0:00:35 > 0:00:43Hello again.
0:00:44 > 0:00:52Later start Prasanna said Tendai or the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
0:00:52 > 0:00:58-- a later start for us. That is because of events at Murrayfield. It
0:00:58 > 0:00:59is very close.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02So we're in catch-up mode on this second day of the 23rd
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Olympic Winter Games.
0:01:03 > 0:01:09And we'd better get our skates on, quite literally.
0:01:09 > 0:01:14It is all about once Libby and one group issuing curling. Who will slip
0:01:14 > 0:01:19up in a tense tie-break in the mixed team event. And also some cold tier
0:01:19 > 0:01:25in your lungs, with a finish that will take your breath away in the
0:01:25 > 0:01:27main's snowboard slopestyle.
0:01:27 > 0:01:34We're off to the Gangneung Ice Arena, which is one of the busiest
0:01:34 > 0:01:36venues at the Games, yesterday hosting the short track.
0:01:36 > 0:01:3924 hours later, the ice has been reconditioned and ready for more
0:01:39 > 0:01:41figure skating in the team event.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44This is making its second appearance at the Games.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47When it made its debut in Sochi, it gave our then hosts, Russia,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50their first gold of the Games, and also provided the charismatic
0:01:50 > 0:01:51Evgeni Plushenko with his record equalling fourth Olympic
0:01:51 > 0:01:52figure skating medal.
0:01:52 > 0:02:00No Evgeni this time.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Rush-hour bag but not as we know it. They are now the Olympic Athletes
0:02:07 > 0:02:11From Russia. They have not been officially invited to the game, they
0:02:11 > 0:02:16are competing under a neutral flag. There are skaters are the ones to
0:02:16 > 0:02:20beat.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22They've actually been under way in this event since Friday,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25a few hours before the Olympic flame was even lit, in the pairs
0:02:25 > 0:02:29and the men's short programmes.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34Points make Olympic prices year. Ten points up for grabs in each state.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39That was the situation after the first two events. The Russians in
0:02:39 > 0:02:43joint third place. The Canadians out in front from the United States.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Only the top five nations will go through to the free programmes.
0:02:47 > 0:02:54There were a lot for grabs in both the ice dance and the ladies' short
0:02:54 > 0:02:57programmes this morning. There were a couple of extra special
0:02:57 > 0:03:02performances we want you to see. We will do so in the company of
0:03:02 > 0:03:07Katherine Downes and Robin Cousins.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10will do so in the company of Katherine Downes and Robin Cousins.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Next escape, representing Canada, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moore.These
0:03:14 > 0:03:19are the Canadians, Tessa Virtue and Scott Murray, the reigning world
0:03:19 > 0:03:23champions, silver medallists from Sochi, the last Olympics. They were
0:03:23 > 0:03:27deeply disappointed with that, took a couple of years away from
0:03:27 > 0:03:32competition and came back to win the World Championships last year.Let's
0:03:32 > 0:03:32watch.
0:04:00 > 0:04:06MUSIC: "Sympathy For The Devil" by the Rolling Stones.
0:05:41 > 0:05:48MUSIC: "Hotel California" by The Eagles.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34CHEERING
0:06:35 > 0:06:38If you could not tell that that was a class apart you're probably
0:06:38 > 0:06:45watching with your eyes closed. I absolutely love watching them state.
0:06:45 > 0:06:52They have been skating together for over 20 years. And that is the
0:06:52 > 0:06:55synchronicity.It is that in eight knowing of the other person,
0:06:55 > 0:07:00everything.
0:07:00 > 0:07:07everything.Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have earned in the short dance
0:07:07 > 0:07:1580.50 one.A massive score. All eyes on the ice. This is Russia putts ice
0:07:15 > 0:07:23Princess. Medvedeva, representing the Olympic Athletes From Russia.
0:07:23 > 0:07:32Back-to-back World Championships for her. And to lay down a marker to her
0:07:32 > 0:07:36country women who pipped to the European Championships. It was a bit
0:07:36 > 0:07:41of a shock. Medvedeva coming back for injury, though. She's here to
0:07:41 > 0:07:49see the gold medal is main, hands-off.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56-- to say the gold medal is mine.
0:09:32 > 0:09:47A very solid triple flip, triple toe loop combination.
0:09:52 > 0:09:59A lovely triple loop.
0:10:41 > 0:10:49CHEERING
0:10:49 > 0:10:56A deep inhalation of breath at the end. Absolutely exquisite from
0:10:56 > 0:11:01Evgenia Medvedeva.A beautiful performance. Seven clean boxes there
0:11:01 > 0:11:06as well, all greens, as they happened. No question of the
0:11:06 > 0:11:08technical ability.
0:11:17 > 0:11:27It is a new season's best for Medvedeva. 81.0 six. And she has
0:11:27 > 0:11:31staked a claim for the gold medal. She knows that is exactly what she
0:11:31 > 0:11:35wanted to do, the message she wanted to send out to the pretenders to
0:11:35 > 0:11:37throw in.
0:11:37 > 0:11:37to send out to the pretenders to throw in.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42Not just a season's best, but in fact a world record for the
0:11:42 > 0:11:4618-year-old Muscovite. She is special, two-time world champion,
0:11:46 > 0:11:51competing in her first Olympics and the reigning world Champion awarded
0:11:51 > 0:11:55that 81.0. That was enough to hoist her fellow Russian colleagues very
0:11:55 > 0:12:00much bike into the reckoning. It is an overall team competition. You
0:12:00 > 0:12:07suspect this young lady will be a major, major force in the ladies'
0:12:07 > 0:12:09singles, the individual event which will be stated much later in the
0:12:09 > 0:12:14Olympics. Absolutely beautiful.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16will be stated much later in the Olympics. Absolutely beautiful. It
0:12:16 > 0:12:21is very seldom that someone makes an impression quite like that in their
0:12:21 > 0:12:24opening performance in an Olympic Games. I cannot wait to see more of
0:12:24 > 0:12:29her. Beautiful. That was enough to hold the Russians
0:12:29 > 0:12:34into silver medal position. Canada in pole position. They have brought
0:12:34 > 0:12:38the largest number of figure skaters from any nation to Korea and the
0:12:38 > 0:12:43nerve that four point advantage. A maximum of ten points for each
0:12:43 > 0:12:49victory goes into this team event. It is Canada, the Russian athletes,
0:12:49 > 0:12:54USA, Italy and Japan who go through to skate in the concluding free
0:12:54 > 0:12:59programmes. That will decide the medals. Those free programmes began
0:12:59 > 0:13:04today in the pairs, so back we go to Katherine Downes and Robin Cousins
0:13:04 > 0:13:07once again. We're getting to the business end of
0:13:07 > 0:13:12the competition. There is all to play for. The ice is cleared as we
0:13:12 > 0:13:19take a look at first competitors in this pairs long programme. They are
0:13:19 > 0:13:22the Japanese, who qualified fourth place. Miu Suzaki and Ryuichi
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Kihara.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Kihara.Trying to find that fine line between delivering a strong,
0:13:31 > 0:13:35solid performance, but keeping enough in reserve to deliver again
0:13:35 > 0:13:43in a few days' time.
0:13:56 > 0:14:03Side by side triple Lutzes. Completely different timing on the
0:14:03 > 0:14:11entrance, but be exaggerated that with the choreography.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21A little tight on the triple twist, but the rotation was made.
0:14:56 > 0:15:04They have completed their two throws. A stroke triple Lutz. A
0:15:04 > 0:15:10little overcooked on the take-off from Kihara.
0:16:03 > 0:16:18Under rotated by her.They are both given scores just as doubles.
0:16:58 > 0:17:05Second throw. Triple Sal Cole again, not quite right on the take-off.
0:18:09 > 0:18:15Somewhat lacking in romance at times for Japan's Romeo and Juliet. Not
0:18:15 > 0:18:21quite balanced when he was letting go.This is where we saw trouble on
0:18:21 > 0:18:27the twist. The bit tide in the catch, but they made the rotation.
0:18:27 > 0:18:35So the throat was fully rotated, but landed on two feet. They will get
0:18:35 > 0:18:41credit for the rotation.I think she knows that is not their season's
0:18:41 > 0:18:47best.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51best. Three more competitions for them to claw back into those medal
0:18:51 > 0:18:56places coming up tomorrow.
0:19:15 > 0:19:23Valentina Marchei and Ondrej Hotarek.Making their Olympic debut.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27What can they do with this free programme?
0:19:33 > 0:19:44Much stronger than they have done the triple twist in practice.
0:19:55 > 0:20:02Side by side triple toe loops they want. Lovely.
0:20:18 > 0:20:27Triple Salchow, the bull double toe. Excellent. Not sure about the camera
0:20:27 > 0:20:35angle, but the jumps were good.
0:21:05 > 0:21:16Gorgeous throw triple loop.
0:23:00 > 0:23:20One big element left. Triple Lutz. Beautiful.
0:23:47 > 0:23:54What a show. That is how it feels to get green boxes across the board.
0:23:54 > 0:24:02Look at that.I knew that screen was coming.No mistakes at all from the
0:24:02 > 0:24:10Italians.Good height and flight on the tours. Making sure the right arm
0:24:10 > 0:24:20doesn't touch his shoulder. How is that for timing?Oh my goodness. It
0:24:20 > 0:24:26is big. 138.44 a whopping new season's best. What a performance
0:24:26 > 0:24:30from the Italians. What applies to bring your absolute best skating of
0:24:30 > 0:24:40the season.
0:24:48 > 0:24:55Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim, got married in 2016. The
0:24:55 > 0:25:04crowd love that, they love a married couple on the ice.
0:25:15 > 0:25:23Huge flight and beautiful control on the triple twist.
0:25:51 > 0:26:02Triple Salchow. They went in side by side triple Salchow. Just a slight
0:26:02 > 0:26:08step out.
0:26:30 > 0:26:45Second of triple jumps. Triple toe. Chris, is down.
0:28:08 > 0:28:17Throw, triple flip. Slight touch down with the left free fought on
0:28:17 > 0:28:24the landing. Rotation made.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30In have its moments, but some big mistakes, and I think they are a bit
0:29:30 > 0:29:35disappointed by that one.Not prepared, not ready for that
0:29:35 > 0:29:41landing. Rotation fully made. So the 1-point mandatory deduction for the
0:29:41 > 0:29:50fall.So, not far off their season's best.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57best. If only Chris had stayed on his feet, they could have seen a new
0:29:57 > 0:30:03best score for the Americans.
0:30:11 > 0:30:17If Megan Duhamel and Eric Radford cannot recapture the top spot for
0:30:17 > 0:30:24Canada, then who can?
0:30:38 > 0:30:46Opening with the triple twist.
0:31:00 > 0:31:11Side triple Lutzes. -- side by side.
0:31:13 > 0:31:19Now the biggest element of the pairs championship. If they go for it, it
0:31:19 > 0:31:27is a throw quadruple Salchow.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29is a throw quadruple Salchow. Take that breath. They got it clean,
0:31:29 > 0:31:38hands down, but be made the rotation.
0:32:45 > 0:32:52Throw triple Lutzes. Coming down. Got it.
0:34:46 > 0:34:53CHEERING Big tricks from Canada's big guns.
0:34:53 > 0:35:00That is surely enough to see them back into the gold medal position.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05This is the quad. No question she made that on one foot, cleaned to
0:35:05 > 0:35:15backwards. Triple Salchow. Double toe loop, and another one.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19toe loop, and another one.That is a massive lead for them in the pairs
0:35:19 > 0:35:23free skating event. There are ten points clear of the Italian in
0:35:23 > 0:35:27second. That does put Canada back up to the top of the standings as we
0:35:27 > 0:35:33return to the ice for our final couple for this pairs free skate
0:35:33 > 0:35:36competition, and they are the recently crowned European bronze
0:35:36 > 0:35:42medallists.
0:36:19 > 0:36:30Triple toe loop, double toe loop, double loop. Just to be slightly
0:36:30 > 0:36:37different in the combination.
0:36:48 > 0:36:54They would have wanted those to be side by side triple Salchows.
0:37:17 > 0:37:28Very nice. The triple flip.
0:38:35 > 0:38:42A massive throw triple loop.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46Well, that will be costly. That is a shame.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21CHEERING Just an untimely trip. It just come
0:40:21 > 0:40:29out of nowhere.You do well to say that. She did not fully go to the
0:40:29 > 0:40:36floor. We will see if they get a deduction on that or not.133.2.
0:40:36 > 0:40:41There is the deduction for the trip. It will prove costly, way down on
0:40:41 > 0:40:46their personal best. Let's have a look at the pairs free skating
0:40:46 > 0:40:50results. Confirmation that Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford are out in
0:40:50 > 0:40:55front. They take the ten points. The brilliant performance from the
0:40:55 > 0:40:59Italians in second, and the Olympic Athletes From Russia after that
0:40:59 > 0:41:04costly trip, it means that they take eight points and third position. And
0:41:04 > 0:41:11of course, this is a team event. We can see how the team standings are
0:41:11 > 0:41:15going into the final day. Canada out in front. The Olympic Athletes From
0:41:15 > 0:41:20Russia hold the sink -- the silver medal position, but it is closed
0:41:20 > 0:41:25between them the United States. It all comes down to tomorrow.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27between them the United States. It all comes down to tomorrow. That
0:41:27 > 0:41:31will be taking place overnight. All of those free programmes. There is a
0:41:31 > 0:41:36feast of figure skating if you have night owl cravings. You can gorge
0:41:36 > 0:41:40yourself on all of that. The gold medal will be presented in the small
0:41:40 > 0:41:44hours. Today was supposed to be the day that the Winter Games might all
0:41:44 > 0:41:50Darder clashed head-on with the new. The oldest, grandest occasion of
0:41:50 > 0:41:54them all, the men's downhill, was supposed to take place on an equal
0:41:54 > 0:41:59billing with the men's snowboard slopestyle. However, there was a
0:41:59 > 0:42:03howling gale at the course and the downhill has been postponed until
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Friday, which meant that snowboarding had the toppling today.
0:42:06 > 0:42:11It is staged on one of the scariest alp in -- Alpine playgrounds you
0:42:11 > 0:42:17will see but it is child's play to men like this, Ben Kilner,
0:42:17 > 0:42:20snowboarder supreme, two-time Olympian with Great Britain. You
0:42:20 > 0:42:23were a half-pipe specialist but how much does it get the juices flowing
0:42:23 > 0:42:30to see a course like this. It links petrifying to novices like me. Do
0:42:30 > 0:42:41you really crave a go on a?Yes, it is amazing to watch.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44is amazing to watch. I just want to go out there, and you can turn on
0:42:44 > 0:42:48your TV and it is near, it is brilliant. The slopestyle made quite
0:42:48 > 0:42:53an impression on its debut in Sochi a few years ago. Rather like your
0:42:53 > 0:43:02discipline, half-pipe, did towards the end of the 1990s. How big an
0:43:02 > 0:43:05impression do you think that slopestyle has made compared with
0:43:05 > 0:43:08what you experience when you were growing up?
0:43:08 > 0:43:12I first saw half-pipe in 2002 at Salt Lake City and I just remember
0:43:12 > 0:43:17these snowboarders going down, we had the finish snowboarder, with the
0:43:17 > 0:43:24big mohawk. I was such a young lad at the time. I just decided, I want
0:43:24 > 0:43:30to do that, I want to throw myself upside down. It's sort of gathered
0:43:30 > 0:43:33more momentum. Snowboarding has evolved so much. New tricks are
0:43:33 > 0:43:39being performed.It keeps it very exciting. That inspired you all
0:43:39 > 0:43:43these years ago to become a double Olympian. I wonder how many kids are
0:43:43 > 0:43:49going to watch what we are about to show you this afternoon and say, I'm
0:43:49 > 0:43:53going to do that. 12 finalists going into this one. None of them Britons,
0:43:53 > 0:43:58sadly, but they got three runs each. Their best one is the only one that
0:43:58 > 0:44:03counts. Do not move a muscle. You do not want to miss this.
0:44:03 > 0:44:03counts. Do not move a muscle. You do not want to miss this. The men's
0:44:03 > 0:44:09slopestyle final. Marcus Kleveland, he has entered the
0:44:09 > 0:44:14slopestyle contest this year and he has won three contests. There is no
0:44:14 > 0:44:21one in the world better than Marcus Kleveland.On paper anyway. Well,
0:44:21 > 0:44:27you jinxed him because he caught his tail as he did the 270 onto that. It
0:44:27 > 0:44:33did not seem to affect him.And again.Do you think he meant that?
0:44:33 > 0:44:39The 270 out of the box was new. The gap to the backside is massive. That
0:44:39 > 0:44:44is my favourite bed. Real nice, setting him up. Dropping in with the
0:44:44 > 0:44:53switch. Switch backside 1080. You can see him tucking for the wind.
0:44:53 > 0:44:59Having to open up on the 1260 to stop the rotation. Speed is his
0:44:59 > 0:45:05friend. Has he got the triple?
0:45:05 > 0:45:07friend. Has he got the triple?1620. The biggest spin we have seen so far
0:45:07 > 0:45:13at the Phoenix Park. Marcus Kleveland does exactly what Jamie
0:45:13 > 0:45:16Nicholls called and comes out guns blazing in the first run. There we
0:45:16 > 0:45:24go. Those are your leaders at the moment. Carlos Garcia Knight, Marcus
0:45:24 > 0:45:30Kleveland, Mark
0:45:33 > 0:45:39Kleveland, Mark McMorris, Torgeir Bergrem. Next, Staale Sandbech,
0:45:39 > 0:45:45style performer spied when it comes to snowboarding.-- style
0:45:45 > 0:45:49personified. Interestingly he was winning a big jacket yesterday but
0:45:49 > 0:45:53he has stripped down.Inner dynamics are coming into play. They control
0:45:53 > 0:46:00it requires to switch up on the end of that rail.Really nice, a little
0:46:00 > 0:46:04100 neatly into a transition that you cannot see from that image. How
0:46:04 > 0:46:10playful he is making this flick. Little 180s into the transitions. He
0:46:10 > 0:46:14went a little bit bigger on the first run on the Pyramid into the
0:46:14 > 0:46:22bowl. Into the takers, this is where it really starts to count. A
0:46:22 > 0:46:33frontside 1000 1440.-- 1000 440. He has held on. Absolutely massive.
0:46:33 > 0:46:39has held on. Absolutely massive.A huge 1260 at the bottom.
0:46:41 > 0:46:44Back-to-back 1260s from the man from Norway.It looked like he was
0:46:44 > 0:46:48wrestling an invisible bear.Try not to look into his eyes. You will get
0:46:48 > 0:46:55lost. We are waiting for the scores to come in. He is a man never far
0:46:55 > 0:47:01from a smile. You see around in practice. The new leader. A massive
0:47:01 > 0:47:08score. Staale Sandbech moves up into gold medal position.
0:47:08 > 0:47:14He just needs to clean up this run and he should see a considerable
0:47:14 > 0:47:21hike in the scores. What he is doing is good. Really nice. So difficult.
0:47:21 > 0:47:32The tail slide 450. On the hip.He looks uncharacteristically sketchy
0:47:32 > 0:47:38at the moment. It is always so perfect with Mark McMorris. We are
0:47:38 > 0:47:41used to seeing it flow from him and it's not at the moment, it looks
0:47:41 > 0:47:48like he is forcing it. Spinning again to the direction of the skewed
0:47:48 > 0:48:01kicker.Front triple. Well held. He held on. Back triple, is it?Yes.
0:48:01 > 0:48:05Anything you can do, Marcus Kleveland, I can do. He cannot do it
0:48:05 > 0:48:13better, but he can do it.He has upped his game. You're right, he has
0:48:13 > 0:48:17turned the corkscrew, he has upped the second and third jump from his
0:48:17 > 0:48:29first run. First place, 85.2!That is a good run.Canada and Norway
0:48:29 > 0:48:35going toe to toe for gold at the moment and it continues as Marcus
0:48:35 > 0:48:44Kleveland stands at the top of the cause. He learned the double cork at
0:48:44 > 0:48:5811, triple Cork at 13 and landed the quad Cork at 17.Little mistake. The
0:48:58 > 0:49:03flow score will be through the roof after that section. Looking really
0:49:03 > 0:49:08good so far. Doesn't seem to be affected by the pressure. He is
0:49:08 > 0:49:19absolutely drinking this in. He has gone. He has dropped it.We rarely
0:49:19 > 0:49:26see this. He was going for his little shifty trick on the end of
0:49:26 > 0:49:36that 540, wasn't he?That is amazing. I love that.The wizardry
0:49:36 > 0:49:41that Marcus Kleveland is capable of. Once you start to slow things down
0:49:41 > 0:49:48you get absolute magic like that. Mark McMorris, looking very, very
0:49:48 > 0:49:57happy at the moment. There is still one run left here at the men's
0:49:57 > 0:50:01snowboard Slopestyle finals. Mark McMorris, currently in Gold medal
0:50:01 > 0:50:08position. Staale Sandbech, in silver and Carlos Garcia Knight, rounds up
0:50:08 > 0:50:18the top three. The fans here in Phoenix Park enjoying themselves, we
0:50:18 > 0:50:25have had an incredible show so far. The superpowers of snowballed
0:50:25 > 0:50:35Slopestyle going toe to toe. This is the third and final run. Staale
0:50:35 > 0:50:41Sandbech, one of the most gifted snowboarders in the world. His third
0:50:41 > 0:50:46Olympics. Already has a silver medal. He has got what it takes.I
0:50:46 > 0:50:51was just about to say, you just needs to clean this up. His first
0:50:51 > 0:50:55run had mistakes, second run with mistakes. If he can clean it up, he
0:50:55 > 0:51:04is going to be looking good.That is such a good line.He is packing a
0:51:04 > 0:51:11lot in, but he is not slowing down, is he? Needs to pick up some speed
0:51:11 > 0:51:18here.Looking good into the jumps. Come on, Staale Sandbech. There is
0:51:18 > 0:51:25two and three and a half. He has gone. Commentator's curse.He hasn't
0:51:25 > 0:51:33looked comfortable on the first kicker, has he?No. 38.13, Staale
0:51:33 > 0:51:37Sandbech has a long and agonising wait to see if the best in the game
0:51:37 > 0:51:42can overhaul his score.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48can overhaul his score. So, Redmond Gerard, the young rider on all
0:51:48 > 0:51:57American hopes are pinned.Come on, he has got a lot of pressure. He is
0:51:57 > 0:52:04well respected, well liked and loved in the snowboard community.Six of
0:52:04 > 0:52:11seven kids. He built a snow piled in his back garden in Colorado.And he
0:52:11 > 0:52:20does this. Shift apple three on that one. There is a new desktop
0:52:20 > 0:52:25screensaver. Through the ball.
0:52:26 > 0:52:28screensaver. Through the ball.He is letting the nose of the board clip
0:52:28 > 0:52:36the rail on the way over. He needs the speed through here.
0:52:37 > 0:52:43the speed through here.Switch backside. Much better speed.He has
0:52:43 > 0:52:49landed that one.
0:52:49 > 0:52:56landed that one. He is willing this arm and he has got a triple. Red
0:52:56 > 0:53:00Gerard, cat amongst the pigeons. You were talking about pressure, the
0:53:00 > 0:53:06whole of America, the pressure on his shoulders and he has gone and
0:53:06 > 0:53:19delivered. That was clean. This is incredible.
0:53:19 > 0:53:3387.16 foot Red Gerard. Three riders left to drop. All have the pedigree,
0:53:33 > 0:53:38the repertoire and experience to take down Red Gerard. The first of
0:53:38 > 0:53:42them to drop is Mark McMorris, most successful Slopestyle rider in
0:53:42 > 0:53:52history.Really night top rail section.Technical. Very nearly
0:53:52 > 0:54:01coming up short and came up early. He has this step it up. First time
0:54:01 > 0:54:06he got but really well-balanced.Now he needs the jumper run of his life
0:54:06 > 0:54:18here. Switch backside 1260. He needs all the speed he can get here.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21all the speed he can get here. It is there. Absolutely huge. Hold your
0:54:21 > 0:54:32nerve, Mark McMorris.No! He has gone. Red Gerard hugging current
0:54:32 > 0:54:37bronze medal position Staale Sandbech. Man Mark McMorris, the
0:54:37 > 0:54:42bronze medallist in Sochi knows now about the gold medal will now elude
0:54:42 > 0:54:47him.
0:54:47 > 0:54:52him. Strap yourselves in, Marcus Kleveland, this kid is on paper, the
0:54:52 > 0:54:57best Slopestyle rider in the well. He has failed to put down a clean
0:54:57 > 0:55:03run in the first and second percent. Can he do it now, when it matters?
0:55:03 > 0:55:05-- dissent.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13He is literally taking a bath in a pressure cooker right now.
0:55:13 > 0:55:20Unbelievable.Huge switch. He will be feeling this run. Look how slow
0:55:20 > 0:55:26he is. He is so relaxed.There is one, there is two and there is
0:55:26 > 0:55:33three.The backside 1080 has been his undoing. The switch backside
0:55:33 > 0:55:411080 is his undoing.
0:55:42 > 0:55:461080 is his undoing. The man who has been forcing square pegs into round
0:55:46 > 0:55:53holes for the first two runs, is he going to try the frontside triple?
0:55:53 > 0:55:56He wants this, it is the only way he's going to take gold now, is if
0:55:56 > 0:56:01he can do a frontside triple because the rest of his run isn't strong
0:56:01 > 0:56:09enough without it.
0:56:09 > 0:56:15enough without it. 270 on Bartlett slide on the down bar. Backside 360,
0:56:15 > 0:56:23one 80. He has been flawless through these rails.Needs to take it easy
0:56:23 > 0:56:32on the backside rodeo. Hold your breath. Three and a half, there is
0:56:32 > 0:56:40the 1260 out of the way. That is speed with him? Just the double.He
0:56:40 > 0:56:51has played safe, he has not unveiled the triple.
0:56:52 > 0:56:561440, to finish. He steers clear of the triple on the second jump. What
0:56:56 > 0:57:07do the do now? The judges have got a huge decision to make now.
0:57:09 > 0:57:13huge decision to make now. It is silver medal position for Max
0:57:13 > 0:57:21Parrot. The American 17-year-old, Red Gerard, ban storms the
0:57:21 > 0:57:26Slopestyle finals. Mark McMorris will be bronze again. Max Parrot
0:57:26 > 0:57:31makes it silver. The Norwegians are left wanting.Essentially turned up
0:57:31 > 0:57:39with a packet of cranes and delivered and Manet.That lived up
0:57:39 > 0:57:44to all expectation. The men's Slopestyle results confirm. Red
0:57:44 > 0:57:50Gerard will take the gold medal back to The States. Max Parrot in silver,
0:57:50 > 0:57:59Mark McMorris in bronze. Red Gerard, the American meat in a Canadian
0:57:59 > 0:58:05sandwich. Gold medal, but the kid from Colorado at the first time of
0:58:05 > 0:58:16asking. Congratulations.
0:58:17 > 0:58:24You can imagine life will be different for him when he gets home.
0:58:24 > 0:58:28I was surprised to even make it to the finals of the Olympics and to
0:58:28 > 0:58:33get first is above me, I don't know what is going on.You weren't the
0:58:33 > 0:58:38absolute favourite going into this contest?I wasn't even close. Canada
0:58:38 > 0:58:45and Norway have some of the best riders. Canada has so many good
0:58:45 > 0:58:53riders. It amazes me, Mark and Max landed some of the best jumps.When
0:58:53 > 0:58:58you went into the third run, what were you thinking?I just wanted to
0:58:58 > 0:59:04land a run. Every competition, just land a run and then it is up to the
0:59:04 > 0:59:08judges.They are like policeman, getting younger and
0:59:08 > 0:59:10judges.They are like policeman, getting younger and younger. Only 17
0:59:10 > 0:59:15and the youngest American Olympic champion for 90 years and the second
0:59:15 > 0:59:19youngest in an individual event at the Winter Olympics in history. He
0:59:19 > 0:59:26was 11 out of the 12 going into the final run. He had one run left and
0:59:26 > 0:59:30he made it count.Heat two everything down on the line. He took
0:59:30 > 0:59:36a different approach. A lot of the riders were hitting the jumps
0:59:36 > 0:59:39straight on, he came on at the side and to the judges, that is different
0:59:39 > 0:59:44and that is what they look out for. How was this guy regarded when he
0:59:44 > 0:59:50came in. He was well-known to everybody, but is he the young kid
0:59:50 > 0:59:55on the block?He was a contender, but I don't think the guys saw how
0:59:55 > 1:00:01serious he was when he came into The Games.Here he is, it was this trick
1:00:01 > 1:00:06coming up bridges, and you will correct me if I am wrong, the triple
1:00:06 > 1:00:08backside cork 1440I am told, which
1:00:08 > 1:00:09correct me if I am wrong, the triple backside cork 1440I am told, which
1:00:09 > 1:00:15made the difference, how difficult is that?It is hard, the conditions
1:00:15 > 1:00:21are ICL bear. Getting the triple Cork in and making sure they are
1:00:21 > 1:00:28landing far down the landing is the trick for these guys.When they gave
1:00:28 > 1:00:33him the teddy bear, it was appropriate.It took a few years off
1:00:33 > 1:00:39is already young age.Not being rated for the medals, to be standing
1:00:39 > 1:00:42there when they represented, extraordinary. It is Max Parrot of
1:00:42 > 1:00:50Canada and Mark McMorris with his second bronze, as he did in Sochi,
1:00:50 > 1:00:57the sandwich with him in the middle of it.
1:00:58 > 1:01:03His history, building his own skate park in the back garden, having been
1:01:03 > 1:01:08living -- having been leading in Ohio and then moving to Colorado, it
1:01:08 > 1:01:12is a wonderful the story.It shows you what is possible? Yes, he has
1:01:12 > 1:01:16moved to Colorado and done everything that is good for him in
1:01:16 > 1:01:20snowboarding. It has worked a treat on getting him on the podium.You
1:01:20 > 1:01:24have brought your snowboard along. This is a half-pipe board. It is not
1:01:24 > 1:01:28far removed from the slopestyle board. Tell me about the spatial
1:01:28 > 1:01:32awareness you need in order to be able to control this.The difference
1:01:32 > 1:01:37between slopestyle and half-pipe is mostly down to the edges. The
1:01:37 > 1:01:41half-pipe guys normally sharpening edges, razor sharp, because they are
1:01:41 > 1:01:46not taking the real features. Sometimes the rails would catch. It
1:01:46 > 1:01:51would be interesting to see how the guys prepared their edges for the
1:01:51 > 1:01:54slopestyle course. It is obviously very icy. They do not want to lose
1:01:54 > 1:01:59their grip but they do not want to stick on the rails.What about the
1:01:59 > 1:02:04spatial awareness? In terms of trampolining and all of the snow
1:02:04 > 1:02:08training that you do, I'll be spending lots of time on that
1:02:08 > 1:02:12particularly?Yes, you will find that most of the guys in trampoline
1:02:12 > 1:02:17centres all across the world. I know that when Team GB go out to Colorado
1:02:17 > 1:02:21the straight into the trampoline centres, training with the likes of
1:02:21 > 1:02:26Red Gerard, who is always there. I always remember seeing this little
1:02:26 > 1:02:29kid jumping around, and seeing him there today, it has obviously
1:02:29 > 1:02:35helped.It is a kind of pinch me moment, from your perspective?Yes,
1:02:35 > 1:02:39it is crazy her first snowboarding has come. I was saying earlier,
1:02:39 > 1:02:44there was no career in snowboarding, nowadays, varies.People are
1:02:44 > 1:02:50accepting the sport as a job. 20 years ago was when it first started,
1:02:50 > 1:02:551998. Read Gerald will go in the big air as well, which will be an
1:02:55 > 1:03:02impactful event. He could become the first snowboarder to win two medals
1:03:02 > 1:03:04in a single Olympics. You're also a former team-mate of Andrew Musgrave
1:03:04 > 1:03:09and cross-country. He has also been going to a third Olympic Games. You
1:03:09 > 1:03:13competed in two. If you were not familiar with what happened today,
1:03:13 > 1:03:19Andrew Musgrave, winning Number 10 in the skiathlon today, what an
1:03:19 > 1:03:23incredible performance from the man who started out at the Huntley
1:03:23 > 1:03:31Nordic ski centre a good few years ago. He was second with four
1:03:31 > 1:03:36kilometres to go and came home in seventh place. That's matches his
1:03:36 > 1:03:40own personal best of 20 Ninth Place in the Olympic Games. That was Great
1:03:40 > 1:03:45Britain's best ever results. Andrew has come home in seventh place. You
1:03:45 > 1:03:49know him well. Can you sum up what that is going to do for anybody who
1:03:49 > 1:03:54has ambitions to compete on skinny skis in this country?Andrew has
1:03:54 > 1:03:59been one of those driven guys who has won sole purpose and that is to
1:03:59 > 1:04:06win a gold medal. When I last spoke to Andrew, he has never been happy
1:04:06 > 1:04:09with any of his results. Even his seventh place today, you still was
1:04:09 > 1:04:15not happy. I know exactly where he is aiming and that is a gold medal.
1:04:15 > 1:04:20He has the 15 km to common that it is best event on Friday. He has the
1:04:20 > 1:04:26team event as well, and if km. He has got Byron Lawrence, it is
1:04:26 > 1:04:31extraordinary.I have seen some of the training videos, and I know the
1:04:31 > 1:04:34coaches and staff around him have been pushing him hard. He is
1:04:34 > 1:04:39maturing into a real athlete.He has real medal potential. You will be
1:04:39 > 1:04:45able to see more of his progress because we will have a special
1:04:45 > 1:04:50report with accessibility to behind-the-scenes story with Andrew
1:04:50 > 1:04:54and his family on her programme tonight at seven o'clock. Thank you,
1:04:54 > 1:04:57I am looking forward to picking your brain over the next few days for
1:04:57 > 1:05:01more of the snowboarding events. You can see we are now in the house. We
1:05:01 > 1:05:07are moving from boards to brims. I have giving this a go. It is useless
1:05:07 > 1:05:14for housework, but it is quite good in an Olympic setting. Everybody
1:05:14 > 1:05:18went curling crazy and Nagano. I am sure you were part of that. We are
1:05:18 > 1:05:28hoping that starts again. The first event which was started before the
1:05:28 > 1:05:31Olympics began was the mixed curling. Let's remind you of the
1:05:31 > 1:05:40basics of this rather ancient sport. Curling originated in 16th century
1:05:40 > 1:05:45Scotland and appeared in the very first Winter Olympic Games of 1924.
1:05:45 > 1:05:49Great Britain won the gold medal. The aim of curling is to get more
1:05:49 > 1:05:55stones closer to the centre of the scoring area, known as the house,
1:05:55 > 1:05:58than your opponent. Sweeping is a key part. It affects the distance
1:05:58 > 1:06:03and direction of the stone travels in. Tactics are crucial, in
1:06:03 > 1:06:09particular retaining last stone advantage, known as the hammer. In
1:06:09 > 1:06:11the men's and women's events, there are four mogul players in each team,
1:06:11 > 1:06:18known as a rink, who have two stones for each end. Matches are over ten
1:06:18 > 1:06:24ends. This year sees the addition of mixed doubles in the Olympic
1:06:24 > 1:06:27programme, shorter, more dynamic event played over eight ends,
1:06:27 > 1:06:32instead of the traditional pen. Now we knew that in this new mixed
1:06:32 > 1:06:35team event it was Canada, Russia and Switzerland who had already booked
1:06:35 > 1:06:39their places in the semifinals. There was one more Place up for
1:06:39 > 1:06:43grabs and it was a straight fight in a tie-breaker after the round robin
1:06:43 > 1:06:48matches between China and Norway. Interestingly, the Chinese had
1:06:48 > 1:06:55beaten the Norwegians 9-3 earlier on the same day. Would it be deja vu.
1:06:55 > 1:07:00Jackie Lockhart and Steve Cram on commentary. Now, the power play from
1:07:00 > 1:07:03Norway. You notice that the stones, instead of being placed on the
1:07:03 > 1:07:08centre line are off to one side. Now we have the yellow stone, so the
1:07:08 > 1:07:15back stone is on the eight feet. The other stone is placed as a guard.
1:07:15 > 1:07:19You and I have been chatting all week about the power play, how to
1:07:19 > 1:07:25plate. How different teams and attack it. It is meant to be an
1:07:25 > 1:07:28opportunity for the team invoking the power play to score big.We have
1:07:28 > 1:07:35not really seen much of that this week.You were saying about the
1:07:35 > 1:07:43Canadians, trying the shot, to move the guide.Yes, the Canadians were
1:07:43 > 1:07:47trying to take the red out of the house. Actually, just moving it
1:07:47 > 1:07:51across, into the centre. There is the option that you can probably
1:07:51 > 1:07:57move it into the house.
1:07:57 > 1:08:06move it into the house. It is not a bad shot, what she has done there.
1:08:09 > 1:08:13Quite opposition -- quite often, we have seen the opposition say, I do
1:08:13 > 1:08:16not care that you put the corner there. What are you going to do
1:08:16 > 1:08:26about it? There is a real mismatch. In some ways, even by doing that, by
1:08:26 > 1:08:31making teams think in trying to come up with the strategy they are happy
1:08:31 > 1:08:35with, it is just altering, instead of the normal possessions but might
1:08:35 > 1:08:42it is changing the dynamics of the end. Nothing wrong with that. Not
1:08:42 > 1:08:48curling another for Skaslien.Yes, they have decided to leave it high.
1:08:48 > 1:08:58It is OK, angle wise. This is forcing China to try and freeze. To
1:08:58 > 1:09:02come round behind the high yellow, the Jelle we see at the top of the
1:09:02 > 1:09:10house, and freeze on top of the wine or in the tee line.
1:09:12 > 1:09:15or in the tee line. -- on top of the stone on the tee line. It will have
1:09:15 > 1:09:22to be a good shot. Even if he does not make it. He wants to finish
1:09:22 > 1:09:27high. Anything behind is no good to him at all. You can see de Klerk
1:09:27 > 1:09:41on-screen. They are claiming it. Normally we would expect to see 14,
1:09:41 > 1:09:49that would be a nice tee weight. It was a little bit light. Lots of the
1:09:49 > 1:09:52players like to tender stone so they know roughly where they are going to
1:09:52 > 1:09:58finish at the other end. He did not make that stone, that opportunity
1:09:58 > 1:10:09was missed. This will be a hit for Norway. They have three shots as
1:10:09 > 1:10:15long as this stays in the house.So, five stones in place. From this
1:10:15 > 1:10:19point on, you can take a stone out of the house, not before this,
1:10:19 > 1:10:26though.
1:10:27 > 1:10:31Quite happy to catch the stone and rolled to the other side of the
1:10:31 > 1:10:36house.It looks that that is what is going to happen.Not much of a role.
1:10:36 > 1:10:44Trying to keep separation.
1:10:55 > 1:10:58Ba Dexin deciding to hit the red, to take the yellow out to the left-hand
1:10:58 > 1:11:05side. They read that he has head should jam, and the shooter could
1:11:05 > 1:11:09also roll across you could potentially light two Reds at the
1:11:09 > 1:11:14top of the house. Something for him to use, if necessary, especially as
1:11:14 > 1:11:19he does not have the hammer in this end. The hammer being the last stone
1:11:19 > 1:11:24advantage.Yes, and the idea would be that there would be one on either
1:11:24 > 1:11:28side at the top of the house, it gives them more of an option later.
1:11:34 > 1:11:42Whoa. Whoa.He does not want to lose his shooter.That is going to go. It
1:11:42 > 1:11:48looked heavy from the start. He asked her not to sweep it. She was
1:11:48 > 1:11:52not listening. She did not sweep much, to be fair. I do not think she
1:11:52 > 1:11:58made that much difference.It is more his fault.How he set it off.
1:11:58 > 1:12:04At least they are laughing about it.
1:12:11 > 1:12:17Any big score at this point, you have to mag relevance after this.
1:12:17 > 1:12:23They would like to have the hammer in the final end.Even if you are
1:12:23 > 1:12:28the four shots ahead, we have seen teams pick up a four, go to an extra
1:12:28 > 1:12:34end. It is not over, this game, until it is over. Unless the team
1:12:34 > 1:12:37feels that there are just not playing the shots technically well
1:12:37 > 1:12:44enough to continue. We have seen ends were Euro three up and you
1:12:44 > 1:12:48think it is that Tim's game, and all of a sudden, their opponents are
1:12:48 > 1:12:54knocking at the door and saying, here we come. They're just wanting
1:12:54 > 1:12:58this to sit on the tee line, just a little further back if possible. To
1:12:58 > 1:13:05take off any angles. There is a double still there. They lacked on
1:13:05 > 1:13:15and on to the other one near his fit.They have called that.
1:13:18 > 1:13:23Yes, he either had to leave that one much higher, or it has to be back
1:13:23 > 1:13:26and dead level, so it is very difficult to do and across the house
1:13:26 > 1:13:31double.It is one thing to go back. I think he was doing that
1:13:31 > 1:13:40intentionally.Six inches, ten inches short. Too short. Easy for us
1:13:40 > 1:13:50to say appear. The wizards behind the glass.
1:13:50 > 1:13:56the glass. -- to say up here. This is an opportunity for Ba Dexin to
1:13:56 > 1:14:02remove some of these stone.
1:14:04 > 1:14:10remove some of these stone. That just curl too much.
1:14:11 > 1:14:17Well, China only have one more stone left. Just the little momentum
1:14:17 > 1:14:21swings. I agree. They have been hanging on a little bit. In the end
1:14:21 > 1:14:26before, they picked up the two, but Norway have had several big chances
1:14:26 > 1:14:29what -- which China have got away with.
1:14:34 > 1:14:38The power play for Norway. You imagine they will want to get at
1:14:38 > 1:14:46least two as they can.
1:14:48 > 1:14:53They are sitting two at the moment. If he gets this, he wants to make
1:14:53 > 1:15:01sure he lives with three shots.
1:15:01 > 1:15:05He would have loved that to have moved further across.It is not bad.
1:15:05 > 1:15:12If he tries the double, he will lose his shooter.
1:15:12 > 1:15:15his shooter.He will not want to give away four. They will want to
1:15:15 > 1:15:22move both of those. Two will be OK, you're one down with two ends left.
1:15:22 > 1:15:27You do not want to give four away. He just has to catch have the yellow
1:15:27 > 1:15:32on the left-hand side is we're looking at. Hopefully he will catch
1:15:32 > 1:15:40back on and both of will go.
1:15:40 > 1:15:50The danger is too thin.
1:15:50 > 1:16:01I don't think this is her favourite type of shot, Wang Rui. She is
1:16:01 > 1:16:08watching the line.I think it is too much. She has missed it. That is how
1:16:08 > 1:16:16you get the big scores in the power play.It is not her shot.
1:16:16 > 1:16:27Commentator's purse. All week she has been missing those.
1:16:29 > 1:16:33has been missing those. It draws nice, playing that sort of game.
1:16:33 > 1:16:41When she needs the big power shots, they just sometimes are not there.
1:16:41 > 1:16:50So, chance of for here...And an easy chance, this is an open goal,
1:16:50 > 1:16:57isn't it?Bread and butter shot of mixed doubles.
1:17:05 > 1:17:12She has left it to Magnus to do the work.It looks fine.Just had to be
1:17:12 > 1:17:18in the house.Significant score the Norway and be moved to a three shot
1:17:18 > 1:17:24lead. Studio-macro China under it now. We
1:17:24 > 1:17:31would join this in the penultimate seventh end. No wait, three in the
1:17:31 > 1:17:37house and China, three stones remaining. COMMENTATOR: It is going
1:17:37 > 1:17:45to come down to these big shots now. No more room for error.
1:17:47 > 1:17:55No more room for error. China, they have had a good week, particularly
1:17:55 > 1:18:03in the latter stages of the round robin. That is an nice shot. She is
1:18:03 > 1:18:12trying to sweep it across.It is OK. Chinese ladies team up in the
1:18:12 > 1:18:17audience, supporting the mixed doubles.You could take both of
1:18:17 > 1:18:23those yellow stones out.He has built a lovely nest on that side.
1:18:23 > 1:18:33All of them behind. Lovely red guard outside the house.His task is to
1:18:33 > 1:18:37get in front of those three reds. He has tried it twice now without much
1:18:37 > 1:18:46success. Third time lucky, as far as he is concerned. Magnus Nedregotten.
1:18:47 > 1:18:56He needs a very good shot, otherwise he could be facing...
1:18:57 > 1:19:03he could be facing...Doesn't want to bounce off anything.
1:19:05 > 1:19:14to bounce off anything. Just wants to sit. It is an OK shot. It depends
1:19:14 > 1:19:19the angle that Ba Dexin can see.He is having a look to see if he can
1:19:19 > 1:19:27squeeze it out. I think he is going to get rid of these other two. They
1:19:27 > 1:19:33have two stones left.
1:19:33 > 1:19:39have two stones left.If he takes a double here, then Norway have to
1:19:39 > 1:19:45make sure the
1:19:45 > 1:19:50make sure the line in the first shot. Otherwise there is a shot for
1:19:50 > 1:19:56the red down in the yellow pack. Again, Ba Dexin, a couple of
1:19:56 > 1:19:59takeouts, not gone well for him.
1:20:05 > 1:20:09Got his eyes on the two yellow stones on the other side of the
1:20:09 > 1:20:13house.
1:20:17 > 1:20:31Missed.He has just missed. That is a definite one shot. I cannot tell
1:20:31 > 1:20:38who is lying bigger other side.I think it is Norway. As we keep
1:20:38 > 1:20:45saying, very close is not quite good enough in this. That yellow on the
1:20:45 > 1:20:51left, as you look at it, is it lying second? I think it is.I think you
1:20:51 > 1:20:58could be right.For Norway, this is damage limitation. Keep them to one,
1:20:58 > 1:21:09even two.She wants to take the red out and lie first and second shot.
1:21:17 > 1:21:26She is going to hit this on the nose. She is not shouting very much,
1:21:26 > 1:21:31but her the answer is doing plenty of sweeping. It is not going to sit,
1:21:31 > 1:21:38is it?Bit of a shame, she really needed to...He is looking to see if
1:21:38 > 1:21:49they have got the fourth shot. You see the two that
1:21:49 > 1:21:51see the two that are in the turquoise circle. He is thinking, if
1:21:51 > 1:21:58I move that one, how many will I have?They have got the opportunity
1:21:58 > 1:22:01to come within anticlockwise rotation, centre out and catch the
1:22:01 > 1:22:09inside of the yellow. It will take one of the red back one out, but
1:22:09 > 1:22:15there is a possibility of three.I think that is what he is checking,
1:22:15 > 1:22:25the outer stone, if you like, is not, excuse me, the Norwegian one on
1:22:25 > 1:22:31the far side is not closer.Yes. They must think they have got a
1:22:31 > 1:22:40chance.
1:22:40 > 1:22:45That is interesting.
1:22:56 > 1:23:05It could be a two.She has given it to China herself. He is looking at
1:23:05 > 1:23:18the back of the stone, rather than the inside. He wants a measure.
1:23:34 > 1:23:39There is a small bile underneath that catches the edge of the stone.
1:23:39 > 1:23:45It is China.
1:23:46 > 1:23:49It is China. China pick up two in their power play.
1:23:49 > 1:23:54It is all or nothing the China, final end. We join it with two
1:23:54 > 1:24:01stones left for each team.This is the game where he needs to be at his
1:24:01 > 1:24:05best.
1:24:11 > 1:24:23It was a good try.Norway are going to have to drive that read at the
1:24:23 > 1:24:27top of the house onto the red in the centre and try and squeeze it in
1:24:27 > 1:24:33between the two yellows.
1:24:35 > 1:24:37between the two yellows.One thing he doesn't want to do if it doesn't
1:24:37 > 1:24:46come off, is hit the yellow that is in the bit above...You don't want
1:24:46 > 1:24:54to jam both of them, that is for sure. Plan B would be to catch it on
1:24:54 > 1:25:03the inside, if anything. He needs this on the nose. Excellent shot.
1:25:03 > 1:25:10That is a good result.
1:25:10 > 1:25:15That is a good result. Here is the draw he was talking about. Has she
1:25:15 > 1:25:23got room to come through there or not? Just having a look at it.
1:25:23 > 1:25:27Because the yellow is high at the top of the housing might have cut
1:25:27 > 1:25:32down her angle for the draw in there. Which way do she go? This is
1:25:32 > 1:25:41a difficult shot. That is where she wants to finish, but how she gets in
1:25:41 > 1:25:52there without catching one of the yellows to chip it over a little.
1:25:52 > 1:25:58OK, she has 47 seconds to play this. If she catches that yellow very
1:25:58 > 1:26:02thinly under way in, there is a secondary shot where she moves
1:26:02 > 1:26:07across and taps the top yellow out and it is still sitting short.Even
1:26:07 > 1:26:11if she kisses the yellow ever so slightly and it has a bit of a role,
1:26:11 > 1:26:14it is still sitting height of the yellow in the back. It won't be an
1:26:14 > 1:26:21easy shot to be removed. There is a possibility she could jam it she has
1:26:21 > 1:26:28stood give herself every opportunity, 17 seconds.
1:26:28 > 1:26:33opportunity, 17 seconds.Last stone for China.This is a big weight, she
1:26:33 > 1:26:45is going with here.That is it.Game over.That is a handshake. Norway
1:26:45 > 1:26:50will go to the semifinals and face Canada after an excellent match,
1:26:50 > 1:26:55played really well. It was all in their power play, they used it to
1:26:55 > 1:27:00huge advantage in the sixth end and the couple who are engaged, all
1:27:00 > 1:27:08smiles. At acknowledging the support. China have had an excellent
1:27:08 > 1:27:14competition. Just came up short at the end, they beat Norway this
1:27:14 > 1:27:18morning to force this tie-break matched. However, when it came to
1:27:18 > 1:27:23the last couple of ends, Norway, hanging onto their nerve and hanging
1:27:23 > 1:27:31onto the win. They go through, beating China 9-7 and they will face
1:27:31 > 1:27:37Canada in the semifinal tomorrow.
1:27:37 > 1:27:40In the other semifinal you have Switzerland up against the Russians.
1:27:40 > 1:27:46In the full-sized curling events, Great Britain's both teams will be
1:27:46 > 1:27:50underway on Wednesday. Let's have a look at the medal table which shows
1:27:50 > 1:27:56Germany at the top of the standings.
1:28:01 > 1:28:12What is coming your way? Plenty of the wintry stuff night or day.
1:28:27 > 1:28:34That is it, we are off to find a decent broom but this studio, the
1:28:34 > 1:28:41last one was terrible. But we will leave you with pictures of the day.
1:28:41 > 1:28:48Kruger is the Winter Olympic champion. Andrew Musgrave in seven.
1:28:57 > 1:29:03Redmond Gerard, ban storms the men's vinyl.