest in a long line.

This

is beatable?

Yes it is definitely.

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What is a tenth of a second? It is

nothing.

There is a very buoyant

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British skeleton camp. We heard

Laura Deas talk of how proud and

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excited they were, because the fist

British medal has been one by a

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skeleton slider and for the first

time since 1948 it is a man. That

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was John Crammond in 1948. Now it is

Dom Parsons and he can join us from

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the Sliding Centre. Congratulations.

Thank you. Thank you.

How much pride

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do you take in this moment of having

managed to achieve something you

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have worked so hard for?

It's

amazing. It hasn't, I still don't

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fully believe it. Yeah, I'm standing

here with a medal in my hand.

Hold

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it up for us, Dom! And you had that

medal ceremony and what was great

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for you was a massive crowd, because

the winner was from the host nation.

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So what was it like?

Yeah, there was

so much noise. There were quite a

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lot of Brits. I saw bobsled boys

going crazy. My mum looked like she

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had a tear in her eye. It was a

special feeling.

During the race

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itself, you went through the full

range from despair as you finished,

0:24:450:24:53

thinking, oh no, to waiting and

watching your competitor, Martin

0:24:530:25:00

Dukurs who has been a stalwart of

skeleton and that thing of going,

0:25:000:25:07

oh, good he has slipped down and I'm

in.

Yes, I was still upset about my

0:25:070:25:12

run when he was going down and I

wasn't really watching what was

0:25:120:25:16

going on. I couldn't believe it when

I saw a three next to his name. Yes

0:25:160:25:21

it is still a bit of disbelief.

Just

tell me a bit about your build up to

0:25:210:25:27

this, about switching from being an

athlete and what skeleton has been

0:25:270:25:31

like and getting better at it as you

have done.

It's... Yes it has been a

0:25:310:25:40

long four years. At certain points I

thought I was well off this goal.

0:25:400:25:48

Thanks to the work I have done with

Kristin and the coaches for British

0:25:480:25:53

skeleton and all the support from

back home, I have managed to get

0:25:530:25:58

things to come together at the right

time. It is a huge relief.

You still

0:25:580:26:05

seem shell-shocked, were there

moments when you thought this is

0:26:050:26:08

never going to happen?

There were

low moments. I have got to admit

0:26:080:26:14

some of the races this season I was

wondering where I would find the

0:26:140:26:19

speed. Then after Christmas, it all

started coming together a bit more.

0:26:190:26:24

So I came into the games on pretty

good form.

When did you think, yeah,

0:26:240:26:31

can I do this, was it when you

started posting those training

0:26:310:26:35

times?

It was, yes, quite early on.

I had a bit of an abductor injury

0:26:350:26:44

about two weeks ago and it was a

stressful couple of weeks comes in

0:26:440:26:50

here. And training to get that

working and Funging so I could --

0:26:500:26:56

functioning so I could push flat

out. My first flat out push was do

0:26:560:27:01

days before. Even in the training

runs where I had to take it easy, I

0:27:010:27:07

was getting good times. So we knew

things were going well.

Were you

0:27:070:27:12

still in pain in competition?

When I

was pushing the sled I was fine.

0:27:120:27:19

There was still some stiffness

around my hip. But I only felt that

0:27:190:27:24

between runs. It was fine while I

was pushing.

I think holding that

0:27:240:27:29

medal, that is working like a

healing stone. Nothing hurts any

0:27:290:27:34

more.

Yeah, it makes it all better.

I have got no problems.

You're

0:27:340:27:43

straight back out to the sliding

track to support your girlfriend and

0:27:430:27:48

Laura and Lizzie, what have you made

of their Fir two runs?

Yeah, so I

0:27:480:27:54

got here just in time to see

Jackie's first run and then came

0:27:540:27:57

down to the bottom of the track to

shout at Jackie and Laura and

0:27:570:28:03

Lizzie. Yeah, Laura and Lizzie are

in a really good position, they're

0:28:030:28:08

very close to the top. It is very

tight. It will be a great couple of

0:28:080:28:11

runs.

You will be back for that will

you?

Definitely, I I shall be

0:28:110:28:21

shouting myself hoarse.

Well done.

Woo!

Chemmy is cheering you on. Well

0:28:210:28:28

done.

Thank you.

0:28:280:28:34

done.

Thank you.

Dom Parsons, our

first medallists from these games

0:28:340:28:37

and the first since skeleton was

reintroduced and the first man since

0:28:370:28:48

John Crammond in 1948, who loss won

bronze and David Carnegie in 1928.

0:28:480:28:54

No 1 in the total on the right means

that Great Britain enter the medal

0:28:540:29:03

table. And gold went to South Korea.

They are in tenth. Germany are in

0:29:030:29:10

front having a stunning games.

Looking again at Dom's run and at

0:29:100:29:19

the time when he finished he had no

idea. He thought it had shoved him

0:29:190:29:24

off that podium, but because of

Martin Dukurs making a mistake,

0:29:240:29:29

Dom's added together time of four

runs and not forgetting it is about

0:29:290:29:35

consistency over the four. He was

the third most consistent.

Yes it is

0:29:350:29:40

four miles, if you imagine you're

going to run a four mile race, you

0:29:400:29:45

won't win it in the first 800

metres. It is as you cross the line.

0:29:450:29:52

The girls need to remember it is not

over until that last sled crosses

0:29:520:29:58

the line.

If we look at what is

coming up, tomorrow morning is the

0:29:580:30:05

time to stay at home, turn on the

television and watch is in unfold.

0:30:050:30:10

Because at 10 o'clock we have Elise

Christie hopefully in the

0:30:100:30:15

quarter-finals of 1,500 metres. She

has announced she is taking a break

0:30:150:30:21

from that. And just focus on this,

she is world champion in the 1,500

0:30:210:30:26

metres. She is going at 10 and 10

past 11 for her semi-final. In

0:30:260:30:33

between her semi-final and final we

will go to the skeleton.

0:30:330:30:39

This time tomorrow...

How are we

going to handle bad?

We are going to

0:30:510:30:56

handle it calmly... As I handle

everything. Everyone gets excited,

0:30:560:31:03

we want to be able to see good sport

and get involved and enjoy it and

0:31:030:31:08

know more about the competitors and

thanks to you Alex, we know more

0:31:080:31:11

about skeleton. That's why it's

called skeleton because the sled is

0:31:110:31:18

stripped back, Berrer.

It's fast and

it is scary and we are brilliant.

0:31:180:31:25

Your prediction? Definitely a medal,

hopefully two, what colour, who

0:31:250:31:31

knows?

We are going to calm down a

little now before we get into the

0:31:310:31:35

fast sports and it's the sedate

sport of curling. When we left it at

0:31:350:31:39

the half time marker at the end of

end five, great written have got the

0:31:390:31:46

scores back level, Sweden had a good

end six, we join it in end eight,

0:31:460:31:51

Sweden leading 6-5, and the

commentators are Steve Cram and

0:31:510:31:57

Jackie Lockhart. -- Great Britain.

0:31:570:32:06

COMMENTATOR: extra ends, teams

winning by just a shot, you would

0:32:060:32:11

expect it at this level,

theoretically. The high quality of

0:32:110:32:15

teams here, had to come through the

final qualification in December.

0:32:150:32:21

All of the nations decide the

representatives of the team

0:32:320:32:38

differently, Great Britain selected

both teams, who arrived here, Canada

0:32:380:32:44

go for a play-off approach,

basically the top ten teams based on

0:32:440:32:50

results over the previous year,

play-off to get the honour to where

0:32:500:32:54

the Maple leaf. I think the USA with

the same, actually. And Switzerland.

0:32:540:33:02

They do have different approaches.

Norway, for example, they were kind

0:33:020:33:08

of selected but told if you do not

medal at the Europeans you are going

0:33:080:33:13

to have to play-off against the

second best team.

0:33:130:33:17

Silver Lakes standard opening,

corner guard for Great Britain, the

0:33:240:33:28

guard laid out.

0:33:280:33:34

guard laid out. The strategy changes

a little bit.

0:33:360:33:40

Cammy Smith just watching.

0:34:000:34:06

Well done. We can see, Cammy Smith,

playing well, the figures reflect

0:34:120:34:21

that, only the one takeout. The

stats, pretty spectacular, to be

0:34:210:34:28

honest.

0:34:280:34:30

I think they were hoping to sit in

front of the only read, they

0:34:480:34:55

slightly over curled.

0:34:550:35:00

Kyle just needs to forget the stone

that he played in the previous end.

0:35:030:35:10

He's been pretty consistent. I would

say this is quite an important shot.

0:35:100:35:18

Made some mistakes in the last

couple of errands.

0:35:180:35:29

Looked that way all the way down.

0:35:320:35:38

We expected a much more defensive

end from Sweden. Almost misjudged

0:35:590:36:03

that one.

Britain still have one.

Looked as though that was going to

0:36:030:36:12

result in a double takeout. You can

see the draws from Kyle at 67%. For

0:36:120:36:20

he struggled. -- where he struggled.

0:36:200:36:29

Just saying, you can take a here

more.

0:36:290:36:36

Holding the brush for the line.

0:36:360:36:38

That was nice communication from the

boys, Kyle was asking his skipper if

0:36:440:36:49

he laid the first one OK, if he

hadn't, Kyle said he played it well,

0:36:490:36:56

it must just be pulling here, I

think they might we buy... So close.

0:36:560:37:02

There must be a big finish at the

end, and you heard Kyle saying it is

0:37:070:37:13

curling more.

He took a little more

ice. Unless the line he set out on

0:37:130:37:22

was wrong it seemed as though they

were pretty happy.

Sometimes you

0:37:220:37:25

find the sheets of ice, it looks

very flat but if you start going

0:37:250:37:33

down to Nano millimetres and all

sorts, the ice technicians are

0:37:330:37:39

shaping the ice a little bit and

that can sometimes make it curl a

0:37:390:37:43

little more.

Almost kind of going

uphill a little and it comes into

0:37:430:37:51

the centre much quicker.

A chance to

raise his own yellow onto the red

0:37:510:37:57

that has been played.

0:37:570:37:59

It's a difficult shot, they need to

get closer to the guard. Rumble the

0:38:090:38:16

one in the centre line as well.

0:38:160:38:24

Move it! Move it!

0:38:240:38:26

Not a bad result.

The shooter is sad

right on top of the Swedish stone

0:38:300:38:40

and they sat in there for the third

shot.

0:38:400:38:42

You always know when it's not ended

up too bad when Nicolas scratches

0:38:440:38:54

his head a little bit.

0:38:540:39:01

Lacking that front stone raised onto

the yellow and red and he thinks the

0:39:250:39:32

yellow can cross. Time out. Cars

liking.

0:39:320:39:39

liking. Wants to have a little bit

of a think about this. What will

0:39:410:39:48

they be worried about here?

I think

the shop they are mainly worried

0:39:480:39:54

about is that Great Britain can make

a raise onto the yellow stone. I

0:39:540:40:03

think they want to get another one

in there.

0:40:030:40:11

Lindbergh was the second team in

Sochi and Vancouver.

0:40:190:40:26

Sochi and Vancouver.

I don't know if

Sebastian is playing now or

0:40:290:40:34

travelling? Taking some time away

from curling?

0:40:340:40:42

from curling? This is when I wish I

knew how to speak several languages!

0:40:420:40:52

LAUGHTER surely there is

something...

0:40:520:41:01

If you had a phone... LAUGHTER we

are running out of time.

0:41:020:41:12

What are they calling here?

0:41:280:41:34

Drawdown, yes, they are going to

come in. And I think they would like

0:41:340:41:41

to sit probably quite far back. I am

not going to put myself out there

0:41:410:41:46

and just yet.

And the other thing,

maybe, Ericsson mentioned a few

0:41:460:41:52

minutes ago, he has only played four

draws.

They are putting the guard

0:41:520:41:56

up. I thought the draw would be an

odd shot.

Create an opportunity to

0:41:560:42:05

get the red alert even easier. Play

the guard. To stop this run back

0:42:050:42:11

from Great Britain.

They seem very

concerned about that. Was there a

0:42:110:42:18

danger for Great Britain on the run

back if you hit the yellow, the

0:42:180:42:24

chance of the red hitting the back

yellow?

0:42:240:42:27

I am maybe panicking and deciding to

do the shop before Nicolas... But

0:42:540:43:01

Kyle just said, whatever they do now

he might just tap it next.

0:43:010:43:10

He doesn't need to see the inside.

0:43:140:43:19

You may be able to hear, some

American fans in tonight! Thomas

0:43:300:43:34

pierhead, important shot, trying to

set this up for his skipper, he has

0:43:340:43:41

missed it!

He needed to connect with

a lot more of that stone. You heard

0:43:410:43:51

him, he just aged it out as he let

it go down the centre line. If you

0:43:510:43:58

have wait, they are holding very

straight.

0:43:580:44:06

Looks like they are going to play

your shot, Jackie.

I would leave it

0:44:160:44:23

on that line two, I was just

panicking it wouldn't play earlier.

0:44:230:44:26

Baby that is just the cos I am a

woman. Of course, Thomas moved the

0:44:260:44:34

rest, you can see a lot more of it

now.

0:44:340:44:41

now. -- maybe that is because I am a

woman.

I don't think there's any

0:44:410:44:47

added value and that makes the shot

is more difficult. Actually putting

0:44:470:44:54

one at the back of the ring they may

have made the draw easier. No added

0:44:540:45:00

value.

0:45:000:45:00

Him hitting the line, especially if

your opposition can use to jam on or

0:45:110:45:25

sit on.

Needs a good draw here, Kyle

Smith. Put a little bit of pressure

0:45:250:45:34

on his counterparts. Looks like it

is as good as it can be here.

0:45:340:45:42

Hopefully they will have watched two

shots from Kyle and they should know

0:45:420:45:46

what this line is going to do.

The

line is better on this, has he given

0:45:460:45:54

it enough?

This will come up short.

0:45:540:45:58

Wow.

The initial call was that it

was back 8 or back 4. They thought

0:45:580:46:10

it was heavy.

You heard them say

exactly that.

That is the same shot

0:46:100:46:16

that Kyle Waddell played down there

as well. His pulled more and caught

0:46:160:46:22

the guard.

0:46:220:46:27

the guard.

This is not looking good

here.

0:46:280:46:36

Sweden still have to be careful,

because they're only lying one shot.

0:46:410:46:51

There is the thought if he comes in

below that red that... He would

0:46:570:47:05

still be able to for instance,

Britain, with their last stone

0:47:050:47:09

use...

He has to ensure he has

second shot. If he doesn't make a

0:47:090:47:14

shot in the house to lie second

shot, Britain will have an

0:47:140:47:19

opportunity to come and catch the

yellow and and the left above the

0:47:190:47:24

red and tap it enough that they

could tap the red through and get

0:47:240:47:27

their 2 or even a 3. Important that

he gets the second shot in. It is

0:47:270:47:32

just where he puts it.

They're going

to draw away from the cluster.

That

0:47:320:47:39

is what I thought. Not give them a

chance.

If nay come down the other

0:47:390:47:44

-- if they come down the other side

they could set up a double take out.

0:47:440:47:57

Just makes it.

That is a good shot.

There was a bit of a panic there. It

0:47:580:48:10

looked like the stone darted off.

0:48:100:48:16

looked like the stone darted off.

It

meant that... He hasn't given them a

0:48:170:48:20

chance. Just watch how close this

was. It would look even closer from

0:48:200:48:29

that angle. But there wasn't much to

choose. Not much room for error

0:48:290:48:35

around that guard.

We just have to

draw here for a 1. And we are taking

0:48:350:48:43

a different line. They're going to

follow the similar shot to

0:48:430:48:48

Nicholas's down here. Don't have to

be hitten, they just have to hit the

0:48:480:48:54

4 foot.

We have talked about

learning from your opposition stones

0:48:540:49:01

and they got caught out a bit on the

other side. Hopefully they have been

0:49:010:49:08

timing the shots so they understand

the speed of this line.

0:49:080:49:16

They just need to sit on that line.

That is looking pretty good.

0:49:170:49:27

That is looking pretty good. Slows

it down a little and up. Britain

0:49:280:49:31

take the 1. We are tied up. There

are two ends left. The next one

0:49:310:49:37

Sweden will have the hammer, Great

Britain in the last one. If Sweden

0:49:370:49:41

manage to hold Britain to one shot

in that end, but at least they got

0:49:410:49:45

their 1. And we have got a good game

on still here. Sweden 6, Great

0:49:450:49:51

Britain 6.

0:49:510:49:56

Britain 6. Check on the scores

elsewhere. Canada have sorted

0:49:560:49:59

themselves out. Now 7-3 over Korea.

The United States 8-5 now. Denmark

0:49:590:50:08

did take a couple back. They're

still fighting on in that one.

0:50:080:50:13

They're still in the 8th. The match

between Switzerland and Japan with

0:50:130:50:20

Switzerland leading 5-3. They have

the hammer in that 8th end. You

0:50:200:50:29

know, we talked about the momentum

swings, it has definitely moved to

0:50:290:50:32

Sweden after the half way point. But

it is still 6-6.

It wouldn't feel

0:50:320:50:39

like a GB win if it wasn't going

right down to the wire, would it?

0:50:390:50:48

They're not worrying about the

clock. They still have six minutes.

0:50:480:50:54

No time-outs left. Britain with a

bit more thinking time.

Thing is

0:50:540:51:00

game has been a great advert for

curling. It has been of the highest

0:51:000:51:05

standard.

I think whatever the

outcome here, Britain have put up a

0:51:050:51:09

really good performance against

Sweden. Particularity the first --

0:51:090:51:16

particularly the first five ends.

The odd shot here and then since

0:51:160:51:21

half way. All in all, they will be

pleased with the way they have

0:51:210:51:25

played. When you get this close, you

want to get over the line if you

0:51:250:51:31

can.

That would be a booster for our

guys. They can take the scalp of

0:51:310:51:40

Sweden.

0:51:400:51:45

In this situation what, Sweden will

be looking for is a blank or a score

0:51:500:51:58

of two, where as Britain will be

trying to force a score of 1 either

0:51:580:52:02

way. If they can steal one that

would be great. Worse case they can

0:52:020:52:11

get that all-important hammer back

into the 10th end.

0:52:110:52:15

Expecting to see a very aggressive

end from GB. That is backed up by

0:52:180:52:23

the two guards they have thrown in

here. They're going to set their

0:52:230:52:27

stall out here and go for it.

An

interesting thing here is Sweden

0:52:270:52:33

don't have a lot of time. I see they

have been in the head very quick

0:52:330:52:40

after our team have played and he is

indicating if they want an in turn

0:52:400:52:47

or out turn. It would be interesting

to see if they overrush. They could

0:52:470:52:53

make mistakes.

If you run out of

time?

Then you lose the game. It is

0:52:530:52:59

important that you are in the hack

and ready to play.

0:52:590:53:06

and ready to play.

I think they

should get bonus points for the

0:53:070:53:11

amount of minutes you save, to

encourage the teams to play fast.

0:53:110:53:16

Maybe a bonus shot. One shot?

I like

that. If you finish the game with

0:53:160:53:22

more than five minutes on the clock,

you can have a bonus point.

0:53:220:53:25

LAUGHTER.

Japan have tide it up

against Switzerland. That is 5-5.

0:53:250:53:40

It is all relevant for Great

Britain. Only one win so far.

0:53:400:53:46

Another nice shot. Sometimes you

cannot do anything about the

0:53:460:53:54

opposition in terms of their

results. Now they're playing. But

0:53:540:53:57

you will get sort of five matches

into this and start to look at who

0:53:570:54:01

is where and who you have got left

to play.

0:54:010:54:07

to play.

Since Sweden struggled with

their signature double take-outs.

0:54:080:54:12

There is another one missed. That

was actual lay very difficult one to

0:54:120:54:19

play. It is easy to move both the

yellows, but not easy to roll the

0:54:190:54:24

shooter as well. It was a good

effort.

0:54:240:54:36

After couple of indifferent shots,

Kyle wad Waddell played a good one.

0:54:390:54:50

Can he follow that up. Britain

trying to get some yellow in there.

0:54:500:55:00

The guys are having to work this

really hard.

Just nudging it.

Just

0:55:000:55:07

been a game of just catching the

guard for Kyle Waddell today.

0:55:070:55:16

guard for Kyle Waddell today.

A lot

of whooping and hollering, feels

0:55:200:55:24

like I'm at the Ryder Cup or

something.

Some of the garb that the

0:55:240:55:30

United States are wearing it is a

bit Ryder Cupesque!

They probably

0:55:300:55:40

weren't making as much noise.

0:55:400:55:43

Just hangs on to it. The United

States have won that one obviously,

0:55:480:55:53

9-5 against Denmark. Yeah OK. Canada

look set for a win ginest Korea. --

0:55:530:56:09

win against Korea. No surprise

there. These two other matches, this

0:56:090:56:15

one and the one next, 5-5 in that

one. 6-all in this one. Sweden a

0:56:150:56:25

good shot with their previous stone.

This isn't ideal for GB having to

0:56:250:56:33

play this take-out. They don't have

an opportunity to be offensive at

0:56:330:56:36

the moment.

0:56:360:56:41

the moment. I wonder if Sweden will

go for the kill here in the 9th end

0:56:430:56:47

and try and put a few on the board?

A change of tools.

That indicates to

0:56:470:57:02

me they have a stone that probably

swings more and this could be a

0:57:020:57:07

stone that Swinns more and they're

happy to play it more when they're

0:57:070:57:12

throwing a heavier weight. They have

certainly changed the stone there.

0:57:120:57:20

It is Oscar.

I think he whistles for

them not to touch the stone.

It is

0:57:200:57:30

usually the Danish skip that does

that.

Normally they whistle if they

0:57:300:57:37

are suffering from a sore throat and

can't call. I think they wanted that

0:57:370:57:41

in the house. That is a

disappointing shot.

Kyle just went

0:57:410:57:44

to have a look. It is the edge of

the stone as to whether it's just

0:57:440:57:48

cutting the line. He had a shake of

the head to say no, it is not. It is

0:57:480:57:55

not in.

0:57:550:58:00

not in.

Rather than just hit one of

the reds that we can see, they're

0:58:010:58:05

going to utilise their yellow and

drive it into the reds.

0:58:050:58:19

Catches one.

That was a bit way ward

from Thomas.

That is just catching

0:58:300:58:39

the circle. The edge of the ring.

0:58:390:58:49

He started well today. In fact they

all did. They have all just been

0:58:530:58:58

slightly off in the second half. Not

much. Just inches here and there. Or

0:58:580:59:02

centimetres.

0:59:020:59:07

Eriksson coming down to have a look.

The clock still ticking.

0:59:110:59:22

The yellow then?

It is.

I think it

is and it is quite an interesting

0:59:320:59:39

situation, because due too that

yellow stone being in the house, it

0:59:390:59:42

forces swede on the decide whether

they want to blank the end or

0:59:420:59:46

whether they want to go and score 2.

They could play a take-out on the

0:59:460:59:51

yellow to give themselves a chance

to blank. Maybe leaves GB a hit and

0:59:510:59:57

roll behind. So they're going to

play a draw.

This is the other side.

0:59:571:00:07

This is to be fair this has been his

shot. Eriksson. His draws have been

1:00:071:00:14

pretty much spot on.

1:00:141:00:23

The boys looking at lots of options

and what they do, will how will

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Sweden counteract it?

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That one is not in. I think... The

camera work showing us, showing us

1:01:061:01:15

that it is. The yellow in front of

Thomas Meer head, the angle at which

1:01:151:01:22

he wants to try and hit the stone.

-- Thomas Muirhead.

Whatever he

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plays here his shooter still stays

in the house, he doesn't want to

1:01:311:01:38

roll out here.

1:01:381:01:40

To do that they need to miss the

double takeout all stock that's what

1:01:511:01:56

I was saying, I thought at first he

was looking at a double take out.

1:01:561:02:00

That is a great shot by Kyle Smith.

It did not spin over, the lying

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shot, they have the third as well,

that yellow at the top, it cannot be

1:02:261:02:32

ignored.

You know what made that so

good was that they rode for enough

1:02:321:02:42

to force Sweden to hit and rule to

the wing. Give them a great chance

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to make a double with the last one.

1:02:481:02:50

Because they can't hit it on the

inside.

1:02:581:03:06

Every shot crucial now. He's done

quite well. They are close enough

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together. Big opportunity here.

Just

rolled the stone too far, if he

1:03:281:03:38

comes back and Kyle plays the double

takeoff, Sweden still blank at the

1:03:381:03:42

end by hitting the yellow on the

other side but because he put them

1:03:421:03:45

side by side, Britain can make the

double takeout sit around.

1:03:451:03:51

Well, well, well.

1:03:541:03:58

Still plenty of stones left to play,

two in this and of course, the tenth

1:04:031:04:07

end. Some nice shots so far from

Great Britain, certainly the latter

1:04:071:04:14

half of this end. You can see little

mistakes still creeping in. Kyle

1:04:141:04:23

Smith, can he take both of these

stones and stay in the house? He has

1:04:231:04:30

missed it! Going to roll over.

That

is a real shame.

What a chance that

1:04:301:04:38

was! What a chance that was for Kyle

Smith. He won't get too many of them

1:04:381:04:42

when you are at the Olympic Games.

And you've got one of the favourites

1:04:421:04:48

on the ropes a little bit, you want

to capitalise, just missing, not

1:04:481:04:52

only missing, it is because he

missed, he was not able to stay in

1:04:521:04:58

the house, fairly straightforward

drop for the Swedish skip. Going to

1:04:581:05:03

take two.

1:05:031:05:09

take two. That was a chance.

Niklas

Edin left the building, pretty much,

1:05:091:05:25

left the sweepers to put it where it

needs to go.

A game of tiny margins.

1:05:251:05:30

That is a shot he would make a lot

of occasions, not that difficult,

1:05:301:05:36

but he did this. Sweden picking up

two and after nine pence, excuse me,

1:05:361:05:44

they believed by two, going into the

final end, Britain have the hammer.

1:05:441:05:50

8-6, it can see how despondent they

are. Now, of course, if it goes to

1:05:501:05:55

an extra end, Sweden have the hammer

in the extra end. All the advantage

1:05:551:06:00

very much with the Swedes.

1:06:001:06:07

very much with the Swedes.

You are

absolutely spot on, Steve, we kind

1:06:081:06:10

of had them on the ropes. It is a

real shame that one shot could cost

1:06:101:06:16

us the opportunity to win the game.

If he had made that we would have at

1:06:161:06:21

least had a 50% chance to win.

Exactly three minutes on the clock

1:06:211:06:26

for Sweden in this final end, they

can't hang around. Decision-making.

1:06:261:06:31

Between shots, they are going to be

rushed a little bit, keep an eye on

1:06:311:06:36

that clock.

1:06:361:06:42

that clock.

Niklas Edin has not

returned from the little boys room.

1:06:421:06:49

It makes Sweden's job easier, happy

to give up one. Does not matter.

1:07:011:07:10

Just making sure Great Britain do

not score two here. Makes their job

1:07:101:07:14

a little easier.

1:07:141:07:16

I still say, we have all said it,

whatever happens in this final end,

1:07:181:07:25

it has been a good performance, they

have matched Sweden most of the way.

1:07:251:07:34

In that respectable probably be

disappointed if they don't close

1:07:361:07:38

this out, if it was not go that way.

Plenty of things to be happy about.

1:07:381:07:48

Tight match against Sweden. This is

the top is to match Sweden have had,

1:07:481:07:53

three very comfortable victories up

until this point, the fourth match

1:07:531:07:56

for Great Britain. Canada heading

for a victory in their match against

1:07:561:08:03

Korea.

I think whatever the outcome

in this game, it's going to be a

1:08:031:08:13

positive feeling for team GB. I

think if they can continue this sort

1:08:131:08:18

of form there is no question they

can win a medal this week.

1:08:181:08:29

Cammy Smith once more, trying to

come around this card he laid. --

1:08:421:08:48

this guard.

1:08:481:08:55

Some textbook play coming from

Sweden. No need to take any risks

1:08:561:09:04

from their point of view.

When

Sweden get the chance they are going

1:09:041:09:11

to hit everything. Take away that

barred there.

1:09:111:09:21

Bit of a pity, isn't it? It could

end up as a bit of a damp squib

1:09:261:09:34

which is a bit of a shame because

they played very well at times.

As

1:09:341:09:40

we have seen it just takes one

mistake from your opposition and you

1:09:401:09:45

can capitalise. The guys have to

keep digging in.

We've got a good

1:09:451:09:50

setup. A great chance to score.

One

in the house, putting the guard on.

1:09:501:10:01

They are nice and straight so it

makes it very difficult for Sweden

1:10:011:10:04

to remove both of them, they end up

having to take the top one all the

1:10:041:10:09

time.

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The question here for Kyle and the

boys is, when do you do something

1:10:171:10:21

other than continuing with the

guard?

Whether you do something with

1:10:211:10:26

the Reds in the house, it's all

about timing.

They are only lying in

1:10:261:10:31

third shot at the moment, they

should do something with them. At

1:10:311:10:35

some point they could draw one

around the back.

1:10:351:10:40

Could also try and come to them and

tap them back a little bit and use

1:10:461:10:50

them as backing at some point. If

you opportunities.

It's not bad.

1:10:501:11:00

Sorry... Kyle had struggled with a

little bit of draw weight in the

1:11:001:11:09

last 2-3 ends but that was well

played. Like waiting for a mistake

1:11:091:11:15

to happen, these are fairly

straightforward shots here, you need

1:11:151:11:19

to make them attempt something a bit

more difficult.

You are not going to

1:11:191:11:25

see Sweden and is one of these, one

of the easiest shots in the game,

1:11:251:11:29

especially with these guys and their

level of accuracy, it's just the

1:11:291:11:34

case of running the stones down at

the moment so bad when GB make a

1:11:341:11:38

move in the house, Sweden have less

stones to retrieve the situation.

1:11:381:11:46

Thomas needs to be accurate here as

well. Coming down exactly the same

1:11:501:11:53

line. They should know what this is

doing.

1:11:531:12:03

Here we go again. LAUGHTER Kyle is

wanting the boys to stay for a

1:12:121:12:24

blabber.

He needs a little bit of

social contact. Like Logan said,

1:12:241:12:31

when are they going to actually do

something with the two reds?

A bit

1:12:311:12:36

of team talk around this. How do

they force the situation? Try and

1:12:361:12:43

get two, take this to the extra end?

1:12:431:12:51

I think there's an opportunity for a

two rather than a three. I like

1:13:031:13:09

Thomas's confidence. Two is what we

are looking for, boys, at the

1:13:091:13:15

minute, I think.

The confidence of

youth!

1:13:151:13:25

youth! Britain with three stones

left, Sweden two, just the skipper

1:13:251:13:28

to play.

1:13:281:13:33

to play. Whatever happens, I'd be

trying to make Niklas Edin drawer,

1:13:351:13:44

he has been just a little bit off

tonight.

We just have to make sure

1:13:441:13:48

when Thomas hits this back he gets

the role across the house that he is

1:13:481:13:53

looking for, keeps the two yellows

separated. Still in a good position

1:13:531:13:59

to pick up two.

The key to this end

for GP is do not leave Sweden a

1:13:591:14:07

double takeout.

The line on it, did

not get a cross.

Like that. Because

1:14:071:14:15

of the angle between two stones,

it's not a natural double, you would

1:14:151:14:20

probably hate it a little bit

thinner than perhaps a quarter stone

1:14:201:14:24

and you could make both these go

away and it would pretty much be a

1:14:241:14:28

game end.

Yes, only two stones left

for Britain, they must score two to

1:14:281:14:34

tie this up. And if they take two of

these out, it's not going to happen.

1:14:341:14:43

Niklas Edin still has another stone

after this, if he removes two

1:14:431:14:47

here... Or something crazy...

I am

surprised. I am surprised at him, I

1:14:471:14:57

feel like he is debating this one.

One minute and 40 seconds thinking

1:14:571:15:04

time left, two shots, just has

another look down.

His team are

1:15:041:15:11

telling him, you do not have much

time. I think he is going to go for

1:15:111:15:15

the outside yellow. Yes. A hit

across.

Interesting. I think he's

1:15:151:15:22

scared if he goes for the double

takeout and gets it wrong, it's a

1:15:221:15:25

little bit thin and he could miss it

all together. What he is banking on

1:15:251:15:30

as he knows by playing this hit and

roll, it forces Kyle to play a

1:15:301:15:35

double and it will bring the two

yellows together, so he could make a

1:15:351:15:40

double takeout his last one.

He we

go. Trying to hit this British stone

1:15:401:15:48

and roll across, if he can. Pretty

straight.

1:15:481:15:55

Maybe not lying.

I don't know who is

lying second.

1:15:551:16:07

lying second. That is what Thomas

thinks.

If that had just been

1:16:071:16:13

quarter of an inch, half an inch

further away. Just having another

1:16:131:16:17

look.

1:16:171:16:22

look.

If he notices that, then we

are in trouble.

1:16:241:16:37

They should split their own yellow

to open up the shot.

That is a good

1:16:381:16:45

call, low dpan. -- Logan.

1:16:451:16:53

call, low dpan. -- Logan.

Make this

double tricky for him. Like that.

1:16:531:17:02

double tricky for him. Like that.

He

played a really very good stone with

1:17:021:17:07

his penultimate one in the previous

end. It was just the last stone that

1:17:071:17:11

was not what he wanted. At least put

a bit of pressure on. Don't give

1:17:111:17:19

Nicolas Edin an easy option.

If you

remember back to the 8th end, they

1:17:191:17:24

played a couple of draws down here

and got caught out by over curling.

1:17:241:17:29

That should mean the take-out will

curl a lot too.

1:17:291:17:40

Where is this going?

Will be close.

Good shot.

I was worried there. They

1:17:401:17:50

swept it well, kept it on track.

1:17:501:17:57

swept it well, kept it on track. He

is saying, it is about as good as he

1:17:581:18:01

thinks he could have done there.

It

is very clever curling from Nicolas

1:18:011:18:07

Edin. He would have gone for that

double. Be he misses and gives up

1:18:071:18:11

two.

They have got a chance here

though. It is a big shot still. He

1:18:111:18:15

has got to be accurate here. He has

got the chance to take out both of

1:18:151:18:20

these British stones, doesn't matter

if his own goes. Britain only have

1:18:201:18:26

only one stone left. He is not

bothered about what else happens. He

1:18:261:18:32

wants both of these stones. Nicolas

Eden, the Swedish skip, his final

1:18:321:18:40

stone looking to hit the first

British stone on to the other, take

1:18:401:18:44

them both out. And he has done it.

It is going to go. That is it. Hand

1:18:441:18:52

shakes. It has been a good match

from Great Britain. For a long time

1:18:521:18:58

they looked as if they had a chance

to turn over this very good Swedish

1:18:581:19:03

team. Sweden know they have been in

a

1:19:031:19:12

a tough match, but Eden found a way

to get through. They move on to four

1:19:121:19:17

wins from four matches. Britain with

two wins and two losses after four.

1:19:171:19:23

STUDIO:

1:19:231:19:26

two wins and two losses after four.

STUDIO: Stewed As Steve was saying

1:19:261:19:28

that is two wins and two losses for

the British men. They were be in

1:19:281:19:36

action against South Korea. As for

Eve Muirhead and her women's rink,

1:19:361:19:43

not in action today, but they have

two matches tomorrow. Speaking of

1:19:431:19:54

tomorrow, it is a big one for Elise

Christie, our short track speed

1:19:541:19:59

skating hope. She has had a few days

to dwell on what was a very

1:19:591:20:04

difficult opening start to her

programme in the women's 500 metres.

1:20:041:20:08

Tomorrow it is the 1,500 and she is

the world champion in that. Let's

1:20:081:20:12

hope she can banish memories of

this.

The women's 500 metres. Four

1:20:121:20:19

and a half laps of the track.

1:20:191:20:27

There is Elise Christie, the world

record holder at this distance. The

1:20:271:20:32

start needs to be good. Away they

go. Christie in second. Smart move,

1:20:321:20:39

sliding through on the inside. Take

the advantage over Boutin, this two

1:20:391:20:44

should be the class of the field.

That is what it looks like. Christie

1:20:441:20:48

leading the way. Boutin is behind

her. Up to the line. Elise Christie

1:20:481:20:56

has successfully negotiated the

first hurdle of the day. And

1:20:561:21:00

Christie is going faster and faster

here.

1:21:001:21:09

here. Elise Christie the fastest

qualifier, four and a half laps to

1:21:091:21:13

make it into the final and the

chance to race for gold. Away they

1:21:131:21:16

go. And Christie second to that

first corner. Kim Boutin of Canada

1:21:161:21:23

taking it. Christie just closing the

door as Yu had a look. Challenging

1:21:231:21:30

on the inside. Goes to the front.

Forced a bit wide. Kirchhoff leads.

1:21:301:21:41

Christie holding off Boutin. Round

the bend they come. Up to the line.

1:21:411:21:47

Christie and van Kerkhof in a photo

for first place. Yu is penalised and

1:21:471:21:54

Boutin is advanced from third place

into the final. Van Kerkhof, Elise

1:21:541:22:02

Christie and Boutin all going

through. At least she gets the

1:22:021:22:05

chance to race for gold. Nearly

time. The Olympic final in the

1:22:051:22:12

women's 500 metres. The nation holds

its breath. Away they go, the final

1:22:121:22:17

is on. Christie trying to move

through. She has work to do.

1:22:171:22:22

Christie now trying to hug the

inside line. Had a look. No room

1:22:221:22:26

past Boutin. Christie tries to make

it on the inside. Christie crashes

1:22:261:22:32

out. She is out of it again. Boutin

going... It is a photo finish on the

1:22:321:22:38

line.

1:22:381:22:47

line. There is a penalty for Cheong.

Kim Boutin from Canada has the

1:22:471:22:56

bronze. A crushing blow for Elise

Christie. She has to go away and put

1:22:561:23:01

it behind her and try to come back

for the 1,000 and the 1,500.

I was

1:23:011:23:07

knocked over, I didn't fall on my

own. I don't want this in a final. I

1:23:071:23:14

don't think you get any benefit when

somebody gets a personality. It is

1:23:141:23:20

just -- penalty. I worked so hard

for the 500 and it has been taken

1:23:201:23:27

away from me. Even in the semi-final

I got crashed in. I have a few days

1:23:271:23:32

to reset and it is still almost a

week until my best distance. The

1:23:321:23:38

positive is... I don't know. Right

now I can't keep living with this

1:23:381:23:46

feeling. I mean it is out of my

control. I got knocked over and

1:23:461:23:50

that's that.

STUDIO: How we would love to see

1:23:501:23:56

tears of joy for Elise.

1:23:561:24:07

She is the world champion in the

1,500 and she is one of keen

1:24:101:24:14

favourites for gold. Then it is a

very busy morning. We have got

1:24:141:24:20

Lizzie Yarnold and Laura Deas in

third and fourth in the women's

1:24:201:24:24

skeleton bob.

1:24:241:24:26

A lot to look forward to. We are

going to start here with one of real

1:24:431:24:48

Olympic favourites. It is the ski

jumping. On Saturday, we saw the

1:24:481:24:54

men's normal hill and they were

flying distances of about 98. They

1:24:541:25:04

they move up to the big hill and

will be jumping 130 metres. It was

1:25:041:25:10

part of the original first Olympics

in 1924. So strap on your fat skis

1:25:101:25:16

and take a deep, deep breath!

Ski

jumping takes place on either the

1:25:161:25:23

normal hill or the large hill.

Competitors jump further than the

1:25:231:25:28

length of a football pitch at speeds

of 90mph. Points are awards or the

1:25:281:25:37

distance, style, posture and flight

and landing. Points for distance are

1:25:371:25:43

determined by where a jumper lands

in relation to the K-point. It is

1:25:431:25:48

the equivalent of a far score in

golf. If they jump beyond that mark,

1:25:481:25:53

they earn extra points. If they are

short, they lose points. Each

1:25:531:25:59

competitor has two jumps.

1:25:591:26:05

competitor has two jumps. Japan's

Kasai is back for a record eighth

1:26:051:26:08

games. At the ripe old age of 45.

Everybody hoping that Kasai can make

1:26:081:26:20

it into the final.

1:26:201:26:25

He jumps 122.5 metres and a combined

score of 104.2. He is certainly

1:26:321:26:42

through. That is a relief to all of

us over the age of 40! And let's

1:26:421:26:49

look and see who will join him. What

a sight this is. It is one of true

1:26:491:26:55

spectacles of any winter Olympics.

Majestic. They're flying about six

1:26:551:27:01

metres above the outrun and it is

very scary at the top.

1:27:011:27:08

COMMENTATOR: He goes into ninth.

This is our last qualifier. We will

1:27:131:27:22

see ten more in a minute. Stjernen

has to make sure he doesn't make a

1:27:221:27:27

mess out of this. Clean enough on

the takeoff. Good distance. Again

1:27:271:27:33

not the best.

1:27:331:27:40

not the best. But it will be enough.

128.5.

1:27:401:27:47

128.5. Ranked 12th in the world. His

dad was a World Cup-winning ski

1:27:491:27:55

jumper. He was fourth just outside

the medals at last year's World

1:27:551:28:03

Championships. Judges liked it.

Qualification score puts him in

1:28:031:28:09

tenth and that concludes our

qualifiers. So here is the list

1:28:091:28:13

starting from the top. Everyone has

qualified. Kobayashi leads. What an

1:28:131:28:23

outstanding jump that was.

1:28:231:28:34

That is the end of their

participation in this large hill

1:28:551:28:59

event.

1:28:591:29:06

event. Now we enjoy Kobayashi's jump

one more time. That really was a

1:29:061:29:11

thing of beauty.

1:29:111:29:17

thing of beauty.

Looks very calm,

doesn't he? Yeah, I knock those out

1:29:171:29:23

any day that ends with a Y.

This

should be fun. These guys are

1:29:231:29:27

already qualified. They don't have

to do anything. They're just jumping

1:29:271:29:32

for the experience and to entertain

the crowd.

1:29:321:29:45

. That was a good jump. Brings the

arms down. Gets over the top of the

1:29:491:29:57

skis to make the most of the air

under neath. You can see the snow

1:29:571:30:02

swirling in the air around him. The

landing gets away from him a bit.

1:30:021:30:07

Maybe he would have been shooting

for 18s otherwise from the judges.

1:30:071:30:13

123.6. Again, he has already

qualified. But that puts him into

1:30:131:30:18

fourth place. Kubacki.

1:30:181:30:29

Eighth in this event in last years

championship, 35th in the Hill,

1:30:331:30:38

coming back. That's OK. Solid but

unspectacular.

1:30:381:30:48

He had an odd week last week, the

third best jump in qualifying and

1:30:481:30:55

did not get out of the first round

in the final itself. But he was

1:30:551:31:00

getting himself into the top three

in large hill training this week.

1:31:001:31:04

See what he gets with the judges.

18s, they are fans. But since

1:31:041:31:13

seventh. Not quite as impressive as

qualifying. -- that puts him. This

1:31:131:31:22

man has seen his younger brother go

over 143 metres, and his other

1:31:221:31:29

finished above him in last week's

Olympic final. -- his brother. He

1:31:291:31:38

has some questions to answer from a

family point of view! And that will

1:31:381:31:45

not answer them! You need to go and

chat to your younger brother, he has

1:31:451:31:53

got the measure of this course and

these conditions and you are

1:31:531:31:57

struggling a little bit.

1:31:571:32:04

struggling a little bit. All right

form wise on the way down, the

1:32:041:32:08

Telemark was a little... Look at

that from his younger brother, tried

1:32:081:32:11

to keep that emotion bottled up! 150

metres. Your brother has just

1:32:111:32:21

outjumped you buy the best part of

28 metres. That is a way. This will

1:32:211:32:27

be interesting, the world champion.

Finished 13th in the normal hill.

1:32:271:32:41

That might go some way towards

restoring things. Good understands.

1:32:441:32:47

On hundreds 31 metres. -- 131

metres. Extending up through that

1:32:471:32:57

body.

1:32:571:33:02

The concentration. They make it look

easy, it's not easy.

1:33:101:33:19

easy, it's not easy. The judges

very, very happy. They have shifted

1:33:191:33:23

the gate again. The distance wasn't

quite there but Stefan Kraft into

1:33:231:33:29

sixth place.

1:33:291:33:37

sixth place. This man and his

moustache, forecast extra crispy!

1:33:371:33:44

Whatever its doors for the

aerodynamics that moustache works,

1:33:441:33:50

135 metres. Robert Johannson. We are

going to see three Norwegians in a

1:33:501:33:56

row. This event has not won by a

Norwegian since 1964. More than half

1:33:561:34:04

a century ago. When that kind of

moustache was still reasonably

1:34:041:34:09

fashionable! Did not initially

crouched into that Telemark as much

1:34:091:34:16

as I would have liked. The judges

contradict me beautifully, they say

1:34:161:34:22

they loved it, there are played.

Into the lead. 135 metres with the

1:34:221:34:30

benefit of data points. -- fair

play. Nor way have struggled in this

1:34:301:34:37

event for 50 years. Norwegian ski

jumping has such history, they won

1:34:371:34:45

gold after gold when this event was

originally introduced to the Winter

1:34:451:34:49

Olympics.

1:34:491:34:51

Big talk in the Norwegian media this

week about Norway getting back on

1:34:571:35:02

top of this event, 137 metres is how

you do that, not as

1:35:021:35:11

you do that, not as far as

Kobayashi. But this is impressive.

1:35:141:35:18

Held nicely. High five from the

coaches. He is looking on eagerly.

1:35:181:35:27

He thinks this is going to be good

and it is good, 19s

1:35:271:35:31

across-the-board. A little wind

assistance so he lost some points.

1:35:311:35:38

Slots in just behind Robert

Johannson. Now, the last Norwegian

1:35:381:35:45

we will see. Six in the normal hill.

1:35:451:35:56

Just seen his teammates lay down

some excellent jumps. That, though,

1:35:581:36:03

may be a little short of what he was

after, let's see... I think an extra

1:36:031:36:10

five metres on that. Would have been

more to his liking.

1:36:101:36:20

more to his liking. Holding good

form, the right-hand just coming out

1:36:201:36:24

at the end to stabilise him on

landing. Yes, fifth. There is Robert

1:36:241:36:34

Johannson, occupying hotseat, very,

very happy, this is what Norway

1:36:341:36:40

wanted to see, their athletes to

come backfiring this week.

1:36:401:36:48

come backfiring this week. Led by

the Germans, this man, the normal

1:36:481:36:51

hill Olympic champion. Also the

world silver medallist in the large

1:36:511:36:59

hill, he could win this too. This,

his initial statement in this event,

1:36:591:37:06

dude on distance. Just a little

trouble on the landing. -- good

1:37:061:37:13

understands.

1:37:131:37:19

Less than a week since he won the

Olympic gold, bit of an outsider for

1:37:191:37:23

that. Fantastic performance, he

thinks he can do it again. Only

1:37:231:37:31

placed around tenth in training this

week but again he was top in the

1:37:311:37:34

warmup jumps to night. Just a

fraction of the leader line. Good

1:37:341:37:41

scores from the judges. Only enough

for fourth place right now, the

1:37:411:37:48

Norwegians including Johannson hold

the lead. And here now... Ninth in

1:37:481:38:00

the normal hill event last week.

Looked good in large hill training,

1:38:001:38:05

just like his teammate.

1:38:051:38:06

A little short of the Norwegian

marker laid down, his moustache is

1:38:151:38:20

shorter, his jump is shorter!

1:38:201:38:23

Not the easiest conditions through

that snow although it has to be

1:38:301:38:34

said, World Cup ski jumpers are used

to that, Babel jumping almost

1:38:341:38:38

anything. His arms out for the

Telemark. The distance combined with

1:38:381:38:48

reasonably good but not spectacular

judging means he will slip down and

1:38:481:38:53

he will only be in 12th place. We

have one to go. The wind has barely

1:38:531:39:00

got it our way deceiving, that is

good news, hopefully that stays for

1:39:001:39:04

tomorrow. The defending Olympic

champion, he only finished fourth.

1:39:041:39:12

He needs something good. Poland

expects from this man. It's good.

1:39:121:39:24

It's not incredible statement of

intent good but it is good enough,

1:39:241:39:27

gets a smile.

1:39:271:39:32

gets a smile. And Kamil Stoch will

advance comfortably, in the top ten

1:39:401:39:43

or so.

1:39:431:39:46

But he's going to need to step it

up. To look at successfully

1:39:461:39:54

defending that Olympic gold medal

when we reconvene on Saturday. Into

1:39:541:40:02

that landing. Waiting for the

judges. Seventh place with a

1:40:021:40:09

distance for Kamil Stoch. Work to do

for him and Poland. Robert Johannson

1:40:091:40:15

of Norway is your top qualifier, all

the scores are reset on Saturday, it

1:40:151:40:25

means nothing on paper but that

1:40:251:40:31

means nothing on paper but that is a

big confidence boost for the

1:40:311:40:32

Norwegians and it means when we come

back to this hill on Saturday they

1:40:321:40:34

will be looking to go for gold and

take back control of this event for

1:40:341:40:37

Germany. STUDIO: it could be the

most celebrated moustache and all of

1:40:371:40:43

Norway if it happens, I am keeping

my fingers crossed. I know the

1:40:431:40:48

Germans, Norwegians and Dutch have

in carrying the weight sackfuls of

1:40:481:40:53

medals from various locations but

you get the feeling the British

1:40:531:40:56

athletes are warming up nicely.

There are metal hopes have been on

1:40:561:41:01

ice for the first 6-7 days but

things are thawing and not just for

1:41:011:41:05

us.

1:41:051:41:12

us. We've had the teams, the

players, it's every man for himself,

1:41:121:41:16

the individual event in figure

skating. The short programme coming

1:41:161:41:20

very soon. Also today, the medal

mission, American Mikaela Shiffrin

1:41:201:41:26

defends her slalom title, she won

her first gold yesterday. And expect

1:41:261:41:37

Norway's attacking Vikings to be in

full cry as they go for a fifth gold

1:41:371:41:40

in a row in the superquick men's

super-g. Speaking of quick, it's

1:41:401:41:47

headfirst hurtling in skeleton, Dom

Parsons in a medal shakeup for the

1:41:471:41:53

men, defending champion Lizzy

Yarnold and Laura Deas just getting

1:41:531:41:57

under way.

1:41:571:42:02

under way. And the women's riders

tackle the huge Winter Olympic

1:42:031:42:05

obstacle course in snowboard cross,

this was quite a final! But first.

1:42:051:42:13

Relax, everybody, it's time for

Christopher Dean. An oasis

1:42:131:42:18

Relax, everybody, it's time for

Christopher Dean. An oasis of calm

1:42:181:42:18

in all the Olympic frenzy. Great to

see you. You played such an

1:42:181:42:23

important part for Savchenko and

mass art yesterday. Has there been

1:42:231:42:30

champagne and chocolate?

I have had

nothing yet. After an Olympic gold

1:42:301:42:38

in Germany there is such a frenzy. I

am sure they have been inundated

1:42:381:42:42

with lots of requests. They are

enjoying their moment, that is for

1:42:421:42:47

sure and I think I will hear from

them in a couple of days.

I'm sure

1:42:471:42:52

you will. Do you have any

professional interest to declare in

1:42:521:42:55

the men's event?

I had to think

about it, I have worked with the

1:42:551:43:07

American boy and with Nathan when he

was recovering from an injury.

A

1:43:071:43:11

limited extent but you have your

finger in a pie. But before we get

1:43:111:43:16

started on the quad fest, we have

been enjoying our trip down memory

1:43:161:43:20

lane, getting some nostalgic videos

and so much so, people have asked,

1:43:201:43:26

notably Vanessa on the hashed --

hash tag, asked to see Adam. We are

1:43:261:43:35

going to have another Torvill and

Dean perfect moment.

1:43:351:43:40

APPLAUSE.

COMMENTATOR: And just look

at that! Everyone of them a 6.

1:47:561:48:13

at that! Everyone of them a 6. We

don't have to wait, we know. Jane

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Torvill and Christopher Dean are the

world champions of 1983.

It makious

1:48:181:48:25

smile. T -- makes you smile.

I have

not seen that in such a long time.

1:48:251:48:32

I'm exhausted just watching it.

It

must have been one of the most

1:48:321:48:38

overwhelming reactions from any

crowd. They were on their feet and

1:48:381:48:44

roses and flowers on the ice.

Sometimes the choice of music

1:48:441:48:48

encourage people to be up with you.

The music got everybody in the mood

1:48:481:48:54

and they were stood up and clapping

and it all came together.

83. You

1:48:541:48:59

were on your way to Sarajevo. But

there had been back-to-back golds in

1:48:591:49:06

the men's event and those were the

days when figure skating was the

1:49:061:49:12

Olympic games for Great Britain.

When you look back at 1976, John

1:49:121:49:20

Curry, Innsbruck. This was a very

influencial performance. How would

1:49:201:49:26

you sum up his approach and

influence?

John brought the artistry

1:49:261:49:32

to the ice and he was the first that

was a ballet dancer on ice. He

1:49:321:49:39

brought the aesthetics, the style,

everything came together on the ice.

1:49:391:49:45

People loved his skating. But there

were some within skating saying, it

1:49:451:49:51

wasn't athletic enough. For me, it

brought it all together. Athleticism

1:49:511:49:56

and the ballet quality.

It was art

as well as sport.

Yes.

He went and

1:49:561:50:02

moved to Colorado, because we didn't

have the ice facilities here for

1:50:021:50:05

that level. Robin Cousins followed

and he became a gold medallist.

From

1:50:051:50:13

the same school. Robin had that

artistry, but he brought the

1:50:131:50:23

athleticism back into it. This is an

amazing performance in Lake Placid.

1:50:231:50:29

Still the exuberance, but he still

had the John Curry grace.

Yes she

1:50:291:50:36

was tall and statuesque. The jumps

were fluid. I think Robin brought it

1:50:361:50:42

all together.

Thereafter through the

80s, the picture was dominated by

1:50:421:50:55

North America and then the Brians.

They were actually

1:50:551:51:10

They were actually coached or core

graphed by the same woman. She was

1:51:121:51:19

criticised, but Brian on the day

championed and won.

His influence is

1:51:191:51:25

still part of skating, some of his

moves are still gaining marks.

He

1:51:251:51:33

had a triple jump with one hand in

the air. It has been deemed by the

1:51:331:51:40

judges are giving it more credit to

do jumps with hands in the air. You

1:51:401:51:44

will see with the men and indeed a

lot with the ladies certainly that

1:51:441:51:51

every jump is in the air. It has

taken it to its extreme. I think

1:51:511:51:56

they should pull it back a bit. Such

an influence.

You mentioned the

1:51:561:52:02

triples. Those were the old days. It

is quads now. Is it the best jump

1:52:021:52:07

hear the will win?

I think it will

be both. We still want the style.

1:52:071:52:12

Certainly if you are going to go out

there and do anything between three

1:52:121:52:17

to five quads, which some of the men

will do, you will win.

Keep the

1:52:171:52:23

questions coming. Hashtag ask Chris

and you will enjoy an important

1:52:231:52:30

short programme. It will be

commentated on Catherine Downs and

1:52:301:52:38

Robin Cousins.

1:52:381:52:39

commentated on Catherine Downs and

Robin Cousins. COMMENTATOR: This is

1:52:391:52:42

the new star of Team USA.

He was

fourth in the US Championships.

1:52:421:52:53

fourth in the US Championships. The

selection committee took into

1:52:531:52:55

account the whole season and brought

the No 1, 3 and 4 to the games and

1:52:551:53:02

he proved in the team event he was

the right choice.

He is the first

1:53:021:53:09

openly gay Olympian for the United

States and he has been outspoken

1:53:091:53:14

against the Trump administration. He

has been on social media answering

1:53:141:53:19

his critics and his fans alike. But

now it is time to let his skates do

1:53:191:53:24

the talking.

1:53:241:53:30

the talking.

No quadruple jump

planned. He will want the triple

1:53:301:53:36

axel and the triple to be pristine.

Triple flip and triple toe loop.

1:53:361:53:52

The triple axel. He has got it.

1:54:041:54:11

Lovely.

1:54:501:54:59

The final element. Fantastic layback

spin. Not something that we see in

1:55:451:55:52

the men's event that often.

Phenomenal flexibility.

LAUGHTER. It

1:55:521:56:01

is a party on the ice! A superstar

is born for Team USA.

You see that

1:56:011:56:10

red box, not the fact that the

triple axel wasn't called, but it

1:56:101:56:15

wasn't pristine and the grade of

execution from the judges will be a

1:56:151:56:19

minus. But everything else on the

money. He needed to be more forward

1:56:191:56:27

on that take off from the triple

axel. Watch the landing. Oh, there

1:56:271:56:34

it is. There is the deduction. But

the rest of it brilliant. One of the

1:56:341:56:40

few men to do a layback spin within

the combination.

So up to the top of

1:56:401:56:50

qualification goes Adam Rippon of

the USA. I expect we will see a lot

1:56:501:56:54

of him when he gets back to the

United States.

1:56:541:57:02

Aliyev representing Olympic Athletes

of Russia. His first Olympic Games.

1:57:101:57:22

Wow! Beautiful.

1:57:391:57:44

I have to verify, because it

re-Taited so fast -- rotated so

1:57:521:57:57

fast.

1:57:571:58:02

fast. Quadruple toe loop there.

1:58:021:58:09

Beautiful triple axel.

1:58:431:58:51

Wow! Wow! Wow! Wasn't ready for

that.

He suffered an ankle injury at

1:59:582:00:12

the start of season. But he seemed

to make up for any lost time.

Here

2:00:122:00:19

is the rotation - boom, boom, boom!

There is a lyrical quality, you have

2:00:192:00:33

fantastic music. That is what you

want.

Wow! It is a massive new

2:00:332:00:41

season's best for him.

2:00:412:00:47

He is pushing the 100 mark, and top

of the leaderboard by a country

2:00:522:00:55

mile.

2:00:552:00:59

The Sochi silver medallist, a

superstar in the world of figure

2:00:592:01:03

skating. A three-time world

champion, winning a record tenth

2:01:032:01:08

Canadian championship before these

games. Already goes away from

2:01:082:01:15

Pyeongchang with team gold for

Canada, but he was the weakest link

2:01:152:01:18

in the team. Not a great short

programme, then. Improvement is

2:01:182:01:22

needed now.

2:01:222:01:30

Quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop,

he wants. Quadruple toe loop, he

2:01:442:01:49

gets.

2:01:492:01:53

Triple Lutz. Triple toe loop. Smart

move.

2:02:042:02:15

Triple Axel. It is his Achilles'

heel.

2:02:472:02:57

That's a bit more like the Patrick

Chan who won three world titles. But

2:04:072:04:13

still a mistake in there. How costly

could that be, Robin?

It

2:04:132:04:23

could that be, Robin?

It would be

points down plus the deduction, so

2:04:232:04:27

four points down in total. Made the

rotation, not really sure why he

2:04:272:04:31

wanted to do the combination. Maybe

he was tactically playing it safe

2:04:312:04:37

and then opting for an easier for

him, triple and triple toe loop,

2:04:372:04:42

which puts pressure on the triple

Axel, and it is the Achilles' heel.

2:04:422:04:48

One of the Canadian commentators

calls the triple Axel Patrick Chan's

2:04:482:04:52

virus. If it goes wrong then it will

affect every element that follows.

2:04:522:04:59

It hasn't been comfortable for him

in a few years. And it was under

2:04:592:05:03

rotated, so it will be downgraded.

90.01 then. The deductions at the

2:05:032:05:12

end, a whole point for hitting the

ice. Not enough to beat Dmitri Aliev

2:05:122:05:19

fraud the Olympic Athletes from

Russia. Some big names are still to

2:05:192:05:25

come. Whatever comes over the next

two and a half minutes or so, Yuzuru

2:05:252:05:37

Hanyu will be carried through short

programme on a wave of adoration is.

2:05:372:05:42

There are Japanese flags 360

degrees, where ever he looks in this

2:05:422:05:46

Ice Arena. The defending Olympic and

world champion.

2:05:462:05:54

Quadruple Salchow, made even more

difficult for the entry from the

2:06:242:06:31

spread-eagled both before and after

the jump.

2:06:312:06:41

Glorious triple Axel.

2:07:292:07:33

Quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop,

there it is.

And there is the roar

2:07:512:07:56

from the crowd.

2:07:562:07:59

And the roof comes off the brink.

Absolutely sublime from the

2:08:472:08:52

defending Olympic champion, Yuzuru

Hanyu from Japan.

My hands are

2:08:522:08:56

shaking. My whole body is shaking.

That was absolutely glorious and

2:08:562:09:04

faultless. And look at the mass

Winnie the Pooh sacrifice! He loves

2:09:042:09:10

Winnie the Pooh. Look at those

firms.

2:09:102:09:18

firms. -- those fans. Goodness me,

he delivered. It wasn't in the plan

2:09:182:09:22

either. He was thinking about the

quadruple loop, but that Salchow was

2:09:222:09:29

glorious. He's on a cereal being

when he's on the ice. -- he's an

2:09:292:09:34

cereal being. -- he's an ethereal

being.

If you need any indication as

2:09:342:09:45

to the quality of this man, that's

it. He's not far off that world

2:09:452:09:52

record today, which he also holds.

Nathan Chen of the USA, the first

2:09:522:10:00

man to land five quads in a free

programme, the US national champion.

2:10:002:10:04

Saw him skate in the team event, and

it wasn't a good performance from

2:10:042:10:08

him. Those big jumps were not

working for him. What can he do

2:10:082:10:13

individually?

2:10:132:10:18

Nathan Chen's opening combination.

Went for the quadruple Lutz and went

2:10:422:10:48

down.

2:10:482:10:57

Stepping out of the quadruple toe

loop. Slightly off-kilter on the

2:11:492:11:52

take-off.

2:11:522:12:00

And all so on the triple Axel, and

that triple toe loop potentially a

2:12:022:12:14

not valid element.

2:12:142:12:18

There has been so much attention on

this young man's shoulders. Just 18

2:13:002:13:05

years old, because of what he can

achieve when he's at his best. But

2:13:052:13:09

you get the impression this might

not be his day.

Definitely not. He

2:13:092:13:15

wanted a quadruple Lutz combination.

The fall on the Lutz. I think the

2:13:152:13:22

experience and lack of it is what

has shown here in De Jong Nathan

2:13:222:13:28

Chen.

A season's best of 104 plus.

It's way down for Nathan Chen.

2:13:282:13:41

Mikael Kolyada, the Russian national

champion and European bronze

2:13:412:13:44

medallist from last month. And he

didn't have a particularly good

2:13:442:13:49

performance in the short programme

in the team event. He will look to

2:13:492:13:52

pull out the big tricks from the bag

this time around.

2:13:522:14:03

Another skater who has a quadruple

Lutz plan. Just the triple Lutz,

2:14:162:14:21

then. Playing safe there. He knows

what's gone ahead of him.

2:14:212:14:34

what's gone ahead of him. Now, what

will he do for the combination?

2:14:342:14:40

Quadruple toe loop he wants. He's

down.

2:14:402:14:45

Easy with the triple Axel. Beautiful

position is therefore the spin.

2:15:212:15:38

Not wavering off the spot.

2:15:432:15:52

CHEERING

APPLAUSE

2:16:422:16:45

Another mistake in there for Mikhail

Kolyada. He is scratching his head

2:16:452:16:51

thinking what on error went wrong?

You can see the tension, the crooked

2:16:512:17:04

body-line, the left shoulder up

almost into the ear. Not going to

2:17:042:17:08

happen. But then look how light. The

spins are exquisite.

2:17:082:17:23

He is in fifth place with Adam

Rippon. Yuzuru Hanyu way out in

2:17:242:17:32

front, the only skater so far to

break the magical 100 point barrier.

2:17:322:17:41

Here comes his countrymen, the world

silver medallist at his first

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Olympics, 20 years old, Shoma Uno.

We saw him perform in the team

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event. Japan came fifth.

Love the

short programme.

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Two quadruple jumps planned.

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That was the first, quadruple flip.

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Quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop.

Fantastic stuff.

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Just the triple axel. Very well to

hold that.

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CHEERING

APPLAUSE

2:20:362:20:43

Shoma Uno, the dark horse of this

Olympic competition lays down his

2:20:432:20:47

claim for a place on the podium.

I

do enjoy watching him skate.

2:20:472:20:56

Quadruple toe loop. Little tight in

the shoulders but down

2:20:562:21:03

the shoulders but down in the knees.

He such a compact skater.

Short but

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strong looking.

2:21:072:21:14

strong looking. Just short of the

season 's best. He becomes the

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second skater to date to break the

100 barrier. Still behind Yuzuru

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Hanyu who leads the way. Here is the

long-time rival and training mate,

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Javier Fernandez. Two-time world

champion who recently won his sixth

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consecutive European title. This is

his final Olympics, he has already

2:21:462:21:51

said it is his last season, he has

had enough at the age of 26.

2:21:512:21:56

Retirement beckons for Javier

Fernandez.

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He will open with the temp the knead

quad toe loop, triple toe loop,

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lovely stuff right in front of the

judges.

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Second jump, quadruple salchow.

Gorgeous.

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CROWD CLAP TO MUSIC.

2:22:582:23:06

CROWD CLAP TO MUSIC.

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Beautiful triple axel, the jump

elements done.

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CHEERING

APPLAUSE

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CHUCKLES

Here we go!

CHUCKLES

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The Olympic medal is the only thing

missing from his collection but it

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looks like he is out to put that

right at the final time of asking.

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Where do we start? Perfect landing

position from the quad to take off

2:24:552:25:02

for the trouble, take off in the

need for the quad salchow. Doesn't

2:25:022:25:12

quite have the overall furnace of

Yuzuru Hanyu technically Firmino. --

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overall finesse.

Just a fraction of

his season 's best. Javier Fernandez

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slots in between Yuzuru Hanyu and

Shoma Uno into second place. Bronze

2:25:252:25:35

medal at the last two World

Championships, 20 years old as well,

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he has been one to watch for the

last few years Jin Boyang. He

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completes this short programme.

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Planning two quadruple jumps in this

short programme as well. Here is the

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first. Quadruple lutz, triple toe

loop, and he's got it.

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And there is the quadruple toe loop,

very nice indeed.

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Triple axel.

CHEERING

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CHEERING

APPLAUSE

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Don't forget me says Jin Boyang, do

not count me out just yet.

2:28:352:28:41

Thrilling. Definitely going to be

over the 100. Where is he going to

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go?

Seasons best is 100.17 and that

looked pretty good to me. Seasons

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best material.

An absolute cracker.

It's an new season 's best, he

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breaks the 100 point barrier. So

let's have a look at the results

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from today.

2:29:182:29:23

from today. The two time world

champion chasing his first Olympic

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medal in second. But Yuzuru Hanyu

back to his untouchable best. The

2:29:282:29:32

short programme is the building

block for Olympic gold and Yuzuru

2:29:322:29:38

Hanyu has laid the surest

foundation.

2:29:382:29:39

He certainly has, ten points better

than he managed in Sochi four years

2:29:432:29:48

ago, and the first time he has

properly skated in four months, he's

2:29:482:29:52

had a lot of problems.

He has had in

ankle injury he is coming back from

2:29:522:29:56

but he's done all the right stuff.

He was away from competition and

2:29:562:30:01

rightly so, preparing for the

Olympics. Back stronger than ever.

2:30:012:30:05

About four points ahead of the

Spaniard but in terms of the class

2:30:052:30:11

how much further ahead is he than

the rest of the field?

He has got

2:30:112:30:17

everything, style. What I love about

him is the ease with which he moves

2:30:172:30:21

over the ice. He can accelerate and

get momentum so quickly and so easy.

2:30:212:30:27

That goes towards his jumps that

he's able to be tight in the air,

2:30:272:30:32

rotate quickly and come out of the

jumps with clean running edges, not

2:30:322:30:37

on the tour peg, not skidding, fully

rotated.

He is such a superstar,

2:30:372:30:43

when he turned up in Pyeongchang he

had to be given an escort and he has

2:30:432:30:51

this massive fan club who throw

Winnie the Pooh's, it goes back to

2:30:512:30:56

him having a Winnie the Pooh tissue

holder which everyone latched onto.

2:30:562:31:00

Look at this. He keeps a few of them

but the rest of them go to a local

2:31:002:31:07

children's hospital so everyone is

willing him on.

He has a huge

2:31:072:31:11

following across Japan, he is a

superstar.

The headlines for the New

2:31:112:31:17

York Times, Yuzuru Hanyu commands

the stage, Nathan Chen falls off it.

2:31:172:31:24

It's a huge role for him, going into

this Olympics after Lindsey Vonn

2:31:242:31:29

from skiing he was the next gold

medal hope. It all unravelled for

2:31:292:31:33

him on the night. I have seen him

training in Colorado and he's pretty

2:31:332:31:38

consistent. He trains hard and for

this to happen, I can only put it

2:31:382:31:43

down to the pressure upon him. This

is his first Olympics. He is not

2:31:432:31:48

lost anything this season. The eyes

of America are on him and it just

2:31:482:31:53

didn't work out.

2:31:532:31:59

Very tentative, only 18 years of

age.

And you forget that the.

Even

2:32:002:32:05

in the team event, some reports said

he looked a bit starstruck.

I think

2:32:052:32:09

the pressure of the media attention.

He's a pretty laid-back guy, doesn't

2:32:092:32:14

take it all on, but I think he has

internalised all that pressure, and

2:32:142:32:18

it has unfolded here on the short

programme.

It looks as though the

2:32:182:32:23

Japanese might become the first, if

he can keep it together, since

2:32:232:32:29

Richard button a long time ago, to

defend the title. In second place,

2:32:292:32:35

Fernandez. How large is the clamour

for this man to get an Olympic

2:32:352:32:39

medal?

He has won the World

Championship twice, I believe. He is

2:32:392:32:47

just a

2:32:472:32:47

Championship twice, I believe. He is

just a talent, and really engages

2:32:472:32:49

with the audience. He's a

storyteller, when he goes out there,

2:32:492:32:52

he tells a story. This is a Charlie

Chaplin -esque routine. And by the

2:32:522:32:59

end of it the audience were with

him, the music and style, and he

2:32:592:33:04

engages people. Such a character,

and you can see how he finishes with

2:33:042:33:08

that move. People love him.

He

shares a coach with Yuzuru Hanyu as

2:33:082:33:16

well.

Brian also.

2:33:162:33:21

well.

Brian also. He's Japanese,

Canadian, he's all over the place.

2:33:232:33:25

But I imagine it's a good system for

the two top boys because they see

2:33:252:33:30

what each other is doing. They push

each other, and it's really close.

2:33:302:33:35

Between second and fourth, just four

points separating them. In third

2:33:352:33:38

place, Shoma Uno from Japan, a real

buzz bomb by comparison to Yuzuru

2:33:382:33:45

Hanyu.

He is compact and powerful.

When he skates, he gets really deep

2:33:452:33:53

into the ice. He has the same coach

as the ladies world champion from

2:33:532:33:58

the 90s. They have a similar style,

they get really deep into the ice.

2:33:582:34:03

What I love about his skating, not a

lot of people talk about spins, but

2:34:032:34:08

he has very fast spins.

Only 20

years of age. So is China's Jin

2:34:082:34:14

Boyang. He is pushing for the bronze

medal position and it's frightening

2:34:142:34:17

the number of very young skaters we

talk about. Nathan Chen is only 18.

2:34:172:34:22

These are just out of their teens

and they perform these incredible

2:34:222:34:27

feats.

If you don't have the quad,

you can't be in the club of getting

2:34:272:34:33

a medal, I don't think. Very few

people will challenge these guys

2:34:332:34:36

because of the quad. Some of the

older skaters, let's say, if you

2:34:362:34:41

don't have a quad, you will not get

a medal.

And we will see a heck of a

2:34:412:34:46

lot more of them in the free

programme tomorrow.

They only have

2:34:462:34:49

to put in two in the short

programme. That's what they can do,

2:34:492:34:53

but there is a potential for five in

the long and Nathan Chen was the

2:34:532:34:58

first to do that.

Vincent, the

skates EU have helped with his

2:34:582:35:07

style.

-- the skater who you have

helped with his style. This was the

2:35:072:35:17

quad Lutz.

What other components of

that, and what is he successfully

2:35:172:35:25

doing?

The Axel is the hardest jump,

but the Lutz is the next hardest, if

2:35:252:35:31

you're talking about quad. Nobody

has done a quad of Axel, but the

2:35:312:35:35

next hardest is the quad of Lutz.

You have to rotate from the outside

2:35:352:35:43

of the edge, and that makes it

difficult.

There will be a high

2:35:432:35:46

degree of difficulty in some of the

routines they will attempt tomorrow.

2:35:462:35:51

Chris, we look forward to your

company tomorrow. Don't forget to

2:35:512:35:55

keep sending your questions in. We

are talking Mission impossible in

2:35:552:36:00

some respects in scheme because

Mikaela Shiffrin is going for an

2:36:002:36:06

unprecedented fourth gold medal. If

she can pull it off, it was mission

2:36:062:36:10

accomplished in terms of the first

part of the jigsaw yesterday when

2:36:102:36:14

she won gold in the giant slalom.

Today comes the event where she is

2:36:142:36:18

the defending champion, giant

slalom. COMMENTATOR:

Now it's the

2:36:182:36:25

turn of Mikaela Shiffrin. She pushes

out at the start hut. She is the

2:36:252:36:34

finest exponent of giant slalom and

slalom skiing in the world right

2:36:342:36:37

now. She is getting after this giant

slalom second run. She is looking

2:36:372:36:48

for her second Olympic title. And

she is on her way to gold medal

2:36:482:36:56

position, surely now. It's been

lightening quick from Mikaela

2:36:562:37:00

Shiffrin. Mikaela Shiffrin is the

Olympic champion for the second

2:37:002:37:07

time.

STUDIO: In the women's slalom

she has claimed five of seven wins

2:37:072:37:13

in the races in slalom that have

been staged on the World Cup already

2:37:132:37:17

this season, so in some respects it

would be a bigger surprise if you

2:37:172:37:20

didn't win. She's up against not one

of the worlds best ski races, but

2:37:202:37:26

history itself because in the long

history of this event, in the

2:37:262:37:29

Olympic games, no one has ever

successfully defended the women's

2:37:292:37:33

slalom title. Would she break the

mould again? Let's find out with

2:37:332:37:37

Graham Bell and Chilton.

COMMENTATOR: Wendy Holdener will be

2:37:372:37:45

first to ski, which is often an

advantage. A nice clean track

2:37:452:37:49

underfoot. She had a course

inspection, will visualise the

2:37:492:37:54

pattern of gates that lay before

her. The 2018 Olympic women's slalom

2:37:542:37:58

is underway. Wendy Holdener, the

first to ski for Switzerland. She is

2:37:582:38:06

the third ranked slalom skier on the

2018 World Cup tour, behind Mikaela

2:38:062:38:13

Shiffrin, of course, and Petra

Vlhova, second in the rankings.

2:38:132:38:23

Regular on the World Cup podium,

second, third, second, third, second

2:38:232:38:30

in a parallel slalom in Stockholm. A

serious threat for a medal today. As

2:38:302:38:34

she hits the flat, this is great

slalom skiing from Wendy Holdener.

2:38:342:38:41

Superb acceleration, and she is

laying down a really good marker.

2:38:412:38:47

Full of confidence, no mistakes,

good speed from turn to turn. And

2:38:472:38:50

it's a cracking start. Apologies for

the problem with the graphic there.

2:38:502:38:58

Wendy Holdener, first downhill, and

I would imagine she is pretty happy

2:38:582:39:01

with that run.

2:39:012:39:10

with that run. Nina Haver-Loeseth,

comes fresh off the back of her

2:39:102:39:14

first World Cup win for a while.

Four tenths behind Wendy Holdener at

2:39:142:39:22

the first intermediate, wearing the

same colours as Wendy Holdener, but

2:39:222:39:29

racing for Norway. They have a lot

of the same livery week to week and

2:39:292:39:35

in a major championships. No

advertising is allowed on the race

2:39:352:39:39

suits, of course. Nina

Haver-Loeseth, 0.55 off the pace of

2:39:392:39:48

Wendy Holdener. It has been a clean

run. Slightly on the cautious side,

2:39:482:39:54

hoping to get a second run. And she

has made it to the foot of the

2:39:542:39:58

course, just off the pace. She is in

great shape, it will be tougher for

2:39:582:40:03

the later starters. -- the course is

in great shape. The return of

2:40:032:40:09

Shiffrin, looking for the double.

Encouraged out at the start gate by

2:40:092:40:13

the coaches. Into this metronomic

tempo. As a youngster, the

2:40:132:40:22

Shiffrins, she was coached by her

mother and father, they favoured

2:40:222:40:26

deliberate practice over competition

and she had limited time in ski

2:40:262:40:30

races. Bearing in mind a ski race

was only two runs and they felt she

2:40:302:40:35

could do ten, 15, 20 runs in a day

when practising. The family insisted

2:40:352:40:40

Shiffrin would practice her turns

even when going from the bottom of

2:40:402:40:44

the race course to the ski lift.

Most races ski straight down,

2:40:442:40:49

scaring the living daylights out of

tourists, but Shiffrin practised her

2:40:492:40:54

turns whenever possible. It brought

her the Olympic slalom title four

2:40:542:40:58

years ago in Sochi. She was the

Olympic gold medallist yesterday in

2:40:582:41:02

giant slalom and she is in good

shape as she goes for the double.

2:41:022:41:07

Skiing into second. Excellent

skiing. Still plenty of talented

2:41:072:41:13

racers who could push for a top

three place in this first leg. Anna

2:41:132:41:19

Swenn Larsson is next to go. Has a

wild upper body movement. Hands held

2:41:192:41:23

that face

2:41:232:41:29

that face height, and they come

through to punch away the

2:41:292:41:32

spring-loaded gates, rather like a

boxer. Reminds me of a fellow Swede,

2:41:322:41:36

that slightly unorthodox upper body

movement. It's going well for Swenn

2:41:362:41:42

Larsson so far. 33 hundredths of a

second off the place of Wendy

2:41:422:41:48

Holdener. She could move into second

position and Bush Mikaela Shiffrin

2:41:482:41:57

down a notch. With a fast finish

here. Swenn Larsson is holding

2:41:572:42:01

nothing back. She pushes for the

line and has gone second. Terrific

2:42:012:42:08

skiing from Anna Swenn Larsson.

Terrific delete.

2:42:082:42:12

The number one Austrian skier,

Bernadette Schild. Her sister was a

2:42:162:42:27

silver medallist behind Mikaela

Shiffrin four years ago, and also

2:42:272:42:30

second in 2010. That sister has now

retired, leaving Bernadette to

2:42:302:42:37

represent the family, doing that in

some style this season, on the

2:42:372:42:44

podium twice.

2:42:442:42:50

Closing the gap to the leader, Wendy

Holdener. But slower than Mikaela

2:42:572:43:01

Shiffrin, judging by the

intermediate time. Skiing

2:43:012:43:06

potentially for third or fourth

place, Bernadette Schild. In the

2:43:062:43:10

end, fifth. Exactly one seconds

slower than Wendy Holdener. By no

2:43:102:43:15

means out of the medal hunt here.

Frida Hansdotter, one of the top

2:43:152:43:24

skiers in the world. Sixth in giant

slalom yesterday. An exceptional

2:43:242:43:32

giant slalom performance from Frida

Hansdotter. Because she is really a

2:43:322:43:38

slalom specialist. The third ranked

slalom skier on the World Cup so far

2:43:382:43:42

this season. And she is in front at

the first intermediate, and the

2:43:422:43:46

second split. Hansdotter is mixing

things up here. We knew she was in

2:43:462:43:54

good form with a good result in

yesterday's GS, but this is her day,

2:43:542:43:59

her chance to shine. Only just

behind, nine hundredths of the pace

2:43:592:44:06

of Wendy Holdener. Hansdotter

powering through the bottom turns

2:44:062:44:11

and I think she will be clear of

Mikaela Shiffrin. Second place. The

2:44:112:44:17

32-year-old showing the youngsters

how to do it. Now, Katharina

2:44:172:44:25

Gallhuber of Austria, the second

Austrian on the Hill today.

2:44:252:44:28

Bernadette Schild, team mate,

seventh place. Gallhuber has lots of

2:44:282:44:35

strength and technical ability. Lots

of consistency this season, fifth in

2:44:352:44:42

Stockholm, sixth in Zagreb and a

couple of seventh places as well.

2:44:422:44:44

The second best Austrian slalom

skier of this World Cup season. She

2:44:442:44:50

is holding her own here. A good

start for Gallhuber. The top surface

2:44:502:44:58

of this track is starting to

deteriorate, meaning a deep rut is

2:44:582:45:02

beginning to form. Not as deep as it

will be for the racers starting in

2:45:022:45:06

the late 20s and 30s. But it is

beginning to develop. Katharina

2:45:062:45:12

Gallhuber has handled it

beautifully. It's a fine run. The

2:45:122:45:17

starter number of 15. Not far off, a

great result for Katharina

2:45:172:45:22

Gallhuber, giving her a serious

opportunity to shoot for a medal in

2:45:222:45:26

the second leg. Wendy Holdener

leading the way, she was first to

2:45:262:45:31

ski. Hansdotter came in at number

seven to go second. And Swenn

2:45:312:45:37

Larsson holds third.

2:45:372:45:43

Larsson holds third. Katharina

Gallhuber, 0.31 is her advantage

2:45:432:45:46

over her team-mate after the first

leg. Gallhuber is away.

2:45:462:45:54

Look at that, Katharina Gallhuber

just about tripling her lead since

2:45:572:46:02

the start at the first intermediate.

A huge amount of time, she will not

2:46:022:46:08

mind about the deteriorating course

and the rough underfoot, she can

2:46:082:46:12

drive through that with brute

strength. Terrific skiing from

2:46:122:46:19

Katharina Gallhuber. She could give

Austria first and second. Building

2:46:192:46:23

all the time, it gets better and

better through every turn, her lead

2:46:232:46:27

could be a second and a half. She is

flying through the final turns and

2:46:272:46:32

her advantage is 1.62 seconds. That

is massive. Ninth quickest after the

2:46:322:46:43

first run. I just wonder if this

second run which was full of fire

2:46:432:46:49

might move her up into the medals?

And

2:46:492:46:59

she is adding to her advantage,

good, strong, Slaven skiing from the

2:47:092:47:15

Austrians. -- slalom skiing.

Bernadette Schild with some of the

2:47:152:47:27

best slalom turns I have seen from

her all season. Her timing is

2:47:272:47:31

smooth. Now she makes are just first

mistake. She had .75 but

2:47:312:47:38

unfortunately the mistake came on

the flat and it might just rob her

2:47:382:47:42

of the chance to lead the Olympic

slalom. She's gone second. If you

2:47:422:47:48

make an error on the steep gravity

can come to the rescue but she made

2:47:482:47:53

the mistake just as she came onto

the flat and there was no steepness

2:47:532:47:57

to give her the quick exhilaration

to recover.

2:47:572:48:05

to recover. Now, fifth after the

first run, needs some of the speed

2:48:052:48:08

she showed to win the team event in

Stockholm, the parallel event in

2:48:082:48:16

Stockholm just prior to the Olympic

Winter Games. She heads off into the

2:48:162:48:23

wind which is blowing right up the

hill. It can only slowing down. Now

2:48:232:48:30

she is behind by two hundredths of a

second. Katharina Gallhuber still

2:48:302:48:35

leading the way. I wonder if she

might go on to take a medal in this

2:48:352:48:42

Olympic slalom. Nina Haver-Loeseth

starting to find some speed now she

2:48:422:48:45

is out of the teeth of the wind but

the damage already done. .69 down.

2:48:452:48:52

She might get in amongst the

provisional medal positions but I

2:48:522:48:55

don't think she will trouble the

gold medal. She has gone second but

2:48:552:48:59

look what she was dealing with,

brutal gusting at the top of the

2:48:592:49:02

course. Next ago Michaela Shifrin

looking for the double, she became

2:49:022:49:10

the giant slalom champion 24 hours

ago and her advantage over Katharina

2:49:102:49:17

Gallhuber is significant. Looks like

the wind has eased off for Michaela

2:49:172:49:20

Shifrin. Good, clean start. Four

racers in the past have done the

2:49:202:49:29

double in the same

2:49:292:49:35

double in the same games. First

mistake for Mikaela Shiffrin. The

2:49:352:49:43

most

2:49:432:49:51

can Mikaela Shiffrin do the double?

Not only is she looking for the

2:49:522:49:56

double she is hoping to defend the

slalom gold she won four years ago

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in Sochi and she's finishing with

incredible speed. She has gone

2:50:012:50:04

second. She will not make it two

gold medals. Mikaela Shiffrin made

2:50:042:50:15

that mistake, that is the mistake

which cost her the chance to lead

2:50:152:50:19

the race. Three still to come. Anna

Swenn Larsson, then Frida Hansdotter

2:50:192:50:28

then Wendy Holdener. Anna Swenn

Larsson away. Third after the first

2:50:282:50:33

run. Into the breeze. She will not

mind that too much I don't think.

2:50:332:50:41

She has got incredible strength. She

is maintaining most of her lead even

2:50:412:50:46

as she battles through the wind. I

heard her screaming in an effort to

2:50:462:50:52

encourage herself back onto the

ideal racing line. Anna Swenn

2:50:522:50:57

Larsson of Sweden still in front. If

she goes into first position here

2:50:572:51:04

she will be guaranteed an Olympic

medal. The time to beat one minute

2:51:042:51:09

26.62 seconds. Anna Swenn Larsson

pushing for the line. Has she done

2:51:092:51:17

enough? She is third, she is in

bronze and Katharina Gallhuber is

2:51:172:51:25

guaranteed a medal, extraordinary.

Katharina Gallhuber was only ninth

2:51:252:51:30

after the first run but will finish

with bronze at worst.

2:51:302:51:38

with bronze at worst. Frida

Hansdotter poised to race for the

2:51:392:51:40

final time today. Her advantage over

Katharina Gallhuber is significant.

2:51:402:51:47

1.03 seconds. Aggressive skiing at

the top from Frida Hansdotter who

2:51:472:51:54

had a solid first run and a good

giant slalom day yesterday. Likes

2:51:542:51:58

this hill. The majority of her

advantage is intact, the worst of

2:51:582:52:05

the wind is this part of the course.

She drops in and starts to go to

2:52:052:52:11

work and still 0.85 in front. Frida

Hansdotter has never won an Olympic

2:52:112:52:18

medal, can she put it right today?

Sixth in the giant slalom yesterday.

2:52:182:52:25

The former World Cup slalom

champion. Half a second is the lead.

2:52:252:52:30

Still a huge chunk of green in

favour, can she beat that? She can!

2:52:302:52:39

Moves into the gold medal position.

She is guaranteed silver at worst.

2:52:392:52:47

Sensible skiing from Frida

Hansdotter. She knew she had a hefty

2:52:472:52:51

advantage after the first run and

she used it to good effect. Now they

2:52:512:52:56

have to wait and watch. The last

skier, Wendy Holdener of Switzerland

2:52:562:53:06

who has had so many tight battles

with Frida Hansdotter in the World

2:53:062:53:10

Cup series, last season, this

season. Now it is down to the second

2:53:102:53:16

run of the Olympic slalom. Comes in

with an advantage of two tenths,

2:53:162:53:22

Wendy Holdener. She trails by 100th

of a second. She's got the worst of

2:53:222:53:31

the wind. It's absolutely quipping

in from left to right. Up into the

2:53:312:53:36

face, into the goggles. Three

hundredths behind, not done too much

2:53:362:53:42

more damage. From here on in she can

start to relax a little more. She is

2:53:422:53:48

out of the breeze, she has to push

through every one of these turns,

2:53:482:53:52

only four hundredths down, she can

still turn it around and take the

2:53:522:53:56

Olympic title. Wendy Holdener of

Switzerland trying to deny Frida

2:53:562:54:04

Hansdotter, she takes silver. Frida

Hansdotter is the Olympic champion!

2:54:042:54:10

The gold medal to Frida Hansdotter.

Wendy Holdener takes the silver

2:54:102:54:15

medal for Switzerland and Katharina

Gallhuber comes away with the

2:54:152:54:19

bronze, with Mikaela Shiffrin pushed

out of the medals down to fourth.

2:54:192:54:28

Frida Hansdotter is the Olympic

slalom champion Abdur two

2:54:282:54:33

sensational runs in Yongpyong. Frida

Hansdotter so often the runner-up to

2:54:332:54:44

Mikaela Shiffrin at the World Cup

races finally gets her moment in the

2:54:442:54:48

spotlight. I don't think she quite

believe that but she got it done.

2:54:482:54:51

That is the first global gold in the

Olympics or a World Championship not

2:54:562:55:02

won by Mikaela Shiffrin since 2011

and slalom.

Incredible, all eyes

2:55:022:55:08

were on Mikaela Shiffrin, this was

her dominating discipline. 30 World

2:55:082:55:14

Cups in slalom alone. Remembering

her age, that is incredible. When

2:55:142:55:19

she was not on form it opened up for

the whole of the field to go OK I

2:55:192:55:23

can do this. There was so much self

belief. Because she was struggling

2:55:232:55:28

today and not feeling well, Mikaela

Shiffrin, throwing up before the

2:55:282:55:32

first run, people saw it and used it

as an opportunity to bring their

2:55:322:55:36

best. I want to reiterate that Frida

Hansdotter won this, Mikaela

2:55:362:55:42

Shiffrin did not lose it. Frida

Hansdotter was the best, she nailed

2:55:422:55:47

it. It was only 500 psi head of

Wendy Holdener but she deserves

2:55:472:55:52

this. So many times she's been the

bridesmaid and not the bride. The

2:55:522:55:58

speed she is generating across the

flat, the upper body today was

2:55:582:56:03

stable, the legs firing underneath

her. She was sixth in the giant

2:56:032:56:10

slalom yesterday so brimming with

confidence from that.

You mention

2:56:102:56:19

the skiing we have seen from this

women, we have seen a lot of really

2:56:192:56:23

good Swedish women

2:56:232:56:29

good Swedish women in Alpine, a long

tradition in technical skiing

2:56:292:56:33

particularly.

They have so much

strength in numbers in the women's

2:56:332:56:38

and men's racing. There are a few of

them up there, we saw on the first

2:56:382:56:43

run Anna Swenn Larsson had a good

run, they all have individual

2:56:432:56:49

styles, they are all a bit loose

with the upper body but they don't

2:56:492:56:52

let it distract you from what the

legs are doing. Frida was so

2:56:522:56:58

deserved, everyone is a big fan of

hers. She is a very quiet girl and

2:56:582:57:03

so often second so it was nice to

see her win.

This was a barnstormer

2:57:032:57:09

from Katharina Gallhuber. Really

unexpected, she was solid in the

2:57:092:57:14

first round but the second round

from steep to flat was flawless.

2:57:142:57:19

This is what we expected from

Mikaela Shiffrin. The best she had

2:57:192:57:25

ever skied before this was fifth in

Stockholm in the parallel slalom.

2:57:252:57:29

Never been on the podium.

Incredible, to do it with that much

2:57:292:57:35

pressure, getting in a good position

with the first run and then

2:57:352:57:38

delivering, the Austrians are so

good at it at big events.

And the

2:57:382:57:43

Washington Post says a rare flash of

imperfection from Mikaela Shiffrin.

2:57:432:57:48

She said I did not feel like myself,

when we watched from the start you

2:57:482:57:52

could see was off. The timing was

not there. Hesitation at the top of

2:57:522:57:59

the turns. The feet twisting instead

of our and that was the only mistake

2:57:592:58:04

she made. It was just a bit

sluggish. I don't know if the medal

2:58:042:58:09

ceremony last night to get out of

her, we know she loves getting a lot

2:58:092:58:12

of breast but it was not her day.

But she came forth, it's not a

2:58:122:58:16

disaster. But for her dominance it

is not what she wanted.

She was ill,

2:58:162:58:23

physically unwell at the start and

we just hope it's not a new case of

2:58:232:58:29

moral virus which we know is going

around out there. She said before

2:58:292:58:34

the giant slalom gold that there

were moments where she thought she

2:58:342:58:37

did not know if she was good enough

to do it and one thing we have not

2:58:372:58:41

factored in is the fact she's the

only 22. She comes to her Olympics

2:58:412:58:48

and wins the first goal and people

think that is number one, lets get

2:58:482:58:51

number two.

People saying she could

win five medals and be the best they

2:58:512:58:58

have ever seen, its huge praise but

also huge pressure. Before the games

2:58:582:59:05

she had a slight wobble, coming out

of one race, it is so normal in

2:59:052:59:09

Alpine skiing to do that. She parked

it and won the giant slalom and so

2:59:092:59:14

we all thought this was the start of

the story for the three-mile Alpine

2:59:142:59:18

skiing at the Olympics but it's not

a shock, it does happen. She is very

2:59:182:59:24

young to be harbouring all of this

attention and she does have other

2:59:242:59:28

events. I think she will not race

the super-g tomorrow. It will be

2:59:282:59:35

best to rest and come back for the

Alpine combined at the end of the

2:59:352:59:39

Olympics.

And the downhill?

I think

if the training runs go well which

2:59:392:59:44

they will because she's really good

in the air when she will race that

2:59:442:59:49

as well.

Two British racers, Alex

Tilley crashing out.

2:59:492:59:56

as well.

Two British racers, Alex

Tilley crashing out.

She was

2:59:562:59:57

disappointed in the giant slalom and

again, we will put this on slow

2:59:573:00:00

motion in a second but it happened

so quickly. She pulled back, inside

3:00:003:00:06

hand down, this is a combination, we

call it a here pen, the distance

3:00:063:00:09

goes to

3:00:093:00:11

call it a here pen, the distance

goes to about five and a half metres

3:00:113:00:13

so you have two charge into them and

there is no recovery, now covering

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back. I feel for her because she had

the potential to shine and make her

3:00:163:00:22

mark. She's not this time but she's

got it in the future. And Charlie

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Guest is an incredible

3:00:273:00:29

got it in the future. And Charlie

Guest is an incredible story, broken

3:00:293:00:31

vertebrae in 2014, three years

coming back, three national titles,

3:00:313:00:35

the first run was solid, the second

she had a really good run on the

3:00:353:00:42

second coming 30th and was skiing

like she was fluid,

3:00:423:00:45

second coming 30th and was skiing

like she was fluid, this is her

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first Olympics again so it's great

we have two girls, two female

3:00:463:00:50

athletes for Britain. They will push

each other. They are not where they

3:00:503:00:54

can be right now but will get there.

3:00:543:00:56

We were now strapped on the longer

skis, the super giant slalom, the

3:01:013:01:07

super-g, what is different from the

downhill course from yesterday

3:01:073:01:11

rushing it's a completely new set.

It can be different on any given day

3:01:113:01:14

in super-g. Downhill is satellite.

They know the set they will have.

3:01:143:01:22

Super-g can be anything and anyone

can put the gates anywhere they want

3:01:223:01:25

on the hill. And they don't get

training runs. You do an inspection

3:01:253:01:29

on the morning of it, it takes an

hour commies slides down, visualise

3:01:293:01:33

the gates. And then you have to

execute that line while travelling

3:01:333:01:38

around 70 mph. There is a lot of

risk. You want to just make the

3:01:383:01:42

gates. If you are too clean, or to

round on the Sunday line, you won't

3:01:423:01:48

be fast enough.

You have to have 35

turns in the super-g. It is twisty,

3:01:483:01:53

turning and very first.

3:01:533:01:57

Norway's pedigree in the super

giant slalom, or super-g,

3:01:573:01:59

is unparalled at the Winter Games.

3:01:593:02:01

The great Lasse Kjus won it,

Kjetil Andre Aamodt twice,

3:02:013:02:03

Aksel Lund Svindal stretched

their dominant run in

3:02:033:02:05

Vancouver and Kjetil Jansrud

kept it going in Sochi.

3:02:053:02:07

Now they're going for

a fifth gold in a row.

3:02:073:02:09

History tells us this title

could be heading north.

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COMMENTATOR: The 2018 Olympic men's

super-g is underway here. The first

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Austrian on the course, Vincent

Creek Meyer.

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-- Vincent Kriechmayr.

The thing

with super-g is you want to get

3:02:333:02:40

exactly the right line. If you set

up too far behind then you are safe,

3:02:403:02:44

you will be on track, but we will

not carry speed. You want to try to

3:02:443:02:48

cut off the corners to the maximum,

but if you cut them off too much,

3:02:483:02:53

get direction run, and you will go

out, as we saw the first two races

3:02:533:02:57

do. Got the right direction over

that jump, heading towards what was

3:02:573:03:04

the paradise turn in the downhill

and the Blue Dragon Valley.

3:03:043:03:09

Kriechmayr safely through that

section.

3:03:093:03:15

section. That Valley caused Peter

Fill problem. Set up closer to the

3:03:153:03:21

line.

Lessons learned from the first

two who failed to finish. Kriechmayr

3:03:213:03:26

with a good run so far. A World Cup

winner this season, third ranked in

3:03:263:03:31

the season-long World Cup super-g

campaign.

3:03:313:03:37

campaign. His season peak was in

Colorado in November. Off the final

3:03:383:03:43

jump, makes the last red turn and

leads the Olympic super-g. The first

3:03:433:03:50

man to complete the course.

Kriechmayr leads the way.

That's a

3:03:503:03:53

good run from the Austrian.

Dustin

Cook for Canada is the next to ski.

3:03:533:04:00

29 years old, Dustin Cook.

3:04:003:04:05

He's ready to go, racing giant

slalom as well, raced in yesterday's

3:04:053:04:13

downhill, finishing outside the top

30, in 32nd position. We'll see how

3:04:133:04:19

he deals with the top part of this

track.

He's a good technical racer,

3:04:193:04:24

is Cook. And he's already ahead of

Kriechmayr. We saw that yesterday in

3:04:243:04:32

the downhill, the turns at the top

don't necessarily equates to a fast

3:04:323:04:36

time at the bottom because you need

to be able to let the speed go from

3:04:363:04:39

the steep to the flat.

Super-g is

the newest of the alpine

3:04:393:04:47

disciplines, introduced in the

Calgary games of 1988 when France

3:04:473:04:54

won gold, and his hotel in Calgary

has been named after that.

3:04:543:05:04

has been named after that.

Out of

the Blue Dragon Valley. A bit

3:05:053:05:07

tighter on the. That was more

aggressive than Kriechmayr, who I

3:05:073:05:15

think set up a bit too much behind

coming out of Dragon Valley. White

3:05:153:05:22

this will be tight, the Canadian

Dustin Cook is about to reach the

3:05:233:05:30

final element. He flies it, tucks in

and it's straight finish. He misses

3:05:303:05:35

the lead by a tent. Relief for

Vincent Kriechmayr who stays in

3:05:353:05:41

gold.

3:05:413:05:46

gold. Bostjan Kline, the 26-year-old

Slovenian. He's away. He comes from

3:05:463:05:55

the Maribor ski club, that produces

so many good races. Offered in GS

3:05:553:06:04

and slalom and they turn out the

occasional top downhill and super-g

3:06:043:06:11

skier. They have had a World Cup

winner, last season in the women's

3:06:113:06:17

competition. Five hundredths in

front at the first intermediate. A

3:06:173:06:23

little bit wide at the lying there.

That was the worst place to make

3:06:233:06:27

that state because the course

flattens out in that section.

3:06:273:06:34

Heading over the jump and down

towards the blue Valley.

Just

3:06:353:06:39

slightly late in the turn, entering

the Blue Dragon Valley. Accelerating

3:06:393:06:46

up to a top speed of 107 kph,

through the turns of the Blue Dragon

3:06:463:06:51

Valley. Really late there, brakes.

Came over the rise and knew he was

3:06:513:06:57

going slightly wrong direction.

Because he was light, the skis went

3:06:573:07:01

slightly sideways and it was a big

skid in motion, but it didn't cost

3:07:013:07:05

him too much time because he was

almost weightless when he made the

3:07:053:07:09

correction.

The time to beat belongs

to Vincent Kriechmayr. It's close.

3:07:093:07:18

He has gone third, Bostjan Kline

into bronze. Just floated wide. The

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defending champion, Jansrud.

3:07:263:07:32

defending champion, Jansrud. He was

the silver medallist behind

3:07:343:07:37

team-mate Aksel Lund Svindal 24

hours ago in the men's downhill

3:07:373:07:40

here. Can he turn that silver into

gold and successfully defend his

3:07:403:07:47

Olympic super-g crown?

He was great

at the top part of the course

3:07:473:07:53

yesterday in the downhill. For me,

he's the favourite in this

3:07:533:07:57

competition today. He has better

super-g skills than Svindal. Svindal

3:07:573:08:04

will also be struggling with a

swollen knee that swells up after

3:08:043:08:07

each race. But this is great from

Jansrud.

Jansrud is flying. What a

3:08:073:08:16

jump, incredible landing, 100%

accuracy, and he's 1400 's in front.

3:08:163:08:21

And now half a second infant.

Jansrud is getting after this, he

3:08:213:08:25

wants the gold again.

He got it just

right. Got the line exactly perfect.

3:08:253:08:34

Again on the exit, just on the

limit. The ideal situation with

3:08:343:08:39

super-g, you want to be risking 200%

but don't want to go over.

3:08:393:08:49

but don't want to go over.

The great

Norwegian winning two games in a row

3:08:493:08:54

in salt lick city in 2002 and Turin

in 2006. Can Jansrud repeat that

3:08:543:09:02

feat? It's a good lead, more than

half a second.

He's pumped, but he

3:09:023:09:07

will have to wait.

Number nine

racer, axel

3:09:073:09:15

he won the Olympic downhill

yesterday. Now he goes for the

3:09:223:09:26

double as he sets off in pursuit of

the super-g title. It's never been

3:09:263:09:31

done before. An American came close

in 94, winning downhill gold and

3:09:313:09:34

taking silver in the super-g. Frank

Picard in

3:09:343:09:46

Picard in 88 also went close.

Straight through a controlled date,

3:09:463:09:51

ducked his head into it. That will

hurt. It's a scrappy run from

3:09:513:09:57

Svindal. This was where he was so

good yesterday, on the lower part of

3:09:573:10:00

the course. Only one hundredth

behind with all those mistakes. Not

3:10:003:10:06

as risky going into the Blue Dragon

Valley.

He trails Jansrud. It will

3:10:063:10:14

require a miracle finish from Aksel

Lund Svindal to surpass the time set

3:10:143:10:18

by his great friend and team-mate.

The next intermediate, Svindal is

3:10:183:10:27

four tenths of the place. Could

still slip into silver. The top

3:10:273:10:32

three separated by 0.61 the second.

Svindal flies the jump. He almost

3:10:323:10:40

didn't finish. He has finished in

silver, despite almost tripping up.

3:10:403:10:44

He has gone into second. That was a

heart stopping moment at the base of

3:10:443:10:50

the mountain. The next ago, lays

Giezendanner, he's on his way for

3:10:503:10:58

France. Number ten. -- the next to

go, Blaise Giezendanner.

We will see

3:10:583:11:10

what he can do, risking it, going

for it from the line. Over the

3:11:103:11:17

rollers on the top part of the

course. The roller coasters of the

3:11:173:11:22

Dragons claw. Around the Paradise

turn.

3:11:223:11:27

turn.

This camera angle gives you

such a good idea of the speed these

3:11:283:11:32

guys are travelling across the snow.

A massive jump from Blaise

3:11:323:11:38

Giezendanner. 32 metres of flying at

full tilt.

And that's in a super-g

3:11:383:11:44

with no course inspection.

The

Frenchman is going well, half a

3:11:443:11:48

second down. Top three at the base

of the mountain divide by 0.51, so

3:11:483:11:54

you need to be within half a second

of Jansrud to get in the medals

3:11:543:11:57

today.

It's a good run from the

Frenchman. He trained well in the

3:11:573:12:03

downhill. Was disappointed with his

downhill performance. This is a

3:12:033:12:06

great time in the super-g from

Blaise Giezendanner.

He could go

3:12:063:12:10

past Svindal and ski into silver

medal position. Giezendanner is

3:12:103:12:16

almost home, taking the final jump.

A little late. He's got silver medal

3:12:163:12:22

position. He has demoted Svindal to

bronze. Giezendanner can't believe

3:12:223:12:29

it. He's second in the Olympic

super-g.

He took a lot of risk and

3:12:293:12:34

it paid off for him.

Andreas Sander

for Germany. Thomas Dressen starts

3:12:343:12:43

with number 20, the first of the

Germans to go is Andreas Sander. The

3:12:433:12:48

last German winner of this was

Marcus Fass Meyer, who did the GS

3:12:483:12:54

super-g double. That was in

Lillehammer in 94.

He was

3:12:543:13:01

particularly upset with a British

racer who managed to beat him in the

3:13:013:13:04

downhill and went on to win two gold

medals!

Was that your brother?

It

3:13:043:13:09

was me! I don't think Martin did

beat him. But maybe.

Andreas Sander

3:13:093:13:19

is the first of several talented

Germans. They had a serious input of

3:13:193:13:24

financial backing in the last couple

of years, the German team, and it's

3:13:243:13:29

beginning to bring reward. Slightly

late in the line before the red.

3:13:293:13:32

That has cost him. Now trailing by

half a second behind the

3:13:323:13:41

half a second behind the current

leader, Jansrud.

3:13:433:13:49

leader, Jansrud.

The Germans are

coached by Christian, who works with

3:13:493:13:53

Alain Baxter and the British team at

one point.

He was coach with Baxter

3:13:533:13:56

when he won is bronze in the slalom

in salt lake city in 2002.

Matthias

3:13:563:14:04

Buhler told it's another one of

Baxter's old coaches.

Fifth at the

3:14:043:14:11

moment for Andreas Sander, out of

the medals.

This race is far from

3:14:113:14:15

over. A lot of good races to come in

the next seven.

Matthias Mayer's

3:14:153:14:21

Fanclub watching closely. He is away

for Austria, the last role of the

3:14:213:14:27

dice for the mighty Austrian Alpine

ski racing team. The Olympic

3:14:273:14:32

champion in downhill four years ago.

Had a disappointing outing in

3:14:323:14:37

yesterday's downhill instalment,

missing the medals and finishing

3:14:373:14:40

ninth. Can he bite back today?

Fightback today? He has made a good

3:14:403:14:46

start.

Nice turns from the Austrian.

He loves it when it's technical.

3:14:463:14:56

Now, can he glide over this slightly

less steep section? Needs to get the

3:14:563:15:02

line right off the jump. Heading

towards the Blue Dragon Valley,

3:15:023:15:08

where Jansrud was so good, just

through that section.

Matthias Mayer

3:15:083:15:12

still in the hunt. A tenth of a

second off the pace of Jansrud. The

3:15:123:15:18

difference between gold and bronze

at the moment is .31 the second, so

3:15:183:15:23

there is room on the podium for

Matthias Mayer as he hunts for his

3:15:233:15:28

second Olympic medal. I wonder if he

lost his chance... No! Goodness me,

3:15:283:15:33

he's out in front. Jansrud will be

holding his breath, he can barely

3:15:333:15:42

watch was top Matthias Mayer was

Olympic downhill champion four years

3:15:423:15:46

ago. Can he win the super-g? He can!

He leads the Olympic super-g. The

3:15:463:15:53

Austrian has skied into gold.

Brilliant from Matthias Mayer. Not

3:15:533:16:00

able to defend his downhill title,

so he wins, or is leading the

3:16:003:16:04

super-g instead.

3:16:043:16:11

Beat

3:16:183:16:19

Feuz, bronze medallist in the

downhill yesterday. Comes cruising

3:16:193:16:22

out at the start. Comes out of his

bulk and ability to use accelerate.

3:16:223:16:29

How does he compare at the split?

Not bad.

1100s the pace.

3:16:293:16:39

Not bad.

1100s the pace. Big turn

they are for Beat Feuz. Getting

3:16:393:16:45

bounced around. Coming down towards

the blue Dragon Valley. Big leap

3:16:453:16:52

into that, he is certainly here to

get a medal. He's not turning up for

3:16:523:17:00

the minor places. He is in the hunt

again. Dead level at the second

3:17:003:17:06

split with Matthias Mayer.

3:17:063:17:14

Quickest in that speed trap, Beat

Feuz looking for a big surprise

3:17:143:17:22

here. 0.3 one. Might just have let

it slip slightly, if he can close

3:17:223:17:29

his way back he could get back among

the medals again as he did on

3:17:293:17:34

downhill bay. He leaps off, Thaksin

for the line and Beat Feuz is in

3:17:343:17:40

silver. It's all change here.

Matthias Mayer into gold, Beat Feuz

3:17:403:17:49

has his hands on the silver medal.

I

thought the mistake he made coming

3:17:493:17:56

out of the blue Dragon Valley, he

just got the line ever so slightly

3:17:563:18:01

wrong going into the following turn,

the right footed turn. Either lies

3:18:013:18:05

he could have been climbing into top

spot.

But still the gold in the

3:18:053:18:12

hands of Matthias Mayer. Unless this

man has anything to say about it.

3:18:123:18:17

Powering out of the start and

beginning his quest to win his first

3:18:173:18:24

Olympic gold medal.

If it was all

about size and weight Lynne Paris

3:18:243:18:27

would be the winner but he has had

the advantage of watching all the

3:18:273:18:35

other racers. And the course has

been set for Paris. Missed the apex,

3:18:353:18:43

missed the start of the turn and

actually went two metres off the

3:18:433:18:48

gate, that will be an extra couple

of metres onto his distance which

3:18:483:18:51

will make him slightly more slow at

the next split.

Quicker at landing,

3:18:513:19:00

102, he is three hundredths off the

pace. Now it might have gone beyond

3:19:003:19:03

him. The top three separated by just

0.1 eight. Overloaded the outside in

3:19:033:19:13

the ballet which gave him a bright

but the line is right and he's back

3:19:133:19:18

contract. This is still recoverable

for Dominik Paris. Now it's probably

3:19:183:19:24

too much. Might end up out of the

top five today.

3:19:243:19:34

top five today. The leading time of

one minute 24.4 for second. Dominik

3:19:353:19:41

Paris goes into seventh. Matthias

Mayer is the man for the big

3:19:413:19:51

occasion winning his second Olympic

gold. Second Olympic medal of these

3:19:513:19:57

games for Beat Feuz, adding silver

to his downhill bronze. And Kjetil

3:19:573:20:03

Jansrud takes bronze following his

silver in Olympic downhill.

3:20:033:20:13

The last non-Norwegian to stand atop

the podium in this event was a man

3:20:133:20:16

from Austria, Hermann Maier.

3:20:163:20:24

from Austria, Hermann Maier. Almost

unbelievably in the same

3:20:243:20:26

circumstances, in 1998 he crashed in

his first race and came back and won

3:20:263:20:31

it and so did this man today.

Yes,

the crash in the slalom where he

3:20:313:20:37

took out a few of the course

workers. It takes confidence

3:20:373:20:40

took out a few of the course

workers. It takes confidence to come

3:20:403:20:41

back from that even though it wasn't

his discipline and it was more of

3:20:413:20:45

him about the downhill yesterday he

has redemption from letting that

3:20:453:20:50

title, that Olympic gold go in the

downhill. Now he concedes he has

3:20:503:20:55

won, he came firing today.

The art

of bouncing back will hereafter be

3:20:553:21:02

known as doing a Mayer.

Thankfully

that crash was not like the one in

3:21:023:21:10

nag now with Hermann Maier which was

crazy. In super-g there are lines

3:21:103:21:18

all over the mountain, ten metres

apart, you have to go where you want

3:21:183:21:22

to go and he took unique lines

through the middle section, crossing

3:21:223:21:26

underneath the blue line and coming

back in but his ankles and knees

3:21:263:21:30

were rolling so subtly, he executed

exactly where he wanted to be.

3:21:303:21:36

Amazing win. The fire in his belly

from yesterday. From letting the

3:21:363:21:42

downhill title go.

Interestingly,

his dad won silver in 1988 in

3:21:423:21:53

super-g, Helmut Mayer. He said he

had

3:21:533:21:54

super-g, Helmut Mayer. He said he

had been looking at that medal all

3:21:543:21:56

his life and he is happy to have one

now himself and upgraded to gold.

3:21:563:22:02

It's a great story. You want the

Austrians to come away with a speed

3:22:023:22:06

Olympic gold medal because it helps

so much of the Austrian skiing

3:22:063:22:11

fraternity. It's so big, they need

the Olympic speed title. The

3:22:113:22:17

downhill maybe more than the

super-g, that's the one everyone

3:22:173:22:21

wants so it's important for the

Austrian community to get one.

But

3:22:213:22:26

the Norwegians have had a good time

with Aksel Lund Svindal winning the

3:22:263:22:32

downhill, and Kjetil Jansrud, it

looked

3:22:323:22:33

downhill, and Kjetil Jansrud, it

looked like this would be his for a

3:22:333:22:35

while but he had to do a shuffle and

it went from gold to silver to

3:22:353:22:41

bronze.

He was skiing fantastically,

he's been on such good form in

3:22:413:22:45

super-g this year. Reigning gold

medallist. He did fantastically, one

3:22:453:22:51

armed tuck looking for speed

everywhere. Just a few heavy age

3:22:513:22:56

checks at the end of the turn to

stay on track, not leading the ski

3:22:563:23:00

school as much as Matthias Mayer but

it was close. Really good skiing,

3:23:003:23:06

very happy, he's just happy to get

mentioned in the same sentence as

3:23:063:23:12

his idol growing up.

3:23:123:23:22

Let's hope this one stays in his

pocket. If you crave the need for

3:23:223:23:26

speed like us, although I just did

vicariously through watching these

3:23:263:23:33

guys, but there is plenty more

coming your way. Get ready for the

3:23:333:23:39

white knuckle ride as Britain's

sliders attempt to tame the track in

3:23:393:23:44

looking for a seventh medal in

skeleton history. We will tell one

3:23:443:23:51

of the great Olympic redemption

tales, Lindsey Jacobellis hopes.

3:23:513:24:01

tales, Lindsey Jacobellis hopes. And

the dizzying world of freestyle

3:24:013:24:03

aerials operating 20 metres off the

ground, the most elevated of any

3:24:033:24:09

Olympic discipline, women's final to

come. No more jokes about skeleton

3:24:093:24:15

because those days have long gone,

the appliance of science combined

3:24:153:24:22

with blistering acceleration,

fantastic driving skills and a

3:24:223:24:24

little raw Courage have made it one

of the most dynamic events. Every

3:24:243:24:31

single time it has been included on

the Olympic programme Great Britain

3:24:313:24:35

has managed to get on the podium.

Most recently back-to-back gold

3:24:353:24:39

medals.

3:24:393:24:41

When I look back at Sochi... It was

like a tunnel.

3:24:483:24:59

The rules like somewhere at the end.

-- there was light somewhere at the

3:24:593:25:06

end. There was one way out. Success.

3:25:063:25:18

Here goes Lizzy Yarnold. This

competition has got off to a

3:25:183:25:24

blistering start. She is half a

second up, coming to the line. This

3:25:243:25:29

is a big margin.

This was my

opportunity. I was fighting for the

3:25:293:25:36

gold medal.

It's her fastest start

so far. It's a track record in this

3:25:363:25:45

penultimate run.

This was the day I

had had in my calendar for the past

3:25:453:25:50

four years. It was the moment of my

life.

Lizzy Yarnold goes for gold

3:25:503:25:55

for Great Britain.

3:25:553:26:01

for Great Britain. She is still in

the lead by a comfortable margin.

3:26:013:26:04

She's going to win the gold medal,

surely. She is going to do it!

3:26:043:26:12

Lizzy Yarnold is the Olympic

champion, oh my goodness.

3:26:183:26:27

Today Lizzy Yarnold set out in her

quest to become the first ever

3:26:283:26:33

skeleton bob champion to

successfully defend an Olympic

3:26:333:26:37

title. We will see horror and Laura

Deas in their first couple of runs

3:26:373:26:41

in the women's event but whilst

success for Britain has largely been

3:26:413:26:45

the preserve of the women in recent

years, Dominic Parsons was hoping to

3:26:453:26:49

break the mould in the men's event.

He went into his concluding runs

3:26:493:26:54

today only three hundredths of a

second off the medals, so could he

3:26:543:26:59

convert was the big question for

Great Britain but the big question

3:26:593:27:04

for our hosts was their iron man

going to be successful in his

3:27:043:27:08

attempt to become the first South

Korean Olympic champion to win gold

3:27:083:27:12

without winning a pair of skates?

Let's find out with Amy Williams,

3:27:123:27:16

John Jackson and John Hunt.

3:27:163:27:21

COMMENTATOR: This Korean could be a

superstar in the making. He

3:27:213:27:31

certainly looks it. What a big

moment this is for them. No Asian

3:27:313:27:37

skeleton athlete has ever won medal

in skeleton. Now watch go. He is

3:27:373:27:45

usually electric of the blocks.

Slightly slower but he is under way.

3:27:453:27:53

Slightly slower start but still the

fastest start we would have seen

3:27:533:27:57

from yesterday as well. Look at

these lines. It's so important to

3:27:573:28:02

get these first corners, get the

speed from the start, big flat

3:28:023:28:06

section before it drops away. Look

at him go. This is how to slide this

3:28:063:28:12

track.

First little mistake we've

seen him make. It could just be the

3:28:123:28:19

difference in the ice temperature,

they might have made adjustments to

3:28:193:28:23

their equipment. He's just getting a

feel of the track but he has so much

3:28:233:28:27

time in hand I don't think it will

matter.

Can you go under 50 seconds

3:28:273:28:32

I wonder? Not quite, 50.18

reinforces his position as the gold

3:28:323:28:41

medallist in waiting. Another

wonderful run. Currently in second

3:28:413:28:46

place from the Olympic athlete of

Russia team, who enjoyed his 23rd

3:28:463:28:51

birthday this week, Nikita Tregubov

sets off in the silver medal

3:28:513:28:56

position at the moment. He is of a

sly one of those that Dom Parsons is

3:28:563:29:04

going to to tussle with. The

interesting thing about Sochi was he

3:29:043:29:10

held it together from start to

finish.

That was his home track. The

3:29:103:29:17

Koreans in the same position as the

Olympic athletes of Russia where

3:29:173:29:21

four years ago. Can he hold it

together? He's not even halfway down

3:29:213:29:25

the run and he is a second behind

and it shows the dominance of the

3:29:253:29:30

Koreans. Again makes a little bit of

a mistake. They will have to work

3:29:303:29:35

harder to turn the sled.

This is a

really good run. They have all

3:29:353:29:41

improved from yesterday. We have

only had two down so far but look at

3:29:413:29:46

the body position, beat together,

but all adjustments.

50.5, every

3:29:463:29:53

single run for Nikita Tregubov. That

enhances his position as well as a

3:29:533:30:00

real medal hope. One of the greats

now, for Latvia. Dom Parsons will

3:30:003:30:11

follow, silver medallist in Sochi

and Vancouver, Martins Dukurs. A

3:30:113:30:18

wonderful exponent of the art of

skeleton. In Yun Sungbin he will

3:30:183:30:22

probably find an athlete just too

good for him. But Martins Dukurs

3:30:223:30:27

probably the last person you want to

scrap for with medals. His third run

3:30:273:30:31

underway.

Matching his start time

from yesterday morning. Just tap to

3:30:313:30:38

hold it together.

Or not, hopefully!

We were talking to the Latvian

3:30:383:30:45

leader earlier and he said he made a

lot of mistakes with the setup

3:30:453:30:49

yesterday so he will have made

changes but has he gone the right

3:30:493:30:53

way to be faster? Hopefully from a

British point of view that is not

3:30:533:30:56

what we want.

Did not have divided

there, when we talk about the setup,

3:30:563:31:04

it depends how much contact the

runner has with the ice, the more

3:31:043:31:09

contacted the more grip but the more

grip means you're potentially

3:31:093:31:12

slower.

Martins Dukurs could be

going into second place. A whole

3:31:123:31:18

second of Yun Sungbin but just ahead

of Nikita Tregubov. Martins Dukurs

3:31:183:31:22

has done what he needed to do.

Nikita Tregubov drops the bronze

3:31:223:31:26

medal at the moment. Dominic Parsons

prepares for his start. Great step

3:31:263:31:33

forward last time.

3:31:333:31:35

The talent squad watching on, hoping

it will be them in the next few

3:31:433:31:48

years.

Right now, Dom Parsons surely

can't allow the gap to grow between

3:31:483:31:53

himself and the other two rivals. We

need his gap to be much closer to

3:31:533:32:00

one second off Yun at the moment.

He

had incredible speeds down the

3:32:003:32:07

tracks. Not quite as fast a start as

others.

Just looks like he's

3:32:073:32:12

unsettled a little bit. That could

be his style, but sometimes he looks

3:32:123:32:18

a little bit sideways. Maybe that's

working for him. But that's a great

3:32:183:32:23

straight. Mailed that. He needs to

find speed at the bottom, which is

3:32:233:32:26

what he did yesterday.

It looks like

a skiddy track today. -- nailed

3:32:263:32:36

that.

Needs a fast and accurate

finish, closing right up. And he's

3:32:363:32:41

right in the mix, going ahead of

Tregubov into third place. And he's

3:32:413:32:45

breathing down the neck of Dukurs

for silver medal. A wonderful run

3:32:453:32:51

from Parsons again. And he goes

third with Tomass Dukurs to come.

3:32:513:33:04

third with Tomass Dukurs to come. An

absolutely superb skeleton athletes,

3:33:083:33:09

Tomass Dukurs.

3:33:093:33:14

Tomass Dukurs.

The Dukurs brothers

have been the ones to watch for

3:33:143:33:21

years and years. They sink and mould

into their sled. Perfect body

3:33:213:33:26

position. They are good to watch if

you are a budding athlete or already

3:33:263:33:31

on the skeleton programme. He has

good lines, so far everything is

3:33:313:33:37

going well. But is there too much

for him to make up?

I don't think he

3:33:373:33:42

has the momentum he needs to pull

himself back up towards the Olympic

3:33:423:33:47

athletes of Russia and Dom Parsons.

I think the top four will be set in

3:33:473:33:54

their positions. It just depends

where they finish.

Tomass Dukurs

3:33:543:33:59

could be just half a second off Dom

Parsons, which would be great news

3:33:593:34:03

for him. We set out with potentially

four going for the remaining two

3:34:033:34:07

medals. It looks like it will now be

down to Tregubov, Dukurs martins and

3:34:073:34:14

Parsons for those two medals. This

is turning into a great competition.

3:34:143:34:22

There is perhaps another young man

we shouldn't discount on the chase

3:34:223:34:25

for medals, and it's this youngster,

Kim, the 25-year-old is 25th in the

3:34:253:34:32

world coming in. He has completely

overachieved, like so many of the

3:34:323:34:39

Korean athletes have done. He looks

to draw inspiration from what Yun

3:34:393:34:44

has achieved up until this point.

Tim underway, starting sixth for

3:34:443:34:50

career.

This is what the home crowd

bring. It's like in football, using

3:34:503:34:57

the crowd as the 12th Man. Getting

behind their homes slider. He knows

3:34:573:35:02

the ice so well that it plays to his

advantage.

Nice and neat.

These

3:35:023:35:09

athletes get three days of training,

two runs per day. Six runs to learn

3:35:093:35:14

the track. They all had a World Cup

competition last year and three

3:35:143:35:18

weeks of training. Every other

nation apart from the Koreans have

3:35:183:35:21

had equal time, and lots of people

on Twitter have been asking how Dom

3:35:213:35:27

is so good, and we are very quick at

learning tracks in Great Britain.

3:35:273:35:33

Kimber seems to be slowly but surely

getting further and further away

3:35:333:35:36

from Parsons. Six tenths of Parsons.

His quickest run so far of the

3:35:363:35:46

competition, so the Korean is

improving on the track.

Axel Jungk

3:35:463:35:53

next, number two in the world, so he

will be disappointed to be in

3:35:533:35:57

seventh place after the first two

runs. Silver medallist at last

3:35:573:36:04

year's World Championships. His

second run, 51.01, he described as

3:36:043:36:10

his first run of the entire weekend,

even in training.

These German boys

3:36:103:36:14

really want a medal. They have got

medals in everything, World Cup,

3:36:143:36:20

World Championship, but they have

never won an Olympic medal. The

3:36:203:36:24

girls have, but not the guys. They

are fighting, they want it so bad.

3:36:243:36:28

The Germans have or some equipment

and always find speed at the bottom

3:36:283:36:34

of the track.

3:36:343:36:42

of the track. He's making tiny

mistakes, doesn't look like he has

3:36:423:36:44

it. Just in the exits and entrances

of the corners stop what he was

3:36:443:36:49

untidy to the Dragon's bell.

3:36:493:36:55

untidy to the Dragon's bell.

-- he

was untidy through the

3:36:573:37:06

was untidy through the Dragon's

Dell.

If you come through corner 12

3:37:063:37:09

late you have to work to improve it.

You are cutting through the eyes.

3:37:093:37:13

You can see from his body language,

he's not happy at all.

Jerry Rice

3:37:133:37:19

goes for Great Britain. He's had a

fantastic games and so wants this

3:37:193:37:26

top 12 position to be secured. We

will see, it would be lovely if he

3:37:263:37:32

could jump ahead of the likes of

Alexander Gassner, Grotheer and

3:37:323:37:38

maybe Antoine, for the 27-year-old

from high Wycombe.

He only started

3:37:383:37:48

sliding in 2002. Pushed him off that

Lillehammer sent him on his way.

3:37:483:37:54

Really wants to get in the top ten.

This is our talent, the performance

3:37:543:37:58

and development programmes we have

in Great Britain are working. We

3:37:583:38:02

know how to bring medals in and

athletes like Jerry Rice.

Top ten is

3:38:023:38:07

possible, Amy. The 16th bend. Just

lost it late.

Nearly.

12.

I will

3:38:073:38:16

give him the next run and say he

will get into the top ten.

Let's

3:38:163:38:19

hope so. His third run time was

51.04, the quickest of his three so

3:38:193:38:29

far. The run for medals is on. Dom

Parsons is currently in the bronze

3:38:293:38:34

medal position. Yun looks assured of

gold. Excitement to come in the

3:38:343:38:40

men's skeleton. Dom Parsons just

before looking completely relaxed.

3:38:403:38:50

Jerry Rice for Britain, underway. It

would be lovely if he could secure a

3:38:503:38:55

top 12 position, or maybe do even

better than that.

The fact you are

3:38:553:38:59

mentioning his name with the same as

the likes of Antoine and the German,

3:38:593:39:05

it shows how quality he is because

they are all good season athletes as

3:39:053:39:09

it is. A good young athletes like

this who is still developing, to be

3:39:093:39:14

in that company is really good.

Has

had a beautiful run so far. Good

3:39:143:39:19

lines and holding it together. His

body position is really good and we

3:39:193:39:22

keep talking about it, always

perfect through that section. He is

3:39:223:39:27

controlling it really well, holding

it together and doing his best run.

3:39:273:39:32

Can he get under 51 seconds? The

final bends. 15 is good and 16 for

3:39:323:39:40

Jerry Rice, what a games he's had

come and he's under 51 seconds. A

3:39:403:39:46

marvellous run for Jerry Rice. Who

knows, maybe top ten might be

3:39:463:39:50

waiting for him.

He has put down a

personal best on the fourth run,

3:39:503:39:56

improving with every single run, and

that's all you can ask for. He has a

3:39:563:40:01

huge fan club out there, and look at

the smile on his face, he has

3:40:013:40:04

achieved what he came out to do.

We

move into the top six. This is Kim

3:40:043:40:11

for Korea ant. If he is to have any

chance of getting anywhere near

3:40:113:40:16

their medals, he needs to go near to

the track record, I think, held by

3:40:163:40:22

Yun, of pretty much 50 seconds dead.

He has been good so far, but nowhere

3:40:223:40:28

near that mark.

Hasn't quite been up

there with his team-mate, but he is

3:40:283:40:32

a good slider and knows this track

well. Look at him perform. We will

3:40:323:40:37

still see some incredibly good lines

here.

This will be a phenomenal

3:40:373:40:41

result for the Korean team if they

can get two sleds in the top five or

3:40:413:40:47

six. This is their programme really

moving forward. That's what the home

3:40:473:40:51

games means.

This fella is number 25

in the world. Talk about over

3:40:513:40:57

performing.

That's what it's like

when you know you have had hundreds

3:40:573:41:02

of runs of the track, you'd know

every inch, you know where to get

3:41:023:41:05

the speed, you know the corners and

what to do. But at that incredible

3:41:053:41:09

time.

3:41:093:41:14

time.

50.8, it's not going to

trouble Dom Parsons and Tregubov and

3:41:143:41:19

Dukurs in the medals race, but a

great result for Korea. Tomass

3:41:193:41:28

Dukurs, world-class, fourth in Sochi

and fourth in Vancouver. He now sets

3:41:283:41:35

off on his way. He needs a time of

near 50 seconds. 50.8 will not do

3:41:353:41:42

for him. He needs to be electric

down here.

The Latvians haven't got

3:41:423:41:47

to grips like we thought they would

on this track. They are still the

3:41:473:41:50

world's best sliders, winning week

in, week out, incredible to watch

3:41:503:41:56

how they slide. How they are so

smooth on the sled come you can't

3:41:563:42:01

really see them steering. Steering

with their shoulders, putting

3:42:013:42:06

pressure on the sled with the

shoulders. Perfect line, he will

3:42:063:42:10

come back fighting because he wants

the medal.

Don't think he will get

3:42:103:42:14

it. Quicker than Kim, obviously, but

his final time needs to be in the

3:42:143:42:21

low 50s, really low 50s, to put any

pressure on at all. 50.6 will not

3:42:213:42:26

cut the mustard.

We will see what

happens with the next few sliders.

3:42:263:42:31

It was a good run from him. He will

be happy enough. A very consistent

3:42:313:42:36

set of times.

Tomass Dukurs,

momentarily goes into the lead, but

3:42:363:42:43

the medals will be sorted out by the

next four. Four times world junior

3:42:433:42:51

champion, Nikita Tregubov, in fourth

place. Maybe the medal is between

3:42:513:42:55

him and Dom Parsons. This fella has

been so consistent, going 50.5 in

3:42:553:43:01

every run so far. One mistake could

be so costly for him. We will see

3:43:013:43:05

how he gets on.

He puts down a

really good start time there. That's

3:43:053:43:10

what you need on this track. Get a

great start and get through the

3:43:103:43:13

first few corners and then hold it

together. So far, looking good,

3:43:133:43:18

looking clean.

Just starting to lose

a bit of time on Dukurs. He did on

3:43:183:43:26

the first run, but that's good. We

hope he has good lines for his

3:43:263:43:33

competition, but we need him to make

a twitch or mistake somewhere to

3:43:333:43:37

help out Dom Parsons a little bit.

Lovely and clean through 15. The

3:43:373:43:42

final curve for Tregubov, who has

done all he can. He has knocked in

3:43:423:43:49

another 50.5, four on the bounce for

him. We know Parsons can go quicker.

3:43:493:43:55

Parsons is next. Sit tight,

everybody. He says he thrives on

3:43:553:44:01

pressure. His nickname is the

wizard. We'll see if he can work

3:44:013:44:06

some Winter Olympic magic and get

himself a medal. The equation is

3:44:063:44:11

simple. Directly against Tregubov

here. You can follow their relative

3:44:113:44:14

times together. If his time goes

green and Tregubov's name then he is

3:44:143:44:19

in good shape but he starts a slight

bit behind.

Needs to hold it

3:44:193:44:25

together, stay calm, and not

concentrate on the end result.

3:44:253:44:28

Concentrate on the process goals

like on the previous three runs.

The

3:44:283:44:33

lines are good at the moment. Good

sliding, Dom, we need you to keep it

3:44:333:44:38

together. Starting to building into

the fast part of the track,

3:44:383:44:42

accelerating down the hill. This

corner is key. That little tap,

3:44:423:44:48

doesn't have enough pace. This will

be key, coming down the track. Is

3:44:483:44:52

this the run that will get Great

Britain their first Olympic medal of

3:44:523:44:56

these Winter Olympics?

Marginally in

front of Tregubov. No!

3:44:563:45:07

front of Tregubov. No! He misses out

by two hundreds of a second.

3:45:073:45:11

Tregubov celebrates a guaranteed

medal. Dom Parsons may be just about

3:45:113:45:17

to agonisingly missed out.

My word!

He knows he has missed it.

These two

3:45:173:45:28

sliders have just put a lot of

pressure on this man, but does he

3:45:283:45:31

have the bottle to keep it?

Martins

Dukurs starts in second place. He

3:45:313:45:37

was only just in front of Dom

Parsons. If Martins Dukurs makes a

3:45:373:45:41

mistake, who knows, Parsons could be

back in the medal race. But we need

3:45:413:45:47

a mistake from Dukurs, and he hasn't

produced many of those over a

3:45:473:45:50

glittering career that has seen him

win the silver medals at two Olympic

3:45:503:45:55

Games.

There it is!

That was a big

mistake he has never made before. Is

3:45:553:46:01

he able to keep the time or will he

also drop vital split seconds down

3:46:013:46:06

the track?

3:46:063:46:12

The time is starting to ebb away.

This is where Martins Dukurs might

3:46:133:46:19

lose the speed because of the

mistakes at the top.

Keys in the

3:46:193:46:26

red.

Five hundredths between himself

and parsons at the second last term.

3:46:263:46:31

Dom Parsons unbelievably has his

medal! Come on great written.

3:46:313:46:46

medal! Come on great written. The

great Latvian unable to hold it

3:46:463:46:49

together. From abject misery for

3:46:493:46:55

together. From abject misery for Dom

Parsons, delight for him and Martins

3:46:553:46:57

Dukurs feels the pain of missing

out. Martins Dukurs was a five-time

3:46:573:47:01

world champion and has just blown it

to give Dom Parsons the bronze. We

3:47:013:47:07

will reflect on at the moment but

settle back on what we think will be

3:47:073:47:12

the gold medal performance of Yun

Sungbin who starts off a mile clear

3:47:123:47:18

of his competitors. One safe run

will see him reach the gold medal

3:47:183:47:22

here and put South Korea and Asia on

the map here for the first time in

3:47:223:47:28

skeleton. No Asian athlete has ever

won medal and Yun Sungbin is seconds

3:47:283:47:33

away from gold.

This is a victory

lap for him. For the home crowd to

3:47:333:47:40

see this, they are preparing to go

wild at the bottom.

He has so much

3:47:403:47:47

time to play with, a second and a

half. He just has too stay on the

3:47:473:47:53

sled, completely nail less. The last

two corners.

A superstar in Korea,

3:47:533:48:02

coasting to gold and he wins by the

biggest margin in history. 1.63

3:48:023:48:10

seconds. The winner in Sochi won by

seven tenths. Incredible from Yun

3:48:103:48:17

Sungbin.

What a race, what an

athlete, track record, fourth run,

3:48:173:48:23

smashing it. Most importantly we

have a bronze medal for Great

3:48:233:48:27

Britain from Dom Parsons. Camp will

be ecstatic and what a way to have

3:48:273:48:32

these games and to have him here

doing his best, his aim was to get a

3:48:323:48:37

medal, nobody thought he would,

nobody thought it was possible but

3:48:373:48:41

he has loved the track from when he

arrived. Look at him, third place

3:48:413:48:47

for Great Britain.

What a thrilling

climax. Dom Parsons, the wizards

3:48:473:48:56

delivered his magic albeit with a

little bit of help from one of the

3:48:563:49:00

greats Martins Dukurs with his final

run mistakes dropping out of the

3:49:003:49:05

three. Dom Parsons can now cherish,

aged 30, a bronze medal at his

3:49:053:49:10

second Olympic games.

Congratulations. Bronze medallist at

3:49:103:49:19

the Olympic Games, first medallist

3:49:193:49:22

Congratulations. Bronze medallist at

the Olympic Games, first medallist

3:49:223:49:22

for Great Britain, first men's

skeleton medal in history, what is

3:49:223:49:25

your reaction?

It has not really

sunk in yet. I thought I had lost it

3:49:253:49:31

in the fourth run. I looked up, made

a couple too many mistakes.

3:49:313:49:44

a couple too many mistakes. But

Martins made more mistakes and he

3:49:453:49:47

was the last person I expected to do

it.

You have been mixing it with the

3:49:473:49:51

best in the sport, it must feel

fantastic?

It has been great, all

3:49:513:49:55

the work we put in has paid off. All

the help everyone in the federation,

3:49:553:50:01

friends and family, people playing

the national lottery even where our

3:50:013:50:05

funding comes from. Big thanks to

all of them.

That is the end of the

3:50:053:50:11

men's skeleton, two British sliders,

Jerry Rice did well.

Incredible. Top

3:50:113:50:17

ten performance in his first ever

Olympic games after only starting

3:50:173:50:21

the sport in 2012. Four really great

runs, improving with every single

3:50:213:50:26

one and he looked really

comfortable. He was clearly enjoying

3:50:263:50:31

it, smiling. To take the experience

of an Olympic games and moving on,

3:50:313:50:36

let's add four years and I think we

have another champion.

Dom Parsons

3:50:363:50:42

bronze medal, men's skeleton, it's

not happen for a while and he has

3:50:423:50:46

opened the Team GB account.

First

medal of the games for Team GB,

3:50:463:50:51

everyone will have been watching

that and cheering on, I know

3:50:513:50:54

everyone at home stayed up late to

watch it. To bring home a medal for

3:50:543:50:59

Great Britain, it's always been the

women who have brought home the

3:50:593:51:05

medals. I am so glad he has broken

that spell shall we say and proven

3:51:053:51:11

it's not impossible. He has loved

the track since the moment he's come

3:51:113:51:15

here and look at the results he's

managed to bring.

The drama, it said

3:51:153:51:22

second and he dropped down, it was

like, oh, no, it's all gone wrong.

3:51:223:51:28

His instant reaction was he had lost

it.

You do not know how well you are

3:51:283:51:33

doing and he made a few mistakes on

the last run. Your heart drops to

3:51:333:51:37

your shoes because you think I have

missed out, I'm not getting a bronze

3:51:373:51:42

medal but the race wasn't over.

Martins Dukurs who we thought we'd

3:51:423:51:46

stay up there made an even bigger

mistake and that's the pressure of

3:51:463:51:52

those positions, being the last one

in the changing room, you have to go

3:51:523:51:55

and nail your run to get your medal

and he made mistakes. I have just

3:51:553:52:02

spoken to him, Martins Dukurs, and

he is heartbroken. I gave him a hug

3:52:023:52:06

and said it was not his day, maybe

it just wasn't his track.

The track

3:52:063:52:11

catches people out, we saw it in

Lodz, in men's skeleton, things can

3:52:113:52:18

change -- in the

3:52:183:52:23

the uphill sections, you cannot

afford to make a mistake if you want

3:52:273:52:30

a medal. You need four consistent

runs and four Martins to make the

3:52:303:52:37

mistakes or let Dom move up and he

now has this medal that he does not

3:52:373:52:43

think he would have. We will have

two hold it together. The girls will

3:52:433:52:47

have been watching but they know

what they are doing and I have faith

3:52:473:52:51

for later on, you never know, we

might have more medals to bring

3:52:513:52:55

back.

3:52:553:53:00

back.

The Great Britain medal count

off and running. Dom Parsons

3:53:023:53:06

30-year-old wonder bogey Londoner,

known as the wizard as you heard in

3:53:063:53:13

common today because of his magical

touch on the mechanical engineering

3:53:133:53:18

side. He has been responsible for

much of the equipment that Great

3:53:183:53:23

Britain is using. You have do salute

Yun Sungbin because he is the iron

3:53:233:53:29

man of Korea. Something of a marvel

if you will pardon the pun. You have

3:53:293:53:34

just seen the greatest ever

performance in men's skeleton, he is

3:53:343:53:38

the bullet for the home country.

Shall we take a quick look at the

3:53:383:53:41

role of

3:53:413:53:44

Shall we take a quick look at the

role of honour from a British

3:53:443:53:46

perspective? It's impressive. The

seventh medal in seven games. It is

3:53:463:53:51

the men who book end the list

because in 1928 David Carnegie was

3:53:513:53:57

the 11th Earl of North Esk and

thereafter in 1948 you had John

3:53:573:54:03

Crammond a City of London

stockbroker who served in the RAF in

3:54:033:54:07

the Second World War, the oldest

skeleton medal winner at the age of

3:54:073:54:11

41 and he wrote about winter sports

with The Observer thereafter. Since

3:54:113:54:16

2000 to an amazing progression for

the women.

3:54:163:54:23

the women. We have seen Dom but what

is next? No skeleton athlete male or

3:54:273:54:35

female has ever managed to come

3:54:353:54:38

is next? No skeleton athlete male or

female has ever managed to come back

3:54:383:54:38

and actually retain the Olympic

title. Lizzy Yarnold is the first

3:54:383:54:42

woman to even attempt it. Together

with Laura Deas who's in her first

3:54:423:54:50

Olympics they have been posting

terrific training times on the

3:54:503:54:54

track, who knows what is possible.

The women's event started out this

3:54:543:54:59

morning, four run competition with

two today.

3:54:593:55:02

COMMENTATOR: Three superb Germans.

The world champion at two years ago,

3:55:073:55:14

silver medallist at the World

Championships in 2017, Tina Hermann.

3:55:143:55:19

It illustrates our quality.

That did

not look quite so smooth. Might have

3:55:193:55:26

to see a replay of that. But one

thing the Germans argued that, they

3:55:263:55:30

don't necessarily start the quickest

but they find speed in the track and

3:55:303:55:36

are usually some of the fastest

towards the bottom.

She's one of the

3:55:363:55:42

smaller and lighter athletes, a lot

more small on her sled but perfect

3:55:423:55:46

body position. Looking for shoulders

down, the together. You can see her

3:55:463:55:53

working with her head to get

through.

3:55:533:55:59

through.

She will start accelerating

away because she so quick and so

3:56:013:56:04

clean through the main parts of the

course.

She has put a good distance

3:56:043:56:10

of ground between horror and the

Canadians. Tina Hermann making a

3:56:103:56:15

very big statement for Germany.

I

think we will see the track record

3:56:153:56:21

beaten quite a few times. Who at the

end of four runs is going to have

3:56:213:56:27

the record? That was a really good

run by Tina.

Without too much doubt

3:56:273:56:36

the most successful skeleton athlete

in the last 18 months, virtually

3:56:363:56:40

unstoppable in World Cup races this

year, winning four of them and the

3:56:403:56:46

World Cup on this track back last

March. Jacqueline Lolling the

3:56:463:56:51

pre-event favourite. Just a little

bit of corrective work to do.

The

3:56:513:56:56

groove on the left-hand side as you

look at it is giving them a bit of a

3:56:563:57:01

wobble as they come out. It's not

quite cut properly. This is one of

3:57:013:57:06

the best sliders in the field. High

diving line out, maybe that is her

3:57:063:57:11

style, needs to use it to get the

speed. She builds speed into the

3:57:113:57:18

crucial corner.

This is looking

absolutely beautiful so far. Perfect

3:57:183:57:24

line, the body position, she looks

cool and calm on the sled. So far I

3:57:243:57:29

think we will see another track

record. She's better than her

3:57:293:57:35

team-mate.

Will she pull in front

even further? The world champion

3:57:353:57:41

Jacqueline Lolling sets the marker

that bit higher. Yun Sungbin with a

3:57:413:57:47

big statement but Jacqueline Lolling

has more than matched it.

3:57:473:57:54

An Olympic debut here, 21 fourth in

the World Championships, current

3:57:573:58:04

world junior champion Anna

Fernstadt, but she has a lot to do

3:58:043:58:11

to match her compatriots.

She does

but you can see how the starts are

3:58:113:58:15

not where they need to be. She is

starting but at the bottom may find

3:58:153:58:22

speed and this is where they have

good lines. This is where in the

3:58:223:58:26

next couple of sled is the British

women are really going to challenge

3:58:263:58:30

these girls because the British

women can start and find speed as

3:58:303:58:33

well. This is not quite going as

well as planned four Anna

3:58:333:58:41

well. This is not quite going as

well as planned four Anna, not

3:58:413:58:42

whether she wants to be compared to

her team-mates coming down the

3:58:423:58:45

board.

That is her push, that's the

difference between her push time,

3:58:453:58:50

starting slower. But the Germans are

very strong at finding speed at the

3:58:503:58:56

bottom which is why we were quite

surprised with the men's race

3:58:563:58:58

earlier on today that the German men

were not that bit more high in the

3:58:583:59:03

field.

Austrian support strong for

the popular former world number one

3:59:033:59:13

in 2015 Janine Flock, now the world

number six.

She trained so hard in

3:59:133:59:21

the summer for her push, for her

start. Coached by my old coach who

3:59:213:59:27

has gone back to Austria. I expect,

Janine is a hit or miss athlete. She

3:59:273:59:35

is either flying and winning or

making a big mistake.

Two World Cup

3:59:353:59:40

victories this winter at St Moritz

and Lake Placid.

When it goes right

3:59:403:59:48

it goes right. Really good for her,

let's hope her start time she can

3:59:483:59:51

bring it down and through this crazy

uphill section.

Most have been

3:59:513:59:57

holding speed at this stage. Is she

going to take the lead here? Not

3:59:574:00:03

quite. Not quite. She lost a tiny

bit but only small margins. She goes

4:00:034:00:09

second.

I thought she was going to

come through enforced. She was ahead

4:00:094:00:15

then just in the last corner did not

quite have the speed of the Germans.

4:00:154:00:21

Laura Deas next, 29 years old, her

first Olympic games. Trains in Bath

4:00:214:00:29

but from Wrexham originally.

We were

in the restaurant with her

4:00:294:00:33

yesterday, I gave her a hug and told

her to enjoy it. Relax and enjoy it.

4:00:334:00:38

Let's see her start time. Exactly

what I was hoping for. An incredible

4:00:384:00:44

start.

4:00:444:00:51

start. She is strong and powerful

girl.

Number seven in the world, two

4:00:514:00:53

places higher than Lizzy Yarnold at

the moment.

She is using the track

4:00:534:01:01

to her benefit and get where she

needs to be by not doing too much.

4:01:014:01:05

Is she just losing a bit of time,

that'll be a costly mistake but is

4:01:054:01:10

it enough to keep in the mix?

Because of the start. We know, she's

4:01:104:01:15

just going to lose, probably a

couple of tenths back by the time

4:01:154:01:19

she crosses the line.

As long as she

doesn't too much. Suddenly she two

4:01:194:01:27

tenths behind. Costly mid-run

mistake.

4:01:274:01:36

It wasn't even that bad, just a tiny

clip, but it was enough. She held it

4:01:364:01:43

together, you could see she stayed

calm, didn't panic, but she just

4:01:434:01:46

lost it in the uphill section. It's

so unforgiving, this track.

It's

4:01:464:01:54

lazy time.

She just needs to put in

a good run. She can't win a medal on

4:01:544:01:59

this run but she can lose it with

too many mistakes. She has been

4:01:594:02:02

sliding well all week. A quality

athlete.

Amy, she doesn't seem to be

4:02:024:02:07

sliding that well all winter though.

She admits that. She couldn't find

4:02:074:02:12

it in the sled, but it came together

when it matters, and it ought to

4:02:124:02:17

peak at these games now today and

tomorrow. That's what all these

4:02:174:02:21

athletes have been doing, working to

peak in these last four years. Not

4:02:214:02:26

the best start we have seen, but it

was solid, now she just asked to

4:02:264:02:30

hold it together and stay calm and

consistent like we know she can do.

4:02:304:02:35

Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold

underway.

A couple of mistakes

4:02:354:02:38

between four and five. Is she just

settling into the sled? And Olympic

4:02:384:02:45

champion and quality athlete, but

there is the pressure in these games

4:02:454:02:48

of wanting to retain her title. One

of the better runs, we'll is she

4:02:484:02:55

loses speed by having to do too much

work. This could be the run to put

4:02:554:02:59

her at the top of the pile going

into the second runs.

It will be

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close. Has to be clean on 15. The

final turn for home and she goes

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first. Quicker than Jacqueline

Loelling. And clearly Lizzy Yarnold

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is here for business.

It was a good

and solid run. I was interested to

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see the tiny clip on that one keep

straight into 12, how would it

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affect the rest of it? Luckily for

Lizzie, it didn't.

Confirmation,

4:03:244:03:31

Lizzy Yarnold leading after the

first run.

Lets hope Laura Deas has

4:03:314:03:40

gone away, all she needed to do was

get the steering better in corner

4:03:404:03:45

nine and have a clear straight, and

then I know she could be up there in

4:03:454:03:50

the medal positions.

In-run number

one, her mistake came after that

4:03:504:03:54

infamous Ben 's number nine, where

she brushed it with her right

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shoulder and then clattered into the

left-hand wall. It will be the key

4:03:594:04:02

part of the track for her again.

This is where Laura needs a big run.

4:04:024:04:08

Settle into it and do exactly what

she did before but make that small

4:04:084:04:12

adjustment in the important corner

down towards the Dragons tale, the

4:04:124:04:17

top part of the track was really

good. But she's started to lose some

4:04:174:04:22

speed coming into the eighth corner.

Maybe doing too much on the slips.

4:04:224:04:28

She is relaxed, can she find the

speed?

Good girl, she's nailed it.

4:04:284:04:34

She just has to keep it together and

stay relaxed. Keep position in the

4:04:344:04:39

uphill section and I think she will

hold onto the lead.

I think she has

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to go under 52 seconds at finish. A

wobble at 16, not quite on the 52

4:04:434:04:51

seconds. Takes Priedulena's lead,

but we will see how it affects the

4:04:514:05:00

final standings with some powerful

athletes to come. She could have

4:05:004:05:03

done with going quicker.

She could

have, but she nailed that part, got

4:05:034:05:09

it right. Unfortunately she didn't

do it on the first run, and has it

4:05:094:05:13

cost her too much? But she got it

better and perfected it. She just

4:05:134:05:18

needed the confidence, I reckon. I

hope the confidence of the good run

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will make her happy, make her be

able to go to sleep tonight and

4:05:224:05:29

bring it out tomorrow. But how she

done too little, too late?

Anna

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Fernstadt is next. Currently fifth.

Her start earlier must be better

4:05:344:05:41

than the first run. She has done it

exactly the same, 5.4 zero. It's

4:05:414:05:47

quite moderate for an elite athlete.

To be fair, yes, the Germans do not

4:05:474:05:53

have the fastest starts but they are

awesome drivers on their sleds. If

4:05:534:05:57

they had a start that was two or

three hundredths quicker than they

4:05:574:06:03

would be smashing it. But they are

very good at driving. Is it enough

4:06:034:06:07

on this track, where you need to

have a really good push.

Laura Deas

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dropping a long way off.

I don't

think there is enough track for her

4:06:114:06:19

to close Laura down. In the end she

will be at least maybe 12 or 15

4:06:194:06:25

hundredths behind.

Fernstadt, direct

comparison with Laura Deas, and

4:06:254:06:33

Laura stays in front of her after

two runs. Laura up to fifth place.

4:06:334:06:38

In third place from the first run,

28-year-old Janine Flock, who was

4:06:384:06:44

ninth in the games at Sochi, just

over one tenth quicker than Laura

4:06:444:06:49

Deas in the first run. That

comparison again between the two of

4:06:494:06:53

them, green means good news for

Flock, and red means good news for

4:06:534:06:59

Laura Deas.

Similar start times,

Laura just a little bit quicker. But

4:06:594:07:06

steering really hard. The harder you

steer the more your runners dig into

4:07:064:07:09

the ice and cut into it and slow you

down. What can Janine do in this

4:07:094:07:14

flat section of the track?

Nothing

in it between Laura Deas and Janine

4:07:144:07:18

Flock at the moment.

That mistake at

the top cost her a lot of time it

4:07:184:07:23

is. It's good for Laura. If she

keeps it clean but she looks like

4:07:234:07:30

she's making mistakes. This looks

like it's keeping her ahead of Laura

4:07:304:07:35

at the moment.

A much better run

from Janine Flock compared to her

4:07:354:07:39

first. She has gone back to her

coach and perfected her steering.

4:07:394:07:43

She has maintained her lead, 15

hundredths in the lead. Laura

4:07:434:07:50

looking likely to end the day in

fourth place. Janine Flock going

4:07:504:07:53

well. Two big guns to come.

Jacqueline Loelling and Lizzy

4:07:534:08:01

Yarnold. The second run reaching its

climax.

4:08:014:08:07

climax. In second place, Jacqueline

Loelling, the world champion. She

4:08:074:08:10

was the youngest world champion,

male or female, aged just 22. Has

4:08:104:08:17

had brilliant a winter. This is one

of the key moments of the entire

4:08:174:08:21

women's skeleton event.

Her start

time is three tenths down on Laura

4:08:214:08:29

and Janine Flock, so she has to

drive this track so much to get any

4:08:294:08:34

speed because of that slow start.

The little mistake between four and

4:08:344:08:38

five might be the key to wear her

weakness is on the track. Will that

4:08:384:08:42

cost her at the end of the day?

She

now has to absolutely get a

4:08:424:08:48

perfect... And she didn't! She

needed a perfect line between ten

4:08:484:08:52

and 11 but she clipped it. I don't

think she will have enough in the

4:08:524:08:56

uphill section to come through in

first.

If she drops 15 hundredths

4:08:564:09:03

off Janine Flock then Laura Deas

might go ahead of her. Jacqueline

4:09:034:09:08

Loelling fighting back like the

champion she is, has a narrow lead

4:09:084:09:11

at the moment. Jacqueline Loelling,

Janine Flock, Laura Deas. The front

4:09:114:09:17

two separated. The Olympic champion,

rising once again to the intensity

4:09:174:09:26

of battle at the Olympic Games.

Lizzy Yarnold off and on her way.

4:09:264:09:31

She is so good at performing under

pressure. She loves the pressure,

4:09:314:09:36

loves the thrill. And she always

competes really well in four run

4:09:364:09:43

races, World Championships and

Olympic Games, it's always four runs

4:09:434:09:47

over two days. Making the same

mistakes of the other sliders have

4:09:474:09:51

made in the top part of the track.

She needs to keep it together and

4:09:514:09:54

stay calm. She still has a lot of

time in the lead.

Janine Flock made

4:09:544:09:59

mistakes and recovered well Lizzy

Yarnold needs to do the same.

Is

4:09:594:10:07

this enough to stay in front of

Janine? It will be close. I think

4:10:074:10:11

she might drop behind the Austrian

as we go into the second day.

This

4:10:114:10:16

will be very close between

Jacqueline Loelling, Janine Flock

4:10:164:10:23

and Lizzy Yarnold. And Lizzy Yarnold

drops back to third place. A tenth

4:10:234:10:27

of a second behind the leader. Is

that a missed opportunity?

My hands

4:10:274:10:34

are shaking and my heart is pumping

to see where she would have come. It

4:10:344:10:39

was a slow heat, but everyone's

times have been average slower on

4:10:394:10:44

this heat. She seems happy getting

off the sled, but she made several

4:10:444:10:48

mistakes on that run, that she

didn't do on the top one. It's an

4:10:484:10:53

unforgiving track. You have to have

a clean run. I would actually say

4:10:534:10:57

that I think Laura Deas popped down

the best run of that second run.

4:10:574:11:02

Jacqueline Loelling leading at

halfway, just in front of Janine

4:11:024:11:05

Flock. Great Britain in third and

fourth, and still very much in this

4:11:054:11:10

Olympic event.

It was a much faster

track than it had been in training.

4:11:104:11:15

I got a bit of a sore throat and

sinus thing going on.

Was that the

4:11:154:11:23

issue at the end of the first run?

I

think I'm struggling to breathe

4:11:234:11:28

enough, because it's very cold here

and a little bit dusty as well. I'm

4:11:284:11:34

doing lots of steaming, you know,

over a bowl. It's quite nice, but

4:11:344:11:38

this is a brilliant track. It's been

a great first night of racing. This

4:11:384:11:43

is the bit I love, going home and

everyone getting all nervous, and I

4:11:434:11:47

get a great night's sleep and fight

for it again tomorrow.

You are right

4:11:474:11:51

in the mix for medals. It must be

very exciting.

It's a nice place to

4:11:514:11:56

be, sat in fourth, just 700 is away

from a medal position. This is a

4:11:564:12:01

sport where anything can happen and

anything can change in a split

4:12:014:12:04

second. I want to stay positive and

try to find those hundredths

4:12:044:12:09

tomorrow.

How inspirational was that

performance from Dom Parsons earlier

4:12:094:12:17

today?

It was in relation to go from

heartbreak to joy. I'm so pleased it

4:12:174:12:23

came out for him in the end.

4:12:234:12:30

STUDIO:

4:12:314:12:38

We're strapping on the skis again -

the skinny ones this

4:12:384:12:41

time - and after that history making

seventh place in the men's

4:12:414:12:44

crosscountry skiathlon on Sunday,

Britain's Andrew Musgrave was full

4:12:444:12:46

of purpose and even more self-belief

ahead of what is his favoured

4:12:464:12:51

event, the 15k race,

especially since it was to be staged

4:12:514:12:56

at these Games not in

the classical style -

4:12:564:12:58

in the parallel ski tracks -

4:12:584:13:00

but in his preferred skating,

herringbone freestyle.

4:13:004:13:07

But, it just wasn't to be his day,

as Paddy Geary can tell us.

4:13:074:13:14

Is Andrew Musgrave of Great Britain

at the beginning of the journey to

4:13:144:13:18

bring him the glory he has sought

for so many years? This was his

4:13:184:13:22

chance, no Britain has had more hope

of a cross-country medal than Andrew

4:13:224:13:26

Musgrave. His preferred distance,

his preferred free technique, and he

4:13:264:13:30

showed form by finishing seventh in

Skiathos. His plan was to start

4:13:304:13:34

slow, but he couldn't pick up the

pace over the gruelling course and

4:13:344:13:38

left crucial seconds in the snow.

Meanwhile, you might remember this

4:13:384:13:42

man from the opening ceremony. From

Tonga, or but with a few more layers

4:13:424:13:50

on comedy first skied on snow just

12 weeks ago and said he wanted to

4:13:504:13:53

finish before they turned the lights

off. He managed that, ending up

4:13:534:13:59

114th, around 23 minutes behind

Swiss time, Dario Cologna of

4:13:594:14:09

Switzerland.

We have witnessed

history, his status now as one of

4:14:094:14:14

the all-time greats is surely

guaranteed.

Everyone who finishes

4:14:144:14:17

this event is exhausted, but having

ended up 28th, Andrew Musgrave was

4:14:174:14:23

exasperated as well.

The plan was to

go out pretty easy on the first lap.

4:14:234:14:29

Wasn't too worried if I lost time,

because I thought I would be able to

4:14:294:14:32

make up a lot on the second lap. I

thought if it was the Olympics may

4:14:324:14:36

be some guys would go out too hard.

I went out pretty even paste. It was

4:14:364:14:44

shocking, basically. Never got going

and felt heavy the whole way round.

4:14:444:14:49

STUDIO: It wasn't to be for Andrew

Musgrave. Particularly dispiriting

4:14:494:14:54

because his preferred freestyle

category, when you have that skating

4:14:544:14:57

herringbone style, it doesn't come

back in for another eight years. The

4:14:574:15:01

next time it is raised in Beijing

will be in the long pole parallel

4:15:014:15:06

ski tracks, the classical style.

Better luck next time for Andrew,

4:15:064:15:11

who goes with Andrew Young in the

team sprint on Wednesday. It's very

4:15:114:15:14

probable he will also take part in

the ultramarathon 50 K as well. We

4:15:144:15:19

hope a lot more to come from Andrew

Musgrave. And congratulations to

4:15:194:15:25

super Dario Cologna, which is now a

fourth Olympic gold medal. Just

4:15:254:15:30

after 5pm, if you are home from work

or school, you will need to know

4:15:304:15:35

what's been going on on day seven.

And I have good news.

4:15:354:15:42

The first British medal of the games

has gone to Dom Parsons, bronze in

4:15:424:15:50

the men's skeleton. There could be

more success in the women's

4:15:504:15:56

skeleton, Lizzy Yarnold third at

halfway, fellow Briton Laura Deas

4:15:564:16:01

fourth, that concludes around

lunchtime tomorrow. Meanwhile

4:16:014:16:06

defending champion and prerace

favourite Michaela Shifrin failed to

4:16:064:16:10

reach the podium in the slalom.

4:16:104:16:18

reach the podium in the slalom. And

nasty crashing duties combined event

4:16:184:16:20

to win the super-g.

4:16:204:16:27

to win the super-g. And the

Netherlands, the all conquering

4:16:274:16:30

Netherlands making it six wins out

of seven in the speed skating.

4:16:304:16:36

Now for a moment of Olympic

intimate, something which are

4:16:404:16:43

registered with all of us who saw it

when snowboard cross made its debut

4:16:434:16:50

in 2006, Lindsey Jacobellis will

never forget it either.

4:16:504:16:53

Lindsey Jacobellis is cruising, she

knows she is out in front.

4:16:594:17:04

It looks like we've got gold and

silver are sewn up.

4:17:074:17:16

silver are sewn up. Very

unfortunate, this is a lap of honour

4:17:164:17:19

for Lindsey Jacobellis. The

American, drama! She is down! Look

4:17:194:17:26

at our! This is incredible!

Unbelievable! Lindsey Jacobellis has

4:17:264:17:35

thrown a gold medal away in the last

100 metres. What has happened?

4:17:354:17:43

Memorable as well for the common

today. -- the common today, we are

4:17:434:17:51

joined by two snowboard supremos, at

the age of 32 in her fourth games

4:17:514:17:56

Lindsey Jacobellis is back, she is

understandably known for that moment

4:17:564:18:01

but how unfair is it because Harlow

otherwise distinguished has this

4:18:014:18:07

career been?

She is one of the most

decorated out there in women,

4:18:074:18:11

multiple World Championship titles.

Really big competition, the X Games.

4:18:114:18:19

What is she like as a person?

She is

very determined and as you can see

4:18:194:18:25

she keeps coming back looking for

the gold.

4:18:254:18:33

the gold.

It has almost haunted her.

I think it has helped with her

4:18:334:18:36

snowboard cross career, that she has

been doing the half pipe, but it's

4:18:364:18:41

almost like she is jinxed for the

Olympics.

That moment of infinity we

4:18:414:18:49

have been talking about is actually

summing up the glorious

4:18:494:18:53

unpredictability of snowboard cross

in some respects.

Absolutely. It's

4:18:534:18:57

very much like the 500 metre short

track speed skating, it's so

4:18:574:19:03

unpredictable. I think it's so

important for these guys to get out

4:19:034:19:06

in front and get away from the crowd

and try not to get involved in all

4:19:064:19:12

the carnage.

Indeed. Lindsey

Jacobellis one of the favourites

4:19:124:19:16

coming into this in what was her

fourth games. We are about to see

4:19:164:19:21

the final but in terms of the

build-up, how much hype has there

4:19:214:19:25

been about not just hard but the

other riders?

There is a lot of

4:19:254:19:31

pressure with all the nations. I am

sure they will all be relieved it's

4:19:314:19:37

over and most of them are safe.

Let's see, because what a race this

4:19:374:19:42

turned out to be, what an event. The

helter-skelter world of women's

4:19:424:19:47

snowboard cross. Let's find out.

4:19:474:19:53

COMMENTATOR: First of the

quarterfinals underway.

4:19:534:20:05

In a good spot.

The French racer is

out in front. Zoe Gillings-Brier in

4:20:144:20:29

contention but the tight group.

Coming allowed the

4:20:294:20:36

Coming allowed the outside is tight

drawstring, Zoe Gillings-Brier just

4:20:364:20:41

off the pace.

The defending Olympic

champion, taking a very neat line,

4:20:414:20:51

Eva Samkova, gaining a few metres.

Zoe Gillings-Brier using a bit of

4:20:514:20:58

drag, back in the mix on the inside

and she is into third place. She has

4:20:584:21:03

the defending champion just behind

her.

She needs to be clever into the

4:21:034:21:10

final straight. Needs to turn on the

afterburners. You can do it, didn't

4:21:104:21:16

quite squash the jump.

4:21:164:21:25

quite squash the jump.

Alexandra

Jekova in fast Eva Samkova in thirds

4:21:254:21:32

and temp three thirds. Zoe

Gillings-Brier fourth.

She did

4:21:324:21:38

everything right, such a shame.

4:21:384:21:46

everything right, such a shame. They

all did so well. Good, clean race.

4:21:464:21:50

Not too tight or bunched but the

lead changed a couple of times.

4:21:504:21:57

Alexandra Jekova took the lead and

for a second Zoe had a qualification

4:21:574:22:02

spot.

She was third. But the

experience of Eva Samkova.

Eva

4:22:024:22:07

Samkova came through.

4:22:074:22:13

Samkova came through. Zoe is not

able to send the jumps along and

4:22:134:22:16

law, a bit too high off the first.

Really deep on the second one. An

4:22:164:22:23

amazing performance from Zoe

Gillings-Brier however.

4:22:234:22:29

Yun Sungbin Eva Samkova and Nelly

Moenne Loccoz into the semifinals.

4:22:294:22:38

We go back to the top. The next

quarterfinal contains the woman

4:22:434:22:48

whose narrative is why most people

know about snowboard cross, Lindsey

4:22:484:22:56

Jacobellis. She has won everything

else the sport has two offer. Five

4:22:564:23:02

World Championships at five times of

axing. She is best known for

4:23:024:23:07

throwing away a gold medal in the

debut in 2006. She is in there with

4:23:074:23:14

the Hemel Hempstead born athlete to

know races for France. Very

4:23:144:23:23

powerful.

4:23:234:23:28

powerful. Charlotte Bankes out very

quickly.

4:23:324:23:39

The Bluebird now,.

4:23:424:23:52

Showing everyone a clean set of

heels after that enormous crash on

4:23:564:24:00

the first. I think Lindsey

Jacobellis, time does not matter. If

4:24:004:24:06

she is smart she will back away. But

look at them, going neck and neck.

4:24:064:24:12

Keep your eye at the back, third

place being hotly contested.

First

4:24:124:24:19

and second does not matter but these

two are still going at it. Lindsey

4:24:194:24:27

Jacobellis leading.

4:24:274:24:32

Jacobellis leading. .

4:24:324:24:36

Year we go. I think the Canadian is

still in third place very

4:24:364:24:41

comfortably, Zoe Bergermann.

4:24:414:24:47

comfortably, Zoe Bergermann. Lindsey

Jacobellis from Hermann Maier with

4:24:474:24:55

Zoe Bergermann third. Charlotte

Bankes, one of the favourites taken

4:24:554:25:00

out at the first turn. It is her own

fault. She goes down herself. It's

4:25:004:25:08

the bounce back of Zoe Bergermann. I

think she went through the side of a

4:25:084:25:17

gate. There could yet be follow-up

on this. I think they are looking at

4:25:174:25:26

the crash. The jury will look again

at that because we saw somebody go

4:25:264:25:32

through the gate. But without

confirmation of the qualifiers. We

4:25:324:25:40

are going to move on to this third

quarterfinal. Another big pile of

4:25:404:25:46

names. Faye Gulini third at the last

World Cup.

4:25:464:25:57

World Cup. Chloe Trespeuch who had a

massive argument with Lindsey

4:25:574:26:00

Jacobellis. And Faye Gulini has gone

down on the dignity stripper.

It has

4:26:004:26:08

taken her out.

4:26:084:26:13

taken her out.

Chloe Trespeuch, the

French number one seed pumping so

4:26:134:26:18

hard and really starting to stretch

daylight ahead of Megan Tierney. The

4:26:184:26:25

fourth seed in the American team.

4:26:254:26:31

The Russian is one of the loudest

and most effervescent racers here

4:26:394:26:43

and at the moment she is holding off

the Italian.

4:26:434:26:51

the Italian. Chloe Trespeuch very

much standard. Meghan Tierney, 21

4:26:514:26:56

years old at her first games,

Kristina Paul on the flatter section

4:26:564:27:01

using inertia to go through. It is

very tight now for a second third

4:27:014:27:07

and fourth. Meghan Tierney has made

a mistake, Kristina Paul in second

4:27:074:27:10

place. And Meghan Tierney road into

Luca Guadagnino.

I think there are

4:27:104:27:20

going to be protests going on.

4:27:204:27:23

I think that was a change in racing

line by the Italian. Number 19 on

4:27:364:27:42

the shoulder.

Did she closed the

door on Meghan Tierney? She really

4:27:424:27:48

did. Did not take the compression.

This is it. That's the knuckle.

4:27:484:28:01

This is it. That's the knuckle.

She

jumped right across. Maybe Raffaella

4:28:024:28:04

Brutto did. She came straight

across. Look at the change of lying.

4:28:044:28:09

Coming straight back across. How

Raffaella Brutto stayed on her feet,

4:28:094:28:18

she did incredibly well. There we

go. It is deemed to be fair.

The

4:28:184:28:25

Americans are losing a two of the

squad in 1/4-final. They would not

4:28:254:28:30

have seen that coming.

4:28:304:28:34

The number one seed if you looked at

the World Cup rankings, the Italian

4:28:374:28:44

so strong Michela Moioli. And the

young Frenchwoman but keep your eye

4:28:444:28:54

on the blue and white striped pants

of Michela Moioli.

4:28:544:29:01

of Michela Moioli. Very quick,

brilliant start from the Australian

4:29:034:29:07

but she's lost it through the third

bath.

Business as usual for the

4:29:074:29:14

Italian, she is out in front. She is

being chased. The young French girl

4:29:144:29:22

doing very well. Belle Brockhoff

will not let this slide. In a white.

4:29:224:29:35

Fantastic board seed in seeding,

Simona Meiler, she will be biding

4:29:354:29:43

her time. Big slopestyle style

kicker. It's enormous. Good board

4:29:434:29:49

speed, stretching a distance in

third place. Making a move. The

4:29:494:29:55

Polish girl made it up into first.

One of them is down at the back.

4:29:554:30:09

Michela Moioli out in front, Pereira

De Sousa in second. Michela Moioli

4:30:094:30:18

very comfortable. Pereira De Sousa.

Belle Brockhoff.

Good start, good

4:30:184:30:30

clean start. It was Michela Moioli

from the very beginning wasn't it?

4:30:304:30:38

Brilliant start from Belle Brockhoff

in blue. As they came through the

4:30:384:30:42

third bath, that first little

feature, not able to pump for speed

4:30:424:30:47

and it cost her. The 16-year-old

French girl in second place.

4:30:474:30:51

The top three will advance through.

Keep an eye on Jacobellis in the

4:30:594:31:05

green. Samkova is the favourite in

red.

4:31:054:31:14

Here we go with semifinal number

one. This will be good.

The first

4:31:214:31:25

three across the line advance to the

finals. For the others, no

4:31:254:31:30

consolation.

Samkova goes out

brilliantly in the mustard trousers.

4:31:304:31:36

And Charlotte Bankes again with a

brilliant start and then a birdbath.

4:31:364:31:44

Jacobellis is hot on the heels of

first place.

This might be very

4:31:444:31:56

lucky for Alexandra Jekova.

Three

metres out in front of Samkova. All

4:31:564:32:03

the way through, and Charlotte

Bankes is back from nowhere. How did

4:32:034:32:07

she get from the very back to the

very front?

She wasn't able to make

4:32:074:32:11

it stick. She tried to force

Jacobellis out. But now Jacobellis

4:32:114:32:16

can force at her.

Jacobellis and

Charlotte Bankes our eye to eye but

4:32:164:32:26

now Charlotte Bankes is out with

Samkova taking advantage and sliding

4:32:264:32:29

into second.

4:32:294:32:34

into second.

Samkova, the Olympic

champion, can ride this final

4:32:384:32:40

straight so well. Jacobellis, a

nervous look over her shoulder from

4:32:404:32:45

the American. She will remain second

and advance, but that's a warning

4:32:454:32:50

shot to Jacobellis. She needs to be

further ahead in the final on that

4:32:504:32:55

straight if she wants to take the

win, because she doesn't have the

4:32:554:32:58

speed that Samkova has.

Looked at

Charlotte Bankes in the blue. All

4:32:584:33:04

the way back, and two turns later

she is at the front.

Look how much

4:33:044:33:09

bigger she goes with her jobs.

Alexandra

4:33:094:33:16

Alexandra Jekova takes out the

French girl. And that was Samkova's

4:33:204:33:24

view of Jacobellis.

4:33:244:33:32

Back-up to the top for the second of

the semifinals. And there is no

4:33:374:33:42

shortage of talent on this side of

the draw. Blue and white pants

4:33:424:33:47

straddling the red pants of the

French. Keep an eye on that.

The

4:33:474:33:52

youngster goes out like a wet cat.

Flying here. She obviously didn't

4:33:524:34:00

read the script.

Both the French

upfront with Michela Moioli. Moioli

4:34:004:34:08

really flying through that section.

But De Sousa Mabileau is tucked in

4:34:084:34:17

behind. And Trespeuch dives out in

front. De Sousa Mabileau

4:34:174:34:25

slipstreaming behind Moioli. On this

section that is so critical. Popping

4:34:254:34:32

out from behind the traffic

stability pure eye on fourth place

4:34:324:34:35

Bella Brockhoff, the experienced

Australian.

4:34:354:34:45

Australian. Bella Brockhoff is

struggling. They go on to the home

4:34:494:34:53

straight.

4:34:534:34:59

straight. Belle Brockhoff is down.

This is routine for the front three.

4:34:594:35:06

No time to see they are clear, but

there we go, the first three

4:35:074:35:12

finishes advancing to the final.

After seeing their fellow countrymen

4:35:124:35:18

take gold yesterday, the whole

French crew will be beside

4:35:184:35:23

themselves for this lady 's

snowboard cross final. Chloe

4:35:234:35:27

Trespeuch, you have to say she

hasn't put an arm wrong. Smiles all

4:35:274:35:31

wrong.

Michela Moioli, so well liked

on tour. Chloe Trespeuch, a woman

4:35:314:35:39

who is unrivalled in her

competitiveness. She will do

4:35:394:35:42

whatever it takes.

4:35:424:35:47

whatever it takes. Now we move on to

the women's snowboard cross final.

4:35:484:35:52

The fastest six women who have

battled their way through the

4:35:524:35:55

quarters and semis to this point.

Alexandra Jekova settling herself as

4:35:554:36:01

they await the start's orders.

This

could go anyway.

They are all very,

4:36:014:36:10

very quick. Great start for Samkova

and Moioli.

They are neck and neck.

4:36:104:36:18

On the outside is De Sousa married

4:36:184:36:22

and Moioli.

They are neck and neck.

On the outside is De Sousa married.

4:36:224:36:26

Jacobellis is at the front.

Different lines taken but Jacobellis

4:36:264:36:32

takes a little luck. She is in front

but needs to hold on and make it

4:36:324:36:37

stick, but Moioli has been very

fast. Look at Julia De Sousa.

4:36:374:36:44

Jacobellis's board speed, Moioli

cuts out in front of Trespeuch.

4:36:444:36:53

Moioli moves ahead of her, overtake

in the air. Jacobellis in the fight

4:36:534:36:58

of her life. If she wants gold she

has to go. She slots in behind Chloe

4:36:584:37:02

Trespeuch, the most technical

section of the course. Moioli out if

4:37:024:37:06

it. Can they get some drag on her?

As they coming to this section,

4:37:064:37:11

Moioli is so fast all season, five

World Cups under her belt.

The

4:37:114:37:16

youngster Julia De Sousa has come

from fourth to second, the

4:37:164:37:19

16-year-old.

Samkova at the last

minutes, starts driving. It's neck

4:37:194:37:25

and neck for silver and bronze. They

are all down and it's all over the

4:37:254:37:29

place! No doubting who took gold,

its Michela Moioli. But the

4:37:294:37:34

equipment says Julia De Sousa

Mabileau in second. Look at them,

4:37:344:37:41

they have given everything they've

got to this course. They are laid

4:37:414:37:44

down. Trespeuch, Jacobellis. None of

them know. Moioli limping, but

4:37:444:37:52

celebrating.

4:37:524:37:57

celebrating. That was as intense as

sport gets. One of the closest

4:37:574:38:04

races, not just in Olympic women's

snowboard cross history, but of all

4:38:044:38:07

time. Jacobellis tucks up early and

her inertia gets her out in front of

4:38:074:38:15

the light bones of De Sousa Mabileau

who goes from first to third in the

4:38:154:38:23

corner.

She has Chloe Trespeuch is

all over her.

On board with Samkova.

4:38:234:38:30

You get an idea of how tight this

racing is. Samkova, very smart,

4:38:304:38:34

staying out of traffic on the

outside.

This is the bottom jump,

4:38:344:38:42

Trespeuch. My goodness, Trespeuch.

There is nothing between Jacobellis

4:38:424:38:47

and Samkova.

Samkova on the far

left, I think if ... It was Samkova

4:38:474:39:02

and Jacobellis. Samkova at the top

and Jacobellis down here at the

4:39:024:39:08

bottom. What a final, thank you,

boardercross. The official results

4:39:084:39:18

are in from the ladies snowboard

cross final.

STUDIO: They look great

4:39:184:39:24

from an Italian point of view. Even

compared with the men's final

4:39:244:39:30

yesterday, that was absolutely

sensational, pure racing, Maisie

4:39:304:39:35

Potter.

One of the best women's

finals I have ever seen, clean and

4:39:354:39:38

tight all the way to the finish

line, really well done.

And it

4:39:384:39:42

wasn't dominated by crashes and

injuries, as we saw in the build-up

4:39:424:39:45

to the men's event. It was a

brilliant piece of racing. That's

4:39:454:39:49

what you are concentrating on when

you watched it.

They all have their

4:39:494:39:53

own positions. They are giving each

other space which is quite good.

4:39:534:39:58

They are managing to get down the

course in one piece.

Interestingly

4:39:584:40:03

for Italy, it was their second gold

for the Italian women at these games

4:40:034:40:08

after Arianna Fontana in the short

track, and there have been no

4:40:084:40:10

Italian women on the podium at the

last three games, so going well

4:40:104:40:14

here. Just characterise the nature

of this course for us and what was

4:40:144:40:19

so important as we went to the final

jump?

Obviously the last section was

4:40:194:40:26

straight, big jumps, you had to

absorb fully those last jumps and

4:40:264:40:29

stay low.

I was going to ask, how

important is the wax on the

4:40:294:40:35

snowboard?

There is a lot of

pressure to get the right wax and it

4:40:354:40:41

makes a huge difference on the

course like this, it's a lot of

4:40:414:40:46

blind and it helps you get along.

A

great shot with Moioli. A fantastic

4:40:464:40:50

piece of television. But Julia De

Sousa Mabileau, only 16, taking

4:40:504:40:56

silver. You have worked with her,

living and training in France for a

4:40:564:41:02

long time.

She is a phenomenal rider

and deserved second place. She was a

4:41:024:41:07

surprise to the podium, but totally

deserved it.

Defending champion

4:41:074:41:11

Samkova settles for bronze. Once

again, agonisingly, Jacobellis

4:41:114:41:16

misses out. We said even in the

replay, do it this time!

I think

4:41:164:41:23

that any athlete, certainly we have

talked amongst the fourth place

4:41:234:41:27

being called the forgotten place. It

really is. People only ever see the

4:41:274:41:32

top three, so forth, it may as well

be last at times. Obviously she has

4:41:324:41:39

done exceptionally well to battle

through and getting to the final.

4:41:394:41:43

She was so close to third place,

just caught the edge here.

But the

4:41:434:41:48

spill down the final jump, we have

seen that in the last couple of

4:41:484:41:51

Olympics as well with everybody

piling across in a photo finish. I

4:41:514:41:56

wonder how much that whets the

appetite, Maisie? You hurt yourself,

4:41:564:42:00

shattered your heel in the Olympic

trial trying to get there. How much

4:42:004:42:05

does it whet the appetite to try to

get to the next one in Beijing?

4:42:054:42:09

Watching that inspires me to get

back out there. It was an

4:42:094:42:13

inspirational race by those ladies.

We wish you all the best. You'll

4:42:134:42:16

stay with us for a bit.

4:42:164:42:22

From boards and back on to skis.

4:42:234:42:26

Chloe Jennings Brier, didn't get

through to the semifinals but a

4:42:284:42:33

fantastic servant to British

boarding over the years.

She has

4:42:334:42:38

been a fantastic team-mate and I

have learned so much from her. She

4:42:384:42:44

is in fourth place here, and she

nearly goes into third but loses it

4:42:444:42:48

at the end. But she raced very well

and can be happy with that.

Isle of

4:42:484:42:53

Man's finest. Her fourth games, the

best place she had was eighth in

4:42:534:42:57

Vancouver in 2010. But we go from

boards back to skis. Some aerials.

4:42:574:43:04

These guys were getting some height,

but this is officially the highest

4:43:044:43:07

of any of the Olympic events, winter

or summer.

4:43:074:43:11

These athletes are often

twisting and turning some 20

4:43:114:43:13

metre above the snow.

4:43:134:43:15

metre above the snow.

4:43:154:43:16

That's about 40 feet.

4:43:164:43:19

Ski jumpers are rarely more than 6

metre above the ground

4:43:194:43:22

as they hug the outrun.

4:43:224:43:23

Platform divers are

10m above the water.

4:43:234:43:27

So, in freestyle aerials,

a strong nerve and very

4:43:274:43:30

strong knees are required.

4:43:304:43:33

And you need good knees for

landings.

4:43:334:43:40

China, Belarus and the Russian

athletes dominated qualifying

4:43:404:43:42

for the women's final

at Phoenix Olympic Park.

4:43:424:43:50

COMMENTATOR: Each of the judges

gives a score out of ten. Of that

4:43:594:44:04

ten points, two of them are for the

air scores, take-off and height in

4:44:044:44:08

the air. Form is five points,

regards the trip itself. And landing

4:44:084:44:15

is three points. Five judges scores

are totalled, the highest and lowest

4:44:154:44:19

are discarded, and the remaining

three are multiplied by the degree

4:44:194:44:23

of difficulty of the trick. It's

really very simple! These jumps will

4:44:234:44:28

decide the medals. Madison Olsen is

going for fold, double full. Staying

4:44:284:44:41

on the right-hand kickers, going for

two backflips. The first will have a

4:44:414:44:46

full twist and the second will have

a double twist.

4:44:464:44:53

Oh! Pretty sure I heard the coach

shouting, you're good, you're good.

4:44:564:45:02

Disappointment.

4:45:024:45:07

Disappointment.

They are smiling.

She's happy. She's making the walk

4:45:084:45:10

of shame back-up to get her skis.

These smiley, almost a relief on the

4:45:104:45:16

faces for them.

A little bit early

on the take off. The skis twisted

4:45:164:45:22

up. She had two points nine and 2.6

degrees difficulty jobs before now.

4:45:224:45:28

The moment she spots the landing on

the second flip...

She pulls in her

4:45:284:45:36

legs, gets the landing gear up.

Rag

doll over the handlebars.

4:45:364:45:48

He was definitely shouting you are

good, you ordered.

4:45:494:45:56

good, you ordered.

It sounded like

brace.

4:45:564:46:02

brace. All smiles, very pleased to

have made the third round of the

4:46:024:46:05

women's finals here, Madison Olsen.

Now we are rolling out the big guns.

4:46:054:46:15

The defending Olympic champion,

going for the most difficult jump

4:46:154:46:19

will see tonight. Carries a degree

of difficulty of 4.05, huge

4:46:194:46:27

multiplier if she can get it right.

Three flips, three twists, has to be

4:46:274:46:35

pronounced and clean. 30 aged old

mother of two in her sixth Olympic

4:46:354:46:39

Games, Alla Tsuper.

She is dropping.

The coach says no but she says go.

4:46:394:46:51

Oh! She will relinquish the gold

medal. She puts her hand up, she is

4:46:514:46:59

OK. An inspiration.

4:46:594:47:09

OK. An inspiration. The most

difficult jump of the night and it

4:47:094:47:12

just does not go her way.

4:47:124:47:18

just does not go her way.

You can

see the legs. Just bending slightly.

4:47:184:47:23

Shouting from the coaches telling

her to speed it up, get it done. She

4:47:234:47:27

is on her way down, throws herself

into the last flip.

That was a heavy

4:47:274:47:35

plant. Jill McCabe piledriver into

the snow. It is relatively soft.

4:47:354:47:44

the snow. It is relatively soft.

My

goodness.

4:47:444:47:49

Give you another idea of the

frustration that Alla Tsuper feels.

4:48:034:48:10

I say congratulations to have made

it in the finals. But it will feel

4:48:104:48:15

like this appointment for her no

doubt. The Belarussian Hanna Huskova

4:48:154:48:23

at the opposite end of the spectrum.

25 years old.

4:48:234:48:28

Perfect conditions as she goes into

the full, full. Stays on her feet.

4:48:374:48:43

Just.

Huge degree of difficulty.

3.8.

4:48:434:48:53

Alla Tsuper giving her a little

round of applause. Defensive body

4:48:584:49:04

language from Hanna Huskova. She has

looked nervous waiting for her

4:49:044:49:09

scores. The second jump I think is

her most perfect. She looked happy

4:49:094:49:15

with that. Certainly this one. A few

mistakes but again the degree of

4:49:154:49:20

difficulty works in her favour.

Everyone yet to drop has an easier

4:49:204:49:25

degree of difficulty. Form was good.

Holds onto the landing with one hand

4:49:254:49:35

down.

4:49:354:49:40

down. I think the air and form will

be very good, the landing will

4:49:434:49:48

suffer but the degree of difficulty

is very good.

4:49:484:49:52

20 years of age.

Going for the

double full, full. 3.5 of

4:49:564:50:05

difficulty.

4:50:054:50:13

Oh!

Absolutely huge hit.

She puts

her arm up, says she is all right.

4:50:174:50:32

her arm up, says she is all right. I

thought Hanna Huskova was going to

4:50:344:50:38

cry.

I think that has guaranteed her

a medal.

Of some colour.

It was only

4:50:384:50:49

Laura Peel, not only Laura Peel, but

if Laura Peel had bested her she

4:50:494:50:56

would be down into the silver medal

position.

And Laura Peel knew she

4:50:564:51:02

was going big, through the second

slip, she did not bring her arms in.

4:51:024:51:10

Two stretch it.

He called it. He

could see it. The disappointment.

4:51:104:51:22

The Australian currently in third

place. But no guarantee. We still

4:51:284:51:34

have two to drop.

4:51:344:51:41

have two to drop. Alla Tsuper in

silver medal position, Hanna Huskova

4:51:414:51:45

with the only clean landing of the

finals so far is in gold medal

4:51:454:51:48

position. The 32-year-old going for

full, double full.

4:51:484:52:00

full, double full.

There is the

signal. Into the pizza. Here she

4:52:004:52:03

goes.

4:52:034:52:06

Beautiful.

Very clean. Certainly

cleaner than Hanna Huskova but the

4:52:124:52:23

degree of difficulty is just 3.5 25.

So what does this mean Weston let's

4:52:234:52:30

take a closer look.

4:52:304:52:38

The form is lovely, I think the

take-off is maybe a little messy.

4:52:414:52:48

She is over rotating, you can see

the arms coming up in the third and

4:52:484:52:53

final flat just to slow things down.

Finished perfectly.

4:52:534:52:58

I think coupled with the degree of

difficulty it's not going to be

4:53:084:53:12

enough.

I don't know, Hanna Huskova

made a big mistake dragging the

4:53:124:53:19

hand.

It's not enough! Second place.

Hanna Huskova guaranteed a silver

4:53:194:53:33

medal. Alla Tsuper currently in

bronze. The final to drop, going for

4:53:334:53:42

full, double full. The same jump

we've just seen from Zhang Xin. The

4:53:424:53:50

degree of difficulty 3.5 25.

It

needs to be perfect.

She is so

4:53:504:53:56

charismatic.

Checking the glasses.

4:53:564:54:04

They are all over rotating! That has

guaranteed Hanna Huskova gold. What

4:54:044:54:12

it means for Zhang Xin and Alla

Tsuper is unclear. But still a smile

4:54:124:54:17

from Kong Fanyu. Hanna Huskova

hasn't seen the score but she is

4:54:174:54:24

beginning to celebrate. I think it

could still be bronze.

It was a huge

4:54:244:54:29

trek. --

4:54:294:54:38

is it silver or bronze? Incredible

pressure here at the finals in the

4:54:414:54:45

third and final jumps. Only half the

field have landed their jumps and

4:54:454:54:54

only two of them have landed

cleanly.

Completely overcooked it.

4:54:544:55:05

She is up and skiing away very

quickly. This will be really

4:55:054:55:09

interesting.

It is a big slap when

you see it like that. Let's go to

4:55:094:55:24

coach cam. He knew it from the

take-off. Kong Fanyu bronze medal.

4:55:244:55:38

You can see how much it means to

her. Hanna Huskova is the women's

4:55:384:55:46

aerials gold medallist. Zhang Xin of

China. And bronze you can see Kong

4:55:464:55:56

Fanyu.

4:55:564:55:58

If you fancy a go at that details on

get inspired, I am sure your mum and

4:56:014:56:06

dad would be delighted if you gave

it a go! That is back-to-back wins

4:56:064:56:10

for Belarus, they must have great

spatial awareness.

I remember in

4:56:104:56:20

Vancouver it was going on right next

to the half pipe, the first time I

4:56:204:56:24

had seen it in person and the camera

does not do it justice, how high

4:56:244:56:28

they go.

A lot of them are former

gymnasts. Also the snowboarding

4:56:284:56:34

equivalent is the big air, tell us

about that, what are we in for when

4:56:344:56:38

we start seeing that from Monday?

You are in for a show. Snowboarders

4:56:384:56:44

will throw down their best tricks

they have.

A lot of revolutions.

4:56:444:56:51

What have you heard about the kicker

we are going to see?

Today was the

4:56:514:56:55

first day of practice and what I

gathered talking to some of the

4:56:554:56:59

riders, I am not sure if the jump

will be good to do quadruples on it.

4:56:594:57:06

I think there might be a a few

select riders including our own

4:57:064:57:13

Billy Morgan, you might get the

quadruple cork out of them but we

4:57:134:57:17

will see.

If it makes half as much

an impression as the half pipe dead

4:57:174:57:22

and indeed snowboard cross we are in

for a treat. This is our last time

4:57:224:57:26

that you may say, thank you so much,

what is next for you, what is your

4:57:264:57:32

target?

Rehab and then hopefully the

World Championships in 2019.

We look

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forward to seeing you in Beijing.

Let me tell you about the big

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headlines today not just for Great

Britain but the other nations.

4:57:474:57:50

Germany did not

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Britain but the other nations.

Germany did not win a gold medal

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today but they remain top of the

table. Great Britain off and running

4:57:524:57:58

off it thanks to the bob skeleton

bronze medal from Dom Parsons, the

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first by a British man for 70 years.

Tonight we have live-action much

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later on, women's curling, the women

against Denmark. The super-g slalom

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for women. Lindsey Vonn coming into

that. The men play Korea in the

4:58:154:58:22

curling as well. And we will stay on

BBC One to watch Elise Christie go

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for gold or any medal at all in the

event that she is the world

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champion, the 1500 metres. A torrid

few days since crashing out in the

4:58:314:58:36

500 metres. We will see Lizzy

Yarnold and Laura Deas in their

4:58:364:58:39

deciding runs.

4:58:394:58:41

Yarnold and Laura Deas in their

deciding runs. Let's hope it's

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another Olympic super Saturday for

Great Britain. The champagne is on

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ice for the British women but we can

officially uncorked the bubbly for

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Dom Parsons. He is the toast of the

British team tonight, goodbye for

4:58:534:58:57

now.

4:58:574:58:58

Lizzy Yarnold underway.

Keep this

together.

Supreme accuracy needed

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here.

Big power move.

Keep sweeping,

keep sweeping.

This is a good start

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from the British men.

Whatever it

does for the aerodynamics that

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moustache works.

Elise Christie. The

nation holds its breath.

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