Day 2, Part 5 Winter Olympics

Everyone, clear the decks, sit down,

watch this. Charlotte Callum becomes

the ski Avalon Winter Olympic

champion!

The defending champion is

in a wonderful position now.

This is

the Olympic spirit, this is what

it's all about.

And your Olympic

champion!

champion!

She has taken the first

biathlon gold.

A moment that will be

historically remembered by all in

attendance.

The hosts have struck

gold!

gold! All three of

attendance.

The hosts have struck

gold! All three of them are out now!

This is great skating from Elyse

Christie. She safely through to the

quarterfinals.

Good afternoon and welcome to

continued coverage from Pyeongchang.

It has been so windy that in the

early hours of the morning UK time

they had to postpone the men's

downhill which will now take place

on Thursday. And they had to cancel

qualifying for the women's

slopestyle which means Aimee Fuller

and the rest of them will go

straight through to the final.

They'll just have two runs and

hopefully do enough to win a medal.

It is now night-time in South Korea,

it's 9:30pm. Still lots of live

sport. We'll have women's moguls,

luge and ice hockey. Chemmy Alcott

is with us. She skied in four

Olympic Games. And Amy Williams, who

won gold in skeleton in 2010 are my

guests. We've had lots that we want

to reflect on, what's coming up as

well. Don't you love it?

The drama

comedy emotions. Someone does their

best, someone is disappointed, it's

all over the place.

It's so

spectacular to watch all of these

athletes at the top of their game in

the form of their life just giving

it their all.

Let's take a look and

see what we've got in store for you

on BBC One. As mentioned, various

things have delayed events but it is

all set fair for the bumps of the

women's moguls. They'll be coming

down with their tricks and flips and

bending their knees and flying

through those moguls. It's a

combination of judged and timed

events. It's all about time in the

men's luge. Felix Loch will go last

in the final run as he tries to win

a third gold medal. In the women's

ice hockey, Canada are against the

Olympic of Russia. It's going to be

tense, it's going to be aggressive

and fast and only for the fearless.

A nice combination of different

sorts of sport. Lots of questions

about winter sports coming in for

Ross. The person I want to talk

about first is 17-year-old Red

Gerrard. He did not win a medal on

the first day of competition, that

hasn't happened since 1998 but this

was him putting on the show of his

life. Chemmy, he had to get it

was him putting on the show of his

life. Chemmy, he had to get it

spot-on in this final run.

Exactly.

He came into this in last place. He

misread the wind on the first two

runs and had some falls. The

pull-out this run so neat and tidy,

he said his aim was to land the run

and boy did he. What a tactician.

You can see the adjustments made for

the wind, the jumps and it was from

here he really impressed. The

creativity in the air and easy on to

the final jump,

the final jump, pumping speed,

looking for it everywhere. He didn't

know he had the run of his life at

the bottom. He had to wait and watch

the others come behind him. It's the

precision and being so young and not

letting the moment affecting,

amazing to see.

They have an

interesting attitude, the

snowboarders and the freestyle

skiers.

snowboarders and the freestyle

skiers. It's all about having fun,

relaxing and just enjoying it.

You

can't brace. If you're doing a

creative sport where you are flying

high in the air, if you stop racing

you won't be able to perform at your

best.

Here he is getting his gold

medal.

He was born in the 2000s.

It's amazing.

Those are the heaviest

medals ever made for the Olympic

Games.

Mind is

medals ever made for the Olympic

Games.

Mind is over 500 grams.

Look

at the rotation.

It's amazing. The

feeling of having the medal round

your neck.

your neck. When that's around your

neck and you have a moment

afterwards to replay what you do, I

watch myself and doesn't feel like

it's me. He will probably watch

himself here doing this performance

is probably for years to come.

He's

got the big air to come as well.

Honestly, he is going to be the

pin-up boy of the USA. Their first

gold medal of the games. Live

changes for him. He'll be on all the

big shows.

When you haven't got that

pressure of being the complete

favourite, and you're a

pressure of being the complete

favourite, and you're a bit of an

underdog, you can just give it

everything you've got. You've got

the freedom within your body to be

like, I've got nothing to lose. I

can give it my all, have fun and see

what happens. That is clearly what

can happen.

We are going to a

similar expressive sport but with a

combination of speed. This isn't all

about tricks, they are

about tricks, they are important but

Matt Chilton can tell us more about

the ladies moguls and about the

conditions out there because it

looks like it's snowing.

conditions out there because it

looks like it's snowing.

That's

right, it has just started to snow

and visibility was pretty tough in

the first phase of the final. We now

have the start list for the last 12.

This is final number two. A dozen

will go with the scores from the

previous runs scrubbed off, so it's

a fresh start.

a fresh start. This is the order in

which they finished the first round.

Dulfour had the best score in the

previous run. Just Dean

Dufour-Lapointe is the defending

champion. We've had 20 athletes

whittled down to 12 for final number

two. Final number three will involve

just the best six who will go for

gold, silver and bronze. It's a

pretty ruthless cut-off strategy

from here on in. We have the judges

looking for turns in particular, the

turn Marks make up 60% of the marks.

There they are. 20% is about the

time, 20% is about the two jumps,

the two compulsory kickers. The pace

time is 28.4 seconds. To be in with

a chance of a medal realistically

you've got to ski well, Perloff two

good jumps and break 30 seconds.

With the wind heading up the course

it might slow them down slightly.

We'll see how it unfolds. The first

athlete to ski in the penultimate

round tonight is Ekaterina

Stolyarova. She's looking for a

place in the top six, from the

Olympic Athletes from Russia team.

19th in Sochi, seventh in Vancouver,

skiing in her third Olympic Winter

Games. She is released at the top of

the course, about ten turns before

the first kicker. Here it is. She

goes conservative. Single 360.

Single rotation. This is where the

judges are paying closest attention,

those blue bands on her white ski

pants giving them an idea of how

close together the knees are. It's a

really good execution. She's got to

go in there to do, she does.

Backflip, solid landing. Doesn't

quite break 30 seconds. That gives

her 13.65 points. Good skiing all

night from Stolyarova from the

Olympic Athletes from Russia team.

Clockwise 360, looking for the

landing. She spots it, starts to put

the turns in as soon as she dares

post landing. The middle part of the

course was executed really neatly.

Here is the bottom kicker. Arms out

wide to emphasise the style of that

second jump. Stolyarova, the last of

the qualifiers from the group of 20.

Waiting for her score to come in.

She's now got to watch and wait to

see if that's enough to see her

through to the top six. Regina

Rakhimova is next ago, also from the

Olympic Athletes from Russia team.

Another 360. We'll see some of the

later competitors putting in

backflips. Some may be with a single

twist off that top kicker. Two

somersaults to win a medal tonight

required. Rakhimova carving her way

between the two control gates. Eight

metres apart. Truck driver grabbed

on the way round on that backflip.

Pretty good from ski a number two in

this second final.

this second final. Only 12 to be in

with a chance of skiing for an

Olympic medal. Landing off the first

kicker was pretty solid. The turns

mid-course were OK. She's chasing

the score of her team-mate

Stolyarova of 72.70 four. --

she moves into first position.

The first of three Canadians in this

group of 12.

group of 12. The defending champion

Dufour-Lapointe will be last to ski.

Full twisting back somersault from

Naude. Visibility is terrible. The

floodlights cutting through the snow

and eliminating the bumps. Andi

Naude pro is eating up the ground.

Compact style, her knees absorbing

everything that comes her way.

Brilliant skiing from the Canadian.

She is under 30! The quickest of

this penultimate final so far giving

her 15.34 time points. I would think

that is comfortably enough to move

her into first position. First jump

absolutely picture perfect, full

twisting back somersault. She turns

with the red bands on the knees to

emphasise the style for the judges.

Absolutely beautifully executed and

then this was sensational. Like an

area

area -- racking up good time points,

good air points. Excellent earn

points. She will lead the way.

points. She will lead the way. The

score is irrelevant, it's about

qualifying. It's about making the

top six. To go for a medal.

First of

the Americans, test Johnson.

the Americans, test Johnson.

Johnson

ready to go. The 17-year-old in her

first Olympic Games, obviously.

Tenth in the World Championships

last year. Snowfall is getting

heavier. The blizzard intensifying

as Tess Johnson skis through those

magnificent turns in the middle part

of the course. Now she is

approaching the bottom kicker in

good shape. Great control.

Straight... A slight wobble on

landing, that's not going to help.

Beyond 30 seconds on the clock. A

mixed bag for Tess Johnson.

mixed bag for Tess Johnson. Started

well.

well. Slightly conservative first

jump. An old-fashioned helicopter or

360 as they call it these days. The

middle turns were pretty good. She

was beyond 30 seconds so she's only

taken 13.3 to time points. The

landing at the bottom of the course

slightly let her down.

She wasn't in total control,

She wasn't in total control, she had

to recover her left ski.

There were

no further distinct terms. She will

be for. -- four. She had to wait and

see, for mistakes for others. I

would think it unlikely now. Audrey

Robichaud, the second of the three

Canadians. Two Australians are still

to come, but

to come, but Audrey Robichaud on her

way for the Canadian team. 29 years

old,

old, floating around the 360. Thank

goodness for the floodlights. Look

at her knees, knocked together.

Synchronised absorption. Audrey

Robichaud and ripping it up. I don't

think she will beat 30 seconds. A

little slow compared to some. Truck

driver with a big somersault. The

terms at the bottom were neat, you

cannot fold them, the time is the

weak link. The combination of air

points and ten points will -- turn

points will help Audrey Robichaud.

First kicker, 360. In her third

Olympics, she missed Vancouver, she

was eighth in 2006 in Italy and in

Saatchi, eight years later, she was

ten. Will she go to the final six

tonight? Where have the judges put

her? Second.

her? Second. 74.80 nine. A nervous

wait. Seven still to come and only

six places up for grabs. Yulia

Galysheva next to go, for

Kazakhstan. Fired up and ready to

ski here in Pyeongchang, at the

Phoenix Snow Park. Throws back

somersault of the first kicker.

Coming right down the centre of the

track. And she's making some

exquisite mogul turns here. The 25

rolled from Kazakhstan, with a huge

amount of experience. Approaching

the final kicker. Front flip and

landed perfectly ex-Mac brilliant,

just beyond 30 seconds. All in all,

a great run to watch from Yulia

Galysheva who was 11th in Saatchi,

in her third now. And the node

leaves is -- Andi Naude leads.

Regina Rakhimova from the Olympic

athletes of Russia third.

athletes of Russia third. So far, no

unqualified, still six to come. A

front flip off the final kicker

beautifully executed and enjoy

beautifully executed and enjoy there

from the coach. Second now, a

nervous wait for Galysheva. The only

French skier in the competition

tonight. Perrine Laffont, skied

brilliantly on Friday in the first

qualifying competition with the best

mark, 79.72, but little lacklustre

earlier tonight. Can she reproduce

her form from Friday? She has gone

for a low scoring 360 the first

kicker. Right in the middle of the

course, knees tied together

absorbing moguls. Beautiful skiing

from Perrine Laffont, a marked

improvement from what we score

earlier tonight. She's gone big,

little scruffy in-flight, the

landing was OK. Just inside 30

seconds.

seconds. The French fans here hoping

for some success, they get to win a

medal in the Winter Olympic Games.

360 off the first kicker for Perrine

Laffont. Silver medallist behind

Britteny Cox at the World

Championship in Sierra Nevada last

season. . A little conservative

perhaps? The first jump secondly

was, and the second kicker was a

little clunky. Will not be enough to

take the lead away from Andy node.

They think it's good enough for

second. That means that Andi Naude

has qualified with 78.78 with just

five skiers to come. Next to come

from Australia, Britteny Cox, who,

in Vancouver eight years ago, was

that the youngest competitor in the

Winter Olympic Games aged just 15.

Clockwise 360, wasn't the best

landing but look at her knees

working now, Pistons. Sucking up the

bumps one by one. Incredible pace

for Britteny Cox. Scheme

beautifully. -- skiing.

beautifully. -- skiing. Laser out

lands Sweet, breaks 30 seconds, that

will probably be good enough to lead

and will surely be good enough to

see the world champion through to

the super final. Britteny Cox in

irresistible form here tonight. The

first kicker, the landing was the

only sketchy moment. Just the

split-second of these terms, so

aggressive. She made light work of

the middle part of the course. And

styled out the final jump, through

the blizzard.

the blizzard. It's the second

quickest time of the night, Cox is

second. And with four to come, she

too has qualified for the super

final. The one who's waiting

nervously at the moment is Perrine

Laffont who is pushed down to third.

Andi Naude and Britteny Cox art

through. Takara Anthony is next.

Second Australian -- Jakara Anthony.

Just an 19 years old. Ten turns

before the first kicker. 360.

Visibility really tough now. The

wind might be a factor, that's

probably what's putting them making

really big jumps on the top kicker

but they've got to throw caution to

the wind at the second kicker. And

really go high and long. Jakara

Anthony in great shape, styles out

the final jump. The time beyond 30.

This could be touch and go for

Jakara Anthony. We know that Andi

Naude has qualified with 78.78. We

know that Britteny Cox is through to

the super final with 78 point 28.

Currently third waiting nervously is

Perrine Laffont on France, and now a

nervous wait for the judges to

deliberate for another 19-year-old,

Jack Anthony. Tucked back somersault

to conclude. She is for. -- four.

She's in there for the moment. With

three to come, the best three after

the qualifying round, she may not

make it. So we know that Kareem

Lafond has now qualified. We know

that Britteny Cox is through, and

the Canadian Andi Naude is through.

First of the last three, Keaton

McCargo, the 22-year-old American.

On her way. 360 off the first

kicker. In her first Olympic Winter

games. Started skiing at the age of

two, she's messing up some of the

turn in the middle part of the

course. Jakara Anthony will be

watching closely knowing that the

judges will mark Keaton McCargo down

for that mistake. The landing on the

final somersault is perfect. The air

was good, time was good as well. But

she knows that the turn marks could

be her downfall. She started well

with the 360.

That was a mistake. Could not

disguise it. The judges could spot

it. And they will mark her down

accordingly. Find margins tonight at

the highest level of the sport.

the highest level of the sport. The

true winter feel to the Olympic

games now, bitterly cold, snow

falling, perfect. She's out of the

contest. Sixth for the moment. Not

out, because she is in with two to

come but it's unlikely, she'll have

two hopes for big mistakes from

Jaelin Kauf and Justine

Dufour-Lapointe. So after Anthony

has now definitely qualified.

has now definitely qualified. Two to

go, Jaelin Kauf is away the United

States of America. Both her parents

were probed for bump skiers. -- pro

tour bump skiers. She has the worst

of the snowfall. She's eating up the

bumps in the middle part of the

cause, perfect and renovation of the

knees, upper body, minimum movement.

Effortless and fast. Flies the final

kicker, backflip with an iron Cross.

Under 30 seconds. Jaelin Kauf puts

one down. That's got to begin enough

to see her through to the super

final. -- that Scots to be good

enough.

360 at the top in the first kicker.

Beautiful rhythm with the arms,

across the body. Her skis

maintaining maximum contact with the

snow until she flew with a back flip

iron Cross manoeuvre to finish her

run. She thought it was good. I

thought it was good. It's about what

the judges thought. She's in the top

six at the moment, just one to come.

She's got a nervous watch now with

just Justine Dufour-Lapointe left to

ski. That means that Yulia Galysheva

has qualified. Can the defending

champion ski into the super final?

Justine Dufour-Lapointe will be the

last skier on the Hill. The 24-year

old, Gold medallist from Saatchi,

with her sister Chloe taking silver

and her older sister Maxine in the

fourth, it was a night for them.

fourth, it was a night for them. She

starts to move it up through the

gears. No mistakes at all. Hold out

in front, little flick of the wrist

to keep her with moving. Fast and

furious and great to watch the

defending champion. What a jump!

Massive hikes, she round it off in

style. -- massive height.

style. -- massive height. Justine

Dufour-Lapointe has surely done

enough to take her place in the

super final. And in doing so she

will almost certainly put out Jaelin

Kauf who's on the cut-off point

right now. Brilliant from Justine

Dufour-Lapointe, aiming to become

the first woman ever to win

back-to-back Olympic moguls title.

Her compatriot one two in a row in

Sochi and rank over, the first man

to do it. -- Vancouver. She is

surely on her way to the super final

where the top six race in reverse

order. She's there, forth.

order. She's there, forth. And that

means that she has nudged out Jaelin

Kauf from the top of the

leaderboard. We know who the final

six will be. Justine Dufour-Lapointe

has a chance to defend her Olympic

title. So, it's Yulia Galysheva last

in. She'll be joined in the super

six by Jakara Anthony, Justine

Dufour-Lapointe, Perrine Laffont,

Britteny Cox and Andi Naude.

We will be back there for the super

final. You can see them repairing

the track, making sure those bumps

are as high as they should be. It is

snowing really hard, you would think

that the super final could be

delayed?

It is staying quite

consistent. It will be the same for

all of them. This is the Olympics,

you need to challenge yourself. You

cannot control the weather. Control

what you can control. We've got to

go with it. There's some really good

pace there. Control in the air, and

tight lines. It was so exciting.

It

is going to be bitterly cold. And a

decent crowd at the luge. Underway

in the fourth and final run, in

reverse order. Felix Loch is trying

to retain his title. He will be the

last man down the track. That's live

on the red button. We will bring you

up to date with all that is going on

on BBC One later. Before the super

final of the moguls, we had the

chance to reflect on something that

happened early this morning. People

get into winter sport in a number of

different ways, how did you get into

skeleton?

I took myself along to the

Star Trek in Bath after talking to

people in the gym.

Star Trek in Bath after talking to

people in the gym. -- down to the

track.

Did you get on a machine?

Andrew Musgrave was put on skis as a

toddler in the Alps. His dad worked

in the oil industry, they travelled

all over. Then at the age of five he

went to Anchorage, Alaska, then to

Aberdeenshire when he was 11. He

joined the Hunley Nordic and outdoor

leisure group to make friends and he

begins to get really good at

cross-country. Then he moved himself

to Norway. Now he is a major

competitor. He was looking to become

the first British cross-country

skier ever to finish in the top ten

that they winter Olympic

cross-country event. Today it was

the skiathlon. 15 K classic style,

15 K freestyle. Which he prefers.

This is what happened earlier...

15 K freestyle. Which he prefers.

This is what happened earlier...

COMMENTATOR: The first event in the

men's cross-country programme at

Pyeongchang 2018... The 30

kilometres skiathlon. They are

underway. We've been looking forward

to this race for the last few

months. Bearing in mind the form of

some of the very best in the world.

There is so much history on the

line, for so many competing here

today. Doria,

today. Doria, the dominant force on

the World Cup circuit, hoping to

become the youngest ever Winter

Olympic champion. That was Kruger

who fell there. A real shame. At 27,

that was Toni Livers back in his

fourth games. That is a real shock.

The good news, I guess from their

perspective, is that hopefully the

pace will not be too fast. They've

got the opportunity to get back.

Kruger was fresh and rested for

those games. Let's get an indication

as to what happened...

At the front,

it looks like it is Kruger going

down first. He is caught up with

Larkov and Spitsov.

Larkov and Spitsov.

It is the

ultimate test of the cross-country

skier. Half of the race in

freestyle. Half of the racing in

classical. Look at this from Andrew

Musgrave. My goodness, what an

effort and what a performance so

far. He has to keep it going and

even if he does not end up on the

podium, what confidence for his best

event, the 15 K. No Britain is

inside, the top 25 of any

cross-country ski race in the

history of the Olympic Games. Can

you believe it. He is absolutely

flying at the moment. Musgrave doing

all of the hard work here. He is in

the silver medal position. I really

am enjoying saying that! Less than

four limit is to go. And Kruger,

clearly feeling as though going hard

with four kilometres to go is his

best chance of getting on the podium

and winning the race. If you are new

to cross-country skiing, you are

more used to watching distance

running. The same principles of

brave reapplied. To go this far out

shows you his intent. The Britain

needs to hold on here... Maurice

Manificat, the defending champion in

three. The few meters have opened up

now between Andrew Musgrave and the

men currently not battling for three

medals but battling for two. It is

Norway one, two and three at the

moment. They are closing down on

Kruger. They have a monstrous crime

to content between now and the

finish. Here it is... He is

seriously hurting now. His lead has

been halved, from 22 seconds to 11.

Sundby in second place. With Holund

behind. Norway are occupying all

three middle position is at the

moment and their lungs will be

bursting. Kruger, having fallen

right at the start of the race, he

is going to finish the day in a

blaze of glory. An incredible

recovery against one of the best

skiathlon fields ever assembled. He

is the Winter Olympic champion! He

was down at the start but he was not

out. He did not give up. The epitome

of what the Olympics is all about.

It is a one, two, three for the

Norwegians. With Holund coming home

for the bronze. We are still waiting

for Andrew Musgrave. A sensational

effort from the Britain, it really

is. Andrew Musgrave in seventh

position. The best previous

performance by a British

cross-country skier, 29th,

announcing his arrival at the top of

the sport, saying we Brits can be

world class as well. What a finish

from Musgrave and along his scalps

-- among his scalps, the World Cup

leader could only finish in tenth.

I'm disappointed to be honest. With

one lap and a half, I was feeling

confident. I thought I could medal

and I was feeling really good. I

tried to keep up on the last lap but

went a little hard. I slipped back

through the field.

And what do you

need to do to beat the Norwegians?

Go faster than them! I don't know.

It's a completely different race

when it is an individual start. I

think I just need to race to get

back into it. A couple of days of

easy training and I should

back into it. A couple of days of

easy training and I should be all

right.

On Friday he will be back in

action. There we go going, best ever

result for a British cross-country

skier, and he's disappointed.

He

expects that much to himself. He was

in second place for so much of it.

It plays on his mind. Could he have

maintained it? He has two of his

favourite events to come. Who knows?

And Krueger, he fell at the start,

and he still wins gold?

Don't give

up, you never know what will happen.

You can still get to the front and

when!

We are heading back for more

action. Let's go back over to the

women's moguls and rejoin Matt

Chilton...

women's moguls and rejoin Matt

Chilton... COMMENTATOR: Six to go,

it's the super final here.

it's the super final here. The

defending champion, one of two

Canadians, we have the judges who

are some way behind the falling

snow. 60% of the scoring is about

the turns. 20% the speed, 20

percent, the air. Six left in the

competition. Three will take the

medals. Three will leave

disappointed.

disappointed. The last of the

qualifiers, Yulia Galysheva will go.

She slides forward now, onto the

bridge, her ski tips just over the

top. Time will start as she pushes

off. Final words of advice from her

coach at the top of the course...

Potentially 30 seconds, or

thereabouts, between Yulia Galysheva

and an Olympic medal. The super

final for the women's Olympic moguls

competition is underway. Yulia

Galysheva coming down the centre,

she gets a decent somersault in.

Taking a brave aerial position at

the top of the course. Now we follow

her with the camera at the side of

the track. These are still locked in

well. Solid skiing from the athlete

from Kazakhstan. Tiring slightly as

she goes front flip of the final

jump and lands it softly. Just over

30 seconds. 30.1 four. Two big brave

jumps from Yulia Galysheva. Of

Kazakhstan in her third Olympic

Games. Seventh in Sochi. Can she

improve sufficiently to get her

first Olympic medal? The first jump

was solid. The turns in the middle

of the course were exemplary. The

final kicker. Difficult, if front

flip, she grabbed the ski pads

rather than the skis, that was the

object there. The time was solid.

Just over 30 seconds. 30.1 four,.

That is her school.

That is her school. -- 30.14, that

is her score. The Australians have

the first of their two competitors

in this final, Jakara Anthony.

Qualified in fact, she is ready to

go. The 19-year-old is up and

running. For the last time in the

2018 Olympic final. A 360 to begin

with. The landing was a little slow

but now she moves up through the

gears. She begins to turn on the a

few but -- turn on the afterburners.

Jakara Anthony with some sensational

mogul skiing here, she hasn't put a

foot wrong. Mistake free, the knees

have been locked together. High

backtalk somersault. The speed is

slightly slower than Yulia

Galysheva. 30.94 seconds. Couldn't

have done any more, at the age of

19. Jakara Anthony... The first jump

with a 360. 12th in the World

Championships in Spain last year.

Been consistent without being

spectacular on the season long World

Cup campaign. The current score to

beat. 77.4, to move into gold medal

positioning. That is currently held

by Yulia Galysheva from Kazakhstan.

A soft landing on the final backflip

from Cheika Anthony. -- Jakara

Anthony. She goes into silver medal

position.

position. Yulia Galysheva leading.

Next up, the defending champion,

Justine Dufour-Lapointe. Could she

become the first skier ever to win

this twice? Introduced to the

Olympic programme in 1992.

Olympic programme in 1992. Kari Traa

in salt lake city, and then Jennifer

Heil. Justine Dufour-Lapointe, won

in Sochi four years ago. Bidding for

her second successive gold. She hits

the bumps in the middle of the

course and she's really piling on

the

the pressure on Yulia Galysheva,

waiting at the bottom of the

mountain. Saving the best until

last. She is tearing through the

turns. Flying high, and landing

softly. Slightly backwards, and

inside a 30 seconds. The fastest of

the day so far in this super final.

29.54 seconds. Justine

Dufour-Lapointe has opened up this

final. That might be enough to bring

her another Olympic medal. This is

the first of the kickers... 360. A

soft landing. Straight back into the

turning. The skis are left on the

track. You can see her eyes through

the goggles. Concentrating, staring

down the line. She flew high,

gracefully round for a second

kicker. The land was soft again.

It's got to be good enough for the

lead, for the defending champion.

There will be three more to go.

Justine Dufour-Lapointe, leading the

way. 78.56 for the defending

champion.

Yulia Galysheva pushed down to

second and Dhaka to Anthony holds

gold medal position.

There is our

new leader. Three to come. Perrine

Laffont will be next. Another

youngster, just 19 years old. She's

been getting better and better as

the day goes on. And now she needs

her best ever run. The first ten

turns before the kicker. Laffont

keeps it straightforward, lacks a

little control straight after the

landing. Back on top of the now and

absolutely tearing the course. That

mistake on first landing might just

cost her in the eyes of the judges.

She's got to go big and get this

right. The landing is OK, the time

is all right. She is the quickest of

the super final so far. So a mixed

bag for Perrine Laffont. We'll see

the key elements of that run again.

Here is the 360 off the top kicker.

Just a moments hesitation. Before

she got back into the turning

elements of the course. Once she

did, the knees worked relentlessly

down this track. She's got to beat

Justin -- Justine Dufour-Lapointe

and it's got to be tight.

Dufour-Lapointe leads, Galysheva and

Anthony in second and third. Where

they could put her? First! 78.65.

Quickest of the super final so far

and she's guaranteed another. -- a

medal. She will win France's first

medal in the Winter Olympic Games

with two to come. Perrine Laffont

has gold medal position. Can

Britteny Cox steal it from her? The

Australian is ready to go one more

time. Champion of the world from 12

months ago. She has the worst of the

wind. She's away. Cox makes her

first ten turns without so much as a

twitch. A little out of control on

the first six terms, posted the

first kicker, that could cost her.

She's letting them get away from

her. It's a slightly uncontrolled

midsection from Britteny Cox,

setting up for the final kicker.

Backflip and land is a little hard.

It's 28.29 so she has put down the

fastest run of the super final.

fastest run of the super final. The

time was better than anyone but

that's only 20% of the score. It's

the turn marks which could prove

decisive tonight.

decisive tonight. Just a little

mistake on landing and one further

error further down the course, she

just lost control momentarily. Her

skis slightly apart. It was not

perfect. Serena Ford leads for

France. -- Purina fonts. -- Perrine

Laffont.

Laffont. Justine Dufour-Lapointe

second, Yulia Galysheva third.

second, Yulia Galysheva third. She's

gone the fifth, she's out of the

medals. And that means with one

come, Justine Dufour-Lapointe will

take at worst the bronze medal.

Guaranteed one, the Canadian in the

middle of your screen. Korean

middle of your screen. Korean --

Laffont will have to wait and see

what Andi Naude does. Last to ski in

the women's super final, and the

22-year-old Canadian Andi Naude

ready to go. Andi Naude ready and

away. A slow start as she picked our

lines are the first few turns.

Really thrown it down, though! Fall

twisting back somersault. Struggling

to regain control and now she's out!

And that means she will not win a

medal. And Perrine Laffont is the

Olympics champion for 2018! France

kick-start their Winter Olympics

with gold in the women's moguls.

Justine Dufour-Lapointe takes

silver, Yulia Galysheva the bronze.

Andi Naude finishes showboating,

keeping the crowd entertained but a

disappointing end for her. Korean

-- Perrine Laffont, the French

skier, the champion. The four years

ago champion at Silver to her

collection and Yulia Galysheva in

her third Olympic, forth, sorry,

Winter Olympic Games, gets her first

medal. Just beginning to sink in for

Laffont. Justine Dufour-Lapointe is

happy enough with her silver because

recent form has not been as good as

it has been when she won in Sochi

four years ago. A good day for the

Canadians here at Phoenix Park, two

medals in the men's slip style and

now a medal in the women's moguls.

But the night belongs to Perrine

Laffont, who becomes the first

Frenchwoman ever to win the Olympic

moguls.

STUDIO: fabulous scenes at the

women's moguls. It's been a day for

the teenagers, after Red Gerard, the

17-year-old, won the slopestyle

men's, now 19-year-old Perrine

Laffont wins France's first medal of

the Olympics. Real drama right till

the end, we'll have a look at what

went wrong with Andi Naude. But you

got to be in perfect control but

when you push it to the end as she

did, it can go horribly wrong.

It's

so brutal, she was standing and she

knew the girls had laid down great

runs, she had to push it, perfect

air at the top and then her legs

split, and when there is a huge

mogul in between, no coming back.

Really great scenes here, and

emotional win from the youngster.

Another 19-year-old. The teams are

killing it!

Your knees go in your

20s, that's white you can't do it

any more! She always looked like she

did not believe it happened. How

much of an advantage is it to go

early? You're building up and then

the last one knows what you need to

beat but you're standing up there

and waiting and getting more

nervous.

I think it's horrible to be

the last athlete at the top because

everyone has gone. The service men,

the technician, the physios, it's

just you standing there in your

bubble. She would have known she

would have had to charge it.

Laffont

went right in the middle. You can

see that course, the little bits of

branch that on there, a bit like on

the landing areas for the ski jump,

are they to make sure that they can

see definition in the snow?

As we

saw, the light deteriorated and

division were difficult so they put

little bits of leaf and branch their

so you can see where the moguls and

the divots are so the girls can

choose their line.

Let's look at the

gold medal winning run and talk

through it.

She really went for it, nice and

tidy out of the start, her legs pen

underneath her. A great jump and she

got into it, tight lines, her legs

squeezed together and her knees

together, and look at the pace on

this. She was flying down the middle

section. From here, this is where

she took the gold today, into this

air time. Beautiful air, we thought

the legs split on take-off, but she

pulled it back together.

And most of

them when they finish their run,

they start celebrating, celebrating

to influence the judges but she

didn't?

No, she's so and young and

she left it all on the hill. We hope

that the judges aren't affected by

the emotions that they see, but look

at that cross in the air. Super

high, great skiing. Lovely airtime.

It's waited 60% on the turns and 20%

on speed, super fast through the run

but it was her turns that did it.

Going in reverse order, the one

skier who knew that she couldn't

take -- could take gold was Andi

Naude, she looked tense.

It

individual, she looks focused, tens,

if she would have had the run of her

life we would have said that she was

gunning for it. A little smoke low

before the first bump so the river

not there from the start. Beautiful

airtime but this is wrote goes

wrong. The legs split, she gets it

back and loses it again, varies hard

to stay in the present present. She

would have known it was out and you

can see her reaction at the finish.

Such shame of something like this

happens when you know that there's a

big chance for you to grasp, you go

it and doddle but you've got to,

it's the Olympic Games, it's the

pinnacle and it means so much so you

go health 11, win or crash out.

--

you go hell for leather. It's the

winner who's in their head

you go hell for leather. It's the

winner who's in their head and

holding it together. You're the last

session at the top, you know what

performance you need to do, so kids

what's in between your ears that

will hold it together for you to win

and lose.

Hazel will take through

the rest of the afternoon, men's

louche...

--

yes, and Justine Dufour-Lapointe was

19 when she won four years ago and

now replaced by another 19-year-old

so the demographic going here. The

kids are all right Read.

We should

get our little ones to do it!

They

are too mental, these sports. They

will be like them am!

-- like their

mothers. Magnificently bonkers, we

are going to go back to the Sliding

Centre. I don't know how well you

speak German.

Whilst its not a prerequisite

for success, it appears to matter.

Because Germany has claimed almost

two thirds of all the luge golds

in the Games to date.

And one of their own, Felix Loch,

is in pole position once more

going into the fourth and final run

today.

Here's the story so far.

Felix Loch has won the last two

Olympic games, straight into the

lead here.

lead here. Roman Repilov,

21-year-old. Really good first run.

There we go, he nips himself heads

of Loch. Can he back that up with

another flying around? -- flying

run. Roman Repilov, this is

exciting, she has closed the gap at

a terrible mistake late on! If ever

you could put your money on somebody

to deliver, it's this German. That

is all about applying pressure. The

defending Olympic champion in a

wonderful position now. This is the

standard-bearer. One of the greatest

we've seen. And that is the quickest

of his three runs so far. David

Gleirscher has lacked consistency.

Let's see what they to hold. Slower

than Loch, and a big mistake coming

out of the part of the track that

they refer to as the Dragons tale,

the dragon bit him. Next, Chris

Mazdzer for the United States. Great

finish.

For many years, it was Germany's

best loved George Hackel, who was

the best solution. Today is the

double defending champion Felix Loch

who has a great chance to match

George tackle, three in a row. Super

excited about another chance to see

the Sliding Centre because you fly

other tomorrow. Let's remind you of

what it's like.

Its 1.3, tours of twists and turns

and speeds of up to 90 miles an

hour. This is the fastest of the

sliding sports and the only sport to

be measured in thousandths of a

second. Felix Loch is playing a

waiting game because the fastest

goes last. John Jackson is alongside

John Hunt.

goes last. John Jackson is alongside

John Hunt. COMMENTATOR: Enthusiastic

crowds packed in. We are about to

get going in the fourth and final

run, just the top 20 going here. We

will see in a few moments time if

Felix Loch can replicate what the

great Georg Hackl did for Germany

and win three gold medals. Before we

get down to the medal chase, and the

medal chase is potentially fantastic

for bronze and silver, and who knows

if Loch has an aberration for gold

as well perhaps but he is in pole

position. The top 20 will go in

reverse order for this final run to

the medals. Maybe give us some

insight in is to have you feel on

your fourth run when you've a chance

of a medal.

It's about clearing your

mind and looking at how you can

maintain that calm state you need to

be in to do your job. When you're

going down the track everything

should be automatic. You shouldn't

be overthinking things and trying

too hard. This is what some of these

guys have been doing. It's all about

mental preparation at this point.

For people joining us for the first

time, obviously when we get other

luge sliders down the hill, their

position will be relative to the one

that went before them. We'll see the

lead changing throughout much of the

next 20 minutes. He's going to be

the first person down so he'll be in

the lead at the bottom. Great

straight, he's got his eye in there.

The clock on the bottom right hand

side will either be green or red

once they get down the bottom. If it

greens it means he's in front, if

it's read it means they are behind.

Excellent run. Quicker than his

third run the Kurowski. Don't pay

too much attention to that, that's

going to change almost run by

runner. Bonds up the Kurowski.

Lovely and smooth. Quickest run of

his Olympic Games.

That was the best

as well, the tidiest run out of all

of them. If he'd been able to have

back consistency over the four runs

he might be a bit further up the

field. It wasn't a bad run.

Everything was where it should be.

His best Olympics, his third

Olympics. He has bettered what he

did at both Sochi and Vancouver when

he was 23rd. For the moment he moves

into the position reserved for the

leader. There's the Americans

support, vocal. Chris Mazdzer

currently in the silver medal

position. Taylor Morris for America,

his first Olympic Games. 19th in the

world rankings. Serving in the Army,

he's 26. Let's see what he's got on

his fourth and final run. He seems

to be edging left as he pushes away.

He's giving it 110%. The crowd are

trying to get behind him, just to

give him that bit extra at the top.

He just needs to make sure he's got

a nice smooth run. The clock is read

which means he

which means he is 29 thousand

behind. A little touch there,

hopefully that won't cost into much.

He'll have to do a bit more as he

comes into 12. He's now in the lead.

He's just a little bit quicker. The

moment Morris the lead. At the

moment Taylor Morris for America

takes over. This will be a familiar

pattern. We'll have quite a few new

leaders as we go along.

Definitely.

Hopefully every guy will come down

in front of the other one, but

that's not always the case. They'll

split by 66 thousandths of a second.

This is what makes ice sport so

second, it comes down to thousandths

of a second.

We now focus on the man

starting in 18th position, this is

Inars Kivlenieks. He's at his third

Olympic Games. He's waiting to go.

He represents Latvia.

He represents Latvia. Latvia's

president is commentating on the two

Latvians in this final run. If he's

good you're in trouble, they are

going to sign him up!

Maybe I'll ask

for aid to -- ask for a few tips! He

comes down into this corner as he

builds up speed into the middle part

of the track. As he's in seven now,

the middle portion diving down into

nine, I don't know if that little

slide will cost ten... You can see

it has. It is ebbing away at his

speed, thousandths by thousandths...

He's coming onto the exit and he's

still not got the speed to try and

overtake the American.

Kivlenieks

finishes, and a

finishes, and a disappointment for

him. Kivlenieks doesn't manage to go

past either Morris or Kurowski.

Taylor Morris up to 18th.

He had to

be right on point there. It's moved

him back into what would be 20th

place and he's right at the bottom

of the top 20 at the moment. That's

because the other guys are slow

so

close. The start saw a gap of 1.8

seconds from these guys we've

watched now to Loch in gold medal

position at the moment. Austrian is

next up. They've got three in this

top 20, Egger next. Their big hope

at the moment is David Gleirscher

who is in the bronze medal position

at the moment. Away goes Egger who

starts 1.2 seconds Hynde Felix Loch.

A second of bronze medal at the

moment -- 1.2 seconds behind Felix

Loch.

What he's got now is a big

lead over the guys that have just

gone down. It's not about the three

guys that have already gone down,

it's not about the American, it's

about trying to pull himself back up

towards the top ten and trying to

create less of a gap in case they

make a mistake. That was a great

straight. Into 12, you can hear

everything smooth. A bit long on 13.

This is a good run from him and one

of his best so far.

Egger coming

down strongly. He adults first place

just for the moment. The Austrians

feeling happy. A final wave their

from Taylor Morris.

from Taylor Morris.

You can hear him

and see him waving to his fan club

there, here the horn blowers again

and the cowbells. They are all in

there trying to get behind their

athletes that they support.

It's

great to be part of it as a

supporter, family friends,

supporter, family friends, just a

brilliant atmosphere to get caught

up in.

You can see as soon as they

come down, they want to get a warm

kit on. It's -12 there at the

moment.

Do you sense the nature of

the track changing?

Because of the

temperature and getting colder as we

get later on into the night, the ice

is getting harder and it might be

making the track a little more

different to get the right lines

that you want.

that you want.

This is for Canada,

Mitchel Malyk. He's done really well

to get himself a top 20 position,

can he improve a few notches now? He

starts this fourth and final run in

16th place.

The lines are good at

the top of the track, he's using the

corners to push him over into the

next one and trying to use the track

to do the work for him. This is

where the sled starts to accelerate.

Can he get the straight? Inch

perfect, you heard him have to turn

the sled quite hard at the beginning

of 12. Will that cost him? He's

starting to drop off again because

of that entrance into 12 and having

to work so hard on the steering.

The

time has gone red. He's just slower

than Egger. Egger remains top at the

moment. Wings are building up really

nice lead to a Christian day. --

things are building to a crescendo.

19 thousandths of a second, that's

all it is. This is so close this

racing over nearly four miles of

ice. This is what makes the sport is

great. When we get down to the

medals, they will be decided by

thousandths of a second.

Egger is now going to get some

pressure from a familiar man.

Emanuel Rieder.

Emanuel Rieder. Pavlichenko is next

after Emanuel Rieder for Italy.

after Emanuel Rieder for Italy. A

big night for Italian luge. Rieder

is on his way.

He was a bit uneasy

at the start there. He had a bit of

a twitch. Maybe he was trying too

hard... He's got good speed. It

sounds like he's cutting ice a bit

as he's trying to find the line. Now

he's dropping down the line is good.

That looks good, he's got a good

entrance which means he can carry

good speed through this next section

of the track. As he comes round into

the speed trap right on the exit.

129 speed, that's good, that 80

miles an hour plus.

Lets see how he

finishes. Smooth off the final turn

but sadly for him, slower than

Egger. The Italian coach watches on.

He won six medals at six different

games, it's hard to get your head

around.

It is a phenomenal

achievement. Being to six games is

an achievement in itself, never mind

getting an Olympic medal and being

an Olympic champion too. It shows

the calibre of the slider he was. It

will be interesting to see what

funding the Italians keep in their

programme because potentially they

aren't going to get a medal for the

first time in six Olympic Games.

Maybe they've got targets that these

younger sliders need to hit.

That's

our first six in our run of 20. Now

there's a certain upping in

temperature because Pavlichenko was

well clear, seven tenths of a

second, than any of those ahead of

him. We've got a really interesting

next section as well. Pavlichenko

underway. The reigning European

champion, to this point

disappointing, but clearly he's

going to take the lead unless he has

a disastrous run.

He did have a

disastrous run on the first run, he

was first out of the blocks and

maybe the nerves got to him a bit. A

slider of his quality shouldn't have

made the mistake he did. He's using

Bend seven and using eight to get

well across into nine. That tap is

potentially going to cost him. He

hasn't got the speed of the slide in

front of him. Is he going to hold

on? This is going to come down to

thousandths of a second. He's going

to lose the speed he needs to cross

the line in front.

Extraordinary if

he can't get past Egger. He has,

just by six hundredths. That should

have been more authoritative from

Pavlichenko 's.

It should have been.

That little mistake, that little tap

on the right-hand wall, Surrey, left

and wall as you're looking at it. He

needed to turn a bit more as he came

into 12. He knows he's a bit close,

just tries to come away from the

wall. Not as bad as what we've seen

before. You can see him using his

top leg to control the sled.

Disappointment for the Austrian but

that's how close it is.

Pavlichenko

takes the spot at the moment. Next

up will be another Olympic Athlete

from

Russia double starts this final run

-- Stepan Fedorov starts this six

tenths of a second off the bronze

medal. He's got to hope for the

best.

He will be focused on to staying in

front of his team-mate.

He's got a

big lead, 26 hundredths, unless he

makes a big mistake, he should stay

in front because he should not throw

the gap away will stop especially

when his team-mate make a mistake.

That gap starting to grow and that

will be relevant to the start. A

little bit high there, just missing

the steering point. A little but

slightly, will he get through? He

hasn't got the speed of his

team-mate because he came into 12

late and he had to turn this lead to

hard. That entrants is killer for

speed.

Fedorov will complete his

run, taking the lead from Semen

Pavlichenko. He has beaten him by

two tenths of a second. The IOC

president is watching along with

everybody else. Clearly that time

that's ticking around, the combined

four run time. Interesting to note

when we get to the real top men,

will keen to see them go on an

individual run,

individual run, 47.5 minimum, 47.4

if they want to be in the medals.

It's great to see Thomas patch, the

president of the IOC to see the

first medals being presented --

Thomas Bach, see the first medals

presented at the Olympia Sliding

Centre.

So, there's one of the older

competitors, Stepan Fedorov.

competitors, Stepan Fedorov. Being

replaced now by Reid Watts, the

19-year-old is on his Olympic debut.

Starting this final run in 12th,

Betty can barely believe it. He has

been pretty class and wishing well.

For such a young athlete at this

level, the youngest athlete in the

field, certainly the youngest

athlete in the field of 20 that are

currently sliding, he's one of the

most impressive sliders I've seen

all week just because of his level

of experience and what he's

achieved. You can hear the sled

sliding around and cutting the ice

on the bigger corners. Maybe he's

focused more on the people in front

of him rather than settling into his

run. That was inch perfect. We have

not seen many sleds like that down

the straight but he has not got the

speed he needs because he's been

working too hard. The entrance to 12

paid off well.

Great through the

chicane and he grew the advantage

there at the right time over Stepan

Fedorov and he punches the air. He

can say he Olympic games field, only

for another three or four minutes

maybe but great week's work for him.

That's great consistency for such a

young slider, to be only 15

hundredths between all of his runs,

a great job and that shows he's got

plenty of potential for future

Olympic Games.

Just three hundredths

of a second behind him is the next

man out, which is Wolfgang Kindl,

the world champion, to follow him.

Well done, we have enjoyed watching

him this week. He is ranked 30 in

the world so to come to an Olympic

Games and do that is fantastic.

Without doubt, for such a young

slider, that's great. And to be him

in a race against the world champion

and fighting for spots against the

world champion shows the calibre

that he has.

Wolfgang Kindl, and

only expected so much from, starts

his pursuit of an Olympic hurdle in

11th place. Surely too much to do.

Let's see if he can improve his

small margin over Watts and he has

done so.

This is where Watts was

just a little bit more noisy at the

top of the track, you could hear his

sled sliding around on the ice,

sliding across it rather than

cutting through it. He had a perfect

straight as well but he will carry

more speed, a little bit quicker

than the previous slider through

this point and you can see he's

pulling away. This is the experience

between

between him and the previous slider,

well over a pity mother now.

-- 82

miles an hour. That was very classy,

his timing gap grew to three tenths

of a second. Wolfgang Kindl, his

best Olympic Games finish has been

ninth, he's given himself the chance

of improving upon that here.

You can

see the difference in the quality of

the run, he hasn't set a new record.

He's trying to put pressure on the

guys behind him to at least move

into the top ten or top eight and

see how many eating get past but

that was perfect. Not many people

have been able to do that

consistently through the four runs.

Kindl leads for the moment, and that

47.5 figure if the figure you need

to apply pressure which is all you

need to do as the countdown towards

the medallists. Andi Langenhan next,

going for Germany. He is the 11th

one to go. Here he goes. A mixed bag

at his start so far this week, again

starting with this small advantage

over Kindl who would be doing very

well if he can stay ahead.

A little

bit of a mistake there, he came into

a run late so he had to turn harder

and into two, not quite right. His

time might start dropping away as he

moves down the track. We will see

what it's like at the next. Working

hard to try and keep the sled

straight but he has good speed. This

is about the equipment down the

fastest part and you can see how

much better the other slider was and

how much more speed he has.

Unfortunately, it wasn't working for

him.

Not very often we see that in a

German slider but that didn't work.

He's waving to the crowd but Kindl

still the man at the moment, the

world champion. So much will happen

over the next ten minutes, though.

I

think that run from Kindl will move

him up a few spots. Nothing really

much wrong with the run, but nothing

really wrong apart from a few bits.

The run from Kindl was so much

better. You can see the overlay, how

Kindl is pulling away. That's actual

real-time footage of how fast he is

on that corner.

That is a great

graphics, really sets it up crystal

clear. This is a youngster who's had

a great week. Kristers Aparjods from

Latvia. Only ten to 20 at the end of

the month. -- turned 20. And he is

ninth on his final push away. He has

had a great week.

And it's great to

see that youngsters like this guy

here and the Canadian, and other

youngsters within the field, are

doing so well against these

experienced pilots. A little mistake

out of two, pushing him later into

three and working harder.

Interesting to see whether he can

keep that nine hundredths of the

second as he comes down to the

important corner, number nine and

into 12. A bit too early, he's

holding on but he's working too hard

and into a skid, he has no speed in

that corner at all and I think we'll

see him drop back right away. It's

turned into the red.

He started off

four tenths of a second behind the

medallists so he's not going

through, and he now crosses the

line. Not good enough, looking for

47.4. The Latvian coach looked

disappointed but he is accounted

kid, we will hear a lot more about

him.

It was just that little mistake

down the straight, it looked good

and then he just drifted away and he

had to work harder in the initial

part of 12. This was the mistake at

the top, you just see him get pushed

away a little bit which means he's

got to work harder. He drove the top

of the track relatively well but in

this big corner, his line was not as

straight, working hard and all that

extra work has thrown tenths away

and he's ended up in third.

Kindl

still in the frame. Now this

exciting youngster from the Olympic

athlete of Russia team, the most

exciting youngster in the world,

arguably, 21-year-old Roman Repilov

who went for it in the third runner.

And he paid the penalty. He was

undone and his medal chance went

there and then.

It certainly did, he

was set in bronze position and we

said he was either going to win it

or bin it, and he lost it into the

corner 12 where he had a big slide

so he down in a position he is

rather than fighting for a medal.

These are the lives he expect from a

quality slider, he's been good all

week, some of the great slides the

scene. He hasn't got the speed of

Kindl so this is where... He could

be just in front of the Austrian.

This is going to be close, down to

the wire. He whole song by 20 51

thousandths of a second.

We remind

you that we time things by thousands

of a second here, there was a dead

heat in the 70s and they have

measured it since then. Repilov take

the mantle of Kindl at the moment.

Seven to go, it's getting exciting.

This young lad here has got so much

potential for the future. It's all

about the consistency over the four

runs, and I know we have spoken

about that over the course of the

runs themselves but the guys in the

middle condition that the medal

positions are consistent. If you are

consistent over your four runs, you

always have a chance of being in a

medal position. Now, Dominik

Fischnaller. The two Fischnaller

cousins in the top seven here

heading into the medal runner.

Dominik Fischnaller, policeman, won

the test event here last spring and

he now needs a big one. Repilov's

superiority over him confirmed in

the early stages, not a great start.

That's just down to his physicality.

There's nothing in it, 31

thousandths of a second. -- three

thousandths of a second. Before this

race, he was the track record holder

from the Olympic test event so we

know he can drive this track. A

slightly better line into corner 12.

He's added another 500 on that, he's

got better speed and better lines

down the bottom of the track.

It'll

be tight between the two of them.

Attempted a second,

Attempted a second, nearly two

tenths, Fischnaller assumes the

lead. Six to go.

This is about

potentially trying to put yourself

into a medal position, 47.40. He has

the position to be in the medals but

he has made so many mistakes he's in

the position that he is in, not at

the front.

47.4 is all you can ask

in the final round, I wonder how

many more we will see. Certainly the

next three to go will need that sort

of final run time to apply pressure

on the medallists who, at the

moment, David Gleirscher, Chris

Mazdzer, and Felix Loch. What a way

to end your career. The Samuel

Edney, his final ever run. He has

had the Olympics of his dreams, Sam.

Never been better than seventh in an

Olympic games, can he put some

pressure on? He needs that 47.4,

47.5 at the very least to be able to

be a contender.

Great start, these

camera shots are great at the top of

this track. You can see how hard

they're working to stay among the

first bend. A good line, using the

corners to push himself onto the

next and the track to his advantage

to get the lines that he wants.

This is where the track starts to

accelerate. It looks like it's good

from that position and that is

perfect. He's got no speed according

to the view. He is falling away so

he could be driving the track a bit

too hard and forcing the lines. He's

got good speed up the bottom...

I do

think it's going to be a dream and

the Edney. He catches Fischnaller,

but he stays ahead of Edney. Edney

just outside where he needed.

Farewell to Sam. Last time we see

him on the world stage. He's had a

great career, and his best ever

achievement here, where every he

finishes this afternoon.

What's

interesting, we can see on the

screen is the snow is starting to

fall. If it starts to blow into the

track, especially on some of the

straights alike through the chicane

from nine to 12, even if it's just a

light film of snow, it can make the

ice really greasy and some of the

threads could be a bit more twitchy.

Johannes Ludwig next for Germany.

Ludwig at his first Olympic Games.

David Mueller the first German in

Sochi. Currently ranked five in the

world. Ludwig is on his way. He's

two tenths of a second off the

bronze medal so he definitely needs

47.4 ideally.

What it's about now is

staying in front of the person

that's just gone down. Don't worry

too much about the medals... That

was a little mistake but I don't

know if it will cost him too much

time. As he builds speed, he needs

to get this right. That's amazing,

the speed he's got there, he should

keep in front. He's definitely got

the right lines but it is dropping

away slightly. Is this enough as he

comes up the hill to stay in front

of Fischnaller?

It's so tight...

He's done it, ahead of Fischnaller

by two thousandths per second. I

like the way the previous athletes

are staying together now. Ludwig

goes to the front ahead of

Fischnaller by a whisker.

He stays

in front but I don't think that's

enough. He needed to move towards

the medals, not move back towards

the people behind him. He's still in

front, great job, but that little

mistake there is potentially what

cost him. He's fighting the sled in

the straight to make sure he was in

the right position.

Four to go. And

you think these four are going to be

the medallists. One of them is going

to miss out, obviously. The other

guys congratulate each other.

Ludwig, Fischnaller, Edney there as

the snow seems to be getting

heavier. Kevin Fischnaller, watching

on is his cousin Dominic. In fourth

place, Kevin Fischnaller about to go

for Italy.

for Italy. This is nervy. Number

nine in the world, what a week he's

had. A good start, he should be

capable of holding of Ludwig here.

This would be a great result for the

Italians, regardless of where he

comes now. To have two sleds in the

top seven of the world is a great

result. His lines don't look too bad

but it's whether his equipment is

going to work. He's dropping back

hundredth by hundredth... He didn't

sound like he had to cut too hard to

get on the line. A bit early to bed

team. The hundredths are ticking

away because he's not quite getting

the entrances and the exits to the

corners quite right, but he's got

good speed.

Is a medal is slipping

away? It is. It hasn't worked thick

Kevin Fischnaller. Johann is Ludwig

still leads with three to go. Kevin

Fischnaller looks... Well, he'll be

content but that's an opportunity

slipping by.

It certainly is. He's

done so well this week and he'll be

disappointed with that run. It's

still a decent result for him, and

the fact he slid so well, it's the

minor changes. Something like this

will cost him time. He wasn't quite

right into the corner with some of

the entrances. If you don't get you

entrance right you are not going to

get your exit right. You've always

got to focus on getting the entrance

to the corners right.

The expression

from his cousin Dominic as he came

down there. Now the medal Chase on.

In bronze medal position at the

moment, David Gleirscher. The

surprise package of this men's

singles Olympic championship. A

23-year-old, number 12 in the world,

up until this week a pretty

inconsistent performer. Capable of

excellence. His best finish in the

World Cup was fourth. He may well be

getting an Olympic medal in a few

seconds time.

This is about staying

in front of the guys who have gone

down. He wants the Olympic medal.

Whether he fights for bronze or

silver, he can fight that out at the

bottom of the track. For the moment

he needs to see a number one when he

comes down to the bottom. A guy of

his calibre, there should be no

reason why not. The way he's been

sliding all week, you can see the

snow on the track. Is this going to

play a part in the process of these

medals in the last few corners?

There's a bit more... That's what

I'm talking about, about how the

sled can be a bit more tricky to

handle in snowy conditions. This is

going to be an Olympic medal for

Austria. This is going to be the

bronze medal for Austria at best.

Gleirscher turns the final corner

and he's ahead of Ludwig. Austria

have their medal for the first time

in 2002. Applause all round. Great

work from David Gleirscher. Not many

people would have said that was

possible. Look at the euphoria! The

Austrian is in heaven.

Austrian is in heaven.

You can see

is how pleased his team-mates are,

the people in the crowd getting

behind him. This is what the

Olympics is all about. Everyone has

come here for a medal. Only 3% of

athletes that come to an Olympics

ever win a medal.

Just astonishing

from Gleirscher. It might not be

over. It's been 50 years since

Austria won gold. That might be

beyond him. Two to go. But look at

that! What a release of energy.

David Gleirscher has had the week of

dreams. Snow falling heavily now.

Chris Mazdzer has also had a

brilliant week. He's currently in

silver position. Don't forget Loch

is two tenths of a second clear of

Mazdzer. Mazdzer now just needs to