Day 16, Part 1 Winter Olympics

MUSIC.

Hello and welcome to the final day

of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter

Olympic Games. We have seen history

makers, underdogs and bloody Dracula

's. We have seen celebrations,

upsets, heartbreak and joy and today

we will see four brand-new Winter

Olympics medals handled out. I still

have absolutely no idea what this is

supposed to be. Here is what coming

up. From the spring onion to the

Garlic Girls, tonight Corriere take

on Sweden in the women's curling

final.

final. The four-man bobsleigh

reaches its conclusion. We have the

gold medal match in the ice hockey

as the Olympic Athletes from Russia

take on the surprise finalists

Germany. He was the overnight

schedule and we try our best to

stick to it. Surely we have the

curling up with the hosts involved,

expected to be noisy. You can see

the third run of the four-man

bobsleigh from 1230. We will do our

best to join that after the curling.

At ten past four over here on BBC

One we have the gold medal match in

the men's ice hockey. In the past

two weeks so many of you have got in

touch with us and we've seen

pictures of your hats and pyjamas

and you have even named our trolley.

Our question today is what was your

moment of the game so far? For me it

was all about the USA 's Chloe Kim

getting gold in the halfpipe at 17

years old and doing it with

back-to-back 1080s. It doesn't have

to be about a medal hope or Team GB,

it can be anyone or anything, just

let us know. We kick off our show

today with curling and the gold

medal match is happening shortly

between Sweden and Korea. GB

qualified for the bronze medal match

against Japan and we have the story

now.

Even a team ready to go and they

have to be at the very best. It was

clear how tight this match would be

and sometimes the key is not to

score but to keep the last shot, the

hammer. The problem is that Eve

Muirhead 's stones were not always

following the strategy.

That is what

the Great Britain but not the start

that Eve Muirhead wanted.

At any got

more tense. This was nervously and

binary curling as the ones and zeros

and Japan kept the hammer in their

pocket.

If either team wants a medal

around their neck they will have to

step it up a little bit.

3-2 going

into and eight and everyone knew

this could be settled by mistakes,

however small.

We need to hit him

stick.

Stay, stay.

Japan finally

took one. 3-3 and Britain had the

hammer on the night. This match of

multi-tension was starting to

unravel.

unravel.

Eve Muirhead

multi-tension was starting to

unravel.

Eve Muirhead is trying to

catch this on the nose, her own red,

running back onto the yellow.

running back onto the yellow. No,

no, no. The only thing that has done

is give her the chance of a blank

tent.

It is done the job I cleared

everything out of the house, they

had to wait for that to come.

We have seen in the early end is

where we thought we were heading for

a blank end and a straightforward

removal of the stone, but she has

done well to get this right in, with

just a little bit of indecision

about what to do with this. One of

two things will happen here, either

Eve gets a blank or she ends up

sticking this red in the house to

end up with a one.

Even if you give

away the hammer -- the one here you

have the hammer in the last end and

that hammer is the key here. If you

can blank the sender would be great.

Oh!

O, even!

Japan had stolen a lead

going into the last end but the last

shot would be even but every

Japanese stone reduce the margins

they could work within. The stones

marked out a choice, taking one was

safer and it would force an extra

end but Japan would have the hammer

and the other option was to go the

two and risk everything. Even put it

all on red. Bronze bust.

She has to

put this right and it does not.

Oh,

my goodness.

That means the bronze

medal goes to Japan, their

first-ever meddling curling. Eve

Muirhead had the chance to win it

but it didn't come off and Great

Britain will go home empty-handed.

Cannot believe that after all of

this Eve Muirhead and her team have

nothing.

this Eve Muirhead and her team have

nothing.

Sony and so far for the GB

-- Sony and so far for the GB

curling team. Jenny Jones claims a

bobble hat is not called.

Oh, my

goodness, I love my bobble at!

Eight

has had main -- years and a lot of

attention on social media, mainly

negative in my part. Korea has been

one of the stories of the games,

what can we expect?

They have played

extremely well this week and they

are on a roll and I fully expect

they will come and give Sweden the

game of their life. Let us hope that

is what happens. They have been

riding on the crest of a rave --

wave with the crowd here and it has

been a wonderful championship to be

a part of but it will be a tough

game because Sweden is a very

experienced players.

Curling is a

game of etiquette, will the home

support BEA help or hindrance?

Will

be a support for everyone. The

unfortunate thing is they are not

curling crowds so they cheer at the

wrong time but they should be

cheering and lifting the whole arena

so I am looking forward to it and I

am sure the Swedish girls

am sure the Swedish girls will be

annoyed or upset if they hear any

cheering going the wrong way. They

will be focused on the game at hand.

In the round robin match when Korea

took on Sweden earlier in the games,

Korea one by one stone. Will you be

like that?

I hope so, there was

nothing nicer than winning a gold

medal on the last November last end

and it is really tense Soweto

because all the way.

Let us hope

indeed. Over to you.

The first stone is being played by

Sophia Mabergs. As Jackie was saying

I think this is going to be a great

match, or at least we hope it is. It

is filling up here in the arena. The

crowds have not been punctual, have

they? All through the curling they

have arrived a bit late. What

happens is they get held outside and

it takes for them to get in. We

expect this to be full. The Garlic

Girls, team Kim have been absolutely

sensational, taking on Sweden, the

victors over Great Britain. Anna

Hasselborg and her team have played

very well and perhaps been saving

their best curling for the latter

stages of this competition so have

they timed it right? Huge

disappointment for Swedish bands

when Nicholas Dean could not

overcome the USA, and inspired USA

team to win the gold medal. We have

everybody in the box today. Logan is

with Jackie and I. Yutu, let us

start with Logan because Logan is

zero from three on attempts of

working out who will win.

If you

include the Calcutta Cup I was zero

for four.

It is not ready fair to

ask you who will win but I am going

to. What do you reckon? Come on!

I

desperately want to see Sweden again

but I felt as though we had the

commentators curse yesterday for

poor Nicolas.

Korea for me, they

made the most shots all week and

Sweden might not be able to live

with it. They need to be very clever

with their stone position. They

could make some tactical mistakes.

That is a good point. We will see a

similar match to yesterday when the

pressure is on the team with the

most experience and the other team

has everything and nothing to lose.

We are all croaky, there have been

over 100 matches in the team

competition is not including the

mixed doubles so I might have to go

and recount. I had two goes at it, I

came up with 99 and then 100 but I

think this is the 101st actual match

in the when and -- men and women's

competition. We have commentated on

quite a lot of them. So you are I

excused a bit of a frog in the

throat.

Our throats are, even the

hot coffee is not helping this

morning.

She just missed take. There

is an early chance for Korea to

Korea to score two out of nothing

really.

Korea have the hammer in the

first end. Normally Sweden has it.

Anna Hasselborg likes to get her

team settle down with a steel. , a

blank ten to normally for Sweden in

the first end. The Koreans on more

than one occasion have managed to

sort of jump out to a three and a

four in the first end. They have

come out of the traps pretty

quickly. The crowd is filling up. A

lot of media attention.

lot of media attention. The skip has

become an overnight sensation and

the whole team are very well-known

and in particular she is getting a

lot of attention in this Korean

women's team. They are carrying the

hopes of the nation for a gold medal

on the last day. You are going to

hear an awful lot of cheers every

time a stone appears to most of the

crowd to work out in favour of

career. -- Korea. Maybe a chance to

salvage this a bit for Sweden.

Sara McManus. She is the daughter of

Stuart McManus the professional

footballer who moved to Sweden in

the later part of his Korea. He

played for Southampton back in the

1980s. I am sure he is a very proud

father. Sarah has played very well

this week.

Third stones for Korea.

One of two reflections, guy, on you

have had a night to look back on

that match against Japan. I was

chatting to a couple of people on

the way in this morning. A couple of

media people. The type of game that

it, it wasn't the most enthralling

match, was it, from your point of

view, from a curling aficionado's

point of view, was it a game that

could have broken out better,

earlier if you like from a Great

Britain perspective?

Yes, think the

girls could probably have maybe

tried to take the game on more, but

that easy for to us say because we

are up in the box and we are The Wiz

paramedics behind the glass, the

whole game just seemed a bit flat, I

was looking for somebody to, really

be enthrall and have a fist pump and

a great shot, you just lift the

team, but that kind of didn't happen

and it was almost too calm, and too,

too clean and, unfortunately it went

guest us at the end of the day.

Same

for me, it was nervy throughout, and

yes, it's not a great from a

broadcasting perspective, either, it

is not how we want to sell the

sport, having a low scoring game.

Yes, it is just one of them, really.

Disappointing.

I think we will see changes again,

the federation are looking at the

five rock rule, and for sure, I can

see coming in the games reducing to

eight ends, they are looking at

dynamic to make it more fast, and

entertaining, as well as the showing

off the skills of the player, out

there.

I think that is always the

issue for any federations who are

looking to modernise the game, if

you like, any sport it is, you have

got to somehow retain the integrity

of what the sport is about, not

completely change that, but finding

ways to, move it on to another

level, at least have different

versions of the game. I think, from

a, from a traditionalist point of

view when you are at the Olympic

Games you want to see the game

people have always played but little

changes here and there can often

make it a little bit more appealing.

I'm not saying it is not appealing.

We know how many peach are watching

curving. It is great so many of you

have been with us, if you were

watching the mixed doubles it has

been thee weeks of curling. I don't

know what you are going to do after

we have finished this last match.

Think that point about the game is,

in essence easy to follow for

somebody ho is not a, somebody who

is steeped in the sport and auj the

intricacies of it it. -- all. We

were talking about the strategies

and the rest of it. But it's...

Straightforward enough, that anyone

can come to it without knowing

anything about the sport and kind of

understand and get it. You don't

want to lose that side of it.

Very easy for people to pick up

fairly quickly.

I think one of the thing, the

difference in mixed doubles and the

normal, is that the right way to

call it, traditional team game is

the blanked end issue, I think that

is something they should maybe look

at I retaining the hammer with the

blank end. We had at least three in

the match yesterday, and again, you

don't want to change the way in

which games are played, in terms of

strategy, you want to maintain, but,

the mixed double, if you do blank

and or if an end is blanked you

don't keep the hammer. It forces the

scoring.

Yes, they are looking at lots and

lots of scenarios to change its and

to make it a bit more interesting.

Not that it isn't, because we have a

huge fan base out there that every

four years loves the curling and it

is on a lot, so people slowly but

surely get it, pulled into this

game.

There are a lot of Korean flags

being waved, quite a few handed out

outside. While we were chatting

away, it was a slow start but Korea

ended up with one there.

Let us talk about this Korean team.

They have been together, you talk

about the development of the game.

There was a ring built near where

they live, and got into curling

early.

early. Neefrn a long time this is

key, isn't it. You don't have to

have hundreds of thousands of

curlers to get a good team, iffy get

somebody who wants to dedicate their

time to it, which these four have

done, you manage to give them

access, facilities, coaching, and

understanding the nuances of the

game at this level as well, as we

have been talking about the amount

of coaches who have come out of

Canada and other countries and have

gone out there, and teaching

talented teams how to play at the

top level this is the result.

I think you have to look at the

depth of your sport as well, and

have future potential athletes

coming through, without putting all

your eggs in the one basket. Korea,

I believe, have the only women's

academy for curling.

academy for curling. His is the

result.

I think you have to look at the

depth of your sport as well, and

have future potential athletes

coming through, without putting all

your eggs in the one basket. Korea,

I believe, have the only women's

academy for curling.

They play a

nice way, their sweeping Ted Cruz

neec has been second to none. These

girls are putting a power of

sweeping in when they needtor, they

are holding lots of stones I thought

they might have lost, so it is

really impro sieve what they are

doing. -- impressive what they are

doing.

Where this team excels is their

technique and their ability to

maintain that technique under

pressure, they make so many shot,

they are better strategically, but

maybe don't make the same amount of

shots this team do.

So swede within the hammer then.

Mabergs with one corner out there.

Looking round for a bit of blue and

yellow. I can see about three down

to my right. I think, is that Anna

Hasselborg's parents, you guys have

pointed out before. Three or four of

her family members, not too many

other, a few at the back, maybe.

I'm a bit worried the organising

committee have priced people out of

attending today, it is not that full

in here.

Maybe 50 or 60% full at the

moment.

It does tend to fill up as we go on.

A bit of a family favour, not that

all the, all the... Kims are

related, team Kim, but there are the

coaching staff and the two twins

from the men's team and the mixed,

one of the mixed doubles team.

I agree. I think the problem with

when we got to the semifinals and

final, the tickets were premium

tickets. Of course, issue then is

for local fans, suddenly your team

gets to the final and it is not so

easy to get hold of a ticket and not

necessarily affordable either.

The national coach for Sweden there.

Himself a three time World Champion.

Tried his best to get an Olympic

medal, he didn't

medal, he didn't manage, so...

You

are going to get a lot of this, a

lot of oohs and ahs, a nice shot

there.

Both thaemss play that really nice

these team teams where they control

the stone down the ice, they take

plenty of ice and let it come in and

they are guaranteed their shooting

stone stays in the house, both teams

play that kind of weight really

well.

Kim Seon-yeong who is playing

second, a lot of the a media

attention has been on the skip, but,

Team Kim and the interaction between

the all four of them, it has been of

interest particularly I think the

fact that Kim Eun-jung is the skip,

the one that tends to shout the most

is Kim Seon-yeong. Peter Gallant. He

must be very very proud of this

Korean team.

Korean team.

Peter is the father one

of the players from Dan.

It was Brett who put him in touch

with this Korean team. That arranged

this partnership, which has borne so

much fruit here.

Was a really

defensive call there from Korea,

throwing the guard off, but plans

they didn't really see any option to

kind of push the button, and in end

and try and force Sweden to score

one.

We were talking, three of us last

night, weren't we, about the sort

of, as they match develops, see the

stats come up and who has been

playing well, although it has

followed if you look through the

week, the players who, the top end

of the statistic, percentage-wise,

Sweden were up there, we are seeing

the Korean women as well. The USA

side were nowhere near rating highly

in terms of percentage, either

individually or as team, yet that

won the gold medal.

Stabilities, I

think, you have to take them just as

a guide, sometimes, you can play 50%

but if you play that right 350% at

the right time it counts for you.

The right 50. It come downs to one

or two game, it is a new

competition.

John shus terse he made

the right shots at the right time.

Got the gold medal.

Just a little test as been put out

here by Korea.

Just that red stone that is out of

the house, just on the side there.

Is there. Give them, Sweden

something to work round, or with,

trying to make sure they get their

two.

McManus, removing that Korean

yellow. This is the skip.

Kim Eun-jung has had a great week,

her face is appearing everywhere in

all the newspaper, she looks so calm

all of the time. Always in control.

She did what she had to do that and

she is still lying to macro shots in

the house.

Now then, just having a look at the

angles here.

angles here. Anna Hasselborg likes

these kinds of shots, the Crosshouse

doubles.

doubles.

If she wants a chance of

blanking the end she needs to make

this one.

this one.

And am Hasselborg has led

this team remarkably well. That

could be a good shot. She has just

enough to tap that one out, not

quite. Not quite. A good attempt by

the Swedish skip but those two are

lined up there as well.

She finished

their well with it sitting just in

front of the yellow stone.

Although

she didn't make the double takeout

they have a chance to blanket

because her rear -- Korea I'm not

going to try anything heroic here.

A steady start of this women's final

and a steady start in terms of

people coming in, they are still

trickling in here.

trickling in here. Kim and John has

taken that read out. The crowd are

loving the fact that she has picked

it out. As Logan was saying there

was those dryly -- fairly

straightforward removal of this to

blank the end for Sweden and we will

move on into the third.

I think it

was pretty inevitable. And I had to

set up a good shot to have the

opportunity to blank when Korea it

looked very much like the end would

go this way when they peeled off the

corner guard.

We want this to be a

final between the two best teams

were played the best in the

competition so far and we want them

to produce a match to show-off their

skills and the fact they are at the

top of their game.

No mistake there from Anna

Hasselborg so blanking the end, keep

the hammer and move into the third.

Any signs early on which way this

could go?

No. I still think it is

nobody 's game at the moment.

Nobodies and anybody's. Am I on

celebrity watch today?

I think you

could be, yes, because Jackie

letters down terribly yesterday in

the bronze medal match. I have seen

my first curling stone at, which I

am really not sure about. Just

walking along there on the far side,

can you spot it?

Yes, very fetching.

You see a lot of those in Canada.

I

am also looking for one of those

curling conditions.

The curling

stone hat is not a good look. We are

continuing with the curling. Run

three of the bobsleigh, the four-man

bob, is starting on the Red Button

just about now if you are interested

in that. Two more runs to go in the

men's four-man bob.

men's four-man bob. If you are just

coming in from a night out, heavy

night, maybe you just want a nice

bit of easy watching and maybe you

have got a hot chocolate.

That

sounds nice.

Or hot chocolate and an

aspirin.

Something for my throat.

L C what Sweden do now. They blanked

the first end that they have the

hammer.

Well, to me it looks as

though they want to blank the third

end. That is a little bit

disappointing. I want to go out and

grab these teams playing in the

play-offs and tell them to try and

win the game rather than to try not

to lose it. Both teams did that last

night and it will be the same again

this morning.

The stakes are high

and it is understandable in one

respect but what I did not feel

yesterday certainly from a British

perspective was kind of trusting

yourself to make big shots. There is

a bit of fear and, of course, there

is bound to be but if you want to

win an Olympic medal and here if you

want to win the Olympic gold medal

it is an opportunity that might not

come round again for either of these

teams and the one thing you don't

want to do was walk off the ice at

the end of it thinking, I wish I had

done it differently.

done it differently.

The surprising

thing for me about the European

teams who are playing in the

semifinals is that they are the more

experienced and more confident teams

and yet they seem happy to allow the

opposition to play simple shots

where I would be much more inclined

to try and put them in a more

comfortable position to try and

force errors early.

Yes, we have

definitely seen in the circuit some

of these girls going out gung ho

right in the first end and if you

can pick up a three or two or

sometimes I have even seen for being

picked up because you'll just have

the guts to go up there and throw

everything at it. They both had

diners practice before the game

started, they should know the weight

and they should be able to take the

bull by the horns and start the game

and, Logan, you are right, just a

tiny bit cagey, but we understand

why.

why.

Just trading these stones and

everyone is trying to hit and

rolling behind that one guard that

out there.

At least the crowd are enjoying it.

Could have done little roll their

own got something started, hidden

behind a God would have been nice.

You are right, there are still

people rolling in gradually.

people rolling in gradually.

Maybe

they knew not much would happen in

the first two or three opens and

they would have another half an hour

in bed.

It is a Sunday morning,

isn't it?

The last day of the Winter

Olympics impugned Chang. It has been

a superb games. It is just a pity

for us at the curling that we didn't

manage to get a medal.

manage to get a medal. Sweden had

two chances at the gold but they had

to settle for silver in the men's

event. Another opportunity here.

Canada have been one of the big

stories of the curling, not making

either final and not winning a medal

at all in the team event, the mixed

doubles, they won gold. Don't forget

that. There was a lot of doom and

gloom around Canadian curling but

they did win the new gold medal in

the new event.

the new event.

I think that got

really good feedback, the mixed

doubles, sofa sure we are hopefully

going to see that continue.

Finally

we get one tucked in behind the

guard. We are getting closer

actually, they have been moving up

the house slightly with each stone

and from a Swedish perspective it

makes a decent target here. That

first one into the other yellow.

Nicely done.

Nicely done.

Sara McManus has been

very good at the shots.

You remember

my point little bit about the

British women, I think they would

admit that they did not play their

best. All week they had flashes of

it, we saw bits of it, every now and

again what they were capable of.

Remember how many of those sort of

shots we have just seen their where

they would get the top one is the

second one, Sarah McManus has been

very good.

She throws a lovely

stone.

The Koreans with the brush game has

been very good. They have two flags

on top of the brush.

I sometimes

don't see it because they sweep so

fast.

That is your deteriorating

eyes, I think!

I think if these four win the

gold-medal for Korea they will have

an exciting time ahead of them. As

we mentioned, the brushes, there

have been all sorts of pictures in

newspapers of them in various guises

and I suspect there will be a fair

few deals coming their way.

few deals coming their way.

Sweden

are waiting for the stone to cross

against the centre line before they

sweep it.

sweep it. It is a nice attempt but I

think Korea will probably see about

half of it. There is an angled shot

for us.

I love her man on the eyes. She is

calmly in charge and she does get

excited at times, we have seen it,

particularly in the match against

Japan in the semifinal which was a

real nerve jangling. She did hold

her nerve. It looked like they won

it comfortably with two or three

ends to go. I think they have the

hammer and there was a steal in the

Japan got two and tidied up and they

went the extra end. That demeanour

did not change.

She doesn't miss many, does she?

Does not miss many. They are coming

to have a look if there is an angle

there. I am not sure. Is there?

there. I am not sure. Is there?

I

don't think there is any need for

Sweden to play at take out. Both of

these stones or a nonthreatening

positions.

This is a difference between having

the last stone and not having the

last stone. If they didn't, there is

no doubt they will play at take out

or a freeze on the back stone to try

and get a save but with the last

stone neck and take more risk,

knowing they still have one to come.

Anna Hasselborg trying to emulate

Annette Norberg who won two

consecutive gold medals for women's

curling.

Annette is sitting and watching with

her sister.

That is a really nice draw there.

She should be fully right in behind

the guard.

the guard.

The thing about the

Swedish women as well when we have

seen them play against Great Britain

in the semifinal and before that as

well is that they come out and they

make their shots early on. We have

seen the tactic of blanking an early

end when they have the hammer and

making the shots. Both teams are

though, to be fair. Three of the

Swedish team are shooting at 100% at

this point. It is still early, and

then all of the Korean team are

shooting over 90%. Haven't had that

many difficult shots to play though,

that is what we have been saying.

So, Kim Eun-jung, the skip, trying

to get round this red guard again.

Wants to try and lie shot here, they

are going to have to sweep hard. I

don't think it is going to get

there.

She had the perfect line, she was

just a little short in weight, so

this should be a free opportunity

for Sweden to have a draw, anywhere

in the four foot. She needs to bite

the red circles.

So first chance of a two in this

gold medal match. Goes to Sweden.

So just coming up a little short

there, the Korean skip.

So just needs, Jackie was saying,

touch the forefoot. Clear ice, in

front of her.

Just a bit of a nervous twitch there

from hast, as though she was going

to go, then stopped and off she went

again. So a simple shot.

14 seconds

between the hog line should be about

right.

Left in control by the two sweepers.

Well you can't fault that shot. But

to be fair, if you have given these

nice easy opportunities to get your

two early on, it is going to make

you feel good, settle down. Sweden

then have the lead, after three, it

is Sweden 2, Korea one.

Still not quite full. It has been a

little quiet compared to the

excitement of the semifinal.

A little warm down there.

Just put, the caption of the medal

table up there, Sweden have one more

gold medal in these Winter Olympics

that Korea currently have.

I think I would have to have another

look at that. If Korea won the gold

they would go above swede none the

medal table. I am sure it is of no

consequence to the eight women down

there but they will be selfishly

thinking about themselves and

nothing else here!

So 2014 Olympic final the average

age was nearly 34-and-a-half. This

year it is under 26.

So that is good for sport. We are

getting new young Fleetwoods in --

athletes in.

One of the things it

shows is the level of dedication

really needed to play at the top

level these days, you can't really

have any other career or family or

anything like that, you need to be

full-time, you need to be on the ice

four or five hours a day n the gym,

four or five times a week. Doesn't

really leave time for anything else.

And on the road in the winter. It

all adds up.

To come back to the

point about the British women, you

know, it's a huge commitment as you

were saying, and if that British

women's team certainly are young

enough to come back plained again,

but, the other teams are young as

well, so they could be facing a lot

of these teams in four years if they

decide to keep going, as a team.

Two perfect shots again in this end.

So you get the impression it is

starting to warm up a little bit.

Korea will want to respond to the

two from Sweden. Just going to sit

off that little.

Knochenhauer is not going to be

happy if she was looking at the

screen I am looking at. She is

languishing, 71%. A couple of shots

in the first two ends. Didn't quite

work out...

Us but it is going to be

less than 71% now. Still early in

the game, it is hard to draw a lot

from the stat, she missed her first

stone of the match as well. So...

Got a zero for that one.

So... Korea, looking to try and get

something going here.

She has a great opportunity to catch

this yellow, tap it on to the red

and go across to the wing.

Kim

Seon-yeong.

That is a crowd pleaser.

She has

just rolled out though. A little bit

heavy in weight.

You were making the point, Jackie,

we are watching, if you are sitting

at the sides, that is a big gap that

she has come through, the two reds,

if you are sitting at side you can't

see the gap, we get the as and the

ahs as it slides by.

Well, all of a sudden, weir all

cleaned out again. That will make

Knochenhauer feel a little better.

She is creeping closer and closer to

making these shots now.

She had a mess and then a couple of

half shots but she's getting closer.

Her sudden, weir all cleaned out

again. That will make Knochenhauer

feel a little better.

She is

creeping closer and closer to making

these shots now.

She had a mess and then a couple of

half shots but she's getting closer.

Her team-mates will be saying "Will

you stop knocking our stones out".

It is a little unfortunate.

So Korea will come round this guard

again.

Crowd warming up. Getting into this

match now, and we said how slow they

were to come in, there's a few seats

still available.

So Sara McManus being asked to play

an in-turn tap here.

Clockwise rotation of the stone.

Unfortunately doesn't set herself.

They would have liked to have stay

in the house there. So another

opportunity for Korea to better the

first draw.

I don't know if we, we were talking

about the way Great Britain played

against Japan, and weren't wanting

to get too in stones in play and try

and force the issue a bit. Wondering

whether Sweden are thinking the same

thing against Korea.

Kept it all nice and clean and we

have seen some nice draw. Another

one there, a hit and roll to take

out, what we haven't seen is an end

where we have had plenty of stones

in play.

That would have been a feature for

every time I seem to look down as a

Korean match during the week, there

always seems to be lots of stones in

the house.

That was a good example of how

defensive the Swedes have being.

There is the two time champion from

2006, 2010. That was a good

situation, that shows the difference

between defensive and attacking

curling. They played the run back,

if they were playing attacking they

could have stolen the end, or just

forced Korea to score one, instead.

That was the point I was making.

Just don't really seem as though

they want to engage in that sort of

game.

Yes, agreed.

This is way short.

Now sure this has

the weight.

-- not sure this has the weight.

Well, it's paid off for Sweden.

Two centre guards there, hiding the

forefoots of Anna Hasselborg can

pull one in behind here.

Doesn't want to come too far back,

if she can just sit top of the tee,

anywhere in the four foot.

The ice makers have made a good job

of the ice, they are taking a lot of

ice to work with it. We saw it in

the middle of the week straighten up

a little. They gave them a bit of a

sanding, the stones and there was a

lot more movement in them. What can

than in a final, is there is nobody

else playing in the other seats and

the temperature can change and the

ice seems to straighten up be the

girls are taking a lot of ice, so

that is good to see.

A little heavy

there from Hasselborg.

It would be good if they could get

the crowd excited. They don't seem

as involved, and loud.

S? It was deafening when they

managed to defeat Japan yesterday.

I think obviously we are assuming a

lot of people may not have been to

too many curling matches before, the

crowd maybe not sure whether they

are supposed to cheer or not. I can

see lots of kind of hand made signs

which have just been politely held

on laps at the moment.

I am looking at one that says go

garlic girls.

There is a few of them.

So Kim Eun-jung, trying to cook

something up here.

You boys and your Joan, it is too

much for me.

-- jokes.

I would have liked that

tucked in a bit more, but right in,

almost into the button.

Anna Hasselborg has to be careful

she doesn't jam it back on to the

Korean yellow stone.

S

Anna Hasselborg Zen is ready to go

here.

Just looking to get the end side of

this,

and a little tap. It is a

lovely stone.

She did very well

though. She had the right ice in the

perfect weight.

Yes, she tapped it in right behind.

Not really possible for the Korea to

come down around the outside and tap

it so she now has to look at the run

back.

Well, to get to hear she would have

to be incredibly accurate from the

yellow to catch the red right on the

nose pretty much. It would jam

against the background but that

yellow you can see at the top of the

screen, she runs that back in and it

is straight and it might just sit

there.

This might just be the shot

of the crowds are looking for.

If

this comes through here, there will

be a huge cheer. It doesn't look far

from a shot but there is a fair bit

of ice between that yellow and that

red that is sitting on the button.

So Kim Eun-jung, the Koreans slid it

-- skip is trying to play a bit of a

crowd pleaser here but we will also

get two for her if it comes off.

It

looks high.

Nowhere near. That is a

steal for Sweden. A nice stone

played by Anna Hasselborg but there

was a lot of pressure on the Koreans

skip. Sweden will say that their

strategy is working so far. They

have picked up three and Korea have

just one from the first end and

Sweden or in control of this and

after four ends they lead by two.

A long way off with that one really,

wasn't she?

She was. As they were

smart they could have swept it in

and try to bring it in off the red

guard beside it.

guard beside it.

Just approaching

1am at home. If you are just coming

in, this is the gold-medal match

between Sweden and Korea, the Garlic

Girls of Korea. That is what they

have been dubbed because of the

region may come from. They all

played together since they were

young and this Swedish team, with

the exception of Sofia Mabergs, they

have all been together since their

junior days. Sofia Mabergs joined

later. Anna Hasselborg used to do a

bit of track and field in her

younger days, a bit of football as

well. A multitalented sportswoman.

No idea what eventually is, I am

thinking 100 hurdles.

thinking 100 hurdles. I do not know

why.

So, Sophia Mabergs here with an

intern guard, she just wants to land

on the centre line. All of these

girls have come through the Swedish

curling Academy. All of them with a

flat brush delivery as well. Very

common in Sweden. Normally you will

see a lot of curlers with the brush

tucked up behind their back, almost

as a stabiliser, but these girls all

slide with a flat brush delivery.

I'm glad you explain that. I thought

surely you would have to brush with

a flat brush.

You see the Korean

girl here has attacked up behind her

back and that is the traditional way

in which they are taught now. All of

these Swedish girls have a very low

delivery and they can get much

further and closer to the ice and

see the Stone a lot better with a

flat brush delivery.

Just sing a few

little errors from Korea at the

moment. The crowd applauded that one

but she caught the guard on the way

through.

through. Agnes Knochenhauer can see

all of this stone. Sweden are very

much with the upper hand at the

moment. Korea have the hammer in the

fifth and they really need to get

their two.

their two.

Just gaining that little

steal their from Korea just changes

the momentum of the team and the

players and I can almost see the

Swedish girls starting to lift

themselves, their communication,

they seem a little tighter now

together.

Well, this may please the

crowd. You might see some rocks

getting moved around here.

No. Can't even get that right. She

was trying to drive that one in to

the two Reds in

the house Kim Seon-yeong missing out

there.

there.

A chance here for Agnes

Knochenhauer to make up for the few

half shots she has been playing. Hit

this high garden come across and

take the yellow out as well and that

is a really good shot.

It is all

working for Sweden at the moment.

That shouting was coming from the

family of Anna Hasselborg. They are

just down to our right.

Agnes

Knochenhauer and Anna Hasselborg are

best friends and they are actually

share exactly the same birthday,

born in the same year and

everything.

Same day and year and

city, Stockholm.

We don't have to wonder what they

did after school. Straight to the

ice rink, I think, the pair of them.

Again Korea are not getting the

cover they were hoping for in the

yellow stone is sitting in the open

here.

here. Sara McManus will play a

controlled weight and she would like

to catch that stone and it will roll

onto the face of the red. It's

slightly over rolled but now there

is a pocket for Korea to come into.

Yes, it looks great for Sweden at

the moment but maybe they are a

little bit guilty of trying to put

too many stones in the house and

they have all grouped together

which, if Korea could just lay one

in that nice little nest of three

stones than it would be very hard

for Sweden to get anything out.

Kim Gyung-tae playing third. This is

an opportunity to give her skip

something to work with. -- Tim

Cahill I.

Cahill I. She overtook Tibet.

Yes,

there is an opportunity of catching

it slightly on the left-hand side in

two reds. I am sure that Anna will

not be too bothered if she reads

some of the Reds about because at

the moment they are a danger to.

She is going for the high road and,

my goodness, that is a great shot.

Sarah McManus has, I think, been one

of the players of the tournament.

The Koreans skip can certainly lay

claims to that as well.

claims to that as well. The skips

always get the attention but when

your third is playing as well as

Sweden have had, two of them working

well together. It is a great effect.

Can we not adapt Sara McManus and

take some credit for her?

Yes, she

has a Scottish background.

Her dad

is from Scotland but she said she is

100%

100% Swedish and she is certainly

doing them proud.

We just need to

pay her more money than!

That will

please the crowd, getting rid of

those two.

those two.

They took a little while

to consider what shot they would

play and whether they would hit the

other red and coming behind them,

just the way they were angled that

would have protected the red --

yellow behind it but that was

probably a sensible shot for them to

play, she doesn't want to get

herself into too much bother here.

Yes, it has been a tidy display from

Sweden up until this point.

A little

chance here for Kim Eun-jung to hit

unrolling behind the red.

unrolling behind the red.

She is

just trying to make it difficult to

Sweden at the moment. She can get a

little hit behind, the way Sweden

are playing at the moment, she would

just drive her own redback onto the

yellow stone behind it. It depends

where this one finishes.

Nice nails.

Goals. -- gold.

Again, applause from the crowd.

They won't mind if Korea end up

blanking this but they are trying to

make life really difficult for the

Koreans skip.

Well, you know that it

Sweden can force the one here and

get in at half-time one up with the

last stone having started the game

without the hammer, they can be

pretty happy with the work of the

first half.

If she can hit and stick

it it is not a bad shot. Korea would

then maybe try the double or she

would have to draw into the four

foot because hitting would not be of

benefit to her.

They are high, in the top half of

the rings.

She might catch this on

the inside here.

File sorry for the crowd. -- I feel.

They feel every stone, every yellow

stone that is pushed out of the

house.

I am surprised they chose to

roll in there, I thought a nose hit

would have been fine, if...

This

should have been easier double to

take, but of course, she may well

jam it, and that wouldn't be good

for Korea.

No, I think maybe, well, absolutely.

There's no real bad result here for

Sweden, even...

What I would be

concerned about, if Anna Hasselborg

was playing this shot, she would be

trying to blank the end and hit it

across the

That is exactly the result I thought

would come out of that one.

Well, it's been a great start for

Sweden in this gold medal match. The

crowd so hoping that Korea can lift

their game. And get an historic gold

medal here, but so far, it's been

the Swedes who have been very much

in control, so after five ends, they

lead by three. It is 4-1 to Sweden.

We know the drama can happen at any

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While we have been watching the

curling final we have seen run

number three of the men's four-man

bobsleigh. This is how British sleds

have got on.

Really don't know what is going on.

There was a mistakes straightaway

with the initial hit. The sled come

backwards. They are not going to

have great velocity. 57.8. Some have

gone 57.6. Lamben is the first one

out of the top 17, 18 sled who have

made that mistake. This is going to

cost him. That is why they have been

to far back. If he gets the rest of

the run tidy, he might move forward

to the Russian sled, but it is

braking into a skid. It is not

happening for them at this Olympic

Games.

I don't think he is going to improve

his position.

I think he will stay

17th. He couldn't get past the

Russian.

And more frustration for Deen at

what will surely be his final

Olympic Games.

That skid away from the push.

There

was a skid. We have no speed clock

but they usually carry velocity.

Brad made the same mistake. He got

through that, clean on the first run

but the second run it cost him, so,

a mistake there at the top of the

track. This is why the British are

so far back, is because they are

making mistakes at the top. Brad is

more inexperienced than Lamin, so it

is still not where this programme

should be at the moment. They are

both looking like they are going to

be struggling, to sort of make any

inroads into sort of, towards the

top 15.

Brad Hall might jump aPeter

Hedblom of Deen. He can't even do

that. Deen ahead oaf Hall by 200th

of a second. Deen in 17th place.

Brad Hall in 18 thd. They now have a

nervy few minutes ahead to confirm

their top 207 position.

So the Brits remain inchanged. Lamin

Deen's crew in 17th, Hall in 18th.

Let us head back to the Curling

Centre with Steve Cram, Jackie

Lockhart and Logan grey. Thank you

Radzi. The crowd trying to get

things going, to support the Korean

team, who are trailing by three to

Sweden who have had an excellent

start to this gold medal match, very

much in control.

You can see they have scored in the

last three ends. Haven't blanked the

second. Two skips there.

Sweden have managed to keep a

stranglehold on this game, it hasn't

been the most exciting but just

starting to force some errors from

Korea.

So they will say it is working.

I

don't think they have had to take a

lot of rest to do it. It is more,

Sweden have played their shot really

well, but they have been simple

shot, Korea have been guilty of

missing a couple of easy ones and it

has hoped the door for -- opened the

door for Sweden.

If you remember

early on, that, catching the guards

on the way in. I think Kim

Seon-yeong started to help set

things up, help swede none that

previous end.

Then the skip herself has not been

at her best so far today.

Every time. Sixth end, guards

drifting into the house.

It is those little errors that, as

the British women found out, you

know, they mount up, you keep

thinking, it's other, but they keep

happening.

It intad habit to get into -- it's a

bad habit to get into.

Where Korea

need to use the guards, they need to

get back in to this game. Sweden

will be more than happy to keep

putting ends in the books, getting

closer to the finish line.

It has gone very quiet in here.

I I think half the stadium is away

for a grilled sausage.

Are they

available?

They are. Bunless.

Hotdogs without buns. Beautiful.

Than axe.

Thanks. For bringing me one back.

Not. So Knochenhauer. Second for

Sweden, just going to get rid of

this guard.

Starting to make all their shots

look so easy, straight forward.

Sweden have settled into the rhythm

they normally like to play.

Korea can't really afford the keep

blanking ends at this stage, they

need to put more points on the

board. They will ignore these two

red stones for the time being. The

stone played by Sofia Mabergs with

her second shot, has stayed in quite

a useful position for Korea.

Come round that at some stage.

These girls are clinical when it

comes to clearing guards, and

throwing that presighs -- precise

precision weight, they aim for the

brush, it hits the brush and clips

out.

This maybe the last time they try

the corner guard. They will make a

move into the house, pretty soon.

There is only so young who can keep

trying to put these either centres

or corners on, depending on which

area of the end you're at.

At some point you have to come into

the house.

the house.

So Sara McManus for

Sweden. Removes that one.

Wonder whether, you know, they had

such a good round-robin, you win

eight match, their only defeat was

to Japan, by two shots and a lot of

their matches they go out in front

early, they kept control of the

game, and just wondering whether

they have even in these semifinal

against Japan, they were leading

that one, I think they got three in

the first, leading it all the way

through, got tight towards the end,

but just wonder how many times they

have been in this sort of situation

against a good team, three down,

half way point.

It is this position where you need

to think outside box and be quite

drey and spot every opportunity that

is available to them, so, they could

have just played, they are just

playing the draw straight round

here. Which is good.

It is a good call. It needs to be

made though.

Run to the back.

Pretty good shot. Good enough for

second.

It is important, a nice

second.

That had come out the other side. So

an opportunity for Sweden just to

check this out.

So taking a bit more ice so she must

be playing a controlled way.

So Sara McManus. Can't see much of

this.

But enough away another Korean stone

go, every time that happens there is

another collective sigh goes round

the crowd.

Yes, Sweden quite happy to take that

out of the house, the running stone

as well. Don't want anything for

Korea to use, to either jam against

or sit

or sit on, or... An opportunity here

to probably better the shot, the

first shot she tried.

Just finishing in the T-line would

be good but they are having to sweep

it to get some cover. That hasn't

finished as much as, can only see an

edge.

Are we going to see the run back

from Anna Hasselborg?

You are back

to the first stone in this end

again, just coming into the house,

the attempt of putting a guard up.

Somehow Korea need to start getting

some stones in play. They can change

things up because if they run back

and take this out they are

straightforward shots and they are

making very accurately. The Swedish

degree of difficulty is not very

high.

high. You can see how well Sweden

are playing.

are playing. So Anna Hasselborg is

trying to run this back onto the

yellow.

yellow. She gets it. She does not

stick that one but she manages to

get her shooter and it is just

biting at the top of the 12 foot so

they have two in and that please the

family. That was a quick shot of

them there.

A looks as though Kim Jong is going

to play the take out this time

instead of the draw. -- Kim

Eun-jung.

Kim Eun-jung, her performance so far

today has not been allowed to play

well but she has certainly missed

more than we have seen most of the

week.

week. Bound to be nervous with so

much media attention. The skip in

particular.

This needs to come

across the centre line she is hoping

to get a roll in and it doesn't look

as though it is going to.

That is

the issue for them, they just

haven't quite been able to get the

shots to move to where she wants

them to. A little high five and the

crowd were pleased but that was way

to flush.

to flush.

Quite a few misses wide as

well. It is a common error for the

Koreans skip today so she may be

need to take a little bit less ice,

but this is all a little bit too

easy for Sweden at the moment.

We have hardly seen any stones,

hardly any guards to come round,

straightforward hits and roles. And

then Korea make a little mistake and

picking up their shots and there is

a couple of steels.

a couple of steels.

And are choosing

to come down on the other hand this

time. She got the row across. That

one did not roll either.

Korea will have to hit this on the

nose and stick. Sweden are lying to

macro shots in there at the moment.

Dairies Niklas Edin, it looks as

though he hasn't quite got over

winning the silver medal, rather

than losing the gold. It is always a

difficult thing when you lose, you

are seen as losing when you are in a

final with two teams but one wins

and one loses but you still win the

silver medal. I am sure it doesn't

feel like that to him at the moment.

They have to work this one very

hard.

hard. She played just the right

weight.

Even that was sliding by or

it was in danger of, so the Korean

fans get something to cheer. They

got their one but Sweden are still

very much in control of this with

four ends to go and two up and they

have the hammer in the seventh. You

get the feeling that something needs

to happen, and probably not so much

for how Korea play, but Sweden, if

they keep playing like this, I'm

pretty sure they are just going to

control this through unless they

start making mistakes. It looks a

difficult one. There is the curling

hat. In the front of the stand

there. I am not sure.

No, I am not

going to get one of those, no.

I'm

sure that ladies very proud of her

curling hat but not for us.

Everything with Sweden at the

moment.

moment.

Big props to Niklas Edin for

being in here this morning to

support the women's team. They are

on their way at the moment of the

gold-medal. He looks like he had had

a bit of a sleepless night.

a bit of a sleepless night.

We're

all slipping up a little today.

We're not even on the ice.

Korea took that one into the house

there and I really thought they

needed to play short.

They have done

that a couple of times.

They are

playing right into the hands of

Sweden at the moment who will be

happy if there is something in the

house and they will hit everything.

She's going to try and put the

Centre guard on again.

It looks as though we are going to

get a guard this time and Korea

really need to get their stealing

boots on at the moment.

I have been

a little disappointed in the

atmosphere as well and that is

partly because Korea haven't got

anything going on the ice and there

is not too much for the crowd to

cheer about.

cheer about.

I think Sweden have

called a very similar game to what

GB did last night. I think this is

how GB hoped it would pan out and

they hope they would get some easy

misses from the opposition and it

didn't come last night but they have

today. I also think that Sweden have

played a much more accurate game.

You can play that game, but you have

got to make your shots very, very

accurate as well and they just kept

missing little things. How many

times did we hear, that's fine. Just

trying to keep each other

encouragement knowing deep down that

they were quite making their shots.

I am sure had they done then they

could have kept control of that

match, and even when they had their

noses in front it looks pretty good

until the last couple of ends.

Credit to Korea here. I don't know

if she should have put a corner on

there, she should Apple to centre

on.

I think they are thinking that

if they put a centre on it was a

good chance for a double takeout for

Sweden so will be difficult for them

to steal with the guards where are

now.

Agnes Knochenhauer. A

straightforward take out for her. It

is all easy business for Sweden.

She was just attempting to put that

back in place and she has made a

reasonable effort at it. She could

have been a little bit closer.

She hasn't changed her expression at

all, the Koreans skip, but she must

know that something has to go their

way pretty quickly here. We are into

the seventh end. Sweden have got

complete control of this match at

the moment. We have the hammer here.

There are two in the house.

Just a change up now. They are going

to try and draw in.

The skip coming to help. A good try

but it is still very visible, that

stone.

Yes, that didn't finish as

much as the girls I think thought it

was going to finish their so Sweden

will be able to see most of this and

they will be hoping to get hits on a

roll across to the other side.

roll across to the other side.

You

almost feel Sarah McManus could do

this with drive shot at the moment.

-- with her eyes shut at the moment.

That will just roll out. It is OK

though.

They won't be too worried by

that. They didn't want to sit and

stay where it was because it was

going to give a better opportunity

for Korea to come in and sit on it

so another opportunity to try and

better the first draw.

I think Korea

need to be a bit careful here

because there are a couple of

threads lying around and if they

keep playing this drawn they do not

make it they will lose three and

essentially the game. I think for me

if they really want to force the

issue they should put in a centre

guard like you said earlier.

She

needs better cover on the one foot

rather than here on the wing. The

Swedish girls are hitting so

perfectly. This is going to be

short. Capturing the guard.

short. Capturing the guard.

Nothing

is going right for Korea at the

moment. Kim Gyung-tae... Well, none

of the McBean at their best. They

started with some fairly

straightforward shots but the errors

have been creeping in and Sweden

have been on top of their game here.

They have been asked to do anything

spectacular. They didn't need to.

Another fairly easy shot here for

Sarah McManus. This time she will

want to stick in there.

Just a little role, not much.

The

players getting a little bit close

to the centre line burn-out Korea

are starting to panic and thinking,

OK, are not ready to finish this

just yet so we will get rid of some

red granite.

The crowd are trying to

lift the Korean team who can

probably sense that it is not going

their way. So Kim Eun-jung, with her

eyes on the target of those two

reds.

Can she move these two? The roar

builds at the stone comes down and

that will give them something to

cheer about. Improves the situation

slightly.

Sweden still have a great chance to

score here.

A great chance to score

for Sweden.

She is just going to draw across to

the other side of the house. She is

lying one at the moment.

If she can get this level on the

opposite side

of the rings... So staid's game and

Anna Hasselborg is drawing and

hitting equally, 94% on both of her

draws and take outs.

-- today's game.

Plays a shot and lets her sweepers

take control. Part of the role is to

manage the weight here. Sweep it if

it needs it, leave it if it doesn't.

Nicely placed.

She can...

Ever so slightly come

behind the T-line so Korea is going

to try and sit on top of that.

She needs to make a good shot at

some point. This would be an

opportune moment.

opportune moment.

The only failing

there was just drifting past the

T-line, so Korea will make a freeze,

they are pretty much putting the

game on the line here, if but if

they want to have any chance of

getting back in to this, they really

need to make this shot well.

If she getting this horribly wrong,

there is a chance of three for

Sweden.

-- gets. She wants to sit on top of

that red and lie shot. Look at that

accuracy s only 56% on draw shots

and she has been so good all week.

It is looking high at the moment. It

is going to cross a long way across

that line if she wants to get on top

of it.

Trying hard, it is just going

to miss.

The perfect weight.

Almost

no curl. It is doing nothing up

there at the moment.

A real opportunity now for Anna

Hasselborg to get this in the nose,

play a comfortable weight and pick

up a three here.

She could pretty

much grab the gold medal here, with

a good shot for swoopeden.

-- Sweden. If they got three they

would be five ahead.

With just three ends left. And we

have seen those sort of scores

overturned, but the way this match

is going, the way the two teams are

play, you can see there, hanging her

head. The lead and the second there.

Watching on.

As Hasselborg has the chance, a huge

opportunity here for the Swedish

skip.

And she knows it.

Just needs to come down here, with a

little bit of weight. Catch this

Korean yellow, pretty much on the

nose. Sit with the shooter.

Has she got it? Yes, she has.

Well, the sticks are raised, the

brushes go aloft, and Sweden know

that was a huge shot, and applauded

by the two time Olympic gold

medallist Annette norberg in the

stands, it is 7-2 in favour of

Sweden.

Seven ends played, just three left

to go. Korea will have the hammer in

the eighth and perhaps the tenth.

The crowd doing their best to get

behind their team, but they are not

playing well enough, I don't think

and also Sweden just have a grip on

this match that they have had for

almost since the second end and are

not letting go at all.

An Olympic gold medal would be great

redemption for Anna Hasselborg as

well. She...

She has lost so many

final, so, so many finals.

At the

European Championships in Glasgow,

she had a fairly routine final shot

to beat Republican, and miss --

Russia and missed it. And it was a

horrible scene, really.

That is the

one thing, they are a great team but

that is the one thing I would say

about them, they tend to, and it's a

terrible thing to say but they tend

to bottle it, when they came to that

final Championship when it was

close. She has been a long time

waiting for this to happen and they

have a huge lead and I don't for see

them giving this up at all.

There is

no way she is bottling it today.

She

is playing 98%.

What is it they say,

everything comes to he who waits?

All these terminologies but that is

what is happening here today.

Korea have frozen, on the other

hand. It is a bit too big an

occasion for them at this stage of

their career.

And they have that

level of expectation, the whole

nation watching, we have said there

was almost half of the nation

percentage wise watched their

semifinal against Japan, and so many

media here. They have never been in

that situation before. It is

something you can't plan for.

They

have nothing to be ashamed of. They

have had a tremendous week, they

have played extremely well.

Ta

They

have won nine out of listen games at

the Olympic Games.

Maybe just the

pressure of this final, is really

telling on the girls now.

Noo Sweden are starting to throw

stones away. They know that, they

don't want to give any help

whatsoever to the Koreans.

And this is one of the things about

curling as well, that you almost

feel like there, you should be able

to play your joke or something and

get double score, or...

Because when

you are so far up you start playing

this clinical game where you blast

everything you see.

I ambit

facetious, Sweden have earned their

position here, and they have every

right to just play this out.

Not give Korea any opportunities, we

still have three ends to go, and I

say only, they are five behind. Get

a two, a steal and a two. Don't look

at pep like that. I am trying to

keep people interested.

There is

every likelihood that Korea could

get a two here, because there is two

guards up and Anna can only take one

of them. But you have to play the

score board after that, and these

girls won't be at all worried by

losing that two because they get the

hammer straight back and they can

score.

Sofia Mabergs is having a perfect

game. You have to put her in

contention for the best league in

the world, in the women's game.

How

would that be if she finished this