Day 14, Part 5

0:00:13 > 0:00:17We welcome viewers on BBC Two have just joined our

0:00:17 > 0:00:18We welcome viewers on BBC Two have just joined our Winter Olympics

0:00:18 > 0:00:21average. We are watching Great Britain's women in semifinal action

0:00:21 > 0:00:28against Sweden. Sweden very much have the upper hand. If you are

0:00:28 > 0:00:34watching on BBC One, we are heading to the one o'clock News, so if you

0:00:34 > 0:00:38want to see if Great Britain can stage a comeback, switch to BBC Two

0:00:38 > 0:00:45now. And let's rejoin our commentators, Jackie Lockhart and

0:00:45 > 0:00:46Steve Cram.

0:00:51 > 0:00:56Well, this would be a comeback of all comebacks, 8-3 down with just

0:00:56 > 0:01:06two ends to -- three ends to play. We have just seen an error from Sara

0:01:06 > 0:01:15McManus. She just overthrew and over kissed it slightly, enough to push

0:01:15 > 0:01:22it back to the eighth but.So time-out called by Great Britain.

0:01:22 > 0:01:29Still fighting.I wonder if they should come down and sit on the back

0:01:29 > 0:01:36yellow. It will be interesting to see

0:01:36 > 0:01:45see what Glenn has to say.If you can get that over there, it is open

0:01:45 > 0:01:51for three. If you hit it there, she's going to run it, but two is

0:01:51 > 0:02:01good. Just hang around. Hang around. I had my colours wrong there. Yellow

0:02:01 > 0:02:06is Sweden. No, yellow is asked! It has been a long week.It's the

0:02:06 > 0:02:17stress.-- yellow is ours.A long week? I think it's been a long two

0:02:17 > 0:02:24weeks. Trying to induce a mistake but also knowing that to stay in the

0:02:24 > 0:02:28game, get to Macs just to stay in the game. You would only be three

0:02:28 > 0:02:33behind.

0:02:34 > 0:02:40behind. We chatted somehow still something ourselves.

0:02:41 > 0:02:43something ourselves.Keeping our shooters in the house is good for us

0:02:43 > 0:02:45here.

0:02:50 > 0:02:58That's a nice shot.So, we do have three in their and three stones to

0:02:58 > 0:03:04go. We haven't seen that smile too much, have weak, so at least spirits

0:03:04 > 0:03:10are being kept up here. They are 8-3 down, it must be hard to keep at it,

0:03:10 > 0:03:17but that's what they are there for. I'm not sure they'd been in this

0:03:17 > 0:03:21situation before, certainly not at the Olympics, but trying their best.

0:03:21 > 0:03:29Sara McManus had a slight mistake with the previous shot. Oh, dear me.

0:03:29 > 0:03:34Yes, Sara McManus it's really back on form again and that is a shot

0:03:34 > 0:03:38that she just loves. She plays it though, so well. She has such a

0:03:38 > 0:03:47solid delivery.Just when you think there might be a glimmer of a

0:03:47 > 0:03:55chance, snuffed out.

0:03:55 > 0:04:01Sticks aloft, McManus with a great shot.

0:04:10 > 0:04:13Anna Sloan, just going to come down here with an anti clockwise turn of

0:04:13 > 0:04:19the stone. It should turn to the left in towards the centre line and

0:04:19 > 0:04:27hopefully just rest on top of the rest of the house.Hard, hard, write

0:04:27 > 0:04:36to the fence. Nice, great shot. That's a good stone.You sort of

0:04:36 > 0:04:41feel like we are still having to make shots just a little bit too

0:04:41 > 0:04:50late.

0:05:13 > 0:05:15THEY SPEAK SWEDISH.

0:05:41 > 0:05:45So, this is a more sensible shot I think for Sweden to play here.

0:05:45 > 0:05:54Remove that yellow, cut it down to say, well, we are only going to let

0:05:54 > 0:05:58you get your two and for the moment, you get that.Yes, they are not

0:05:58 > 0:06:06letting up at all, are they, here? So, what is Eve going to do here

0:06:06 > 0:06:10then? To bring you up today in the other match, it's been a slightly

0:06:10 > 0:06:15closer affair than it looked early on. It is still 6-4 to Korea at the

0:06:15 > 0:06:26moment though. They have the hammer. Two or three stones behind this one.

0:06:26 > 0:06:33Is that the better shot than this?I wonder about the hit and wobble.I

0:06:33 > 0:06:42think this is the shot.Yes, I like that.

0:06:42 > 0:06:49that.Were you thinking, come to the nose of that?We need to give

0:06:49 > 0:06:56ourselves a chance.Well, Eve is being aggressive here. She wants a

0:06:56 > 0:07:06chance of three.It's either that and we can ramp that one.I think

0:07:06 > 0:07:11this one. She can hit this side.

0:07:19 > 0:07:26So, you can see which side she's coming to try to draw in. Did she

0:07:26 > 0:07:37say...Just in the back of four. Give it a chance to work.Like my

0:07:37 > 0:07:49drawer just played.I know Eve is trying to get a free Mac here -- I

0:07:49 > 0:07:54know Eve is trying to get a three here, and she is an offensive

0:07:54 > 0:07:59player, but maybe Vicki was right. She desperately, desperately wants

0:07:59 > 0:08:06to get a three hair.This is already pulling hard. I'm not sure it's

0:08:06 > 0:08:16going to get past the red.No, we don't have the weight either.This

0:08:16 > 0:08:20is the problem, really. She is picking a difficult shot, obviously,

0:08:20 > 0:08:29but not getting a shot. The line was right but a bit light. Sweden, again

0:08:29 > 0:08:35their objective here is just to not make any silly mistakes.Yes, they

0:08:35 > 0:08:40are just going to take this yellow out. If they can get a little bit on

0:08:40 > 0:08:46the outside and pushed the red cross just to shut back up so that Eve

0:08:46 > 0:08:50can't come across it. I think she has probably done at herself. She

0:08:50 > 0:08:55has made it much smaller.

0:09:01 > 0:09:13So, the last stone in this end for Sweden. Sweden five shots ahead.

0:09:13 > 0:09:14Sweden. Sweden five shots ahead. The semifinal, only the winners go

0:09:14 > 0:09:24through.

0:09:25 > 0:09:28So, Hasselborg, who has only made one error really and it didn't make

0:09:28 > 0:09:41any difference. No sweeping here. Just moves that read, excuse me, the

0:09:41 > 0:09:47yellow, and that you lonely yellow in there, so Eve Muirhead, how on

0:09:47 > 0:09:52earth can she get two out of this? She is looking perhaps to come

0:09:52 > 0:09:59through the nose. That is a tight app through there.It's a really

0:09:59 > 0:10:06tight gap through there.

0:10:07 > 0:10:14tight gap through there.Vary as a whole. It's tight. -- there is a

0:10:14 > 0:10:22whole.It's very tight. We just made it tighter ourselves.This is it,

0:10:22 > 0:10:27because if this doesn't work, this would be 9-3. If she catches one of

0:10:27 > 0:10:32those reds on the way through. There is the whole. That is the only

0:10:32 > 0:10:41opportunity Eve Muirhead have two score two here.

0:10:41 > 0:10:49score two here. It will require some sweeping as well, I think, perhaps.

0:10:49 > 0:10:56So, Eve Muirhead trying to thread this through the eye of a needle.

0:10:56 > 0:11:01Barrier.

0:11:01 > 0:11:04Barrier.It's the smallest of opportunities left for Eve Muirhead

0:11:04 > 0:11:12to keep this alive. Oh, what are shot by Eve Muirhead! The incredible

0:11:12 > 0:11:17shot from Eve Muirhead just to keep the slimmest of hopes alive for

0:11:17 > 0:11:22Great Britain in this semifinal. They closed the gap to just three.

0:11:22 > 0:11:29There are still two ends to go. They are in there, fighting, just. They

0:11:29 > 0:11:34are hanging on by the skin of their teeth. Eve Muirhead managing to just

0:11:34 > 0:11:40weave through that tiniest of gaps without hitting either read. That

0:11:40 > 0:11:46was a brave, brave shot. Is it too little, too late? Or has she just

0:11:46 > 0:11:52given them a lifeline?That's a nice shot to play when you know you are

0:11:52 > 0:11:57under such pressure. And they two was what we must get there. I know

0:11:57 > 0:12:05she wanted a three, but as long as we secured that two.If only some of

0:12:05 > 0:12:09these shots could have been made earlier. So many if only is in

0:12:09 > 0:12:19sport. So, it is 8-5. It just puts a little pressure back on to Sweden.

0:12:19 > 0:12:25The game is not over. No, it isn't, it isn't. And I Hasselborg really

0:12:25 > 0:12:30didn't have to be on the high side of her stay there. She could have

0:12:30 > 0:12:38been anywhere and she played it wide, so there is always room for

0:12:38 > 0:12:47error in the game of curling.So, here we go them in the ninth. How

0:12:47 > 0:12:56many times did you win, two to go, three down? Be honest.I don't

0:12:56 > 0:12:59remember but having played myself, I have been in a lot of situations

0:12:59 > 0:13:04where you can steal. The trouble is, you kind of need to be down early in

0:13:04 > 0:13:13the game if you want to steal a lot of shots.

0:13:13 > 0:13:18If we can just throw everything we've got at this Swedish team at

0:13:18 > 0:13:22the moment and try to get a steal. The only problem is if they start

0:13:22 > 0:13:29trying to get too clever and lose a big end. But you are in that

0:13:29 > 0:13:34situation where you have got to go for it.You have got to go for the

0:13:34 > 0:13:39high-risk shots, the high-risk strategy, go for the big reward.

0:13:39 > 0:13:43Japan are fighting for their lives, by the way, in their match as well.

0:13:43 > 0:13:47Just watching their eighth end, Korea have the hammer in that one,

0:13:47 > 0:13:52one stone left to play. Japan are making life difficult for Korea at

0:13:52 > 0:14:06the moment. That one is ending a little closer.

0:14:06 > 0:14:09little closer.That is a little tick shot played by Mabergs, the lead for

0:14:09 > 0:14:20Sweden. Just the guard taken that Lauren Gray had picked out there.

0:14:20 > 0:14:24So, the guard put back in place. They might be trying the same shot

0:14:24 > 0:14:31again. It keeps the way clear down the middle, no guards in that case.

0:14:31 > 0:14:40As she got it again? Yes, she has played two lovely tech shots there,

0:14:40 > 0:14:46and I would be giving her a five for that, Steve Cram.You are not

0:14:46 > 0:14:56allowed five out of four, not at my school anyway. So, Sweden not

0:14:56 > 0:15:03allowing us to keep that centre guard on there. Vicki then deciding

0:15:03 > 0:15:10that will just try to pull one in behind.

0:15:12 > 0:15:16behind. Yes, although it was a couple of nice take shots, they have

0:15:16 > 0:15:20given themselves something to work with on the wings, if you like. This

0:15:20 > 0:15:26one is going to come back in the house behind those two yellows.

0:15:26 > 0:15:29Well, you may obviously be aware that things are going well for

0:15:29 > 0:15:34Korea. They did manage to get one in the eighth and they are leading 7-4,

0:15:34 > 0:15:41so they are also three up with two to play.

0:15:54 > 0:15:57So, the losers of this match will be back tomorrow in the bronze medal

0:15:57 > 0:16:02match. The winners wait until Sunday for the gold medal match. It's

0:16:02 > 0:16:10beginning to look as though Korea will be in the final.

0:16:10 > 0:16:15will be in the final. Sweden, favourites to join them here.That's

0:16:15 > 0:16:22a nice shot. Yes, another nice shot. They have just counteracted that by

0:16:22 > 0:16:32saying, well, I'm going to put another one in.

0:16:32 > 0:16:36We have to persevere though, because it just takes one mistake. If we can

0:16:36 > 0:16:41get some in here and then Anna Hasselborg has do draw the forfeit

0:16:41 > 0:16:44and doesn't make it, there are just little opportunities to create a

0:16:44 > 0:16:50more difficult end for her.

0:16:51 > 0:16:58When you are looking to steal one As and twos, you want stones in the

0:16:58 > 0:17:00centre, look for little mistakes and opportunities, it is always more

0:17:00 > 0:17:05difficult. This is going to go by, just catch the red a little, but it

0:17:05 > 0:17:10will sit out there.Yeah, we are looking to steal, like you say, a

0:17:10 > 0:17:17one or maybe a two, and we only have two ends to go. This is the ninth

0:17:17 > 0:17:24end, so...

0:17:24 > 0:17:28end, so...Anna Hasselborg will be happy just to take one here. She

0:17:28 > 0:17:33doesn't mind, even blank the end. She's maybe trying to take both of

0:17:33 > 0:17:42these.There's a red Swedish stone across on the other side as well,

0:17:42 > 0:17:52so...That's true.She'll want to score here, increasing that three

0:17:52 > 0:17:59lead that she's got is just for her benefit, yeah.

0:18:03 > 0:18:08benefit, yeah.Not doing anything wrong at all, are they? They are

0:18:08 > 0:18:12not. So we have to admire the play by Sweden. They've come into the

0:18:12 > 0:18:17semifinal, started well, have continued good play. They've had the

0:18:17 > 0:18:20odd mistake here and there. It really hasn't made much difference.

0:18:20 > 0:18:26It's been the British team who is not managed to just find their best

0:18:26 > 0:18:31shots when it mattered most. Eve has produced a couple of very, very good

0:18:31 > 0:18:41shots on occasion but that steel of three, and we were already behind.

0:18:41 > 0:18:46Web aria, I've got huge admiration for both the Swedish men and women's

0:18:46 > 0:18:52team here -- yeah, I've got huge operation.They are so clinical and

0:18:52 > 0:18:59tight unit. Even before, Anette Norberg, another prime example, she

0:18:59 > 0:19:04casually went about her job and was very good at it. If you could bottle

0:19:04 > 0:19:11what they've got it would be worth a lot of money, let me tell you.Every

0:19:11 > 0:19:16shot now that Britain don't make, and there's another one there is

0:19:16 > 0:19:23just bringing us closer to the inevitable. What's beginning to seem

0:19:23 > 0:19:27like the inevitable conclusion of this semifinal. They are not able to

0:19:27 > 0:19:32force anything here. No mistakes being made by Sweden. They've got

0:19:32 > 0:19:39three in the house. They are looking to score a one. Great Britain, very

0:19:39 > 0:19:47little to work with here. They keep trying.Yeah, and just needs a

0:19:47 > 0:19:55freeze on that red stone in the back of the house.

0:19:59 > 0:20:03of the house.They've had two goes at this, one that stayed out wide

0:20:03 > 0:20:07and inside, one came up short and hit the yellow on the way through,

0:20:07 > 0:20:14so a better chance here.That's a nice stone.It's got a chance, right

0:20:14 > 0:20:19on there, not far off, just a few inches short but they'll try and

0:20:19 > 0:20:30come on top of that as well.That's a really good

0:20:32 > 0:20:36a really good shot, forces Sweden to come in and to sit on top of it as

0:20:36 > 0:20:40well. Yellow Robin I think she won't mind the fact her route in is so

0:20:40 > 0:20:43clear and she'll be happy to take one here.

0:20:55 > 0:21:00This is just going to miss where she wanted to be, just sits off to the

0:21:00 > 0:21:07side, just a little kiss. Great Britain still lying short their by

0:21:07 > 0:21:14her very high standards, from McManus. Just left that out a

0:21:14 > 0:21:21little.

0:21:27 > 0:21:33The one thing that curling does as well is that people do keep

0:21:33 > 0:21:39fighting, what sometimes can looked like a full on case, and it's quite

0:21:39 > 0:21:44cruel in some respects as well, that you can in some of the round robin

0:21:44 > 0:21:49matches, we seen people go OK, we're not going to get back from here and

0:21:49 > 0:21:55yes, there's I say only three, two ends to go, it is possible. Look at

0:21:55 > 0:22:01the accuracy therefore Eve Muirhead. You're not going to win semifinals

0:22:01 > 0:22:08shooting 57%. That's the pressure she's been under. If only it might

0:22:08 > 0:22:15happen, keep going, keep trying. Another decent shot here, that's a

0:22:15 > 0:22:21nice shot from Eve, a very good one. A really good shot there. It's the

0:22:21 > 0:22:26swing of the momentum. Eve has had some good shots played. We've just

0:22:26 > 0:22:31got to hang in there. It's a deficit of that three shots at the moment

0:22:31 > 0:22:36and even if we force Sweden to take that when you four shots down and

0:22:36 > 0:22:40they are going to blast everything in the last end.That's what I'm on

0:22:40 > 0:22:44about, prolonging the inevitable. The agony, yeah, but you can never

0:22:44 > 0:22:48give up the hope of your dreams. You know you've worked so hard for this

0:22:48 > 0:22:52and you are going to give it everything you've got until the very

0:22:52 > 0:22:59last minute.

0:23:00 > 0:23:06Anna Hasselborg has played very well, Sara McManus in similar round

0:23:06 > 0:23:12robin matches,

0:23:12 > 0:23:15robin matches, she was incredible with her accuracy. Look at that

0:23:15 > 0:23:25today, Hasselborg, 92%, a big difference between herself and Eve.

0:23:30 > 0:23:34And the Hasselborg really needs to come in here and get on top of it if

0:23:34 > 0:23:44she wants to...Another good shot. No let up, it's relentless from

0:23:44 > 0:23:47Sweden, absolutely relentless, and that's a smile we've seen too much

0:23:47 > 0:23:51from a British perspective, but well done to her and her team. They've

0:23:51 > 0:23:56played superbly well.Is been occasions when I've seen Eve put the

0:23:56 > 0:24:00pressure on and off Hasselborg and she cracks come up but she's just

0:24:00 > 0:24:04not going to do it today, because if she hadn't made that shot that

0:24:04 > 0:24:08slightly rolled off and he's got another opportunity to set one in

0:24:08 > 0:24:12there and she's forcing Anna to draw against three, I've seen and

0:24:12 > 0:24:15sometimes blow it and you could easily pick it up, but that's a

0:24:15 > 0:24:22lovely shot she's played.

0:24:22 > 0:24:29lovely shot she's played. -- I've seen and are sometimes blow it.

0:24:36 > 0:24:43So once again, this is a huge, huge shot for Eve Muirhead. She's trying

0:24:43 > 0:24:49to come in behind stones that are almost in a row, really, really

0:24:49 > 0:24:59difficult.Well, this may

0:24:59 > 0:25:01difficult.Well, this may well be Eve's last chance. Well, I think it

0:25:01 > 0:25:07will be her last chance. She has to try to force the issue here and hope

0:25:07 > 0:25:12for a big mistake from Hasselborg. They keep trying. They have to keep

0:25:12 > 0:25:23trying. Eve's dreams of an Olympic gold medal seem rather distant at

0:25:23 > 0:25:33the moment. So this stone needs to be absolutely perfect, somehow come

0:25:33 > 0:25:38round that top red. Somehow get in there, tucked in. It's going to come

0:25:38 > 0:25:48on the top, I'm afraid.Yeah, this is going to be a simple draw for a

0:25:48 > 0:25:53two here and...She just has to get a draw, she's already lying one and

0:25:53 > 0:25:59then it would be 10-5, and I don't think even Eve will want to play the

0:25:59 > 0:26:04last end.It's too much for even contemplate we can come back from

0:26:04 > 0:26:09that, yeah. I wonder if Eve should have drawn to the other side and sat

0:26:09 > 0:26:14in front of the red at the back and said, OK, I'm sitting here, I'm

0:26:14 > 0:26:19going to make it difficult for you to get your two, if you go for it

0:26:19 > 0:26:24and you jam me and go to get a chance. I'm not sure if it was

0:26:24 > 0:26:31possible. I'm clutching at straws as well here.So Anna Hasselborg now

0:26:31 > 0:26:36ready to cement the victory for Sweden. They've been ahead all the

0:26:36 > 0:26:43way through this match. And they haven't put a foot wrong, really.

0:26:43 > 0:26:46More more two small errors but it's been Great Britain who haven't been

0:26:46 > 0:26:50able to play their best game here. You have to hand it to Sweden.

0:26:50 > 0:26:54They've been really, really good. Anna Hasselborg in particular, well

0:26:54 > 0:26:59backed up by her team, draws in for the two. We're going to see the

0:26:59 > 0:27:02handshakes. Eve Muirhead's quest for gold ends here in this semifinal.

0:27:02 > 0:27:08They still have a chance of a bronze medal of course. We will have to see

0:27:08 > 0:27:13who they

0:27:17 > 0:27:20who they play it may be Japan, will confirm that shortly, but it's Anna

0:27:20 > 0:27:23Hasselborg's day and for Anna Sloan, Lauren Gray, Vicki Adams, the best

0:27:23 > 0:27:26they can do is a bronze. It Sweden who will join their male

0:27:26 > 0:27:31counterparts in the Olympic final. STUDIO:

0:27:31 > 0:27:37And why Sweden celebrates I suspect there will be tears for Eve Muirhead

0:27:37 > 0:27:42and their team-mates. The whole game turned in end seven and for Sweden

0:27:42 > 0:27:47to steal three on that end meant that it was almost impossible and

0:27:47 > 0:27:51Great Britain kept fighting. They fought right to the end, 10-5.

0:27:51 > 0:27:55Sweden go through to the gold medal match against either Korea or Japan,

0:27:55 > 0:28:00that game is ongoing and we may well go there in a moment or two, but

0:28:00 > 0:28:03David Murdoch with me here. Your reaction first to that result?I

0:28:03 > 0:28:10really feel for the goals. It's a tough game, they came here to get a

0:28:10 > 0:28:14gold medal. That's the training they put in, the hard work they put in

0:28:14 > 0:28:17and it wasn't their day-to-day. I think we've seen Team Sweden play a

0:28:17 > 0:28:21terrific game, never made many mistakes and actually didn't crack

0:28:21 > 0:28:24under pressure. They were solid until the end. Unfortunately for

0:28:24 > 0:28:30Great Britain, it's not worked I'm afraid.You said throughout,

0:28:30 > 0:28:35watching this, how much easier it is to be playing and watching!It's not

0:28:35 > 0:28:38enjoyable to watch! It's really tough. You are really during your

0:28:38 > 0:28:42team on and hopeful they will do it and today, they haven't got the

0:28:42 > 0:28:47breaks and it will be tough for the ladies.Great play from Anna

0:28:47 > 0:28:51Hasselborg, but let's take you back to end seven, the score at this

0:28:51 > 0:28:56point, Sweden led 5-3, Great Britain had the hammer, so we're looking for

0:28:56 > 0:29:03two to bring it level but if we show you the five stones, Anna Sloan, who

0:29:03 > 0:29:08had, has been playing pretty well throughout this game, what is she

0:29:08 > 0:29:14trying to do at this point, and does she do anything wrong?At this

0:29:14 > 0:29:18moment in time, Great Britain hadn't had a good end. They were in

0:29:18 > 0:29:22trouble. You can see the guards out at the front and the Swedish stones

0:29:22 > 0:29:28in the rings. At this moment Anna needs a short hit, roles and behind

0:29:28 > 0:29:32the guards...She's on the button. She's on the button and Great

0:29:32 > 0:29:35Britain are on the front foot, so now we are seeing Anna Hasselborg

0:29:35 > 0:29:40trying to get rid of that stone and line the game has three shots but

0:29:40 > 0:29:44what we see here is a bit of crack under that pressure that we talked

0:29:44 > 0:29:51about. So now advantage going to Great Britain.Eve plays a shot that

0:29:51 > 0:29:55nearly comes off.This is technically a very tough shot

0:29:55 > 0:29:59because to get through the gap in the guards that Eve is trying to

0:29:59 > 0:30:03navigate through, we're trying to thread the needle, so we have to

0:30:03 > 0:30:07play enough weight that takes some of the curl out of the stone to make

0:30:07 > 0:30:11sure it gets there, so we see the girls sweeping, trying to get

0:30:11 > 0:30:14through here between all the stones, and we also need to get by this red

0:30:14 > 0:30:19at the top but we just click it and what happens is we spin off and a

0:30:19 > 0:30:25for us it just ends up leaving it in such a bad place.SANA Hasselborg is

0:30:25 > 0:30:29now faced with the prospect of being able to take out two, but she has to

0:30:29 > 0:30:34be spot on -- soap Anna Hasselborg. Yeah, this is probably a routine

0:30:34 > 0:30:42chopped pork Anna Hasselborg, this is probably her speciality. -- it's

0:30:42 > 0:30:48probably a routine shot for Anna Hasselborg. She makes it.Eve only

0:30:48 > 0:30:55has the option of one but her final stone, is she trying to draw then?

0:30:55 > 0:31:00What is she trying to do here, Dave? Because she's just played that with

0:31:00 > 0:31:03her first stone, she's thinking I've seen the line, I know roughly what

0:31:03 > 0:31:08weight, but what a tight place to get through and it's extremely

0:31:08 > 0:31:10difficult to make that. I was wondering if we could play on the

0:31:10 > 0:31:15other side of the sheet and brought to the front on the other but it

0:31:15 > 0:31:19would have been another guest and a tough shot to make as well.And that

0:31:19 > 0:31:23was the moment that basically turned the match completely in Sweden's

0:31:23 > 0:31:26favour, meant they didn't have to take any risks, Great Britain had to

0:31:26 > 0:31:33risk everything to try and catch up and try and bring it back to one or

0:31:33 > 0:31:38two behind, but they were always chasing the game and from -- 8-3

0:31:38 > 0:31:45down, they lost, so Sweden go through to the gold medal game. Who

0:31:45 > 0:31:50will they face? Let's rejoin Steve for the live conclusion of... Oh,

0:31:50 > 0:31:57let's hear from the Great Britain women. Steve is with ease.

0:31:58 > 0:32:02Thanks, Claire. Eve, this is not the position you wanted to be in. You

0:32:02 > 0:32:06wanted to win the gold medal.You must be hugely disappointed. Of

0:32:06 > 0:32:11course. We gave it our all out there tonight and the Swedish girls were

0:32:11 > 0:32:15on fire. Myself, I missed a couple of key draws out there and you can't

0:32:15 > 0:32:18afford to do that. Of course, absolutely gutted. We've trained

0:32:18 > 0:32:23hard for the last three or four years to be in that position and

0:32:23 > 0:32:26unfortunately today, we were just outplayed. But we still have a medal

0:32:26 > 0:32:33to play for, so we will be giving it our all tomorrow.You were fighting

0:32:33 > 0:32:37hard there, and about after the three in their seventh, it looked

0:32:37 > 0:32:44like an uphill task.Losing a big end to anyone out there is

0:32:44 > 0:32:47difficult, but especially to team Sweden who are strong heating. But

0:32:47 > 0:32:51we can be proud of the way we pull together as a team out there and the

0:32:51 > 0:32:55way we played as a unit. We'd like to thank everyone at home and the

0:32:55 > 0:32:59national lottery for all our -- all their help for allowing us to be in

0:32:59 > 0:33:03the position that we're in. It's not the position we want to be in, but

0:33:03 > 0:33:07there is still a medal to be one, so we will out there and be fighting

0:33:07 > 0:33:16tomorrow.Vicki, it is hard, isn't it, you come this far, you get this

0:33:16 > 0:33:22close. Last time, I guess, it was a different feeling, but it was a big

0:33:22 > 0:33:27opportunity you had.We have been in this position before four years ago

0:33:27 > 0:33:31and when the bronze medal is the only medal we have got, we will

0:33:31 > 0:33:35fight very hard and ready round each other to make sure we do our best

0:33:35 > 0:33:40tomorrow.Without dwelling on this too much, you do have another match,

0:33:40 > 0:33:44Lauren, you weren't playing last time so it's a bit different for you

0:33:44 > 0:33:47and the other three, I guess, and the chance to win an Olympic medal

0:33:47 > 0:33:52still.Absolutely, and I will draw from the experience of the girls

0:33:52 > 0:33:55last time and I was there as the best and hopefully I can draw on

0:33:55 > 0:34:01that again and we can do ourselves proud.Eve, just lastly, I will come

0:34:01 > 0:34:05back to you, you said Sweden played very well and maybe you didn't make

0:34:05 > 0:34:09some of the shots you would want to make, so how do you get the girls

0:34:09 > 0:34:13back together and come back stronger tomorrow?I think as a team we are a

0:34:13 > 0:34:18very strong unit and I think if we can just go out there and play the

0:34:18 > 0:34:23way that we know we can play, of course it will take a little bit to

0:34:23 > 0:34:28get over that loss, but we have a full 24 hours until tomorrow night,

0:34:28 > 0:34:32so we will just support each other as much as we can and be up for

0:34:32 > 0:34:36tomorrow, of course.Compare this to four years ago. Do you feel worse

0:34:36 > 0:34:41now than when he lost in the semifinal four years ago?I think

0:34:41 > 0:34:46any semifinal that you lose is hard, it's very, very hard. As a team, I

0:34:46 > 0:34:50thought we had a good opportunity out there tonight. Unfortunately, we

0:34:50 > 0:34:54were kind of on the back foot from the start and against a strong

0:34:54 > 0:34:59Swedish team like Anna said, it's hard to grind back. Everyone support

0:34:59 > 0:35:02has been fantastic and I really hope we can get that bronze medal

0:35:02 > 0:35:06tomorrow and do everyone a tame proud.OK, I hope you can pick

0:35:06 > 0:35:13yourself up for that.Thanks. A very brave, very mature response

0:35:13 > 0:35:20from Eaves Mac, Anna, Vicky and Lauren. -- from Eve, Anna, Vicky and

0:35:20 > 0:35:25Lauren. As they said, they have still got a medal to fight for. We

0:35:25 > 0:35:32will be showing you that bronze medal match live. It will be against

0:35:32 > 0:35:39Korea or Japan. We are into the tenth end and the Koreans were 7-4

0:35:39 > 0:35:40up, the

0:35:40 > 0:35:41tenth end and the Koreans were 7-4 up, the Koreans who had not really

0:35:41 > 0:35:45been into curling until suddenly their women started winning, and I

0:35:45 > 0:35:56just saw a picture of a bar in sole where everyone is watching the

0:35:56 > 0:36:03curling.We have seen a huge growth in the sport out East and no those

0:36:03 > 0:36:07girls in particular have put a huge amount of work in to try to get the

0:36:07 > 0:36:12strategy, everything that is involved. Credit to them if they win

0:36:12 > 0:36:17this final.And the Korean team, they all have the surname Kim. They

0:36:17 > 0:36:20have been nicknamed the garlic girls because they come from an area of

0:36:20 > 0:36:29South Korea that is famous for growing garlic. They decided they

0:36:29 > 0:36:37would give themselves the nicknames, steak, yoghurt, pancake, sunny and

0:36:37 > 0:36:44JoJo. That was decided was they were having breakfast. They were having a

0:36:44 > 0:36:52very mixed breakfast there. Their skip has really grabbed the

0:36:52 > 0:36:59attention, doing all these things online with her, because her facial

0:36:59 > 0:37:03expression never changes. So all sorts of adjectives under her but

0:37:03 > 0:37:11all with the same expression. A bit like when Evander Lendl was coaching

0:37:11 > 0:37:15-- a bit like when Lendl was coaching Andy Murray and you would

0:37:15 > 0:37:23say, Lendl looking excited. Nothing. Lendl looking nervous, nothing. They

0:37:23 > 0:37:30said they are playing one shot at a time, we don't care about anything

0:37:30 > 0:37:35else, and so far it has been paying off. It is the tenth and final end

0:37:35 > 0:37:43and Korea are still winning 7-6. And Steve Cram, lucky was an athlete,

0:37:43 > 0:37:46because nobody else could have led it back there and recovered their

0:37:46 > 0:37:52breath in order to commentate on this.Thankfully it is not too far,

0:37:52 > 0:37:57Claire, just a couple of flights of stairs. The British women obviously

0:37:57 > 0:38:01disappointed. They are off to do the rest of their interviews with the

0:38:01 > 0:38:04media, which they have to do. Who will they be playing in the bronze

0:38:04 > 0:38:13medal match, Japan or Korea? Japan have done a good job of holding onto

0:38:13 > 0:38:20this Korean team. They have been playing brilliantly all week and we

0:38:20 > 0:38:24have been half keeping an eye on this. There have always been plenty

0:38:24 > 0:38:28of stones in play, Jackie. The Japanese team have on mother one

0:38:28 > 0:38:33occasion kind of rescued a couple of ends. Picking up to Mac in the

0:38:33 > 0:38:40night, giving themselves a bit of hope here. -- picking up tee in the

0:38:40 > 0:38:46ninth here, giving themselves a bit of hope.

0:38:46 > 0:38:50of hope.They have opened up here and that is what Korea want at the

0:38:50 > 0:38:58moment. They have the hammer and they are 7-6 up. It was looking at

0:38:58 > 0:39:01early doors like Korea might run away with this game, but Japan have

0:39:01 > 0:39:10just held their own and get themselves in the game.Yes,

0:39:13 > 0:39:15themselves in the game.Yes, the two Yoshida systems. The youngest one

0:39:15 > 0:39:30plays the lead. -- bid to Yoshida systems.

0:39:30 > 0:39:34systems. They all come from the Katami area. They have played well

0:39:34 > 0:39:42to get into the semifinal and certainly done a good job. This

0:39:42 > 0:39:47Korean team have done such a good job. Will this get over? Having to

0:39:47 > 0:39:53work it hard. Just about manages it. That is an awful long way away. They

0:39:53 > 0:39:59are trying to force one here.

0:40:09 > 0:40:12So, the garlic guards as they have been nicknamed by everybody out here

0:40:12 > 0:40:21because of the region they

0:40:22 > 0:40:23because of the region they come from, you have probably noticed that

0:40:23 > 0:40:28they are all called him, as indeed is the ultimate. There was a great

0:40:28 > 0:40:34article where they said that even they sometimes get confused. They

0:40:34 > 0:40:39give themselves nicknames, having given themselves steak, yoghurt,

0:40:39 > 0:40:46pancake and sunny one night out. It sounds like a night out with one of

0:40:46 > 0:40:54our meals. So, what can Japan do here? Korea will have the last

0:40:54 > 0:41:01stone, of course. There is a little giggle going on there. I am not sure

0:41:01 > 0:41:08why. Did they call a time-out? They did.I am not sure what you was

0:41:08 > 0:41:13doing with her fit there. She was just measuring, which is a strange

0:41:13 > 0:41:23thing to do. Their coach is from Canada and coaches at an academy in

0:41:23 > 0:41:28Japan.

0:41:30 > 0:41:35Japan.This is the first time that Japan actually qualified, two teams,

0:41:35 > 0:41:41men and women, since Nat know when they hosted the Winter Olympics.The

0:41:41 > 0:41:48crowd then here are loving this last game on the ice.

0:41:50 > 0:41:57game on the ice.And this Japanese team, silver medallists at the World

0:41:57 > 0:42:00Championships in 2016, which is where they qualified with enough

0:42:00 > 0:42:05points.

0:42:06 > 0:42:11points. They weren't at the World Championships in 2017, but the

0:42:11 > 0:42:16rankings decided the top eight teams for 2018 and then there was a

0:42:16 > 0:42:22competition in December to fill the other two spots. Korea of course

0:42:22 > 0:42:28already there as the hosts. There is the skip in the background. Her

0:42:28 > 0:42:35picture has been everywhere.We should just see Japan put up another

0:42:35 > 0:42:38centre guard here. That is what they need. They need something that they

0:42:38 > 0:42:48come roundabout. They will be hoping either for a jam or a miss from

0:42:48 > 0:42:57Korea. They will then want to clean up the house. So, Chinami Yoshida.

0:42:57 > 0:43:07After a bit of discussion.Anywhere high of the house. Will it sit down?

0:43:07 > 0:43:16And it does.

0:43:16 > 0:43:22And it does. And usually they go, nice.They do, but they might be too

0:43:22 > 0:43:28nervous to be saying nice now.

0:43:28 > 0:43:34nervous to be saying nice now.So, Kim Young John.Has to be careful

0:43:34 > 0:43:38she doesn't catch too little bit and jams it on the red on the other side

0:43:38 > 0:43:48and the house. They just need to be sure they can clear the front.

0:43:49 > 0:43:53sure they can clear the front. So, a nice shot. She has removed a

0:43:53 > 0:43:57Japanese yellow but what she has done is left a red out there and

0:43:57 > 0:44:01that is the shot but will be dangerous for them.The crowd are

0:44:01 > 0:44:08going crazy, loving it, but you saw her face.She would have been much

0:44:08 > 0:44:13happier too clear that front guard and take the red out. The Japanese

0:44:13 > 0:44:17yellow in the house shouldn't have been a danger to her when she was

0:44:17 > 0:44:25leaving the whole of the four foot open. So, an opportunity now for

0:44:25 > 0:44:34Japan to pull one right in behind the high guard. Te high in the four

0:44:34 > 0:44:38foot would be perfect.

0:44:46 > 0:44:5490%.Yes, I said in the little glances we have had across in this

0:44:54 > 0:45:00match, she has made some big calls and got them out of one or two tight

0:45:00 > 0:45:03situations to keep them in the match. Don't forget, they lost three

0:45:03 > 0:45:13in the very first end. That is a nice draw in here.That is a nice

0:45:13 > 0:45:26shot.So, how are your nurse, Korea? -- how are your nerves, Korea?We

0:45:26 > 0:45:29have got a time-out called by Korea and I think they have to clear the

0:45:29 > 0:45:39top guard. They have got last stone, they are one up. Clearing the guard

0:45:39 > 0:45:45is the shot they have got to play. Unless they can see the shot in the

0:45:45 > 0:45:50house.

0:45:56 > 0:46:03Well, back in the studio, I know Dave Murdoch is watching. Who are

0:46:03 > 0:46:06you fancying here? Do you think Japan have a chance of stealing

0:46:06 > 0:46:12this.Certainly an opportunity now, Steve. There is a centre guard we

0:46:12 > 0:46:16can see. Japan probably with the time-out now will probably elect to

0:46:16 > 0:46:22remove that guard, Korea, and that will leave Japan a chance again. But

0:46:22 > 0:46:30if they are not perfectly in line, it's a really easy chance for Korea

0:46:30 > 0:46:36to get in there.You have played a lot out in Korea and with these

0:46:36 > 0:46:40girls.Yes, they have funded top men's teams from around the world to

0:46:40 > 0:46:45play these girls and they were just like sponges. They wanted to know

0:46:45 > 0:46:48everything about technique, strategy, really trying to get

0:46:48 > 0:46:51themselves up to speed quickly as possible and it has obviously paid

0:46:51 > 0:46:56off.

0:46:58 > 0:47:01Well, now, that's OK, just wanting to give herself a clear run. She

0:47:01 > 0:47:06does have the last stone. Clears the guard. The crowd is quite funny,

0:47:06 > 0:47:11isn't it, the reaction of the crowd. They are not all curling fans,

0:47:11 > 0:47:17that's for sure.No, no.But they've been a joy to have in the arena this

0:47:17 > 0:47:22fortnight and the arena itself has been full just about everyday. Your

0:47:22 > 0:47:27body just going back to Dave's point about the programme and the

0:47:27 > 0:47:32development, this Korean team. The rink was built in their hometown.

0:47:32 > 0:47:35They were at school together and they've been together pretty much

0:47:35 > 0:47:39all the way through, grown up together, got better and better and

0:47:39 > 0:47:43better and what an opportunity, to play for the gold medal at your home

0:47:43 > 0:47:48Olympic Games. It's going to come down to just these last two stones.

0:47:48 > 0:47:54Japan have to steal here so she's gone going to try and guard this

0:47:54 > 0:47:57stone in the forefoot, replaced the red that was there, put some

0:47:57 > 0:48:03pressure on the Korean skip. It's not a bad effort. Ewan-macro it's a

0:48:03 > 0:48:08nice stone but it's really high and I think if Korea just play a nice

0:48:08 > 0:48:14background tap back weight, she can catch the guard and catch the yellow

0:48:14 > 0:48:20in the house.The crowd are getting excited here. They know that this is

0:48:20 > 0:48:28a massive, massive opportunity here for Korea.

0:48:28 > 0:48:31for Korea. Fujisawa has done everything she can do. She can only

0:48:31 > 0:48:39stand and watch now, as Kim Eun Jung has the chance to put Korea into the

0:48:39 > 0:48:43gold medal match. They would face Sweden, the victors over Great

0:48:43 > 0:48:47Britain just a few minutes ago.

0:48:52 > 0:48:57If she doesn't make this shot it will go to an extra end, but she's

0:48:57 > 0:49:01got a great opportunity here with that Agard being so high, and we

0:49:01 > 0:49:06know that there's a huge swing coming off that body inside sheet.

0:49:06 > 0:49:15The skip for Korea, Kim Eun Jung. Now, has to wait a few seconds to

0:49:15 > 0:49:21see if she has put her clean into the gold medal match. The crowd all

0:49:21 > 0:49:24around are watching intently. They'll raise the roof if she

0:49:24 > 0:49:29manages to tap this Japanese stone out and it's got plenty of weight on

0:49:29 > 0:49:33it, it's got a lot of weight on it but it's going to be equal enough,

0:49:33 > 0:49:39or is it? The Cheers are premature. Japan may have just stolen that, I

0:49:39 > 0:49:47think they have. Oh my word! Will she get another chance like that?

0:49:47 > 0:49:52Fujisawa cannot believe it. I thought it was going to just sit in

0:49:52 > 0:49:58there. Its bum and it spun and it spun away and so did the gold Mata

0:49:58 > 0:50:07match -- it spun and spun and spun away. So did the gold medal match.

0:50:07 > 0:50:12They will have to come back for an extra end. It was close, we talk

0:50:12 > 0:50:16about an inch or two but if she'd may be hit that stone may be a

0:50:16 > 0:50:20centimetre differently it would have been fine, but she came with a lot

0:50:20 > 0:50:24of weight as well.The girls were sweeping earlier and they didn't

0:50:24 > 0:50:27have to. The other sweeper was sweeping it, which holds the stone

0:50:27 > 0:50:33and they needed to pull that into the centre. I want to say its a

0:50:33 > 0:50:43sweeping error because she laid it nice. It was so close. I think she

0:50:43 > 0:50:49thought she'd got it there. The look of amazement on her face when she

0:50:49 > 0:50:53realises she hasn't.The crowd reaction, she's going with the crowd

0:50:53 > 0:50:58reaction, seeing it. She wasn't watching the big screen. She thought

0:50:58 > 0:51:03she'd done enough, she thought she'd put Korea into the gold medal match.

0:51:03 > 0:51:11So they have to do it all again. And the only thing that's in their

0:51:11 > 0:51:17favour is that it was a steal, so they keep the hammer. They're going

0:51:17 > 0:51:22to have to manufacture another opportunity here and Fujisawa, well,

0:51:22 > 0:51:28she played a couple of nice shots there. They had the yellow in and

0:51:28 > 0:51:35the guard, it looked a long way away, but it was effective enough.

0:51:35 > 0:51:41But as you said, Jackie, it, well, whether it was a sweeping error or

0:51:41 > 0:51:46not.Yeah, I felt they jumped on it very early. They didn't see it as

0:51:46 > 0:51:50they were coming into the house but they jumped on it very early. You

0:51:50 > 0:51:54have to wait until the legs are coming off it and sweep it as hard

0:51:54 > 0:52:03as you can. A little bit unfortunate but they have to play this end well.

0:52:04 > 0:52:08Well, if you are just joining us, the bad news is from a British

0:52:08 > 0:52:12perspective that we lost against Sweden. Match wits Sweden were

0:52:12 > 0:52:20always in control of -- a match which Sweden were always in control

0:52:20 > 0:52:24of, three shots lead in the seventh end which they would never

0:52:24 > 0:52:27relinquish with three ends to go. This looks the same in this match as

0:52:27 > 0:52:31well, three shots ahead with two ends to play, Korea look to have the

0:52:31 > 0:52:34other hand, they've been in the front from the beginning, three

0:52:34 > 0:52:37shots in the very first end. Japan have chipped away, chipped away,

0:52:37 > 0:52:44kept hanging on, picked up three in the final two ends, two in the ninth

0:52:44 > 0:52:50and the steel as you may have just seen in the tens and, so we're into

0:52:50 > 0:53:00an extra end now, Korea still with the hammer.

0:53:04 > 0:53:13Nobody is going home here in the arena. They are all watching.

0:53:13 > 0:53:19So Korea playing a nice shot into the forefoot, try and get in first

0:53:19 > 0:53:24and then they'll probably start clearing some of the guards out.

0:53:24 > 0:53:30They kind of need to reset. They made a decent and last time and

0:53:30 > 0:53:33worked their opportunity. They only need one of course. Either team just

0:53:33 > 0:53:35needs one here.

0:53:39 > 0:53:45Yeah, it was really actually a mistake from Kim Kyeong Ae, the

0:53:45 > 0:53:48third player, who didn't clear the guard properly and she rolled into

0:53:48 > 0:53:53the centre and that was the one that Japan got the use of. To come round

0:53:53 > 0:54:00and behind. So it's really key that every player plays her shots. That

0:54:00 > 0:54:05one... LAUGHTER

0:54:05 > 0:54:13She was wishing it round the corner. It's nice that it just tucked in the

0:54:13 > 0:54:18back there, but first things first, Korea have to get rid of these front

0:54:18 > 0:54:31guards.That face there of Kim Eun Jung has been all over the place.

0:54:31 > 0:54:36These four Korean curlers have become very famous over the last

0:54:36 > 0:54:46week or so. APPLAUSE

0:54:46 > 0:54:55So what do they do now? They have to keep taking those front two yellows

0:54:55 > 0:54:58will go, when they get the opportunity, so Japan have to try

0:54:58 > 0:55:07and force things here. So Japan... Japan have to be careful, you don't

0:55:07 > 0:55:11want to come into early. The closer in the house you are the easier it

0:55:11 > 0:55:15is for your opponent.

0:55:17 > 0:55:25This one is looking high at the moment. It's the angle of where it

0:55:25 > 0:55:30finishes, if they could have got it. A little bit more over the line, it

0:55:30 > 0:55:34would be better, but of course they are trying to protect the back

0:55:34 > 0:55:40yellow that's in the house as well. Korea again have got to go for the

0:55:40 > 0:55:44front two yellows, to try to remove these Japanese stone is here.Yeah,

0:55:44 > 0:55:54she'll try and get both of them in one go here.That will be Kim Song

0:55:54 > 0:55:59Young, delivering an anticlockwise rotation of the stone. She won't

0:55:59 > 0:56:03want to roll herself, you don't want to leave anything out at the front.

0:56:03 > 0:56:09She's got it this time. Oh... Straight onto her own stone.Not the

0:56:09 > 0:56:15result she wanted.

0:56:15 > 0:56:20result she wanted. Just forces that yellow in and then that just

0:56:20 > 0:56:29squeezes her read out. -- her red out.

0:56:29 > 0:56:39out. Kim Seon Yeong playing second. She is key in sweeping as well,

0:56:39 > 0:56:50she's the one who her skip is always shouting at, sweep, Kim Seon Yeong.

0:56:50 > 0:56:56Japan still in with a chance here will stop this can go either way.

0:56:56 > 0:57:04Just one stone required, a steal for Japan. Korea, the hammer if the last

0:57:04 > 0:57:10stone, they'll have the best chance here. The gold medal match against

0:57:10 > 0:57:16Sweden awaits. The losers will face Great Britain for the bronze medal.

0:57:34 > 0:57:43Kim Kiyoung hi, playing third. -- Kim Kyeong Ae, playing third. Takes

0:57:43 > 0:57:49the guard away.Takes the one. Could have been an opportunity to run it

0:57:49 > 0:57:53into some of the house and scatter them about, but I guess the first

0:57:53 > 0:57:58shot is to clear it.

0:57:59 > 0:58:03shot is to clear it. Trouble is, she's got one top of the tee, top of

0:58:03 > 0:58:07the forefoot and in the forefoot and they were in a nice position that

0:58:07 > 0:58:16make it difficult for Korea, should Japan keep guarding here.

0:58:20 > 0:58:26You can't see or sense in the crowd that when they thought that Stone

0:58:26 > 0:58:30had won the match for Korea and they've been very quiet all the way

0:58:30 > 0:58:34through this -- you can see or sense in the crowd. It's another nice

0:58:34 > 0:58:37stone for Japan and they are just forcing the issue were little bit

0:58:37 > 0:58:39here.

0:58:42 > 0:58:48Both these teams of course have another time in the extra end should

0:58:48 > 0:58:52they want to use it. They can bring down the coaches if they feel the

0:58:52 > 0:58:55need for some tactical strategy for game play.

0:59:01 > 0:59:14A big side. -- sigh. Nerves jangling. The best that Japan have

0:59:14 > 0:59:20managed is to finish fifth.Get something in the house here, it

0:59:20 > 0:59:25would be good. She has. That's OK. That's good. That's a very, very

0:59:25 > 0:59:33nice shot indeed. This means as much to both nations, a massive

0:59:33 > 0:59:37opportunity. Japan have never finished better than this, despite

0:59:37 > 0:59:42being at every Winter Olympics in the women's event. It's Korea

0:59:42 > 0:59:46standing in their way and Korea now all of a sudden have an opportunity,

0:59:46 > 0:59:55which is looking much better than it was a minute or two ago. But, as

0:59:55 > 1:00:01ever, it's going to come down to the skips. Time-out, Japan.

1:00:08 > 1:00:13Well, he came down a few minutes ago on the tenth end and managed to help

1:00:13 > 1:00:23Japan to force, to get the steel. They are still in this. OK, let's

1:00:23 > 1:00:28listen, if we can.

1:00:28 > 1:00:31listen, if we can.The only thing is you don't want her to come around

1:00:31 > 1:00:35and try and stop it right now because if you throw a high guard

1:00:35 > 1:00:38and she doesn't appeal, she decides to tap you, she's on the tee line,

1:00:38 > 1:00:43then you're in trouble so you have to throw it tight. She's going to

1:00:43 > 1:00:49try and get back but that's better than her making that tap, I think.

1:00:49 > 1:00:55Maybe take it top, maybe we can do the same.Right, if they tap far

1:00:55 > 1:00:58enough but if they tap it two insures you might not have a shot,

1:00:58 > 1:01:03right. If the only tap it just a little bit and they are on an angle

1:01:03 > 1:01:07it's going to be tough, so I think you throw a three and then on the

1:01:07 > 1:01:12last one you throw like four, just touching the centre one and then she

1:01:12 > 1:01:17has to draw the side of the button. I think that's your best chance.

1:01:17 > 1:01:29What do you think? Yeah, let's go. You and I were listening intently to

1:01:29 > 1:01:34this, it's fascinating to hear the discussion and the difference here

1:01:34 > 1:01:40of course is Fujisawa then taking that suggestion from the coach and

1:01:40 > 1:01:49they continue to discuss, but he's off, he's away.

1:01:50 > 1:01:57So the coach has said they should put a guard just number three, he

1:01:57 > 1:02:03said, so just outside the house in the white. Very close, because if we

1:02:03 > 1:02:08put a high guard, Korea would have had a similar shot to in the last

1:02:08 > 1:02:20end to come down and have it back. 7-7, a place in the final to contest

1:02:20 > 1:02:27the gold medal against Sweden awaits whoever can finish with their stone

1:02:27 > 1:02:33closest, as ever. That is all that matters here. Just one, that is all

1:02:33 > 1:02:38you need to school. They are going to have to work this one. This is

1:02:38 > 1:02:42really high as well. When he was looking for a guard that was close

1:02:42 > 1:02:48to the house.He asked for one right up there and that is miles away,

1:02:48 > 1:03:02isn't it?It is.Still smiling.

1:03:12 > 1:03:19Now it is up to the Korean skip. I wonder is she can play the angles

1:03:19 > 1:03:24here. If she doesn't get it, she takes the angles off. I wonder what

1:03:24 > 1:03:28she will see from the other end. She is not choosing to play that shot,

1:03:28 > 1:03:37though.

1:03:37 > 1:03:40though.You can feel the tension in the arena here. They have all gone

1:03:40 > 1:03:47very, very quiet. Realised that they had celebrated a little early in the

1:03:47 > 1:03:58tenth end. The stone just spinning away.

1:03:59 > 1:04:03away.See, the girls are desperately keen to sweep. This could be a

1:04:03 > 1:04:08really nice shot here.

1:04:08 > 1:04:15really nice shot here. She has played a lovely shot.The cheers

1:04:15 > 1:04:21ring around the one young Curling Centre.

1:04:21 > 1:04:25Centre. Korea senses that that gold-medal opportunity may have just

1:04:25 > 1:04:34got a little closer. Japan have got one stone left, so of course do

1:04:34 > 1:04:39Korea. That is a lovely shot from the skip.She is an inscrutable. I

1:04:39 > 1:04:44hate to say this. I really would like to see Korea going through. She

1:04:44 > 1:04:50is sitting at the top of the table, she has only lost one game. They

1:04:50 > 1:04:52have had a consistent performance here this week in the ladies

1:04:52 > 1:04:59Championships.So, Fuji sour then with her last stone. There is the

1:04:59 > 1:05:04coach watching on. When you are beaten by the team he finished top

1:05:04 > 1:05:09and they are playing well, Japan have given them a great contest here

1:05:09 > 1:05:15in the semifinal. You never know quite what she is thinking. She

1:05:15 > 1:05:19never looks any different, the Korean skip, she keeps her emotions

1:05:19 > 1:05:28in check but we would love to see what happens if they do get the win.

1:05:28 > 1:05:32It could come here if Fujisawa cannot get in ahead of the button

1:05:32 > 1:05:38here onto the Korean stone. If she misses, Japan will play Great

1:05:38 > 1:05:45Britain for the bronze medal. Fujisawa, the Japanese skip with her

1:05:45 > 1:05:51final stone here. So hoping she can follow the Korean stone in, tap it

1:05:51 > 1:05:56back, nice shot. It is going to be tight. She gets it round the guard.

1:05:56 > 1:06:04How is this going to look? It is a good shot from the Japanese skip. It

1:06:04 > 1:06:11is close. Is that shot or not?It is shot. My goodness, that is a great

1:06:11 > 1:06:20attempt there.Oh my word. That couldn't be any closer. That has

1:06:20 > 1:06:24gone up on the big screen here in the arena. They have realised that

1:06:24 > 1:06:33just by an inch or so, Japan are lying. The one that they need. Is

1:06:33 > 1:06:37there a read in here? Will she have to use her own red is to mark she

1:06:37 > 1:06:44could lie on that red-mac on the inside. That is what she is looking

1:06:44 > 1:06:49at. That might be the easiest shot here.She has got to go down the

1:06:49 > 1:06:54other end and do a cold drawer. She has got the whole of the four foot

1:06:54 > 1:06:59to use. She just has to stop anywhere within that. That is really

1:06:59 > 1:07:06when a skip needs to pull-out something special, at this stage of

1:07:06 > 1:07:11the game.Could there ever be more pressure on our home country Olympic

1:07:11 > 1:07:16athlete. The whole nation will be holding their breath, alongside

1:07:16 > 1:07:24everybody here in the Gangneung Curling Centre, with her final

1:07:24 > 1:07:29stone, the chance to send them into the gold-medal match. It has got to

1:07:29 > 1:07:34be so accurate here. They are already coming out to help sweep,

1:07:34 > 1:07:41all free, perhaps. Here they go. This has got to go.Don't over sweep

1:07:41 > 1:07:47it. Don't over sweep it. It is looking good. Are they going to get

1:07:47 > 1:07:54it there? They have! What a fantastic shot.So, Korea have done

1:07:54 > 1:08:01it. They are into the gold-medal match. The garlic girls go for gold.

1:08:01 > 1:08:06It's confirmed. What a performance right through the week and they have

1:08:06 > 1:08:10been awarded for some brilliant curling. They have been the best

1:08:10 > 1:08:14team in this competition. Japan gave them a really tough semifinal. They

1:08:14 > 1:08:20took it into an extra end. Fujisawa did her best, played a brilliant

1:08:20 > 1:08:26last stone, but Korea were out to it. Now the tears come and skip who

1:08:26 > 1:08:32has shown hardly any emotion, the tears now come for her. Ajax Kim ar

1:08:32 > 1:08:39into the final. They will play Sweden on Sunday morning, Saturday

1:08:39 > 1:08:47night back in the UK. It will be Sweden versus Korea, Japan versus

1:08:47 > 1:08:53Great Britain for the bronze.Just wonderful, wonderful scenes. Look at

1:08:53 > 1:08:58this, just in floods of tears. This whole team, they are old school

1:08:58 > 1:09:02mates. They have been friends their whole lives and they have brought

1:09:02 > 1:09:07curling to the masses in South Korea. They didn't have any interest

1:09:07 > 1:09:12in this game until these Olympics. Japan, all credit to them, they will

1:09:12 > 1:09:23now face Great Britain in the bronze match. But Korea are up for a chance

1:09:23 > 1:09:26for gold. Dave, you have played them, you know how hard they have

1:09:26 > 1:09:32worked to try to get a presence in a game where they qualified by right

1:09:32 > 1:09:38as host nations.They did. When you look at this, incredible scenes. It

1:09:38 > 1:09:43is great to see and in some ways it is great for the growth of our

1:09:43 > 1:09:46sport. We are seeing some new nations out there and they have

1:09:46 > 1:09:54worked extremely hard to get to this position.8-7 the score after the

1:09:54 > 1:09:59extra end. Kim had the chance at the end of the tenth. Just overdid it,

1:09:59 > 1:10:05but my word, that final shot, and all the sweepers are there just to

1:10:05 > 1:10:10get it.The third he stands in the house comes firing out and decides

1:10:10 > 1:10:16she wants to sweep. They literally dragged that stone in. Look at the

1:10:16 > 1:10:23seams.Fantastic to watch. That gives us all a bit of a lift after

1:10:23 > 1:10:29frankly some disappointment as far as Great Britain where concerned.

1:10:29 > 1:10:35Look at this for the host nation. That is a very tough shot under

1:10:35 > 1:10:40pressure. To not overthrow it because your heart rate is going

1:10:40 > 1:10:46pressure, -- your heart rate is going crazy, especially in their

1:10:46 > 1:10:53home arena.Great Britain, we will see them tomorrow morning. They will

1:10:53 > 1:10:58be determined to come home with something. Can they win the bronze

1:10:58 > 1:11:03medal again in Pyeongchang, after winning it in Sochi. They sounded

1:11:03 > 1:11:09very sensible in the interview afterwards.It's going to be very

1:11:09 > 1:11:13tough for them. There's no doubt that leaving -- losing that game is

1:11:13 > 1:11:16tough to take. I was impressed with the interview, talking about how

1:11:16 > 1:11:20they will stay together as a unit and come out and win that medal

1:11:20 > 1:11:25tomorrow. It is so important. Olympic medals are hard to come by

1:11:25 > 1:11:32and those girls have a good chance to do that tomorrow.

1:11:37 > 1:11:43Dave, thank you so much for your company but we are going to turn our

1:11:43 > 1:11:50attention to ice hockey. The second semifinal is in place. It is between

1:11:50 > 1:11:54Canada, trying to win the gold medal for the third time in a row, and the

1:11:54 > 1:11:57surprise package of this tournament, Germany. This is what has happened

1:11:57 > 1:12:07so far.Germany at full strength. How can they use this to the best of

1:12:07 > 1:12:17their advantage to mark snaps it and scores! Germany have believed. In

1:12:17 > 1:12:23this semifinal. -- Germany have the lead. And the defending champions

1:12:23 > 1:12:30are behind early on. Amazing. Finishes off with some style on the

1:12:30 > 1:12:33power play. And the Canadians find themselves in a really difficult,

1:12:33 > 1:12:39difficult situation.

1:12:54 > 1:13:01Germany get it into the offensive zone.Can they score? Yes, they do.

1:13:01 > 1:13:06A second goal for the Germans. Wonderful play. Hard work to win it.

1:13:06 > 1:13:15And as it came across, the finish was absolutely sublime. And the

1:13:15 > 1:13:17defending champions, they are rocking, they are on the ropes, and

1:13:17 > 1:13:21Germany are trying to deliver that knockout blow that will see them out

1:13:21 > 1:13:28of the tournament and now, the Germans are firmly favourites thanks

1:13:28 > 1:13:32to that second goal of the game from platter.

1:13:38 > 1:13:46Away with a nice bat. Intercepted again. Can they do this? It is a

1:13:46 > 1:13:57third goal for the Germans. Canada stunned. And the Germans are on the

1:13:57 > 1:14:03brink of something incredible. Not even halfway through this game and

1:14:03 > 1:14:07right now, they are heading towards a gold-medal game against the

1:14:07 > 1:14:13Olympic Athletes from Russia. Incredible things happen when you

1:14:13 > 1:14:18believe and this German team believes right now. David Wolf

1:14:18 > 1:14:24whether terrific interception. It

1:14:24 > 1:14:26whether terrific interception. It is two on one and he slides it through

1:14:26 > 1:14:32his legs. Are you kidding me? What a goal!

1:14:36 > 1:14:41If every Canadian player was available, as Canada... They score!

1:14:41 > 1:14:48They have got of that back in this game.

1:14:51 > 1:14:53game. Brule on the power play. The long road back starts here for the

1:14:53 > 1:15:03Canadians.Canada needed a spark. The penalty put them on the power

1:15:03 > 1:15:09play. Only two power play is so far, they have not looked good at all.

1:15:09 > 1:15:15But they open up here and this is the Canon, right over the shoulder

1:15:15 > 1:15:18of Gothenberg. What a shot.

1:15:24 > 1:15:29Oh, they have scored right of the draw. This one may well go upstairs

1:15:29 > 1:15:35for the

1:15:35 > 1:15:42for the shot from Platter. It took a huge deflection. And Germany restore

1:15:42 > 1:15:45that 3-goal advantage. A huge deflection and Germany continue to

1:15:45 > 1:15:49fight their way towards a gold-medal game against the Olympic Athletes

1:15:49 > 1:15:55from Russia.It is one face-off and then right through it. It goes off

1:15:55 > 1:16:01the knee. What a lucky break for Germany. Way up in the highest lot

1:16:01 > 1:16:06there. No chance for the netminder. That bounced right through him. You

1:16:06 > 1:16:11can see it just hit the knee there.

1:16:16 > 1:16:24Do on one for the Canadians. They are back. At least back within two.

1:16:24 > 1:16:28Now they are starting to maybe dance in the aisles. Now they are starting

1:16:28 > 1:16:34to believe.Let's go, they say. Well, this was on the recipe, a goal

1:16:34 > 1:16:41early on. Terrific break right of the face-off in defensive territory.

1:16:41 > 1:16:46What a pass. He started this play in his own zone.

1:16:46 > 1:16:52Germany actually had a penalty to go 5-2 up but it was saved by the

1:16:52 > 1:16:57Canadian netminder. Bearing in mind Germany didn't win a single match in

1:16:57 > 1:17:022006 or 2010, didn't qualify in 2014, so this lead is extraordinary.

1:17:02 > 1:17:06But Canada have grabbed one back. It is for- three and we are going to

1:17:06 > 1:17:11join it live now in the third period. Hazel will be here after the

1:17:11 > 1:17:20conclusion of this match. Bear in mind it is quarter past 11 at night

1:17:20 > 1:17:22in South Korea. Canada fighting back. Seth Bennett and Ken Simpson

1:17:22 > 1:17:27will take you through the rest of this final period.Late night drama

1:17:27 > 1:17:30in Pyeongchang and it is the Canadians who were dead and buried,

1:17:30 > 1:17:36they were gone. They were looking miserable, heads down, beat trudging

1:17:36 > 1:17:42behind them. And right now, they have power play. They have a five on

1:17:42 > 1:17:46four advantage in this game. Germany, never been to a gold-medal

1:17:46 > 1:17:53game. Canada have won gold nine times. They are looking

1:17:53 > 1:17:58With this group of players looking to have the tournament of their

1:17:58 > 1:18:03lifetimes, remember, none of the NHL stars, the National Hockey League

1:18:03 > 1:18:05stars are here. The best Canadian players are not here. However,

1:18:05 > 1:18:09they've got a team that right now are fighting to stay in this

1:18:09 > 1:18:14tournament. Back it goes to the top. Canada have it. They will turn a

1:18:14 > 1:18:17corner, deflects wide off the back of the net, they have a battle to

1:18:17 > 1:18:25win possession back. Germany is so good for 40 minutes have imploded at

1:18:25 > 1:18:29times in this final period. The great crisp lean work, the clinical

1:18:29 > 1:18:34way in which they play, and these hockey games have just got better

1:18:34 > 1:18:42and better and better.Just when you think the drama is too much, it just

1:18:42 > 1:18:51ramps up even more.Canada. A chance for the top, big deflection, nobody

1:18:51 > 1:18:59knows where it's gone and now it's cleared away again.That's a huge

1:18:59 > 1:19:04penalty kill for Germany. It goes without saying. Under seven minutes

1:19:04 > 1:19:12to go.And nails are being bitten amongst the German fans. Males are

1:19:12 > 1:19:18being bitten amongst the Canadian fans as that goes high --

1:19:18 > 1:19:29fingernails are being bitten. It's going to go down the ice.

1:19:32 > 1:19:36Roy will skate forward into the offensive zone. He's got good hands.

1:19:36 > 1:19:43He tries to work it at the back hand side that goes too short. La Pierre

1:19:43 > 1:19:47will come out. He's crashing and banging. Germans will try to get it

1:19:47 > 1:19:51away again. Germany were brilliant through two periods, but they've

1:19:51 > 1:19:56tied up. They did it in the quarterfinals but somehow find a way

1:19:56 > 1:20:01back against Sweden to win that one. They're doing it again now, as

1:20:01 > 1:20:08Modell gets in there. Face-off will be in the zone, six minutes and one

1:20:08 > 1:20:16seconds to go.He had the big shot from the point, Maxim Noreau. Just

1:20:16 > 1:20:21goes off the skating group, doesn't get through to the netminder. He had

1:20:21 > 1:20:25the game against Finland in the quarters on a rocket shot almost

1:20:25 > 1:20:34from the same spot. It's a big offensive face-off here for Canada.

1:20:34 > 1:20:37Well, people will be waking up in Canada and they will have stared

1:20:37 > 1:20:41with disbelief at the scoreline, but now, all of a sudden, you can

1:20:41 > 1:20:44imagine office workers on the East Coast slowly but surely crowding

1:20:44 > 1:20:49around the TVs and very little work will be being done for the next

1:20:49 > 1:20:56little bit. Two players thrashing with each other. That's an awful/,

1:20:56 > 1:21:03absolutely brutal/ off the play. Selfish from Kristian Thomas.They

1:21:03 > 1:21:07are both gone, he's lucky, he's taken both players. I can't believe

1:21:07 > 1:21:12it.That's a much bigger loss for Germany, one of their top

1:21:12 > 1:21:20defencemen, top players here, but space. Four on four of hockey is

1:21:20 > 1:21:23going to happen.Watch for the Canadian defence man to jump into

1:21:23 > 1:21:30the play, you can say 40 and 92 go at it, Thomas finishes his cheque.

1:21:30 > 1:21:37He lands on him. That was a little tap, you couldn't take Thomas there.

1:21:37 > 1:21:43But you're trying to get back in a game.I agree. I know.You are

1:21:43 > 1:21:48standing right next to the referee. Your Olympics is on the line right

1:21:48 > 1:21:53now.You can't even risk it, you can't even risk it. But maybe it's a

1:21:53 > 1:21:58good thing, like you said, four on four, play will open up a little

1:21:58 > 1:22:01bit, gives Canada a chance to engage their defence, activate them from

1:22:01 > 1:22:09the blue line.Confirmation of how the scoring went in this, as 3-1

1:22:09 > 1:22:14lead, a 4-1 lead at the end of the second period and then Canada come

1:22:14 > 1:22:19back with two in the third and now our Germany six minutes away from

1:22:19 > 1:22:25hanging on to a very famous win? Or are Canada six minutes away from

1:22:25 > 1:22:28getting a very famous comeback?

1:22:36 > 1:22:41Canada, the defending champions, completely different team to four

1:22:41 > 1:22:51years ago in Sochi stop Germany didn't even qualify for Sochi. It's

1:22:51 > 1:22:57going to be won by the Canadians, defenceman Robinson in. He collects

1:22:57 > 1:23:02it, wants to set it going. Canada, all movement, this is good from the

1:23:02 > 1:23:08Canadians, they skate so well. Chris Lee was involved, a scruffy

1:23:08 > 1:23:17opportunity and Germany will break back the other way and come forward.

1:23:17 > 1:23:25Nobody knows where it is!It when 25 feet in the air. No one was really

1:23:25 > 1:23:30sure what happened.Keep an eye on the clock, four and a half minutes

1:23:30 > 1:23:43to go. Brandon Kozun has it, gets space, good netminding. By Danny Aus

1:23:43 > 1:23:48Den Birken, shut the door, no rebound. Brandon Kozun has provided

1:23:48 > 1:24:01us spark for Canada. He is up with Roy, four. Here's Raymond, terrific

1:24:01 > 1:24:06defensive play from number 72 and here's the speed of Brandon Kozun,

1:24:06 > 1:24:14long wrist shot, fairly easy says. Canadians have it back again. I

1:24:14 > 1:24:20twist and

1:24:20 > 1:24:26twist and turn from Maxim Noreau. An easy one for Germany to send down

1:24:26 > 1:24:30the ice. These see the arms from Maxim Noreau, trying to get his legs

1:24:30 > 1:24:37going as he pumps the arms. This is going to be an amazing finish.

1:24:37 > 1:24:40Canada is going to get their chances, they will get a couple, so

1:24:40 > 1:24:45now it's about bearing down and making sure you have that look on

1:24:45 > 1:24:50your stick you put it past the netminder put it in the back of the

1:24:50 > 1:24:57net -- when you have that puck on your stick.A great game. Eric

1:24:57 > 1:25:01O'Dell wins clean. Four on four they continue to skate. There's space at

1:25:01 > 1:25:05the top four Canadians but they don't get the shot through and Eric

1:25:05 > 1:25:10O'Dell, great job, wonderful job. He's had a very good game.He's been

1:25:10 > 1:25:15a workhorse for Canada.Giveaway in the zone, Eric O'Dell makes contact

1:25:15 > 1:25:20with the Germans have it, looking for an opportunity that will kill

1:25:20 > 1:25:28this game off. Really strong play, given away to the Canadians and now

1:25:28 > 1:25:31they'll try to push forward. It seems to be Germans everywhere on

1:25:31 > 1:25:37the ice. Christian Ehrhoff popping up deep from his own Zonta

1:25:37 > 1:25:46intersect. -- intercept. Canada now have some space here. Thomas Muller

1:25:46 > 1:25:55shot, they crashed, may bang. The whistle will blow.Great job by

1:25:55 > 1:25:59Danny Aus Den Birken not to leave the rebound. Chris Lee, who started

1:25:59 > 1:26:04this play, was driving hard at the net. He's been a wonderful assistant

1:26:04 > 1:26:07captain, number four here, kicked out for Thomas. Thomas didn't want

1:26:07 > 1:26:12that shot there. He wanted that lower on the pads. He put it in the

1:26:12 > 1:26:20breadbasket and there's no chance there is going to be a rebound.

1:26:20 > 1:26:243.13, plenty of times, plenty of options for the coaching staff of

1:26:24 > 1:26:30Canada. The wily Willie Desjardins behind the bench, Dave King, all of

1:26:30 > 1:26:33those times, all of those international competitions he's been

1:26:33 > 1:26:39involved in, he's seen this before. They know what they want to do. They

1:26:39 > 1:26:44give a chance here, missed. It's off. Was that the chance for Rene

1:26:44 > 1:26:49Bourque? Canada created something right off the face-off. Didn't hit

1:26:49 > 1:26:59the net. You said they had to be clinical. In they come, with Roy,

1:26:59 > 1:27:03sent towards the net again. That's too easy for Germany, who clear

1:27:03 > 1:27:11away.

1:27:11 > 1:27:20Chris Lee puts this one in. Canada go after it. Remember, should Canada

1:27:20 > 1:27:30level this could go to overtime. Ten minutes of four on four. The whistle

1:27:30 > 1:27:34goes for icing the game. Ten minutes of four on four and potentially it

1:27:34 > 1:27:43could go to penalties shots, which is five and sudden death from there.

1:27:43 > 1:27:47There's Yannic Seidenberg, he'll be a keep player in these final

1:27:47 > 1:27:52moments.I don't think Willie Desjardins is having his time out

1:27:52 > 1:28:00yet but it's going to be pretty soon here. They have, now they've pulled

1:28:00 > 1:28:05their goalie, six Canadian attackers.Aligns man checks there's

1:28:05 > 1:28:10not too much snow on the goal-line, checks the moorings. A big move,

1:28:10 > 1:28:17Willie Desjardins. Canada, six on ice, net empty, they are going to

1:28:17 > 1:28:25give it everything now fullest 2.2 zero. They need one Christmas shot

1:28:25 > 1:28:29that can potentially goes through. It falls to a German stick, there's

1:28:29 > 1:28:36a stick in the face penalty coming. Whistle-blowers.Offside. I don't

1:28:36 > 1:28:42think the referee has got the stick in the face.Well, there's lots of

1:28:42 > 1:28:49looks on the ice. Canada wanted. Marcus Kink over skated a bit and

1:28:49 > 1:28:52put himself offside. That's what the call was. I don't think they called

1:28:52 > 1:28:58the high stick there.He is offside. The yellow players skate over the

1:28:58 > 1:29:10blue line before the puck got into the zone.So that

1:29:10 > 1:29:17the zone.So that chases Kevin Poulin back into the net. Marco

1:29:17 > 1:29:21Astana is -- Marco Stern is barking out his orders. Brow furrows ever so

1:29:21 > 1:29:27slightly.This is the Canadian getting kicked out.Eric O'Dell wins

1:29:27 > 1:29:32it.

1:29:33 > 1:29:39it. Canada need quality possession. Into the final two minutes. Germany

1:29:39 > 1:29:44are two minutes away from their first-ever Winter Olympic ice hockey

1:29:44 > 1:29:55final. Good stick in there. Round the boards it goes. Now they look to

1:29:55 > 1:30:01come away. Hard pass. Here he goes to the bench. Eric O'Dell goes to

1:30:01 > 1:30:06try and win it. Germany have it, tied up on the boards. Canada doing

1:30:06 > 1:30:11a retrieving job here. They have it back on the blue line, to Robinson.

1:30:11 > 1:30:18Robinson fires it back again to Chris Lee. There it is from Rene

1:30:18 > 1:30:24Bourque K, deflects wide. Everything going off on the ice right now. They

1:30:24 > 1:30:30are not going together, this will be an icing poorest the Canadians can

1:30:30 > 1:30:35win the race. I tell you what, they're fortunate to get that one

1:30:35 > 1:30:40because Brooks would have won that race hands down.He would have. It's

1:30:40 > 1:30:46called hybrid icing, if the linesman decides that the defensive player is

1:30:46 > 1:30:50going to beat the upcoming four checker to the puck he will blow it

1:30:50 > 1:30:54down from the tops of the circles. Germany is going to take their time

1:30:54 > 1:30:59out here. Of course when it's icing you cannot change your players. And

1:30:59 > 1:31:05so time to call time out, give the skaters on the ice a little bit of a

1:31:05 > 1:31:07break, catch their breath and make sure everyone knows their

1:31:07 > 1:31:13assignments, on either a won or lost face-off.Should Germany win this

1:31:13 > 1:31:17game, should they hang on for this final minute or so, what would that

1:31:17 > 1:31:26mean? What kind of shock waves with that sent through the hockey world?

1:31:35 > 1:31:42it would be huge. Canada would be in shock for the rest of the day. And

1:31:42 > 1:31:47then it would go around the world. Germany are the tenth seeded team in

1:31:47 > 1:31:51this tournament and now they are 60 seconds away from beating the

1:31:51 > 1:31:56defending champions and going to the Olympic final. That is what is at

1:31:56 > 1:32:00stake right here. For Canada, nine gold medals in the bank. This team

1:32:00 > 1:32:05has the weight of a nation on its shoulders. They don't want to be the

1:32:05 > 1:32:09side that loses to Germany. They have got 60 seconds to do something

1:32:09 > 1:32:15about it. The net is empty. Face-off, won by the Germans,

1:32:15 > 1:32:23recovered by the Canadians. Germany will try to keep this in there.

1:32:23 > 1:32:25will try to keep this in there. They are doing everything they can. Put

1:32:25 > 1:32:30it towards the net, deflected out. Canada can't do much with it and now

1:32:30 > 1:32:35maybe Germany can. They have got to win the race here. Lee uses his

1:32:35 > 1:32:40speed to get there. But they are at the wrong end of the ice, spinning

1:32:40 > 1:32:45in circles. Germany doing this brilliantly. Lee needs to move it.

1:32:45 > 1:32:50He does. Canada into the offensive zone. Roy birth there. Poke the

1:32:50 > 1:32:59ground. Given away to the Germans again. Held it. Canada. Can they

1:32:59 > 1:33:05find the opening here? It is juggled away. Behind the net. 15 seconds to

1:33:05 > 1:33:12go. Canada need to create one chance. Germany is clink -- are

1:33:12 > 1:33:18clinging on for their dear lives here. Five seconds. Time is almost

1:33:18 > 1:33:22up for the Canadians. And the Germans have done it! Germany have

1:33:22 > 1:33:27beaten the defending champions and they are going for gold. They have

1:33:27 > 1:33:31reached their first ever Olympic ice hockey final and created one of the

1:33:31 > 1:33:41biggest upsets in Winter Olympic history. Wow!Love the celebration.

1:33:41 > 1:33:48That just lets you know how massive this is. Disbelief on the German

1:33:48 > 1:33:53faces and they are absolutely ecstatic. Canada cannot believe what

1:33:53 > 1:34:02just happened. The tenth ranked team here in Pyeongchang has upset the

1:34:02 > 1:34:06hobby world -- the hockey world and more importantly upset the hockey

1:34:06 > 1:34:11superpower of Canada. It will be Germany at the Olympic Athletes from

1:34:11 > 1:34:16Russia in the gold-medal game on Sunday.Well, Germany have beaten

1:34:16 > 1:34:25the mighty Canadians and B final now will be an all European affair. --

1:34:25 > 1:34:30the final now will be an all European affair, Germany against the

1:34:30 > 1:34:33Olympic Athletes from Russia. What a shock.

1:34:33 > 1:34:35Olympic Athletes from Russia. What a shock. Total dejection for Canada

1:34:35 > 1:34:40but what a story. One of the biggest upsets in Olympic hockey history.

1:34:40 > 1:34:46And the German coach, himself a former NHL player, he became head

1:34:46 > 1:34:51coach for the Germans in 2015 and he has basically brought an entire

1:34:51 > 1:34:56revolution in men's hockey there. They last won a match, the Germans,

1:34:56 > 1:35:02in the Olympics in 2002. They were beaten in every match in 2006 and in

1:35:02 > 1:35:082010, didn't qualify for 2014, and they are back. This is their first

1:35:08 > 1:35:14medal since a bronze in Innsbruck in 1976. No wonder the entire hockey

1:35:14 > 1:35:22arena is completely stunned. Wow, we have seen some stories, haven't we.

1:35:22 > 1:35:26Between this and of course the Canadian women being beaten in their

1:35:26 > 1:35:30final, there will be a few questions asked in Canadian ice hockey going

1:35:30 > 1:35:35forward from here. We still have two full days of action ahead, that is

1:35:35 > 1:35:42the last one of day 14, but we will review it all at a more leisurely

1:35:42 > 1:35:52pace between now and 6pm. We will play -- we will pay rapt

1:35:52 > 1:35:56attention to the ladies free skating fight for gold.

1:35:56 > 1:36:05The Dutch one golds early in the week but none of the ones available

1:36:05 > 1:36:15so far. Will they get some today? And pulsating excitement in both the

1:36:15 > 1:36:18ISAPI semi-finals. We will let you see it again.

1:36:18 > 1:36:23Eve Muirhead's team has waited four years for another gold-medal

1:36:23 > 1:36:32opportunity. Beat Sweden today and the chance would be there at least.

1:36:33 > 1:36:43And the French look to win the biathlon today. And women's squeak

1:36:43 > 1:36:50-- women's ski Cross today. She who dares wins. That is all a far cry

1:36:50 > 1:36:54from the refinement, elegance and artistry and be swirling storylines

1:36:54 > 1:36:56of the ladies free programme today and you were completely wrapped in

1:36:56 > 1:37:02all of it, where you not, Jayne Torvill?The standard of the ladies

1:37:02 > 1:37:08have gone up so much over the years. They were all doing triple jumps. It

1:37:08 > 1:37:13was all double jobs before. I think in future we will see quads.Really,

1:37:13 > 1:37:20from the ladies, you think so?Why not, the men are doing it.I am not

1:37:20 > 1:37:24suggesting you go for quads at this point. However, you are back on the

1:37:24 > 1:37:30ice with Chris. You have been training quite hard for this

1:37:30 > 1:37:33upcoming tour, haven't you?Yes, we are going on tour with Dancing on

1:37:33 > 1:37:39Ice after the series finishes, so we need to get ourselves ready for it.

1:37:39 > 1:37:46We are really looking forward to it. Just a pitch you in the mood, for

1:37:46 > 1:37:50our last Torvill and Dean time-out today, we have allowed you to choose

1:37:50 > 1:37:54something we hope will inspire you for your training.What have you

1:37:54 > 1:38:01chosen? I have chosen the rock and roll that was chosen for 1983.This

1:38:01 > 1:38:07was from Helsinki. So, we are rocking back 35 years for the last

1:38:07 > 1:38:16Torvill and Dean time-out of these Pyeongchang games.

1:38:22 > 1:38:29Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, defending world champions, skated

1:38:29 > 1:38:36three magnificent compulsory dances and starting their rock and roll in

1:38:36 > 1:38:39a very dramatic manner.

1:39:10 > 1:39:18APPLAUSE

1:41:57 > 1:42:02APPLAUSE CHEERING

1:42:07 > 1:42:10Perfect, absolutely impeccable. What can you say about them? They

1:42:10 > 1:42:11are absolute magic.

1:42:11 > 1:42:13What can you say about them? They are absolute magic.

1:42:13 > 1:42:20And it remains a rock and roll and completely exhausting even watching

1:42:20 > 1:42:25it. It was an athletic routine that, and then original dance, there you

1:42:25 > 1:42:30had to do the pattern and repeat it. Yes, three times, and it was quite

1:42:30 > 1:42:33fast and what I have just realised is there are so many different

1:42:33 > 1:42:38changes of hold and turns, and if we hadn't have caught hands at the

1:42:38 > 1:42:42right moment, it would have been a bit of a disaster, I think.And the

1:42:42 > 1:42:47costumes. A quick word on those. Yes, I apologise about that. I'm not

1:42:47 > 1:42:52sure about the red neckerchiefs. And we had our initials on the top which

1:42:52 > 1:42:57we thought was cool at the time.It was the 80s. He could get away with

1:42:57 > 1:43:01anything then. We are going to turn our attention to the ladies free

1:43:01 > 1:43:04programme. It is always one of the most anticipated events because when

1:43:04 > 1:43:09you look back over time, this is the one to have drawn the youngest

1:43:09 > 1:43:13competitors and women's skating really was born with the young

1:43:13 > 1:43:21Norwegian many, many years ago. What was her appeal, would you say?She

1:43:21 > 1:43:26was very young and I think she just had it all. She was quite a

1:43:26 > 1:43:32performer, really, as well as being, I think, I can't remember what level

1:43:32 > 1:43:37of jumps she was doing, but in that day she was clearly doing the

1:43:37 > 1:43:41hardest jobs.She was only 15 years of age when she won the first one

1:43:41 > 1:43:45and went on to win three and then became a massive film star in the

1:43:45 > 1:43:5120s and 30s.That is what I was really intrigued about, to see how

1:43:51 > 1:43:56that evolved, from a young age going on to being a movie star. I had

1:43:56 > 1:44:01never heard about that before.That trend really did continue, because

1:44:01 > 1:44:07in 1984 when you were facing the music and dancing, there was a

1:44:07 > 1:44:1116-year-old, a real show stopping performance, this one. A real scene

1:44:11 > 1:44:15stealer as well, because it was Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan who

1:44:15 > 1:44:20were supposed to be ruling it, and she totally stole the thunder,

1:44:20 > 1:44:24didn't she?For such a young person, she had so much performance and

1:44:24 > 1:44:29confidence in her. Lots of confidence for such a young age.

1:44:29 > 1:44:36Great personality, speed over the ice.Her technique and her jumps

1:44:36 > 1:44:44were just exceptional.She was 16, as I said. In 1988, the US produced

1:44:44 > 1:44:51Tara Lipinski. She was the youngest of all, just 15, and another

1:44:51 > 1:44:54all-American contest, this time against 17-year-old Michelle Kwan

1:44:54 > 1:44:59who had gone in as favourite. Interesting that there are parallels

1:44:59 > 1:45:03between Michelle Kwan as the 17-year-old and this 50-year-old

1:45:03 > 1:45:07coming in and stealing her thunder as to what could happen in today's

1:45:07 > 1:45:13free programme. -- this 15-year-old. Yes, at such a young age to have

1:45:13 > 1:45:19such confidence.She became the youngest by two months from Sonja

1:45:19 > 1:45:32Henie. Then in 2006 injuring, one of my favourites,

1:45:32 > 1:45:39my favourites, Arakawa came in with such poise, this mesmerising

1:45:39 > 1:45:45Japanese skater. A positively ancient 24 years of age.A very tall

1:45:45 > 1:45:51skater as well. Yes, just her skating quality was so special.She

1:45:51 > 1:45:56was the oldest champion since Katarina Witt in Calgary 1988. So,

1:45:56 > 1:46:04if you look at a list of the ages of champions, what really is striking

1:46:04 > 1:46:04if you look at a list of the ages of champions, what really is striking

1:46:04 > 1:46:09is how accomplished these champions have been at such a young age. The

1:46:09 > 1:46:12average age has been 18 and a half and when you look at the age of the

1:46:12 > 1:46:18male champions in the whole Olympics, 21 for the men, 25 for the

1:46:18 > 1:46:21pairs and 27 for ice dance. What is your theory about why the ladies

1:46:21 > 1:46:26have produced their best so young? I think

1:46:26 > 1:46:28have produced their best so young? I think it is having that energy, not

1:46:28 > 1:46:33having the fear, because I have known female skaters as they get

1:46:33 > 1:46:38older and turned professional and go and do shows, they are not really

1:46:38 > 1:46:41comfortable doing those difficult jobs. They would rather just give a

1:46:41 > 1:46:45good performance than risk hurting themselves on the difficult jobs. So

1:46:45 > 1:46:52I think it is a young thing.

1:46:52 > 1:46:57Zagitova cup against Medvedeva, 15 against 18 years of age, don't

1:46:57 > 1:47:01forget, no Russian athlete, they are competing under a neutral flag, but

1:47:01 > 1:47:05no one from Russia has yet stepped onto the top step of the podium, so

1:47:05 > 1:47:09an awful lot resting on these very young shoulders. A quick reminder

1:47:09 > 1:47:14that Zagitova's dazzling short programme on Tuesday set a new

1:47:14 > 1:47:18record of 82.92, a world record, moments after Medvedeva had posted a

1:47:18 > 1:47:23new world best, so there's 1.3 between them, Kaetlyn Osmond best

1:47:23 > 1:47:27place for bronze after a strong skate and today's deciding free

1:47:27 > 1:47:38programme was watched by Robin Cousins and Katherine Downes.

1:47:46 > 1:47:54Maria Sotskova from the Russian athletes, two more big stars to

1:47:54 > 1:47:59come, Medvedeva runs a kit over fighting it out for gold, Maria

1:47:59 > 1:48:06Sotskova the other Olympic Athlete from Russia, way off the pace.Warm

1:48:06 > 1:48:12up was not anything like she would have wanted. Single jumps galore.

1:48:12 > 1:48:19But she will need trebles-macro in combination here if she wants to

1:48:19 > 1:48:26make up for that short programme -- triples in combination here. It will

1:48:26 > 1:48:33be eight triple triple combination to open. Triple lutz and toe loop,

1:48:33 > 1:48:43she wants. Do it when it counts.

1:49:01 > 1:49:07Not known for great speed across the but the quality is good and that was

1:49:07 > 1:49:19a lovely triple flip -- not known for great speed across the ice.

1:50:27 > 1:50:35Light and airy on that triple loop.

1:50:35 > 1:50:45Big combination coming up. Triple flip, loop, triple salchow. Needs to

1:50:45 > 1:50:50carry the speed through from the first jump. And just double on the

1:50:50 > 1:51:00salchow.

1:51:08 > 1:51:22The last of the triples. She's got it, triple lutz.

1:52:17 > 1:52:21APPLAUSE Well, all that matters is what you

1:52:21 > 1:52:27do when you're out on the ice and Maria Sotskova put it all behind

1:52:27 > 1:52:31her, that subpar short programme, the terrible warm up. She produced

1:52:31 > 1:52:36the goods when it mattered.It's lovely, lovely quality in there.

1:52:36 > 1:52:43Such an elegant skater. I find her a little soulless in giving me

1:52:43 > 1:52:55something while she's performing. 134.24, straight up into first

1:52:55 > 1:52:58position, which is exactly where Maria Sotskova would expect to be as

1:52:58 > 1:53:07we enter these final skaters in the ladies' free skate. Brady ten L,

1:53:07 > 1:53:18another American skater.

1:53:18 > 1:53:22-- Bradie Tennell. She led for much of the short programme, qualified in

1:53:22 > 1:53:2411th place.

1:53:40 > 1:53:46She would have been looking for a top eight place in the short

1:53:46 > 1:53:50programme but had a fall on her opening jump in the short programme,

1:53:50 > 1:53:54which she hasn't done all season, so very uncharacteristic, but this is

1:53:54 > 1:54:01the Olympics. What can Bradie Tennell doing the free programme?

1:54:01 > 1:54:05Triple lutz, triple toe loop, that's the one that let her down in the

1:54:05 > 1:54:09short programme but it was solid as a rock, as this opening jump

1:54:09 > 1:54:14element.

1:54:33 > 1:54:44Easy triple flip.

1:55:53 > 1:55:58Stepped out of triple toe loop from the double axel. Got to keep this

1:55:58 > 1:56:06momentum going now.

1:56:06 > 1:56:10momentum going now. The same thing on the triple lutz. It was all going

1:56:10 > 1:56:15so well.

1:56:20 > 1:56:30Triple loop, double toe loop, double loop.

1:57:07 > 1:57:13Terrific jump in the undercut sit spin, which is something you don't

1:57:13 > 1:57:22see very often at all.

1:57:38 > 1:57:41CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Just that one fall on Wednesday

1:57:41 > 1:57:49spoiled the short programme. Two trips today.Yes, no deduction

1:57:49 > 1:57:53though which will be the main thing, but just uncharacteristic again. But

1:57:53 > 1:58:00this young lady making her world debut at this level in the Olympic

1:58:00 > 1:58:06arena, so a lot on her shoulders as the US champion. But she is solid

1:58:06 > 1:58:14and has a lovely quality to her skating and performance.

1:58:15 > 1:58:20skating and performance.128.34 then for Brady ten L. -- for Bradie

1:58:20 > 1:58:25Tennell. Listen to this roar. Last chance for the Korean supporters

1:58:25 > 1:58:38here to cheer on our home skater at these

1:58:40 > 1:58:45games, Choi Dabin, 18 years of age and Korea's number two skater. Their

1:58:45 > 1:58:51number one is still too young to compete at the Games, such a rich

1:58:51 > 1:58:54seam of talent in Korean skating.

1:59:02 > 1:59:08I thought this young lady was very and are marked in her component

1:59:08 > 1:59:13scores in that short programme two days ago -- she was very under

1:59:13 > 1:59:20marked. Just beautiful. Squeaky on the landing of that triple lutz,

1:59:20 > 1:59:29possibly going to be up for review.

1:59:37 > 1:59:40Clever on the triple flip.

1:59:57 > 2:00:06Double axel, triple toe loop.

2:01:18 > 2:01:22Clean In The Triple Loop.

2:01:30 > 2:01:34Big jumping past now.

2:01:38 > 2:01:48Triple toe loop, double toe loop and she's got that one.

2:02:13 > 2:02:19All the jumps done.

2:02:44 > 2:02:55Out of the choreography sequence and into the final layback spin.

2:02:55 > 2:02:59Listen to the crowd.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

2:02:59 > 2:03:07Choi Dabin raising the roof, clean as a whistle. Just that one

2:03:07 > 2:03:12downgrade at the triple Lutz right at the beginning, but green boxes

2:03:12 > 2:03:18across the board, and that is what the Korean crowd wanted to see for

2:03:18 > 2:03:21their final skater of the Olympic Games.We will have a new leader.

2:03:21 > 2:03:38And deservedly so.The jumps are light, good, strong technique.

2:03:38 > 2:03:41light, good, strong technique.A new season's Best, 131.4 nine. We have a

2:03:41 > 2:03:48new leader, Choi Dabin South Korea. She can finish her home games with

2:03:48 > 2:03:56the roar that crowd ringing in her ears, what a way to sign of -- 130

2:03:56 > 2:04:001.40 nine.

2:04:00 > 2:04:05Satoko Miyahara, the Japanese national champion, currently lying

2:04:05 > 2:04:09in fourth place, but just three points behind Kaetlyn Osmond in the

2:04:09 > 2:04:15bronze medal position. And she rotates these jumps at irate of

2:04:15 > 2:04:20knots. She's just a blur flying through the air, and she definitely

2:04:20 > 2:04:25has what it takes to close that gap and get herself on the podium.

2:04:28 > 2:04:34There was a question over whether her triple - driven combination and

2:04:34 > 2:04:38her triple jump in the short programme should have been

2:04:38 > 2:04:41downgraded -- triple, triple combination. She will want to make

2:04:41 > 2:04:50sure that she gives them no choice today. Triple loop is fully cleanly

2:04:50 > 2:04:56rotated, no question there. But it's this triple lutz, triple toe loop

2:04:56 > 2:05:02combination that will be the first real test.

2:05:09 > 2:05:15Clean for me. But review will see.

2:05:22 > 2:05:26And good on the flip.

2:05:50 > 2:05:57Lovely to see spinning in both directions. We don't see that enough

2:05:57 > 2:06:02in figure skating these days.

2:06:08 > 2:06:14CLAPPING

2:07:09 > 2:07:16Big jumping past coming now, triple lutz. Double toe loop, double loop.

2:07:16 > 2:07:23She's done it.

2:07:32 > 2:07:35Double axel, triple toe loop.

2:07:45 > 2:07:53And the triple.

2:08:03 > 2:08:05-- triple salchow.

2:08:10 > 2:08:14And the last jump, the double axel.

2:08:24 > 2:08:33Beautiful position for the lay back. And absolutely on the spot for the

2:08:33 > 2:08:41spin.Satoko Miyahara chasing down the medal positions, and she could

2:08:41 > 2:08:46not have asked for any more from that performance.No, from what I

2:08:46 > 2:08:52could see, absolutely clean on the triples. It will go to review. I

2:08:52 > 2:08:56think she does rotates so fast, not a lot of height or flight, but she

2:08:56 > 2:09:03is just a little bitty thing.You wonder where she gets it from.

2:09:05 > 2:09:11Satoko Miyahara with a new season's best to take the lead. And she is

2:09:11 > 2:09:19the one to chase down, then, in this final group of six skaters. The

2:09:19 > 2:09:26oldest skater in the contest, 31 years old, Sochi bronze medallist,

2:09:26 > 2:09:32she is a little off the pace. 73.15 for her short programme, we saw her

2:09:32 > 2:09:36qualify in sixth. And I think a medal will be out of the question

2:09:36 > 2:09:45for Carolina Kostner of Italy.

2:10:13 > 2:10:27Clean in, first jump. Got that triple lutz.

2:10:32 > 2:10:45Off on the triple flip. Needed that to be the combination.

2:11:57 > 2:12:11No combinations as of yet. Double axel loop, triple salchow. Question

2:12:11 > 2:12:15the landing of that salchow, though. I think it was clean, but it had

2:12:15 > 2:12:18absolutely no edge at all.

2:13:51 > 2:13:57An Carys story to clean terrorist June, then, from Carolina Kostner

2:13:57 > 2:14:00from Italy, and she needs every trick in her bag to work perfectly

2:14:00 > 2:14:11to keep up with the young guns.Yes. -- uncharacteristically error

2:14:11 > 2:14:15strewn. She needed those triple, triple combinations, which we didn't

2:14:15 > 2:14:23see any. That was a huge bonus. And that was the one thing that didn't

2:14:23 > 2:14:30work. Very tentative with a view of the other landings. -- a few of the

2:14:30 > 2:14:41other landings.139.29 for Carolina Kostner. And she sits in second

2:14:41 > 2:14:47place, then, behind Satoko Miyahara of Japan. An exquisite skate from

2:14:47 > 2:14:56the Japanese means she's still out in front. Kaori Sakamoto has had her

2:14:56 > 2:14:59say. The Japanese number to making her debut on the senior circuit this

2:14:59 > 2:15:05year. She came through the short programme in fifth. And another

2:15:05 > 2:15:13charming skater. The Japanese team coming fifth in the team event. Some

2:15:13 > 2:15:17real talent there.

2:15:20 > 2:15:24She was bronze medallist at the Junior World Championships where

2:15:24 > 2:15:34Zagitova claimed gold. And this is her first performance.

2:15:34 > 2:15:39her first performance. On the big world stage here in Pyeongchang. And

2:15:39 > 2:15:46she has really done a fantastic job so far, kept her composure. If she

2:15:46 > 2:15:54does the same today with this free programme, she might well elevate

2:15:54 > 2:16:01herself one spot.

2:16:01 > 2:16:04herself one spot. Triple flip, triple toe loop.

2:17:48 > 2:17:54Triple Lutz.

2:18:04 > 2:18:09And the triple flip, double toe loop.

2:18:30 > 2:18:38Double Axel, triple toe loop, double toe loop.

2:18:38 > 2:18:44toe loop. Lovely stuff from Kaori.

2:18:59 > 2:19:05Flipped out of the triple loop.

2:19:34 > 2:19:41What a skate. Her first major senior competition. To pull that out of the

2:19:41 > 2:19:49bag is not bad at all. Just that one tiny stumble.Greens across the

2:19:49 > 2:19:59board everywhere else. Not quite of the quality of Mirai, but another

2:19:59 > 2:20:04fantastic senior debut.

2:20:07 > 2:20:12fantastic senior debut.136. 136.53. Kaori Sakamoto slots into third

2:20:12 > 2:20:19position then. Here she is, she set a new short programme World Record

2:20:19 > 2:20:25two-days ago. This Long programme helped the Olympic athletes of

2:20:25 > 2:20:30Russia to the Silver medal in the Team event. This is Alina Zagitova,

2:20:30 > 2:20:35the young pretender. The gold within her grasp. Does she have what it

2:20:35 > 2:20:48takes to bear the pressure

2:20:48 > 2:20:53takes to bear the pressure on those 15-year-old shoulders?

2:21:21 > 2:21:26Don't look for the big jumps to be becoming early in this performance.

2:21:26 > 2:21:36The later they come, you do get bonus points. Zagitova back ends her

2:21:36 > 2:21:40programme with all hereticcle jumping elements. It's the

2:21:40 > 2:21:44choreographic sequence and the spins and the step eskwens that will come

2:21:44 > 2:21:55first.All about maxing out those points.

2:22:51 > 2:22:57Oh, that would have been the triple Lutz, triple loop combination. Just

2:22:57 > 2:23:05taking the Lutz there. So how well does she think on her feet?

2:23:09 > 2:23:19Double Axel, triple toe loop.

2:23:23 > 2:23:30Triple flip, double toe loop, double loop.

2:23:38 > 2:23:42The second triple Lutz will come now and it has to be in the combination.

2:23:42 > 2:23:48She will want it to be with the triple toe loop.

2:23:51 > 2:23:58No, shell ale do it with a triple loop.

2:24:04 > 2:24:12-- no, she'll do it with a triple loop. And the triple flip.

2:24:39 > 2:24:44It looked for a second like Alina Zagitova had been the first to blink

2:24:44 > 2:24:48in this race for gold. That missed combination at the start. But she

2:24:48 > 2:24:55thought on her feet.Did not have the perfect landing on that triple

2:24:55 > 2:25:03Lutz, although she has been given positive grades of execution on it.

2:25:03 > 2:25:08But, yes, she came back. Has exactly the same content as was planned,

2:25:08 > 2:25:11just not necessarily the order she would have liked to have delivered

2:25:11 > 2:25:17it.I don't suppose it matters which order it comes out as long as it's

2:25:17 > 2:25:25executed as beautifully as she did it. 156. 156.56. It's not a new

2:25:25 > 2:25:34season's best. It's not a new world record.

2:25:34 > 2:25:39record. 239.57 is the combined total. Beat that and you'll be in

2:25:39 > 2:25:48for a gold medal.The door is open.

2:25:48 > 2:25:59Kaetlyn Osmond, World Championship Silver-medallists last time round.

2:25:59 > 2:26:09Silver-medallists last time round. . 2.74 points behind Medvedeva in the

2:26:09 > 2:26:13silver medal position.

2:26:21 > 2:26:26Kaetlyn had a glorious performance in the Short programme. I think many

2:26:26 > 2:26:31thought under marked in terms of component scores, certainly

2:26:31 > 2:26:34technically she delivered. Can she do it today? There's the triple

2:26:34 > 2:26:44flip, there's the triple toe loop. Exquisite.

2:26:57 > 2:27:03Double Axel, triple toe loop. Fast, light, easy. Keep this momentum

2:27:03 > 2:27:09going, please.

2:27:22 > 2:27:29The triple Lutz, stepped out.

2:28:20 > 2:28:26Good on the triple loop. Needed that. She also needs the second

2:28:26 > 2:28:31triple flip. Only one triple Lutz in this programme planned, so every

2:28:31 > 2:28:40triple will need to be perfect from now on.

2:28:45 > 2:28:51And there you go.

2:28:58 > 2:29:05Triple Salchow, double toe loop, double loop.

2:29:08 > 2:29:17Last of her jumps, double Axel.

2:30:14 > 2:30:21CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Canada's lack swan flying in in for

2:30:21 > 2:30:32a place on the podium -- Black Swan. Just that one, tiny mistake, falling

2:30:32 > 2:30:42out of the landing of the triple lutz. But, my

2:30:42 > 2:30:45lutz. But, my goodness, me.She had a lead going into this free skate

2:30:45 > 2:30:58after the short programme, about three points

2:30:58 > 2:31:00three points ahead of Satoko Miyahara, the Japanese skate in

2:31:00 > 2:31:06fourth position. So she has a slight advantage to play with. Oh, it's up

2:31:06 > 2:31:14to second. 152.15, a season's best, a massive season's best. Ten points

2:31:14 > 2:31:20better than her previous mart. Kaetlyn Osmond holds onto that

2:31:20 > 2:31:24bronze medal position, thens off the challenge from is a toga Miyahara of

2:31:24 > 2:31:28Japan. And she has guaranteed herself a medal with that

2:31:28 > 2:31:35performance. And here is our last skater at this

2:31:35 > 2:31:41Olympic Games, and what a way to close the show. Evgenia Medvedeva,

2:31:41 > 2:31:44the two time world Champion, the favourite for so long to win this

2:31:44 > 2:31:52Olympic title. Broke the world record in the short programme just

2:31:52 > 2:31:57to watch Zagitova snatch it back. Medvedeva skates to save the gold

2:31:57 > 2:32:07that, for two years, was destined to be hers.

2:32:13 > 2:32:24Anna Karenina is the soundtrack.

2:32:34 > 2:32:45Triple flip, triple toe loop to open.

2:32:53 > 2:33:11And their's the lutz. -- there's the lutz.

2:34:11 > 2:34:15Strong second triple flip.

2:34:21 > 2:34:28And a beautiful triple loop.

2:35:08 > 2:35:15That's it. Triple salchow, triple toe loop, just one more double axel,

2:35:15 > 2:35:23and then the jumps are done.

2:35:23 > 2:35:28This is your gold-medal winning performance. She's absolutely on the

2:35:28 > 2:35:38money.

2:36:12 > 2:36:18CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Marvellous from Medvedeva again. Not

2:36:18 > 2:36:23ready to ruling Chris her crown, the double world champion still the

2:36:23 > 2:36:30very, very best in the world.I thought that was the best I've seen

2:36:30 > 2:36:38her skate in a long time.It's a programme that's won her a World

2:36:38 > 2:36:40Championship before, now surely enough for the Olympic title as

2:36:40 > 2:36:47well.Made the decision to change programmes mid-season, came back to

2:36:47 > 2:36:54one that she's says really made her feel something different on the ice.

2:36:57 > 2:37:07Oh... It is not enough, 156.65 then for Evgenia Medvedeva. And that is

2:37:07 > 2:37:13the gold-medal missing. Well... Heartbreak the Medvedeva, who

2:37:13 > 2:37:20thought she'd done enough. And Zagitova, like the rest of us, can't

2:37:20 > 2:37:27believe what she's hearing. We can take nothing away from the

2:37:27 > 2:37:3015-year-old, but she's just pulled off an enormous upset here at this

2:37:30 > 2:37:37Olympic Games. Confirmation, then, that Alina Zagitova another

2:37:37 > 2:37:4415-year-old upstart from Russia, has caused another enormous shock,

2:37:44 > 2:37:48beating Evgenia Medvedeva, the two time World Champion, her countrymen.

2:37:48 > 2:37:53Kaetlyn Osmond takes the bronze.We have been very excited about the

2:37:53 > 2:37:59rivalry, I think it is something we might see the many years to come.

2:37:59 > 2:38:03TRANSLATION:I think the competition, we are in real life

2:38:03 > 2:38:09very good friends. But in sport, I think the competition is very

2:38:09 > 2:38:15important, and it makes us grow together.

2:38:15 > 2:38:20Congratulations on Olympic silver medal, it looked very emotional for

2:38:20 > 2:38:26you there afterwards. It was really unexpected, I think,

2:38:26 > 2:38:31for everybody. I am an emotional person, I just thought about

2:38:31 > 2:38:37everything, I thought, I'm at the Olympics, a clean free programme, I

2:38:37 > 2:38:43did my best today and left all my soul today in this competition in my

2:38:43 > 2:38:52performance. And just, I think it was happy crying!

2:38:52 > 2:38:56And individual bronze medal, you've had Olympic medals before, but this

2:38:56 > 2:39:02is your first individual one.It's so exciting. The team medals are

2:39:02 > 2:39:06something special, the team is like a family on the ice, and having that

2:39:06 > 2:39:10teams abroad is very rewarding. But to be able to do this by myself

2:39:10 > 2:39:14roofed that I'm strong, and unable to do this without the aid of a

2:39:14 > 2:39:17team, which means so much to me.

2:39:17 > 2:39:27History made. Alina Zagitova is the champion, 26 days younger than the

2:39:27 > 2:39:30youngest winner. The judges couldn't separate the two Russians in their

2:39:30 > 2:39:33free programmes, the same marks given. Can you separate them in your

2:39:33 > 2:39:38mind, though?Medvedeva, for me, really. Her programme was

2:39:38 > 2:39:42technically stronger. And more balanced, she wasn't putting all

2:39:42 > 2:39:43technically stronger. And more balanced, she wasn't putting all the

2:39:43 > 2:39:48jumps at the end. She has more speed over the ice than Zagitova. Doing

2:39:48 > 2:39:53those jumps with the arm in the air towards the end. She's going to get

2:39:53 > 2:39:58that extra 10%.Jayne, she skated last and knew she needed a score

2:39:58 > 2:40:03that was nearly four points below her personal best here to overhaul

2:40:03 > 2:40:07Zagitova, her arrival and team-mate. Like her, she did land read triples,

2:40:07 > 2:40:13but in essence, -- three triples.

2:40:13 > 2:40:14Like her, she did land read triples, but in essence, -- three triples.

2:40:14 > 2:40:18Even before the scores, he assumed that would be the one, but I don't

2:40:18 > 2:40:22know what the judges were thinking, because I guess they were told to

2:40:22 > 2:40:26reward if you do all the jumps in the second half of the programme.

2:40:26 > 2:40:31But there is a component score for artistry and performance. That

2:40:31 > 2:40:34should be deducted if it is an unbalanced programme.A balanced

2:40:34 > 2:40:39programme, you felt hers was more balanced.Absolutely.Zagitova is

2:40:39 > 2:40:45absolutely extraordinary for 15 years old.The majority.But she

2:40:45 > 2:40:51does back load the programme, and it is playing within the rules here. It

2:40:51 > 2:40:58is quite a tube thing to do.It is clever. For me, -- cute thing.

2:40:58 > 2:41:03Sometimes she landed on the spot and there is no flowing edge out of the

2:41:03 > 2:41:06jumps. But no doubt, a great talent. So, if

2:41:06 > 2:41:08jumps. But no doubt, a great talent. So, if there is indeed room for

2:41:08 > 2:41:13improvement, which is in effect what we're seeing here, she is already an

2:41:13 > 2:41:19Olympic champion, an extraordinary journey, she has come and become the

2:41:19 > 2:41:22Olympic champion, thrust into this incredible limelight. She handled it

2:41:22 > 2:41:24really well, you have to say.

2:41:24 > 2:41:24incredible limelight. She handled it really well, you have to say.

2:41:24 > 2:41:30Absolutely. You can't imagine being 15 and being in a junior

2:41:30 > 2:41:34competition, and then coming into the Olympics and winning.In

2:41:34 > 2:41:40essence, then...What else is left?? It was the short programme that was

2:41:40 > 2:41:45the difference between them and not 1.3 marks in the end. It was the

2:41:45 > 2:41:50short programme that did it for her. There again, she put her jumps

2:41:50 > 2:41:53towards the end to get more points. It's very clever. If she is

2:41:53 > 2:41:57physically able to do that, why not? Do you think that will change, will

2:41:57 > 2:42:02they review?I suspect, with lots of people in the skating world talking

2:42:02 > 2:42:09about how balanced this looks, I think and suspect the judges and ASU

2:42:09 > 2:42:14will have a rethink about the rules. It was eight cracking contest.-- a

2:42:14 > 2:42:18cracking contest. Kaetlyn Osmond, though, seems

2:42:18 > 2:42:19cracking contest. Kaetlyn Osmond, though, seems to be the crowd

2:42:19 > 2:42:23favourite.She was my favourite, I have to say. She did not have the

2:42:23 > 2:42:26content the other girls had and didn't do any jumps with arms in the

2:42:26 > 2:42:30air, which gets more points, but look at her speed over the ice and

2:42:30 > 2:42:34look at the flow. This was the jump she stepped out, that was the only

2:42:34 > 2:42:40mistake. The flow over the ice and the flowing edge when she jumps, I

2:42:40 > 2:42:45just really enjoyed that. And the majority in the performance as well.

2:42:45 > 2:42:49She's 21, I believe, only three years on Medvedeva, but do you see a

2:42:49 > 2:42:49physical

2:42:49 > 2:42:51years on Medvedeva, but do you see a physical maturity about her

2:42:51 > 2:42:54performance?Yes, definitely. She has a better skating quality in the

2:42:54 > 2:43:01first race, anyway. As I say, she is lacking the technical content with

2:43:01 > 2:43:05the jumps, but maybe, after the season, it will give her that

2:43:05 > 2:43:09confidence to push as a bit more. Canada get bronze, but for the first

2:43:09 > 2:43:13time ever, no American skater in the top six.Very unusual.

2:43:13 > 2:43:19Extraordinary, really, leaving these young ladies to take the glory. And

2:43:19 > 2:43:23I think you see just how young this kid is. Only 15 years of age, the

2:43:23 > 2:43:30youngest member of the team from the Russian athletes, and there she is.

2:43:30 > 2:43:35You really get an idea of her youth when she is standing there with a

2:43:35 > 2:43:38big code on and that massive gold medal around her neck.She was smart

2:43:38 > 2:43:45enough to sort their hair out. She was thinking what the pictures would

2:43:45 > 2:43:49be like if she had her hair tucked in. And her face when the anthem

2:43:49 > 2:43:55came up, which was not the national anthem.Yes, indeed.She looked

2:43:55 > 2:43:59surprised.It is the first gold medal for the athletes from Russia,

2:43:59 > 2:44:02but of course, Jayne, competing under a neutral flag, but it is a

2:44:02 > 2:44:08big feather in her cap today. Yes. Thank you to you and Chris, because

2:44:08 > 2:44:11it has been a thrill sharing the Olympics alongside you and Chris,

2:44:11 > 2:44:16and sharing the expertise in the company. And reliving some of the

2:44:16 > 2:44:20skating memories that were part of our memories and part of the reason

2:44:20 > 2:44:27we love sport.Yes, thank you. Jayne, it has been great, another

2:44:27 > 2:44:30four years, Beijing 2022. From total domination in the other

2:44:30 > 2:44:35skating venue, the Oval, where the Dutch have certainly been laying

2:44:35 > 2:44:38down the hammer, if you will pardon my mixed metaphors with different

2:44:38 > 2:44:42sports, because they have won six of the seven speed skating golds last

2:44:42 > 2:44:48week, but coming into this week, without winning any on offer. Don't

2:44:48 > 2:44:52write the crisis headlines yet, Jayne, because there are three

2:44:52 > 2:44:56events in speed skating, starting with the men's 1000 metres.

2:45:01 > 2:45:05COMMENTATOR: Hello, everyone for the penultimate day of condition, the

2:45:05 > 2:45:09men's 1000 metres this morning, and it is being billed as the

2:45:09 > 2:45:15Netherlands against Norway, really, with the winner of the 1500 and half

2:45:15 > 2:45:20are Dorrans and from Norway, the winner of the 500 metres going

2:45:20 > 2:45:24head-to-head. They are by no means the only athlete hoping to claim the

2:45:24 > 2:45:29Olympic title here today, but the two big favourites, and the Dutch

2:45:29 > 2:45:32have certainly not had everything their own way here on the Oval at

2:45:32 > 2:45:36these Olympic Games.

2:45:39 > 2:45:44We have Konrad Niedzwiedzki from Poland, and Nico Ihle from Germany,

2:45:44 > 2:45:55a high-end performer and a real contender, in theory.

2:45:55 > 2:45:58contender, in theory. Ila, the first of the big names to go out in the

2:45:58 > 2:46:031000 metre final. -- Ihle. Let's see how the Germans and heirs, and how

2:46:03 > 2:46:08he has started this race. The first time check it's coming up any second

2:46:08 > 2:46:15now.He's only 5 hundredths inside so far, we are not seeing if the ice

2:46:15 > 2:46:19conditions are much better than the World Championship single distances

2:46:19 > 2:46:24last year. But this next lap from Ihle, moving across the right hand

2:46:24 > 2:46:28of the screen, he has the inner lane here now. We will basically see what

2:46:28 > 2:46:34kind of time, and he is in front of the time fractionally at the moment.

2:46:34 > 2:46:42Nico Ila is not .07 of a second faster than the quickest times set

2:46:42 > 2:46:46by Mitchell Whitmore at the moment. Roared on by his coach down the back

2:46:46 > 2:46:49straight. He has to keep his concentration here and keep powering

2:46:49 > 2:46:55forward. Nate Ebner ski from Poland is out of it. Nico Ila now looking

2:46:55 > 2:47:00to set the fastest time. He has a chance of doing so. Has he got a

2:47:00 > 2:47:06strong enough finish? Yes, he has, by just over two tenths of a second.

2:47:06 > 2:47:08Nico Ila from Germany is the new leader.

2:47:14 > 2:47:18EnterJoey Mantia about to go for the United States. Tenth here last

2:47:18 > 2:47:26year. Joel Dufter from Germany also out there. His sister, Roxanne, is a

2:47:26 > 2:47:32speed skate skater here at these Games too. Away they go, cleanly.A

2:47:32 > 2:47:37lot of the skaters who previously started with short track moves to

2:47:37 > 2:47:44long. They can't handle the roller coaster that short track speed

2:47:44 > 2:47:50skating brings with it.There might be a chance for Elise Christie in

2:47:50 > 2:47:57these events in four years' time in Beijing. She eluded to being open to

2:47:57 > 2:48:02consider. She would need to move abroaded to further her career in

2:48:02 > 2:48:06long track. She might do both. That is a conversation for another day, I

2:48:06 > 2:48:11think. They come round to take the bell. The blue line is the fastest

2:48:11 > 2:48:16time. At the

2:48:22 > 2:48:29moment, Mantia.Mantia moving on to the inside. Really struggling, even

2:48:29 > 2:48:32though he's ahead of the German, I don't think he will be challenging

2:48:32 > 2:48:38that time.They come into the finish. Joey Mantia the quickest of

2:48:38 > 2:48:43the two. The fastest time. What a sprint it was. It needed a big lap.

2:48:43 > 2:48:50That is what is precisely what he delivered by 0.37 of a second.

2:48:50 > 2:48:57Mantia of the United States goes into the lead. 1.08. 56 the USA

2:48:57 > 2:49:06leading the way. Two time Olympic champion in this event. Also the

2:49:06 > 2:49:09world record holder, Shani Davis, from the United States. There he is.

2:49:09 > 2:49:17The first man to successfully defend 1000 meter Olympic speed skating

2:49:17 > 2:49:24title, in 2010. Takuro Oda fifth in the 1500 here. It will be

2:49:24 > 2:49:30interesting to see how Davis fairs. Away they go. Davis the two time

2:49:30 > 2:49:33gold medallists here from the United States. He was eighth four years

2:49:33 > 2:49:39ago. What form and what speed has he got left in his legs for today?

2:49:39 > 2:49:44Davis there really attacking that inner line. He's coming of course

2:49:44 > 2:49:50from short track originally. Both skaters up with that time of Mantia.

2:49:50 > 2:49:54Slightly in front of the time of the leader at the moment, Davis with a

2:49:54 > 2:49:58little bit to do. Over a tenth of a second down. Down the back straight

2:49:58 > 2:50:03they go. Switching lanes now. Davis moves to the outside of the track.

2:50:03 > 2:50:06Still looking really strong and business-like here. They come round

2:50:06 > 2:50:10to take the bell. How close are they? How big a final lap do they

2:50:10 > 2:50:15need? They are bang on it, the pair of them. Davis looks very, very

2:50:15 > 2:50:21comfortable indeed. He will have the last inner lane and working Oda of

2:50:21 > 2:50:25Japan as he moves from the outer lane to the inner lane. Gone outside

2:50:25 > 2:50:29now by a tenth of the second for Shani Davis for the United States.

2:50:29 > 2:50:32Both of them within a tenth of the fastest time in real time. Here they

2:50:32 > 2:50:42come to the line. What have they got left? 1.08. 56. Bang on the same

2:50:42 > 2:50:54time as Mantia that will go to the 1,000ths. Shani Davis 1.08. 78. Here

2:50:54 > 2:51:01we go with pair 15. Alexandre St-Jean from Canada. 12th in last

2:51:01 > 2:51:12year in the World Championship. Former short track racer.

2:51:13 > 2:51:18Former short track racer.And Tae-Yun from Korea.Ready.The home

2:51:18 > 2:51:21crowd have been quiet in the second-half of this competition

2:51:21 > 2:51:26because their two skaters have been knocked off their perch at the top.

2:51:26 > 2:51:30They have come back to light with Tae-Yun up against Alexandre St-Jean

2:51:30 > 2:51:34of Canada. The first time check will come over the line. Any second now.

2:51:34 > 2:51:39200m. They are going really well.It will be interesting to see whether

2:51:39 > 2:51:44Kim on the outside, wearing the blue suit, can maintain this speed.

2:51:44 > 2:51:48He has the advantage. He has someone to chase.St-Jean moving lanes to

2:51:48 > 2:51:54the other side of the track. Kim Tae-Yun roared on by the crowd.

2:51:54 > 2:51:59Really excited. Taking the bell. Takes it wide from the inside lane.

2:51:59 > 2:52:03Well ahead of the fastest time by over half a second.Storming down.

2:52:03 > 2:52:11He needs to keep this technique together on this last 400 meters. He

2:52:11 > 2:52:16is taking that leader spot.It's about power. It's about

2:52:16 > 2:52:19concentration and technique. Can he keep it going? It's edging away a

2:52:19 > 2:52:24little bit. His lead is not as big as it was. Can he hang on? He needs

2:52:24 > 2:52:29a big finish now to remain in first place. Yes, he's done it. Kim

2:52:29 > 2:52:35Tae-Yun is the new leader and the home crowd go absolutely wild. They

2:52:35 > 2:52:42lift the roof here at the Oval. Superb performance from Kim Tae-Yun,

2:52:42 > 2:52:50who is the new leader. We only have three more pairs to come. Next up on

2:52:50 > 2:52:59to the track the Olympic 500 meter champion. Champion. And Havard

2:52:59 > 2:53:08Lorentzen. Seventh in the recent European Championships.

2:53:09 > 2:53:11European Championships. Can Lorentzen secure a second gold medal

2:53:11 > 2:53:16of these Games and a third for Norway? It's a very exciting new

2:53:16 > 2:53:19generation of speed skaters, challenging the Dutch here now. None

2:53:19 > 2:53:24more so than in this particular pairing. He's a very fast starter.

2:53:24 > 2:53:29Let us see how fast. Not fast enough to take the lead at this point.Not

2:53:29 > 2:53:35at the moment. They are have so much confidence after winning the 500m

2:53:35 > 2:53:44and the Team Pursuit. This could be the gold winning race.Here is Lorne

2:53:44 > 2:53:52Lorentzen who looks as if he has an advantage here over Verweij. He on

2:53:52 > 2:53:59the fastest time. Edging ahead on the final lap. It's looking good for

2:53:59 > 2:54:04Havard Lorentzen from Norway.You can see three tenths of a second

2:54:04 > 2:54:09inside the time of Kim from Korea. It will depend on how tight he can

2:54:09 > 2:54:15keep on this blue line.Here he comes now in towards the finish. The

2:54:15 > 2:54:18crowd are sitting nervously. Lorentzen over the line in the

2:54:18 > 2:54:26fastest time by over two tenths of a second 1.07.99. The London Assembly

2:54:26 > 2:54:30for Kim Tae-Yun lasted for a couple of minutes. Lorne lore has laid down

2:54:30 > 2:54:34the marker now in his pursuit of a second gold medal at these Olympic

2:54:34 > 2:54:45Games. -- Lorentzen.Here we go.

2:54:56 > 2:55:04The penultimate pair. Pair.Ready.

2:55:04 > 2:55:08Two-and-a-half laps of the track. They know the time to beat. One pair

2:55:08 > 2:55:16to come after these two.The Netherlands, on the inside, he had

2:55:16 > 2:55:20an injury around Christmas. He is coming back from injury. It will be

2:55:20 > 2:55:26interesting to see what he can do here. Three tenths of a second.

2:55:26 > 2:55:32300ths of a second slower.He made a good start following that injury.

2:55:32 > 2:55:37His form is an unknown quantity for the Dutch, never mind anybody else.

2:55:37 > 2:55:40He has the talent to post a really good time and to be a contender

2:55:40 > 2:55:48here. Here they come.

2:55:50 > 2:55:53here. Here they come.The three tenths of a second he's good on the

2:55:53 > 2:55:58last lap. Due to the remember we don't know what his endurance speed

2:55:58 > 2:56:06will be like.He needs to find a lot here. Here they come. Around the

2:56:06 > 2:56:10final bend. Into the finishing straight they have to go halfway

2:56:10 > 2:56:24down it to reach the line. Verbij's time good enough for fifth.

2:56:26 > 2:56:36World silver-medallists from Canada only 17th. One more pairing to come.

2:56:36 > 2:56:43Kjeld Nuis the Olympic 1500m champion and current 1000m world

2:56:43 > 2:56:47champion and Mika Poutala from Finland fourth in the 500 meters.

2:56:47 > 2:57:00Been around the block a few times, Poutala.Ready.So it was builded as

2:57:00 > 2:57:04a heavyweight clash between Lorentzen of Norway and this man

2:57:04 > 2:57:07here, Kjeld Nuis from the Netherlands. They have both won gold

2:57:07 > 2:57:10and both looking for a second of these Olympic Games. Here is the

2:57:10 > 2:57:16first time check.That's a superb opening for Nuis from Holland on the

2:57:16 > 2:57:19inside. Looking very, very comfortable. He is going for his

2:57:19 > 2:57:23second gold medal.Just look at his face. He looks like a man on a

2:57:23 > 2:57:27mission here. The picture of concentration. The picture of style

2:57:27 > 2:57:35and fluidity on the track. Here he comes in to take the bell. This time

2:57:35 > 2:57:40with Poutala not far away. Ahead the time.Nuis is a better last lap

2:57:40 > 2:57:441500m. He won that distance as well. It will be interesting to see what

2:57:44 > 2:57:50will happen at the cross over whether he will be giving way. Very

2:57:50 > 2:57:55supportive.He goes in ahead of Poutala now. This is the closing

2:57:55 > 2:58:01stages. It's neck and neck between Lorentzen's time and Nuis the world

2:58:01 > 2:58:05champion. He comes up towards the line. Nuis goes for it. He's got it.

2:58:05 > 2:58:11Only just, but just is enough for the Dutchman. In the last pair, the

2:58:11 > 2:58:17fastest time with the last man on the ice. The world champion is now a

2:58:17 > 2:58:22double-Olympic champion. Having won the 1500 meters he take the 1000

2:58:22 > 2:58:32title as well. 1.07.95 is enough by 4 had00ths of a second to beat

2:58:32 > 2:58:37Havard Lorentzen from Norway. It was builded as a heavyweight clash

2:58:37 > 2:58:42between the pair of them -- 400ths. The Dutch man has prevailed. Even

2:58:42 > 2:58:48he, by the look on his face, is only just beginning to believe it. There

2:58:48 > 2:58:53is confirmation of the standings at the end of this Men's 1000 meter

2:58:53 > 2:58:58final. What a thriller it was too. Normal service resumes for the

2:58:58 > 2:59:02Dutch. A man here with a mean turn

2:59:02 > 2:59:02Normal service resumes for the Dutch. A man here with a mean turn

2:59:02 > 2:59:07of speed

2:59:11 > 2:59:16of speed himself, Kent Simpson. How would you have coped with clap

2:59:16 > 2:59:21skates rather than a fixed blade? Not very well. The width of it is

2:59:21 > 2:59:25three times smaller. It's so narrow on those speed skates. The first

2:59:25 > 2:59:31time I tried it was like I I'd never skate scald in my life iech had been

2:59:31 > 2:59:34doing it for 20 years whachl they are doing is impressive.We won't

2:59:34 > 2:59:39chuck you into the Oval soon. We will pick your brain about the ice

2:59:39 > 2:59:43hockingy tournament. The Canadian women, I won't remind you, beaten by

2:59:43 > 2:59:51the US yesterday. Your Prime Minister Mr Trudeau his

2:59:51 > 2:59:56commiserations has been forthcoming on Instagram no. USA to worry about

2:59:56 > 3:00:02in the men's. Canada going for three in a row. No NHL players. What is

3:00:02 > 3:00:06the back story to all of thisThis was going on really almost since

3:00:06 > 3:00:11Sochi. There is a few different reasons why. One of them was the

3:00:11 > 3:00:15time change. Time difference between Korea and North America and a lot of

3:00:15 > 3:00:21the games taking place in the middle of the night in North America. The

3:00:21 > 3:00:28NHL thought - what are the benefits of that? Another thing, there was a

3:00:28 > 3:00:33big tug-of-war between the ruling body as to who will take care of the

3:00:33 > 3:00:37insurance. Multi-millionaires on enormous contracts. There have been

3:00:37 > 3:00:40cases were some players had been hurt in the Olympics. When they came

3:00:40 > 3:00:44back to their professional club they weren't able to perform any more.

3:00:44 > 3:00:48That was another major sticking point too. I think for a long time

3:00:48 > 3:00:53it was just both sides posturing, then it got to the 11th hour and no

3:00:53 > 3:00:58agreements made. So they moved forward without the NHL players.Has

3:00:58 > 3:01:01this competition suffered for their absence or not?I don't think it

3:01:01 > 3:01:08has. You are missing the superstars in the game. With regards to the

3:01:08 > 3:01:11drama and how close these matches are, it's been amazing. What it's

3:01:11 > 3:01:18done is it has taken the top four or five teams and now it is up to the

3:01:18 > 3:01:21top ten where anyone can win on any night. We have seen that so far.

3:01:21 > 3:01:22It's been a lot of fun.

3:01:26 > 3:01:31The first semifinal is Russia against the Czech Republic. You may

3:01:31 > 3:01:35remember the Nagano final 20 years ago, going through the old grey

3:01:35 > 3:01:40matter, the checks took the gold, but the Russians mean business

3:01:40 > 3:01:46today.

3:01:46 > 3:01:51COMMENTATOR: Semifinals hockey, the right to play for gold in the men's

3:01:51 > 3:01:56competition. This will be a treat for those in the building, the Czech

3:01:56 > 3:02:02Republic versus the Olympic Athletes from Russia.

3:02:10 > 3:02:17The backhand shot goes wide. Kaprizov, he is so dangerous every

3:02:17 > 3:02:25time he gets the puck. After a period of pressure, the Russians are

3:02:25 > 3:02:38coming. It was a nothing shot.It was a bit capital A is how the

3:02:38 > 3:02:45Czechs think they are out to a stop, and just like that, you are under

3:02:45 > 3:02:49siege. Terrific break out here, Voynov to Gusev, look at the pass.

3:02:49 > 3:02:54Out to Kaprizov and he misses the backhand on the short side.

3:02:55 > 3:03:05Face of women, so position back in the hands of this Russian team.

3:03:05 > 3:03:12Trying to drive around with Wozniacki on. Again, penalty coming

3:03:12 > 3:03:22as the Czechs took this one. Shirokov let a blast go.

3:03:22 > 3:03:28REFEREE:Team red penalty, number 42, two minutes, high sticking.

3:03:28 > 3:03:36A terrific example of his strength here. He out

3:03:37 > 3:03:39here. He out muscles him, and the shot came off the post. The outside

3:03:39 > 3:03:46of the net as it came powering through.

3:03:46 > 3:03:49Good pass from Gusev, picking up a bit of space, drop pass again,

3:03:49 > 3:03:59looking for the angle.

3:04:05 > 3:04:14Gusev, that aside as Kaprizov shoots. Was he alerting the

3:04:14 > 3:04:21goalkeeper, giving him a tab?I love the play from Gusev here. Just that

3:04:21 > 3:04:26little bit of an opening creates an opportunity for Kaprizov. He's in

3:04:26 > 3:04:38pretty tight, and that's a good save from the Czech netminder.Five

3:04:38 > 3:04:46minutes to go. Maybe OAR can take the lead. Great stop under so much

3:04:46 > 3:04:52pressure there.

3:04:52 > 3:04:56pressure there. How are they going to work this one deep in the zone?

3:04:56 > 3:05:03The twists and turns.

3:05:03 > 3:05:09OAR go after this one. Kaprizov taken out of the play, but good

3:05:09 > 3:05:17strength. Breaks to the middle of the stick of Gusev.A great drive,

3:05:17 > 3:05:21almost a broken play as it came through the middle, as it deflects.

3:05:21 > 3:05:26Coming hard, great job from Francouz to follow up as he goes from

3:05:26 > 3:05:35forehand to backhand, tries to slide it in.

3:05:35 > 3:05:45Can they create something here? Decent defensive play. Now they come

3:05:45 > 3:05:55back, good save. Short, sharp angled shots. OAR will have to eyes this

3:05:55 > 3:06:01one all the way down.Such a quick break out, spreading the ice a

3:06:01 > 3:06:05little bit, electing to go short side. Fending that off with his

3:06:05 > 3:06:16shoulder.Always looking for the pass, Gusev.

3:06:21 > 3:06:33OAR pushing. Act all, a chance, they score! Gusev! Finally, knifing

3:06:33 > 3:06:43through the Czech backline. Finding Gusev and Francouz is beaten. And it

3:06:43 > 3:06:52is the Russians who score first in this semifinal.What Pavel D'Ath

3:06:52 > 3:06:59Souquet here, the decision to go back door to Gusev. Kaprizov causing

3:06:59 > 3:07:05a screen in front. Not just an amazing pass, Francouz can't quite

3:07:05 > 3:07:10get across in time, and the shot upstairs. Kaprizov was in the