Day 2, Part 6 Winter Olympics

Hello again.

Later start Prasanna said Tendai or

the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

-- a later start for us. That is

because of events at Murrayfield. It

is very close.

So we're in catch-up mode on this

second day of the 23rd

Olympic Winter Games.

And we'd better get our skates

on, quite literally.

It is all about once Libby and one

group issuing curling. Who will slip

up in a tense tie-break in the mixed

team event. And also some cold tier

in your lungs, with a finish that

will take your breath away in the

main's snowboard slopestyle.

We're off to the Gangneung Ice

Arena, which is one of the busiest

venues at the Games,

yesterday hosting the short track.

24 hours later, the ice has been

reconditioned and ready for more

figure skating in the team event.

This is making its second

appearance at the Games.

When it made its debut in Sochi,

it gave our then hosts, Russia,

their first gold of the Games,

and also provided the charismatic

Evgeni Plushenko with his record

equalling fourth Olympic

figure skating medal.

No Evgeni this time.

Rush-hour bag but not as we know it.

They are now the Olympic Athletes

From Russia. They have not been

officially invited to the game, they

are competing under a neutral flag.

There are skaters are the ones to

beat.

They've actually been under way

in this event since Friday,

a few hours before the Olympic flame

was even lit, in the pairs

and the men's short programmes.

Points make Olympic prices year. Ten

points up for grabs in each state.

That was the situation after the

first two events. The Russians in

joint third place. The Canadians out

in front from the United States.

Only the top five nations will go

through to the free programmes.

There were a lot for grabs in both

the ice dance and the ladies' short

programmes this morning. There were

a couple of extra special

performances we want you to see. We

will do so in the company of

Katherine Downes and Robin Cousins.

will do so in the company of

Katherine Downes and Robin Cousins.

Next escape, representing Canada,

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moore.

These

are the Canadians, Tessa Virtue and

Scott Murray, the reigning world

champions, silver medallists from

Sochi, the last Olympics. They were

deeply disappointed with that, took

a couple of years away from

competition and came back to win the

World Championships last year.

Let's

watch.

MUSIC: "Sympathy For The Devil"

by the Rolling Stones.

MUSIC: "Hotel California"

by The Eagles.

CHEERING

If you could not tell that that was

a class apart you're probably

watching with your eyes closed. I

absolutely love watching them state.

They have been skating together for

over 20 years. And that is the

synchronicity.

It is that in eight

knowing of the other person,

everything.

everything.

Tessa Virtue and Scott

Moir have earned in the short dance

80.50 one.

A massive score. All eyes

on the ice. This is Russia putts ice

Princess. Medvedeva, representing

the Olympic Athletes From Russia.

Back-to-back World Championships for

her. And to lay down a marker to her

country women who pipped to the

European Championships. It was a bit

of a shock. Medvedeva coming back

for injury, though. She's here to

see the gold medal is main,

hands-off.

-- to say the gold medal is mine.

A very solid triple flip, triple toe

loop combination.

A lovely triple loop.

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A deep inhalation of breath at the

end. Absolutely exquisite from

Evgenia Medvedeva.

A beautiful

performance. Seven clean boxes there

as well, all greens, as they

happened. No question of the

technical ability.

It is a new season's best for

Medvedeva. 81.0 six. And she has

staked a claim for the gold medal.

She knows that is exactly what she

wanted to do, the message she wanted

to send out to the pretenders to

throw in.

to send out to the pretenders to

throw in.

Not just a season's best, but in

fact a world record for the

18-year-old Muscovite. She is

special, two-time world champion,

competing in her first Olympics and

the reigning world Champion awarded

that 81.0. That was enough to hoist

her fellow Russian colleagues very

much bike into the reckoning. It is

an overall team competition. You

suspect this young lady will be a

major, major force in the ladies'

singles, the individual event which

will be stated much later in the

Olympics. Absolutely beautiful.

will be stated much later in the

Olympics. Absolutely beautiful. It

is very seldom that someone makes an

impression quite like that in their

opening performance in an Olympic

Games. I cannot wait to see more of

her. Beautiful.

That was enough to hold the Russians

into silver medal position. Canada

in pole position. They have brought

the largest number of figure skaters

from any nation to Korea and the

nerve that four point advantage. A

maximum of ten points for each

victory goes into this team event.

It is Canada, the Russian athletes,

USA, Italy and Japan who go through

to skate in the concluding free

programmes. That will decide the

medals. Those free programmes began

today in the pairs, so back we go to

Katherine Downes and Robin Cousins

once again.

We're getting to the business end of

the competition. There is all to

play for. The ice is cleared as we

take a look at first competitors in

this pairs long programme. They are

the Japanese, who qualified fourth

place. Miu Suzaki and Ryuichi

Kihara.

Kihara.

Trying to find that fine

line between delivering a strong,

solid performance, but keeping

enough in reserve to deliver again

in a few days' time.

Side by side triple Lutzes.

Completely different timing on the

entrance, but be exaggerated that

with the choreography.

A little tight on the triple twist,

but the rotation was made.

They have completed their two

throws. A stroke triple Lutz. A

little overcooked on the take-off

from Kihara.

Under rotated by her.

They are both

given scores just as doubles.

Second throw. Triple Sal Cole again,

not quite right on the take-off.

Somewhat lacking in romance at times

for Japan's Romeo and Juliet. Not

quite balanced when he was letting

go.

This is where we saw trouble on

the twist. The bit tide in the

catch, but they made the rotation.

So the throat was fully rotated, but

landed on two feet. They will get

credit for the rotation.

I think she

knows that is not their season's

best.

best. Three more competitions for

them to claw back into those medal

places coming up tomorrow.

Valentina Marchei and Ondrej

Hotarek.

Making their Olympic debut.

What can they do with this free

programme?

Much stronger than they have done

the triple twist in practice.

Side by side triple toe loops they

want. Lovely.

Triple Salchow, the bull double toe.

Excellent. Not sure about the camera

angle, but the jumps were good.

Gorgeous throw triple loop.

One big element left. Triple Lutz.

Beautiful.

What a show. That is how it feels to

get green boxes across the board.

Look at that.

I knew that screen was

coming.

No mistakes at all from the

Italians.

Good height and flight on

the tours. Making sure the right arm

doesn't touch his shoulder. How is

that for timing?

Oh my goodness. It

is big. 138.44 a whopping new

season's best. What a performance

from the Italians. What applies to

bring your absolute best skating of

the season.

Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris

Knierim, got married in 2016. The

crowd love that, they love a married

couple on the ice.

Huge flight and beautiful control on

the triple twist.

Triple Salchow. They went in side by

side triple Salchow. Just a slight

step out.

Second of triple jumps. Triple toe.

Chris, is down.

Throw, triple flip. Slight touch

down with the left free fought on

the landing. Rotation made.

In have its moments, but some big

mistakes, and I think they are a bit

disappointed by that one.

Not

prepared, not ready for that

landing. Rotation fully made. So the

1-point mandatory deduction for the

fall.

So, not far off their season's

best.

best. If only Chris had stayed on

his feet, they could have seen a new

best score for the Americans.

If Megan Duhamel and Eric Radford

cannot recapture the top spot for

Canada, then who can?

Opening with the triple twist.

Side triple Lutzes. -- side by side.

Now the biggest element of the pairs

championship. If they go for it, it

is a throw quadruple Salchow.

is a throw quadruple Salchow. Take

that breath. They got it clean,

hands down, but be made the

rotation.

Throw triple Lutzes. Coming down.

Got it.

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Big tricks from Canada's big guns.

That is surely enough to see them

back into the gold medal position.

This is the quad. No question she

made that on one foot, cleaned to

backwards. Triple Salchow. Double

toe loop, and another one.

toe loop, and another one.

That is a

massive lead for them in the pairs

free skating event. There are ten

points clear of the Italian in

second. That does put Canada back up

to the top of the standings as we

return to the ice for our final

couple for this pairs free skate

competition, and they are the

recently crowned European bronze

medallists.

Triple toe loop, double toe loop,

double loop. Just to be slightly

different in the combination.

They would have wanted those to be

side by side triple Salchows.

Very nice. The triple flip.

A massive throw triple loop.

Well, that will be costly. That is a

shame.

CHEERING

Just an untimely trip. It just come

out of nowhere.

You do well to say

that. She did not fully go to the

floor. We will see if they get a

deduction on that or not.

133.2.

There is the deduction for the trip.

It will prove costly, way down on

their personal best. Let's have a

look at the pairs free skating

results. Confirmation that Meagan

Duhamel and Eric Radford are out in

front. They take the ten points. The

brilliant performance from the

Italians in second, and the Olympic

Athletes From Russia after that

costly trip, it means that they take

eight points and third position. And

of course, this is a team event. We

can see how the team standings are

going into the final day. Canada out

in front. The Olympic Athletes From

Russia hold the sink -- the silver

medal position, but it is closed

between them the United States.

It all comes down to tomorrow.

between them the United States.

It all comes down to tomorrow. That

will be taking place overnight. All

of those free programmes. There is a

feast of figure skating if you have

night owl cravings. You can gorge

yourself on all of that. The gold

medal will be presented in the small

hours. Today was supposed to be the

day that the Winter Games might all

Darder clashed head-on with the new.

The oldest, grandest occasion of

them all, the men's downhill, was

supposed to take place on an equal

billing with the men's snowboard

slopestyle. However, there was a

howling gale at the course and the

downhill has been postponed until

Friday, which meant that

snowboarding had the toppling today.

It is staged on one of the scariest

alp in -- Alpine playgrounds you

will see but it is child's play to

men like this, Ben Kilner,

snowboarder supreme, two-time

Olympian with Great Britain. You

were a half-pipe specialist but how

much does it get the juices flowing

to see a course like this. It links

petrifying to novices like me. Do

you really crave a go on a?

Yes, it

is amazing to watch.

is amazing to watch. I just want to

go out there, and you can turn on

your TV and it is near, it is

brilliant. The slopestyle made quite

an impression on its debut in Sochi

a few years ago. Rather like your

discipline, half-pipe, did towards

the end of the 1990s. How big an

impression do you think that

slopestyle has made compared with

what you experience when you were

growing up?

I first saw half-pipe in 2002 at

Salt Lake City and I just remember

these snowboarders going down, we

had the finish snowboarder, with the

big mohawk. I was such a young lad

at the time. I just decided, I want

to do that, I want to throw myself

upside down. It's sort of gathered

more momentum. Snowboarding has

evolved so much. New tricks are

being performed.

It keeps it very

exciting. That inspired you all

these years ago to become a double

Olympian. I wonder how many kids are

going to watch what we are about to

show you this afternoon and say, I'm

going to do that. 12 finalists going

into this one. None of them Britons,

sadly, but they got three runs each.

Their best one is the only one that

counts. Do not move a muscle. You do

not want to miss this.

counts. Do not move a muscle. You do

not want to miss this. The men's

slopestyle final.

Marcus Kleveland, he has entered the

slopestyle contest this year and he

has won three contests. There is no

one in the world better than Marcus

Kleveland.

On paper anyway. Well,

you jinxed him because he caught his

tail as he did the 270 onto that. It

did not seem to affect him.

And

again.

Do you think he meant that?

The 270 out of the box was new. The

gap to the backside is massive. That

is my favourite bed. Real nice,

setting him up. Dropping in with the

switch. Switch backside 1080. You

can see him tucking for the wind.

Having to open up on the 1260 to

stop the rotation. Speed is his

friend. Has he got the triple?

friend. Has he got the triple?

1620.

The biggest spin we have seen so far

at the Phoenix Park. Marcus

Kleveland does exactly what Jamie

Nicholls called and comes out guns

blazing in the first run. There we

go. Those are your leaders at the

moment. Carlos Garcia Knight, Marcus

Kleveland, Mark

Kleveland, Mark McMorris, Torgeir

Bergrem. Next, Staale Sandbech,

style performer spied when it comes

to snowboarding.

-- style

personified. Interestingly he was

winning a big jacket yesterday but

he has stripped down.

Inner dynamics

are coming into play. They control

it requires to switch up on the end

of that rail.

Really nice, a little

100 neatly into a transition that

you cannot see from that image. How

playful he is making this flick.

Little 180s into the transitions. He

went a little bit bigger on the

first run on the Pyramid into the

bowl. Into the takers, this is where

it really starts to count. A

frontside 1000 1440.

-- 1000 440. He

has held on. Absolutely massive.

has held on. Absolutely massive.

A

huge 1260 at the bottom.

Back-to-back 1260s from the man from

Norway.

It looked like he was

wrestling an invisible bear.

Try not

to look into his eyes. You will get

lost. We are waiting for the scores

to come in. He is a man never far

from a smile. You see around in

practice. The new leader. A massive

score. Staale Sandbech moves up into

gold medal position.

He just needs to clean up this run

and he should see a considerable

hike in the scores. What he is doing

is good. Really nice. So difficult.

The tail slide 450. On the hip.

He

looks uncharacteristically sketchy

at the moment. It is always so

perfect with Mark McMorris. We are

used to seeing it flow from him and

it's not at the moment, it looks

like he is forcing it. Spinning

again to the direction of the skewed

kicker.

Front triple. Well held. He

held on. Back triple, is it?

Yes.

Anything you can do, Marcus

Kleveland, I can do. He cannot do it

better, but he can do it.

He has

upped his game. You're right, he has

turned the corkscrew, he has upped

the second and third jump from his

first run. First place, 85.2!

That

is a good run.

Canada and Norway

going toe to toe for gold at the

moment and it continues as Marcus

Kleveland stands at the top of the

cause. He learned the double cork at

11, triple Cork at 13 and landed the

quad Cork at 17.

Little mistake. The

flow score will be through the roof

after that section. Looking really

good so far. Doesn't seem to be

affected by the pressure. He is

absolutely drinking this in. He has

gone. He has dropped it.

We rarely

see this. He was going for his

little shifty trick on the end of

that 540, wasn't he?

That is

amazing. I love that.

The wizardry

that Marcus Kleveland is capable of.

Once you start to slow things down

you get absolute magic like that.

Mark McMorris, looking very, very

happy at the moment. There is still

one run left here at the men's

snowboard Slopestyle finals. Mark

McMorris, currently in Gold medal

position. Staale Sandbech, in silver

and Carlos Garcia Knight, rounds up

the top three. The fans here in

Phoenix Park enjoying themselves, we

have had an incredible show so far.

The superpowers of snowballed

Slopestyle going toe to toe. This is

the third and final run. Staale

Sandbech, one of the most gifted

snowboarders in the world. His third

Olympics. Already has a silver

medal. He has got what it takes.

I

was just about to say, you just

needs to clean this up. His first

run had mistakes, second run with

mistakes. If he can clean it up, he

is going to be looking good.

That is

such a good line.

He is packing a

lot in, but he is not slowing down,

is he? Needs to pick up some speed

here.

Looking good into the jumps.

Come on, Staale Sandbech. There is

two and three and a half. He has

gone. Commentator's curse.

He hasn't

looked comfortable on the first

kicker, has he?

No. 38.13, Staale

Sandbech has a long and agonising

wait to see if the best in the game

can overhaul his score.

can overhaul his score. So, Redmond

Gerard, the young rider on all

American hopes are pinned.

Come on,

he has got a lot of pressure. He is

well respected, well liked and loved

in the snowboard community.

Six of

seven kids. He built a snow piled in

his back garden in Colorado.

And he

does this. Shift apple three on that

one. There is a new desktop

screensaver. Through the ball.

screensaver. Through the ball.

He is

letting the nose of the board clip

the rail on the way over. He needs

the speed through here.

the speed through here.

Switch

backside. Much better speed.

He has

landed that one.

landed that one. He is willing this

arm and he has got a triple. Red

Gerard, cat amongst the pigeons. You

were talking about pressure, the

whole of America, the pressure on

his shoulders and he has gone and

delivered. That was clean. This is

incredible.

87.16 foot Red Gerard. Three riders

left to drop. All have the pedigree,

the repertoire and experience to

take down Red Gerard. The first of

them to drop is Mark McMorris, most

successful Slopestyle rider in

history.

Really night top rail

section.

Technical. Very nearly

coming up short and came up early.

He has this step it up. First time

he got but really well-balanced.

Now

he needs the jumper run of his life

here. Switch backside 1260. He needs

all the speed he can get here.

all the speed he can get here. It is

there. Absolutely huge. Hold your

nerve, Mark McMorris.

No! He has

gone. Red Gerard hugging current

bronze medal position Staale

Sandbech. Man Mark McMorris, the

bronze medallist in Sochi knows now

about the gold medal will now elude

him.

him. Strap yourselves in, Marcus

Kleveland, this kid is on paper, the

best Slopestyle rider in the well.

He has failed to put down a clean

run in the first and second percent.

Can he do it now, when it matters?

-- dissent.

He is literally taking a bath in a

pressure cooker right now.

Unbelievable.

Huge switch. He will

be feeling this run. Look how slow

he is. He is so relaxed.

There is

one, there is two and there is

three.

The backside 1080 has been

his undoing. The switch backside

1080 is his undoing.

1080 is his undoing. The man who has

been forcing square pegs into round

holes for the first two runs, is he

going to try the frontside triple?

He wants this, it is the only way

he's going to take gold now, is if

he can do a frontside triple because

the rest of his run isn't strong

enough without it.

enough without it. 270 on Bartlett

slide on the down bar. Backside 360,

one 80. He has been flawless through

these rails.

Needs to take it easy

on the backside rodeo. Hold your

breath. Three and a half, there is

the 1260 out of the way. That is

speed with him? Just the double.

He

has played safe, he has not unveiled

the triple.

1440, to finish. He steers clear of

the triple on the second jump. What

do the do now? The judges have got a

huge decision to make now.

huge decision to make now. It is

silver medal position for Max

Parrot. The American 17-year-old,

Red Gerard, ban storms the

Slopestyle finals. Mark McMorris

will be bronze again. Max Parrot

makes it silver. The Norwegians are

left wanting.

Essentially turned up

with a packet of cranes and

delivered and Manet.

That lived up

to all expectation. The men's

Slopestyle results confirm. Red

Gerard will take the gold medal back

to The States. Max Parrot in silver,

Mark McMorris in bronze. Red Gerard,

the American meat in a Canadian

sandwich. Gold medal, but the kid

from Colorado at the first time of

asking. Congratulations.

You can imagine life will be

different for him when he gets home.

I was surprised to even make it to

the finals of the Olympics and to

get first is above me, I don't know

what is going on.

You weren't the

absolute favourite going into this

contest?

I wasn't even close. Canada

and Norway have some of the best

riders. Canada has so many good

riders. It amazes me, Mark and Max

landed some of the best jumps.

When

you went into the third run, what

were you thinking?

I just wanted to

land a run. Every competition, just

land a run and then it is up to the

judges.

They are like policeman,

getting younger and

judges.

They are like policeman,

getting younger and younger. Only 17

and the youngest American Olympic

champion for 90 years and the second

youngest in an individual event at

the Winter Olympics in history. He

was 11 out of the 12 going into the

final run. He had one run left and

he made it count.

Heat two

everything down on the line. He took

a different approach. A lot of the

riders were hitting the jumps

straight on, he came on at the side

and to the judges, that is different

and that is what they look out for.

How was this guy regarded when he

came in. He was well-known to

everybody, but is he the young kid

on the block?

He was a contender,

but I don't think the guys saw how

serious he was when he came into The

Games.

Here he is, it was this trick

coming up bridges, and you will

correct me if I am wrong, the triple

backside cork 1440I am told, which

correct me if I am wrong, the triple

backside cork 1440I am told, which

made the difference, how difficult

is that?

It is hard, the conditions

are ICL bear. Getting the triple

Cork in and making sure they are

landing far down the landing is the

trick for these guys.

When they gave

him the teddy bear, it was

appropriate.

It took a few years off

is already young age.

Not being

rated for the medals, to be standing

there when they represented,

extraordinary. It is Max Parrot of

Canada and Mark McMorris with his

second bronze, as he did in Sochi,

the sandwich with him in the middle

of it.

His history, building his own skate

park in the back garden, having been

living -- having been leading in

Ohio and then moving to Colorado, it

is a wonderful the story.

It shows

you what is possible? Yes, he has

moved to Colorado and done

everything that is good for him in

snowboarding. It has worked a treat

on getting him on the podium.

You

have brought your snowboard along.

This is a half-pipe board. It is not

far removed from the slopestyle

board. Tell me about the spatial

awareness you need in order to be

able to control this.

The difference

between slopestyle and half-pipe is

mostly down to the edges. The

half-pipe guys normally sharpening

edges, razor sharp, because they are

not taking the real features.

Sometimes the rails would catch. It

would be interesting to see how the

guys prepared their edges for the

slopestyle course. It is obviously

very icy. They do not want to lose

their grip but they do not want to

stick on the rails.

What about the

spatial awareness? In terms of

trampolining and all of the snow

training that you do, I'll be

spending lots of time on that

particularly?

Yes, you will find

that most of the guys in trampoline

centres all across the world. I know

that when Team GB go out to Colorado

the straight into the trampoline

centres, training with the likes of

Red Gerard, who is always there. I

always remember seeing this little

kid jumping around, and seeing him

there today, it has obviously

helped.

It is a kind of pinch me

moment, from your perspective?

Yes,

it is crazy her first snowboarding

has come. I was saying earlier,

there was no career in snowboarding,

nowadays, varies.

People are

accepting the sport as a job. 20

years ago was when it first started,

1998. Read Gerald will go in the big

air as well, which will be an

impactful event. He could become the

first snowboarder to win two medals

in a single Olympics. You're also a

former team-mate of Andrew Musgrave

and cross-country. He has also been

going to a third Olympic Games. You

competed in two. If you were not

familiar with what happened today,

Andrew Musgrave, winning Number 10

in the skiathlon today, what an

incredible performance from the man

who started out at the Huntley

Nordic ski centre a good few years

ago. He was second with four

kilometres to go and came home in

seventh place. That's matches his

own personal best of 20 Ninth Place

in the Olympic Games. That was Great

Britain's best ever results. Andrew

has come home in seventh place. You

know him well. Can you sum up what

that is going to do for anybody who

has ambitions to compete on skinny

skis in this country?

Andrew has

been one of those driven guys who

has won sole purpose and that is to

win a gold medal. When I last spoke

to Andrew, he has never been happy

with any of his results. Even his

seventh place today, you still was

not happy. I know exactly where he

is aiming and that is a gold medal.

He has the 15 km to common that it

is best event on Friday. He has the

team event as well, and if km. He

has got Byron Lawrence, it is

extraordinary.

I have seen some of

the training videos, and I know the

coaches and staff around him have

been pushing him hard. He is

maturing into a real athlete.

He has

real medal potential. You will be

able to see more of his progress

because we will have a special

report with accessibility to

behind-the-scenes story with Andrew

and his family on her programme

tonight at seven o'clock. Thank you,

I am looking forward to picking your

brain over the next few days for

more of the snowboarding events. You

can see we are now in the house. We

are moving from boards to brims. I

have giving this a go. It is useless

for housework, but it is quite good

in an Olympic setting. Everybody

went curling crazy and Nagano. I am

sure you were part of that. We are

hoping that starts again. The first

event which was started before the

Olympics began was the mixed

curling. Let's remind you of the

basics of this rather ancient sport.

Curling originated in 16th century

Scotland and appeared in the very

first Winter Olympic Games of 1924.

Great Britain won the gold medal.

The aim of curling is to get more

stones closer to the centre of the

scoring area, known as the house,

than your opponent. Sweeping is a

key part. It affects the distance

and direction of the stone travels

in. Tactics are crucial, in

particular retaining last stone

advantage, known as the hammer. In

the men's and women's events, there

are four mogul players in each team,

known as a rink, who have two stones

for each end. Matches are over ten

ends. This year sees the addition of

mixed doubles in the Olympic

programme, shorter, more dynamic

event played over eight ends,

instead of the traditional pen.

Now we knew that in this new mixed

team event it was Canada, Russia and

Switzerland who had already booked

their places in the semifinals.

There was one more Place up for

grabs and it was a straight fight in

a tie-breaker after the round robin

matches between China and Norway.

Interestingly, the Chinese had

beaten the Norwegians 9-3 earlier on

the same day. Would it be deja vu.

Jackie Lockhart and Steve Cram on

commentary. Now, the power play from

Norway. You notice that the stones,

instead of being placed on the

centre line are off to one side. Now

we have the yellow stone, so the

back stone is on the eight feet. The

other stone is placed as a guard.

You and I have been chatting all

week about the power play, how to

plate. How different teams and

attack it. It is meant to be an

opportunity for the team invoking

the power play to score big.

We have

not really seen much of that this

week.

You were saying about the

Canadians, trying the shot, to move

the guide.

Yes, the Canadians were

trying to take the red out of the

house. Actually, just moving it

across, into the centre. There is

the option that you can probably

move it into the house.

move it into the house. It is not a

bad shot, what she has done there.

Quite opposition -- quite often, we

have seen the opposition say, I do

not care that you put the corner

there. What are you going to do

about it? There is a real mismatch.

In some ways, even by doing that, by

making teams think in trying to come

up with the strategy they are happy

with, it is just altering, instead

of the normal possessions but might

it is changing the dynamics of the

end. Nothing wrong with that. Not

curling another for Skaslien.

Yes,

they have decided to leave it high.

It is OK, angle wise. This is

forcing China to try and freeze. To

come round behind the high yellow,

the Jelle we see at the top of the

house, and freeze on top of the wine

or in the tee line.

or in the tee line. -- on top of the

stone on the tee line. It will have

to be a good shot. Even if he does

not make it. He wants to finish

high. Anything behind is no good to

him at all. You can see de Klerk

on-screen. They are claiming it.

Normally we would expect to see 14,

that would be a nice tee weight. It

was a little bit light. Lots of the

players like to tender stone so they

know roughly where they are going to

finish at the other end. He did not

make that stone, that opportunity

was missed. This will be a hit for

Norway. They have three shots as

long as this stays in the house.

So,

five stones in place. From this

point on, you can take a stone out

of the house, not before this,

though.

Quite happy to catch the stone and

rolled to the other side of the

house.

It looks that that is what is

going to happen.

Not much of a role.

Trying to keep separation.

Ba Dexin deciding to hit the red, to

take the yellow out to the left-hand

side. They read that he has head

should jam, and the shooter could

also roll across you could

potentially light two Reds at the

top of the house. Something for him

to use, if necessary, especially as

he does not have the hammer in this

end. The hammer being the last stone

advantage.

Yes, and the idea would

be that there would be one on either

side at the top of the house, it

gives them more of an option later.

Whoa. Whoa.

He does not want to lose

his shooter.

That is going to go. It

looked heavy from the start. He

asked her not to sweep it. She was

not listening. She did not sweep

much, to be fair. I do not think she

made that much difference.

It is

more his fault.

How he set it off.

At least they are laughing about it.

Any big score at this point, you

have to mag relevance after this.

They would like to have the hammer

in the final end.

Even if you are

the four shots ahead, we have seen

teams pick up a four, go to an extra

end. It is not over, this game,

until it is over. Unless the team

feels that there are just not

playing the shots technically well

enough to continue. We have seen

ends were Euro three up and you

think it is that Tim's game, and all

of a sudden, their opponents are

knocking at the door and saying,

here we come. They're just wanting

this to sit on the tee line, just a

little further back if possible. To

take off any angles. There is a

double still there. They lacked on

and on to the other one near his

fit.

They have called that.

Yes, he either had to leave that one

much higher, or it has to be back

and dead level, so it is very

difficult to do and across the house

double.

It is one thing to go back.

I think he was doing that

intentionally.

Six inches, ten

inches short. Too short. Easy for us

to say appear. The wizards behind

the glass.

the glass. -- to say up here. This

is an opportunity for Ba Dexin to

remove some of these stone.

remove some of these stone. That

just curl too much.

Well, China only have one more stone

left. Just the little momentum

swings. I agree. They have been

hanging on a little bit. In the end

before, they picked up the two, but

Norway have had several big chances

what -- which China have got away

with.

The power play for Norway. You

imagine they will want to get at

least two as they can.

They are sitting two at the moment.

If he gets this, he wants to make

sure he lives with three shots.

He would have loved that to have

moved further across.

It is not bad.

If he tries the double, he will lose

his shooter.

his shooter.

He will not want to

give away four. They will want to

move both of those. Two will be OK,

you're one down with two ends left.

You do not want to give four away.

He just has to catch have the yellow

on the left-hand side is we're

looking at. Hopefully he will catch

back on and both of will go.

The danger is too thin.

I don't think this is her favourite

type of shot, Wang Rui. She is

watching the line.

I think it is too

much. She has missed it. That is how

you get the big scores in the power

play.

It is not her shot.

Commentator's purse. All week she

has been missing those.

has been missing those. It draws

nice, playing that sort of game.

When she needs the big power shots,

they just sometimes are not there.

So, chance of for here...

And an

easy chance, this is an open goal,

isn't it?

Bread and butter shot of

mixed doubles.

She has left it to Magnus to do the

work.

It looks fine.

Just had to be

in the house.

Significant score the

Norway and be moved to a three shot

lead.

Studio-macro China under it now. We

would join this in the penultimate

seventh end. No wait, three in the

house and China, three stones

remaining. COMMENTATOR: It is going

to come down to these big shots now.

No more room for error.

No more room for error. China, they

have had a good week, particularly

in the latter stages of the round

robin. That is an nice shot. She is

trying to sweep it across.

It is OK.

Chinese ladies team up in the

audience, supporting the mixed

doubles.

You could take both of

those yellow stones out.

He has

built a lovely nest on that side.

All of them behind. Lovely red guard

outside the house.

His task is to

get in front of those three reds. He

has tried it twice now without much

success. Third time lucky, as far as

he is concerned. Magnus Nedregotten.

He needs a very good shot, otherwise

he could be facing...

he could be facing...

Doesn't want

to bounce off anything.

to bounce off anything. Just wants

to sit. It is an OK shot. It depends

the angle that Ba Dexin can see.

He

is having a look to see if he can

squeeze it out. I think he is going

to get rid of these other two. They

have two stones left.

have two stones left.

If he takes a

double here, then Norway have to

make sure the

make sure the line in the first

shot. Otherwise there is a shot for

the red down in the yellow pack.

Again, Ba Dexin, a couple of

takeouts, not gone well for him.

Got his eyes on the two yellow

stones on the other side of the

house.

Missed.

He has just missed. That is

a definite one shot. I cannot tell

who is lying bigger other side.

I

think it is Norway. As we keep

saying, very close is not quite good

enough in this. That yellow on the

left, as you look at it, is it lying

second? I think it is.

I think you

could be right.

For Norway, this is

damage limitation. Keep them to one,

even two.

She wants to take the red

out and lie first and second shot.

She is going to hit this on the

nose. She is not shouting very much,

but her the answer is doing plenty

of sweeping. It is not going to sit,

is it?

Bit of a shame, she really

needed to...

He is looking to see if

they have got the fourth shot. You

see the two that

see the two that are in the

turquoise circle. He is thinking, if

I move that one, how many will I

have?

They have got the opportunity

to come within anticlockwise

rotation, centre out and catch the

inside of the yellow. It will take

one of the red back one out, but

there is a possibility of three.

I

think that is what he is checking,

the outer stone, if you like, is

not, excuse me, the Norwegian one on

the far side is not closer.

Yes.

They must think they have got a

chance.

That is interesting.

It could be a two.

She has given it

to China herself. He is looking at

the back of the stone, rather than

the inside. He wants a measure.

There is a small bile underneath

that catches the edge of the stone.

It is China.

It is China. China pick up two in

their power play.

It is all or nothing the China,

final end. We join it with two

stones left for each team.

This is

the game where he needs to be at his

best.

It was a good try.

Norway are going

to have to drive that read at the

top of the house onto the red in the

centre and try and squeeze it in

between the two yellows.

between the two yellows.

One thing

he doesn't want to do if it doesn't

come off, is hit the yellow that is

in the bit above...

You don't want

to jam both of them, that is for

sure. Plan B would be to catch it on

the inside, if anything. He needs

this on the nose. Excellent shot.

That is a good result.

That is a good result. Here is the

draw he was talking about. Has she

got room to come through there or

not? Just having a look at it.

Because the yellow is high at the

top of the housing might have cut

down her angle for the draw in

there. Which way do she go? This is

a difficult shot. That is where she

wants to finish, but how she gets in

there without catching one of the

yellows to chip it over a little.

OK, she has 47 seconds to play this.

If she catches that yellow very

thinly under way in, there is a

secondary shot where she moves

across and taps the top yellow out

and it is still sitting short.

Even

if she kisses the yellow ever so

slightly and it has a bit of a role,

it is still sitting height of the

yellow in the back. It won't be an

easy shot to be removed. There is a

possibility she could jam it she has

stood give herself every

opportunity, 17 seconds.

opportunity, 17 seconds.

Last stone

for China.

This is a big weight, she

is going with here.

That is it.

Game

over.

That is a handshake. Norway

will go to the semifinals and face

Canada after an excellent match,

played really well. It was all in

their power play, they used it to

huge advantage in the sixth end and

the couple who are engaged, all

smiles. At acknowledging the

support. China have had an excellent

competition. Just came up short at

the end, they beat Norway this

morning to force this tie-break

matched. However, when it came to

the last couple of ends, Norway,

hanging onto their nerve and hanging

onto the win. They go through,

beating China 9-7 and they will face

Canada in the semifinal tomorrow.

In the other semifinal you have

Switzerland up against the Russians.

In the full-sized curling events,

Great Britain's both teams will be

underway on Wednesday. Let's have a

look at the medal table which shows

Germany at the top of the standings.

What is coming your way? Plenty of

the wintry stuff night or day.

That is it, we are off to find a

decent broom but this studio, the

last one was terrible. But we will

leave you with pictures of the day.

Kruger is the Winter Olympic

champion. Andrew Musgrave in seven.

Redmond Gerard, ban storms the men's

vinyl.