BBC Two Day 9: GB in Two-man Bobsleigh and Women's Skeleton Medal Ceremony Winter Olympics

two-man bobsleigh. But to take you

through all the rest of the day's

action, here is Clare Balding in the

studio. From me, goodbye and see you

tomorrow morning.

We Are Here For The Next Few Hours,

More live action, men's: coming up,

Great Britain in action today, and

they need to win against Italy, but

we have time to reflect on this,

amazing coverage for Lizzy Yarnold's

coverage yesterday to become the

first Briton to retain and become a

double Olympic champion. It will be

the greatest day of winter sport

ever for Great Britain.

There were tonnes of big names in

the field. It could have been

anyone.

Great Britain's Izzy Atkin takes

bronze.

Exciting and overwhelmed, but

really, really happy. I didn't think

I'd done enough.

Laura Deas goes next for Gregg

Brain.

Laura Deas has done all she can,

will it be enough?

I love pressure, I love pressure,

pressure is a privilege.

Lizzy Yarnold next, the Olympic

champion, can she make history?

Yarnold wins gold again! Laura Deas

has went back bronze as well.

I can't believe it is happening. It

is like a dream. I am so relieved we

can be on the podium together.

STUDIO: We will see them on the

podium together getting their medals

before 11am. We will be going live

to the first run of the two-man

bobsleigh, we have a bobsleigh

expert in the studio, Nicola

Minichiello, great to see you, thank

you.

Absolute pleasure, very excited

what will happen in the next few

days, it has been amazing so far. We

have to keep building for Team GB.

Flanked by two experienced

Olympians, Alex Cooper starting off

the 21st century, superstars that

now have ended up with a double

champion and three Olympics unbeaten

for British skeleton, and Chemmy

Alcott. I have run out... I was

thinking, what can I say that is

fresh and new, but basically, you

have been a superstar in the studio.

Thank you. I am going to miss you

because she is going to South Korea,

she will be back before the end of

the games.

We are not losing you.

I

want to get in amongst the action. I

am jealous of everyone out there.

How good is this for British winter

sport to get this height of coverage

in the papers today and in TV and

radio?

It is winter sport and it is

Britain. We don't do well in winter

sport, except we do. We took half of

the skeleton medals available. We

are a nation the rest of the world

should fear. The fact we have done

it in skeleton shows we have a

system that works. We have to put it

into some other sports, and who

knows, 20 years down the line, what

else might be in the paper?

Going to

two Olympics and winning medals, you

have worked all around the world,

you went to the Netherlands as the

first female director of a sport

anywhere?

I did. After retiring in

2011, I went into coaching a lot of

the development athletes in Europe,

did that for a season, then worked

as a head coach in the Netherlands.

It was fantastic, they got their

best result, fourth in Sochi. For

the last two years, I have worked

with the Americans. A lot of the

athletes developing, both skeleton,

Ghana and Nigeria, the athletes have

come through that system. The same

in bobsleigh, the Nigerian team, the

Croatians, and a lot of athletes are

coming up and it is lovely to see.

I

am interested how the funding works,

we see the numbers and know that

skeleton is the best funded of

winter sport, but what is the

reality of trying to make it, not

paid, but afford to do it when you

are an athlete?

It is really hard,

because I have always wanted, now I

am a coach as well, and you don't

want it to be elitist, but it costs

a lot. There are sacrifices to make

in terms of travelling abroad,

looking for equipment and coaches,

but we are starting to build

grassroot interest. The more it

builds, the more tourists we get

scheme. 8 million people go skiing a

year. That is out of the country. If

we can get more to go to Scotland

where the conditions are great, we

can build our own system. They did

it so well in freestyle, they are

starting to do it in skeleton, but

you guys need people involved

younger. We know how to do it, we

have done it in summer sports, we

are starting to implement it in

winter sport now.

It has an impact.

When you look at the headlines,

slide and joy, history on ice, when

young girls and boys, when they see

this, and we saw it on the

highlights last night, the picture

of the little girl on the podium,

recreating that scene, you want this

to be you. And you believe it could

be you.

It is. It is a reality. That

is what is so great about it. It is

not saying maybe we can do it, we

have proved it, we have done it. We

can go on and be awesome.

The most

interesting story was two women on

the podium, and they are such good

friends and have worked together,

started together in sliding, and for

both, it meant so much the other was

there with them. Let's look back on

a momentous day in skeleton.

This is it. The Olympic final. And

believe me, there is no feeling like

it, and nothing means more.

And with the British women out there

in the start hut, there is a real

chance we could bring home two

medals with Lizzy in third place and

Laura in fourth going into the final

two runs.

First to go was World Champion,

Jacqueline Loelling, slight mistakes

all the way down, and she was to

lose her lead.

That lead taken by the wonderfully

consistent Janine Flock, three

really solid runs took Flock to the

top.

Lizzy Yarnold, the defending Olympic

champion with a slightly subdued

heat two was much better in heat

three, putting herself within a

breadth of fourth.

Laura Deas maintained her

wonderfully consistent Olympic Games

with the quickest run of her three.

However, she stays in fourth place.

Anna Fernstadt at her first Olympic

Games through in her best of three

runs so far, closing slightly on

Laura Deas, into fifth place.

That run three done, I wanted to

find the two important mothers, the

biggest supporters. We have Judy,

how are you feeling?

I'm not too bad

at this precise moment, but during

the run, I was incomplete bits.

Bits.

I didn't know whether to be

sick, cry or both.

It was ghastly.

How about you, Judith, you have been

here before. She has put you through

this feeling.

We have been through

it before. Yesterday, I was really

nervous. Today, I feel so much

better. Really excited, because I

know Lizzy is really good under

pressure. So I feel more relaxed. I

am really enjoying today.

We are all cheering Lizzy Yarnold

and Laura Deas on. It is going mad

here and we have one run left. Who

is going to bring home the medals,

and I Jolly hope it is both of them.

For the mums' sake!

And now, we come to the potential

medallists, Anna Fernstadt.

Improvements

medallists, Anna Fernstadt.

Improvements in right away through

the competition, and she is just 14

hundredths off Loelling at the

moment. Laura Deas to come next, of

course. Fernstadt needs to do it.

She is having to control it there,

slightly control the skid, but so

far, pretty clean. But the time is

bleeding away a little bit more. But

like most of the Germans, can she

make it back in the bottom three

corners?

They good at that, aren't

they. Really good at holding speed.

Hermann had her nose in front, keeps

her nose in front. Hermann moves up

fifth place.

Hold it together.

How

are we all at home? Laura Deas goes

next for Great Britain in fourth

place. Doesn't really tell the

measure of her consistency at these

Olympic Games. Let's not forget as

well, for Laura, it is her first

Olympic Games, aged 29. Stunningly

consistent, good starter. We want

that 51.8 or better. First, though,

we need the usual good start. Can

she get under 5.1 to get a cracking

shot at this? She has got it, 509,

Deas has a superstar.

She has

matched her run from Humphrey, can

shield it together now? She has to

stay calm. She will have seen

everyone slowly leaving the changing

rooms, using her feet there. She has

a big lead, look at her, perfect

line, perfect sliding. Our it

together, Laura.

Of Hermann. She has

her eyes on the prize if she can.

Now she can't clip into the corner

as she did here. Perfect. She has

improved on that. We have to hope

the exit on nine was enough to keep

her moving up the leaderboard.

Lovely, right up the middle, dead

centre, slightly high on the

entrance to 16. She is confirmed as

fourth at the very worst. Laura Deas

has done all she can. Will it be

enough, though? 51.9. I'm not sure,

I would have much preferred 51.8.

She was slowly losing time the

further she got down the track

towards the bottom. She had an

incredible start, but I think you

could see she was not as relaxed as

she was on her previous run. She

badly wants to move up, just there,

that probably did it. She didn't

have the perfect line she had on the

run before. However, she perfected

her steer and didn't clip. Let's see

what happens. She has moved up. She

is still in the leaderboard,

standing in first place.

Look how

close Hermann got to her. Laura Deas

confirmed fourth. Can it get better

for her? Jacqueline Loelling, two

years of complete excellence. She

admitted to nerves at the very start

of the competition, and they have

shown. Loelling, funnily enough, has

two 52 second runs to her name. If

she does that here, she is in

trouble. We wish her well, because

she has had a magnificent two years.

Really, the world's best. How does

it look?

Laura started so much

quicker, but she is a mistakes it.

Is this going to be the one that

sees Laura Deas move up into a

medal? That is a big skid there.

That could be the mistake that gives

Laura Deas what she needs. Still

building speed, I don't know how she

comes down to the bottom of the

track.

Down to a tenth, second last

curve, wide on it. Nothing between

Loelling and Deas. Loelling touches

Deas out. She does what she does all

the time, and that is find speed

very, very late. She's got amazing

credentials. Loelling guaranteed a

medal.

The Germans are just so good

at this. They are not the best

starters in the world, and yet, they

build speed with every single

corner, down every single track in

the world.

Lizzy Yarnold next. The Olympic

champion, can she make history and

win it again? First things first

before Janine Flock goes. Yarnold

has got to stay ahead of Loelling.

How has she started?

She started

well. She needs to focus on her

against the track. Don't worry about

the German, don't worry about the

Austrian, she needs to put in a

perfect run. She cannot make a

mistake at all on this run.

Everything is looking good so far.

The lines are good. She has good

control. Starting to build speed as

corner eight drops away into nine.

She has the little touch, that's the

same. Look at the Gap, half a

second. Is this the run that is

going to give her her second gold

medal and defend her title as

Olympic champion.

She had a big lead

over Loelling. This could be at

least silver for Lizzy Yarnold. She

goes to the front and how! Look at

the time, 51.46 to pile the pressure

on Janine Flock!

That is a gold

medal winning run, I am sure of it!

We are looking at a two time Olympic

champion.

Janine Flock to come,

though. What pressure now on the

Austrian. Lizzy Yarnold, a

sensational final run. She knows it

as well.

She does know it. That was

a track record. Unbelievable. She

made a mistake there, but she had so

much time in her bag to be able to

play with. Janine Flock is governed

to be up there in the changing room,

it is sign silent in the changing

room, she is the only one there.

This has to be the run of her life

to be able to take the lead. I'm not

sure she can do it. I really believe

that Lizzy Yarnold has put down

potentially a gold-medal run. Come

on, Janine, hold it together, girl.

She has a good push and can do this.

Mentally, she has developed as now.

For Austria, who have never won a

medal. Janine Flock, former world

number one, she needs the run of her

28 years to tip out Lizzy Yarnold.

It looks a big ask. She has a decent

enough start, though, 522.

That will

not be enough. She made a mistake

there. This will drop away. Look at

the time she has lost. That is how

good Lizzy's run was. She has made a

mistake and she is a tenth behind.

Can she build up as she builds down

the run? It is not about her staying

in front of Lizzy, this is, is she

going to drop behind the silver or

even the bronze? It is a big gap to

Laura Deas, the run is good, it

looks like she will hold onto bronze

medal position, but time is dropping

away.

Dropping away all the time. It

looks like Lizzy Yarnold is going to

win gold again. Where will Flock

finish? Flock goes Forth! Yarnold

wins gold again!

Yes!

Laura Deas has

won bronze as well! Lizzy Yarnold,

what a performance, the first

British athlete to successfully

defend her Olympic title. And for

Laura Deas, who dreams of medals at

Badminton, she has now got one at

the Olympic Games! Janine Flock,

crestfallen. You have got to feel

for her. But Lizzy Yarnold has done

it again and a great day for Great

Britain at the Winter Olympics.

How are you feeling, to back-up a

Sochi gold medal with another here?

I'm exhausted! Yesterday after the

first run I almost pulled out of the

competition because my chest

infection

was so uncomfortable and I

couldn't breathe, so my physio gave

me talking to and said, you can do

it. If it wasn't for every one of

the team, and my coach, I wouldn't

be here, so I am hugely grateful to

them.

Deep breath, Olympic bronze

medallist, an amazing achievement at

your first games.

I can't believe

it's happening, this is like a

dream. I knew I could do it, and

then I thought it would be snatched

away at the last minute. When

ginning came down behind me I just

couldn't believe it was happening,

and I am so pleased for Lizzie, it

is a dream come true.

What else have

you got left to do in this sport?

LAUGHTER

you got left to do in this sport?

LAUGHTER.

I don't know! I just want to take a

nap!

I don't know! I just want to take a

nap!

STUDIO: We can find out whether

she had a nap for a decent nights

sleep, but I hope Lizzie and Laura

are still looking at the screen

because I want you to see this, look

at this as the newspaper coverage

and the back pages and front pages

you have made, and the impact your

success, both of you together on

that podium at the same time, has

had over here. Many congratulations,

and I want to get a response from

you, seeing your families and all

those shots, looking back at that,

does it feel weird that that

happened less than 24 hours ago?

Yes, it is really weird, and very

amusing to watch James fall off the

chair, he was so excited. We are

pinching ourselves and to be able to

share the experience is brilliant

stuff like Laura, for you, just that

whole... You looked like you were

going to burst into tears because

obviously you thought

you had missed

it and then you found that you

hadn't. Your four runs were

third-best.

Yes, it was an

incredibly difficult moment because

my emotions were all over the place,

so pleased for Lizzie and I thought

I had missed out, I don't want to be

forth, and I knew it was down to

Janine's run. I was so nervous I

could barely look at the screen and

I was keeping an eye on the numbers

in the corner because I was praying

that she would drop behind me, then

when I saw she came down in fourth

it was total badness, -- madness,

when we scream don't jump together.

I realise that third-best didn't

sound as good as it is, it was good

enough for a medal which sounds

better. Somebody in the studio would

like to say something to you, Alex

Coomber who started this medal run

in the 21st century for British

women in skeleton.

Hi, Lizzie!

Hi,

Alex, how you?

I'm fine, thanks.

Coming into this, you said your aim

was to go back with the gold medal,

but I would love to know, at any

point during training or the race,

did you have any loss of confidence

or said maybe -- thought maybe you

wouldn't get it?

No, I didn't ever

doubt myself, even though I was

potentially going to pull out of the

race. I never stopped believing that

if I did my best and focused on me,

my sled and the track, that's all I

had to focus on, I could potentially

win. You can't affect anyone else's

performance, all you can do is your

best, and I am relieved it came

together on the day.

The strength of

that attitude is extraordinary, we

are in all. We look at you go, that

is an amazingly positive way to go

about it. Laura, how much do you

think you have learned from being

alongside Lizzy, and you started at

the same time and have helped each

other, your results have been great

over the last couple of years, but

what would you like to say about the

double Olympic champion standing

you?

Well, she's an amazing person,

and I feel incredibly grateful to be

sharing this moment with her. We

started the sport at the same time

together, eight, nine years ago now,

and I remember vividly the moment I

was watching her, I was at home, she

was at Sochi, and she sent me a

message to say," she wished she

could have been there with me.

Lizzy, in response, what do you have

to say about Laura?

It's a huge

privilege to be able to share this

moment with one of my best friends

in the world, and I know she is a

fierce competitor, she is an amazing

push athlete and superb on the

track, so I know I had to be my best

to be Laura, and thank God we pushed

each other and helped each other and

now we can share it and have a

holiday!

Exactly, because you have

been pointing out to anyone daft

enough to ask about what next that

you are not going to make a decision

in any rapid way, you are going to

take time over this.

Yes, I think

you have two because it is such an

exhausting process. Every we train

our hearts out to get better,

faster, and we push each other to

the limit to try and better

ourselves, and to know we are

bringing home two Olympic medals for

Britain, for everyone who supported

us, that deserves a holiday and a

couple of champagne is.

Laura, what

about you, what are your plans?

I

think I need to take a break, take

stock. It has been an intense

Olympic cycle, a very long, tough

season, and I just... I need to go

home and decompress a little bit and

appreciate what has just happened,

have a bit of a break, then get

geared up again I guess to get back

in the gym.

Your medal ceremony will

be in just over an hour, isn't it?

Yes!

So everybody is down there, all

your family and friends and

supporters, and also alongside you

on the balcony, our third medallist

from yesterday, the first time ever

Team GB has won three medals on one

day at the Winter Olympics, Izzy

Atkin, congratulations, the youngest

member of the team, and how do you

reflect both on what you achieved

under three of you together, what

you've done winter sport?

I think it

was amazing, especially for all the

girls out there, I hope we are

inspiring some of the younger

generation to get into some winter

sports. It's been amazing and I hope

you guys enjoy your medal ceremony

because it is the most mental thing

ever! I know you've done it before

but it was amazing.

How difficult is

the Olympic experience from

everything you normally do on the

freestyle circuit. How different are

the Olympics?

I think it's just...

Mainly that the rest of the team is

here, we don't get to see a lot of

each other, obviously in different

events, so it's representing Team GB

them getting to watch the other

events as well.

What response have

you had from friends and family in

Great Britain. I know your grandma

got up early to watch it.

Yes, it's

been amazing. I am so surprised at

how many people stayed a light at

night to see it, and my aunt and

uncle flew out from Guildford and

surprised me, which was amazing, I

saw them last night and it was

incredible.

Chemmy Alcott is with me

in the studio, she competed at the

Olympics for Great Britain, you know

what it's like when you get the

feedback afterwards, almost more

surprising.

First of all, girls, you

are incredible, I am so gutted I

retired and missed out on this Team

GB by us. I would have done one more

Olympics had I been able to -- known

I would be there to watch you. Be

emotional and be proud because all

the effort you put in, you deserve

this moment. Izzy in particular, you

have won an X Games and World

Championship medal, do you

understand what this will do for

you? We are an Olympic nation, this

is the start of you being a mentor

and an inspiration for everyone in

Britain.

Thank you. It's been a

mental couple of weeks!

Enjoy the

rest of it, Izzy

mental couple of weeks!

Enjoy the

rest of it, Izzy, Lizzy and Laura,

we look forward to seeing your medal

ceremony later and hearing the

national anthem play on your behalf.

Well done, we are so proud of you.

Thank you.

CHEERING

Well done, we are so proud of you.

Thank you.

CHEERING.

Thank you for joining us and I hope

Lizzy gets the decency to night! I

never even gave her a chance to

answer whether she got a nap but I

assume she got some sleep -- Lizzy

gets a decent sleep. Isn't that

connection. De Buck that is

teamwork, and are you can bring the

best out of each other and push each

other further.

Going out in an

individual sport, lonely, a

roller-coaster of emotion, and to

have someone next to you, we think

like that for Elise Christie, I know

she has Charlotte so she has a

little of that that two on the

podium sharing those motions, look

at this, it's amazing!

And there was

no reason, Alex, why this can't

continue. They will encourage more

promising athletes to consider

skeleton as an option.

Yes, if you

look at the progression, my medal

was won bronze in Salt Lake City,

then we progress to gold, now we

have gone from one up to three, in

the sport, we took up the medals in

the skeleton, the first time we have

had a male getting a medal, so not

just the girls can do it, the guys

have been in the shadow of the girls

and it is nice that they can come

out and hopefully next time we may

see two men on the podium. That is a

reality.

If we look at overall,

Winter Olympic medals by Great

Britain, nearly a third, nine of 30,

have been won by skeleton aptly.

Let's have a look 21st-century

success of GB skeleton sliders.

Alex Coomber for Great Britain on

the verge of a medal. So here goes

Alex Coomber for the last time. That

was a pretty good start, 5.1 nine.

This could be a situation which is

going to be nerve tingling. Round

the final curve into the finish,

Alex Coomber has got an Olympic

medal.

What a marvellous moment for Shelley

Rudman in her first Olympic

competition. She has got to have the

start of her life and the slide down

the mountain of her life.

Almost a

tenth of a second faster than her

first run, where did she get that

from?

This is very tidy indeed for

Shelley

from?

This is very tidy indeed for

Shelley. Keep it together, hold it

together! Shelley Rudman has got a

silver medal for Great Britain.

Damien Williams going for gold for

Great Britain. That is a tremendous

start -- Amy Williams. She can take

a couple of tax on the way down and

still win this.

Keep it together,

Amy Williams could become Olympic

champion.

The last turn, surely it's

gone for Great Britain. Oh, yes! Amy

Williams is the queen of speed in

Canada.

Lizzy Yarnold goes for gold for

Great Britain. She's down, she's in

control, she's still in the lead by

a comfortable margin. She's going to

win the gold medal, surely.

She

could crash now and win it, she's

going to do it!

Lizzy Yarnold as

Olympic champion, oh my goodness. Is

brilliant!

brilliant! -- that is brilliant.

Laura Deas goes next for Great

Britain in fourth place. She has a

super start.

Perfect glide, perfect

sliding.

In 15, lovely, right off

the middle, dead centre, Laura Deas

has done all she can, will it be

enough, though? Lizzy Yarnold next.

The Olympic champion, can she make

history and win it again?

She

started well and just needs to focus

on her against the track, this is

what it's all about now.

Just bend

15 to negotiate.

Yarnold wins gold

again! Laura Deas has won bronze as

well! A great day for Great Britain

at the Winter Olympics.

I could just watch those

I could just watch those pictures

again and again, it's so lovely, so

beautiful. Here are the women who

have succeeded in the 21st-century

and got onto a Winter Olympic podium

through the sport of skeleton. That

is quite a list. When you look at

that, five successive games, and

medal has been won, what do you

think?

It's a systematic programme, the

results of there. It is phenomenal.

It shows, you don't have to be an

Alpine nation, you don't have too

have all the facilities and

opportunities. You just have to be

smart, and investment has been

smart.

smart, and investment has been

smart. It is really great for the

future.

Alex, you watch those

different races and how much the

style has changed.

It is amazing,

Salt Lake, 16 years ago, only 16

years ago. If you watch the races,

the sled technology has come on

quite a lot. My sled was a generic

sled, there was little you could

alter to fit you personally.

Nowadays, they are modular. They

have scans to make sure the body is

aerodynamic on the sled, and the

steering is perfect. The slider can

relax on the sled far more. They

don't have to fight to steer down

the track. It is interesting that

more sliders nowadays are calm on

the sled. You see very little go

wrong, which makes time and speed

faster.

Let's not forget Dom

Parsons. His bronze medal will do a

lot to persuade men that sliding

sports might be for them. He did

terrific clean well in a very, very

strong field.

Definitely. I always

think that, for the men, I think it

is more difficult for them to do

well. They are a lot bigger, they

take bigger hits. When they make a

mistake, the effect is much greater.

He has basically broken the trend.

It has become second nature that we

would go to the Winter Olympics and

win a skeleton medal for the women,

and he has shown that, as a guy, you

can do just as well.

We didn't

mention his name in his predictions

before, what he has done is go and

perform at his very best level, pick

his level up and peak at the right

time. As someone that had not got

onto the podium before, he has come

and done that. As a nation, we can

elevate ourselves when it matters.

You are looking on the podium. He is

so chuffed, but shellshocked as

well. He hoped it might happen, but

I have no idea if he believed it.

That was the beauty of this track.

It is what has made the men and

women's skeleton race phenomenal.

These are the most exciting skeleton

races you have seen. Nobody wants a

race that you know who is going to

win. You want it to be the last few

metres. I can't wait for the

bobsleigh, because it will be

incredible. It will all trot and

change.

Is that because it went

uphill at the end, the track had the

technical difficulty and speed where

it went uphill?

Three things made

the track different. First of all, a

difficult bend occurred at turn two.

That is early on. If you came out

with a mistake, you have wiped your

time. As a fast start, you weren't

guaranteed a fast downtime. Second

thing was it was uphill. This had a

lot to do with moment and weight.

Some of the lighter athletes were

disadvantaged. The third thing is it

is a short track. If you make a

mistake, you have very default time

to get it corrected and pick-up time

further down.

Really interesting.

Shifting to the bobsleigh, what do

they do to the track, do they change

anything? Does the start change?

It

doesn't. The track now is as it is

going to be. It is very different to

the test event. Some of the curves

are very different. They are thrown

into the wall. It is a short period

of time with six runs, a short

period of time to get around on the

track. A lot to discuss in

bobsleigh, because all sorts have

gone on with women having their

funding dropped and crowdfunding

themselves to get there. What would

be a name for them? They've had a

great season. They have had their

best season ever. If we are talking

top eight or top six, that would be

a fantastic result. We have seen it,

this track is tear up the book. If

you have velocity on curved two,

anything can happen.

We will have

more conversation about different

events, but the saddest sight

without a doubt yesterday was that

of Elise Christie being taken away

on a stretcher after the semifinals

of the 1500 metres, a crash on the

last bend, it sent her into the side

pads with such force that she was

unable to get up and finish the

race. Had she finished the race, she

may have advanced to the final, we

will never know. But she had

suspected broken bones. The good

news is nothing is broken, but we

will get the latest in a second. For

Elise, it was another day of

desperate disappointment.

COMMENTATOR: Gurley here we go,

Elise Christie needs to finish in

the top two.

Christie has a little bit of work to

do now. Choi goes towards the front.

Christie comes through on the

inside. Good move from her. Two

that's to go. Christie just a little

bit patient there. And now the race

is on as they take the bell.

Christie in third place, Choi

Minjeong leads the way. As they come

around the final bend, they both

crash! Christie has crashed again

now in the semifinal right the final

bend yet again. She ends up in a

distraught heap on the floor. She

was almost there.

David McDaid has joined us, he is on

the balcony in Pyeongchang. What is

the latest with Elise, and how

likely is it she might be able to

compete in the heat of the 1000 on

Tuesday?

She was taken to hospital

last night, and thankfully, no

broken bones. We heard today,

actually, she had been back to

hospital, and has had an MRI scan on

her right ankle, which was the one

that was giving her pain as she was

taken off the ice last month. It has

revealed she has some torn soft

tissue damage. We don't exactly know

what that means. It could be

bruising, it could be anything a bit

worse than that, but she has been on

social media today and she looks

quite chirpy, she has been smiling.

But she has been wearing a

protective boot on her right ankle.

Team GB say, head of the 1000 heats

on Tuesday, she will continue to be

assessed and treated by Team GB

doctors. They will take a decision,

probably, they might even wait up

until 20-30 minutes before the heat

takes place to decide if she will

take part in the race on Tuesday.

If she was able to take part in the

heats and get through them, if she's

capable of doing that, she is then

got a bit more recovery time,

doesn't she.

Absolutely, yes. The

first heat is on Tuesday, it's just

one race. It will probably take 90

seconds over 1000 metres, and she

has a full day on Wednesday and

Thursday to rest before coming back

at Devon PM to compete in the

quarters, semis and finals. We hope

she is fit enough to take part. --

7p. It is a distance she is World

Champion at. It has not gone so well

for her so far, but if she can get

in a position where she is in the

final, it is short track. And as we

have seen this week, anything

happen.

We believe how much anything

can happen, it is a brutal sport, it

seems chaotic at times. What has

been the reaction of those closest

to Elise? You know them, you have

seen them through the build up, what

is your feeling about how they are

trying to protect her, really?

I think everyone is very conscious

that it doesn't turn into a repeat

of what happened four years ago in

Sochi when she had three penalties

and was absolutely heartbroken. She

does have some very people around

her, Charlotte Gilmartin her

team-mate is also heard roommate.

She is a good person to have around,

she will put an arm around Elise.

She also went out in her Sennia

final, but you have other people

like Nick Gooch, himself an Olympic

bronze medallist in short track from

1994. He has known Elise the ten

years, worked with her, he knows

what makes her tick, he knows how to

calm her down. He knows that

sometimes she overthink things.

Stewart Laing, performance director,

he came in in 2015 and has

overhauled away the system is set

up. He brings a psychological side

to the sport. Given what has

happened to Elise in the past, they

are careful to make sure she thinks

in the right way. After

disappointment in the 500 the other

day, she was saying the 1500 is not

her priority, the priority is the

1000. After two disappointment, how

will she go into what effectively is

her last chance in Pyeongchang?

A

word on Charlotte Gilmartin, she has

had two heavy falls, in the first

one, she damaged her ribs. Is she in

the 1000 and will she be OK?

Charlotte is absolute defined. She

did damage her ribs, a 3-person

crash in the 500. Yesterday, she

fell away without touching anyone,

so she was a bit shaken yesterday

when I spoke to her, but that was

because she hung around to watch

Elise and she was concerned for her

friend. She will be fine to skate in

the 1000. Kat Thomson is the other

female competitor, she goes in the

1000 metres. We will have three

competitors on the start line on

Tuesday. Hopefully, they can get

through one heat, and we are looking

to Charlotte and Elise to push for

the final.

Thank you for bringing us

the twists and turns, the bashers

and bumps of the short track speed

skating. You have skied with

injuries, can you get through the

pain if you have to?

The Olympics is

special. You have more adrenaline,

more anxiety, more excitement than

ever before. When you have an injury

or when something goes wrong, all

the expectation goes away and you

are free. It depends on the extent

of the injury, but when I have had

injuries before and gone to the

start gate, I have not had any

pressure for myself or anyone does,

because no one execs anything. You

can do your thing. If she can start,

she has an excuse to not do her

best. With you have an excuse, it

can allow you to perform.

Lizzy,

same thing. After the first one, she

nearly pulled out. We could see it,

we knew, and I kept saying, I

wondered how worried she would be

about not being able to breathe, and

is busy. Did it help that there was

an element of not being at her best?

She is going to put the most

pressure on herself out of

everybody. The fact she was not

feeling great, she knows herself she

would not be at her best, and as

Chemmy said, it gives you a chance

to say to yourself, I had to do what

I have to do that and see what

happens. No one can blame me if it

goes wrong. Definitely, it gives you

a huge release.

It depends on the

level of the injury. We don't know

what Elise's injury is yet.

Obviously, if it is sore and it

impedes her ability to skate past,

this -- skate fast, this is

irrelevant. It could be a surprise.

Let's hope. When you look at her

experience over her Olympic Games

that she's competed in, you couldn't

get a more unlucky athlete. You just

couldn't. I mean... It's terrible.

I'm glad in many ways of that,

action, in the 500 metres, she did

get up and finish. She did finish

fourth. That penultimate one should

say, in brackets, fourth. But it

really is a mental issue as much as

a physical one.

But she is triple

World Champion. It is amazing we get

behind the Olympics, but people

forget the hard work these athletes

put in date in, day out in the four

years. She is triple World Champion,

and has achieved so much. If it does

not go the way everyone wants it to,

she has that to fall back on. The

World Championship in speed skating,

as we heard in short track, is

tougher. She has that behind her.

She has achieved the toughest thing

in hers bought. The Olympic gold is

the icing on the cake, and we want

her to get it, but if it is not to

be, it is not to be.

If it can

happen, it will. With a coaching

head on, what would you try to do

with her now between now and

Tuesday?

Positivity. She has gone

through the most devastating run of

bad luck through the Olympics.

Obviously, in the back of her mind,

at this point, she will have, "Is

this not supposed to happen?" She

has to deal with the process, and

hopefully, fingers crossed, get to

the start line in good enough shape.

She is a fun nominal athlete, no

taking that away from her. She has

just had incredibly bad luck.

How

much are you buoyed by success in

other sports? When you are part of

an Olympic team and UC Lizzy Yarnold

winning, Laura Deas, Izzy Atkin, and

you are trying to join a gang of

medallist, does it help you and make

you feel much more uplifted?

That is

what is great about the Winter

Olympics. For winter sport, it is

lonely, generally. Each sport is

individual. Ice track sports, we

hardly ever see each other in the

season, because the tracks can run

on one condition a week. It is not

like summer sports, where you can

see people regularly. The fact that

everyone comes together at one time,

that in itself motivates people

because you feel part of something,

and definitely, that first medal

from Dom has kick-started

everything, it will make everyone

poignant. It goes to show again that

we can do this. We sent Elise her

best, and if she is fine and races.

If she gets in a state where she

doesn't worry about it, she needs to

hopefully let it go and just get in

the zone and do her thing.

The

trouble is, even though it matters

most, pretending it doesn't matter

at all may help. Let's see what we

have coming up in the programme

here.

Will be catching up on the mend's

skiing freestyle. Could James Woods

work his way into the medals after

Izzy Atkin's medal yesterday?

We will have the chaos of the mend's

15 K mass start! 30 men on

cross-country skis needing to ski

and shoot for three quarters of an

hour.

hour. Back in 1964 in Innsbruck and

Tina Yu Nash and Robin Dixon won

Britain's only gold in the two man

Bob. Brad Hall and Joel Fearon start

their campaign later this morning.

Plenty of space on the ice already

this morning and the GB men later on

need a win against Italy. They have

the same record so far, winning

need a win against Italy. They have

the same record so far, winning two

and losing three. In terms of timing

is, let's give you a bit of a clue

as to when we are doing what.

It's going to be a fairly busy

morning to be honest. But let's talk

about slopestyle and what, Chemmy

morning to be honest. But let's talk

about slopestyle and what, Chemmy,

is

about slopestyle and what, Chemmy,

is required. Have you tried going on

those rails?

I have, and

successfully. It takes talent, it's

what I wanted to do because it's

what the cool kids do. There's a

difference between being a good rail

rider to being good in the jumps and

the air. The person who wins

slopestyle is the person who can win

that -- link that runs together,

puts it down and takes risks, and we

know when you take risks and go 20

metres in the air things can go

wrong, so it is the ultimate goal of

putting everything together on the

day.

You have set it up beautifully,

let's see the action unfold in the

slopestyle.

COMMENTATOR:

Evan has been so solid.

He should have a technical top

section, he is strong on rails. .

Through the kink rail, switch up,

270 off the wrong way.

Nowhere near

the speed of anyone else but the

technical difficulty was off the

charts.

I like that, right out of

the corner, nice line.

Possibly the

cleanest we have seen, can he back

it up with strong kickers?

Big 1260.

Now into the spot and jump. There

was one, two, three, four and a

half, 1620!

LAUGHTER

was one, two, three, four and a

half, 1620!

LAUGHTER. This boy has

just landed an incredible run, so

much composure.

Very clean, apart

from that one rail, he was pinpoint.

This is going to be breathtaking,

and with perfect conditions here at

Phoenix Park, it means we are seeing

consistency, that's what we saw in

qualifying, everyone stomping their

runs so the best, the judges leaving

themselves plenty of room there.

Yes.

Yes.

So, McEachran, Great Britain's

finest free skier, qualified

comfortably -- so, Woodsy, Britain's

finest free skier, qualified

comfortably, took over two weeks ago

at X Games. Can he do what he did in

qualifiers and lay down a clean

first run?

271, 450 out the opposite

way, this line. Just tagging the

goal post as well, showing the

control to the judges. He will be

absolutely frothing here, he's going

to be feeling like a kid that's come

down at Christmas and seen a bounty

of presents under the tree. Into the

first of these jumps.

Right off the

top corner, sending it deep.

Looked

so good on that first jump.

so good on that first jump. Huge

1260, now, are we going to see his

new trick? Yes, it is.

Oh! Woodsy!

It was silent in here, hearts were

bouncing off the walls. He sent it

so deep, he looked so relaxed on

every landing.

He knows, doesn't he?

He knows it was right there at his

fingertips.

Unbelievable run. Look

at the grab on that! Scented so

deep. Oh, and just caught the edge

-- sent it so deep. Now the

Norwegian, Braaten. Big name on the

jumps.

Got some big tricks. Hold tight...

Just using that little detail up

there to get the judges affection.

Through the kink, 450 out.

Through the kink, 450 out. So,

really nice, and then chucking a

cheeky little bio thingy of the

saddle.

Came off his nose there!

Double 1260.

Winds up had.

Switch

double 14.

Back-to-back 14 is here.

So much going on! Then absolutely

stumped the landing. Braaten with

the first really powerful run here

in mend's ski slope finals. --

mend's ski slope finals.

Inside Toto

outside tales Fishing shifting

hands-on tale. Vigo, 95.

The judges

have gone early, that is really

high, really soon. Very tight in the

top three spots. Starts to drop off

rapidly after fourth place. James

Woods of Great Britain currently

eighth, just behind Gus Kenworthy.

Came so close on his first run. He

had everything in place. Pat

Sharples says, "You have so got this

stock quote.

Take a breath everyone,

we are collectively sharing this

with him.

Look at the smile.

Really

liked by the freestyle ski

community. 271, 270 off.

And a

double hit this time, it you heard

both of them.

Locked that down bar,

so nice, spilling onto the rails in

different directions, which the

judges will like.

360 grab.

Using

the direction of the Twisted Sister

kicker, but going right off the

corner.

Better grab that time.

Bottom jump here, what has he got

for us? The oxtail is there. Oh!

Yes, Woodsy, that was huge. He/she

drove down the run which showcases

him at his very best. Take a deep

breath and breathe it in, that was

majestic. One of the best slopestyle

skiers in the world Lays down a huge

run when it matters.

run when it matters. 91, says second

place for Woodsy at the moment, four

points below Braaten but 1.6

points below Braaten but 1.6 ahead

of in bronze position. Currently

fifth. We knew his rails would be

strong. He backed it up with very

powerful kickers on his first run,

now poised to strike.

He's like a

wild Cobra, ready to attack this at

any given moment. We say any given

moment, he's attacking it right now.

Is there such a thing as a tame

Cobra?

Oh, yes! Really like that,

super nice style through it. Now

into jump two. Oh, he's gone really

deep on that.

Switch 16, triple at the AM is.

Very, very big, and the Canadians

know it, and a TP M knows it. Little

shake of the head as if to say, wow,

I did it!

Can't quite believe it.

Gulbis 95, we think that might be

beyond him, silvers 91, bronze

anything above 89.4. 92.4, Alex

Beaulieu-Marchand of Canada moves

into the silver medal position. So

second runs done, Braaten in Gold

medal position, Alex Toutant Mackin

Sauber, James Woods in bronze.

Sauber, James Woods in bronze. James

Woods, Britain's finest, looking to

repeat Izzy Atkin's accomplishment

yesterday and take a medal here in

ski slopestyle. Just pulling his

lace out, having a little joke up

there. Woodsy currently in bronze

position with 91, so much at his

disposal, will he tidy up the run we

have already seen Woody something

different?

Switch now into the

butter box, no excuse, switch on to

the down bar, 450 out, a punt over

the goalpost.

Went bigger.

Really

like that line.

He's missed the 450

out. So a lot of work he needs to

do. He needs to do something

special, just tagged his way out of

that as well. He's going to use the

transition.

transition. So smooth there. Going

straight over the front.

Into the

1260. The earth came to meet him

then.

then. Oh, my goodness, it was

perfect!

But he's missed that one

rail, arguably the rail he has made

look so stylish and clean up to this

point.

Well, 270 onto the down bar,

450 out.

One and a quarter spins,

then that was the mistake, landed

too late on it and wasn't able to

get the pop of the end of the rail.

90 points, if, if the 450 had been

there, it would have been an

improvement, he might have reels in

ABM in silver medal position.

Instead a long and torturous wait

for James Woods. Can Goepper that

his performance in Sochi?

I don't

know is the simple answer. Bronze

medal in Sochi, so needs to up his

game a little bit here. Nice section

through the top, then switched to

70, 270 off, on the kink rail. Not

gapping onto that, coming off it

from the side.

Rotating on and off

in opposite directions, good show of

control through the rails. Tevez his

way into the first of the kickers

and goes deep.

The 1260 now.

Beautifully controlled.

Double misty

there. Brightside triple. Double

grab.

And he made that look so easy,

opened a burly, spotted the landing,

and Murray is making a grimacing

look. You think that's good enough

for the podium.

I think it will be

close.

It's too close to call.

It is

so close.

so close. The scores have come in,

93.6, Goepper goes into silver medal

position, ABM into bronze, James

Woods drops out of the top three.

And here it is the man currently

leading. The Norwegian, focused on

his third and final run. Will he

need to better the 95? And more

pressingly, can he better than 95?

I

think he will try.

Corked that one a

little bit.

Worked really hard to

get that around.

Oh! And its born. He almost punched

his way into the track, he was

frustrated by that.

1260 on the first of the twisted

sisters. Absolutely huge there.

The

Norwegian coach had turned the

setting up to about 15. His boots

will have diamonds on the front of

them, such is the pressure on those

skis to keep them on. They should

have come off in that crash, but

they didn't.

No.

Oscar Vesta, the

lone Swede that made it through from

qualifying ahead of some of the

favourites will

favourites will stop

's he got?

Needs the run of his life

here.

Pretzel out. Oath, he's gone.

That's

it. And the celebrations can begin

down at the bottom here. The

Norwegian with a fantastic first run

that withstood the test of time in

this final will take the gold-medal.

Braaten in gold, Goepper in second,

Beaulieu-Marchand in third,

in

in fourth. I spoke to your brother

before the qualifiers today and he

told me you were going to win.

Was

that always the case?

No. I thought

there were so many riders up here

today. I was happy to make it to the

finals, and then my goal was to go

for my best run, nothing to lose. In

the first one, I landed my best run,

so really, really, really stoked,

but I didn't expect to win here

today, not at all.

Tough for you because your rails are

your strongest point, and was it the

slip on the 450?

Year, on the last

run, yeah, I know it was, totally.

The sit back, it was a little bit

out of control. But you know what I

mean, it's a game of perfection.

It's not just that, you have to go

above and beyond technical

difficulty. That was insane. I've

come here, constructed this run to

win. It was definitely, Gopher

broke, but not the perfect one for

me and that is what you need.

So near but so far the James Woods.

Chemmy, great to see him try the big

trick and a shame it didn't come.

He

knows that if the run was clean, it

was good enough for medal. It is a

weird idea for him. I was on stage

with him at the pre-Olympic ball,

before Sochi, the first time his

event got into the Olympics. We were

on stage and everyone in the crowd

was supporting the fact that we were

sending this Team GB team. They

asked what it would be. He said, it

was never my dream. I was kicking

him, but it made me think, he grew

up skiing in Sheffield scheme

Village, and he grew up wanting to

push himself, putting down runs for

him that might be good on the world

stage in terms of the X games and

things that, but it was never his

dream to be an Olympian. I grew up

wanting to go to the Olympics, which

was my dream. But everything changed

four years ago when Jenny Jones won

bronze, which can make you in this

country. It can inspire everyone to

take up the sport. He came with a

run he constructed, he put the whole

thing down, rail riding into the

jumps. He knew it was a competitive

run. It was almost perfect. He came

off the rail and couldn't pull off

the 450. If he had done it, who

knows what could have happened? He

is so effortless to watch, so it is

great to see the level, it was huge.

The tap on the goalposts. That is so

hard to do. To see it

The tap on the goalposts. That is so

hard to do. To see it in the air and

decided to slightly tap it and move

on. He looked so relaxed. So

relaxed, and he has the finesse. He

is so are aware of his body and

positioning, and landings.

Don't forget, he has the big air

coming up, and that is why, at the

finish, he was quite sensible about

this. He wants to see the

progression of the sport. Just

there, he caught his outside edge on

landing. The other guys, the

Norwegian put down a run that was

clean enough. He said it, fourth

place is minging. So Sheffield.

When

you start with these tricks and

things, presumably you start indoors

on a trampling.

On the trampoline,

then you go to water. You can go on

a jump and land in water, then you

go on air bags, and they have made a

bag technology, something we have

pushed. They practice in Italy. It

has been super helpful for them. But

still, the first time you do it on

snow, numbing to land it, there is

no hesitation or moment of

reflection, even though

no hesitation or moment of

reflection, even though you are

thinking about body position and

rotation of the jump, thinking about

speed, there is so much to consider.

And you have got to be a performer,

a showman.

Yeah.

He is like an old

school rock star, or a new school

rock star, but he is very different.

He is very relaxed, it's very cool,

he's an artist, an absolute artist.

That's the great thing about Winter

Olympics, we have so many different

abilities and skills required, and

so many different varieties across

the different events, but this is so

artistic and it's just cool.

They do

loads of hard work. The snowboarders

want to pretend they don't put in

hard work, it takes a lot of hard

work, and they don't show you that,

because it is about coolness and

hard work.

Jamie Anderson won

snowboarding equivalent, she was

annoyed they could not show the same

thing.

It was early in the

competition, Aimee Fuller got

stopped by the wind in the air.

Jamie Anderson won the gold, but

part of her is broken because she

couldn't show what she could do. In

the conditions today, when they are

perfect, you want to push the sport

and show it is developing. She

couldn't. She wanted to give the

medal back and do the condition

again to show how much it has

progressed.

The men did it in such

good conditions and we saw the best

of it. You were modest earlier, you

said you could never do that. I want

to remind you of Chemmy could do,

because this is her in the downhill

in Turin in 2006.

because this is her in the downhill

in Turin in 2006. I only

the first time the other day.

It is

amazing to watch. Frustratingly, I

was in third place until the last

split. This was my moment, and I

threw it away. I do get airtime, but

I don't do any tricks. That 7

hundred and four I finished 11th and

I was distraught. I was unhappy

hundred and four I finished 11th and

I was distraught. I was unhappy

until my brother told me I was in

third place until the last bit.

You

must have known coming down the

mountain that were flying.

Again,

this was an excuse run, because we

had been start and stop and the

visibility was terrible. The race

leader, we were in the hut together,

she was crying that she was so

scared running in these conditions.

I loved it when conditions were bad,

I skied the same, everyone else did.

It was an amazing day. But that was

my moment and I let it go. And I

fought so hard to find that and my

injuries came. That's why I could

never get that medal that we were

looking for. I do look very happy,

don't I.

You do.

Andy Jung, Jesus, I

look young!

It is quite important,

it is as inspirational as winning

medals, showing people that it is

hard work -- and young.

You have got

to have passion in winter sports

because it is so tough, you push

yourself to the limit and the limit

might mean you ending up in a

helicopter, you have got to love it.

Also the team in Geranium was Nicky

Minichiello, in the two man Bob.

Were you seventh? Ninth, I believe.

Top ten. World Championship gold

medal was the pinnacle of your

career. Look at that. The intensity,

Nicky.

Again, I look really young.

It looks so dated. The film! I

remember from Turin, my first run

was horrific, the nerves got to me.

The pressure was off at that point,

and just to let it go on the rest of

the runs was phenomenal.

Does that

make you a good coach, because you

have those nerves and you faced your

fear?

The biggest thing for me, I

built the Olympics up to be so much,

to be the be all and end all, but

actually, it's the same track and

people, it is the same.

Psychologically, it let me down. And

into the World Championships, I took

pressure of myself. And... And

obviously became world champion. It

is only with reflection that I

understand the psychology and how to

approach it for the best. I'm using

the lessons I have learned to help

my athletes progress and be able to

perform. This is an amazing

opportunity, not something to be

fearful of, not the be all and end

all of life and death, but it is an

opportunity to shine. Pressure is a

privilege, as Lizzy said.

Two women

competing, but they have had to do

it the hard way, crowdfunding

themselves. Misha McNeill and they

went to the public after funding was

withdrawn. They reached their target

in six days. What was going on

there?

Oh, my goodness. Rigid

bobsleigh have been through a torrid

time in the last 12 months, issues

with funding, issues with all kinds

of allegations, and ultimately, it

led to, in September, the board made

a decision that they were going to

invest in the men's programme,

because traditionally, that had had

the greatest opportunity for medals

and there was not enough funding

because of the way the budget had

been

spent for the women's programme.

With only a few weeks left in the

season, they were told, you may have

already qualified for the Olympics

and you may be in the greatest shape

of your life, you may have invested

huge sums of money in the sport into

buying your own sweat and investing.

She has been driving since 2011,

seven years investing in the sport,

however, we're not going to support

you. That whole journey, and

literally four weeks out from a

season, because it is expensive,

usually expensive, travelling to the

other side of the world, you have to

be competing in which you have to do

the whole season, it was devastating

and they have done so well.

What

would you expect from them? You said

earlier, top ten, realistically, but

if they reach top five, if they

reach top five and the men's four

and two don't, is that an

embarrassing position for British

bobsleigh, the team that they don't

fund ends up hitting the target.

The

whole season has been slightly

embarrassing, because they have been

getting top six or top eight.

Fantastic results, the men have been

mixed, some in the four man, some in

the

the two man. She is going out to

prove that nobody can tell her how

good she is and what she can or

can't do. And I love it.

We will

talk more about the women's two man

Bob. There is a great story on

Jamaica as well. Let's head out to

Pyeongchang. Willian commentary,

John, yesterday. You called it with

Janine Flock when she was barely

started, usage she won't win gold,

she may not win a medal.

That was

right. Lizzy Yarnold put an amazing

run done, and I said, there is no

way Janine can get near that. What a

great run from Lizzy and Laura.

Let's talk about the two man Bob.

What are the training time is like

for Brad Hall and what do you think

he and Joel Fearon can achieve on

their first run today?

It started

pretty well for Brad. He was

fastest, nearly come on the first

day, and I thought, wow, what is

going on here? They have settled

into the training runs, a couple of

issues on the important areas of

corner two, which he seems to have

sorted out in the last day.

Realistically, a top 15, because we

know the British two man equipment

isn't the best. If they can get a

top 12, that would be a fantastic

result.

Why is it not the best,

though?

I don't know. We just seem

to not have found the right

investment within the equipment.

Bruce and Joel had a good result and

the right equipment was there for

them. But with coaches leaving, and

the torrid time that British

bobsleigh have had, with coaches

leaving, the links to that equipment

also left. So now we are sliding in

second-rate equipment because the

funding is not there, and they

haven't been able to top it up to

what they need to be competitive on

the two man stage.

The Luge and

skeleton on that track, Nicky, have

you got a question for John?

Has he

found the secret to corner two now?

The velocity and coming through

curves two is going to be the

secret. Has Brad got that over the

last runs?

I spoke to him just

before we set off up to the track,

and he said he is almost got it

right. Rather than taking that the

bang on the left-hand side, he is

getting a little skim. Hopefully,

over the next runs, he can fine tune

it in. It is such a fine margin and

it is difficult to get these big,

wide slip through there.

And John,

you are very good at predicting

these things, so give me your top

three teams in the two man Bob, who

should we look out for?

Right, OK,

so the Germans have been very

strong, but also, the Germans have

been playing games, Francesco

Friedrich has been just jogging off

the top, so it is hard to gauge

where he is. He won the race last

year. Lochner has been quick. The

Canadians have been quick. The

Koreans are right at the back of the

pack. The ice will degrade for him.

It's all up in the air. As we have

seen from the races, when it comes

to the final four, one of the final

four has messed it up and it has

been changed around in the medals up

to a couple of hundredths a second.

Team GB are off second, aren't they?

That will definitely be a benefit.

They will get really quick ice. As

long as Brad can drive like we know

he can, because he has a good feel

for the sled and what he is doing.

He is a quality driver and has a big

future in the sport. If he can use

that to his benefit, get a run under

his belt, get the first runners out

of the way, it can put in a really

good place.

go second good stuff, thanks, we

will be with you just before 11am

for the first run of the men's

two-man bob. 10:35am will we -- we

will be live for the skeleton medal

ceremony. Marshall Hirscher are

trying to win his second medal of

the games in the grandson. Defending

champion Ted Ligety was still there

in the field. This is what happened.

Final preparations under way at the

top of the course.

top of the course. Cantinero will

open the men's giant slalom.

open the men's giant slalom. --

Pantoro. He is under the way --

under way, the winner of the giant

slalom World Cup on violence is

there, not far from where he lives,

short drive home that night with the

prize money

good track, this, lots of rollers,

the skiers like it, Ted Ligety was

raving about it, saying how much

reminds him of being at home in Park

city. Nice clean track underfoot.

Already has a medal from these

Olympic Winter Games, the silver

medallist behind here share in the

Alpine combined, which after all the

delays was the first Alpine skiing

event to get under way. We had wait

to get the Alpine programme started

because of the wind but now we are

up and running. Into the second

week. He is looking for his second

medal. He has had a fine run, always

good to go, sets the pace. Struggled

the shoulders from the French coach,

difficult to gauge until we see here

share, Kristoffersen and Ligety

come-down. First of the French,

Faivre, the boyfriend of Michaela

Shih free who won gold in the

women's event here last week. Faivre

on his way. The French have such

depth than the giant slalom. Men's

giant slalom has always been a

fantastic event for the French team.

You have to go back away to see the

first French winner, in 1968. One of

his three gold medals in the

Grenoble games of 68, came in the

giant slalom. They have the lead at

the moment with Alexi Pinturault,

and Faivre is a little quicker.

100th of a second in front, Sydney

gets steeper, the course eroding

quite quickly with Faivre, his legs

already burning after the efforts he

has put in, still a lot of terrain

to cover. Next split, 53.874

Pinturault and Faivre has closed the

gap. First or second place beckons

for the second Frenchman on the

Hill, if he can hold it together.

Nice loose relaxed of the body, and

he pushes across to go into

runner-up spot. Pinturault leaves,

Faivre second. Olson now third.

Marcel Hirsch are ready to go in

Yongpyong. Explosive stuff. -- here

share ready to go. Still pushing

between Gates one and two. An early

position, great absorption, good

anticipation. Hirscher is absolutely

flying, this is a fine start. .19 at

the first intermediate. Minimum time

in the air. Now he sets out onto the

flat as part of the course, looking

to pick up some good speed here.

Speed he will hope to harness when

the course becomes a little steeper

and more demanding. Still green for

Marcel Hirscher. Already the Olympic

champion in the Alpine combined. He

could win three gold medals at these

games. He is the favourite this, the

favourite for the slalom, he leaves

both the giant slalom and slalom

World Cup standings. He has had a

magnificent season with victories in

fever Creek, and

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and leaves

the Olympic giant slalom by a

massive margin of .6 three. Half the

job is done for Marcel Hirscher. He

knows he still has the second run to

come. That is what he has been doing

all season long, in a league of his

own. Henrik Christophersen is away.

38.24

38.24 Hirscher, 38.74

Kristeoffersen. Olson, the first man

on the hill now pushed down to

fourth, more than a second slower

than Hirscher. Kristeoffersen merely

a full second slower. Might end up

outside the top four here,

Kristeoffersen. He is doing his

level best to try to make up with a

fast finish. He will not be quicker

than Hirscher, he is last of the

lot.

lot. Henrik Kristoffersen, slowest

of the mile, 1.31 seconds behind

Marcel Hirscher. That did not go

according to plan. Nestvold-Haugen.

He is right in there, look at this.

At last, a challenger to Marcel

Hirscher's lead, and it comes in the

shape of the Norwegian.

shape of the Norwegian. Now it has

got more messy for Nestvold-Haugen

as he looks to emulate his

35-year-old team-mate and push for a

medal here today.

medal here today. Past the peak of

his giant slalom powers. Third place

for Nestvold-Haugen. That is a

brilliant run. .6 six. Could have

been a lot better. Couple of big

power slides here, steering pivots,

or stivots of the American like to

call them. Marcel Hirscher has done

what everyone expected and led the

field.

Now, Henrik Kristoffersen had a

disappointing first run by his

standards. The second best giant

slalom skier of the season, ranked

number two behind his great rival

Marcel Hirscher, Kristoffersen

getting after this, launching a

charge in the early stages of the

second run. Maintaining most of his

advantage, not many have gone from

attack in the first 15 turns but

Kristoffersen did. We saw him on his

phone a moment ago, he would have

been exchanging messages with his

dad who watches everything closely

and keeps his son informed before he

races. Nothing wrong with this top

section from Henrik Kristoffersen,

and look at that, .66, the

aerodynamic shape you adopted, the

speed with which he attacked the top

of the cause has brought dividends.

If Kristoffersen keeps it high,

stays quick and avoids mistakes, he

may push Meillard out of top spot,

and he is getting quicker and

quicker. Kristoffersen was the

bronze medallist in the slalom four

years ago behind the two Austrians,

and will surely move into gold medal

position. He does with the lead of

1.14 seconds. Kristoffersen more

than makes up for the disappointing